The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 885 If you want to commit a crime, why don't you have excuses?
Li Shimin planned to go to Yuchun Tower to find out this matter in person, but Fang Mou and Du Duan disagreed, Fang Xuanling said: "Your Highness, Yuchun Tower is the Lane of Fireworks and Willows, and Your Highness is a body of gold and jade, regardless of whether Yang Yong is inside or not. You can't get in easily."

Du Ruhui said: "Xuanling is right, Your Highness, have you forgotten the lesson from last time? Your Highness is still farming in the countryside. During the period of facing the wall and thinking about your mistakes, if you go to that kind of place again, Li Jiancheng has many eyes and ears, and they will catch your shadow , Your Majesty will be even angrier if he finds out. If Yang Yong is really hiding there, the thief's movements are weird, since he came, he will not be unprepared, and His Highness will not be able to take risks."

"What Keming said is very true, so what should we do?" Li Shimin also hesitated.

Li Xiaogong saluted and said: "His Royal Highness, this is easy to handle. We send troops to surround him in Yuchun Tower, which is a small place, and then search inside strictly. Unless Yang Yong is not inside, can he fly with wings? The general is not talented, and I am willing to lead the army and lead the team to take a trip for His Highness."

Changsun Wuji said worriedly: "General Li will be able to find out the matter in this way. But we only speculate that Thief Yang is hiding inside. What if our guess is wrong? There is another possibility here, that is, the four sisters of Yuchun Tower It may be the prince's person, and thief Yang is hiding in Cheng's mansion or Luo's mansion. It's possible. At that time, we will find nothing. If we don't say anything, we will have to be caught by the prince, put on a hat, and sue the Golden Palace. It’s not worth the candle.”

Du Ruhui's eyes lit up, "Your Highness, I have it! The eldest grandson is in charge of the official department, but he can catch Cheng Yaojin's mistake and kill him. Of course, this is a false image. If Jin really has something to do with Yang thief, he will definitely not be indifferent, as long as Yang thief shows up, he will be unable to fly."

"Keming's plan is very clever. Even if Cheng Yaojin has no relationship with Yang Thief, it is worthwhile for us to take this opportunity to get rid of one of the prince's henchmen." Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling both agreed with Du Ruhui's plan.

Li Shimin thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and said, "Let's use the strategy of restraint. When the time comes, the court, Yuchun Tower, Cheng Mansion, and Luo Mansion will all have to deploy heavy troops in secret. Many archers will be deployed. At that time, Yuanba will also be brought along." Well, as soon as Bandit Yang shows up, we won't be able to distinguish him, so we will cut him up and leave no one alive this time. Brother Wuji will also arrange for four gate guards. From today onwards, we will strictly interrogate him, and don't let Yang The thief smelled the wind and slipped out."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, my subordinates will go to prepare now." After the plan was finalized, Li Shimin continued to farm in the countryside, and Fang Mou Duan, Li Xiaogong, and Changsun Wuji left one after another.

There is a saying that if you want to commit a crime, why don't you have excuses?Cheng Yaojin's official is not small, but no matter how big the official is, it is under the control of the Ministry of Officials. The Ministry of Officials in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was an institution that was in charge of officials, just like the current Organization Department or the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Department, with considerable power.

Now the power in the Ministry of Officials is in the hands of Changsun Wuji, although Changsun Wuwuji's official position is not considered high. He is currently the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. This official position is second only to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. In terms of rank, he is only a third grade, but the real power of the official department falls in his hands.

It turns out that the longest official in the Ministry of Officials is of course the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Changsun Sheng, the father of Changsun Wuji, and Li Shimin's father-in-law.Those who know the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties must be familiar with this name.

Changsun Sheng, the evaluation of him in history is that he was a famous military strategist and diplomat in the Sui Dynasty. His greatest achievement was to split the Turks.

After the Sui Dynasty unified the country, the biggest threat to the frontier was the Turks in the north. At that time, the Turks were very powerful. Turkic cavalry crisscrossed the northern grasslands, eyeing the Central Plains, and repeatedly crossed the Great Wall to invade the south. Dynasty rule.Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, had no choice but to send heavy troops to resist, and the two sides fought continuously.

Changsun Sheng offered advice to Yang Jian, using the strategy of separating the strong and the weak, using the barbarians to control the barbarians, and alienate the Turks. Later, Princess Yicheng cleverly used a series of tricks to marry two Turkic khans at the same time, causing Turkic chaos and split into several factions. Massacred, unable to go south.It can be said that the powerful Turks in history were destroyed by Changsun Sheng.

As early as when Li Yuan made Yang Guang's grandson Yang You the acting king, Li Yuan was already in charge of the Sui Dynasty. He did not forget this outstanding veteran of the three dynasties. Changsun Sheng is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

After the death of Changsun Sheng, the post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials was temporarily vacant, and the work of the Ministry of Officials was temporarily taken over by Changsun Wuji, the son of Changsun Sheng, because he was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Changsun Sheng's deputy. Because Changsun Wuji was too young, Li Yuan did not promote him to be Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but in fact Changsun Wuji basically exercised the power of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Changsun Wuji is not unfamiliar to everyone. This is one of the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and he ranks first. This is Li Shimin's loyal fan and one of his important think tanks. According to historical records, he and his eldest grandson are Li Shimin's main palace. Both his wives participated in planning the Xuanwu Gate Change, so he is not a simple second-generation official, but the current Tang Dynasty (not the Tang Dynasty in history). Don't look at Changsun Wuji's young age, but he is both civil and military. Followed Li Shimin to fight north and south, block east and west, and made great achievements in battle, so Li Yuan let him occupy such an important position.

After receiving Li Shimin's instruction, Changsun Wuji acted immediately, sending eyeliners to keep an eye on Cheng Yaojin and Luo Song's every move.

It is easy for the immediate boss to find out the faults of his subordinates.

On this day, Cheng Yaojin went to the court because his official uniform was not neat, so he was caught by Changsun Wuji, saying that he deliberately despised the king and committed the crime of deceiving the king. The people in charge of Cheng Yaojin controlled Cheng Yaojin, took off his official uniform, loaded him into a prison car, and paraded through the streets first. According to the plan, he paraded Cheng Yaojin through the streets for one day, and tied him outside the Wuchao Gate the next day, waiting for the knife at three quarters in the afternoon. Ask to cut.

Cheng Yaojin thought that if he and Luo Song stood in the prince's team, Li Shimin would definitely retaliate, but he didn't expect that the retaliation would be so blatant. What kind of crime is it if the official uniform is not clean?But the words "contemptuous of the king, and the crime of deceiving the king" are serious, at least the head will be beheaded, and if it is more serious, the whole family will be searched, and even the nine clans will be punished.

Cheng Yaojin didn't guard against this trick, but he couldn't guard against it. He thought that Luo Song was the only one who could save him now. Yang Yong didn't know, but did he dare to show up?Fortunately, there must be a lot of commotion in this parade, Luo Song will definitely know, it depends on how he saves himself.If he lost his head like this, wouldn't Lao Cheng be too wronged?Cheng Yaojin was thinking wildly...

Of course Luo Song knew about Cheng Yaojin's parade like this. In fact, Changsun Wuji deliberately let Cheng Yaojin's accomplices know that the fundamental purpose was to force Yang Yong to surface, otherwise killing Cheng Yaojin would be of no importance.

Luo Song was shocked when he heard about it, and hurried to intercede with Li Yuan. Although he was the secretary of the Ministry of War, a general of the town, and a second-rank official, he had no right to interfere with the affairs of the official department. On the contrary, he was also under the management of the official department.Luo Song also knew that Changsun Wuji and Li Shimin wore a pair of pants. He and Cheng Yaojin had offended Li Shimin some time ago, so he had to find Li Yuan if he wanted to save Cheng Yaojin.

At this time, Luo's mother also knew that Jiang was worthy of being the wife of a princess. She was as careful as a hair and had a quick response. In terms of intelligence, she was better than Luo Song. Who is Changsun Wuji? That is Li Shimin's uncle, and who is Li Shimin? If you go to beg Li Yuan, not only will you not be successful, but you will be convicted and framed by him for your words."

Luo Song felt that what his mother said was reasonable, and he had a bitter look on his face, "Mother, how about that? You can't just watch Cheng Yaojin lose his head, can you?"

(End of this chapter)