The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 337
There is a saying that the situation is unpredictable, but this wave of changes is too fast.

Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun, who were proud the day before, were imprisoned directly the next morning. The speed of change is jaw-dropping.

But when they learned the details of what happened, everyone was silent, and then cursed: "It deserves it."

The two sent troops to plunder the common people, and privately slaughtered high-ranking prisoners who should be dedicated to the emperor. The evidence is conclusive.

Ordinary people can be said to empathize with the crime of "soldiers and plundering people", especially Gaochang Kingdom is also a country composed of Han people, which makes the people of Tang Dynasty feel that things hurt their own kind.

They were deeply disgusted by this kind of behavior, no one complained for the two, and more cursed that they deserved it.

For dignitaries and dignitaries, looting with soldiers is not really a crime.What is really serious is the private disposal of the emperor's captives, which directly crossed the bottom line of the ministers.

Rules are rules, and only the emperor can deal with those captives.You dealt with it without asking the emperor for instructions. To put it lightly, you are lawless, and to put it seriously, you don’t take the emperor seriously.

If you break this rule, no one can save you.

As a result, from the people to the top, few people expressed sympathy for them, let alone pleaded for them.

Both of them are the princes of the state, with high positions and weights.

Today's status is mainly due to their hard work, but this position cannot be separated from the support of the forces behind it.

When the two of them are imprisoned, the forces behind them will also suffer a huge blow.

Xue Wanjun is fine, he has many brothers, and if something happens to him, he still has his brothers to support him.

Hou Junji started from scratch and was the leader himself, and if something happened to him, it meant that the forces he built would fall apart.

Even those who have something to do with him will be implicated. As for the extent of the implication, it depends on how the emperor wants this matter to develop.

But before the emperor opened his mouth to make a statement, those who were related to them were panicked, for fear that they would be implicated.

Especially people with titles are even more anxious. They finally waited until the enfeoffment. If they were killed before they became princes and kings, they would really want to cry without tears.

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After listening to Yuchi Xunyu's description of what Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun did in Gaochang, everyone couldn't help shaking their heads.One really shouldn't be too arrogant, otherwise it's easy to do stupid things.

Cheng Huailiang said with emotion: "This General Hou is really... but fortunately, we have nothing to do with him."

Yuchi Xunyu said with some fear: "It is said that this time all the meritorious service of their direct troops will be halved, and the higher the status, the more severe the punishment."

"Fortunately, I didn't follow him after listening to Jing Ke, or else there would be no place to cry now."

Cheng Huailiang laughed and said, "If you hadn't listened to Jing Ke's suggestion and followed General Qibi, would you have had such a chance to make meritorious deeds?"

Yu Chi Xunyu couldn't help nodding and said: "Indeed, General Hou has too many meritorious disciples, and our relationship with him is mediocre, so it's really not my turn to do a good job."

"General Qibi is a humble man, and he doesn't want to be criticized because of his background, so he is willing to give Tang Jun a chance...the chance of making meritorious service is half or half, impartial."

Chen Jingke said: "One side is his own subordinates, and the other side is the country's army. Being able to be impartial is already paying attention to people."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Yuchi Xunyu said sadly: "I really don't know what General Hou thinks, they are all brothers who fought together, and seeing them being punished makes me feel uneasy."

Chen Jingke said: "What else can it be? You are insatiable. If you think you have the power to destroy the country, you can sit back and relax and act recklessly."

"As everyone knows, the credit can only be enjoyed under the premise of adhering to the rules. If you don't understand the rules, even if you don't die, you won't be able to keep the gold medal."

Qin Huaidao gloated and said, "That's right, so you have to keep a low profile... Hehe, this time they will lose their skin if they don't die."

Cheng Huailiang didn't answer his words, but asked Chen Jingke, "How did you guess that General Hou would do this?"

He still remembers Aye's shocked expression when he told his family Aye yesterday about this matter.

The same is true for Qin Huaidao, and he quickly echoed: "Yes, yes, you can guess it a few months in advance. Have you learned fortune-telling?"

Chen Jingke said calmly: "What kind of fate is it? It is calculated based on personality."

"I told you that my parents and elders have met General Hou, saying that he is more than cruel and heartless. He also said that he is greedy for money and righteous, and that if he is rich, he will be ruined by complacency."

"At that time, I was thinking that if the Great Tang beat Gaochang, it would be easy to capture. Sending any general there can get this achievement of destroying the country."

"But General Hou certainly wouldn't think so. He would only think that he used his troops like a god and took the credit for destroying the country to himself."

"With his character, what will he do after receiving such great credit? I can't think of anything else but burning, killing and looting."

Yuchi Xunyu said: "So that's the case, hey, it's lucky to have you here."

Cheng Huailiang and Qin Huaidao also nodded in agreement.

In fact, they didn't fully believe Chen Jingke's words, but they didn't suspect that he was lying on purpose, they just thought it was inconvenient for him to say some things.

Besides, if Chen Jingke didn't say anything, wouldn't there be nothing left?What Hou Junji does has nothing to do with him.

For the sake of brotherhood, he said that Yuchi Xunyu was the direct beneficiary of this speculation, and it would be too much for them to ask indiscriminately.

So the three of them pretended to believe it and didn't ask questions.

Chen Jingke also knows that this rhetoric is difficult to win people's trust, but for the same reason, he believes that the other party will not ask questions. This is a tacit understanding.

In fact, everyone did what they should do and did not disappoint each other.

After that, everyone changed the topic together and chatted about what happened in the capital.

For Yuchi Xunyu, the changes in the capital are even greater: "I never thought that the imperial court would divide the feudal title after I went out for more than a year. It is really unexpected."

Cheng Huailiang also said: "That's right, the year before last, His Majesty wanted to appoint the governor of the world, so many people dissuaded him from this idea, and in the end, everyone collectively agreed to assign the appointment."

Qin Huaidao said: "Who would have thought that the world is so big, and there seems to be no other good way to govern it except enfeoffment."

Hearing this, Cheng Huailiang's expression changed, and he subconsciously looked around, thinking that this was Yuchi Gong's family, he felt a little relieved, and said:
"Don't say such things anywhere in the future. The enfeoffment is an act of His Majesty to fulfill the friendship between the monarch and his subjects. This is the only reason."

Qin Huaidao also realized the problem in his words, and quickly slapped himself and said: "I'm talking nonsense, the enfeoffment is a gift from His Majesty to the courtiers, we must be grateful."

It was only now that Chen Jingke realized that what Qin Huaidao said just now was indeed problematic, and it would make him lose a lot of points if it was heard by the emperor and the prince.

The Qin family bet all their treasures on the crown prince. If he, the heir of the family, loses points, the future of the Qin family will be difficult.

Of course, there is no remedy.The Qin family gave up on him as the heir and replaced him with someone else.

But no matter what to do, Qin Huaidao himself will suffer the most in the end.

Sure enough, it is too dangerous to engage in politics, and a wrong sentence can be used as an excuse.

Fortunately, I have a hole card that can lock blood, as long as I don't really kill myself, it will be very difficult to die.

Because Qin Huaidao said something wrong, this topic was also exposed.In fact, there is nothing to say. In the end, no matter how the enfeoffment is carried out, they have no room to intervene and can only accept it passively.

After that, everyone stopped talking about political matters, and instead talked about some interesting things.

For example, the business situation of the restaurant this year.

Cheng Huailiang was mainly in charge of this matter. He said: "We have opened branch buildings in nine important towns, and they have become local landmarks, places where literati and poets gather."

It's all money, Yuchi Xunyu is naturally very happy, said: "I don't worry about you doing things, hehe, I have taken advantage of the brothers, and I will get a dividend without any effort."

Qin Huaidao said unhappily: "What are you talking about, we can grow the business so big and not be entrapped by local snakes. We rely on the reputation of several companies. This is the biggest capital. How can you say that you didn't contribute?"

Cheng Huailiang also said: "Yes, besides, it's my brothers who say they can take advantage of it or not. Helping each other is the right thing to do."

Yuchi Xunyu begged Rao: "My fault, my fault, I won't say this again in the future."

Everyone let him go.

At this time, Chen Jingke said: "Didn't you say you want to come to Gewu Class to study? Huailiang, did you come here as a joke?"

Cheng Huailiang said seriously: "Go ahead, my brothers have serious careers to do, and I can no longer be idle like I used to be."

"I think your Gephysics is very good. If you join it before it develops, you can gain a lot of advantages in the future."

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "I won't say how broad the future of Gewuxue is. Anyway, you will never regret it."

Cheng Huailiang said: "That would be great."

Seeing that he finally found what he wanted to do, everyone couldn't help but feel happy for him.

After celebrating for a while, Chen Jingke said again: "Gewuxue needs to concentrate on research and not be distracted. You'd better leave the business of the restaurant to others."

Cheng Huailiang nodded, pondered for a while and said, "Why don't you take care of your lady Wu?"

Chen Jingke said: "Yes, but I have a better suggestion, call the women from each family together and let them take care of it together."

"In this way, when they have something to do, they won't think about it wildly, and our ears can be quiet. And when they have money in their hands, they can speak harder at home."

The last sentence was addressed to Yuchi Xunyu, the relationship between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was the most difficult.Although the situation has improved after having a child, there are always small awkwardnesses.

So Yuchi Xunyu agreed with this proposal very much: "I agree, you know the situation of my family, she has a better life at home, so I can rest assured when I go out."

Cheng Huailiang also had no doubts, and said: "Qinghe is moldy every day at home, she will definitely be willing to take care of the restaurant."

Only Qin Huaidao said hesitantly: "Three women play a show, let them manage the restaurant together, I'm always afraid that they will fight."

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "It depends on us being men. As long as the four of us don't have any problems, no matter how much trouble they make, we can't turn the world upside down."

Cheng Huailiang said: "Yes, which of these four women do you think is a stupid woman? I'm not afraid that they will fight, but I am afraid that they will join hands to deal with us four elders."

Qin Huaidao couldn't help but shuddered, and said, "Stop talking, I'm already getting scared."

"Haha..." Several people laughed out loud.

Then Cheng Huailiang asked about Journey to the West: "This novel is so wonderfully written, do you have a follow-up in your hand? Can you let me take a look in advance."

Qin Huaidao quickly said: "Yes, yes, Yue'er really likes this book, and asked me to ask you for the follow-up chapters several times, so hurry up and let me go back to work."

Chen Jingke shook his head and said: "This book is related to the follow-up plan of Taoism. It is inconvenient for you to read it in advance for the sake of confidentiality. But don't worry, the whole book will be published in a month at most, and each of you will be given a copy at that time."

Qin Huaidao immediately said: "Forget it, you just ask someone to give me a copy when you don't need to keep it secret."

Cheng Huailiang also had the same plan. Although Yuchi Xunyu hadn't read Journey to the West, he also wanted a copy.

All three were smart enough not to ask what the big plan was.

Since it is a major move of Taoism as a whole, it must not be a small matter, so it is better not to inquire about it and embarrass the brothers.

After that, everyone changed the topic away, chatting all over the world, and they didn't go home until it was getting late.

After sending the three of them away, Yuchi Xunyu returned to his yard.

Xue Xun came up to him and said, "The real people are gone?"

Yuchi Xunyu directly hugged her in his arms, bowed his head and whispered in her ear, "What kind of real person are you calling, just call him by name, he still wants to call you sister-in-law."

Xue Xun's body softened and fell into his arms, his breath was disordered, and he said: "He is a real real person, we must respect him."

Yuchi Xunyu said: "Hey, no matter how real it is, it's my brother. When I see you, I'll call you sister-in-law... By the way, I have good news for you."

Xue Xun's whole body was numb, his voice was trembling, and he said, "What good news."

Yuchi Xunyu said: "Huailiang wants to do his own business, and has no time to take care of the restaurant business. Jing Ke proposed to let you four women come forward to take care of it. Isn't this good news?"

Xue Xun was taken aback for a moment, then returned to normal in an instant, broke free from his arms, and said in disbelief: "Really?"

Yu Chi Xunyu said proudly: "Can I still lie to you? I will take you to Zixiao Temple tomorrow, let the four of you meet and figure out how to manage the restaurant."

Xue Xun said excitedly: "Great, great."

The dowry given by her natal family is also very generous, but this abundance is only relative.For the Yuchi family, it is not even considered average, which is one of the reasons why the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not good.

But Chen Jingke and his partner's restaurant business is different. Although there are only nine branches, the meanings they represent are completely different.

Taking control of the restaurant, she has more power to speak, at least she doesn't have to be so weak when facing her mother-in-law, how can she not be excited.

Yuchi Xunyu asked, "Are you okay?"

Xue Xun replied: "Okay."

Yuchi Xunyu pointedly said: "Then how can you thank me?"

Xue Xun's pretty face flushed, and she said in a tired voice, "I will thank you as much as you say."

Yuchi Xunyu picked her up like a princess, and walked towards the room.

"Then I'm welcome."

(End of this chapter)