Pei Xingjian endured it for a while and then said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't mean that, the minister thinks that raiding the house is a heavy punishment for the imperial court, and you let a group of hungry people do it, which is not in line with the etiquette." And the hungry people have done too much, and the homes of these gentry have been almost destroyed. ”

Li Chengqian's face suddenly turned cold, and he asked coldly, "What did they do?"

At this time, Pei Xingjian was young in the end, and under Li Chengqian's long-term prestige, his tone immediately softened when he was asked like this.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, these hungry people don't understand anything, and when they see good things, they will destroy them, and a few people have to sleep on other people's embroidered beds, and when they see good silk and satin, they are either trampled on or torn, and some people wear them directly, and there are also people - and some people rape the ladies of the gentry's family, isn't this a bandit?"

In the end, Pei Xingjian spread his hands, as if he wanted to throw all this on Li Chengqian.

After hearing this, Li Chengqian thought about it, and ordered loudly to the door: "Wang Fangyi! ”

"The minister is here!" Wang Fangyi answered outside the outer door.

"You take a team of cavalry to enforce military law, and the bandits who rape women are punished on the spot and show them to the public."

"Yes!" Wang Fangyi said.

Li Chengqian paused, and said sternly: "But other things, no matter what others say, you don't care about it without the order of the lonely king." ”

"Obey the order!" Wang Fangyi received the order again.

"Go ahead!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince—" Pei Xingjian became more and more unable to understand Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian raised his hand to stop him, took a deep breath and said, "King Gu has arrested all the rich gentry of the scholar clan in Yichuan County, what will the rich gentry of the noble clan in other places think?"

Not to mention the distance, just say how many Shi families around Luoyang City have been inherited for hundreds of years?

If they were combined, it would be a great force. ”

Therefore, the minister thought that the rebellion against the Yichuan gentry should be spread to the world, so that everyone in the world would know about their rebellious behavior. Then the imperial court appeased the scholars from all over the country, and nothing happened in the future. Pei Xingjian hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Li Chengqian looked at Pei Xingjian's eyes, looked at him for a while, and saw that his eyes were always clear and sincere, so he sighed and said: "If you hadn't been following the Lone King, the Lone King would have thought that you were a spy sent by someone else." ”

Pei Xingjian's frightened face turned pale and asked, "Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this?"

"Do you know why all the rich gentry of the entire Yichuan County rebelled?"

Pei Xingjian: ......

Li Chengqian asked himself and replied: "Because the decree of the lonely king has hurt their interests. ”

Pei Xingjian was speechless again.

There is no solution to this matter, and if a country wants to be rich and strong, the most basic condition is unity, and if it wants to be united, it must suppress all kinds of separatist forces.

The thousand-year-old family, a force that considers itself superior and privileged everywhere, is the biggest separatist force invisible to the imperial court.

Where they have entrenchment, it will be difficult to carry out the decrees of the imperial court, and Li Chengqian and the clan are naturally enemies.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you raided these people's homes, and the ministers supported them, but you can't do it because they have sinned, and you will not act according to etiquette."

Pei Xingjian continued to persuade.

Li Chengqian sighed deeply and said meaningfully: "Pei Xingjian, you are going to be beaten to death by someone for such a debate!" ”

"Huh?"

Pei Xingjian was once again frightened and looked at Li Chengqian with a pale face.

"Everything you say from coming in is your excuse, such an errand as a raid, no matter who does it, such a thing will happen, if the lone king is to transfer the nearby government soldiers to raid the house, if there is a rape, he may not be able to be easily beheaded.

Speaking of which, you just can't get used to those hungry people going to raid the homes of the scholars.

But King Lone now wants to tell you clearly that if the Tang Dynasty wants the country and the people to be safe, everything must be dominated by the imperial court, and all parties in the world are ordered by the imperial court.

If the scholars from all over the country still want to live like they are now, it is not difficult to go overseas and occupy a small island to establish a thousand-year-old family.

Either they will honestly listen to the orders of the imperial court, otherwise the gentry of Yichuan County will be their fate. There is no need for court officials or court soldiers, it is the common people who oppress and exploit them on weekdays.

These ordinary people naturally have contradictions with the scholars, and they still have an advantage in numbers, as long as the lone king supports the common people, there will be something like this in Yichuan County today.

Moreover, these ordinary people and scholars will never be able to buy it, because the money and land they take out are definitely not as much as the money and land they get from the house.

This kind of thing involving the thousand-year-old national policy of the Tang Dynasty, do you think the reasons you just said can still be valid?"

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Pei Xingjian was silent for a long time before he asked with difficulty: "Is this the contradiction between Yin and Yang of His Royal Highness the Prince?"

Li Chengqian looked at him and nodded.

"Admiration!" Pei Xingjian bowed and saluted.

"You also go back and think about it, whether you will continue to work for Datang and the Lone King in the future." Li Chengqian sat down again and looked at the scroll in his hand.

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Luoyang line in.

Hearing Li Zhi's request to see him, Li Shimin and the ministers were stunned.

Li Zhi asked to see him at this time, which couldn't help but make people think about it.

Although the Tang Dynasty allowed the prince to go to the court, the prince still couldn't interfere when it came to the country's major politics, not to mention that this matter involved the prince of the country, and Li Zhi's identity was very sensitive.

"King Xuanjin enters the palace." Li Shimin cleaned up his mood a little, and said in a calm voice.

"Son-in-law, see father!" Li Zhili bowed deeply.

"Hmm!" Li Shimin waited for him to speak.

Li Zhi looked at Li Shimin's expressionless face carefully, a little scared, calmed down a little, and then said a little worriedly: "Erchen knows that my father is here to discuss political affairs, so he shouldn't come to disturb." ”

"No, you're a prince, and you're seventeen years old to participate." Li Shimin said lightly.

Li Zhi felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, but as soon as he thought that Li Chengqian would be greatly disappointed after this incident, he calmed down and said what he had thought.

"Kick up the father, the son came to ask at this time, the main thing is that he just heard a news, and he really dare not come to report to his father."

"What's the matter?" Li Shimin was still unmoved.

"My eldest brother is now in Yichuan County, with only three hundred East Palace guards around him, and the people in Yichuan Song County have rebelled because the imperial court wants to repair the reservoir, and the eldest brother is very dangerous now." Li Zhi said that, tears came down.

Li Shimin was startled at first when he heard this, but quickly calmed down, and asked calmly, "How do you know?"

Li Zhi looked at Li Shimin in amazement when he heard this, with his understanding of Li Shimin, Li Chengqian was in danger, and he should send troops to rescue him in a hurry!

Why are you still so calm?

"How do you know?" Li Shimin asked in an accentuated tone.

"Your Majesty, it's better to send troops as soon as possible to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Liu Zheng couldn't help but say.

Li Zhi hurriedly followed: "Yes! Father, the son thinks-"

"First of all, how did you know about this?" Li Shimin was still unmoved.

Li Zhi saw that he couldn't hide, so he said in a hurry: "Because a few East Palace guards who came from Zhou Jin had a conflict with the guards who were in front of the door, and they were arrested. ”

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said, "You go down!" ”