A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 692 History Book
The army returned victorious again, and brought the entire Tuyuhun, Xihai, and Qiemo into the scope of the Tang Dynasty. The road from the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions was completely connected.

And they defeated Tuyuhun, Hexi Hehuang in Tang Dynasty, and Longyou in Guanzhong, and got rid of the danger looming on their backs.

In the Tai Chi Hall, the generals who had returned from victory were having a drink here.

This glorious victory made everyone in the Tang Dynasty rejoice, and Li Shimin changed the title of Li Jing to the title of Duke of Wei, with a household of ten thousand households. He was the highest-ranking person in the Tang Dynasty, except for the prince and clan.

After Li Jing received the reward, he looked very happy on the surface, but he was really worried in his heart. His current status is too high.

You must know that Li Shentong and Li Daozong are not as high as him. With such high-ranking officials and generous salaries, and not being members of the royal family, it can be said that Li Jing is a natural target. Since Daqian, no general with a foreign surname has higher official titles than him. also.

Countless people were staring at him, and some of them would even accuse him of treason, hoping to take credit for his advancement.

In the hundreds of years since the fall of Da Qian, there have been countless cases where monarchs and ministers turned against each other, their achievements overshadowed their masters, or their powerful ministers became self-reliant.

The most recent one was when Yang Jian took the position of prime minister, oversaw the affairs of the state, and finally ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Therefore, over the years, the heroes who have made great achievements and shaken the emperor almost never ended well, unless they took that step.

But this situation is different here with Li Shimin.

Therefore, after seeing that Li Jing had reached the point where he had achieved great success and shocked the emperor, Gao Zengsheng and Shi Tang Fengyi, the governor of Guangzhou, colluded to falsely accuse Li Jing of treason because they had a personal enmity with Li Jing.

The brilliance of the morning light fell on Chang'an City, and with the sound of the opening drum from the Drum Tower, Chang'an City, which had been sleeping all night, suddenly came to life.

Wang Xuanjing stepped forward and saluted.

"I just rewarded Duke Wei not long ago, and these people actually wrote a letter to accuse Duke Wei of treason!"

Wang Xuanjing came to the imperial city. As soon as he entered the door, there was a chamberlain waiting beside the Xuanwu Gate. Seeing Wang Xuanjing's arrival, he quickly ran over and said with a flattering smile: "Greetings to Wang Zhongshu, His Majesty has an order to invite you as soon as you arrive." The king in the back hall."

When Wang Xuanjing entered the hall, he saw Li Shimin's face was gloomy and he was obviously very angry.

"His Majesty!"

In fact, they had no evidence of Li Jing's rebellion, and the so-called evidence given by the two men was just based on rumors. The reason they dared to do this was because Li Jinggong was a high-ranking leader and they speculated that Li Shimin wanted to deal with Li Jing. Their letter this time was just to give Li Shimin an excuse.

Upon hearing this, Wang Xuanjing immediately knew that something had happened. He immediately followed the chamberlain to the back hall without any courtesy.

As soon as Li Shimin saw him coming, he immediately said: "Xuanjing, you came just in time, these people are so brave!"

Although Li Jing had outstanding achievements and was very popular in the army, Li Shimin was also an immediate emperor and had a higher reputation. He was not afraid of Li Jing's rebellion at all. What's more, except for Li Jing, the other senior generals in the army were basically his subordinates.

The most important thing is that Li Shimin is twenty-eight years younger than Li Jing. Youth is an advantage.

But what they didn't expect was that Li Shimin had no idea of ​​getting rid of Li Jing.

As he spoke, Li Shimin handed a stack of memorials directly to Wang Xuanjing.

Looking at the stack of memorials in his hand, Wang Xuanjing looked solemn. Who were the people who reported Li Jing's rebellion? Is there anyone who wants to take advantage of this opportunity to cause a political turmoil and seek benefits from it.

Wang Xuanjing has always maintained the stability of the court and implemented the New Deal, and does not want any changes in the court. Li Shimin, on the other hand, valued Li Jing very much. Li Jing can now be said to be the number one trump card in Li Shimin's hands. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing participated in almost all key battles.

Among them, the attack on DTZ and the attack on Tuyuhun were directed by the coach. Although Li Jing was not an old minister of Li Shimin's Qin Prince, he had been following Li Shimin since he returned to the Tang Dynasty.

He had no doubts about Li Jing's loyalty.

What made him angry was that someone actually falsely accused an important official of the imperial court.

Likewise, he quickly understood what these people were thinking. Once Li Jing was convicted, the power of the generals in the DPRK and China would inevitably be suppressed, and many people could even be implicated through Li Jing.

This time these people falsely accused Li Jing, will they take action against the old generals of Prince Qin's Mansion and Tiance Mansion next time?
For a long time, many people in the court were not so obedient to Li Shimin. After all, Li Shimin's rise to power was not so glorious.

Although these people never said anything, there were always some ambiguous messages secretly.

Li Shimin didn't have a good way to deal with these people. After all, it was difficult to catch such people.

Wang Xuanjing quickly read through the memorials and quickly understood what happened this time, and then said: "Your Majesty, the court has its own laws. If someone falsely accuses someone and turns against him, then it will be done openly and above board."

"Just teach these people a lesson." Wang Xuanjing did not have a good impression of those aristocratic families.

But we have to use them.

Wang Xuanjing naturally wanted to seize the opportunity to teach them a lesson. It is normal to submit a petition for impeachment, and the court should encourage such behavior, but false accusations must be severely punished.

Wang Xuanjing did not want the Tang Dynasty's court to have a trend of submitting petitions to the emperor for false accusations, a court that would no longer care about right or wrong, or national interests, but only about party struggles.

He didn't want to see the court become like this, so once this happened, he had to suppress it.

Li Shimin also knew that although Li Shimin did not like reading before becoming emperor, after Wang Xuanjing came to Chang'an, he brought many history books from the Wang family.

After all, Li Shimin had never been an emperor before and was not good at court politics at first. These history books were specially selected by Wang to let Li Shimin see clearly the political struggles and various issues in the court.

In this era, books have always been precious, let alone history books. Only the Wang family can preserve so many historical books.

Wang Xuanjing contributed a large number of historical books, which Li Shimin carefully read through. After seeing the history of the previous dynasties, Liu Song, Da Qian, Spring and Autumn and Warring States, he was very moved.

After all, many of the problems that the court is encountering now have also appeared in history. With the lessons learned from these history books, the Tang Dynasty will be better managed.

It can be said that these historical books presented by Wang Xuanjing are the basic version of the emperor's governance and the basic textbook for the emperor to learn how to govern the country.

As long as you study hard, the emperor is a normal person. Even if he cannot become a wise king for a generation or an emperor for eternity, he can still be a sage.

It was precisely after understanding this that Li Shimin deliberately did not let Kong Yingda and others hold official positions such as Prince's Young Master. He had seen the educational methods of Kong Yingda and others, and what he had learned was only the Four Books and Five Classics.

After reading the history books sent by the Wang family, he understood that studying these books would not be able to govern the country well, so he named Wang Xuanjing as the Crown Prince and Tutor and was responsible for teaching the Crown Prince.

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