Li Yuanji suppressed his smile slightly, and said, "What Uncle Wang Wang of Changle did is no different from rebellion. In order to prevent other Uncle Wangs and cousins from following suit after learning about it, I can only kill him."
As he spoke, he knelt on the ground on one knee and continued: "If father wants to punish you, I am willing to accept the punishment."
Li Yuan's expression changed again and again, and he patted his chest twice more, but didn't say a word.
It wasn't that he didn't want to say it, but the words "in order to prevent other uncle Wang and cousins from following suit" blocked Li Yuan's mouth.
There were not just one or two vassals in the Tang Dynasty, but a large group. Li Yuan knew very well how many people secretly defected to Li Jiancheng, and how many secretly defected to Li Shimin.
With Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin imprisoned, it is extremely likely that the feudal princes who supported Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin would imitate Li Youliang and support their troops with self-respect.
Therefore, this opening cannot be opened.
Once it is opened, it is likely to start a prairie fire in a very short period of time.
Li Yuan is a hero who is neither too good nor too bad. He can see clearly and understand the stakes involved.
Therefore, no matter how much he felt sorry for Li Youliang, he could not say that what he did to kill Li Youliang was wrong, let alone punish anyone for it.
In fact, he doesn't feel sorry for Li Youliang, because he also killed his uncles and cousins back then.
Most of those who died suddenly or prematurely as recorded in history books were eliminated by him.
He was actually more concerned about the fact that members of the royal family were killing each other.
At present, except for him and Li Shentong, whom he does not know yet, no one else has been stained with the blood of anyone in the royal family.
He doesn't want this kind of thing to become something that will continue, continue to develop, and continue to fight.
In that case, the people who will succeed the Li family in the future will kill their own people and make rivers of blood flow.
Li Yuanji saw that Li Yuan was gagged and could not speak, but he looked unwilling to do so, so he guessed his thoughts and immediately said words of comfort, "Father, don't worry, as long as the uncles and cousins don't support Soldiers must respect themselves and do not separate themselves from one side, and I will never hurt them at all."
Li Yuan glanced at Li Youliang's head subconsciously, his face was gloomy, his eyes were red and he growled: "In other words, as long as they dare to make any abnormal move, you will kill them without hesitation?"
Li Yuanji was silent for a moment and said: "I will take Uncle Wang of Changle as the standard. If what they do exceeds or is on par with Uncle Wang of Changle, I will take action.
If what they do does not reach the level of Uncle Wang Shu of Changle, I will strip them of their military power and recall them to Chang'an City as officials."
When Li Yuan heard this, his expression softened a bit, but his tone was still wrong and he said: "Didn't you just ask me if you were qualified or not?
I can tell you now.
You have.
Because you are not only brave and brave that ordinary people cannot match, but you are also cold-blooded and ruthless.
It is difficult for others to defeat you in these two aspects.
As for the other things, as long as you are cold-blooded and ruthless enough, you can completely ignore them."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Li Yuan to say that he was cold-blooded and ruthless.
After thinking about it for a while, I didn't find anything cold-blooded about myself. I didn't understand why Li Yuan said that.
But now that Li Yuan has believed that he will not usurp the throne of the emperor, he can do anything openly in front of Li Yuan in the future.
"So, father believes me?"
Li Yuanji stared at Li Yuan to confirm.
Li Yuan's expression changed quickly, as if he was struggling.
"Believe it! How can you not believe it? You are brave and ruthless. No one can force you to change your ideas."
After Li Yuan struggled for a while, he said in a cold tone.
Li Yuanji cupped his hands and couldn't help but said: "I have proved to father that I will not miss the throne you sit on. You should be happy. Why do you look a little unhappy?"
Li Yuan snorted and shouted: "What do you want from me? Will you greet me with a smile? Are you not afraid of shortening your life?"
Li Yuanji didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Li Yuan was starting to get angry.
However, Li Youliang's matter has been dealt with, and Li Yuan's final test has been dealt with. She has officially obtained the power that Li Yuan gave him.
Things should be smoother in the future.
"Father was joking. I asked something I shouldn't have asked. I hope Father won't blame me."
Li Yuanji stood up slowly, bowed and said.
Li Yuan snorted again and waved his hands to indicate that Li Yuanji could get out.
Li Yuanji didn't stay too long, nor did he disturb Li Yuan's mood of continuing to have fun. After bowing again, he strode out of the hall.
"Your Highness, stay..."
Just when Li Yuanji walked to the door of Liangyi Hall, Pei Ji's voice came from behind.
Li Yuanji turned around and saw Pei Jing looking at him with a complicated expression.
"What can Mr. Pei teach you?"
Pei Ji's expression was so complicated that his face was almost distorted, and he said in a low tone: "I heard that you ransacked my residence and arrested my family records and clan members?"
Li Yuanji said without hesitation: "Nothing!"
Pei Ji slowly stood up, his eyes widened little by little, and said eagerly: "Then ask the people guarding Liangyi Gate to get out of the way, and let me go back and take a look."
Li Yuanji glanced at Pei Ji and said dissatisfied: "Are you ordering me to do something?"
When Pei Ji heard this, he realized that he had made a mistake in his haste. He quickly apologized and said, "I said the wrong thing in a moment of impatience. I am here to apologize to you."
Li Yuanji snorted lightly and said nothing more.
Seeing this, Pei Ji became even more anxious and couldn't help but said: "If you don't let me go back and see, have you really raided my mansion and arrested my family records and clan members?"
"You don't have to think about it. He must have been copied and arrested. Otherwise, how could he avoid talking about it?"
Li Yuan didn't know when he had already sat down. After watching everything coldly, he gave Pei Ji an answer very firmly.
Pei Ji's face suddenly turned pale, and he cried out sadly: "Why is this happening? Why is it happening like this?"
Li Yuanji frowned slightly but still said nothing.
Pei Ji shouted with some sadness and anger: "I have never offended His Highness, have I? Why would Your Highness treat me like this?"
Li Yuan curled his lips and snorted coldly: "Maybe he doesn't like you, maybe he wants to take revenge on you for slandering him before..."
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Yuan without any trace, wanting to shut Li Yuan's mouth.
Li Yuan was unhappy because he didn't want others to be happy.
The intentions are extremely sinister.
"If this is the case, Your Highness, just tell me, and I can go to your house in person with a generous gift to apologize to you."
When his own life, that of his wife, children, and clan members were threatened, Pei Ji was not in the mood to care about his face. When it was time to plead for mercy, he immediately begged for mercy without any hesitation.
Li Yuanji has been with Tang Dynasty for eighteen or nine months. He has met Pei Ji several times, but this is the first time he has seen Pei Ji interceding for himself, his wife, children and clan members.
In the past, Li Yuanji always saw him interceding for others and being quite aloof and dignified.
Being so humble now is a bit unaccustomed to me.
However, it's a bit strange.
With Li Yuan doting on Pei Ji so much, Pei Ji even sacrificed his face and started asking for help. Why didn't Li Yuan help him?
Are you holding back your ultimate move, or do you have other ideas?
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Yuan who was sitting on the throne suspiciously, but he became even more confused when he saw that Li Yuan had half-closed his eyes and stuffed his hands into the skirt of the beautiful lady beside him as if he was enjoying it.
Judging from Li Yuan's appearance, he doesn't care about Pei Ji's life or death?
Has Li Yuan given up favoring Pei Ji? Or has he never favored Pei Ji, just because Pei Ji understands his thoughts and will flatter him, and he happens to like to listen to flattery. In addition, he also lacks a non-Li family member in the court.
Being a yes-man for him, so he pretended to favor Pei Ji and let Pei Ji be his playmate and his mouthpiece?
"My lord, you have to make the decision for me!!"
Pei Ji saw Li Yuanji glance at Li Yuan and stand there silently, ignoring him, so he could only turn to Li Yuan for help.
Li Yuan put his hand in for a little more, and while the beautiful lady beside him made pain, he narrowed his eyes and said: "Yuanji, I will give you everything you want and need.
Since Superintendent Pei has the merit of serving the dragon and has served me for many years, please let his family history go and let his people go."
Li Yuanji speculated on Li Yuan's thoughts and said, "Since father has spoken, I can let them go. However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be avoided."
Pei Ji glared and growled: "What's my fault? That deserves such a harsh blow from you?"
Pei Ji still doesn't know what mistake he made.
It wasn't that he wasn't smart enough to think of his own fault, but that he was blind and didn't regard playing with Li Yuan as a mistake.
After all, he used to often play with Li Yuan, study various magical arts with Li Yuan, and even brought some young and beautiful concubines from his family into the palace to hold unobstructed conferences with Li Yuan.
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He was used to accompanying Li Yuan to have wild fun, and he had never been punished for it.
So he subconsciously ignored the matter and did not think it was wrong.
"What's wrong?"
Li Yuanji smiled coldly, without hiding it, and said straight to the point: "You said that if someone in Lianyi Hall is pregnant, will his surname be Li or Pei?"
What Li Yuanji said was not serious, but when it fell into Pei Ji's ears, it was like a bolt from the blue.
Pei Ji immediately knew where he had gone wrong.
His mistake was that when he played with Li Yuan before, after playing, he could take the women he touched out of the palace.
But now, he was brought to Liangyi Palace by Li Yuan as "Zi Qiu". He could not take the women he had touched out of the palace if they were pregnant.
The label of promiscuous harem was firmly placed on his head. Even if Li Yuan turned a blind eye, Li Gang and other senior ministers who took this kind of thing very seriously would strangle him to death.
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Other officials will also write frantically to impeach him until he dies.
No one, from the emperor's relatives to the county magistrates and minor officials, could tolerate this kind of thing.
Because they were both Tang officials, if any scandal or embarrassing thing happened to the Tang royal family, they would also be embarrassed together.
The reason why officials from both the government and the public turned a blind eye to his mischief in the palace with Li Yuan was not because they acquiesced in this matter, but because some people felt that if he had fun with Li Yuan, Li Yuan would no longer care about government affairs.
, more power will be delegated to Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, which is definitely a great thing for Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. Officials who are close to Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin will naturally think that they can't see anything.
The remaining people who are loyal to Li Yuan are also happy to see this kind of thing happen. As long as he always follows the rules of taking the women he has touched out of the palace, does not cause death, and makes Li Yuan happy to accompany him, they can also do it.
Act as if you can't see anything.
After all, those who are loyal to Li Yuan are basically veterans, and they have a high status in the court and have great authority. For them, it is definitely a great thing for the emperor to do nothing.
In this way, they could temporarily hold part of the emperor's authority and exercise powers far beyond their official titles.
Men, especially those in officialdom, like two things the most.
It's the same as being drunk and sleeping on a beautiful woman's knees.
The same is true for awakening and taking control of the world.
The group of veterans who are loyal to Li Yuan are basically older, and they are no longer willing to sleep on the knees of beauties. Therefore, their favorite thing is to wake up and hold the power of the world, and they are more obsessed with waking up and holding the power of the world.
Before you have the will and strength.
Therefore, whoever can help them temporarily steal some power in the world is considered a good person in their eyes. Even if they make some mistakes, they can still do it when it does not reach the point where everyone pushes down the wall and shouts for beating when a rat crosses the street.
Pretend not to see.
You can even help cover it up when necessary.
"Treason!! What nonsense are you talking about?!"
Just when Pei Ji was thinking about where he had gone wrong, Li Yuan burst into a cold sweat and stood up in anger. The beautiful lady in his arms was brought to the ground by his arms, and his clothes were torn by him.
Li Yuanji looked at Li Yuan with an embarrassed look. He was quick to speak, but he forgot that his words could severely shock Pei Ji, and they could also torture Pei Ji to pieces, but they would hurt Li Yuan.
Although it was not very lethal, it was so insulting that it was no wonder that Li Yuan would get angry again.
