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"Bastard! Beast!" Li Shimin slammed the memorial in his hand onto the table, his whole body was trembling with anger, his originally resolute face was full of ferocity, as if he wanted to choose someone to eat.

Seeing Li Shimin's furious appearance, several civil and military officials in the Hall of Liangyi bowed their heads and remained silent. If they had other matters, they still had room to speak, but this matter was related to the family affairs of the royal family, so people like Li Jing, Fang Xuanling, etc. All people look at the nose with their eyes and the mouth with their noses, just like an old monk in meditation.

But not everyone is as calm as Li Jing and Fang Xuanling, only one of the important civil servants stood up and said loudly with a dark face: "Your Majesty, Quan Wanji was originally sent by His Majesty to teach the King of Shu , even though he is named Chang Shi, he is no different from a teacher, Li You, king of Shu, acted so boldly that he intended to attack and kill him, it is really an act of no father and no king, please be serious about it, Your Majesty!"

The person who stood up to speak was a skinny old man, with a stubborn righteousness, and he did not flinch at all because this matter involved the royal family. In the whole Tang Dynasty, there was no courtier who dared to speak up and speak up, except for Wei Zheng. .

Li Shimin was already on fire, his whole face was livid with anger, but now when he heard Wei Zheng's request to deal with his son strictly, his face turned from green to black, his two sword eyebrows stood up, and he was extremely angry.It's just that even Li Shimin himself doesn't know, is he angry at his son for not living up to him, or at Wei Zheng for not giving him face?Capital Datang 359

In fact, it is no wonder that Li Shimin was so angry. Originally, the national power of the Tang Dynasty was booming, and he was invincible in foreign wars. Not only did he personally destroy Goguryeo, but his son Li Yin also destroyed Silla and Baekje. Li Shimin felt happier than destroying Goguryeo himself.In addition, the confidant of the northern grassland has found a way to restrain it. As long as the concrete roads and fortresses continue to be repaired, there is only one fate waiting for the barbarians in the grassland.That is to completely integrate into the Tang Dynasty, without the ability to rebel.

However, as the so-called unsatisfactory things in life are out of ten, Li Shimin is proud of state affairs, but has endless troubles in family affairs, the most important thing is the two sons Li Chengqian and Li Taiming. It's getting bigger and bigger, and it's almost to the point of tearing his skin apart. Regarding this matter, Li Shimin, as a father, doesn't know how to deal with it.Emotionally he likes Li Tai more, but intellectually he prefers Li Chengqian, so he keeps turning a blind eye to this matter, as long as the two sons are not too noisy, he will ignore it.

However, Li Shimin's attention was only on Chang'an's two sons.But I forgot that there is another son who is even more worrying. Of course, this son is not Li Yin, but the king of Shu, Li You, who is a little older than Li Yin.

Speaking of Li You, he made Li Yin miserable. With the help of kidnapping Wu Meiniang, Li You was almost assigned to Yizhou by Li Shimin.Not only did he send a senior official, Quan Wanji, to supervise what he did, but he also deprived him of the command of the palace guards, and sent a school lieutenant, Wei Wenzhen, to serve as the Dianjun of the Shu Palace.Manage the soldiers and horses of the palace on behalf of Li You.

For this arrangement, Li You was naturally very dissatisfied, especially for Quan Wanji's long history, he was even more resentful.This is mainly because of Quan Wanji's stubborn personality, and he always blames Li You.Even the two often quarreled, which directly led to a very bad relationship between the two.

Regarding Quan Wanji's control over him, Li You, as the prince, of course wanted to fight back. He secretly sent someone to sue Quan Wanji in front of Li Shimin, which probably meant that the other party did not respect him and was very bossy.Although Li Shimin didn't like Li You, he was also his son after all, so Li Shimin sent someone to investigate, and then sent the two of them back to Chang'an, intending to confront them face to face.

It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that Li You was so bold that he sent someone to attack Quan Wanji on the way, but fortunately, Wei Wenzhen, who was the Dianjun of the palace, knew in advance and immediately sent troops to rescue Quan Wanji discipline.

Ordinarily, although Li You's matter is serious, at least Quan Wanji is not dead. As Li You, as long as he voluntarily confesses to Li Shimin, he will at most be severely punished and may be locked up for several years. At least there will be no Worry about life.

But the bad thing is the gang of villains around Li You. These people know that Li You has made such a big mistake. Although he himself will be fine, the people around them will definitely die, so they encourage Li You You raised troops to rebel, and Li You was also an idiot, once his head became hot, Erbaiwu's temper came up, and he led a group of cronies to rebel.

It's a pity that Li You, an idiot, soon discovered that he didn't even have the royal family's personal soldiers under his control. Those who were willing to rebel with him were only a few hundred cronies. As a result, his farce-like rebellion has not yet After two days, they were wiped out by the soldiers of the Shu Palace and the local garrison. Even Li You was captured alive, and is now on his way to Chang'an.

Li You's "rebellion" is similar to the original history, but with some changes, for example, Quan Wanji, who was dismembered, escaped his life, and Li You's "rebellion" was much smaller in scale and was not used at all. The army has already been captured alive, and it can be said that it is even more useless than in history.

However, when news of Li You's "rebellion" reached Chang'an,

At that time, the above scene happened. Li Shimin was furious because of this, and Wei Zheng demanded that Li You be severely punished. As for how to severely punish him, it was very simple. Even if he is the prince.

As the saying goes, a tiger's poison does not eat its son, although Li Shimin doesn't like Li You, but the other party is his son after all, and he has always been protective of his weaknesses, so he doesn't want to execute Li You according to the law.With this in mind, Li Shimin didn't respond to Wei Zheng's words, but changed the subject and said, "Where is that Nizi now, and when will he arrive in Chang'an?"

Seeing that Li Shimin ignored him, Wei Zheng was about to remonstrate directly, but Fang Xuanling in front hurriedly came out to interrupt him and said, "Your Majesty, the king of Shu is already on his way to escort Chang'an, and now he has arrived in Liangzhou. We will reach Chang'an in two days."

Li Shimin nodded after hearing this, and just wanted to ask other people for their opinions, but suddenly he saw Wei Zheng who was behind Fang Xuanling bypassing Fang Xuanling, and was about to remonstrate directly. They are all entangled in official duties, let’s come here today and retreat from the court!”

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he turned around and left the Liangyi Hall, not giving Wei Zheng a chance to speak at all.And Wei Zheng was also very angry, but he was not someone who gave up easily, he flung his sleeves and left the Liangyi Hall quickly, intending to write his opinion into a memorial, and then directly present it at the court meeting.

Two days later, Li You was escorted to Chang'an, but coincidentally, Li Yin's letter to Li Shimin was also sent to Chang'an at the same time, but these two sons gave Li Shimin two completely different feelings.

In the imperial study room on the right side of Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin summoned only three confidant ministers here, namely Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, and Changsun Wuji.It's just that today Li Shimin sat behind the desk with a complex expression on his face. There were two things on the desk, namely Li Yin's letter asking for permission to recruit barbarians from the grassland, and Wei Zheng's memorial requesting that Li You be dealt with severely.Capital Datang 359

Wei Zheng is stubborn, as long as he believes in something, he must do it, so the memorial to impeach Li You was finally played face to face at the court meeting, and his move was also supported by many upright officials. After all, Li You was originally a This bold and reckless person, and now committing the felony of rebellion, naturally many people hope that he will be brought to justice.

"They are also my sons, but why does this abuse of animals make me so uneasy?" Li Shimin slapped Wei Zheng's memorial, and growled in pain.

Seeing Li Shimin's painful expression, the three of Fang Xuanling below all sighed. Li Yin is Li Shimin's most valued son, and also the most ambitious person among all the princes. With the support of Datang and his own intelligence, It has already opened up the situation overseas. Not only has it easily occupied Silla and Baekje, but it will also occupy Liuqiu Dadao. Even if you become yourself, you may not be able to do so well.

However, compared to the "excellent" Li Yin, Li You is simply a pile of useless garbage. He is usually brave and aggressive, and hunts endlessly, but he dared to attack and kill the long history appointed by His Majesty, and even raised troops afterwards. Rebellion, although this rebellion has become a joke, it is also heinous. There has been a lot of quarrel in the court because of his affairs, and Li Shimin has not slept well for several days.

"Your Majesty, calm down. The matter has already happened. It will be useless to scold the King of Shu any longer. We should find a way to deal with it as soon as possible!" said Changsun Wuji, who had the best relationship with Li Shimin.

"Hmph! What else can I do? This bastard has no king and no father, so I will treat him as my son and just follow the law!" Li Shimin said angrily, flicking his sleeves.But the three people below all knew that these were Li Shimin's angry words, and they couldn't be accurate at all.

"Your Majesty, no matter how bad the King of Shu is, he is still the prince of my Tang Dynasty, and he was also deceived by the traitors, and he didn't really want to rebel, so I thought that the king of Shu who was bewitched to rebel People are under the death penalty, and as for His Royal Highness the King of Shu, his title will be taken away so that he will not be able to do any more evil!" Changsun Wuji said again.He knew Li Shimin's temper very well, and knew that the other party didn't want to kill his son, so he said so.

However, Li Jing shook his head after hearing this and said: "Although the words of Master Changsun are correct, the King of Shu is the main criminal of the rebellion after all. If we only deal with the accessory criminals, Wei Zheng may be dissatisfied. If it's in the newspaper, it's a big deal."

Li Jing's words reminded Li Shimin, because Li You was arrested just after he rebelled, so little is known about it. The newspaper has not received the news yet, and Li Shimin has already ordered that the news be completely blocked, but no one in this world With an impenetrable wall, news of Li You's rebellion will spread out sooner or later, so Li Shimin must make a final decision on punishing Li You before then.

"His Royal Highness, the old minister has a way to get the best of both worlds, but His Highness King Qi helped us with this solution!" At this moment, Fang Xuanling, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, with a strange smile on his face. .