The best idlers of the Tang Dynasty

Jiang Bai was quickly controlled by Taizong's sent people, and he explained all the truth without any trouble. It turned out that Jiang Bai was also a buddy of Jiancheng. He saw that the prince wanted to make great achievements and do great things, and deliberately lured the prince Throw away the grain in Taicang to earn the price difference to build the Cuiwei Palace for Taizong. After the grain was sold, Wu Qing was secretly sent to dig the Longshou Canal, pretending that it was destroyed by heavy rain.He knew that there was no food available in Taicang at this time, so he asked people to contact Jieli Chen Bing under the city of Suizhou and Bingzhou, and at the same time staged a mutiny in Chang'an. The felony of killing an official of the imperial court forced the Zuo Tunwei Army into the opposite direction.

At this time, Taizong was discussing matters with Changsun Wuji and Cen Wenwen in Chengqing Hall, and what they were discussing was the mutiny of the Zuotun Guards.

After Changsun Wuji read Jiang Bai's confession, he said with a serious face: "I really didn't expect that Datang has been standing on the edge of the cliff these days."

Taizong said: "The swords and swords made me understand that the most terrifying thing for a country is civil strife! No matter how powerful a foreign enemy is, the Bingzhou Army was defeated, and the Suizhou Army was defeated. If you are defeated, you can still transfer people from Luoyang and Yangzhou, but if your own people get into chaos first, the sky will really collapse! This Jiang Bai and Wu Qing are so painstaking and lonely that they even sacrificed their lives for Prince Yin. This is what they planned A word 'random'!"

Changsun Wuji looked at Taizong, pondered the meaning of his words, and replied: "The emperor's words really hit the point. There are strong enemies outside, and your majesty has been trying hard to find a way to defeat the captives all these years. I think this is the first The policy should be to strictly prevent civil strife!"

Cen Wenwen also understood Taizong's implication, and echoed: "My lord Changsun said that it is true, one family, one country, I am afraid that my husband will make trouble!"

Taizong patted Cen Wenwen on the shoulder and said: "Ben Wen! You are very good at what you said, but unfortunately there are too few people in the court who have your insight. These days some people have written memorials about the moldy rice of the Zuo Tunwei Army. To make a fuss, the target is directed at the prince. I just thought, Jiang Bai and Wu Qing used the prince to provoke a mutiny in the Zuo Tunwei Army. Then there is no second Jiang Bai and Wu Qing in this dynasty who want to use other What prince, set off a political tide, and then lure wolves into the house?"

Cen Wenwen was startled, he already understood the emperor's intention.The eldest grandson Wuji on the side also looked at Cen Wenwen's face, and suddenly felt relieved.

Taizong looked at Changsun Wuji, then looked at Cen Wenwen, and then said: "Auxiliary machine! Text! One of you is Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the other is Minister of Zhongshu, both of you are my close ministers. I have always been open and honest with you! I have not shown this confession to any ministers except you. If it is not made public, I will not be able to deal with the prince's negligence in Taicang. But what if it is made public? Soldiers Knowing that the commander of the Zuo Tunwei Army and such a high-ranking general is actually a spy, in the future, there will be a shadow of a snake inside and outside the court. It’s really a big problem for me, after much deliberation, only you can help me come up with a good solution!”

Cen Wenwen glanced at Taizong, then walked to the table, reached out to pick up the paper confession, and stretched it out to the candle to light it.

Seeing this, Changsun Wuji couldn't help but change his face: "What are you doing?"

Cen Wenwen said to Emperor Taizong: "Your Majesty! This is my minister's idea. For the sake of national stability and the great plan of the Northern Expedition, we can only destroy these two confessions together and make this matter a secret forever!"

Taizong asked with some surprise: "Two confessions? What about the other one?"

Cen Wenwen replied: "The other copy is in the prison of Dali Temple, which is Jiang Bai himself. Please ask the emperor to issue an order to execute him immediately!"

When Taizong heard the words, he and Changsun Wuji looked at each other with a smile on their faces.

After this conversation, Emperor Taizong immediately announced that Cen Wenwen would be responsible for dealing with the aftermath of the mutiny of the Zuo Tunwei Army.A few days later, Cen Wenwen reported that he had found out that the mutiny was caused by Hu Cheng's dereliction of duty.Two warehouses in Taicang were flooded by rain, but he didn't notice that moldy rice flowed into the camp.On the charge of dereliction of duty, he asked Taizong to dismiss Hu Cheng and exile him for three thousand miles.Cen Wenwen also said in the memorial that after the mutiny, several generals led the army back from Beiyuan in time. Rebellious soldiers, who died in the line of duty, should be buried generously and posthumously named Marquis to show their loyalty.

Taizong replied that although there was some chaos in the Zuo Tunwei Army, only a few people died, and it subsided within a few hours. The choice is right, the rewards for these heroes are light, and they should be promoted to another level!Wu Qing died a heroic death, and he was a role model for generals. He was posthumously named Marquis of Pingyuan, and he will be enshrined in the Martyr's Shrine forever!Then, Emperor Taizong issued another decree: to transfer Cheng Huailiang to be the general of the Weiyi Mansion in Zuotun.

Of course, Li Ke was greatly disappointed by this result. He rushed to Cen Wenwen's mansion and said angrily: "Sir, how can you help them speak? Taicang's terrain is so high, how could the food get wet? Besides, the Zuotun Guards came out For such a big matter, even though Wu Qing died, it is hard to shirk the blame, and the crown prince should also take some responsibility, why do you still ask the emperor to praise them? Isn’t this a funeral as a happy event?”

Cen Wenwen calmly replied: "It is to treat the funeral as a happy event!"

As he spoke, he went to the chessboard and picked up a chess piece and said, "To tell you the truth, I didn't go to Taicang at all, and I didn't interrogate Hu Cheng. I did this to boost morale and stabilize the situation."

Li Ke said unhappily: "The situation in his East Palace, can we do our best to stabilize it?"

Cen Wenwen smashed the chess piece on the chessboard, looked up at Li Ke with a straight face, and said, "The situation in the Eastern Palace? Your Highness! You are wrong, what I want to stabilize is the situation in the Tang Dynasty! This world is not in the Eastern Palace yet." Ah! Since ancient times, emperors have been happy to watch ministers and princes fight. If these people don’t fight with each other, they should fight with the emperor! However, no matter how much you fight, you can’t cross a hurdle. This hurdle is the rise and fall of the world. The country is dead, what are you fighting for?"

Cen Wenwen's tone in the last few sentences was very severe. This was an unprecedented situation. Li Ke looked at Cen Wenwen in confusion and said, "Sir, what's the matter? Are you hiding something from me?"

Cen Wenwen waved his hand and said: "I can't say a word clearly, and I can't tell the whole story, but I want to remind Your Highness, no one should ask about this matter, Wu Qing can only be a hero! He can only lie down. In the Martyr's Shrine, you ask your people to withdraw all the memorials accusing him of corruption, otherwise you will be an enemy of the emperor! To be an enemy of the emperor is to be an enemy of your ministers! A Zuo Tunwei Zhonglang general, then Coupled with the gratitude in the emperor's heart, I should be content to get so many things at once! Things will be smoother if things are slow, too much is too late!"

Cen Wenwen is an elegant scholar, and he has always spoken softly in front of Li Ke. Today, he spoke in such a strong tone, which made him feel a little baffled. Fortunately, he is a flexible person, and immediately said: "I just listen to what you say, sir."

Then, Li Ke changed the topic and played chess with Cen Wenwen.After losing three sets in one go, he left Cen's mansion.

As for Jiang Bai, a small servant of the Ministry of Industry, no one paid attention to him in this big chess game. On the day when the matter came to a conclusion, Jiang Bai was secretly executed. The construction of the Longshouqu was unfavorable, and he felt that he had committed suicide. For this reason, Taizong also encouraged Jiang Bai's wife with a few words.