Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1018
Xu Jingzong is a sycophant, even more disdainful than Hou Junji.

However, Hou Junji really cannot escape the guilt this time. How could he let the prince rush into the battle, especially when he caused the prince to be seriously injured and disabled?

The most important thing is that the prince's military plan has proved to be dangerous, but it is very good. However, Tuoba Chici and other [-] horsemen failed to arrive in time, and Hou Junji's [-] rear army did not arrive as planned. This is the root cause of the prince's serious injury.

Although they arrived in time in the end and consolidated and expanded the results of the battle, so what?
The prince is still seriously injured and disabled.

Someone must be responsible for this matter, so the main responsibility is not Gao Kan Xijun buying Liang Jianfang Gao Zhensheng and several generals, but Hou Junji, he is the front-line coach of the Longyou battlefield, and he was delayed and failed to arrive in time, so the crime is not amnesty.

Xu Jingzong's impeachment of Hou Junji at this time would inevitably be a bit of a villain's behavior, but no one stood up to speak for Hou Junji.

Changsun Wuji also beat the dog in the water at this time, followed by loudly impeaching Hou Junji, and listed him a bunch of crimes at once.

But all the ministers knew that Hou Junji had only one crime, which was that he caused the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty to cripple his leg. This was something the emperor could not tolerate. Now that it happened, he had to bear the consequences.

very serious consequences.

Even Wei Zheng, who claims to be non-partisan, also stood up and criticized Hou Junji at this time.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it, and when the drum breaks, everyone hammers it.

Hou Junji was originally an old friend and confidant of the emperor. Although he was despised by the princes before, the emperor used it smoothly, so after entering and exiting the political affairs hall twice, he still did not lose his important position. But this time, the emperor also loathed him .

"Immediately order to cut off all the official titles of Hou Junji, and order the Zhenfu Division to take him back to Luoyang and put him in prison, and the three divisions will interrogate him!"

The emperor spat out a word coldly.

In this cold sentence, it is the shattering of the old friendship for many years, the emperor's anger at Hou Junji's repeated challenge of his limit, and it is also his response to touching the red line that should not be touched.

He shouldn't have never done it, and most of all he shouldn't have hurt the prince.

Although the emperor was dissatisfied with his behavior before, he only asked Chai Shao to take over his command of the army, and even left him the post of marching commander, but now, the emperor is angry and directly wants to deprive him of all his official positions and detain him. When he returned to Luoyang for the joint trial of the three divisions, it was clear that he was going to be punished.

The so-called joint trial of the three divisions is actually just a routine procedure, but the emperor has expressed his attitude, and the final result is already obvious.

"Your Majesty, please play Cen Wenwen, a scholar of the Imperial Academy!"

Li Shimin glanced at Cen Wenwen, "What do you want to say?"

"Your Majesty, I believe that Hou Junji is a heroic general and served as prime minister twice. He should not be lightly insulted, but must be given the dignity he deserves. Besides, the third division has not yet tried, so how can he be punished before he is convicted?"

"I ask you to first call Hou Junji into the court, report to the sage, and then order him to take the blame and resign and go home for self-examination. The three judicial departments will jointly investigate. If it is found guilty, it will not be too late to deal with it."

Fang Xuanling also advised, "After all, Hou Junji is still the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition. Now that the generals of Guanlong have just wiped out Tuyuhun and made great achievements. With meritorious deeds, how can the war stop now, and the reason why the commander-in-chief is arrested and punished, I am afraid that the soldiers will not understand, and the hearts of the meritorious officials will be chilled. Why don't you listen to the advice of Senior Cen."

He went on to say that the meritorious service of Ping Tuyuhun should be described first, and then the aftermath of Qinghai should be dealt with quickly and properly. As for whether Hou Junji is guilty or not, this can be discussed later.

The emperor previously mobilized more than a dozen generals to destroy Tuyuhun. Now the soldiers have not rushed to the battlefield, and Tuyuhun has been wiped out ahead.

This must be dealt with in time.

Although Cen Wenwen and Hou Junji were suspected of protecting Hou Junji, what they said was indeed reasonable. The front line had just won a big victory. At this time, regardless of meritorious deeds and rewards to the generals, the commander was arrested and punished. This will indeed have a very bad effect.

After some thought.

Li Shimin changed his mind.

Temporarily withdraw the will.

Forget about Hou Junji's crimes.

Let's talk about merit first.

The soldiers and horses from all walks of life who were ordered to attack before returned to their towns. Although they did not actually participate in the battle and made meritorious service, they also worked hard and were rewarded with money and food.

As for the armies that fought in Tuyuhun, they ordered Yousi to record meritorious deeds, those who should be honored, those who should be promoted, those who should be promoted, those who should be rewarded, and those who should be given land should be given as soon as possible. The meritorious service is settled, and then rewarded in time.

Except for some soldiers and horses staying in Haiyan, Shenwei, and Futeng cities, the rest of the troops who entered Tuyuhun to fight were withdrawn in batches to the towns of Shan, Kuo, He, Lan, Min, and Die states to replenish and recuperate. After recovering and recuperating, they will return to the town in batches.

Xingyuan, the Marshal of the Western Expedition, was disbanded, and the previous Chang Shi, Sima, and various marching chiefs were also abolished.

The emperor appointed Zhang Liang as the envoy of Xuanfu Jinglue of Qinghai Province and the governor of Qinghai Dudufu. Nuojiebo was changed to be the governor of Heyuan.

Yu Chigong and Xue Wanche were recruited back to the court, Cheng Yaojin joined Hexi Dao Xuanfu Jinglue envoy, and was still the Governor of Liangzhou Dadu and Liangzhou Governor Li Daozong, Jiangxia County King Li Daozong was appointed Longyou Dao Xuanfu Jinglu Envoy and Lanzhou Dadu Governor Shi Also the governor of Lanzhou.

Xi Junmai transferred the governor and governor of Shanzhou, Gao Kan transferred the governor and governor of Kuozhou, Gao Zhensheng transferred the governor and governor of Diezhou, and Liang Jianfang transferred the governor and governor of Minzhou.

After Fang and Cen's reminder just now, Li Shimin understood that although the prince was seriously injured, someone must be responsible, but this is not the time to pursue the responsibility first.

On the contrary, Longyou had just fought a big victory, and the Tuyuhun rebellion was put down.

Even more beautiful than expected, Murong Cheng was beheaded, and the remaining strength of Tuyuhun was almost uprooted. Although there are still many Tuyuhun tribes in Bailan, Qiemo, Heyuan and other places, they are already It doesn't matter, and there are no strong leaders anymore.

With this victory, Datang has indeed completely cut off the backbone of the Tuyuhun people. After this victory, Datang can completely remove the title of Tuyuhun without any scruples. From now on, there will only be Datang Qinghai Road, and there will be no more Tuyuhun .

Just like after the Great Tang eradicated the Eastern Turks, although a Great Khan was set up later, in fact, this Eastern Turkic Khan was just a puppet.

The same is true for retaining the Khan position of Murong Shun's son. First, it is enough to show that the Tang Dynasty will not kill the Tuyuhun people to stabilize their hearts.

Li Shimin felt exhausted and exhausted.

Datang finally wiped out Tuyuhun, but he didn't feel half happy. Thinking of the prince who was still recuperating in Haiyan Castle, he didn't know how the eldest son was feeling now.

This young man who had just made great achievements in the world became a lame man.

Li Shimin even wanted to call him a thief.

He didn't even know how to tell the queen the news. Now that the queen was getting more and more ill, how could she bear such news?

A great battle ended unexpectedly.

Next, the Xianggongs began to discuss how to expand the results of the war in the court, how to further divide Tuyuhun into pieces, how to send officials to serve as prefectural and county officials, how to increase military garrisons, how to farm, how to immigrate, and how to expand post roads. How to deal with those famous Tuyuhun kings and leaders who surrendered or captured, as well as those Tuyuhun people, etc.

A group of people even argued fiercely there.

But Li Shimin was in a trance and couldn't listen at all. He rubbed his head and felt a splitting headache.

Then it becomes more and more difficult to breathe.

In the end, the sky dazzled for a while, and then Dan Chiyubi rolled down from the throne with a bang.

"His Majesty!"

All the ministers exclaimed and rushed forward.

The emperor's face was blue and purple, and he fainted.

"Doctor!"

"Hurry up and tell the imperial doctor!"

After a while of panic, the emperor was finally rescued.

Fortunately, the imperial doctor told the lords that the emperor just had a gas attack and needed to rest for a while.

"Don't work too hard during this period, let alone be stimulated!"

After a while, the emperor finished the acupuncture treatment, looked at the concerned gentlemen, and waved his hands weakly, "I'm fine, it's just that I haven't slept well these days, and I just feel dizzy for a while."

"Saint!" Changsun Wuji looked at the emperor's appearance and wept with distress. The emperor and his ministers have traveled all the way for many years. No matter how difficult the past was, they have never seen the emperor like this.

"I'm fine. Don't disclose half a word about today's matter. Also, regarding the serious injury of the prince, let's keep it strictly confidential for the time being."

"I want to sleep for a while, you go down first."

"Sage, why don't we cancel the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting tomorrow?" Changsun Wuji said.

"The Zhengdan Grand Court is so important, how can it be canceled temporarily? This time there are more than 300 missions from the vassal states and Yi kingdoms, and they cannot be cancelled." The emperor shook his head, "Tomorrow the Zhengdan Grand Court will be held on time as scheduled. Congratulate the crown prince by personally announcing the great victory of destroying Tuyuhun at the court meeting!"

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The first day of the first month of the 11th year of Zhenguan.

In Luoyang, the eastern capital, the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting was grandly held.

This year's Zhengdan Dynasty is more and more grand and lively, and there are more envoys from the Fanbangyi kingdom than outside to congratulate them. Hudi and barbarians from all over the world have come.

They wear their own national costumes, have different skin colors, hair styles, etc., which are very barbaric in the eyes of the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin also specially asked Yan Lide and Yan Liben to bring a large group of royal painters to paint these different skins. The appearances of the barbarian envoys paying tribute in strange clothes were all painted to commemorate them.

Above the Golden Temple.

The emperor seemed to be in good spirits. He laughed from time to time, accepting tribute from envoys from various countries and various tributes and objects from them.

In the end, the emperor personally announced the victory of the Tang crown prince Chengqian in Qinghai in front of envoys from Liaodong Goguryeo, Mobei Xue Yantuo and other countries.

"My eldest son, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, Chengqian, at the age of eighteen, went to Longyou in person, went to the West to recruit the Generalissimo, commanded the elite of Guanlong, led 30 elite kings, and wiped out [-] rebels in Tuyuhun in World War I. ,Destroy the country!"

"Although the crown prince is still dealing with the aftermath in Qinghai today, and was unable to participate in the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting today, this is the best gift the crown prince gave me, and it is also the best gift I have received this year!"

(End of this chapter)