A quarter of an hour later.

Lin Feng followed the eunuch who gave the order and entered the East Palace.

Although it has only been less than a month since he last came to the East Palace to investigate the case, the feeling that the East Palace gave him was like two places.

The last time I came to the East Palace, although the outside of the East Palace was blocked by Qianniuwei, and the atmosphere was a little dull, at least the people in the East Palace were still free and could still perform daily tasks, and even the envoys felt unhappy at that time, and they could still find trouble.

But this time...... The entire East Palace, not only is the outside blocked by Qianniuwei, but the inside is five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, there is no one in the East Palace on the road, not even a single guard to protect the safety of the East Palace, it is conceivable that they are probably all locked up.

All the guards stared at everyone who came and went with a pair of tiger eyes, they clenched the hilt of their swords, and their whole bodies were full of murderous intentions, so that the entire East Palace was shrouded in a murderous atmosphere, not to mention looking for trouble like the envoys, but if they looked left and right for a while, Lin Feng felt that these guards might directly unsheath and slash with a knife.

He hurriedly said: "These are all things that Weichen should do, Your Majesty trusts Weichen, and gives these tasks to the minister, and the minister should do his best to live up to His Majesty's trust." ”

Therefore, Li Shimin, who was in such a state of volcanic eruption, not only softened his tone after Lin Feng arrived, but even opened his mouth to praise Lin Feng, which made the eldest grandson Wuji and them think about it more.

Lin Feng is good at recognizing people, even if he didn't stay up all night with Li Shimin like the eldest grandson Wuji, he could know that Li Shimin was definitely in a bad mood, so Li Shimin's praise for himself made him quickly smell some unique meanings.

Listening to Lin Feng's words, the eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

Hearing the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji, just one glance made the scheming eldest grandson Wuji break into a cold sweat, and the eldest grandson Wuji knew that his mind was seen through by Li Shimin, so he hurriedly lowered his head and did not dare to say anything more.

"Therefore, the minister suggested that the initiative should be firmly grasped in our hands, and we can say to the outside world that we will carry out an action to rectify the atmosphere, so that even if we arrest these officials, the people will only applaud the court for taking the initiative to clean up corrupt officials, and it will not affect our people's hearts and minds...... As for whether other officials will be panicked, the minister feels that he has a clear heart and naturally does not panic, and if he has a guilty heart, it is also excellent to take this opportunity to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger. ”

Soon, in the empty hall, only Lin Feng and Li Shimin were left.

"Then do you know why I didn't let Xiao Yu and Wei Zheng stay as well? Normally, this kind of thing must be handled by the three divisions. Li Shimin asked again.

When he was in Dali Temple before, he told Xiao Yu about his speculations, and it stands to reason that Xiao Yu should have said it when he was arguing with the eldest grandson Wuji, but the eldest grandson Wuji didn't know these things at all...... In this way, Xiao Yu may have deliberately concealed these.

After speaking, Lin Feng took a deep breath and walked into the hall.

Lin Feng thought about it and said carefully: "For the prince's business? ”

Not to mention that for these troublesome things, Li Shimin and them didn't sleep all night, and their bodies and spirits couldn't rest, and their emotions became even more irritable...... Although Li Shimin did not show it directly, he did not scold loudly, but the more he suppressed these emotions, the more they made them tremble, even if it was Wei Zheng, he didn't take the initiative to speak, for fear that he would accidentally spray people again, which would make Li Shimin angry.

The eldest grandson Wuji's eyes froze: "What? ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Not because of the prince's coma case, but because of this roster?

Lin Feng didn't expect the eldest grandson Wuji to come up and deduct himself from the hat of "can he afford it", but before he could explain, he heard Xiao Yu's voice sound: "The country has national laws, these people have violated the law, are they not dealing with them because they are afraid of turmoil?" ”

Xiao Yu and the others, like themselves, thought that they should directly deal with these corrupt officials in one breath, but the eldest grandson Wuji thought that it would cause turmoil, so he thought that they should be solved one by one.

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he said directly: "Lin Sizheng, you should know that there are as many as hundreds of officials, and the crimes of hundreds of officials are announced at once, and hundreds of officials are arrested, can you imagine what kind of impact this will have on the imperial court?" Can you imagine what kind of pressure this will put on other officials? ”

Li Shimin clearly supported Lin Feng, how could the eldest grandson Wuji dare to object, he hurriedly shook his head.

At the same time, it also made him understand how stubborn Shaoqing's position is, in order to help the people he supports have more opportunities, these bigwigs really will never let go as long as they have the opportunity.

"I'm afraid that dealing with them one by one will make other people aware of the rumors and make a run away or dispose of the evidence, at that time, we know that they have a problem, but we can't deal with them, isn't it equivalent to letting them go?" Dai Xuan also spoke.

Lin Feng hurriedly said humbly: "The minister is just telling the truth. ”

Lin Feng's mind turned and said, "Qi Guogong's worries are not reasonable, but the minister is still firm in his thoughts. ”

When Lin Feng heard this, he raised his eyes and saw that they had arrived at the main hall of the East Palace, he nodded slightly, and arched his hand: "Thank you, father-in-law." ”

"Lin Sizheng."

As soon as he entered, Lin Feng's expression flickered slightly, and he saw that in the main hall, there were not only Li Shimin and Xiao Yu, but also Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Dai Xuan and the eldest grandson Wuji.

"Directly publish their crimes?"

Listening to the debate of several people, Lin Feng quickly understood the position of the few people present.

"Oh?" Li Shimin cooperated with Lin Feng and said, "Why? ”

At this time, the eunuch who led the way stopped, and he said to Lin Feng angrily: "Your Majesty has an order, Lin Temple is here, and you can enter directly without notification." ”

Even the eldest grandson Wuji, who had just faced Lin Feng Gujing Wubo, raised his head suddenly.

As a scheming minister, Eldest Sun Wuji really hadn't thought about how the thieves would use this list before, but with Lin Feng's reminder at this moment, he was enough to quickly think about what kind of result would be caused in this situation, and that kind of result, even he didn't dare to think deeply.

Li Shimin looked at Lin Feng, his cold face finally eased a little, and he said: "I already know the results of your trip to Cizhou, you first rescued thousands of innocent people, and then annihilated hundreds of Four Elephant thieves with your wisdom, and finally got the list of corrupt officials and corrupt officials for my Datang, it is hard to imagine that all this will be done in less than a month, you have done a very good job, I really did not see the wrong person." ”

Eldest Sun Wuji's face was a little bad, he knew that Li Shimin valued Lin Feng very much now, and the longer the two spent alone, the more unfavorable it would be to Eldest Sun Ping'an, but the blunt change of topic he had just made Li Shimin dissatisfied, how could he dare to disobey Li Shimin's will at this moment, so he had to nod yes and withdraw from the hall with Xiao Yu and others.

"Okay."

The eldest grandson Wuji also stared at Lin Feng.

Eldest Sun Wuji's calm and deep face finally changed.

"Can the Duke of Qi think that under the instigation of people with intentions, this list will be made public, and the people will know that there are so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials in my Tang court, which is no different from those dog officials in the former Sui, what will the people think?"

That's why Lin Feng dared to boldly confront the eldest grandson Wuji, because he knew that Li Shimin would definitely support him.

So fast...... Lin Feng was slightly shocked in his heart, it had not been more than a day since he handed over the roster to Xiao Yu, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to have already verified the contents inside.

Li Shimin's first sentence to Lin Feng in the real sense was a compliment to Lin Feng, which not only surprised Lin Feng, but also made the important ministers present stunned.

After all, all the good things were said by Lin Feng, even if the shortcomings he raised before had become the advantages of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger in Lin Feng's mouth, how could he refute it?

What's more, he was really frightened by the kind of possibility that Lin Feng said, if those things really happened, he couldn't afford to bear it at all.

After solving a stone, Li Shimin's face finally soothed, he waved his hand, and said, "You have also worked hard with me all night, go back......

Lin Feng swept everyone's expressions, and quickly understood everyone's attitude towards him, Xiao Yu and the three of them needless to say, they fully supported themselves, Fang Xuanling's expression was a little strange, but there was no hostility, it seemed that Fang Xuanling already knew that Zhou Helin was eliminated, but he was not hostile to himself because of this, and he couldn't help but say that Fang Xuanling's prime minister could really support the boat in his belly.

Wei Zheng also said bluntly: "Letting them go will inevitably lead to the loss of the majesty of the law, and in the future, corrupt officials and corrupt officials will run rampant, and the mistakes of the former Sui Dynasty will be repeated?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said coldly: "The official didn't say that he wanted to let them go, but now it is not appropriate to directly dispose of them all as Lin Sizheng said, what the official means is to slowly figure it out, deal with one for a period of time, and slowly solve them all without wind and waves, so that it can not only keep the court from turmoil, but also maintain the majesty of the law, why not?" ”

Therefore, after Lin Feng finished speaking, there was no objection in the entire hall.

When Xiao Yu and the three of them heard this, they naturally didn't dare to hesitate, and nodded yes one after another.

Lin Feng said: "What Qi Guogong thought of was that once we announced the crimes of these corrupt officials, once they were arrested, it would make the imperial court panic and cause some turmoil...... But Qi Guogong didn't think about one thing. ”

Lin Feng stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and continued, "Has the Duke of Qi ever thought about it again...... What would have been the result if those thieves had not made all these officials public in one go, but had sent out news to the outside world and publicized the crimes of several corrupt officials every day? Qi Guogong said that our announcement will lead to turmoil in people's hearts, so if the thief announces it like this, it will be announced in advance, and the world will pay attention, how does Qi Guogong feel that this turmoil is compared to our way? ”

Lin Feng was the lowest status among them, but Li Shimin only wanted to leave Lin Feng alone, what this meant was self-explanatory.

As he spoke, he glanced at Lin Feng and said, "Lin Feng stays." ”

"In terms of origin, I am not as good as the eldest grandson Ping'an and Hou Liang, and in terms of the likes and dislikes of other officials, I, an outlier who 'came from the wrong way', is not liked by them, and they also have their fathers behind their backs to use years of accumulation to promote them with all their might...... Even if I have the previous credit, I still don't have all the certainty, but if I can solve the prince's coma case and seize this credit, then even if the eldest grandson is safe and has the eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Shilian to escort him, even if Hou Liang has Hou Junji's support, the position of Shaoqing will inevitably fall into my hands, and no one can snatch it away! ”

"Lin Feng, you also heard the words of the auxiliary machine, what do you think?" Sure enough, Li Shimin once again set his eyes on Lin Feng.

And the eldest grandson Wuji...... There is no reaction to himself, with the scheming of the eldest grandson Wuji, there is no superficial warmth, in fact, he can already prove his attitude towards himself, before he and the eldest grandson Ping'an do not distinguish the winner or loser, the eldest grandson Wuji is estimated to have no positive support for himself.

As for Fang Xuanling...... Standing there looking up at the beam, obviously neutral, no one wanted to help.

When Lin Feng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty saw these dangers earlier, so you ordered someone to let Weichen come, otherwise, Your Majesty will not call Weichen, but the eldest grandson is safe...... That's why Your Majesty is the real foresight. ”

And this praise made the eldest grandson Wuji's face change, and the expressions of Xiao Yu and the others suddenly showed joy.

As for Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji, they are also ...... This shows that the particularity of their status, as well as the trust and status in Li Shimin's heart, are different from those of other officials.

The heart of the emperor is unpredictable, and it is impossible to easily know what Li Shimin thinks, but with Li Shimin's extremely bad mood, he also praised Lin Feng one after another, at least it can be seen that Li Shimin attaches great importance to Lin Feng...... And this value, now that there is a vacancy in the position of Shaoqing, it is likely to directly affect the final result, which makes the eldest grandson Wuji not surprised, and how can Xiao Yu dislike them?

"Your Majesty."

Lin Feng saw that the eldest grandson Wuji was speechless for a while, so he seized the opportunity to look at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, although Weichen can't be sure that the thief will definitely do this, we can't bet, once the thief really does this, it will be too late to recover." ”

At this moment, even Fang Xuanling, who had been touching the fish, didn't know when his eyes fell on Lin Feng, his eyes looked at Lin Feng deeply, and his face could not hide the look of surprise, as if he had a new understanding of Lin Feng.

With Lin Feng's entry, these people's eyes all subconsciously seemed that Xiao Yu, Wei Zheng and Dai Guan, after seeing Lin Feng, all nodded to Lin Feng, their attitude was very kind and cordial, Fang Xuanling's expression was slightly complicated, as for the eldest grandson Wuji, after just glancing at Lin Feng, he withdrew his gaze, without any waves on his face.

"Since everything is true...... Lin Feng pondered for a moment, and then said directly: "Wei Chen thinks, then there is nothing to say, directly announce their crimes, and then punish them according to the law." ”

After all, they knew very well how bad Li Shimin's mood was, first the prince was unconscious, and all the imperial doctors in the Imperial Doctor's Department were helpless, and this matter may also be related to Li Tai, and then they got the list of corrupt officials found by Lin Feng, and learned that there were hundreds of officials attached to the court to suck blood...... All this is tantamount to stabbing Li Shimin in the heart and then stabbing again.

Lin Feng said in a deep voice: "Xia Guan doesn't know if Qi Guogong has thought deeply, why was this list secretly sent to Chang'an by thieves?" Perhaps Qi Guogong thought that these thieves wanted to rely on these lists to threaten those officials and make them use their own ...... But what if the lower officials told Qi Guogong what they wanted to do if they chose a suitable time for the crimes of these officials to make this list public? ”

"From this point of view, the pressure on the Donggong case is really not small, this is not just a dispute involving the prince, with Li Shimin's attention to Li Chengqian, if the truth cannot be ascertained, the consequences will ...... I'm afraid I'll have to peel off my skin if I don't die! ”

"This is not one or two, not even ten or twenty, but more than 100 people, and disposing of 100 people in one go will inevitably cause panic among the people in the government and the opposition, and even make people's hearts scattered, can you afford the consequences?"

The eldest grandson Wuji was afraid that Li Shimin's next opening would be to let Lin Feng take over the position of Shaoqing, so he finally couldn't help but speak: "Lin Sizheng, who has obtained the roster, has already arrived, we should seize the time to continue the topic and discuss how to deal with these corrupt officials, so as not to spread the news and cause shocks inside and outside the court." ”

Lin Feng hurriedly said: "This list was obtained by the minister from the thieves from the Western Regions, and the contents of it have not yet been investigated and verified......

I saw Li Shimin's face majestic, without any smile on his face, he sat there, his body seemed to be shrouded by a low pressure, the closer he got to Li Shimin, the more he could feel the huge pressure, this was the coercion of the emperor who was enough to make the heavens and the earth collapse in a single thought.

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Lin Feng's eyes moved, and Xiao Yu and the others were also full of thoughts.

Lin Feng straightened up and didn't say anything more, he knew that Li Shimin would tell the reason for summoning him.

Li Shimin snorted coldly, retracted his gaze, his face returned to coldness, and he said slowly: "Lin Feng, you brought back this list of corrupt officials, I want to hear your opinion, what do you think we should do with these people on the roster?" ”

Li Shimin actually praised Lin Feng again.

So Li Shimin called himself, this is to use himself as the straw that is enough to overwhelm the camel, and let himself become the final weight to change the balance of the scale.

He nodded to Xiao Yu and the others, and then looked at Li Shimin, who was sitting at the top.

Li Shimin knew that he and Xiao Yu were standing together, and he also let himself be the last weight to change the balance of the scale, which clearly showed that Li Shimin was inclined to Xiao Yu's side.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Just do what Lin Feng said, Xiao Yu, Wei Zheng, Dai Guan, this matter will be handled by your three divisions, remember that without further ado, you must quickly solve these corrupt officials with the power of thunder, so as not to be taken by the thieves first." ”

"I've already ordered someone to check it."

"If we let them go this time, who will be afraid of the law in the future? Who else will keep the law? If no one keeps the law, how can there be peace in this world? ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Merit is not arrogant, outstanding ability but humble and polite, not bad." ”

Li Shimin looked at Lin Feng and nodded again: "You can think of a more distant crisis and give the most suitable advice, this is far-sighted, not bad." ”

Lin Feng's eyes were deep, and he groaned in his heart: "However, as the saying goes, the greater the risk, the greater the gain, if you can solve this case perfectly, the credit will only be greater than the previous envoy case." ”

Before Lin Feng finished speaking, Li Shimin spoke: "The information recorded in the roster is all true. ”

"If you can tell the truth, you're already ahead of most people." Li Shimin looked at Lin Feng, suddenly his voice changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Then do you know why I left you alone?" ”

The clear voice echoed in the empty hall, Li Shimin looked at Lin Feng, and Gu Jing Wubo's expression finally fluctuated slightly: "Calm down." ”

Looking at this scene, Lin Feng realized in his heart, it seems that in Li Shimin's heart, the status of the crown prince Li Chengqian is much higher than that of the Tibetan envoys, even if the death of the Tibetan envoys will lead to problems in the diplomatic relations between the Tang Dynasty and the Tibetan people, Li Shimin has never been so nervous, and at this moment, the East Palace is strict, I am afraid that it is not much better than the Imperial Palace.

Sure enough, hearing Lin Feng's sincere words, Li Shimin smiled for the first time, and he said: "Many people dislike your beggar background and think that you are not good at being an official, but I feel that you are born to be an official. ”

When Xiao Yu saw this scene, he grinned silently, and Lin Feng looked at Xiao Yu's slightly successful appearance, and his heart moved.

As an emperor, Li Shimin will not be untargeted in his words and deeds, so the first time he praised Lin Feng, it may have been just out of satisfaction with Lin Feng's meritorious service, but then he praised again, what does that mean, it is worth scrutinizing.

Wei Zheng and Dai Zhou appeared here Lin Feng was not surprised, after all, they belonged to the three divisions, and the rules in the palace have always been that major cases should be handled jointly by the three divisions.

Lin Feng turned his head, looked directly into the eyes of Eldest Sun Wuji, and said, "What if we didn't announce their crimes, but there were other people with bad intentions who announced their crimes?" ”

Li Shimin looked at the eldest grandson Wuji, who frowned, but no longer refutated, and then looked at Lin Feng, who had a righteous face, a look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, he nodded, and said: "What Lin Feng said is indeed reasonable, we can't gamble with the people's hearts, I once said that water can carry boats, and it can also overturn boats, and the people's hearts must not be lost...... Auxiliary, do you have any objections? ”

Eldest Sun Wuji's face changed suddenly, his pupils shrank sharply, and his brows furrowed tightly.

Lin Feng quickly came to the front of the hall, and immediately bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty." ”

Its purpose...... Obviously, it is for the sake of giving myself a chance to perform at this moment, so as to leave a better impression in front of Li Shimin and help myself take a step closer to the position of Shaoqing!

Thinking about this, Lin Feng couldn't help but feel a little hot in his heart, in order to help himself, Xiao Yu really took great pains, quarreled with the eldest grandson Wuji like that, and still kept the "fatal blow" to himself.

No wonder they stayed up all night and all morning without a result, Xiao Yu and the three of them together were able to compete with the eldest grandson Wuji, and the balance was coincidentally formed at both ends of the scale.

Lin Feng exhaled slowly, his back slowly straightened up in the cannibalistic sight of the guards, he had to solve the Donggong case, find the driving force behind the Donggong case and Wang Jian's murder case, and now that there is a benefit promotion, this case is even more inevitable.

Lin Feng shook his head, he really hadn't thought about this.

Then, he listened to Li Shimin's voice and said in a low voice: "Because among the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, only you are the cleanest, and I can only rest assured of you." ”

(End of chapter)