"I think our Lord Shangshu might have not woken up from a hangover last night, so he forgot these most important things? Is it, Lord Wang?" Li Ming looked at Wang Lie with a slight smile and said something that surprised Wang Lie.

Wang Lie didn't know what Li Ming was selling in his gourd. He could use this as an excuse to dismiss him and investigate him, but why did he suddenly get rid of himself? How could he know that Li Ming didn't even care about his crimes, because such a crime was insufficient and putting him to death, so he had to slowly lead Wang Lie into the trap.

"This Xiaguan did drink too much last night, so I can't remember it clearly. Please forgive me." Wang Lie thought that Li Ming might have taken this opportunity to repair it with him, so he gave himself a step so obviously. If he doesn't appreciate it, he will have to ask for trouble next. Therefore, Wang Lie's attitude towards Li Ming began to be much more respectful.

Li Ming smiled faintly and asked, "Sir, Minister of War, tell me, which seven acropolis dare to betray the emperor now?"

Liu Ke hurriedly reported: "Report to the prince, these seven acropolis are Ren'an City, Shui'an City, Guo'an City in the east, Nan'an City, Di'an City and Wang'an City in the south, Long'an City in the west. At present, only three acropolises in the north of the imperial city and two acropolisses in the west are still in our control."

Li Ming nodded slightly, turned his eyes to Wang Lie, and said, "Mr. Wang, do you remember now? According to your crime just now, I could have removed you from your post, but considering that you are also an important minister in the court, I hope to give you a chance to redeem your sins. You also heard that the three acropolis located in the south had betrayed us, so we lost contact with the elite soldiers of the Southern Dian Prefecture. Moreover, the southern states were the places where our loyalty to our emperor are now blocked by these three acropolis, so that their food, grass and goods could not be supported in time to the imperial city. Therefore, can we solve the problem of the current emperor

The crisis of the city depends on whether you can successfully capture these three acropolis. Now, I will allocate you 20,000 city defense forces and order you to open up this important passage within five days and occupy these three important acropolis. How about it? I am sure? I already know that the defense force in each acropolis is no more than 10,000, and they are also some scattered soldiers such as militias. The combat capability cannot be compared with the city defense forces. Therefore, giving you this 10,000 city defense forces is the maximum. Remember, the reason why you were asked to lead the troops is because I want to give you a chance to atone for merits and sins. Therefore, I hope you will not disappoint me."

All the ministers present said this and could not help but nod. The 20,000 city defense forces could indeed easily take any acropolis. Especially, the city defense forces are well-equipped and siege equipment is very complete. To deal with less than 10,000 acropolis defenders, it is simply a slaughter. It seems that the prince is indeed giving Lord Wang a chance to make up for it. At this time, the view of Li Ming in their hearts changed a lot. They thought that Li Ming would definitely take this opportunity to revenge Wang Lie's disrespect. Now it seems that this prince is indeed selfless, so some officials who did not look down on Li Ming had begun to consider doing a good job with Li Ming.

However, this matter was not so thoughtful about Wang Lie who knew the inside story. The three acropolis located in the south were controlled by Li Qing, and Wang Lie happened to be the inside line that Li Qing'an inserted into. Li Qing had put a lot of effort and effort in this regard. Wang Lie was the right pushe of the Shangshu Province back then and had been hiding in the court. Few people knew that he was Li Qing's confidant. Later, after Li Song ascended the throne, he ascended the position of Shangshu Ling. After Li Ming arrived at the Imperial City, he used his intelligence network, Linjiazhuang's intelligence agency, the emperor's special office intelligence network and other investigations, and finally discovered Wang Lie's backstage. Therefore, Li Ming asked Wang Lie to lead troops to occupy the acropolis controlled by Li Qing.

Naturally, Wang Lie definitely cannot do this, otherwise Li Qing would not let him go. His family and his property were all in Li Qing's control. Once he did this, all his previous efforts would be in vain. Therefore, he must try his best to stop Li Ming's approach.

"Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate." Wang Lie had already thought about this reason, and at this time, he could use it, but he didn't expect that he was interrupted by Li Ming without hesitation: "Okay! I don't want to listen to any of your explanations. Giving you this opportunity is to make you a contribution. If you still want to argue, it means you have a problem. Lord Wang, you don't want me to misunderstand you with this excuse, right?" At this point, Li Ming's tone became cold.

Wang Lie was startled. He didn't expect that Li Ming, who was still full of a gentle face, would become so gloomy and terrible in the blink of an eye, which made him a little chill. However, the things in front of him were related to his wealth and life. If he fought hard, he would at most be disgraced and dismissed from office and surrender. However, in this way, Prince Ming would definitely reward him. If he surrendered to Li Ming, then Li Qing's methods would probably make him doomed.

So, he mustered up his courage to raise his head and looked at Li Ming who wanted to speak again.

However, how could Li Ming make him do what he wants? Seeing Wang Lie's actions, Li Ming stood up first and ordered: "Okay, there is no need to say all nonsense. Now I announce that the Secretary of State ordered Wang Lie to be the chief general and lead 20,000 city defense troops to attack Nan'an City, Di'an City and Wang'an City, and give you a five-day deadline. If you can't get it after the deadline, I'm asking you. This is my final decision. No one has the right to change it. Okay, this matter is over here. Is there any other matter for others?"

Wang Lie was stunned. After Li Ming announced the order, he stated that he had been sent to the guillotine. Whether this task was accepted or not, he would be dead. He did not expect that the good meeting would make him so passive. Judging from the current situation, it seems that he is already in danger.

"No! Prince, you must not do this. The subordinate is just a civil servant. How can you be a general who leads the army? This is incompatible with the official system of our dynasty, so please forgive me for being unable to obey the duties." Helplessly, Wang Lie could only use this method to avoid his life. He hoped that he could persuade Li Ming to let him give up this task. Even if he removed his official position, it would be much better than to die.

"Stop it! As the Minister of State, it is not necessary to lead troops to battle. Don't say it again. This is my intention that I have decided and must not be changed." Li Ming seemed to be really angry. He stood up and held the Yitian Sword on his waist with his hand, as if he was ready to cut Wang Lie under the sword at any time.

At this point, Wang Lie seemed to have made his promise. Maybe he thought that it would be better to die at Li Ming than to die at Li Qing's hands, so that he could at least protect his family. Besides, maybe Li Ming didn't really want to kill him?

Therefore, although seeing Li Ming being angry, Wang Lie still spoke up and said, "Your Majesty's words cannot agree with you. Your Majesty's actions have already been done."

"Stop!" Li Ming seemed to be so angry that he was crazy. He picked up the teacup on the tea table next to him, threw it on the ground with a "slap", and then shouted loudly: "Come on! Take this disobedient Wang Lie to me!"

A, who had been waiting for the order, responded with two personal guards, pressed Wang Lie to the ground, and at the same time pressed his mouth tightly against the ground, making him unable to say a word.

Li Mingsenran walked up to Wang Lie, pointed at his head and shouted angrily: "What kind of bold thing is that it is to despise me like this! You dare not obey the first order I have since taken office. Hehe, don't blame me for being rude. Minister of Justice, what kind of behavior is a crime such as He?"

The Minister of Justice walked out tremblingly, bowed respectfully to Li Ming, and then said tremblingly: "Report to the prince, you are now exercising power on behalf of the emperor, so your order is equivalent to an imperial edict, and the anti-order is not subject to the crime of extermination of the nine clans in the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Wang Lie should be taken immediately to the heavenly prison to destroy the nine clans to serve as a warning to you." After saying that, he secretly turned his eyes to Li Ming, wanting to see if he was satisfied with his answer.

Li Ming smiled at the sky and said, "Since that's the case, what are you waiting for as the Minister of Justice? This king ordered Wang Lie to remove his position as Secretary of the Secretariat and hand it over to the Tianlao to take charge of the Censorate, the Secretariat, the Secretariat, the Menxia Province, and the Secretariat, and the Secretariat, to jointly hold a trial on Wang Lie's crimes. The position of Secretary of the Ministry of Works Shen Tonglai is temporarily held. The trial of the three provinces and one station must be concluded within two days. We must seize the time to clarify Wang Lie's problems, and then behead him in Fengyutai and show it to the public."

"The Minister of War obeyed the order, it is far from enough to have only the Imperial Guard in the imperial city at present. Therefore, I ordered you to recruit an army of at least 30,000 people in the imperial city within three days, and to enrich these troops into the five acropolis we currently hold. At the same time, all the existing troops in the acropolis will be included in the new troops, and the new candidates for the army will be held. Wait for a while and you and my personal guard captain will talk to you what to do. Everyone! The rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty is in our hands. Can you defeat the two rebels Li Qing and Li Jiao smoothly?

The world is restored to peace depends on your efforts. I can guarantee to everyone that if everyone can work together to overcome difficulties, I, Li Ming, will not treat everyone badly, but if you deliberately obstruct my orders like Wang Lie, and have ulterior motives, I will not be polite. I hope you will not be the second Wang Lie again. From today on, you will definitely come here to attend the morning court every morning and report your day's work to me one by one. I hope you can all restore the previous enthusiasm and let the crisis in our imperial city pass as soon as possible!"

"As for the order!" The officials below seemed to be infected by Li Ming's words, or were scared by Wang Lie's experience. As soon as Li Ming finished speaking, they stood up and agreed loudly to Li Ming. This posture seemed to be Li Ming inspecting the troops in the military camp.

Li Ming smiled with satisfaction and continued, "This is great. What I want is your mental outlook. I will cheer up my king and devote myself to your work. Today, due to Wang Lie's affairs, we have delayed our serious affairs. It's time for lunch, and you haven't eaten yet. I originally planned to keep you for a meal, but I think you will not be restrained by this, so I won't keep you. After going home for dinner, I will return to your job and work hard. I will listen to your report tomorrow morning. Okay, everyone will be separated."

When the ministers heard this, they were relieved. After saying goodbye to Li Ming, they all wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads in a hurry. Looking at the backs of the officials, Li Ming was very satisfied with his performance today. For his actions to establish his authority, he was very proud. Killing a Wang Lie not only suppressed the officials, but also allowed his forces to take advantage of the situation to enter the defense circle of the imperial city. Of course, this refers to the army.

The first of the Acropolis is different from the Imperial City. They are guarded by the garrisons in the city. Each Acropolis has about eight or nine thousand troops, mainly to prevent riots in the city and defense in emergencies. During the war, the main battle is to mobilize the Imperial Guards mobilized from the Imperial City not far away. This is mainly to prevent the troops in the Acropolis and threaten the Imperial City. Therefore, the troops in each Acropolis are pitifully small.

Now, Li Ming wants to take this opportunity to install a large number of members of the Medical God Cult into the newly established army and control the Acropolis in order to cut off the connection between the imperial city and the outside world when he needs it.

Li Ming began to consider this idea after hearing the role of the Acropolis. However, the conditions were not mature at the beginning, so it was not used. But now, in order to make himself work hard for him and control these officials, Li Song actually handed over all the officials of the three provinces and six ministries to himself. If such a good opportunity is not used, Li Ming would be in vain. He told Jia Yi to form this army with the people of the Ministry of War, and at the same time passed the secret order of the Medical God Cult, asking them to go to the recruiting office to register for the army. In this way, according to their secret code, Jia Yi could easily distinguish the members of the Medical God Cult and then arrange these people to the officer position. In this way, after the army was completed, Li Ming could successfully take over the newly established army, and through this army, he would slowly infiltrate the original troops of the Acropolis. In this way, compared with Li Ming, the imperial city became an isolated city.

Li Ming's deterrence was obviously very successful. After seeing Wang Lie's fate, those officials who were usually very lazy did not dare to neglect one by one. They tried their best to do their jobs without being caught by Li Ming. Two days later, through the trial of the Censorate and the three provinces, they unanimously ruled that Wang Lie was implicated in the nine tribes. Therefore, on the storm platform, Wang Lie's entire family was beheaded and displayed in public.
Chapter completed!