The matter suddenly escalated to a strategy against the enemy, and Li Yuan's attitude suddenly became serious. He stared at Li Xiaogong sideways and asked.
Li Xiaogong became anxious and shouted: "Uncle, Yuan Ji is obviously lying to you. If he really had such preparations, he would have summoned the civil and military officials of the court to discuss it long ago, and would not wait until this time to speak out.
If you don’t believe me, ask Pei Gong and the others to see if they know about this!”
Li Yuan's eyes suddenly fell on Pei Ju and others.
Pei Ju and others were all stunned.
After a short silence, Pei Ju said without hesitation: "Back to the saint, His Highness King Yong has indeed discussed with me the matter of using the method of cutting off salt to force the Turks to surrender. I think it is feasible and have sent people there. I went to investigate outside Daizhou."
As soon as Pei Ju said these words, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui, and Wei Zheng all understood what he was thinking, so the four of them nodded in agreement and said, "Hui Sage, it is indeed true."
At this time, Li Yuan was annoyed and looked at Li Xiaogong with an angry look, as if he was blaming Li Xiaogong for daring to deceive him for some benefit.
Li Xiaogong was completely confused and looked at Li Yuanji hurriedly.
Li Yuanji was also confused and looked at Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui and Wei Zheng in disbelief.
He was just talking nonsense and talking nonsense. How come it got into the mouths of Pei Ju and a few people and it became true.
Are you helping him cover up his lies, or are you seeing his plan and stabbing him in the back?
"King Yong?! Is it really true?"
Li Xiaogong suspected that he had been tricked, so he gritted his teeth and asked.
Before Li Yuanji spoke, Li Yuan frowned and shouted: "Xiao Gong, although you are Yuan Ji's cousin, you must also pay attention to your dignity in this Tai Chi Hall!"
In the Tai Chi Hall, regardless of seniority, only superiority and inferiority are discussed.
Li Yuanji was a direct descendant of the Li family, and he was also the prince of the state with a semi-king status. As a minister, Li Xiaogong was not qualified to address King Yong directly, let alone question him.
Amidst Li Yuan's scolding, Li Xiaogong realized that he had lost his temper. He quickly apologized to Li Yuan and said, "It was my nephew who lost his temper. Please forgive me, uncle."
Li Yuan snorted and stopped chasing and shouting to kill.
It was just a side story, not enough for him to chase a nephew who had made outstanding contributions to the Tang Dynasty and shout to kill him.
Li Yuanji took a deep breath, and while quickly analyzing the purpose of Pei Ju and others' help in telling the lie, he stared at Li Xiaogong and said displeasedly: "Cousin, you also heard that Pei Gong and others helped me testify and prove that I said it was indeed true."
Li Xiaogong's expression changed again and again, trying to determine whether he had been tricked by Li Yuanji.
Seeing that Li Xiaogong was speechless, Li Yuan snorted coldly and prepared to make a decision.
At this moment, Li Gang and Li Shentong rushed into the palace.
Li Shentong stared at Li Xiaogong and shouted angrily, "Li Xiaogong, as a member of the clan, you ignored the imperial ban and secretly smuggled on the border to make a lot of money. Come with me to Zongzheng Temple to question you."
After Li Shentong finished shouting, he bowed to Li Yuan, then quickly walked towards Li Xiaogong, wanting to take Li Xiaogong to Zongzheng Temple.
Li Xiaogong was immediately shocked. Although he was not sure whether he had been tricked, he was sure that once he went to Zongzheng Temple, he would definitely be questioned.
Although going to Zongzheng Temple to interrogate the crime is just a period of imprisonment or a few slaps, which is not painful or painful, it is a very embarrassing thing for him, a powerful prince.
He instantly roared: "I'm not guilty, why should I go to Zongzheng Temple to question me?"
Li Shentong also yelled when he heard this, "You broke the imperial ban and you dare to say that you are not guilty? Follow me to Zongzheng Temple quickly!"
Li Xiaogong shouted: "I broke the imperial ban, but I did not join the enemy! This is just a one-sided statement by Yuan Ji, Pei Ju and others! Yuan Ji wants to force the Turks to surrender to us by cutting off salt.
On such a major military and national matter, you will discuss everything with me.
But I haven't heard any rumors so far, and I believe you, uncle, haven't heard any rumors either.
I think this is unreasonable and there is something fishy in it!"
Li Shentong stared and scolded.
But Li Yuanji was the first to shout: "What do you mean by this? Do you mean that I, Mr. Pei and others framed you together?"
Pei Ju rolled his eyelids and wanted to say 'yes', but in this situation, he couldn't admit it.
When Li Xiaogong heard this, his face was full of anger. When he saw Li Yuanji's eyes glancing at Li Gang's position, he suddenly woke up and immediately looked at Li Gang and said, "Mr. Li, you never tell lies.
Well, tell me, did Yuanji discuss with you to use the method of cutting off salt to force the Turks to surrender?"
Although Li Gang had just entered the Tai Chi Hall and did not understand what was going on in the Tai Chi Hall, when he heard Li Xiaogong's words, he subconsciously wanted to answer. However, after glancing at Li Xiaogong's expression, he saw an inexplicable smell.
His heart skipped a beat for no reason and he decisively closed his mouth.
Seeing this, Li Xiaogong took advantage of the victory and pursued it: "Li Gong, you have to say, there is no reason why Yuan Ji only discussed this matter with Pei Ju and the others and not with you."
Li Gang still kept his mouth shut and did not answer.
Seeing this, Pei Ju wanted to convey some news to Li Gang, but as soon as he made any move, he was stopped by Li Xiaogong, "Pei Ju, the saint is sitting here. Don't lie in front of the saint."
Pei Ju let out a long sigh and slowly lowered his head.
When Li Yuan saw this, he already understood what happened.
Although Pei Ju and others lied temporarily and deceived him, Li Gang's reaction exposed their lies.
For a moment, Li Yuan looked helpless.
Yes, it’s just helpless.
If it was just Pei Ju and others who deceived him, he would not hesitate to get angry and punish Pei Ju and others for the crime of deceiving the emperor.
But the problem is that the leader here is his son, and the culprit is also his son. Pei Ju and others are at best accomplices, so it is not easy for him to punish Pei Ju and others for their crimes by shouting and killing.
As for whether his son should be punished for deceiving him, he had not even thought about it.
Isn't it right for a son to deceive his father?
"Xiao Gong, don't be rude to Li Qing and Pei Qing..."
Li Yuan couldn't cure his son's crime, and he didn't want to see his son bully the royal family too much, so he drank the mud.
"Yuanji, Xiaogong and others are wrong, but they are not greedy. Just stop staring at them and let them go."
Li Yuan sighed and said.
At this time, Li Yuanji slowly took a step forward and said very stubbornly: "Father, no one is allowed to sell goods on the border. This is my national policy.
As members of the royal family, Li Xiaogong and others not only did not support me, but also took the lead in undermining this national policy and must be severely punished."
Li Yuan frowned subconsciously, and his eyes at Li Yuanji became sharp. However, he did not say harsh words. Instead, he said in a negotiating tone: "It's just some small money..."
Li Yuanji said without hesitation: "Not even a small amount of money. I will never condone their behavior of amassing money by undermining the imperial government's national policy."
Li Yuan finally got angry and shouted: "You can just make money by yourself?"
Before Li Yuanji could speak again, Li Yuan stood up again and said, "Don't I even have this bit of face in front of you?!"
Li Gang, Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui, and Wei Zheng saw that the father and son were facing each other again, and sparks began to appear in their eyes. They felt terrible in their hearts and began to exchange crazy glances.
When Li Shentong was on the road, he had already understood the whole story from Li Gang, and knew what would happen if the father and son confronted each other, so he quickly interjected: "Sage, Xiaogong and the others earn some meager self-care money.
It is indeed pitiable, but Yuanji is right to safeguard his own national policy.
So there's nothing big wrong on either side.
If we can sit down and have a good discussion, we might be able to come up with a solution that gets the best of both worlds."
When Li Gang and others heard what Li Shentong said, they knew that Li Shentong was trying to resolve the anger between Li Yuan and Li Yuanji, and they hurriedly agreed.
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"Yes, yes, it would be best if we could work out a best-of-both-worlds solution to this matter."
"Everything is easy to discuss."
"Don't get too angry."
"..."
Li Yuan listened to the advice, especially the advice from Li Gang and other important ministers, so after hearing the words of Li Shentong, Li Gang and others, he snorted heavily, glared at the traitor, and shouted dissatisfied: "I will follow this
Nizi is so angry?!"
Li Gang and others had wry smiles on their faces.
You've called out all the traitors, and you still say you're not angry?
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Gang and others, and said firmly, "I will never condone any illegal things that undermine national policies!"
Li Yuanpeng slammed the table and shouted: "So you can do illegal things yourself and deceive me?"
Li Gang and others became anxious when they saw that Li Yuan was getting angry again.
Li Gang warned loudly: "Your Highness, what His Royal Highness King Hejian and others did is not necessarily illegal. Didn't you propose opening a border market on the border before?
As long as a border market is opened where His Highness the King of Hejian and others do business, and the transactions of His Highness the King of Hejian and others are included in the border market, it will not be considered illegal."
Li Yuanji snorted coldly: "When the border market was opened to the public, the imperial court had already passed a resolution and vetoed it, so there was no need to push it forward.
It is because of this that I banned side market trading.
Now that it’s banned, there’s no reason to let it go.”
"Your Highness! Your Highness! Everything is easy to discuss!"
Chen Shuda followed up and said, "Opening border markets on the border, if you think about it carefully, it will be of many benefits to the Tang Dynasty. So if it is rejected, it can be brought up again and the resolution can be made again.
Moreover, His Royal Highness King Hejian and others are only doing business on the border of Daizhou. If we try to open a border market in Daizhou first, it will not have any impact on our Datang."
"Yes, we can open a border market in Daizhou first."
"..."
Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Wang Gui and Wei Zheng all followed suit.
Li Yuanji was very rude and did not listen to advice: "I have already banned it, why should I open it?"
