Chapter 1227: After the Funeral
Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.
Li Qinzai was not surprised that Li Siwen was well-informed, this kind of thing could not be hidden from people at all, presumably the entire Chang'an City knew that Li Qinzai had killed Pei Juxian.
So Li Qinzai admitted very happily: "That's right, the child killed Pei Juxian and ordered Qianniuwei to shoot him, Pei Juxian was shot like a hedgehog, so he left a whole corpse." ”
Li Siwen said angrily: "You dare to kill the princess's uncle, have you ever thought about the consequences when you made a decision?" Your grandfather is still fighting in Goguryeo, and there is no one in the family who can hold up things, if someone uses this to attack the Li family, can you withstand it? ”
Li Qinzai smiled and said, "The child can withstand it." ”
Li Siwen was stunned.
Li Qinzai sighed: "Dad, the child is no longer the arrogant and reckless man he did things back then, before making any decisions, the child has thought about the consequences, killed Pei Juxian last night, the child must give this order, otherwise the courtiers and magnates outside the East Palace will not take me seriously." ”
"I want to make an example of Pei Juxian, so as not to cause chaos in the court, Pei Juxian has a reason to die, and His Majesty also thinks that the child is good to kill, Pei Juxian deserves to die."
Li Siwen sighed and said, "But, Hedong Pei's ...... Our Li family is not a family, but it has power in the court, but the Pei family in Hedong is a famous family, and there are many children in the clan who are officials in the court......"
"The old man's colleague, the Anxi Protector of the year, was transferred back to Beijing last year and served as the waiter of the Ministry of Officials, Pei Xingjian, do you know? He is also from the Pei family in Hedong. ”
Li Qinzai nodded silently.
Pei Xingjian, of course he knows, when he first sent an envoy to Tuyuhun, Pei Xingjian was still the protector of Anxi, Li Qinzai and him, plus Zheng Rentai, the three parties gathered troops and horses to attack, and the Tubo army was cleaned up fiercely, and only then did Tuyuhun return to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Speaking of which, Li Qinzai and Pei Xingjian also have a love for robes, but they didn't expect to kill Pei's clansmen last night.
In this era of especially heavy blood and kinship, killing people is equivalent to killing relatives, and Li Qinzai has already formed a big enmity with the entire Hedong Pei clan last night.
But Li Qinzai did not regret it, if time were to do it all over again, he would still choose to order Pei Juxian to be shot.
In that situation last night, Li Qinzai had no second choice at all, as long as he compromised with Pei Juxian, the rest of the courtiers and magnates would not take him seriously, and at that time, the people who broke into the palace one after another, and there would be chaos outside the palace gate.
After pondering for a while, Li Qinzai said: "Don't worry, Dad, the child will give Pei Xingjian a letter to explain the events of last night, if he still wants to make enemies with me, the child will take it." ”
Li Siwen shook his head and sighed: "If you talk about ability, the old man admits that it is not as good as you, your grandfather is still fighting in Goguryeo, and the only person in the Li family who can really hold up the lintel is you." ”
"You grow up and have your own ideas, many times your ideas are smarter and more useful than the old man, I have to admit that the blue is blue, as long as you make a decision, just do it, the old man does not interfere."
Li Qinzai looked at Li Siwen's vicissitudes of life, and suddenly smiled: "Dad is in the prime of life, the child is also young, Buckwheat and Hongbi are still young, the child is old and young, and suddenly feels very happy." ”
Li Siwen looked at him strangely, not knowing why he said this.
Li Qinzai didn't explain, and smiled silently.
Li Hong's death made Li Qinzai cherish the people in front of him more and more.
In front of you are not only lovers, but also relatives and friends.
People who have crossed paths with him in their lives should hug him fiercely, because no one knows when the parting will come in a hurry.
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The funeral of the East Palace lasted for seven days, and it was not only the East Palace that was mourned, but the entire Chang'an was full of vegetarians.
The Son of Heaven decreed that the death of the crown prince Li Hongxu was for the national mourning, and the Tang Dynasty was mournful for the whole country, and songs and dances, entertainment, weddings were banned in the government and the opposition within a year, and all joyful celebrations were banned.
With grief, Li Zhi wrote a "Ruide Ji" to commemorate the crown prince Li Hong, and summarized Li Hong's life and filial piety with "kindness and love, and never forgetting the king".
At the same time, Li Zhi also issued an order to posthumously honor the crown prince Li Hong as "filial piety to the emperor" and was buried in Gongling.
This is the first case of a father posthumously crowning his son as emperor since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, which shows how much Li Zhi loves Li Hong.
Seven days later, the funeral in the East Palace ended, and Empress Li Zhiwu and the courtiers sent Li Hong's coffin into the Gongling Tomb.
Watching the heavy stone gate of Gongling slowly fall, Li Zhi and Empress Wu burst into tears, and the father and son were finally completely separated from heaven and man, and there was no time to see each other again.
The monarch returned to Chang'an City, Li Qinzai returned the fish charm, handed over the forbidden army's military power, and finally returned to the Guogong Mansion.
I didn't go home for seven days in a row, I slept in the East Palace every day, and when I woke up, I put on armor and patrolled the palace, and when I was tired, I lay down, and I was too tired to spend the past few days.
The Guogong Mansion is also a vegetarian place, the masters and servants in the mansion are tied with plain belts around their waists, the atmosphere in the courtyard is dull, no one dares to laugh loudly, and a low pressure permeates the surroundings of the Guogong Mansion.
Li Qinzai sighed, after all, it is a national funeral, in this era of etiquette, the death of an important person, the people must abide by the rules of the funeral, otherwise it is a big crime.
After returning to the Guogong Mansion, Li Qin Zaijing went to the backyard, walked around Li Tao's study, and then wrote a letter with ink and asked Steward Wu to send someone to Pei Xingjian's mansion.
In the past few days, they have been busy with funerals, and the courtiers will not block Li Zhi at this juncture, so Li Qinzai's killing of Pei Juxian has not been mentioned by anyone.
Now that the funeral is over and the court is beginning to resume normal operations, the storm is coming.
Li Qinzai killed Pei Juxian, the matter is not big, and in terms of reason, of course, Li Qinzai also has enough reason.
However, there are many things in the world that do not need to be reasonable, some people believe in fists and power, like Lao Mei after a thousand years, this thing of truth, only when Lao Mei himself is reasonable, will he talk about it in a sven manner.
If it doesn't make sense, then it doesn't matter, the aircraft carrier takes two steps out and uses the range of the cannon to tell the world that the truth is only within the range of the cannon.
A tube of laundry detergent can destroy other people's countries, what is the reason?
Li Qinzai is facing the same situation, after killing Pei Juxian, it is conceivable that the Hedong Pei family will not give up, and the uncle of the crown princess is not an unknown person, such a person died outside the gate of the East Palace without knowing anything, how could the Hedong Pei family not be investigated?
Li Qinzai didn't care about the Pei clan in Hedong seeking revenge, and he didn't care that the Pei clan would gang up to impeach him next.
What he cares about is Pei Xingjian's attitude.
After all, he is the future prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he has a good reputation in history, and he fought side by side with Li Qinzai back then, Li Qinzai can ignore others, but he can't care less about Pei Xingjian's feelings.
A letter was handed out, Li Qinzai completely relaxed physically and mentally, and then fell asleep, sleeping in the dark.