"Jingwen, you did a very good job in Guanglu Temple!" Li Shimin said.

Although Li Shimin's words are very good, the tone of his words is very problematic. According to my Greater Chinese linguistics, tone is also a very important issue to ponder. Sometimes, the same content, in different tones, is a lot different. Now Li Shimin's tone is obviously unhappy!

"Your Majesty, what did the minister do wrong? Please make it clear! Jingwen asked cautiously.

Li Shimin said coldly: "You are in Guanglu Temple, and you actually hooked up with the officials of Guanglu Temple to do the business of brewing wine together. Now, you've got a lot of money in your account, right? ”

After Jingwen heard this, he immediately said a nonsense: "Your Majesty, I am for the good of the court!" Guanglu Temple is now very poor, and it is all supported by the imperial court's funding. If the imperial court does not allocate funds, then Guanglu Temple will be dissolved. If a three-grade yamen is dissolved like this, how much it will damage the face of the imperial court! Therefore, I am reducing the pressure on the imperial court, so that Guanglu Temple can be self-reliant, self-respecting and self-reliant, and create its own zào ......"

Jingwen kept saying the four-character idiom, which made Li Shimin's face full of surprise. Li Shimin didn't expect that Jingwen, a guy from a chef, would be able to say so many four-character idioms. When he got to the back, Li Shimin found a lot of idioms that Li Shimin had never heard of, and he was a little curious about how these idioms came from.

"......" Jingwen finally stripped the survival in his stomach, and as a result, there was no suitable idiom to say.

"Say! Why don't you say it? Let me see your literary talents, what kind of dù have you reached? Li Shimin said lightly.

Jingwen immediately said honestly: "The minister can't say it. ”

"Also, you've been spending a lot of money these days! Those masters and brothers in the imperial dining room have received a lot of gold ornaments one by one, you are really a two-sleeved golden wind! I've never been so arrogant, and I've just given away some gold jewelry. When will you be able to give me some gold ornaments? Li Shimin snorted coldly.

Jingwen immediately said carefully: "Your Majesty, do you also value this money?" ”

"Nonsense, when did I dislike having too much money?" Li Shimin said.

Jingwen complained in his heart: "Why does this emperor like Brother Kong Fang so much?" Lao Tzu is rich now, you actually like money so much, do you want to target my money? Your grandfather, you, the emperor, have scavenged a lot of good things from me, but only gave me some so-called official positions. These official positions don't seem to have a small power, and I have lost a lot! If Lao Tzu wants to take this money to future generations, I am afraid it will be enough to bribe many high-ranking officials. ”

"Say it! According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, what should officials do when they do business? Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, the ministers don't know!" Jingwen said.

Where did Jingwen know the laws of the Tang Dynasty? So Jingwen can only say that he doesn't know now. And at this time, the black-bellied Lori Li Lizhi spoke again.

"The purchase and sale of goods, even if the transaction is fair, is still fifty lashes, which is obviously unfair, and it is judged in vain by comparison with the law." Belly black Lori Li Li said.

Jingwen was confused for a while, not knowing what this classical Chinese meant, and looked at Li Shimin with a puzzled face.

The meaning of this sentence is that officials who do business privately, even if they trade fairly, will be flogged fifty times. This is to use bamboo and wood to beat the back or buttocks fifty times. Li Shimin explained.

Jingwen involuntarily touched his buttocks, obviously he was worried that his ass was going to be beaten. Fifty strokes, this is enough to kill someone. Moreover, fifty strokes of bamboo sticks, strictly speaking, can kill people. Jingwen has understood that in ancient times, for this kind of cane punishment, what kind of Cheng dù should be hit, it all depends on the mind of the superior. If the Emperor wanted to kill him, fifty sticks would be enough to kill one man. However, if the emperor did not want to kill people, although the fifty sticks looked very strict and the flesh was blurred, it was only a skin wound, and there would be no problem.

Now Jingwen doesn't know what Emperor Li Shimin thinks about him, whether he wants to kill himself, or what. Anyway, I can't run away now, so it's better to fight, I hope Li Shimin doesn't really want to be angry!

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Jingwen asked.

Li Shimin said: "As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I can't bend the law for personal gain!" That's what the law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates, and there's nothing I can do. Look, what should I do? ”

"What to do?" Where is there a good way to Jingwen!

Jingwen has no idea at all now, no idea at all. Jingwen is helpless, are these sticks in the catastrophe? Jing Wen estimated that he touched his small body, can he resist these fifty sticks? And Li Shimin now looks impersonal, obviously looking very angry! Jingwen doesn't know why, isn't it just his own? Is Li Shimin so concerned about this business matter?

Didn't Jingwen also run a business while being an official? But Li Shimin didn't care, but "sat on the ground and shared the spoils" with Jingwen and got a piece of the pie. But now Li Shimin is so calculating, which makes Jingwen a little overwhelmed. And Jingwen has no choice, this is a society ruled by people, and right and wrong are all the emperor's mouth. Originally, the emperor didn't care, so it was legal. Now that the emperor cares, then it is illegal, and Jingwen has nothing to do!

"Your Majesty, can you be exempted from punishment?" Jingwen asked cautiously.

Li Shimin thought for a moment and said, "Then you come up with a legal exemption method for me!" ”

Li Shimin's hint is obvious enough, that is, to let Jingwen think of a "legal" way to exonerate himself, but Jingwen, a layman, just didn't hear it. Jingwen didn't study the laws of the Tang Dynasty at all! Where will Jingwen exploit the loopholes of the Tang Dynasty's laws? Therefore, he is scratching his ears and cheeks now, but he can't think of a legal way to exonerate himself.

"Is the emperor really going to beat me?" Jingwen thought secretly.

Jingwen complained in his heart: "Grandma's, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, admit it!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to bow to the law and be beaten with fifty sticks!" Jingwen said.

Li Shimin was a little anxious, he and Li Liqing, who had a black belly, glanced at each other, obviously becoming a little surprised.

"How is this boy a miser? It's not like that! Li Shimin thought in surprise.

"Come on, bring a few stools and give me fifty sticks." Li Shimin shouted.