Chapter 798: Night Trial of Goguryeo Spies

After a whole day of hard work, when Wang Ping'an brought Ouyang Li and the others to the Ministry of War, it was already dark.

The Ministry of War is one of the six ministries of the Secretariat, with four departments under its jurisdiction. Among them, the Ministry of War is in charge of scouts. The Ministry of War is in charge of map drawing, as well as military projects such as cities and forts.

Since these matters are in charge, it is necessary to send scouts to reconnaissance, to find out the enemy's situation, or things like that. Scouts to send scouts to the outside world and to catch the enemy's scouts. In this era, when the two armies were fighting, the scouts sent were called scouts. When the two armies did not fight, their scouts were called scouts, and the enemy's scouts were called spies.

The Tang Dynasty's official position was not famous enough, but became famous in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, it was not famous for the official position, but for other departments extending from this department, such as the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang.

Wang Ping'an brought people into the Secretariat. The second courtyard to the east of this large yamen was the Ministry of War. Wang Ping'an asked Ouyang Li and the others to take two Goguryeo spies to the Ministry of War, and he ran to the main hall himself to find Changsun Wuji.

There was no one in the main hall, so he ran to the second hall again. He saw that Changsun Wuji was indeed not on duty and was talking to Chu Suiliang, Fang Xuanling and the others.

Changsun Wuji was quite excited today. He learned from the rumors from Wang Ping'an that he might have to parade on behalf of the emperor. He was so excited that he didn't have time to eat. He called Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling to tell them about the matter and asked them to come up with an idea about how to parade on behalf of the emperor.

Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling are both meticulous people, and since they were not the ones who paraded on military terms on behalf of the emperor, they were not as excited as Changsun Wuji. They could still remain calm and objective in their view of things.

When Chu Suiliang heard the news, he said, "Donald Wuji, the military parade on behalf of the emperor is a major event. It can be said that it is incompatible with etiquette and law. People like Cao Cao are far away, so let's not mention them. Just Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty is also a figure in the military parade on behalf of the emperor. However, there are countless generals in this dynasty, but no one can parade on behalf of the emperor. This matter is a bit taboo and can easily cause criticism from others. Therefore, Duke Wuji, you have to think twice before you act!"

Changsun Wuji was poured with cold water on his head, a little disappointed. Thinking about it, he was a little excited and asked Fang Xuanling: "Brother Fang, our Tang Dynasty Fang Dun is famous for Du Dun. Brother Du died early, so it is impossible for him to make him make a decision, but your Fang Ming is still there. Tell me, if this matter is true, how should I deal with it?"

Fang Xuanling thought for a long time and circled more than twenty circles in the hall, then said: "In my opinion, this matter does not seem to be as serious as Brother Chu said. Although the current emperor is young, he is not a fool. He could not make a random decision in such a major military parade on behalf of the emperor, and he would not have made any decisions before making a decision. Since he had told Wang Ping'an and Wang Ping'an came to tell you again, it means that this matter has been decided. Even if you refuse, you still have to do it as you do!"

Chu Suiliang frowned and said, "In other words, the emperor decided to let Wuji Gong parade on his behalf. Why is this? Wuji Gong has made great contributions in civil governance, but he has not made much achievements in martial arts!"

Changsun Wuji was anxious and said, "Works about civil and military achievements, in fact, when it comes to civil and military affairs, I think I don't think I have made great contributions. But why did Wang Ping'an hear this news? Wang Ping'an has always been strict. If it weren't for the emperor's instructions, he would not be a lingering woman. He has never seen Wang Ping'an gossip!"

Fang Xuanling's eyes rolled and said, "It seems that if it is, according to me, the emperor seems to have another thing, and this matter requires you to make concessions, so it is so cheap."

They are all old friends, so Fang Xuanling said it very directly. To put it bluntly, this matter is to give it a bargain and let Changsun Wuji take it.

As soon as Fang Xuanling said the words, Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang were stunned at the same time, just like a flash of lightning suddenly crossing the night sky, immediately illuminating the four fields. They both felt a sudden realization!

Chu Suiliang yelled and said, "It seems that this is the case! This is a typical example of wanting to take it first, and you must give it first. But..." He looked at Changsun Wuji and did not say the second half.

Changsun Wuji grabbed his beard hard, stroked it twice, and stroked several beards. He grinned his teeth and shook his head and said, "But, what is the emperor who wants me to make concessions? Is it a major event in the court? But the emperor does not care about the major event in the court at all?"

Chu Suiliang said: "Is it because of the expedition to Goguryeo? The emperor thought of his brotherhood and wanted to spare Li Ke's life, so he gave Wuji some benefits in advance so as not to interfere in it and insisted on killing Li Ke?"

Changsun Wuji hated Li Ke, and everyone in the court knew it. In fact, to put it bluntly, except for the children born by the first queen, Changsun Wuji looked down on all other princes and daughters, but because Li Ke posed the greatest threat to Li Zhi, he was the most disgusted!

Changsun Wuji shook his head again and said, "No, I don't like Li Ke, but in fact the emperor doesn't like him either. As for giving Li Ke's life, there is no need to use the military parade to make concessions. As long as the emperor says, after catching Li Ke alive, he will not kill him and take him back to Chang'an. For me, letting Li Ke live is more relieved than killing him. If you want to repair him, repair it as much as you want."

Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling nodded together, and they both understood in their hearts that for Li Ke, dying is actually better than living, and they will be liberated from everything once they die, and it is hundreds of times better than living suffering from endless torture.

Chu Suiliang also started to scrub his beard, and he said, "Then I can't figure it out. I don't know why the emperor did this. Wang Ping'an either doesn't spread the news. If it wants to spread, it must be true, and there is no need to doubt it. But why did the emperor do this?"

Fang Xuanling turned around a few more circles, suddenly stopped and said, "It may not be a matter of the court, nor a matter of Li Ke, but a matter of the palace. Wuji, you are not only the prime minister, but also the emperor's uncle. My mother's uncle is the late emperor and the late queen are gone. Now you can say a few words about royal affairs and say something very useful, but you are the only one left, Wuji, you are the only one!"

"What happened in the royal family, in the palace..." Changsun Wuji suddenly shouted: "Appoint a crown prince!"

At the same time, Chu Suiliang also said it, exactly the same as Changsun Wuji, and he also shouted: "Let the crown prince!"

The biggest thing in the royal family is beyond the establishment of the crown prince, and Emperor Li Zhi has not yet established any son as the crown prince! For the three prime ministers, they don’t know who Wu Meiniang is, and they don’t expect that the emperor was thinking of a nun in Chao Siye. So once they think that the emperor wants Changsun Wuji to make concessions, the first thing they think of is to establish a crown prince!

Changsun Wuji immediately said in surprise: "Which prince wants to make the crown prince? The prince is not old now. If you have any status, you can't be the crown prince!"

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has been three generations. Whether it is Li Yuan or Li Shimin, the princes they established at the beginning were the eldest sons of the emperor, and the eldest sons of the emperor were all the emperors. But now the Queen Wang has not given birth to a son, and Li Zhi's eldest son was born in a vassal. For the Tang Dynasty, this is a very troublesome thing!

Changsun Wuji is an old stubborn person. He did not want to interfere with Li Zhi's title, but thought that if he did not interfere, Li Zhi could not establish a prince. In his eyes, Li Zhi was first his nephew and then the emperor. As the only elder who had the final say, who should inherit the Tang Dynasty, it should be his uncle who had the final say, not Li Zhi's father had the final say!

Fang Xuanling said: "It is definitely not about establishing the eldest son of the emperor, otherwise why should Wuji Gong give in?"

Chu Suiliang said, "Is it possible to establish Xiao Shufei's son? The Li Sujie who is still sipping breasts?"

Fang Xuanling said again: "Yes, Brother Chu and I guessed the same thing. We must make Li Sujie the crown prince, otherwise why would the emperor go around in such a circle?"

Although Concubine Xiao Shu was born in the past royal family, for the three prime ministers, the outdated royal family is not as good as ordinary people. What can the Phoenix do? It is still worse than the chicken if it falls into battle! Because they don’t take Concubine Xiao Shu seriously, they dare to call the prince’s name directly, without any respect.

Changsun Wuji was furious and said angrily: "What is that Concubine Xiao? She pretended to be pregnant some time ago. Now she dares to have an indecent idea when she gave birth to a son. How can her son be made the prince? What is she? Her son is even less of a thing!"

Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling stopped talking. They called Concubine Xiao Shun a bad guy, but they were just the emperor's little wife. But how could they dare to call Li Sujie a bad guy? If Li Sujie is not a guy, then what would the emperor be like?

Changsun Wuji was so angry that his beard was raised and said, "I have to ask Wang Ping'an this matter. If this is true, I will not go to see any soldiers. This matter is endless. Not to mention that Li Sujie wants to be the prince, the woman from the Xiao family should not even be a concubine, and she will be directly sent to the cold palace!"

The three of them were discussing this matter for half a day, and even sent people to the palace to find out the news to see if the emperor was very fond of Concubine Xiao Shu recently. Because Concubine Xiao Shu was arrogant because of her favor, she had unrealistic ideas.

It was just dark, and the person who was inquiring about the news had not come back, but someone came to report that Wang Ping'an had arrived and remanded two Goguryeo spies and sent them to the Ministry of War for interrogation.

Changsun Wuji said, "Wang Ping'an is here just in time, let's go and ask him together."
Chapter completed!