Tai Chi Temple.

As soon as Gao Gonggong arrived at the door, he heard the sound of porcelain breaking from the hall, and his hands trembled with fright, and his steps slowed down.

"Wei Zhengpifu! How dare he force me like this! Who does he think he is? This world is mine! Is he here to call the shots for me?! ”

Empress Changsun persuaded: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, it won't help you to be angry here, now the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are waiting in the Liangyi Palace, and it is not a way to stalemate like this." If His Majesty has been refusing to show up, won't Wei Zheng's reputation be fulfilled? ”

"Show up?" Li Shimin said angrily: "How did you let me show up? Am I going to be threatened by them? Could it be that I want to kill Li Mu? Empress! Li Mu's heart towards me, you don't know, I have broken my trust with him once, and then hurt his life, how can I bear it! Besides, if I really agree to Wei Zheng, what face will I have to govern the world in the future, from now on, the people of the world only know Wei Zheng but not me, can this world still be regarded as my world! ”

"Your Majesty......" Empress Changsun wanted to persuade again, and suddenly saw Gonggong Gao probing his brain at the door of the palace, his phoenix eyes glared, and called: "Gonggong Gao, what happened again?" ”

Gonggong Gao lowered his head and entered the hall, gave a salute, and looked a little embarrassed. Li Shimin furrowed his brows and said, "Say!" What else can't be said, I want to see how far this old dog can force me! ”

"Your Majesty......" Gao Gonggong smiled bitterly: "Just now the Dengwen drum sounded, Shandong Daru Louvre and Zheng Jing took the lead, more than ten Confucians, hundreds of students, kneeling at the gate of the imperial city in mourning clothes, claiming to avenge Zhao Yuanlang, the old slave just went to take a look, Zhao Yuanlang's family also came, paper money is all over the sky, has attracted a lot of people to watch. The Louvre is preaching to the people, saying that Zhao Yuanlang is his disciple and Zheng Jing's niece and son-in-law, and if His Majesty does not return Zhao Yuanlang a justice, the Shandong scholars will ......"

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and asked, "What do they want?!" ”

Gao Gonggong smacked for a moment and whispered, "He said...... He said he would not be able to agree. ”

"It's the other way around!" Li Shimin was furious, and the other porcelain vase next to the case was also beaten and shattered, Li Shimin said angrily: "The Louvre, Zheng Jing, they are two dog thieves again!" When I ascended the throne, it was these two dog thieves who jumped out and pointed fingers at me, saying that I was not like a human king, that I killed my brother and killed my brother, and that I was ruining the living beings...... Good! Today, I will let them see what it means to be angry! Come! Go, call me Cheng Biting Jin, as many people kneel at the gate of the imperial city, kill as many people as I want, I will not only kill them, but also punish their three clans, I ......"

"Your Majesty!" Empress Eldest Sun stopped Li Shimin sharply, stood in front of him and looked at each other, and said, "Your Majesty, if you really do this, aren't you just in the middle of it?" If their life and death are not concerned, what will happen to Your Majesty's reputation! His Majesty said to his concubines that he was determined to be a Ming Jun, how could this be done by Ming Jun? If it spreads, how will the people of the world think of Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Think! ”

"I ......" Li Shimin looked at the eyes of Empress Changsun, his fists were clenched tightly, and he endured the anger in his chest, and after a while, Li Shimin seemed to be out of strength, sat down on the chair, sighed, and said to Gao Gong: "Go and call Wei Zheng to me, and send a team of Jin Wuwei to separate those people from the people, go......"

"No,"

Gao Gonggong answered, turned around and left. Li Shimin was silent for a long time, and said, "Queen, I really can't bear Li Mu." ”

"Your Majesty, the concubines are also reluctant, but in the current situation, Your Majesty still has to focus on the overall situation."

Li Shimin sighed and didn't speak anymore. The eldest grandson queen also retreated, and when the monarch and ministers met, the queen was not polite. Naturally, others would not find fault with this little problem, but Wei Zheng ...... As long as it is a place to find faults, he will not let it go.

After a while, footsteps sounded outside the hall, and Gonggong Gao led Wei Zheng into the hall. Wei Zheng saw the porcelain fragments on the ground, looked up at Li Shimin, did not salute, but knelt on the ground very neatly.

"Wei Zheng, do you know that the Son of Heaven is angry, and the blood is drifting, today you are so forced, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

Wei Zheng looked at Li Shimin's vicious eyes, Ling Ran was not afraid, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister does not know that the Son of Heaven is angry, the minister only knows, the king of the Holy Ming, benevolence is the supreme, the people have grievances, Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, cannot be ignored." Water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, right and wrong, and only public opinion can count. ”

"Huh!" Li Shimin sneered and said, "Don't tell me these big truths, what public opinion, where does public opinion come from?" When the Louvre and Zheng Jing were two old thieves when I ascended the throne, they were disrespectful to me and insulted me. I didn't punish them, and invited them to the court as officials, but they! I didn't appreciate my love at all, and rejected me! Let me lose face! They are setting up private schools in Changchang, accepting disciples, and preaching the so-called scriptures, but you really don't know what they are doing? What kind of people are they! When you say these things to me, do you think I'm a three-year-old child? ”

Wei Zheng did not directly answer Li Shimin's question, raised his head to look at Li Shimin, and asked: "If Your Majesty really doesn't say that their words are the will of the people, why didn't you kill them directly?" ”

"Wei Zheng, you!"

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, today, the minister knows that in His Majesty's heart, the minister is no different from a chaotic minister and a thief. But the minister still has to say a few words, please think about it calmly. ”

"The emperors of ancient and modern times, there is much help for the righteous and little help for the unjust. The so-called 'helper' is the people or the scholars? ”

"Zhuluhou regards the people as 'the people', and the minister can't say that he is wrong, but he is too naïve. Since ancient times, the world has been ruled by the Son of Heaven and scholars, and His Majesty is familiar with the scriptures and history, so he should understand. Emperor Wen of the former Sui Dynasty ruled the world, recuperated, the people were rich and the country was strong, and the scene of prosperity was also. By the time Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty ascended the throne, the national strength was even greater. However, Emperor Yang conquered violently, several times to the south of the Yangtze River, and the second to Goguryeo, which caused the world's public resentment to boil. Are the people the people who rebel at this time? No, it's a gentleman, it's a gate valve! ”

"Your Majesty, if you want the world to be stable, you must have the full support of the scholars and the gate lords. And the people, since ancient times, have been dependent on the gate valve clan and live, recuperate, but also from the top to the bottom, Your Majesty wants to cross the gate valve and win the hearts and minds of the people, how can it succeed? The minister also knows that the recovery of mineral deposits can fill the treasury, but if this makes the clan of the gate lord clan deviate from morality, which is more important, Your Majesty should think about it! ”

After that, Wei Zheng kowtowed, got up and said again: "The Hou of the deer said the fault of the minister, and the minister was speechless. But the minister asked himself, although the minister had served as the seven masters, they all did their best and had a clear conscience. Zhulu Hou dedicated his family to the Ministry of Industry, the minister will make money without him, but the minister also has no money to spare, his sleeves are breezy, His Majesty left the minister in the court, isn't it to appease the Shandong Shi clan? This is the duty of the minister, and what the minister is doing today is also fulfilling this duty. ”

"The minister knows that His Majesty wants to kill the minister and then quickly, today's incident, the minister should tell the old, and then cut himself to thank His Majesty, and not disgrace His Majesty's reputation. But today's matter, the minister can not retreat, if the minister retreats, His Majesty will make a big mistake, and the Tang Dynasty will fall apart because of this, and the minister does not want to see the people displaced again, and they will not be hungry! Ministers often say that death admonishes, Your Majesty does not believe it, but today, the minister dies! ”

"You!"

Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng's stubborn appearance, stretched out his hand, but took it back. Although he hated Wei Zheng and wanted to draw his sword and kill him, Wei Zheng's words did go to his heart.

Throughout the ages, which emperor did not get the world and sit firmly in the world because of the support of the gate valve family? Even when Li Yuan raised troops, he also got the full support of the Li family in Longxi, and took the first step, and later when he was competing for the world, the Taiyuan Wang clan and the Qinghe Cui clan gradually joined in, providing grain and grass, horses, soldiers, etc., before the world was defeated. Whether it is said that they conform to the will of heaven or the grass on the wall, it is an undeniable fact that without the support of the gate lord clan, there would definitely be no today's Datang.

Recovering mineral deposits can certainly fill the treasury, but if it really causes turmoil, a big war will be depleted.

Li Shimin was silent for a long time and said, "Wei ...... Aiqing, if I don't mention the recovery of mineral deposits again, can I spare Li Mu's life? ”

When Wei Zheng heard this, he understood that the emperor was going to compromise. It's just Li Mu...... Wei Zheng remembered Li Mu's appearance yesterday when he was talking about the river, and remembered the appearance of Li Mu when he faced him and said that he deceived the world and stole his name, and secretly said in his heart, this son is only seventeen years old, and he has such a talent for argumentation, if in a few years, who is his opponent? Now that things have come to this point, there is no possibility for the two to reconcile, if the tiger is in trouble, there will be a day when the tiger is injured, thinking of this, Wei Zheng put his heart sideways and said: "Your Majesty, one thing is one thing." The disputes between the ministers and the deer marquis are all for the sake of state affairs, and there is no right or wrong. But to kill a deer marquis, you must give an explanation to the people of the world, please Your Majesty do not be partial, and decide according to the law. ”

Li Shimin's eyes showed anger, and he said sharply: "Wei Zheng, I have already agreed to your request, so you really don't give me any face!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also pities the talent of the Hou Zhulu, but the law is the law, and the law is not merciful, if the law is not followed, what is the use of the law!"

"You ......"

Li Shimin was so choked that he couldn't say a word, staring at Wei Zheng deadly, Wei Zheng also looked at him, neither of them blinked, as if they were making a silent confrontation.

"You're just a secretary, and the prison has nothing to do with you! I want to listen to the opinions of the hundred officials, you get up, follow me to the Liangyi Palace, Li Muzhi's life and death, now I will hand it over to the hundred officials to decide! ”

After that, Li Shimin didn't care about Wei Zheng, and walked out of the Taiji Hall by himself. Wei Zheng got up from the ground, kneeling for a long time, his knees were sore, but he still straightened his waist and followed behind Li Shimin. He wasn't worried at all, when things got to this point, Li Mu would definitely die, and he didn't need to talk more, those Shandong Confucians at the gate of the imperial city would force Li Shimin to agree, otherwise, he couldn't block Youyou's mouth.

Wei Zheng was drenched in cold sweat behind his back, but he was still very calm, because he knew that this time he had won again!