Chapter 397 Although the king is not the king, the minister must not be the minister.
Chapter 397 Although the king is not the king, the minister must not be the minister.
The New Year is around the corner, urgent news from the border.
Tuyuhun and Minzhou,
The Governor of Minzhou and the Duke of Jiaodong County, Li Daoyan, reported that they had been repulsed.
This incident was announced in the early morning at the Golden Palace, which aroused the surprise of the courtiers.
It's not that I'm scared, but I feel funny.
The envoy of Tuguhun Fuyun Khan was still paying tribute in Beijing, and asked the emperor for marriage and marriage. Tang Dynasty agreed to the marriage, but offered 50,000 horses, 100,000 sheep, 10,000 oxen, and 10,000 camels, which were sent to Lanzhou for inspection.
condition.
Unexpectedly, after the envoy reported the conditions urgently to Qinghai, Fu Yun actually made this move.
This was an attempt to force Tang Dynasty to make a marriage by force. Unfortunately, Fu Yun was not strong enough and was repulsed as soon as he sent out troops. Even the person who repelled him was not a famous general. Li Daoyan was the eldest son of Huai'an King Li Shentong, a young clan member who had no reputation before.
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Li Daoyan was quite pragmatic and did not brag about his achievements when reporting to the court. In fact, only ten thousand Tuyuhun invaded this time, and they only retreated after a small battle, with only a hundred of the capital beheaded.
The leader of Tuyuhun's army was the youngest son of Fuyun Khan, Zunwang. He had come to Beijing to ask for marriage before, but this time he personally led his troops to Kou Minzhou. He shouted to Li Daoyan below the city that if the Tang Dynasty did not grant the princess a marriage, he would lead his troops to Chang'an.
To pick.
Li Shimin laughed after hearing this.
"Li Junxian, the governor of Guangping County in Tongzhou, moved to General Youxiaowei and became the governor of Lanzhou.
The governor of Kuozhou was Jiuji Luosheng, the governor of Weizhou Wang Tiefo and other Longyou states cooperated with Li Daoyan and Li Junxian to control the border."
Not many people paid much attention to the Tuyuhun people. If it weren't for the upcoming New Year celebrations, Li Shimin would have been prepared to issue an edict to gather troops to destroy Tuyuhun and capture Fu Yun alive in Chang'an.
There is no need to send high-ranking generals. It is enough to have Li Junxian to assist Li Daoyan, and then Liangzhou Governor Yu Wenshi and others to support him.
Any more reactions are due to Datang's lack of confidence.
Dare you show your teeth to the Tang Dynasty and force you into marriage?
Everyone just thinks he is a joke.
After all, in the ninth year of Wude, when the Turks invaded, at the most critical moment, Jieli specially sent an envoy to invite his biological mother's family, Tuyuhun, to send troops to the Tang Dynasty. Fu Yun had completely forgotten that he had married his clan daughter to Rangan, the young Khan of Tuli.
, as a result, the Sui Dynasty wanted to marry the princess to him, but the prerequisite was that he had to divorce his Tuyuhun wife first.
It was Tuli who asked Tuyuhun to marry the princess, and it was Tuli who later divorced Tuguhun's wife. Tuli did not regard Tuyuhun as a human being at all.
Jieli wanted to attack the Tang Dynasty, but he thought of his mother's family, and Fu Yun shamelessly agreed to send troops. But even if the Turks Yu She set up and Sha Bolu set up two, hundreds of thousands of troops invaded from the west of Hexi, and Tuyuhun followed.
After sending out troops, Chai Shao still defeated him and left him without armor. In the end, he had to pay tribute and ask for surrender.
It has only been a little over a year now, and now that the scar has healed and I have forgotten the pain, I want to try it again, can I do it?
Zuosi Langzhongdi Huaidao came out to ask for the performance.
"If you are talking about Tuyuhun, there is no need to open your mouth," Li Shimin said, stroking his beard.
"Your Majesty, I want to impeach the governor of Chenzhou. The founder of Changshe County, Pei Qiantong, killed his old master, which was unkind and unjust. Later, Yu Wenhuaji was defeated, and Pei Qiantong defected to the Tang Dynasty. Good morning to the world, the Supreme Emperor.
He was given the title of General Manager of Xuzhou and was treated well. However, Pei Qantong had always been arrogant. Now that he was appointed as the governor of Chenzhou and granted the title of Changshe County Man, he felt that his official position was low and his title was low. He told people everywhere that he would personally get rid of the Sui Dynasty.
He opened up the Tang Dynasty, but the imperial court failed to fulfill his achievements, and there was quite a feeling of resentment and forgetfulness towards the imperial court."
"I beg your Majesty to punish these unkind and resentful regicide ministers!"
Di Huaidao's impeachment was unexpected.
No one expected that at this time, someone would suddenly want to liquidate Pei Qantong, who killed Yang Guang, and it would be Di Huaidao who came to impeach him.
Some people who know the past of Di Huai Dao think this is normal.
Zuo Si Langzhong is a newly established official position not long ago. He is the second deputy of Shangshu Zuo Cheng. He is the fifth rank and is a relatively powerful position. Before that, Di Huaidao was a member of the Ministry of Justice, Wai Lang. When he was in the Sui Dynasty, he was originally the official.
It was just a minor official in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. Yang Guang wanted to patrol Jiangdu, and all the officials were invited to go. At that time, only Di Huaidao could not speak alone and fought to the death to remonstrate.
Even Du Yan was deeply impressed, and later recommended Di Huai Dao to the court several times.
During the Jiangdu Incident, Di Huaidao and many other officials also suffered great disasters and suffered a lot of displacement. He always held grudges against Yu Wenhuaji and other rebellious officials and traitors.
When Pei Qiantong surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he led his troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Yu Wenhuaji led his army to fight northward with Dou Jiande. Pei Qantong led a small group of Xiaoguo to guard the key areas of Xuzhou. When Yu Wenhuaji was defeated, he led the Xuzhou and Hebing troops.
When he was about to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan wanted to win over people's hearts and conquer the world early. He did not care about his regicide and appointed him as the general manager of Xuzhou.
But how can one really trust this regicide, so as the world was unified, his official position became smaller and smaller. From the important position of the general manager of Xuzhou, he was transferred to the remote Chenzhou of Hunan as the governor.
The only title he has is a man from Changshe County who has a false title.
Pei Qantong was very unconvinced, especially since most of the people who had committed regicide together had fared better than him. For example, Tang Fengyi was now the governor of Suzhou, Xue Shiliang was also the governor of Jiangzhou, and Niu Fangyu was also the governor of Laizhou. They were all important people in the mainland.
place.
Li Shimin was silent for a while.
"Let's discuss this, gentlemen."
Wei Zheng was the first to go out and ask for the report, "Your Majesty, pardon is a blessing for a villain, but a misfortune for a gentleman. Two amnesties in a year will make good people speechless, and raising evil grass will harm good millet."
It is harmful, and pardoning criminals will bring disaster to kind-hearted people. Please understand clearly and deal with it fairly."
Qin Qiong, who usually seldom spoke, also took the initiative to stand up, "Your Majesty, Pei Qantong, Tang Fengyi, Niu Fangyu, Xue Liang, Yuan Li, etc., in the last years of the great cause, Xian Ju was appointed, or they were friends for a generation, and they held heavy responsibilities for a while, but they harbored evil.
"You, without thinking of loyalty, were in love with each other in Jiangdu, and committed regicide. Although it happened in the previous generation, the evil in the world has been abandoned in ancient and modern times. It is appropriate to set up a heavy code to encourage the officials to be disciplined."
Qin Qiong's attitude inevitably makes people feel a bit revengeful.
At that time, Qin Qiong started his career as the general of Duke Rongguo of the Sui Dynasty. Although he was just a personal guard of Lainuer, later his mother died of illness. Lainuer even sent his own son to express his condolences on his behalf.
After that, Qin Qiong kept her filial piety at home and never came back to work under Lai Huer, but Qin Qiong was very grateful to Lai Huer.
During the Jiangdu Incident, Lai Huer and his ten sons who were loyal to Sui Yang were killed by Yu Wenhua, Sima Dekan, Pei Qantong, Tang Fengyi and others. Only the two youngest sons Lai Jilaiheng in their hometown escaped this disaster.
Qin Qiong has always been worried about this matter. When he was in Wagang, when he heard about it, he set up an altar to worship his benefactor and vowed to make peace for them. Later, when Yu Wenhua and went north, Qin Qiong also immediately led the army with his brother Luo Shixin and others.
Block and attack Yu Wenhuaji.
Yu Wenhuaji turned north to Hebei and was eventually killed by Dou Jiande. Most of his troops joined Wang Shichong or Li Yuan.
The wall fell down and everyone pushed it,
Many people would do something like beat up a drowned dog.
Especially when someone impeaches Pei Qiantong at this time, it is even more of a signal.
Smart people have realized that this is the emperor's plan to purge those rebellious ministers who committed regicide. The Emperor's acceptance of them was a plan of the Quan family to settle the world early. Now that the empire has been settled, it is natural to liquidate these disloyal and unjust ministers.
Xiao Yu, the imperial censor, also stood up. He hated those people even more. He was the younger brother of Empress Yang Guang.
"Your Majesty, Pei Qiantong has been a guard of the Sui Emperor's Palace since he was thirteen years old. Later he became a close confidant, commanded the guards of the Jin Palace, and participated in the plot to fight for the heir. After Emperor Yang ascended the throne, he was also promoted to a general official. During the siege of Yanmen
, I also actively worked hard to help the king, and I was considered loyal and meritorious at the beginning."
The so-called merit is no more than support. The Savior and Pei Qiantong have both.
But the worst crime is treason, and he did it.
Seeing that the Sui Dynasty was in turmoil, he and Sima Dekan were both commanders of the forbidden army Xiaoguo, but he began to plan to escape Jiangdu.
Dou Xian escaped and was captured and executed by Zhonglang.
His death forced those who wanted to escape to join forces secretly to prepare for regicide and rebellion, and let them go. Eventually, led by Yu Wenji, they launched a mutiny in Jiangdu, killed Yang Guang, and then returned north.
Yang Guang treated Pei Qantong very well, but he eventually betrayed him.
If Pei Qantong had kept a low profile, perhaps the liquidation would not have come so early. But if he killed the old master and now resents the new master, then he is seeking his own death.
Di Huaidao took the lead in attacking, and many ministers followed closely, all trying to beat up the drowned dog.
After a while, there was only one voice left in the court, calling for execution of these disloyal and unjust regicides.
Even if Yu Wenji, Yu Wen Zhiji, Sima Dekan and others are dead, they cannot be let go. Their descendants should also be imprisoned and not allowed to be employed.
A list was quickly drawn up.
They are all those regicides in the Jiangdu Incident, Yu Wenhuaji, Yuwen Zhiji, Sima Dekan, Pei Qantong, Meng Jing, Yuanli, Yang Lan, Tang Fengyi, Niu Fangyu, Yuanmin, Xue Liang, Ma Ju, Yuanwu
Thirty-six people including Da, Li Xiaoben, Li Xiaozhi, Zhang Kai, Xu Hongren, Linghu Xingda, Xi Defang, and Li Fu.
Wu Huaiyu kept watching quietly.
Today's scene must have been planned secretly. Di Huaidao took the lead, followed by Zhang Liang, and Xiao Yu and others helped.
Wei Zheng may not have participated in the pre-planning, but with his temper, he would definitely step on something like this.
As for Qin Qiong, she probably didn’t know anything about it beforehand.
There is a high probability that this matter was originally planned by Du Yan, but he died of illness before he could start it. After all, everyone knew that Di Huaidao was his person.
Of course, it is also possible that Zhang Liang, the commander of the Six Gates, initiated it. If it was him, it must have been under a secret order.
If you don't do it sooner or later, if you do it at this time, there is a high probability that it will be the same as now that Li Shimin has firmly taken the throne, so he has begun to eliminate some cancers.
Why start with Pei Qiantong?
First of all, this guy doesn't know how to live or die. He goes around saying that he destroyed the Sui Dynasty, started the Tang Dynasty, and made great contributions to the dynasty. Then he thinks that the official title given by the court is low. There is a real reason for this. Moreover, those three
Among the people on the list of sixteen who are still alive, Pei Qiantong, although his official rank is low now, was the main leader when he killed the king.
Pull him out first to determine his nature, and then there will naturally be a benchmark for what follows.
There was a person in the palace shivering.
That is the elder brother of Yu Wen Zhaoyi, the harem of the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan. He was the eldest son-in-law of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. Yu Wenhua, the regicide, and his younger brother Yu Wenshi are here. This former prime minister of the Tang Dynasty has just been recalled from the post of governor of Puzhou.
The governor of Liangzhou also added General Zuowei. He did not expect that the matter would be discussed suddenly in the palace today.
Although everyone tacitly agreed not to add Yu Wenshiji's name to the list, but at this time, life and death were just a matter of thought.
thump.
Yu Wenshiji knelt on the ground in front of the emperor and began to plead guilty.
Then please resign from all positions.
Li Shimin looked down at Yuwen Shiji for a long time.
Yuwenshi and Shuanggu were fighting, and their backs were all wet. The life and death of the Poyotou family now all depended on the emperor's thoughts.
At this time, Prime Minister Wang Gui stood up.
"Your Majesty, I believe that although Pei Qintong and others killed their old masters, they have already taken the initiative to join the Tang Dynasty and contributed to the stability of the world. They have not made any big mistakes now. Kill them.
It’s not appropriate to drop it. Please think again, Your Majesty.”
He reminded the emperor that killing them now would inevitably lead to the suspicion of burning bridges, and would easily cause panic among the old officials of the Sui Dynasty, such as the trembling former prime minister Yu Wenshiji who was kneeling in the palace now.
When Pei Qantong and others defected to the Tang Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor issued an edict specifically saying that they had meritorious service in killing the faint emperor Yang Guang, but now they say they are guilty. Isn't this contradictory?
And if you go after those who killed Yang Guang today, will you go after the men who killed Jiancheng Yuanji again tomorrow?
Li Shimin stood in the hall with his back on his back.
After a long time, he said to the ministers, "Although the king is not the king, the ministers cannot be disobedient."
"Pei Qintong was one of Emperor Yang's former ministers, but he himself was the leader of chaos. I respect honor and righteousness, so how can I still order the people to be punished and teach customs?"
"The heaven and earth are positioned, the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers is manifested, the humble and the high are established, and the Tao of human relations is written by Si. It is the sincere and thick customs that transform the world. Although chaos has been restored in the past, the Lord may be dim, the wind is strong, the grass is fragrant, and the fragrance is endless.
Cutting open the heart and burning the body, going to dance feels like returning home.
Don't you love a body of seven feet and a life that lasts for a hundred years? Since the ruler and his ministers have great righteousness and are respected by the people, they can understand the important events at the time and establish the breeze behind them.
How can the evil in the world be tolerated?
It is appropriate for the Yi clan to burn their heads to show off the massacre. However, times have changed, and pardons have been issued, so the punishment can be given lightly."
After hearing this, Wu Huaiyu couldn't help but say to Li Shimin a double standard, a real double standard.
The old Li family were also officials of the Sui Dynasty and were relatives. When they rebelled, they called old boy Yang Guang useless. All kinds of rebellions were justified and very righteous. They could even praise the regicides such as Pei Qiantong and others as righteous men who eradicated the foolish emperor.
But now I’m starting to talk about how even though the king is not the king, the minister must not be the minister.
How can heaven and earth be positioned so that the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers can be manifested?
Even if you sit on this dragon's throne, no one can be unfaithful or unjust to you, whether you are unconscious or aware.
Isn't this pure double standards?
But whoever sits in that position has the same virtue, so there’s nothing much to say about it.
But when Wang Gui stood up and remonstrated, Li Shimin was able to put the brakes on the situation, which surprised him. Or maybe Li Shimin didn't intend to clean them all in one go this time.
The emperor said that he would be given a lenient sentence and let the ministers discuss the decision.
So Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui took action.
It is recommended that Pei Qiantong be demoted from his official position and seize the title, and that he be expelled from the country and serve as a citizen, and return home to reflect. The others should be demoted and demoted. The deceased Yu Wenhua and others, who have children who have been hired, should be re-examined. If they are not talented and virtuous, they should be re-examined.
Clear out.
This treatment can be said to be very light.
No one was killed.
After all, more than half of the thirty-six people on the list are still alive.
There are not only governors, but also governors, and the official titles are actually not low.
For example, Tang Fengyi, the governor of Suzhou, was originally a general of the Xiaoguo Forbidden Army. Now he is the governor of Suzhou. The final punishment proposed was to be demoted to the position of governor of Guangzhou.
This Tang Fengyi Huaiyu was familiar with, the head of the Tang family, one of the six wealthy families in Lingzhou, and the half-brother of Kunlun slave Tang Fengxiao. Wu Huaiyu even took Tang Liuniang as a concubine in Lingzhou, and Tang Liuniang was Tang Fengyi's legitimate daughter.
For a group of regicides, the governor demoted the governor or Sima, and the governor demoted the governor or Sima. They were transferred from important states to the hinterland or Lingnan.
Huaiyu tasted it carefully.
Well, after this lenient treatment, many important positions have been vacated and some hidden dangers have been resolved. It must be said that the emperor's methods are powerful.
He made a sudden attack with violent thunder and purple lightning. In the end, there was only thunder but no rain. However, he succeeded in moving those regicides who were not his confidants and were disloyal and unjust away from these more important positions.
When masters compete with each other, they will be killed with each move.
Huaiyu fell to the ground in admiration.
Of course, he also believed that although Pei Qantong, Tang Fengyi and the others escaped today, they would be liquidated again sooner or later. Next time, they would definitely fight to the death.
