Chapter 427: The Battle for Storage Positions

With the participation of these important ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee in the trial, and the fact that Na Gan Chengji came out as a witness, the trial of Li Chengqian's conspiracy case was unusually swift. By the end of April, it had been determined that Li Chengqian was extremely in the same party as he was plotting a rebellion, and that his preparations had been completed, and he was waiting for an appropriate opportunity.

After hearing the case, these important ministers also handed in a long piece of music, which gave a detailed account of the beginning and end of Li Chengqian's rebellion case.

At the court meeting, Li Shimin took a hasty look at this recital, then put it aside, and asked the ministers: "Wait a minute, tell me, how to deal with this rebel?" ”

The ministers glanced at each other, but they were silent. This is true even for the important ministers who were in charge of trying the case of Li Chengqian's rebellion. Seeing this, Li Shimin chuckled: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't hide it!" ”

The ministers suddenly slandered in their hearts, if they said that Li Chengqian would be executed, I am afraid that Your Majesty, you will secretly resent!

After being silent for a long time, the colleague came out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is easy to deal with the prince. As long as His Majesty is a loving father, and the prince has lived his entire life, he will be good! ”

This Lai Ji is the son of the former Sui Da Protector in the future.

Hearing this, Li Shimin pondered for a moment, nodded, and issued an edict ordering the abolition of the crown prince Li Chengqian as a concubine and exile in Guizhou.

As for the rest of Li Chengqian's comrades, Li Shimin originally wanted to exempt Li Yuanchang, the king of Han, from the death penalty. But I don't know who Li Yuanchang has offended, and there is a lot of opposition in the court. Li Shimin had no choice but to give Li Yuanchang to death at home. Although Li Yuanchang died, his mother, wife, and son were all forgiven by Li Shimin.

And that Hou Junji, Li Shimin also wanted to forgive him very much, and asked the courtiers: "Junji has merit, and he wants to beg for a living, but what?" However, this Hou Junji, like Li Yuanchang, is afraid that there are too many courtiers who have offended, and none of the courtiers have come out to say that they can, and they all say that the crime of rebellion is extremely heinous, and they should be executed. As a result, Li Shimin had no choice but to order Hou Junji to be beheaded in front of the city. Before the execution, Li Shimin said to Hou Junji: "Today is a decisive decision with the mayor!" Hou Junji also knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.

Before the execution, Hou Junji said to the prison officer: "Junji has fallen so far! However, His Majesty is in the Mansion, defeats the two kingdoms, and begs all the sons to be sacrificed! But he was begging Li Shimin not to connect his family.

The supervisor reported the matter to Li Shimin, Li Shimin sighed and agreed, but all the wives and children of Hou Junji's family were exiled to Lingnan. When Hou Junji's home was raided, the official in charge of the raid came to raid two beauties. It is said that these two beauties grew up eating human milk and never ate a meal. The extravagance of this Hou Junji can be seen.

This Hou Junji had bad thoughts in his heart a long time ago. At the beginning, Li Shimin ordered Li Jing to teach Hou Jun the art of war, and after learning for a while, he said to Li Shimin: "Li Jing is going to rebel!" Li Shimin hurriedly asked the reason. Hou Junji said: "Li Jing taught the art of war, and the ministers hid their essence with their coarseness, so the ministers thought he was going to rebel!" Li Shimin called Li Jing and asked about it, and Li Jing replied: "This is Hou Junji is about to rebel!" This summer has been decided, what the ministers have taught is enough to control the four yi, and Junji is still seeking the art of the ministers, this is not for rebellion, or for what? ”

Not only Li Jing, but Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, also once said to Li Shimin: "Jun Jizhi is big and wise, conceited and trivial, shame under Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, although he is a secretary of the ministry, he is not satisfied with his ambitions. If you look at it from the minister's point of view, it will be chaos! Li Shimin said: "Jun skidding, why can't you do it!" I don't regret the important position, but the second order has not yet reached the ear, how can I be 100 million degrees, and guess the evil in vain? Now that Hou Junji has really rebelled, Li Shimin said to Li Daozong: "Sure enough, as Aiqing said!" ”

All but these two conspirators were put to death.

At this point, the prince's rebellion case was solved before it was launched.

In less than half a year, there were two cases of rebellion against the king of Qi, Li You, and the rebellion against the crown prince Li Chengqian. Moreover, the leader of these two rebellion cases is still his own son, so you can imagine how big a blow this incident has hit Li Shimin.

Therefore, Li Shimin fell ill. After a few days of treatment and recuperation, he finally recovered slowly, and as long as the rest continued to recuperate, Li Shimin's illness would improve.

During Li Shimin's illness, a chubby figure ran to the palace almost every day. This is Li Tai, the king of Wei.

When he heard the news that Li Chengqian was trying to rebel, His Royal Highness the King of Wei was overjoyed, and he couldn't imagine that before he could hit Li Chengqian and seize the position of the East Palace, the eldest brother would give up the position of the East Palace himself. Li Tai knew that his opportunity had come, so he ran into the palace every day, just waiting for Li Shimin to say the words to make him the crown prince.

The hard work paid off, and he took care of the sick Li Shimin for more than ten consecutive days, which made Li Shimin's heart feel warm. As a result, Li Shimin's affection for Li Tai soared, and he even said in front of him that he would make him the prince.

When Li Tai heard this, he even walked a little fluttering. After returning to the mansion and thinking about it calmly, Li Tai felt that Li Shimin's promise was not reliable, and he had to continue to add fire! So he sent someone to secretly send letters to Liu Xun, Cen Wenwen and others.

On the second day, under the leadership of these two people, the ministers of Li Tai's family spoke out one after another, requesting that Li Tai be made the crown prince.

Liu Xun said: "Looking at all your Royal Highnesses, Wei Wangtai is old and calm, clever and wise, erudite and knowledgeable, and has the immortal merit of compiling the "Chronicles of the Earth", if you are established as the prince, you will be able to make the Tang Dynasty and inherit it for thousands of years!" ”

However, as soon as these people jumped out one by one, the eldest grandson Wuji came out of the ranks and asked Li Zhi, the king of Jin, to be the new crown prince. The eldest grandson Wuji said: "The old minister thinks that although Lord Liu's words have some truth, the minister still thinks that Wei Wangtai is not suitable to inherit the position of the East Palace!" Well, the King of Wei is good at Wenzhi, but my Tang Dynasty today is all shot with a knife, so the old minister is a little worried. Moreover, the King of Wei peeped into the position of the East Palace, everyone knows, if His Majesty makes him enter the East Palace, wouldn't it leave an impression on future generations, and all the positions of the East Palace can be seized by means! Therefore, the old minister does not approve of King Wei entering the East Palace, but is willing to see King Jin enter the East Palace! ”

As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji's words fell, Liu Xun sneered: "Then His Royal Highness the King of Jin will echo the request of the eldest grandson?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Not bad! Back then, the Ashina Association was about to rebel, but it was the King of Jin who was in danger and commanded the guards to suppress it! Moreover, King Jin is benevolent and filial, guarding the mausoleum for his mother and interceding for his brother! Such a pure heart is really rare! ”

Li Shimin listened, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Everyone, Aiqing, wait a minute, how is Wu Wangke?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the eldest grandson Wuji immediately stood up and objected: "The old minister has objections!" When it comes to civil and military character, King Wu is the best choice! However, the mother of King Wu is not the queen, but Concubine Yang. And this Concubine Yang is the former Sui princess! Set up King Wu as the crown prince, this matter must not be! ”

Not only the eldest grandson Wuji, but even Liu Xun, who was competing with him, also spoke out to stop him.

Seeing that the ministers were like this, Li Shimin had no choice but to shut up and no longer mention Li Ke's matter. Even so, he didn't make a judgment in court, but just said, "Let me think about it again!" ”

When the eldest grandson Wuji and Liu Xun saw Li Shimin say this, they had no choice but to retreat and say nothing more.

In the Wei Palace, Li Tai roared loudly with anger on his face: "I knew that my father would not be able to speak!" Obviously he said in front of me that I was the prince, but now I have to think about it, what to think about! and Li Zhi, what is so good about him, the eldest grandson has no ...... Uncle Eldest Sun would speak for him! ”

At this time, in Zhaoling, in an ordinary tiled house, Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang sat on both sides of several cases. Wu Meiniang's slender jade hand is making tea for Li Zhi. And Li Zhi, a pair of eyes were looking at Wu Meiniang's jade hands up and down, like two dancing butterflies!