Man Tanghong

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The matter suddenly became a strategy against the enemy, and Li Yuan's attitude suddenly became serious, squinting at Li Xiaogong and questioning him.

Li Xiaogong became anxious, and shouted: "Uncle, Yuan Ji is obviously lying to you, if he had really prepared for this, he would have summoned the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to discuss it, and he would never have waited until this time to speak out.

If you don't believe me, ask Mr. Pei and the others to see if they know about this! "

Li Yuan's gaze fell on Pei Ju and the others.

Pei Ju and the others were all taken aback.

After a brief silence, Pei Ju said without hesitation: "Return to the saint, His Royal Highness King Yong has indeed discussed with the ministers about using the method of cutting off salt to force the Turks to surrender. The ministers think it is feasible and have sent someone to On behalf of the state to investigate."

As soon as Pei Ju said this, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui, and Wei Zheng all understood what he was thinking, so the four of them nodded together and said in agreement: "Hui Shengren, there is indeed something to do."

Now, Li Yuan was annoyed, and looked at Li Xiaogong with an angry look, as if he was blaming Li Xiaogong for daring to lie to him for some profit.

Li Xiaogong was completely stunned, and hurriedly looked at Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji was also confused, and looked at Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui, and Wei Zheng in disbelief.

He was just talking nonsense and nonsense, but when it got into the mouths of Pei Ju and the others, it really became true.

Is this helping him lie, or seeing his plan and stabbing him in the back?

"King Yong?! Is it true?"

Li Xiaogong suspected that he was being tricked, so he gritted his teeth and asked.

Before Li Yuanji spoke, Li Yuan frowned and shouted: "Xiaogong, although you are Yuanji's cousin, you must pay attention to your dignity in this Taiji Hall!"

In the Tai Chi Hall, regardless of seniority, only respect and inferiority are discussed.

Li Yuanji is the direct descendant of the Li family, and the prince of Jianguo with the status of a half-lord. As a minister, Li Xiaogong is not qualified to call King Yong directly, let alone ask questions.

Under Li Yuan's scolding, Li Xiaogong realized that he had lost his composure, and hurriedly apologized to Li Yuan: "It's my nephew who lost his composure, please forgive my uncle."

Li Yuan snorted, and stopped chasing, beating and killing him.

It's just some side details, and it's not enough for him to chase after a nephew who has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanji took a deep breath, and while quickly analyzing the purpose of Pei Ju and others to help lie, he stared at Li Xiaogong and said displeasedly: "Cousin, you heard it too, I have Pei Gong and others to testify for me, to prove that I said it was true."

Li Xiaogong's expression changed again and again, trying to determine if he was being tricked by Li Yuanji.

Seeing that Li Xiaogong was speechless, Li Yuan snorted coldly and prepared to make a decision.

At this time, Li Gang rushed into the hall with Li Shentong.

Li Shentong stared at Li Xiaogong all the way and yelled angrily, "Li Xiaogong, as a clan, you are smuggling on the frontier in disregard of the imperial court's prohibition, amassing money wantonly, quickly follow me to Zongzheng Temple to interrogate you."

After Li Shentong finished shouting, he bowed to Li Yuan, and then quickly walked towards Li Xiaogong, intending to drag Li Xiaogong to Zongzheng Temple.

Li Xiaogong immediately exploded. Although he is not yet sure whether he has been tricked, he can be sure that once he goes to Zongzheng Temple, he will definitely be questioned.

Although going to Zongzheng Temple to interrogate his crimes means being locked up for a period of time, or being beaten a few times, which is not painful, but for a powerful county king like him, it is a very embarrassing thing.

He roared instantly: "I'm not guilty, why should I go to Zongzheng Temple to question my crime?"

Li Shentong yelled after hearing this, "How dare you say you're not guilty of breaking the court's ban? Come with me to Zongzheng Temple immediately!"

Li Xiaogong roared: "I violated the imperial court's ban, but I have no enemies! This is just one-sided words of Yuan Ji, Pei Ju and others! Yuan Ji wants to force the Turks to surrender to us through the method of cutting off salt.

For such an important military matter, you will discuss with me a little bit about anything you say.

But I haven't heard any rumors so far, and I believe you, uncle, haven't heard any rumors either.

I think this is unreasonable, there is something tricky in it! "

Li Shentong stared and scolded.

Li Yuanji took the lead and shouted: "What do you mean by that? Do you mean that I framed you with Pei Gong and others?"

Pei Ju rolled his eyelids and wanted to say 'yes', but in this situation, he couldn't admit it.

When Li Xiaogong heard this, his face was full of anger. Seeing Li Yuanji's eyes glanced at Li Gang's place without any trace, he regained consciousness for a moment, and immediately looked at Li Gang to attack, "Li Gong, you never lie By the way, tell me, did Yuan Ji discuss with you about using the method of cutting off salt to force the Turks to surrender?"

Although Li Gang had just entered the Tai Chi Hall and did not know what happened in the Tai Chi Hall, but when he heard Li Xiaogong's words, he subconsciously wanted to answer, but after glancing at Li Xiaogong's expression, he saw a trace of inexplicable taste.

His heart skipped a beat for no reason, and he closed his mouth decisively.

Seeing this, Li Xiaogong chased after the victory and said, "Gong Li, you said that there is no reason for Yuan Ji to only discuss this matter with Pei Ju and the others, not with you."

Li Gang still kept his mouth shut and did not answer.

Seeing this, Pei Ju wanted to send some news to Li Gang, but just as he made a move, Li Xiaogong stopped him, "Pei Ju, the sage is sitting here, don't lie in front of the sage."

Pei Ju let out a long sigh and lowered his head slowly.

Seeing this, Li Yuan already understood what happened.

Although Pei Ju and others lied temporarily and deceived him, Li Gang's reaction exposed their lies.

For a moment, Li Yuan looked helpless.

Yes, it is helpless.

If it was just Pei Ju and the others who deceived him, then he could get mad without hesitation and punish Pei Ju and the others for the crime of deceiving the emperor.

But the problem is that his son is the one who takes the lead, and the culprit is also his son. Pei Ju and others are at best accomplices, so it is not easy for him to punish Pei Ju and others by beating and killing them.

As for his son cheating him, whether he should be punished or not, he didn't even think about it.

Isn't it right for a son to deceive him, a father?

"Xiao Gong, don't be rude to Li Qing and Pei Qing..."

Li Yuan couldn't cure his son's crime, and he didn't want to see his son bullying the royal family too much, so he drank the mud.

"Yuanji, Xiaogong and the others are wrong, but they are not greedy, so stop staring at them and let them go."

Li Yuan sighed and said.

Li Yuanji took a step forward slowly at this time, and said very stubbornly: "Father, it is my national policy to prohibit anyone from selling goods on the border.

As the royal family, Li Xiaogong and others not only did not support me, but also took the lead in undermining this national policy. They must be severely punished. "

Li Yuan frowned subconsciously, and looked at Li Yuanji sharply, but he didn't say harsh words, but instead said in a negotiating tone: "It's just some small money..."

Li Yuanji said without hesitation: "Small money is not enough. I will never condone their behavior of amassing money by undermining the imperial court's national policy."

Li Yuan was finally annoyed, and shouted: "You can collect money by yourself?"

Before Li Yuanji could speak again, Li Yuan took the case again and said, "Could it be that I don't even have this bit of face in front of you?!"

Li Gang, Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui, and Wei Zheng saw that the father and son met each other again, and sparks started to flash in their eyes, and they cried out in their hearts, and started exchanging eyes crazily.

When Li Shentong was on the road, he had already understood the whole story with Li Gang, and knew what would happen if the father and son met, so he hurriedly interjected: "Saint, Xiaogong and the others make some meager money for themselves. It is true that his feelings are pitiful, but Yuan Ji is also right to maintain the national policy he has set.

So there is nothing terribly wrong with either side.

If we can sit down and have a good discussion, maybe we can come up with a way to get the best of both worlds. "

When Li Gang and the others heard Li Shentong's words, they knew that Li Shentong was trying to defuse the anger of Li Yuan and Li Yuanji's father and son, so they quickly followed suit.

"Yes, yes, yes, it would be the best if we can discuss a way to get the best of both worlds and solve this matter."

"Everything is negotiable."

"There's no need to get angry."

"..."

Li Yuan listens to persuasion, especially the advice of Li Gang and other important officials, so after hearing what Li Shentong, Li Gang and others said, he snorted heavily, glared at Nizi, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "I will follow this Nizi." Getting angry?!"

Li Gang and the others had wry smiles all over their faces.

Nizi called, and said he didn't lose his temper?

Li Yuanji glanced at Li Gang and the others, and said forcefully, "I will never condone any illegal activities that undermine the national policy!"

Li Yuan slammed the table and shouted: "So you can do illegal things yourself, can you deceive me?"

Li Gang and others saw that Li Yuan's anger had come up again, and they were anxious.

Li Gang exhorted loudly: "Your Highness, what His Highness Wang Hejian and others have done may not necessarily be illegal, didn't you propose to open the border market before?

As long as a border market is opened in the place where His Royal Highness King Hejian and others are doing business, and the business of His Highness King Hejian and others is included in the border market, it is not illegal. "

Li Yuanji snorted coldly and said: "When the frontier market was opened, the imperial court had already passed a resolution and rejected it, so there is no need to push it forward.

It is because of this that I banned the side market trading.

Now that it is banned, there is no reason to let it go. "

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Everything is easy to discuss!"

Chen Shuda followed up and said, "Opening border markets on the frontier, thinking about it carefully, will still have a lot of benefits for Tang Dynasty. So if it is vetoed, it can be brought up again, and the decision can be made again.

Moreover, His Royal Highness Hejian Wang and others are only doing business in the border of Daizhou. If we try to open a border market in Daizhou first, it will have no effect on my Tang Dynasty. "

"Yes, we can open a border market in Daizhou first."

"..."

Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Wang Gui, and Wei Zheng followed suit.

Li Yuanji was very rude, and he didn't listen to persuasion: "I have already banned it, why should I open it?"