Fang Xuanling was born in 579 and is 60 years old this year, his character was originally old and stable, but at this age, he has begun to become timid.

Because of Li Tai's affairs, Wei Zheng was belittled, and Fang Xuanling asked for intercession for Wei, but was reprimanded by Li Shimin. He began to retreat, so he became "sick".

After Fang Xuanling voted for Li Shimin, the king of Qin, in Weibei, he gave advice to Li Shimin, and was one of Li Shimin's powerful strategists. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Fang Xuanling served as the Zhongshu Order, and later successively served as the secretary of the military department and the left servant of the Shangshu.

Fang Xuanling has been following Li Shimin for decades, and Li Shimin has long been accustomed to his existence and understands his personality, so he sent people to his house with gifts to visit him and comfort him.

Fang Xuanling was cautious, although he had already had the idea of retreating and wrote his resignation, but he didn't dare to submit it to Li Shimin for a while, worried that Li Shimin would think he was in a mood and wanted to wait for a while, so he kept saying that he was sick at home.

After Li Tai left Chang'an, Li Shimin personally went to Fang Xuanling's house to visit him, hoping that he would continue to stay in office. Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin had disposed of Li Tai and recalled Wei Zheng, so he returned to Shangshu Province to work.

Then, there was a matter of Li Shimin's reuse of Hou Junji. Fang Xuanling knows Hou Junji very well, knowing that this guy is restless, and he has always wanted to be a servant, and he is Li Chengqian's father-in-law, which has aroused Fang Xuanling's suspicions.

Fang Xuanling is old and refined, he has already seen that although Li Tai has left Chang'an, Li Chengqian, in order to consolidate his position, also hopes that Hou Junji can go further, and Li Shimin asked Hou Junji to be in charge of the new court official assessment system, which is a signal that Hou Junji's status is going to rise.

Fang Xuanling considered that he had already made Li Shimin dissatisfied because of Li Tai's matter, and he didn't want to make Li Chengqian dissatisfied again because of Hou Junji's matter. So, he decided to return to his hometown and took the initiative to give way.

Fang Xuanling took the resignation letter and asked to see Li Shimin, and took the initiative to nominate Hou Junji to succeed him.

In fact, all the people did not understand Li Shimin's thoughts. As the first emperor of the ages, he is not in vain. Regarding the thoughts of Fang Xuanling, Li Chengqian, including Hou Junji and others, he is full of insight.

First of all, Fang Xuanling is old and fair, and Li Shimin has no intention of letting him leave. Secondly, he wanted to promote Hou Junji and let him bring a new change to the court with his tough style, but he was worried that Hou Junji was ambitious, and if he became a servant, he would encourage Li Chengqian to do something he didn't want to see.

In the Liangyi Palace, he specially arranged a play, pretending to propose that Hou Junji take over Fang Xuanling's position, to test the extent of Hou Junji's desire for power.

If Hou Junji exposed his ambitions, Li Shimin would never use him again, and from then on he would be marginalized, far away from the political center of the Tang Dynasty, and even Li Chengqian would be suspicious.

Not only that, Hou Junji will also completely offend Fang Xuanling, and it will also affect Fang Xuanling's opinion of Li Chengqian.

Hou Junji's performance made Li Shimin very satisfied, so he let Hou Junji enter Shangshu Province and be in the third position, with Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji clamping him down, and being able to play the role of Hou Junji.

However, Li You will not tell Li Chengqian and Hou Junjiming about these things, what he wants is not intrigue in the court, but to build the Tang Dynasty wholeheartedly.

Li You solemnly said to Li Chengqian and Hou Junji: "Don't guess. Everyone says that the power of heaven is unpredictable, and that is because they do not understand His Majesty.

As an emperor, His Majesty is wise and martial, a wise monarch rarely seen in thousands of years, and can be called an emperor through the ages. He not only has a broad mind, but also can distinguish between right and wrong, and has the courage to correct his mistakes. It is a blessing for us as courtiers to have such a wise Emperor Majesty.

All we have to do is to think about Datang wholeheartedly, do our own things, and don't think about other things. ”

Li Chengqian and Hou Junji saw that Li You refused to elaborate, so they had to accept his statement.

However, everyone is still very happy that Hou Junji is reused, after all, it is a good thing.

Li You instructed Baihu to inform Wang Liao to prepare wine and food to celebrate.

Li You's mood was very happy.

With Li Tai's departure, the infighting in the court came to an end for the time being. At this moment, the Tang Dynasty can be said to be the most peaceful and peaceful time in the court from the founding of the Tang Dynasty in the first year of Wude to the 13th year of Zhenguan now.

It is also a good start to do a good job in the construction of Datang wholeheartedly.

Next, the major events in the court had nothing to do with Li You, and he began to live his own small life and continued to work at the research institute every day.

Sima Wang Huairen of Dengzhou was recommended by Li You to serve as a servant in the Criminal Department, and his first task was to capture those traitors who colluded with pirates.

On this day, Wang Huairen came to the palace of the king of Qi.

"Lord Wang, according to the list provided by the Japanese slaves, the ministers organized a total of 2,712 people from various prefectures to arrest related people, including criminals who were previously arrested in various places, a total of 4,754 people. Now that they are scattered in various places of detention, how do you think they should be handled? ”

Li You said: "You escort 100 people to Chang'an for me, and the rest are strictly guarded in the same place." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Huairen said goodbye and left.

Li You said, "White Tiger, you go and invite Master Wei here." ”

"Minister Wei Zheng, I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qi." Wei Zheng said affectionately.

"Excuse me, Lord Wei, please take a seat." Li You said with a smile.

The weather was hot, Wei Zheng was sweating, he took the ice cream handed over by Wu Jue, and asked while eating: "Your Highness, what are you looking for a minister?" ”

Li You said: "What do you think should be done with those who collude with pirates? ”

Wei Zheng said angrily: "These guys really deserve to die, and the minister thinks that they should be punished heavily." ”

Li You asked, "How do you think the sentence should be imposed?" ”

Wei Zheng said: "The first evil must be dealt with, and the punishment must be appropriately increased for coercion. "He was jealous and hateful, and he hated these traffickers.

Li You shook his head slightly.

Wei Zheng was a little unhappy and asked, "Shouldn't these people be dealt with strictly?" ”

Li You asked: "How did Guan Yu die in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? How did Zhang Fei die? It's all done by traitors and traitors. What to do with traitors? ”

Wei Zheng looked at it, it turned out that he had misunderstood what Li You meant, and he asked, "Your Highness, what do you think should be done?" ”

Li You said: "Traitors deserve to die, the crimes of these traitors who betrayed their compatriots far exceed those traitors, and they should be dealt with more severely!" ”

Wei Zheng said: "Your Highness, do you mean to deal with it according to treason? ”

"Yes, as long as those who participated in piracy and betrayed their countrymen, they will all be dealt with according to the crime of treason, and none of them will be left, and their immediate family members will be involved." Li You gritted his teeth and said.

Wei Zheng said with a little hesitation: "This is more than 4,000 people, have you killed them all?" ”

"Kill, what's the use of leaving them? Kill them all. Through this incident, I warn those wicked people who betray the country and their comrades for the sake of profit, I Datang will never have room for traitors to survive, if someone becomes a traitor, even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, they must be brought to justice, although they will be punished even if they are far away.

Lord Wei, not only will the traitors be killed this time, but in order to prevent the Tang Dynasty from having traitors again in the future, you draft a new law on the crime of anti-traitors. ”

Although Wei Zheng felt that it was a little too ruthless, he also knew how harmful a traitor was. He said, "Yes, Your Highness, the minister will do it when he goes back." ”

Soon after, Datang adopted the "Opinions on the Handling of the Crime of Traitor" drafted by Wei Zhengxin. ”

Subsequently, all the traitors were beheaded throughout the country, and in the West Market of Chang'an, in front of businessmen from all over the world, 100 traitors were killed at one time, which greatly deterred those who forgot their righteousness for the sake of profit and did not hesitate to betray the interests of the country.

The social atmosphere of Datang has further improved, and both the government and the opposition have entered a good state of promoting righteousness and thriving.

Li You was very pleased, and when he tasted the food, he also felt more delicious.

On this day, Xiao Qian came to find Li You. As soon as they met, he said angrily: "Your Highness, this guy Gao Jingming is really a picker, and he is angry with me." ”