Datang: Starting from Li Jiancheng

Chapter 107
After all, his going to beg for peace may have caused some common people's dissatisfaction. If he uses the Imperial Forest Army to hunt and arrest people on the street all day long for private matters, it may arouse public anger.

And if even the beggar gang has not found it after searching for so long, this assassin is probably really a ruthless character, and it will be useless if he continues to search.

Changsun Wuji felt relieved when he heard the words, and replied, "Yes, I will do it now."

"En." Li Shimin responded, then raised his eyes and said, "Be more reliable next time."

"it is good."

Changsun Wuji wiped the sweat from his forehead, but was stopped by Li Shimin when he was about to leave.

"Tonight, I have time to find Wang Daru and ask how the Taiping Academy has been doing these days."

Changsun Wuji froze again when he heard the words, cold sweat dripped down his back.

After all, Li Shimin didn't know that Wang Changming had already defected and was out of his control.

But now he can only bite the bullet and say: "Okay, I will ask tonight."

Li Shimin nodded, then waved: "Go down."

Hearing this, Changsun Wuji immediately ran away.

After Changsun Wuji left, Li Shimin told the little eunuch behind him: "Go and send more guards to my side, and follow them in the dark at all times."

After all, the assassin was in the dark and he was in the light, so he might attack him again at any time.

He can't guarantee that he will be so lucky to escape every time.

"Yes." The little eunuch replied, and then stepped back to do it.

Li Shimin looked at the memorial on the table with a serious expression, and finally couldn't help overturning all the memorials on the table.

Then he said angrily: "Come here, immediately send someone to bring Zhang Wencheng, the governor of Bingzhou, back to Chang'an!"

After saying that, Li Shimin's fists tightened a little under his long sleeves, and there was a little anger hidden in his eyes.

Zhang Wencheng, governor of Bingzhou, sent his wife and daughter back to their hometown after receiving Luo Bin's letter, so as not to hurt them.

As soon as his wife and daughter left, people sent by Li Shimin immediately came to arrest him.

Zhang Wencheng looked at the group of guards indifferently, and finally got on the horse with a deep sigh.

The crime of the Weishui Alliance was so great that the emperor had to find someone to bear it, and Zhang Wencheng was the best scapegoat.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wencheng chuckled, with a bit of self-mockery and helplessness.

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A few days later, morning.

Sitting on the high hall, Li Shimin looked at Zhang Wencheng with an embarrassing expression, his expression dark and terrifying.

"Zhang Wencheng, governor of Bingzhou, you can be convicted!"

Li Shimin's voice was deep and threatening.

Zhang Wencheng raised his eyes faintly, and then stretched his eyes slightly, "I don't know, please let your majesty know."

Li Shimin's expression became even worse when he heard the words, but he still frowned and said, "There is so much movement about Turkic going south. As the governor of Bingzhou, why didn't you report it?"

Zhang Wencheng leaned over to Li Shimin again, "I want to report to Your Majesty, it's not that I don't report it, it's that I don't know at all."

"Then this is your dereliction of duty!" Li Shimin slapped the table again, and then said: "As the governor of Bingzhou, you should do the work of monitoring the Turkic transmission of information."

"Now, because of your dereliction of duty, more than 2 soldiers of my Tang Dynasty died in battle, and I was reduced to the point where I was going to beg for peace from the Turks. Are you still not guilty?"

"You deserve death!"

If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing to say!

Zhang Wencheng slowly closed his eyes, since it was already a situation where the emperor wanted his ministers to die and the ministers had to die, then he didn't have to care about the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers.

Even if he died in the end, he would rather die because he contradicted the emperor than bear the eternal infamy for this faint king.

But before he could speak, he saw Wei Zheng stepping forward suddenly, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

As soon as he saw Wei Zheng coming out, Li Shimin felt a headache.

But he could only hold back his anger and waved at him, "Say."

"Your Majesty, although this Wencheng is the governor of Bingzhou, his job does not stipulate the monitoring of the Turks and the delivery of information to Chang'an. This only shows that this Wencheng is not alert enough, but it cannot be used to convict him of dereliction of duty."

Hearing this, Zhang Wencheng raised his eyes and glanced at Wei Zheng, a little shocked.

How can there be a fool who can be an official at the top?

Anyone with a discerning eye should be able to see that Li Shimin is determined to make him a scapegoat today. Under such circumstances, is there anyone willing to intercede for him?
"nonsense!"

Li Shimin took a picture of the case, but he didn't dare to say that Luo Bin had sent someone to inform him that the Turks were going south.

After all, as soon as these words come out, Wei Zheng will definitely seize the gap and say his fault.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin pursed his lips, "Bingzhou is so close to Turkic, as the governor of Bingzhou, even without my order, shouldn't he take the initiative to monitor Turkic for me?"

"I think when Marquis Wu was sitting in Bingzhou, he directly showed him Turk to me. How long has Marquis Wu just returned to Chang'an? Such a big thing happened to him."

Wei Zheng heard that the creases between his brows deepened a bit, but he still stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this matter of going south should be classified as a military secret, and the Turkic people will definitely discuss it very closely, and they did not choose to go south this time. Bingzhou came over, but passed through the Hetao area, and it is normal that there is no trouble in Bingzhou."

"Besides, since the first battle in Taiyuan, Turkic and Datang did have a truce for a long time, and it is understandable for Mr. Zhang to relax occasionally."

Li Shimin's complexion darkened a bit, "Is it justifiable to relax occasionally?"

"As an official of the imperial court, how dare he let me relax? His laxity has cost tens of thousands of lives in my Tang Dynasty!"

"Wei Zheng, you are here to intercede for him now, have you ever thought about the more than 2 soldiers who died on the battlefield?"

Zhang Wencheng on the side pursed his lips slightly when he heard the words, and rubbed his lips a few times before saying, "I appreciate Mrs. Wei's kindness, but it's just..."

"Master Zhang, don't talk too much."

Knowing what Zhang Wencheng meant, Wei Zheng turned his eyes and frowned at him, reminding him not to act rashly.

After saying that, Wei Zheng kowtowed to Li Shimin on his knees, and then continued: "More than 2 soldiers of my Tang Dynasty were beheaded by Turkic barbarians, and it has nothing to do with Mr. Zhang."

"Even if the people of the Tang Dynasty hated them, they would only hate the Turkic barbarians. The old minister is here today to plead for Mr. Zhang, not for anything else, just because he is a good official who works for the people ten times. Today's actions are worthy of the many soldiers who died."

"Wei Zheng!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth, full of anger in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, I still say the same thing. It is not Mr. Zhang's job to take care of the Turks and deliver information, but to manage Bingzhou."

"In the past few years, everyone can see how Mr. Zhang has managed Bingzhou. There is a severe drought in the south, and the people are struggling to survive, but Bingzhou is fine. This is absolutely inseparable from Mr. Zhang's governance."

(End of this chapter)