Fang Xuanling was born in 579 and is 60 years old this year. His personality is already mature and steady, but at this age, he has begun to become timid.

Because of Li Tai's incident, Wei Zheng was criticized, and Fang Xuanling asked for mercy on Wei Zheng, but was scolded by Li Shimin. He began to think of retreating, so he became "ill".

After Li Shimin threw Qin King Li Shimin in Weibei, Fang Xuanling gave advice to Li Shimin. He was one of Li Shimin's capable advisers. In the ninth year of Wude, he participated in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Fang Xuanling served as the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, and later served as the Minister of War and the Secretary of the Left Pushe.

Fang Xuanling has been following Li Shimin for decades. Li Shimin has long been accustomed to his existence and understands his personality, so he sent someone to visit and comfort him with gifts at his house.

Fang Xuanling was cautious. Although he had already developed the intention to retreat and wrote his resignation, he did not dare to submit it to Li Shimin for a while. He was worried that Li Shimin would think he was in a bad mood and wanted to wait for a while before talking, so he kept saying that he was sick at home.

After Li Tai left Chang'an, Li Shimin went to Fang Xuanling's mansion to visit him, hoping that he would continue to stay in office. Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin had dealt with Li Tai, recalled Wei Zheng, and then returned to work in the Shangshu Province.

Then, the incident of Li Shimin using Hou Junji appeared. Fang Xuanling knew Hou Junji very well. He knew that this guy was restless and wanted to be a servant in his heart. He was Li Chengqian's father-in-law again, which aroused Fang Xuanling's suspicion.

Fang Xuanling is a mature person. He has already seen that although Li Tai left Chang'an, in order to consolidate his position, Li Chengqian also hopes that Hou Junji can go further. Li Shimin asked Hou Junji to be responsible for the new imperial officials assessment system. This is a signal that Hou Junji's status is about to rise.

Fang Xuanling considered that Li Shimin had become dissatisfied by Li Tai's affairs, and he did not want to dissatisfied with Li Chengqian because of Hou Junji's affairs. So he decided to retire and return home and take the initiative to give way.

Fang Xuanling took the resignation presentation and begged to meet Li Shimin, and took the initiative to recommend Hou Junji to take over.

In fact, no one understands Li Shimin's thoughts. As the emperor of the ages, he was not fond of fame. He was as clear as the thoughts of Fang Xuanling, Li Chengqian, including Hou Junji and others.

First of all, Fang Xuanling was old and polite and fair, and Li Shimin did not intend to let him leave. Secondly, he wanted to promote Hou Junji and let him bring a new change in the court with his tough style, but he was worried that Hou Junji had ambitions. If he became a Pushe, he would encourage Li Chengqian to do something he didn't want to see.

In Liangyi Hall, he specially arranged a play, pretending to propose Hou Junji to take over Fang Xuanling's position, and to try out what level of Hou Junji's power has reached.

If Hou Junji exposed his ambitions, Li Shimin would never use him again. From then on, he would be marginalized and stay away from the political center of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Chengqian would be suspected.

Not only that, Hou Junji will also completely offend Fang Xuanling, which will also affect Fang Xuanling's view of Li Chengqian.

Hou Junji's performance made Li Shimin very satisfied. Therefore, Hou Junji entered the Shangshu Province and was in the third position. Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji were able to play the role of Hou Junji.

However, Li You would not tell Li Chengqian and Hou Junjiming about these things. What he wanted was not the intrigue in the court, but the wholehearted construction of the Tang Dynasty.

Li You solemnly said to Li Chengqian and Hou Junji: "Don't guess it. Everyone says that the power of heaven is unpredictable, that's because they don't understand Your Majesty.

As an emperor, Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and is a wise monarch who has been seen in thousands of years. He can be called the emperor of the ages. He not only has a broad mind, but also has the courage to distinguish right from wrong and the courage to correct his mistakes. Having such a wise emperor is a blessing for us as subjects.

All we have to do is to think wholeheartedly about the Tang Dynasty, do our own things well, and not think about other things."

When Li Chengqian and Hou Junji saw that Li You refused to explain in detail, they had to accept his statement.

However, everyone is still very happy that Hou Junji is highly valued, which is a good thing after all.

Li You ordered Baihu to inform Wang Liao to prepare wine and food and celebrate.

Li You was in a very happy mood.

With Li Tai's departure, the internal strife in the court came to an end for the time being. At this moment, the Tang Dynasty was said to be the most peaceful and peaceful time in the court from the founding of the Tang Dynasty in the first year of Wude to the current year of Zhenguan.

It is also a good start for the construction of the Tang Dynasty.

Next, the major events in the court had nothing to do with Li You again. He began to live his own life and continued to work at the institute every day.

Wang Huairen, Sima of Dengzhou, was recommended by Li You to serve as the Minister of Justice. His first task was to arrest those traitors who colluded with pirates.

On this day, Wang Huairen came to the Qi Palace.

"Prince, according to the list provided by the Japanese people, I organized the local prefectures to arrest 2,712 people, including 4,754 criminals who were arrested in various places. Now they are scattered in various places. What do you think of the handling?"

Li You said: "You escort 100 people to Chang'an for me, and the rest will be kept under strict supervision."

"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Huairen said goodbye and left.

Li You said, "Baihu, go and invite Lord Wei."

"My minister Wei Zheng, I have met His Highness the King of Qi." Wei Zheng said affectionately.

"Don't give me a gift, Lord Wei, please sit down." Li You said with a smile.

The weather was hot and Wei Zheng was sweating all over. He took the ice soybean handed over by Wu Qi, and asked while eating: "Your Highness, what are you looking for?"

Li You said: "What do you think should be dealt with by those who collude with pirates?"

Wei Zheng said angrily: "These guys deserve to die. I think they should be punished heavily."

Li You asked: "How do you think the sentence should be sentencing?"

Wei Zheng said: "The evil must be dealt with, and the punishment must be appropriately aggravated." He hated evil and hated these human traffickers deeply.

Li You shook his head slightly.

Wei Zheng was a little unhappy and asked, "Shouldn't these people be dealt with strictly?"

Li You asked: "How did Guan Yu die in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? How did Zhang Fei die? They were all done by those traitors and traitors. How should we deal with traitors?"

When Wei Zheng saw that he had misunderstood Li You's meaning, he asked, "Your Highness, what do you think should be dealt with?"

Li You said: "Traitors deserve to die. The crimes of these traitors who betray their compatriots far exceed those of those traitors. Their treatment should be more severe!"

Wei Zheng said: "Your Highness, do you mean to deal with treason?"

"Yes, as long as you participate in piracy and betray the Chinese people, you will be dealt with as a crime of treason. None of them will be left behind, and their immediate relatives will be implicated." Li You said gritting his teeth.

Wei Zheng said hesitantly: "There are more than 4,000 people, have they all been killed?"

"What's the use of killing them, leaving them behind? Kill them all. Through this incident, I warn those evil people who betray the country and their comrades for the sake of their interests. I, the Tang Dynasty, have no room for traitors to survive. If someone becomes a traitor, even if he flees to the ends of the world, he will bring them to justice. Even if he is far away, he will be punished.

Lord Wei, not only will the traitors be killed this time, but in order to prevent the traitors from arose in the future, you will draft a new law on the crime of anti-traitors. Anyone who commits traitors will be sentenced to death and will implicate the three tribes."

Although Wei Zheng felt that it was a bit too cruel, he also knew how harmful a traitor was. He said, "Yes, Your Highness, I will do it when I go back."

Soon after, the Tang Dynasty adopted the "Opinions on the Disposal of Traitors" drafted by Wei Zheng."

Subsequently, all traitors were executed across the country. In the western city of Chang'an, 100 traitors were killed at one time in front of merchants from all over the world, greatly shocking those who were forgiving their righteousness to see profit and betrayed the national interests.

The social atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty further improved, and the government and the public entered a good state of promoting righteousness and prosperity.

Li You was very pleased and felt it was even more delicious when he tasted the food.

That day, Xiao Qian came to find Li You. As soon as he met, he said angrily: "Your Highness, this guy Gao Jingming is such a stingy guy. I'm so angry."
Chapter completed!