When Li Shimin led a few people to the Prince of Qin's Mansion.
Li Chengqian was sitting in the yard in a daze.
Then I saw Li Shimin coming.
Li Chengqian raised his head slightly and chuckled: "Father is here."
"Um……"
When I met Li Chengqian.
Li Shimin was inevitably a little embarrassed. .??.
After all, the letter made it very clear.
The person those assassins wanted to kill was not Li Shimin at all, but Li Chengqian.
Li Tai wants to murder Li Chengqian.
No matter from which aspect, this is related to the doting given to Li Tai by Li Shimin.
If not, how could he be so bold as to murder his brother?
See Li Shimin's expression.
Li Chengqian waved his hand and said: "Huailiang, bring me here."
Cheng Huailiang should be.
Not long after, he and Chang Sun Chong came over escorting two guys with bruises and swollen faces.
Li Chengqian looked at the people behind Li Shimin and said, "Several uncles must have received the letters."
"These four people are the four who signed the confession in the letter."
"But I have to explain it to you."
"I did not make this confession."
Li Chengqian pointed at the four of them and said, "I only found the four of them outside the door this morning."
"They were the ones who told me all those things."
After looking at the four people, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes.
Then, Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian: "So this means that you understand everything?"
"Um."
Li Chengqian nodded.
"Then how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Li Shimin stared at Li Chengqian without blinking.
Obviously, he was afraid of hearing a certain sentence coming out of Li Chengqian's mouth.
Although he also felt that Li Tai should be punished severely.
But they are close brothers.
So, he is very confused now.
He wanted to know what Li Chengqian was thinking, but he was also afraid of knowing what Li Chengqian was thinking.
But he is like this. How could Li Chengqian take this matter calmly?
He was also very tormented inside.
He didn't want his brothers to turn against each other because of his position as prince.
Although he had known for a long time that Li Tai was responsible for all that, he never said it.
It was only after being forced by Changsun Wuji that he showed some hostility towards Li Tai.
Just like what he said, if Li Tai asks for it.
Not only did he personally persuade Li Shimin to make Li Tai the crown prince, he also secretly planned to make Li Tai the crown prince.
Li Chengqian pursed his lips and looked at Li Shimin for a long time.
He took a deep breath and said, "Qingque and I are close relatives after all."
"I also want to believe that if he had not been tempted by evil people, he would never have done such a stupid thing."
"All of this was done by Cui Maoxun. Qingque was just bewitched by Cui Maoxun."
"I don't blame Qingque. I hope my father doesn't blame him either."
Li Chengqian faced Li Shimin and spoke sincerely.
But after hearing what he said.
For some reason, Li Shimin felt a little disappointed in his heart.
Perhaps, deep down in his heart, he also wanted to deal with the guy who dared to murder his brother...
Li Shimin sighed slightly and said: "In that case, I understand what to do..."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian did not answer, but lowered his body even lower.
…
Vertical sun.
Li Shimin issued a decree in front of many ministers to punish the nine tribes of Cui Maoxun.
I heard what Li Shimin said.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty were shocked.
Killing the nine tribes is no joke.
Looking at the entire history, there are very few people who can be punished by the Nine Tribes.
In historical records, there are only three people named Jing Ke from the Qin Dynasty, and Fang Xiaoru and Jing Qing from the Ming Dynasty.
The former was executed by seven tribes for assassinating the king, and the latter was done by Zhu Di to frighten Jiang.
Nan Shizi killed a chicken to scare the monkeys, and was directly killed by ten tribes.
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, exterminating the Nine Clans was just a casual remark of the emperor.
There is no concept at all.
And if you want to count it.
Nothing more than three categories: father's clan, mother's clan, and wife's clan.
Paternal clan, father's brothers and children of the same generation, married aunts and children, married sisters and children, married daughters and children.
Maternal clan, maternal grandfather’s brothers and children, maternal grandmother’s natal family and children, married aunt and children.
Wife's family, father-in-law's family, brothers and children of the same generation, mother-in-law's natal family and children...
Listed in this way, even if Cui Maoxun is the second son of the second wife, the entire Qinghe Cui family will suffer.
Moreover, Cui’s relationship is complicated.
If we want to kill Cui Maoxun's nine clans, we will not just kill the Cui family of Qinghe.
That would mean uprooting many families.
Wei Zheng and others quickly bowed down.
"Your Majesty, please don't act out of anger."
"Yes, Your Majesty, if this is the case, wouldn't it cause chaos in the world?"
"Your Majesty, if you touch the Cui family, it will definitely offend many aristocratic families. Nowadays, the people are inherently unstable. If trouble occurs at this time, we, the Tang Dynasty, cannot afford the price."
Listen to these words.
Li Shimin just sneered.
"Do you think I'm a fool?"
"Do you think I don't know who caused the chaos and trouble?"
"Don't they just want me to carry out an iron-blooded purge like a coward?"
"In that case, I will comply with their wishes."
Li Shimin pointed at the ministers kneeling on the ground and said, "If you dare to say another word, please accompany them to kill the Nine Tribes."
Hearing this, Wei Zheng kowtowed again and said: "Your Majesty, what you are doing is completely digging your own foundation."
"How can you let your ministers watch you push the entire Tang Dynasty into the abyss due to a moment of anger..."
"A moment of anger?"
Li Shimin smiled and laughed loudly. "You actually think that I am angry for a moment."
Li Shimin, who was smiling one second, was filled with anger the next second.
He pointed at Wei Zheng and roared angrily: "The Cui family now dares to put their hands on my son!"
"Are you still asking me to endure it?"
"Let me ask you, if any of your sons were treated like this, how would you react?"
He didn't speak when he saw everyone.
Li Shimin just laughed and said: "It is absolutely impossible for me to take back my life."
After saying that, he waved his hand and said: "Retreat!"
Li Shimin turned around and walked away, never giving them a chance to speak again.
All the ministers who were more or less related to the Cui family collapsed to the ground.
It’s over…
This time, innocence really collapsed...
Who would have thought that this farce would come from the Li Tang royal family.
How could it end in such a way?
…
When Changsun Wuji and Li Jing came to Cui's house with the emperor's decree.
Everyone in the Cui family felt as if they had been struck by lightning and could not recover for a long time.
The day before, they were still feeling grateful for their sharpness in doing things.
Unexpectedly, the next day, he would directly suffer a disaster.
Cui Xinlao, the head of the Cui family who was nearly fifty years old, made a tearful plea.
"Master Changsun, Master Li, please help me to beg Your Majesty to spare a male from my Cui family."
"If you can keep a male from my Cui family, I will give you whatever you want."
See him like this.
Changsun Wuji just sneered.
If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?
What they did, let alone annihilating the nine tribes, even annihilating the nine tribes twice is not an exaggeration.
After all, those they murdered were their two nephews.
"Master Cui, you must not have forgotten that Qian'er and Tai'er are both my nephews, right?"
Changsun Wuji looked down at Cui Xin with gloomy eyes: "I have to say, you really asked the wrong person."