Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

After calming down, Li Shimin confirmed that what he saw was the old face of Ziyang Zhenren with a chrysanthemum smile.

I was immediately at a loss. No wonder Chu Mo, this weakling, dared to be so unscrupulous.

If I punish Chu Mo today, there is no way that this old god will pull out his skin and tendons.

Although his life would not be in danger, making a fool of himself in front of the court officials was a sure thing.

But if I do nothing, how will the courtiers view me?

Will the prestige that I have finally built up collapse in this moment?

Unable to decide, Li Shimin looked at Master Ziyang with a wry smile, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly, as if he was complaining.

But Master Ziyang shook his head gently towards Li Shimin.

Li Shimin suddenly felt desperate. The old god didn't want to teach Chu Mo a lesson.

Taking a deep breath, Li Shimin suddenly stood up from his seat and walked towards Chu Mo step by step.

After arriving in front of Chu Mo, Li Shimin took Chu Mo's arm in front of everyone's shocked eyes and said: "This is my adopted brother. He has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. How can I make him deal with it?" I kneel down."

Just when the loyal ministers were at a loss, Li Shimin continued to speak: "All of you should know that there was a severe drought in Guanzhong some time ago, and the major families donated a large amount of food."

"But what you don't know is that those grains were actually contributed by my adopted brother, Chu Mo."

"Yesterday, at the auction held by Shiweitian, Chu Mo not only donated 5 extremely important secret recipes that benefit the country and the people, but also donated 1000 million taels of silver to the national treasury."

"My sworn brother has always been indifferent to fame and wealth, and he looks down on everything. Therefore, don't use those common etiquette to restrain him."

"I am giving you a special order now: Chu Mo does not need to pay homage to me when he sees me in the future."

After speaking, Li Shimin pretended to pat Chu Mo on the shoulder and said: "Chu Mo, don't worry, Brother Youwei is here. No one in the Tang Dynasty dares to let you pay homage."

At this time, in the hall, not only Chu Mo, but also the courtiers and the heads of the five surnames and Qiwang looked at Li Shimin with extremely wonderful eyes.

Everyone didn't know why Li Shimin wanted to protect Chu Mo and even spent 1000 million taels of silver to keep Chu Mo.

But they knew one thing very well, that is, if the emperor agreed, they would oppose it, and if the emperor opposed it, they would agree.

So, several people looked at each other, and then Cui Zheng winked at Cui Mingzhi.

Cui Mingzhi nodded slightly, then stood up and said: "Your Majesty, how can such a person who does not distinguish between monarch and minister and does not understand etiquette be able to call your Majesty brothers?"

"I would like to ask you to report. I hope that your majesty will punish this person for the crime of disrespect."

"The minister reconsiders..."

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When a large group of courtiers saw Cui Mingzhi coming forward, they immediately followed him.

At this time, Li Shimin was already riding a tiger, and he could not convict Chu Mo under any circumstances today. Otherwise, not only would he lose face, but it would also increase the arrogance of several aristocratic families.

Immediately shouted: "Why, you have to take care of my family affairs? Could it be that you, who are just living in the corpse position, are too busy on weekdays and are meddling in my own affairs?"

Seeing Li Shimin getting angry, everyone, you look at me and I look at you.

Then, Cui Mingzhi spoke again: "Your Majesty, we are in the court now. There are only monarchs and ministers, no brothers. There are only state affairs and no private affairs."

"If there is any connection between Chu Mo and His Majesty, I will definitely not dare to say anything about you in private. But now that you are at the court meeting and facing the civil and military officials of the court, you cannot have any personal feelings."

"Then what you mean is that I have to punish Chu Mo today?"

Li Shimin looked at Cui Mingzhi with a gloomy look.

At this time, Cui Mingzhi, standing behind him, were the heads of the five surnames and Qi Wang, who were already prepared to risk their lives. How could they be frightened by Li Shimin's mere words.

So, he bravely said again: "Your Majesty, the prince broke the law and was guilty of the same crime as the common people. Not only did this person disrespect the emperor, but he also showed no respect for the civil and military officials of the dynasty. I thought that such an ignorant boy should be punished according to the law." good."

As soon as Cui Mingzhi's words came out, the courtiers on his side began to echo.

Chu Mo on the side had his arms folded, as if watching the fun, standing aside with nothing to do, looking at everyone with a smile.

After hearing what Cui Mingzhi and other court officials said, Li Shimin's face became so gloomy that he almost shed tears.

I saw him take two deep breaths, and then yelled at Cui Zheng: "Cui Zheng, I remember that when you came in just now, you didn't kneel down to me, right?"

"Why, do you think you have a special status and don't need to salute when you see me?"

When everyone saw it, His Majesty the Emperor was planning to divert trouble to the east. Instead of punishing Chu Mo, a polished commander, the head of the family with the fifth surname and Qi Wang was the one to do it?

Cui Zheng and others are also waiting to watch the show.

However, in the blink of an eye, the trend changed, and Li Shimin directly came to find himself and others.

Cui Zheng and several other family heads looked at each other, then stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, as the king of a country, you are so intolerant that you want to punish us just because of a matter of etiquette. Aren't you afraid of spreading the word and causing a blow to your prestige?"

Li Shimin chuckled, pointed at Cui Mingzhi and said: "Cui Zheng, it's not that I don't have tolerance for others, it's really that you members of the Cui family want to pursue this etiquette matter."

"If that's the case, then I'm going to pursue it to the end."

"You came to the main hall before Chu Mo. If we want to investigate, we must first investigate you."

Several family heads originally wanted to make Li Shimin and Chu Mo look embarrassed, but they didn't expect that the fire would burn on them, so they immediately glanced at Cui Mingzhi.

Cui Mingzhi nodded, and immediately stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, several family heads and Chu Mo have different identities, how can they be confused with each other?"

"The heads of the family are all noble people, how can they be compared with that unruly Chu Mo?"

Chu Mo, who was still watching the show, didn't expect that he would be criticized several times and now he would be called a troublemaker.

He immediately quit, tugged on Wei Zheng's sleeve, and asked in a low voice: "Old man, you said that you disobeyed His Majesty and were disrespectful to His Majesty. What crime will you be punished for?"

Wei Zheng originally disliked Chu Mo, but when he saw that the other party was actually chatting with him, he was about to wave his sleeves and throw Chu Mo's arm away.

But then I thought, no, this family and Chu Mo are not good people.

Your Majesty is now competing with aristocratic families. Although I often give advice, it is all for your Majesty and the people of the Tang Dynasty.

And the cause of today's incident was all caused by Chu Mo. Now the other party not only is not in a hurry, but has become a spectator. How can this be done?