Li Shimin didn't want to kill his son, but now the news of Li You's rebellion has reached the court, and the ministers led by Wei Zheng have demanded that Li You be severely punished, so Li Shimin is facing great pressure, but when he is in a dilemma, the first minister Fang Xuanling said that there is a way to get the best of both worlds, which makes Li Shimin's spirit shocked, Fang Xuanling is resourceful, since he said that there is a way, then there must be a way.

Seeing Li Shimin looking at him with hope on his face, Fang Xuanling coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, the king of Shu disregarded his father and rebelled against the condemnation of the world, which can be said to be a heinous crime, if the criminal code is not proven, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public!" ”

Fang Xuanling's words above are very serious, and the meaning of the words is also very clear, that is, let Li Shimin punish Li You heavily, which will give Li Shimin, who is full of hope, a blow to the head, but after all, he is the king of a country, and he soon sobered up, and at the same time, his face was even more gloomy as water, and his eyes were full of anger when he looked at Fang Xuanling, thinking that even Fang Xuanling had to force himself to kill his son Li You?

However, I saw that Fang Xuanling suddenly showed a somewhat strange smile and said: "Although the King of Shu is a noble emperor, after all, the crime is unforgivable, so the old minister thinks that the King of Shu should be severely punished, but during this period of time, the criminals in the country are generally exiled to the King of Qi to work and forgive their sins, so the old minister proposed that the King of Shu be demoted to a concubine, and then sent to the King of Qi for disposal!" ”

High! It's really high! As soon as Fang Xuanling's words were finished, Li Jing and Eldest Sun Wuji next to him all looked at each other, their eyes were full of admiration, although the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling did not agree, but in the matter of dealing with Li You, they were all on Li Shimin's side. Therefore, hearing Fang Xuanling's ingenious handling method, the eldest grandson Wuji naturally did not hesitate to admire.

And Li Shimin slapped the table. Excitedly, he walked to Fang Xuanling's side and praised loudly: "Okay, Xuanling is worthy of being my humerus." Although Li You made a big mistake, he was still too young after all, and he was instigated by the villain, so he naturally made mistakes, so this time I gave him a chance and sent him to Liulang as a coolie. It's just that overseas miasma is rampant, and once Li You, a rebel, goes, I'm afraid there will be no day to see each other again! ”

Li Shimin's previous words were his true words, revealing that he didn't want to execute his son in his heart, but in the end, he may have found that he was too explicit, so he added a sentence about the rampant overseas miasma, as if it was very dangerous to send Li You to Li Su, so as to cover up his embarrassment. Fang Xuanling and the three of them naturally heard it, but they all looked at each other and smiled. Didn't say anything.

The reason why Fang Xuanling proposed to exile Li You to Li Su is actually based on facts, Li Su was short of manpower at the beginning, so he proposed it to Li Shimin. He hoped that all the criminals in the country would be exiled to him, not that he expected these people to do any heavy work, but that he wanted these criminals to be overseers. Managing the slaves who do the work, after all, is compared to the others. This kind of work is best suited for these heinous criminals.

And Li Shimin is not bad to hear this suggestion, anyway, if the criminal is placed in China. Not only did they have to build a prison for them, but they also wasted food, so it was better to stuff it all to Li Su, anyway, it was overseas, and they were not afraid that these criminals would run back again, so they agreed. Up to now, ninety percent of the prisons in Datang have been laid off, and most of the criminals have been sent to Taiwan, and most of the remaining one-percent prisons are just for show, holding a small number of criminals who are not suitable for exile.

It is also worth mentioning that in order to support Li Su, Li Shimin has ordered that, in addition to some heinous criminals, some other death row prisoners will also be exempted from the death penalty and exiled overseas for life.

It is said that Li You's crime of rebellion should be among the heinous, but after all, he is Li Shimin's son, so Fang Xuanling proposed to treat him as an ordinary death row prisoner and exile him to Li Su, although this kind of punishment is lighter than killing the head, but after all, it also saved a life, as for Li Su, although he and Li You have a bad relationship, but after all, they are brothers, no matter how much Li Su doesn't like Li You, he must not really embarrass him too much.

Three days later, the matter of Li You's rebellion finally spread, and all major newspapers began to report it, but before that, the punishment for Li You had been decided, depriving the king of Shu of his title, demoting him to a concubine, and then exiled overseas, never allowed to return to China, but because of Li You's special status, he had to go to Si Yu to see Li Su this time, and then Li Yu arranged for him to go to an inconspicuous island to fish for turtles?

At the time when Li You's punishment was issued, an order from the military department was also issued to the Tang army of the grassland, asking them to cooperate with the actions of the prince of the Qi palace and let go of a way out for the grassland Hu people who were attached to the king of Qi.

The hot summer has not yet passed, the grassland is a luxuriant scene, the long pasture grass is taller than cattle and sheep, occasionally a light breeze blows, the green grass blades out of the waves undulating, which makes Wang An sitting in the carriage a little trance, feeling as if he is back in the endless sea.

Wang An and Duer and their entourage arrived in Taiyuan half a month ago, rested there, and at the same time received a holy decree from Chang'an there, authorizing him to recruit grassland tribes. Then Wang An and the others immediately followed the freshly repaired grassland cement road all the way to the north.

Since they entered the grassland, what they saw was no longer the endless grassland of the year, but a cement road that zigzagged to the sky, and along this cement road, there were fortresses standing on the grassland from time to time, in front of the gate of the fortress, pedestrians came in and out, and there were many Hu people on the grassland, they brought fur, cattle and sheep and other things, in exchange for salt, tea bricks and other necessities in the fortress.

In addition, a considerable number of people in and out are Han Chinese, and even among the occasional herdsmen, there are also many Tang people, which shows that the tentacles of the Tang Dynasty have really stretched into the grassland, and I believe that in a few decades, this place will become an inseparable part of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the cement road on the grassland is not very wide, it is very strong, Wang An started to ride a horse-drawn carriage all the way, and soon came to the northernmost point of the grassland actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty, that is, the end of the cement road. However, here, there are troops of the Tang Dynasty, and there are also laborers recruited from various tribes in the grassland to work here, and the work is very simple, that is, to build roads and fortresses. I don't know who came up with this trick, Datang only pays money and goods, but the manpower is from the dependent grassland Hu people, so it becomes the grassland Hu people themselves to pull the rope around their necks.

When Wang An arrived here, the garrison here had already received an order, so after seeing Wang An, the garrison not only welcomed him very warmly, but also sent a thousand cavalry as Wang An's escort in case they had any accidents on the grassland.

After bidding farewell to the Tang Army, Wang An officially entered the grassland that had not yet been completely controlled by the Tang Dynasty. As soon as he entered here, Wang An immediately felt a barbaric aura rushing towards him, compared to the grassland actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty, the grassland they were in could almost be said to be dangerous, even if they were under the banner of the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, they also encountered several groups of daring horse thieves on the way.

The origin of these horse thieves is very complicated, some are horse thieves composed of herdsmen who have lost their tribes and runaway slaves, but the proportion of this kind of horse thieves is not large, most of the horse thieves are cameos from nearby tribes, these grassland Hu people have always been fierce, and they are just a thought for the people and thieves, as long as they see that it is profitable, even if it is the tiger beard of the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, they dare to take it.

Wang An's team this time is extremely large, just the guards have 500 palace guards, as well as a thousand Tang regular army, in addition, when in Taiyuan, Duer also hired a large caravan and purchased a large number of daily necessities, after all, after their tribe escaped, all kinds of daily necessities are in short supply, just take this opportunity to replenish some. However, these things have attracted the attention of many horse thief gangs, so they ignored the deterrence of the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, and wanted to take millet from the fire several times, but unfortunately Wang An kicked the iron plate this time, not to mention the thousand regular troops for the time being, just the five hundred palace guards are not something that these horse thieves can eat, after all, these people are all tiger-headed troops, and there are no more than ten times the number of people who want to stop this elite, it is simply a dream.

Along the way, several daring horse thieves were defeated, and the Tiger Head Army attacked, which was naturally very bloody, but it was precisely because of this that those steppe Hu people who were afraid of power and not virtue were finally frightened, and they no longer dared to provoke this team. After nearly ten days of traveling, Wang An finally arrived at the Luoyun Department where Dur was located by carriage.

In fact, the actual line of control between the Luoyun Department and the Tang Dynasty is not far away, the reason why he wasted ten days of effort on the road is mainly because of Wang An's personal reasons, he has a disability in his feet, unable to ride a horse, at the beginning of the cement road, it is also very fast to ride a carriage, but after entering this free grassland, it seems that the ground seems to be very flat, but in fact, there are many big pits and small pits, and the speed is naturally not fast.

Here is a very barren grassland, the pasture is also sparse, the herdsmen of the Falling Clouds drive cattle and sheep, grazing on such a grassland, but compared to other places with abundant pasture, the cattle and sheep of the Falling Clouds Department are obviously much thinner, but after all, they escaped from other places, and it is good to have such a barren grassland. Even Wang An had heard from Dur that just for this pasture, they had fought several times with other tribes, and only by relying on the large population of the tribe did they gain a firm foothold here. (To be continued.) )