Chapter 10: Wei Zheng's Shock

The treatment of Xiao Deyan came down the next day and exiled Yelang, which is very normal, after all, slandering the crown prince in public with false words is a felony in any dynasty.

It's just that the officials of the Tang Dynasty are a little uncomfortable, and Li Shimin likes to listen to direct advice, so the ministers are also proud of direct advice. Li Shimin still left room when he was the emperor's advice, but he didn't give Li Chengqian any face; Li Shimin was sometimes angry when he was scolded, but he thought that Li Chengqian should not be angry, so he had double standards. Therefore, Li Chengqian was very afraid of the minister who gave direct advice, in the past, he did something out of the ordinary, and when the minister knew about it, he first admitted his mistake when people gave him advice.

Over time, Li Chengqian had no prestige, and the ministers dared to use anything on him for the sake of their reputation, Li Chengqian was very disgusted with such people, and he was also disgusted with the orthodox culture represented by these people, because he was disgusted with the orthodox culture, so he was abandoned by the ministers.

In the past few days, Li Chengqian suddenly showed the prestige of the crown prince, he scolded Kong Yingda for refusing to apologize, and also blocked several masters of the East Palace from the Chongjiao Gate.

Many ministers who are known for scolding suddenly find that the weak and incompetent crown prince has become terrible, and it is really dangerous not to take him seriously.

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Wei Zheng hadn't gotten out of bed for a few months, his eyes couldn't see anything, and the family was even ready for the future, and the affairs at home didn't alarm him, but a so-called script sent by the East Palace today was still sent to his bedside.

He is the crown prince and the prince, although he is dying, he has always paid attention to the East Palace, and he has been planning for the East Palace.

Today, the East Palace sent Li Chengqian's handwritten letter, saying that Li Chengqian wanted to arrange a play about the fall of the Sui Dynasty to educate the people, Wei Zheng did not say a word, and asked his son Wei Shuyu to read it to him at the bedside, he heard that these were all made by His Royal Highness the Prince, whether it can educate the people or not, but at least it can be seen how His Royal Highness the Prince's writing is.

From the moment he heard the first poem, he was completely shocked, "The people are suffering, and the people are suffering; Well, it's not easy for the prince to have some knowledge! ”

Wei Zheng listened to the whole script and felt that it was good to write well, but he scolded too little, so Wei Zheng ignored his illness and asked his son to ghostwrite the long and short sentences sent by Li Chengqian, and wrote a paragraph of text scolding Emperor Yang of Sui, and asked people to send it to the East Palace and add it to the play, and said that when the rehearsal was ready, he would come to the East Palace to watch the play in person.

The lyrics written by Wei Zheng were sent to the East Palace, and Li Chengqian thought it was not bad after reading it, so he asked Xu Jingzong to change it at the end.

This time made Xu Jingzong embarrassed again, did he dare to change the lyrics of the drama written by Wei Zheng? The most important thing is that Li Chengqian's main purpose is to scold Emperor Yang of Sui and Yang Su and other traitorous ministers, kill the monarch and usurp the throne, and bring disaster to the country and the people.

This kind of scolding can be said to be politically correct at any time, but the current emperor also killed his brother and imprisoned his father before he sat on the throne.

Originally, it was nothing to act according to him, but now with Wei Zheng's scolding, will the current emperor really not turn his face?

Xu Jingzong finally decided to make it clear to Li Chengqian, let him make up his own mind, and see if he was willing to provoke Li Shimin.

Xu Jingzong came out of the wing room and saw Li Chengqian standing in the courtyard wearing a big fox fur, talking to a few courtesans about how to sing.

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really a genius, not only the words he writes are good, but even the singing method is the Tao, and what Weichen admires is the five-body throwing to the ground." ”

Li Chengqian had a smile on his face when he heard this, but thinking that Xu Jingzong couldn't give a good face, he just said lightly: "Is there something wrong with Master Xu?"

Xu Jingzong was not embarrassed, but said solemnly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Weichen feels that the lyrics written by Zheng Guogong cannot be added. ”

"Why?" Li Chengqian looked back at him, originally Li Chengqian also wanted to scold Emperor Yang of Sui, but he was afraid that he would not write well, since Wei Zheng wrote it, no matter whether it was good or not, no one found fault with Wei Zheng anyway.

Xu Jingzong looked at Li Chengqian's serious face and was a little nervous, but he still said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, although Zheng Guogong scolded Emperor Yang of Sui, but the scolding was a little too much, and Weichen was afraid that he would be too careful today. ”

Li Chengqian took the lyrics written by Wei Zheng and looked at it. The main purpose of his compilation of this play is to make Yang Yong's experience arouse the sympathy of the soldiers and the people, and then to remind the soldiers and the people that the seizure of the heir will bring chaos and military disasters.

Scolding Emperor Yang of Sui is not the main purpose, and it would be bad if Li Shimin was distracted because of this.

Li Chengqian thought about these things clearly, and then said to Xu Jingzong: "Add some common people to scold Emperor Yang of Sui, and then scold Yang Su and Yuwenshu for framing the crown prince Yang Yong." ”

"Wechen understood." After Xu Jingzong finished speaking, he turned around and changed the words.

Li Chengqian took a look at the Eight Winds Hall again, and found that everyone was practicing according to his instructions, and he would not be able to produce results for a while and a half, so he took a small chariot to the Chongxian Hall to see how the "Notes on the Four Books Collection" was printed.

Early the next morning, Li Chengqian had breakfast with the crown princess and his two sons in the Lizheng Palace, and was about to go to the Eight Winds Palace, when the old ghost came to report that Du He and Zhao Jie asked to see him.

Li Chengqian was waiting for them to come in the main hall, and as soon as he saw Zhao Jie walking to the door, he shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, hurry up and drive to Dali Temple, it's really against him* Dali Temple, let's go and smash Dali Temple to him today!" ”

Li Chengqian didn't know what was going on, and said with some displeasure: "What are you yelling about?"

Turning his head to look at Du Hedao, "What's wrong?" Before Du He could speak, Zhao Jie had already said loudly: "Someone sued you in Dali Temple, Dali actually took the case, you say you can't be angry?"

"Sue me for what?" Li Chengqian didn't react.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a noble status, no matter what the people of Shengdou sue His Highness, Dali Temple should not accept the lawsuit." Du He was also a little angry.

"Oh." Li Chengqian remembered that with his current status, he could not commit a crime, and if there was a crime, it could only be a crime committed by the officials below.

The sue can only be a subordinate official or a domestic slave of the East Palace, and the defendant must not be His Royal Highness the Prince.

Now it seems that Dali Temple has accepted the case that he is the defendant, which is by no means something that Shengdou Xiaomin can do.

Seeing that Li Chengqian was silent, Zhao Jie hurriedly said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, why don't you speak?"

"What do you say now?" Li Chengqian said angrily.

"Of course, I took someone to smash the Dali Temple, and then tied up the faint Dali Temple Zhengqing and Shaoqing and beat them to death, so that they knew what the upper and lower ...... were." Zhao Jie said angrily.

"I think you're dizzy!" Li Chengqian couldn't help but interrupt him, and turned his head to look, "Du He, what do you think?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took and robbed a farmer's cattle and killed them for meat. However, since they have accepted the case, it shows that they have been prepared for a long time, and we really should not act rashly.

However, since they dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, they can't be spared lightly, and it won't work to knock on the door, I think I will send someone to assassinate the Shaoqing ruble of Dali Temple, he is the person of the King of Wei, and this matter must be inseparable from them. ”

Li Chengqian rolled his eyes weakly, this is the original Li Chengqian's humming second general, one is impulsive and irritable, the other looks steady, and all he thinks about in his heart is a conspiracy to assassinate all day long, it's too useless, right?

Li Chengqian was about to say something.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, General Li Anyan asks to see you." A little eunuch came in and came back.

Li Anyan turned out to be Li Jiancheng's military general, Li Jiancheng died during the Xuanwumen Mutiny, and he also fought with Li Shimin.

Li Shimin thought that he was loyal and brave, so he kept him as a guard, and now because Wei Zheng was seriously ill, Li Shimin sent him to live in Wei Zheng's house and report Wei Zheng's illness at any time.

In fact, Li Anyan also has an identity, that is, Li Chengqian's confidant, and in the end, he was killed for supporting Li Chengqian's rebellion.

Li Chengqian knew that since Li Anyan came, he must have brought Wei Zheng's message.

Sure enough, the first thing Li Anyan said when he sat down was, "Zheng Guogong already knows about Dali Temple." ”

Li Chengqian looked at Li Anyan, who was in his fifties, tall and mighty, with bright eyes, and the whole person sat there, giving people a sense of divine majesty.

I nodded secretly in my heart and said with a smile: "I don't know what Zheng Guogong taught me." ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Zheng Guogong said: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should immediately hand over the cattle robbers to Dali Temple for interrogation. Of course, Zheng Guogong will not let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suffer, and he will unite with the righteous people of the DPRK and China to impeach Sun Fujia, the secretary of Dali Temple, and the young secretary of Dali Temple. Li Anyan spoke with a straight eye and was very imposing.

Li Chengqian knew that this was a relatively safe method, but it would be a big blow to his prestige, and he would not adopt it.

Li Chengqian smiled slightly: "General Lao went back and told Zheng Guogong: Don't be so troublesome. I will ask Du He to arrange some more people to sue me in Dali Temple. I want to see how many cases Dali Temple dares to take against me, how will they try these cases, and how will they conclude?"

"This." Li Anyan hesitated.

"Don't worry, general, you told Zheng Guogong, he will understand." Li Chengqian said with a look of wisdom beads in his hand.

"Okay, then I'm going to take my leave." Li Anyan is a pure soldier, and if he can't understand things, he won't think about it.

Seeing Li Anyan leaving, Li Chengqian looked back at Du He and said: "Do what I just said, find a nearby villager, go to Dali Temple to complain, and accuse me of bullying men and women or something?" Remember to let Dali Temple take over the case, make things up as if they were real, and the time can be said to be longer, so that he has nowhere to check. ”

"Why?"

Du He was still thinking with his head down, and Zhao Jie asked directly and loudly.

"Because these are false accusations." After Li Chengqian finished speaking lightly, he got up and went out.

Li Anyan returned to Wei Zheng's mansion and conveyed Li Chengqian's words to Wei Zheng as they were.

After a while, Wei Zheng's swarthy old face showed a look of surprise, and he said excitedly: "High, really high, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really smart." ”

Wei Shuyu, who had just walked in, heard it and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just smart?"