was picked up by the people he brought, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, for a while he only felt that his mouth was dry, his legs were weak, what happened just now was really dangerous, especially when he went out of the gate, Yang Ming and a group of Shu King guards stared at the two of them tightly, looking like they wanted to eat them alive. Now that I think about it, I still feel afraid, as long as one of these guards has the impulse, he will die without a place to bury, and the deputy who accompanied him is even more unbearable, so he simply sat on the ground.

"Let's go, leave Chengdu County immediately and go back to the capital." In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Li Shimin couldn't take a break, and ordered to set off after a short rest.

"Yes, Chincha-sama."

Seeing that the king of Shu was kidnapped by the Qin Cha with a dagger, these Qin cha guards didn't know the danger, so they hastily bandaged the King of Shu, and immediately helped the King of Shu to get into the car, and then beat the horse and galloped.

If you want to stop it, the guards of the Shu Wangfu still have a lot of opportunities, maybe because the Shu King is not there, there is no one to command, or maybe it is for other reasons, in short, until the Chengdu County, the people of the Shu Wangfu did not chase out.

When Li Shimin returned to the capital with the King of Shu, it was already the spring of the sixteenth year of the Great Cause, and Li Shimin was able to bring the King of Shu back from Yizhou, which made many ministers feel incredible, but after hearing the method used by Li Shimin, the officials who were a little older all shook their heads, this method is okay to deal with the enemy, the King of Shu is the emperor's brother, in case the emperor blames it, wouldn't it be a thankless end.

"Lu Aiqing, what do you think of this Li Shimin?"

When Yang Yong asked his confidant ministers these words, several months had passed, and in a blink of an eye it was June of the sixteenth year of the Great Sui, after the king of Shu returned to Beijing, Yang Yong reprimanded the king of Shu for refusing to enter Beijing all these years, and finally ordered the king of Shu to be grounded, not allowed to leave the palace of the king of Shu, which was equivalent to the king of Shu being confined, and sent corresponding soldiers and horses to Yizhou. There is no king of Shu to preside over the overall situation. Coupled with the righteousness of the court, the prince of Shu and several princes could not mobilize soldiers and horses at all, so they could only watch the soldiers and horses of the court enter and bring Yizhou back into the control of the court.

Yizhou returned to the rule of the imperial court, the only unstable factor in the Great Sui was removed, the good news came, the ministers of the court and the central government all celebrated, but Li Shimin, who only made the first contribution and committed a serious crime, has not yet been rewarded and has not been punished. It was as if Li Shimin's proclamation in Yizhou and bringing the king of Shu back to the capital was just a trivial matter. Now even the officers and soldiers who led the troops into Yizhou must be rewarded, and it is impossible to talk about Li Shimin if they ignore it.

Lu Mulin is now the secretary of the ministry, although he is under the left and right servants of the Shangshu Province, but the secretary of the ministry is the head of the six. There is only one step away from entering the phase, and all the officials guess that once the left and right servants are missing, Lu Mulin will definitely go further.

Hearing the emperor's question, Lu Mulin said without thinking: "Back to the emperor, the minister thinks that Li Shimin is brave and strategic. It is a rare talent, and the emperor can consider reusing it. ”

Li Shimin committed the great crime of holding the prince hostage, although his achievements were equally huge. It's just that the majesty of the royal family can't be offended at will, if it weren't for Lu Mulin, ordinary officials wouldn't dare to comment on Li Shimin at all.

Yang Yong nodded: "Yes, Li Shimin is indeed a great talent, but he is too bold......

In this world, except for Yang Yong, who will know the true details of Li Shimin, Li Shimin is not only bold but also hateful, otherwise he would not kill his brother and win the throne. Li Shimin is available. But it can't be used, who knows if Li Shimin has too much power. In the future, he will not peep at the throne.

Hearing the emperor's comment, Lu Mulin was also silent, and at the same time felt sorry for Li Shimin.

"Come, preach the message."

"Your Majesty, Weichen is here." An envoy came in with a brightly colored blank decree.

"Li Shimin Yizhou proclaimed a meritorious decree, and he was the general of the expedition to the south, but he falsely passed the holy decree and held the prince hostage with a sharp weapon, and the crime was unforgivable, and he was punished with 20 rods and 3 months.

General Zhengnan is the official position of the sixth grade, Li Yuan has survived all his life and is still spinning on the fifth grade, Li Shimin is just a year ago, although he is because of his father's shadow, he has a thousand cattle of the seventh grade, however, it is a false position, in terms of his promotion speed, it can be regarded as a god speed, but he has just been promoted, and he has to be punished, and the penalty is only three months, it is not painful, but the punishment rod is twenty but it is a real pain of flesh and skin.

When Li Shimin heard the emperor's will, he was also dumbfounded, he had just been promoted in front, and the situation immediately changed in the back, but the Praetorian Guards who passed the decree didn't care whether Li Shimin was stunned or not, held Li Shimin down, and said, "Lord Li, I'm sorry." ”

After speaking, the torture rod had already snapped down, the rod bit the flesh, the Praetorian Guards had already been explained, and they were not allowed to keep their hands, and Li Shimin gritted his teeth and endured the ten canes in front, he didn't snort, and hit a few more canes, Li Shimin couldn't stand it anymore, his eyes rolled, and he fainted.

Li Yuan, Dou and Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and others couldn't bear to see it, and Dou couldn't help crying, and pleaded with the executed Praetorian Guard officer: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's good, you can't fight anymore, and you will have to fight my son again." ”

The officer was unmoved: "Duke Tang, Mrs. Dou, it's not that the official is ruthless, but the emperor's will cannot be violated, so splash the prisoner with water and continue to fight." Li Shimin was suddenly crowned a high-ranking official, and the people present were not jealous, for them, if they were beaten once, they could be promoted several levels in a row, I am afraid that most people would be willing, not to mention that there were people who cared for them, so they naturally refused to relax.

"Wow." A janissary splashed water on Li Shimin's face, Li Shimin woke up faintly, and the torture rod fell mercilessly, and after beating twenty rods, Li Shimin's buttocks were already blurred with flesh and blood, and blood flowed.

Li Yuan has been silent, he was shocked into a cold sweat as soon as he got what Li Shimin did, knowing that his second son was afraid that he would be in trouble this time, but the credit was not so important, the royal family was ruthless, if he really wanted to investigate it, what was this credit.

Today's disaster finally came, when he heard that he was only beaten with twenty sticks, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he passed through, seeing that the Praetorian Guards had finished their execution, Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Quick, quickly carry the second son in to treat his injuries." ”

Several members of the Li family carried Li Shimin down, Li Yuan was worried about his son's injury, and was about to follow, but the officer who came to deliver the decree stopped him: "Tang Gong is not slow, here is the secret medicine given by the emperor, which is still made by Sun Lao Immortal, specializing in the treatment of staff injuries, and the effect is incomparable." ”

After speaking, the officer took out a delicate porcelain vase from his arms, and at this time, the officer did not speak sharply just now, and a smile appeared on his face.

Taking the porcelain vase from the officer's hand, Li Yuan said, "Thank you, sir." ”

"Hmph, I'll give some medicine after the fight, is my second brother muddy?" Li Yuanji whispered. He was only thirteen or fourteen years old at this time, so how did he know the weight of it

Li Yuan's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he glared at Li Yuanji fiercely: "Son, what nonsense are you talking about, the emperor has clear rewards and punishments, and it is still the act of the Ming monarch, how can you allow you to talk nonsense, you get out of here." ”

Even so, thinking of his son's injury, Li Yuan couldn't help choking up in the end, and the officer who passed the decree was bored to hear it, so he had to leave.

"Tell me, why did my father reward that Li Shimin first and then punish him?" In the palace, Yang Yong was comparing his three sons.

Yang Yan is the eldest son, and he spoke first: "The father's move is clear in rewards and punishments, and it is still done by the ancient Ming monarch. ”

Yang Yong neither nodded nor shook his head when he heard this, Yang Yan's answer was undoubtedly too bland, and he turned his gaze to his second son Yang Ge, Yang Ge lowered his head and thought for a while before saying: "Erchen understands, Li Shimin's talent is extraordinary, but it is inevitable that he will be arrogant, and his father wants to suppress his arrogance." ”

Yang Yong looked at Yang Yu again, Yang Yu said: "Erchen thinks that Li Shimin is unavailable, and his father rewarded him for his meritorious service, so he has to do so, and his twenty rods are to show his attitude to the hundred officials, and his father does not like this person, otherwise his father can let his merits offset his merits and reduce his punishment." ”

Yang Yu's answer made Yang Yong very interested, and he asked, "Oh, tell me, why doesn't my father like this person?" ”

Yang Yu took a deep breath: "It's very simple, Li Shimin is too bold, he is just a petty official who preaches the decree and dares to hold the prince hostage, and he also falsely transmits the will of his father, if he becomes an important minister of the country in the future, the emperor may not put it in his eyes, for such a bold and unruly person, his father will naturally not like it." ”

Unspoken rules, this is the unspoken rule, generally speaking, no matter whether there is talent or not, no one likes to be a bold person, even if such a person makes great contributions, it is difficult to get promoted, Yang Yong, as the emperor, is still the maker of the rules of the entire country, and naturally does not want anyone to break the rules, even if this rule is out of date. In particular, Yang Yong knew another period of Li Shimin's history, so he was naturally more vigilant against Li Shimin.

"It's one thing for me to dislike this person, but if you have talent, you have to use it, otherwise the court and the middle are a bunch of submissive people, what hope will the country have, but this person's talent can be used to cut thorns, but it can't be used to assist the government, otherwise it will definitely breed his ambitions, I appointed him as the general of Zhengnan, just to let his talent be aimed at foreign people, remember, this person can be a general, but not the main general, can be a commander, but not the main commander."

"Erchen understood." The three of them said together.