Chapter 57: He Can't Be Buried
Li Chengqian slowly stood up, looked at Li Shimin and said lightly: "The thousands of generations of the Tang Dynasty is not the business of the father alone, not to mention the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, even the prime minister of the house will also discourage the father, and he can also hang up the crown or die for the sake of the thousands of generations of the Tang Dynasty." β
"Rebel!" Li Shimin felt that he had been humiliated by Li Chengqian, and his boundless anger made him want to strangle Li Chengqian immediately.
"Your Majesty!" Fang Xuanling hurriedly stopped Li Shimin and said with a crying voice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, the old minister should retire, for the sake of the thousands of generations of old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, go home to serve the old lady." Fang Xuanling knelt down towards Li Shimin again as she spoke, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.
Fang Xuanling cried just now and there was an element of acting, but this time he really didn't think about anything, Li Chengqian said it to this point, if he wanted Li Shimin to keep him, other ministers and future generations would not say a good word for him, and even Li Shimin would doubt him later.
Fang Xuanling bowed to Li Shimin three times and turned around and walked out, Li Shimin was shocked and said a word.
When Fang Xuanling walked by Li Chengqian's side, Li Chengqian hurriedly and solemnly said to him: "Liang Guogong has been in the court for more than ten years, and it is gratifying to retire today!" β
Fang Xuanling showed a hint of relief when he heard Li Chengqian's words, and seriously replied to Li Chengqian: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is smart and wise, and the Tang Dynasty can be expected to flourish, and the old minister is very pleased. So saying, he continued on his way.
Wei Ting saw that Fang Xuanling was really going to leave the court, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him to stay, but saw that the eldest grandson Wuji, who was standing in front, had already walked out one step ahead of him, and also bowed deeply to Fang Xuanling and said, "Brother Fang can go home to serve the old mother, it's really gratifying!" β
Many ministers in the Taiji Hall were stunned when they saw this, what does Lord Eldest Sun mean by this?
"Send the room!"
"Fang Xiang goes all the way!"
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Immediately afterwards, Hou Junji, Ma Zhou, Li Shiji, Zhu Suiliang, and others all came out one by one to say goodbye to Fang Xuanling.
Fang Xuanling also said goodbye to them one by one, Li Shimin watched all this tears rolling down, an old man who had been with him for decades, a person who he had been regarded as his right-hand man for more than ten years, and he would stay away from the court from now on......
It took a long time for Fang Xuanling to walk out of the main hall and people recovered from the sad atmosphere, while Li Shimin stared at Li Chengqian with red eyes, as if he was ready to eat Li Chengqian at any time.
A person who has been the prime minister for more than ten years was sent away by Li Chengqian in a few words, and the minister of the palace wanted to say that he was not afraid that it was false.
Therefore, most of the ministers in the Taiji Hall at this time did not dare to look at Li Chengqian, and although a few were resentful in their hearts, they were also more afraid than angry.
Only a very small number of people have an appreciative attitude towards Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian was unmoved by this, and said with a slight smile: "Liu Xun, the former governor of the Emperor's Father's Counsel Department, took advantage of the snow disaster to embezzle and revitalize the disaster food, resulting in thousands of victims freezing to death within two days, and the sons of the Emperor had ordered the students of Chang'an City to write poems and essays to criticize this matter, and nearly a thousand articles and poems have been received in a few days, and one hundred and twenty excellent works have been screened out by the East Palace to prepare for the collection and engraving to be given to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military. β
As he spoke, Li Chengqian took out a bound book of poems and handed it over with both hands, and the waiter didn't dare to wait for it, so he took it and put it on Li Shimin's desk.
Li Shimin's face was pale, and he didn't look at the poetry collection on the table, and after a while, he snorted coldly and said: "Liu Xun is at fault but he is dead, the prince should be generous, this poetry collection should be forgotten." β
Originally, many ministers were very happy to hear about the poetry collection, but they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Li Shimin like this.
"Your Majesty's words are wrong, although Liu Xun is dead, but his sin is great, if a person dies, the sin is counted, why should the left history record the right history on this hall, and when a person dies, he will also be passed on, isn't it all for the purpose of evaluating a person's life so that future generations can take it as a warning?
Liu Xun is insatiable and a thief of the remnants of the people, and he should use it to educate the officials. At this time, the speaker in the main hall was Li Chengqian's newly recruited East Palace Zuo Yu Deyan Shigu.
Originally, Yan Shigu had not been in court for many years, and at the beginning of the year, Li Tai was overjoyed by the "Chronicles of the Kuodi" he organized, and the original Li Chengqian asked Yan Shigu to come forward to annotate the "Book of Han".
Unexpectedly, Yan Shigu, who was disappointed in the imperial court, actually agreed, but the original Li Chengqian was dedicated to having fun, and just asked Yan Shigu to note that he did not interfere in the joint annotation.
A few days ago, Yan Shigu sent the annotated "Book of Han" to the East Palace, and Li Chengqian immediately led Yan Shigu to see the place where the East Palace was engraved and promised to print the book for him, and Yan Shigu immediately promised to be willing to be in the East Palace.
Li Shimin also admired Yan Shigu's knowledge very much, so Li Chengqian wrote to enshrine Yan Shigu as the left edict of the East Palace, and Li Shi immediately agreed.
At this time, seeing Yan Shigu jumping out, Li Shimin had the urge to scold his mother, but Yan Shigu was also a famous historian all over the world, Li Shimin just snorted angrily and turned his face aside, waiting for someone to come out to deal with Yan Shigu.
"Lord Yan's words are wrong, Liu has participated in politics in the DPRK for many years without merit and hard work, although he made a big mistake, he also apologized with death, and it doesn't make sense to make a fuss about him at this time." Cui Renshi stood up in a timely manner, Cui Renshi was famous for his lenient prison management in the Tang Dynasty, so he spoke to Yan Shigu, who was more than ten years older than him, in the tone of an authoritative expert at this time.
Yan Shigu didn't eat him, and said directly: "Lord Cui is proficient in prison management but not educational, today His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has said that he regrets the punished officials who commit crimes, but if you want officials not to commit crimes, you must be able to educate them as a lesson from history, and the collection of poems that criticize Liu Xun is precisely for this purpose, so that the officials of the Tang Dynasty will no longer commit crimes, His Royal Highness the Prince is really a piece of benevolence and benevolence!" β
No one thought that Yan Shigu, who was in his sixties, would actually sing praises for Li Chengqian in the main hall, and everyone's eyes widened and they didn't know how to deal with it.
"Hmph, Yan Qing's family has not been in the court for many years, and seeing you again today is really impressive, and the prince is coming!" Li Shimin said sarcastically.
Yan Shigu replied without changing his face: "If Your Majesty had gone to the disaster settlement site to see it, you would have understood why the ministers welcomed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. β
"Humph!" Li Shimin was silent.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Lord Yan is the day of Liu Shenzheng's burial today, can you delay the matter of engraving the poetry collection for a while?" Cen Wenwen came out to play a round, and he saw that there was Yan Shigu, a scripture and history, and a few of them couldn't argue until Tianming.
"Buried? Who allowed him to be buried?" Li Chengqian suddenly asked loudly, he thought yesterday that even if the Criminal Department and Li Shimin wanted to change the sentence, they would not have slapped him in the face so quickly, if he hadn't been prepared for it, he would definitely be caught off guard by them today.
"Naturally, I will not allow your unkind and unmerciful judgments." Li Shimin replied directly.
"It was the father who decreed that the sons and daughters could hear the lawsuit and adjudicate the case, and now the son and father are not allowed to execute the case judged by the sons, what does this mean?" Li Chengqian asked directly.
"I can order the hearing of the case, and I can change your verdict, what can you do?" Li Shimin was unreasonable.
"My father has changed the sentence of his son, and Liu Xun can't be buried, if you don't want to be whipped, it's best to do it according to the sentence of King Lone." Li Chengqian announced loudly and domineeringly.
"Bang"
"Rebel dares!" Li Shimin was so angry that he slapped the table.
"How can the crown prince contradict His Majesty like this?" The eldest grandson Wuji didn't want to talk to Li Chengqian, but at this time, if he didn't come out to persuade him, he couldn't get over it on his conscience.
"Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince shouldn't be......"
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Just when everyone was talking and arguing, an attendant entered the hall and said: "Your Majesty, the victims stopped Liu Shenzheng's funeral, and forcibly carried Liu Shenzheng's coffin to the south of the city, locked the three iron locks, and put it there!" β
"What a bold rebel!"
Most of the officials in the entire Taiji Hall were shocked and angry and demanded that the rebellious people be severely punished, and Taiji instantly exploded, and at this moment, everyone Li Shimin filed his teeth and said, word by word: "Li Chengqianββ"