Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 649 Dignity and Survival

Under the quick actions of the Dushui Supervisor and the internal guards, all the relatives of Li Sixing, Xie Shufang and others were thrown into prison. Such a name Zhang Dan and the blatant rampage in the capital city made the officials in Chang'an City panic, and everyone People are at risk.

The crime of assassinating the king is not a joke, and the two intelligence agencies of the emperor and the prince act together, which is the first time since the Zhenguan Dynasty.However, seeing that they only captured a few old minions of Prince Yin, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time cursed in their hearts that they were ignorant, and if they didn't go with the prince, wouldn't that be courting death?

Prison-Tianzi No. [-] prison, since the establishment of the inner guard, it has never been used here. Even if Su Wan made things so big at the beginning, it is not as "honoured" as Wei Zhengjin, it is more worth mentioning What's more, every time a family is captured, Chang Sun Chong will bring those people over for Wei Zheng to have a look at, because the prince said to let the old guy see how deep his crimes are.

Li Shimin and his son walked lightly today, and walked into the prison cell only under the guidance of Chang Sun Chong. After serving the food and wine, Chang Sun Chong retreated out in a very sensible way.But his father said, except for the prince, it doesn't matter how noble his status is, whoever is involved in it, whoever dies, don't be confused about your position, wait for the catastrophe to come, and then go back and regret it. Anxious.

"Veteran Wei Zheng, I have seen Your Majesty, Your Highness." Wei Zheng brushed off the dust from his robe, and saluted the father and son as usual.

"Okay, Xuan Cheng, sit down. It's been 12 years. It's time for us monarchs and ministers to have a peaceful chat, shouldn't we?" After speaking, Li Shimin sat down self-consciously, and naturally picked up his son and gave him a full cup of tea. wine glasses on.

"Your Majesty is looking for an old minister to review the case. Well, it's time to make it clear after 12 years!" Wei Zheng said while holding up his wine glass and smelling the fragrant wine.

Well, after nodding, Li Shimin and Wei Zheng talked about it from the ninth year of Wude. After the Xuanwu Gate change, the emperor appointed Wei Zheng as an admonishing doctor. He really surrendered sincerely and tried his best to recruit Jiancheng and Yuanji old ministry.

It didn't take long to recruit Li Sixing, Wang Changkai and others, and they were about to finish their work. However, when it came to Xie Shufang, the problem arose, because he brought Taiyuan King Li Chengzong to Wei Zheng, and scolded Wei Zheng for being a traitor. Greedy for life and afraid of death, but a shameless minister of two masters.

In this way, there are only two choices before Wei Zheng. One, Li Chengzong is handed over to the emperor. The position has been determined, and there should be no further disturbances for the country and the people.The second is to preserve the young master, endure humiliation and wait for the opportunity. After all, the emperor is a bloodthirsty and easy-to-kill generation. Who knows if he will become the next Yang Guang? Keeping the king of Taiyuan and preserving the blood of the old master will not only save the emperor and his ministers. Righteousness, leaving Datang with one more choice.

Wei Zheng is a person with strong political ambitions. What he wants to see most is the unity of the world. Although his reason tells him that the first choice is correct, he still can't pass the test of personal feelings, so he brought Li Chengzong back from Shandong. And let him be ordained as a monk, and choose an identity that does not make people suspicious to live on.

As for the emperor, he had long suspected that there was something tricky about it, because after returning to the court from Luoyang, Pei Ji and others imposed the crime of killing too much and causing the death of the emperor's eldest grandson on the Qin Palace.But when Li Shimin was looking for an opportunity to explain, Li Yuan actually reprimanded him for being rewarded generously by his concubine and heroes, and even said that the emperor's edict was not as good as Qin Wang's.

Isn't it just a piece of land, so it doesn't matter who it is given to. Guanzhong is fertile and wild for thousands of miles. Isn't it nonsense that father and son will turn against each other just because of the arable land of a hundred miles?So from then on, he knew that his father had given up on him, and the words of changing him to be the crown prince were empty words, the purpose of which was to let him conquer the world with peace of mind.

After the Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin discovered Li Chengzong's feigned death when he was cleaning the harem, but at that time he had already killed his brother and forced his father, and he had broken the roots of the old East Palace and Prince Qi's mansion, so he couldn't go after the "early death" in a blatant name. nephew.

He ordered Fang Du and other cronies to investigate secretly, but unfortunately, the old department that has been built all along has remained silent, and his precious nephew disappeared without a trace as if the world had evaporated.It wasn't until the occurrence of the literary inquisition that the crucial clue was discovered. In order not to startle the snake, he ignored the grievances of the ministers, and only waited for the opportunity to wipe out Wei Zheng and others.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the old minister has long known that you can't trust me, so you never let the old minister participate in any secret affairs of the court! More importantly, no matter how the old minister contradicts you and the prince, in the end, you can always turn the danger into good luck." , and wealth is added to the body. Apart from cherishing talents, the old minister does not understand that you are fishing, catching fish that slipped through the net more than ten years ago!"

Wei Zheng talked about the policy of the emperor at the beginning of Zhenguanchu's ascension to the throne. At the beginning of Zhenguan, in order to stabilize people's hearts and the situation as quickly as possible, he had to choose the agents of the corresponding forces to settle them, such as Wang Gui, Xiao Yu and others. If you have a good relationship with the Shandong family, if you don't support him as the spokesperson of the Shandong family, who will you support?

"Xuancheng, you are right. What I lack most in my life is patience. When I was a prince, I fought against the first emperor and Prince Yin. They all lost, and they were completely defeated. After becoming emperor, I will fight with you. With these forces with ulterior motives and the surrounding enemy countries, it is obvious that I still won. As for the future you expect, it will not exist, because I have cultivated a successor like myself, so that those who have the same ideas as you People are all lost."

"Do you know why I neither killed you nor arrested anyone in your Zheng Guofu?" Seeing Wei Zheng shaking his head, Li Shimin drank a glass of wine and continued to laugh: "Because I announced to the government and the public that it was you, Wei Zheng, who Expose the conspiracy of Li Sixing and others to assassinate the king and kill them, and assist the crown prince to exterminate them. I will reward you for your merits. This morning, the imperial edict has been sent to Zhongshu Province. Jin you are the inspector of the school, the right servant, the doctor Jin Ziguanglu, and you will be added. Xun gave you a few sons, so that you will be full of glory."

Hearing the emperor's words, Wei Zheng lowered his haughty head. People would not say how big a crime it is to assassinate the prince, because that is not the point. They will only remember that Wei Zheng not only betrayed his old master, but also betrayed him for favor and promotion. The remnants of the old East Palace.

Wei Zheng, who passed on loyalty, righteousness, and etiquette to his family, was completely nailed by the emperor to the pillar of shame as a traitor. From now on, whenever people mention the Wei family, they will denounce his infidelity, and their descendants will be cast aside forever. Even those Qingliu whom he promoted would not be ashamed to be with him, from now on he is truly alone.

But if he didn't accept it, the result would be obvious, the emperor would change Jiaxun to Lingchi, and his whole family would be chopped into pieces. Wei Zheng was not afraid of death, but it was really impossible for him to abandon his whole family.He is not Chu Heng, and he does not have the courage to abandon family affection in order to achieve his goals, and the emperor valued this, so he forced him to die and live in humiliation. This move made him sadder than killing him.

Just as Wei Zheng was thinking about it, Li Chengqian said solemnly: "Wei Xiang, congratulations, you escaped from birth again. This time you not only lost your dignity, but also lost the respect that I have for you, because you, Wei Zheng, have never They don’t know how to choose the master, and they don’t know the current affairs.”.
(End of this chapter)