Man Tanghong

Seeing that Li Shimin was left speechless by what he said, Li Yuanji smiled knowingly, stopped saying more, but wrote a private letter with a pen, handed it to Chu Suiliang, and asked Chu Suiliang to send it back.

When Li Yuanji was writing the letter, Li Shimin kept his eyes on Li Yuanji. After Li Yuanji handed the written letter to Chu Suiliang, he turned his attention to Chu Suiliang again. After the military tent, he couldn't help but said again: "You really want to leave this matter to father to solve?"

Li Yuanji said with a smile while packing up the pens, ink, papers and inkstones on the case table: "Father is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and this matter needs the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to come forward to settle this matter. If I don't ask my father to come forward to solve it, should I do it?" solve?"

Li Shimin was completely silent, and covered his face with the paperwork in his hand, even his expression was hidden.

Li Yuanji shook his head and smiled, and ignored Li Shimin.

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Not long after the private letter was sent back to Chang'an City, news came from Chang'an City that Li Yuan came to the court again on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, and held a court meeting with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and thoroughly resolved Chai Shao's problem. solved.

In the process of the court meeting, facing Li Yuan who was coming to the court again, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not dare to say a single fart. All their petty thoughts about impeaching Chai Shao subsided.

Under the leadership of Li Yuan, through the joint agreement of the Sanzai, the Ministry of War, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment, Chai Shao was recognized for his inhumane military administration and murder by his servants.

Li Yuan also made a verdict on Chai Shao's crimes in court.

One hundred households of Chai Shao were cut off, all official positions related to Hebei Road were cut off from Chai Shao, and at the same time, Chai Shao's title was reduced from the Duke of the State to the Duke of the County.

This punishment is not trivial.

After all, now that the world is settled, the enemies that the Tang Dynasty needs to conquer have almost been conquered, and the neighbors have already begun to tremble under the iron hooves of the Tang Dynasty.

There are not many opportunities to obtain military exploits. If you want to be promoted in the future, you may have to work hard on civil matters.

But for a person like Chai Shao who has been on the battlefield for half his life, it's okay if you let him lead the army to fight, but if you let him make contributions in civil affairs, that is to make things difficult for him.

Even though he has talent in this area, he is an all-rounder who can manage the army on horseback and herdsmen on horseback, but compared with civil servants who are purely engaged in civil affairs, he is still inferior, and there is no comparison.

Therefore, whether it is good to cut him and seal his household, or cut his official position in Hebei Road, it will not hurt him very much, but the matter of lowering his title will do him great harm.

This means that he may never have the opportunity to enter the ranks of the Dukes of the Tang Dynasty again in the future, and he will never be able to reach the point of being an extremely powerful minister in terms of title.

Li Yuan dealt with Chai Shao in this way, which can be regarded as a satisfactory explanation to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Even if the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have any complaints, it is not good to say more.

Inside the Chinese army tent.

After reading the document on Chai Shao's disposition, Chu Suiliang said with pity: "Chai Concubine has made great achievements in Liaodong this time. Isn't it a bit heavy for the saint to punish him like this?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin put down the scroll in his hand, curled his lips in disdain and said, "Are you criticizing the saint?"

Chu Suiliang hurriedly stood up, bowed and said, "I dare not!"

Li Shimin ignored Chu Suiliang, but looked at Li Yuanji and said, "You think so too?"

Li Yuanji picked up the scented tea on the case table, blew on the hot air on it, tasted it lightly, ignored Li Shimin, and explained to Chu Suiliang with a smile: "It is precisely because Chai Fuma is in Liaodong this time. After making great contributions, my father will treat him like this."

Chu Suiliang didn't know why.

Hearing this, Li Shimin understood that Li Yuanji had already guessed the reason why Li Yuan treated Chai Shao like this, so he immediately snorted and continued to pretend to read the book.

Seeing that Chu Suiliang hadn't reacted yet, Li Yuanji continued with a smile: "My father has dealt with Chai Fuma, but hasn't Chai Fuma been rewarded for his great achievements in Liaodong?"

Chu Suiliang suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, what the sage has taken away from Chai Fuma now will be added back to him when Chai Fuma's class master returns?"

Li Yuanji smiled and nodded.

That's Li Yuan, his son and son-in-law have lost Taiyuan, the Li family's Longxing land, and he is not willing to treat anyone seriously, so how could he treat Chai Shao seriously?
Li Yuan's punishment for Chai Shao this time seems to be heavy, but in fact, when Chai Shao's class teacher returns to the court, with his achievements in Liaodong, these things can be added back.

Therefore, punishing is equal to not punishing.

Li Yuan just wanted to give an explanation to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, but he didn't really want to demote his son-in-law to the end.

After all, the civil and military turmoil in the Manchu Dynasty was so big that it not only publicized the scandalous things that Chai Shao had done in recent years, but even took the fact that Chai Shao's dog went out and barked at passers-by as evidence of a crime and moved it to the court to impeach Chai Shao, and piled There are witnesses and physical evidence for each case.

If Li Yuan didn't make any response, how could the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty give up, and if the news spread, the common people would criticize him as a protector and question whether the court laws could be governed by high officials and dignitaries.

So he had to deal with Chai Shao and give an explanation to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the common people.

But after disposing of Chai Shao, if Chai Shao was given an official rank because of Chai Shao's merits, then it is not something that the civil, military and common people of the Manchu Dynasty can criticize.

After all, Chai Shao's mistakes have already been punished, and now that he has made merit, naturally he should be rewarded?

Merit is merit, and demerit is demerit. This is a law recognized by everyone in the ruling and opposition parties.

This time, Li Yuan took advantage of the Tang Dynasty's rule of rewarding meritorious officials after they returned to Chang'an City, and solved Chai Shao's trouble.

The only pity is that Chai Shao's contribution in Liaodong this time can be regarded as in vain.

But this is not a bad thing for him. He is the Duke of the Tang Dynasty and the son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty.

He has won the victory and returned to court this time, Li Yuan can seal him, he will break the limit of the title that can be obtained as a minister.

Li Yuan doesn't seal him, he has made great contributions to Datang again.

In this case, even if he is not at fault, Li Yuan will find fault for him and discount his credit.

Now all the officials helped him find out the mistake, and Li Yuan took advantage of the situation to punish him. When his class teacher returns to the court, Li Yuan will be able to reward him, and there is no need to find fault with him.

"It's no wonder that Li Langjun is dismissive of the saint's handling of Chai Fuma. It turns out that Li Langjun has seen the truth clearly."

After Chu Suiliang understood the details, he bowed to Li Shimin, feeling sincerely.

Hearing this, Li Shimin put down the book in his hand, and gave Chu Suiliang a contemptuous look.

That look full of 'I want your flattery? ' look.

Chu Suiliang didn't feel embarrassed either, and continued: "You don't have to worry about the Chai Consort. Your Highness, can you see General Xue?"

Xue Wanche's life in the Chinese army's big tent has been difficult in recent days.

His 'lame' injury was healed by Li Shiji 'accidentally'.

The excuse that he'd delayed his trip here because of a limp thing didn't hold water.

According to Li Yuanji's original order, if he came here one day late, he would have to beat several army sticks.

And he was late not only for a day, but for nearly two months, and the accumulated army sticks added up to hundreds of army sticks.

Hit him all, and he must be killed.

So Li Yuanji punished him in another way, asking him to clean the toilets of all the soldiers in the wounded barracks.

He has had it for half a month now.

It is estimated that this lesson has been remembered. Now that Chu Suiliang mentioned it, Li Yuanji felt that it was time to meet him.

"Then let that idiot come over."

Li Yuanji put away the smile on his face, and gave a faint order.

Chu Suiliang nodded with a smile, and went out of the tent of the Chinese army to summon Xue Wanche.

Not long after, Chu Suiliang brought Xue Wanche, who was dressed in ordinary uniforms and smelled faintly of urine, to the central army camp.

As soon as Xue Wanche entered the big tent of the Chinese army, he knelt down on the ground with a puff, and sincerely kowtowed: "I have committed a crime, please punish me, Your Highness!"

Li Yuanji said coldly: "Where is the crime?"

Xue Wanche hurriedly said: "The crime is to deceive His Highness!"

Li Yuanji put away the coldness on his face, nodded and said: "I still know the severity..."

He was not afraid that Xue Wanche would play tricks on him, after all, with Xue Wanche's IQ, he could see through the tricks played by him at a glance.

What he was most afraid of was that Xue Wanche would not realize where he was wrong.

In that case, he would not be able to keep Xue Wanche by his side.

A loyal minister, loyalty always comes first.

So there is nothing wrong with making a mistake, but if you still choose to lie after making a mistake, that is disloyalty.

If after deceiving you, you are still stubborn when asked what you did wrong, then there is no need to stay by your side.

Fortunately, Xue Wanche still knows how to measure and is not stubborn.

"Okay, you go down and wash first, and then come to see me after washing."

Li Yuanji gave Xue Wanche instructions.

The smell on Xue Wanche's body was a bit too strong, a bit pungent.

Xue Wanche nodded heavily, and hurried out of the tent.

After watching Xue Wanche leave, Chu Suiliang said with a smile: "I thought that His Highness would give General Xue a good reprimand after seeing General Xue, but I didn't expect His Highness to just ask a simple question.

His Highness really dotes on General Xue. "

Li Yuanji gave Chu Suiliang a blank look and didn't speak to him.

At this time, Li Shimin said disdainfully: "It's just a brave but foolish man, what is there to love..."

Li Yuanji could tell that Li Shimin's words were scolding him for being blind, for not pampering a man with good talents and beautiful jade, but favoring a brave and foolish man.

Now that this was said by someone else, Li Yuanji would definitely not pay attention to it, but it is interesting that this was said by Li Shimin.

It seems that Li Shimin also loved the Xue brothers in history.

For the sake of harmony between Xue Wanche and his wife, he even went out of the court to support Xue Wanche himself and raise Xue Wanche up.

So when Li Shimin said this, he meant to slap himself in the face.