No matter how Fang Xuanling vomited in his heart, he could only say patiently at this time: "Your Majesty, Chang'an has become a mess of porridge." ”

Li Shimin looked fearless: "How to say? ”

"All the officials said that His Majesty acted rashly." Fang Xuanling was very careful with his words.

It can be seen that Li Shimin is unmoved, and he knows that he said too lightly and it is difficult to have an effect, so he coughed: "Some people even say that Your Majesty is no different from Emperor Yang of Sui." ”

This is serious enough, but Li Shimin is still unmoved.

He patted the case lightly with his hand, and then he glanced at Fang Xuanling deeply: "Are you talking about a private visit?" ”

Fang Xuanling didn't understand what Li Shimin's reaction was, and said: "There are some things that are talking about private visits." ”

Li Shimin continued to ask, "What else do you say?" ”

"There's also something about Gaoyou Deng's family." Fang Xuanling said: "They all say that the Deng family is guilty, but even if they are guilty, they can punish him for the first evil, how can they harm his family?" Even Emperor Yang of Sui was never so tyrannical. Now there is a lot of trouble in the three provinces and below, and there are as many books as crucian carp crossing the river......"

Emperor Yang of Sui said such words, and he thought that Li Erlang, who loved face, would be furious.

Li Erlang said: "Even if I am Emperor Yang of Sui, who would dare to oppose it?" ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui glanced at each other.

This time I went to Jiangnan, and His Majesty's temperament seems to have changed a lot.

In fact, for Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, what shocked them the most was not just that His Majesty punished the Deng family, but that they took down the King of Yue and wanted to punish the King of Yue.

His Majesty is still very good to his son, and Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui know this.

Especially the crown prince and Li Tai, His Majesty is most attentive to these two.

Now that Li Tai has been taken down, plus that Deng clan, this is obviously ...... Your Majesty has some unspeakable intentions.

This is also the reason why Fang Xuanling is not easy to impeach.

After all, everyone is scolding, so what's wrong with someone in my room scolding? The monk can touch it, but I can't touch it?

But His Majesty's move was clearly treacherous, and at this time, it was obvious that His Majesty's words had a deep meaning, and he felt that he had guessed correctly.

So Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, this matter has shaken the Qing Dynasty, and the officials have discussed a lot, and the trouble is very serious. ”

Li Shimin smiled and said, "So what does Fang Gong think about this matter?" Deng's crime, Fang Gong has heard of it. ”

"Deng Wensheng can be described as a heinous crime." Fang Xuanling made a judgment first: "His crime should be punished, it's just ......"

Li Shimin squinted, interrupted Fang Xuanling's words, and said, "Is it just that his clan is not guilty?" Then I came to ask you, who was Deng Wensheng who was clever in his words, bewitched Li Tai, colluded with the government, brutalized the people, and committed these crimes? ”

"Who has benefited from this and has been able to have fine food and clothing?"

Fang Xuanling was speechless for a while, of course he knew that with the benefits, it was those relatives of the Deng family who shared it.

But that being said......

Fang Xuanling said: "It's just Your Majesty'......"

Li Shimin waved his hand, glanced at Fang Xuanling, and then looked at Du Ruhui: "I get along with the two Qing families, so I said some heart-wrenching words." I don't know this truth, if it doesn't hurt my family? Among Deng Wensheng's relatives, is everyone guilty? I see...... Not really. ”

When Li Shimin said this, his tone softened: "Therefore, some people say that this is indiscriminate killing of innocents, and this is not wrong." The four words of indiscriminate killing of innocents, I confessed. If you really want to remember it in the future, I will be compared to Emperor Yang of Sui and the king of Shang. I admit it too! ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were shocked, no, Your Majesty is not like this on weekdays.

The two of them were silent, and they both knew that there must be something to talk about here.

I saw that Li Shimin immediately continued angrily: "But the Deng clan must be destroyed, and this has nothing to do with whether his relatives are guilty or not. Do you know what kind of people they are? In order to protect his family's land, he killed many innocent people? His Deng Wensheng's relatives are relatives, so the small people in Gaoyou County, do they have no parents, wives and children? Do they have no relatives? He Deng Wensheng knows what pain is, so don't the people know what pain is? I went to Gaoyou, and what I saw and heard was shocking. I saw the dry bones by the roadside, and the corpse of the baby girl floating in the puddle, and in order to repair the embankment for them, the old woman had no son of her own, but she had to be forced to go up the embankment, and an old woman, and there was a bride in the house, and the bride was pregnant, and her husband and sons were all dead. ”

"What I see is just the tip of the iceberg. Why can others lose their families, why do they survive in this world, live like pigs and dogs, eat chaff and vegetables, bear taxes, bear forced labor, they are bullied by this Deng family, but no one speaks for them, they can only endure with tears, their whole family is dead, and no one in the court and the central government has written for them. ”

"This is the blood and tears of thousands of people, but have the hundreds of officials in the court said anything? So far, I have not heard anyone say anything about it. Is there only one thing in the world where the Deng clan killed the people? In the past four years, hundreds of states in the world, why has no one reported these things? Their family is dead, will anyone avenge him? ”

"So......" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling deadly, and continued with a majestic face: "I don't care about indiscriminate killing of innocents, in troubled times, we should use heavy codes, if it is a peaceful world, of course, it should not harm the innocent, and it cannot be killed indiscriminately, but a family like the Deng family harms the people like this, if they don't kill, how can the people be angry?" If you don't kill them, I'll be their accomplice. I want people to know that the Deng family is a role model, they can harm the people, they can break the family. I can still destroy their homes and punish their clans, and they can be overbearing, and they can benefit their families. And I will kill them all. ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin glanced at Fang Xuanling deeply: "I am the father of all the people in the world. Rather than the head of a few families. If I don't understand this truth, why should I rule the world? ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were immediately frightened when they heard it, they knew very well what His Majesty's words meant.

It's just that at this time, they find that they are running out of words, what else can they say at this time? Your Majesty went to Yangzhou, what happened there, Your Majesty saw it with his own eyes, even if they wanted to refute it, what could they refute?

Fang Xuanling sighed and said: "Your Majesty loves the people, and the ministers can empathize, but it's just ...... The consequences of this matter ......"

"Anything you do, there are consequences." Li Shimin looked very calm, his eyes, as if they were the ocean, seemed unfathomable, he immediately said: "But I am the Son of Heaven, although the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is not stable, but I have already ruled the world, for the parents of all the people in the world, if I am just fierce and timid, scheming, and do great things and spare my life, then this Son of Heaven, don't do it." ”

"In this world, how many sons of heaven are there, not many of them are not me, and there are not many of them, and I have been shaken on the way back, but as soon as I think of the dead baby in my mind, and think of the poor old woman, I will not waver again. Such a people, such a people, the world is shocked to such a point, I can still be in this Taiji Palace, called a lonely widow, listen to these hundred officials praise me how holy I am, can I still indulge people like Deng, cruel to the people, bold and reckless, but ignore this, just ask people like Deng Wensheng, on the one hand like gluttonous greed to eat the flesh and blood of the people, while being sought after by them, to be the so-called holy monarch? ”

After that, Li Shimin stood up, he stared at the candle flame in the hall with faint eyes, the candle flame was swaying, reflected in his eyes, for a long time, he said slowly: "From today on, the Holy Monarch is dead!" ”

"Minister...... I see. Fang Xuanling's heart is complicated.

Du Ruhui was beside him, and he was also shaken.

Li Shimin suddenly looked up at them and said, "I want to ask you, do you still want to be virtuous ministers?" ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui glanced at each other.

This questioning was obviously a direct showdown with Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

There will be a holy king, and there will be a virtuous minister.

There are tyrants, and there are traitors.

This has been the norm for all dynasties and dynasties.

Now Li Shimin says that the Holy Monarch is dead, which means that the future Datang may have to change its course, and may adopt a completely different national policy from the past.

And this national policy is very likely to trigger a fierce backlash and criticism from the Manchu Dynasty. Since people compare Li Shimin to Emperor Yang of Sui, where should the two prime ministers who followed Li Shimin go?

Otherwise, they would still be their virtuous ministers, stand in the position of hundreds of officials, and launch an attack on Li Shimin together.

Otherwise, they still serve Li Shimin, but they ...... At that time, they may become traitors who obey the tyrant in the eyes of the people of the world.

Where to go, Li Shimin let them choose for themselves.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui stood up, they knew in their hearts that they were standing at a crossroads, and at this time, ...... They began to hesitate.

Long......

Fang Xuanling suddenly burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, your ...... The minister has never seen the tragic scene of Gaoyou County, the minister was originally a Sui minister, born in the family of the eunuch, but His Majesty raised troops, and the minister did not hesitate to follow His Majesty, His Majesty was the general, and the minister was the staff, and he was replaced by advice; When His Majesty was the King of Qin, he entered the palace, managed the secretary, and selected talents on behalf of His Majesty. In the past ten years, His Majesty has entrusted everything to his ministers, trusted his ministers, and never doubted each other. To His Majesty's accession to the throne, to the ministers as the minister, the minister did not dare to say that he was sincere to the country, but he always knew that although His Majesty was the lord of the minister, he was also the closest friend of the minister. Today, His Majesty asked the minister, and the minister could only answer in one sentence: Since he followed His Majesty, he followed His Majesty, and he had never had a different heart, His Majesty was a general, and his minister entered the shogunate; His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and the minister is the Prime Minister. Your Majesty should be tolerant of the world, and the ministers are self-serving. Now, Your Majesty wants to whip the world, punish the strong and help the weak, and govern the ministers, how can the ministers retreat? At most, it's just a death, but it's just a thousand years of infamy. The eldest husband was born in the world, and he can vote for a clear master, get along with each other, and have no regrets even if he dies. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but be moved when he heard this, but his face was much more relaxed, and he couldn't help but blur his eyes again.

stepped forward and touched Fang Xuanling's emaciated shoulder: "Xuanling, Xuanling, you are my heart, hey......" He sighed, and all the moving words seemed to be unspoken.

Seeing that Fang Xuanling still had bruises on his face, he couldn't help but rub the bruises on Fang Xuanling's forehead with his hands, and sighed again: "Why are there new injuries again?" I looked distressed, and I wanted to let the imperial doctor see it one day. ”

Fang Xuanling was so moved that he was about to run, but when he heard this, his face flushed slightly, so he lowered his head and said vaguely: "I've seen it, and if it's not in the way, the minister is used to it." ”

Li Shimin couldn't help sighing, it was just a family matter, but he knew that it was not easy to manage, and if he did, he might be counterattacked. I also thought that Fang Xuanling had no concubines at home, and that she would be scolded and beaten by the wicked woman all day long, and that she would have to worry hard and share her worries when she arrived in the court, and she couldn't help crying.

Fang Xuanling is really not easy!

He wiped away his tears, and then his eyes fell on Du Ruhui's body.

Du Ruhui is actually quite hesitant, his family is bigger than the Deng family, to a certain extent, what His Majesty did was also an infringement on the foundation of the Du family, but he hesitated slightly, but he couldn't help but be moved by Fang Xuanling's words, he sighed, and finally said as if he had made up his mind: "Your Majesty, the minister has nothing to say, I am willing to follow Your Majesty, share honor and disgrace." ”

Li Shimin finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

He and Emperor Yang of Sui are naturally different, and the most different thing is that it is......

Emperor Yang of Sui just inherited his father's business, and after ascending the throne, he was certainly the Son of Heaven, but how many people were really willing to serve him? Those people just want to seek high-ranking officials, so they welcome them everywhere, and few of them can do what Emperor Yang of Sui did.

But Li Shimin is different, he has today, because he has a team that shared life and death at the beginning, these people have all gone through many hardships with him, fought out of the mountain of corpses and blood, and crawled out of the pile of dead people together many times, although what Li Shimin may do in the future today will more or less affect their interests, but the friendship of living and dying together is still there, and the love of monarchs and ministers who know each other is still there, with them, what can not be done?

Li Shimin is not an emotional person, all his layouts, the huge changes in the entire national policy, even the violent backlash caused by Deng's punishment, and so on, are actually in his prediction.

Now Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui have already expressed their positions, but they have made Li Shimin relaxed.

Li Shimin ordered the two to sit down, and then listened to Fang Xuanling say: "Your Majesty, there is an impeachment note, which is quite interesting. ”

"Huh?" Li Shimin raised his eyes and looked at Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling said: "The secretary and supervisor Wei Zheng played a performance, which is also an impeachment note, but what he impeached was Gaoyou Deng's cruelty to the people and indiscriminate killing of innocents, now the Deng family has been wiped out, it is only the crime of the Deng family, but it is only the tip of the iceberg, and it should be implored by the imperial court to order a division to Gaoyou for a strict investigation......"

"Really?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.

Wei Zheng is a person that Li Shimin has dealt with, and this person was once Li Jiancheng's person. It has always been known for its outspokenness. A few years ago, the Tang Dynasty defeated Li Mi, and in order to appease Li Mi's old ministry in Shandong, he ordered Wei Zheng to go to Shandong to pacify, and when Wei Zheng returned, he entered the palace to serve.

This Wei Zheng is actually a magical person, his physique is similar to that of the Chen family, who dies with whom, the old masters Li Mi and Li Jiancheng at the beginning, and now they have become dry bones in the grave.

Fortunately, Li Shimin appointed him as the secretary and supervisor, which meant to appease Li Jiancheng's old department.

To a certain extent, it is not important for the secretary to say that it is important, on the one hand, at this level, there is the right to really discuss national affairs. On the other hand, the role of this position is to be the director of the library, but it also has some tasks of editing the annals.

The imperial courts of all dynasties and dynasties have focused on recording history, and the officials responsible for the revision of historical books are often very noble, but on the other hand, because they deal with pictures and texts every day, it is difficult to manage things, so Wei Zheng, the secretary and supervisor, is very noble, but has no actual authority.

When Li Shimin heard this, his face flashed with joy, Wei Zheng was a representative of the East Palace, but he didn't expect this person to stand up and speak at this time, which not only surprised him, but to a certain extent, it also had a certain representative significance.

Li Shimin said: "Wei Qing's family is a person who really loves the people." might as well be so, order Wei Qing's family to go to Yangzhou in person, investigate the Deng family's crimes thoroughly, and then show it to the world to set an example. ”

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling felt that it was appropriate, so he said: "This person is quite responsible, meticulous, strong and outspoken, and he is really a rare talent." ”

People's encounters are different, Fang Xuanling sighed in his heart, if he was the prince's staff at the beginning, maybe it was Wei Zheng who was the prime minister at this time, not him Fang Xuanling.

It's just that Fang Xuanling is not a narrow-minded person, and even has a lot of love for talents, although it is because of Li Jiancheng's old department, he is still determined to recommend it.

"Let's see how it behaves in Yangzhou." Li Shimin said lightly: "As for the other performances, I don't ask anything, let them go." ”

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This chapter is not easy to write, it took a long time to write, it was late, sorry.

In fact, I can write more, but I'm afraid that everyone will talk about water, pitiful.