The emperor gave the conclusion and immediately made a complete decision. The prince and his gangsters, no matter how much dissatisfied, they would not be able to object at this time. They could only lower their heads angrily, as if it seemed that they had to find another opportunity to accumulate prestige for the prince.

Seeing this, Wei Tang wanted to go forward and speak again. Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, he saw another person walking out slowly in front of his ministers. It was Zuo Xiang Lu Zhen who had been silent all the time. This surprised the old eunuch. Not only him, but also the monarch and ministers in the palace, all looked at the old man in surprise.

Lu Zhen is the left prime minister and the head of all officials. In a sense, his status is even higher than that of the crown prince. So generally speaking, if he reports anything, he should put it in front of him. But today it is almost time to disperse, and he walked out slowly. This is too unreasonable.

After Lu Zhen stood still, he saluted the emperor first, and then said seriously: "Your Majesty, I have something to report here. I originally thought that I would wait for the court meeting to report alone, but the previous suggestions made me feel that this matter should be reported publicly."

"Oh? But what's the matter?" The emperor's body was also upright when he heard this. At the same time, Yu Guang swept to the prince and saw that his son's face changed slightly. The same was true for everyone else, and they all glanced at the prince. Because Lu Zhen's words were already very clear, this time the report was related to the prince.

Lu Zhen still said in that plain tone: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent delivery sent from the northern border. Three things were mentioned above. One of them was that Dong Gongwang had led his army to capture Yunzhou. After this battle, he killed nearly 10,000 enemies and thousands of prisoners. This was the biggest victory in this battle in the northern border!"

As soon as this statement was made, it immediately aroused the praises of the ministers in the palace. Some even cheered softly, and then they realized that the situation was wrong, so they lowered their heads and shut up awkwardly. However, their loss of compulsoryness had been seen by the censors and kept in their hearts. They would be impeached at that time, and it was inevitable that they would be fined for their salary.

However, more steady ministers acted calmly because this matter was actually too normal. That was Dong Gongwang, the oldest and most prestigious generals in the northern border of Great Vietnam, who have been in charge of the northern border for many years, has brought too many victories to Great Vietnam. Is it really worth surprise to only win one Yunzhou now? Even if you kill more enemies, it is reasonable.

The emperor just smiled after hearing the good news: "Mr. Dong hopes that he has not disappointed me, it's great. The Ministry of Revenue and the Privy Council, if you are rewarded with such contributions, you two major yamen will be responsible for planning the merits."

The officials of the two yamen who were named immediately bowed and said yes. This is their responsibility, so naturally nothing special. But everyone knew in their hearts that this should not be the focus, otherwise Prime Minister Lu would not have put it to the end, so what are the last two things in the memorial?

When the emperor and his ministers looked over again, Lu Zhen said again: "Your Majesty, this second thing needs to be investigated and dealt with, because according to Dong Gongwang and Li Ling, the governor of the transfer of food and grass in northern Xinjiang, there was something strange about Cui Shuangcheng's capture of Bazhou. The city was not defeated by him, but by reaching an agreement with the Guirong people, and the people who have all the wealth of the city are returned to the enemy..."

"What?" Even though the emperor was so cunning, he suddenly changed his face after hearing these words, and asked loudly, full of disbelief.

The other officials and others were stunned, and then there was another buzzing discussion. This time, even the censors responsible for recording the discipline of the court did not care about picking people for mistakes, because even they were shocked, and then they couldn't help but whispering to their colleagues around them about the truth or falsehood of the matter.

Only Lu Zhen, who reported this, seemed quite calm and looked at the emperor and replied: "Your Majesty, although this matter sounds absurd, there is a lot of evidence, and Cui Shuangcheng's own confession can be used as evidence. In addition, he was already halfway through the escort to Beijing. It won't take long for His Majesty to interrogate him personally to see how he replied.

"But in my opinion, this matter is most likely true, because no matter from the number of casualties in our army, the number of killing enemies, and the degree of damage to the city, Nabazhou is not as if it were broken by a large army's attack. Of course, as for the specific truth, it is hard to say now. The court must send relevant people to investigate Cui Shuangcheng and check it on site to Bazhou before a conclusion can be made."

The emperor's face became gloomy in an instant, and he obviously agreed with this statement more. After all, Dong Gongwang's identity is here, so there is no need for him to lie and frame others in this matter.

After a long time of stunned silence, the emperor nodded: "I must find out the truth about this matter. No matter who dares to deceive the court in such military and national affairs, they must be severely punished! By the way, you said that there are three things in the report of Gong Wang. What is the third one?"

"This matter is also related to Cui Shuangcheng, and it is also related to the prince." Lu Zhen said, and glanced at the prince's place, while the others' expressions changed, and they faintly realized that the most important thing had come. The prince clenched his fists nervously: "Cui Shuangcheng..."

In the prince's worries, under the gaze of other ministers with some horror, Lu Zhen looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is very important, and it also involves the reputation of the crown prince. My original intention was to report it alone after the court meeting..."

"No need, you must talk to others, just say it here." The emperor seemed quite calm and didn't even look at the prince, and then spoke.

"I obey the order." Lu Zhen owed his lower body again, and then he told everyone's appetite. "As far as Gong Wang said in his urgent delivery, Li Ling has been in danger several times in the northern border in the past few months. Some of them were intercepted by thieves along the way, and they were also besieged and attacked by Guirong people. The more serious one was that he was almost killed by Cui Shuangcheng in Bazhou, and the reason was that he was late for placing grain in falsely.

"As for what the table said, he did not transport the food to the front line as agreed time - this is also a major suspicion that Dong Gongwang believed that Bazhou was easily taken by Cui Chengshuang. In the case of poor logistics, he could actually capture Bazhou with extremely small damage, which was really unacceptable - but the reason was that he had been attacked many times along the way, including local green forest bandits, Guirong people, and Luotian Sect rebels... In order to protect the military rations, Li Ling and his soldiers fought hard for days, with heavy casualties, but finally took many prisoners. It was from them that Li Ling asked why these people dared to attack the military rations and how they grasped their whereabouts. It was the news that Cui Chengshuang secretly revealed to him, in order to kill people with a knife and kill Li Ling!"

As soon as these words came out, the people in the hall changed their colors, and some people couldn't help but scream: "How is this possible!"

Yes, too many people cannot accept such facts. Is Cui Chengshuang crazy? He will join forces with those internal and external enemies just to harm Li Ling? However, their doubts soon stopped because the emperor's unhappy eyes swept over, which immediately made them silent.

Lu Zhen's words continued: "The continuous battle has caused the grain transport team to suffer extremely casualties, and half of the people died on the road. Even the food and food they transported with the army had lost more than half of the food and food. But even so, Li Ling did not give up his responsibilities and insisted on delivering the food to Bazhou. However, Cui Chengshuang was forced to take it down without any questions, and even Li Ling took out the gold medal and did not work..."

When the emperor heard this, his face became even more heavy. He was despising the imperial power, even the border generals did not have such rights!

"Fortunately, Gongwang Dong came forward in time to save Li Ling, and revealed Cui Chengshuang's move to collude with the enemy through various details, and then he was taken down in one fell swoop. Then when interrogating him, he discovered an amazing inside story. The reason why he dared to do such a thing was someone instructed, that is, the prince wanted to get rid of Li Ling!"

Even though everyone knew this answer, when the matter was really out, the ministers in the hall still exclaimed, and Yu Wanyou and other close ministers stepped out of the ministers regardless of the rules and magistrates and shouted loudly: "Lu Zhen, you are simply nonsense!"

"Lu Zhen, what's your intention to slander His Highness the Crown Prince in this way?"

However, the prince himself lowered his head and did not speak out, as if he wanted to use silence to accuse his grievances. But in fact, his heart was already panicked, why did it become like this? Then Cui Chengshuang is really a waste. Not only did he fail to get rid of Li Ling for himself, but he trapped himself in and gave everything out?

It was not until Wei Tang shouted loudly that the ministers in the palace finally calmed down. Then they all looked at the emperor, prince and the left prime minister with strange expressions to see how they responded.

Lu Zhen was the first to speak, but he bent down again and said, "Your Majesty, I am just reporting the facts. Everything I said is based on Dong Gongwang's report. By the way, not only are he and Li Ling's signatures, but also the signatures of Wen Ming and other civil and military officials in Jinzhou, they can all be proved. Not only in Bazhou, but also in Fengzhou, Li Ling had also suffered the same infringement. Wen Ming and Di Jingfei can be proved..."

The more he said, the faces of the prince and his gangsters became increasingly ugly. However, the emperor seemed calm at this time. After Lu Zhen finished speaking, he said slowly: "So, Lu, do you think this matter is credible? What should we do?"

"I think this matter is very important and should not draw conclusions. I must wait until the relevant persons are sent to the capital and send an imperial envoy to the northern border to investigate before making a judgment." Lu Zhen hurriedly put forward his own suggestions.
Chapter completed!