The hall was silent, except for the slight sound of the breeze blowing through the hall and the white cloth. That's it~

"Head of the house, please bring filial piety." Li Shimin raised his head and said softly. His face was tense, and his eyes were already red.

"Your Majesty, this ...... The spirit of the father in heaven, how would he like to see His Majesty like this? If the ministers agreed, Jiuquan would not dare to see his father! Qin Tong burst into tears and choked with his fists.

Li Shimin paused, got up, and tore a piece of white Su with a "swish" and tied it to his left arm.

"Uncle Bao and I are like brothers. It is appropriate for the brother to die and the brother to be filial. Li Shimin picked up the incense and stepped forward, respectfully made the incense, and said softly, "What's more, Shubao is the good honor of the Tang Dynasty and the martyr of Sheji." His funeral should be a state funeral! I want to abolish the dynasty for him for ten days, the whole country will sacrifice together, and all the people will come to mourn! ”

"Your Majesty......" Qin Tong, a big man like an ironclad man, couldn't cry and didn't know what to say.

Li Shimin walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Qin Tong, I know that Shubao has always been calm and simple, not extravagant. At this moment, I understand better why you did not publicly mourn for your uncle. You're afraid of embarrassing the people in the court, aren't you? Because they don't know whether to come to mourn or not, right? ”

Qin Tong was silent, turned his face away and secretly wiped a handful of tears.

"The wind is falling...... My responsibility! Li Shimin sighed heavily and said, "Many people now think more about interests and futures, and forget loyalty and honesty. Uncle Bao's life, how generous, righteous, upright and selfless, when he was martyred in the end, no one took the initiative to come to the door to mourn - is this still Zhenguan Datang, or the world of me!! ”

The dragon roared.

The Qin family saw that the emperor was really angry today. His eyes were red and his face was tense, and his fists were clutched, and his body was shaking slightly. When he looked at Uncle Qin's spiritual position, there was a lot of grief and remorse.

"Uncle Bao...... You are a hero who is righteous and thin, sticking a knife in the ribs for your friends, and I have always respected you and obeyed you. Now, anyone can misunderstand you, avoid you, or even slander you, but I am not qualified to do so. Li Shimin stared at Qin Shubao's spiritual position, trembled and stretched out his hand to gently caress it, and said in a low voice, "I know why you want to resist the decree and raise troops to fight eighteen battles in a row, and rush thousands of miles to recover Gaochang; I know even more why you went into the tiger's den alone and gave up your life for righteousness...... As a king, it is a great blessing to have a courtier like you; As a man, it hurts to have a good brother like you! ”

When the Qin family heard Li Shimin say such things, they were sad and a little confused. Naturally, they didn't quite understand the many deep intentions of Qin Shubao's generosity.

At this moment, the hidden gate of the Qin Mansion was suddenly knocked open, and there was a hysterical cry at the door, and two big men and a young man ran in.

Everyone looked out in surprise, and the two big men were not eye-catching, one had a beard and a knot as black as charcoal, and the other was as strong as an iron tower.

It's not Wei Chigong and Cheng Zhijie, or who?

As soon as the two of them stepped into the courtyard of the Qin Mansion, they couldn't stop crying loudly, and the young man who followed them was also silent with a worried face.

"Second Brother Qin! My second brother Qin!! ”

The two big men rushed into the door crying and screaming, not paying attention to Li Shimin's presence and ignoring the Qin family, they both fell in front of the corpse, kowtowed desperately, and cried.

The young man also walked in, knelt down on his knees, and kowtowed without saying a word.

The Qin family hurriedly saluted, but the two refused to get up, just beating their chests and crying.

Li Shimin walked up, waved his hand to call Qin Tong and the others, squatted down beside the two of them, and said: "Jingde, Zhijie, what should you be guilty of if you two are not loyal to your duties in Yuanren Prefecture and County, and you ran to Chang'an without permission?" ”

Wei Chigong and Cheng Zhijie came back to their senses, looked up together, and were taken aback: "Your Majesty! ”

"It's me. It's here~" Li Shimin looked at them.

Wei Chigong stared at Li Shimin, stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses, then gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, you just want to cure my sins, cut off my head, and wait until I finish sacrificing Second Brother Qin!" ”

"Your Majesty, Uncle Bao returns to heaven, how can you live alone by biting gold?" Cheng Zhijie burst into tears, looked at Li Shimin, and he hugged his fists and bowed, "Although Weichen and Shubao are not the same mother, they are better than flesh and blood!" As early as more than 30 years ago, Weichen and him made an oath to live and die together! Now Uncle Bao died at the hands of the enemy, biting gold...... Bite the gold! ”

Cheng Zhijie couldn't cry anymore.

Li Shimin patted his hands clenched into fists, signaling that he didn't need to continue.

"I'm just closer, just one step ahead of you!"

Wei Chigong and Cheng Zhijie suddenly burst into tears and kowtowed again and again.

"Uncle Bao is your good brother and my good brother." Li Shimin patted the two of them on the shoulder and asked them who the next generation was behind them.

Wei Chigong replied that this was Li Zhen, the son of Li Tao. Li Tao heard that Shubao was martyred and was supposed to come to mourn, but he couldn't come because he was at the border and had a heavy responsibility, so he sent him to come on behalf of his father.

Li Tao ...... Although the joy and anger are invisible, but it is really a righteous hero! ”

Half an hour later.

Li Shimin, Wei Chigong, and Cheng Zhijie walked out of the mourning hall, persuaded the Qin family who had sent each other back, and walked to the gate together.

The three of them coincidentally saw the twelve halberds of the Xunmen.

Staring for a long time.

"Boom—" Dark clouds are rolling in, and thunderstorms are coming.

"Respect, Zhijie - follow me, go to the court!" Li Shimin strode forward, grabbed a thick Fangtian painting halberd with both hands, pulled it up with a roar, and walked away proudly.

Wei Chigong and Cheng Zhijie looked at Li Shimin, who was holding a Fang Tian halberd and strode away, and even forgot to ride the horse, they were dumbfounded, and hurriedly followed.

Today's emperor is holding a Fangtian painting halberd, swaggering through the city and entering the palace, Chang'an is shaking!

On the bell and drum tower of the Wude Hall of Taiji Palace, the two big drums that have never been beaten only in the early hours of the morning were rumbling and hammering by two majestic generals like tigers and lions, covering the rolling thunder that fell from the sky!

"Go to court! ——”

Up and down, the government and the opposition were shocked!

The big and small courtiers, braving the storm and thunder and lightning, rushed to the Wude Hall of Taiji Palace.

Entering the Wude Palace, the courtiers who were already frightened were even more shocked! - The current emperor Li Shimin, who has not appeared for a long time, sits on the dragon chair with white filial piety in a flat uniform; And in his hand, he is still holding a black iron cast that has faded its original color over the years, Fang Tian Painting Halberd!

Although he was still soaked and a little embarrassed before wearing the crown, Li Shimin at this moment was like the young hero who immediately crossed the battlefield thirty years ago, with high spirits and strong power!

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live...... "The courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty knelt down and shouted worriedly.

"Bang!"

Fang Tian's halberd slammed on the ground, and this sharp sound shocked the entire hall.

"Flat."

At this time, Li Zhi ran in from the side courtyard in a hurry, while he was still hurriedly sorting out the crooked Pingtian crown. When he saw Li Shimin sitting on the dragon chair, he was dumbfounded, and he was at a loss on the spot.

His Royal Highness Jin Luan, standing two auxiliary ministers who were supposed to stand on the side of the dragon chair imperial case, the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang. The two of them lowered their eyebrows and did not dare to look at Tianyan, their faces were very ugly.

"King Jin, you are the closest to the Wude Palace, why did you come the latest?" Li Shimin looked sideways at Li Zhi and asked.

"Erchen, Erchen......" When did Li Zhi see his father with such an image, and the current battle also made him a little breathless, and said in a panic, "Erchen felt some wind and cold, so he took medicine early and fell asleep." It's just ~ that I suddenly heard the drums, and this is ......"

"Since I feel the cold, I will go back to rest." Li Shimin turned his head and no longer looked at Li Zhi, but looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang in the audience with slight eyes, slowly, but word by word, he said, "Here, there is nothing wrong with you." ”

"Sons obey orders!"

Li Zhiru was granted amnesty and left in a hurry.

The night is like ink, the wind is howling and the rain is fast, the candles are swaying, and the figures of the ministers are dancing like demons; There was silence all around, and the courtiers had to hold their breath and concentrate, for fear that if they accidentally coughed, they would bump into bad luck.

"Does anyone know this?" Li Shimin suddenly stood up and spoke, and walked down the dragon chair with Fang Tian's painting halberd and walked into the hall.

"It's ...... Fang Tian painted a halberd. Many people replied with caution.

"What kind of Fang Tian painting halberd?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.

No one answered. Everyone bowed their heads, not daring to look directly at the emperor.

"Wechen knows." At this time, a thunderous voice sounded, it was Wei Chigong, and he said loudly, "This is specially for the Fang Tian Painting Halberd that stands in the Xun Gate!" ”

"And not only do you know, they do!" Li Shimin suddenly shouted loudly, interrupting Wei Chigong's words!

Full of shock!

After a pause, Li Shimin said again: "Some people know that this kind of Fang Tian Painting Halberd, I only let it stand in the only family. It's just that they don't want to say it, or they don't dare to say it, or they don't bother to say it. ”

There was a dead silence in the hall, and most of them were panicked. Today, the emperor is obviously not good at coming, and the good are not coming. Whoever dares to anger Long Yan at this time, most of them will have no good fruit to eat.

"Wechen wants to say." At this time, an old but resolute voice sounded neither lightly nor heavily.

Fang Xuanling walked out.

Li Shimin turned his head to look at him, turned around, "Speak." ”

"Your Majesty, at this moment, we should put state affairs first and righteousness secondary." Fang Xuanling said calmly, "The existing Lanzhou military newspaper and the blood letter of Qin Mubai, the governor of Lanzhou, are here, waiting for His Majesty to decide personally. ”

"Take it and see it." Li Shimin threw Fang Tian's halberd at Wei Chi Gong casually, took the fold handed by Fang Xuanling, strode back to the dragon chair and sat down, staring and watching.

Everyone held their breath and stared, secretly peeking at the change in Li Shimin's expression when he watched the twists and turns.

I'm done. Li Shimin was afraid to throw them on the imperial case, clapped his hands, and said, "Okay, I'm done." Now, let's all express my opinions. Everybody has to give their opinion. I don't want to hear you all talking. Come on, pen and ink waiting! ”

Several eunuchs cautiously walked in with paper and pens and other things, and presented each courtier with a pair of four treasures.

"Write now." Li Shimin said, "Write down your views on Lanzhou." Mainly focuses on three things, one is how to view Qin Shubao's death; second, how to deal with the front and back attacks of Tibet and the Western Regions; The third is that Qin Mubai's blood book only has eight words, 'Xirong is uneven, and death is not blind!' What do you think, what do you think, and what should the court do to them! ”

Everyone was stunned, and many people held pens, and their hands were a little shaky.

"Write !!" Li Shimin roared angrily, like a dragon chanting and reprimanding, "If you don't even think about such a thing and have no opinion, what is the use of waiting for me?" If there are only mediocre people in the Tang Dynasty who are vegetarians, how close is the time of death? ! ”

"The ministers obey the order...... Your Majesty is angry! ”

The lowest rank of the ministers in the hall is from the fourth grade, a total of one hundred and thirty-six, just like the students who participated in the scientific examination, all of them were silent and writing at their desks.

About an hour later, all the "examination papers" were collected and piled up on top of Li Shimin's imperial case.

Li Shimin didn't say anything, picked it up one by one and read it carefully.

The ministers in the hall, no one dared to move. The weather was hot and dreary, and many people were sweating and trembling.

After a long time, Li Shimin finally finished reading the more than 100 exam papers, patted his hand on the stack of papers, and said jokingly and sarcastically, "Not bad!" They are all my ministers and pillars of the Tang Dynasty! Everyone has insights, and there are a lot of good words that are deafening or sudden. ”

Many people let out a long breath and secretly wiped their sweat.

"But I'm weird." Li Shimin suddenly changed his words and said, "Why don't you usually see you, who has come forward to make plans for the country and society like this, and solve problems for me?" …… What I hear the most is 'seconded by ministers' and 'seconded by ministers'. It seems that apart from this sentence, you as many people will not say anything else. ”

The atmosphere took a sharp turn for the worse, and suddenly tension became again. I pity the group of courtiers who came to the court in a hurry in the middle of the night today, many of them are already old and weak, but they are forced to follow Li Shimin one after another to play this thrilling game of "roller coaster".

"It's strange to me, since you are standing here, you are by no means an ordinary person, and you must have the ability to stand out." Li Shimin said, "Why do you put on this scarlet robe and walk into this court, one by one you have no opinions, or are you simply insects that respond to the grass on the wall?" …… Who is it that has made you like this? Is it me? ”

Many people were so confused that they did not dare to respond.

"Tell me. Is it because I have always been narrow-minded, disobedient, and indiscriminately tortured to seal your way of speech, or have I been mediocre and self-serving, so that the ministers have lost the courage and patience to speak again? Li Shimin asked again.

"Not ......"

"Who's that?" Li Shimin suddenly shouted!

No one answered.

The eldest grandson Wuji, who was standing under the hall, lowered his head and did not say a word, and his face was even more blue at this time.

"Listen to it to me, remember." Li Shimin pointed to the ministers of the court, and said word by word, "I am not dead, and my country will not be chaotic!" Never forget that I am your only king! Except for me, no one can decide and change the fate of Datang! ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!!" The ministers fell to their knees in panic, and the mountains cried out with a tsunami.

The eldest grandson was as faceless as earth, and on his cold forehead, beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down, dripping the Xichuan Baihua brocade carpet in front of him.

"It's all flat." Li Shimin retook the "examination paper" on the imperial case again, and said, "I have learned from what the secretary said, and I have made a decision on the matter of Lanzhou - Fang Xuanling listens to the order!" ”

"Wechen obeys the edict!" Fang Xuanling stood up and bowed down.

"I ordered you to be the deputy chief of the march of the Guanxi Province, to sit in Chang'an, and the governor of the Guanxi army should be supplied with money, grain, horses, armor and other military supplies." Li Shimin said, "Tonight, I have to know how many cunsu there are in my Taicang, how many war horses there are in Longyou Horse Husbandry, and how many elite soldiers and people can be recruited and mobilized in the Guan. Fang Xuanling, you are my housekeeper of Datang. The battle of Kansai is related to the fortunes of the Tang Dynasty and should not be underestimated. You have to be uplifted, you have to be careful. ”

"Minister-do your best, and then die!" Fang Xuanling said loudly.

Everyone was taken aback...... The emperor's hand is simply a preemptive and lightning speed. He didn't discuss with everyone the question of 'Lanzhou is war or peace' at all, but directly transferred troops to punish the generals!

Arbitrary!

Is the emperor who is the emperor who is all over the world and Kaibang back?

"Wei Chi Gong obeys the order!" Li Shimin shouted again.

"Wechen is here!" Wei Chi Gong stood up vigorously.

"I have appointed you as the general manager of the march of Jiannan Road, leading the elite army of 50,000 Guan to the south of Sichuan and Shu, commanding all the state and county government soldiers in Liangchuan, and guarding Xichuan to balance Tibet." Li Shimin said, "If Tubo comes to attack and kill, you will fight back at the right time; If you don't, you will take the initiative to attack the west and make it fall back to the enemy! One should be grain, grass and other things, which will be allocated by Fang Xuanling and you. ”

"Jiannan Dao......" Wei Chigong was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "Your Majesty, Weichen is going to Lanzhou to avenge the second brother Qin!" ”

"Come on, take this recital to Jingde and take a look." Li Shimin said.

The attendant picked up the fold sent by Lanzhou and gave it to Wei Chigong. He stared at it a few times, and suddenly laughed out loud: "I see! Second Brother Qin gave birth to a smart and good son! - Father's revenge and son's revenge, rightly done! Weichen is willing to serve as Qin Saburo's flank assistant, defend the enemy in the wilderness, and attack Tubo! ”

"Hmm!" Li Shimin finally showed the first smile of today, nodded, and said, "Cheng Zhijie listens to the order!" ”

"Wechen is here!" Cheng Zhijie stood up and hugged his fists, looking at Li Shimin who was high above him with anticipation.

"I have appointed you as the deputy general manager of the march of Liaodong Dao, led 50,000 elite iron cavalry, and went to Youzhou by way of the northwest, and obeyed the orders of Li Ke, the governor of Youzhou and the governor of Liaodong Dao, King Wu." Li Shimin said, "I order you to assist Li Ke and suppress Goryeo." ”

"Ah, to Liaodong? Youzhou? Cheng Zhijie was even more stunned.

Li Shimin waved his hand, "Let Cheng Zhijie also take a look at this twist and turn." ”

The people of the Manchu Dynasty were all shocked, and they watched Cheng Zhijie open the thick stack of border passes from Lanzhou.

After reading it, Cheng Zhijie stroked his palms and laughed: "I see! Weichen is reckless, not as good as His Majesty and Qin Saburo! - Minister, willing to go to Liaodong to assist King Wu! Goguryeo dared to have half of the heart of disobedience, and the ministers attacked it, vowing to level the land and destroy the country, so as to set an example! ”

Li Shimin nodded and stood up, walked to the hall with his hands on his back, picked up the Fang Tian painting halberd again, and said leisurely: "Once, the barbarians of the Quartet respected me as the 'Heavenly Khan'. Now, they all think that Tian Khan is old and useless, and the Tang Dynasty has been in peace for a long time, but the river is declining. As a result, groups of beam-jumping clowns appeared on the stage one after another, causing trouble in the world and provoking me. I will let them know what the real meaning of these three words is Tian Khan; The so-called Heavenly Empire is not just rich in people and world-famous! ”

"Come on, take pen and ink!" Li Shimin shouted, and in an instant, he wrote a letter.

"This is a letter from me to Xue Yantuo's big collar and Zhenzhu Khan Yinan." Li Shimin looked around the hall and said awe-inspiringly, "I told him that I have started a full-scale war with Tubo, the Western Regions, and the Western Turks, and I will use troops against Liaodong. At that time, there will be an emptiness in northern Xinjiang and ineffective precautions. If he has the intention of sweeping the steppe to establish a khanate on his own, this is a godsend! ”

Everyone was stunned and speechless!

"Chu Suiliang, you immediately write an edict and send it to Li Tao!" Li Shimin put down the letter to Yi Nan, "I, I have handed over to him the Turkic homeland of the northern steppe and half of the rivers and mountains in Hebei!" No matter what Yi Nan wants to do in the future, or how chaotic the grassland is, I don't care about it, it's all up to him, Li Tao! ”

"Weichen Zun ......" Chu Suiliang inhaled the cool air and cautiously agreed.

Li Shimin finally sat down slowly and let out a long breath.

Just like a person who has experienced a marathon long-distance run, he shows a lot of fatigue, but his eyes are still as cold as ice and sharp as a knife.

"I have one more will. After the dissolution of the court tonight, the court will be abolished for ten days. The whole country, mourn Qin Shubao...... All officials above the fifth grade in the land of Guanliangjing and Jifu must go to the Yiguo Mansion in person to mourn! Tentatively, Shubao's tomb will be buried in Zhaoling. In the coming day, his body will be retrieved, and then moved into the Azusa Palace with a state funeral. ”

"Ministers obey ......"

"Huh......" Everyone clearly heard Li Shimin's voice, sighing with tiredness, helplessness and sadness.

"Chu Suiliang, I'm tired. You grabbed the pen on my behalf and wrote a letter to Qin Mubai in Lanzhou. Li Shimin leaned back on the dragon chair with his eyes slightly closed, and said, "Tell him to use the soldiers well and don't have any worries." If he is not the opponent of Garqinling, I will personally raise the army of the whole country to drive the expedition in person, and fight with the abandoned sect to make a duel! ”