Chapter 106: Chaos, the emperor hides from officials, the queen begs for the prince [Please subscribe and vote]
The favorite concubine of King Li Tai of Wei was the Zhang family of Huaiyin. At this time, she was like an ant on a hot pot.
Normally the King of Wei was showered with honors and favors, but at this time he was impeached by hundreds of officials, which made her panic and wanted to ask her family for help.
Li Taize said: "Don't panic, don't involve your family, I have my own way to deal with this matter."
He thought of Su Chen's instructions, and his panicky mood suddenly relaxed.
"Fortunately, I found the Heavenly Master. Without his guidance, I should have fought for power with the prince, or complained to my father. No matter what I did, it would be very detrimental to me."
"I have received too much favor from my father, which has aroused the jealousy and worry of all the officials. They definitely don't want me to have thoughts of competing for the throne, and they must find a way to suppress me."
Thinking of this, Li Tai felt much more relaxed.
He got help from Su Chen, and he understood the situation clearly, and even more clearly understood that there was no possibility of him competing for the position.
so.
Just do what Su Chen said.
Now he just needs to wait. If his father sends someone to blame him, he will take the opportunity to hand over all his honors and favors and settle the matter once and for all.
If his father really did not blame him and even gave him more, as Su Chen said, then he would not only hand over his honor and favor, but also plead guilty himself!
These were all obtained through hard thinking on his way back.
Su Chen didn't tell him what to do specifically, he just asked him to give up something, but obviously just giving up was not enough.
The next day.
Censor Qingliu began to write letters from a few people, imploring the emperor to take back the reward given to King Li Tai of Wei. The reason was that King Li Tai of Wei met Prince Li Chengqian on the road and not only refused to give way, but also knocked the prince's carriage and horses away.
This is an arrogant and domineering act.
After Li Shimin saw it, he immediately asked Zhongshu Province to suppress it and ignored it completely.
Another day later, there were more people impeaching Li Tai. This time there were seven or eight people, and there was also an important figure among them-the right supervisor of the Ministry of Rites.
An official from the third rank took the lead, and it seemed that more and more officials dared to stand up and impeach Li Tai.
When Li Shimin got the news, he went to the right supervisor of the Ministry of Rites and asked him to forgive Li Tai and not to hold on to him.
The right supervisor agreed, and the next day he not only impeached Li Tai again, but also sued Li Shimin.
In the court hall, the right supervisor Gao Ji threatened to die, "Your Majesty protected King Li Tai of Wei, and indulged his son as if he were harming his son. This move is not good for the Tang Dynasty. I hope your Majesty will issue an edict to punish you."
Li Shimin was almost angry to death and said on the spot that he would dismiss Gao Ji from his post.
but.
The iron-necked Wei Zheng stepped forward directly, "Your Majesty, no one in the Tang Dynasty has ever been convicted for speaking out. If the senior supervisor is dismissed because of this today, who in the Tang Dynasty will dare to tell the truth in the future?!"
"If this goes on for a long time, the country will not be a country. Your Majesty, think twice!"
These words attracted the support of the ministers.
Li Shimin almost went berserk and retreated directly from the court.
It is unknown what happened to the ministers. Li Shimin returned to the harem and cursed loudly and never stopped.
However, things are not over yet.
Next, Tang Jian, the minister of Dali Temple, directly took the officials of Dali Temple, big and small, and directly carried the coffin to the door of Zichen Palace, saying that he would die inside.
Li Shimin burst into tears.
He roared angrily: "It's not over yet. I should have sent that old man to Qinzhou in the first place. I really regret my soft-heartedness!"
The queen quickly comforted her and said: "Erlang, don't worry, first ask what happened. Qingque'er didn't do anything extraordinary."
Li Shimin hummed: "Isn't it just Qingque arguing with Cheng Qian on the street? Their brothers often did this when they were young, why not?!"
The Queen said: "If it were so simple, it shouldn't be so exciting."
Li Shimin also has a headache. This kind of thing has happened before, but why has everyone mentioned it recently?
Someone must be up to something.
He immediately said: "Wuji, send someone to investigate. I want to know who is driving a wedge between the Tian family?!"
Later.
I had to leave for the Zichen Palace, which was the study room of the Tang Dynasty. If I really wanted those old guys to crash to death there, I would have to do it again in the future!
After Li Shimin left, the old eunuch Wuji did not follow him, nor did he send anyone to investigate.
The queen was stunned for a moment and said: "Wuji, why aren't you doing anything yet?"
Wuji lay on the ground and said: "The old slave actually already knows who is behind the excitement, but he dare not say it."
The queen said angrily: "Since you knew it, you should have told it earlier and made His Majesty angry. Can you afford it?!"
The old eunuch Wuji panicked and said: "Mom, please calm down, I really don't dare to say anything, because that person, that person is... you know."
Queen Wende was about to get angry, but after seeing Old Eunuch Wuji's reaction, she came to her senses.
There was silence for a moment.
He said slowly: "It's better not to tell His Majesty this matter, lest he feel chilled."
Li Shimin's brotherly love is not authentic, so he despises the discord among his sons. For this reason, he has always tried to find ways to give equal love to his sons so that they will not feel left out.
However.
Brothers in ordinary families cannot be equal, let alone the royal family.
As a result, there was a lot of estrangement between the brothers, but it was impossible for them to fight openly and secretly for Li Shimin to see it.
to this end.
Both Li Shimin and Queen Wende were more or less in the game without knowing it.
Even the old eunuch Wuji didn't dare to tell anyone about it, let alone other people. It's not surprising that the two authorities were obsessed with it.
Queen Wende sighed and said: "I will go to the East Palace to see if he can show mercy. After all, we are all brothers."
This way.
Li Shimin battled wits and courage with the ministers in the Zichen Palace, while Queen Wende went directly to the East Palace to persuade Li Chengqian, who was increasingly depressed.
"Gao Ming, what grudges do you have between your brothers? Can't they be resolved privately? Why should they be raised to the court?!"
Queen Wende spoke earnestly and said: "To give my mother some face, let's let this matter go."
Li Chengqian said: "Mother, what are you talking about? Why can't the child understand anything?"
Queen Wende said: "Your brother Qingque has been impeached, and the ministers want to put him to death."
Li Chengqian said: "Ah? There is such a thing. I have been studying hard all day long. I really don't know about it."
He stood up and asked for the crutch, and then said: "The child will go to his father to plead for Qingque."
Queen Wende quickly helped him and said: "Gao Ming, most of those people are Lu Deming, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining, Du Zhenglun, and even Wei Zheng is among them."
Li Chengqian beat his feet and chest, and said: "Mother, my child is really unjust. Qingque and I have always been good brothers. We were reading and admiring flowers together a few days ago. He taught me "On the Governance of the Tang Dynasty", and he and I
Regarding "Playing with Qin", the love between brothers and sisters is as strong as gold, but my mother actually doubted my brotherly love, which is really speechless."
He threw away his crutch and rushed into the pond.
Queen Wende hugged him tightly and said: "My child, don't do stupid things. It was my mother who wrongly blamed you. However, those people are all subordinate students of Lu Deming and Kong Yingda. Come forward and let them stop."
.”
Li Chengqian cried: "Mother, don't worry, I will go find the mentors right now. In fact, it is also the child's fault. It is probably the child's misbehavior that made the mentors feel that Qingque is threatening the child, so they are eager to protect the master and do whatever they want.
.”
Queen Wende shook her head and said: "Qingque has no evil intentions. He is always your biological brother. Gao Ming, don't argue with him."
Then he took out a jade Ruyi and said: "This is your father's Double Dragon Ruyi. You liked it before, but he refused to give it to you. Now I give it to you as my mother."
Li Chengqian cried even more sadly, "Mother, the child will definitely clear up the misunderstanding. Please give this jade Ruyi to Qingque."
Queen Wende refused, so she put it directly into Li Chengqian's hand, wiped away his tears, and left.
After the others left, Li Chengqian wiped away his tears, played with the jade Ruyi in his hand, and his expression became relaxed.
"Come here, let's perform "Xi Qin" again."
Zichen Palace.
Li Shimin fought wits and courage with his ministers, but in the end he was defeated in anger.
Unwilling to be reconciled, he planned to continue fighting with his ministers. For this reason, he specially ordered to reward Li Tai.
Prince Wei's Mansion.
The turmoil these days has affected Li Tai.
The princess was frightened and repeatedly asked for help, but Li Tai remained unmoved.
finally.
About two more days passed.
King Li Tai of Wei received the imperial edict from the palace at home. Just when everyone thought it was the emperor's edict that was going to take back the glory and punish them.
Everyone was frightened, but Li Tai took it calmly, and even looked forward to it. This was Li Shimin's imperial decree for punishment.
If so, he can save a lot of trouble.
"The imperial edict has arrived. Your Majesty, remembering that King Li Tai of Wei is diligent in studying and is a model for scholars all over the world. He specifically allows the King of Wei not to appoint officials. He allows the establishment of a macro-learning hall in the palace to recruit scholars. He also gives some gold, silver and jewels, cloth and fertile farmland...
"
It is an imperial edict to reward.
The concubines were all surprised and overjoyed. They didn't expect that instead of being punished, they would be rewarded.
They were so happy, but Li Tai sighed.
After receiving the imperial edict and sending the eunuch away, he remained silent for a long time.
He raised his head and looked in the direction of Yunyuan Mountain, sighing in his heart, "Master Tianshi, nothing can really escape your eyes. What have I been expecting these days? Haha, after your assertion, I should
It’s executed!”
"Your Majesty, why are you still unhappy? Is it because His Majesty did not punish the officials who impeached you?!"
"Don't be anxious, take your time, and then pull them down when you have more say."
Li Tai shook his head and said: "No, I think it's time to end this farce."
The concubines were overjoyed. They all thought that Li Tai was going to the palace to deal with the impeachment!
They were pleasantly surprised and full of confidence.
Their prince has the support of the emperor. If there is a disturbance, the prince may have to give up his throne!
"Get the axe."
Someone brought an ax very quickly, but he didn't know why, thinking he was going to kill someone.
But when they saw Li Tai smashing the threshold of the door with an axe, the concubines were immediately frightened.
The princess rushed over and hugged Li Tai, "My lord, are you crazy? Why did you smash the threshold of your house? It is a symbol of status."
Li Tai pushed her away and said, "What I destroyed today is this identity."
Then he smashed the two stone lions given to him by the emperor, and then stared at the four-horse carriage at the door.
And all his actions shocked the whole of Chang'an.