Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 312 The Influence of Neihuang Dajie on the Ministers

"Misunderstand?"

Lu Yin looked at him puzzled, and when he was about to ask again, Pei Ji shook his head: "Since it's a misunderstanding, there's no need to say more."

After speaking, he stood up and walked slowly towards the layman.

"Lu Butang, please bother me. I still have things to do, so I won't bother you any more."

Lu Yin looked at his back and opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything, and let Pei Ji walk out.

This time, Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng acted very quickly. Not long after Pei Ji returned to the Ministry of War, the imperial edict with great seals had already been sent over.

But think about it, His Majesty has finished writing what should be written, and they only need to stamp a seal. Even if they want to delay or want to ink, how long can they delay?

Pei Ji quickly arranged for the messenger horses and left the capital. It was only after noon now, and there was still a long time before the sun set.

After finishing all this, he didn't stay in the Ministry of War any longer. Instead, he quickly left the imperial city and came to Changxingfang in the east city, the residence of Li Jing.

A few days ago Li Jing suddenly contracted a serious illness and was unable to recover from the illness. Although it was not publicly announced, many smart people could see that Lord Shangshu was probably plotted against.

The servants and servants in Li Jing's residence were even more ashamed. Most of these people were old guards who had followed Li Jing for many years and had retired from the battlefield.If it was placed in the past when the two armies were facing each other, the main general was plotted against by the enemy, and their personal guards would all be punished.

So in the past two months, the patrolling of Li Jing's mansion has become much stricter to the naked eye, and the suspected servants and maidservants in the mansion have disappeared quietly, and it is even more difficult for outsiders to enter the mansion. Get shut up.

But Pei Ji was not among them.

After being met by the door, the notification and the housekeeper, he headed towards the mansion under the guidance of the latter.

It was only after arriving at the school grounds of Li Jing's mansion that he saw Li Jing standing in the shade of a tree, wearing a lake blue thin shirt, holding a long fine steel sword, and slowly waving it.

Today, Li Jing's improvement is a bit better than a few days ago, he is no longer in the posture of falling down when the wind blows, and his face has gradually become a little rosy.

It's just that the movements of the sword dance are still extremely slow, and his arms and legs are trembling faintly. It can be seen that a lot of blood has been eaten away by a serious illness, and his muscles and bones have been injured.

"Li Sima?"

Seeing him like this, Pei Ji was startled suddenly, and hurried over quickly.

The servants standing beside Li Jing didn't stop him either. With Pei Ji's frame, even if he wanted to do something to Li Jing, he would probably be poked back by his master.

"Li Sima is still seriously ill, how can he come out and suffer from the scorching sun and wind?"

Li Jing also turned his head and saw him, with a smile on his face at this moment: "No problem."

"The doctor said that I was cold from the outside, and I have already turned from emptiness to reality. Now I am going to take advantage of the scorching sun at noon to drive away the residual cold in my body."

As he spoke, he wiped off the dense sweat on his forehead, then handed the sword to the servant beside him, and led Lu Yin to a row of houses located to the north of the school grounds.

"However, I have always been fascinated by practicing. If it takes a while longer, it will be past noon, and the blazing yang energy will inevitably bring a little bit of coldness, and it will not be beautiful by then."

Pei Ji listened for a long while and smiled and said: "Then it seems that the next official came at the right time, and just woke up my lord."

Li Jing also nodded with a smile, the two of them came all the way to the house, the servant retreated after serving tea, closed the door, leaving only the two adults inside.

It wasn't until then that Pei Ji got down to business.

"Great Sima, just now the officials entered the palace with Wang Shilang and Sima Shilang. His Majesty has already decided on the rewards for Jizhou."

Then he described the situation in Ziwei Hall just now in detail.

During this period, Li Jing listened quietly until he finished speaking, and then said: "It's wronged you, and you have been punished by His Majesty for nothing."

Pei Ji smiled wryly, and said helplessly: "Actually, the lower official is not wronged. It stands to reason that the chief minister is not in the department, and all the affairs in the yamen should be dispatched by the lower official, but the lower official is hindered by his friendship with Lu Shilang. I didn't ask too much about his errands..."

Li Jing understood what he meant. His Majesty thought that Pei Ji, who was in charge of the military department, knew about it, but Pei Ji didn't know about it, but he couldn't explain it, because it was because Pei Ji's work was not in place.

So he could only swallow this reprimand.

"After coming out of Ziwei Hall just now, the next official went back to the yamen for the first time and talked with Lu Shilang."

"What did he say?" Li Jing's eyes were sharp.

Pei Ji described what happened in the military department just now, and then sighed: "The lower official thought it was indeed a misunderstanding, and he was open and honest with Lu Shilang, but he didn't expect him to prevaricate me with such reasons, so I followed up Did not continue."

"After that, he will go to Wang Shilang and Sima Shilang to inquire again, but he probably won't be able to find out."

Lu Yin and Zhao Kuangyin have always been very close, and when Zhao Kuangyin came in, he and Zhongshu Sheng had a lot of disputes over military merit awards. Wang Ciweng would definitely not wait to see Lu Yin.And Sima Guang is a stable and virtuous person. He may talk to others about His Majesty's decision-making, but he will not easily tell others that Pei Ji has been trained and lost face.

Seeing that Li Jing continued to remain silent, Pei Ji said again: "The Great Sima is recuperating in the mansion these days, maybe he didn't hear the wind outside..."

"You mean His Majesty's edict to Neihuang County in Jizhou?" Li Jing raised his head suddenly.

Pei Ji was startled, then nodded.

These days, Li Jing has been ill in bed, did not participate in various early courts and sutra feasts, did not appear in the Yamen, and his presence in the court gradually weakened.

The ministers all thought that this lord soldier would become a thing of the past, and with His Majesty's character and style, he might follow in the footsteps of lord Cai.

After all, Cai Jing has fallen, and Li Jing's military department has always been in charge of Cai Jing. Although he is not the Cai party, it has also aroused the suspicion of the emperor, and he no longer trusts him.

However, since the war in Jizhou has intensified these days, His Majesty the Emperor has never shown any signs of raising Li Jing again, and he has never even sent anyone to his residence to ask for advice. This behavior is even more evidence of this speculation.

Minister of the Ministry of War has always been an important minister in the court. At this time, foreign enemies have invaded Daqian, and the military situation is urgent. No matter how seriously ill he is, His Majesty the Emperor must at least put on a show?
But he didn't even show any sign. Isn't this rejection?
Coupled with the precautions taken by the servants in Li Jing's mansion, the whole Li mansion gradually became deserted.

But a few days ago when the good news arrived in Beijing, Li Jing suddenly entered the palace once, and many people saw him leaving the palace sitting on his shoulders.

The fact that he submitted his resignation to His Majesty the Emperor also spread, and the performance of His Majesty the Emperor that day was also known later.

Only then did everyone understand that His Majesty's treatment of Li Jing was completely different from that of Cai Jing, and he did not want Li Jing to resign and become an official at all.

If there is some hesitation towards Li Jing's attitude, or if you want him to leave directly, you can continue the previous attitude towards Cai Jing and directly approve his resignation...or be a little more merciful, play one hand three times and three times to save Li Jing some face let him go.

But even the latter had to accept Li Jing's resignation, make a reply, and reject it.

But he didn't keep it at all, and returned it to Li Jing directly, which showed that he had no intention of letting Li Jing become an official. When Li Jing recovered from his illness, the position of minister of the Ministry of War must still be his.

Sensing the direction of the wind, the formerly deserted Li Mansion became lively again.

Don't say that the servants in the house are harsh and harsh, no matter how strict the place is, it can't stop the officials' desire for power that seeps everywhere.

It just so happened that Li Jing's health has also improved these days, and he can get out of bed and walk, so he met some people one after another, and learned about some things in the court, and those rumors were one of them.

"A few days ago, the news spread in the court, and many adults followed suit. Our military department was in charge of the military aircraft, and many people regarded it as the focus, and a lot of noise spread..."

Those people seized the edict sent to Jizhou, and vaguely pointed the finger at His Majesty the Emperor, saying that his random command might lead to a big defeat on the front line.

Most of the ministers in the DPRK have only read a few military books, not even a military book, and basically don't know much about the art of war.

If the Ministry of War, which is an authority in the military field, can stand up to support their remarks at this time, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the credibility of these rumors.

But Pei Ji is not a fool, and he has no need to suppress the emperor's prestige, so why should he be used by others for nothing?
Li Jing connected Pei Ji's words with what he said just now, and immediately became vigilant, with a bit of surprise on his face: "You mean... Lu Yuqing is also contributing to the flames?"

Pei Ji sighed: "I don't know if it's to fuel the flames or not, but some people in the ministry have heard Mr. Lu commented on this matter. Although they didn't spread it directly, there is a hint of approval in their words."

Li Jing was silent for a moment, and finally heaved a long sigh: "I'm confused..."

He knew that there were always people in the court who didn't like His Majesty taking care of this and that, and only thought of him hanging in the harem of the inner court, leaving everything to the ministers as long as they didn't care.

Naturally, these people have been staring at His Majesty the Emperor for a long time, wanting to seize his sore feet and suppress his prestige, but they haven't found any good opportunities.

After all, although many things His Majesty did seemed absurd, they actually had little impact, and the final facts proved that the results were not bad.

But this time is different, interfering in the battle on the front line, and it is still such an important battle, once the damage and impact caused by failure are extremely huge.

These people finally seized the opportunity and began to publicize these things in advance. For some reason, Lu Yin had a tendency to do so.

"Yu Qing is really confused this time."

Li Jing couldn't help but sighed with emotion: "Follow those fly-in-the-wall people to mess around and do things that hurt others and benefit yourself. Even if they made a big noise before, so what? Once the good news from Neihuang arrived in Beijing, they were like chickens and dogs. All of a sudden, I was washed away."

Pei Ji also nodded, and said approvingly: "Although all parties have been making publicity these days and taking credit for themselves, it's all in vain. They can't even fool themselves, let alone others?"

"Nowadays there are rumors in the capital and in the court that the victory in Neihuang this time was commanded by His Majesty the Emperor in the capital, and ordered the Prime Minister of Qin, Zuo Weiwei, and the frontier army to fight from afar. Can a clown distort it?"

The truth is, the news of Neihuang Dajie surprised everyone.

Thanks to those people who spread the news about His Majesty's random command of Jizhou's military affairs, now everyone knows that the first victory since the Jinlu invasion was facilitated by His Majesty the Emperor.

The previous emperor did try a lot in the court and the country, whether it was sending troops to crusade against Wu, or controlling the flood in Xingyang, dredging the Cao River...

But in the eyes of some people, it wasn't until this victory in Neihuang that everyone really began to pay attention to him, and they had a faint respect for him.

An emperor who can lead the court, lead everyone to win battles, stabilize the situation and even expand outward may not be a good emperor, but he must be a respectable emperor, an emperor who is needed by most people...

Li Jing was silent for a moment, and then said: "When you were in Ziwei Hall just now, Wang Ciweng didn't dare to refute the award written by His Majesty, I'm afraid it was also affected by this."

Pei Ji didn't open his mouth, not only Wang Ciweng, but also him and Sima Guang were affected to some extent.

After experiencing the Nei Huang incident, everyone's perception of His Majesty the Emperor has subtly changed, and the respect and awe in their hearts have increased. Before making any decisions, they will subconsciously be more cautious...

The two talked for a while in the house, until Li Jing showed a little tired, Pei Ji left.

Just this afternoon, the rewards for the generals of Jizhou had also spread, and everyone knew that His Majesty the Emperor had made a decision quickly, and the edict of rewards had already left the capital.

But after learning the content of the edict, everyone had no special reaction, and they all acquiesced to the edict.

This is because the rewards on it are relatively fair and considerate, and the rewards of the three parties participating in the war are treated equally without any bias.

He neither treated the frontier army badly nor made Zuo Weiwei wronged.

This is the best solution, and it is much better than the dead button.

In terms of military exploits, no one can say who has done more. Without the support of Zuo Weiwei, Qin Hui and others, these frontier troops would definitely not be able to escape so easily.

And if the frontier army led by Wu Sangui hadn't responded properly, decisively dispatched people to break up, and distanced themselves from the golden soldiers, then Zuo Weiwei would have been attacked by them, fell into a rout, and then was caught by the golden soldiers who followed closely behind.

This great victory is the joint result of the cooperation of both sides, and it cannot be done without anyone. The division of labor between the two sides is different, so it is difficult to define the level of this battle.

The reward document has just left the capital, but the edict issued a few days ago asking for details of the great victory has already arrived outside Neihuang County...

(End of this chapter)