Chapter 159: Peak Duel (2)
Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin's eyes were not good, and he knew that he must not show weakness at this time, so he got up and limped off the throne, and calmly bowed to Li Shimin and said: "Father Qi, these monks have brought disaster to the country and the people, so that they have caused heavenly punishment, and tens of thousands of people in Chang'an City went to the gate of the East Palace early this morning to ask Erchen to order the punishment of demon monks, and Erchen ordered them to be punished to go to Longshouyuan to do coolies, and the people also took hoes to help the court drive these monks to Longshouyuan. ”
Li Chengqian said that the silence in the hall could be heard falling, and even the ministers of the East Palace didn't know how to speak for Li Chengqian.
Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian as if this was a trivial matter, and he wanted to kill him immediately, but after a while, Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't you ask me for advice in advance?"
Do you know that Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty was killed by Zhongchang after destroying the Buddha, and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty died of illness due to the destruction of the Buddha?"
Li Chengqian listened and said innocently: "Father, emperor, and ministers have not destroyed the Buddha?"
Seeing that Li Chengqian did not admit his account, Li Shimin angrily raised his foot and kicked over the case in front of him, and roared loudly: "Then what are you doing?"
Seeing that Li Shimin was really angry, the hundred officials in the hall were so frightened that they took a few steps back, and looked at Li Chengqian, who was still standing in the center of the hall, in horror.
Li Chengqian was also taken aback when he saw this, gritted his teeth and insisted on not retreating, and said with a relaxed smile on his face: "My father is angry, and his sons are just punishing the demon monks of Buddhism in accordance with the will of the people of Heaven, which is different from destroying the Buddha. ”
"Heavenly public opinion? Tianxin public opinion ......" Li Shimin muttered these four words in his mouth, staring at Li Chengqian with red eyes, as if he wanted to see clearly what purpose was hidden behind his move.
Li Chengqian smiled faintly and raised his voice and continued: "And the death of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty was not because of the destruction of Buddha, but because Emperor Taiwu killed too much, and the untimely death of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was also the mandate of heaven, and it was impossible to move the will of heaven to destroy a few Buddhas."
Father, why do you have to protect a few demon monks who are in calamity?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......" Master Yang opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything.
Li Shimin's chest rose and fell and panted, staring at Li Chengqian for a long time, and said in a cold voice: "Why did they bring disaster to the country and the people?"
Seeing Li Shimin's unrelenting appearance, Li Chengqian also felt a little angry in his heart, slammed the crutches in his hand to the ground, and said loudly: "Before the emperor of Qizuo's father, there was a demon monk Yuanxuan who spread rumors in Chang'an City, saying that because of the reclamation of the dragon's head, it will cause the dragon in Chang'an City to turn over, which will make the people of Chang'an City panic and almost cause a catastrophe. ”
Li Shimin saw Li Chengqian's cane so presumptuous in front of him, he snorted angrily and turned his face to the side, and only when he heard this slowly turned his face around.
After Li Chengqian finished saying the above few words, he paused and turned to look at the hundred officials behind him, and then said: "The monk is so nonsense, no one in Chang'an has come forward to restrain him, and in the end, he can't even look at the heavens and send down heavenly punishments, and lightning strikes the Daxiong Treasure Hall of Daxingshan Temple. Erchen complied with the will of heaven, and yesterday he had ordered all the demon monks of Yuanzhi and Daxingshan Temple to be brought into the criminal department for interrogation.
Did my father think it was wrong for his son to do this?"
Li Shimin said with a dark face when he saw the question: "I don't want to ask you about catching the monk." ”
Li Shimin's face and eyes can eat people, but he can't say in the Taiji Hall that Li Chengqian's handling of the round test is wrong, after all, the round test monk has a way to take death, and Li Chengqian is also in line with the will of heaven.
When Li Chengqian heard this, he arched his hand and said: "Father may not know that just yesterday, the demon monks in all the temples in Chang'an City did not respect the way of heaven and did not obey the laws of the country, and they poured out of the nest, spreading rumors to confuse the public, plotting against them, and pointing the finger at the East Palace and his sons, so they were also thundered by the sky last night.
These demon monks can't even see the people of Chang'an, and tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the East Palace early this morning to ask their sons for orders to get rid of the demon monks.
It was Erchen who thought that he had a good life in heaven, and he couldn't bear to see the blood flowing like a river, so he ordered to only drive him, the demon monks, to Longshouyuan to be used as coolies. ”
Li Chengqian's voice was so emotional that everyone in the hall nodded secretly when he heard it, after all, there were still many Confucian students in the hall at this time.
It's just that Li Shimin still said with a calm face: "Since the people of Chang'an hate the demon monks and the country, why don't they go to the government and don't beat the drums to see me?"
Li Chengqian instantly smelled a sour smell, and the ministers in the palace also looked at Li Shimin in surprise, how did he say this?
If such a thing happens to someone else, there must be death or death, but Li Chengqian is the crown prince, so he should win the hearts of the people, how can Your Majesty eat his own son's vinegar?
The reason is like this, but Li Shimin has a gloomy face, and Li Chengqian has to answer him, otherwise it will be disrespectful.
"Back to my father, I don't know why the people went to the East Palace to ask for their sons, but since tens of thousands of people came to ask for their sons, they can't ignore it, right?
Besides, is there any difference between the people going to the East Palace to ask for their sons' lives, and coming to the Taiji Palace to ask their fathers for their lives?"
Without waiting for Li Shimin to answer, Li Chengqian turned to look at the ministers in the hall and said, "What do you think?"
"You!"
was asked twice by Li Chengqian, Li Shimin's face turned the color of pig liver, and he was speechless with his eyes stared, because Li Chengqian's last sentence pointed out his identity as the prince.
Anyone except Li Chengqian dared to say that Li Shimin could kill him, but Li Chengqian had no problem saying this, because he was the successor to the throne and he could win the hearts of the people.
Seeing this scene, the ministers in the hall were all worried but didn't dare to speak, they were really afraid of the two of them. Li Shimin is a generation of heroes who will immediately win the world, and it goes without saying that he is decisive in killing.
Although Li Chengqian is lame, his means and even the will of the people are not weaker than Li Shimin.
"His Royal Highness the Prince" Ma Zhou saw that Li Shimin's face was really ugly, and couldn't help but remind him loudly.
Li Chengqian saw that it was almost over, and once again solemnly saluted Li Shimin and said: "It's just a few thousand monks, and my father doesn't have to be angry about these little things." Li Shimin knew that Li Chengqian was doing it reasonably, and he couldn't find anything wrong with him at this time, so he snorted coldly and turned his face to the side to say that he didn't care about it.
This scene made the eyes of the ministers below almost fall out, although Li Shimin claims to be good at admonishment, but such a remonstrance against Li Shimin's wishes, only the deceased Wei Zheng dares to argue to the end, and many times he can still make him soft, and today Li Chengqian has also done it.
The minister saw that Li Chengqian's eyes changed completely, and he thought in his heart that he would not be half-hearted in the future, and be loyal to His Majesty and the prince, anyway, His Majesty would not be able to abolish the prince.
Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin had lost his face and let go of the matter, so he continued: "Father, emperor, son, and minister, there is a major event related to the fortunes of the country and the people's livelihood that I want to show you. As he spoke, he took out a note.
Li Shimin glanced at him and said, "You say." Just about to step forward to pick up Li Chengqian's internal waiting, Wen Yan hurriedly returned to his original position.
"Father and Emperor, here is the performance of Yan Lide, a young eunuch of the craftsman, asking for the tenants of the people in Guanzhong to be reduced to 30 percent......"
Li Shimin didn't wait for Li Chengqian to finish speaking, so he said in a blazing voice: "The imperial court has always only collected one and a half percent of the tenants, so how can it be reduced to three percent and one percent?"
Li Chengqian hurriedly explained: "What my father said is that the official land of the imperial court is only collected by one and a half percent, but the tenant rent of the private tenant farmers has already received sixty percent. ”
"What?" Li Shimin was also taken aback, and couldn't help but sit upright and look at Li Chengqian and the others to make it clear.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian lifted the song up again, and the chamberlain hurriedly took it and presented it to Li Shimin.
Li Chengqian continued: "Emperor Qi is now because the population of Guanzhong has become less and less populated in recent years, so many scholars have raised their tenant rents to fifty or sixty percent or even more.
For example, last year, Yu Zhining's field, the right concubine, received 60% of the fields, which is also the reason why there were so many victims when there was a snow disaster last year......"
After Li Chengqian's words were finished, Yan Lide and Yu Zhining, who were in the hall, turned gray and white.
While listening to Li Chengqian's words, Li Shimin quickly flipped through the notes handed over by Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian had already added a lot of detailed data to Yan Lide's original notes.
After reading the recital, Li Shimin looked up at Li Chengqian and said, "Is it all true?"
Li Chengqian said with a straight face: "Every sentence is true! ”
When Li Shimin heard this, he looked at Yu Zhining, who was frightened and slowly collapsed on the ground.
The Guan Sergeant clan in the main hall was thinking of how to deal with it in their minds.
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