Chapter 250: Three o'clock in the afternoon, beheading the public
The book continues from the above, and the last book said that Chu Mofeng besieged Yang Mansion during the Zhongyuan Festival, and the other side spent July 15 to fight the thieves, and Mofeng Yang Yi fought alone in the backyard, and won by chance, which led to Chu Mofeng's injury and return to Chang'an, and Li Shimin made a big move in the early days.
The carriage was driving leisurely on the official road, and Fang Xuanling, who was sitting in a corner of the carriage, was listening respectfully to Chu Mofeng's reprimand at this moment, "You guy, you have to detain your clan uncle to the capital together, do you think that Your Majesty will not reprimand you in this way?" As soon as the words fell, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but cough a few times.
Seeing this scene, Fang Xuanling hurriedly poured a cup of tea and handed it to Chu Mofeng, and then whispered: "Please Your Highness calm your anger, you are injured, if you are angry again because of these things, the lower official will be even more panicked, how dare the lower official have that luck mentality, since the clansmen have committed a crime this time, if the lower officials do not hand over the clan uncle, how can they be worthy of His Majesty's high hopes at the beginning." ”
"Okay, there are no outsiders here, and there is no need for His Highness to be an official, I said the old house, you are confused. Taking the teacup handed over by Fang Xuanling, Chu Mofeng didn't care about the heat and cold, and immediately smothered it into his stomach, then wiped the water stains on his lips, leaned into the carriage and looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "Fortunately, you don't know about this matter, otherwise our one will definitely sentence you to exile for three thousand miles." Immediately, Chu Mofeng lifted the curtain and shouted outside: "Except for the flowers on the other side around the carriage, the rest of the people are waiting to retreat thirty steps." ”
I only heard someone outside the door say yes, and then Chu Mofeng put down the curtain and said slowly: "Old Fang, the world calls you and Du Ruhui a plot for the house, full of wisdom, can you tell me, what's going on in the world now?" At the beginning, our group of people followed His Majesty, quelled the civil strife, and then went to fight the Turks, after fighting the Turks, we found a way to do Jiancheng and Yuanji, I thought that after Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, the world was finally peaceful, who knew that the war was gone, but the people's hearts fell, I visited many state capitals, and the people in some places are still short of food and clothing, and now even more even the disaster relief food has to be embezzled, don't you still need me to be that wicked person, raise the Shura butcher's knife again, and kill a corpse all over the field?"
Listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back, thinking to himself, uncle, don't kill again, the first year of Zhenguan has not passed, and you have already slashed through the two state capitals with a wave of your butcher's knife, but after thinking about it, the person in front of you who killed was a person who committed the most heinous crimes, and then Fang Xuanling said with a smile: " In fact, it is not without a way, for the selection of officials, we should gradually abolish the recommendation system, vigorously use the imperial examination to select officials, and the new officials should be delegated to the lowest level, starting from small officials. ”
"You and Lao Du should talk more about these things in front of Your Majesty, but there is one thing to pay attention to, keep an eye on Pei Lian, after all, many of the strategies that were built at the beginning were planned by this person. Pouring himself a cup of tea, Chu Mofeng picked up the teacup and held it in his hand, "Is there any big movement in the DPRK recently?"
A few days ago, news came from the north, saying that Jieli Khan got the Han Zhao Deyan, so he reused it, but Zhao Deyan took advantage of the power and changed a large number of old customs and habits, and the government decrees became cumbersome and harsh, and the people were very dissatisfied. Jieli, on the other hand, trusted the Hu people and alienated themselves from the Turkic people, who were insatiable, capricious, and constantly fighting for years. Then there was a heavy snowfall, the snow was several feet deep, and many of the cattle froze to death, and the people were hungry and cold after years of famine. When the profit was insufficient, heavy taxes were levied on the tribes, and the tribes rebelled and weakened. When the ministers of the Tang Dynasty were deliberating, they often asked to take the opportunity to send troops. As an important minister in the court, Fang Xuanling knew what was happening in the court, and when he saw Chu Mofeng asking, he immediately blurted out.
Turks, you deserve to be so unlucky, but now it is really inconvenient to deal with you, after all, there is an alliance there to restrict, rashly sending troops and some divisions are unknown, thinking of this, Chu Mofeng pondered for a moment and asked: "What does Your Majesty mean?"
On the one hand, His Majesty was hindered by the covenant, and on the other hand, he was worried that the division would be nameless, so he asked Xiao Yu and the eldest grandson Wuji, Xiao Yu was in favor of sending troops, but the eldest grandson Wuji tried his best to dissuade him, saying that if he sent troops, it would be treacherous and waste money and money, which was not the work of the righteous division, so His Majesty listened to Wuji's advice and did not send troops. Thinking of the fierce argument in the court that day, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but be a little jealous, and he didn't know what happened to Xiao Yu, why he strongly suggested sending troops, but in the end he broke up unhappily.
Xiao Yu, Chu Mofeng silently recited the name a few times in his heart, then lifted the curtain and shouted outside: "Feiyan, come here." Hearing this, the latter hurriedly stepped forward, Chu Mofeng whispered a few words in his ear, only to see Liu Feiyan arch his hand at Chu Mofeng, and then turned his horse's head and walked towards the back of the team.
A group of people rushed to the road at sunrise and camped at sunset, if it weren't for the fact that Chu Mofeng was riding in a carriage, it is estimated that he would have arrived in Chang'an, and the news from Chang'an came out of nowhere, claiming that the virtuous king Chu Mofeng was about to return to Beijing, and for a while Chang'an seemed to have changed its appearance, and the children of the emperor's relatives who had originally lingered in Fengyue were like a collective change, and they were studying behind closed doors in the mansion; , the sixteen guards are on duty, and in the newly established garrison camp on the outskirts of Beijing, the sound of daily training is endless.
In the imperial study, Li Shimin, who had just left the early dynasty, went to Da'an Palace to say hello to Li Yuan, and returned to the imperial study to review the chapter, and heard that Wang Deyu reported the situation in the city, and immediately said with a smile: "I really expected it to be good, that kid is coming back, pass on my will, on the day of the arrival of King Xian, the civil and military officials followed me out of the city to greet him." ”
Three days later, outside the Chunming Gate of Chang'an City, Li Shimin, the supreme ruler of the Tang Dynasty, led the crown prince Li Chengqian, accompanied by a group of courtiers, quietly waiting for the arrival of the team.
"Your imperial uncle went out on errands for his father, and arrived in the capital today, and I heard that your imperial uncle was seriously injured this time, and my father must come out to meet him in person. Looking up at the endless official road in front of him, Li Shimin was also waiting anxiously in his heart.
In the expectation of everyone, a group of men and horses slowly approached from a distance, leading the first carriage, flanked by two female guards with blades and masks, followed by five hundred dragon city troops, and then several prisoner carts.
Chu Mofeng, who was taking a nap in the car, suddenly heard Liu Feiyan shouting outside the car, "Your Highness, it seems that Your Majesty and the ministers of the court and the central government are in front." Hearing this, Chu Mofeng immediately woke up, and then regardless of everyone's obstruction, jumped out of the carriage and ran towards Li Shimin, came to Li Shimin, and immediately knelt down and bowed and said: "Brother Chu Mofeng saw Your Majesty, Brother Chu Mofeng was terrified, how dare you work to greet Your Majesty here." ”
Seeing this, Li Shimin hurriedly helped Chu Mofeng up, and then said with a smile: "Are you done?" Seeing Chu Mofeng nodded, he immediately pulled Chu Mofeng up and said, "Let's go, go back to the palace and talk about it in detail." ”
At this time, a group of Longcheng soldiers and Liu Feiyan and others behind him knelt down to pay homage and were about to get up, but they saw Li Shimin dragging Chu Mofeng towards the city, so they had to stop their bodies and shout: "Congratulations to Your Majesty." ”
The two of them rode Li Shimin's imperial chariot towards the direction of the palace, looking at the slightly tired Chu Mofeng, Li Shimin said softly: "I heard that you were injured this time, how are you doing now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, I used the medicine given by Ziyao, and I have almost recovered. Chu Mofeng waved his hand when he saw this, and then said in a deep voice: "But this trip, the younger brother still feels a little unsatisfactory, we have laid down the country, and the management is still a little inadequate, the younger brother has some ideas in his heart, and the younger brother will sort out his thoughts in the next few days, and then report to His Majesty in detail." ”
"Cheng, in that case, I will send you back to the house first, and you will rest for a few days before reporting the passage of this trip. As soon as the words fell, Li Shimin shouted outside: "Turn around and go to King Xian's mansion." ”
Chu Mofeng was not entangled when he saw this, so he let the imperial chariot walk along the street in the direction of Yiningfang, and the people along the way saw the emperor's imperial chariot, and they knelt down to say hello, and Yiningfang had already gone to the Xianwang Mansion to report, and learned that His Majesty was coming, and there was a sudden burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the Xianwang's Mansion, Shi Hanshuang and others hurriedly changed into auspicious clothes, and lined up outside the mansion to wait for Li Shimin's arrival. Everyone is flat, today I will send a big gift to the palace, don't dislike it. ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw Chu Mofeng jump out of the imperial chariot, smiled shyly at Shi Hanshuang and the others, and then turned to Li Shimin's imperial chariot and said, "Brother Chen's arrival is home, then send your majesty." ”
After the imperial chariot left Yining Fang, Chu Mofeng walked into the mansion under the support of everyone, and before he came to the main hall, Mo Ziyao, who was a doctor, first twitched his nose, and then reached out and touched Chu Mofeng's body, and immediately said with red circles in his eyes: "Why are you so seriously injured this time? Even the bottle of medicine was used? What are you doing out?"
Seeing this, Chu Mofeng slowly shook his head, picked up Chu Mengzhu with his hand, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just that you haven't practiced for a long time, and you will only be recruited if you are a little rusty." Then he stretched out his hand and scratched Chu Mengzhu's little nose and said, "Mengzhu girl, have you missed your father recently?" ”
Who knew that Chu Mofeng said with a disgusted face: "Daddy is usually not at home, and people don't see you as often as they see the porter Lao Zhang, so people don't want you." ”
After listening to Chu Mengzhu's words, Chu Mofeng was not angry but happy, and said to Chu Mengzhu in a low voice: "Then Daddy hasn't been going out recently, is it okay to accompany Mengzhu girl at home, what does Mengzhu girl want, can Daddy buy it for you?"
Children's hearts are always attracted by new things, and they are still frowning, but at this moment, Chu Mengzhu stuck to Chu Mofeng's body and said softly: "Daddy, can people want a token to catch fast?"
Hua Ling'er behind her immediately said with a cold face when she heard this: "Mengzhu, how can you ask your father for this?
Hearing his mother reprimand him, Chu Mengzhu immediately lowered his mouth and was about to cry loudly, but he heard Chu Mofeng say: "It's okay, isn't it just a token? ”
Chu Mofeng's words suddenly made Chu Mengzhu turn sad into joy, and immediately kissed Chu Mofeng's face and said: "It's better for Daddy, Daddy, put me down, Mengzhu heard that you were injured, Mengzhu is a big child who can walk by himself." ”
"It's okay, it's okay for Daddy to be injured like this, it's been a long time since I've hugged Mengzhu girl. Chu Mofeng shook his head when he heard this, and continued to walk towards the house with Chu Mengzhu in his arms, and after entering the house, he put Chu Mengzhu on the chair, and someone had already served fragrant tea and pastries under Shi Hanshuang's greeting, and the back kitchen of the palace was already full of smoke.
The family sat around the main hall, looking at Chu Mofeng's eyes full of worry, looking at the resentful eyes, Chu Mofeng suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "I said can you not look at me like this, I feel too worried in my heart, it's just a little injured, not like this." ”
As a doctor, Mo Ziyao's face was cold, and she said coldly: "Small injury, if Your Highness is an inch deeper, he will definitely end up paralyzed, can this be regarded as a small injury?"
The other four women present all know martial arts, and Shi Hanshuang, Li Yuhu and Dou Jingyan are the most, Mo Ziyao said this, and everyone present changed their faces, and immediately looked at Chu Mofeng angrily.
Looking at everyone's concerned eyes, Chu Mofeng was at a loss, but he heard someone shouting at the door: "Your Highness, someone from the palace said that there is something important to report." "A 'Qi Qi His Highness' was like sending charcoal in the snow, and it immediately solved Chu Mofeng's predicament, only to see Chu Mofeng straighten his clothes, get up and walk towards the door.
A small yellow door and a palace maid in the courtyard stood outside the door, seeing Chu Mofeng walking out, he immediately stepped forward to give a salute, and then the little palace maid said softly: "His Royal Highness King Qixian, I heard that His Royal Highness returned to Chang'an, Princess Danyang instructed the slave maid to come and send a letter, and begged His Highness to reply. Immediately, the little palace maid took out a letter from her arms and respectfully handed it to Chu Mofeng.
Opening the letter and taking a general look, Chu Mofeng's head suddenly became big, it seems that Li Yue's girl still does not give up, I heard that she returned to Beijing and invited the palace to have a banquet, the end of the letter was not signed, but a bright red lip print, the delicate red reflected in Chu Mofeng's eyes, and for a moment Chu Mofeng felt a blur.
After calming down for a moment, Chu Mofeng coughed lightly and said: "Go back and report to your princess, after the king of Ming Japan meets His Majesty, he will definitely go to the appointment as scheduled, but he has lost his appetite recently, and I hope the princess will not prepare too much." ”
Hearing such a nondescript reply from the other party, the little palace maid couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then saluted Chu Mofeng and said, "The slave maid knows, and she will definitely bring His Highness's words." After speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave the Xianwang Mansion. Who knew that Chu Mofeng suddenly called out to her, "Wait a moment, there are some things for your princess." ”
Immediately, Chu Mofeng shouted into the house: "Shuang'er, let Mu Mu bring the key to the treasury, and this king will use it." As soon as the words fell, I saw Mu Mu running out with the key, came to Chu Mofeng and saluted, and said, "What does Your Highness command?"
Chu Mofeng whispered to Mu Mu, who nodded and ran in the direction of the warehouse, and after a while, Mu Mu walked out with two boxes, handed the box in his hand to Chu Mofeng, and then returned to the house with a salute.
Taking the box and stuffing it into the hands of the little palace maid, Chu Mofeng smiled slightly and said: "The box above is for your princess, and the box below is for you, go back and recover your life, so as not to make your princess in a hurry." ”
Seeing this, the little palace maid thanked Chu Mofeng again, only to see Chu Mofeng take out a few hangs of money and stuff it into Xiao Huangmen's hand and said: "It is very hard for my father-in-law to accompany him, and I used the money to buy a new pair of boots for my father-in-law." ”
Seeing that he also had a reward, Xiao Huangmen immediately thanked him, and after the two left, Chu Mofeng sat on the stone bench in the courtyard a little tired.
After sleeping beautifully, Chu Mofeng rushed to the Taiji Hall in a sedan chair, at this moment Li Shimin had not yet arrived, a group of courtiers were chatting in the hall, seeing Chu Mofeng's arrival, they all bowed their hands, and after Chu Mofeng walked to his position, he only heard Wang De shouting from the direction of the apse: "Your Majesty has arrived." Hearing this, everyone hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye, and before Wang De shouted the words 'there is nothing to do and retreat from the court', Li Shimin took the lead and said: "Zhongqing, I recently heard that there is a great thing in Henan, and I still ask our Royal Highness the Virtuous King to tell you about this matter." ”
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Chu Mofeng secretly said in his heart, the life is coming, and then he said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, since the beginning of this month, the minister's brother has paid a private visit to Henan Province to investigate the disaster relief grain case, and after half a month, the case has finally been clarified. Then Chu Mofeng handed the fold to Wang De, and Wang De took the fold and respectfully presented it to Li Shimin.
I saw Li Shimin take the fold and open it and look at it for a long time, and suddenly threw the fold on the dragon case, and said angrily: "It's really bold, under the bright and clear world, there are still people who do such shameless things, embezzling disaster relief food for personal gain, making my people hungry. ”
Seeing that Li Shimin was angry, everyone in the hall hurriedly knelt down, and shouted in unison, 'Ministers are afraid', who knew that Li Shimin said coldly: "Fang Xuanling, I came to ask you, is the person involved in the case, Fang Xu, your uncle?"
I saw Fang Xuanling crawling out of the queue, bowing his head and saying to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, this person is the minister's uncle, this matter was not noticed by the minister for a while, so the uncle caused this disaster, and the minister is willing to accept His Majesty's severe punishment." ”
Li Shimin was about to get angry when he heard this, but when he saw Chu Mofeng on the side, he shook his head slowly, and then coughed lightly and said: "That's it, King Xian mentioned in the report that your clan uncle and that evil Yang Yi are hostile relations, which is also indirectly regarded as doing a good deed, however, you are indeed guilty of negligence in this matter, I have decided to punish you for three years, and your rank will be reduced by one level, are you willing?"
Seeing that the big stick in Li Shimin's hand was raised high and fell gently, Fang Xuanling immediately breathed a long sigh of relief, and then shouted loudly: "The minister has no objection, thank you for your grace." ”
Immediately, Li Shimin said coldly again: "All the people involved in the case this time will be beheaded outside the gate today, and their heads will be hung at the head of the city for seven days to set an example." All officials of the state government involved will be fined for one year, and all their rank will be reduced by one level, and a decision will be made in the future after the evaluation of the Ministry of Officials. ”
Seeing that his uncle couldn't keep it, Fang Xuanling could only sigh helplessly, and then Li Shimin said slowly: "Many of your ministers are people who followed their father to conquer the world, you must know that it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to sit on the country, I have been thinking about how to govern the country well every day since the day I succeeded to the throne. ”
Then Li Shimin glanced at Chu Mofeng and said, "I don't know what His Royal Highness the Virtuous King thinks?"
I saw Chu Mofeng saluting Li Shimin, and then turned to the ministers in the palace and said: "Colleagues, whether the country can be stable depends on the peace of the people and your efforts, both are indispensable, this king has a lot of feelings about this trip, the people do not ask for much, two meals a day, warm in winter and cool in summer, rich life, that's all, but many of our officials can't guarantee this, everyone, we still need to work hard." ”
"Well, King Xian's words are deafening, and you should take this as a warning. Retreat!" As soon as Chu Mofeng's voice fell, he saw Li Shimin stand up and shout, then flick his sleeves and turn around and walk towards the apse.
Seeing this, everyone hurriedly gave a salute, and then they got up and walked towards the outside of the hall, seeing Fang Xuanling's lonely figure, Chu Mofeng immediately called out to him and said: "Xing Guogong, this king is really sorry for this matter, and he couldn't save your uncle's life." ”
Seeing Chu Mofeng open his mouth to comfort, Fang Xuanling forced out a smile and said: "Your Highness, where are you talking about this, the Fang clan has not been angered by His Majesty because of this matter, it is already considered the luck of the lower officials, after this matter, the lower officials decided to strictly restrain the clansmen after going back, so as not to cause further trouble." ”
Remembering that there seemed to be a date today, Chu Mofeng immediately said goodbye to Fang Xuanling, left the Taiji Hall and walked in the direction of Ling Xuan Pavilion, but when he passed through the Baifu Palace, he met the eldest grandson of the current queen, and when he saw Chu Mofeng's figure, the eldest grandson Luo immediately beckoned to Chu Mofeng, who hurriedly stepped forward and saluted when he saw this, and said, "The younger brother has seen Her Royal Highness the Queen." ”
"King Xian is so Yaxing, why did you come to this Hundred Blessing Palace?" Returning a salute to Chu Mofeng, the eldest grandson looked at Chu Mofeng with some amusement and said, "Isn't it that His Royal Highness has fallen in love with that eldest princess again?"
I saw Chu Mofeng glancing at the eldest grandson with an embarrassed face, and the latter raised his eyebrows when he saw this, and shouted softly: "Let's all step down, this palace and His Royal Highness have important matters to discuss, if you eavesdrop on it, you will be killed immediately." When everyone in the entourage heard this, they immediately said yes, and then slowly retreated.
Seeing everyone leaving, Chu Mofeng sighed and said: "Sister-in-law, you don't know, who else can there be in the palace besides Li Yue's girl, and the younger brother doesn't plan to marry again in the short term, hey, worry, worry." ”
After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, the eldest grandson Luo also roughly guessed some clues in his heart, and then said with a smile: "You, Feng'er's girl was in love with you at the beginning, and then Jingyan's girl was too, but now it's good, Yue'er is too, and these daughters of the Emperor Taishang are all prepared for you." ”
Chu Mofeng couldn't help scratching his head when he saw this, and he didn't know what to say when he looked at the eldest grandson......
As the saying goes, it is the most difficult to accept the grace of beauties, and watch His Royal Highness King Xian go to Lingxuan Pavilion for an appointment, and then watch Princess Danyang express her true feelings after drinking, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......