218.Chapter 218: Exile to Lingnan
For a while, there was silence in the Taiji Palace, only the uncle, nephew, and nephew were still crying intermittently.
The saint and the king of Xin'an County are just that, every word is recalling the love and forgiveness of the first emperor, especially focusing on how the fatherly heart of the first emperor was when he dealt with the case of the abolished prince's rebellion, and how the three brothers of the saint loved each other. Is the brotherhood between them as deep as they cry? Many courtiers may not have believed it. But the uncle and nephew all choked up and said "deep", could it be that they could still jump up and refute it?
And Qin An, the Duke of Wu, seemed to be crying for the first emperor, but in fact he scolded the arrogant courtiers. Especially when King Peng was accused and scolded by him, he could only blush, but he was speechless. Who told him not to say his name, and if he refuted it, he would undoubtedly confess his guilt? In terms of identity, they are also relatives of the emperor, he is only the fictitious position of the governor of the distant capital, but this is the left servant of Shangshu Province who holds real power, and his prestige in the court is far better than him, so it is reasonable to accuse him?
The sage finally controlled the scene, and King Jing and Xu Ye of Jian Guo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pretending that it was normal to "cry bitterly in the court". The rest of the senior officials in Zizi also secretly reminded those new colleagues who had always been shocked and sluggish with a "rare and strange" gaze to restore their normal state.
Hehe, what is this kind of scene? The first emperor not only shed tears on the Taiji Palace, but also danced selflessly under His Majesty, and even cried from time to time in the Liangyi Palace. Not to mention that when the abolished prince Li Song rebelled, he was excited and wanted to draw his sword to kill himself, but the important ministers present were frightened. Now the saint is just crying because of the feeling in his heart, such a reaction can be called "mild", right?
Xu has seen too many scenes, too calm, and a group of high-ranking officials are very patient waiting for the three uncles, nephews, uncles and nephews to finish crying. However, the sage and the king of Xin'an are not like Emperor Taizong in essence, and the love is as normal as soon as it comes. The uncle and nephew continued to cry while worrying about how to end, and their eyes were full of helplessness.
The saint could not help but think again: among his cronies there was not only a shortage of wise people, but also a lack of discerning people. Why didn't anyone see that their uncle and nephew needed a step right now? Emperor Taizong was able to finish crying by himself, and with a wipe of tears, he began to talk about the affairs of the court again, but he didn't have the ability to collect and release freely!
"......" and Qin An, the Duke of Wu Guo, scolded all the people he wanted to scold, and suddenly found that he couldn't end it. When the first emperor was still alive, he was always rational and calm, and dissolved all kinds of whimsical and fierce feelings of the first emperor without a trace. However, now there is a lack of a character like him in the court. This is of course inseparable from his identity, in the past he was the wife, brother and confidant of the first emperor, so he naturally took on the responsibility of appeasing the first emperor. And now there are too few high-ranking officials and cronies promoted by the saint himself, and he has no experience in dealing with this kind of incident, so of course no one has come forward.
So, no one seemed to notice that the three uncles, nephews, uncles and nephews who were still crying with their heads had actually exchanged glances several times, and discussed silently how to stop-
At this time, a young and magnetic voice suddenly sounded in the corner: "Weichen has the courage to say, since there is a precedent for the first emperor to deal with the case of the abolished prince's rebellion, then the case of King Yue can be handled accordingly." Pardon the death penalty of King Yue and sentence him to exile, so as to conform to the love of licking calves of the first emperor and the filial piety of the saint. As for where it is better to be exiled, Weichen thinks that it should be judged by the saint. β
The ministers looked back one after another, and saw a young man in a light cyan robe rising up and coming to the center of the hall to bow down. The light cyan color is the regular uniform of the nine-rank official, which shows that this young man has a low position. However, his handsome appearance, calm demeanor, and elegant smile reminded many high-ranking officials in scarlet and purple clothes - isn't this the young prince of Jiadi?
The saint finally had a chance to go down the steps, so he took advantage of the situation and put away his tears, and said, "What Wang Aiqing said is very true. β
The king of Xin'an said with tears in his eyes: "Uncle, if my grandfather knew the outcome of this case, he would definitely be very happy. β
Seeing that the uncle and nephew were about to pardon the death penalty of Li Heng, the king of Yue, and Li Wei, the heir of the king of Yue, King Peng was very anxious, and constantly looked at some of the imperial history envoys who supervised the imperial history. And some of the royal historians didn't see it, some hesitated, and some jumped out without hesitation: "The case of the abolished prince and the case of King Yue are different after all, how can they be generalized?!" Moreover, when the first emperor pardoned the abolished prince, it was out of a fatherly heart, and he also broke the rules! Later, Li Song, a concubine, was recalled to Beijing, but instead of changing his ways, he was still unscrupulous, doesn't it prove that he was at the beginningββ"
"Please be careful!" Wang Zixian put away his smile and his face was full of solemnity, "This imperial historian wants to accuse the first emperor of unfairness in judging the case?" Negligence? As Wu Guogong said, this is really a monarch! ! The first emperor has always been wise and martial, how can you slander him? Sage, Weichen thinks that this person is disrespectful to the first emperor and should be punished for the ten evil sins!! "It's just a royal history, and he actually said that the first emperor was wrong, and it is not an exaggeration to cure the crime of "great disrespect"!
The imperial history was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Sage Mingjian! Wechen has no such intention, Wechen ......"
"It is precisely because of the licking of the calves of the first emperor that Li Song, a concubine, can now change from evil to good and become a monk. It is a great thing to give people the opportunity to get lost and learn their way. Wang Zixian interrupted him unhurriedly and continued, "And Weichen thinks that the first emperor's handling is not only reasonable, but also legal. After all, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the First Han Dynasty mentioned by Fang Cai Zhugong really set off a war, resulting in endless domestic wars and innocent deaths of the people. And the case of the abolished prince and the king of Yue is just ill-intentioned, and it has not yet caused the consequences of a river of blood! In this case, they are obsessed with it for a while, and their sin will not lead to death! β
"It is not appropriate for the princes of Fang to compare the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Han Dynasty with the case of King Yue today! Only the case of the abolished prince and the case of King Yue are similar. Therefore, the concubine Li Song abolished the position of the crown prince and exiled to Qianzhou, and the king of Yue and the heir of the king of Yue should also be like this! β
"Good! Aiqing has a point!! What do you think? The sage looked at the young man, and felt deeply aggrieved that he had been sent to be a county lieutenant. With such a good tongue, how can you not enter the Imperial History Tower? If there were such an "empathetic" cronies in Yushitai, he would not have been forced to come here by King Peng and others today!!
Without waiting for the others to respond, Qin An, the Duke of Wu, said, "Please make a decision!" β
Li Hui, King Jing, Jian Guogong Xu Ye, and the six Shangshu Jiuqing, etc., all said in unison: "Please make a decision!" β
"Li Heng, the king of Yue, and Li Wei, the king of Yue, have the heart of rebellion, and hide hundreds of armor in the Nanshan Palace, wanting to do bad things. The sin should have been unforgivable, but he remembered that he had not been born, and he had already wept and confessed his mistake and forgiven the death penalty. Li Heng, the king of Yue, Li Wei, the king of Tianshui, and Li Jing, the king of Tianshui County, were concubines, and the princess Wang and Princess Gao of Siyue were concubines and were exiled to Guangzhou, Lingnan Province. And the king of Langling County, who denounced his fatherβ"
The sage narrowed his eyes slightly, and his expression did not hide his coldness: "Although the first complaint is meritorious, his unfilial piety makes me very cold. From beginning to end, he wanted to put his parents and brothers to death, and he never interceded for them, and I didn't dare to reuse such an unfilial person!! Okay, let him also go to Lingnan Road and be a Zhenzhou driver. β
Guangzhou is the most prosperous city in Lingnan Road, although it is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, it is not a completely wild place. After the people of the Yue Wangfu arrived in Guangzhou, although they had to be under surveillance day and night, they would no longer have good food and clothing, and they might still need to work hard, but after all, there were many men, and they should be able to live smoothly.
As for the king of Langling County, Zhenzhou doesn't sound good, only under the history of thorns - but Zhenzhou (Sanya) is the southernmost and most desolate state of Lingnan Road. And Zhenzhou, which is just a little bit of Xiazhou, is just from the fifth grade, barely enough to serve the scarf. However, who wants to go from the prosperous Chang'an to the miasma-ridden Zhenzhou to be an assistant who can't be in charge? This is a blatant punishment, no different from exile!
The hearts of the ministers were all in the same place: it was obvious that the saint hated the king of Langling County, even more than the king of Yue and the king of heirs. The current outcome of this case is by no means what the saint wanted. It is impossible to say that in a few years, the Yue Wang family is very likely to return to Chang'an like the family of Li Song. But as for whether they will leave Chang'an again like Li Song and completely stay away from power, it is unknown.
Then, the sage rewarded the eldest princess of Anxing with 2,000 gold for "meritorious service". It looks like a reward and praise, but in fact, it is the first time to hint at all the courtiers: King Yue's rebellion is related to the eldest princess of Anxing, she is not filial, does not respect the last orders of the emperor, interferes in political affairs, and wants to kill her brothers and nephews, which makes me very disgusted. And what she did in secret I couldn't tolerate. Smart people make a choice quickly.
The reputation of the eldest princess of Anxing was already very bad, and all the clan kings and princesses did not think that her reputation could be even worse. The saint is not only a king, but also firmly occupies the commanding heights of virtue, and the vast majority of people certainly do not hesitate to throw themselves on him. The eldest princess of Qinghe and the eldest princess of Linchuan even openly claimed that they would never appear on the same occasion as the eldest princess of Anxing.
For a while, the relatives of the high-ranking officials in Chang'an City also had to make a choice - they had no choice at all, if they were still thinking about the future of their own Ah Lang and Lang Jun, they must not be involved with the eldest princess of Anxing. Of course, there are also people who secretly plot and pretend to cut off relations with Princess Anxing to conceal their position.
For the current situation, the eldest princess of Anxing still didn't care about it, and after returning to the eldest princess's mansion, she smashed and smashed the ornaments in the dormitory, and the pieces were suddenly spread all over the ground. The newly replaced maids were so frightened that they trembled, and they didn't dare to say anything about comfort, let alone move. Some people were smashed to the point that their heads were bleeding, and they also clenched their teeth and did not dare to make a sound.
"Your lord is angry." I don't know when, Cheng Qing slowly walked in, "Angry and hurtful." β
"Why did the colt get here?" Princess An Xing smiled and threw the bottle in her hand at his feet.
Broken porcelain flew and cut his clothes, Cheng Juma seemed to be a little frightened, frowned and took two steps back: "Isn't this worried about your lord?" β
"Is there a good plan for the horses?" Princess An Xing asked lightly.
"I have no ambition, let alone talent." Cheng Qing hooked the corners of his mouth, "The people who offer advice to your lord are like carp crossing the river, and there is no shortage of me." But the one who can comfort your lord is none other than me. β
The eldest princess of An Xing sneered, and lazily stretched out her slender jade hand towards him: "You and I both know that our husband and wife are one. How can I be the only one who can help, and you are watching the excitement from the sidelines? β
A trace of darkness flashed in Cheng Qing's eyes, and then a flash of anger quickly flashed.