First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 431 Calling the Crown Prince Back to Beijing

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Seeing that the two were arguing endlessly, Gao Junya, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, came forward and said: "There is a decree in the violent Sui Dynasty that the death penalty will be executed after three strikes, how can our court execute the death penalty easily, it is too inhumane.

Sun Shaoqing is loyal and upright, but who can guarantee that the subsequent law enforcement officials will enforce the law just like Sun Shaoqing, and if things go on like this, it will inevitably lead to unjust, false and wrong cases, and allow lawbreakers to trample on human lives at will."

Fifteen years before Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty issued an order that "the death penalty should be decided in three ways", which embodies the concept of prudent punishment, respect for heaven and love for people, and has won the hearts of the people.

It's just that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was so faint in his later years that he failed to abide by the law and killed heroes indiscriminately. For example, Gao Jiong, He Ruobi and others did not follow the triple play at all, and took their lives directly with a decree.

On the original trajectory, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, Zhang Yungu, the prime minister of Dali Temple, was executed on impulse. After Li Shimin calmed down afterwards, he regretted it endlessly.

So it was ordered to strictly implement the triple replay mechanism, "everyone who is sentenced to death will be given a detailed reply in the Zhongshu and under the door."

Since then, the system of "Three Repeats of Death Penalty" has been truly finalized and fully perfected, and it has been used in later generations, which can be described as immeasurable merit.

Gao Junya's prestige in the court is second only to Pei Ji, and he can be called the existence of the second assistant. Now it is rare that both Pei Ji and Gao Junya agree to be cautious in punishment. This call is overwhelming.

Gao Chong remained expressionless, as if he was indifferent to his father's speech, as if he wasn't the one who was humiliated and beaten.

Li Yuan's face softened a lot, he nodded slightly and said: "In the former Sui Dynasty, morality and punishment were prudent, and our dynasty should follow the old system. Sun Shaoqing, we will review and discuss again."

Gao Junya's words just now have convinced Sun Fujia. As an upright person, Gao Junya's opinion is reasonable.

It is indeed too hasty to immediately execute people to death with one word. Even the heinous sinners should respect life, review it again and again, and never kill indiscriminately.

Sun Fujia promised himself, he kept his body upright, and would not think about other twists and turns, but he very much agreed with the replay of cautious punishment.

Li Yuan's ancient well was silent, and he couldn't tell what was going on in his heart. Seeing that the matter was skipped, he looked at the expressionless Li Shimin lightly, and said: "The matter of the crown prince's private possession of soldiers is due to the ineffective assistance of Wei Ting, Wang Gui and others. Now the crown prince is dead After more than a month of contemplation on Yulan Mountain, Bandit Yang has already conferred the title, so this matter is over, and an order is passed to call the crown prince back to Beijing."

Everyone's expressions were different when they heard the words, the princelings were naturally happy, but the people in Qin Palace were stunned.

Li Shimin lowered his head, his eyes were full of horror, and his heart was full of panic, so let's just let this matter go?Don't abolish the prince?Thinking of this, Li Shimin felt unwilling.

At this time, Gao Chong could only be heard saying loudly: "Your Majesty is wise."

Li Shimin was awakened by this sound, and immediately beamed with joy, and bowed to the ground, "Your Majesty is holy, the prince's virtuous name is known all over the world, and I will go to Fangzhou to meet him."

Li Yuan saw it, but didn't react. He nodded slightly and turned to leave.

After all the ministers dispersed, Gao Chong stepped forward quickly and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't be disappointed, your emotions are invisible."

Li Shimin nodded wearily, let go of his clenched fists, forced a smile and said, "Fortunately, you have reminded me."

He was almost about to question him in court just now, he agreed to put down Qingzhou and make me the crown prince, why did he let it go now, Li Shimin hated it very much.

Returning to Chengqian Palace, Li Shimin couldn't hold back at all. He kicked the case turning table and roared angrily, "I'm not as good as him. I'm better than him in every way. Why do I still favor him after committing such a serious crime?"

Changsun Wuqi changed the door and silently stepped forward to fill up the tea, "Erlang, don't let the anger get to your head, no matter what happens, there should be a way."

Li Shimin took the teacup and drank it down in one gulp, "let's stop with the matter of hiding the soldiers, he escaped unharmed."

Changsun Wuqi paused when he heard the words, asked about the details, and then said with a heavy face, with some uncertainty: "The sage is not confused, he should have guessed some of your thoughts."

Li Shimin was stunned, remembering that just before he left, Gao Chong said to him: "Next we need to be more honest. Your Majesty only cares about loyalty and filial piety, and other petty actions should stop for a while."

At that time Li Shimin was full of resentment and didn't understand for a while, but now when he heard Changsun Wuqi mention it, he understood it instantly.

This is Li Yuan's balancing act, this is beating his Prince Qin's mansion. Although Wei Ting and the others were demoted, but Li Jiancheng returned to the capital smoothly, it is hard to say who will win this round.

To sum it up, Prince Qin's Mansion still has the upper hand. Thinking of this, Li Shimin's face softened a little, and he nodded slightly: "What the maidservant Guanyin said is that it is more necessary to calm down now."

After lunch, Li Shimin fulfilled his promise and went to Fangzhou Yulan Mountain in person to welcome His Highness the Crown Prince back to Beijing. He really was like a brother and friend, brotherly love.

At the same time, Li Yuan ordered Yin and Zhang Erfei to reduce their expenses, and sent people to reprimand Li Yuanji and reiterated the ban on the harem, which made Li Yuanji and others panic.

Ganlu Hall, the apse, Li Yuan is lying on the couch, taking a nap, this is his lunch break.

It's just that Li Yuan was upset and impatient, so he couldn't close his eyes, and sighed quietly: "I'm not dead yet, everyone can't wait."

Wang De, who was serving behind him, bowed his head and remained silent.

"No, we can't let them fight each other." Li Yuan's eyes gradually moistened, "Otherwise I'm sorry, Ah Hui."

Empress Mu Dou's family, named Dou Hui, died in Daye nine years at the age of 45. After Li Yuan proclaimed the emperor, he pursued the posthumous title "Empress Mu". Empress Tai Mushun".

"Decree, five days later, the crown prince and all the clan kings will participate in hunting in Nanyuan," Li Yuan said.

Wang De bowed to his promise. He had been with Li Yuan for decades and understood Li Yuan's thoughts. He probably wanted to improve the relationship between Li and Tang's royal family through hunting. Of course, the more important thing was to ease the conflict between the prince and King Qin.

But Wang De, who has experienced so much in the world, knows that Li Yuan's ideas will definitely come to nothing. Now the two governments are fighting each other, after all, there is only one position, and this kind of contradiction has no solution at all.

It's a pity that outsiders can see this clearly, but as a father, he only thinks in a good direction.

Fangzhou, Yuhua Mountain.

When Li Shimin entered the big tent, he couldn't help being stunned. Is this still the gentle and elegant Li Jiancheng from before?
I saw Li Jiancheng lying on the desk with disheveled hair, haggard face, and his eyes glazed over.

Hearing the sound of the tent being lifted, Li Jiancheng raised his head in panic, suddenly terrified.

"Er, Erlang, why are you here?" Li Jiancheng's voice was hoarse, half panicked, half surprised, "But Aye is going to let me out?"

For the past month, being imprisoned here has already tortured Li Jiancheng to the point of insanity.

The stuffy and small tent was full of mosquitoes, flies, snakes and rats, and the guards took good care of him, but one can imagine how uncomfortable it is to live in this small open-air tent in the scorching summer.

(End of this chapter)