Li Yuan was obviously dissatisfied with the results of Li Shimin's investigation, so at nightfall, with a pair of red eyes, he appeared at the door of Cheng'en Palace and ordered the eunuchs and maids of Cheng'en Palace and Yichun Palace where Li Chengdao lived.
, the internal officials in charge were all executed with sticks.
He was supervised by Li Yuanji.
The lives of nearly a thousand people were lost along with Li Yuan's decree.
Li Yuanji was sitting in a large open space in Yichun Beiyuan. With the light of palace lanterns, torches and stone lanterns, he watched Qian Niu prepare himself and lead his subordinates to perform cane punishments.
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Nearly a thousand people were beaten to death with sticks, and the scene was spectacular.
It's also very tragic.
Those who wail, those who shout, those who beg for mercy, those who go crazy, you name it.
Blood and flesh spattered on the person's buttocks, and the soap board was already covered in blood mixed with the remains of clothing.
For a moment, Li Yuanji felt as if he had entered hell, and that he was an evil ghost sitting on the first floor of hell.
When people read a certain tragic event recorded in history books, they will feel that human life is not human life, but just cold numbers. When people are unwilling to imprint these numbers deeply in their minds, they will soon forget them.
Only after experiencing a tragic event personally can a person truly realize what human life is and how precious it is.
When Li Yuanji was on the battlefield, he watched the fresh lives passing by before his eyes. Although he felt intolerance and pity, he didn't feel much.
Because he clearly knows why those lives that passed away one by one passed away.
I also clearly understand the meaning of those lives lost.
Now he was watching helplessly as nearly a thousand people were tortured and killed, and he felt deeply in his heart.
I feel that in the eyes of some people, human life is really worthless.
Harvest when you say harvest, no mercy at all.
Li Yuanji used to never understand why some officials would call the people unruly and untouchable when the people had not made any mistakes.
Now I roughly understand it.
Because in their eyes, the common people are not their kind, not human beings.
Therefore, even if the common people have done nothing wrong, as long as they are unhappy, they can call them unruly people and untouchables anytime and anywhere.
"Kill them all together."
Li Yuanji really couldn't call the common people unruly people and untouchables. Naturally, he couldn't help but watch a group of innocent similar people being tortured and killed, so he immediately frowned and gave the order.
Pei Ji, who was watching the execution on behalf of Li Yuan, glanced at Li Yuanji and said quietly: "Your Highness, the saint means to kill them with a stick.
We can't do it in disguise."
Li Yuanji looked at Pei Ji and asked, "So you like to find pleasure in killing your own kind?"
Pei Ji was stunned, frowned, and looked at the eunuchs and maids who were being scolded, "His Highness thinks they are the same kind? They are just servants. How can they be compared with the ministers, and how can they be compared with His Highness."
Li Yuanji stared at Pei Ji and said seriously: "They are human beings first and servants second."
Pei Jitong shrank and instantly lost the pleasure of continuing to watch the execution.
Li Yuanji's words made him sick to his core.
"Since Your Highness thinks it is feasible to kill them all together, then let's kill them together."
Pei Ji said with a faint look.
As an evergreen tree in the officialdom, he understands people's hearts deeply and can even understand a person's thoughts from their words.
Li Yuanji was obviously moved by sympathy and disgusted him so much that he had no interest in watching the execution, so he should follow Li Yuanji's wishes and end it as soon as possible.
As for Li Yuanji's disobedience of Li Yuan's orders, he would not even mention it to Li Yuan.
Because Li Yuanji is no longer what he used to be.
If Li Yuanji wants to deal with him, he will suffer.
He could only hide this matter in his heart and wait until Li Yuanji lost power or was in trouble before speaking out.
"Didn't you hear what I said? Let's kill them with sticks!"
Li Yuanji shouted at the Qianniu guards.
The Qianniu guards all paused and looked at Pei Ji beside Li Yuanji. Seeing that Pei Ji had no objection, they waved the soap board in their hands and hit the victim's waist hard.
The victim didn't even have time to scream, so he suddenly raised his head, spit out a mouthful of blood, and died.
Li Yuanji shook his sleeves, stood up, and ordered: "Send all the people to Wangyunting for landfill. They are not allowed to spread the news or wander around."
Wangyunting Pavilion is located on the edge of the West Sea Lake in the palace, which is part of the back garden.
Li Yuan killed people on a large scale in the palace, and the corpses must not be transported out of the palace, otherwise the people would see him and criticize Li Yuan for being unkind.
So it can only be buried in the back garden of the palace.
After Li Yuanji finished his instructions, he threw off his sleeves and left, leaving only Pei Ji to make some additions to the Qianniu Preparations.
When Li Yuanji returned to Cheng'en Hall, Cheng'en Hall was already in pristine condition.
Because Li Chengzong was still young and died young, he could not be buried with a grand ceremony.
We can only build a small-scale memorial place in Cheng'en Hall.
The place where Li Chengzong was buried was also decided, and Li Yuan appointed him to be buried with him in the mausoleum.
It stands to reason that with Li Chengzong's status, even if he died young, he could still be buried.
But Li Yuan seemed to hope that a hundred years later, he could reunite with his grandson underground and share his huge underground palace together, so he decided to bury Li Chengzong in Xianling.
After Li Yuan decided that Li Chengzong should be buried with him in the mausoleum, he also ordered everyone in Chang'an to observe the funeral for Li Chengzong.
Li Chengzong's status was not high enough, so all Li Yuan could win for him was Chang'an.
At this point, Li Gang and other veterans bluntly said it was against etiquette.
Thanks to Pei Ju who whined at the critical moment, "He is still a child, do we have to argue with him?"
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Only then did Li Gang and others become silent.
No matter how thick-skinned and senior Li Gang and others are, they can't embarrass a dead child.
When Li Yuanji stepped into Cheng'en Hall, Li Yuan was shouting filial piety to Li Shimin.
He said all kinds of nasty things and ran away without any money.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Shimin did not find anyone who could eliminate Li Yuan's anger, so Li Yuan vented all his anger on Li Shimin.
Li Yuan even called Li Shimin by his nickname and scolded him in public that Li Shimin had been leading troops for a long time and was used to being autocratic. He was instigated by the scholars in the house and had changed drastically. He was no longer the son he used to be.
This is very serious.
It was so serious that everyone could feel his dissatisfaction with Li Shimin from Li Yuan's words.
People who support Li Shimin can clearly feel that Li Shimin's hope of successfully inheriting the throne of the prince is becoming increasingly slim.
All the civil servants under Li Shimin were ashen-faced.
Because Li Yuan didn't say a word about the generals, he just blamed all the changes in Li Shimin on the civil servants.
In Li Yuan's heart, the status of generals and civil servants was determined by their superiority.
No one inside or outside Cheng'en Hall refuted Li Yuan's words.
This is probably why in the early Tang Dynasty, military generals were always superior to civil servants.
Li Yuanji found a seat in the Cheng'en Hall and just stood there without speaking for Li Shimin.
Because he and Li Shimin were not one and the same, he was unwilling to go up and help Li Shimin share Li Yuan's anger.
It was also because Li Shimin couldn't escape this scolding.
Zhang Jieyu chose the perfect time to engage in slander.
It was so good that no one could help Li Shimin avoid this scolding.
Li Yuan pointed at Li Shimin and scolded him for two full moments, until he vented all the anger in his chest before stopping.
If Li Yuanji remembers correctly, this should be the first and only time that Li Shimin was publicly insulted by Li Yuan after he was crowned.
Li Yuan didn't show any respect to him, so he was severely embarrassed in front of all the officials.
"Go back to your house and stay!"
Li Yuan finally shouted at Li Shimin.
Li Shimin gritted his teeth, had a sullen face, and left the Cheng'en Hall.
The military generals of the Prince of Qin's Palace were fine, but the civil servants were fine whether they were leaving or staying.
Li Yuanji also wanted to leave, but couldn't.
Because Li Yuan hasn't left yet.
Li Yuan waited until Li Jiancheng had completely recovered from his sadness and urged him to leave, and then he took Liu Jun and others out of Cheng'en Hall with a sad look on his face.
Li Yuan could not stay in Cheng'en Hall at night because he was an elder and could not help his grandson mourn.
Even if Li Yuan strongly demands to stay, Li Jiancheng must persuade Li Yuan to go back.
Li Yuan left, and Li Yuanji deliberately comforted Li Jiancheng with a few words before leaving. In the end, the words came to his lips but he didn't say them out, and just left silently with the flow.
Since Li Jiancheng didn't make a fuss about his son, Li Yuanji only had pity for Li Jiancheng.
One can imagine the sadness in the heart of a person who only got his first son when he was only 30 years old, and suddenly his son is gone.
When Li Yuanji returned to Wude Hall, it was already completely dark, and everyone in the house had changed into plain clothes. Even Yang Miaoyan, as his aunt, also wore slightly plain clothes.
Li Yuanji first sent someone to escort Ling Jing out of the palace, and then took Yang Miaoyan back to the palace.
"How could Chengzong..."
Yang Miaoyan asked with a sad face while helping Li Yuanji prepare some water for washing and helping Li Yuanji undress.
It's just that the words were half spoken but not said out loud.
Yang Miaoyan has been living in the palace and has met Li Chengzong much more times than Li Yuanji.
Yang Miaoyan knew clearly how serious the illness Li Chengzong was from his mother's womb, and also knew that Li Chengzong lived for several years holding a jar of medicine.
Yang Miaoyan was full of pity for this nephew who looked sick every time he saw him.
Li Yuanji sighed, "The cold caused a serious illness in the body, and he died."
Yang Miaoyan immediately said: "Is it because the people in the palace didn't serve me well?"
Li Yuanji was silent for a moment and sighed: "Who knows."
Whether it was because the people in the palace did not serve him well, or whether Li Chengzong ignored the dissuasion of the people in the palace and ran around in the cold wind, only a few people who investigated the matter knew.
The reason why Li Shimin insisted that the people in the palace did not take good care of him and asked Li Chengzong to run into the cold wind was because this was an answer that Li Yuan could accept.
If Li Shimin said that Li Chengzong ignored the dissuasion of people in the palace, then Li Yuan would not be able to accept it.
It is impossible for Li Yuan to allow his dead grandson to make mistakes, so the fault can only be someone else, and it must be someone else.
"Chengzong is still so young..."
Yang Miaoyan felt a little uncomfortable.
Li Yuanji sighed and said quietly: "The wind is going to blow..."
The battle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin may become more intense than in history.
