Feng Lun's face turned red instantly, he was angry and ashamed.
"Look at it!"
After Li Shentong finished speaking, Yu Wenbao also finished reading the document. He handed the document to Feng Lun with a playful smile and let Feng Lun read it for himself.
Feng Lun didn't set up the score now, and he didn't have the intention to do it anymore. He quickly took the document and read the two lines carefully.
In just two lines, he knew what was written in the document.
It was the conversation he had with Li Yuan at the Imperial Hospital. He had forgotten a lot of what he said and only remembered some important ones. However, he remembered clearly what Li Yuan said.
The words about Li Yuan in the document are verbatim, which means that his words were also recorded verbatim.
In an instant, his face turned ugly, and his hands began to tremble.
He knew very well what this document meant to him, and he also knew very well how much impact this document would have on him after it was spread.
Just the fact that he is a human being on the bright side and a ghost on the dark side is enough to destroy the reputation he has accumulated over the years.
Those officials in Tiance Mansion and Xiuwen Hall who have not yet been appeased will kill him alive when they find out that he is a traitor.
Even though those officials are now staying in their houses peacefully, one would really think that they are harmless to humans and animals.
The reason why they did not take any action was because they were afraid of Li Yuanji's power. They did not dare to do anything to Li Yuanji, and they could not do anything to Li Yuanji.
They were also worried about Li Shimin's life and death. They all knew that Li Shimin was still alive, and they were afraid that if they did something drastic, they would offend Li Yuanji and let Li Yuanji kill Li Shimin.
So they simply remained silent, doing nothing and waiting for the opportunity.
But if they knew there was a traitor among them, they would definitely not mind venting all the resentment and anger they had accumulated in recent days on the traitor.
"Look, you're all sweating. Are you scared?"
Yu Wenbao seemed to like to see some high-ranking figures lowering their heads, so after seeing a layer of sweat gradually appearing on Feng Lun's forehead, he happily approached Feng Lun and joked.
Li Shentong didn't have such bad taste. He just glanced at Feng Lun and said coldly, "You will not survive if you do your own thing..."
Then he returned to his couch and sat down.
Feng Lun came back to his senses when Yu Wenbao and Li Shentong spoke one after another.
After he came back to his senses, he realized that a layer of sweat had unconsciously appeared all over his body.
"Gudu..."
After swallowing hard, Feng Lun raised his head with difficulty and looked at Li Yuanji who was sitting in the hall.
He was sure that if Li Yuanji could master all the conversations between him and Li Yuan, there must be relevant witnesses.
With the gathering of witnesses and 'material evidence', he could no longer turn the tables in front of Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji stared at Feng Lun and snorted coldly: "Do you still pretend to be a noble person? Do you still dare to speak nonsense in front of me?"
Feng Lun took a deep breath, suppressed the fear in his heart, and said in a low and hoarse voice: "I will let your highness handle it. I just ask your highness to let my wife and children go."
Li Yuanji chuckled and said: "Now I know how to address you? Now I know how to surrender? Where is that aura of fearlessness and righteousness just now?"
Feng Lun gritted his teeth and lowered his head.
He has been pulled out as a two-faced man. With witnesses and "material evidence" gathered together, how can he have the face to remain unafraid of life and death, and to be so righteous?
His lack of fear of life and death and his righteousness were all just an act.
Because he knew that he was supported by a group of officials from the Prince of Qin's Palace. If Li Yuanji wanted to use the officials of the Prince of Qin's Palace, he would not dare to do anything to him.
But now, what Li Yuanji has in his hands is enough to make the officials of the Prince of Qin's Palace give up supporting him, and it is also enough to make the officials of the Prince of Qin's Palace quarrel with him.
Therefore, his righteousness could no longer be upheld, and he no longer dared to say anything without fear of life and death.
He was not a person who risked his life.
He wants to live and live well.
So when death was really approaching, he chose to follow his heart.
"I originally wanted to suppress this matter and treat it as if nothing had happened, but you insisted on coming to make me unhappy. What if Yu Wenbao wants half of your family property?
The things in my hand are enough to take away all your property, as well as the heads of many people in your Feng family.
Therefore, Yu Wenbao has been kind to you, and you still have the nerve to come here to find me for justice."
Li Yuanji was not polite to Feng Lun and scolded him coldly.
Li Yuanji has gradually figured out some ways to employ people, and knows that he must have different attitudes when facing different officials.
For a two-faced person like Feng Lun, you can't be too nice to him, otherwise he will bite your nose in the face. You have to beat him all the time to let him know that he is afraid, so that he can work for you wholeheartedly and tremblingly.
Once you are too good to him, or make him feel that he can do something to your benefit under your nose, he will not hesitate to harm your interests.
So you have to step on it into the mud and beat it before you can use it.
Feng Lun was scolded, his head lowered, and his teeth clenched bit by bit.
He felt ashamed and angry.
But he didn't have the slightest intention of revenge against Li Yuanji, because he knew very well that Li Yuanji could destroy him at any time and there would be nothing left.
After Li Yuanji had scolded Feng Lun enough, he said coldly: "Since you said that Yu Wenbao forced you to give up half of your family property, and you are not willing to recognize Yu Wenbao as your father, then you can give in and donate half of it.
If your family property is added to the national treasury, you should atone for your own sins.
Then I will drive you out on the pretext that you have offended me.
After you go out, meet with your colleagues and see what their thoughts are.
By the way, let’s see who of them can submit to me and who will never submit to me.
Then cooperate with Yu Wenbao and Wei Zheng to recruit those who are willing to submit to me as soon as possible."
Feng Lun raised his head for a moment, as if there was a weight hanging from his neck. He opened his mouth with difficulty, but did not speak.
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Li Yuanji snorted and said: "Don't worry, I will keep the things you have done secret for the time being, and I will also order Yu Wenbao and my uncle Wang to keep it secret.
After you finish all this for me, I will hand over the documents and people to you.
I will also let you continue to be the inspector of the Tang Dynasty and the official secretary of the Pingyuan County."
Feng Lun is not yet a Duke of the State. Historically, he was granted the title of Duke of the State of Dao in the eighth year of Wude, and then was changed to the Duke of the State of Mi.
It can be said that Li Yuan already pointed out what Feng Lun had done when he canonized him, but no one noticed it. It was not until the seventeenth year of Zhenguan that it was exposed by insiders.
Li Shimin was so angry that he almost didn't dig up his grave, but thanks to Tang Jian's dissuasion, Li Shimin didn't do anything serious. He just cut off all the Feng family's food, removed him from the posthumous post of Sikong, and changed his posthumous title to Miao.
At the beginning of the year, Feng Lun was just a Sima of Tiance Mansion. Although he was among the highest ranking officials, he was not considered a very important minister in the court.
It was not until he persuaded Li Yuan to withdraw his intention to abolish Li Jiancheng and instead help Li Jiancheng to cover up that he was given the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs by Li Yuan, and he reluctantly became a very important minister in the court.
The reason why it is said to be reluctant is because the word "inspection and correction" is added in front of his official document.
In short, it is an informal official minister, but it only enjoys certain powers of the official official minister.
In front of the real official minister, he was just a younger brother.
Of course, when Li Yuan bestowed upon him, he did not bestow it on the name of his meritorious service in admonishment, but in the name of his meritorious service in assisting the Zuo Emperor in transforming the Imperial Palace into the Governor's Palace.
The reason why he was assigned to the official department among the six departments was also for this reason.
Otherwise, he would have been exposed long ago, and he wouldn't have waited until now.
When Feng Lun heard Li Yuanji's words, he was half relieved, but he was not completely relieved.
Because although Li Yuanji promised to hand over to him the evidence that he stabbed Li Shimin in the back afterwards, Li Yuanji also gained new evidence against him.
That is the evidence that he stabbed all the officials in Tiance Mansion and Xiuwen Hall who had not been recruited one by one.
He was very unwilling to help Li Yuanji do this kind of thing, because he knew very well that as long as he nodded, he would have to compromise endlessly in front of Li Yuanji in the future, and Li Yuanji would also use various excuses to drive him
Holding him, threatening him, and doing all the dirty things that he doesn't want to do and doesn't want to do.
But people under the eaves have to bow their heads.
Whether to die now or later, he can only choose to die later.
"I...get it."
As if his spine had been ripped off, Feng Lun slowly bent down and said weakly.
Li Yuanji was very satisfied with Feng Lun's awareness of current affairs, but he still didn't give Feng Lun a good look, "Now that you know it, why don't you do it while I treat you to dinner?"
Feng Lun hurriedly bowed again and escaped from Zhaode Hall in embarrassment.
Yu Wenbao looked at Feng Lun's escaping figure, chewed his teeth and said: "Hey, he used to be so arrogant and majestic when he was a Sima in Tiance Mansion, but now...hehehehe..."
Li Yuanji glared at Yu Wenbao and said angrily: "You still have the nerve to laugh at him, you are not much better than him."
Yu Wenbao turned around, stared and said: "I am much better than him! I am not like him, who has both sides of the fence. I am loyal to His Highness."
Li Yuanji glared at Yu Wenbao and said: "I know you are loyal, but listen to the things you did in the houses of Feng Lun, Yu Shinan, Kong Yingda and others, they were all children's tricks.
You can't be more mature and use the methods that a man should use."
Yu Wenbao didn't expect that Li Yuanji meant that he was not as good as Feng Lun in terms of means. He scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I have just started to appease them, and I can't think of any good ideas for a while."
Li Yuanji reminded him angrily: "Don't you have those bad guys with pus under your command? Wouldn't you call them together to brainstorm ideas?"
Yu Wenbao slapped his forehead, stared blankly and shouted: "That's right! I have a lot of bad guys under my command. I can definitely come to them for advice. Why didn't I think of that?"
After saying this, Yu Wenbao had no intention of staying in the Zhaode Hall. He gave a cursory salute and said, "I'll go try it now," and then left.
Li Yuanji looked at Yu Wenbao's retreating back and cursed silently, "He's really a slut..."
After scolding Yu Wenbao, Li Yuanji looked at Li Shendong, who was sitting aside and had been waiting to ask questions: "Uncle Wang, what do you mean when you come to see me today and bring a human head with you?"
Li Shentong stood up slowly while holding the box containing the human head, and said with a complicated expression: "I have brought you a trouble."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and said nothing.
Li Shentong said straight to the point: "This is the head of Changle County Prince Li Youliang..."
Li Yuanji was completely stunned.
Although he had strong words and told Li Shentong to recruit Li Youliang, he also told Li Shentong that if Li Youliang didn't obey, he would kill Li Youliang.
But he didn't expect that Li Shentong actually chopped Li Youliang.
Li Yuan is still alive. Although Li Youliang respects himself as a soldier, he did not really rebel. With Li Yuan's temper, facing this kind of thing, the most he can do is to capture him, remove all authority, and then raise him like a pig.
With.
Now that he is suddenly cut off, can Li Yuan agree?
Li Shentong obviously knew how Li Yuan would react when he found out about this matter, so he said that Li Youliang's head was a problem.
Li Yuanji thought about it for a moment and realized that Li Shentong had seized on his words and wanted him to help wipe his butt. He immediately said angrily and funny: "You really chopped him up?"
Li Shentong said awkwardly: "I don't want to do this either, but he insisted on guarding the Wuhouwei camp and refused to come out. He also secretly sent people to Chang'an City many times to rob good girls and bring them to the camp for his entertainment, which made Chang'an miserable.
People in the city were in panic, and the camp was filled with smoke.
If that was all, I could still tolerate him.
But he also beheaded the captain I sent to appease him, as well as twelve subordinates, and hung their heads on the flagpole for me to see.
I was so angry that I led my men to break through Wu Houwei's camp and beheaded him under his horse."
Speaking of Changle County Prince Li Youliang, he is a very speechless person.
His temper and actions have nothing to do with his title.
He has some abilities. Historically, in the ninth year of Wude, he once led the troops to defeat the Turks. However, his temper was greater than his abilities. He was very irritable. He easily got angry with others and liked to quarrel with others.
Move your fists.
He also has a bad temper and likes to show off in the busy market. Wherever he is, he can often be seen leading the accompanying hundreds of cavalry to run rampant in the busy market and do whatever they want.
Therefore, he was often impeached.
But with Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng protecting him, even if he was impeached, he would not lose any skin.
While guarding the military camp, he could still send people out to rob civilian girls for his own entertainment. Only he could do this kind of thing in the entire Tang Dynasty.
"So you want to say that he deserved his death and can't blame you?"
Li Yuanji stared at Li Shentong with some depression and asked.
Li Shentong nodded awkwardly.
Although Li Youliang was his cousin and was killed by his own hands, he didn't feel any guilt or any big feelings in his heart. He just wanted to deal with Li Yuan's situation as soon as possible.
