Chapter 538 The Real Killing Move
Yuan Tiangang wisely did not take the conversation, as if he had not heard it, and continued to say: "The day after the assassination, the King of Qi learned that the matter was exposed and injured His Majesty, and was so scared that he fled to his uncle Yin Hongzhi's mansion, hoping that Yin Hongzhi would send him to the palace to the palace to take him into the palace for the concubine Yin. But before Yin Hongzhi could enter the palace, the Jinyiwei sent by Zhulu Hou had already blocked the door."
"Oh?" Li Shimin looked at Yuan Tiangang, his expression was unclear, and he could not see any joy or anger. Yuan Tiangang's heart was so tight that he gritted his teeth and continued, "The Jinyiwei ordered a name to give the King of Qi a box, and opened it in front of him. The sword and gun instructor was chopped into pieces, leaving only a head to identify the identity. The King of Qi was so scared that he peed his pants and almost lost his soul..."
Li Shimin had no expression on his face, and only Yuan Tiangang's voice echoed in the hall: "The Jinyiwei also sent a message to the King of Qi for the Marquis of Zhulu, saying: The last time the King of Qi made a mistake, he let him go for the sake of Yin Concubine, but this time the King of Qi made another mistake. For the sake of His Majesty, he spared his life. If there is another time, don't blame him for being ruthless and let the King of Qi take care of himself."
Li Shimin laughed and said, "This kid has disciplined my son for me." He looked at Yuan Tiangang and asked, "Is this the original words? Didn't you add fuel to the fire?"
Yuan Tiangang hurriedly said, "How the spy comes to report to Your Majesty, I will report to you without any fabrication."
Li Shimin was silent for a moment and said, "I understand, you continue to talk about Jisitang."
"No." Yuan Tiangang wanted to change the topic and talk about the prince, which made him feel very stressed: "Your Majesty, I have found out that the person who stabbed Your Majesty was the person from Jisitang. The assassin in Jisitang was completely different from the other nine people. He either went for Zhulu Hou, but he was just for Your Majesty. Ruochen guessed that his purpose was to assassinate Your Majesty and then blame Zhulu Hou in order to achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone. But..." Yuan Tiangang secretly glanced at Li Shimin's expression and said, "I am incompetent. I only found out that this assassin was from Lizhou. There were no clues for the others."
"Lizhou..." Li Shimin murmured and said, "Your dear, don't blame yourself. If Jisitang is so easy to investigate, I don't have to worry about it." After a while of silence, Li Shimin said, "When the governor of Lizhou, Wu Shishi, once raised an army as the Emperor's Supreme Emperor, he was the confidant of the Emperor. How could Jisitang appear under his jurisdiction?"
Yuan Tiangang chewed Li Shimin's words and raised his head in horror. Seeing that Li Shimin's face was gloomy and beads of sweat were soaked on his forehead.
"My dear, go to Lizhou."
"promise."
Yuan Tiangang left the secret passage, and Eunuch Gao gently pushed open the hall door and flashed in.
"His Majesty."
Li Shimin had already calmed down and said, "How is it, what did they say?"
"Go back to Your Majesty..." Eunuch Gao suppressed his smile and learned Li Mu's words vividly. Fortunately, he was old and had a good memory. He basically learned 80% or 90%. Li Shimin was in a gloomy mood, but when he heard Li Mu's words retelling by Eunuch Gao, he became happy again and kept asking Li Mu if he really said that? There were also reactions from everyone, and he was even more happy to hear Wei Zheng being defeated.
After hearing the retelling of Eunuch Gao, Li Shimin laughed enough, sighed, and said, "The longer I am the emperor, the more lonely I feel. I often feel that no one can understand me. Today, I am very pleased to hear Li Mu's words. Li Mu understands me, he understands my suffering. I finally understand why he said that he had never thought of being an emperor. He is a clear person, and I am not as good as him."
Eunuch Gao also echoed: "Marquis Zhulu is indeed a very smart person. This time he used a little trick and planned all the officials."
"Yes, even I'm planning on it."
Eunuch Gao did not understand Li Shimin's meaning, and subconsciously cast a puzzled look. Li Shimin did not explain, but just smiled and said, "Don't talk about this, let Li Mu go and go, and rest in Lizheng Hall tonight, and ask Yin Fei and Yang Fei to play a few circles of mahjong. I haven't played it for a long time, and my hands are very itchy!"
Eunuch Gao bowed slightly: "No."
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Early in the morning, Li Mu got up from the quilt. Suddenly he heard a rustling sound in the yard. He rubbed his eyes and came to the window. He saw Changsun Chong sweeping the snow in the yard with a broom.
Li Mu put on a big bear cloak and came to the yard. Changsun Chong stopped to salute him, and then prepared to work.
Li Mu waved, Changsun Chong put the broom aside and came to Li Mu.
"Do you know what happened these days?"
"Mr., I know it in my heart."
"But still remember what my teacher told you, the word "time"?"
"Changsun Chong never dared to forget the teachings of his mentor." After that, Changsun Chong took out a memorial from his arms and presented it to Li Mu with both hands, saying: "This is a detailed memorial written by his disciple, together with King Yue and Lu Wenfeng, the doctor of the Yu tribe, who has checked the tax accounts and the number of fields of the Civil Affairs Department since His Majesty ascended the throne in the past few days. Please check the tax accounts and the number of fields of the Civil Affairs Department since His Majesty ascended the throne. Please check the details of the Ministry of Civil Affairs after His Majesty ascended the throne. "
Li Mu took it and opened it and glanced at it, and then gave it to Changsun Chong, saying, "The words are not sharp enough. As my eldest disciple, you should at least have five things to do to be a master. Your tone is so soft that it is simply a shame to be a master! Do you understand if you say first? This is the same as bargaining. The first knife must be ruthless, so you can bargain later. When you come up, you ask someone to give a penny. What strength is there to say?"
"The disciple understands, and then go back and change it."
Changsun turned around and was about to leave, but Li Mu called him again. He pointed to the snow on the ground: "Let's go after sweeping!"
Changsun Chong had to continue sweeping the floor. Li Mu yawned and went back to sleep. From today on, he was going to be an idle person who was scrambling to die. The young man had to do it. He had just dug such a big pit. Although the person who fell into the pit had not yet reacted, it would not last long. When he reacted, he would all come for him, which was quite annoying. It would be better to pull a few more into the water and disperse a little firepower.
Changsun Chong finished sweeping the yard and the cook prepared breakfast. Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien served Li Mu and got up. After washing, Li Mu, the old mentor, made an exception and gave him face. He asked Changsun Chong to sit down and have a meal with him, but he was scolded. Changsun Chong drank two bowls of porridge and ran away as if he ran away.
"Let's go, let's go into the city too." Li Mu called out a Jinyiwei to put on a carriage, and took his wives and concubines to enter the city under the protection of more than ten Jinyiweis. As soon as such a big thing happened, he should go to pay homage to his mother, meet Wang Ou, and visit the Supreme Emperor. Moreover, before the assassin's incident happened, he had not done anything to recruit maids, and he had to do more things himself, so it was difficult to calm down for a while.
...
In a blink of an eye, two more days passed. Li Shimin had already resumed his morning court yesterday, and everyone seemed to be deliberately avoiding the assassin's incident, as if nothing had happened.
However, what happened happened, and it was impossible to pretend that it had never happened. If Li Shimin didn't mention it, there was always someone who wanted to mention it. This person was Wei Zheng. Niu Jinda and Li Daozong left the capital with tens of thousands of Tunwei. It would have an impact on the local area. So after two days of calm, Wei Zheng finally couldn't help but mention it in the palace, hoping that Li Shimin would issue an order to recall the two groups of people.
"...Your Majesty, the place where the army passes, people eat horses and eat, and it is endless to consume, and it is inevitable to disturb the people. Spring farming is about to be imminent. Please ask Your Majesty to be polite to the people. Moreover, the empty military force in the capital is also a hidden danger. Please call the army back as soon as possible."
Many censors agreed, and Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and looked at Wei Zheng, feeling very unhappy. After dealing with Wei Zheng for so many years, what Li Shimin admired Wei Zheng the most was his face. This guy's face was really thick. No matter how embarrassing things happened or how many things that could not come to Taiwan, others would be embarrassed for him, and he would be embarrassed by himself. It only took only three days, and he seemed to have forgotten all the embarrassment, and he still looked so righteous that he really didn't know what to say.
Li Shimin was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he glanced at the end of the hall, and a young man stood near the door. Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and thought he had read it wrong. After a closer look, he saw that it was his eldest nephew Changsun Chong. He was quite surprised and said, "Was that person standing at the gate of the hall, Changsun Chong?"
Hearing this, all the officials turned their heads and looked back. Sure enough, at the entrance of the hall, there was a young man wearing a green robe. In the Liangyi Hall, he had to be at least a fifth rank or above, and this green robe was really rare. Moreover, many people's impression of Changsun Chong was still when he was fat. Suddenly, they saw the thin Changsun Chong, and they were stunned for a moment before they could recognize it. They all looked at Changsun Wuji, and they all seemed to Changsun Chong to appear here, which was arranged by Changsun Wuji.
Changsun Wuji was stunned when he saw Changsun Chong. Seeing the eyes of his colleagues, he had to smile bitterly and shook his head slightly, indicating that he was not aware of it.
Changsun Chong walked out of the queue. His level was not enough and he had no tablets. He stood still and replied loudly: "My minister Changsun Chong, pay homage to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin smiled and said, "Don't give me a gift, Chong'er, why are you here? Oh, I almost forgot that you are also an official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I have read the list presented by Li Mu. With your name, which yamen are you from?"
"I was assigned to the Imperial Property Bureau by my mentor."
Li Shimin suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, I remembered it. But..." Li Shimin frowned slightly and said: "Why did you appear in Liangyi Palace?"
Li Shimin's meaning is very obvious. How can a sixth-rank rank without a summoning? He looked at Eunuch Gao, and Eunuch Gao whispered: "Your Majesty, he is here to report his duties on behalf of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was supposed to be the Marquis of Zhulu himself, but..."
Eunuch Gao lowered his voice and said, "He has been playing mahjong with the Emperor in the past two days, so that's it."
"Nothing!"
Li Shimin cursed in a low voice and smiled. Changsun Chong said, "It was your mentor who asked you to come? He is really making trouble. I will punish him. If you don't talk about him, Chong'er, tell me, what's the matter to start?"
Changsun Chong took out a memorial from his arms, and everyone was very surprised. In their opinion, Changsun Chong was a junior and a child who had not grown up, and he actually took out a memorial, which seemed to be the case. These people obviously had forgotten the fact that Changsun Chong was two years older than Li Mu. Perhaps in their hearts, Li Mu had already become a subconsciously equal person with them without realizing it, and would not treat him as a child.
Eunuch Gao took the memorial and presented it to Li Shimin. Li Shimin glanced at Changsun and opened it and read it. At first he didn't agree, but the more he looked, the more serious his expression became, and in the end he was already furious!
"I'm really too bullying others! I'm too bullying me!" Li Shimin threw the memorial on the ground and said angrily: "I'm so stupid! A hateful family, a hateful big clan! If I don't kill a warning to you, the world will change its surname!"
All the officials were confused. They didn't understand what was wrong with Li Shimin. What was written on the memorial made him so angry and started to shout and kill.
"Wei Zheng, pick up the memorial! Look very well!"
Wei Zheng bent down and picked up the memorial, only half of it, his face turned pale. After being answered for many days, he finally understood what he had been unable to understand. Li Mu's killing move was here, and now it was the time to see the dagger. What's funny is that he didn't see it at all. Moreover, Li Mu's arrogant guy was so arrogant that he didn't even come forward at such a critical moment, but just sent an apprentice to him. Is this ridiculous?
"Wei Zheng, what do you have to say? I don't know that the number of fields in the aristocratic clans is wrong. I just don't want to worry about it and turn a blind eye. But I didn't expect that the aristocratic clans would actually bully me at this point. There are 100% of the fields in the world, and 70% of the taxes they paid are less than 20%! Ha! It's said that the land within the four seas is the land of the king, and there is no land of the king, and I only have less than 30%! It's all yours! Good! It's great!"
Only then did the officials realize something. It turned out that the matter was exposed and they knelt down one after another. Some censor refused to kneel down and said with his neck: "Your Majesty, the previous dynasty is also the one."
Li Shimin glared at him: "The previous dynasty has been destroyed. What do you mean? I want to tell me that the Tang Dynasty will die in the second lifetime like the previous dynasty?"
The censor knelt down and lowered his head without saying a word.
Li Shimin came to Wei Zheng, looked at his eyes, and said, "I have been tolerant again and again, but I have been regarded as a joke again and again. Wei Zheng, I ask you, I am sure that I want to be a wise king, but if I become a wise king, will I be humiliated like this?"
Wei Zheng gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words for a long time: "I naturally don't need to go back to Your Majesty."
"I'm asking you, can the Tang Dynasty rule be abolished?"
Wei Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "The law must not be abolished."
Chapter completed!