Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 272: This rebellious son actually dared to take over the responsibility and establish the ancestral precepts for the Tang Dynasty! [Seeking monthly votes]

Castrate nine clans?
What a huge hatred and resentment this is!

Lu Dongzan thought that his voice would embarrass Li Shimin and Li Chengqian in the hall.

Because the Tang Dynasty signed an alliance with the countries in the Western Regions as a suzerain state, and agreed that the Tang Dynasty would protect the countries in the Western Regions as a suzerain state.

As a result, the Tang Dynasty could not even protect an envoy from a vassal state. Isn’t this alliance a joke?

However, what he didn't expect was that Li Chengqian would actually say such a harsh word.

He was stunned immediately.

As for the civil and military officials in the court, as well as the envoys from various countries who had just signed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, they were also shocked by Li Chengqian's words and could not help but whisper to each other.

However, one envoy was heard muttering quietly, "This Tang Crown Prince is indeed cruel. Fortunately, we signed the contract honestly, otherwise, who knows what he would do to us."

"What do you know!" A minister close to him immediately retorted, "I, the Crown Prince of the Great Tang, am decisive in killing. What do you foreigners know? Disrupting the court is punishable by death according to the laws of the Great Tang!"

"That's right! Our Great Tang is the Celestial Empire. How can we allow such a small foreign nation to act so presumptuously?"

"But the death of Tubo Xiaolun is indeed a bit strange!"

"What's so strange? Anyway, I heard that he was killed by the Jinyiwei of the Tang Crown Prince. I don't know if it's true!"

"Is this even worth considering? It's definitely fake! Do I, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, need to send the Imperial Guards to assassinate someone? Can't I just kill him outright?"

"That's right! It seems there is something fishy going on. Hehe, now we are going to have a good show to watch."

Just as the civil and military officials in the court, as well as the foreign envoys, were discussing this, Lu Dongzan suddenly came to his senses, and then he rushed into the Taiji Hall, tumbling to his knees in the center of the hall, crying out with snot and tears: "Heavenly Khan, Your Highness the Crown Prince, you must make a decision for me! I, Tubo Xiaolun, died tragically in the Tang Dynasty. As the Celestial Empire, the Tang Dynasty cannot sit idly by and watch!"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly, then looked at Li Chengqian and asked, "Prince, what do you think?"

Li Chengqian smiled faintly: "My Tang Dynasty is a country ruled by law. Since a murder has occurred in my Tang Dynasty, whether it is a Tibetan or an ordinary citizen, we must intervene!"

"Well, that makes sense."

Li Shimin nodded in approval, then calmly and dignifiedly cast his gaze on Lu Dongzan and said, "Lu Dongzan, don't cry yet. Explain the whole story clearly, and I will make the decision for you!"

When Lu Dongzan heard this, he was obviously stunned, as if he did not expect Li Shimin and Li Chengqian to agree to him so readily.

But he quickly came to his senses and recounted the case he had carefully fabricated in detail.

Even the various details of the Jinyiwei's investigations were described vividly, completely portraying the Jinyiwei as a lawless, violent organization that would do anything to achieve its goals.

After listening to Lu Dongzan's story, not only did Li Shimin's face become extremely gloomy, but even the other ministers in the hall and envoys from various countries hated the Jinyiwei.

Li Shimin took a deep breath, then turned to look at Li Chengqian and said coldly, "Prince, do you have an explanation for this?"

Li Chengqian still smiled faintly: "Father, I will naturally have an explanation. However, before that, I would like to ask the Tibetan Grand Theory a question. I hope the Tibetan Grand Theory can answer it."

Upon hearing this, Lu Dongzan's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but ask, "May I ask what question His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to ask this minister?"

Li Chengqian pondered for a moment and said, "You just said that the Jinyiwei found Tubo Xiaolun last night and are investigating whether Tubo is related to the assassins at the Double Ninth Festival. You also said that Tubo Xiaolun was tortured by the Jinyiwei, but he didn't get the answers he wanted, so he killed people to vent his anger!"

"Then, I want to ask Tubo Dalun, how much do you despise me, the Eastern Palace Jinyiwei? Or how much do you despise the brains of me, the Tang people?"

"This"

Lu Dongzan was stunned again, but quickly reacted and cried to Li Shimin, "Heavenly Khan, I, Tubo Xiaolun, did die in the Tang Dynasty. This is absolutely true. And the Tang Wuhou testified that the Jinyiwei did go to the Honglu Temple Posthouse!"

"In addition, the Jinyiwei not only killed me, Tubo Xiaolun, but also committed several murders, and the Great Tang Wuhou also testified!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned, then set his eyes on Hou Junji and said solemnly, "Minister of the Ministry of Justice, is last night's murder really related to the Jinyiwei?"

"Your Majesty, I have said before that although there is no conclusive evidence to prove that last night's murder is related to the Jinyiwei, our people did see Jinyiwei at the crime scene, so the Jinyiwei are definitely suspects." Hou Junji stood up and said truthfully.

Lu Dongzan was overjoyed, but his face was filled with grief and indignation as he knelt and cried out, "Please, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, give justice to this foreign minister!"

"Emperor of the Tang Dynasty! Although we are not envoys invited by the Tang Dynasty, there is a saying in the Central Plains that those who come are guests. We are guests of the Tang Dynasty. Now, Tubo Xiaolun has died tragically in the Tang Dynasty. Is this how the Tang Dynasty treats its guests?"

Before Li Shimin could respond, Lu Dongzan, Murong Shun, Batou, Li Siyuan, Gao Yanshou and others rushed into the hall in indignation.

However, before they entered the hall, they were stopped by the Jinwu Guards outside the door.

"Heavenly Khan! We implore you to give justice to the Tibetan envoys, otherwise we will never dare to come to your Tang Dynasty again!"

"Yes! The Tang Dynasty is the Celestial Empire, but it can't even protect a guest. Who would dare to come to the Tang Dynasty in the future?"

"Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, we want justice, we want justice."

Although Murong Shun and others were stopped outside the door by the Jinwu Guards, their indignant voices reached the hall.

This made all the civil and military officials in the hall, as well as envoys from various countries, look at each other in bewilderment.

Although they also suspected that there was something wrong with the case described by Lu Dongzan, the Jinyiwei were indeed the most suspicious.

But then Li Shimin turned to Li Chengqian and said, "Prince, do you have anything else to say?"

"Father, I have nothing to say about the Jinyiwei case, and I am willing to investigate them thoroughly. But I am a little curious about what kind of justice they want from the Tang Dynasty."

Li Chengqian said with a smile.

Li Shimin was slightly stunned and thought, yes!

These people keep saying that the Tang Dynasty should give them justice, but they never mention severely punishing the murderer or thoroughly investigating the case.

It's really weird!
"Then I wonder what kind of justice the Tibetan minister wants our Tang Dynasty to give you?" Li Shimin asked calmly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Dongzan subconsciously glanced at Murong Shun and the others behind him. After a brief hesitation, he sighed and said, "Although Anubi's death has left me heartbroken, Anubi has come with me to the Tang Dynasty to ask for a marriage on behalf of his nephew, our Tibetan Zanpu. If the Tang Dynasty agrees to this marriage and sends the Tang princess to our Zanpu, I believe Anubi will be very pleased in his afterlife."

Wow!
When the whole audience heard Lu Dongzan's words, they were in an uproar.

What does it mean that the drunkard’s intention is not to drink!
What is the real purpose?

That's exactly it!

So this guy had this idea!
Not only Li Shimin was shocked by Lu Dongzan's words, but even the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty were stunned.

They had never seen such a shameless person.

Just because a young scholar died in your Tubo, you want me from the Tang Dynasty to give you a princess as a dowry?
This calculation is too loud!

Just when Li Shimin and his ministers were so shocked that they were speechless, Lu Dongzan didn't seem to think that his request was outrageous at all.

But he continued to talk to himself: "If the Tang Dynasty and Tubo marry, then we will be one family from now on. You have a saying in the Central Plains, family matters can be resolved behind closed doors. Tubo will not pursue any other responsibilities for Anubi's death. As long as the Tang Dynasty severely punishes the murderer, that's all."

"Clap clap-!"

Before Lu Dongzan could finish his words, a sudden clapping sounded in the hall, followed by Li Chengqian's playful voice: "I have to say, the Tibetan theory's style really impressed me. How can I put it? In one word, amazing!"

"This"

Lu Dongzan hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Li Chengqian expectantly: "Your Highness, do you mean by this that you have agreed to this foreign minister?"

"Ah!"

Li Chengqian snorted, then turned to look at Li Shimin and said slowly, "I wonder if my father has anything to say?"

"This is unreasonable!!"

When Li Shimin heard Li Chengqian's words, he suddenly came to his senses, slammed the table and stood up, then shouted angrily: "Lu Dongzan! What do you think of me as the princess of the Tang Dynasty?!"

"Tian Khan, I am sincerely asking the Tang Dynasty to marry the princess on behalf of our Zamp. This is also to ease the relationship between our Tubo and the Tang Dynasty. After all, if this matter gets out, it will affect the reputation of the Tang Dynasty."

"That's enough, Lu Dongzan! You don't need to worry about the reputation of our Tang Dynasty! I will have this case thoroughly investigated!"

"Hahaha! This is hilarious! The Tibetan leader clearly came up with a compromise, but you didn't even consider it! You really don't take us small foreign countries seriously?"

Before Li Shimin finished speaking, Murong Shun outside the palace laughed wildly and said, "I don't know what the use of the alliance treaty you signed is!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin's face instantly darkened.

The envoys who signed the alliance treaty could not help but look at each other in confusion.

"How dare you!" Yuchi Gong was the first to stand up and said angrily, "How can a little prince like you have the right to speak here?"

Murong Shun glanced at him with disdain and said calmly, "I am a Tuyuhun prince and also a Tuyuhun envoy. What I say represents Tuyuhun. May I ask this minister, can you represent the Tang Dynasty?"

"I"

Yuchi Gong was choked and could not help but look at Li Shimin and Li Chengqian.

But Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and said, "Prince Tuyuhun, you were involved in the murder of the crown prince before, and I haven't dealt with you yet. Now you are disrupting the Tang Dynasty meeting. Are you really not afraid of death?" "Hahaha!"

Murong Shun couldn't help but laugh out loud upon hearing this. "I never thought the great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would abuse his power to bully others! Putting aside the question of whether I was actually involved in the Crown Prince's murder, let's just talk about today's court meeting. Didn't you, the Tang Dynasty, invite us to come?"

"Since we were invited by you, how can you not let us speak? Is this how you treat guests in the Tang Dynasty?"

"Be bold!"

Zhang Sun Wuji also stood up angrily and shouted, "Prince Tuyuhun, don't be so presumptuous! This is my Tang Dynasty, not your Tuyuhun!"

"Whenever there is injustice, I, Tuyuhun, will get involved!"

Before Murong Shun could respond to Zhangsun Wuji's words, the Tibetan envoy Batou said coldly.

At the same time, Goguryeo envoys Li Siyuan and Gao Yanshou also saluted Li Shimin and said in unison: "Please, Emperor Tang, give Tubo justice!"

Li Shimin's face instantly darkened and he couldn't help but clench his fists.

In fact, his idea was exactly the same as Murong Shun's previous idea. The firearms made by Li Chengqian were indeed powerful.

However, the terrain of the three kingdoms of Tuyuhun, Tubo and Goguryeo could not be solved by firearms alone.

Because the terrain of these three countries is too complex, with either snowy mountains and forests or frozen soil on the plateau for thousands of miles, it is difficult for firearms to cause significant damage.

Therefore, from a strategic perspective, Li Shimin was unwilling to go to war with the three kingdoms at the same time.

But then Li Chengqian said calmly, "In other words, if the Tang Dynasty doesn't agree to a marriage alliance with Tubo, you will unite and go to war with the Tang Dynasty, right?"

"I wouldn't go to war, but I'm the son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty, right? I just haven't chosen a princess yet, have I?"

Murong Shun smiled and asked Li Chengqian a few questions, and a feeling of regaining the initiative arose spontaneously.

However, to his surprise, Li Chengqian's answer was very decisive: "No! You are nothing!"

Murong Shun snorted coldly and was about to retort to Li Chengqian when Yun Duan hurried in, knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, I have an important matter to report!"

"Say!"

Li Chengqian and Li Shimin said the same word in unison.

"Yes! I just received news from Pei Xingjian, a captain of the Imperial Guards, saying that the death of Tibetan minor minister Anubi was the result of a conspiracy between Tibetan major minister Lu Dongzan and Shouzhuolang, with the intention of putting the blame on the Imperial Guards!"

boom!
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a commotion in the hall.

Lu Dongzan was struck by lightning. He stood there in a daze, not coming to his senses for a long time.

He never expected that his carefully designed plan to shift the blame would be seen through by the Tang Dynasty's Jinyiwei.

The looks that the civil and military officials in the court, as well as the envoys from various countries gave Lu Dongzan became increasingly complicated.

There is sympathy and pity, but more often there is ridicule and disdain.

Especially Murong Shun and others, the expressions on their faces were very interesting.

It was like eating shit. I wanted to swallow it but couldn’t. I wanted to spit it out but didn’t have the courage to do so. My face turned the color of shit.

Li Chengqian and Li Shimin, one remained calm while the other had a sullen face.

In fact, Li Chengqian has always known that there is something fishy about this matter, but he has no evidence, so he can only agree to Hou Junji to thoroughly investigate the Jinyiwei.

Now, the Jinyiwei has found the evidence himself, and his delay for so long has not been in vain.

But he looked at Lu Dongzan calmly and indifferently and said, "Tubo Dalun, do you have anything else to say?"

"Unfair! They wronged me! They were the ones who killed Anubi, yet they falsely accused me of colluding with Shouzhuolang! You, the Tang Dynasty, are too much of a bully."

Lu Dongzan came to his senses and quickly cried out for justice. He then turned to look at Murong Shun and the others and tried his best to defend himself: "Don't believe them. They didn't want to marry the princess to settle the matter, so they deliberately framed me!"

"This"

Upon hearing this, Murong Shun and others opened their mouths but hesitated to speak.

Although they also believed that Lu Dongzan was wronged, Lu Dongzan was obviously hiding something from them.

So, they didn't know who to trust for a moment.

At this time, Li Chengqian's voice rang out again: "Since the Tibetans claim that the case is unjust, have the Jinyiwei found any substantial evidence?"

"Your Highness, according to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, if a guard accepts a commission to kill someone, he must return a piece of the corpse to the person who commissioned it. This piece is the cochlea, which is easily overlooked by the coroner. I have ordered the coroner to carefully examine the body of Tubo Xiaolun Anubi, and they found that the cochlea is indeed missing!"

After saying this, Yunduan turned his gaze to Lu Dongzan and said, "Tubo Dalun, that cochlea is hidden on your body, right?"

"I, I didn't"

Lu Dongzan was so shocked that he stuttered.

However, before he could finish, two Jinwu Guards stepped forward, held him down, and forcibly searched him.

As Yunduan expected, the cochlear implant was indeed hidden on his body.

He also put it in an exquisite box.

He originally planned to bring it back to Songtsen Gampo to seek credit, but unexpectedly it became fatal evidence.

For a moment, he felt dizzy and almost fainted.

When Li Shimin saw this scene, he already had a plan in mind.

He immediately frowned, staring coldly at Lu Dongzan, and said in a deep voice, "Lu Dongzan, as a Tibetan minister, you dared to collude with assassins, kill a Tibetan minister, and put the blame on the Tang Dynasty. Do you know your crime?"

"Tiantian Khan. Foreign Minister"

"Alright! I don't want to listen to your nonsense anymore. Where is the Dali Temple Minister?"

"Wei Chen is here!"

Dai Zhou stood up immediately.

Li Shimin then said in a cold voice, "Throw Lu Dongzan and all the members of the Tibetan delegation into jail and interrogate them strictly!"

"Yes!"

Dai Zhou responded and was about to send someone to take Lu Dongzan away, but then he heard Lu Dongzan panic and say, "I am the Tibetan Grand Councilor. You are not qualified to judge me!"

"Our Zamp will do it for me"

"Alright, Lu Dongzan, your Zanpu can't even protect himself, how can he possibly care about you?"

Before Lu Dongzan could finish his words, Li Chengqian interrupted him and looked at him with interest. "If my Jinyiwei are not mistaken, your old Khan must have been poisoned, right? Your Zanpu is so eager to marry our Tang princess because he is almost unable to withstand the rebellion of the old nobles, right?"

At this point, he suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Oh, right, is the Xiang Kingdom about to attack your capital?"

"What!?"

When Lu Dongzan heard this, he looked at Li Chengqian in astonishment with his mouth wide open, as if he had seen a ghost.

Li Shimin, seeing Lu Dongzan's expression, was deeply moved. He could not help but ask Lu Dongzan, "Lu Dongzan, is what the prince said just now true?"

"This, this, this"

Lu Dongzan was really scared this time, and scared to death.

But he stammered in defense, "How is that possible? The Tibetan king has already put down the rebellion. The country is stable."

"Ah!"

Li Shimin sneered, knowing without hesitation that what Li Chengqian said was probably right, so he ordered Dai Zhou without saying anything, "Take him away!"

"Yes!"

Dai Zhou responded and immediately sent someone to take Lu Dongzan away.

And just the next moment after Lu Dongzan was taken away, Li Chengqian's voice rang out again with great force.

"Today, in front of the entire court, both civil and military, and in front of foreign envoys, I reiterate once again: the Tang Dynasty will not engage in marriage alliances, cede territory, pay indemnities, pay tribute, or submit to vassalage. This is the iron law of the Tang Dynasty. From now on, any descendants of the Tang Dynasty who violate this iron law will be punished by the whole world!"

Wow!
The whole place was in an uproar!

Whether it was the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty, the foreign envoys, or Li Shimin himself, they were all shocked by this sentence.

What is the iron rule?

The iron rule is equivalent to the ancestral teachings!
This rebellious son actually dared to take over the responsibility of establishing the ancestral precepts for the Tang Dynasty!?
And he did it so harshly, cutting off all the escape routes for those who wanted to marry! !
(End of this chapter)