"Father-in-law, General Hou is your right-hand man, and the punishment for three years is too heavy, right?"

"You still want to intercede for him, do you?" Li Shimin looked at Qin Feng in surprise. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"My father-in-law read this piece and made a decision." Qin Feng silently took out a piece of music and handed it over with both hands.

Li Shimin was stunned, but he still took it and opened it to watch.

It reads:

Hou Jun gathers important positions in official residences and is an indispensable arm of His Majesty. He was promoted by His Majesty and appointed as a general, and he could not serve the law in order to repay His Majesty's kindness. His deeds can be killed, and the burden of crime accumulates. It is really advisable to bring the punishment to the court, to suppress the dynasty, and to shock the dynasty. His behavior is not right, and it has nothing to do with his life experience! But Hou Junji destroys the enemy and has a lot of effect. Let me be the Tang Dynasty shocked the world and dominate the country. If we talk about the facts, Hou Junji really has a great achievement.

When the minister heard the name of the ancients, he was ordered to be a general, and if he defeated the enemy, he was rewarded heavily, and if he did not resist, he was severely punished. If he wins, he will be rewarded for his merits, although he is greedy and cruel, he will be favored by bruises; If he fails, he should be guilty, and although he is diligent in purifying himself, he will not be punished severely.

Therefore, the "Book of Zhou" said: "Remember the merits of people, forget the mistakes of others, and it is appropriate to be a king." At that time, the famous Han general Li Guangli lost 50,000 troops and spent hundreds of millions. After four years of hard work, only 30 horses were obtained. Although he beheaded the king, he was greedy and did not love his pawn, and there were many sins. However, Emperor Wu remembered that he had conquered thousands of miles, did not record his mistakes, and sealed Guangli Haixi Marquis, with 8,000 households. and the captain Chen Tang Jiao Zhao Xingshi, although he cut off the Zhizhi branch Yu, and Tang Su was greedy and thieving, and he took money privately, and there were many illegal things. Emperor Yuan also pardoned his sins. Seal the soup for the Hou of Guannei, and give 100 catties of gold. Wang Jun, the general of Jin Longxiang, has the merit of leveling Wu, and Wang Hun and others have violated the edict and are not subject to moderation, and the soldiers get Sun Hao's treasures, and burn the Hao Palace and the ship. Emperor Wu pardoned but did not push, worshiped the general of the auxiliary country, sealed the Marquis of Xiangyang, and gave 10,000 silk horses. Near the day when the prince of Xinyi County of Sui captured the tiger and leveled Chen, the soldiers were atrocities in the palace of King Chen, and Emperor Wen did not ask about the crime, although he did not enter the knighthood, he was allowed to worship the capture of the tiger on the pillar country, and gave 8,000 pieces.

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From this point of view, the generals and commanders, there are few incorruptible and many greedy, which is based on Huangshi Gong's "Military Situation": "Make wisdom, make brave, make greedy, and make foolish." Therefore, the wise are happy to make their contributions, the brave are good at doing their will, the greedy invite them to profit, and the foolish do not care about their death. ’

The former saint Mo does not accept the strengths of people, and abandon the shortcomings of people. Hou Junji has a big mistake, but if Your Majesty rains and dews, collects the power of thunder and lightning, records his slight labor, and forgets his big mistake, so that Hou Junji will be promoted to the court again, and serve me Tang again, although he is not a pure minister, he is still a greedy general. But His Majesty's sanctity can make them ashamed. It is enough to make meritorious people and guilty generals, and thus change.

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This piece is to persuade Li Shimin not to humiliate the meritorious generals, let alone since ancient times. "The ministers of the generals, there are few incorruptible and many greedy", Hou Junji is just one of them. There is no need to investigate his sins, save his face, and give him a chance to mend his ways.

Qin Feng sprinkled thousands of words, listing the deeds of several famous generals in history, aiming to intercede for Hou Junji.

Looking at Li Shimin, who was stunned, Qin Feng said in a deep voice: "Hou Junji has the talent to enter and exit the prime minister, and killing and punishing him is not beneficial to the country; Talent is rare, if you teach him to be right-minded, it is really a blessing for the Tang Dynasty. Although the son-in-law is not an open-minded person, he also hopes to learn from the ancients' and not let the predecessors specialize in the past. ”

got Qin Feng's intercession, Li Shimin also felt that what he said was good, Hou Junji was also a meritorious minister for his mistakes, and the punishment was too heavy, so that he couldn't raise his head in front of the minister. Harmful to his future, so there is a heart to forgive.

Listening to Qin Feng's "sincere" words again, Li Shimin sighed: "The virtuous son-in-law really has the same style as Lin, but Hou Junji is like a good person. I hope he understands the hard work of the virtuous son-in-law! ”

Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Qin Feng also knew that he had already had the intention of pardoning Hou Junji, but he was overjoyed at the moment. In fact, what kind intentions did he have in this remark, and it was nonsense to speak for Hou Junji.

Qin Feng never thought how big his mind was, let alone how great he was!

Hou Junji was secretly planning to harm him, Qin Feng asked himself if he couldn't laugh and laugh, so he made up his mind to make Hou Junji pay the price for his words and deeds.

It's just that Qin Feng is not a reckless person. He knows how to measure very well, and knows that Hou Junji has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and it is really not easy for Li Shimin to severely punish him, and the same is true for Hou Junji in history. He caused trouble in Gaochang and sent Li Shimin to prison, but as soon as Cen Wenwen persuaded him, he was forgiven, and he was not severely punished, but reinstated. It shows that Li Shimin misses the old feelings very much, and he is a little indulgent to the heroes, and he can't bear to be punished.

Therefore, if he repeatedly asked for a heavy punishment of Hou Junji, this would not only contradict Li Shimin's opinion from the bottom of his heart, but also end up being a thankless villain. After thinking about this, he combined Hou Junji's character flaws, thought about it again, and decided to retreat as advance.

This Hou Junji wants to harm himself, so he shows generosity. And he also tried his best to intercede for him, so that Hou Junji would be suspected of being a villain, and let him set himself on fire and self-harm.

Li Shimin has always been close to virtuous ministers and far from villains, as long as he realizes that Hou Junji is not only arrogant, but also a villain who maliciously slanders others and reverses right and wrong. Naturally, this punishment is indispensable. Therefore, Qin Feng arranged this a win-win situation.

Qin Feng also knew that with this letter, Li Shimin, who had contributed to the "reconciliation" of the two, would definitely go to visit Hou Junji in person, and also said how magnanimous he Qin Feng was, hoping that Hou Junji could also meet with a smile and enmity and something like that. But Hou Junji has a clear distinction between love and hate, and the enemy is the enemy's mentality, will he accept Qin Feng's kindness? When he knew that he had been placed under house arrest for three years, how would he behave? will definitely scold Qin Feng for how unbearable he is.

If Hou Junji accepted Qin Feng's affection and came to apologize, then Qin Feng's persuasion, Li Shimin would say that he was magnanimous and extraordinary; If Hou Junji is not only not grateful, but scolds Qin Feng angrily, it will reflect Qin Feng's elegance and elegance, and it is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire and forcing Li Shimin to sentence Hou Junji to a serious crime.

It is the most worthwhile to write a letter begging for mercy for Hou Junji, and the difference is that Hou Junji scolds him or not. So he hoped that Hou Junji could scold him arrogantly, once he scolded, it would definitely make Li Shimin even more chilled, and it would also make Hou Junji himself sentence and increase his sentence.

Qin Feng knows too much about Hou Junji's personality. Therefore, he is now waiting to see the joke, waiting for Hou Junji to help him out of anger.

Qin Feng has not been an official for a long time, but he has gradually become smoother.

This has to gain a firm foothold in officialdom, and it really can't be done without three or three.

When it comes to calculating people, Qin Feng, who has studied countless thick black studies, asks himself if he is not weaker than others.

As for Li Shimin, he didn't expect that Qin Feng had so many curves in this movement, nor did he think that he would let Qin Feng calculate, but he was full of praise for Qin Feng's open-mindedness.

"Huh? Why are you so kind all of a sudden? After praising Qin Feng for a while, Li Shimin suddenly woke up, Qin Feng's performance today was a little abnormal! In the early dynasty, the counselor was so targeted, Qin Feng actually let it go, not as aggressive as before, and now, Qin Feng is interceding for Hou Junji, this is not like Qin Feng's style that must be reciprocated?

Li Shimin has a feeling that a conspiracy is brewing!

"Isn't my father-in-law surprised?" Where did Li Shimin's mind escape Qin Feng's poisonous eyes?

"Ahem, it was quite unexpected." Li Shimin sat up straight and said seriously: "Is there any reason?" ”

"Yes!"

Qin Feng said unabashedly: "Don't hide it from my father-in-law, although Hou Junji's betrayal of the military intelligence has not had any impact on my Datang, but I hate Hou Junji's traitorous behavior very much in my heart, when I learned that it was a good thing he did, I felt unforgivable, if he didn't punish him severely, it would be a bad start, even if he sincerely apologized, it would be useless, otherwise, the people would mistakenly think that even if a person did the things of beasts, as long as he repented, he could be forgiven." If I kill your son, kill your parents, sleep with your wife, and then sincerely repent to you, will you also forgive? Is the law of the land also open to the net? ”

Li Shimin was silent, he knew that what Qin Feng said was the truth, and there was nothing to argue.

"Although Hou Junji did not cause much harm, his actions have constituted the crime of betraying the country, which is a great crime to exterminate the nine clans. At that time, I even thought that if I didn't execute him, maybe one day on a whim, I wanted to do something inferior to a beast, such as going to his house, cutting off his son's head and kicking it as a ball, and seeing if his wife was beautiful or not, he would play if he was beautiful, and kill him if he was not beautiful. If he also has a high hall, it is not impossible for one person to stab a few times and play. ”

As soon as Qin Feng's words came out, Li Shimin was stunned.

"If the Criminal Department and Dali Temple find me, I will also say that even the crime of treason can be forgiven, I just killed a few people, relatively speaking, it is light, the law of the country should be fair and just, since the net is open once, is it not good to come to me? When the time comes, how will the Criminal Department and Dali Temple treat my crimes? It's a big deal for me to kowtow to Hou Junji and admit my mistake. ”

Li Shimin gasped, only stunned when he heard it, he never imagined that Qin Feng would have the terrible idea of dying with Hou Junji. He had no doubts about whether Qin Feng could do it or not, he had no doubts at all, his supernatural light skills, it was too easy to sneak into Hou Junji's house, if he deliberately avoided Hou Junji and singled out the old, weak, sick and disabled, there would be no difficulty at all. He didn't doubt the authenticity of Qin Feng's words, because Qin Feng was a person who loved soldiers like a son, said one thing and paid for his blood debts

Li Shimin was very angry at first, he didn't deny that what Qin Feng said made sense, but threatening to kill someone touched his bottom line a little. However, when Li Shimin looked at this issue from the perspective of the law, when Li Shimin thought about it from his own perspective, he felt that he might go even further. When he thought about it, the unhappiness in his heart was also eliminated.