Chapter 4988: Opening the door a bit
Li Chengqian woke up early in the morning, washed himself and put on a set of regular clothes. He sat in the side hall and had breakfast. While listening to Li Junxian's report, he was slightly surprised: "Last night at midnight, King Jin and Fang Jun left the city together to go to Zhaoling." ?”
"Yes, after the two arrived at Zhaoling, they drank with His Highness the King of Wei all night long. The King of Wei and the King of Jin were very drunk. The Duke of Yue asked his servants to boil hot water for a bath, and he had not yet returned to the city."
Li Chengqian swallowed his porridge: "What did you talk about?"
"The three of them were drinking in the side hall and drove all the servants away. No one knew what they were talking about. However, His Highness King Wei was very surprised when he saw King Jin coming. He held King Jin's hand and the two of them laughed. I cried a lot..."
Naturally, Li Junxian did not dare to say anything. He expressed the mood and state of King Wei and King Jin in such a subtle way. As for what to understand from it, it is up to His Majesty himself.
"Oh, Qingque thought that the pheasant slave would die mysteriously when he was imprisoned, so he was so surprised to see the pheasant slave?"
Putting down the bowl and chopsticks, wiping the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, Li Chengqian stood up and walked out of the side hall to the imperial study.
Li Junxian followed suit and saw His Majesty casually sitting on the mat in front of the window. He replied, "I don't dare to speculate on King Wei's intentions."
Li Chengqian took the tea delivered by the chamberlain, took a sip, and asked: "Yesterday, I gave many people the mission of 'Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhangshi'. How did the Duke of Yue react after hearing this? Who did he meet and what did he say? What words?”
"I only discussed it with Cui Dunli and Liu Rengui for half an hour at the Ministry of War. I don't know what they were talking about. Then I went home. In the evening, I sent someone to make an appointment with King Jin to go to Furong Garden. He was accompanied by His Highnesses Gao Yang and Jin Yang. After that, we went directly to the Furong Garden. I left the city to visit the King of Wei in Zhaoling... I didn’t see anything different from before.”
In my heart, I don’t take His Majesty’s caution seriously. Who is Fang Jun? Even if you are dissatisfied in your heart, how can you express it in your words and deeds? Even if something is expressed, it must be intentional, and it is impossible for it to be his original intention.
"King Wei is leaving for Luoyang today?"
"Yes, they have probably already set off at this moment. The King of Jin and the Duke of Yue will probably accompany them, and they will go their separate ways in Chang'an."
"Send some good men to secretly protect the safety of King Wei, don't be careless," Li Chengqian ordered, and then warned: "The King of Jin must also ensure that everything is done, and the King of Qi... must not make any mistakes."
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He had no intention of harming his brothers, but because of this, the safety of the princes had become a shackle for him. Once any of the brothers had an accident, the outside world would pin this crime on him, which troubled him endlessly.
Wang De appeared at the door and said softly: "Your Majesty, Qing Zong, the Imperial Censor, the Minister of Punishment, and the Minister of Dali Temple are here to see you together."
Li Chengqian said: "Let them come in."
He also told Li Junxian: "The safety of all the princes is the top priority. You must be careful to avoid any accidents."
"The last general's decree."
"Well, let's go do some work."
"Well, I'm finally going to retire."
Li Junxian bowed and then resigned.
Li Chengqian drank tea and nodded slightly. Li Junxian is calm, humble, thoughtful, loyal to the royal family, and has no dissatisfaction. He is really a good hand in handling secret affairs. Therefore, even though he knows that Li Junxian's ambition is to lead troops into battle and guard the border, he still cannot I have to keep it in the ban and rely on it quite heavily.
It’s not that I don’t want to help Li Junxian, it’s just that I can’t find anyone to replace him, so I can only treat him a few years...
Li Yuanjia, Liu Xiangdao, Dai Zhou, and Han Ai arrived hand in hand. After saluting, Li Chengqian signaled that there was no need to be formal, and asked a few people to sit next to him, and asked the waiter to serve tea.
The emperor and his ministers sat on their knees on the ground respectively, and the atmosphere was very harmonious and casual.
Li Chengqian had thought about the relationship between himself and his ministers. In the past, he felt that his prestige was not enough to intimidate the ministers, so he deliberately distanced himself from his ministers, hoping to deepen their awe, but the effect was not good.
So he has recently changed, doing the opposite, being more tolerant, showing kindness, and replacing it with gentleness and generosity...
"What is the situation of the 'Zhaoling Case'?"
Li Chengqian knew the original intention of these people and asked straight to the point.
The four people put down their teacups and looked at each other. Li Yuanjia spoke up: "Your Majesty, the Zhaoling case has gone through preliminary interrogation and the facts of the case have been basically found out. Most of the people involved are descendants of the clan, and the money and silk involved is probably in the millions. Fortunately, these people still have some sense of awe, and they only tamper with the palaces, cloisters and other buildings above the mausoleum, and the Xuan Palace under the seal is in compliance with regulations. "
Liu Xiangdao added on the side: "Yan Lide has been recalled from Luoyang. I understand that when the Xuan Palace was completed under the seal, Zeng Zhi's inspection was extremely strict and there were no mistakes. However, after the Xuan Palace was completed, he was transferred back to the Ministry of Works. On the ground Although the palace and verandahs were also designed by Yan Lide, they were not presided over by him. They were jointly built by Zongzheng Temple, Taichang Temple, and the Ministry of Industry, which gave those corrupt people an opportunity to take advantage of them. ”
Emperor Taizong ignored Empress Wende's last words of "a sparse burial" and carried out a large-scale construction project. The "Zhao Mausoleum" project was extremely huge. Not only was the Yuan Palace carved out of stone, but it was also surrounded by walls. There were houses and palaces on the mausoleum mountain that stretched for dozens of years. Inside, it is magnificent and spectacular.
Li Chengqian's eyes passed over the faces of several ministers one by one, and he asked in a deep voice: "Is this really true?"
The "Zhaoling" case has far-reaching implications, and even the court officials are involved. In order to protect their own interests and maintain the stability of the court, it is possible for the ministers to excuse those corrupt thieves.
Several people hurriedly stood up and bowed to the ground: "Your Majesty, you know clearly that we were all ministers of Taizong. We are filled with grief and anger over this desecration of Taizong's mausoleum. We wish we could cut the people involved in the case into pieces. How dare we conceal the truth and deceive Your Majesty?" ?”
"When Yan Lide presided over the construction of Yuan Palace, the laws and regulations were strict and strict, and there was no possibility for outsiders to reach out. When the above-ground palaces, verandahs, gates and other buildings were built, the precautions were relaxed, which gave thieves an opportunity to take advantage of it. .”
Li Chengqian nodded slightly and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Zhaoling" is the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong and Empress Wende. Its building materials were shoddy and its construction was perfunctory. This is a major crime. However, there is an essential difference between the Yuan Palace and the surface buildings. For example, if the Yuan Palace is Encountering insufficient quality of building materials and perfunctory construction, it is now necessary to open up the Yuan Palace and inspect the underground buildings one by one. It is absolutely unacceptable to offend the gods of Emperor Taizong and Empress Wende in this way.
But if it is not rebuilt now, the Yuan Palace collapses and the mausoleum is shaken in the future, the country and the country will suffer unspeakable disasters...
Now it's just the surface construction that has problems, and the consequences are naturally much lighter.
"So, can you Sanfa Si and Zongzheng Temple work out how to deal with it?"
Liu Xiangdao, Dai Zhou, and Han Ai all looked at Li Yuanjia.
Li Yuanjia had no choice but to say cautiously: "The nature of this case is bad, but it is not without opportunities for redress. It may be possible to receive a lighter punishment, with education and warning as the main focus, and fines as a supplement, so as to minimize the impact."
Li Chengqian understood what he meant. Li Shenfu and his ilk launched a mutiny, involving dozens of members of the clan, and many of the bloodline of Emperor Taizu were even exterminated. If the "Zhaoling Case" were to be severely punished, the clan would be wiped out from now on. null.
No matter what, the clan is the most stable cornerstone of imperial power. No matter how many mistakes were made, the Tang Dynasty was still in the hands of the Li Tang royal family.
If the royal family collapses and lingers, the imperial power will be in danger.
What's more, now that the military is becoming more and more powerful, the imperial power is already in danger. If there is no more help from the clan...
"For the sake of the overall situation, I can be lenient, but I must give these clans a profound lesson, so that they will suffer and regret it. The other merchants involved in this case will all show their heads to the public, follow strict discipline, confiscate their family properties, and send their descendants into the army. Severe punishment will not be given! ”
"Here!"
Your Majesty did not mention titles or official positions, that is, stop here, do not shake the foundation of these people, so that they can still help your Majesty, but "pain and regret" means severe punishment.
These clans may not be able to keep the money and silk they have collected from their ancestors or after the founding of the country...
But compared with the title of life, it is indeed a bit open.
Li Chengqian's face was livid, he waved his hands, and the others quickly bowed and left, going to do their own business.
……
In the Imperial Study Room, Li Chengqian was smoldering and couldn't get angry, and he was very irritable.
"Your Majesty, the Queen is here."
"Well, let her in."
"Here."
Wearing a jingle ring, Empress Su wears a crimson palace skirt, which makes her skin as white as jade. Her hair is covered with pearls and her hair is in a tall bun. She has a graceful figure and slender waist. When she walks beside her, she looks like a blue orchid and a musk deer. The faint fragrance came faintly, elegant but not strong, just like the queen's gentle and gentle personality.
It stands to reason that the empress's heavenly beauty, cymbidium and orchid quality are better than those of the concubines and countless talented people in the palace, but Li Chengqian felt uncomfortable all over.
At that time, Li Sixian went to the Taiyuan Hospital to seek medicine and added a highly toxic substance to it. Li Chengqian used the trick to mislead Li Shenfu and others into thinking that Li Chengqian had been poisoned and launched a mutiny impatiently. This was indeed a good strategy to eliminate hidden dangers.
But ultimately, it was because Li Chengqian was too tired to lift and was unable to lift firmly, which made Li Sixun unsuspectingly enter the trap...
His wife is beautiful, fragrant and beautiful, and she is in her prime of life. However, his abilities are declining and he has to seek help from medicine. How can he not be embarrassed and guilty?
"The steward said that His Majesty only used a small amount of breakfast and was in a hurry to deal with the affairs of the court, so I personally stewed a cup of bird's nest to replenish His Majesty's energy and blood."
Su has a delicate figure, a soft voice, and a flawless profile. She gently places a cup of bird's nest on the coffee table on one side.
Li Chengqian frowned slightly, feeling dissatisfied when he heard the word "bu". Could it be that the queen was dissatisfied with his weakness in bed, and resented him for not being able to have sex for a long time, so she hinted at this?
Li Chengqian prides himself on not being a petty person, but as a man who is unable to do what he wants in bed, he inevitably feels guilty and has to think more...