Chapter 20 Helpless Li Shimin

As the matter of the inner four rates comparing arrows spread out of the East Palace, Xue Rengui's name also spread throughout Chang'an, and even Li Shimin, who was far away in Lishan, became interested in Xue Rengui.

Li Shimin was disdainful of the new training method of the East Palace, so he always felt that Xue Rengui was secretly throwing himself into the pearl, and he always wanted to get Xue Rengui to his side.

For this reason, Li Shimin specially asked people to check Xue Rengui's situation, and knew that Xue Rengui was born in the Xue family in Hedong, capable of literature and martial arts, and has been working as a farmer at home at the age of 27 this year, and is known as loyal.

"I heard that Donggong has recruited a condor archer?" Li Shimin's voice was full of excitement, and he asked as soon as he saw Cen Wenwen come in.

Cen Wenwen said in his heart that Li Shimin should be clear about this, and asked himself what he meant?

"The prince's edict has come down, and he is authorized to prepare for Qianniu, inspect the school's East Palace Four Rates Chief Teacher, and act as the four rate executives, I heard that he is to train the East Palace Four Rates." As he spoke, he took out a copy of the edict issued by Li Chengqian and presented it to Li Shimin.

"What is there to train in the four rates of the East Palace?" Li Shimin raised the order in his hand and put it heavily on the small table in front of him.

"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered the Xuande Gate to be sealed, and it should be to train soldiers inside." Cen Wenwen lowered his eyebrows and said.

"Humph!" Li Shimin was a little angry.

"In the matter, Cui Renshi impeached Dali Temple for the delay in the trial and delay in handling the matter, and requested that the Imperial History Observatory be sent to supervise the Imperial History to jointly try the case of the prince's defendant, hoping that the trial will be clear as soon as possible, and the reputation of His Royal Highness the Prince." Cen Wenwen handed over a recital sheet as he spoke.

Li Shimin didn't look at the watch and asked directly: "Yushitai is not in charge of trying the case, why don't you let the Criminal Department send someone to try it together?"

Cen Wenwen was stunned and did not speak.

Li Shimin glanced at him, and then said: "This is a case against the prince, the prince has already ordered Dali Temple to try it, and the prince has not sent someone to supervise the trial. If I send someone else to try it now, won't I tell the people of the world that I intend to embarrass the prince?"

"Lu Chengqing, the squire of the Ministry of War, impeached Qiu Xinggong, the right military general, for being tyrannical and domineering, destroying the ministers of the imperial court, and requesting that the case of Dali Shaoqing ruble breaking into the East Palace be replaced." Cen continued.

"Hmm," Li Shimin was noncommittal.

"Supervise the impeachment of the Imperial History Cui Hao, and the Criminal Department, wait for Lang, Zhang Xingcheng, Qu Mei, and the powerful and sentencing Xiao Deyan." After Cen Wenwen finished speaking, he put the music table in his hand on Li Shimin's desk and stopped talking.

Li Shimin glanced at the table on the desk, looked up at Cen Wenwen and a few Chinese scholars: "These things are all related to the prince, what do you think?"

Cen Wenwen took the lead and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in the East Palace, and he should take reading as his business, and these things should not be too deeply involved in the East Palace. ”

Li Shimin nodded slightly, Cen Wenwen was encouraged, and continued: "The case of the ruble has been tried by Qiu Xinggong for a few days, and there is no evidence to prove that the ruble premeditated to murder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Xiao Deyan only contradicted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a few words that day, and if the two were severely punished, it would hinder His Royal Highness the Prince's benevolence.

And closing the Xuande Gate and rectifying the four rates of the East Palace seems to be that my Tang Dynasty is not peaceful. ”

"That's true, the decree reprimanded the prince for having nothing to do, and everything in the East Palace is as usual. Let that Xue Rengui come to Lishan to see me, if he really has the ability, I will grant me an official position. "Li Shimin's purpose is to rob Xue Rengui.

"Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed, the fact that the ruble broke into the East Palace is undeniable, no matter what he says, he led people to break into the East Palace, which is a big crime. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoned several prime ministers who stayed in Chang'an to discuss that there was nothing wrong with Qiu Xinggong's trial. Xiao Deyan slandered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in public for being cruel and unkind, not a simple confrontation, but also a crime that cannot be changed by the Criminal Department in accordance with the law.

Xuande Gate is the north gate of the East Palace, the court minister should go to the East Palace should go to the Jiafu Gate, the Jiafu Gate is not closed, saying that the Xuande Gate is closed and does not know what the prince is doing in the East Palace.

If it weren't for the ruble leading people to break into the East Palace, and the left and right prison rates would not be done, why would His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bother to close the Xuande Gate and train the four rates of the East Palace?

If His Majesty issued an edict to pardon the ruble and Xiao Deyan at this time, where would the majesty of the East Palace be? How will the people of the world view Your Majesty?

Your Majesty! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not only bears his weight, but also deserves the honor of the prince! The one who spoke was Gao Jifu, a member of the Zhongshu Society, who has always been known for daring to admonish, and has won Li Shimin's trust.

Li Shimin also fell silent when he heard his words, and Cen Wenwen knew that it was bad as soon as he heard it.

"Your Majesty, the servant of the house asks to see me." A little eunuch came in and replied.

Li Shimin was about to ask Fang Xuanling's opinion, but as soon as he saw Fang Xuanling enter the hall, he said with a spring breeze on his face: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince issued an edict to go out of the palace to express condolences to the orphans, widows and some poor and helpless people who have been disabled by war in Chang'an over the years.

In addition, it was ordered that all military offices in the world should order all Guoyi lieutenants to organize condolences, and asked them to write down the following difficulties and report them to the military department after the condolences. said that the draught did not forget the people who dug the wells, and today's stable days were all bought by countless soldiers with their lives. Now that Datang's life is better, he has to spare some effort to take care of them and their families.

As soon as this order was issued, Hou Junji, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Li Shiji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and a group of veterans all seconded the proposal. ”

"Well, Cheng Qian is very thoughtful, you Shangshu Province will send the prince's edict to the whole country." Li Shimin's face showed a look of remembrance, as if he thought of the scene when he fought in the Quartet.

Fang Xuanling was about to retire when he heard this, but he heard Li Shimin say: "Xuanling, what do you think of the recent events in Chang'an?"

"If Your Majesty is not at ease, you can return to Chang'an City as soon as possible." Of course, Fang Xuanling knew that Chang'an City had become a battlefield for the crown prince and the king of Wei.

"No, do you think you want to reprimand Cheng Qian a few more words?" Li Shimin now has nowhere to say that Li Chengqian is a dog bites a hedgehog, which makes him very unhappy.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the prince of the country, how can he reprimand him for no reason?" Fang Xuanling still spoke softly and slowly.

"Look at what he has been doing in Chang'an City recently...... Li Shimin habitually pulled a bias between Li Chengqian and Li Tai, and just now he listened to Cen Wenwen's set of rhetoric, and now he wants to punish Li Chengqian and rob Xue Rengui.

"But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hasn't done anything wrong recently!" Fang Xuanling was a little helpless, he had always been obedient in front of Li Shimin.

"Do you think Cheng Qian did anything wrong?" Li Shimin was a little puzzled.

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Not only does the minister think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not wrong, don't the several prime ministers who stayed in Chang'an City feel that there is nothing wrong with the things His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did?"

Moreover, the minister also saw the recital sent by Wei Zheng yesterday, praising His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his recent actions and retreats, with dignity and dignity, and the demeanor of a wise monarch. ”

Li Shimin finally nodded, and said a little helplessly: "Since Xuan Cheng also said so, let him be." "Xuancheng is Wei Zheng's character.

At this time, Cen Wenwen's intestines were all repentant, what did he do so quickly?

He is already a heavy minister, and participating in the battle for the storage position has all kinds of harm but no benefit.

But if you ask yourself, he really doesn't like Li Chengqian, especially what he has done recently, which makes him feel that only tyrants like Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Yang of Sui can do it.

So I couldn't help but listen to Li Tai's rumors, and found a lot of notebooks to give Li Chengqian eye medicine.

Fortunately, at this time, Li Shimin was also very uncomfortable because he couldn't get Xue Rengui, and he didn't care about this.

But Gao Jifu passed the news to his friend Zhu Suiliang in the capital.

Just as Cen Wenwen looked down on Li Chengqian, Zhu Suiliang also looked down on Li Tai very much, and felt that Li Tai was what Confucius said, 'clever words make the color fresh and benevolent', so although Li Chengqian did not contact Zhu Suiliang this time, Zhu Suiliang and his comrades still consciously cooperated with Li Chengqian.