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Chapter 473 Zhangsun Wuji's Trick

"Digging the ancestral tomb of the Lu family in Fanyang?"

Li Shimin immediately stood up after hearing this, looked at Chang He's eyes staring like two Lingnan lychees, and confirmed: "Did you dig the grave of Lu Chengsi and his family, or the ancestral tomb of the entire Lu family in Fanyang?"

At this time, Li Shimin followed the dozens of ministers who had been sent from the Secretariat of the Secretariat. He was shocked to hear this, wanting to know how many ancestral tombs Li Chengqian had dug up the Lu family in Fanyang?

If only the ancestral tombs of Lu Chengsi's previous generations were dug, it can be said that Lu Chengsi was a serious crime of rebellion, and he would be dug. But if all the ancestral tombs of the Lu family in Fanyang over the past few hundred years were dug, the gentry of the world would definitely jointly put pressure on the court.

Chang He saw everyone looking at him with a little nervousness, and a ugly smile appeared on his face and said, "I just stood and listened for a while, saying that the people of Fanyang dug up several ancestral tombs of the Lu family in Fanyang."

"Nothing!"

Li Shimin was shocked and angry when he heard this. What was shocked was that Li Chengqian was so bold that he had been digging the ancestral graves that had been around for hundreds of years in order to make a momentary force. What was angry was that such a big thing happened, and Li Chengqian didn't even vent his anger in advance.

Li Shimin and the civil and military ministers were both moving forward and retreating for a while. After a while, he said to Ma Zhou with a serious expression: "Ma Qing, go and ask me on my behalf, and comfort them first."

After saying that, he walked up the Chengtian Gate Tower with a little powerless pace.

Li Shimin repelled all the etiquette and led a group of civil and military ministers to the Chengtian Gate Tower quietly. The people below did not find Li Shimin and his group.

Li Shimin stood on the city tower and looked down, and saw hundreds of people in front of Chengtian Gate.

Most of these people were officials, students from several gentry families in Hebei Province, as well as their nephews. At this time, they were scolding Xu Jingzong to Ma Zhou in anger, and saying that Xu Jingzong ordered their ancestral graves to dig.

While these people asked the court to severely punish Xu Jingzong and others, they also requested an order to posthumously enfeoff their ancestors of all generations.

They were very loud and their words were very ruthless. Although they did not explicitly say that the digging of graves was the commander behind Li Chengqian, they were always talking to him that the Crown Prince had such a dog, and all subjects in the world would think that the Crown Prince was unkind.

The more Li Shimin heard on the city tower, the ugly his face became. The undulating amplitude of his chest was getting bigger and faster. Finally, he shook his sleeves and turned around and walked into the hall behind him.

As soon as he walked into the city tower, he knew that the people below could not see him, he shouted:

"It's just nonsense...

What to do to dig someone’s ancestral graves?

What do all the subjects in the world think of you when they know?

Are the gentry in the world willing to assist you again?"

The ministers who followed knew that Li Shimin was scolding Li Chengqian, and they all watched quietly without any expression on their faces, neither advising Li Shimin nor defending Li Chengqian. This also shows that they were dissatisfied with Li Chengqian's move.

There was a loud "bang" sound,

The more Li Shimin spoke, he became more and more angry, and he raised his foot and kicked the bronze tripod placed in the middle of the hall down.

Seeing this, the civil and military ministers bowed and said, "Please calm down your anger!"

"Hmph, what's the use of relieving my anger? I might as well be angry to death earlier, so as not to watch that evil son make trouble for the court all day long." Li Shimin shouted loudly with red eyes.

This is why Li Chengqian is not here. If Li Chengqian is in front of him, Li Shimin would definitely beat him up first.

"Your Majesty calm down. Your Majesty has to make up for the mistakes made by His Royal Highness."

This sentence seemed to be persuading Li Shimin, but in fact it was a definite character for Li Chengqian.

Li Shimin turned around when he heard the voice and saw Changsun Wuji and a group of officials from the Shangshu Province who were working in the imperial city walked in. It was Changsun Wuji who spoke.

Li Shimin saw Changsun Wuji as if he saw his relatives, and he didn't care about what Changsun Wuji should have thought about his mistakes at home, and did not care about what Changsun Wuji said. He stretched out his hand and said, "Wuji, you are here!"

Seeing this, Changsun Wuji hurriedly walked to Li Shimin, helped Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty sit down first."

Li Shimin was helped by Changsun Wuji and sat down. He turned his head to see Changchi Sun Wuji. He cried and said, "Wuji! Do you know that the queen left early, leaving these children for me, which really made me worry..."

Princess Changle died new, Princess Jinyang was sick again, Li Chengqian and Li Zhi were not in Chang'an, and Li Shimin was in a very depressed mood during this period.

Now Li Chengqian is in trouble for digging other people's ancestral graves, which really makes Li Shimin feel powerless.

Li Shimin cried while telling Changsun Wuji about his misfortunes, such as losing his wife in middle age and losing his son in old age. Now his daughter is leaving him first, Chengqian is ignorant...

The civil and military ministers in the hall all followed him to wipe their tears.

"I started to lead the administration at the age of sixteen. It is considered to be a minor contribution to the Tang Dynasty. Even if I have some mistakes, I can punish me alone. Why should I bring disaster to my children?...Even if Chengqian is arrogant, he loves the people and everyone knows how to do such a panic?"

In the end, Li Shimin unconsciously defended Li Chengqian.

Some ministers below could hear a different taste as they listened. Li Shimin did not hesitate to pretend to be miserable in front of the ministers and exposed his scars, in order to let the ministers help Li Chengqian speak.

For Li Shimin and others, digging the ancestral tombs of the gentry is a serious problem. If Li Chengqian is not good enough, he will lose the hearts of the gentry in the world. If Li Chengqian is just an ordinary prince, it would be fine, but Li Shimin only needs to punish him severely.

However, Li Chengqian was the person who would inherit the country and country of the Tang Dynasty in the future. If he lost the hearts of the gentry in the world, it would be disastrous for Li Chengqian and the Tang Dynasty.

It is not very useful to solve such a problem. The court issued an order. It can only rely on the ministers and wise men in some places to speak for Li Chengqian. These people's good words about Li Chengqian may be accepted by the gentry all over the world, which is also the reason why all dynasties respect the wise men.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Crown Prince did not submit a memorial to the court for digging the ancestral tomb of the Lu family in Fanyang. I think it may not have been ordered by Your Highness, Your Highness, to digging the tomb.

The people in Youyan are so fierce that the Lu family of Fanyang committed numerous crimes there. The people were angry and digging their ancestral graves, which is not new." Cheng Mingzhen, the Minister of Revenue, took advantage of the break of Li Shimin's crying and stood up to defend Li Chengqian.

When Li Shimin heard this, he was about to speak, Cui Dunli stood up and said seriously: "Shangshu Cheng said this. The people of Youyan have always been strong, but they are not strong today. If the Lu family in Fanyang had been thieves of the remnants of the people in all dynasties, they would have been destroyed by the people long ago."

Cui Dunli really has no choice but to stand up. If Cheng Mingzhen's statement is true, then the ancestral tomb of Cui's family in Boling should have been dug in a few days.

He can ignore the lives of the Cui clans living in Boling, but he cannot ignore the ancestral tomb.

"Your Majesty, this time the geniuses of Hebei Dao rebelled against the Fanyang Lu family was the mastermind. They almost injured His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness was always the people's hearts, and it was understandable that the people hated the Fanyang Lu family to dig their ancestral tombs." Li Daozong, the Minister of Rites, walked out and said.

Li Daozong's statement is different from Cheng Mingzhen's statement. Cheng Mingzhen said that the gentry bullies the people and is retaliated by the people, which has nothing to do with Li Chengqian.

Li Daozong said that it was because the Lu family in Fanyang plotted to rebel and was retaliated by the people who loved Li Chengqian, but other prisoners might not be dug up the graves easily.

Li Shimin sat there without saying anything, thinking in his mind which of these two statements was more beneficial to Li Chengqian.

But Changsun Wuji said, "What Li Shangshu said is inappropriate. His Highness, the mastermind of the rebellion, ordered the dig of his father and ancestors' tombs, chopping the coffin and abandoning the corpse, which was also his fault. However, all the ancestral tombs of the Lu family in Fanyang for hundreds of years have been dug up, which is too much."

Li Shimin couldn't help but nod. Lu Chengsi was guilty of digging the graves of his father and grandfather, but what if he digging the graves of those who died hundreds of years ago?

"How should Yi Wujizhi deal with this matter after it?" Li Shimin asked sincerely.

"I dare not say it!" Changsun Wuji lowered his head when he heard this.

Li Shimin said with pain: "You and I are friends with ordinary people and Chengqian's uncle. What do you dare not say?"

Changsun Wuji also shed tears and said to him: "Since Your Majesty said this, I will say it boldly."

"You said, you said!" Li Shimin urged.

Changsun Wuji gritted his teeth on his face, as if he had made a great determination, and said, "I think the most important thing at the moment is to recall His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from Youzhou Grand Historian to Chang'an."

"Um?"

Li Shimin knew that Li Chengqian had just opened up the situation in Hebei Road and suppressed the gentry of Hebei Road, and punished Goguryeo and other matters. Recalling Li Chengqian was definitely a big loss for the court.

"Your Majesty, you can only be relieved by recalling Your Highness the Crown Prince. As long as people feel at ease, the government affairs of Youzhou Daxingtai will not go wrong." Changsun Wuji hurriedly explained, his eyes floating from time to time, Cui Dunli and other officials from the Hebei Taoist priests.

"Recalling Chengqian, will you not abandon Youzhou Grand Tour?"

“That’s right!”

"Your Majesty, Youzhou has become a nest of trouble at this time, and it is the right thing to call back His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Cui Dunli hurried forward and walked forward.

"Your Majesty, please recall His Highness the Crown Prince and send another minister to Youzhou Grand Historical Office."

Li Shimin couldn't help but look at the person who was speaking. Youzhou Grand Tour Taiwan has great power, and ordinary minister Li Shimin couldn't rest assured at all.

"His Highness of Jin is in Youzhou. Your Majesty may order His Highness of Jin to support the government affairs of Youzhou Grand Tour."

...

Some officials from Cui Dunli followed suit.

They all knew in their hearts that they could not touch Li Chengqian anyway. Only by recalling Li Chengqian back to Chang'an can the matters of Hebei Road be handled according to their wishes.

"This—" Li Shimin was still a little hesitant.

He knew very well that Li Chengqian's ability and team could not catch up with Li Zhi's provocation. When he summoned Li Chengqian back, he had to send important officials of the court to Youzhou to assist Li Zhi.

If Li Zhi took the opportunity to form a clique, he would be afraid that another life-and-death battle between brothers would be another brother.

Seeing that Li Shimin was hesitant, Changsun Wuji advised: "Your Majesty, as the crown prince, can you not get involved in such a thing?"
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