After returning to Beijing, the people spontaneously went to the streets to welcome the triumphant division.

If it weren't for winning the hearts of the people, there would not be such a big scene of thousands of empty alleys.

After all, it is the capital, and there are many local tyrants who have mines at home. Many wealthy businessmen, squires and tyrants, slaughtered cattle and sheep to prepare wine syrup to welcome the triumph of the army.

Kong Lin and Dugu took a group of courtiers to greet the holy driver early, and Li Ji couldn't help but feel a little fluttery.

After returning to the palace, he asked the military department to register one by one, and then sent the reward qualifications to the household department and the official department. He who deserves to be rewarded will be rewarded, and he who is given to the land will be given the land.

The next step is to study how to deal with Zhu Wen.

In Hanyuan Palace, Qingliu was bullied by Zhu Wen and lived a life that was worse than death. So they were surprisingly unanimous, Ling Chi.

Prime Minister Dugu Yu was the first to propose: "Your Majesty, the traitor Zhu Quanzhong killed the first emperor and the imperial concubine, abolished my law, and put the people of the Tang Dynasty in the midst of fire and water.

Cui Yuan also followed: "Exactly, it is not a pity that Zhu Quanzhong brought disaster to the country and the people. The minister thought that at least a thousand knives would be cut. Only in this way can we establish our prestige and let the world see that this is the end of being against the imperial court! ”

"Humph! Where is a thousand knives enough, at least two thousand! ”

"This thief's crime is heinous, and five thousand knives are indispensable!"

The ministers were enthusiastic and strongly advocated the punishment of Ling Chi.

Li Ji was a little hesitant, he was civilized, although he also had an angry temperament in his bones, he hated to cut Zhu Wen with a thousand knives.

But when he really sat on this throne and held the power of life and death, Li Ji hesitated. Ling Chi is a torture that modern people can't imagine, but it is commonplace in the Tang Dynasty and even in later generations.

Zhu Wen should be damned, there are many ways to die. Such as Jiang Xuanhui and Zhu Yougong and others, they were tortured to death. Ling Chi, he really couldn't accept it.

Fortunately, someone finally stood up, Pei Shu: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible." Zhu Quanzhong deserves his crimes, but if His Majesty wants the feudal town to surrender, it may not be appropriate to torture him like this. ”

At this time, it takes courage to stand up and say this, and you will become the target of public criticism, and you will be scolded as a villain, a traitor, and a traitor.

Sure enough, Yu Shi Cui Yuan pointed at Pei Shu's nose and scolded: "Pei Shu, what do you mean!" The first emperor died tragically at the hands of this thief, and I hate to love the flesh of this thief. You even speak for the dog thief, I think you are used to being a dog slave in the Liang Palace, and you have become a boneless villain! ”

Pei Shu couldn't help but be furious when he heard the viciousness of his scolding: "You!"

"That's it, what is Master Pei's words? What does it mean to surrender to the feudal town, Ling Chi is inappropriate. Only by giving this dog thief a heavy punishment will the feudal town be afraid. ”

Pei Shu said in a deep voice: "Murder and heart-wrenching, Ling Chi Zhu Wen certainly makes the feudal town afraid, but the feudal town will not be sincerely attached. They are afraid that one day they will also end up with Zhu Quanzhong, and sooner or later they will also rebel. ”

Some people feel that the court now has strength, and they are hard-hearted: "It's better to do the opposite, let's just send troops to level it!"

Pei Shuqi trembled: "The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, forcing the feudal town to rebel, and it is my people of the Tang Dynasty who die!"

In a word, everyone looked at each other, and it seemed that what Pei Shu said made some sense.

But some people objected: "So what, the first emperor and the imperial concubine died tragically, how can this dog thief be so cheap!"

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted the approval of several people: "That is, this thief is difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart if he does not cut it with a thousand knives!"

It is no wonder that the ministers are passionate, in ancient times, they attached great importance to the distinction between kings and ministers, and it was natural for them to be loyal to the Son of Heaven as courtiers. This was a means of the feudal rulers.

Kong Lin, who was also the prime minister, didn't speak, and then he stood up and asked, "Brother Pei, if you have any opinions, you might as well say it directly."

Pei Shu knelt down and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, it is easy to kill a Zhu Quanzhong, but it is difficult to make the vassal kings sincerely submit." If Your Majesty pardons Zhu Quanzhong and leaves him with a whole corpse. The vassal kings will feel that the Son of Heaven is merciful, and His Majesty can be magnanimous in such a great crime of rebellion, and some of them will be truly obedient. The minister also did this for the Tang Dynasty, for the people to no longer suffer from war. ”

What Pei Shu said was the truth, but the ministers didn't want to be so cheap Zhu Wen under their indignation, and everyone still insisted that Ling Chi was the majority.

Dugu Zheng also knelt down: "The minister insists on Ling Chi!"

Cui Yuan followed: "The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

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Li Ji looked at Kong Lin: "Kong Lin, what do you think?"

Kong Lin was in a dilemma, although he also wanted to Ling Chi Zhu Wen, but he knew that what Pei Shu said was probably right. Kong Lin thought for a while: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Pei Shu said is right. Zhu Quanzhong should not be late, and should be poisoned by poisoned wine. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and they pointed the finger at Kong Lin again. said that he had been a staff member of King Liang and shielded Zhu Wen.

"Enough!" Li Ji shouted.

The Son of Heaven was furious, and the ministers immediately quieted down, and no one dared to squeak anymore.

In history, he was poisoned by Zhu Wen, and it is reasonable to treat others in his own way.

Li Ji thought about it, stood up, and saw him looking at the ministers with cold eyes: "I know that you hate Zhu Wen to the core. My father died at the hands of thieves, and I didn't want to break him into pieces. However, Pei Shu and Kong Lin were right, I would leave him a whole corpse for those vassal kings to see, I had done my best to them. However, I still can't agree to just poison Zhu Wen, it's too cheap for him. Spread the decree to Dali Temple, the traitor Zhu Quanzhong was heinous and hanged on the day of the law. I want him to confess his sins and prostrate himself in front of the world! The commander of the Xuanwu Army made Zhu Youzi obey and was sentenced to beheading. Li Zhen, the servant under the door, was beheaded! Retreat! ”

There is no nail in prison, and the cold does not know the moon, Zhu Wen is really on death row in the dark.

When he was in power, he was unpopular, and the jailers hated him, so they often bullied him and gave him small shoes to wear.

There was only a small window left in Zhu Wen's prison, and it was extremely dim. There was straw scattered on the floor, a toilet in the corner, and nothing else.

But many creatures were with him, and rats and cockroaches were everywhere, and lice and insects were as numerous as dogs.

Next door lives his neighbor, Li Zhen.

The tiger will not fall, and at first Li Zhen was still afraid of Zhu Wen's majesty. After a long time, he found that Zhu Wen was called around by the jailers like a dog, and the food given to him was often rancid.

After a long time, Li Zhen began to despise it. and felt that it was Zhu Wen's fault that he could have today's end, so Li Zhenkai scolded.

This scolding is not tight, Zhu Wen is worried and has nowhere to vent, this dog thing is against the sky, and he dares to scold himself.

So the prison became lively, and every day was the voice of Zhu Wen and Li Zhen's mutual abuse, but it also passed the time and discharged a lot of loneliness between the two.

The two of them were carrying iron chains, and the sound of the chains clanging when they scolded them was like a soundtrack for the two.

"You thief bird, this king hates to cook you into the oil pot at the beginning, and let you make noise here!"

"Hmph, you have all ended up in this field, what qualifications do you have to be the king of Liang again. If it weren't for your useless thing, Lao Tzu would have been able to suffer here. ”

"Shameless villain! If it weren't for the king's covering, you wouldn't be as good as a wild dog on the side of the road, and today you would be ungrateful and despicable! ”

"I'm shameless, and I don't know who is the most shameless! You killed the first emperor, and the people of the world hate to eat your flesh raw, who is the most shameless? ”

While he was scolding, a voice sounded outside: "Your Majesty has arrived!"