Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 231 Yang Guozhong's Framed Again
Back then, in order to dig a hole for Li Fei and bring him down, Yang Guozhong did not hesitate to instigate the Bohai Kingdom to raise troops against the Tang Dynasty, but he did not expect that the Bohai Kingdom was quickly defeated by Li Fei. Wu Guogong's title was also added with the official position of Prince Shaobao, but he was almost cheated by Li Fei's counterattack!
Of course, Yang Guozhong was not satisfied with this. He never knew whether Bohai State was too useless or Li Fei was really a rare general in a thousand years who was able to win more with less.

Privately sent people to investigate repeatedly, but Yang Guozhong did not understand the specific process of Li Fei's defeat of the Bohai Kingdom, but he found out that Li Fei made his own weapons and armor in Liaoyang City.

Generals who privately manufacture weapons and armor are tantamount to treason!
This is a big trick. Seeing Li Fei's big trick, Yang Guozhong was so excited that he didn't fall asleep that night, and hurriedly arranged to bring down Li Fei the next day.

On the third day, taking advantage of Tang Xuanzong's meeting again, Yang Guozhong started to act.

During the court, Yang Guozhong gave a wink, and an official stood up immediately.

"Your Majesty, I have important matters to attend to!" the official said loudly.

"What's the matter?" Tang Xuanzong asked.

"Your Majesty, I want to sue Li Fei, the governor of the Eastern Capital of the State of Wu, for wanting to rebel!" The official spoke righteously, with a very loud voice, as if he had a sense of "righteousness". I don't know how Yang Guozhong found this." Talent'!
"Huh?" Tang Xuanzong frowned immediately: "Why does Li Fei want to rebel?"

"Your Majesty, Li Fei privately manufactured weapons and armor in Liaoyang City, Andong. In addition, the Andong Governor's Mansion originally had only a little over 500 soldiers, but since Li Fei came to the Andong Governor's Mansion, he has recruited a large number of soldiers. In just over a year. , Now there are [-] people, if it is not for rebellion, how dare Li Fei build weapons and armor privately, and even recruit troops?" The official said a series of evidence about his accusation that Li Fei wanted to rebel 'road.

"Really?" Tang Xuanzong was furious immediately, because the anger suppressed in his heart because of the An Lushan incident seemed to erupt in an instant.He didn't want to speculate on An Lushan's ambitions, but did Li Fei also have ambitions!

Seeing Tang Xuanzong becoming so angry, Yang Guozhong smiled secretly, thinking about how Li Fei could get through this time.

However, the development of things did not go as Yang Guozhong thought.

Lin Siming's heart skipped a beat when he saw Tang Xuanzong bursting into anger, but he stood up calmly.

"Your Majesty, this should be a misunderstanding. Li Fei has absolutely no resentment, and there is nothing wrong with what he did!" Lin Siming said lightly, as if it was really just a very common thing.

"Lord Lin, who doesn't know that you are Li Fei's father-in-law, of course you are speaking for Li Fei. But Li Fei wants to rebel, the evidence is solid, and you can't stand the sophistry!" The official who testified against Li Fei snapped at Lin Siming road.

"That's right, Li Fei's ambition is overwhelming, the evidence is conclusive, and there is no room for sophistry!" Some other officials also stood up, all of whom were arranged by Yang Guozhong in advance, to testify that Li Fei wanted to rebel.

"Don't you adults know the facts? Are you going to slander Li Fei and want to rebel?" Although many people scolded him, Lin Siming didn't panic and kept smiling calmly.

Above, Tang Xuanzong looked at Lin Siming so calmly, and his angry heart calmed down. Psychologically, he was very depressed by the An Lushan incident, and he didn't want to believe that Li Fei had ambitions, so he hoped to hear Lin Siming's words. reason.

"Lin Siming, do you think it's normal for Li Fei to do this? How is it normal?" Tang Xuanzong asked Lin Siming.

"Returning to Your Majesty, when the Xi clan and the Khitan clan rebelled, Anton's connection with the court was once cut off. In order to support the king of Dongping County, strengthen the strength of the army under the king of Dongping County, and let the king of Dongping County calm down the Xi clan and the Khitan clan as soon as possible, All the weapons and armor that should have been allocated to the Anton Governor's Mansion were given to the King of Dongping for nearly ten years. The soldiers of the Andong Governor's Mansion lacked weapons and armor. The Xi clan and the Khitan clan have not yet been pacified. Your Majesty once said that if the Anton Governor's Mansion has the ability, you can build some for your own use first, and we will talk about it after the Xi and Khitan clan are pacified! This matter should be recorded by the Ministry of War, and it will be convenient to check it out. Know."

"In addition, doesn't the Ministry of War know that the Anton Governor's Mansion's military establishment is originally 500 people, and Li Fei just relied on the Anton Governor's Mansion's own support to fill up the number of soldiers, which is still a saving. The expenditure of the imperial court. If Li Fei hadn’t gone to the Andong Protectorate, the strength of the Andong Protectorate had been restored. Before the Battle of the Khitan King City, before the Bohai Kingdom, only the Anton Protectorate’s original strength of over [-] , How to make it? Isn’t the Anton Governor’s Mansion not an important town on the border of the Tang Dynasty, shouldn’t it have the strength it should have?” Lin Siming argued hard and gave various reasons.

In fact, Li Fei had already thought that there might be today, and made arrangements with Lin Siming in advance, and it really worked.

Without Lin Siming's help to speak at this moment, it is very likely that Li Fei would really label Li Fei as a rebel under the instigation of Yang Guozhong and others, and Tang Xuanzong didn't think about it for a while.

After listening to Lin Siming's defense for Li Fei, Yang Guozhong and others were speechless.Especially Yang Guozhong, whose expression became gloomy uncontrollably.Although it hasn't been verified yet, seeing Lin Siming's sternness, he knew that it wasn't aimless. Could it be that this time Li Fei avoided it again.

Above, Tang Xuanzong was also in a daze. After thinking about it, it seemed that he really said such a sentence back then.

"In this way, it is indeed normal for Li Fei to do so. It is the imperial court that has treated Anton's Protectorate badly these years." Tang Xuanzong nodded and sighed.

The matter of Anlu Mountain was suppressed, and Tang Xuanzong was not as enthusiastic about Anlu Mountain as before. Therefore, thinking that in order to strengthen Anlu Mountain's strength in recent years, he had withheld the original supplies of Andong Dufu. I feel a little guilty, how can I blame Li Fei.

At this time, Lin Siming also sighed, and continued to speak: "There is no way for Li Fei to say that the Xi and Khitan tribes have been settled down. Anton, but because of years of wars with the Xi and Khitan tribes, all the weapons and armor sent by the king of Dongping County were damaged, with traces of the battle, and it was embarrassing to use them. How else can I make it?"

"The population of Anton Protectorate's Mansion is less than 200 million. After Li Fei went to Andong Protectorate Mansion, he became self-sufficient, which is already a great contribution to the court. Unexpectedly, one day he almost became a 'conspirator' because of this. " Lin Siming said, showing a miserable face for Li Fei, and he had to say that Lin Siming is really a talent, no wonder he was able to climb to where he is today under Yang Guozhong's suppression.

Yang Guozhong and the others were speechless, and Tang Xuanzong became more and more ashamed. The border guards generally use their own taxes. The greatest hope of the court is that the border guards can be self-sufficient and not hold back the court. In the past, the Anton guards were far away. It was far from being able to do it, but after Li Fei left, he did it. This is a great achievement and should not be confused with ambition.

Furthermore, An Lushan has an army of 20, and Li Fei's Andong Protectorate is less than [-]. Is it too much?Are you ambitious?How about Anlu Mountain?

Tang Xuanzong even vaguely hoped that Li Fei could develop stronger. Without the Xi and Khitan tribes, it would be better to have Li Fei in Andong to restrain him.

"Li Fei has no faults, but he has made great achievements, and he should be rewarded!" Tang Xuanzong made a decision directly.
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(End of this chapter)