Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 855 Granting the Real Seal to Xu Kaiguo

"Wang Junkuo was stubborn at first, refusing to admit the treason. Later, King Wei came out to testify in person and took out some secret letters he wrote to King Wei, and he finally admitted."

Royal study.

Wei Zheng, the servant under the door, reported the latest progress of Wang Junkuo's case to the emperor, and the case went smoothly.With the joint trial of the three divisions, the cooperation of Yingtian Mansion and the pro-military Dudu Mansion, and the contribution of the imperial army, Wang Junkuo couldn't make waves.

He was directly controlled and taken to Dali Temple for a secret interrogation.

All divisions worked together, and soon Wang Junkuo's henchmen were dug out one after another, and every time one was dug out, another group could be interrogated.

"How many people are involved in the case now?"

"A lot. After our interrogation, Wang Junkuo admitted that he had secretly communicated with Liu Wuzhou. They made an appointment to rebel, and they also intended to persuade Wei Wang Luo Cunxiao and Wu Guogong Du Fuwei to rebel together."

Unexpectedly, although Wei Wang Luo Cunxiao often criticized the emperor's policies, he was actually very loyal to the emperor's younger brother.He has been cooperating with Wang Junkuo in acting, just to catch others. Wang Junkuo really thought that the fourth child had been deceived by power, and was as dissatisfied with Luo Cheng as he was, and wanted to rebel.

"Is Du Fuwei also involved?"

Du Fuwei is also Luo Cheng's old brother. Although he is not a biological brother, he later married Luo Cheng's fifth sister, so he is also a family member.Now Du Fuwei is serving as the commander of the left governor of Huainan in Huainan. Before that, he was the Jiedu envoy of Huainan. It can be said that it helped Luocheng share a lot of pressure.

He is also a very powerful section commander, standing alone.

"Wang Junkuo sent people to contact Du Fuwei and Fu Gonghu, but we haven't found any problems with those two dukes yet."

"Do you really think everyone is him, Wang Junkuo and Liu Wuzhou?" Luo Cheng sneered.

At first, Wang Junkuo was only in charge of intelligence work, but Luo Cheng placed him in Fan Yang's army after instigating Guo Xuan's rebellion, and Guo Xuan died in battle very quickly, so Luo Cheng took over the post of Fan Yang's Jiedu envoy with his confidant Wang Junkuo, With the recruitment of Fan Yang Beiping soldiers and horses, who would have expected that Wang Junkuo would expand so quickly.

At the founding of the country, Wang Junkuo was able to become the Duke of the country with the post of Jiedu envoy, and he was included in the list of 24 heroes in Lingyan Pavilion. It can be said that he took advantage of it. He is the soldier and horse who commands a town and is one of the eight Jiedu envoys.

Otherwise, he is not qualified at all.

But he took it as his own ability and falsely accused Li Jing of being dismissed as Jiedu envoy by the emperor. Not only did he not know how to be vigilant, but he began to plan a rebellion secretly.

Although Luo Cunxiao was also dissatisfied with Luo Cheng's policy after proclaiming himself emperor, he only expressed his own opinions and ideas, and did not say that he would be exempted from the post of Jiedu envoy.

"It's too inflated, just like Liu Wuzhou."

"Your Majesty, this case has become more and more implicated. Hundreds of people have been implicated now. If the investigation continues, more people will be implicated."

Luo Chengdao, "You can continue to investigate, but don't announce it yet, and submit all the results at that time."

"and then?"

"Wang Junkuo's rebellion is a capital crime, and his fellow party members, no matter how deeply involved, should be unforgivably guilty. But now, after all, it is the beginning of the founding of the country, and the world has not yet been unified. If this is done at this time A big case, what impact would that have?"

Just like Luo Cheng burned the letters of Cao Cao's collaborating officials back then, Luo Cheng decided to investigate the case, but let it go after the investigation.

"As for Wang Junkuo, cut off his title, demote him to the leader Xu Shiji, demote him to be a seventh-rank school lieutenant, and save his life."

"Why?" Wei Zheng asked, "Your Majesty doesn't want to leave the name of a hero?"

"It's not all. After all, Wang Junkuo has made great contributions to this dynasty and me. Now that he has made a mistake, I will give him a chance to see if he knows how to repent. If he can repent, although it is impossible to return to the center in this life, at least he will It will harm his life, but not his family members."

For the others, Luo Cheng didn't want to expand, nor did he want to deal with them severely, so he was transferred from important positions first, and gave them a chance to observe.

Of course, this was also because the conspiracy failed, and he did not intend to treat Liu Wuzhou lightly.

Wei Zheng admired the emperor's decision to deal with it very much. There are few kings who can be so magnanimous to the heroes who betrayed and rebelled.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the root cause of the rebellion between Liu Wuzhou and Wang Junkuo lies with Your Majesty. Although Your Majesty treats you leniently, sometimes the policy is too hasty. For example, it is a little too urgent to dismiss the Jiedu envoy. It is this conferment, which is not as good as it was in the previous dynasty, which makes many heroes dissatisfied. In fact, it is not only Wang Junkuo and Liu Wuzhou who are dissatisfied, even the king of Wei is also dissatisfied, but more people have not shown it."

"It's okay, Old Taoist Wei, if you have something to say, you don't need to be polite to me, and you don't need to hide it. There is no one else, and I am not the kind of person who can't listen to different opinions."

Wei Zheng smiled and said that of course I knew this. He said that Lingyan Pavilion heroes like Wang Junkuo and Liu Wuzhou would rebel, which showed that they really represented a kind of dissatisfaction among many people.

"But I will never resume the post of Jiedushi again. It is impossible for me to leave serious troubles for future generations. Jiedushi must be abolished."

"It is possible to abolish the Jiedushi. It is true that the Jiedushi has too much power and responsibility, but it could have been abolished slowly in a few steps. The transition was too quick."

"You're right. I'm a little too hasty. What do you think we should do now?"

Wei Zheng thought for a while, "Wang Junkuo has rebelled, and Liu Wuzhou has rebelled. Of course, it will not work to restore the Jiedushi. If it is restored and then withdraws next time, it will be messy? So we can only make up for it in other ways. Some compensation will be given for the knighthood, and the current knighthood system, even if it is a real seal, is too general. A real seal, only thirty cash per month, which is too much."

The emperor paced back and forth, thinking.

"You said, what if I give you a real seal, that is, a fief?"

Wei Zheng was shocked.

"Your Majesty, your change is too big. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there are almost no real seals. It's not bad to seal a household, but it's too much to give a real seal."

"No, I'm considering either not changing it, or changing it to a larger size, giving real land, real sealing of households, and Xu Kaiguo."

"Xu Kaiguo?"

"Is it true that all titles are allowed to found a country?"

"Yes, all of them are allowed to be the founder of the country, and all of them are real fiefs. Of course, only the real founding title can be granted to the founding of the country, and only the real land can be granted. It is not a false title of the founding prince, and the title can be raised appropriately."

Wei Zheng couldn't understand the emperor, what was he going to do, why did he suddenly give the real land, the real seal of the household, and Xu Kaiguo?
But looking at the emperor's appearance, it doesn't look like he's joking.

(End of this chapter)