Chapter 68 How to deal with it
When he arrived at Dali Temple, Yang Lian didn't say much, and admitted quite happily about beating Li Hongji, the king of Yan. For Li Hongji, Yang Lian was so "cooperative" that he was so happy, and he had already made up his mind in his heart.
Xiao Yan was helpless, wrote down the case, sent away Li Hongji, the king of Yan, and Sun Sheng, the prime minister, looked at Yang Lian, and shook his head for a while, he couldn't figure it out, Yang Lian had a great future, how could he do such a thing?
"Yang Jiedu, you should go back first." Xiao Yan said, Yang Lian took the initiative to admit that he naturally wouldn't run. And Xiao Yan faintly felt that there was a real conspiracy in this, and he didn't want to take this hot potato.
"Xiao Siqing, according to the law, I will live in this Dali Temple tonight." Yang Lian shook his head.
Xiao Yan was also quite speechless when he saw that he was resolute, thought for a while, and said, "In this case, I will definitely protect your safety." ”
"There is Lao Xiao Siqing!" Yang Lian arched his hand and thanked him.
That night, Yang Lian stayed in Dali Temple for one night, and the lord Bo Han Chongde took care of Yang Lian quite a lot, not only Xiao Yan had an explanation, but Lin Renzhao entrusted him, he would naturally try his best to do it. Although Yang Lian lives in a cell in Dali Temple, he is quite comfortable. Han Chongde asked people to move the soft couch in, lay out a thick mattress, and then spread a mattress, and the ground was also cleaned spotlessly, which shocked many prisoners living in Dali Temple.
After a night without words, Yang Lian slept comfortably, and the next day, someone sent well water in, Yang Lian washed, and exercised in the cell, as if the cell of Dali Temple was his home.
Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. It seems that in one day, the Tang Dynasty, officials of all sizes, all knew about Yang Lian's beating of King Yan. Is this worth it? Even if Yang Lian is a second-class official and an important minister of the imperial court, but the proud son of the dragon can actually be compared to mortals?
When noon rang, Li Jing couldn't help frowning as he looked at the mountains of folds.
"King Qi, why are there so many excerpts today?" Li Jing asked.
Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Huang, these folds are all impeached against Yang Lian. ”
"It's all about impeaching Yang Lian?" Li Jing was taken aback, these excerpts, if not a hundred, but also seventy or eighty, you know, this is an excerpt in one day, how many can there be tomorrow?
Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, nodded and said, "Both." ”
Li Jing's head was big for a while, waved his hand, and said, "What did you say?" Without waiting for Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, to speak, Li Jing sneered again and said, "You don't need to say it, I can figure it out, it is nothing more than the impeachment of Yang Lian and King Yan, and Yang Lian's crime of bullying the king." ”
"Brother Huang is wise, most of the excerpts in this are like this, but there are also a small number of excerpts to impeach Yang Lian as a traitor." Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, had already read all the excerpts in a hurry.
"Traitor? Where does this begin? Li Jing wondered.
Li Jingsui walked up a few steps, rummaged through a pile of folds, took out a fold in the middle of the sound, handed it to Li Jing, and said: "Brother Huang, this is the letter of Zhu Lingyun, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, who betrayed the interests of the country during the impeachment of Yang Lian as an envoy to the Han State. ”
"What nonsense!" Li Jing was very dissatisfied, Yang Lian sent the Han Dynasty, and the credit he made may not be known to others, but he is very clear, not to mention that Yang Lian made a sum of money from the Han Kingdom, and then gave most of it to him, which greatly alleviated the financial crisis of Li Jing's inner treasury, and in this regard, Li Jing is very grateful to Yang Lian.
"Brother Huang, there is also this letter from Zhou Hongzuo, he said that during Yang Lian's tenure as a commander, he embezzled and accepted bribes, and even embezzled the military salaries of the soldiers, which was a great crime." Li Jingsui said again, on this point, he is very confident in Yang Lian, knowing that Yang Lian loves money, but it is impossible to pay the soldiers' salaries at all.
"Is there such a thing?" Li Jing frowned, greedy for military salaries, this is not a good thing, if the soldiers are resentful and rebel, this is very bad.
"With Brother Chen's understanding of Yang Lian, there should be no such thing. However, Zhou Hongzuo used to be Yang Lian's boss, and he may know some insider information. Brother Huang, it is better to believe that there is something than to believe that there is none, it is better to investigate, if there is really such a thing, it will be punished heavily. Li Jingsui said.
"Hmm!" Li Jing nodded, feeling that although King Qi liked Yang Lian, he did not lose his mind, and he still put the country first, and it seemed that it was right to make him the emperor's younger brother and take over the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.
"Now that Yang Lian's matter is making a big fuss, the imperial brother and the courtiers feel that they must be properly handled, otherwise the hundred officials will be angry and unsettled, and I am afraid that there will be bad consequences." Li Jingsui saw that his brother was not angry, and he thought that he also believed Yang Lian, so he added fuel to the fire.
"Hmph, this world is my world, when will it be their turn to speak?" Li Jing snorted coldly, in fact, he was unhappy in his heart, and the displeasure was that hundreds of officials attacked Yang Lian. Since his accession to the throne, there have been many people who have made contributions among the ministers, such as Cha Wenhui, Feng Yansi, Han Xizai, Sun Sheng and others. However, they all have a bad point, and that is partisanship.
And now many people in the DPRK and China have impeached Yang Lian, that is to say, Yang Lian has no selfish motives and does not participate in party struggles. However, Li Jing still wanted to confirm it, so he asked: "So many excerpts are impeached against Yang Lian, isn't there a good thing to say for him?" ”
Li Jingsui shook his head and said, "Brother Huang, there is no excerpt to say good things for Yang Lian at present. ”
Li Jing paced with his hands in his hands, falling into deep thought, it was obvious that Yang Lian had been besieged, but he couldn't figure it out, why was Yang Lian so unpopular? There should be two things that can be determined now, that is, Yang Lian beat King Yan, and the other is Yang Lian's crime of bullying the king.
How to punish these things is in Li Jing's thoughts, he did not punish Yang Lian at the beginning, in addition to remembering the old relationship, another point is that Yang Lian took the initiative to attack and plead, and frankly admitted that he had a fiancée who was married to him. Li Jing is a literati after all, and he has a little more romantic thoughts, Yang Lian finally reunited with his fiancée, Li Jing actually felt a little romantic, just like the story of the reunion of the Sui Dynasty, which is fascinating.
Li Jing thought for a while and said, "King Qi, Yang Lian has a fiancée, you should know about it, right?" ”
"Brother Huang, yesterday Yang Lian took the initiative to take the blame, and the younger brother already knew about it. Speaking of which, there is another reason for this. King Qi smiled.
"But what about the reunion?" Li Jing asked.
"It turns out that His Majesty already knows, speaking of which, this matter is thanks to King Yan." Li Jingsui mentioned it quietly.
"Humph!" Li Jing flicked his sleeves, very dissatisfied, yesterday Yang Lian clearly told him what happened, so Li Jing did not rush to punish Yang Lian, but felt lucky. If King Yan really married Zeng Yiling and married a woman who used to be in a brothel - even if this woman was a performer or not a woman, it would not be possible! This is a loss of royal face. Therefore, Li Jing felt that although Yang Lian injured King Yan, on the other hand, he saved the royal face and made him grateful.
At this time, King Qi mentioned King Yan, which made Li Jing's heart a little dissatisfied, feeling that King Yan was so big, and he didn't know which was more important, and it was really unteachable.
Li Jing, the king of Qi, saw that the imperial brother did not speak, and said: "Imperial brother, the younger brother thinks that Yang Lian is at fault after all, and he still has to be punished." ”
"Well, what do you have a good opinion?" Li Jing asked.
"Alas!" Li Jingsui sighed and said: "Actually, the punishment is relatively simple on the side of King Yan, I want to let Yang Lian buy some gifts and send them, sincerely apologize, and His Majesty mediates it, and it will be calmed down." ”
Li Jing thought so, after all, where was the relationship between Li Jingsui and Yang Lian, it was impossible for Li Jingsui to watch Yang Lian being killed, so apologizing was also a way.
"The key thing, on another point, Yang Lian already has a fiancée who is married to him, but the royal brother has made a holy decree to marry Huairou to him, as the saying goes, you have no jokes, do you want to marry Huairou to be small!" Speaking of this, Li Jingsui was also a little resentful.
"It's very simple, let Yang Lian divorce her, and then marry Huairou." Li Jing said.
"But, what if Yang Lian refuses?" Li Jingsui was a little worried, because judging from his performance that day, Yang Lian must have a deep love for Zeng Yiling, otherwise, he didn't have to save Zeng Yiling at all, just wait for King Yan to marry Zeng Yiling, or take him as a concubine, at that time, the marriage contract between Yang Lian and Zeng Yiling will naturally be abolished. However, Yang Lian went to save it, and even made a bet with King Yan to compete in the school field.
"He dares! Although Huairou is not my biological child, it is no different from my biological one! It is already a great favor for me to marry Huairou to him, Yang Lian dares to do this, I peel his skin! Li Jing shouted, after all, he is the emperor, and he has a majesty, and when he said this, he was full of murderous spirit.
"I hope so. Yang Lian is stubborn in life, and his brother is a little worried! Li Jingsui said that on this point, he and Li Jing have the same idea.
Li Jing waved his hand and said, "King Qi, you don't have to worry, Yang Lian is not a stupid person, so he can naturally distinguish which is more important." Besides, as long as you give that woman some money, it is not difficult for her to leave Yang Lian. In Li Jing's opinion, a woman can have some ability, give her some money, just send away, and find a good man to marry in the future, and this life will be like this.
"Borrow the auspicious words of the imperial brother." Li Jingsui had a smile on his face.
Li Jing paced around the room, thought for a while, and said, "Now I have asked Yang Lian to think about it behind closed doors, he is a smart person and knows what to do. Don't go to him for these two days, let alone reveal any news. I'm going to dry him and let him know what's right or wrong. ”
"Yes." Li Jingsui smiled, thought for a while, and said, "Brother Huang, do you send the Praetorian Guards to block Yang Lian's mansion and prevent him from coming and going at will?" ”
Li Jing nodded and said, "It's okay, I want to scare him, so let Zhou Ye lead five hundred troops to block Yang Lian's mansion, and no one is allowed to enter or leave." If there is any need, let Zhou Ye send someone to do it. ”
"It's getting late today, so let's start tomorrow." Li Jingsui said, the two chatted for a while, but the sun was sinking in the west, and it was already dusk.
Li Jing thought that it would not be worse for a day or two, so he nodded and agreed, and at the end, he said: "Can Huairou know about this matter?" ”
Li Jingsui didn't ask Princess Huairou either, after thinking about it, Huairou was in a stable mood for the past two days, and she didn't know it, so she nodded and said, "Brother Chen hasn't told her yet." ”
"It's okay if you don't know, this matter will be done first, and you must not let her know." Li Jing said again.
"Yes, Brother Huang!" Li Jing responded, but he was a little apprehensive in his heart. (To be continued.) )