"Li Qing, why don't you explain it in detail?"
After Zhao Jiu laughed out loud, he did not continue to lose his composure, but returned to the throne and sat upright, and responded calmly. "Why was Yue Fei incompetent and led the country astray?"
"Your Majesty... Censor Li!" At this moment, Chief Censor Li Guang suddenly stepped out, bowed slightly to Emperor Zhao, then turned around and spoke seriously to Li Jing. "General Yue is currently at the front line against the Pseudo-Qi army. Although the Censor can speak out on hearsay and will not be punished for speaking out, he must also know that the military situation is serious! Therefore, if the matter involves military information, please do not judge right or wrong for the time being, so as not to affect the morale of the army!"
Zhao Jiuqing knew that Li Guang was protecting his subordinate and close friend and brother, but he said nothing.
"Let the Minister know that although this matter is related to the current military situation, it is not directly related!"
Li Jing heard the reminder and first responded to Li Guang in a serious tone, then looked at Emperor Zhao in the throne in a serious tone, "Your Majesty, what I said is not hearsay, but what I have personally investigated and know. There is solid evidence, and it is definitely not a wanton attack on the general..."
"Tell me." Zhao Jiu became more and more curious... He really wanted to know how Yue Fei was associated with the word incompetence.
"Your Majesty, I just entered the capital as the Supervisory Censor at the beginning of the month. My first task is to supervise the reorganization quota of the various armies in the Imperial Camp with my colleagues in the Censorate. These days, when I was reviewing the files in the Privy Council and checking the results of the reorganization of the various armies, I compared the various numbers summarized by the various armies and found that there was a type of number in Yue Fei's army that was very different from that in the other armies..." At this point, Censor Li responded earnestly. "Your Majesty, if the numbers were different for each army, it would be fine, but in fact, the numbers for each army are not much different, except for the front army of the Imperial Camp. It can be seen that Yue Fei is indeed lacking in ability and incompetent!"
Emperor Zhao's expression remained unchanged, but he began to feel doubtful and uncertain in his heart.
After all, the other party's "evidence" already has the feeling of big data... and data will not lie, and big data will not lie even more.
Of course...
"What are the different numbers?" Zhao Jiu responded sternly. "How do you know that Yue Fei is incompetent, Li Qing? You must know that even if it is different from other armies, it cannot be said to be useless data. It may be due to the climate or the origin of the soldiers. For example, northerners eat noodles and don't like rice. Most of the front troops in the imperial camp are from Hebei. It is normal for some logistics numbers to be very different."
"I'm not so needless as to do that!" Li Jing finally showed some anger in his words. "I'm not seeking revenge for personal gain..."
"That's not what I meant." Zhao Jiu saw that the other party was about to get emotional, so he could only urge him. "Li Qing, just go ahead and say it."
"Your Majesty." Censor Li finally revealed the answer earnestly. "After careful investigation, I found that the number of officers at all levels in the front army of the imperial camp led by Yue Fei was several times more than that of the other armies!"
It is said that there is no fixed rule for the imperial lecture, but only noble ministers can attend this occasion... For example, the first imperial lecture after Emperor Zhao ascended the throne was hosted by Prime Minister Lu Haowen, and the Hanlin academicians, the six ministers, and the imperial censors were in attendance, with no one else participating.
In other words, everyone present was a cultured person.
But even so, after Li Jing said this, there was still some uproar in the Chuigong Hall.
"What does this mean?"
He was not pretending. In fact, Emperor Zhao was really a little dazed for a moment.
"It shows that Yue Fei is incompetent!" Li Yushi continued earnestly. "Why did the government pretend to be deaf and dumb and protect this man? Not to mention that the officers are several times more than those in other places, and the cost is huge, just say where do all these officers come from? Didn't the government ask him to reorganize the army, but he had no courage. He just roughly cut down the low-level soldiers of the 100,000 soldiers of the Tokyo garrison, but did not dare to deal with the officers easily, so that redundant officers filled the army... With so many officers, it's no wonder that Liu Ni, the pseudo-Qi, fought in Dongping for many days, but he could not even move at the Wenshui River!"
The palace was in an uproar, with many people whispering to each other. After a moment, the Chief Censor Li Guang also stepped out with a serious expression:
"Your Majesty, we know that it is not appropriate to deal with the commanders on the front line during the war, but no matter what, please take precautions early. First, quickly send the Central Army or the Right Army of the Imperial Camp to aid Dongping. Second, we must deal with the Front Army of the Imperial Camp and Zhang Rong, the governor of Dongping, after the war..."
Zhao Jiu's expression remained unchanged, but he was still a little confused in his heart. He still didn't understand the logic here.
At this time, even the protagonist of today, Prime Minister Lu Haowen, spoke seriously: "Your Majesty, I think Li Zhongcheng's words are still appropriate. Of course, the specific matters should be discussed immediately by the Privy Council, and a strategy should be formulated before a quick decision is made."
Zhao Jiu finally spoke, but still seemed hesitant: "Wouldn't it be better if we had more officers? That way we could use them as we wish, right?"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was silence in the hall for a moment.
But after a while, the Censor Li Jing could no longer bear it and said angrily: "Your Majesty, the more officers the better, I have never heard of that!"
"Your Majesty." Li Guang, the Imperial Censor, also said sternly. "Officers have always been set, and military governors and generals like Yue Fei have the power to add officers and subordinates at all levels, but what does it mean that he has several times more officers than other military governors? Aren't you afraid that too much is as bad as too little? There are so many officers, it must be because he was not clear when he reorganized the troops before, not for the purpose of 'using his own hands like fingers'!"
Zhao Jiu finally reacted at this time, but found it funny again.
Essentially, no one had bad intentions in this matter... If there was any selfish motive, it was probably because Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was aimed at Pei Gong, and was directed at Wanqi Xie, the Palace Attendant Censor who was excluded by the Qingliu, because Wanqi Xie was directly responsible for supervising the reorganization of the front army of the Imperial Camp... As for Yue Fei, in the final analysis, these ministers made inferences based on common sense. They did not believe that such a young Yue Fei had that ability, so they made reasonable inferences based on the nature of the Song Dynasty army for many years.
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