"Father! My son reported to Jiwen that he had committed fraud and bent the law for his own personal gain. He had been admonishing the official Wang Gui and the family members of his family who had been exterminated. It was Jiwen who sent someone to pretend to be the murderer and hastily closed the case. The real murderer is still at large, such as the fire at Jinsheng Temple.
If the matter is handed over to Ji Wen again, I think Ji Wen may not be able to find out clearly. If the matter is handed over to him again, Master Ji may go there to find someone to replace him."
After the prince Li Chengqian said this in the palace, there was an uproar in the palace. The civil and military ministers were frightened by the prince's shocking report. Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Chengqian and asked loudly in an angry voice.
"Do you have any evidence for this?"
"I have evidence to accuse Lord Jiwen of what he did!"
"Pass Jiwen to the palace!"
Li Shimin roared with great annoyance, and the eunuch who delivered the order was so frightened that he ran away tremblingly. At this time, all the civil and military officials in the palace were thinking that Ji Wen was in danger because he couldn't give a reason. How could the prince be here again today?
After stabbing Ji Wen in the back, is it possible that Ji Wen is a member of King Li Tai of Wei? The prince wants to use Qin Wenyuan's incident to weaken King Wei's power. There are really ups and downs in the court!
The civil and military ministers in the palace really guessed the truth of some things. It turned out that between the camps of the prince Li Chengqian and the king of Wei Li Tai, Ji Wen had been following the eldest son Wuji and the admonishment official Chu Suiliang, who secretly supported Li Chengqian. However, because the eldest grandson Wuji
Ji Wen, an old fox, had a very obscure attitude towards the power struggle between Li Chengqian and Li Tai. It was almost impossible to tell which of the two nephews he was supporting. Under such circumstances, Ji Wen was constantly criticized by Li Tai's subordinates.
During the process of wooing him, he gradually had more interactions with the Prince of Wei, but it was not obvious whether Ji Wen was involved in the overt and covert fights between the two princes. However, Li Chengqian appointed Ji Wen as the head of the Jingzhao Yin Mansion.
Yin's important ministers were among the threats that had to be eliminated, so he looked for an opportunity to trick this man who had both sides in front of his father.
Jiwen should have something to do today. These years have been smooth sailing since he took up the post of Jingzhao Yin Fuyin. He never expected that Zhang Long, his most trusted confidant, had long been bribed by Li Chengqian. That day, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were with each other.
After Ji Wen came up with the idea of finding someone to take over Wang Gui's case, he reported it to Prince Li Chengqian.
After Prince Li Chengqian found out about this, he ordered Zhang Long to bribe Ji Wen to replace the relatives of the person who admitted Wang Gui's case.
When the emperor also assigned the case of a fight between monks in the temple to Ji Wen to investigate, Li Chengqian wanted to report to his father that Ji Wen had hired someone to replace him. However, Chu Suiliang, the counselor of the Eastern Palace, thought that it was best to do this in front of the court.
Only by exposing the faces of many ministers can the killing effect be achieved.
There is a saying: the most dangerous enemy is often the person you trust the most and the friend who knows you best. This statement is true!
Ji Wen, who was called into the palace by the emperor in the middle of the night and sent out by the eunuchs at dawn, was currently leaning on the big chair in the Yamen with his eyes closed and concentrating. He had no idea that he was in trouble.
Jiwen followed the eunuch who delivered the order to the palace and entered the Taiji Hall. Before he could see anything from the strange eyes of the ministers in the palace, he heard Li Shimin yelling at him sharply after finishing the "Long Live the Mountain".
"Ji Wen! Do you know your guilt?"
This sharp shout was like a thunderbolt exploding in Jiwen's ears, and Jiwen replied with difficulty as his brain was confused.
"I don't know what my crime is!"
"Tell me how the murder case in Wang Gui's house was solved, and where was the murderer caught?"
After hearing what the emperor said, Ji Wen knew that it had been exposed that he had hired someone to replace the murderer who had been exterminated in Wang Gui's house. He immediately collapsed on the ground and said loudly.
"I'm guilty, I'm guilty! That day, the emperor ordered me to investigate Wang Gui's murder within a time limit. I tried my best but still couldn't find the culprit. Seeing that the emperor was bothered by this matter every day, I was anxious and thought that I might as well do it first.
Let people settle the case and then slowly find the real murderer of the case. Alas! I have done something wrong in the end, but I can't hide the retribution. I betrayed the emperor's trust and allowed the emperor to be miserable without any complaints."
Looking at Jiwen who was paralyzed on the ground with a face filled with regret, Li Shimin felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart that he didn't know how to express.
The ministers in the palace are already feeling sympathy. Just think about who is in Jiwen's position and doing the same difficult things. Who can guarantee that he will not make the same mistake and deal with it in the same way? You must know that between the Wang family and
The Qin family is not an ordinary family that is easy to get along with!
When Changsun Wuji saw this, his thoughts were torn, thinking that he usually took advantage of Ji Wen a lot, but he didn't want to be said to be a villain who crossed the river and burned the bridge, so he said loudly in front of the palace.
"Your Majesty! I think Lord Ji has been confused for a moment and committed such a crime of deceiving the emperor. I hope that the Emperor will take a lighter sentence in view of Lord Ji's hard work over the years, so that Lord Ji will be able to accept his crime and make meritorious service."
"Father, you can't do it. Ji Wen's crime of bullying the emperor must not be punished. If Ji Wen is not punished if he has meritorious service according to Master Changsun, then Qin Wenyuan is also among the meritorious ones. How come we don't see Master Changsun doing this for Qin Wenyuan in the palace?
"Say, it's hard to grow up, Master Sun, when you talk about things, you still have to distinguish between people. I think merit is merit, and faults are not the same. I hope my father will judge Ji Wen's faults."
Li Chengqian waited for Changsun Wuji to finish speaking before he continued, and then stabbed the old ghost Changsun slightly in front of his father.
The ministers had already seen the situation in the palace clearly. To put it bluntly, Jiwen had offended His Highness the Crown Prince because he was too close to the Palace of Wei. He was just a victim of the conflict between the two forces. But it depends on the emperor.
Processed.
Even the ministers could see things clearly, but Li Shimin didn't know the truth in his heart. But now that what Li Chengqian said could stand on the moral level both emotionally and rationally, it was hard for him to scold the emperor for what he had done to him in the palace.
At the same time, he was very angry at Changsun Wuji's overly obvious favoritism for people in his own group. He also had no way to deal with the fact that these relatives of the emperor only served their own selfish interests and ignored the overall situation.
Having caused shock to the Guanlong clan and the aristocratic family, the political stability that the dynasty had just achieved will no longer exist. What he needs most now is time. The suppression of Qin Wenyuan is like this. Of course, Ji Wen must also be punished.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sitting on the dragon couch, Li Shimin saw the expressions of all the ministers in the palace, and when no one came out to speak, he started to speak.
"Ji Wen has been deceitful and deceived the emperor. In consideration of his contribution to the court in these years, I have removed the governor of Jingzhao Yin and handed it over to the Ministry of History. The governor of Jingzhao Yin is temporarily in charge of Li Xiaogong, King of Hejian. Jin Sheng
The incident of the temple fire has been left to the King of Hejian, Li Xiaogong, to handle it with full authority. As for Xu Tian, according to Fang Aiqing's instructions, Xu Tian is not allowed to leave Chang'an City even half a step without orders, except for sending personnel to monitor the movements of the Xu Mansion."
After saying this, Li Shimin looked a little tired and said to Fang Xuanling.
"Fang Aiqing! How is the disaster relief work in the Guanzhong area and surrounding areas? We can't relax on this matter. Let's see if we can let farmers plant some potatoes before autumn comes to ease the food shortage. Can you discuss this matter with us?
Yan Liben discussed it and asked the ministers from the Ministry of Industry to manage agricultural affairs to act in the Guanzhong area."
"Your Majesty, please be at ease. The disaster relief work in and around the Guanzhong area is now progressing well. According to Qin Wenyuan's idea, the results are very good. At present, it seems that it will not be a big problem to replant a batch of potatoes in the autumn. The Farming Department of the Ministry of Industry has many
Some people have learned how to grow potatoes in Qin Village, and there are many farmers in Chang'an City who know how to grow potatoes, so the Emperor can rest assured about this."
Speaking of this, when I heard Fang Xuanling mentioned Xu Tian again in the last words, Li Shimin felt a little confused when he thought of this boy providing such auspicious things to the Tang Dynasty. He didn't know that this boy was demoted to a commoner after being demoted.
Will you feel resentment towards the imperial court, and will you be a little disappointed in me as the emperor? I hope this kid can understand my difficulties and painstaking efforts!
Li Shimin was a little exhausted mentally and physically for a while. He leaned quietly on the large dragon couch and glanced at the ministers in the palace, whispering to each other about what happened in the palace today. At this time, the prince Li Chengqian also sat upright and lowered his eyes like a good baby.
Guanbi said nothing, seeming to be thinking about something...
After retiring from the imperial court, Zhang Gongjin, who commanded the imperial army, together with Changsun Wuji, Yu Wenshiji, Wei Ting and others went to the largest restaurant in Chang'an City, "Fu Xilai", to drink and tell stories. When the restaurant owner welcomed them into a secret area of the restaurant,
After sitting down in the private room, Changsun Wuji asked the shopkeeper to call a few smart and trustworthy maids to come and serve him.
It turns out that this restaurant is the property of the Changsun family in Chang'an City.
After the shopkeeper retired, Changsun Wuji glanced at the people in the room and told Zhang Gongjin directly.
"Brother Zhang! Now the Qin Mansion is under the guard of your forbidden army. The Qin Mansion no longer has any tough guards. Is there any chance that I can find a reason to fix the bad luck of that bastard Qin Wenyuan so that he can export for us first?
The evil spirit, Brother Yuwen on the Buddhist side can use Master Shande to use the incident of Jinsheng Temple being burned to shift the responsibility to Qin Wenyuan as much as possible to cause people in Buddhism to retaliate against him. Brother Wei can make people pass the news to the imperial concubine.
Although Qin Wenyuan is not right in front of me, I will find a time to talk to Hejian King Li Xiaogong here to see if I can get him to cause more trouble for Qin Wenyuan in the near future. In short, we must use Qin Wenyuan's current status as a commoner to eradicate him as soon as possible.
, it would be difficult for this son to seek revenge on you and me after he regains his identity."
After hearing what Changsun Wuji said, everyone in the private room fell into deep thought. After a while, Zhang Gongjin spoke in a low voice.
"What Lord Changsun said is true. I will replace the imperial troops stationed in the Qin Mansion with my confidants. It will not be difficult to find some opportunities to repair that kid. The only trouble is that the Scout Cavalry Division is also secretly watching.
Qin Mansion, it’s hard to avoid their eyes and ears. If we can mobilize the personnel under the Reconnaissance and Cavalry Division, my subordinates will be able to act freely."
"This is not easy to handle! I think Zhou Shaofan, the commander of the Reconnaissance Cavalry Division, is not an easy person to deal with. He only obeys the emperor's orders and there is no way we can get him to help us. We should think of some strategy to make him evacuate on his own initiative.
Those are the people who monitor the Duke of Qi’s mansion.”
Changsun Wuji sighed and said.
While several people were discussing how to deal with Qin Wenyuan, a maid knocked on the door gently to report.
"Sir! The food and wine are ready. Can you please send it now?"
"Pass it in!"
After hearing the words of permission from the eldest grandson in the room, four beautiful women filed into the room holding wooden trays containing wine and various dishes. They placed the dishes and drinks on the table in the room, placed the tableware and then bowed.
Exit the house.
After the women left the room, Changsun Wuji invited the people in the room to come to the table to eat and talk.
After Wei Ting drank several glasses of water, the man suddenly pointed at the wine in the jug and said.
"Can we do something about the drinking water in the Qin Mansion? Can Brother Zhang instruct his imperial army to guard the Duke of Qi's Mansion to do something about the water that Xu Tian and the people in the manor use every day? It would be best to use that
A poison that can act slowly is put into it to make it invisible, and then it will be over if a team of Imperial Guards are put on duty. Why do we need to waste so much brains here to find ways to do anything."
As soon as Wei Ting said this desperate plan, Changsun Wuji, Zhang Gongjin and Yu Wenshiji immediately clapped their hands and praised it. They discussed it in low voices and finally agreed that Yu Wenshi and Master Xun Na Shande would discuss this plan.
The poison-like medicine was handed over to Zhang Gongjin for implementation.
Several people thought that such a plan was known to everyone in the room, but they didn't expect that such a secret place still had ears through the walls.
Among the four good-looking women who were responsible for delivering drinks and dishes to the private room, one woman already knew about the poisonous plan they had set in the room a short time after they left.
But it turned out that it was this woman who discovered that Changsun Wuji was waiting in a private room to have a secret conversation and felt that something was unusual. She immediately ordered the waiter who also worked in the restaurant to use Qinggong to sneak from the roof to the hidden beams of the house to eavesdrop on these people.
What to talk about, the thin waiter had to give instructions and then quietly crawled from the roof to the beam of the private room here. The waiter had been hiding in a disguised hiding place early that morning. After a few people in the room left, the waiter
Er went back to the restaurant and reported the plan to this woman urgently.
Both this woman and the waiter were Chen Laosan's spies. Ever since the restaurant of the Changsun Family came into Chen Laosan's sight, he sent several men and women pretending to be children of poor families in Chang'an City to sneak in when the restaurant was recruiting people.
, I didn’t expect to find out such a vicious plan of Changsun Wuji and others today.
After Chen Laosan heard about this plan, he quickly went to a hidden forest outside the backyard of the Qin Mansion and climbed up a tall tree. He took out a small round mirror in his arms and used the light reflected by the sun's rays.
Walking towards the house, a scout dressed as a servant who was in charge of liaising with the outside world had already noticed. He quietly came to the outer wall of the backyard to what looked like a woodshed.
The log twisted left and right, and after a slight sound, the ground opened up to reveal dozens of steps.