I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Chapter 16 Li Yuan roars, the incompetent prince disappointed me extremely!
Chang'an, Tai Chi Palace.

Snapped!
Snapped!
Snapped!
The chief eunuch holds a long whip and blows it in front of the hall.

After three whips, the civil and military ministers entered the main hall in an orderly manner.

Wenchen, headed by the emperor's favored minister, Zuo Pu She Pei Ji, followed by Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi, Yu Wenshi and others.

The military generals are headed by General Tiance, Qin Wang Li Shimin, followed by Li Jing and Qi Wang Li Yuanji.

It stands to reason that Li Shimin also held the position of minister, and he was both the head of civil servants and the top generals, but the emperor was more inclined to place him in the ranks of generals.

On the steps, Prince Li Jiancheng stood with his back to the officials and bowed towards the dragon chair at the top.

"His Majesty is here!"

Following the sharp sound of the eunuch, Li Yuan, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, came out from the apse, and climbed the steps in a fast pace of dragons and tigers.

Snapped!
Sitting down on the dragon chair, he faced the officials with a calm expression.

"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor."

The prince and his officials bowed to Li Yuan to salute, shouting long live.

At this moment in the Tang Dynasty, it is not popular to kneel down, even in front of the emperor, you only need to bow your waist.

"My lords, excuse me."

Li Yuan raised his hand with a loud voice.

The crown prince stood up, and then stood sideways, half facing Li Yuan, half facing the officials, as if to accept his intentions and inspire his subordinates.

The officials got up, all looked respectful, bowed their heads and remained silent.

Everyone knows that something big is going to be announced today!A thing that everyone knows, but everyone keeps secret!
"It's been a long time since I went to Yuhua Mountain to escape the summer heat."

Li Yuan was in a casual posture, tapped the dragon chair lightly with his fingers, looked down at the officials, and said calmly,
"Traveling and returning in a hurry, I wanted to rest for a few more days before doing administrative work."

"But there are some things that make me feel like a stick in my throat, and I can't spit them out!"

"Presumably all the ministers know about Yang Wengan's treason case in Qingzhou."

The ministers were silent.

Li Jiancheng's heart beat faster, and he squeezed his hands subconsciously, and the greasy hands were already sweating.

Li Shimin buried his head even lower.

Only Qi Wang Li Yuanji looked as usual, and even looked around to observe everyone's expressions.

"I've been thinking about it for days and nights, but I can't figure it out. Why did Yang Wengan rebel?"

"Did I ever treat him badly? Does he think he has this strength? Or...is there someone behind him?"

Li Yuan's voice was cold,

"I have only left Chang'an for a few days, could it be that someone can't hold back their thoughts and wants to make a big commotion!"

"Prince!"

When he yelled, Li Jiancheng was shocked!
"Father..." Li Jiancheng bowed down in fear.

"I heard that Wei Ting, the commander of the left guard of the Eastern Palace, and Zhong Yunlang Wang Gui, privately sent people to Yang Wenqian in Qingzhou to deliver armor and armaments, intending to join forces with Yang Wengan in rebellion."

Li Yuan looked down at his eldest son and said in a deep voice,

"Do you know about this?"

When Li Jiancheng heard this, he instantly shook his head like a rattle!

"I don't know! I really don't know wow! Father..."

Li Jiancheng fell to his knees with a thud, with tears in his eyes, and said in horror,
"Erchen and Yang Wengan have no intersection at all, and I have never even met this person!"

"What Wei Ting and Wang Gui did, my son-in-law was kept in the dark, completely ignorant!"

Li Yuan snorted coldly.

"You don't know? As the prince of the supervisory country, you don't even know what the people under your command are doing. Is your prince a decoration?! Is it a vase in the palace?!"

He reprimanded mercilessly,
"Today they can betray you behind your back, but if I go in the future, and someone else does the same, wouldn't the entire foundation of the Tang Dynasty be ruined in your hands?!"

"So incompetent, I am really disappointed in you!"

Li Jiancheng was furious, only tears.

"...It's my son's incompetence!"

He rested his head on the steps and whined,
"The servant is confused, it frightens the father and makes the father sad!"

"Father, please punish me severely!"

For a moment, snot flowed freely, making his snot and tears all over the steps.

Seeing this pitiful appearance, the officials were also moved with emotion.

It's not easy being a prince...it's not easy!
Li Shimin still lowered his head, no one saw that his expression had become indifferent.

Originally, he still had a fluke mentality, but looking at it now——

Royal father's thunder is loud, but the raindrops must be small.

This is 100% not holding big brother accountable...

Now that the elder brother was forgiven, what about myself?
Li Shimin was thinking wildly, but Li Yuan's expression on the dragon chair had softened.

"That's all! The subordinates have twisted their minds. At most, you are guilty of negligence, and you will not be punished severely."

He raised his hand and said,

"Get up."

"Thank... thank you, Father."

Li Jiancheng choked up, stood up, and wiped his tears and nose casually.

"Tell me, how should these people be dealt with?"

Li Yuan looked at Li Jiancheng and asked calmly.

"They...they are so daring to do such a rebellious thing, it's a crime that cannot be punished!"

Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth and said bitterly,
"Although Yang Wenqian committed suicide after defeating the army, the minister thought that his nine clans still needed to be exterminated, so that he could deter disobedient people in the universe and serve as an example to others!"

"Quite." Li Yuan nodded.

The result of this punishment has long been tacitly decided in his heart, and no one will object to it.

Shulang on the side quickly drafted the imperial decree. After the next court, it will be the time when Yang Wengan's whole family will be beheaded!

"Wei Ting, where's Wang Gui?" Li Yuan asked again.

Li Jiancheng showed a hint of hesitation.

These two are his confidantes, his right-hand men!And it is absolutely impossible to have the heart of disobedience!

If the two of them were also killed, it would undoubtedly cut their own wings to a great extent!

But at this moment in the court hall, he was already on the verge of riding a tiger for the sake of talking about it.

If you don't act ruthlessly, you won't be able to explain...

After some entanglement, Li Jiancheng finally gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, bit the bullet and said:
"As for Wei Ting and Wang Gui, I... I don't think they have disobedience, but they were deceived, so they did such absurd things!"

"Their loyalty to the emperor is definitely a lesson to be learned from the sun and the moon! This point, I am willing to guarantee them!"

"If the father doesn't believe it, they can be handed over to the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department for interrogation. If it is found out that they have disobedience, the sons and ministers are willing to be convicted together, no matter what!"

He gritted his teeth and wanted to protect these two!

At the very least, their lives must be saved!

If these two knives go down, he will almost become a poor commander, and the princeling will be seriously injured, and no one will be willing to work for him in the future!
Only by death protection can he keep his power and make people's hearts stay together!
pat, pat.

Li Yuan tapped the dragon chair habitually with his fingers, and stared at his eldest son with a pair of dragon eyes, with no trace of joy or anger on his face.

That sound, like knocking on Li Jiancheng's heart, made his liver and gallbladder tremble!
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