Seeing that Li Shimin was speechless by what he said, Li Yuanji smiled knowingly and said no more. Instead, he took up a pen and wrote a private letter and gave it to Chu Suiliang for Chu Suiliang to send back.
When Li Yuanji wrote the letter, Li Shimin kept his eyes on Li Yuanji. After Li Yuanji handed the written letter to Chu Suiliang, his eyes fell on Chu Suiliang again. When Chu Suiliang left the center with the letter,
After leaving the military tent, he couldn't help but speak again: "Do you really want to leave this matter to your father to solve?"
Li Yuanji put away the pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the desk and said with a smile: "My father is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and this matter needs the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to come forward to settle it. If you don't ask my father to come forward to solve it, how can I be the one to do it?"
solve?"
Li Shimin was completely silent, covering his face with the document in his hand, and even his expression was not visible.
Li Yuanji shook his head, smiled, and ignored Li Shimin.
…
Not long after the private message was sent back to Chang'an City, news came from Chang'an City. On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Yuan came to court again and held a court meeting with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to thoroughly resolve Chai Shao's issue.
solved.
During the court meeting, facing Li Yuan who came to court again, the civil and military officials in the court did not dare to make any more fuss. Their little thoughts of impeaching Chai Shao were all put to rest.
Under the leadership of Li Yuan, the Sanzai, the Ministry of War, the Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment jointly agreed on Chai Shao's charges of being unkind in running the army and allowing his servants to commit crimes, including one, six, and seven.
Li Yuan also made a judgment on Chai Shao's crimes in court.
One hundred households of Chai Shao were removed, and all official positions related to Hebei Province were removed from Chai Shao. At the same time, Chai Shao's title was reduced from Duke of the State to Duke of the County.
This punishment is not too severe.
After all, now that the world is settled, the great enemies that the Tang Dynasty needs to conquer have almost been conquered, and the surrounding neighbors have begun to tremble under the iron heel of the Tang Dynasty.
There are not many opportunities to obtain military merit. If you want to be promoted to a noble in the future, you may have to work hard on civil affairs.
But for a man like Chai Shao who has been on the battlefield for half his life, it is okay if you let him lead troops in war, but if you let him make achievements in civil affairs, it will be difficult for him.
Even though he has talent in this area, he is an all-rounder who can manage the army on horseback and herdsmen on horseback, but compared with civil servants who are purely engaged in civil affairs, he is still a step behind and cannot be compared no matter what.
Therefore, whether he was cut off from his household title or his official position in Hebei Province, it would not hurt him much, but reducing his title would be very harmful to him.
This means that he may never have the opportunity to enter the ranks of the Dukes of the Tang Dynasty again, and he will never be able to reach the level of an extremely popular minister in the title.
Li Yuan used this to deal with Chai Shao, which could be regarded as a satisfactory explanation to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
No matter how much criticism the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had, it was hard to say more.
Inside the Chinese military tent.
After reading the documents dealing with Chai Shao, Chu Suiliang said with pity: "Chai Shao has made great achievements in Liaodong this time. Isn't it a bit harsh for the saint to punish him like this?"
When Li Shimin heard this, he put down the book in his hand, curled his lips disdainfully and said, "Are you criticizing the saint?"
Chu Suiliang quickly stood up and bowed: "I don't dare!"
Li Shimin stopped talking to Chu Suiliang, but looked at Li Yuanji and said, "You think so too?"
Li Yuanji picked up the scented tea on the table, blew the hot air from it, and after taking a sip, he ignored Li Shimin and explained to Chu Suiliang with a smile: "It is precisely because Chai Prince Consort is in Liaodong this time."
He has made great achievements, so my father would deal with him like this."
Chu Suiliang didn't know why.
When Li Shimin heard this, he understood that Li Yuanji had guessed the reason why Li Yuan treated Chai Shao like this. He immediately snorted and continued to pretend to read a book.
Seeing that Chu Suiliang hadn't reacted yet, Li Yuanji continued with a smile: "My father dealt with Chai's consort, but hasn't Chai's consort still not been rewarded for his great achievements in Liaodong?"
Chu Suiliang suddenly understood and said with a smile: "Your Highness, what you mean is that what the saint has taken away from Chai Prince Consort now will be added back to him when Chai Prince Consort returns to the court?"
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded.
That was Li Yuan. His son and son-in-law had lost Taiyuan, the land of Longxing of the Li family, and he was not willing to punish them. How could he punish Chai Shao again?
Li Yuan's punishment for Chai Shao this time seems to be very severe, but in fact, when Chai Shao's squadron returns to the court, based on his achievements in Liaodong, he can add these things back.
Therefore, punishment means no punishment.
Li Yuan just wanted to give an explanation to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but he did not really want to demote his son-in-law to the end.
After all, the civil and military turmoil in the Manchu Dynasty was so big that not only Chai Shao's scandals in recent years were publicized, but the fact that Chai Shao's dog went out and barked at passers-by was used as evidence and brought to the court to impeach Chai Shao, and a pile of
Every piece of evidence contains personal and material evidence.
If Li Yuan didn't make any response, how could the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty give up? If the news spread, the people would criticize him as a person who protects his shortcomings, and question whether the laws of the imperial court can control the nobles.
Therefore, he must deal with Chai Shao and give an explanation to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the people.
But after dealing with Chai Shao, if Chai Shao is promoted to a higher rank because of his merits, it is not something that the civil and military officials of the court and the people can criticize.
After all, Chai Shao has already been punished for his mistakes. Now that he has made a contribution, he should naturally be rewarded?
Work is work, and mistakes are mistakes. This is a rule recognized by everyone in the government and the public.
This time, Li Yuan took advantage of the Tang Dynasty's rule of rewarding meritorious officials and not proceeding until the meritorious officials returned to Chang'an City to solve Chai Shao's trouble.
The only pity is that Chai Shao's contribution in Liaodong this time was in vain.
But this is not a bad thing for him. He is the Duke of the Tang Dynasty and the consort of the Tang Dynasty. He has reached the point where he has no title.
If he returns to the court after winning this time, Li Yuan should grant him the title. He will break the limit of titles that a human minister can obtain.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yuan should not ban him, he has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty again.
In this case, even if he is not wrong, Li Yuan will find fault for him and take away his credit.
Now that the officials have helped him find his mistakes, Li Yuan has also punished him accordingly. When his teacher returns to the court, Li Yuan will be able to reward him and no longer have to make trouble for him.
"No wonder Li Langjun is dismissive of the saint's treatment of the prince's consort. It turns out that Li Langjun has clearly seen the truth behind it."
After Chu Suiliang understood the details, he bowed his hand to Li Shimin and expressed sincere emotion.
When Li Shimin heard this, he put down the book in his hand and gave Chu Suiliang a contemptuous look.
That look in his eyes was full of 'I want you to flatter me?'
Chu Suiliang did not feel embarrassed and continued: "Then your Highness doesn't have to worry about the Consort Chai anymore. Can Your Highness see General Xue?"
Xue Wanche has not been having a good time in the Chinese army's tent in recent days.
His "lame leg" injury was cured by Li Shiji "accidentally".
His excuse for delaying his trip here because of his lame leg no longer holds water.
According to Li Yuanji's original order, he would be beaten with military sticks several times just for one day.
And he was late not just by one day, but by nearly two months, and the accumulated military sticks totaled hundreds of military sticks.
Hit him all over and beat him to death.
So Li Yuanji changed his method of punishment and asked him to clean the toilets of all the soldiers in the wounded camp.
He has been bathing for half a month now.
He must have remembered this lesson. Now that Chu Suiliang mentioned it, Li Yuanji felt that it was time to meet him.
"Then let that fool come over."
Li Yuanji put away the smile on his face and gave a faint instruction.
Chu Suiliang nodded with a smile and went out of the Chinese army tent to summon Xue Wanche.
Not long after, Chu Suiliang took Xue Wanche, who was wearing ordinary soldier uniforms and smelled faintly of urine, to the Chinese army's tent.
As soon as Xue Wanche entered the Chinese army's tent, he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed sincerely: "I am guilty, and I beg your Highness to punish me!"
Li Yuanji said coldly: "Where is the crime?"
Xue Wanche hurriedly said: "The crime is that I should not have deceived His Highness!"
Li Yuanji put away the coldness on his face, nodded and said: "I still know the importance..."
He was not afraid of Xue Wanche playing tricks on him. After all, with Xue Wanche's IQ, he could see through Xue Wanche's tricks at a glance.
What he fears most is that Xue Wanche doesn't realize where he went wrong.
In that case, he would not be able to stay with Xue Wanche.
For a loyal minister, loyalty always comes first.
So it's okay to make mistakes, but to choose to lie after making a mistake is disloyal.
If after you lie to someone and you are asked what is wrong with you and you still say something tough, then there is no need to stay with you.
Fortunately, Xue Wanche still knew how to behave and didn't speak harshly.
"Okay, you go down and wash up first. Come and see me after you're clean."
Li Yuanji gave instructions to Xue Wanche.
The smell of Xue Wanche's body is really a bit too strong and pungent.
Xue Wanche nodded heavily and hurried out of the tent.
After Chu Suiliang watched Xue Wanche leave, he smiled and said: "I thought that after meeting General Xue, His Highness would give General Xue a good scolding, but I didn't expect His Highness to just ask a simple question.
Your Highness indeed loves General Xue."
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Chu Suiliang and said nothing.
At this time, Li Shimin said disdainfully: "He is just a brave and foolhardy man, what is there to deserve to be pampered..."
Li Yuanji could tell that Li Shimin was scolding him for being blind, neglecting good talents and beautiful jade, and doting on a brave and foolhardy man.
Now that this was said by someone else, Li Yuanji would definitely ignore it, but if it was said by Li Shimin, it would be interesting.
It seems that Li Shimin also loved the Xue brothers quite a lot in history.
For the sake of harmony between Xue Wanche and his wife, they even went to the trouble to support Xue Wanche personally and promote Xue Wanche.
So when Li Shimin said this, he felt a bit like slapping himself in the face.