I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Chapter 367 Change the law and discuss the "Law of Zhenguan"!Bang, bang, beat up Li Chengqian!
Taiji Palace, Liangyi Hall.

Sitting in front of the imperial case, Li Shimin outlined the list with a Chinese ink pen.

Below him, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were sitting.

Although these two are only third-rank ministers and servants, they are veritable prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Sitting in the two ceremonial halls, the emperor can ask the government anytime if he has any doubts.

"Why are there so many prisoners in this autumn judgment?"

Li Shimin turned two pages and couldn't help frowning,
"My Tang Dynasty, are there so many death row prisoners?"

After reading page by page, the names were densely packed, which made him a little depressed.

There are many death row prisoners, which means that there are many criminal cases.

This also means that there is something wrong with his emperor's governance!

After all, under the rule of the ancient sages, they did not close their houses at night and did not pick up things on the road, but under the rule of those foolish kings, there were frequent robberies and cholera.

"Go back to Your Majesty."

Fang Xuanling looked up and said,
"The reason why there are so many death row inmates this year is not that there are thieves in the hands of the people, but mainly because of the liquidation of the rebel forces."

"For example, Luo Yi, the king of Yan, Li Youliang, the governor of Liangzhou, and other anti-kings. Although they are dead, their tribes and relatives will all be liquidated. They are all guilty of treason and should be sentenced to death."

Li Shimin was silent.

"Are there any innocent people?"

He felt a little compassionate and asked,
"Except for relatives, are there any who are completely unaware of the rebellion and have not responded?"

"Yes." Fang Xuanling nodded, "Although Luo Yi and Li Youliang turned against each other, except for a small number of guards and cronies, most of the subordinates did not follow, but were coerced, which is why they lost so quickly. , As soon as my army arrived, they turned against each other."

Li Shimin nodded upon hearing this.

"Yes, are these people also sentenced to death?"

He pointed to the roster and said,
"Abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, is it considered meritorious service?"

Li Er's mind is very clear.

These anti-kings and their families must be wiped out. Even if there are innocent people, he will not soften his heart.

But there is no need to kill all those subordinates and generals.

Back then when he fought against the king, didn't he take over all the subordinates who rebelled against the king for his own use, so the more he fought, the stronger he became?
Aren't these anti-king old minions, such as Yu Chigong, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, etc., also loyal now!

With these positive teaching materials, Li Shimin naturally couldn't bear to kill them all.

"It is meritorious."

Du Ruhui said,

"However, according to the "Wu De Law", those who commit treason and convicts are executed together. This is an iron law and cannot be discussed."

"So, they have to die."

Li Shimin frowned.

"No, no."

He waved his hand,

"It can't be like this, it's not right."

"Let's not talk about the law first. From a simple point of view, they are not worthy of death. It is fine to lock them up for five or ten years, even if it is exile."

"The death penalty is too heavy to be used lightly..."

After a short pause, Li Er looked at the two prime ministers and asked:

"Can you give me an amnesty?"

"No." The two said in unison, shaking their heads.

Fang Xuanling said solemnly:

"Even if the world is amnesty, there are ten evils that cannot be forgiven. This crime of treason is the first one."

"Besides, Your Majesty is pardoning a group of people now. If there are generals who rebel against the king in the future, will they be pardoned again?"

"Your Majesty, it is best not to do this kind of thing that is above the law. It will damage the justice and majesty of Tang law, and will make ministers and people despise the law. It will also make future emperors despise Tang law and arbitrarily control power." .”

Li Shimin: "..."

He rubbed his forehead, looking a little helpless.

The emperor's power can be said to be great or small.

What you do is not only based on your own preferences, but also the influence of future generations.

The instigator has no successors...

"However, the "Wu De Law" does seem to be somewhat inapplicable to the current national conditions."

Du Ru said vaguely,

"Your Majesty may amend the laws of the Tang Dynasty and promulgate a new law, the Law of Zhenguan."

Li Shimin: "?!"

Change Tang law?
He didn't think about it, after all, the law is the foundation of the country, and a slight change will affect the people of the world!
"Ruhui makes sense."

Fang Xuanling agreed,

"The new policies of the kings of the past dynasties often changed the laws, whether they were strict or lenient, and all had styles. This is also a good opportunity to convey your majesty's ruling ideas to the world."

"Your Majesty, you should have your own style."

Under the words of the two prime ministers, Li Shimin was obviously moved.

"Change the law, change the law..."

he murmured,

"Style, yes..."

"I should have my own style, different from my father's style."

After chanting for a few seconds, Li Er's thoughts gradually became firmer.

"it is good!"

He said in a low voice,

"If you want to change the law, Zhenguan should have "Zhenguan Law"!"

"This is a big and important matter! Pass the decree on, and after lunch... let's announce the time!"

"The ministers of state affairs all come to the political affairs hall to discuss politics, including those scattered officials and officials. Those who are above the fifth rank in the dynasty can come, and they are not allowed to be absent, especially Xu Fenglei. He has been absent several times recently!"

The two prime ministers looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Just as he was talking, he heard a notification from outside the hall:

"Your Majesty, Bachelor Xu Jingzong is asking to see you."

"Oh?" Li Shimin asked suspiciously, "What is he doing here now? Tell him to come in."

As soon as the words fell, a figure entered the hall, but saw Xu Jingzong covering half of his face, bowing his head, walking in front of the emperor to salute.

"Minister Xu Jingzong... See Your Majesty!"

He bowed down.

The three gazes all fell on half of his face.

"Well, Pingshen... Hey, what happened to Xu Qing's face?"

Li Shimin frowned and said,

"Who hit you?"

On this face, a red palm print is too conspicuous...

It must be that someone gave him a big pussy!
Who is so bold that he dared to beat the imperial court official? !

"Return to Your Majesty, it is... the crown prince and grand master Xu Fenglei beat him!"

Xu Jingzong covered his face and said with an aggrieved expression,

"He...he is too arrogant!"

Li Shimin: "??"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui: "?!"

"Teacher Xu Fenglei?"

Li Shimin was startled now, he said in surprise,

"What's going on, why did he slap you?"

"Say it clearly!"

Fang and Du also stared at Xu Jingzong intently.

Very rare!

Although the grand master had a bad temper and was a bit independent, he never seemed to hit anyone.

"Return to Your Majesty..."

Xu Jingzong burst into tears and complained,
"Today, under the order of His Majesty, I took an examination of the emperor's heirs in the South Study Room. I did well in the examination, but the Grand Master suddenly broke in."

"When I came up, I was very aggressive. I first said that the test papers were not good, and then I said that I would take the prince and the others out to fly a kite, which made everyone in the examination hall restless. The rules of the examination room were trampled in a mess!"

"Weichen wanted to stop him on the grounds that His Majesty was destined, but he didn't want to be slapped hard on the face by him!"

"He also said arrogantly... Just go to His Majesty and sue him!"

"Your Majesty, he, he, he...he is so rampant!"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other with strange expressions.

This arrogance is indeed the grand master's style, after all, this is a master who even dares to point his nose and scold him if he is offended.

But this thing is strange because...it's just such a trivial matter, you can't do it, right?
Both of them turned their eyes to Li Shimin, but Li Shimin was also speechless.

"Just for this?"

He got up and walked in front of Xu Jingzong, looked at his face carefully, shook his head and said,
"Xu Qing, Xu Qing, I said why did you provoke him?"

"Originally, Prince Wei and the others were not in the scope of the examination school. It was my negligence. They should not be allowed to take these ordinary examinations..."

"He wants to take the prince and the others away, so you just obey him, why bother with him?"

Xu Jingzong choked slightly.

"But Your Majesty, he has no respect and despises you..."

He originally wanted to ask the emperor to uphold justice, but he didn't expect His Majesty to say such words, and he became anxious immediately.

"All right!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said,

"I know what you want to say."

"I won't just listen to your one-sided words and jump to conclusions. You go back and take a bath for a few days, and I will send an imperial doctor to see you."

"The Grand Master, I will go to understand the situation. If he is really domineering and unreasonable, I will reprimand him."

"Go!"

Xu Jingzong: "@#￥%...&*@#"

That's it?

Did you just peel it off so lightly?
I don't agree!
However, although he was unwilling, the emperor issued an order to expel the guests, and even though he was wronged in every possible way, he could only respectfully obey his orders, covered his face and bowed and retreated.

Inside the hall, the three looked at each other.

"Xu Fenglei slapped Xu Jingzong, interesting, interesting, ha..."

Li Shimin casually threw a piece of pastry into his mouth and asked with a smile,

"The two lovers think, whose problem is this?"

Since the beginning of the Zhenguan Dynasty, there have been many incidents of beatings among ministers. For example, Yu Chigong often beat people when he disagreed with each other. Because of this incident, he has reprimanded him several times.

But Xu Fenglei hit someone... it was the first time in history.

Therefore, Li Shimin's first reaction was not to be angry, but to find it funny.

Fang Xuanling looked up and said:

"Returning to Your Majesty, although the Grand Master beat Xu Jingzong, the cause and effect of the matter have not yet been ascertained. Just as Your Majesty said, it is not yet possible to judge rashly."

"Based on the minister's understanding of the grand master, he should not beat the minister at will, and there may be other reasons for it."

"My minister seconded the proposal." Du Ruhui immediately accepted the words and agreed.

He regards Xu Fenglei as a savior, and he is a die-hard supporter of the Grand Master.

"rational."

Li Shimin nodded, smiled with his hands behind his back,

"Then I'm going to ask him now!"

"Let's go, let's go, you all go to lunch."

After finishing speaking, he walked out of Liangyi Hall and ordered:
"Showing the East Palace...Forget it, I said I need to exercise more, I'll walk on my own!"

……

East Palace.

"Higher, higher!"

"Ah, little ancestor, you can't be taller, you won't be able to see it anymore!"

"Be taller, be taller than them all!"

"..."

Above the empty East Palace Square, several colorful kites fluttered in the wind, flying higher and higher, so that the naked eye could barely see a small dot!

Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li Ke, Li Qingquan, and Li Lizhi had a great time, and each of them was accompanied by several eunuchs and maids.

"My highest, highest!"

Li Chengqian said excitedly,
"Go higher, put it up! Run!"

As he urged, the sweaty eunuch running beside him couldn't help showing a look of helplessness.

The thread in this hand is gone, no matter how high it is, it can't go up!

But the prince beside him was still urging him, so he had no choice but to continue running in circles.

Suddenly, the hand suddenly loosened.

A thin thread floated softly down from mid-air, and the kite...it was free.

"His Royal Highness, the kite is broken..."

The eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with some timidity.

"Do you want to die!"

Li Chengqian was in high spirits, how could he accept this "bad news", he immediately scolded,
"Get it back to Gu! Otherwise, let's see how Gu punishes you!"

The eunuch was so frightened that he quickly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said:
"It's the servant who did not operate properly. The servant will look for it, and the servant will look for it..."

He scrambled to his feet, and was about to turn around to look for it, but saw a slap on Li Chengqian's head.

boom!
"Gu Gu Gu, Gu Gu Gu, you are so tall!"

Xu Fenglei frowned and said,

"Who told you to call yourself that? Did I teach you?"

"Ouch!" Li Chengqian was in pain.

Turning around and seeing it was Master, his imposing manner suddenly became half-shortened, he rubbed his head and grinned:

"It's Master Xu Jingzong from the South Study Room. He said that the crown prince should call himself an orphan, so..."

boom! boom! boom!
Xu Fenglei raised his eyebrows, and knocked him hard three times, almost knocking out Li Chengqian's tears!
"Master, what are you doing... Ouch."

He cried,
"It hurts!"

"Master Xu Jingzong? Shit master! That man is not a good guy." Xu Fenglei said sharply, "Don't listen to what he says in the future. If you listen to him, that's fine. I will expel you immediately. You are no longer my disciple!"

Li Chengqian: "!!!"

He didn't expect that the master would say such serious words, his heart was so excited that he ignored the pain in his head.

"Yes Yes……"

He hastily said obediently,
"My child knows, Master, don't be angry..."

Only then did Xu Fenglei's expression soften a little.

"What mistake did you just make, do you know?"

he asked.

"what?"

Li Chengqian was a little dazed, shook his head and said,
"I don't know..."

boom!
Another slap on his head, this time really made him cry!
"Kanglong has regrets and doesn't know? Qian Gua has been learned for nothing! Have you returned everything I taught you?"

Xu Fenglei taught,
"The kite is already at a high place, and I want to go higher, even higher!"

"The mind is swallowed by desire, and if it is too far away from the ground, it will no longer be controlled! It can only become a kite with a broken string. In the end, I don't know where it will fall, and it will become a ball of waste paper!"

"A kite is a plaything, but it can see your heart!"

"Chengqian, calm down, young people, don't be too arrogant! Let alone be controlled by desire! Do you know?"

Hearing this reprimand, the other children all learned to be smart, and silently retracted the string, allowing the kite to fly to a suitable height.

"……Yes."

Li Chengqian rubbed his head and cried,
"The child knows..."

Only then did Xu Fenglei let him go, and motioned to the eunuch beside him to fetch a new kite for him.

This time, Li Chengqian kept half of the string in his hand, and let the kite swirl low over the palace wall.

After all, a child is a child. After scolding and crying, he became happy again after playing, and the smile on his face once again overflowed.

Xu Fenglei looked at him, but sighed softly.

Children's education must be watched all the time.

If you accidentally deviate from the track, all your previous efforts will be wasted...

(End of this chapter)