Dark Head didn't want to speak, but he had nothing to say.
"Your Majesty, the Chamberlain of Dependencies and the Minister of Justice request an audience!”
Feng Le interrupted with a smile, which saved the dark leader from embarrassment.
Li Shi Min's lips curled up slightly.
"You're finally willing to come and see me, pass!”
"Hey!"
Feng Le responded swiftly and shouted outside with a sharp voice.
After a while…
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
The Chamberlain of Dependencies and the Minister of Justice, the two fifty-year-old elders, had clearly come to an agreement to 'cause a ruckus in the royal study' together.
When the two elders handed over the memorial, they immediately wailed.
"Your Majesty, this old minister is guilty. As a minister of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, I have diligently taken care of the foreign diplomatic corps, and today…sob sob…"
"Your Majesty, this old minister is also guilty. In the past, when foreign diplomatic missions caused trouble, the way they dealt with it was to persuade the people of the Great Tang to be patient. I never thought that this would nourish the ambitions of some people.”
"No, I was the one in the wrong…"
The two old men were very expressive. They forcefully acted out their self-reflection as pointing at the mulberry tree and cursing the locust tree. In the end, they even left a few drops of crocodile tears.
Li Shimin was having a headache. Even though he knew that complaining was a necessary process, the two old ministers still wailed…
Hehe, I believe that it won't be long before a new rumor about him appears in Chang 'an.
The Emperor berated the two old ministers for an unknown reason, and the old minister almost fainted from crying in the royal study.
Thinking of the new rumors, Li Shi Min felt bad and immediately cooperated with them.
"Our Great Tang has always treated foreign diplomatic missions with great courtesy, never neglecting our etiquette. We never thought that our generosity would become the cost of others 'arrogance.”
"This matter must be severely punished. We must seek justice for the tragic deaths of the people of the Great Tang so that other countries will not look down on our Great Tang.”
"The extent of the punishment will depend on whether the two beloved ministers will suppress some clowns at tomorrow's court meeting.”
The Chamberlain of Dependencies understood Li Shimin's hint and smiled cunningly.
The Minister of Justice's eyes flashed with mockery.
It was because he had been disappointed too many times. Every time, it was the Great Tang that had compromised.
I hope that this time, we can break the deadlock and severely punish the foreigners who have done evil in our Great Tang.
Only when there was a precedent in Chang 'an could the provinces and prefectures in the Tang Empire truly become unyielding.
In short, after the Minister of Chamberlain of Dependencies and the Minister of Justice left.
Li Shi Min sighed in frustration.
"Sigh, I'm free now. I don't know what kind of show will be staged tomorrow.”
……
The sun rose, illuminating the palace.
According to the customs of the Great Tang, a Grand Court Meeting was held on the first and fifteenth of every month.
Today was the fifteenth day, and the court session was held as scheduled.
The civil officials and generals gathered together, and those who were familiar with each other gathered together to chat.
The venue of the Grand Court Assembly, Taiji Palace, seemed to have become a market for trading.
"Clang…clang…"
The bell that signaled the start of the court session rang.
The endless conversation suddenly stopped.
Each of the officials had a serious look on their faces, as if they had become a different person.
"Good morning, dear ministers."
Li Shi Min's face was tense, and no one could tell what he was feeling from his expression.
In fact, when they could not find any emotions on the emperor's face, it was often the moment when the courtiers were most frightened.
This was similar to the calm before a storm. It was most likely a sign that the emperor was about to fly into a rage.
The civil and military officials began to report their work. They picked the most important things to report to Li Shimin and waited for him to give them an evaluation.
The report lasted for more than half a day before it ended!!!
Logically speaking, it was time for the court to end. The ministers who had not eaten breakfast could go home and eat and drink.
But…if Li Shiming didn't announce the end of the court, no one would dare to leave.
The upper-class society was well-informed. If they couldn't settle yesterday's matter today, then today's court session wouldn't end.
However, there were only two outcomes to this.
1. Punish Li Yuan Fang, Cheng Chu Mo and the Cui family to please the foreign diplomatic corps.
Second, forcefully set this matter as a model, letting the diplomatic corps of the various countries know the consequences of causing trouble in the Great Tang.
Thinking of this, many ministers were curious about who would be punished.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report. Yesterday, the Wei Nation…"
An imperial censor walked out, and this person followed the orders of his superiors and described the evil deeds of the Wei Nation diplomatic mission.
"Bang!"
The honest generals were all enraged.
"These thieves don't have good intentions and trample on the sins of the people. Even if they use their lives to pay for it, it's not enough!”
"Preposterous! Who gave them the courage to use weapons in the capital of the Great Tang?”
"A mere island country dares to be so arrogant.”
"I beg Your Majesty to punish the Japanese…"
Don't look at how the generals were all boorish, they couldn't help but speak rudely, but it was reasonable.
Li Shi Min's lips curled up, revealing his first smile of the day.
"How do you think this matter should be handled?”
"Report, the Wei Nation's diplomatic mission requests an audience with His Majesty!”
As soon as the guard sent the message, someone jumped out impatiently.
"Your Majesty, this matter concerns the diplomatic relations between the two countries. We should meet with the Wei Nation's diplomatic mission and the people who participated in this matter yesterday.”
"Cheng Yaojin, Minister Cui, what do you two think?”
Li Shi Min asked casually, but for some reason, most of the ministers shivered.
Cheng Yaojin shrugged and glanced at the official who jumped out.
"I will still uphold yesterday's verdict. The murderer shall pay with his life.”
"I agree."
Cui Boming's eyes flashed with mockery.
A bunch of idiots. Can't you see that no one in our aristocratic families is causing trouble?
At this time, he was in a hurry to speak up for the Japanese…
Hehe, you think that you took the money from the Wei Nation diplomatic mission and are afraid that others won't notice that you took bribes, right?
Clowns were clowns. They had a huge mentality of luck and would betray anyone for benefits.
"Your Majesty, don't you know that regarding yesterday's incident, Prince Zhou was the first to arrive at the scene?”
"Even if Prince Zhou can't stand it, he doesn't have the right to execute the Wei Nation envoy.”
"I suspect that Prince Zhou intentionally distorted the facts and misled Duke Lu and Lord Cui.”
"This subject earnestly requests that you think about it carefully. Prince Zhou ordered his subordinates to slaughter the foreign emissaries, which is already suspicious of deliberately sowing discord between the two countries.”
"This subject agrees. I implore Your Majesty to send troops to besiege Prince Zhou's residence and send people to strictly educate Prince Zhou. As long as he does not repent, he cannot be released.”
“……”
For a time, this group of people who had received the black money directly used Li Yuanfang, who did not go to court, as a breakthrough point. They tried to reverse the black and white and call a deer a horse, so that they could define this matter as Zhou Wang's ulterior motives to mislead the virtuous.
There was only one goal-to make Li Yuanfang take the blame so that some people's actions could be cleared.
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