[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 7 Game 4

On the first day of June in the 17th year of Zhenguan, all officials came to court.

Li Shimin was wearing a gown uniform and a crown on his head, sitting on a high seat, looking down at the civil and military officials in the hall indifferently.

Today is the day for the public decision on the case of the Crown Prince Cheng Qian's treason, and everyone is full of anxiety.

Although His Majesty Li Er has repeatedly hinted that Chengqian's life must be preserved, but when it comes to the main hall, who dares to risk the disgrace of the world by saying that he will forgive the life of the rebellious prince?

Don't you see, it was the rebellion case of Qi Wang Li You at the beginning of this year. The common man Li You just supported his troops and stood on his own, but refused to return to the court, and was mercilessly knocked off by His Majesty the Emperor...

Now, it is also His Majesty Li Er's own son, the crown prince, who not only colluded with the generals of the current dynasty, raised his troops to enter the Forbidden Palace, but also stormed such a special place as the Tai Chi Hall!

If it were someone else who committed such a rebellious act, even if he was sentenced to death by Ling Chi, it would be light...

But this crown prince happens to be His Majesty's sweetheart!

How do you judge?

How dare you judge?

Now, even Changsun Wuji began to hesitate...

His Majesty Li Er didn't know about his small actions some time ago. In fact, whether to kill Cheng Qian or not is not a big problem. The important thing is his brother-in-law's attitude...

As far as he knows, these days, His Majesty's diet has been greatly reduced, he can't sleep at night, and has not summoned the harem for several days...

It's too bad!

Changsun Wuji was really worried...

"All loves, please speak freely, how should I deal with...my son Chengqian?" After a long silence, Li Shimin finally spoke.

The voice fell for a long time, but there was still silence above the court hall.

Li Shimin couldn't help squinting his eyes, and looked at the courtiers who carried his hopes, but unfortunately they all lowered their heads and dared not look at him...

traitor! !

Li Shimin was angry, and he wanted to call the roll himself.

Before he could speak, Changsun Wuji had already stepped out.

"Saint, I think that since the crown prince has already pleaded guilty, he should directly ask Yousi about the handling of the matter..."

As soon as Changsun Wuji said the words, many civil and military ministers immediately seconded the proposal.

Liu Dewei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, hated the eldest Sun Wuji to death!

Nima!He only managed to kill a king of Qi at the beginning of the year, and the pressure is already great, okay, now that the gang of souls are hanging him on the wall again!Don't take such tricks! !

"Liu Qing, what do you say?" His Majesty Li Er looked at Liu Shangshu earnestly.

Liu Dewei bravely stepped out, not daring to lift his head, and said: "The crime of treason is a heinous and heinous crime... It should be punished according to the law, even sitting in the nine tribes...cough cough cough...but...the prince's treason, don't follow This example..." Thinking that His Majesty the Emperor is also a close relative of the prince's nine clans, Liu Shangshu's heart skipped a beat, and hurriedly added: "If the prince commits a serious crime of treason, only his wife will be implicated..." The principal culprit must still die!

After the words fell, the entire court was dead silent.

Liu Dewei subconsciously raised his head to look at Li Shimin, but found that the latter didn't show any expression at all, but His Majesty made him even more panicked.

Therefore, Liu Shangshu closed his eyes and said against his conscience: "The punishment should be decided by the saint..."

it's over... it's over...

He actually compromised with the saint...

Liu Shangshu seemed to see the words 'treacherous villain' coming up like a mountain...

Tomorrow he will definitely be sprayed to death by Yushi~~~~~~~~

"Is it really up to me?" Li Shimin curled his mouth and couldn't help showing a meaningful smile.

But soon, he put his smile back, and directly called Fang Xuanling's name: "Xuanling, do you have an explanation?"

Mr. Fang has been ill for many days, and he reluctantly entered the palace today because of the great court. Hearing His Majesty Li Er's name, the old man walked out tremblingly, coughing before saying a word, as if he was about to cough up his lungs...

Li Shimin's eyes trembled when he saw it, knowing that he didn't dare to raise objections, so Longxin was very happy and no longer forced him to express his opinion.

"Xuanling worked hard for the country, but he was seriously ill and never forgot to govern. Is it me..." Li Shimin comforted Fang Xuanling and asked him to return to his original position.

At this time, Tongshi Sheren came to Ji to go out and said: "God has the virtue of loving life, and what is out of the law is nothing more than human feelings. I heard that the princess is pregnant with Liujia, and will soon give birth to a young son. The sage loves the prince, so why is the prince?" Don't take care of the youngest son? If the sage can pardon the prince's life, the relationship between father and son will be so good!"

Hearing these words, His Majesty Li Er felt comfortable all over, and smiled openly: "Go on..."

Laiji said without any haste: "The sage has ruled the universe for many years, and the common people praise him. A sage loves the people like a son, how can he not love the prince? The prince has always been filial and filial, but now he is deceived by an adulterer. The sage should give him a chance to repent! In this way, the sage If you do not fail to be a loving father at the top, you will be good at the bottom.”

Lai Ji's words really suited Li Shimin's wishes, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty had strange expressions, and secretly scolded him for being cunning, but they glanced straight in the direction of Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji couldn't help but look at Laiji more.

The afterlife is terrifying!

In the end, Changsun Wuji took the lead in seconding Lai Ji's proposal.

"Since the ministers have no objections, let's draft an edict..." His Majesty Li Er paused for a moment, and then said: "Once this matter is over, let's choose a day to publicly elect the crown prince..."

As soon as these words came out, it could be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves!

Everyone was just going through the motions to participate in the great dynasty, pretending to be dead if they can, and carrying the flag of wind if they can't...

Now everyone is as if they have been beaten with chicken blood, and they don't worry about the life and death of the abolished prince Chengqian, and they don't talk about the words of the edict. Jiji passed the edict to dismiss the prince Chengqian and deal with the criminals.

On the third day of June in the 17th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin issued an edict to abolish the crown prince Li Chengqian as a commoner and confine him in the inner garden.

Granted Han Wang Yuanchang himself, his son-in-law Du Wei Du He and others beheaded for public display, implicating the three clans.

Chen Guogong Hou Junji committed suicide by taking poison in fear of crime, and sentenced him to abandon the city and implicate the three clans.

The rest of the party members who participated in the conspiracy were all executed or exiled.

On the sixth day of June, Li Shimin visited the Taimiao in person and wept several times to thank Chengqian for his mistakes.

That night, His Majesty the Emperor stood alone on a tall pavilion in the palace, overlooking Zhaoling until late at night. Unfortunately, he contracted a cold the next day and began to fall ill.

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His Majesty the Emperor fell ill, the crown prince is gone, no one cares about the affairs of the country......

This, of course, is impossible.

The rights of courtiers in the Tang Dynasty were much greater than those of later generations. Even if there was no emperor sitting in the court, the daily government affairs would not be interrupted.

The working mechanism of officials in the Tang Dynasty was effective and high-speed. Officials from the three provinces and six ministries could basically complete 8% of their daily affairs independently, and the remaining 2% needed to be decided by the higher level. .The ministers of state affairs who enter the political affairs hall can be called prime ministers, and people at the time respectfully call them "Xianggong", which is what we often say that "one person is under one person and above ten thousand people", who likes to grab the number one scholar to be a son-in-law, or to make a daughter Sent to the palace to be a favorite concubine and prime minister...

Of course, the above descriptions are just rumors...

In fact, as long as there is no enemy invasion, a major military operation needs to be launched, or there is a large-scale peasant rebellion, a catastrophe that destroys human beings from the sky, etc., the princes can independently handle all the affairs of the entire empire according to the procedures Well, it doesn't matter if His Majesty the Emperor is absent for ten days and half a month.

His Majesty Li Er claims to be diligent, and he doesn't go to court every day, does he?

This is all thanks to the husbands!

However, after all, the court cannot be without a person in charge. In the past, whenever His Majesty Li Er wanted to be lazy, pretend to be sick, go out for a trip or something, he would pull Chengqian out to top the vat, in the name of letting the prince supervise the country to learn and practice , Civil and military officials are already used to this setting.

But now, the crown prince is gone, so what's the matter with two big Buddhas?

The apse of Liangyi Hall.

"Ninth Brother, there is still something wrong with you here..." His Royal Highness Prince Wei pointed out for the Nth time that His Royal Highness Jin Wang made a mistake. It is hard for His Royal Highness Jin Wang not to think that his fourth brother deliberately found fault, but instead expressed gratitude.

"It's still the fourth brother who understands, the younger brother is really too stupid..." Li Zhi had an expression of admiration on his face, and he couldn't see any falsehood.

Li Tai chuckled, held Li Zhi's hand and said, "Brother, you and I, it's really outrageous to say these words! Now that the father is sick and can't manage the affairs, of course we have to bear a lot as sons..." Wei His Highness Wang sighed deeply as he spoke, a look of concern for the country and the people appeared on Yuanyuan's face.

"In the past two days, I have been appointed to be the director alone, and I know the difficulty of governing the country. It is not easy for adults to wake up and sleep at night. Alas..."

Hearing this, Li Zhi also sighed, and said, "It's just my incompetence, unable to share your worries..."

Li Tai glanced at Li Zhi, apparently disagreeing with him including himself in the category of 'incompetent'.

However, His Royal Highness King Wei couldn't say anything, so he could only turn the topic back to official business.

Li Tai couldn't see the place, and Li Zhi also faintly showed a look of impatience-these days, his fourth brother Li Tai has always regarded himself as a quasi-prince, and he has shown that as long as he is a younger brother, Li Tai will be safe and sound. will cover him...

Although Li Zhi had no intention of taking the throne, he was not without temper, and occasionally stabbed Li Tai like today.

However, Li Zhi didn't want to offend Li Tai too much, and the two of them completed the tasks assigned by their relatives earnestly, and then they exchanged their feelings respectfully, and then went back to their respective homes.

Serving the servants in the Hall of Liangyi feels very hard, every day they have to watch their noses, noses, noses, noses, and hearts, even if they turn themselves into a log.After the two great kings left, they had to go to the boss of Ganlu Hall to repeat the daily details. This was too much a test of their observation and memory!

As a servant, you also need to do spy work, will you give me a raise? Hey!

Compared with Liangyi Hall forcing everyone, Wu Xu also wanted to scold her.

If His Majesty Li Er is sick, he will be sick, so why should she go to serve the sick? !

Nima, she has been an inappropriate talent for many years, and she doesn't know anything about serving patients! !