People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 929: Pass the decree, push out the Meridian Gate and behead people

Sitting on the imperial couch, the expressions of the officials fell into Li Zhi's eyes.

Li Zhi looked calm, raised his head, looked at Hao Chujun on the left side of the ministers, and asked directly: "Hao Xiang, what do you think?"

Hao Chujun took a deep breath, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I think the prince's words are very appropriate. I second my opinion."

Li Zhi suddenly smiled, then waved his hand and said: "I thought you would suggest that I deprive Li Jingye of his British title!"

This seemingly joke made the whole hall suddenly become cold again.

Before, neither Duan Baoxuan, Pei Yan, nor Li Xuan mentioned that they wanted to deprive Li Jingye of his British title.

It’s not that no one has thought of this trump card, it’s that no one dares to speak out about it.

Only the emperor can take it away with one word.

Many people couldn't help but wonder, does the emperor really want to kill the British public line?
Without the title of British Duke, Li Jingye and the others are nothing.

Looking at the worried faces of the ministers, Li Zhi suddenly felt a little bored, waved his hands and said, "That's it, according to the prince's proposal,"

"Your Majesty, your Majesty." All the officials in the palace, including Li Xuan, were stunned, and they all subconsciously accepted the offer.

Li Zhi raised his head, glanced at Li Xuan in a funny way, and then said with a cold face: "Pass the decree, remove Li Jingye from the post of governor of Meizhou, remove Li Jingye from the title of Zhuguoguo, remove Li Jingye from the official discussion He was demoted to the post of official in Liuzhou and was demoted to Sima of Liuzhou.

Order Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Yushitai, together with Qianniuwei, to clear out all their illegal properties and hand them over to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Tell him that if he does it again, I will remove him from the title of British Duke and behead him so that he will not embarrass the British Duke again. "

"Your Majesty is wise." All the officials in the palace bowed their hands in awe.

The emperor's hand was really cruel.
Li Jingye has been smuggling Tibet, Turks, Silla, Japanese, and Southeast Asian countries through caravans over the years, and he has accumulated an unknown amount of wealth.

Earlier, the entire Yingxu caravan was confiscated by the DPRK, but those were not even half of the wealth that Li Jingye had amassed over the years.

As a result, all that remained of Li Jingye was himself and the title of a British duke.

Without money, it will be difficult to do things.

Coupled with today's court meeting, it is enough to prove Li Jingye's numerous crimes, and it also shows the emperor's tolerance.

Many people, including Zuowei General Qibi Heli and Pingyang County Duke Xue Rengui, would be grateful for the emperor's tolerance.

After begging for mercy this time, they had almost repaid their kindness to Li Ji.

When Li Jingye begs them again, they won't help him too much.

Similarly, Li Xuan also saw clearly the clear core supporters of Li Jingye in the DPRK.

A crony who was able to support Li Jingye at all costs despite the emperor's anger.

I'm afraid it won't be long before these people appear in the court again.

Without Li Jingye’s support, I don’t know how many people would want to snatch their position.

As for Li Jingye, he has no wealth and only one title. I am afraid that even his uncles and brothers will keep a close eye on him.

Li Jingye no longer poses much of a threat to Li Xuan, and what is left is his only remaining value.

Li Xuan's cold eyes passed over Wu Chengsi and Pei Yan. Their support for Li Jingye today will be repaid a hundred times in the future.

There is also Li Xian.

Li Xian saved Li Jingye's life and completely offended Bachelor Beimen.

Even at this time, the Beimen Bachelor group may have just begun to come to their senses.

Is there really no shadow of the prince behind Li Jingye's burning of the prime minister's palace?

……

"Li Jingye's matter ends here."

Li Zhi looked at Li Jingxuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and said in a deep voice: "I have discussed with the left prime minister about the Qingdong matter, and want to integrate the six areas of Tongren, Zeku, Guinan, Tongde, Xinghai, and Qugou into one In one state, the Ministry of Civil Affairs can draft candidates for governor, chief historian, Sima and other positions."

"I obey the order!" Li Jingxuan stepped out and bowed to accept the order.

Li Zhi nodded, looked at the ministers and said, "That's it for today, retreat..."

"Your Majesty!" A loud shout suddenly interrupted Li Zhi. Li Zhi looked surprised and lowered his head to look down.

Among the ministers, a green figure stepped to the left.

Standing among the ministers, Wei Siwen solemnly raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Siwen, is impeaching Liu Yizhi, the scholar in Zhongshushe. He secretly set up assassins, burned Zhaoling, and killed people to silence him. I ask that Liu Yizhi be punished for his crime of being unruly and unfaithful to his ministers."

"What did you say?" Li Zhi's eyes suddenly widened.

Li Xuan also looked at Wei Siwen in disbelief at the same time.

His eyes even looked beyond Wei Siwen and fell on Di Renjie.

Di Renjie also looked like he had seen a ghost.

Others, including Ming Chongyan, Yuan Wanqing, Fan Lubing and others, were also shocked and unbelievable.
This is especially true for the officials in the court.

At this time, Li Jingye's affairs had just ended, and everyone was ready to go to court. But at this moment, Wei Siwen threw such a bomb, and almost everyone was shocked.

Li Zhi was the first to react, with a gloomy face, and turned his gaze directly to Di Renjie, shouting: "Di Qing, is this true?"

Di Renjie immediately stood up, raised his hands to the emperor solemnly and said: "Reporting to your majesty, I am indeed conducting a detailed investigation on Liu Yizhi, the scholar of Zhongshushe, but I don't have conclusive evidence in my hands yet, and I am still waiting."

"What are you waiting for?" Li Zhi asked directly.

"Report to Your Majesty." Di Renjie suddenly hesitated, but after a slight pause, he still said: "There were two people in the Liu Mansion who left the Liu Mansion on the day of the trial in Dali Temple and never returned after that. I have already I sent someone to investigate the two people’s hometown. I originally waited for the results of the investigation before reporting to Your Majesty, but..."

At the beginning of today's court meeting, Wei Siwen had already impeached Di Renjie.

Di Renjie also told the truth that day. He did have suspicions, but there was no solid evidence.

There are nobles above the fifth rank in the court. How can we easily make false accusations without real evidence?

Di Renjie takes this aspect very seriously.

But now, Wei Siwen suddenly revealed everything, even before Di Renjie had any evidence.

This is really surprising.

Li Xuan lowered her head and began to think carefully about where exactly Liu Yizhi made a mistake and was caught by Li Jingye.Of course, although it was Wei Siwen who came forward to impeach him now, it was Li Jingye who was instigating him behind his back.

Impeachment of Liu Yizhi harmed the Beimen bachelor. Of course, it was not Li Jingye who benefited, but the prince.

Thinking of the prince's previous intercession for Li Jingye, in this scene, it is hard not to say that Li Jingye is reciprocating the favor.

Perhaps, it was also possible that Wei Siwen was delivering a letter of surrender to the prince.

After all, if Li Jingye falls, he may not be able to continue his job as a supervisory censor.

In this way, timely investment in Li Xian's hands can help him gain a firmer position.

Of course, the focus now is not Wei Siwen or the prince, but Liu Yizhi.

Li Zhi's expression was cold, his eyes fell on Liu Yizhi, a member of the Zhongshu House, and he asked indifferently: "Liu Qing, how do you defend this matter?"

Liu Yizhi slowly walked out of the class train, but he was thinking crazily in his mind. Should he deny it outright, or admit it frankly, and then wait for the other colleagues of the North Gate Bachelor and Empress Wu to rescue him?
Even Di Renjie had no actual evidence for this matter, let alone Wei Siwen.

But Di Renjie obviously knew the identities of those two people.

Of course, those two people were not servants in his own family. In fact, those two people were people who were eliminated after being screened by the secret guards.

The North Gate bachelor quietly gathered these people and used them for his own purposes.

If they really use secret guards for everything, then it means that the emperor knows everything they do.

Di Renjie has his eyes on those two people, so sooner or later everything about those two people will be dug out.

Especially with Wei Siwen's incident today, the emperor may immediately appoint secret guards and Qianniu guards to take over. In this case, it will be even more difficult to hide it.

Standing in the middle of the group of ministers, Liu Yizhi raised his hands with a guilty look on his face and said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty. I originally sent two family members to Zhaoling to determine whether General Quan really cut down the trees in Zhaoling, but I didn't expect that something would happen later. After causing a fire, I tried to look for the two people later, but they were nowhere to be found.”

What Liu Yizhi said was half true and half false. He did send people to Zhaoling originally, but not to confirm whether Quan Shancai actually set the fire, but to destroy all traces. In this way, Quan Shancai It can no longer be explained clearly.

However, this is the court, and he is facing the emperor.

Li Zhiwei closed his eyes, and instantly, all the circumstances of Quan Shancai's case appeared in his mind.

Immediately, Li Zhi stared at Liu Yizhi and said extremely coldly: "Liu Qing, you lied."

Liu Yi was stunned, his face full of astonishment.

Li Zhi stared at him, shook his head, and said slowly: "Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Yushitai were unable to confirm the matter of Zhaoling. In the end, it was the King of Nanchang who found the local tombkeeper, and finally it was completely confirmed by Quan Qing. sin.

You find someone to confirm it, how do you confirm it?

If you send someone there, I'm afraid it's not to confirm, but to destroy the corpse and eliminate any traces.

Liu Qing, do you really think I can be bullied? "

With a "bang" sound, Li Zhi slapped the table hard, his face looking angry and cold.

For a moment, the breath of all the courtiers in the entire hall was stagnant, and then they hurriedly raised their hands and said: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

"Here comes someone." Li Zhi raised his head and looked sternly outside the hall.

The next moment, four Qianniu Guards in red clothes and golden armor had stepped in, stood in the main hall, and solemnly raised their hands to Li Zhi: "Your Majesty."

Li Zhi glanced at each of the ministers with cold eyes, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Yizhi, a member of Zhongshushe, criminals deceive the emperor, and his punishment is particularly strict. In fact, he is a traitor to his ministers. He is a thief who has harmed the country. Not killing him is not enough to appease the anger." .

The decree was passed to remove Liu Yi from all official positions and honors, and he was immediately pushed out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded. "

"Your Majesty!" Liu Yizhi looked at Li Zhi with horror on his face.

He never imagined that the emperor's treatment would be so serious.

In one sentence, he was labeled as a traitor who harmed the country and a repeat offender who deceived the emperor, but that incident was clearly...

Liu Yizhi was dragged up directly by four Qianniu Guards, and then dragged directly out of the hall.

For some reason, he didn't struggle any more. Even when Ming Chongyan, Yuan Wanqing and others looked over in horror, he shook his head slightly.

He has calmed down.

Because he understood that this matter could not be delved into.

Once the investigation goes deeper, not only him, but also the entire North Gate bachelor's degree will be implicated.

It might even implicate the queen.

The reason why the emperor decided to kill him so decisively was to cut off the clues for others to pursue.

The emperor was protecting the queen.

Therefore, he Liu Yizhi must die.

The moment he left the hall, Liu Yizhi's eyes fell on Li Xuan.

Li Xuan still had a trace of shock and horror on his face. He had no idea that things would develop to this point.

Liu Yizhi smiled softly. The young prince of Nanchang County was about to be named the governor of a state, but he was about to be killed directly.

Suddenly, Liu Yizhi thought of something and suddenly looked up.

Beside the Emperor and Empress Wu, Prince Li Xian stood calmly.

Liu Yizhi immediately understood what was going on.

In today's Chang'an, the only one who can figure out their situation under the eyes of the North Gate bachelor is Prince Li Xian.

Soon, Liu Yizhi was dragged out of Danfeng Gate.

He saw Li Jingye, who was still standing respectfully.

The imperial edict has not yet been issued, and Li Jingye still doesn't know what happened.

Liu Yizhi's eyes fell on Li Jingye, and Li Jingye also looked up at this time.

The moment he saw Liu Yizhi being carried out by the Qianniu Guards, Li Jingye's face showed no joy, only endless panic.

He already knew his fate.

(End of this chapter)