Chapter Thirty-Eight: Killing Chickens and Monkeys (Part II)
In fact, not only Li Shimin was curious, but also the civil and military officials in the Taiji Hall were also puzzled.
However, there are so many people in this court who have thought of something, such as Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and them, as well as Li Ji, Li Jing and others who are more active on the military attachΓ©'s side.
These people, all of them are old and sophisticated, and they think about more things than ordinary people, and they have vaguely guessed something from Li Yuanba's words.
Especially the eldest grandson Wuji, the old fox, looked at Li Yuanba's eyes, and was even more unabashedly surprised.
In his impression, this fourth son, Li Yuanba, is a typical person with a simple mind and well-developed limbs, and there is still a certain tyrannical love hidden in his bones, he never does things recklessly, and he has the potential to be stupid.
But today, nineteen years later, the impression of the stupid Li Yuanba has been completely broken.
When did this little devil become so shrewd? Is it really like what Yuan Tiangang said, because of the accident in the nineteenth year, after the life of this little devil changed, his personality also changed greatly?
If that's the case, then some of his plans need to be changed in the future.
"I said, O military advisor! This, is this really the fourth son? How can I look at the fourth son, whether it is words or style, it seems that he has changed a person. β
In addition to the eldest grandson Wuji, who thought of Li Yuanba's personality change, even Cheng Yanjin, who was standing next to Li Ji, asked the people around him with horror on his face.
He and Qin Qiong knew Li Shimin relatively early, so they were also very familiar with the fourth son who often followed Li Shimin's ass when he was a child, and he also knew his character and force quite well.
Li Ji rolled his eyes in a rare way and said, "How do I know?" β
"Uh......" Cheng Yanjin was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the military advisor who was known as 'everything is under control' would have times when he didn't know.
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No matter what the ministers present think, Li Yuanba doesn't know, and even if he knows, he won't care, anyway, he is Li Yuanba now, Li Yuanba is him, as long as Li Shimin is still his backer, no one dares to touch him.
Hearing Li Shimin's question, Li Yuanba showed a faint smile on his face, and he said coldly: "This Zhang Duo also said before, he heard that His Majesty went to the Shangshi Bureau yesterday, and only me, Princess Gaoyang, the fifty guards under the command of General Li Changgeng, and those female officials and butchers of the Shangshi Bureau knew about it at that time. I wondered, before leaving yesterday, His Majesty had ordered that if anyone dared to reveal the news of his Weifu coming to the Shangshi Bureau to outsiders, once he found out, he would be decided! β
Speaking of this, Li Yuanba turned his head and deliberately slid over the faces of the ministers of civil and military affairs, and finally fixed on Zhang Duo's face.
He suddenly raised his voice and asked loudly: "Zhang Duo, Zhang Yushi, I, a 'cheap slave', want to ask you, where did you hear this news, and can this news have been verified by yourself?" β
Swish!
The entire Taiji Hall suddenly fell into silence, and no one had anything to say.
What happened in the palace just happened on the front foot, and the civil and military officials on the back foot knew about it. After all, everyone wants to know the emperor's latest developments in advance, so no matter which minister he is, he has eyeliner in the palace.
But these are all secrets that are not open to the public, who would have thought that this fourth prince would hold on to this matter, which is tantamount to tearing off the last fig leaf of this secret. Bare. The naked ground was displayed in front of everyone's eyes.
Didn't Li Shimin know that these ministers had eyeliner in the palace?
No, Li Shimin knows! It's just that he turned a blind eye, didn't bother to care, didn't bother to pay attention to them!
But now this situation is different, in order to be able to kill chickens and make an example, we have to carry out a major purge of the palace!
Hearing Li Yuanba's words, Zhang Duo panicked, and after a thousand calculations, why did he forget that he still had such a hand.
Thoughts flashed quickly in his mind, and after a long while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "Qi Zuo, the matter of your private visit to Shangshi Bureau by Weifu yesterday has been spread all over the market at this moment, and Weichen also heard it from the rumors. β
Zhang Duo thought about it, I bit my mouth, I heard it from the people, even if the emperor wants to check carefully, he will be able to find out for a while, as long as there is time to buffer, then he can naturally think of a solution.
Several people among the civil officials also bowed their heads slightly when they heard this, and only by answering in this way can they avoid this question and get back on track.
"Okay, since it's a rumor, that means that Zhang Yushi doesn't really know whether this matter is true or not?" For Zhang Duo's answer, Li Yuanba obviously thought of it, he did not show the slightest anxiety, but further asked: "Since you don't know whether Your Majesty has been to the Shangshi Bureau, then after you go to the main hall, slander the king in public, don't you know that you have committed a capital crime?" β
Zhang Duo smiled at the corner of his mouth when he heard this, and at the same time, he was suddenly relieved in his heart, because when he was playing, he first asked the emperor, otherwise, it would be really difficult to answer now.
"Naturally, it has been verified, and it is admitted by His Majesty himself!" Zhang Duo's old face leaked a smug expression.
"Oh!" Li Yuanba responded, glanced back at Li Shimin, and said, "Your Majesty, is there such a thing?" β
Li Shimin didn't expect that his casual promise would go wrong at this moment, but as the son of heaven, what he did was what he did, and he wouldn't be a scoundrel and wouldn't admit it.
So, he nodded very simply and said, "Yes!" β
"Now see what else you have to say!" Zhang Duo's face showed a smug color, and his proud look was like a general who had won a battle.
This time, he didn't wait for Li Yuanba to make any moves, so he took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, such a cheap slave has a clever tongue, slanders the important ministers of the court, and even has a face to the king without kneeling, and it is a disaster to the sacred heart, and it should be severely punished!" Today, Weichen still insisted on his own opinion, and pushed this person out of the noon gate to behead the public, in order to set an example! β
At this moment, in Zhang Duo's view, the overall situation has been decided.
Therefore, immediately began to bring up the old things, and the expression on his face as if he had done something great was even more exaggerated!
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that what Lord Zhang said is reasonable, and it is a big hidden danger to keep this palace person in the palace, and please ask Your Majesty to execute this person!"
"Weichen seconded!"
Zhang Duo's voice landed, and the old man Zheng Tuo and a few other officials who liked to grasp trivial things on weekdays all stood up and supported Zhang Duo.
Anyway, these guys, they usually live by admonishing this and that, and now they stand up, it's nothing more than to support their colleagues, what's this?
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