I heard that the plum blossoms of the Qin Palace, the Tang Zhenguan Emperor Li Shimin took advantage of the court to leave the palace and returned to the Qin Palace, one for appreciating the plum, and the other for nostalgia, but found a sword used in the past in the private treasury, inlaid with gold and jade is extremely sharp, very precious. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This sword accompanied him everywhere in battle, stained countless blood, made countless meritorious contributions, ate and slept when the military situation was urgent, and worked hard for him with the beloved war horse.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Ma put the Nanshan sword into the warehouse, and all the energy of the King of Qin was transferred to the reserve, and he began to practice archery for his own purposes.

After he ascended the throne and entered the palace, most of the things in the private treasury were moved into the palace, and this sword was revealed, but because it was useless, he didn't have any meaning, so he was forgotten here, but he didn't expect to see it inadvertently today.

He took the sword and looked at it for a long time, and then gestured under the plum tree for a long time, and after returning to the palace, he sighed sullenly.

Empress Changsun asked for a long time, and he said that this sword was given by the old uncle Xie back then, and it was the ancestral treasure of the Xie family.

The old uncle and he have a teacher-student friendship, not only taught him, but also loyal to him without regrets, for him to give up the position of the minister and the marquis, willing to guard the martial arts county as a county uncle for many years, only for him to have a number of retreats when he is cornered, and arranged a lot of secret private affairs for him before his death, but only asked that if the children and grandchildren are not good, I hope to see them in front of him to let them live.

He wanted to wait until he was done to compensate and reward the Xie family, but the old uncle didn't wait for that day, and if he really had no descendants, he went against his old man's wishes, which made him severely punished in anger.

Now that the Xie family has fallen into such a fate, although he has a bad anger in his heart, he does not have the pleasure of revenge, but his mood is becoming more and more depressed, and he feels sorry for the old uncle, especially after seeing this sword.

Empress Changsun understood his contradictory feelings, so she persuaded him: "The descendants of the Xie family are not good, and they should be punished, so they should teach them a lesson for the old uncle, and the emperor only took them to prison under that kind of anger, and did not behead them and exile them, not because of the old uncle's kindness."

The second son of the Xie family was dedicated to serving the prince at that time, just like a lackey, and the emperor only sent him to prison and dismissed him, and there was no serious punishment, which was already extraordinarily gracious, I heard that he was absurd and immoral, and the emperor did not have to blame himself.

The marriage between Mingjing and immortality can be said to be a blessing and creation, and it is also a good fate formed by the Zhou family at the beginning, which is not on the head of the old uncle.

But Ming Che can still be the county lord of Anyang, obviously for the sake of the emperor's uncle's face, in fact, it is not that the emperor's uncle noticed that the emperor was thinking of pardoning him with his old feelings, but he couldn't pull his face, it just so happened that Anyang wanted to marry, so he dared to open his mouth to seek this marriage for Anyang.

Although the emperor's backyard is a mess, he has never made a mistake in court affairs, if he hadn't guessed the emperor's thoughts, even if he let Anyang be the old aunt, he would never have begged the emperor to give him this marriage.

The concubine knew that the emperor not only hated Mingqing's disloyalty, but also gave up the old relationship for many years, and also felt that she couldn't live with the old uncle, so she was very conflicted and uncomfortable.

In fact, the emperor feels that Mingche's disloyalty is just speculation and feeling, not any real evidence, in fact, he has paid a lot for the emperor for so many years, and it can almost be said that the family is ruined.

To say something disrespectful, the concubine felt that the emperor forced Mingche to take his daughter to Jinyang, and she was a little suspicious, and some couldn't stand Mingche's loyalty for so many years, and forced him to openly go against the rules of the court, can he not be chilled? ”

Li Shimin sighed again: "I was also forced to be anxious at that time, our Qin Wangfu was worried every day, even my father gave up my son, reduced my power everywhere, and belittled my brothers who shared weal and woe with me, Liu Wenjing made great achievements for the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and did not die in the hands of the enemy, but died under the butcher's knife of the Tang Dynasty, can I not be heartbroken?"

He even connived at my eldest brother to harm me by means of inferiority, otherwise would he dare to openly poison me at palace banquets many times? Most of the courtiers and clans are enemies of me, and I go out every morning not knowing if I will be able to come back tonight.

Do you think I don't know, when we go out every day, you hug Chengqian and Zhi'er and they secretly cry? You also secretly prepared arsenic, fire oil, firewood and other things, planning that if there is news that I have been defeated or executed, you and your children will all take poison and commit suicide, and then burn down this Qin Palace, and you will never be tortured and humiliated to death by others?

Outsiders only say that I am ruthless, who would have thought that on the day of the Xuanwumen Incident, Yuanji's archery skills were more refined, and I was killed by an arrow first, what would happen to us? His arrows have been tempered many times with blood seals, and if only a little skin is scratched, I will die without a place to be buried.

I believe that if that is the result, Jiancheng and Yuanji will deal with me and the people behind me even more viciously, and they will be tortured to death a little bit, and you have prepared arsenic and fire oil in advance, is it not because you know this?

If it weren't for the invasion of foreign clans from time to time, the border wars were still unsettled, and there were generals such as Wei Chi, Qin Qiong, and Ming Che who were loyal to me, my father would not dare to act rashly for fear of causing greater disasters, otherwise he would have found an excuse to go to prison in the future to clear the way for Jiancheng, although he would not harm you, but you will eventually fall into the hands of Jiancheng, can I not be chilled? Can you not be afraid?

Seeing the people around me leave me one by one, either being degraded and killed, or abandoning me to join my eldest brother, I was terrified, for fear that they would betray me in the end, and I had nightmares almost every night.

It's a pity that I, as a descendant of the Li family, and the Tang Dynasty that I have personally built, I can't defect to the enemy and treason for my life, I just want to take you out of here and have nowhere to go, behind me is a hundred zhang cliff, I can only go forward desperately.

In the cliff behind us, Mingche is our last ray of life, if he also betrays me, we will only have to fight against the water!

You don't know, I summoned Mingche to secretly return to Beijing several times to meet, first, to discuss important matters, and second, to confirm his loyalty.

Later, I felt that only by forcing him to openly be an enemy of his father and Emperor Hecheng could I try to find out whether he was really loyal, and the key to this was his only daughter, and he didn't really care about the rest of the Xie Mansion at all, if he was willing to take his daughter away, it meant that he would be loyal to me to the death, and I could really rest assured.

On the day of the Queen Mother's Sacrifice, I personally asked him to take my daughter to Jinyang, but he didn't, he only said that his daughter was weak and extremely afraid of life because of the early death of her biological mother, so she could only stay in the county uncle's mansion and did not obey my orders.

It was then that I began to hate him, feeling that he had left a way out for me, and that he was not completely loyal to me, and you know what happened next. ”

Li Shimin spit out all the depression that had been pressing on his heart for so long in one breath, took a long breath, felt that the whole person was relaxed, and he was even more grateful that he had a virtuous and loyal wife, so that he could tell her everything with confidence.

Empress Eldest Sun had already sent all the palace people out, gently pinched his shoulders, and waited for her husband to calm down before she said euphemistically.

"Ming Che has almost put his net worth and life on the emperor since the day he followed the emperor, and he has paid too much for the emperor, how can he not know that you let him take his daughter away because he doubted his loyalty? Is it to force him to oppose the court?

The concubine thinks that Mingche is not anyone's dog, he is a hero, and he has always regarded you as a brother and a big brother, but you doubt him, use his most beloved daughter to persecute him, not only doubt his loyalty, but also do not treat him as a brother at all, can he not be chilled, can he not be angry? Heroes have always been angular, and it is possible that he will not comply with them in a fit of anger!

And after the death of his wife, he cherished his daughter the most, Jinyang Mountain is far away from the cold and desolate, the products and food are different from Beijing, especially in winter, the cold is unbearable and the wind and sand are big, almost can not eat vegetables and fruits, the concubine used to have several serious illnesses every year in Jinyang, and now she is weak and frail, how can she not be the root of the disease that fell in those years?

There is also Cheng Qian's childhood in Jinyang, he didn't even dare to go out of the house every winter, and a cold wind almost sent him sick one winter, these emperors must have remembered.

Myeongche's daughter grew up in the prosperous land of Gyeonggi since she was a child, and she heard that she was frail and sick and very afraid of life, and maybe a long journey would kill her, not to mention the climate of Jinyang. His reluctance to pick up his daughter may be really distressed that she is young and frail, and it is not necessarily that he is disloyal to the emperor.

And the emperor not only proposed that he take his daughter to Jinyang, but also planned to take his daughter to the Qin Palace, where he would be taken care of by his concubines, isn't this obviously holding his most distressed daughter hostage? If it hadn't been for the concubine's repeated persuasion at that time, maybe you would have done it!

If a person whom you are loyal and respectful to is suspicious of you without reason, and who uses tactics against you, even to the extent of holding us hostage, can you not be angry? Isn't it heartache? ”

Li Shimin lowered his head deeply and sighed: "I know this kind of pain better than anyone else, didn't my father treat me like this back then?" He is my biological father, the person I respect the most, trust and dearest, how many times have I been scarred all over my body in order to lay down the Tang Dynasty, but he finally gave up on me and forced me to death!

Is there anything more painful and desperate in the world than being treated like this by your biological parents? It was precisely because I was so disappointed in my family that I didn't feel guilty at all when I fired the arrow at Jiancheng, so I washed the prince's mansion and the Qi prince's mansion in a fit of anger. In fact, I am also very sad, I don't know what face I will have to see my mother in a hundred years......"

Empress Changsun stroked his back again and again: "The emperor is a person who values love and righteousness, but he was forced to do this kind of thing, which is why you are so sad and heartbroken." It's better to do this, for the sake of the queen mother, give Jiancheng and Yuanji some posthumous glory.

When the death day of the next year, the two families will be buried in the imperial mausoleum as clan relatives, and then invite the monks to chant the scriptures, and enjoy the incense sacrifice with the clan relatives in the future, which is worthy of them, and the queen mother must be in a better mood. ”

Li Shimin's brows suddenly relaxed: "What the queen said is very reasonable, they are always brothers of my mother's compatriots, they don't think that I am brothers, but I want to remember that they are brothers, just to see my mother in the future and give an explanation."

Tomorrow morning, I will have people agree on titles, and then start building a mausoleum for them. ”

Empress Eldest Sun covered her mouth and smiled: "The main lord has been pardoned, what kind of crime will those followers be punished?" From the perspective of concubines, it is better to start with clarity.

Even if he really wavered between the crown prince and the emperor at the beginning, he didn't do anything that couldn't help the emperor, he didn't want to betray the emperor, he just pitied his daughter.

The concubine felt that if a person didn't even care about his relatives for the sake of the so-called future and loyalty, it would be really terrible.

Even if he really has that thought, his merits are far greater than his faults, not to mention that he is accompanied by young people, he has been stationed in Jinyang for more than ten years, is it not for the emperor? Otherwise, his wife would not have died early, let alone now have only one daughter, and the emperor would have a group of children.

The imperial court rules that the family members of the border generals must stay in Beijing as hostages, if he promised to take his daughter into Jinyang at that time, wouldn't he openly go against the imperial court? Didn't he force his father to attack him? Can Mingche still resist disobedience? Otherwise, it is a rebellion, and it is difficult for us to protect ourselves at that time, so what can we do to protect him? At that time, there will be no real retreat.

The concubines felt that he was so calm and self-disciplined, but he reassured his father and the emperor and their hearts, thinking that he did not dare to betray orthodoxy, and the real loyalty was the person sitting on the dragon chair, and Mingche could defend the rear of Jinyang for the emperor. ”

Li Shimin laughed, but after being happy, he pondered, still very troubled, the Manchu Dynasty knew that Mingche was his sworn friend, and the first thing he did after succeeding to the throne was to cure his crimes, pardon him or in the name of King Huai'an, if he was reinstated, wouldn't he tell the world that he, the emperor, had done something wrong with his conscience? ”

Of course, Empress Changsun knew his thoughts, refilled him with hot tea, and said gently: "The concubine has an idea, maybe she can solve the emperor's problems."

If the emperor is not good for the time being, take his time, didn't the emperor ask you to transfer him back to the vicinity of the capital next year? The emperor might as well raise him one liter and then transfer him back, last time he didn't seal a seven-grade school consolation, this time it is better to get a commission from the sixth-grade.

He is a rare loyal and good general, it is a pity to abandon it, the Tang Dynasty was initially decided, the border was not stable, the emperor still wanted to expand the territory, it was an opportunity for him to make contributions, and at that time how the emperor pardoned and rewarded him was reasonable, how?

It is better to wait for Anyang to give birth to a son-in-law in the future, and transfer him to the northwest to take the opportunity to be promoted.

In the past, the court used to keep the rules of the border generals and their families in Beijing, but the concubines felt that this rule was useless, and the really anti-rebellious ones didn't care about this at all, but it seemed that the royal family was not very popular, not to mention that Mingche's daughter was still in the palace as a companion? It's good to block the mouths of the courtiers! (To be continued.) )