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Chapter 254 The Poor King Gaochang
Hou Junji was the coach, not only did Li Shimin praise him, but others also kept drinking to him.

Although he always responded with a smile on his face, Lin Xuan still noticed that his smile was a bit forced.

When he entered the city, Lin Xuan also knew about the looting by Hou Junji's army, and rumors had already spread.

As the party involved, Hou Junji is no wonder he is happy.

But Lin Xuan knew that just because of this incident, Hou Junji would be disgusted at most and his reputation would be bad.

Historically, he was captured for corrupting ink, but in the end Li Shimin let him go.

Now Li Shimin would not do anything to him just relying on military looting.

No matter what later generations say about Li Shimin, it is true that Li Shimin treats heroes well.

Li Jing and Qin Qiong did not help Li Shimin when he was in the most distress, and Li Shimin did not pursue it.

Yuchi Gong was proud of his achievements, but Li Shimin didn't pursue it.

Hou Junji rebelled, Li Shimin only executed Hou Junji, and his family was exiled.

You know, in ancient times, no matter which dynasty, rebellion was a taboo, not to mention punishing the nine clans, at least the immediate family members would definitely not be able to survive.

Compared with other dynasties, being an official under Li Shimin is the best.

Li Shimin was relieved to see that no one was impeaching Hou Junji now.

……

On the second day, Tai Chi Hall

"See Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin waved his hands and said, "Pingshen!"

"Military Department, have you ever counted the achievements of the Battle of Gaochang?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Daozong came out, held the memorial in both hands and said: "Return to Your Majesty, the statistics have been completed."

Li Mu stepped forward to take it and handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took it and read it carefully, closed the memorial, and said: "Well, this big victory depends entirely on the life of the soldiers, and it should be rewarded based on merit!"

Wei Zheng came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have a book to play!"

Li Shimin said with some headaches: "What's the matter, let's talk about it after the merits and deeds are rewarded."

"Your Majesty, what I want to say is about meritorious deeds and rewards!" Wei Zheng said.

Li Shimin said with an ugly face, "Speak!"

He knew that with Wei Zheng's bad temper, he couldn't stop it.

"Your Majesty, after the army returned to the city, it was reported that Duke Lu had sent troops to plunder. After careful investigation, the minister found out that this happened. This incident is truly a disservice to the peace of heaven, and the people and gods are all angry. It should be dealt with seriously!" Wei Zheng said solemnly.

Li Shimin said with a gloomy face: "Are you sure the investigation is clear?"

It's not that he doesn't want to deal with Hou Junji, it's just that Hou Junji is the coach, and the coach has been punished, how can rewards for meritorious deeds continue?

"If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can arrange someone to investigate. If you have a false statement, you are willing to accept the punishment!" Wei Zheng said with a righteous face.

Wei Zheng didn't care about Hou Junji's eyes that seemed to kill him.

He knew that Hou Junji would definitely be offended by this matter, but he didn't care.

His background destined him to be a lone minister.

Li Shimin looked at Hou Junji, and asked expressionlessly: "Hou Junji, tell me, what is going on with this matter?"

Hou Junji said with an aggrieved face: "Your Majesty, after the soldiers entered the city, some soldiers did violate military regulations, but I have already dealt with them. This matter is due to my lack of restraint. Please punish me!"

He knew that this matter could not be concealed, so he simply pushed it all to the soldiers, admitting that he was not strong enough to restrain himself.

Li Shimin nodded, and said: "Hou Junji's ineffective management has damaged the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, and his salary will be fined for three months!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness!" Hou Junji said gratefully.

Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, I have definite evidence that this matter was ordered by Lord Lu Guo. It is not that the restraint is not effective."

Li Shimin's face was gloomy, and he said, "Then what do you think Yin should do?"

"Your Majesty! Someone should be sent to thoroughly investigate this matter." Wei Zheng said.

"You!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng angrily, and said, "Okay, don't you want to investigate, then you should investigate. Retire!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

……

"Bang!" Li Shimin angrily threw the cup out of his hand.

Li Mu quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, calm down!"

"Calm down, calm down. How can I calm down?" Li Shimin said angrily.

He didn't think the ice looting was a big deal.

It also gave Wei Zheng face and punished Hou Junji.

Wei Zheng insisted on forcing him to deal with Hou Junji again.

Hou Junji had just won a big battle and returned with the merit of destroying his past.

He wanted to punish Hou Junji, what would the army generals think?
Empress Changsun walked into the hall, saw the broken cup on the ground, and signaled Li Mu to go out first.

Li Mu saluted, and hurriedly backed out.

Empress Changsun walked behind Li Shimin, helped Li Shimin to calm down, and said with a light smile, "Why did His Majesty get so angry?"

When Li Shimin saw Empress Changsun, most of his anger had subsided, but when he thought of Wei Zheng, he became angry again, and cursed: "That old man Wei Zheng bullied me too much!"

Empress Changsun saw that Li Shimin was angry like a child, she felt a little funny, and said: "Your Majesty, don't you understand Zheng Guogong's temperament, why are you angry with him?"

Empress Changsun is like water, always able to extinguish Li Shimin's anger.

What Wei Zheng said was indeed correct, what made him angry was that Wei Zheng didn't consider his difficulties at all.

Li Mu walked in, seeing that Li Shimin's anger had subsided a lot, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Shimin frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Mu hurriedly said: "Report to Your Majesty, Mr. Fang, please see me!"

Empress Changsun said: "Your Majesty, my concubine will retire first."

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said, "Come here, clean up, please come in."

"Yes!"

Li Mu hurriedly called the maid to come in to clean up and put on a new set of tea sets.

"Sir, see Your Majesty!" Fang Xuanling bowed and saluted.

Li Shimin was no longer angry as before, and said with a smile, "Sit down."

After Fang Xuanling thanked her, she sat down.

"Xuanling is looking for me, what's the matter?" Li Shimin asked.

Fang Xuanling cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I checked Gao Chang's seizure and felt something was wrong."

Li Shimin asked a little strangely: "What's wrong?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Although Gaochang is small, it is the only way to pass through the commercial routes in the Western Regions. Doesn't Your Majesty think that King Gaochang is a bit too poor?"

Li Shimin said nonchalantly: "Gaochang Elementary School, after removing the three floors for the soldiers, there are still about [-] guan, which is already quite a lot."

Gaochang has only a few tens of thousands of people, and even a larger county in Datang has a larger population than the entire Gaochang, so it's no surprise that it's poorer.

He knew that the generals would definitely be greedy, but these were normal things, and he didn't plan to investigate them carefully.

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, although Gaochang is small, it is very rich. In addition, they blocked the Tang Dynasty's commercial roads for more than a month, so they should have accumulated a lot of wealth. Although the Western Turks should be divided A lot, but it shouldn’t be this poor.”

Li Shimin's eyes flashed brightly, and he asked, "Did you know something?"

Fang Xuanling nodded, and said, "I heard that Duke Lu secretly brought back more than a dozen carts of things. I don't know what it is."

Of course Li Shimin knew what Fang Xuanling meant.

Judging from the memorial presented by Hou Junji, even if Hou Junji got more points, there shouldn't be more than a dozen cars.

"Are you sure?" Li Shimin asked blankly.

Even though he asked this question, based on what he knew about Fang Xuanling, if it wasn't true, it would be impossible for Fang Xuanling to come to him.

Fang Xuanling nodded.

Li Shimin sighed, and said: "Secretly investigate and find out how much he is greedy for ink."

Li Shimin didn't care if he took a little more, but now it seems that Hou Junji took more than a little.

(End of this chapter)