Leaving the Dali Temple prison, the hazy sky began to drift snowflakes.

Before you know it, another year has passed.

It feels very strange that a person who is obviously not optimistic about himself, or even a person who is a little disgusted, but at this moment, he will feel a trace of pity in his heart.

Perhaps, this is due to personality.

But as an emperor, there are some things that cannot be controlled by personality, and there are some things that you obviously don't want to do, but you have to do them when you sit in this position.

Baijiu is a good thing, but it's a pity that it's too chong, and Li Yuanji doesn't like it, so he prefers beer.

After returning to the palace, Li Yuanji asked Song Zhong to warm a pot of white wine, and asked the imperial chef to prepare a few side dishes, and sat alone in the palace drinking stuffy wine.

No one came to disturb them, and even a few princes ran far away.

I don't know how long it took, the snow outside was getting heavier and heavier, the sky was getting darker, and the air was getting colder and colder, and people couldn't help but shiver.

may know the fate of Hou Junji, so no one will embarrass him because of some small things at this time.

After Li Yuanji left, Hou Junji put forward the idea of wanting to eat a big meal, asking for hot pot in Taipingfang, wanting to taste the craftsmanship of the imperial chef in the palace, and it would be better if he could have some fine wine.

In addition, Hou Junji also put forward the idea of wanting to meet his relatives.

For these undue demands, Li Yuanji did not stop them.

After nearly a year, Hou Junji finally walked out of the big guy who had never seen the light of day, and was finally able to breathe the fresh air outside again.

He never noticed that the snowflakes were so beautiful, and the cold wind did not make him perceive any sense of coldness.

Hou Junji did not propose to see all the family members, but called his eldest son and third son over, these two sons, one is to inherit his title, the other is the most optimistic about himself, some things, must also be explained to them, so as not to go down their own old path.

At this meal, Hou Junji's two sons cried bitterly, and when they left, their eyes were red, and they looked back at the palace where their father was still sitting.

Let's call it a palace for the time being, but it's in the palace anyway.

Li Yuanji felt that he was slightly drunk, people are such a strange thing, the more he wants to get drunk, the more he can't get drunk.

Of course, this also has something to do with his identity as emperor.

You can get yourself drunk, but the people below can't get yourself drunk, it's so helpless.

"Your Majesty, Hou Junji is gone...... I don't know when, Song Zhong walked to the side in a low voice and reported, and put a letter on the table.

In the letter, Hou Junji did not have the kind of openness and posture that he had when he met in the afternoon, and he was calm to die.

The whole letter can be regarded as a summary of Hou Junji's own life, from his childhood, to after joining the army, and then to ascending to a high position, and now he has to die.

I didn't blame anyone else, and the whole letter was full of deep self-blame and regret.

"Send this letter to the secretary and superintendent." After reading the entire letter, Li Yuanji directly handed it to Song Zhong.

There are generally only three types of books that can be included in the secretary's supervision, the place used to preserve books and archives, precious books, records written by historians, and edicts issued by the emperor.

Anyone who enters the secretarial prison is basically sealed, and except for books, there is rarely a chance to read and look at others.

Li Yuanji knew what Hou Junji's purpose was in writing this letter, but now, he didn't need Hou Junji to atone for himself in this way.

Perhaps it can be said that Li Yuanji did not want Hou Junji to fill in the pit he had dug before.

When a man is dead, why should he ruin his reputation?

Early the next morning.

There are not many people who know about Hou Junji's affairs, but there are also a lot, and after just one night's work, basically everything that should be known is also known.

And since yesterday when the emperor went to the prison to meet Hou Junji in person, in fact, most ministers have already guessed in their hearts, and this result is actually not an accident.

And whether it is for the imperial court or for Hou Junji, such a result seems to be the best result.

"Xuan, Hou Junji's eldest son inherited his title, lowered it by one level according to the law, and was crowned the ...... of Sanshui County" Li Yuanji did not break his promise, and it is not worth breaking his promise.

Hou Junji came to his senses at the last moment of his life, and ended himself in this way according to his own will, which is also a great help for himself, at least, he doesn't have to be ashamed of him anymore, and he doesn't have to worry about how to explain to hundreds of thousands of troops.

For something like this, the emperor doesn't have to feel ashamed of anyone, sorry for whom?

Because in this era, under this environmental background, the emperor will not be sorry for anyone, even if it is true, then they must be sorry for the emperor.

Besides, Hou Junji's matter, whether it was Li Yuanji or Su Dingfang, gave him a lot of opportunities, and even his best friend Zhang Liang persuaded him several times before, but who made him not be able to come to his senses at that time?

"Your Majesty, Hou Junji is a general of the imperial court after all, how should he explain to the outside world if he dies like this?" Fang Xuanling still stood up and asked as before.

If it is an ordinary person, naturally you don't have to care so much, and if you die, you will die.

It's just that Hou Junji is not an ordinary person, and it is impossible for the imperial court to express his death without any expression.

And this involves another problem, if Hou Junji died as guilty, then the next funeral, the court will definitely not come forward, if he dies as innocent, not only the court will come forward, but the ministers will also come forward.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to follow the elements, condolences and the like.

Now that the emperor doesn't speak, it's not easy for these ministers to figure it out.

"Let's just say that it is infected with the wind and cold......" Li Yuanji sighed, he still wanted Hou Junji to accompany the burial of Yuanling, but after thinking about it, it was a little inappropriate.

If you do that, what's the difference between not doing it?

The matter of Hou Junji may be insignificant to ordinary people, but now almost the entire army is paying attention to this matter, let him die in this name, maybe it's nothing, but if he is buried with Yuanling......

Although there may not be any complaints in the army, there are some things that no one can say.

Hou Junji's body was welcomed back by his sons, along with his eldest son's inheritance decree.

If it had been placed in the past, he would never have swallowed his anger like he did now, and even made a few pilgrimages in the direction of Taiji Palace.

But yesterday's meeting with his father made him deeply shocked, and even realized.

So, he decided to do things according to his father's instructions before his death, whether it was to atone for his sins and to fulfill his filial piety.

Regarding Hou Junji's death, the court did not publicize it, Li Yuanji sent his inner servants to mourn, and some ministers also sent people to go, which can be regarded as doing their best, whether it is a good relationship or a bad relationship, no one will be serious with a dead person at this time.

The Hou family did not bury Hou Junji near Chang'an, but returned to his hometown in Sanshui with his body.

At the same time, under the leadership of the Duke of Sanshui, the entire Hou family also moved back to Sanshui and sold the house in Chang'an.

As a noble family, although the number of Hou family is not large, because of Hou Junji's accumulation over the years, the family background is still very rich.

Even, it can be said that in the entire Chang'an and outside, among all the nobles, Hou Junji is the richest.

Because every time this goods leads the troops to fight, they will rob a lot of money back, and after a long time, even they themselves have forgotten how much money they have.

So when the family background was calculated, even several successors of the Hou family were shocked by this.

Of course, such a large amount of property is obviously not something they can keep, and Hou Junji also expected this early on, so he also made arrangements for this early.

The third day after Hou Junji's burial.

"Your Majesty, the descendants of the Hou family found the minister and made a request, but the minister was a little uncertain." Fang Xuanling was a little embarrassed.

If it weren't for the fact that this thing itself was a good thing, he wouldn't be this middleman at all, some things, it is enough to do it once, and if he came a second time, Fang Xuanling was afraid that he would not be able to bear it.

"What's the matter?"

"The Hou family has also accumulated a lot of money over the years, and they can't keep this money, and Hou Junji has told them the use of this money before, so they plan to keep part of it for future expenses, and the rest of the money will be used to buy food, in the name of the imperial court, through Chang Ping to carry out soup relief in various places." Fang Xuanling reported truthfully.

Li Yuanji frowned slightly: "What?" Does his Hou family think that I don't have food to distribute to those victims? ”

Refugee? Where did the victims come from? Since the second year of the Fighting God Dynasty, the entire Datang Dynasty has been in good weather, even if some places have suffered some disasters, but they are also small-scale and not affected at all.

You don't even need to mobilize the power of Chang Ping, it's just that all localities can solve it by themselves, and even the imperial court doesn't have to do it.

Of course, Li Yuanji is also understandable about Hou Junji's thoughts.

After all, most of them are ill-gotten gains, and it is possible that his descendants will not be able to keep them, or they will change their minds, perhaps Hou Junji is worried that his descendants will follow the same path as himself, so he made this decision.

"There is no need for disaster relief, if the Hou family has a heart, let's use it to build some societies." Li Yuanji continued.

The society is what the Tang Dynasty really needs now, although the imperial court is also vigorously building, but after all, it is now in ruins, and the imperial court does not have more funds to build the society.

The imperial court also encouraged some wealthy people to build a school society, but there were very few responders, without him, this thing is too expensive, although the reputation is there, but the reputation can be eaten? They don't lack this reputation, so why make themselves so embarrassed?