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Text Chapter 359 Li You¡¯s Rebellion Farce

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    "Bastard! Beast!" Li Shimin slammed the memorial in his hand on the table, his whole body was shaking slightly with anger, and his originally strong face was full of ferocity, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour.

    Seeing Li Shimin's furious look, several important civil and military ministers in the Liangyi Palace bowed their heads and remained silent. If it was about other matters, they would have had room to speak, but this matter was related to royal family affairs, so Li Jing, Fang Xuanling, etc.  People all look at their noses with their eyes, and their noses with their mouths, just like an old monk entering samadhi.

    However, not everyone was as calm as Li Jing and Fang Xuanling. Only one person from a few important civil servants stood up and said loudly with a dark face: "Your Majesty, Quan Wanji was originally sent by your Majesty to teach the King of Shu.  , although he is named Chang Shi, he is no different from a teacher. The King of Shu, Li You, acted so boldly that he actually intended to attack and kill him. This is truly an act of having no father and no king. Please be punished severely by your majesty!"

    The person who stood up to speak was a skinny old man with a stubborn and upright attitude. He did not flinch at all because this matter involved the royal family. In the entire Tang Dynasty, there was no other minister who had such courage and dared to speak out. Apart from Wei Zheng, there was no other minister.  .

    Li Shimin was already on fire, his entire face was livid with anger, but now that he heard Wei Zheng's request to punish his son severely, his face had turned from blue to black, his eyebrows were raised, and he was extremely angry.  But even Li Shimin himself didn't know whether he was angry at his son for not living up to expectations, or because he was angry at Wei Zheng for not giving him face.

    In fact, it¡¯s no wonder that Li Shimin was so angry. The Tang Dynasty was growing in strength and was invincible in foreign campaigns. Not only did he personally destroy Goguryeo, but his son Li Min also destroyed Silla and Baekje.  This news reached Chang'an, which made Li Shimin feel happier than destroying Goguryeo himself.  In addition, the northern grassland, a serious problem, has also found a way to restrain it.  As long as the cement roads and fortresses continue to be built, there is only one fate waiting for the grassland barbarians, and that is to be completely integrated into the Tang Dynasty and no longer have the ability to rebel.

    However, as the saying goes, only ten out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory. Li Shimin was proud of his national affairs, but he had endless troubles in his family affairs. The most important thing was that his two sons, Li Chengqian and Li Taiming, were secretly competing for position, and their actions  getting bigger.  It's almost to the point of breaking their skin. As a father, Li Shimin doesn't know how to deal with this matter. Emotionally, he prefers Li Tai, but intellectually he prefers Li Chengqian, so he keeps a blind eye on this matter.  Close one eye and close the other, as long as the two sons don't make too much noise.  He just pretended not to see it.

    However, Li Shimin only focused on his two sons in Chang'an, but he forgot that there was another son who was even more troublesome. Of course, this son was not Li Min, but Li You, the king of Shu who was older than Li Min.

    Speaking of Li You, he made Li Min miserable.  With the help of Wu Meiniang's kidnapping, Li You was almost sent to Yizhou by Li Shimin. Not only did he send a chief historian, Quan Wanji, to supervise his actions, but he also took away the command authority of the royal guards and sent a school lieutenant.  Wei Wenzhen.  He served as the military officer of the Prince of Shu and managed the troops of the Prince of Shu on behalf of Li You.

    For this arrangement.  Li You was naturally very dissatisfied, especially towards the long history of Quan Wanji. This was mainly because Quan Wanji had a stubborn personality and always accused Li You. The two even often quarreled, which was also directly  The relationship between the two was very bad.

    As a prince, Li You, of course, had to fight back against Quan Wanji's control over him. He secretly sent someone to sue Quan Wanji in front of Li Shimin, which probably meant that the other party did not respect him and was very tyrannical.  Although Li Shimin didn't like Li You, he was also his son after all, so Li Shimin sent someone to investigate, and then asked the two to return to Chang'an, intending to confront them face to face.

    But what everyone didn't expect was that Li You was so bold that he sent people to attack Quan Wanji on the way. Fortunately, Wei Wenzhen, who was a military officer of the palace, knew about it in advance and immediately sent troops to rescue Quan Wanji.  discipline.

    Ordinarily, although Li You's incident was serious, at least Quan Wanji was not dead. With Li You's identity, as long as he took the initiative to admit his mistake to Li Shimin, at most he would be severely punished, and he might be imprisoned for several years, but at least he would not die.  worries.

    But the bad thing lies in the gang of villains around Li You. These people know that Li You has made such a big mistake. Although he himself will be fine, the people around them will definitely not escape death, so they encourage Li You  You raised an army to rebel, but Li You was also a fool. When his brain got hot, Erbaiwu's temper got angry, and he led a group of cronies to rebel.

    It's a pity that idiot Li You soon discovered that he didn't even have the palace's personal soldiers under his control. There were only a few hundred close followers who were willing to follow him in rebellion. As a result, his farce-like rebellion didn't last more than two days.  , was wiped out by the soldiers of the Prince of Shu and the local garrison. Even Li You was captured alive and is now on his way to Chang'an.

    Li You¡¯s rebellion is similar to the original one in history, but with some changes, for example, Quan Wanji, who was dismembered, escaped with his life, and Li You's rebellion was much smaller in scale. He was captured alive without even using an army, which can be said to be more cowardly than in history.

    However, when the news of Li You's rebellion reached Chang'an, the above scene happened. Li Shimin was furious about this, and Wei Zheng demanded that Li You be severely punished. As for how to severely punish him, it was very simple. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, rebellion was a capital crime, and it was still that  Death is unforgivable, even if he is a prince.

    As the saying goes, even though Li Shimin doesn't like Li You, he is his son after all. In addition, he has always been protective of his shortcomings, so he doesn't want to execute Li You according to law.  With this idea in mind, Li Shimin did not respond to Wei Zheng's words, but changed the topic and said: "Where is the traitor now? When can he arrive in Chang'an?"

    When Wei Zheng saw that Li Shimin was ignoring him, he was about to remonstrate again, but Fang Xuanling in front of him hurriedly came out and interrupted him: "Your Majesty, the King of Shu is already on his way to escort Chang'an, and has now arrived in Liangzhou. I believe  We can reach Chang'an in two days."

    Li Shimin nodded after hearing this. He was about to ask other people's opinions when suddenly he saw Wei Zheng behind him, bypassing Fang Xuanling and preparing to give him another direct remonstrance. This made Li Shimin very helpless and had to rush to say: "Dear ladies,  They are all busy with official duties, so let¡¯s stop here today and retire from the court!¡±

    After Li Shimin finished speaking, he turned around and left Liangyi Hall, without giving Wei Zheng a chance to speak.  Wei Zheng was also very angry, but he was not one to give up easily. He flicked his sleeves and left the Liangyi Palace quickly, intending to write his opinions into a memorial and then present it directly to the court meeting.

    Two days later, Li You was escorted to Chang'an. However, by coincidence, Li Min's letter to Li Shimin was also sent to Chang'an at the same time. However, these two sons brought two completely different feelings to Li Shimin.

    In the imperial study room on the right side of Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin only summoned three close ministers here, namely Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, and Changsun Wuji.  But today, Li Shimin was sitting on the desk with a complicated expression, and there were two things on his desk. They were a letter from Li Min asking for permission to recruit barbarians from the grassland, and a memorial from Wei Zheng asking for Li You to be severely punished.

    Wei Zheng is stubborn and must do what he believes in, so the memorial to impeach Li You was finally presented in person at the court meeting. His move was also supported by many upright officials. After all, Li You was originally a  This daring person has now committed a serious crime of rebellion. Naturally, many people hope to bring him to justice.

    "They are both my sons, but why do I feel so troubled by this cruelty to animals?" Li Shimin slapped Wei Zheng's memorial and growled with a sad look on his face.

    Seeing Li Shimin's painful expression, Fang Xuanling and the other three people below all sighed. Li Min was Li Shimin's most valued son and the most ambitious among the princes. With the support of Tang Dynasty and his own intelligence, Li Min  It has already opened up overseas, not only easily occupying Silla and Baekje, but also occupying the large island of Liuguo. The business is very prosperous, and now it is preparing to take action against Japan. With such outstanding achievements, even Li Shimin asked himself, if it were him, what would he do?  They may not be able to do so well.

    But compared to the outstanding Li Min, Li You is simply a pile of useless garbage. He is usually brave and aggressive and hunts excessively. However, he dared to attack and kill the long history appointed by His Majesty, and even launched a rebellion afterwards. Although  This rebellion became a joke, but it was also heinous. There was a huge quarrel in the court about him, and Li Shimin couldn't sleep well for several days.

    "Your Majesty, please calm down. What happened has already happened. It will be useless to scold the King of Shu again. It is better to find a way to deal with it as soon as possible!" Changsun Wuji, who has the best relationship with Li Shimin, said.

    "Hmph! What else can be done? This beast is so without a king and a father, so I will treat him as my son and just act according to the law!" Li Shimin shook his sleeves and said angrily.  However, the three people below all knew that these were Li Shimin's angry words and could not be done accurately at all.

    "Your Majesty, no matter how he is not the King of Shu, he is still the prince of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, he was also deceived by traitors and did not really want to rebel. Therefore, Wei Chen thought that those who tempted the King of Shu to rebel could be sentenced to death. As for the  Your Highness, King of Shu, will take away his title and stop him from doing evil!" Changsun Wuji said again.  He knew Li Shimin's temper very well and knew that the other party did not want to kill his son, so he said this.

    However, after hearing this, Li Jing shook his head and said: "Although Lord Changsun's words are correct, the King of Shu is the main culprit in the rebellion after all. If he only deals with the accomplices, Wei Zheng may be dissatisfied. If he then reveals the matter to  If it¡¯s in the newspaper, it¡¯s going to be a big deal.¡±

    Li Jing¡¯s words gave Li Shimin a wake-up call. Because Li You was arrested as soon as he rebelled, he knew very little about it. The newspaper has not yet received the news.And Li Shimin had already ordered that the news be completely blocked. However, there is no airtight wall in this world. News of Li You's rebellion will spread out sooner or later, so Li Shimin must decide on Li You's punishment before then.

    "Your Highness, I have a way to get the best of both worlds, but this way, His Highness Qi helped me!" At this moment, Fang Xuanling, who had been silent, suddenly said, with a weird smile on his face.  .
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