Everyone in the hall knew that Bian Lingcheng was deeply trusted by Emperor Li Longji and praised by Yang Guozhong. He was almost Yang Guozhong's confidant. More importantly, Bian Lingcheng was also the supervisor of all the horses in Tongguan City. What was the supervisor?

A person is a person who carries out the emperor's will and supervises the troops outside the court on behalf of the court. He can protest against the army commander. The commander of the army has no power to kill the officials responsible for supervising military affairs. Even if the supervisor is only an eunuch, it will not work.

If military officials make any mistakes, they can only be punished and convicted by the imperial court and the emperor.

But now, Yang Xi, the newly appointed military envoy of Tongguan, secretly killed a third-level supervisor like Bien Lingcheng in front of the battle, and sent his head to the palace. How can people not be surprised? Waiting in

Gao Lishi on one side immediately stood up and asked: "Your Majesty, the Yang soldiers and horses secretly killed your Majesty's personal supervisor. This broke the court system and should be punished by an edict!"

Following Gao Lishi's words, Prince Li Heng, who had been high-profile during this period, immediately stood up and also demanded that Yang Xi be punished!

"Father, Yang Xi, who was in power, secretly killed the supervisor of an army in front of the battle. He did not want his actions to be known to the court. He was hiding his selfish motives. Please send someone to investigate this matter immediately.

You can't have the slightest intention of protecting your affairs, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the soldiers!" Li Heng glared at Yang Guozhong, who had a look of shock on his face, and then said: "Father, I think Yang Xi should be suspended from his post immediately.

Appoint someone else to lead the Tongguan military affairs, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"

Yang Guozhong did not expect that Gao Lishi would immediately stand up and ask the emperor to punish his son. The prince Li Heng, who had always had a rift with him, also added insult to injury. He could only tell Yang Xi that he had the intention to rebel. He was so anxious that he could not pay attention to the details.

I thought, and immediately stood up to defend myself and said: "Your Majesty, there must be twists and turns in this matter. I feel that we should find out the matter before making a decision!"

When he said this, Yang Guozhong kept blaming Yang Xi for his recklessness. He believed that his son could not not know the importance of Bian Lingcheng, because when Yang Xi set out, he repeatedly told Yang Xi who to trust, and Bian Lingcheng

Cheng is the most important person among them and will help Yang Xi a lot, but he never expected that his precious son would kill Bian Lingcheng with one knife.

Of course, Yang Guozhong knew that killing Bian Lingcheng would help him achieve success and gain military morale. He was not worried about the emperor punishing him for it, because Yang Xi came with a memorial with his head, which must have stated the reasons. He also

I believe that my son sent him a private message explaining in detail why he did this.

But Bian Lingcheng had a very good relationship with him and was of great help to him. Except for Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, whom he had always been afraid of, Bian Lingcheng took the most credit. For such a figure to be killed by his own son, this made him

How to face other people whom he regards as his confidants?

But at this time, he will definitely protect his son.

After listening to Yang Guozhong's words, Li Longji also recovered from the shock. He signaled to Prince Li Heng, who still wanted to speak out, to stay silent. He opened the memorial sent by Yang Xi with his head and read it.

After reading it, the expression on his face relaxed, but then he became angry again. Finally, he slapped the table hard, which shocked Yang Guozhong, Gao Lishi and other worried ministers!

"Bian Lingcheng actually abandoned the army and wanted to flee back to Chang'an privately. After being forced to return to Tongguan, he dared to brazenly say that he was going back to Chang'an to bring in reinforcements. He should be killed! Well done!" Li Longji's angry words frightened the ministers again.

A jump.

However, many people were relieved after hearing this, and Yang Guozhong, who was in a complicated mood, was mostly relieved.

If Bian Lingcheng dies, then he will die. With Bian Lingcheng's death, in exchange for the unity of the Tongguan generals, allowing them to obey Yang Xi's orders, Yang Guozhong can judge which is more important. Yang Guozhong can judge. Damn Li Heng, how could he

Adding insult to injury at this time, Yang Guozhong was filled with resentment.

Immediately he stepped forward and said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, it turns out that Bian Lingcheng was too timid to fight and fled, leaving the army defeated without caring. Such a person must be killed quickly! Although Yang Xi's treatment of the dog son is not appropriate.

, needs to be reprimanded, but it has strengthened the morale of the soldiers guarding Tongguan. I hope Your Majesty will see that Yang Xi has repelled the rebel attack and won the first battle, so that he will not be punished and let him perform his crime and meritorious service!"

Wei Jiansu, Wei Fangjin and other close associates of Yang Guozhong also immediately stood up and expressed their support for Yang Xi's decisive decision.

If Bian Lingcheng is allowed to behave like this without being punished, and continues to be allowed to return to the army as a supervisor, the morale of the army will be greatly reduced or even disintegrated. Now is a critical moment, and those who run away from the battle and are afraid of the enemy will fight.

, must be severely punished to show respect and effectiveness.

Gao Lishi later stood up and said that he had misunderstood Yang Xi.

He said that Yang Xi did this only because Bian Lingcheng escaped from the battlefield, and it was not a serious crime to execute those who escaped from the battlefield.

Yang Guozhong breathed a sigh of relief and immediately knew that Gao Lishi was not saying this against him, but only because Bian Lingcheng was a eunuch. Like Gao Lishi, Gao Lishi felt sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox. If it were said that he was in court.

Among the people Yang Guozhong had concerns about, Gao Lishi was the most important one. This eunuch was trusted by Li Longji so much that his influence in the court was not much worse than his.

Even if it was the prince Li Heng, Yang Guozhong was not very afraid, because Li Heng was not favored by Li Longji, and the emperor had always planned to change the prince. Yang Guozhong was certainly relieved that Gao Lishi would not add insult to injury at this time, but he was wary of Gao Lishi.

It also deepened further.

When no one came forward to express dissent, Yang Guozhong once again went out to report: "Your Majesty, Tongguan is in danger now, and extraordinary measures must be used at critical moments. Yang Xi killed Bian Lingcheng in public, although there were some shortcomings in the conviction method.

, but it is just a reversal of beheading first and then paying tribute, but it is not too inappropriate. Your Majesty has agreed to let Yang Xi have full authority to handle the military affairs of Tongguan without interfering too much. It is more reasonable and reasonable to kill those who escaped before the battle. Your Majesty, please do not

Let’s pursue this matter no more!”

At this time, Yang Guozhong was already a little arrogant. No one stood up to hold Yang Xi accountable, so he had the courage to make such a request in front of the emperor.

"Well, Guozhong, what you said makes sense. Bian Lingcheng is afraid of the enemy and is afraid of fighting. It is indeed a capital crime to escape before the battle. Since I have given Yang Xi full power to handle the military affairs of Tongguan, there is nothing wrong with him doing so. Let it be like this.

My dear friends, please stop pursuing it!" Li Longji closed the document presented by Yang Xi and signaled the ministers not to discuss the matter any further.

Of course he didn't pursue the case, mainly because Bian Lingcheng's escape annoyed him, and Yang Xi did a very good job. It was unlikely that he would punish Yang Guozhong's son at this time. What's more, Tongguan is still in a critical state, how could it be possible?
Chapter completed!