Li Shimin didn't want to kill his son, but now the news of Li You's rebellion has already hit the court, and ministers led by Wei Zheng have demanded severe punishment for Li You, so Li Shimin faces great pressure. However, when he was in a dilemma, the first official Fang Xuanling said that there was a way to have both worlds, which shocked Li Shimin. Fang Xuanling was very resourceful. Since he said there was a way, there must be a way.

Seeing Li Shimin looking at him with hope, Fang Xuanling coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, the King of Shu ignored his king and father and rebelled against the world. It can be said that it is a very evil thing. If you do not prove the Criminal Code, it may be difficult to convince the public!"

Fang Xuanling said the above very seriously, and the meaning of the words was very clear, which was to let Li Shimin punish Li You severely. This time, Li Shimin, who was full of hope, was hit by the hope, but after all, he was the king of a country and quickly woke up. At the same time, his face was even more gloomy. His eyes were full of anger when he looked at Fang Xuanling, thinking to himself, would even Fang Xuanling force himself to kill his son Li You?

However, Fang Xuanling suddenly showed a strange smile and said, "Although the King of Shu is a noble emperor, the crime is unforgivable after all, so the old minister thinks that the King of Shu should be severely punished. However, for this period of time, domestic criminals have been exiled to the King of Qi to work for forgiveness. Therefore, the old minister suggested that the King of Shu be demoted to a commoner and then sent to the King of Qi to deal with it!"

Gao! It's really high! As soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Li Jing and Changsun Wuji next to him all looked at each other, their eyes full of admiration. Although Changsun Wuji was not in line with Fang Xuanling, they were all on Li Shimin's side when dealing with Li You. So when hearing Fang Xuanling's clever way of dealing with him, Changsun Wuji naturally did not hesitate to admire him.

Li Shimin slapped the table and walked to Fang Xuanling excitedly and praised loudly: "Okay, Xuanling is worthy of being my humerus. I ruled the country with benevolence and righteousness in the Tang Dynasty. Even if it is a criminal, I will give them a chance. Although Li You made a big mistake, he was still too young after all. He was instigated by villains, so this time I will give him a chance to be sent to Liulang for a hard worker. However, miasma is rampant overseas, and Li You, the rebellious son, may never meet again!"

Li Shimin's previous words were his true words, expressing his mentality of not wanting to execute his son, but in the end, he might have found that he was too explicit, so he added another sentence: something overseas miasma is rampant, as if it was very dangerous to send Li You to Li Yan, to cover up his embarrassment. Fang Xuanling and the other two could hear it, but they all looked at each other and said nothing.

The reason why Fang Xuanling proposed to exile Li You to Li Yan was actually based on facts. At that time, Li Yan was short of manpower, so he proposed to Li Shimin that he hoped to exile all the criminals in China to him was not because of the heavy work these people did, but just wanted these criminals to do some heavy work, but because of the slaves who worked, they were the most suitable for these vicious criminals to do this kind of work.

Li Shimin heard this suggestion. Anyway, if the criminals were in China, they not only had to build prisons for them, but also wasted food. It would be better to give them all to Li Yan. Anyway, there was overseas and they were not afraid that these criminals would come back, so they agreed. So far, 90% of the prisons in the Tang Dynasty have been laid off, and most of the criminals have been sent to Taiwan. Most of the remaining 10% of the prisons are just pretending to behave, imprisoning a few criminals who are inconvenient to exile.

It is also worth mentioning that in order to support Li Yan, Li Shimin has ordered that in addition to some unforgivable criminals, some other death row prisoners were also exempted from the death penalty and were exiled overseas for life.

It is said that Li You's crime of rebellion should be unforgivable, but he is Li Shimin's son after all, so Fang Xuanling proposed to treat him as an ordinary death row prisoner and exiled him to Li Yan. Although this kind of punishment is lighter than beheading, he saved his life after all. As for Li Yan, although he has a bad relationship with Li You, he is a brother after all. No matter how Li Yan doesn't like Li You, he probably won't really make things difficult for him.

Three days later, Li You's rebellion finally spread, and major newspapers began to report it. However, before that, the punishment for Li You had been decided, deprived of the title of King Shu, demoted him to a commoner, and then exiled overseas, and never returned to China. However, because of Li You's special identity, he had to go to Siqi to meet Li Yan this time, and then Li Yan arranged for him to go to an inconspicuous island to catch turtles?

When Li You was punished, an order from the Ministry of War was also issued to the Tang Army on the grassland, requiring them to cooperate with the actions of King Fu of the Qi Palace and let go of a way out for those Hu people on the grassland who surrendered to the Qi King.

The hot summer has not passed yet, and the grassland is lush. The long grass is taller than the cattle and sheep. Occasionally, a breeze blows by, and the green grass leaves rise and fall like waves. This makes Wang An, who is sitting in the carriage, feel a little dazed and feels like he has returned to the endless sea.

Wang An and Duer and their group arrived in Taiyuan half a month ago, rested there, and also received an imperial edict from Chang'an, authorizing him to recruit grassland tribes. Then Wang An and his team immediately followed the newly repaired grassland cement road all the way north.

Throughout the journey, Wang An had a more realistic understanding of the situation on the grassland. Since they entered the grassland, they saw no longer the endless grasslands that were back then, but a cement road that extended to the sky. Following this cement road, there were also fortresses standing on the grassland from time to time. In front of the gates of the fortress, pedestrians were entering and leaving. Many of them were Hu people on the grassland. They brought fur, cattle, sheep, and other things to exchange for salt, tea bricks and other daily necessities in the fortress.

In addition, a considerable number of people entering and leaving were Han people, and even many of the shepherds they occasionally met were dressed in Tang people. It can be seen that the tentacles of the Tang Dynasty have truly reached into the grassland. I believe that in decades, this place will become an inseparable part of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the cement road on the grassland was not very wide, it was very solid. Wang An initially rode his carriage and soon reached the northernmost end of the grassland that the Tang Dynasty actually controlled, which was the end of the cement road. However, here, the army of the Tang Dynasty was stationed, and there were also workers recruited by various ethnic groups in the grassland to work here. The work was very simple, namely, building roads and fortresses. I don’t know who came up with this strategy. The Tang Dynasty only paid money and supplies, but the manpower was asked from the dependent grassland Hu people. In this way, the grassland Hu people tied the ropes on their necks.

When Wang An arrived here, the garrison here had already received orders, so after seeing Wang An, the garrison not only welcomed him very enthusiastically, but also sent a thousand cavalry as Wang An's guards to prevent any accidents in the grassland.

After saying goodbye to the Tang army, Wang An officially entered the grassland that was not completely controlled by the Tang Dynasty. As soon as he entered here, Wang An immediately felt a barbaric aura coming to his face. Compared with the grassland that was actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty, the grassland they were in was almost dangerous. Even though they were under the banner of the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, they encountered several groups of bold horse thieves on the way.

The origin of these horse thieves is very complicated. Some are horse thieves composed of shepherds who lost their tribes and fleeing slaves. However, the proportion of these horse thieves is not large. Most of the horse thieves are guest stars in nearby tribes. These grassland Hu people have always been fierce, and they are just thinking about it. As long as they see it profitable, they dare to sort out even the tiger beards of the regular army of the Tang Dynasty.

Wang An and his team had a large number of people this time. The guards alone had 500 guards of the royal palace and a 1,000 regular Tang army. In addition, when they were in Taiyuan, Duer hired a large caravan and purchased a large number of daily necessities. After all, after their tribe escaped, all kinds of daily necessities were in short supply, and they just took this opportunity to supplement them. However, these things attracted the attention of many horse thieves gangs, so they ignored the deterrence of the regular army of the Tang Dynasty and wanted to get millet from the fire several times. Unfortunately, Wang An kicked the iron plate this time. Not to mention the 1,000 regular army, the 500 guards of the royal palace alone were not something these horse thieves could eat. After all, these people were all tiger-headed troops. It was a dream to stop this elite force without more than ten times the number of people.

Along the way, he defeated several brave horse thieves, and the Tiger Head Army took action, which was naturally very bloody. However, it was precisely because of this that the Hu people in the grassland who feared power but were not despised was scared and they would never dare to provoke this team again. After nearly ten days of rushing, Wang An finally arrived at the Luoyun tribe where Duer was located in a carriage.

In fact, the Luoyun tribe is not far from the actual control line of the Tang Dynasty. The reason why I wasted ten days on the road was mainly because of Wang An's personal reasons. He was disabled and could not ride a horse. When there was a cement road at first, it was very fast to ride a carriage. However, after entering this free grassland, the ground seemed very flat, but in fact, the large and small pits were constantly, so the speed was naturally not fast.
Chapter completed!