Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Early the next morning, Chu Mo returned to Chang'an City in the Cui family's carriage.

As soon as he entered the city, Chu Mo saw that the once prosperous Chang'an City had now become extremely depressed.

Not only that, there are still some uncleaned blood stains and various burn marks in front of many houses and shops.

On the entire street, only a handful of shops can open normally, which shows how intense the turmoil has been in the past few days.

After walking around on the street, Chu Mo followed Cui Yingying back to Cui's house.

As soon as he entered the door, the housekeeper of Cui Mansion immediately greeted him:

"Master, you are finally back. There are people from the Chamber of Commerce. They are all clamoring to see you. If you don't come back, I will send people outside the city to invite you."

Cui Yingying nodded, didn't say anything more, but turned to look at Chu Mo and said:

"Husband, you see, you have made everything right. These people are so anxious. They must want to quickly transfer their property and leave Chang'an."

Chu Mo smiled slightly and said:

"There's no rush, just let them wait. I believe it won't be long before more exciting news comes out of the palace."

After hearing what Chu Mo said, Cui Yingying's eyes lit up and she immediately looked at the housekeeper and said:

"Go and tell those people that I have some important matters to deal with right now and don't have time to see them. If they are willing to wait, you can arrange some snacks for them."

"If they are unwilling to wait, then let them go back directly. If anyone dares to cause trouble, I will blast them out and report them to the Chamber of Commerce to remove them directly."

"Also, you can call the other family heads here for me. I have something to discuss with them now."

The last sentence was said by Chu Mo.

The housekeeper looked at Chu Mo and then at Cui Yingying, wondering whether to listen to him or not.

Seeing that the housekeeper was so ignorant, Cui Yingying immediately frowned and said:

"You've been following me for so long, and you don't even have this bit of insight? Remember, his words will be my words from now on."

After saying that, he looked at Chu Mo apologetically.

Chu Mo pouted:

"Yingying, there is no need to play such little tricks in front of me. If this person can be your housekeeper, it means that he is your right-hand man. I am not a coward, and I will not blame him for the smallest things. his."

After speaking, he patted the butler on the shoulder and said:

"You're doing a great job, I hope you can keep up the good work."

The housekeeper was already a big man at this time and knew that his behavior just now was inappropriate.

The man in front of him was someone who even the head of his family wanted to fawn over. He had just insulted his face, which was extremely disrespectful.

Wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, the housekeeper immediately bowed to Chu Mo:

"Thank you Mr. Chu for your understanding."

Chu Mo waved his hand:

"Hurry up and notify the person. Remember, please do it in Yingying's name. Don't leak the news of my existence."

The housekeeper was also a smart man and immediately understood what Chu Mo meant. After he resigned and left, he directly sent someone to deliver the message.

At the same time, Li Shimin in the imperial city had not gone to court for several days.

Since that day when he decreed the canonization of all the princes, he immediately closed the palace gates. Except for Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Li Jing, the rest of the courtiers, no matter who they were, were blocked from the palace gates.

Today, the first day after the great purge, a group of officials headed by Changsun Wuji finally couldn't wait any longer.

Therefore, Changsun Wuji led a group of courtiers to seek help from Queen Changsun.

Although Queen Changsun has heard about some things in the court and the purges in Chang'an City in the past few days.

But she has always adhered to the "iron rule" that the harem must not interfere with politics. Apart from worrying about her husband and son, she did not want to interfere too much.

But today, Changsun Wuji actually led someone to sue him, and the emperor had indeed not seen his courtiers for several days.

Worried about changes, she finally gave in and had to lead the concubines, princes, princesses, and many ministers to "say hello" to Li Shimin.

When Li Shimin heard that Queen Changsun was leading a group of people outside the palace asking for a meeting, his face instantly became extremely ugly.

What made him even more angry was that Queen Changsun actually obeyed Changsun Wuji's request and united a group of courtiers to come together.

This is not "please accept", this is obviously forcing the woman to have a baby.

Li Shimin, who knew there was no way to hide, shouted angrily, and finally had no choice but to have the palace door opened and received the crowd.

After a few days, the courtiers saw the emperor again, but they no longer had the awe they had before.

After seeing Li Shimin, a group of admonishers headed by Wei Zheng casually bowed and began to report, asking His Majesty the Emperor to make a response to the turmoil in Chang'an City in the past few days to the ministers, the people of Chang'an, and the whole world. An explanation.

Li Shimin was originally worried about how to treat Li Chengqian and Chu Xin, but now that he saw such an attitude among the ministers, he immediately became furious and directly ordered Wei Zheng and other officials to be stripped of their official titles and imprisoned in the sky prison.

I thought that after suppressing this group of public officials, the others would see that the situation was not good and would restrain themselves.

Unexpectedly, this move not only failed to have the corresponding effect, but also aroused the rebellious spirit of the courtiers.

When the civil servants headed by Changsun Wuji saw that His Majesty the Emperor actually punished Yan Guan, they immediately stopped working.

Changsun Wuji immediately stood up with a group of officials:

"Your Majesty, this is not allowed. From ancient times to the present, no official has ever been punished for his words. If this precedent is set in our dynasty, wouldn't it be ridiculed by future generations?"

Looking at the kneeling officials, Li Shimin clenched his fists. The two days of purges not only failed to sort out the stagnation in his heart, but instead aroused the long-buried violence in his heart.

He glanced at Changsun Wuji, who was kneeling at the front. Just when he was about to order him to be taken down as well, he suddenly heard an admonishment in his ears:

"Your Majesty, what Mr. Changsun said is true. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks, Tubo, Nanzhao and other tribes are eyeing our Central Plains. If you kill the courtiers at this time and cause the industrial situation to be unstable, then the surrounding countries will definitely think that we are a big country. Tang is unstable and swarms.”

"And all the ministers are right. What you have done in the past few days is really frightening. If you don't give an explanation to the people of the world, how should they treat your Majesty?"

Queen Changsun suddenly stood up, stood in front of Changsun Wuji, and looked at Li Shimin.

In fact, it was not that Queen Changsun wanted to stand up, but that he saw that Li Shimin had murderous intentions. If he did not stand up at this time, Changsun Wuji would have to shed his skin today even if he did not die.

In addition, whether her son Li Chengqian can securely take the position of prince still needs the mediation of Changsun Wuji. If there is no tree like Changsun Wuji, I am afraid that the other princes will take advantage of the opportunity to rise. At this time, she does not want to see it at all. Arrived.