The best idlers of the Tang Dynasty

In the Taiji Hall, Taizong frowned and sat on the dragon chair. It was not a court meeting at this time, and there were only a few close ministers and adult princes standing in the hall. Usually, Taizong usually held inner courts in the Chengqing Hall, but today is an exception.

"Tell me, what should I do with Fan Xing!"

As soon as Taizong's words fell, Shu King Li Ke couldn't wait to come out of the class and said: "Father! Fan Xing's incident may be justifiable. Suizhou's fall may have a reason. However, my Tang law stipulates that anyone who loses the city or land shall be executed. We must not change the court's laws and regulations just because of Fan Xing. If such a hole is opened, who will take the safety of my Tang Dynasty at heart in the future, and once the enemy soldiers approach the door, they will protect the people and take the overall situation into consideration. The pretense, the reality of being greedy for life and fear of death, isn't the world of Tang Dynasty going to be messed up!"

Li Ke naturally hoped that Fan Xing would die. As the long history of the prince Li Chengqian who used to be in the palace of Zhongshan County, although Fan Xing's status in Li Chengqian's group was not high, but as the governor of a state, he was also Li Chengqian's outside the court. A big helping hand.

Changsun Wuji heard the words and said: "His Royal Highness Shu's words are wrong. Fan Xing lost Suizhou City to warn the reinforcements from all walks of life. If he hadn't acted decisively, our Tang Dynasty would not have lost one Suizhou, but this world!"

Cen Wenwen retorted: "Master Changsun's words are alarmist. Fan Xing has all kinds of reasons, but he can't wash away his shame of losing the city and land. This is righteousness. I ask the Holy One to punish Fan Xing according to the law!"

At this time, the warriors in charge of the palace entered the palace and reported: "Sign up, those ministers came again, and they knelt outside the Taiji Hall, begging the emperor to execute Fan Xing! They also said~~~~ and said~~~~~ ~"

Taizong frowned and said, "What else to say!?"

The warrior in charge of the temple bowed his head and said: "He also said that if the Holy Majesty does not agree to execute Fan Xing and give an explanation to all the people in the world, they will not be able to kneel forever! Until the Holy Majesty agrees!"

Taizong didn't say anything yet, Changsun Wuji became angry when he heard it: "It's really endless, Your Majesty, those people are clearly blackmailing His Majesty, and they must not tolerate those rebellious officials and thieves! It is a loss of righteousness, truly disrespectful!"

Li Ke heard the words, sneered and said: "My lord, grandson, I have said too much! All the ministers are also full of enthusiasm. People like Fan Xing who have lost the city and land and insulted the state should not be punished according to the law? On the contrary, they are loyal. What is the reason for a patriotic minister to become a traitor!"

In this era of advocating family status, there are not many people like Changsun Wuji who can put aside worldly views and sympathize with Fan Xing's fate.More people wanted to make a big fuss about Fan Xing because they looked down on Fan Xing's family background. Some officials from high-ranking families knelt down in front of the Taiji Hall for a few days to remonstrate. Everything is delayed.

A group of courtiers knelt outside to remonstrate, and the crowd in the hall was also excited. Taizong glanced at Li Chengqian, who was thinking about something with his head down, and sighed helplessly. In front of the hall, he asked the courtiers crowded there knowingly: "Are you all wanting me to kill Fan Xing?"

All the ministers claimed that it was true, and one minister shouted with righteous indignation: "Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Suizhou have suffered because of Fan Xing, don't you kill An Nengping the hearts of the subjects?"

Taizong glanced at the man and said calmly: "Well, what you said is quite reasonable, but, I have an imperial affairs that has been delayed for several days, and you are in a hurry, so I have to come here first. It's so big, it's full of threads, and there are countless things to deal with every day, you allow me to finish this thing that should have been done a long time ago, how about your business?"

The emperor said this, who dared to object, all the officials looked at Taizong, wondering what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd.

Seeing that the officials were silent, Emperor Taizong took out a broken key, held it up high, and said to the officials: "This is the key of the Suizhou treasury in the Tang Dynasty. It was cut off by the Turks. The person who wants to meet the official in charge of this key in the Chengqing Hall and reward him, because of everyone, I can only meet him here now, is Zhao Gongcun here?"

Someone led Zhao Gongcun, who had already lost a forearm, to come over. Zhao Gongcun knelt down and saluted, and shouted: "Long live, long live, long live, my king."

Taizong looked at Zhao Gongcun with emotion, bent down to help him up, and then said to everyone: "It is such a little Si Cao who joins the army and guards the treasury with his life. The enemy can't take the key, so he can only chop him off. arm, but the broken hand is still holding the key, the enemy can only chop off his severed hand, and finally cut off the key, and how much money does Curry have? Only consistent money!"

When the ministers heard the words, there was a discussion immediately, Taizong ignored those people, turned to Zhao Gongcun and asked, "Why do you want to give an arm to this little money?"

Zhao Gongcun bowed and replied: "I don't want this little money, but to abide by my duties. As the Si Cao of Suizhou, I join the army, and my duty is to guard the treasury of the Tang Dynasty. Without the order of the Holy Majesty, anyone You can't take half a step."

When Taizong heard the words, his face suddenly showed excitement, and he raised his voice and said to the ministers: "Have you heard this? How much is the word duty? You all regard yourself as a loyal minister. What is a loyal minister? Do your duty and protect the country is a loyal minister! Now that the military situation is so urgent, the soldiers are looking forward to the court's food and pay every day, but what about some people? They ignore their duties and come here to criticize others. What kind of loyal ministers are they? ?”

All the ministers lowered their heads, and some people began to leave quietly.

Then Emperor Taizong announced that Zhao Gongcun was a model of officials all over the world because of his dedication to his duties. The court specially promoted him to be a member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang, as a token of appreciation.

Zhao Gongcun grabbed the ground with his head filled with tears, and kowtowed to God for his grace.

Taizong said to the crowd: "I have finished what I should do, now I can tell you about Fan Xing!"

Before he finished speaking, a surprised expression appeared on his own face. There were only a few people left in front of the Taiji Hall. Taizong finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this. His eyes swept over, and those guys got up in a hurry. When they left, everyone only hated that their feet were too slow.

Seeing that everyone had left, Taizong left only Changsun Wuji and Li Chengqian, and sent the rest of the ministers and princes away. He looked at Li Chengqian and said, "Chengqian! Only now did Changsun Wuji plead for Fan Xing again. He has done it before. Your long history, Wude escorted you to Chang'an in nine years and saved your life, why don't you say a word for him!"

Taizong's tone contained anger, obviously dissatisfied with Li Chengqian's ruthlessness.

Li Chengqian raised his head at this time, looked at Taizong, and cried: "Is the father only saying that the son will not save Fan Xing? The son wants to save Fan Xing, but he can't. For example, if he saves a Fan Xing, the father can't deal with it." The world confesses, if you don’t save him, you will blame yourself in your heart, and now I don’t know what to do!”

Taizong couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words, then nodded in relief, and said, "Who told you this truth!"

Li Chengqian said: "It's Du Rui. Originally, I wanted to intercede for Fan Xing, but after listening to Du Rui's words, I realized that there are so many entanglements here!"

Taizong sighed and said, "I didn't expect Fan Xing's confidant to be a ten-year-old boy. Let's go! Let's meet Fan Xing!"

Taizong took his eldest grandson Wuji and Li Chengqian to see Fan Xing in the prison, and Du Rui couldn't sit still at home. He really didn't want to see a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty die with infamy like this.

When Du Rui took Du Zhong and Du Gui to the prison gate of Dali Temple, there were countless officials, soldiers and common people gathered there, making a noise. Suddenly, when the gate opened, Du Rui once met him in the Zuixian Tower. Ma Xuanliang, the guard next to Taizong who passed by, came out and said to everyone: "Everyone, please go back, there is no need to shout here anymore."

When Du Rui heard this, he was startled and sighed, he had already thought of the ending.

However, some people in the crowd were still shouting: "If we don't kill Fan Xing, we won't leave!"

Ma Xuanliang stepped aside, and two guards brought out a stretcher, on which Fan Xing's body was lying.Ma Xuanliang pointed to the stretcher and said, "He's already on his way!"

Hearing that Fan Xing was dead, cheers erupted from the crowd. The guards carried Fan Xing's body and walked out. Xing's body quickly became a mess, making it unbearable to see.

Seeing this, Du Rui felt sad, and grabbed a commoner and asked, "Why do you hate him so much!?"

The common people said: "That man lost his city and land, and ignored the safety of tens of thousands of people in Suizhou. No one would hate such a person."

Du Rui let go of the man, looked at the body of Fan Xing who was being tortured, shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity for a good official. Such a benevolent and wise man just left, and these people are so happy! The gangsters have a passion, and how many people can see the whole situation and understand the general situation?"

Suddenly a big hand stretched out and pressed Du Rui's shoulder, and said angrily, "What did you say just now?"

While speaking, a punch landed on Du Rui's body, and Du Rui didn't fight back. What hurts him now is his heart.

Then more than a dozen people gathered around Du Rui and beat them up, cursing "Hit you little thief!"

Du Zhong and Du Gui hurried forward and tried their best to dissuade him, but it was of no avail. Seeing that Du Rui was about to be beaten to death with an old punch, suddenly a few big men with knives rushed over, dispersed the crowd, and helped Du Rui out stand up.

Du Zhong couldn't stop thanking these big men, and one of the big men with a beard pointed at a carriageway next to him: "Thank you for what I did, if you want to thank you, you have to thank my lady!"

Du Rui looked up, and there was a girl with bright eyes and bright teeth sitting on the carriage, her two calves were dangling from the carriage, with a mischievous smile on her face.

This young girl was Princess Ankang, the jewel in Taizong's palm. Early in the morning, she slipped out of the palace, borrowed a dozen guards from Li Chengqian, and took them out for a stroll.She didn't expect to bump into Du Rui and said something strange, which aroused her curiosity, so when someone surrounded Du Rui and beat him up, she asked the guards to save him.

Du Rui patted the dirt on his body and came over to express his gratitude: "Thank you, princess!"

Princess Ankang was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "You know everything!?"

Du Rui nodded.

When Princess Ankang saw it, she felt dull for a while, and said: "Since you know everything, can I follow the prince brother to visit you in the future?"

Du Rui smiled faintly, and said: "The princess is willing to come to the humble house, the grassroots are very honored! What happened just now, I would like to thank Her Royal Highness for helping me!"

Ankang was already clever, and when he rolled his eyes, he had an idea.