I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 123 Talented Lady Wen Ji
In Chang'an City, the young emperor handed over the whole world to Li Shimin, but the strange thing is that he was not formally appointed, but the young emperor made the decision as soon as he opened his mouth in the court.

Although the princes from all over the world are listening to the title and not listening to the tune, at least in name they have huge power.

Although it was only in name, it also caused the ministers of the court to hold grudges. Although they did not dare to confront Li Shimin openly, they secretly connected with each other and planned something.

Of course Li Shimin knew that Liu Xie did it deliberately, just to put himself on the fire and make him a target of public criticism.

This annoyed him, but he was also a little helpless.

Therefore, Li Shimin did not participate in the turbulent court meeting at all, but he secretly strengthened the monitoring of key ministers and the control of the emperor. Except for the court meeting, ministers were not allowed to see the emperor at other times.

In fact, these court meetings can't actually solve the problem, it's okay, each locality is like self-government, and it doesn't pay attention to the various edicts of the court.

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One day Li Shimin was furious at the smoky government, and Xu Shu on the side tried to dissuade him: "My lord, please take a break from the thunder, these ministers in the court are like stones in a latrine, smelly and hard, and there are shadows of other princes behind them." , we should not take action against him at this time, we should also adopt a soft strategy to win over and divide."

Then he said with some concern: "My lord, I'm just worried that in the long run, the situation will develop in a direction that is not conducive to the lord. In addition, Wang Yun and others are secretly fanning the flames, which will be even more unfavorable for our army to occupy Guanzhong. We still have to support a political force close to us to balance this raging situation."

"That's right, why did I forget." Li Shimin immediately reacted, thinking, "In terms of scheming and tricks, you are no match for me. Since you want to fight with me, then try it."

Just as the two were discussing how to proceed, suddenly the guard outside the door came to report: "I want to report to the general, there is a woman surnamed Cai outside the door asking to see, saying that the general is asking the general to make decisions for her father."

"Oh? The surname is Cai, could it be her?" Li Shimin looked at Xu Shu with a questioning face, did he mean that strange woman?

Xu Shu smiled mysteriously and nodded, implying that it was this person.

This made Li Shimin look forward to it. This person can be called a strange woman in the Three Kingdoms era. She is very talented, but she has a lot of fate, and the experience in her life is embarrassing. He is also very curious to see her.

"In that case, let's invite her in and see what her grievances are?" Li Shimin ordered.

After a while, the guards led a woman into the lobby, saying that she was a woman, because her bun was the double-ringed snake bun style that women usually wear, which was flexible and light, and was very popular among women at that time.

I saw her with lotus steps, nodding her head and lowering her eyebrows, she floated towards her, raised her phoenix eyes lightly, glanced at the people in the hall, then knelt down and said: "General, my father Cai Yong, my concubine is Cai Yan, now my widow lives at home, my concubine I came here this time because I heard that the General has always been kind, and I want to ask the General to save my father." After saying that, he could not kneel down, his eyes loosened from tears.

This woman is the famous Cai Wenji. She was married to Wei Zhongdao of Hedong in her early years. Later, Wei Zhongdao died early, so she returned to her hometown and stayed at home as a widow all the time without remarrying.

It seemed that it was her father's affairs that drove her to nowhere, so she went out to ask Li Shimin for help.

When Li Shimin heard that it was indeed Cai Wenji, he hurriedly got off the desk, and was about to help her up when he was about to touch Cai Wenji, when he suddenly heard a "squeeze".

Only then did he come to his senses, retracted his outstretched hands, but gave him a little support, and comforted him with kind words: "Please get up quickly, your lord is unique, talented, loyal and filial, I have always admired him, but I just now Entering Chang'an, the official business is complicated, and I have never had time to see him."

Li Shimin has always admired Cai Wenji's talent in his previous life. He once read "Cai Wenji Collection" in "Sui Shu·Jing Ji Zhi", among which he was full of praise for the two poems of "Sorrowful and Angry Poems" and "Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia", which even made him overwhelmed .

So seeing a real person, I was too excited for a while, and forgot the difference between men and women. If Xu Shu hadn't reminded me, it would be very rude.

Then Li Shimin still asked curiously: "Your father is a great Confucian in the court, and he is of great importance. Who will have trouble with him? Tell me, and I will help you uphold justice."

Cai Wenji explained the cause and effect in detail.

Li Shimin also seemed to remember that Cai Yong seemed to have died because of Wang Yun.Wouldn't it take no effort to get here? Just now I was trying to support a force of my own, so someone came to my door.

Moreover, Cai Yong can be regarded as a celebrity of the Qing Dynasty, a master of Confucianism, with disciples and old officials all over the world, with high prestige in the court, and Wang Yun's political enemy, so he is naturally the best candidate.

What's more, he is also a great calligrapher, writer and historian, which makes Li Shimin, who has always attached great importance to the inheritance of Confucianism and the collection of classics and history, feel like a treasure.

So he made a decision right away.

"Bold Wang Yun, such a powerful official, he is too arbitrary. Mr. Cai just sympathized with Dong Zhuo a little, so he will be locked up and imprisoned. This is a naked attack on political opponents. Don't worry, Wen Ji, I will personally kill Dong Zhuo. Let Master Cai out, let me see who dares to stop him!" Li Shimin said angrily.

Xu Shu at the side naturally understood Li Shimin's intentions, and quickly stood up to build momentum for Li Shimin, saying: "My lord, calm down, this Wang Yun has deep roots in the court and has a large number of buddies, we should be cautious."

Sure enough, Li Shimin understood, and immediately scolded him: "Humph, do you think I'm afraid of him? Today I'm going to uphold justice for Mr. Cai." Then he shouted to the outside: "Dianwei, call the guards immediately, we Go to prison."

Cai Wenji saw that Li Shimin did not hesitate to offend Situ of the court for her father, her heart trembled, and she was very grateful.

At this moment, Cai Wenji, who had been lowering her head, looked up at Li Shimin. The two looked at each other, and Li Shimin saw her face clearly.

Fate in life is impermanent, perhaps because she experienced the pain of losing her husband, but instead, she was completely washed out, and her temperament was extraordinary and refined.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, his eyes remained motionless.On the other hand, when Cai Wenji saw Li Shimin, who was facing the wind in the jade tree, she even felt an inexplicable throbbing, and a trace of blush appeared on her cheeks.

He whispered softly, "I thank the general."

Only then did Li Shimin come to his senses, and realized that he had been a widow for many years.He couldn't help but said with some disappointment: "Wen Ji, you go back first, I'll let Master Cai go right away."

Cai Wenji felt Li Shimin's emotional changes, and she also had some understanding, and her face gradually turned from red to pale.

This made Xu Shu, who was on the sidelines, sigh secretly, "It's a pity that so many beauties have suffered so badly since ancient times."

(End of this chapter)