Chapter 125: Li Shimin's Decision
Li Shimin fell and was helped up by the eunuch. He did not let the imperial doctor see him, so he lay half on the bed in a daze.
Li Zhi handed over Li Tai's last letter, but Li Shimin didn't even look at it. Li Zhi had to put it down and handle the funeral for Li Tai.
I don’t know how long it took, but Li Shimin even opened the last letter Li Tai wrote to him. Li Shimin looked at the familiar font and felt mixed feelings.
Li Tai sincerely admitted his mistakes in his letter and explained to Li Chengqian, explaining that Li Chengqian intended to let him go, but because he was afraid that Changsun Wuji and others would make trouble again, he broke his legs and fabricated materials for rebellion by Changsun Wuji and others. There were other favored princes Li Chengqian who was not satisfied and wanted to deal with it together.
Li Shimin read Li Tai's letter but did not fully write it. He was worried that Li Chengqian was not good to Li Tai, so Li Tai bit Li Chengqian before he died because he could see Li Chengqian's kindness to the people of the world.
However, he was dissatisfied with Li Chengqian's torture Li Tai when Li Tai was dying. He reasonably told Li Shimin that Li Chengqian was right to do this. So after half a day passed, Li Shimin did not issue any orders to denounce Li Chengqian, nor did he make any orders for Li Tai's survivors. He just asked Li Zhi to bury Li Tai according to the ceremony of the Duke of the State.
But Li Shimin felt really uncomfortable, and wanted to find someone to talk to him, and wanted to find someone to persuade him. Li Shimin never talked much to the women in the harem about the matter involving the prince and the crown prince.
So he thought of Changsun Wuji, but he didn't want to speak for a while, so he didn't send anyone to spread him.
So when the little eunuch reported to Changsun Wuji for a visit, he didn't hear anyone else behind him, so he announced that they had come in without hesitation.
Changsun Wuji and others came in and saw Li Shimin half lying on the bed, looking sick. They were secretly shocked. They all knew about Li Tai's death, but except Changsun Wuji, everyone else was thinking about how to solve Li Chengqian's instructions just now and forgot about this.
Although all four of them thought that Li Tai deserved to die, Li Tai was already dead and could not show it in front of Li Shimin, so they saluted Li Shimin one by one, sat down in order.
When Li Shimin saw Changsun Wuji bringing so many people in, he felt a little dissatisfied and said with a dark face: "What's wrong with you seeing me?"
Changsun Wuji was unhappy when he saw Li Shimin. Although he knew it was because of Li Tai, he still asked Xiaoyi: "Look at His Majesty, but he was infected with the cold?"
Li Shimin thought he didn't know that Li Tai was dead, so he saw Su Xun and Cui Dunli sitting behind him, so he didn't say much and just said no. After all, it was a fact that Li Tai rebelled. If he said anything more to the minister because of his death, it would cause another storm in Li Chengqian's ears.
Changsun Wuji knew the reason and said directly: "Your Majesty is not good-looking, I shouldn't have disturbed Your Majesty's rest again, but it's really difficult..."
"I'm fine, tell me!" Li Shimin said with a blank expression.
Changsun Wuji showed a hint of unbearable expression when he heard this, but he firmly took out a memorial and held it in his hands and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty is this memorial approved by His Highness the Crown Prince, please take a look first!" As he said that, he still winked at Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu hurriedly took out the portion he had in his hand, and the eunuch took it and handed it to Li Shimin's desk.
When Li Shimin heard Changsun Wuji's words, he looked at the faces of the four people. He looked back at the two memorials on the desk, and knew in his heart that there must be something wrong with the memorials criticized by Li Chengqian.
A nameless fire quickly filled his chest. The weak moment just now got better. He snorted coldly and picked up Li Chengqian's instructions to issue a clear order to rebuke Quan Wanji. Li Shimin looked at it and snorted and snuggled the memorial to the small table, and said with his beard: "Nothing! It must be that evil son of Li You who begged the prince."
Then he reached out and picked up the memorial of Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan whom Li Chengqian criticized by Li Chengqian to marry the princess. When he saw Li Chengqian's instructions: Send monks and Taoists to the desert, he suddenly became angry. He sat up suddenly and smashed the memorial to the ground with a "bang". He still stood up with his eyebrows and said loudly: "Did he treat national affairs as a joke?"
This time, Li Shimin was really angry. No matter whether Li Chengqian agreed to Xue Yantuo's request or refused Xue Yantuo sternly, Li Shimin would not be angry. However, sending monks and Taoist priests like Li Chengqian to the grassland to preach the elixirs to coach Dan was the most unbearable thing for Li Shimin.
Because there is no precedent to follow in Li Chengqian's treatment method, and there is no factual demand in the current Tang Dynasty. It can be said that all ministers who see it will think that Li Chengqian is joking about national affairs.
Unfortunately, Li Shimin didn't find it funny at all when he saw it, but he felt very ashamed of giving birth to such a nonsense son like him, an emperor with all his talents in civil and military affairs.
Facing the angry Li Shimin, the four ministers stood up at the same time and said, "Your Majesty, calm down!"
"Hmph!" Li Shimin was furious and gasped.
Seeing that Li Shimin was angry, Changsun Wuji and Xiao Yu were both unwilling to do their own business and did not speak. Cui Dunli was accused of this because of him, so he said with a thorn in his mouth: "Your Majesty, don't be angry. This may be the one who started teasing the barbarians for a while."
Li Shimin glared at the sight and said angrily: "How can a national event be played?"
Cui Dunli was so scared that he didn't dare to say anything.
Li Shimin stood up angrily, walked back and forth in the hall twice, and as soon as he stopped, he shouted: "Transfer my order. In the future, the memorials of Pingzhangyuan drafting in the future will be given to me for approval after the prince has read it. The prince shall not criticize the memorials on the memorials."
"Abide by the order!"
Seeing the little eunuch going to the Secretariat to issue an order, Li Shimin calmed down a little and turned around and sat back on the bed.
He said calmly: "The prince regards state affairs as a joke, and he is extremely erratic. He sent an order to punish the prince for studying in the Eastern Palace for a month."
Seeing that the punishment for Li Chengqian was still so light, Changsun Wuji hurriedly reminded Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, you have just punished the prince to study in the Eastern Palace for a month, but it has not finished yet."
"Then add another month."
When Su Xun heard this, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Changsun Wuji felt that the punishment was light, but Su Xun felt that the punishment was too heavy, because it was not a matter of thinking about his mistakes in the East Palace at all, and Li Chengqian's right to criticize the reds was taken back by Li Shimin.
The reason why Changsun Wuji felt that he was lighter was because he did not benefit. You should know that before this, the prime minister directly wrote his opinions on his memorials and the emperor could just criticize him.
Since Li Chengqian set up Pingzhang Court, Li Shimin did not dare to let Li Chengqian have too much power and inserted Changsun Wuji into it, but Li Shimin also transferred all power to Pingzhang Court.
It is obvious that although Li Shimin is extremely angry at this time, he is still a qualified politician and will not let him take advantage of others.
Changsun Wuji glanced at Su Xun and was about to say something else, but Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Okay, stop talking about this, you can talk about Xue Yantuo!"
Changsun Wuji was speechless by Li Shimin, and then he looked calmly and did not speak. Li Shimin turned to look at Cui Dunli, after all, it was Xue Yantuo who was on the mission.
"I will give your Majesty, and Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan promised that if I am willing to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, he will offer 50,000 horses, tens of oxen, tens of camels, and tens of thousands of sheep as a gift to marry my princess of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin nodded and pondered: "Last year, I discussed this matter with Xuanling. The soldiers and horses of all ethnic groups in the northern border must be responded to. At that time, I proposed two plans: one is to destroy Xue Yantuo in one battle, which can ensure peace in the northern border of our Tang Dynasty for 50 years. The other is to marry, which can ensure peace in the northern border of our Tang Dynasty for 30 years.
Xuanling thought that the Tang Dynasty still needed to recuperate now, so he was the best friend to marry him, so he sent you to an envoy. Since Zhenzhu Khan was also sincerely cultivating with me, the Tang Dynasty, let them send someone to send gifts."
"I obey the order!" Cui Dunli heard Li Shimin agree to the marriage, so he quickly stood up and bowed and accepted the order.
After talking about Xue Yantuo's proposal for marriage, Li Shimin turned around and picked up the memorial of Quan Wanji's impeachment of King Li You of Qi to plan to assassinate him.
"Quan Wanji wrote a memorial saying that the King of Qi planned to assassinate him, but the prince thought he had no, and said that Quan Wanji was narrow-minded and narrow-minded, and was not worthy of being a king's army.
What do you think?”
This time, Changsun Wuji said directly without waiting for others to speak: "The prince is far away in Chang'an and does not know about Qizhou. Quan Wanji's temperament is mostly heard from the King of Wu, and he can't count it. However, Yin Hongzhi, who is beside the King of Qi, is indeed a villain. It is hard to say what the King of Qi can do when he is provoked by him."
As the genuine national uncle in the Zhenguan period, Changsun Wuji had long been very careful about the "national uncle" of a wild path like Yin Hongzhi.
Li Shimin nodded after hearing this, deeply agreed and said directly: "Since that is the case, I will send Liu Dewei, the Minister of Justice, to Qizhou to investigate the matter. I want to know what happened to them?"
Chapter completed!