In the Taiji Palace, a court meeting was being held, and after finalizing several policies, the voices of the ministers waiting for the retreat from the court did not sound, and the emperor was still sitting on the dragon chair.

Since the emperor did not announce his retreat from the court, the ministers could only wait quietly.

The sun rose in the middle of the sky, and Li Shimin, who had been closing his eyes to recuperate, opened his eyes and asked, "Do you still have a performance?" ”

Fang Xuanling came out of class and said, "No." ”

Li Shimin did not announce his retirement from the dynasty, but asked Fang Xuanling: "Fang Qing, what time is it?" ”

Although Fang Xuanling was confused, he still replied honestly: "Back to Your Majesty, it's almost noon." ”

Li Shimin nodded, and then said: "I want to come to Zhuqing is very hungry now, yesterday I heard about a new food, and I plan to invite you Aiqing to taste it." ”

The ministers looked at each other one after another, what happened to the emperor today? Why did you suddenly make such a show? And a feast?

Li Shimin called the waiter: "Arrange the table and let the imperial dining room serve the meal." ”

Soon, the table was set, and in the astonished eyes of the ministers, what was on the table was not a big fish and meat, but a bowl of rice.

It's not quite right to say it's rice, whose rice grains are so small and have thorns?

Fang Xuanling couldn't help this weird atmosphere, picked up the chopsticks and took a bite, and the strange rice in the bowl was spit out by him as soon as it entered his mouth!

What is this? Why is it so bitter and prickly?

But the emperor gives food, and it is disrespectful not to eat! The ministers endured the feeling of piercing their mouths, and ate the big bowl of rice with a sad face.

Li Shimin saw that everyone had finished eating, so he asked, "How does Zhong Aiqing feel about the taste?" ”

What's it like? Pierce your mouth! Bitter! The thief is unpalatable!

But no one dared to say that, the ministers were silent, and the Taiji Palace was like a ghost.

Time passed minute by minute, and Du Ruhui, who couldn't stand it, stood up and left the table and replied: "With all due respect, this meal ...... This meal is really unpalatable! ”

Li Shimin laughed: "Unpalatable? Right! It's hard to eat! It's worse than millet seeds, isn't it? But I ate two big bowls this morning! ”

Du Ruyan was stunned, what happened to the emperor today? Got the wrong medicine?

Li Shimin picked up a letter from the table and threw it to the bottom of the stairs: "Keming, read it aloud!" ”

Du Ruhui picked up the envelope and saw the book: "Father and Emperor personally opened", and the signature was "Son Chengqian" It seems that this is a letter written by the prince, what is written in this letter? How did you make the emperor so out of shape?

Du Ruhui opened the envelope, took out the letter, cleared his throat, and read:

"The father and the emperor are like meeting, and the sons and daughters follow the master to attack and intercept the anti-thief Luo Yi, and now it has been successful. Respect the master personally led his subordinates to nine out of fifty, intercepted and killed Luo Yi and his five hundred elite horsemen in Cangqiao, and the brocade box with the letter contained the head of the traitor, and I hope that the father will take advantage of this thief head to temporarily calm his anger. ”

That's a good thing! The anti-thief Luo Yi gave the head, how could the emperor be so abnormal?

The letter only read one page, and the ministers looked at Du Ruhui expectantly, waiting for him to read the next few pages.

Du Ruhui put the first page of the letter below, and only after a cursory glance at the second page, he sweated like rain.

"Read! Read on! Li Shimin yelled.

Du Ruhui fell to his knees with a puff, and he couldn't hold the letter in his hand: "The minister is terrified!" ”

Seeing that the emperor was so angry and Du Ruhui was so out of shape, the ministers followed and knelt down.

Li Shimin pointed at Wei Zheng and said, "Wei Zheng! You go read it! ”

Wei Zheng's head was as big as a fight, but the emperor ordered that he could only pick up the letter and look at it a few times, but Wei Zheng burst into tears......

Wei Zheng's crying voice rang out:

"The father and the emperor are like meeting, and the son is in the county of Anmin County, Fengzhou.

When Erchen returned to Chang'an with the head of the rebel thief, he encountered the deep mountain homeless people robbing the road. The sons were amazed and followed the life of the homeless people.

The food of dogtail grass seeds, the dwelling of the cave covered with grass, the drinking of ice and water, hundreds of displaced people, the thin as firewood do not know how many, the feasible people rob the road to ask for food, and the lame old man looks for grass in the barren mountain.

Alack! The suffering of the homeless, how much is this!

The son asked, 'Why don't you go out of the mountains to farm?' ’

The homeless people wept and replied: 'Anyone who goes out of the mountain is shackled (with the same cloth) and serves for the Anmin County Order, which is not as good as pigs and dogs'.

The sons were very different, disguised as homeless, and entered Anmin County the next day to try it. Sure enough!

Anmin County ordered Cui Buyun to bribe money to get officials, thieves also, where the father's decree was changed, the coefficient was changed, and the people were miserable. The son marked his identity, and the thief was not afraid, but wanted to come with a steel knife. The retainers were furious and drove their men to arrest him. ”

Wei Zheng turned another page:

"Such a thief, not killing is not enough for the people, the son of the minister hereby pleaded guilty, this thief and the son of the minister is unwilling to hand over to the court, and will be beheaded tomorrow when the people gather in the county office!

Killing the courtiers without permission is a big crime, and the sons are willing to take all the blame, return to Beijing in the near future, and ask their father for the guilt above the court!

Son, Cheng Qian. ”

After Wei Zheng finished reading, the needle drop in the Taiji Palace could be heard.

"Done?" Li Shimin's hoarse voice sounded, and the ministers realized that the emperor had burst into tears.

Li Shimin refused the handkerchief handed over by the chamberlain, and said to Cui Zhihai, the servant of the ministry: "This Cui Buyun is a side branch of your Boling Cui clan, I heard him say that he has a lot of support from your Cui clan!" The prince's secret letter said that Anmin County is located on a commercial road and is very wealthy, and if the commercial tax revenue is normal, it can increase the national treasury revenue by 500,000 guan every year, 500,000 guan! He can't afford to use the money alone, so where does the rest go? ”

Cui Zhihai hurriedly kneeled to the middle: "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry!" ”

Li Shimin yelled: "Where is Hou Junji!" ”

Hou Junji, who was in the pile of military generals, immediately stood up and knelt down on one knee in the middle, he knew what the emperor told him to do, so he said: "The last general!" ”

"You take Cui Zhihai's head to Boling and ask, why did they dare to be listed as the first in the "Clan Chronicles"! Why did Cui Buyun dare to wave a knife at the prince of the Tang Dynasty! Why did Cui Buyun dare to do anything wrong in Anmin County! Where did Cui Buyun's swallowed people's fat and people's ointment go! ”

Hou Junji replied loudly: "The last general will take orders!" ”

The secretary of the ministry and the secretary of the civil department are the eldest grandson Wuji, and the eldest grandson Wuji is not here now, but Li Shimin still yells: "The court's Yulu does not raise waste!" The officials were fined for three years! ”

"Wei Zheng! You imperial historians, don't look for the fault of the courtiers and me all day long! There's a fart! Goshi out of Beijing is not a tour! Observe more and observe people's livelihood! ”

"Fang Xuanling! Draft a decree for me! Whoever persecuts the people by officials is guilty of complicity! Zhu Jiu Clan! ”

In the Taiji Palace, only Li Shimin's angry voice kept echoing.

After a long time, when Li Shimin was no longer angry, Dai Zhou of Dali Temple carefully asked the emperor how to deal with the prince, after all, the prince killed the court officials without permission, which is not a small crime.

Li Shimin supported his forehead weakly: "Just do what you want!" ”

Dai Xuan said: "The prince killed the minister without the process of the imperial court, and he ...... according to the law."

Before Dai Xuan finished speaking, Wei Zheng pointed at Dai Zhou with Chao Wat and said loudly: "Dai Guan, shut up!" is the so-called troubled times should be used to re-enact, Cui Buyun's behavior, the old man still thinks about it! This thief is not enough to kill the people, and the prince should be greatly praised for such an action, how can he be convicted? ”

Wei Zheng usually impeached others, and rarely interceded for others. Although Dai Xuan was surprised, he still stiffened his neck and said: "At the beginning of the establishment of the law, it was to regulate people's behavior, and everyone should abide by the law. ”

Wei Zheng said: "The so-called extrajudicial is nothing more than human affection, and the prince's actions can be described as excusable!" ”

Dai Xuan frowned and said, "Wei Zheng, why do you defend the prince so much, are you going to be a princeling now?" ”

Wei Zheng was extremely angry, and was just about to speak, when suddenly a eunuch outside the hall shouted in a sharp voice: "Hongling urgently reports ......."

Wei Zheng Dai Zhou immediately returned to his position, Hongling Emergency Report is a way of reporting information in the Tang Dynasty, it is not used for major events, it has the highest priority, even if it is late at night, the border gate must be opened. If it is reported to the emperor, even if the emperor is sleeping, he must be woken up. If the two of them argue again, they will have to make way for Hongling's urgent report. (Ahem, I forgot to introduce the Hongling Emergency Report before, I'm ashamed...... ）

A eunuch ran into the main hall with his legs and feet, presenting a package.

The eunuch beside Li Shimin opened the package, only to see a letter and a bloodstained Confucian robe inside.

Ignoring the Confucian robe, the eunuch submitted the letter to the emperor.

Li Shimin opened the letter and was silent for a long time after reading it.

Seeing this, Fang Xuanling thought it was the border gate calling the police, and hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, but the border gate called the police?" ”

Li Shimin instructed the eunuch to send the letter to Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling looked at the letter, and then looked at the bloodstained Confucian robe, and was silent.

"Read it, this is the first time I've encountered happiness in the past two days, or something to be proud of."

Fang Xuanling walked to the middle, unfolded the letter and read: "Caomin Zhou Hanshan led the people of Anmin County to the head of Anmin County, is my emperor healthy?" The grass people were terrified, and they begged the general of the border pass to send this urgent report, lest His Majesty would punish the prince's crime. The confession of the people who are following the letter today is our heart, but I ask Your Majesty to have mercy on the prince's love for the people, and to give it lightly. The people of Anmin County, such as Zhou Hanshan, are also willing to bear the responsibility for the crown prince. Zhou Hanshan, a grass people, led the people of Anmin County to worship again. ”

Li Shimin walked in front of the eunuch who reported the news, and shook off the Confucian robe, there were only a dozen names on the Confucian robe, and more were bloody handprints, how many handprints could be pressed on a Confucian robe? Many of the handprints on the robes are repeated. As soon as the Confucian robe was shaken open, the smell of blood was very strong, but Li Shimin was like a treasure.

"Wei Zheng, what do you think?"

Wei Zheng laughed so hard that he was about to grin to the root of his ears: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the prince's behavior has won the hearts of the people!" ”

Li Shimin dragged his Confucian robe and walked to Dai Guan: "Dai Qing, I responded to the request of the people of Anmin County and used this thing to intercede for the prince, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

Dai Xuan took the Confucian robe and knelt on the ground: "This Confucian robe is the treasure of the community, heavier than Mount Tai, and the ministers dare not go against the will of the people." The prince is not guilty! ”

After speaking, he returned the Confucian robe to the emperor: "This thing is the glory of my Tang Dynasty!" ”

Li Shimin folded up the Confucian robe and put it in the brocade box and laughed: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”