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Chapter 562: Fan Xing is a traitor?
Everyone returned to the Hongwen Hall, the council hall in the Taiji Palace in Chang'an City. Li Shimin summoned important officials of the court, including Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Zhangsun Wuji, Feng Deyi, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Gao Shilian, etc., to discuss military intelligence. Yang Ji, who had just surrendered, and Fan Xing were also among them.

After a while, Hou Junji also rushed over.

The wise ministers who created the prosperous Zhenguan era gathered together, discussing the next strategy to deal with the Turks.

Now that Luo Yi is dead and the Yan-Liao army has been pacified, there are now 80,000 more troops out of thin air. The tens of thousands of troops and horses of Cheng Yaojin who were tied up in Jingzhou can also be recalled. This means that there are more than 100,000 more reinforcements, and everyone's sense of security is suddenly much higher.

Li Shimin also explained to all the ministers that Yang Ji had secretly reported to the court that he had sent Zhangsun Wuji to help deal with Luo Yi. Many people then understood that there was such a thing, and they looked at Yang Ji with more appreciation.

They all praised Yang Ji for his loyalty to the court and the emperor!
But some were happy and some were angry. Feng Deyi now understood what Zhangsun Wuji had said in a sneaky way during the last meeting when he had sent everyone away and spoken to the emperor alone. Thinking that all his private plans had been ruined by Zhangsun Wuji, he was extremely angry, but he did not dare to get angry with the emperor.

Seeing Fan Xing standing in the back corner, he winked at several colleagues around him and stepped forward to say, "Your Majesty, I want to report someone."

"Oh, who does Lord Feng want to report?" Li Shimin was relieved after being shaken, and he didn't pay attention to anything else and asked casually.

Feng Deyi glanced at Fan Xing and said coldly, "This old minister wants to investigate Fan Xing. He is a treacherous minister. The emperor did not despise his humble origins and promoted him to participate in government affairs. But I didn't expect that he would go all out to bribe Jie Li and make the emperor empty his treasury and kowtow to Jie last time."

"As a subject, he should have devoted all his energy to serving the emperor, but he encouraged the emperor to come up with such a shameless idea. This will leave a bad name in history. I ask the emperor to punish him for spreading rumors to confuse the people and mislead the king."

Several people who were close to Feng Deyi and came from aristocratic families and disliked Fan Xing also followed suit and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, Fan Xing is simply not a human being."

"Fan Xing is a treacherous minister. We, the ministers, disdain to associate with him."

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Changsun Wuji was anxious. He stood up and said angrily, "What are you yelling about? Just because you have more people, you are right. Don't you think about the situation at the beginning? Fan Xing was also thinking about the court at that time. At that time, the emperor didn't know about General Yang's loyalty, let alone the 80,000 troops in Jingzhou."

"The situation is critical. Fan Xing came up with this plan out of good intentions. In order to protect the country of the Tang Dynasty, don't many of you think that Fan Xing's plan is a last resort?"

"Now that the times have changed, you are starting to settle accounts again. What is this?"

Feng Deyi showed a smug smile on his face and said quickly: "Master Changsun, what you said is wrong. At that time, I reprimanded Fan Xing, and the emperor was also very dissatisfied. He was furious and said that he would rather die standing than live on his knees. We, the ministers, were moved by the emperor's awe-inspiring justice. We also held the determination to live and die with Chang'an, believing that we can lose our heads but not our integrity."

"How can I agree with the treacherous minister Fan Xing's idea? Ask the ministers present here, who agrees with his suggestion?"

Well.
Feng Deyi was old and cunning. After hearing what he said, those who had wanted to respond to Zhangsun Wuji and speak a few words for Fan Xing no longer dared to speak, otherwise they would be accused of agreeing with Fan Xing's servility and kneeling to Jie Li.

Even the emperor's mouth was blocked. Li Shimin was speechless when he heard this and was defied by Feng Deyi's words.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui shook their heads at Li Shimin. There were still more than 100,000 Turkic troops outside the city, so internal unity was very important. Moreover, the situation had changed, and the surrender of the Jingzhou army made the court situation not as critical as before, so Fan Xing's idea seemed so inappropriate.

Even they were not in a position to plead for Fan Xing, and some people, in order to protect the interests of the aristocratic families, were happy to see Feng Deyi and others attack Fan Xing, in order to subtly discourage the emperor's intention of employing people from humble backgrounds.

Seeing this, Li Shimin sighed silently. Seeing the two sides fighting, his originally happy mood suddenly became depressed. He knew that Feng Deyi and his men just disliked Fan Xing and wanted to find an excuse to squeeze Fan Xing out of the court.

To put it more deeply, he was afraid that he, the emperor, would start employing people from commoner families, which would affect the interests of the aristocratic families in the court that had been formed over thousands of years, although Li Shimin was also indignant about this.

But with a powerful enemy at hand, they could only temporarily sacrifice Fan Xing to stabilize these old ministers.

Li Shimin glanced at Fan Xing, who was standing in the back corner with a clear and open expression. He felt a little apologetic, but he still hardened his heart and stopped Zhangsun Wuji and said, "What the ministers said makes sense. Fan Xing really shouldn't have come up with such a stupid idea. I would rather die than bow to the Turks."

"But fortunately, it was not implemented and no losses were caused. If the ministers were convicted for their inappropriate suggestions, no one in the court would dare to offer advice again."

Seeing Feng Deyi was about to argue, Li Shimin waved his hand to interrupt him and said flatly: "However, this also proves that Fan Xing is not suitable for participating in court politics. Pass on my decree to transfer Fan Xing to be the Sima of Suizhou. After repelling the Turks, he will take office immediately."

Well.
When Feng Deyi saw that both the Langzhong of the Ministry of War and the Sima of Suizhou were of the fifth rank, but the Langzhong of the Ministry of War was of the upper fifth rank, while the Sima of Suizhou was of the lower fifth rank, and there was a huge gap between Chang'an and the local areas, so Fan Xing could be considered to be demoted, and he did not argue anymore.

Although Zhangsun Wuji was somewhat indignant, he also knew that the emperor had shown him special favor. Suizhou was located in the border area and was an important town. The Turks had been invading the border for many years, so there were often wars to fight and many opportunities to make meritorious deeds. Fan Xingshui would be promoted to governor in one or two years, which was a demotion in name but a promotion in reality.

Seeing Feng Deyi and the others looking at him with a fierce look, Changsun Wuji was also a little angry. He looked at Li Shimin and saw him wink. Thinking that the army was approaching, the emperor was really in a dilemma. He couldn't create a disharmonious atmosphere because of Fan Xing's honor and disgrace at this time, so he retreated angrily.

"I thank the emperor for his grace!" Fan Xing stepped forward and knelt down to express his gratitude, then left the Hongwen Hall under the questioning gazes of Feng Deyi and others.

Meanwhile, Yang Ji, who was participating in the core political affairs of the Tang Dynasty for the first time, saw Fan Xing being besieged by the ministers who were once famous and renowned because of a wrong remark and an idea that he thought was not only innocent but could save the Tang Dynasty from disaster.

In the end, even Lord Zhangsun’s defense was useless right under his own nose. He was kicked out of the court and sent to the frontier.

Struggles among dynasties, struggles among parties, and struggles for interests.

This was a factional struggle without the smoke of gunpowder, which was bloodily staged in front of Yang Ji, a military man who was only a low-ranking general a month ago. It poured cold water on Yang Ji, who was originally hesitant and satisfied, and somewhat complacent because he was valued by the emperor for saving the emperor in time.

Yang Ji's heart trembled a little, his eyelids twitched slightly, and he swallowed uncontrollably a few times. He slowly calmed down and thought about Li Yan's words.

He vaguely knew that this was a power struggle between the aristocrats and the commoners in the court.

After all, Yang Ji also came from a poor family, but later he married the daughter of a wealthy family in Jingzhou, and was thus grafted into an aristocratic family.

In the past, Yang Ji was just a minor general in Jingzhou, but now, by chance, he has entered the palace and sat in the Hongwen Hall to discuss political affairs with the emperor and the elders of the Tang Dynasty. He felt that he could not handle Luo Yi alone, and now the struggle among the heroes in the court made him even more timid.

In the final analysis, Yang Ji was not educated enough to participate in this level of court struggle. Now he had just surrendered, "saved" the Tang Dynasty from danger, and led 80,000 troops in Jingzhou. Therefore, it was only because of the emperor's temporary gratitude that the ministers allowed him to sit here.

But as time went on, this opportunistic idiot of his would be exposed sooner or later, and when he was suppressed again, he would never have a chance to rise again. In terms of ability, Yang Ji felt that he was not as good as Fan Xing who had just been driven out in disgrace. At least he could not think of the idea of ​​emptying the treasury to repel the enemy.

Now Yang Ji deeply understood the intention of Li Yan's last words to him before he started the rebellion yesterday morning. Seeing Fan Xing leave sadly, it was as if he saw his future fate. Thinking of this, Yang Ji could no longer sit still.

After making up his mind, he stood up and knelt before Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, I have something to report, I hope Your Majesty will grant my approval!"

Seeing Yang Ji's speech, Li Shimin waved his hand and all the ministers fell silent. Li Shimin looked at this minister who came to his rescue with gentle eyes, although he had never met Yang Ji before, Fang Xuanling had also reminded him that Yang Ji was an opportunist.

But today's timely rescue and the support of the 80,000 Jingzhou troops at Weishui still made him feel inexplicably fond of this seemingly upright man.

"General Yang, please stand up!"

Li Shimin said gently, "This is how things are discussed in front of the emperor. There are a lot of noise and sometimes we get red in the face. But everyone here is the most loyal minister of our Tang Dynasty. General Yang, there is no need to be so polite. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Upon hearing this, Feng Deyi and others nodded with satisfaction, obviously feeling very pleased to be recognized by the emperor.

The famous officials who used to be so loud and clear were now curiously looking at this official who could decide the situation. Feng Deyi, Xiao Yu and others even curled their lips in disdain. Yang Ji was only a deputy general of the Jingzhou Army before, and replaced Luo Yi by chance. Now he is discussing politics with the respected people. Everyone looks down on Fan Xing, and even more so on Yang Ji.

But this guy now has 80,000 soldiers under his command, and he has just made a contribution to saving the emperor. If Yang Ji had not arrived in time, everyone might have been wailing under Jie Li's iron hoof. So no one bothered Yang Ji for a while.

Even if we want to kill him, we have to wait until the crisis in the court is resolved and then strip him of his military power.

Feng Deyi knew that even though everyone had just attacked Fan Xing wantonly, if they dared to use the same method on Yang Ji, not only the emperor, but other important officials would rush over and tear off his white beard.

Yang Ji then reached into his bosom, took out the former commander seal of the Yan and Liao armies, the military token, and the imperial edict written by Li Shimin himself, and placed them in front of Li Shimin: "I would like to resign from the post of commander of the Yan and Liao armies. Please approve it, Your Majesty."

Well.
A single stone can cause a thousand ripples. The ministers in the Hongwen Hall were so shocked by Yang Ji's abrupt words that they were silent. You could hear a pin drop. The ministers looked at each other in astonishment, looking at Yang Ji who was kneeling in the middle. Even Li Shimin was no exception.

Li Shimin was confused and looked up at Changsun Wuji, but the other party also had a look of surprise on his face, as if he had not expected this scene to happen.

(End of this chapter)