Chapter 379: Petition for Intercession

Although Hou Junji was not imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department and was imprisoned, Li Shimin did not touch the property of his family's mansion. Of course, the gold and silver goods brought back from Gaochang had been confiscated by Jin Wuwei and rushed into the treasury.

A rough estimate of the value of that batch of property is nearly 800,000 yuan.

This made Li Shimin even more distressed, looked at the list handed over, and sighed.

"My lord, Your Majesty has not yet announced the results of the disposition of General Hou, do you think General Hou will be hopeless?" Staying in the investigation institute, this took care of daily official business, and selected important information to be submitted directly to Li Shimin. Lin Ran, who was standing on the side, asked cautiously.

"Hehe, this may not be!" Zhang Yunwen looked at a piece of information about the recent situation of the Tang Dynasty Trade Fleet, and said to Lin Ran, "General Hou is the founding father, and he followed His Majesty at the end of the Sui Dynasty. In addition, the war achievements are impressive, and His Majesty is a person of great affection and righteousness, so this time General Hou must be in danger, and he will come out in a few days in the prison! ”

"Besides......" Zhang Yunwen put down the paper in his hand, "There will definitely be people in the court who will intercede for Hou Junji, so Hou Junji will be fine!" However, I'm afraid it will be difficult for General Hou to go to the battlefield again in the future! ”

Lin Ran nodded approvingly.

Zhang Yunwen continued to look at the information in his hand.

The intelligence was about the situation of the Datang fleet in the South China Sea.

At the beginning, nearly 200 large and small warships and more than 10,000 naval troops of the Tang Dynasty sailed south, went south to the South China Sea, and were ordered to preach the king's transformation and educate the natives in the South China Sea.

After the fleet arrived at the Nanhai Zhudao, they explored one island after another, but found a large amount of precious wood such as rosewood on these islands, but found no mineral deposits.

Continuing south, when landing on a large island, the sailor met the local natives. So, Tang Jun taught them what is called a horizontal knife, what is called a steel crossbow, and what is called an array, which can be regarded as promoting Wanghua!

There were many natives living on this island, and the Tang army swept through one tribe after another, and finally captured more than 3,000 people.

It was also on this island that the old miners who had followed the fleet discovered a gold mine and a copper mine.

So, at the command of the fleet commander, the 3,000 captives were transformed into miners and began to mine ore in these two mines.

At this point, almost two years have passed since the original departure of the fleet.

Zhang Yunwen handed over this information to Li Shimin, Li Shimin took a look, and immediately said happily: "Hehe, I can't imagine that there are so many treasures on these South China Sea Islands." Lo and behold, rosewood, longan, cardamom...... Tsk, there's a gold mine and a silver mine! Haha, it seems that I am going to directly allocate the South China Sea Islands into one for easier management! ”

Seeing that Li Shimin was in high spirits, Zhang Yunwen also echoed a few words.

Just as he was about to get up to say goodbye, Li Shimin suddenly handed over a piece of music: "Come, Yunwen, look at this!" ”

Zhang Yunwen hesitated, but still took the piece and opened it to read it.

I saw that the beginning of the chapter reads: "The text of the minister is played: Junji and others are either assistants, or only minions, and are promoted, and are appointed as generals, and cannot serve the law in order to repay His Majesty's kindness." The measures are wanton, the guilt is accumulated, and it is appropriate to bring the punishment to the punishment to suppress the dynasty. But Gaochang is in a coma, people and gods abandon him, and those who are in the court are in the wilderness with their land, and they want to put it out of the way......"

Here, he first lightly brought the responsibility of Hou Junji's crime, and then turned the pen and wrote: "Junji and others have the work of the road, which is not enough to call it meritorious." And His Majesty's Tiande Fuzai is attributed to the generals. When Lubu first arrived, he gave great grace, and those who were recruited were cleansed. and its triumph, the feast of Temonqu, and the great reward for all nations. Inside and outside the civil and military, His Majesty Xianxin will not overtime the reward......"

Next, he gave examples of Li Guangli, Chen Tang, Wang Jun, Han Baohu and other generals, who were all very meritorious and greedy for treasures, but were pardoned by their monarchs, and finally wrote: "Fu Yi is a little Han Wu and the emperors of the past dynasties, you can still be Youguangli, etc., Your Majesty is a god of martial arts, Zhenhong is determined to be **, how can you only be punished by the net, not the things of the ancients!" Fu Wei Shenghuai, when you have your own discretion. The ministers are so Chen Wen, they dare not collect private monarchs, etc., and they use the end of the light to increase the sun and the moon. If Your Majesty rains and dews, collects the power of thunder and lightning, records his small labor, forgets his great mistakes, and makes Junji re-ascend to the court, and re-drive away, although he is not a pure minister, he is still a greedy and foolish general. His Majesty is holy, although he bends the law and his virtue is revealed; Junji and others have been sorrowful, although they have been forgiven. Those who have made meritorious contributions are persuaded because of this; The guilty will be changed from the other. ”

The whole article is well-structured, the arguments are strong, and it is really convincing. However, what does Li Shimin mean by folding this letter to himself?

At this time, Li Shimin said: "Yunwen, this is the piece of music that was just sent, after you read it, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Yunwen shook his head: "Cen Zhongshu has already read it, and the minister has no opinion!" ”

Li Shimin showed a smile on his face: "Okay, you go down first!" ”

Zhang Yunwen saluted and turned to leave.

Li Shimin let himself see the recital of this Cen text, I am afraid that it was to test the attitude of the ministers in the court!

On the second day of the court meeting, Li Shimin took out the recital of Cen Wen, and after asking the chamberlain to recite it in court, he sighed: "When I was still the king of Qin, I opened the museum and recruited talents from all over the world, and Hou Aiqing joined the shogunate at that time. Then he conquered Longxi, fought the tiger prison, and made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. After I ascended the throne, I went out to Tuyuhun to destroy the country and Gaochang, and made great contributions! Although his character is flawed, he is a generation of heroes, so I decided to release Hou Aiqing and his subordinates! ”

As soon as these words fell, Cen Wenwen, who wrote the chapter, came out and said: "Your Majesty cares for the heroes, is sympathetic to the soldiers, and is benevolent, which is really a blessing for my Datang!" ”

Hearing this sycophant, Li Shimin showed a smile on his face, but his eyes turned to Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji and other important ministers.

Feeling Li Shimin's gaze, they knew that they were going to come out and express their position.

Fang Xuanling stood up on the spot, saluted Li Shimin, and said loudly: "Weichen agrees with His Majesty's words. Although there are small flaws, it is difficult to hide Meiyu! Although Hou Junji made a mistake, it is difficult to hide his credit, so Weichen also agrees with His Majesty's words! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was a long one: "Weichen has nothing to say!" ”

These two took the lead in speaking, and the rest of the ministers had nothing to say, even Xiao Yu and Kong Yingda said with a smile: "Your Majesty has the style of a benevolent monarch, which is really the luck of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

So, after staying in the prison of the Criminal Department for more than half a month, this Hou Junji came out of this prison.

Looking back and glancing at the prison of the Criminal Department, Hou Junji suddenly felt an inexplicable emotion in his heart. After a long sigh, he slowly walked out of the punishment department.

After walking for a while, Hou Junji saw several figures standing in front of him and a carriage parked. But it was his son Hou Yingjie who stood at the intersection with the old housekeeper and others waiting for Hou Junji.

"Father!" Hou Yingjie shouted softly, with a slight tremor in his voice.

"Sir!" The old steward shouted excitedly.

Seeing them, Hou Junji suddenly had a feeling of heroic end. He looked back at the prison again, and got into the carriage without saying a word.

The carriage slowly drove out of this small alley.

What Hou Junji didn't know was that he looked back at the prison of the Criminal Department twice, but he frightened the cell leaders and jailers who sent him to the door. Who doesn't know that Hou Junji is narrow-minded and will be revenged, he looked back at this prison twice in a row, is it a grudge, wants to remember here, and then retaliate against them, these cell bosses?

Not to mention the panic and anxiety of these cell bosses and jailers, and to say that this Hou Junji returned to the mansion and saw his wife and children, he sighed and sighed.

When Hou Junji finished bathing and reappeared in the hall, he saw his daughter kneeling down for him suddenly.

"Girl, why are you!" Hou Junji asked while asking people to help his daughter up.

Hou Junji's daughter suddenly had tears on her face: "Father, you, you have to think of a way to save Helan!" ”

Hearing his daughter's request, Hou Junji was immediately stunned: "What, hasn't Chu Shi come out yet?" "The matter of Hou Junji this time is very wide-ranging, and the generals of Hou Junji, including Helan Chushi, are all implicated.

Hou Junji's daughter's tears flowed more urgently, only to see her raise a face with pear blossoms and rain, lightly tap her head, and let out a "um".

Hou Junji stood up, took two steps, sat back down, and said with a sigh: "I just came out of the prison, where is there any way to save Chu Shi!" ”

"Wouldn't the master go to those good friends to ask about the situation?" Mrs. Hou on the side spoke.

Hou Junji's face changed for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go and ask!" ”

So, Hou Junji took his own soldiers and went out of the gate.

Hou Junji easily inquired about the reason why Helan Chushi came out. But Li Shimin did it deliberately, presumably to teach Helan Chushi and those generals a lesson.

According to the official, it will take at least half a month for Helan Chushi and them to be released.

Hearing the news, Hou Junji couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.

When she went back and told her daughter the news, she immediately cried like a tearful person.

Although he was released from prison, Li Shimin did not say that he would be reinstated, so in the next few days, Hou Junji stayed at home, waiting for news from Helan Chushi.

Half a month, these fifteen days are really rare to wait!

However, to Hou Junji's surprise, on the fifth day after he returned home, Nahelan Chushi also returned to the mansion.

Hou Junji looked puzzled, didn't His Majesty say that he would teach them a lesson and release them after being locked up for half a month? How did it come out now!

When asked about Helan Chushi, the latter was also at a loss.