Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

After Zhang Jian finished speaking, everyone in the spacious Taiji Hall instantly showed different expressions.

For Du He, Hou Junji, Li Ji and others, they were not too upset, as if they had guessed that this would be the result.

After all, Zhang Jian was also a military commander. It was impossible for him to ignore his bright future and expose this matter.

What's more, if Zhang Jian exposed this matter, it would not benefit him at all, but would offend a large number of people.

If he did such a foolish thing, he would probably never have the chance to enter the court again.

For the civil and military officials who were watching the show, they did not see a life-and-death fight, and many of them had expressions of regret on their faces.

"Du Jingtong is completely screwed this time."

"He is also an old fool. He dared to impeach Du He without any preparation. It was really stupid!"

"Seeing Du Jingtong impeaching aggressively, I thought he was very capable?"

"Now Du Jingtong has offended all the military commanders. It seems that the Jingzhao Du family has no chance now!"

These civil and military officials looked at the pale-faced Du Jingtong with contempt and began to criticize him in their hearts.

Zhang Jian's words could prove that Du Jingtong was slandering Du He, so this impeachment became a joke.

Moreover, in a solemn place like the Taiji Hall, fabricating rumors out of thin air and slandering a third-rank official of the imperial court is no small crime.

At the same time, these officials were full of admiration for Du He's response.

Because Du He did not think of explaining or quibbling, but directly used the method of rhetorical questions to make Du Jingtong lose his composure first.

If Zhang Jian wanted to commit suicide and told about the army's massacre in the city, Du Jingtong and Zhang Jian would not only offend Du He, but also the crown prince and all the soldiers who conquered Liaodong.

How could Li Shimin order punishment when the crown prince and a group of generals were involved?

The final result was that Du Jingtong and Zhang Jian were defeated and severely punished.

"Huh~"

Du Jingtong, who was as quiet as a goose, began to breathe rapidly.

He didn't expect that Zhang Jian would turn against him and now he didn't even dare to admit what he had said with his own mouth.

What to do now?

Du Jingtong was extremely anxious and his mind was racing, thinking about how to reverse the current unfavorable situation.

There was silence for a few moments.

Li Shimin's voice rang out again: "Du Jingtong, you have heard what Zhang Jian said just now. Do you have anything else to say now?"

Du Jingtong said with a stiff upper lip: "Your Majesty, when I was drinking with Zhang Jian, he did mention that Du He suggested that the army massacre the city!"

"Although Zhang Jian was afraid to testify against him in Taiji Hall due to Du He's tyranny, the army's actions in Goguryeo cannot deceive anyone!"

"If there was no order to massacre the city, why did Goguryeo have millions of people annihilated?"

This time he was determined to go all out.

As Du Jingtong finished his words, a huge inhalation sound was heard in the Tai Chi Hall.

"Suck~"

"This old bastard Du Jingtong is so afraid that he won't die soon enough that he doesn't even want to live anymore!"

"Should we say he is stupid or courageous?"

The civil and military officials felt mixed emotions. On the one hand, they admired Du Jingtong's courage, but on the other hand, they were amused by his stupidity.

I don’t know how he has survived these decades. What’s in his brain?

Zhang Jian, who was already frightened, cursed Du Jingtong in his heart after hearing that Du Jingtong was still stubborn.

Du Jingtong wants to die, don't take him with you!

"Damn it, I must draw a clear line between myself and the people of Jingzhao Du Clan from now on!"

Zhang Jian clenched his fists tightly and complained angrily in his heart.

On the imperial platform.

Li Shimin's face turned gloomy. He stared at Du Jingtong deeply, then turned to look at Du He and spoke slowly.

"Du He, please explain what Du Jingtong said."

"promise!"

Du He raised the tablet with both hands and responded, then explained loudly.

"The will of the soldiers and civilians of Goguryeo to resist was very strong. From the 80-year-old elders to the 7-year-old children, they all took up arms to resist."

"On the battlefield, anyone who picks up a weapon is considered an enemy."

"When fighting the enemy, based on the principle of respect, how can we not go all out?"

After hearing Du He's explanation, all the civil and military officials rolled their eyes. Even Li Chengqian, Hou Junji, Li Ji and others couldn't help but twitch their mouths.

The elderly and the young children took up weapons to resist?

Can they lift the blade?

Du Jingtong was so angry that his chest rose and fell violently. He pointed at Du He and shouted, "Du He, you are talking nonsense and fooling His Majesty and all the civil and military officials!"

"Do you think that the wise and powerful Majesty and all the civil and military officials will believe your lies?"

This little thief is so arrogant that he dares to give such a ridiculous reason.

Does he think everyone is a fool?

Du He said with a cold face: "Mr. Du, if you don't believe what I said, why don't you ask You Pushe Hou Junji, Minister of Personnel Li Ji, Minister of Rites Zhang Shigui, Minister of War Li Daozon and Minister of Punishment Zhang Liang?"

When Du Jingtong heard that Du He had involved a group of generals, his face changed drastically.

He originally only wanted to deal with Du He alone, but now he has to face the anger of these important officials at the same time.

How could he, a mere fifth-rank official, bear it?

In the Taiji Hall, there were two neutral ministers who hated Du Jingtong so much that they wanted to chop him to death with a single blow.

They are the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Cen Wenben, and the Minister of the Central Secretariat Yang Shidao!

As Du Jingtong's immediate superior, his subordinates are now offending people everywhere, which is simply putting the two of them on the fire.

Hou Junji, Li Ji, Zhang Shigui, Li Daozon and Zhang Liang stood up together, bowed to Li Shimin and said.

"Your Majesty, what Minister Du said is true!"

Regardless of the fact that they had no conflicts before, they maintained a high degree of unity when facing the issue of Du Jingtong's impeachment.

Especially since Zhang Liang ordered the massacre of all prisoners in the battle of Beisha City, he had to support Du He even more.

At this point, there is no suspense in this farce.

Li Shimin directly ordered: "Zhongshu Sheren Du Jingtong fabricated false information and slandered Du He and a group of generals who had made contributions to the country."

"All official positions will be immediately dismissed and handed over to the Dali Temple for punishment!"

As soon as this order came out, Du Jingtong's mind went blank, and he felt his body go limp and fall directly onto the cushion.

His originally gloomy eyes now became lifeless.

"It's over!"

If I had known earlier, I would not have listened to the advice of the elders and would have followed the countermeasures he had formulated.

Not only did he fail to bring down Du He, but he also got himself involved.