Chapter 422: Li Shen's Aftermath
Li Simo's words made Li Chengqian's blood surge, he turned his head to look at Li Simo with cold eyes, and then glanced at the generals who followed.
"Come, all those who disturb the people, 20 canes, execute in public, and the palace must let them know that the military order is like a mountain." Li Chengqian ordered.
"Yes." Li Chengqian's sixth rate is directly subordinate to Li Chengqian, and he only obeys Li Chengqian's orders.
As soon as Li Chengqian gave the order, Li Chongyi immediately received the order and commanded two lieutenants to lead people to arrest the soldiers and generals below who were involved in disturbing the people.
In addition to the dead soldiers, there will be more than 100 soldiers in Dongcheng. Li Chongyi arranged for 250 men to be arrested, so that they would not resist.
"Marshal, this is a trivial matter at all, so you don't need to be punished like this." Qiu Xiaozhong spoke.
"Yes, Your Highness, this is the custom of entering the city, just a little punishment." Ashina Sheer also agreed.
Li Chengqian looked at Qiu Xiaozhong and asked coldly;
"Do you think it's a trivial matter for them to disobey the orders of this palace?" At this moment, Li Chengqian finally understood the way of the emperor that Li Shimin taught him.
Li Shimin has always told him that his character is too weak, indecisive, and needs to be honed. As an emperor, you must be gracious and powerful, and you can't blindly tolerate it.
Li Shen also told him that he should be powerful first and then gracious.
"I don't dare." Looking at Li Chengqian's face, Qiu Xiaozhong knew that Li Chengqian was angry, so he made a strategic choice to back down.
Just as he was talking, he began to arrest people, and many people were begging for mercy, and after twenty battles, they were all half-crippled.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, we are not convinced." One of the captains was carried by two men, struggling and shouting at the walls.
"Bring him here." Li Chengqian commanded.
When the people arrived, Li Chengqian asked;
"You disobeyed the military order and killed the people, and today you were only punished for a small amount, and did not take your lives, why should you disobey." Li Chengqian's face was expressionless.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, we are also first-time offenders, why can Zhao Yuan and others be guilty of meritorious service, we will be punished with a cane, we are just plundering property, and they still want to rape girls, the sin should be greater than ours.
Why can't you give us a chance? When the captain said the last word, his voice was shouting.
When the captured soldiers heard this, they also shouted:
"yes, why can't we make up for it?"
"We are also first-time offenders, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should give us a chance."
"Yes, we're all first-time offenders."
For a while, Li Chengqian was speechless, he was afraid of an injustice in everything, and as long as it was unfair, there would be a voice of resistance.
People themselves are jealous, coupled with injustice, if this matter is not handled well, then once it spreads in the army, not to mention any prestige, even the combat effectiveness will be weakened.
"Bold, dare to question the marshal's orders, it seems that you are deliberately disturbing the morale of the army." Li Tao opened his mouth at this time, if he kept biting Zhao Yuan, there was really no way.
"The villain did not disturb the morale of the army, the villain is telling the truth, so many brothers are present, even if the villain is punished today, the villain is not convinced." This captain did not flinch, the matter of life was at stake,
If the twenty sticks are not good, the backbone will be discounted, and then it will be paralyzed, what is the difference between death and death.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, if you don't give them a chance, the law doesn't blame the public, so many people, it's not good if there is a lesion." Qiu Xiaozhong suggested, and he was still a little gloating,
Now this situation is unstoppable, and the impact is very bad.
Li Chengqian regretted it in his heart, of course he knew the current situation, if he punished the other generals and said that he was unfair, then all his achievements in Goguryeo for so long would be gone.
And his image and status in the army are also gone, including in the future, when he is mentioned, the prince will be said to be an unfair person.
However, if they are not dealt with, then this kind of thing will be common, and then they will face not only the enemy army of Goguryeo, but also countless local rebellions.
The veterans Li Tao and Zhang Liang did not say anything, but watched silently from the side, and the old god was watching.
Li Daozong was also thinking about countermeasures, he already felt that it would be difficult to do it just now, but he had to come out to give Li Chengqian a platform;
"His Royal Highness the Prince, it's better to detain them all first and discuss this matter."
There is no way, you must give the prince a step.
"It's okay, order the army to rest, and stop the next plan if this matter is not over." Li Chengqian could only nod.
After receiving the order, the six rates pressed the offending sergeant down,
"His Royal Highness the Prince, in fact, the soldiers fought bravely, and it is not an exaggeration to get some trophies, we have been fighting for so many years, and the minister thinks that this matter should be forgotten." Li Simo said,
"The minister also thinks it's a bit of a fuss." Ashina Sheer also echoed,
Both of them are from the Ashina tribe, one is a nobleman, the other is a royal family and has served as a khan, and they are only loyal to Li Shimin.
Li Chengqian was very angry by their words, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
At this moment, Li Tiejun didn't know where to come out.
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Chengqian was also stunned when he saw Li Tiejun, but soon he knew that Li Shen had not removed all the sharp blades.
This is to protect his safety, thinking of this Li Chengqian is a little moved.
"What's the matter?" Li Chengqian asked.
"His Royal Highness King Ji asked the villain to say a word when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in trouble." Li Tiejun replied.
"What?" Li Chengqian was puzzled, his younger brother had already expected this situation? And he gave him a word, but soon he knew that he was wrong,
Because Li Tiejun didn't say it to him, but to Ashina Sheer and Li Simo.
"My prince asked me to tell the two generals whether the Ashina tribe has eaten too much over the years, if the two forget the days of starvation, our prince can help the Ashina tribe recall,
As long as His Royal Highness King Ji says a word, all the merchants of the Tang Dynasty will prohibit the sale of grain to the Ashina tribe.
All merchants do not go to the north to do business. All the merchants from the Ashina tribe will not sell anything to you.
Don't doubt the strength of our Ji Wangfu in the way of merchants, Tubo is the best example.
Now His Royal Highness King Ji wants to hear what you have to say, something that will satisfy King Ji. ”
After Li Tiejun finished speaking, he stood there and looked at the two of them, if he wanted to talk about his personal combat effectiveness, he didn't boast that Li Tiejun could beat the two of them.
So Li Tiejun was not afraid of them at all.
Ashina Sheer and Li Simo turned pale after hearing Li Tiejun's words, and they wanted to be angry but found that it was not the occasion.
They had already scolded Li Shen 11,000 times in their hearts.
Others didn't expect that this King Ji, who had been gone for so long, would have a back hand, and he would be such a tough back hand.