bastard seizes tang

Chapter 564
It was almost midsummer, and Hou Junji, who had lasted nearly three months in the western expedition, finally returned to Beijing in triumph. The triumphant return of the army was originally a grand event in the court, but Li Shimin was not happy at all, and his face was very ugly.

The reason is nothing else, it is precisely because it happened today that the prince Li Chengqian shot and killed the prince's family order Quan Wanji in the street. Up to now, this matter has been completely killed, and the prince Li Chengqian has no possibility of turning over the matter up.

Quan Wanji was just a small person mentioned in the history books, and he was nothing in the prosperous age of Zhenguan, where there were many famous ministers, but he never expected that because of Li Ke, he would become a man who fanned his wings and changed history. The butterfly in the wind direction was remembered by later generations in this way.

Tai Chi Palace, Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin was sitting in the palace angrily, the prime ministers, Li Ke, Li Tai, and Changsun Wuji were standing at His Highness, while Crown Prince Li Chengqian was kneeling at His Highness.

Although Li Chengqian killed people on the street, but after all, he was the most important in the East Palace, and the soldiers of the Right Waiting Guard still did not dare to belittle him, so they invited him into the palace with both soft and hard tactics, and handed him over to the emperor himself.

Li Chengqian knelt in the middle of the Ganlu Hall with his head lowered dumbly. Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian who was kneeling in front of him, and the more he looked at him, the more angry he felt in his heart.

Li Chengqian was caught in a hurry, and he hadn't had time to go back to the East Palace to change his clothes. He was still wearing the Turkic costume he wore when he was acting, which was particularly eye-catching and out of place in the civil and military affairs of the court. Li Shimin was even more angry when he saw it. where to come.

In the ninth year of Wude, the Turkic soldiers came to Chang'an, forcing the Tang court to donate gold and silver and send protons, so that they barely kept the capital and were able to recuperate. Looking at it now, this is still a great humiliation.

In the next four years, the whole Tang Dynasty shared the same hatred with the enemy and fought hard.The general is not afraid of death, and Li Ke used his life in Mobei again, and only then did Tieshan win a big victory, and the Turks were settled in one fell swoop, and the old shame was washed away.

But just today, Prince Li Chengqian, imitating the Hu people, appeared in the palace wearing Turkic costumes. This was slapping Li Shimin in the face, and also Li Ke who had been wronged in Turkic for four years. Li Shimin saw Looking at the disappointing eldest son Li Chengqian, and looking at the second son Li Ke who is silent in the hall, Li Shimin is not only fond of Li Ke, but also angry with Li Chengqian.

"Who is kneeling at His Highness? Is it the prince of Tang Dynasty, or Ye Hu of Turkic!" Li Shimin slammed the table, breaking the tranquility of the hall, and shouted angrily.

Li Shimin drank it, and Li Chengqian trembled unconsciously in shock. Li Chengqian raised his head, bowed to the ground and said: "My son, Li Chengqian, pays homage to my father, and apologizes to my father."

"Humph!"

Li Shimin snorted and asked, "Do you know where your crime is?"

Li Chengqian replied tremblingly: "My son's crime is that the Turks should not arrest Quan Wanji and kill him by mistake."

Li Chengqian tried his best to pick himself out, so he tried his best to put the blame on those Turkic attendants.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian, and did not directly veto Li Chengqian's words, but continued to ask: "Is the other courtyard in Lanlingfang your East Palace? Did you do the private meeting with the male pet under the pretext of using this excuse, can you get away with it all, one by one?"

Many people in Li Chengqian's East Palace Guard were also detained, and what Li Chengqian had done recently had been shaken up, so there was no room for Li Chengqian to argue.

Li Chengqian said: "These things are indeed what I did, but I was just fascinated by ghosts for a while. As for the matter of shooting and killing Quan Wanji, it was indeed not my intention."

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian at this time, still quibbling, without half the responsibility, and the anger in his heart became more and more intense. Li Shimin picked up the pen holder at hand, smashed it on Li Chengqian's shoulder, pointed at Li Chengqian and shouted: "Your guilt How can you be here, you are disloyal, unkind, unfilial, unrighteous, your guilt is very serious."

Li Shimin was born in the army, and his hands are not weak. He threw it in anger and landed on Li Chengqian's body. Li Chengqian felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, but even so, Li Chengqian didn't dare to move. He was so old. Kneel down in the temple honestly.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian in silence, paused for a while, and then asked the prime ministers in the hall: "The prince murdered people in the street, and the spread of evil is very widespread. Although the crime does not deserve death, it is still unforgivable. What do you think should be done?" ?”

Quan Wanji was not guilty at all, so Li Chengqian killed him in the street. This was a provocation and insult by Li Chengqian, as the crown prince, against his ministers, and all the officials in the court. If this matter is not handled properly, it will definitely make Tang Dynasty out of balance Internal and external discord.

And the prime ministers are the heads of the group of officials, and Wei Zheng, the servant, is a figure who is admired by the officials. When Li Shimin asked them what they meant, he was also testing their ideas and using their hands to calm the anger of the officials in the court.

Li Chengqian killed Quan Wanji for no reason. This was breaking the rules of the court, and it would naturally arouse public outrage. To appease the wrath of officials, Li Chengqian must be held accountable.

If the people are water, and the water can carry a boat, it can also overturn it, then the Chinese military in the dynasty is a storm that can gather water into waves. The monarch and his ministers are opposed, and the hearts of the people are betrayed, but they will perish like the Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, in order to quell public anger, it is inevitable to severely punish Li Chengqian. In front of all the prime ministers, Li Shimin beat and cursed, but Li Chengqian is the son of Li Shimin, the heir of the country, and since ancient times, there has been no reason for the emperor to die for his ministers.

Li Shimin is the most protective of the calf. As Li Shimin said, the prince spreads a lot of evil, but the crime does not deserve death. He can be held accountable, but it is absolutely impossible to pay for his life. Don't even think about it.

Wei Zheng, the attendant, was the most irritable. Li Shimin stepped forward and knelt down on the ground, prostrated his head and said: "The crown prince killed the important officials in the court without authorization, and his crime is worse than that of Shang Zhou and Xia Jie. He is worse than Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty before." It is a hundred times better, and you can no longer be the state reserve in terms of emotion and law. I ask you to abolish the crown prince's position as the prince. As for the minister, as the prince's Taibao, the prince made this big mistake. The minister is also guilty of lax teaching. Please sit down .”

Li Chengqian killed people in the street, and he killed Quan Wanji, the prince's family order. The prince's family order belongs to the assistant minister of the East Palace and is in charge of the palace affairs. The crown prince's family order is to the prince, just like the prime minister is to the emperor. , If he ascends the throne in the future, he will dare to kill the prime minister indiscriminately.

Li Chengqian killed the courtiers without permission, so the position of the crown prince would definitely be lost, and Wei Zheng, as the crown prince and grand teacher, was responsible for teaching. Li Chengqian made such a serious mistake, and Wei Zheng pleaded guilty.

As soon as Wei Zheng's words fell, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Cen Wenwen, Yu Zhining and others also knelt down one after another. Most of what they said was the same as Wei Zheng's, not only asking for the abolition of the crown prince, but also asking Li Shimin to drop his responsibility .

Wei Zheng is the crown prince Tai Bao, Fang Xuanling is the prince Zhan Shi, Yu Zhining is the prince Zuo concubine, Du Ruhui and Cen Wenwen are also ordered by Li Shimin to walk in the East Palace, teaching Li Chengqian the way of governing the country, and Wei Zheng pleading guilty, they cannot avoid it.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Shimin suddenly had a headache. These people are all the prime ministers of the court, the top ministers of the Tang Dynasty. If they are all dismissed as officials, the court will be in chaos.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Ke beside him, and asked, "What do you think Ke'er should do?"

(End of this chapter)