Such an almost urgent look, Liu Tong almost never saw it on King Rui's face.

His fifth brother has always been calm and calm, and he never panics.

Today, however, because he ......

Liu Tong's heart was slightly sour, but his mouth was bitter.

Brother for twenty years, he knows what the fifth brother's move means.

The fifth brother didn't let him speak.

But he couldn't bear it anymore!

Liu Tong gritted his teeth, and King Rui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he didn't make a sound, and turned to Emperor Yuanwu at the head and said: "Father, the crimes of the Qi and Lu families are clear, and the evidence is conclusive, so they should be questioned." Erchen believes that there is no need to quarrel over this. The founding of the Great Wei Dynasty formulated the "Great Wei Law", which was revised and improved year by year, and now, from the royal family to the common people, all offenders should be punished in accordance with the laws of the Great Wei Dynasty. ”

When it came to things like rules, King Li had to stand up and echo him: "Father, the son thinks that what the fifth brother said is extremely true. Once the laws and regulations of the Great Wei Dynasty are in place, they should be followed. Otherwise, what is the use of this statute? ”

When the two princes opened their mouths to say "The Law of Great Wei", the other ministers in the court were a little afraid to answer.

"The Law of the Great Wei" was compiled by Wei Gaozu when the Great Wei Dynasty was established, who wants to say that the laws of the Great Wei can not be followed, isn't this a blatant handle to the hands of people?

Emperor Yuanwu stared in contemplation.

Seeing that Emperor Yuanwu was a little moved, the crown prince and King Zhu were suddenly anxious, and secretly gave their faction a look.

Immediately, a person came out and said: "What Prince Rui and Prince Li said is not unreasonable, but if they follow the laws of the Great Wei and suddenly exert their power on the Qi and Lu families, and thus cause a backlash from the two families, I don't know if the two princes can consider this consequence?" ”

This is to kick the ball back again.

When Emperor Yuanwu heard this, he also looked at King Rui and King Li.

King Li is only in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, so he smiled and stopped talking.

King Rui's back stiffened slightly for a moment, and then he said slowly: "The ancients had clouds, and if you want to know straight, you must be on the line; If you want to know the circle, you must follow the rules. If the moment is not correct, it cannot be square; If the rules are not correct, it cannot be round. Erchen believes that the affairs of the world are not difficult to legislate, but difficult to enforce; It is not difficult to listen to words, but it is difficult to do what is said. Since the father inquired about the ministers on this matter, he must not let the adults in the palace treat the "Great Wei Law" as nothing. ”

There was a deathly silence in the hall.

King Rui continued: "The people of Yanzhou, who have been oppressed for several years or even decades, have been beaten to death on the street and imprisoned by several bitter masters, and even the Yanzhou Tongzhi who served the court with a report after studying hard in the cold window, and swore allegiance to the court with the imperial court, but was also stabbed and held hostage by the Qi and Lu families...... They are waiting for the court to return them to a blue sky. ”

King Rui knelt down in his robe and said solemnly: "The Qi and Lu families should be arrested and questioned, if they have any unfavorable actions to the imperial court because of this, according to the "Great Wei Law", it will be decided according to the law. The Great Wei has never been tired of raising soldiers, is it still afraid of two ethnic groups in one state? ”

King Rui's voice was clear and gentle, not aggressive, but it was deafening and slapped the face of the minister in the palace who had been arguing before.

Liu Tong stood behind King Rui.

King Rui's posture is not particularly tall and mighty, and his height is even a little shorter than Liu Tong.

But even if King Rui knelt on the ground at this time and looked at the past from Liu Tong's perspective, in front of him, it still seemed that there was a high mountain, towering and inviolable.

Emperor Yuanwu stood in front of the imperial throne, his eyes fell on King Rui, and his expression was complicated. There was both appreciation and regret, but with a little scrutiny and jealousy, he glanced at the prince instead, and the look of disappointment flashed.

After a long time, Emperor Yuanwu said: "What the Qi and Lu families committed is not tolerated by the law and the imperial court. The prince of Zhengrui took 2,000 Zuo Xiaowei to Yanzhou, asked the people in charge of the Qi and Lu families, and arrested them in Beijing. Those who refuse to be arrested will be killed on the spot. ”

As soon as Emperor Yuanwu said this, the crown prince and King Zhu couldn't help but gasp.

Zhu Wang, who was still kneeling on the side, was in a hurry, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he took a few steps forward and said, "Father! The Yanzhou tribes have always had dealings with the Goguryeo royal family, and if Goguryeo has the heart to help, it may cause a national war! ”

Emperor Yuanwu looked at King Zhu, and only after a while did he sneer: "You mean, I still have to be afraid of that small country in Goguryeo?" For the fear of Goguryeo, even the Qi and Lu families have to think twice before acting? I'm a great Wei, in your eyes, so afraid of war? ”

Zhu Wang was speechless, and the prince was inspired to step forward and said: "My father has always been a good neighbor and a close neighbor, and he loves the lives of the people, if King Rui leads his troops to Yanzhou, and there is really a local resistance in Yanzhou, then the people ......."

Of course, the prince doesn't want the Qi family to explain like this, although now it seems that even if the Qi family is saved, the Qi family will not continue to do such things as plundering and selling civilians in the future, and his financial road is cut off, but if he doesn't want to find a way to fish out the Qi family, in case the Qi family says something, then he, the prince, ......

The prince wanted to take the road of saving the country by curves, but naturally his enemies spoke out against it.

King Qi smiled gently: "When the prince said this, does he think that the Qi and Lu families will threaten the imperial court with the lives of the people of Yanzhou?" ”

As soon as King Qi spoke, the prince had a lot of fears, and he didn't answer for a while, thinking carefully about whether there were loopholes and traps in King Qi's words.

King Cen hugged his chest with both hands, and said in a strange manner: "When, when will my Great Wei be threatened?" Usually, I didn't see the prince think about the people like this. ”

The prince's face was extremely ugly.

The words of the sons were sharp, and Emperor Yuanwu stood at the top, only feeling that his chest was tight.

He glanced at a few of his sons, and reluctantly mentioned other princes who had not been crowned kings.

When asked about the Nine Emperors, Emperor Yuanwu paused, obviously still caring about Liu Tong who suddenly stood up to call his father before Liu Tong, but was pulled back by King Rui.

"What do the Nine Emperor Princes think?" Emperor Yuanwu sat down on the throne and asked slowly.

Liu Tong didn't raise his eyes or raise his head, just stood like this, and said in a flat voice: "Erchen has no idea, whatever the father says, it's what it is, after all, the king's life is as big as the sky." ”

Liu Tong's words caused the courtiers to frown, and King Rui's eyebrows were twisted into a ball.

After a pause, Liu Tong smiled sarcastically, and added: "Retreat to the second, the father has no idea, and the sons naturally listen to the prince." ”

With a "swish", everyone's eyes suddenly focused on the prince again, and those who understood the sound of the strings looked at King Rui again, and their eyes turned around on the two sons of Emperor Yuanwu.

The prince stood, only feeling a thorn in his back.

Emperor Yuanwu's hands tightened, and he said plainly: "Oh? Listen to the prince? I thought that you had always followed King Rui and listened to King Rui's orders in everything, but I didn't expect that you also understood the rules. ”

The expression on Liu Tong's face became colder, and his smile became colder and colder: "That's nature, don't you have to follow the rules in everything." It's like committing the "Great Wei Law" to be convicted and sentenced, this is also the rule. Even if you escape such a rule, the heavens are clear, and retribution will always follow. (To be continued.) )