Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

When Li Shen left, he did not take a cloud with him, but instead lost three years' salary and a fishing rod.

"Sent away?"

Seeing Wang De coming back, Li Shimin asked expressionlessly.

"Reply to everyone, send them off."

Wang De lowered his head and replied, but seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Just say whatever you want to say. When did you learn this trick, you old dog?"

Li Shimin pulled Xu Hui onto his lap, touched Xu Hui's little hand, and glanced at Wang De.

“That...everyone, I just don’t understand why everyone has known about this for a long time, but they have to wait until His Royal Highness Prince Ji comes to report it himself.

This matter has nothing to do with His Royal Highness Prince Ji.

If everyone is afraid of exposing the people we have planted, why did they just tell us about how Prince Ji dealt with Xue Rengui and others yesterday?

Doesn't this tell Prince Ji that we have a spy in his place?"

There were no outsiders here, so Wang Decai expressed his doubts.

As for Xu Hui, she was just a minor concubine and Wang De did not take her seriously.

"Humph, what I'm waiting for is for Old Ten to come and plead guilty in person. This is a lesson I'm giving him. He should be punished for not governing his subordinates properly.

As a prince, he did not do his job all day long. He only knew how to enjoy himself and did not care about the affairs of the palace.

This time something went wrong, and he unexpectedly took so long to find out, and he discovered it by accident.

What if his followers mutinied?

This time I am taking this opportunity to teach him a lesson."

Li Shimin snorted coldly. He had known about Li Jian's expansion of the army for a long time. This matter could be big or small, but it could not be condoned.

When he found out that Li Shen didn't know about this, he was so angry that he almost went to Prince Ji's mansion to enforce the family rules.

A prince is unaware of the affairs of his own palace and is clueless when asked.

The guard camp is such an important matter, but Li Shen didn't even care about it.

How could he not be angry? The Imperial Guard Battalion was the only army in the entire Chang'an City that was not under his control.

Moreover, their number is as high as 3,000, all of them are elite soldiers. Not only do they have strict military discipline and extraordinary skills, but their equipment is also better than that of the imperial guards.

If these three thousand people were controlled by people with bad intentions, the impact they would have would be enormous.

Three thousand people can launch a coup d'état. He only used eight hundred soldiers in the Xuanwu Gate coup.

At the Xuanwu Gate Incident, the total strength of both sides was only 3,000 men.

Therefore, Li Shen's three thousand elite soldiers are very important. It is no wonder that Li Shimin is angry that Li Shen is so lazy.

“But I feel that we should not tell His Royal Highness Prince Ji about what happened yesterday. It would be fine if we could just send someone to investigate it symbolically.

Putting it so directly, I'm afraid His Royal Highness Prince Ji has already guessed that we have placed people in the Guard Camp.

This will create a rift between everyone and His Royal Highness Prince Ji."

Wang De said with some concern. He knew that Li Shimin doted on Prince Ji very much. As an emperor, it was a luxury for him to be able to enjoy family happiness.

If there is a conflict with Prince Ji, wouldn't it destroy the relationship between father and son?

Wang De didn't want to see Li Shimin worried about this matter.

Li Shimin took a look at the servant who had followed him for half his life, and knew that he was doing this for his own good, so he explained:

"I told this rebellious son on purpose. He is stubborn by nature and needs to be punished from time to time. I don't want him to go astray.

I want to tell him that I am watching him and I know his every move. Don't do anything you shouldn't do."

"But Your Majesty, wouldn't this make His Royal Highness Prince Ji feel resentful?"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Wang De asked in confusion.

"Grudge? Wang De, you also watched Lao Shi grow up, but you still don't know him well enough."

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"Haha, do you really think that Old Ten doesn't know that I have placed people around him?

You didn't see how fake his shocked expression was when he heard what I said just now.

And later he didn't even have any worries.

You underestimate Lao Shi.

He knew from the beginning that there was someone of mine around him, and I even suspected that he might have already discovered who it was.

Just pretending not to know.

This rebellious son is playing a trick on me."

Li Shimin sneered, his son was no simple person.

"Your Majesty, I understand. I am ashamed."

After hearing this, Wang De immediately flattered him.

"Alright, you old dog, stop learning these flatteries from that rebellious son and send the decree I just issued to the three provinces.

The Tenth Prince is still young and doesn’t understand many things. He wants to settle this matter with me privately.

But he doesn't know that it will become a hidden danger in the future. I must make this matter clear and let everyone know.

No one will make a fuss about this matter anymore.”

Ginger becomes more spicy with age. Li Shimin’s thoughts were much more comprehensive than Li Shen’s.

Some things must be made public, otherwise if someone finds out that Li Shen has secretly expanded his army, they will make a fuss about it and accuse Li Shen of treason, and that would be disastrous.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang De agreed, stepped out and rushed to the Secretariat.

The Secretariat was the place where the emperor's orders were drafted. When the Secretary-General Ma Zhou received the imperial edict brought by Wang De,

Assistant Minister Cen Wenben also followed.

"Mr. Ma, His Majesty is too fond of Prince Ji. He is expanding the army without permission, which is a serious crime.

According to the law, even Prince Ji would have his title stripped, right?

Your Majesty has only fined him three years' salary and confined him to his home for three months, which is no different from no punishment at all.

Three years of salary is nothing to King Ji, this punishment is too fair."

Cen Wenben was responsible for drafting the imperial edict. When he saw the punishment for Li Shen, he couldn't help but say something to Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou Yi frowned and glanced at Cen Benwen. He knew that Cen Benwen was an upright person, but he also needed to understand the ways of the world.

"Minister Cen, Your Majesty has his own reasons for handling this matter. As your subjects, we must obey Your Majesty's will.

Just draft it and don’t worry about the rest.”

"But Lord Ma, Prince Ji has been arrogant and domineering over the years, relying on your majesty's favor to do whatever he wants.

Prince Ji's mansion is rich enough to rival a country, and now it is secretly expanding its army. Isn't this the same as Sima Yi back then?"

Cen Wenben didn't understand what Ma Zhou meant and continued speaking.

"Minister Cen, be careful with your words. Prince Ji is your Majesty's biological son. How can he be compared with Sima Yi?

I, the Secretariat, am only responsible for drafting your Majesty's decree, and the review is the responsibility of the Ministry of Personnel.

Minister Cen, just remember what we should do. "

Hearing Cen Wenben's words, Ma Zhou's tone became more serious. He was also doing this for Cen Wenben's own good.

If King Ji heard these words, wouldn't Cen Wenben be killed by the evil King Ji since he has no power, no influence and no foundation?

"Yes, I will remember Ma Gong's teachings."

Hearing Ma Zhou's bad tone, Cen Wenben hurriedly saluted and began to draft the imperial edict.