Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 101 Political Struggle
Obviously, this time Li Shimin was murderous, but Liu Bing needed to carry out specific actions.

Liu Bing understood his identity, he was not an official, he was just Li Shimin's domestic slave, and what the domestic slave had to do was to follow the wishes of the master.

Liu Bing knew very well that if he killed the speech officer surnamed Sun according to Li Shimin's wishes, then the civil and military officials might hate him, but if he didn't follow Li Shimin's wishes, then he would die. Far away, because Li Shimin would not want a disobedient house slave.

Which is more important, Liu Bing naturally has a steelyard in his heart.

And more importantly, Liu Bing also found this speech officer surnamed Sun displeased!
"His Royal Highness is such a good person, not to mention other people, even he is polite to us slaves, and now someone is pouring dirty water on him, it's really courting death!"

After thinking about it in his heart, Liu Bing walked out of the hall much more briskly. Not long after, there were bursts of screams from the Yanguan surnamed Sun outside the hall.

"Ah... Whoops... I can't take it anymore, stop now... You are going to kill me..."

Then no matter how hard he struggled, it was useless. A few strong temple guards pressed him firmly to the ground. No matter how he struggled and cursed, the sound of staff reprimands always sounded.

And Liu Bing was counting on the side.

"26...27...uh...no, it should be sixteen...seventeen..."

At this time, Liu Bing was counting with a cold smile on his face. After a while, the wailing of the officer surnamed Sun became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared completely. The "bang bang" sound of the court rod hitting him was still ringing.

Liu Bing came to supervise the court staff, and the temple guards would not stop without him asking, so they continued to beat the court staff in turn, while Liu Bing continued to count.

"Sixteen...seventeen...eighteen..."

But this time he didn't repeat it again. When he counted to thirty, he asked the temple guard to stop, and then he reached out and touched the main artery on the neck of Yan Yanguan, surnamed Sun.

"Well, dead!"

After confirming that the Yanguan surnamed Sun was dead, Liu Bing immediately changed his expression of sincerity and fear, trotted into the court hall, and then knelt down on the ground with a "plop".

"Your Majesty, Mr. Sun is overwhelmed. He has... Already gone. The old minister owes his grace!"

After finishing speaking, he kowtowed three times to Li Shimin.

After hearing Liu Bing's words, Li Shimin hadn't spoken yet, and the entire court had become silent.

dead?
And the one who died was the Yanguan who was beaten to death by the imperial staff?
This was the first time such a thing happened in Datang, but everyone didn't react too much, at most they were surprised.

All the officials are human beings. Although they don't know why things turned out like this, they can guess that this should involve a serious political struggle, and the official surnamed Sun is only here. Just don't crush the wretch in the next fight.

And even if you take a step back, the speech officer surnamed Sun was killed by the court staff because of "calling prostitutes", and he didn't have a good reputation after he died.

Therefore, Liu Bing, who was in charge of doing it, would definitely not be punished.

As expected, the facts were exactly as the ministers thought. Hearing Liu Bing's report that the officer surnamed Sun was dead, Li Shimin did not "Long Yan was furious", but sighed lightly.

"Hey, the civil servants of my Tang Dynasty are really too weak, Liu Bing, you are also at fault in this matter, so you should be fined for three years!"

This punishment is really nothing to Liu Bing. How much will his three-year salary be?At most two hundred yuan, this little money will be collected as a filial piety from the little eunuch and returned.

So when Liu Bing heard Li Shimin's verdict, he prostrated himself on the ground again.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Is Li Shimin wise?

This question is obviously superfluous, so none of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty opened their mouths, at least they would not open their mouths until they figured out the truth of the matter.

Wei Wang Li Tai wanted to say something, but when he saw Li Shimin's unfriendly expression, he immediately chose to shut up wisely.

Datang's human life is worthless, and the lives of those who were squeezed out under the political struggle are even more worthless.

The death of Yanguan Sun did not cause much disturbance. Li Shimin didn't even do the superficial work of "promoting the deceased to a higher level".

After settling the matter of the Yanguan surnamed Sun, Li Shimin rubbed his forehead and asked if everyone had anything to say, but no one in the court room spoke, as if they were all afraid of Li Shimin's "emotional instability" anger.

Companion to the king is like a tiger, which is probably the mental state of the civil and military people in the current Manchu Dynasty.

Faced with such a situation, Li Shimin didn't say anything more, and simply announced his retirement, because he was indeed tired, both physically and mentally, so he immediately ran back to the harem to sleep.

When Li Shimin fell asleep, Cheng Yaojin was blocked by Li Ji on the way to court.

"Zhijie, what happened this morning? Why did His Majesty get so angry?"

Facing Li Ji's question, Cheng Yaojin shook his head and smiled wryly.

"How do I know, you see I've been beaten like this, don't stop me, I have to go home now!"

When Li Ji heard his words, he immediately frowned.

"Why are you running home in such a hurry? To heal your wounds?"

"No! I was frightened just now, so I have to go back and drink a few sips of wine to suppress the shock"

"..."

In fact, Cheng Yaojin already understood what happened today, but he didn't intend to tell Li Ji, not because he couldn't trust Li Ji, but because the less people know about some things, the better.

After Cheng Yaojin returned home, seeing his butt that was bloody and bloody from the beating, the whole Cheng family became anxious.

"Dalang, what's wrong with you?"

"Father, could it be that His Majesty beat you?"

"father……"

Facing the anxious family members, Cheng Yaojin frowned and waved his hands.

"Let's not talk about this first, what about His Royal Highness?"

Seeing Cheng Yaojin's anxious expression, Cheng Chuliang answered him quickly.

"Father, His Royal Highness will bring Princess Jinyang back to the palace after dawn!"

Hearing that Gao Ming had returned to the palace, Cheng Yaojin was relieved.

"Just go back. You all remember that His Royal Highness didn't go back this morning, but last night. No matter who asks, he will say that, do you understand?"

Seeing Cheng Yaojin's stern words, everyone nodded quickly.

"understood."

Seeing everyone's low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, Cheng Yaojin smiled, and then slapped Cheng Chumo.

"It's good to know, Nie Zi, hurry up and find a doctor for me, it hurts me to death."

"..."

Cheng Yaojin was injured, and Cheng Mansion was in a hurry, at this time Gao Ming had already returned to the East Palace, took a hot bath under the service of Shi Jian and Shi Shu, and then went back to his room to sleep.

No way, I stayed up too late last night, so I have to catch up on sleep today.

Gao Ming didn't know that a fierce struggle had been launched around him in the court today, and in this struggle, a Duke of the state was beaten, and another official was killed.

At this time, with his own persistence, Gao Ming entered his dream again.

"Sleeping eight hours a day is king!"

(End of this chapter)