Chapter 209 Bringing a knife into the palace is punishable by execution.
Author: Muzi Blue
Chapter 209 Bringing a knife into the palace is punishable by execution.
Retreat from the court.
Huaiyu saw the two brothers Li Shentong, the indignant king of Huai'an, and Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi, who looked plain. Many eyes were fixed on the two brothers.
As the cousins of the Supreme Emperor, the Li Shentong brothers were very close to the emperor. They were cousins of the same grandfather as Li Yuan. Although they were not real brothers, when Li Yuan enfeoffed the clan, he not only made these two brothers kings
, and the eight sons with magical powers and the seven sons with magical talismans were all granted the title of county king.
The two brothers' families were granted the title of seventeen county princes.
But now, except for the two brothers, whose county prince title remains unchanged, their sons have all been reduced to county princes.
Wu Huaiyu thought that Li Shimin's operation was normal, and he wanted to reduce the vassal status.
All the brothers were killed, and ten nephews of the princes were also killed. Why are these cousins, cousins, brothers, and nephews so polite? Especially since the clan was not friendly to Li Shimin, and Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang, rebelled in Youzhou.
, Li Youliang was also passive and lazy in Liangzhou, and Li Xiaochang also complained about Li Shimin's seizure of the throne in Lizhou...
Those heroes and generals who worked with him through life and death were only granted the title of princes. Many of these side clan clans were granted the title of county princes when they were still children before they had made any achievements, especially the two Shentong brothers. Two families were granted the title of seventeen counties.
King, and they are still having children. According to Li Yuan's sealing method, the two brothers' families will be able to create twenty or thirty kings by then.
This is definitely detrimental to the imperial power.
Only the emperor's brothers and sons can be crowned kings, which is obviously more appropriate. Of course, at the same time, at the beginning of Li Yuan's rebellion, as long as those anti-kings who were separatists were willing to join the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan would directly grant kings and surnames to his own family.
People are naturally more generous.
"General Wu, your Majesty has summoned you."
Li Shimin summoned some of his confidants to discuss matters, and Huaiyu was among them. Changsun Wuji waved to him and went to Li Zheng Hall together.
"Your Majesty may want to ask you about Pei Ji later," Changsun Wuji told Huaiyu.
Huaiyu was confused. He was only a guard general and was not qualified to participate in the politics of Henan. However, the emperor summoned him to go with him. Changsun Wuji's words gave him an idea.
Changsun Wuji whispered: "Some people say that Pei Ji is talented, others say that Li Yi's wife has a noble appearance and will definitely become the mother of the world. They also say that Li Yi's wife Meng's wealth comes from Li Yi..."
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"Your Majesty also summoned Taishi Ling Fu Yi today,"
Wu Huaiyu was shocked after hearing this. In the era of feudal imperial power, if you said you could tell fortune tellers or something like that, no one would pay attention to it. But if you dared to tell the princes that you were talented, you would be worthy of the world.
They want to behead and confiscate their homes.
And Changsun Wuji said that Pei Ji and Li Yi's wife were said to be talented and would definitely become the mothers of the world. This was a proper act of beheading.
And today we summoned Fu Yi. Who is Fu Yi?
It was in that June that he told Li Yuan that Taibai had seen Qin Fen. The King of Qin should have the Taishi Ling in the world who was responsible for observing the stars and observing the celestial phenomena. His words made Li Shimin almost die, but after Li Shimin's palace became successful, these words
But it also became an important help to Li Shimin's legitimacy.
"Zhao Guogong, I only know how to make elixirs, but I have never learned fortune telling or fortune telling." Wu Huaiyu didn't expect that he would be involved in these things.
He knew very well that Li Shimin wanted to attack Pei Ji, Li Yi and the others, but he didn't want to be the knife.
"Your Majesty, don't you know what you are capable of?" Changsun Wuji just laughed and pulled him forward. "The uncle who is currently the abbot of Louguan is still the head of Louguan Longmen Sect."
Huaiyu was helplessly dragged away by the fat man Changsun Wuji. The palace gate guard saw them and did not come up to check, so he let them in directly.
In the Li Zheng Hall, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Gao Shilian, Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi, Wei Zheng, Ma Zhou, Du Yan and others had already arrived first.
Changsun Wuji pulled Wu Huaiyu into the palace, and the two of them were so friendly that they attracted many eyes in the palace.
At this time, Li Shimin also entered the palace.
Wei Zheng stood up and pointed at Changsun Wuji, "Your Majesty, I am impeaching Changsun Wuji. As the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he was summoned to the palace to discuss matters in front of the emperor. He actually entered the palace with a sword. This is extremely disrespectful. Please punish him."
"I also want to impeach the guerrilla general Wu Huaiyu. As a general of the Imperial Guard, he made friends with ministers and entered the palace hand in hand, which is against the system. Changsun Wuji entered the palace with a sword, but he didn't stop him. We should be punished together!"
As soon as Wei Zheng's words came out, Changsun Wuji's fat bear-like body trembled.
Wu Huaiyu also looked at his waist.
He actually went to the palace wearing a sword. A horizontal sword with a ring head was hung on his nine-ring gold and jade quilt. The scabbard of the horizontal sword was also inlaid with gold and jade, which was very gorgeous.
At this time, it was so conspicuous in the palace.
Changsun Wuji was also panicked.
Going to the palace with swords and shoes is not the behavior a minister should do.
"Kill according to the law!" Wei Zheng was still finishing the attack.
Changsun Wuji hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I was in a hurry to enter the palace just now and forgot to take off my saber. I will die!"
In Wu Huaiyu's heart, ten thousand grass and mud horses galloped past.
Wei Zheng, I've been good enough to you, but you are still determined to kill me.
"Your Majesty, I deserve to die for my crime." Although he was a bit unjust, Wu Huaiyu did not dare to be careless and quickly followed him to plead guilty.
Li Shimin, who had just entered, was also stunned.
Changsun Wuji was not only the official minister, but also his uncle, the queen's brother, and his confidant. However, Changsun Wuji's unintentional mistake was a very serious crime.
If the guards in the palace had just seen Changsun Wuji walking in the palace with a knife, they would have been chopped down without any explanation.
"Your Majesty, please discuss how to deal with this matter!"
Wei Zheng clearly said that he should be killed according to the law, but the emperor still gave in. It was obvious that this matter could not be as Wei Zheng said.
The right servant Feng Deyi has been very satisfied with Li Shimin's recent affairs. Even the two prime ministers Fang Xuanling and Gao Shilian get along well with him. They prefer to discuss things with Feng Deyi instead of Xiao Yu, the left servant.
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Feng Deyi was very good at observing people. He usually discussed matters with Xiao Yu in the Shangshu Province. Every time they negotiated the results, when it came time to actually report to the emperor, Xiao Yu reported the results of everyone's discussions to the emperor. The result was
When Li Shimin asked everyone for their opinions, Feng Deyi would always come up with another plan.
This plan was always better than what was agreed upon by Shangshu Province, which made Li Shimin praise Feng Deyi every time, but was a little dissatisfied with Zuo Pu's shooting of Xiao Yu.
Feng Deyi often engaged in this kind of backstabbing behavior, and even got along well with Fang Xuanling, the minister of the Zhongshu, and Gao Shilian, the aide, and deliberately tried to make Zuo Pushe stand out.
Today, when he looked at the emperor's expression, he immediately guessed that the emperor did not want to punish his uncle severely, so he immediately said, "Your Majesty, Wuji accidentally brought a knife into the house. He shall be sentenced to three years in prison and may be fined twenty kilograms of copper."
To make atonement, when I was on duty, the school captain Wuji brought a knife into the palace. He was seriously derelict in his duty and deserved death.
Huaiyu, who was traveling with me, failed to notice it. As an officer of the Imperial Guard, he was also derelict in his duty. He may also be sentenced to three years in prison, or he may be fined twenty kilograms of copper to atone for his sin."
Li Shimin was very satisfied with this decision. Changsun Wuji could avoid death and only be fined a copper for his crime.
However, Wei Zheng did not agree with Feng Deyi's proposal.
"If Your Majesty misses Wuji and cherishes Yu's merits, he will not hand it over to the judicial department to be punished according to the law. If you forgive Zhangsun Wuji in that way, even though it is all about the feelings of the emperor and his ministers, what does it say about the law of the country?
Moreover, according to Feng Pushe’s punishment, Changsun Wuji only fined him a copper, but the school captain who guarded the gate was executed for Wuji’s crime. In terms of fault, both of them were the same, but one lived and the other died, which is completely unreasonable.”
"I request that the law be enforced strictly and the matter be handled in accordance with the law."
"They all deserve to be killed!"
Feng Deyi immediately said, "Your Majesty can pardon the death penalty for the prison captain and fine him a copper as well."
“Is it child’s play to impose national laws?”
Feng Deyi just smiled slightly and asked Wei Zheng directly, "Excuse me, Wei Zuocheng, you said you should kill according to the law, which law is this? I am one of the editors of Wude law and I am very familiar with it. I don't know which law there is.
It fits what you said."
Wei Zheng was right, "This case applies to the sixth of the Ten Deadly Evils, the crime of gross disrespect."
Feng Deyi refused to give in. "The text of the crime of disrespect is very clear. Those who are disrespectful are those who steal objects belonging to the gods, wear imperial clothes in public, steal and forge imperial treasures, and combine medicines with imperial medicines. There is no mistake."
The recipe and the title of the seal are wrong. If the royal meal is made, it violates the prohibition by mistake. If the royal boat is lucky, it is not stable by mistake. It is criticized by the public, and the sentiment is serious, and the seal is defended and envoys, but there is no courtesy from the ministers.
Among the crimes of lese majeste, there are no laws related to bringing a knife into the palace."
Wei Zhengdao: "Analogy applies to this case. Although the Wude Code does not specifically stipulate the prohibition of bringing weapons into the palace by mistake, the conviction and sentencing can be determined by referring to the closest facts in the Code.
There are no correct rules for judging crimes. If the crime should be proven, then the heavy weight should be used to clarify the sutra. If the crime should be convicted, the light should be lifted to clarify the seriousness."
Feng Deyi directly argued that there was no explicit law that could directly convict Changsun Wuji, but Wei Zheng insisted that it was disrespectful to presume based on the circumstances.
The two sides were at loggerheads and refused to give in to each other.
Feng Deyi's eloquence is remarkable. He was born in the Bohai Feng family. His father was the Taibao, the crown prince of the Northern Qi Dynasty. His mother was the Lu family of Fan Yang, a member of the Five Surnames and Seven Family. His wife was Yang Su's niece, the Hongnong Yang family.
When Feng Deyi was in the Sui Dynasty, he was able to impress Yang Su, marry his niece to him, and even promote him along the way. He was really capable.
Wei Zheng talked for a long time, but he didn't get the upper hand at all.
At this time, Xiao Yu proposed that since Changsun Wuji could not be directly convicted of disrespect, Changsun Wuji could be exempted from the death penalty according to the Eight Discussions.
When eight kinds of people commit crimes, ordinary officials have no right to deal with them. They must first report to discuss their crimes, and the emperor decides how to deal with them. These eight kinds of people are relatives, relatives, virtuous, capable, meritorious, noble, diligent, guests, etc.
Each status has strict regulations.
For example, Changsun Wuji is the elder brother of the empress, so he is a relative. He is also the emperor's confidant, so naturally he also belongs to the emperor. At the same time, he should also be considered as a meritorious person who has made great achievements, and is a nobleman with a third-grade official or above. He can even be considered to be wise, capable, and diligent.
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Except for those who have been guests of the state before and after them, seven out of eight discussions can be discussed.
However, the Eight Discussions do not mean that all crimes can be negotiated and forgiven, and the ten heinous crimes cannot be negotiated.
So now as long as you insist that it is not considered disrespectful, you can naturally negotiate. As long as you negotiate, the sentence can be reduced or even fined a copper instead.
Wei Zheng couldn't argue with Feng Deyi. After all, Wu Delu followed the Kaihuang rule, and Feng Deyi was more familiar with both Kaihuang law and Wude law than Wei Zheng.
"Your Majesty, I would like to summon the ministers of Dali Temple and Shaoqing to discuss the crime." Wei Zheng saw this and asked for professionals to participate.
Li Shimin immediately conveyed the order and summoned the ministers of Dali Temple, the Minister of Punishment, and the imperial censor to participate.
Du Yan, the imperial censor, Li Daozong, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, and Dai Zhou, the minister of Dali temple, discussed it, but they did not convict Changsun Wuji of death as Wei Zheng thought.
After all, not everyone is as stupid as Wei Zheng. The emperor could not kill Changsun Wuji just because he brought a knife into the palace by mistake, unless the emperor wanted to kill Wuji.
So after some final discussion, they believed that the analogy Wei Zheng said did not apply to the crime of lese majeste.
Changsun Wuji only made a common mistake, but his crime could be reduced according to the eight-discussion method. In the end, Wuji, the prison captain, and Wu Huaiyu were all spared from death, and each was fined twenty kilograms of copper, stripped of their posts, and returned home to reflect.
As a result, before we even started talking about Pei Ji and Li Yi, Wu Huaiyu had already been dismissed from the post of commander of the army in the Suburban City Prefecture and envoy of Baiqi Zuoying, and retained the title of Guerrilla General and the Marquis of Shouyang County, as well as his role as the Sixth Army Commander.
The product's Sanjie Benpin was dismissed and went home.
After exiting the East Palace, Wu Huaiyu was actually sweating all over.
He was almost inexplicably involved in a crime of lese majeste and was beheaded. No wonder accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger.
Changsun Wuji, who was also invited out of the East Palace, threw the gorgeous knife on the ground. He crossed his hands to Wu Huaiyu and said very sorry, "I have implicated Erlang."
Huaiyu waved his hand, "It was all a momentary negligence, and Mr. Changsun did not do it intentionally. I will go home and reflect on it first, and say goodbye!"
Wu Huaiyu didn't blame Changsun Wuji much, and he didn't mean it, but he really hated Wei Zheng. He didn't care about Gou Ri's kindness at all. If you want to bite Changsun Wuji, bite him. What are you doing with me?
