Chastity Layman

  Chapter 1040 Accused of being a cronies

   "Tell me, what do you think I should do?"

  In the gazebo, the monarch and his ministers started talking, the emperor's attitude had changed a lot, the feeling of being overwhelmed by Mount Tai disappeared, and Qin Lang heaved a sigh of relief.

Today he also took advantage of the time traveler, knowing that Li Shimin's attitude towards Bao Chengqian is still very clear, especially at this time, in the spring of the eleventh year of Zhenguan, when the empress had just passed away and the prince had just broken his leg, it was impossible for Li Shimin to With the heart of easy storage, maybe the emperor thought about it, but at most it was just thinking about it.

"Your Majesty, first of all, let the court let the world understand that a sage has no intention of being easy to save, and completely put an end to the unreasonable thoughts in the hearts of princes such as Wei Wang and Wu Wang, let alone give those who want to imitate Wude for nine years. Ambitious people who want to do this have a slight chance."

   "Your Majesty, please issue an edict to order Wei Wangtai to return to Xichuan to guard the country. It is best not to let Wei Wangyao take the posts of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor, Xiangzhou Metropolitan Governor, Youwuhou General, etc., and you can add Sanjie."

   Li Shimin frowned.

   "The queen's bones are not yet cold, so you let me drive Qingque to the fief?"

"When the King of Wei arrives in Xining Prefecture, he can still keep his filial piety for Empress Wende. As long as the heart is there, it doesn't matter where the person is. Besides, if His Majesty's attitude is still ambiguous, I am afraid that he will mislead the Prince Wei and those ambitious people even more. It's messing up the government and endangering the country and society of the Tang Dynasty."

  Li Shimin waved his hand, "Go on."

"Secondly, I heard that the sage wanted Concubine Yang to be the queen, but I thought it was absolutely impossible. Concubine Yang was only one of the nine concubines, and none of the four concubines, so how could he be the queen? Furthermore, Concubine Yang was the former concubine. Princess Chao, the King of Wu who came out of her is now threatening the position of the crown prince, if the sage makes Concubine Yang the queen, wouldn't this add to the chaos?"

If the Yang family becomes the empress, then Li Ke and Li Yin will immediately be promoted to become the sons of the emperor. Li Ke will have a lot of money to compete for the reserve position. Concubine Yang is indeed very virtuous, and she cannot be established.

   Li Shimin stared at Qin Lang, "Who told you that I want to make Concubine Yang the queen?"

   "There are many rumors in the market, and I'm just guessing. Now I'm just reminding His Majesty, absolutely not."

   "You are very lenient, so tell me, who do I want to make queen?"

"Your Majesty, setting up a queen is different from setting up a prince. Although it is said that all the private affairs of the heavenly family are state affairs, the crown prince is the foundation of the country, but the establishment of a queen is not so important. Even though this minister is a prime minister, he is not qualified to intervene. The saint can make up his own mind. "

   Li Shimin gritted his teeth, he really has two mouths, he can say whatever he wants, just now he said that he can't make Concubine Yang, and now he says he can do whatever he wants.

"anything else?"

   "The minister suggested that the prince should come out and show his face. If he doesn't show up for so long, I'm afraid there will be a lot of rumors in the market."

  Although the emperor has ordered Li Xiang to be King of Qin, Qin Lang thinks that Chengqian should be released from the confinement.

   "It's too cheap for him." Li Shimin said.

   "The sage has also been punished. What is needed next is correct guidance, not blind punishment. The prince's reputation and prestige must also be maintained. Otherwise, if someone with a heart takes advantage of the attack, the prince's reputation will be lost, and it will be detrimental to the country."

  The two of you sat there talking dryly.

   "You don't know how to make a pot of tea?" Li Shimin was agitated. Qin Lang's suggestions were all sound but not very pleasant. His anger towards Cheng Qian has not subsided yet.

  He also didn't want to drive Li Tai out of Beijing at this time, but the emperor couldn't refute what Qin Lang said one after another.

In particular, Qin Lang repeatedly mentioned the sensitive word "Nine Years of Wude", which made Li Shimin vigilant. Back then, Emperor Gaozu vacillated between him and Jiancheng, and even hinted again and again that Yi Chu made him the crown prince. Later, he dared to fight for reserves.

  Because of the thoughts revealed by the emperor, many civil servants and military generals fell to the Qin Palace.

  Now Qin Lang reminded him, which made him have to be vigilant.

  Qin Lang even publicly told the emperor for the first time that there are Wei Wangdang and Wu Wangdang in the court. Although he didn't say that there are princelings, Li Shimin didn't know.

  He didn't want to delve into these things before, but now Qin Lang reminded him that he couldn't ignore them.

   If you ignore it, it will lead to disaster.

Of course, the most important thing is that Qin Lang presented Chengqian's performance in these years one by one, and even compared it with those princes in the modern dynasty. After some comparisons, Li Shimin had to admit that although Chengqian had It's a bit absurd, but generally speaking, among the princes since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Cheng Qian can still be rated as a top-notch prince.

   To get such an evaluation at such a young age, and as the eldest son, there is really no reason to be easy to store.

  I'm lame, but I can still walk, so it's not a big problem.

  Qin Lang turned around to fetch tea, only to find that the emperor had left.

   Smiling and sitting down, Qin Lang made tea for himself.

  The emperor returned to Shangyang Palace and immediately sent someone to summon Du Zhenglun.

   "Why did you leak my words?" As soon as they met, the emperor scolded Du Zhenglun furiously. Du Zhenglun was so red-faced and stunned that he didn't even dare to refute, and fell on the ground trembling.

   Li Shimin was so angry that he was holding back and had nowhere to say it. He scolded Du Zhenglun for a long time, and finally the emperor announced his disposition.

  Removed Du Zhenglun from all official positions such as Zuo Shuzi, the former prince of the East Palace, a bachelor of Chongxianguan, and a regular servant of Sanqi, and was relegated to the governor of Jizhou in Lingnan.

  Originally there were rumors that Du Zhenglun was about to become the Minister of Zhongshu, and he wanted to participate in the government and pay homage to the prime minister. Who would have thought that he would suddenly be relegated to Lingnan.

  But the series of reprimands and reprimands from the emperor made him understand that this time he was disobedient.

  A sentence of why leaked my words, let him know that this time he fell.

Fortunately, Li Shimin thought of Du Zhenglun's achievements in the East Palace these years, but also his hard work. Moreover, the Du family's famous gentry, in the Sui Dynasty, the three brothers of the Du family passed the examination of the scholar department together. They are all famous in the world.

  This time, his title of Marquis of Nanyang County was retained by the emperor.

Although Du Zhenglun did not come from the Jingzhao Du clan, the Huanshui Du clan he came from was also from the same family. Although the Jingzhao Du clan did not want to reconnect with the Huanshui Du clan, the relationship between the two Du clans was very close. Li Shimin I also have to give some face.

   "Called Zhang Xuansu."

  Du Zhenglun walked out of Shangyang Palace, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle in front of the palace gate, deeply disappointed.

  Dr. Yinqing Guanglu and the prince's right concubine Zhang Xuansu came here to greet Du Zhenglun.

   "Du Gong, the saint called urgently, why?"

  Du Zhenglun had just been convicted for leaking the forbidden Chinese language, so he didn't dare to say more, he just said to Zhang Xuansu to take care and left.

  Zhang Xuansu worried about entering the palace all the way.

He was born in Puzhou, Hedong. He was a county lieutenant in Jingcheng at the end of the Sui Dynasty. The prince was a little Zhan, until the prince's right concubine, who was a regular servant on horseback, was famous for his honesty, integrity and admonishment.

   He was famous for admonishing Chengqian in the East Palace, and he had to admonish Chengqian ten times and eight times a day, and Chengqian even said that he wanted to kill him.

  Li Shimin also yelled at Zhang Xuansu, saying that he failed his entrustment, failed to teach Donggong well, and seriously dereliction of duty.

   "Relegated to the governor of Chaozhou in Lingnan!"

  Retain the rank of doctor Yinqing Guanglu from the third rank, and demote to Lingnan as Chaozhou governor, and all other officials will be dismissed.

  On the same day, several Eastern Palace officials were called into Shangyang Palace.

  The left concubine Du Zhenglun, Hou Du Zhenglun of Nanyang County, was demoted to the governor of Ezhou, the right concubine Zhang Xuansu was demoted to the governor of Chaozhou, and Shao Zhan, the official of Liyang County, Yu Zhining, was demoted to the governor of Huazhou.

  Prince You Shuzi, Sanqi Changshi, and Qufu County Gong Kong Yingda were reassigned as Guozi Jijiu, and no longer served as East Palace official.

   Zhao Hongzhi, Linghu Defen and others dereliction of duty dismissed officials as civilians.

  Lu Deming passed away in the fourth year of Zhenguan, so he posthumously presented him with the title of Marquis of Wu County.

   Li Baiyao, Liu Ji, Chu Suiliang, and Cen Wenwen, who had already left the East Palace, were also implicated, and were fined or demoted by the emperor.

  Just when the government and the public in Luoyang were shaking, thinking that Chengqian's position was uneasy, who knew that Shangyang Palace issued several edicts.

  Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Shi Du Chuke, the head of Wei Wangfu, was charged with cronyism and deserved to die.

  Shi Li Suli, the head of Xiangzhou's governor's office, was demoted to be the governor of Mianzhou, and Yin Yang, the young governor of Henan Province, was demoted to be the governor of Qizhou.

Censor Wei Ting was personally summoned by the emperor, and after a reprimand, the emperor told him that he knew everything about the Wei palace, but it was due to his past achievements, so after demoting many officials and ministers this time, he couldn’t bear to investigate him. The final result was to move Taichangqing.

Wei Ting is the son of Jingzhao Wei, and he is of the same family as Wei Guifei, and Li Shimin also gave Wei Ting's daughter to his son Li Youping as Princess Qi. He was demoted to Taichangqing.

  The two confidants of Du Chuke and Wei Ting in the Wei Palace, as well as the two foreign ministers Li Suli and Yang Zuan, were all from famous families. This time, the emperor also mercilessly dismissed or demoted the four of them.

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  Wei Palace.

  Cen Wenben came to read the edict.

   "Release Wei Wang Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor, Xiangzhou Metropolitan Governor, Youwuhou General, etc., and order him to take up the feudal kingdom immediately, and go to Jiannan Xining Dudufu to take office..."

   After the fat Li Tai received the imperial edict, his face was pale.

   I was so dazed that I forgot to accept the order.

   "Wei Wang, thank you for your decree!"

   Li Tai was awakened and lost his mind.

   "What's the crime?"

Cen Wenwen looked at Li Tai, and regretted it deeply. Before the prince committed all kinds of deaths, his comments on Zhongfeng plummeted, but Wei Wang was a virtuous and corporal who was extremely favored, so Fang Xuanling, Chai Shao, Du Chuke, Wei Ting, Wang Gui, etc. started Support Li Tai.

Cen Wenwen originally worked in the East Palace as a teacher of the prince, but seeing that he was facing the wind and serving the emperor every day, he felt that Li Tai seemed to have a better chance, so he also began to switch to the camp of the king of Wei. I have said good things about King Wei more than once in front of me.

  Who would have thought that after the emperor went to see Qin Lang once, the wind would change drastically.

  He regretted it very much now, he shouldn't have been involved, and now the emperor has become indifferent to him, and even personally asked him how deep his relationship with King Wei was, which made him break out in a cold sweat.

  Although he was not demoted, he was beaten by the emperor.

   "Who is framing Gu?" Li Tai asked Cen Wenwen, but Cen Wenwen didn't dare to talk too much, and after the decree was announced, he left in a hurry.

   Li Tai gritted his teeth as he looked at Cen Wenwen who seemed to be running away!

  (end of this chapter)