"Your Majesty, Ashina's association rate has been executed! He Luohu was exiled to Lingnan and set off on the same day. ”

In the Taiji Palace, Li Daozong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, respectfully reported to Li Shimin that the two masterminds of the assassination case had all been punished, and on the surface, the change in the Jiucheng Palace had ended, but everyone knew that the real undercurrent had just begun.

Li Shimin bowed slightly, this matter is related to the relationship between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty, and it is already within the minimum range to be able to control only a few people who are implicated, which is already the best result for both the Tang Dynasty and the Turks.

"Your Majesty's rebellion has been punished, and more loyal people have emerged, many loyal guards have sacrificed to protect Your Majesty, and many loyal generals have made great achievements, and those who have made great achievements will be punished, and those who have merit will be rewarded, and the ministers want to ask for credit for these loyal soldiers." Fang Xuanling said loudly, he is the head of the hundred officials, and it is reasonable for him to come forward to ask for credit for the guards, but his loyalty is somewhat meaningful.

Li Shimin's face softened slightly, nodded and said: "All the soldiers who sacrifice will be given three times the pension, but all the soldiers who participate in the rescue will be given an extra year of silver as a reward, and other meritorious generals will be rewarded." ”

After all, the traitors were only a few, and most of them were still loyal to him, which made him feel a little better.

"Thank you for your majesty's generous gift." Fang Xuanling solemnly saluted Li Shimin.

Li Ji, who temporarily acted as the secretary of the military department, followed Fang Xuanling. "In the merit of rescuing the driver, Mohou has the merit of warning, when the guards of the Eightfold Palace were hit hard, he led the guards of the Eightfold Palace to kill dozens of rebels, and led the remnants of the army to support the Ninefold Palace, and scared away the head of the rebels, Ashina, so that His Majesty turned the crisis into safety, and he should be the first to take the lead."

A group of civil and military ministers couldn't help but be in an uproar, they only heard that Mo Jiazi had made a contribution, but they didn't expect that in this assassination case, Mo Jiazi would play such a big role, thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but think of a rumor, that is, Mo Jiazi has a peerless weapon in his hand, and the one in it will die.

"This is what a minister should do, and the minister doesn't dare to take credit." Merton came out of the list, after all, he was also on the rebels' attack list, also to protect himself.

Li Shimin's eyes softened for the first time when he looked at Merton, and he nodded slowly: "If you don't receive merit, how will others deal with themselves." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Merton didn't shirk and gave up.

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Morton has the merit of saving the driver, and the official has been promoted by one level, from the fifth rank to the fourth grade, and the position of firearms supervisor has been restored." ”

Such a young four-rank official! When the ministers looked at Mo Dun's eyes, they couldn't help but feel a little more envious, once upon a time when they were promoted to the position of the fourth grade, they were already gray-haired, but the Mo family was young and had already reached it, but this time no one had any objections, after all, the rescue was there, and no one dared to object.

Even the restoration of the position of firearms supervisor and wine has no objection, first, the firearms supervisor has been divided into two, the importance of the position of firearms supervisor and wine is not as important as before, and even the Western Turks and Tubo have infinitely increased the importance of the Mo family, and listed it as a must-kill ranks, and the Tang Dynasty will be criticized for idleness, not to mention that the peerless weapon in the hands of Mo Hou has begun to show its power, and the firearms supervisor can only shine in the hands of the Mo family, and the position of the firearms supervisor can only be Mo Jiazi.

"Obey the order!" Merton bowed.

The eldest grandson Chong at the end of the military generals couldn't help but have a strange face, he had just separated the firearms army from the firearms prison, and in the blink of an eye, the Mo family had regained control of the firearms prison, I am afraid that their grievances will continue.

Li Ji continued: "Captain Sun Wukai guarded the Nine Palaces, was loyal to his duties, used his quick wits to distinguish between friend and foe, and held on until the arrival of reinforcements, which should be a secondary merit. ”

"I am willing to die for Your Majesty." Sun Wukai knelt in the Taiji Hall and excitedly expressed his loyalty to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin nodded very helpfully, he had just experienced rebellion, and he liked to listen to the words of loyalty the most, and said at the moment: "Sun Wukai has meritorious service in guarding, and he has been promoted from the sixth-rank Zhichong lieutenant to the fifth-rank Zhonglang general, and he has been given the title of viscount of Kaiguo County." ”

Sun Wukai was shocked when he heard this, and suddenly bowed to Li Shimin, and said gratefully: "Thank Your Majesty for your grace." ”

Wupin Zhonglang may be able to reach it in his lifetime, but the title of the founding county prince is probably difficult for him to achieve in his lifetime, and Li Shimin's reward for him must be ungenerous.

"Qin Huaiyu and the others rushed to pursue the enemy army and capture the Ashina association rate, which should be the last achievement." Li Shimin bowed and said.

Qin Huaiyu and the three of them bowed down and said, "The ministers and others are not effective in rescuing, so Your Majesty is frightened and deserves death." ”

Li Shimin said: "You are ashamed and brave, you can atone for your sins, and you should be rewarded for returning from the Ashina Association. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, the judgment of the three of them was correct, and it was already the greatest luck to be able to atone for their sins.

Li Shimin has rewarded the next meritorious soldiers, of course, the strength is not as great as the first three merits, but they are all generously rewarded.

And in the whole process, there is only one person who is the most lost, that is Xi Junmai, as the general responsible for guarding Li Shimin's safety, but he encountered an assassination incident, and he can't get out of it anyway.

Just when everyone thought that the reward had ended, the new Zhonglang General Wu Kai, the son of the founding county, came out again and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a play." ”

"Oh! What is Sun Aiqing's play? Li Shimin had a very good impression of Sun Wukai, and couldn't help but smile.

Sun Wukai said solemnly: "The minister looked at the assassination incident and found that there was a huge flaw in the plan to protect His Majesty. ”

Li Shimin's eyes flashed and said, "Please tell me carefully." ”

Sun Wu said cheerfully: "The minister thinks that among the generals, there are frequent personal exchanges, and the five-fold palace and the six-fold palace have been broken by the rebels, and the army should be ordered like a mountain, and no one can be in vain, second, the Praetorian Guard should be equipped with a code word in order to prevent unknown people from mixing in, if it is not a code word, it will not be released, in case it is taken advantage of by the enemy, and the third ..................." ”

"In the end, the minister thinks that the strength around His Majesty should be strengthened, I heard that the ink sacrifice wine has a peerless weapon in his hand, if all the guards around His Majesty wear peerless weapons, I am afraid that no one in the world can get close to His Majesty." Sun Wu said cheerfully.

Coincidentally, not only did Xi Junmai set his sights on the peerless weapon in Merton's hand, but even Sun Wukai also set his sights on it, and that kind of murderous weapon was enough to make the people in the army feel moved.

Merton shook his head and said, "This weapon is not mature and is not suitable for mass production for the time being, but the minister will order the firearms superintendent to continue to study and protect His Majesty's safety as soon as possible." ”

Li Shimin nodded slowly, he had also seen that weapon, and it was indeed damaged after only a few uses.

Sun Wukai nodded regretfully and said, "Since the peerless weapon cannot be used for the time being, the minister believes that as long as the minister's perfect strategy is used, His Majesty will definitely be safe and worry-free." ”

Sun Wukai sprinkled with emotion, attacking the loopholes of the existing protection, the important ministers in the court are all foxes of thousands of years, how can they not know Sun Wukai's purpose, he is obviously making suggestions, but in fact he is attacking the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Xi Junmai, for his ineffective guards, intending to get involved in the position of the commander of the Praetorian Guard.

"The minister impeached Xi Junmai, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, for his ineffective guards, leaving His Majesty in danger."

"This assassination incident was done by Xi Junmai on dereliction of duty."

"Please remove Xi Junmai from his position and hold him accountable."

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For a while, Xi Junmai became the target of public criticism, and the ministers impeached Xi Junmai one after another.

Li Shimin looked at Xi Junmai, frowned, and said, "Xi Junmai, what justification do you have?" ”

Xi Jun bought out of the column, knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty: "The minister's dereliction of duty put His Majesty in danger, the duty is unshirkable, the minister is willing to be punished, but the minister has a word that is not unhappy, and when His Majesty listens to the minister, he will be killed and punished, and the minister will never complain." ”

"Speak!" Li Shimin said expressionlessly.

"Your Majesty, there is no perfect strategy in this world, only a safer strategy, the assassination is not a well-guarded thing that can be done once and for all, the thief army will always do everything possible to find out the security loopholes, and the conspiracy is not good for Your Majesty." As soon as Xi Jun bought these words, he immediately vetoed Sun Wukai's foolproof strategy, and the Manchu Dynasty suddenly felt a strong confrontation.

Li Shimin frowned, a little dissatisfied in his heart, in his opinion, Sun Wukai's protection strategy was already extremely comprehensive, if he had used this to deal with it before, the thief army would have been discovered as soon as he entered the Jiucheng Palace, and he would not be able to attack his side at all.

Sun Wukai couldn't help but sarcastically say: "In this way, General Xi thinks that this assassination of Jiucheng Palace is not your responsibility, but that Ashina's association rate is too cunning. ”

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but shake their heads and sighed, if Xi Junmai honestly admits his mistakes, maybe His Majesty will look at the previous relationship and let him go, but now he has been shirking, I am afraid it will only dislike Li Shimin.

Xi Junmai shook his head and said: "The minister did not shirk his responsibility, even if General Sun Zhonglang's plan is a foolproof strategy, if he encounters a peerless weapon in the hands of Mohou, can he really prevent it?" ”

Suddenly, everyone pondered, according to Xi Junmai's assumption, I am afraid it will be really difficult to defend.

"As General Xi said, there is no one in the world who can protect His Majesty's safety.

Sun Wu snorted happily, in his opinion, Xi Jun's move was just a quibble, just to exonerate himself.

Xi Junmai said solemnly: "If you want Your Majesty to be safe and worry-free, there is only one way, that is, to attack the shield of the son with the spear of the son, the minister envisages to divide the Praetorian Guard into two, one side defends, one side pretends to be an assassin, and the two sides attack and defend each other, if the pretending assassin side can break through the defense side, it proves that Your Majesty's defense still has loopholes, and you need to strengthen the guard, until Your Majesty's defense is impeccable, in order to ensure Your Majesty's safety, this is the criminal minister for Your Majesty to offer a defensive method." ”

After Xi Junmai finished speaking, all the officials looked at Xi Junmai in surprise, as if they knew him for the first time.

Just now they listened to Sun Wukai's defense plan, and felt that it was perfect, when Xi Jun's plan came out, Sun Wukai's defense plan suddenly became a joke, Sun Wukai's defense plan was just an afterthought, and the loopholes in the Jiucheng Palace assassination case were filled one by one, and whether there were loopholes in itself I am afraid it is unknown.

However, Xi Junmai's defense plan is constantly escalating until it is perfect, Xi Junmai said that there is no foolproof strategy, but everyone knows that this is a foolproof strategy.

Sun Wukai's face turned pale suddenly, he didn't expect Xi Junmai to come up with such a plan, compared to the two plans, what he thought was a foolproof plan suddenly became a joke.

"Weichen only asks for His Majesty's safety, and he offers this policy, not to exonerate himself, this time Jiucheng Palace is derelict in his duties, and the minister is willing to be punished." Xi Junmaibai fell in the tunnel.

Li Shimin took a deep look at Xi Jun's purchase, and even he felt extremely surprised by the plan that Xi Jun bought, and he couldn't help but say in his heart at the moment: "Attack the shield of the son with the spear of the son, this is what you came up with." ”

Xi Junmai shook his head and laughed miserably: "The minister is stupid, where can he come up with such a plan, otherwise how can he put His Majesty in danger, this is after the change of Jiucheng Palace, Wei Chen's heart is painful and self-reproaching for betraying His Majesty's trust, so the guilty minister specially asked Mohou for advice." ”

Xi Junmai did not hide it, taking this credit for himself, but directly and frankly said Merton.

Suddenly, the hundred officials suddenly realized that Xi Jun bought this plan incredible, it really didn't look like it was from the head of a martial artist, and when they heard that it was the idea of the Mo family, the hundred officials suddenly felt that this was normal, after all, how surprised

"The minister has been studying Legalism recently, and he has just gained a little." Merton said with an embarrassed look.

Li Shimin glared at Merton, took a deep breath and said: "The commander of the Praetorian Guard, Xi Junmai, must not be punished for the defeat of the guard, and his official position will be reduced from the rank of Captain Liupin Guoyi to half a year. ”

"The minister is willing to be punished." Xi Junmai accepted without hesitation.

Baiguan couldn't help sighing, Li Shimin still only lowered Xi Junmai to Captain Liupinguoyi, and did not say that Xi Junmai would be transferred away, and Xi Junmai would not be allowed to continue to guard, obviously he still continued to trust Xi Junmai, and what Baiguan didn't know was that what really saved Xi Junmai was not only the strategy of attacking the shield of the son with the spear of the son, but that he did not hesitate to take the credit for exonerating himself, but frankly said the credit of Merton, you must know that to be a guard by His Majesty's side, loyalty is above all else.

Sun Wukai lowered his head, and suddenly showed resentful eyes, he had just asked Merton for a peerless weapon to protect His Majesty, but Merton refused to talk to him, but who knew that he actually helped Xi Junmai, so that Xi Junmai escaped, and let his plan completely fail.

Sun Wukai's resentful expression quietly fell in the eyes of Changsun Chong, now he controls the firearms army, but he is not familiar with military affairs, he just needs a person to lead the army, Sun Wukai happens to have a dislike with the Mo family, plus he has proven himself in the change of Jiucheng Palace, which is exactly the talent he needs.

As for Xue Rengui, who was originally in the firearms army, he was a member of the Mo family, so he naturally wouldn't use him.

At this point, the rewards and punishments of the Jiucheng Palace Revolution have finally ended, and some officials are about to prepare to play some good things to make His Majesty's mood better. Suddenly, I saw Fang Xuanling come out again and said: "Your Majesty, this change in the Jiucheng Palace, in addition to the loyal soldiers guarding Your Majesty, there are also some loyal to Your Majesty, and these people must not be rewarded." ”

Suddenly, everyone in the court couldn't help frowning, not understanding who Fang Xuanling was talking about!