Chapter 0637 The ancients all had the habit of exaggerating
Li Yuanji was very satisfied with Hou Junji's reaction, and Hou Junji's reaction was also what he expected.
He carefully analyzed the historical records and found that Hou Junji was an ambitious official. As long as he gave Hou Junji what he wanted, Hou Junji could be loyal to anyone.
It now appears that his analysis was indeed correct.
Speaking of which, the reason why Hou Junji became an official fan is not to blame Hou Junji.
If you want to blame, you have to blame Li Shimin.
He also served as an official under Li Shimin, and also followed Li Shimin in the north and south. Others were classified as second- and third-rank officials, and they were classified as Duke of the country, Duke of the county, Duke of the county, and Marquis of the country. Hou Junji was still a county son.
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It would be strange if Hou Junji could take it calmly.
It would be strange if Hou Junji had no complaints against Li Shimin in his heart.
As long as Li Shimin could allow Hou Junji to show more of his face in the war against Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heita and others, do some meritorious deeds, and be granted the title of Marquis or County Duke, Hou Junji would not become an official fan.
"Very good, I have remembered your words, and I will be here waiting for your triumphant return."
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded.
Hou Junji once again cupped his fists and saluted, took the appointment documents, and strode out of Zhaode Hall.
In the evening, news came from outside the palace that Hou Junji had left Chang'an City with all the troops in his house, as well as all the prisoners in custody in Chang'an and Wannian counties, and rushed to Yunyang County.
Li Yuanji immediately ordered people to send the troop dispatching documents to Qianzhou and Fangzhou.
The moment the soldiers from the three prefectures received the troop transfer documents, they gathered at the Dudufu of the three prefectures, and led by the captain of the Dudufu, they rushed to Yunmeng Mountain in Yunyang County.
Since Hou Junji mobilized all the prisoners in Chang'an and Wannian counties to have personal relationships, the county lieutenants from the two counties happily handed over the prisoners to Hou Junji and rushed to the palace to plead guilty.
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Some officials with a keen sense of smell guessed from Hou Junji's actions that a war was likely to break out in Guanzhong, and rushed to the palace to inquire about the news.
There were also some former members of the Prince of Qin's palace who refused to join, and were also stimulated by Hou Junji's actions. They rushed to the palace under various excuses and said they wanted to meet Li Yuanji.
However, Li Yuanji had no time to deal with them. After Su Dingfang, Luo Shixin and Yin Kaishan robbed the 780,000 to 80,000 shi of grain sent by the Hongnong Yang family to Zhaozhou, the Hongnong Yang family reported Su Dingfang and the others to the palace.
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The one who came forward was Yang Miaoyan's cousin Yang Shidao, and the one accompanying him was Chang Guang, also known as Princess Chang Guang.
Yang Shidao howled with tears in the Wude Hall for a while. Yang Miaoyan felt heartbroken when he heard it. In addition, Chang Guang stood aside and fanned the wind to light the will-o'-the-wisp. Yang Miaoyan was immediately annoyed.
She married her husband and brought justice to her mother's family.
When Li Yuanji rushed to Wude Hall under Yang Miaoyan's 'threat', Yang Shidao was still crying and howling, and Chang Guang was still trying to deflect the wind and fan the ghostly wind to light up the ghost fire.
"Empress, your uncles and brothers are in trouble now. All the hundreds of thousands of stones of food they had saved were all robbed by those three evil thieves Su Dingfang.
Now they have nothing to eat, and your nephews are so hungry that they have to go to the streets to beg for food.
You must make the decision for them."
"Yes, sister, you must make the decision for us. My family has run out of food. If a few ladies hadn't donated some food to me, I would have taken the people in my family to beg for food."
"..."
Yang Shidao and Chang Guang burst into tears as they spoke, looking pitiful as if they were really going to beg for food.
Yang Miaoyan felt very uncomfortable as she gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, if everything you said is true, I will definitely seek justice for you."
Although Yang Miaoyan felt sorry for Yang Shidao and Chang Guang's experience, and was angry that her family was robbed, she did not take over everything in a hurry, but kept an eye on it.
That is, if everything Yang Shidao and Chang Guang said is true, she will seek justice for the Yang family.
If it's not true, then there's nothing she can do to help.
Li Yuanji stood at the entrance of the hall and listened for a while. Seeing that Yang Miaoyan was quite measured, he stepped into the main hall of Wude Hall.
As soon as Yang Shidao showed up, he stopped crying and howling. However, Chang Guang burst into tears, crying miserably, and kept shouting that he couldn't survive, that he couldn't live anymore.
Li Yuanji knew without asking that the couple must have discussed it before entering the palace. Yang Shidao pretended to be pitiful in front of his sister, and Chang Guang pretended to be pitiful in front of his younger brother.
We are all our own people, so don’t be too harsh.
However, Li Yuanji is only one of them in body, but not in soul, so he doesn't accept this trick.
"What's going on here?"
Li Yuanji asked expressionlessly, walked quickly to Yang Miaoyan, helped Yang Miaoyan, who had just stood up, sit down again, and he also sat aside.
When Chang Guang heard the question, he quickly stopped crying and said with tears in his eyes: "Yuanji, you must seek justice for my sister."
Yang Miaoyan spoke up and said, "Yes, you must seek justice for my sister and my cousin. Su Dingfang and the others have gone too far."
Yang Shidao looked pitiful and said nothing.
Because he has no place to speak here, unless Li Yuanji takes the initiative to ask.
However, Li Yuanji did not intend to talk to him anymore, but looked at Chang Guang and said, "Why did Su Dingfang and others bully others so much?"
Chang Guang choked up and said: "They robbed hundreds of thousands of stones of food accumulated by the Prince Consort tribe. There is no rice for the Prince Consort tribe anymore..."
"A hundred thousand stones?"
Li Yuanji exclaimed: "You really want to open your mouth! I will write to Su Dingfang and ask him how much he robbed. If it is not more than a hundred thousand stones, I will ask them to go to Hongnong and continue to rob.
Up to hundreds of thousands of stones."
Chang Guang's eyes widened in horror and he exclaimed: "How can you allow them to commit crimes?"
"yes."
Yang Shidao echoed sadly.
Li Yuanji glanced at Yang Shidao coldly. Yang Shidao quickly closed his mouth, and then kept winking at Yang Miaoyan.
Yang Miaoyan quickly helped: "Alang, Su Dingfang and others have bullied my mother's family. It's okay if you don't give the order to reprimand them. How can you continue to condone them?
How do you want me to face my parents in the future?"
Li Yuanji looked at Yang Miaoyan, and said in a softer tone: "You don't know the inside story, and you don't know that they are lying to you, so you feel that your natal family has been bullied. After you understand the inside story, you won't think so anymore.
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Yang Miaoyan was stunned for a moment, her eyebrows suddenly raised, and she stared coldly at Yang Shidao.
Are you lying to me?!
Yang Shidao's heart convulsed and he wanted to explain a few words, but Li Yuanji didn't allow him to speak. Even if he had a lot to say, he couldn't say anything.
After Li Yuanji comforted Yang Miaoyan, he stared at Chang Guang and said: "Sister, you'd better tell the truth how much food Su Dingfang and others stole from the Yang family. If you exaggerate again, don't blame me for letting Su Dingfang and others continue to steal.
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When Chang Guang heard this, he felt resentful in his stomach. He immediately stood up and shouted with tears: "No matter what, I am still your sister. How can you help outsiders bully me?"
Li Yuanji snorted coldly: "I have two brothers at Anlimen, and they are brothers from the same mother."
Chang Guang opened his mouth in shock and anger, unable to say another word.
She wanted to show off her elder sister's prestige, but Li Yuanji's words made her realize what would happen if she showed off her elder sister's prestige in front of him.
The direct brothers of the same mother were all imprisoned by Li Yuanji, and a concubine's sister was not qualified to show off in front of Li Yuanji.
"Then...then it's true that Su Dingfang robbed the Consort clan's food, right? You can't even care about justice, right?"
Chang Guang was stunned for a long time with his mouth open. His momentum suddenly weakened and he spoke timidly.
Before Li Yuanji could say anything, Chang Guang added, "If you don't help the prince-in-law to seek justice, I will go find my father."
Li Yuanji laughed inwardly.
Go to Li Yuan?
Li Yuan doesn't even bother to talk to his direct relative, Li Xiuning, but he will talk to you, a daughter of a concubine.
If the Yang family and the Li family hadn't been married for generations, and there were many people from the Yang family serving as officials in the court, and Li Yuan needed to win over, Li Yuan probably wouldn't even want to see you, the daughter of a concubine.
Don't look at Li Yuan who always cares about his children and protects them.
In Li Yuan's heart, there are only three children worthy of his care and love.
One is named Li Jiancheng, one is named Li Shimin, and the other is named Li Yuanji.
Li Yuan didn't bother to care about the rest, as long as it didn't involve the royal family's face.
"Sister, you can find whoever you want. This is your freedom, but I must remind you how much food Su Dingfang took from the Yang family. You must tell the truth, otherwise I will ask Su Dingfang for more than 100,000 shi.
It’s food.”
Li Yuanji said coldly.
The implication is that if Chang Guang and Yang's people were worth more than 100,000 shi of food if they were killed in one bite, then he would ask Su Dingfang to try his best to make up for the rest.
As for where to make up for it, he had already told Chang Guang and Yang Shidao just now.
Chang Guang trembled subconsciously and quickly looked at Yang Shidao.
Chang Guang didn't know Li Yuanji very well, but she also knew that Li Yuanji was a ruthless person, and when it came to being ruthless to others, Li Yuanji kept his word.
Yang Shidao nodded stiffly to Changguang, his expression dark.
He originally thought that if he deceived Yang Miaoyan, Yang Miaoyan would help them get justice, but he did not expect that Yang Miaoyan only supported him twice, and after learning that he had been cheated, she never spoke for him again.
In fact, he deliberately exaggerated the number of looted grains, which is an extremely common practice.
Officials from both the government and the public have always had the habit of exaggerating when reporting various things to the court.
For example, if there was a disaster somewhere this year, thousands of people were displaced, and 100,000 guan was needed to provide relief to the victims, local officials would exaggerate the 100,000 guan to 200,000 guan, or even more, when reporting to the court.
For another example, when a soldier is on an expedition and has 30,000 to 20,000 soldiers and horses, he can claim to the outside world as 70,000 to 80,000. If he kills one or two thousand enemies in formation, the number will be exaggerated to three to four thousand.
The specifics depend on how many prisoners there are and how many seriously wounded prisoners there are.
Anyway, Datang would not waste manpower and material resources to treat the wounded among the prisoners, so the wounded would definitely die.
Rather than letting the wounded die so worthlessly, it would be better to execute a formation beheading and then cut off his head, which would also be considered as part of the meritorious service.
