Chapter 118: Cleaning up Hou Junji
As the saying goes, "a dog that bites doesn't bark", but in Gao Ming's eyes, Hou Junji is much more fierce than a dog, he is a wolf who can eat people!
At the beginning, Gao Ming made up an "Ideological and Political Department" in order to turn the dead soldiers' camp from a dark place to a bright place, and it was also hung under the name of the military department, and Hou Junji still laughed at himself at that time.
Gao Ming knew very well that at that time, Hou Junji and himself were in the "honeymoon period", so they were not defensive against themselves at all, but now it is different, although Hou Junji has no expression on his face, but Gao Ming can feel that his hostility towards him is stronger.
You must know that this time Li Shimin withdrew the dead soldier battalion from the military department, and renamed it Baicai Guard and returned it to himself, but he did not greet Hou Junji at all during the period, which can be said to be extremely disrespectful to Hou Junji, it stands to reason that even if Hou Junji can't object, but there should always be some expression on his face, and it is too suspicious to have an expressionless face!
"This Hou Junji's city is too deep, right? If he didn't mean to be forbearing, then he was ready to make a move! ”
Thinking of this, Gao Ming suddenly frowned, and a sense of urgency welled up from the depths of his heart.
"Hou Junji, as a general who has led the troops, if he doesn't make a move, I will definitely not be able to parry it, so I can only strike first!"
Gao Ming is a man of action, and after making a decision, he will immediately put it into action, and after the early dynasty, he immediately ran to Li Shimin's imperial study.
Seeing Gao Ming, who was in a hurry, Liu Bing immediately smiled and saluted him.
"The old slave has seen His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty said, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not need to be reported, just go in directly!"
Hearing his words, Gao Ming nodded and entered the imperial study, and after entering, he immediately turned around and closed the door.
Li Shimin had already raised his head the moment Gao Ming entered the door, and when he saw Gao Ming's slightly eager movements, he immediately frowned.
However, Gao Ming didn't pay too much attention to Li Shimin's expression, after he closed the door, he immediately walked to Li Shimin's side, and then lowered his voice and said: "Hou Junji has the intention of rebellion!" ”
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's face suddenly changed.
If Li Shimin could still be happy and angry before, but Li You's rebellion made Li Shimin's mood extremely sensitive, in his opinion, even his own son would rebel, so there is nothing strange about a general's rebellion.
The most important thing is that Hou Junji has an objection to this sentence Li Shimin is not the first time he has heard it, but the third time!
The first time Li Shimin heard that Hou Junji had the intention of rebelling was from Li Jing, at that time Hou Junji falsely accused Li Jing of rebellion, but Li Jing said that it was Hou Junji who had the intention of rebellion, but Li Shimin did not take it to heart at that time.
The second time, Hou Junji was imprisoned for stealing treasures when he was exterminating Gaochang, and after he was released, he was resentful, and also persuaded the general Zhang Liang to rebel, but Zhang Liang turned around and reported the matter to Li Shimin, but because there was no evidence, the matter was over.
Now Gao Minglai said to Li Shimin that Hou Junji had objections, and it was the third time!
At this time, Li Shimin was very angry in his heart, just like a volcano about to erupt, the green tendons on his head were jumping, looking at his eager and clever face, Li Shimin suddenly squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.
"Is there any evidence?"
Li Shimin very much hoped that Gao Ming could come up with a piece of evidence, so that he could take Hou Junji directly, but unfortunately Gao Ming had no evidence.
Looking at the angry Li Shimin, Gao Ming immediately sighed.
"Alas...... Old man, do you think that with someone like Hou Junji, I might find evidence from him? ”
Li Shimin was silent for a moment, obviously he also knew the difficulty of collecting evidence for this kind of thing, and after a while, he asked Gao Ming a question.
"Does Helan Chushi's escape have anything to do with you?"
Hearing Li Shimin's question, Gao Ming immediately nodded.
"Yes, he is Hou Junji's son-in-law, I think it would be better to start with him, so I sent someone to pretend to be a thief to sweep his house, but unfortunately I didn't find evidence of Hou Junji's rebellion, but I startled the snake."
Of course, Gao Ming couldn't tell Li Shimin that what he was looking for had been found, he planned to get Hou Junji right, but he didn't plan to trap himself in it.
After Li Shimin heard Gao Ming's words, he immediately nodded.
"Yes, you are too reckless, Hou Junji is not a fool like Li You, of course it is not easy for you to get any evidence from him, but it doesn't matter if you want evidence or not now, I am tired."
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming's eyes suddenly widened.
"What do you mean ......"
Looking at Gao Ming's shocked expression, Li Shimin nodded suddenly.
"I don't want a fourth person to tell me that Hou Junji is against me, or to be told that I have rebelled, so I'm not prepared to wait any longer."
As he spoke, Li Shimin's face suddenly showed a deep sense of tiredness, obviously, just dealing with government affairs made him very tired, so he no longer had the patience to play the power game with Hou Junji.
Li Shimin's statement suddenly made Gao Ming overjoyed, originally he just had the attitude of giving it a try, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth.
"Now Hou Jun is done!"
Now that the goal has been achieved, Gao Ming didn't say anything more, and after giving Li Shimin a salute, he left the imperial study, and then returned to the East Palace.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Shimin sent Hou Junji to the Andong Protectorate to guard the border on the grounds that "Goguryeo was rampant".
Gao Ming was not surprised by this result, after all, Hou Junji was also a Tang Dynasty hero who had entered the Lingyan Pavilion, and it was impossible to kill him without evidence, and it was already the limit to transfer him to a place far away from the Emperor of Shangao.
It was not that no one in the DPRK and China objected to Li Shimin's decision, but Li Shimin rejected them one by one, and then without waiting for them to continue to say anything, Li Shimin announced his withdrawal from the DPRK.
Hou Junji is destined to guard the border this time, Gao Ming doesn't think that he will be obedient after he goes, but it doesn't matter anymore, he can't make any trouble when he is far away from the political center.
Even if he is rebelling, it is a big deal that Li Shimin will send troops to extinguish it, anyway, there are many people rushing to do the work of making military merits.
After going down, Gao Ming met Hou Junji at the gate of the main hall, but now Hou Junji's face was a little more angry, and when he saw Gao Ming coming out, he immediately sneered at Gao Ming.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a good method, but the old minister has lost his eyes!"
Gao Ming knew what he was talking about, so as soon as Hou Junji's words fell, Gao Ming smiled and arched his hand towards him.
"What Hou Shangshu said this prince doesn't understand very well, but General Hou is far away from the mountains, and this prince has a few words he wants to give to the general."
As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Hou Junji's eyes suddenly narrowed.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, please speak, the old minister listens!"
Hearing Hou Junji's seemingly respectful words, Gao Ming laughed again.
"Actually, it's nothing, Prince Ben heard that the Andong Protectorate is very cold, so I want to say let General Hou wear more clothes, of course, it is better to wear armor and stomach, both warm and safe, and I heard that the Goguryeo people over there are very unfriendly to our Datang, in case you are shot by a cold arrow after you go, wouldn't my Datang be missing a pillar?"
Looking at Gao Ming's smiling expression, Hou Junji's face suddenly changed.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is this threatening the old minister?"
As soon as Hou Junji's words fell, Gao Ming immediately gasped, and also showed a shocked expression.
"Shhh...... General Hou's words are serious, when did this prince threaten you, you look at this side, but there are so many adults who have heard it, this prince really cares about you, and I hope that General Hou will not spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. ”
When Hou Junji heard Gao Ming's words, he was immediately furious, and directly stretched out his finger to Gao Ming.
"You ......"
Seeing Hou Junji pointing his finger at himself, Gao Ming immediately stretched his head over.
"If General Hou is angry, he can also beat me out of anger, and this prince promises never to fight back!"
Gao Ming's proposal immediately made Hou Junji quite moved, but when he saw the two unkind-faced warriors at the entrance of the main hall, he immediately retracted his hand, and then snorted coldly.
"Hmph, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very calculating, if the old minister beats you, I'm afraid you will directly behead the old minister outside this hall under the pretext of assassination, right?"
Hearing Hou Junji expose his thoughts, Gao Ming suddenly sighed in his heart.
"Alas, the old fox is the old fox, and it is really not so easy to be fooled."
In fact, Hou Junji really guessed correctly, the two warriors standing outside the hall were not from Qianniuwei, but two masters that Gao Ming asked Zhang Sizheng to transfer from the Hundred Cavalry Guard, and Gao Ming had already told them before that as long as Hou Junji dared to attack him, he would kill him in the name of assassination.
It's a pity that it was discovered by Hou Junji in the end, which made Gao Ming feel a little regretful.
However, Gao Ming would not stupidly admit Hou Junji's words, so as soon as Hou Junji's words fell, Gao Ming suddenly showed a shocked face, pointed at Hou Junji and scolded.
"You!"
As soon as Gao Ming's words came out, there was a sudden silence outside the hall, not only Hou Junji, but even the ministers who were watching the excitement around were stunned.
After a while, after Hou Junji reacted, his face suddenly turned red, and he couldn't stop trembling when he pointed at Gao Ming's hand.
"You...... You ......"
At this time, Li Ke suddenly came to Gao Ming's side, and then opened his mouth to remind Gao Ming.
"Brother Huang, it's a bloody squirting person!"
"Oh, I see!"
Hearing Li Ke's words, Gao Ming showed a look of sudden realization, and he hurriedly arched his hand towards Hou Junji.
"I'm really sorry, General Hou, it's the prince who is wrong, it turns out that you are a bloody squirt!"
As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Hou Junji immediately refuted him.
"Nonsense, when did I spray people with blood?"
As soon as Hou Junji finished saying this, Gao Ming immediately slapped his face, and then turned his head to look at Li Ke.
"Look, the third child, I'll say he's spitting people!"
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