Li Ji pressed his hand to Xie Shufang and signaled Xie Shufang not to panic, "Of course I know you won't leak the news, but when I asked you to investigate, you didn't avoid the people outside the palace. If the people outside the palace knew, wouldn't they?
Will you tell them?
If they knew it, wouldn't they run away?"
Xie Shufang breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously looked outside the hall.
The guards and maids guarding the entrance of the palace looked at the people around them in shock. Some of them had guilty consciences, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on their foreheads.
"You don't need to look at it. They are all subordinates of the female officials and subordinate officials in the palace. It is human nature to inform female officials and subordinate officials."
Li Ji is not Li Yuanji, he is not that violent, and he will not take human life as a trivial matter, nor will he go on a killing spree for such things.
Xie Shufang hesitated for a moment and said, "Just let them go like this?"
Xie Shufang believes that as a minister, subordinate and servant of others, loyalty is the most basic requirement.
This is not because Xie Shufang has strict requirements, but this is what this era requires of ministers, subordinates, and servants.
"They have been here for four years. They have no merit but hard work. Let's spare their lives. The guards will be sent to the Twelve Guards to serve as ordinary soldiers, and the maidservant will be sent to Yeting Palace to be a messenger.
I’ll leave this matter to you, don’t hurt their lives.”
Li Ji gave simple instructions.
The maids and guards didn't make any big mistakes, and it wouldn't cost someone their life.
The maid with a guilty conscience at the entrance of the palace breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, feeling a little more grateful to Li Ji in her heart.
His Highness, King Qi, who has always been famous for his cruelty, can spare their lives, which is definitely a great gift.
They are subordinates of Prince Qi's Mansion, and Prince Qi has absolute power of life and death over them.
Even if the King of Qi killed them, he would also kill their whole family.
The officials would only impeach King Qi for being unkind, but they would never say that King Qi had done something wrong.
"Here!"
Uncle Xie felt a little unhappy when he saw Li Ji letting the unfaithful person outside the door carelessly, but he still agreed.
Xie Shufang was not that murderous. He simply felt that disloyal people should suffer some physical pain.
"So, did any of the female officials or subordinate officials in the palace escape after learning the news?"
Li Ji asked again.
Xie Shufang pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know if this counts as an escape..."
Li Ji was stunned and asked, "How to say it?"
Xie Shufang bowed and said: "This morning when His Highness was still asleep, Mrs. Yang from Prince Qin's Mansion found the Princess and borrowed the Gao Shangyi from the Mansion. She said that His Highness the Prince of Zhongshan had also reached the age where he should learn etiquette. The palace
Gao Shangyi knew etiquette best, so he borrowed Gao Shangyi.
Xue Bao, the right guard of the residence, had just been sent away by His Majesty the Crown Prince, saying that he had something important to ask for help.
Liu Shangshan, my wife, went to Shangshan Bureau this morning and never came back."
Li Ji's mouth twitched, this Prince Qi's Mansion was like a sieve.
That Gao Shangyi must be from Li Shimin.
The Prince of Zhongshan County that Xie Shufang mentioned was Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian was Li Yuan's favorite grandson, so how could he lack someone to teach him?
Is it Gao Shang Yi who knows the etiquette in the palace best?
Then who is Li Gang, the Minister of Rites, who taught many princes, dragons and grandsons?
He is a serious person who studies "Etiquette".
So it was an excuse for Mrs. Yang to ask Princess Qi to borrow Gao Shangyi to teach Li Chengqian etiquette.
It was obvious that Gao Shangyi knew that he wanted to deal with the people in the palace, so he immediately secretly contacted the palace of the Prince of Qin to whom she was truly loyal, and asked Li Shimin to save her.
Mrs. Yang borrowing Gao Shangyi is no different from Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou.
As for Xue Bao, this is a big scam.
Historically, it was this guy who provoked Li Yuanji's ambition to fight for the throne.
This guy gave Li Yuanji a talisman, saying that the word "Yuanji" means Tang, which indicates that Li Yuanji will be Li Tang's true son in the future.
Li Yuanji really believed it, and excitedly took the talisman to tell Li Yuan.
I don’t know how Li Yuan felt after seeing his son being fooled like a fool by a talisman.
Li Ji didn't expect that this guy was actually Li Jiancheng's man.
From this point of view, Li Yuanji's ambition to compete for the throne in history may have been instigated by Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiancheng provoked Li Yuanji's ambition, probably not to create a rival for himself, but to use Li Yuanji's hand to deal with Li Shimin.
Historically, after Li Yuanji became ambitious, he almost did something major that would affect the entire history of the Tang Dynasty.
That is to let his bodyguard Yu Wenbao hide under his bed to assassinate Li Shimin.
If Li Yuan hadn't accompanied Li Shimin, Li Yuanji might have really succeeded.
Li Jiancheng probably didn't want to be stained with his brother's blood, which would make Li Yuan disgusted and lose his position as prince, so he used Li Yuanji as a spearman.
"It's still a little bit tougher, otherwise it would really be possible..."
Li Ji murmured his comments.
Li Jiancheng was obviously not as ruthless as Li Shimin, so he took Li Yuanji's attitude into consideration and used Li Yuanji as a spearman.
If he was as ruthless as Li Shimin, killing his brother and nephew, and killing only one of Li Tang's direct descendants, Li Yuan would have to pass the throne to him even if he hated him to the core.
This is what Li Shimin did in history. After killing his brothers and nephews, he was the only direct lineage killed. Li Yuan was almost angry to death, but he could only pass the throne to him.
"What can you do to achieve success?"
Xie Shufang was a little close to Li Ji and heard Li Ji whispering.
Li Ji glared at Xie Shufang, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Go tell the princess and ask her to send a message to Mrs. Yang in the Prince of Qin's Mansion, saying that people can give to the Prince of Qin's Mansion, but the confiscated money, fields, houses, and shops must be
Hand it over, otherwise don't blame me for coming to ask for it in person.
Please ask Li Piao to ride to the East Palace and bring Xue Bao back to me.
Xue Bao is from Prince Qi’s palace. If the East Palace wants to use it, let them bring the imperial edict."
Li Ji's Li Piaoqi is called Li Sixing, and he is one of Li Yuan's Taiyuan Yuanmou heroes. Although his credit is not as great as that of Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing and others, he is still Li Yuan's minister of Conglong.
After Li Yuan ascended the throne, he was given the title of a hussar general, plus a bodyguard, and served as the chief historian of the Prince of Qi's palace.
The Shanghujun is an honorary officer, not an actual official.
Xue Bao's bodyguard is also a distinguished officer, and his actual position is the deputy commander of the inner palace of Prince Qi's palace.
Although Li Yuan didn't care much about Li Yuanji's education, he was still very concerned about Li Yuanji's safety. He knew that Li Yuanji had no brains, so he specifically asked Li Sixing, a man with brains, to serve as the chief historian for Li Yuanji. The purpose was to make Li Sixing
Save Li Yuanji's life at a critical moment.
It's a pity that although Li Sixing has brains, he is not good at following people's influence and follows Li Yuanji to do evil, so Li Yuanji looks down on him.
As for Li Sixing's identity as a hero of Taiyuan Yuanmou, others may take a high look at it, but Li Yuanji needs to take a high look at it?
Li Ji lightly let Gao Shangyi go, because Gao Shangyi was of no importance, and the Prince of Qin's Palace also gave him enough face, and found an excuse to get him, and he also left the relationship with the palace.
The reason why Donggong was asked to hand over Xue Bao was because Xue Bao was a bit key. He was the deputy commander of the inner palace of Prince Qi's palace and knew many dirty things in Prince Qi's palace.
If you leave this kind of person to Li Jiancheng, there is no guarantee that he will not explode at a critical moment.
In addition, when Li Jiancheng was recruiting people, he did not give any face to Prince Qi's palace, and he was seconded when he was asked. Li Ji, the master, did not know, nor did the hostess in the dormitory.
Li Jiancheng completely regarded Prince Qi's Mansion as his own place.
Li Ji was not used to Li Jiancheng's bad habits.
"What about Liu Shangshan?"
Xie Shufang asked.
From the beginning to the end, Li Ji chased Gao Shangyi and Xue Bao and did not mention Liu Shangshan at all. Xie Shufang was a little confused.
Li Ji rolled his eyes at Xie Shufang and said, "How many people in this palace do you think can take away a Shang Shan from my house without saying anything and not caring about my attitude?"
Xie Shufang's eyes widened and he took a breath, "You mean, Liu Shangshan is..."
Li Yuan’s people, who else could he be?!
Li Ji rolled his eyes, "As long as you know, don't say it."
Xie Shufang nodded heavily.
"Did anyone else escape?"
Li Ji continued to ask.
Xie Shufang shook his head decisively.
Li Ji thought for a moment and nodded.
Also, no matter whether she is a female official in Prince Qi's palace or an official, she can't escape without anyone's support.
After escaping from Taiji Palace, can you still escape from Chang'an City? After escaping from Chang'an City, can you still escape from the Tang Dynasty?
Even if they escape from the Tang Dynasty, what will happen to their family?
The female officials in Prince Qi's residence are subordinate officials, which are different from the maids and eunuchs in Prince Qi's residence.
Female officials and subordinate officials all come from good families, and those who take care of their families cannot escape at all.
The maids and eunuchs were either orphans left over from the previous dynasty, or prisoners of war of Li Tang, who were slaves.
Most people have no family, and even if they do, they have been separated for many years, or were killed on the battlefield by Li Shimin or hacked to death in Chang'an City by Li Yuan.
"Those who did not escape will have all their property confiscated and handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will look after them."
When subordinate officials in the palace generally make mistakes, they handle them individually and rarely hand them over. Even if they do, they can only be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
If it were handed over to Dali Temple, Dali Temple would not dare to take it.
After all, the subordinate officials in the palace serve the emperor, princes, and concubines. If some palace scandals are revealed in Dali Temple, it will be great fun.
"ah?"
Xie Shufang was a little confused when he heard that Li Ji was going to hand over the people.
If any problems arise with the subordinate officials in the East Palace, Prince Qin's Palace, Prince Qi's Palace, or even the residences of other princes and princesses, they will be dealt with by themselves.
So far, no one has handed it over.
It's a bit embarrassing for Li Ji to do this.
After all, if someone in the house has a problem and you don't solve it yourself but instead hand it over, others will think you are incompetent.
Li Ji saw what Xie Shufang was thinking and said without explanation, "Do as I say."
Although this approach is somewhat inappropriate, it is also not in line with Li Ji's predecessor's style of conduct.
But Li Ji is a person who has received new ideas and education. He still values human life very much and will not judge a person's life or death easily.
Although he also knows that with his current status, it will be sooner or later to kill someone, but if he can kill someone later, he will kill someone later.
