Hearing the emperor's edict on himself, Wei Wensheng did not feel inappropriate, although the arson in the palace failed, but Wei Ling was not caught, for Wei Ling, he was confident enough not to betray himself, not to mention that it had been a few days since the palace fire, but the news of the palace fire did not spread outside the palace, the emperor made it clear that he wanted to make a big thing small, and a small matter, so what else did he have to worry about.

When he entered the palace and saw the guards standing in full armor at the gates of the palace, he faintly felt that something was wrong, even if the emperor was martial, how could the inner courtyard of the palace make soldiers everywhere, but when he got here, he just wanted to regret and quit, not to mention that over the years, the emperor had already built up his majesty, he just knew that the emperor was going to deal with him, and whether he had the courage to resist was also unknown.

Seeing the chamberlain guiding him to the Wude Palace, Wei Wensheng's uneasiness aggravated a lot, and when he stepped into the corridor outside the Wude Palace, he clearly saw the traces of freshly painted on the railings on the corridor, and the emperor stood not far from those railings and looked at him.

"Weichen see the emperor, long live the emperor! Banzai! Hooray! ”

"Wei Wensheng, you look up at me."

The emperor's tone was never cold, so that Wei Wensheng couldn't help but tremble all over, and hurriedly raised his head to look at the emperor's face, seeing the emperor looking at him with anger on his face, he didn't feel that he was stunned for a moment, panicked, and hurriedly lowered his head again, "The minister deserves death, I don't know what made the emperor angry?" ”

Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, no matter how powerful the Wei family is. How many military exploits he himself has made, facing the imperial power, the most honorable emperor in the world. All this is just a bubble, although the emperor is not a person who casually slaughters and punctures heroes, Wei Wensheng is still wise to ask for guilt.

"Hehe, don't you really know what's going on?"

The more ordinary the emperor's tone, the more Wei Wensheng felt a dangerous breath, and he couldn't help but look at the railing that still smelled of paint: "Your Majesty, Weichen really doesn't know, and I ask the emperor to make it clear." ”

"That's good. I'll just remind you a few words, do you see the railing next to you, just a few nights ago, someone actually wanted to set fire to the Wude Palace, General Wei, you won't say that you don't know the arsonist, right? ”

Wei Wensheng's body couldn't help but tremble, the emperor had already reached this point. He can't be allowed to deny it, not to mention that it is useless for him to deny it if he wants to, so he has to hang his head: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, and please ask the emperor to forgive the minister's family for the sake of the minister's previous minor merits." ”

"You are so bold, the imperial examination is the cornerstone of the country. How dare you send someone to set fire to you, and how can I forgive you in vain? The more Yang Yong spoke, the more angry he became.

Yang Yong was not only annoyed by Wei Wensheng's disloyalty, but also felt a chill. Since Yang Yong ascended the throne, he has used troops to foreign countries again and again, and the Eastern Turks, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje and other countries have almost perished, and the emperor's eyes have turned from the east to the west. Yang Yong didn't believe this sentence at all. In later generations, the Mongols became stronger and stronger, and only then did they destroy countless countries in a few decades. Whether or not to start a war, the key is to see whether there are interests, with enough interests will only become stronger and stronger, if it is simply because of the king's preference to start a war at will, it will be warlike and will die.

For the national level, benevolence, righteousness and morality are useless, do what you don't want, you have to do it to others, otherwise when other countries give it to you, you can only beg for mercy and not be virtuous, if a country is praised by other people, no matter how big the country is, it is a soft bone country, and eventually it will die.

Now the Great Sui is the most scarce labor time, even if the surrounding countries are poorer than the Great Sui, they can still plunder the labor for the use of the Great Sui, it is relying on the countless laborers plundered by the surrounding countries, these years, the Great Sui opened canals, renovated roads, and built a large number of buildings, not only did not make the people feel any burden, but many families because of the use of foreign slaves, life is getting better and better, and the sergeants because of the rich rewards, bravely kill the enemy, many people are still unwilling to retire when they reach the age.

Once the war ripped off the cloak of benevolence and righteousness, in fact, there were huge benefits, for the emperor was keen to launch a war against the enemy, the generals were like a fish in water, although the civil officials were a little resigned, but the war against the foreign land did not affect the stability of the country at all, the national strength of the Great Sui was thriving, and the civil officials had nothing to say, not to mention that the military power was firmly in the hands of the emperor.

A general like Wei Wensheng basically has one-third of his people on the battlefield every year, in other words, plus the time on the road, half of their lives are spent on the battlefield, and each of them has at least 10,000 elite teams in their hands.

Wei Wensheng hung his head and didn't say a word, letting the emperor's anger vent, until Yang Yong asked him if he wanted to plot a rebellion, Wei Wensheng distinguished: "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare, Weichen has always been loyal to the emperor, and he was confused for a while, and he listened to the instigation of others, so he made a big mistake." ”

"Well, who instigated you?" Yang Yong asked without surprise. Wei Wensheng has always been soft-eared, otherwise he would not have allowed all kinds of corruption and bribery under his subordinates.

"Back to the emperor, it is Li Hun, the prince of Shenguo, Li Hun said that the emperor insisted on using the imperial examination to take scholars, but he was still dissatisfied with the local officials and families, since ancient times, the world's virtuous talents were born in families, even if there are one or two talented people in the poor children after all, after all, the emperor is a minority and the majority of the emperor's imperial examinations, if it leads to the centrifugation of the monarch and the ministers, the Great Sui is not far from the chaos, it is better to burn the test papers with a fire, and the emperor may dispel the idea of scientific examination. At this time, Wei Wensheng no longer concealed it, and said it like pouring beans into a bamboo tube.

Li Hun thought he was smart, but he didn't expect Wei Wensheng to be noticed by the emperor as soon as he was above, and he didn't expect Wei Wensheng to sell him so neatly, in Li Hun's opinion, even if Wei Wensheng had an accident, he was a general of the pillar country, and he was once a close confidant of the emperor, and the emperor hated and punished at most, and then he could also buy a favor and contact the rest of the ministers to ask for a favor for Wei Wensheng, Wei Wensheng not only would not betray him, but would also be grateful to him, who knew that his calculations were all in vain.

Hearing Li Hun participate in it, Yang Yong laughed angrily, the Li family can be described as extremely honorable, because of the nursery rhyme of "Yang Hua falls, Li Hua blooms" in history, Yang Guang suspects that the nursery rhyme alludes to Li Hun's rebellion, and all the Shen Guogong family are killed, and the descendants also sigh for Yang Guang to kill Li Hun by mistake, but he never thought that with Li Hun far better than Li Yuan's powerful position, if he hadn't been killed by Yang Guang earlier, Li Hun would not have been able to win the world on behalf of Li Yuan.

Now Li Yuan has only seven official positions in addition to the title of Duke of Tang, not to mention that now that the people within the Great Sui are stable, Yang Yong is naturally not afraid that Li Yuan still has the ability to rebel, but he didn't expect that Li Hun would hide evil intentions.

"Very good, very good, besides Li Hun, who else is involved in this matter?" The Emperor's voice contained pent-up anger.

Who else is there besides Li Hun? Wei Wensheng was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly shook his head: "Back to the emperor, Weichen only knows Li Hun alone, and no one else participates." ”

"So the people who spread rumors and pushed the scholars to make trouble were also done by you and Li Hun?"

"The minister doesn't dare, I really don't know what's going on with the rumors outside, and I hope the emperor will be aware of it."

"Of course I will be aware of it, since this matter has nothing to do with you, it is Li Hun's business, Li Min, Li Shanheng and Li Hun are nephews and uncles, and they have always been close, how can Li Min and Li Shanheng not participate?"

Wei Wensheng understood, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, the Li family is as many as 100 officials, but it is headed by Li Hun, Li Min, and Li Shanheng, and the emperor's intention is obviously to implicate all three of them, although Wei Wensheng also understands in his heart that Li Min and Li Shanheng may really not be able to get out of the relationship, but he didn't expect the emperor to leave no room for the Li family like this.

"Wei Wensheng, I can give you a chance to atone for your crimes, as long as you testify against Li Hun's uncle and nephew, I can pardon your two sons and retain their titles and official positions, as for you, the death penalty can be forgiven, but the living crime is unforgivable, after this case, I will send you overseas, are you willing?"

"Obey." Wei Wensheng knew in his heart that the emperor was already open to him, otherwise it would not be an exaggeration to kill his head, not to mention that there were two sons who could retain their official positions. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't refuse.

For Yang Yong, the strength of Li Hun, the Duke of Shen, is far greater than that of the Wei family, for Wei Wensheng, Yang Yong can directly order to take it, even if Wei Wensheng does not come to the palace and does not have the courage to resist, the army led by Wei Wensheng is all from the Janissaries, only a little appeasement can be, and the Li family is much more troublesome, there are many Li children in the capital, the front line, and the place are officials and generals, the power of the capital does not have to worry, the emperor's decree can be solved at once, I am afraid that after Li Hun's uncle and nephew are arrested, the local and front lines will be in chaos, Therefore, it is necessary to have Wei Wensheng's evidence, set the exact charges for Li Hun's uncle and nephew, and then eliminate the strength of the Li family at the local and front lines at a thunderous speed, so that there will be no chaos.