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Chapter 898 Who is the hero? (Third update!)

As the sun fell, Chang'an City, which had been silent for a night, once again glowed with vitality.

Luo Xuanye packed up and headed to the imperial city.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in front of the palace gate, he saw the eunuch beside Li Shimin looking around. As soon as he saw Luo Xuanye, he immediately ran over and said with a flattering smile: "I have seen King Zhou. Your Majesty asked me to wait for Zhou here." The king said that the king of Zhou has arrived, so he quickly entered the palace to meet the king. "

As soon as he heard this, Luo Xuanye knew that something big had happened, otherwise the emperor would not be so anxious to find him. He hurriedly followed the eunuch to the palace.

After entering the hall, he immediately saw Li Shimin pacing angrily in the hall. Luo Xuanye rarely saw him like this.

"His Majesty."

Seeing Luo Xuanye coming, Li Shimin immediately said: "Qingyang, Hou Junji falsely accused Li Jing of treason."

It was only nine words, but the amount of information contained in it was so large that Luo Xuanye was instantly stuck.

Hou Junji, one of Li Shimin's confidant generals, a die-hard supporter of the Xuanwumen Revolution, one of the Twelve Generals, can be said to be one of the absolute core generals of the Zhenguan Dynasty.

Treason is a capital crime.

For example, Luo Xuanye could actually be promoted and be granted the title of Three Dukes during his lifetime. Li Shimin didn't think it was a problem, but going to the battlefield was too dangerous.

There are two reasons. First, these old people from Qin Prince's Mansion and Tiance Mansion are Li Shimin's absolute confidants. They were arranged by him to serve as governors in various Shangzhous and suppress the Tang Dynasty for him.

But now, I have also heard some things, and my heroes are a little arrogant.

It can actually be seen from the last attack on Dong Turk that Li Shimin basically refused to let the old generals of Prince Qin's Palace and Tiance Palace take action unless it was similar to the situation like cultivating Luo Xuanling.

Why Li Shimin likes Luo Xuanye so much is not only because of the close relationship between the two parties, but also because Luo Xuanye is a breath of fresh air among the heroes.

Luo Xuanye almost died on the battlefield at least three times at the beginning. No matter what, Li Shimin would not let Luo Xuanye fight for his life again.

If he dares to appear in front of me, I will kill him now.

As soon as Luo Xuanye heard Li Shimin's words, he knew that he did not want to kill Hou Junji. This was also related to the fact that it was Li Jing who falsely accused him. If Hou Junji dared to falsely accuse Luo Xuanye, Li Shimin might kill him directly.

So from the bottom of his heart, Li Shimin didn't want the heroes to go to the battlefield.

Secondly, Li Shimin wanted to share wealth and honor with his heroes, but fighting a war, not to mention failure and danger, would also take a huge toll on the body.

Ugh.

Alas, Qingyang, do you think I am too arrogant to them? I think it was not easy for them back then.

Li Shimin cursed loudly in the palace: "Qingyang, you said Hou Junji, how could he dare to break the law?
He didn't take the laws of the Tang Dynasty into consideration, and how could he frame a dignified minister?
What did he take me for?
I'm so angry.

In today's Zhenguan Dynasty.

One or two people at most.

It would be great if all my ministers were like you, Qingyang, and I would be relieved. "

That's why these nine words immediately made Luo Xuanye stuck, not knowing what to say.

In this way, even if he suffered a defeat, his confidants would not have any problems. Although it would be more painful for people like Li Jing to die, compared to people like Yuchi Jingde, it would be okay.

Li Jing, now the second most powerful military official in the Tang Dynasty, was Li Shimin's ultimate thug against foreign vassals. Li Jing took action in key battles. Although he was not Li Shimin's confidant, there was no doubt that he was reused.

False accusations are punishable by rebellion, and false accusations of rebellion are punishable by death.

Luo Xuanye had no requirements for power. Li Shimin would take it if it was given to him, and he would not ask for it if he did not give it. He went to court, listened to politics, and did things normally every day. He never caused trouble, and his personality was not arrogant. Although he rejected people thousands of miles away, this was still considered a thing. Good thing.

There is quite a leisurely feeling of watching the flowers bloom and fall in front of the garden.

Li Shimin likes this kind of character, he is very worry-free.

But it's a pity that Luo Xuanye's character is too rare.

Although Li Shimin scolded him harshly, he was so angry that he did not order Hou Junji to be beheaded. This was because he actually did not want to kill him.

Luo Xuanye actually felt that there was no problem in beheading Hou Junji. It was not a trivial matter to frame a high-ranking official in the court. However, since Li Shimin did not want to kill him, he would not insist on killing Hou Junji. After all, although the two of them were not Familiar, but not resentful.

"Qingyang, what do you think I should do?"

Luo Xuanye sighed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, as the emperor, you are the one who promulgates the laws of the world. So you are naturally above the laws of the Tang Dynasty. If you want to pardon Hou Junji, you can naturally pardon him."

Of course Li Shimin knew that he could pardon him, but, "If I pardon Hou Junji now for selfish reasons, how will the laws of the Tang Dynasty restrain other people in the future?"
This is what worries me. "

Luo Xuanye said softly: "If Your Majesty has such concerns, then go ask King Su for instructions and see if King Su will pardon Hou Junji."

Li Shimin immediately shook his head and said, "How can this disturb King Su?"

After saying that, he came to his senses and looked at Luo Xuanye until he realized what Luo Xuanye wanted to say. He thought for a moment and nodded slowly.

……

There were already many people sitting in the Taiji Hall. What made everyone curious was that Zhou Jun Wang Luo Xuanye, who always came early, did not arrive. The officials were laughing and chatting in twos and threes. It was originally a harmonious scene, but when generals like Yu Chigong walked in swaggering, it immediately changed. It was common for heroes to compete for credit at any time.

Although it is said that kindness and power come from above, there is still a word in this world called the importance of people's hearts.

Who should sit in which position? There is a scale in everyone's heart.

People who should sit high will be resentful if they sit low. People who should sit low will get into trouble if they sit too high.

This is called the bottom-up nature of power.

If the king does too many things that put the positions of his ministers in a wrong position, he will lose his popularity and prestige.

Therefore, excellent kings always rank their ministers according to seniority and use their ministers according to their merits and abilities.

Li Shimin is such an excellent king.

Therefore, the officials of the Zhenguan Dynasty were accustomed to sit according to their merits, so who had the greatest merit?
Of course the Founding Fathers!
Yuchi Gong saw that his position was at the back, and in front of him was someone he didn't know at all. Since he didn't know him, his merits must not be as good as his own.

Suddenly, my anger welled up. What kind of dog should sit in front of me?

Do you know who I am?

Yuchi Gong had such a bad temper that he stepped forward and slammed the table, shouting: "What qualifications do you have to sit here?"

what?
The man was stunned for a moment. He naturally recognized Yuchi Gong, straightened his appearance and said, "I was arranged to sit here by the etiquette officer."

Yuchi Gong yelled again, "What a courtesy officer, get out of here quickly, this is not your place to sit."

Normally, this person would have given in, but with Yu Chigong's attitude, he immediately stared hard and said, "Then Mr. Wu, I'm afraid I'll have to ask the etiquette officer to tell him."

Yuchi Gong became even more angry when he heard this. He directly lifted up the man's collar and threw it to the side. He held his head high and said, "I am a person who assisted your majesty in conquering the world and made great achievements, so I can sit here. People like you are not qualified."

After being humiliated like this, the man was about to pounce on him, "Mr. Wu Guo, you are going too far to bully others."

Seeing that he still dared to resist, Yuchi Gong stepped forward and prepared to give him a kick. When Li Daozong came over and saw a fight starting in the palace, he quickly came over to start a fight, but he was hit directly in the corner of the eye by Yuchi Gong.

At this time, the surrounding officials, such as Fang Xuanling and others, also gathered around to persuade Yuchi Gong.

"Wu Guogong, forget it."

"Jingde, His Majesty will be here soon, please sit back quickly."

"We all share the same palace, so don't make it look too ugly."

Especially Fang Xuanling and the others were actually a little panicked.

Just now, they all heard that Hou Junji had committed a crime and falsely accused Li Jing, the Duke of Dai, and was now being held in prison. This matter may be discussed at today's court meeting.

At this time, if you are still causing trouble, you are really afraid that you will live longer.

Although Yu Chigong was angry, he was surrounded by his old friends. Even if he hit Li Daozong, he couldn't beat Fang Xuanling and the others to death with two punches. Then he was really looking for death.

When this was happening in the palace, Li Shimin and Luo Xuanye were walking to the door together, and then they heard Yuchi Gong speaking nonsense in the palace.

Li Shimin had been thinking about Hou Junji. After hearing Yu Chigong's words, he immediately stood at the door with an expressionless face and a low air pressure. Luo Xuanye narrowed his eyes slightly.

His relationship with Hou Junji was average, but his relationship with Yu Chigong was still good. He captured Yuchi Gong with his own hands on the battlefield. Later, Yuchi Gong, who was invincible when he rushed into battle, half-saved his life.

From the bottom of his heart, Luo Xuanye didn't want anything to happen to Yuchi Gong.

"Your Majesty, it's time to enter the palace."

Luo Xuanye said that he didn't want Yu Chigong to say anything again to irritate Li Shimin.

"His Majesty is here!"

Following the eunuch's long dragging voice, the noisy hall fell silent for a moment, and then there was a burst of messy footsteps, and the officials returned to their seats one after another.

There is quite a scene where the class bell rings, and then the students who were making noise in the class return to their seats.

Even Yu Chigong, who was quite arrogant just now, immediately shrank back and returned to his previous position.

Li Daozong cursed in his heart, covered his bleeding eyes, and sat in his seat resisting the pain.

Only then did everyone realize that King Zhou had come with the Emperor, both of whom had the same expressionless expression.

Not good.

The emperor was in a bad mood and the atmosphere in the palace was stagnant.

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How to deal with the relationship with the founding heroes has been a difficult problem for kings of all ages. Most of the time, these people can only be described as arrogant soldiers and brave generals. They ignore the law, take risks, and kill people at every turn. These are their advantages in troubled times. , in the prosperous age, became a reminder of life. Li Shimin's treatment of heroes was just like his reign name "Zhenguan", and he followed the royal way, so he prospered. ——"The Rise and Fall of the Tang Empire"

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