Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 116 Cleaning up Hou Junji

As the saying goes, "a dog that bites does not bark", but in Gao Ming's eyes, Hou Junji is much more vicious than a dog, he is a wolf that can eat people!

At the beginning, Gao Ming made up an "Ideological and Political Department" in order to turn the death camp from a dark place into a bright place, and even put it under the name of the Ministry of War. At that time, Hou Junji laughed to himself.

Gao Ming knew very well that Hou Junji and himself were in the "honeymoon period" at that time, so they didn't defend themselves at all, but it was different now. Although Hou Junji had no expression on his face, Gao Ming could feel it. He became more hostile to himself.

You know, this time Li Shimin pulled the dead soldier battalion from the Ministry of War and renamed it Baiqiwei and gave it back to him, but he didn't say hello to Hou Junji at all during this period. This can be said to be extremely disrespectful to Hou Junji. Respect, it stands to reason that even if Hou Junji can't object, there should always be some expression on his face, the expressionless face is too suspicious!
"The city of Hou Junji is too deep, isn't it? If he didn't deliberately forbear, then he is ready to take action!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming frowned suddenly, a sense of urgency welled up from the depths of his heart.

"Hou Junji is a general who has led the army before. If he doesn't make a move, it's fine. If I make a move, I'm sure I won't be able to resist it, so I can only strike first to be stronger!"

Gao Ming is a man of action, he will take action immediately after making a decision. After the morning court, he immediately ran to Li Shimin's imperial study.

Seeing Gao Ming coming in a hurry, Liu Bing immediately smiled and saluted him.

"The old servant has seen His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Majesty said that there is no need to notify the Crown Prince when he comes down, just go in directly!"

Hearing his words, Gao Ming nodded and entered the imperial study room. After entering, he immediately turned around and closed the door.

Li Shimin raised his head the moment Gao Ming entered the door, and frowned when he saw Gao Ming's slightly eager action.

However, Gao Ming didn't pay too much attention to Li Shimin's expression. After he closed the door, he immediately walked to Li Shimin's side, and said in a low voice, "Hou Junji has the intention of rebellion!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's expression changed immediately.

If Li Shimin used to be able to hide his emotions and anger, but the incident of Li You's rebellion made Li Shimin's mood extremely sensitive. In his opinion, even his own son would rebel, so a general rebelling would be of no use. Strange too.

Most importantly, it was not the first time Li Shimin heard Hou Junji's objection, but the third time!
The first time Li Shimin heard that Hou Junji had the intention of treason was from Li Jing. At that time, Hou Junji falsely accused Li Jing of treason, but Li Jing said that it was Hou Junji who had the intention of treason, but Li Shimin did not let go at that time. on heart.

The second time, Hou Junji was imprisoned for stealing treasures during the campaign against Gaochang. After he was released, he harbored resentment and persuaded General Zhang Liang to rebel, but Zhang Liang later reported the matter to Li Shimin. , but because there is no evidence, this matter will be settled.

Now Gao Ming came to tell Li Shimin that Hou Junji had objections, this was the third time!

At this time, Li Shimin was very angry, like a volcano about to erupt, the veins on his head were jumping, looking at the eager Gao Ming, Li Shimin squeezed out a few words from his teeth.

"Is there any evidence?"

Li Shimin very much hoped that Gao Ming could produce evidence so that he could directly take Hou Junji down, but unfortunately Gao Ming did not have any evidence.

Looking at the angry Li Shimin, Gao Ming immediately sighed.

"Hey...old man, do you think I might find evidence from someone like Hou Junji?"

Li Shimin was silent for a while, obviously he also knew the difficulty of obtaining evidence for this kind of thing, after a while, he asked Gao Ming a question.

"Does Helan Chushi's escape have something to do with you?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"Yes, he is Hou Junji's son-in-law. I think it would be better to start with him, so I sent someone to pretend to be a thief to sweep his house, but unfortunately, I didn't find any information about Hou Junji's rebellion. Evidence, but to scare the snake away."

Of course it was impossible for Gao Ming to tell Li Shimin that he had found what he was looking for. It was true that he planned to take care of Hou Junji, but he did not intend to trap himself in it.

Li Shimin nodded immediately after hearing Gao Ming's remarks.

"Yeah, you're too reckless. Hou Junji is not an idiot like Li You. Of course it's not easy for you to get evidence from him, but it doesn't matter whether you want evidence or not now. I'm already tired."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming's eyes widened immediately.

"what do you mean……"

Seeing Gao Ming's shocked expression, Li Shimin nodded immediately.

"I don't want a fourth person to tell me that Hou Junji has rebellion, or be told that Hou Junji has rebelled, so I am not going to wait any longer."

As he said that, Li Shimin's face suddenly showed deep tiredness. Obviously, just dealing with government affairs made him very tired, so he no longer had the patience to play intriguing power games with Hou Junji.

Gao Ming was immediately overjoyed by Li Shimin's statement. Originally, he just had the attitude of giving it a try, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth.

"Hou Jun's collection is now over!"

Now that he had achieved his goal, Gao Ming didn't say anything more. After saluting Li Shimin, he left the Imperial Study Room and went back to the East Palace.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Shimin sent Hou Junji to Andong Duhu Mansion to guard the border on the grounds that "Goguryeo is rampant".

Gao Ming was not surprised by this result. After all, Hou Junji was also a hero of the Tang Dynasty who entered Lingyan Pavilion. Without evidence, it is impossible to kill him. Transferring him to a place far away from Emperor Shangao is already the limit.

Regarding Li Shimin's decision, it was not that no one in the court opposed it, but Li Shimin refuted it one by one, and before they could say anything more, Li Shimin announced his withdrawal from the court.

Hou Junji was destined to guard the border this time, and Gao Ming didn't think he would be obedient after he went, but it didn't matter anymore, he couldn't make any troubles because he was far away from the political center.

Even if he is rebelling, at worst, Li Shimin will send troops to put it out. Anyway, there are many people rushing to do the military exploits.

After coming down to court, Gao Ming ran into Hou Junji at the entrance of the main hall, but now Hou Junji's face was a little more angry, seeing Gao Ming coming out, he immediately sneered at Gao Ming.

"His Majesty the Crown Prince's good tricks, it's the old minister who missed it!"

Gao Ming knew what he was talking about, so as soon as Hou Junji's words fell, Gao Ming smiled and cupped his hands towards him.

"The Crown Prince doesn't quite understand what Hou Shangshu said, but General Hou is going to a high mountain and a long way to go, so the Crown Prince has something to say to the General."

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Hou Junji's eyes narrowed immediately.

"His Royal Highness, please speak, the old minister is all ears!"

Hearing Hou Junji's seemingly respectful words, Gao Ming laughed again.

"Actually, it's nothing. The prince heard that the Anton Protectorate's Mansion is very cold, so I want to ask General Hou to wear more clothes. Of course, it's better to wear armor. It's warm and safe. And I heard that there The Goguryeo people are very unfriendly to our Tang Dynasty, if you are shot by a cold arrow after you go, wouldn’t our Tang Dynasty lose a pillar?"

Seeing Gao Ming's half-smile expression, Hou Junji's expression changed immediately.

"His Royal Highness is threatening the old minister?"

As soon as Hou Junji's words fell, Gao Ming gasped and showed a shocked expression.

"Hiss... General Hou's words are serious. When did the prince threaten you? You looked at the side, but there were so many adults who heard it. The prince really cares about you. I still hope you The general must not judge the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

When Hou Junji heard Gao Ming's words, he was immediately furious, and directly pointed at Gao Ming.

"you……"

Seeing Hou Junji pointing his finger at him, Gao Ming immediately stretched his head towards him.

"If General Hou is not angry, he can hit me to vent his anger. The Crown Prince promises that he will never fight back!"

Hou Junji's heart was moved by Gao Ming's proposal immediately, but when he saw the two warriors with unfriendly expressions at the entrance of the main hall, he immediately withdrew his hands and snorted coldly.

"Hmph, His Royal Highness is very scheming. If the old minister hits you, I'm afraid you will use the excuse of assassination to directly kill the old minister outside the hall, right?"

Hearing Hou Junji expose his thoughts, Gao Ming sighed inwardly.

"Oh, an old fox is an old fox, and it really isn't that easy to be fooled."

In fact, Hou Junji really guessed right. The two warriors standing outside the hall were not from Qianniuwei, but Gao Ming asked Zhang Sizheng to transfer two masters from Baiqiwei. I have already told them that as long as Hou Junji dares to attack him, he will be killed in the name of assassination.

It's a pity that Hou Junji finally found out, which made Gao Ming feel a little regretful.

But Gao Ming would not foolishly admit Hou Junji's words, so as soon as Hou Junji's words fell, Gao Ming immediately showed shock, pointed at Hou Junji and began to curse.

"You're pissed!"

As soon as Gao Ming's words came out, there was a sudden silence outside the hall, not only Hou Junji, but even the ministers watching the excitement around were stunned.

After a while, after Hou Junji came to his senses, his face flushed immediately, and the hand that pointed at Gao Ming couldn't stop trembling.

"you you……"

At this time, Li Ke immediately moved to Gao Ming's side, and then opened his mouth to remind Gao Ming.

"Brother Huang, it's blood spurting!"

"Oh, I see!"

Hearing Li Ke's words, Gao Ming showed an expression of sudden realization, and he immediately cupped his hands towards Hou Junji.

"I'm really sorry, General Hou, it's the prince who made a mistake, so you're spitting blood!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Hou Junji immediately refuted him.

"Nonsense, when did I spray people with blood?"

As soon as Hou Junji finished saying this, Gao Ming immediately slapped his hands, and then turned to look at Li Ke.

"Look, third child, I just said he's a shit-spitting person!"

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(End of this chapter)