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Fengtian Temple.

The courtiers were arguing endlessly, from Li Ziye's appointment as king to Mu Yuan's handling, as long as someone raised an opinion, someone would definitely speak out against it.

The prosperity of the world is all about profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is all about profit. The word "pursue profit" is vividly reflected in the courtiers of the Great Shang Dynasty.

In order to protect the eldest prince, Li Ziye defended the eldest prince against his conscience in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu court.

Entering the palace yesterday, Shang Huang's hint was already obvious, asking him to protect the first prince.

The time when Emperor Shang brought up the loss of Baidi City was just after he returned to court in triumph. In fact, he wanted him, a meritorious minister, to say something nice for the eldest prince.

"His Majesty."

Standing in the court, Li Ziye said with a serious expression, "I believe that the fall of Baidi City cannot be entirely blamed on His Majesty. The war in the north will affect the whole body. It's the fault of one person."

Speaking of this, Li Ziye paused, looked at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and said calmly, "At the beginning, His Highness led troops to support the King of Donglin, and the defense of Baidi City was solid. As long as it can't be defended, Baidi City will never There is no risk, but unfortunately, Tantai Babu is just doing a little trick. In our court, there are many courtiers who are greedy for life and fear of death. They insist on letting the defenders in Baidi City come back to help. In the end, more than [-] iron cavalry came to the city , Baidi City fell, and I would like to ask, do these ministers who have written to ask the Baidi City defenders to come back to help them also bear part of the responsibility?"

With one word falling, the entire court could hear needles falling.

The expressions of the dozen or so courtiers all turned gloomy.

Obviously, they were the ministers who asked the Baidi City defenders to come back for help.

"Bu Yihou, how can you shirk this matter on us."

A middle-aged civil servant came out and said anxiously, "At that time, if the defenders of Baidi City did not return to help, the capital would be in danger, not to mention, the fortifications of Baidi City were the best in the world. Who would have thought that [-] troops would I couldn't hold it for a day."

"That's right, the responsibility for the fall of Baidi City has nothing to do with us."

In the court, you and I said one sentence, one after another shirked responsibility.

Li Ziye looked at the faces of all the courtiers in front of him, feeling ridiculous and sad.

It is true that these courtiers were not directly responsible for the fall of Baidi City, but it was precisely because of these wastes who were greedy for life and afraid of death that the Martial Kings of the Great Merchants fought so hard in this war.

In his opinion, incompetent and ineffective ministers are even more hateful than those corrupt officials.

"Your Majesty, do you have any news from the Fourth Highness?"

Li Ziye ignored the courtiers who kept arguing, looked at Emperor Shang in Fengtian Hall, and said seriously.

In front of the dragon chair, Shang Huang's expression became extremely gloomy when he heard the words of the commoner.

"Your Majesty, I have a sentence that I have kept in my heart for a long time."

Li Ziye said in a deep voice, "Is it true that my big business has no one to lead troops? Why, let the Fourth Highness, who has never led soldiers, go to the northern border to stop the Mobei reinforcements in Baidi City?"

In the main hall, Emperor Shang clenched his hands tightly, looking down at the officials below, his gaze was extremely cold.

In the hall, the officials felt the cold gaze of the Shang Emperor, their expressions were shocked, and their hearts were a little flustered.

They knew very well that although His Majesty had several princes, the status of the Fourth Highness was undoubtedly the most special.

The royal family has the most important bloodlines. As the fourth prince, as the first son, how can his status be compared with others.

His Majesty must have a lot of anger in his heart because of the accident of the Fourth Highness this time, but it has not exploded yet.

In the middle of the hall, Li Ziye smiled coldly, feeling the anger of the Shang Emperor and the fear of the officials.

If you don't want to take responsibility, it's up to you!

With the fall of Baidi City and Mubai's accident this time, these wastes who are greedy for life and fear of death cannot escape the responsibility. It is not easy for the old fox Shang Huang to endure until today.

"Bu Yihou thinks, how should we deal with this matter?" After a long time, Emperor Shang suppressed his anger and asked.

"I feel that although the eldest prince is guilty, some people are also guilty. The same is true for the matter of the Fourth Highness. Some people are also to blame for the accident of the Fourth Highness."

Li Ziye said coldly, "The soldiers are fighting bloody battles outside, and some courtiers just pretend to make their efforts go to waste. Once something happens, they don't have to bear any responsibility. What is the reason for this? My minister suggests that since punishment is required, accountability should be pursued from the source!"

In the main hall, all the ministers looked at each other, although there were thousands of words in their hearts, they did not dare to refute.

They can now see that His Majesty wants to use the hands of Bu Yihou to protect the First Prince.

If anyone doesn't wink, the next thing they have to face is His Majesty's Thunder Fury.

This commoner's ability to divert disasters to the east is really powerful.

"Mr. Haiqing."

In front of the dragon chair, Emperor Shang's gaze shifted, and he looked at an old man who had begun to remain silent, and said calmly, "How do you think the fall of Baidi City should be dealt with?"

Before the ministers, Hai Qinggong was startled when he heard the question from Emperor Shang, and hurried out, saluting respectfully, "I believe that the fall of Baidi City is indeed not the fault of His Majesty, and how to deal with it depends on His Majesty." Decide."

As the elder of the three dynasties, Hai Qinggong couldn't see what the Shang Emperor meant. At this moment, he didn't want to cause trouble for his upper body.

After hearing what Lord Hai Qing said, Emperor Shang looked at the other courtiers and said, "What about you, what do you think we should do?"

The officials looked at me and I looked at you, and no one dared to say anything more.

"Suggestion, stick punishment!"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Ziye took a step forward and said respectfully, "The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. Although the loss of Baidi City was not the fault of the eldest prince alone, the eldest prince is the commander of an army after all, and he was punished with a stick." Punishment, and another three years of salary, in order to show the justice of the laws and regulations of Dashang!"

His uncle, he is really getting more and more shameless, and he can say such shameless words.

In front of the ministers, King Yunyi, who is in charge of the world's prisons, thought for a while, and stepped out, saying respectfully, "The words of the commoner are reasonable, minister, second!"

"Sir, seconded!"

The two expressed their opinions. In the court hall, some courtiers who originally supported the eldest prince immediately came out and echoed their words.

Seeing this situation, the courtiers on both sides, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble, were all silent, not daring to say anything more at this time.

"Since all the ministers have no objection, then follow the suggestion of Bu Yihou and deal with it according to the law!"

In front of the dragon chair, Emperor Shang said calmly, "King Yunyi, this matter is up to you, you must strictly implement it, and don't bend the law for personal gain!"

"Yes!"

King Yunyi saluted again and responded respectfully.

After discussing the official business, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty raised a few more unimportant matters, and the morning court ended accordingly.

Li Ziye breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and walked out of the hall.

"Bu Yihou, congratulations."

On the way out of the palace, Li Ziye, who had mastered the military power of the Qingyu Army, obviously became the focus of everyone. Even the ministers who had a little feud before came to congratulate him now.

Things in the world are always so strange. After reaching the sky in one step, the whole world seems to be much more peaceful.

Li Ziye seemed to be accustomed to this, and responded to each of them with a very polite attitude.

An hour later.

Li Ziye returned to the Hou Mansion and went straight to the backyard.

He seemed to have promised Nan'er that he would take him out to play, and taking care of the children was more important than those messy things in the court.