Li Su said: "Father, the son thinks that in this case, Li Tai, the king of Wei, is not the mastermind, but he is not just deceived, he is coerced. ”

Li Su's characterization of the Li Tai issue is very different from Li Shimin's.

Li Shimin avoided the important and trivialized, and determined that Li Tai was just blinded, so he could be exempted from responsibility.

Li Su's characterization is different. The mastermind bears the main culpability, and the coercion is still punishable according to the magnitude of the crime he committed.

The crown prince Li Su has always been a strong supporter of Li Shimin, and this time his attitude surprised Li Shimin. He said dissatisfiedly: "You said that Li Tai was a coercive observant, is there any evidence?" ”

Li Su said: "Erchen has sufficient evidence that Li Tai actively participated in the conspiracy of Ding Shenming and others in this case. ”

Li Shimin just wanted him to make the evidence public, but suddenly thought that if the prince had the conclusive evidence of Li Tai's crime and published it in the court, then there would be no room for recovery.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Since there are doubts in this case, then it should be carefully tried, so be it this early today, and you will send the evidence you have to my study when you go back." So saying, he stood up.

Li Shimin wanted to take a step back first and see what evidence the prince and others had of Li Tai. Then we will study countermeasures.

He didn't expect that Li Su was determined to bring down Li Tai this time. He was silent and did not speak. The ministers were also silent, and did not salute him as usual and say "Congratulations to the emperor".

Seeing this situation, Li Shimin had no choice but to sit down again. He asked sharply, "Prince, what are you going to do?" ”

Li Su said calmly: "Because of Li Tai, many people have suffered greatly, and they have the right to know what Li Tai's crimes are. ”

Huangfu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister implores His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to announce the crime of Li Tai, the king of Wei, and give justice to the granddaughter of the old minister's unjust death." ”

Wei Zheng also stood up and said: "The minister also has evidence of the crime of Li Tai, the king of Wei, please allow the minister to publish it here." ”

Potheel stood up and said in somewhat strange Chinese: "Your Majesty, the minister has sufficient evidence to prove that Li Tai colluded with the merchants of the Great Food Empire with the intention of murdering the emperor. ”

Li Ning'er stood up and said: "Father, the son was persecuted by Li Tai, the king of Wei, and was in danger of an accident, so please ask the father to be the master of the son." ”

Li Xiaogong stood up and said: "Li Tai, the king of Wei, spread rumors and slander, tarnished the innocent reputation of the minister's daughter, and asked the emperor to uphold justice!" ”

Cheng Yanjin said: "The son of the minister, he was almost killed by Li Tai, the king of Wei, the emperor, you have to administer justice!" ”

Gao Jingming, the head of the household department, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Li Tai, the king of Wei, and he pretended to prepare for the emperor Mount Tai to seal the Zen matter, and withdrew a large amount of money from the household department. ”

Li Ke, the king of Shu, stood up and said: "Father, the son impeached Li Tai, the king of Wei, and secretly instructed people to sabotage and repair the Yellow River breach, and framed the son of embezzling disaster relief funds. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers impeached Li Tai, the king of Wei, fabricated charges at will, belittled the ministers, and excluded dissidents." An imperial history came out and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached Li Tai, the king of Wei......" said another imperial historian.

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached ......," Du He's elder brother Du Wei also stood up and said.

……

A large number of ministers came out of the court, all of whom impeached Li Tai, the king of Wei.

Li Shimin was a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect that so many people would come out to impeach Li Tai, it seems that Li Tai has aroused public anger!

At this time, to his surprise, Fang Xuanling, who had always supported him, also stood up and said: "Please allow everyone to disclose the behavior of Li Tai, the king of Wei, to see if he has broken the law." ”

Li Jing, Hou Junji, Ma Zhou, Wei Chigong and others stood up and said, "The ministers seconded the proposal. ”

Then, hundreds of ministers stood up together and said, "The ministers seconded it." "The ministers seconded the motion."

The ministers were agitated and aggressive, which was completely different from the silence just now.

Li Shimin was wise and martial, and when he saw that so many ministers were against Li Tai, he began to reflect in his heart. However, at this time, he felt that he could not save face, and his addiction to tobacco (opium) also came up.

He swallowed a few pills to calm his emotions.

In fact, he didn't know anything about Li Tai's behavior. However, he could not announce it to the court, and once it was announced here, there was no room for redemption.

He really couldn't explain it to Empress Eldest Sun. Moreover, Li Tai is his favorite son, he can't watch his son have an accident, right?

After he drank a few sips of water, he looked at the ministers in the dark hall and felt that there should not be so much about Li Tai's crimes that the ministers said, there should be a lot of water in it.

He decided to test it out and find a breakthrough first. He looked at the impeached people, his eyes were fixed on Cheng Yanjin, he didn't think this matter had anything to do with Cheng Yanjin?

So, he waved his hand and said, "As a minister, please return to your place, and I will ask you one by one." ”

Li Su was the first to stand back in his place, and the ministers also retreated.

Li Shimin asked: "Cheng Biting Jin, first of all, why did Li Tai, the king of Wei, murder your son?" ”

Cheng Yanjin stood up and said: "In the 13th year of Zhenguan, Li Tai, the king of Wei, sent someone to assassinate His Royal Highness the Prince, who was His Royal Highness the King of Liang back then. Cheng Chumo, the son of the minister, was responsible for escorting His Royal Highness King Liang to the Western Regions, and was assassinated many times on the way, and the minister's son was seriously injured and almost died. ”

Li Shimin asked: "You said that Li Tai, the king of Wei, assassinated the crown prince, do you have any evidence?" ”

Cheng Yanjin said: "The minister has sufficient evidence. The son of the first minister captured many Assassins. His Royal Highness King Liang's subordinates were really useless, they interrogated these assassins, but they couldn't ask.

Later, the minister personally went to interrogate them, hehe, this dog's assassin, he is in the hands of my Lao Cheng, and he still dares not to confess? The old minister only interrogated for half a day, and they all confessed obediently. ”

Cheng Biting Jin interrogated the prisoners, and there was a trick, and this move was called "non-punishment." "This kind of criminal law is to take a chopstick and stir it vigorously in the nostrils of the prisoner.

Everyone knows how it feels if a person's nose is accidentally bumped? The feeling of soreness is absolutely unbearable.

Cheng Yanjin said: "Those rabbit cubs wrote a confession on the spot.

Back then, the minister wanted to hand over these confessions to the emperor, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he didn't want to embarrass the emperor, so he asked the minister not to mention the matter.

Your Majesty, do you want to take a look now? ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he knew that he had chosen the wrong object. This matter has been suppressed back then, and it can't be mentioned anymore, otherwise Li Tai may have no way to live.

Li Shimin looked at these ministers in the audience, and he now understood in his heart that what these people said was probably true, and they must have evidence unfavorable to Li Tai in their hands. He groaned, thinking of a countermeasure.