Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 228

Chapter 224

Wei Yuanzhao asked them to apologize. Cui Xian said that the left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs should be handed over to the Wei family. It's human, so it's useless to say this!"

The others heard it and thought about it.

"Then how do you compensate your Wei family?" Cui Xian looked at Wei Yuanzhao and asked.

Now they also wanted to hear what Wei Yuanzhao meant.

"We don't want the servants of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but our Wei family needs two ministers, from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment. Two ministers, if there is a chance, let our Wei family be on top!" Wei Yuanzhao considered After a while, he opened his mouth and said.

After hearing this, they thought about it and nodded. There was no other way. The Wei family had to explain this matter, so they could only make up for it. Otherwise, the gains would outweigh the losses.

"Okay then, let's go to Changsun Wuji and see if he agrees, but the benefits probably need a lot!" Wei Yuan looked at them and said.

"Give him benefits, whether it's official positions or money, we can give him some. There is no way to do this. After all, only Changsun Wuji can persuade His Majesty. At the same time, he is Wei Hao's wife-in-law. I think, why Wei Hao?" It will also give me some face. Besides, the royal family will also be involved in this matter. As for him, he is still the elder brother of Empress Changsun. It will still be useful if he talks about it, so it is normal to pay a price to persuade him. Yes!" Wang Hairuo nodded and spoke.

The most important thing now is to settle this matter.

Soon, they left Wei Yuanzhao's mansion, and Wei Yuanzhao and Du Ruqing also went out to visit Changsun Wuji's mansion.

It was not until the afternoon that they came out from Changsun Wuji's mansion. It is unknown what deal they made.

The next morning, those families were mainly going to visit Li Shimin, and Li Shimin agreed to let them come to visit. At the same time, he sent someone to notify Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Li Jing, Li Daozong and others, and at the same time sent people to call Wei Hao.

"I'm going to the Ganlu Hall? What are you going for?" Wei Hao was taken aback when he saw the eunuch coming to inform him, then looked at the eunuch and asked.

"Master Wei, His Majesty invited you to come over. He said that those families are going to visit His Majesty. I don't know the specifics!" the eunuch said to Wei Hao with a smile.

"No, you go and tell His Majesty that I am unwell and not fit to go out!" Wei Hao said to the eunuch.

"what?"

That one was overheard, and I was stunned for a moment, there are still people who dare not go, even if you are lying on the sick bed, you have to go, let alone you are sitting there, writing something, and it doesn’t look like you are sick look.

"Hey, you can go back to your life. I won't go. It's the Chinese New Year and I'm going to rest. My father promised me that for one year, everything has nothing to do with me!" Wei Hao said to the eunuch.

"Here, Lord Wei, do you want to think again, after all, His Majesty summoned him, and it might be a big deal!" The eunuch looked at Wei Hao and reminded again.

"No, if you say no, you won't go!" Wei Hao said very resolutely.

I don't want to see Li Shimin, looking at him is annoying, who knows what he is planning to cheat me?
Soon the eunuch left, and everyone was present at the back of Ganlu Hall.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wei can't tell. He said he was unwell and didn't want to move!" The eunuch came to Li Shimin's side and said, clasping his hands.

"What, I don't feel well, what's the matter? Come, let the imperial doctor go to Wei Hao's mansion for a diagnosis and treatment!" Li Shimin thought it was true when he heard it, and he was about to tell the imperial doctor.

"Your Majesty. In fact. In fact, it seems that there is nothing wrong with him. He said that you promised him, Your Majesty, that everything for a year has nothing to do with him!" the eunuch immediately said to Li Shimin.

"Uh!" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment when he heard it, and then cursed: "This bastard, I have something to do with him, De Jian, you go and call Wei Hao over immediately, if you don't come, you can find a way to drag him over!"

"Ah, Your Majesty, but I can't beat him!" Li Dejian looked at Li Shimin in surprise and said, thinking in his heart, you Weng and your son-in-law are having conflicts, why did you drag me in?

"Go as soon as you are told, and figure out a way for yourself!" Li Shimin stared at him and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Dejian had no choice but to surrender.

"If Wei Hao doesn't come, we won't talk about this matter. After all, this matter had nothing to do with Wei Hao. He was just settling accounts. I didn't expect that you would arrange someone to assassinate him. Now it can't be said that it has nothing to do with him." Sitting there, Li Shimin said to those Patriarchs.

Those Patriarchs felt a headache when they heard it. It is very difficult to deal with Li Shimin now, and Wei Hao, a more unreasonable character, can be imagined. If Wei Hao comes over later, I don't know how troublesome it will be.

"Your Majesty, if Wei Hao doesn't come, why don't we talk about it? In this case, isn't it a bit too much time? Besides, Wei Hao's matter can be discussed with him when he comes. The key now is the court affairs. , need to figure out a clue!" Changsun Wuji cupped his hands at Li Shimin at this moment.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we will also talk about Wei Hao's matter, but we need to sort out the details first, and we can discuss Wei Hao's matter in the future!" Du Ruqing immediately echoed.

"Your Majesty, that's fine. We can talk about it. If Wei Hao doesn't come, it will be delayed!" Fang Xuanling thought about it, and felt that there was no need to delay this matter.

Wei Hao may not come, now Wei Hao is not afraid of Li Shimin, this kid is fearless, Li Shimin has offended him now, he and Li Shimin are angry, how can they calm down so quickly.

"Well, Your Majesty, I also agree. I just said that Wei Hao's matter may affect the handling of subsequent matters. It's okay to sort out the clues, but the result still needs Wei Hao to come over and discuss!" Li Jing thought for a while, cupped his hands and said .

"That's right, it's better for Wei Hao to come over to deal with the result." Fang Xuanling also nodded.

"Okay, let's talk about it, your courage is really big, you get millions of dollars from the Ministry of Civil Affairs a year, this money is the tax of the court, and you are still collecting the tax of the court. ?" Li Shimin nodded when he heard it, and questioned those people.

Those people bowed their heads as soon as they heard it, and then Cui Xian cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the people below are ignorant and courageous. We don't know about this, and they also think it's a customary rule. They’ve been doing this all the time, and they don’t even know it’s illegal!”

"It's a convention, okay, it's conceivable that in the ten years since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, how much money you have taken from me, you need to give me an explanation for this matter, otherwise, those officials involved If the house should be ransacked, the house should be confiscated, and if it should be confiscated, it should be confiscated!" Li Shimin said with a sneer.

Then he looked at them: "Don't think that without your aristocratic family, the court really can't operate. I will endure hardship for a few years at most, and let the lords recommend children from the house and put them in the place. The children of the aristocratic family will come up and supplement the officials of the court, so that the court will be able to operate normally in a few years!"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, those Patriarchs all looked at Li Shimin in shock.

This was something they didn't expect. Li Shimin actually had the idea of ​​killing their family. This was a bit scary. Li Shimin had never dared to talk to them like this before.

"Moreover, I believe that once I ask you to clean up the situation of your family, the people will applaud. Some young children of your family have not yet entered the court or have just entered the court as officials. I believe they are still willing to continue Those who stayed in the court, so you don't need to use this to force me, since I dare to investigate, I am not afraid that the children of your family will go away!" Li Shimin continued to talk to them.

They are still digesting the news. Does Li Shimin want to kill them completely?

"Your Majesty, we just said this matter. It was the misconduct of the people below. We didn't know it before. We also went to find out in the past two days. It is indeed an unforgivable crime. We admit our punishment and plead guilty, but please hold your majesty up. Over them, after all, there are many things, and the officials who took the money didn't know what was going on, they thought it was like this. Please check it out, Your Majesty!" Cui Xian continued to say to Li Shimin.

"Yes, Your Majesty, in this matter, we admit our mistakes and accept our punishment, but please hold your Majesty high!" Wang Hairuo and the others also said, clasping their hands.

Li Shimin looked at them in surprise, he admitted so quickly, he thought he still needed to fight, but they all admitted their mistakes.

"Well, since I admit my mistake, let's talk about how to punish. One is money, and the other is the punishment of those officials. This still has to wait for Wei Hao to come over. By the way, there is also the matter of assassinating Wei Hao. This I don't intend to let it go, and you don't have to bring it here to discuss it. They will die. As for their relatives, I still want to investigate how deeply they are involved in this corruption incident. If the situation is serious, then everyone will be executed!" Li Shimin sat there, watching them and talking.

"What!" Cui Xian was dumbfounded at this moment, Cui Xiongkai is his second son, if his second son's house was full of robbers, wouldn't it be his own life?
"Your Majesty, please hold your hands high. They know they are wrong. After all, they are young and act impulsively! We are willing to accept the punishment and even say that it is okay to let them go to hard labor. Please spare your life!" Cui Xian said immediately, cupping his hands.

The same is true for other people, but Du Ruqing and Wei Yuanzhao don't care about this kind of thing, no one in their family has participated in it, so this kind of thing has nothing to do with them.

"It's useless to beg me. I need to give Wei Hao an explanation for this matter. Wei Hao is doing things for the court. If you assassinate him, you are contemptuous of me. It is impossible for me not to deal with it harshly. Therefore, I will not discuss this matter. In the afternoon, they will be sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I just want to say hello to you!" Li Shimin said calmly while sitting there, watching them.

He had to give Wei Hao an explanation for this matter.

"Then Your Majesty, is it okay for us to ask Wei Hao? As long as Wei Hao doesn't pursue it, can we let them out?" Cui Xian looked at Li Shimin anxiously and asked.

"No, even if Wei Hao forgives them, it's a death penalty. They should be exiled, and they should be imprisoned!" Li Shimin said very resolutely.

But I also told them that Wei Hao forgave them, so he didn't have to die.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cui Xian bowed his hands to Li Shimin very helplessly.

"That's why I just said that if Wei Hao doesn't come, we can't talk about many things!" Li Shimin looked at them and said.

They heard it, lowered their heads, and then Li Shimin stopped talking about this matter, but talked about other things, about the current situation in the Tang Dynasty, and about the suffering of the people.

On Wei Hao's side, Li Dejian dragged Wei Hao to the gate of the palace.

"Uncle, what do you mean by dragging me if I can't tell you?" Wei Hao got out of the carriage and said to Li Dejian helplessly.

"I said brother-in-law, there is nothing I can do. If I don't pull you over, His Majesty will punish me. Are you ashamed to watch my uncle be punished by His Majesty? That's fine, just help your uncle. Let's go!" Li Dejian pulled Wei Hao and said, then went straight to the palace.

After arriving at Ganlu Palace, Wang De saw him coming, and immediately said with a smile: "Your Majesty has been waiting for you, hurry up and go in!"

"Okay, thank you!" Li Dejian dragged Wei Hao in, but Wei Hao was reluctant anyway.

When they arrived at the study room of Ganlu Hall, Li Dejian replied to Li Shimin: "Return to Your Majesty, Wei Hao is here!"

"Well, okay, by the way, Dejian, your kid will be one year old in a few days, right?" Li Shimin looked at Li Dejian and asked.

"Thank you for remembering, Your Majesty, yes!" Li Dejian immediately said with a smile and cupped his hands.

"Well, in this way, you will go back in the afternoon. You won't be on duty before the Chinese New Year. I will give you a holiday. In addition, I asked the queen to prepare a gift, and I will send it to you at that time!" Li Shimin smiled at Li Dejian. Said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Dejian and Li Jing both stood up and said with cupped hands.

"Well, sit down, hello, brat! Don't you know where to sit?" Li Shimin saw Wei Hao standing there without moving, and immediately shouted at Wei Hao unhappily.

Wei Hao rolled his eyes and found a corner to sit down.

"You, sit in the front!" Li Shimin felt helpless when he saw Wei Hao like this, Li Chengqian who was sitting there laughed, and he also realized that his father seemed to have nothing to do with Wei Hao.

"Father, it's good that I'm here. You don't mean anything. You've said it all. As long as I finish the accounts, I can forget about things. It's only been a few days!"

Wei Hao had no choice but to sit in front.

And the heads of the aristocratic family looked at Wei Hao in shock. Wei Hao dared to talk to Li Shimin like this. This is simply a father and son. Even father and son dare not say that, Li Chengqian dare not talk to Li Shimin like this.

"Isn't there something to do? Sit down and eat at the Lizheng Hall at noon. Your mother said that she hasn't eaten at the Lizheng Hall for a long time, and she is still complaining about me. I will be with them in the Ganlu Hall later." For dinner, go to the Lizheng Hall!" Li Shimin said to Wei Hao.

"Okay, my mother asked me to go to dinner, then I will definitely go!" Wei Hao said happily when he heard it.

When Li Shimin heard it, he stared at Wei Hao, thinking in his heart, how could I feel sorry for him, didn't I just trick him once, as for holding grudges like this?

"That. These patriarchs are here. If you have any opinions, you can also talk about them!" Li Shimin said to Wei Hao.

"What's none of my business?" Sitting there, Wei Hao said indifferently.

"Their person in charge assassinated you, don't you want to clarify this matter?" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and asked.

"What do you want to say, father, if you don't kill them, then I will kill them. At worst, I won't give up the title. If you dare to assassinate me, I can still let them go. Isn't this letting the tiger go back to the mountain?" Wei Hao sat there, Said very stubbornly.

"Master Wei, I apologize to you on behalf of Erlang, they are ignorant!" Cui Xian immediately stood up and said to Wei Hao.

"They are ignorant? There are a bunch of children, and they are still ignorant! Then I will be even more ignorant if I say this. I haven't been crowned yet. Well, I can kill you now!" Wei Hao stood up after speaking.

"Why do you bastard, stop him!" Seeing Wei Hao like this, Li Shimin immediately called the soldiers to stop Wei Hao.

"I'll take my saber, if I knew I wouldn't have taken it off!" Wei Hao shouted loudly.

Those soldiers rushed over and hugged Wei Hao, Wei Hao grabbed a spear, swished it, flew in front of Cui Xian, and landed at Cui Xian's feet.

Cui Xian's eyeballs are all rounded at this moment, this kid is actually holding a spear to kill people in front of Li Shimin, this is taboo.

"You son of a bitch, you, you, pay me for my carpet!" Li Shimin shouted angrily, pointing at Wei Hao.

"Let go of me, I'll kill them!" Wei Hao was still struggling, and Li Dejian was holding Wei Hao tightly.

"No, Wei Hao, we were wrong, we apologize!" Cui Xian was about to cry at this moment, and now this kid not only wanted to kill his own son, but also killed himself.

"Yes, yes, we apologize, don't be impulsive!" The other patriarchs immediately persuaded.

As for Wei Yuanzhao standing there, he didn't know what to say. He was afraid that if Wei Hao didn't give himself face, he wouldn't be able to get off the stage.

"Wei Hao, you are not allowed to kill people here!" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao fiercely.

When Wei Hao heard this, he stopped, and then looked at Li Shimin.

"You want me to smell bloody here? No blood is allowed here, otherwise I will let you stay in the prison of the Criminal Ministry until the end of the New Year!" Li Shimin pointed at Wei Hao and warned.

"Sure, anyway, my knife is outside. Let's go outside to fight later. You call people casually, and I'm alone. Damn, I let you tell me all the reasons that are not sensible? It's not you, I will go Settle the bill? It’s not a thankless task, and you still think about it, just wait for me, I won’t nod, I’ll see how you get out of Chang’an City!” Wei Hao stood there, cursing at the patriarchs.

"This!" At this time, Wang Hairuo and the others realized that Wei Hao didn't just want to kill Cui Xian, but also killed people like himself.

(End of this chapter)