Hearing His Royal Highness King Yong say this, Pei Shouzhen was stunned for a moment, and then lowered his head and said: "Despicable disobeyed the order of the stage, stayed in the imperial city, and harassed His Royal Highness, the evidence of the crime is conclusive......"

"Not enough, it's not enough."

Li Tong sneered, turned to look at Li Yuanyuan and said, "Li Shangshu, tell him how many sins he confessed should be punished within the punishment of Xingtai. ”

Li Yuan was also a little unclear about what His Highness intended at this time, and when he heard this question, he hesitated for a moment before he replied: "The execution of the stage is not only to kill Liwei. Pei Cheng committed all the prohibitions, there was no snooping on the secrets of the Taiwan before, and there was no conspiracy to hide treachery and assassinate him later, so he was punished with long and short prison sentences, and he could not lose money to replace the punishment. ”

Although there is a strict side to the law enforcement in Taiwan, except for the beginning when King Yong newly entered the customs and needed to kill Liwei, as the situation in the customs gradually stabilized, in addition to the ten heinous crimes, there was no indiscriminate punishment.

However, this does not mean that the law does not have the effect of deterring people's hearts, although the punishment of killing is prudent, but the punishment of various kinds of imprisonment can also make people feel different. The territory that Xingtai now controls is as far as the Western Regions, and it is as wide as the Hanhai, once it is sent to the bitter cold land of the frontier, the taste is not much better than dying at that time.

Hearing the two people's answers, Pei Shouzhen's face was bitter again, and he muttered for a moment before he spoke again: "I don't know how to do my job, and I use rumors to admonish His Highness. ”

"You are not a member of the line, so naturally you don't know the whole picture of what is going on. Moreover, because of the words of the killing, the benevolent do not do it, because of your life, it will damage my clear voice, and it is not enough to demonstrate the fairness and strictness of the stage. ”

After Li Tong heard this, he waved his hand again, indicating that this reason was not sufficient, but he still refused to let go of Pei Shouzhen, and just said in a deep voice: "Keep thinking, keep talking!" ”

Hearing His Royal Highness King Yong's continued questioning, Pei Shouzhen was really full of bitterness for a while. He was conceited of morality, involved in danger and forcible to King Yong, and his words were disrespectful, and everyone saw this matter, and he knew that he had offended King Yong deeply.

Especially seeing the huge cost and great contribution before and after the stage, it can be said that the Tang family is now free of swords and soldiers in the territory, and they all rely on the work of the platform. The imperial court is not sympathetic to the heavy side affairs of Xingtai, but blindly urges money and food, to be honest, even Pei Shouzhen feels that it is unreasonable and unfair.

Nowadays, the realm of Shaanxi is almost a state outside the square, and the responsibility is not all due to the courage of King Yong, but also to the loss of knowledge in the court itself. To put it mildly, even if the imperial court bans Xingtai and solves the Yongwang problem, if the Shaanxi Zhujing is well governed, and the surrounding thieves are subdued, how many people can boast that they can take on this great responsibility instead of Yongwang? Whatever is consumed, it may be even more than before.

The reason why Pei Shouzhen was willing to die was because he knew that the offense of his behavior had offended King Yong. The second is also ashamed, his previous attitude, more or less because he felt that King Yong's power was high and powerful, and his heart was obvious, and he resisted the emperor's order in the realm of Shaanxi, and wanted to set up another statute in the realm of Guanxi, which was naturally not tolerated by the prince's ministers.

But the fact is that King Yong has this realm for the western wall defense, and the manpower and material resources of the entire Shaanxi Province have been used to the extreme, and the court has inherited this benefit from calmly, but it is still blindly urging and demanding, and even faintly treating King Yong and Jiang Xingtai as the enemy of tigers and wolves.

Of course, Shaanxi is not a foreign country, but under the narrow-mindedness of the people, there is already a judgment of the enemy and the enemy. This fact shook Pei Shouzhen's morality, and even collapsed, and the court used patriarchal law and urged the emperor to Yongwang Shangke, but if Yongwang really fell, can these old techniques also deter the enemy?

This kind of shaking of belief and change of mentality is out of Pei Shouzhen's own conscience, but at the same time, it is contrary to his past morality, which makes him frightened. Seeking death at this time is really not a way to make a living by boasting of loyalty.

King Yong repeatedly asked for what crime he should be used to kill him, which did have a bit of a heart-wrenching question. Pei Shouzhen replied several times, but he was still afraid to reveal his truest feelings in his heart, but King Yong was not perfunctory by him, and continued to ask.

After being silent for a long time, Pei Shouzhen finally sighed, fell deep on the ground, and replied astringently: "Your Highness's previous admonition that Shouzhen is willing to accept the guilt, and what he did today is indeed greedy for the thief's festival and seeking false reputation. ”

"This time the imperial order was used to enter Beijing, and the root of the matter was not investigated, but it was trapped in public opinion and customs, and it was illegal outside the imperial order. sneaked to stay in Taiwan, vainly took responsibility for himself, and begged for festivals in a strict manner, and even falsely accused His Royal Highness of harming the community and wanted to donate his life to police the public. In terms of human affection, this is to alienate relatives, so that His Royal Highness and the saint are incompatible. Generally speaking, it is a thief who refers to merit as a thief and destroys the pillar stone of our society, which is a big traitor! ”

When Pei Shouzhen said this, tears flashed in his eyes: "Humble and shy boast of the emperor's order, the world eats Tang Lu, and he can't make a big plan in the court, so that the emperor's grace can't be extremely tolerant and impartial." Foreign affairs cannot gain insight into the difficulties of states and counties, and they are written on the top. is only jealous of His Royal Highness's high power and power, and he slanders the national weapon and exaggerates the bizarre. But there are one or two righteous thoughts in my heart, and I have asked the people of Chang'an why they are happy at the moment, but they are just paranoid and miserly, and they are stingy with my narrow thoughts and vain crusade. ”

"All these sins shall go unto death. His Royal Highness's family is close to the family, divided into Shaanxi important ministers, and was set up by the Taijie Yue, and what he killed was the paranoid and greedy minister of despicable position, who did not take Kuang Zheng as his merit, and only took the accusation as his ability! The foolish heart knows the big crime, but he begs for a blank piece of paper, leaves a letter here, and is willing to be punished! ”

Telling this true feeling in his heart is an extremely embarrassing thing even for a person like Pei Shouzhen who feels dying. He dared to do this deed, and he had a loyal and moral belief in his heart to inspire him, and to let him disintegrate this belief by himself, see clearly the little paranoia in his heart, and analyze it, which is tantamount to a complete denial of himself.

So after saying this, Pei Shouzhen was already in tears, and he had a sense of remorse.

His behavior is to use the so-called righteousness of the emperor's order to hide his selfishness. Now there is an atmosphere in the imperial court, and they are vigilant against Shaanxi Dao Daxingtai and Yongwang, thinking that Xingtai is an unregulated existence and a cancer that divides Kansai. thinks that King Yong is arrogant and difficult to control, and he has suffered such a vast imperial grace, and he can't obey the emperor's orders, and his heart of disobedience is obvious.

The atmosphere created by such a way of thinking naturally made some loyal and morally abiding courtiers have a kind of antipathy and hostility towards King Yong and Xingtai from their hearts, and the previous Pei Shouzhen belonged to this list.

Inspired by such a belief, Pei Shouzhen naturally believed that King Yong's interception of Shaanxi's tribute was to store grain and raise troops and create his own power, hoping to one day return to the east and win the throne by force.

Therefore, Pei Shouzhen dared to make a strong admonition, thinking that even if he died because of this, he would not lose his reputation and integrity.

However, this line of thinking, firstly, denies King Yong's real merits to the Tang Dynasty, and secondly, exaggerates the vastness of the imperial court.

The establishment of Xingtai was originally set up by the imperial court when it was unable to look westward, and even so far, the imperial court has not had a specific planned phalanx for border affairs.

Within the peaceful atmosphere created by Xingtai's defense of the vast majority of foreign invaders, the courtiers boldly spoke up and rested with the people, setting up King Yong and Xingtai as a negative example of reckless military force and merit and abuse of the people. All the behaviors of King Yong to resist the border enemies are regarded as his personal plans to consolidate his power.

Pei Shouzhen didn't think there was anything wrong with this idea before, but when he saw the real secret affairs of Xingtai, he deeply understood what kind of responsibility Shaanxi Dao Daxingtai was bearing.

After listening to Pei Shouzhen's analysis of himself, Li Yuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Since His Royal Highness King Yong took charge of the stage, all the experiences he has experienced are worthy of the reputation of the town. Kansai is so fine, how can you enjoy it leisurely on the stage? In the prefectures of Shaanxi Province, the people have been tired for a long time, and since the station was broadcast, the people's power has been well maintained and used. The imperial court only used written orders to reprimand and condemn, which is indeed unfair.

We and other members of the line, behind His Royal Highness, military affairs, civil affairs, and hard work, it is indeed not as good as the Dugi princes who are idle and focused on speech. However, if Shaanxi's politics are in order, and the Wang Sect is not deserted, what is done will not be called nothing. Pei Cheng can have this realization, which is gratifying. ”

In the last sentence, Li Yuan said it to His Royal Highness King Yong, and it can be regarded as a slight plea for Pei Shouzhen.

When Li Tong heard this, his face also softened. Pei Shouzhen's words and deeds did make him very annoyed, but he would not kill the other party directly, and he also planned to use this matter to solve the problem of whether Shaanxi Daogong was handed over once and for all.

Of course, whether to kill Pei Shouzhen or not depends on the other party's understanding and temperament. Therefore, even as a heart-wrenching question, let Pei Shouzhen do a self-examination, and now that it sounds, this review can indeed be called profound.

Of course, the degree account he showed Pei Shouzhen was naturally not the whole of Xingtai, but only a part related to the rent adjustment of Shaanxi Province. In addition, Xingtai also has other inputs, such as the profit of flying money, the income of Longxi Rongchang, as well as some smuggling in Hedong and Shannan, as well as the loss of Suwei salt and iron in Bingzhou.

Compared with these inputs, the proportion of Shaanxi Provincial Prefectures' rent and tribute in the fiscal revenue of Xingtai is not high, but it is better than stability. Especially with the deepening of various tasks such as the expansion of households and reclamation, this part of the income is also rising rapidly.

In the same way, the initial funds obtained by almost emptying the treasury of the Shendu Mansion before his westward journey are not recorded in this degree book. Of course, Li Tong is not taking money and not doing things, with the same investment, these things he has done, no one else may be able to do better than him.

"Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who do not know me say what I want."

Li Tong sighed, stood up from the banquet again, took off the brocade robe on his body, draped it on Pei Shouzhen, and helped him up: "Keeping the truth is not a pity." But the people who are acting on the Taiwan are wrong to obey me, and it is very precious to get these fair words. Life is important, outside of life and death, fame and fortune are only. But I can make a little name for the people who work in Taiwan, a little angry, and pay the spring breeze. ”