Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

Seeing Li Shen's embarrassed escape, Li Shimin had a smile on his face.

"Gao Ming, after you ascend the throne, you must be kind to these younger brothers and sisters. They say the royal family is ruthless, but the royal family is also a human being. If it does not involve fighting for the throne, its own people are the most reliable."

"Yes, please remember it," Li Chengqian replied.

"This matter should have come to an end. Someone is here to tell the princes of the three provinces and six tribes to come to the Liangyi Palace to discuss matters."

After the incident happened for so many days, it can be said that the powerful people have long known about Li Shen's assassination. However, Li Shimin has not taken any action, so no one has mentioned it.

Now that Li Shen's matter was finished, Li Shimin felt that it was time to discuss the matter. After all, there are too many people involved. Many of them are still fourth or fifth grade.

Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, and others all arrived, as well as some old troops from the Qin Palace, such as Qin Qiong, Cheng Yao, Jin, Yuchi Jingde and other generals.

Li Shimin said directly without any nonsense: "I have called you here this time because I have something to discuss with you. Everyone must know that King Ji was assassinated a few days ago and almost died. This incident made me very angry. I have been The investigation revealed that Feng Shanwu was already recruiting workers that day. Here is the list, please take a look."

Wang De took down the list he prepared in advance and showed it to everyone.

"Your Majesty, the vastness of the country and the number of people on this list are simply shocking." Wei Zheng was the first to speak. In fact, it was as if he had not said anything. He was the representative of the Shandong gentry, and there were certain things that he was not allowed to say.

Everyone present is closely related to the aristocratic family. Fang Xuanling's first wife is Fan Yanglu, and the eldest grandson Wuji is a noble of Guanlong. Cheng Yaojin's wife is Cui of Qinghe. Tang Jian's wife was from the Yuan family in Henan.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Shimin certainly knew what was going on. Another purpose of calling them here today was to beat these people.

"Assassinating the prince is an attempt to commit rebellion. I think we should kill all the Yi clan."

"Your Majesty, you must not do this. This matter is of great importance. If this happens, I may fear unrest in the court. Please think twice, Your Majesty." As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Wei Zheng stood up and objected.

"Then what should we do in Duke Wei's opinion?"

"This..." Wei Zheng didn't know how to answer for a moment. It was indeed a serious crime to assassinate the prince, but they didn't care if he said it in a bad way, but he couldn't just pretend it didn't happen.

"Your Majesty, there are many people on this list. God is kind and kind. Your Majesty is merciful. Please give him a gentle punishment." Fang Xuanling also stood up to persuade. There were several officials from the Lu family above.

Li Shimin looked at the people below with an ugly face, feeling even more angry than he was about assassinating Li Shen. These people usually say that they are loyal, but at critical moments they are still like other officials from aristocratic families.

Their son was assassinated. To them, assassinating the prince was not important at all. Their own interests were the most important.

Only when the court is stable can they have a stable position, and power, status and fame are indispensable.

"Then you say you want to assassinate the prince, what should I do with my son?" Li Shimin shouted angrily, not even talking to the father, but using you all the time.

The officials below knew that Li Shimin was angry. They bowed together and said:

"It all depends on His Majesty's decision"

"Okay, here comes the edict. The Ministry of Punishment will immediately take all the people on the list into custody. Their families will not be allowed to leave Chang'an. A decision will be made after the interrogation. The matter will be discussed at the court meeting tomorrow."

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Two hundred miles outside Fengzhou City, this is the boundary of the Andong Protectorate. It was originally the territory of the Eastern Turks. In 630 (the second year of Zhenguan), the Eastern Turks were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. Four protective palaces were established, and Anton Protectorate was one of them. There is a group of people setting up camp here.

"Hurry up, set up camp and bury pots to make rice immediately." The person who spoke was a deputy general named Yeluqi, a captain of the Fengzhou Prefecture Army.

And this team was the team of Cui Dunli, the Minister of War. When passing through Fengzhou City, 1000 soldiers from the Fengzhou Protectorate were deployed to protect the safety of the mission.

At this time, a middle-aged man came over and said, "I have met Cui Shilang." Yeluqi quickly saluted. The middle-aged man was Cui Dunli, who was responsible for picking up Qibi Heli this time.

Qibi Heli was the khan of the Qibi tribe. He later led his troops to submit to the Tang Dynasty and was awarded the title of General of the Left Army Guard. He participated in the battles against Tuyuhun and Gaochang Kingdom, and was loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

This time Li Shimin asked him to go home to visit his relatives. Unexpectedly, he was betrayed by the tribesmen, captured and sent to Xue Yantuo's tent. Qibi Heli was unwilling to join Xue Yantuo, so he drew his sword and shouted to the east:

"How can any loyal and martyr of the Tang Dynasty be insulted by you? The sun is shining brightly. I hope you will know my sincerity." He cut off his left ear and swore not to obey. Zhenzhu Khan wanted to kill him, but Zhenzhu Khan's wife persuaded him to give up.

When Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty heard that Qibi Heli had defected, he said, "This is definitely not Qibi Heli's original intention." People around him said, "These Rong and Di clans share similar odors. Qibi Heli joins Xue Yantuo and is like a fish in water."

Tang Taizong said: "That's not right. Qi Bi's heart is as firm as stone, and he will definitely not betray me." It happened that an envoy came back from Xue Yantuo and told the truth in detail. After hearing this, Tang Taizong shed tears.

He asked the people around him: "What happened to Qibi Heli?" He immediately ordered Cui Dunli, the Minister of War, to inform Xue Yantuo with a banner, hoping to marry his daughter Princess Xinzhu to Zhenzhu Khan in exchange for Qibi Heli.

However, with Li Shen as a troublemaker in front of him, the marriage finally became a stopgap measure.

Li Shen gave Li Shimin an idea. He agreed to get married first and then asked Zhenzhu Khan to go to Lingzhou to welcome the bride. Just say that this is the marriage rule of the Tang Dynasty.

The old thief would definitely not dare to come. Then he would have an excuse to refuse. Then there was the matter of Cui Dunli leading the envoy to Xue Yantuo to rescue Qibi Heli.

Now he has picked up Qibi Heli and is heading back. At this time, a Hu man with a cloth on his head came over. He said to Cui Dunli, "Mr. Cui, it's windy outside. It's better to go to the big tent to rest."

This person was Qibi Heli. Cui Dunli and the other two entered the tent, and some soldiers brought hot water to make tea for them.

"This King Ji's tea is really convenient. You don't need to boil it, just brew it with hot water. The taste is refreshing and the aftertaste is sweet, but the price is too high. This tea was given to me by Brother Ashina Chu." Qibi Heli said comfortably after taking a sip of tea.

"Xue Guogong Ashina Zhong?" Cui Dunli didn't react for a moment.

"Servant Cui, have you looked at who Ashina Zhong's wife is?" Qibi Heli said with a smile.

"Who?" Cui Dunli was still puzzled.

"The Lord of Dingxiang County!"

"Oh~~~That's it." Cui Dunli suddenly realized, it's no wonder.

Li Shi, the lord of Dingxiang County, was the eldest daughter of Concubine Wei, but she was not born to Li Shimin, but to Li Min, the son of the former Minister of War in the Sui Dynasty. After Ashina Zhong surrendered, he married the lord of Dingxiang County to him because of his meritorious service. .

"You know, every month Concubine Wei will send some first-class tea leaves and a small amount of tribute tea to Ashina Zhongfu.

I have always been good friends with Brother Ashina Chu, so he would give me some every time I went to his house. And that tribute tea is really delicious, much better than first-class tea. It’s just that the quantity is too small and I’m too embarrassed to ask for it. "Qibi Heli always speaks straightforwardly.

"Yeah, that's great," Cui Dunli said perfunctorily, wondering whether they could succeed this time.

His coming out this time was not ordered by Li Shimin, but recommended by others. This was arranged long ago as an alibi.

Qibi Heli did not notice Cui Dunli's absent-mindedness and continued to say enviously: "Isn't it true? This time Ashina Zhong is considered rich.

He used to be like me. After receiving his salary, he would buy some food from time to time to support the herdsmen of the Ashina tribe. Living in Chang'an is indeed a bit difficult.

But there is no way we are the leaders, but now Concubine Wei often sends some money to the Lord of Dinxiang County. Each time there are at least several hundred guan. During festivals, the Lord of Dingyang County sends gifts to the palace, and every time the gift is returned, there are thousands of guan. In one year, his salary was more than his salary.

I heard that this money was all pocket money given by Prince Ji to the imperial concubine. Do you still worry about living a good life with such a brother-in-law? "Qibi Heli sighed with envy, which brought Cui Dunli back to reality.

"Haha, general, this is just luck. As far as I know, Prince Ji has never had any contact with this sister. I suspect that Prince Ji doesn't even know about the concubine's rescue.

After all, the Lord of Dingxiang County got married early, when Prince Ji was still an infant. So there is no emotion. Cui Dunli replied

Just as he was talking, soldiers came outside to report that the camp had been set up and dinner would be served soon. So the two of them left the tent and prepared to eat.

What they didn't know was that there was a group of people crawling in a depression three or four miles away from the camp. Like prairie wolves preparing to hunt, they stared quietly in the direction of the camp, silently waiting for the opportunity.