Chapter 22: Impeachment of Li Shimin
"Yes, father, please ask Gao Yushi to come up with evidence." Li You said. Without waiting for Gao Jun to speak, he asked directly: "Gao Yushi, what are you impeaching Zhou Gan, let's talk about it carefully." ”
Li You's approach completely took the initiative, and his impeachers were in a passive position. Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji and others all glanced at Li Yougao.
Gao Jun was unwilling to be in such a position, and he asked rhetorically: "Your Highness, let me explain, why does Zhou Qian sell bread in the West Market?" ”
Li You smiled: "I don't know, you said that he sells bread in the West Market, tell me why?" ”
Gao Jun said: "Isn't this clear? He was involved in business. ”
Li You said: "You are still talking nonsense, what is clear, you come up with evidence." You said that when he appeared in the West Market, he was selling bread, so you passed in front of Widow Wang, no, Widow Zhao, then it was obvious that you were stealing other people's underwear? ”
"You ......" Gao Jun was very unaccustomed to Li You's tricks.
Yan Liben saw that Gao Jun was a little confused, and reminded him: "Gao Yushi, you directly say the evidence. ”
Gao Jun calmed down and said: "Zhou Qian appears in the bakery in Xishi every day, and the people with him are also the chamberlains in the Yiyang Palace, and the bakery is also opened by the Yiyang Palace. ”
His words, the ministers all believed eighty percent, tacitly.
Li You sighed and said, "You are unreasonable, Zhou Qian is the direct head of the Yiyang Palace, he is in charge of procurement, is it strange to appear in the West Market?" When he goes to the bakery every day, can't he just buy bread?
Hey, don't say it, that bread is really delicious, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, fragrant, delicious and inexpensive, I recommend everyone to try it. ”
Speaking of eating, he suddenly came to his senses, and by the way, he advertised bread.
At this time, someone said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." Everyone saw that it was Jingzhao Yin Chuheng.
Li Shimin said: "Say it." ”
Chu Heng said: "Regarding the matter of the bakery in Xishi, the minister sent someone to investigate, and the owner of that shop is a person named Yao Kai, who has nothing to do with the Yiyang Palace. He was assigned by Li Chengqian to speak for Li You.
Gao Jun was a little anxious, and he said, "Everyone knows it. That store is obviously ......"
"Ahem", at this time, Li Tai coughed violently a few times, interrupting him. This topic cannot continue, otherwise the blow will be too wide and will offend many people.
In fact, Li Tai didn't expect to defeat Li You through Gao Jun, but just asked him to bring up the matter of the bakery, so that Li Shimin and the ministers guessed that Li You was doing business, even if he had achieved his goal.
Sure enough, Li Shimin knew that Li You was involved in business and was concerned by the imperial historians, thus leaving the impression that Li You was not reliable.
I have to say that Li Tai's move is ruthless enough.
Yin Guanghao was depressed in his heart, knowing that Li You, a dumb man, was doomed.
Li You quit. He decided to use the topic to impress the ministers and let them know that they were not to be trifled with.
"Father, the son wants to impeach two people." Li You said.
"Huh? There's a lot of excitement to see. "The ministers were in good spirits.
Li Shimin was also a little curious and asked, "Who do you want to impeach?" ”
Li You said: "The first person to be impeached by the sons is His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, that is, your father. ”
"Shhh Everyone gasped.
Yin Hongji was about to cry again. He touched his heart, it hurt!
"Haha", Li Shimin was not angry, but he was happy, and dared to impeach himself, this is the first time. He asked, "What are you impeaching me?" ”
Li You said: "Since the three emperors and five emperors, there have been a total of 109 emperors, and the sons are sure that when it comes to broad-mindedness, the father is definitely the first person." The father can tolerate people, and the world knows it. ”
At this point, the Manchu ministers were not unconvinced. Li Shimin was also quite proud and couldn't help but smile slightly.
"This ......" Li Tai and others originally heard that Li You impeached Li Shimin, and they were secretly happy in their hearts, thinking that this thing did not know whether to live or die. Unexpectedly, people are slapping on the back.
In order to prevent closing his eyes and listening, the father advocated that the rumors were not guilty. This is also a wise feat that is difficult for ancient and modern emperors to achieve. Li You continued.
Yin Hongji grinned. He suddenly felt that anyone who thought that Li You was not stingy was the real stingy.
Li Tai and Li Ke pursed their lips and said in their hearts: "Sycophant." ”
Li Chengqian felt that Li You was a little too numb, and goosebumps began to appear on his body.
"The rumors are good in themselves, and they can play a role in opening up the way of speech and supervising hundreds of officials. However, rumors should also have a certain basis, and they should not be based on speculation or even their own preferences. As a result, this well-intentioned move was used as a tool by some ill-intentioned people to attack others.
is like this Gao Yushi, he could obviously investigate it himself, but he inferred that he was going to sell bread because Zhou Qian went in and out of the bakery, and thus deduced that it was a bakery opened by Erchen. If necessary, he will also say that it is the mother of the son and the concubine behind the scenes, or even the father and the emperor behind the scenes. ”
"The minister never meant that." Gao Jun was frightened and hurriedly said.
"Shut up, do you understand? Now there are more and more people who don't know how to be polite in the court? If you have a different opinion, when I'm done, you can't say it again? Li You reprimanded.
Seeing Li Youyi's stern appearance, the ministers suddenly felt that the image of this product seemed to be a bit tall!
"Well said!" Another one of Datang did not hesitate to bite Jin Zan. "Some people have a foul mouth, and they don't do anything for a day, and they spray feces there," he said. ”
Yin Hongzhi wanted to applaud loudly, but unfortunately, Li You was impeaching Li Shimin, and he didn't dare.
Li You said: "Erchen impeached his father, as an advocate of rumors, you should restrain rumors, advocate investigation and research, emphasize evidence, and seek truth from facts. Instead of relying on subjective assumptions to casually impeach people and things that you are not used to. This should not be used as a tool to attack others. You are responsible for this. ”
His words resonated, and many ministers have suffered from being attacked by others. There was a lot of discussion in the hall.
"Your Majesty", at this time, a middle-aged official stepped forward. Everyone saw that it was Wei Zheng, the imperial historian.
Wei Zheng is tall, with a Chinese face, dark skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a serious expression, and few people have ever seen him smile.
Wei Zheng is the first minister in the world throughout the ages, and he is upright. He made more than 200 suggestions during his tenure, all of which were adopted by Li Shimin, and made important contributions to the rule of Zhenguan. It has a very high prestige between the government and the opposition.
Wei Zheng is the imperial historian and the head of the imperial history platform. Li You has been looking for fault with Yu Shitai, Wei Zheng came out to speak, and everyone didn't know how he fought back against Li You.
Although Li You impeached Li Shimin, Li Shimin was not angry, and he thought that Li You was reasonable. Seeing Wei Zheng come out, he began to worry about Li You instead.
Wei Zheng is notoriously stubborn, he has always spoken ruthlessly, and he has made Li Shimin unable to step down in the court several times, and Li Shimin has tried to kill him many times, but he has been persuaded.
Li Ke, Li Tai and others were secretly happy in their hearts when they saw Wei Zheng come out. Among the ministers, many people also began to worry about Li You.
Wei Zheng looked at Li You and said with a gloomy face: "Your Highness, the other person you want to impeach is the minister, right?!"