Jingwen came to the palace slowly, and he didn't know what Li Shimin was going to ask. It should be this scandal, because this is the scandal recently. This scandal spread to the palace, which made Li Shimin very faceless. It was Emperor Li Shimin who personally ordered Jingwen to receive this Princess Ashinayun, but this kind of thing happened immediately, isn't this just a slap in the face of Li Shimin?

"Your Majesty?" Jingwen asked tentatively.

But Li Shimin was still looking at the book, as if he didn't pay attention to Jingwen. And Jingwen didn't know what Emperor Li Shimin meant, so he could only continue to wait.

As a result, after about an hour, Jingwen's legs were almost sore, and Li Shimin seemed to understand, and said, "Jingwen Aiqing, are you here?" When did you come? ”

"......" Jingwen was speechless.

Li Shimin didn't notice what he said, this is definitely a fart. Just now when I saw Jingwen, I saw Li Shimin squinting at himself, but now Li Shimin is pretending to be stupid, this is not bullying himself. The emperor has a seat, but Jingwen can only stand, obviously bullying Jingwen for not having a seat!

"Your Majesty, I just came!" Jingwen said.

"And what are you doing here?" Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen really wanted to beat him, this time it wasn't Li Shimin who let him come, and now he actually asked Jingwen why he came.

"Your Majesty, the minister is here to ask for guilt!" Jingwen said.

"What is the sin?" Li Shimin asked again.

"I don't know!" Jingwen replied.

Li Shimin dropped the book and said, "You don't know? Don't play fool on me! I asked you to receive the Turkic princess Ashinayun, who is also my niece. But it's good that you didn't return home with her all night. Do you know? This time, you have alarmed our left and right Wuhou guards in Chang'an, and they have all been sent out. If there is a problem in Chang'an, you will be guilty! ”

Jingwen complained in his heart, although Chang'an has the left and right Wuhou guards who are responsible for public security, even if there are more than 100,000 government soldiers on duty around Chang'an City, what kind of chaos can happen? Those little thieves still dare to stab under the control of more than 100,000 troops? Therefore, if Wuhou Wei goes out, Chang'an City will be in chaos, this is a false proposition. But of course Jingwen can't say it, who let this be Emperor Li Shimin's words! Even if the emperor said a false proposition, then Jingwen, a courtier, must cooperate!

"Your Majesty, there is no way for the ministers! It was the princess Ashinayun who taught the minister to ride a horse, but the minister missed for a while, and the horse began to gallop, and as a result, he ran far away, and only came back recently! Jingwen said.

Jingwen is understatement, wanting to expose the past, anyway, he shirked and said that he was unintentional, not intentional.

"Have you gotten to the point where she can teach you how to ride a horse? Not bad! Sure enough, it's a prison guard stealing from himself! Li Shimin said.

Jingwen almost vomited blood immediately, he actually became a guard and stolen himself? Doesn't self-theft mean stealing what you keep in your own custody? And Jingwen is now rumored to have a scandal, saying that he has a personal relationship with Ash Nayun, isn't that just a prison guard stealing? Who made Jingwen responsible for receiving Ashinayun? But this reputation is not good! After all, no one wants to leave a reputation as a prison guard and self-thief, so who will dare to trust him in the future?

"Your Majesty, the minister just exchanged tea and Princess Ashina Yun for a horse, and then Ashina Yun taught the minister to ride a horse. The minister did not have any personal relationship with Princess Ashinayun, please let the emperor know it! Jingwen said.

"I believe you, but do others believe in you?" Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately said: "The emperor's words are the words of the golden mouth, the golden rule, and anyone will believe it." As long as the emperor can help the minister say two fair words, the minister will definitely be believed by everyone. ”

Jingwen also had no choice, he finally realized the power of the scandal. But he also knew that as long as the official people helped him speak, it would not be a big problem. And the biggest official, isn't it the official of Emperor Li Shimin? After all, the emperor is the biggest official in the world, so Jingwen naturally wanted to ask Li Shimin to help him clarify.

As long as Li Shimin, the emperor, helps him clarify the problem, then it will not be a problem. But how to convince the emperor, that is to be exquisite.

"You say, according to my Datang law, how should you punish it?" Li Shimin asked.

"I don't know!" Jingwen said.

Soon, a eunuch next to Li Shimin immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to the laws of my Tang Dynasty, elopement is not too strict a crime. As long as you can come back to fulfill your parents' orders, the words of the matchmaker are at most a matter of beating dozens of sticks, and you can also pay to atone for your crimes. ”

When Jingwen saw this eunuch, he immediately secretly gave him a thumbs up, and made a look like Brother Kong Fang with his hands. And the eunuch also smiled and nodded, obviously knowing what Jingwen meant. However, just when Jingwen thought that this matter would be solved like this, Li Shimin actually asked again.

"How should the prison guard punish himself for stealing?" Li Shimin asked.

The eunuch was a little nervous, and said helplessly: "Abandon the city!" ”

Jingwen immediately scolded in his heart, this eunuch is not righteous. The so-called abandonment of the market, that is, discarding the beheading and discarding it in the trouble, can be used to warn the people after it is cut off, and it can be used to warn the people.

And Li Shimin asked this guard about self-theft, obviously saying that Jingwen was responsible for receiving Ash Nayun, but he actually made the news of this elopement, which made Li Shimin very angry. Therefore, Li Shimin arranged a charge for self-theft for Jingwen.

"Your Majesty, self-theft refers to stealing the property of one's own guard. But Princess Ashinayun is not the property of my Tang Dynasty, she is a Turkic princess, so her ideas do not belong to the jurisdiction of my Tang Dynasty. And the guards steal first of all, they want property, not people who don't belong to my Datang. Therefore, this guard is not established. The eunuch added again.

Li Shimin thought for a while and asked, "Shouldn't this guy be punished?" ”

When Jingwen heard this, he immediately made a bigger gesture to the eunuch, obviously promising money.

"Your Majesty, in fact, judging from the current situation, it is already possible to remove Jingwen from the post of Imperial History." The eunuch said.

Li Shimin immediately said: "That's good, the order, the palace serves Shi Jingwen, there is a loss of personal morality, he is dismissed and retained, he is guilty of meritorious service, and he continues to be responsible for receiving the Turkic princess Ashinayun!" ”

After Jingwen listened, he finally relaxed, and Li Shimin did not delve into it. The so-called dismissal and retention of office means that the post is dismissed, but he still stays in his position as an official, and then he must be guilty of making meritorious contributions. This crime was actually used by the emperor as a relieve. In fact, you are still in the official position, as long as the emperor is happy, you can complete the meritorious service. When the time comes, it is normal for officials to be reinstated. Therefore, the symbolic significance of this dismissal and retention is far greater than the practical significance.