Fu Tang

As soon as Li Congjia heard the news, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment came over and cried to him.

Of course, it seems inappropriate to cry and complain, it should be called a complaint.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice is also suffering. If anyone came to attack the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, he would dare to arrest these people on the spot, but this time not one or two came, and the identities of these people were very sensitive—basically all of them were Among his heirs on the peak, there is even the son of Shu King Li Hongji!

Li Hongji is now the only prince in the entire Tang Dynasty. The emperor has a good relationship with him and takes good care of his nephew.

It is nonsense to say that the prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. Even if they are really guilty of the same crime, the prince can use money to redeem his sins, but the common people cannot.

Now that this kind of thing has happened, the only thing Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice can do is to come to Li Congjia to complain and leave this matter to Li Congjia to decide.

However, he also did one thing that was not very authentic, that is, he bypassed the cabinet, and there was nothing he could do about it, after all... the son of the cabinet minister was also involved.

After Li Congjia found out, he sneered on the spot and said, "Okay, very good, these are the pillars of our Datang in the future, it's really great."

Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment felt cold all over his body, a murderous person who was considered to be the number one in Chang'an, now stood there quietly like a quail, not daring to say a word.

Li Congjia asked: "Who has found out?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice smiled bitterly and said: "There is no need to investigate at all. After they smashed it, they are still there to show off their power and leave their names."

Li Congjia nodded: "Well, it's still a responsibility."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice took a careful look at Li Congjia, and found that Li Congjia's expression was very calm. This calmness reminded him of the countries that had annoyed him and was killed over the years, and he was extremely worried in an instant——Li Congjia would not kill all these children directly Well, this is the rhythm of chaos.

Just when he was worried, Li Congjia said: "Now you arrest these people one by one according to the list at that time. If there is one less, I will only ask you."

Minister of the Ministry of Justice was a little embarrassed: "I'm afraid...it won't be easy."

Li Congjia said: "I will let you go, of course I won't ignore you, you give me the list."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice immediately handed over a list. After Li Congjia glanced down, he handed the list to Chunsheng and Tao Fu and said, "One of the ministers involved here counts as one, and all of them are called to the Xuanzheng Hall."

After finishing speaking, he wrote a handwritten letter directly, and handed it to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, saying: "Take this handwritten letter to arrest people, and tell them who dares to resist the crime and conspire against them. If you are really worried, just wait Catch these people after they enter the palace!"

After hearing this, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Li Congjia was willing to write the handbook, half of the work would be completed.

After the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment left holding the handbook, Li Congjia knocked on the table and thought for a while, then said: "Go, call Dalang."

Chunsheng and Taofu had already gone to "invite" those ministers, so the one who could go now was Ling Zhu who was serving in the study.

Li Zhongyu was studying at this time, or studying history, which was a course specially arranged for him by Li Congjia.

There is a saying that history is always amazingly similar. Li Congjia believes that the history of this world may have a corresponding reincarnation, so he hopes that Li Zhongyu can learn some nutrients from history books so that he can maximize his life. Prevent him from making stupid moves in the future.

Li Zhongyu was a little strange, Li Congjia seldom disturbed his study, and when he got to the study, he found that the atmosphere seemed not very good.

He just walked over and took a look: "Father."

Li Congjia gave him the list and asked, "See if there are any students from the academy on it."

Li Zhongyu was a little puzzled: "Students in the academy? There are too many students in the academy now, and I don't know all of them."

Li Congjia waved his hand and said, "Look first."

Li Zhongyu looked down, okay, these people happened to be known to him. After all, although genealogy is not very important these days, it is impossible for a prince not to know the family situation of important officials in the court. It's a child of a family with a rank three or above!

Li Zhongyu thought about it while reading it, then shook his head and said, "These people don't seem to be in the academy."

Li Congjia breathed a sigh of relief. He had been thinking just now that if these people were taught by the academy, would he have given the academy too much freedom these years?Is Liu Yi not suitable for the School of Management?

Fortunately, these children were not college students, so Li Congjia understood how to deal with them.

As for why these ministers don't send their children to the academy, one is because the academy also has a certain number of places, not everyone accepts it, and the second is that some families never put their eggs in one basket.

Li Zhongyu looked at Li Congjia curiously and asked, "Why did Dad suddenly ask this? What happened to this list?"

In the past, Li Congjia seldom paid attention to these second generations. Even if he did, they were all outstanding people.

Li Congjia narrated the matter to Li Zhongyu in a flat tone, and Li Zhongyu was dumbfounded after listening.

I really never thought that there are such stupid people in this world, shocking the Ministry of Punishment?This shit is serious enough to be convicted of treason.

Li Zhongyu was a little confused: "But why did they go to the Criminal Ministry to make trouble?"

I can't figure it out, maybe I drank too much?

Li Congjia sneered: "Of course it's for a certain bitch."

Li Zhongyu still wants to ask, but Li Congjia seldom uses this kind of derogatory term to describe a person, but once he uses it, it means that he hates this person to the bone. What happened, he couldn't help being surprised and said, "Is it for Prince Fu Zi Nei?"

Li Congjia snorted and said, "There is no Prince Fuzinei in this world anymore."

Li Zhongyu shivered and didn't dare to continue asking. After all, even if Li Congjia was always gentle, once he got angry, Li Zhongyu would still be afraid.

At this moment, Chunsheng and Taofu came back sweating profusely and said, "Your Majesty, all the ministers have arrived."

Li Congjia asked: "Is it all here? Well, let's go, and Da Lang will follow."

Li Zhongyu followed Li Congjia obediently to the Xuanzheng Hall.

At this time, there were many people standing in the Xuanzheng Hall. The scale was as large as a small court meeting. Although there were many people, it was actually very quiet at the scene. No one spoke, and at most they showed each other with their eyes.

The only thing that was relatively synchronized was that the expressions on their faces were very gloomy, and they were not fools. The son on the front foot had just gone to make a fuss in the Ministry of Justice, and Li Congjia called them all over on the back foot. After communicating with each other, they found that they were all the fathers of the bear boy. What else do you not understand?

So when they saw Li Congjia coming over, they quietly looked at Li Congjia's expression while saluting, trying to figure out something.

However, Li Congjia has been the emperor for so many years, he dare not say that he can hide his emotions and anger, but if he doesn't want people to see through his thoughts, he can still do it with a deadpan expression.

After everyone found that there was nothing to be seen on his face, they turned to look at Li Zhongyu, and found that Li Zhongyu also had a serious face. The two fathers and sons who were not very similar originally had a high degree of overlap at this time!

After Li Congjia sat down, he looked around and frowned: "Where is the King of Shu?"

The ministers thumped in their hearts. In the past, Li Congjia would call Li Hongji by his title unless it was at the Great Court Meeting. Usually, at the Small Court Meeting, he would directly call him brother. Today, it means that this matter probably will not happen. Good - he didn't even intend to give Li Hongji face!

Chunsheng bowed and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Shu went out of the city to inspect the camp before, and he has sent someone to inform him that he is already heading back."

Li Congjia nodded: "Then don't wait for him, I'll talk to you first."

Everyone is inexplicable, let's talk?What do you want to talk about?

Just when everyone was quite frightened, Li Congjia's expression suddenly became very gentle, and his tone was also very gentle, he asked: "Speaking of which, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty today is really inseparable from your efforts. Well... I also know that my ability is mediocre, so... whoever of you thinks that I am inappropriate to sit on the throne, just say it directly, let's discuss it, don't just do it if you disagree, what do you think?"

How about it?What else can you do, you are killing people!

The ministers' faces paled and their legs softened, and they all knelt down, shouting: "I dare not!"

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows: "Don't you dare? Why don't you dare? The grown-up and underage children in your family dare to directly attack the lobby of my punishment department. What are you afraid of? Huh?"

The ministers knelt down, sweat began to flow down their foreheads, and some of them were even trembling badly. This group of brats really screwed them over.

However, no one expected that Li Congjia would suddenly ask such a question, and directly elevate the whole matter. This would require the rhythm of the Yi tribe—if it is really judged as treason, it is estimated that the nine tribes will not be enough.

Fortunately, Zhao Pu resisted the pressure and said: "Your Majesty, don't get angry, your Majesty is just impulsive, they...they have absolutely no evil intentions!"

Li Congjia stood up from his seat and walked down slowly, saying, "Without any evil intentions? Without any evil intentions, the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice could be smashed to pieces, and one of the officials working inside would be injured. If they had evil intentions , are you going to rush into the palace directly to kill me?"

Zhao Pu lowered his head directly, and his head hit the ground, and he didn't dare to speak anymore. Anyway, it's wrong to say anything now, so he'd better...be quiet.

Li Congjia was pacing back and forth in the Xuanzheng Hall, and the ministers kneeling on the ground below did not make him happy. After a while, he sat back lazily and asked, "Speak? Why don't you talk? Usually one by one. Can you speak? Why are you dumb now?"

Zhao Pu, who was the first to come out, has already been teased by you, who dares to speak!

After a while, Chunsheng came over and said, "Your Majesty, the King of Shu is here."

For a moment, Li Congjia was a little entangled. Frankly speaking, the relationship between Li Hongji and him was actually quite good. Of course, this would only be good after he arrived in the Western Regions. However, before that, even if Li Hongji was targeting Li Congjia, he only felt that the other party was targeting Li Congjia. .

Now that Li Hongji's son committed a crime, Li Congjia can scold these ministers without any scruples, but he is unwilling to treat Li Hongji so harshly.

And after the other ministers took a peek at the helplessness on Li Congjia's face, the stone in their hearts... fell halfway down, and of course it was still hanging in the air.

They guessed that Li Congjia was unwilling to fight with his elder brother, but what they didn't know was whether Li Congjia would insist on the official punishment as soon as he gritted his teeth.

But no one thought that Li Hongji didn't come by himself at all!

The reason why Li Hongji came so late, after Li Congjia had run out all the ministers, was not because he was patrolling the camp outside at all, but because he went home and caught the little brat who caused trouble in his family.

So what Li Congjia saw was that Li Hongji was wearing a suit of armor, carrying his son as he approached the Xuanzheng Hall like a chicken, and then threw the child on the ground, and he fell to one knee. , Only said: "The minister is not strict in teaching the son, please punish him, Your Majesty."

Li Congjia heaved a sigh of relief, he knew that Li Hongji would not let him down.

And the other ministers were a little confused after seeing Li Hongji's "righteous destruction of relatives". It is also impossible to really kill his nephew. Li Hongji put on this posture and let Li Congjia deal with it. At least on the surface, it can make Li Congjia reduce some of his anger.

As for how to punish...they have already stormed the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it is not bad if you can save your life, and punish?

Li Congjia glanced at Li Chun who was trembling on the ground, then at Li Hongji, thought for a while, turned to Chunsheng and said, "Go to Wang Shangshu and ask him to bring someone to Xuanzheng Hall."

Wang Shangshu is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. As for leading people... all the ministers suddenly realized that Li Congjia called them here to vent his anger and scold them, but more to divert the tiger away from the mountain so that Wang Shangshu can quickly arrest the criminals brought to justice.

As for how Wang Shangshu was able to arrest so many people... the emperor has backed him, so are you afraid he won't be caught?Who dares to resist the decree!Now several ministers are praying in their hearts that their family members will not be too arrogant. If they really resist the decree, then one of them counts as one and they don't even think about running away.

After a while, Wang Shangshu directly brought all the people here, and all of a sudden the Xuanzheng Hall was full of people, and the scene of father and son living together made many people feel very strange.

However, the facts proved that some ministers were not unreasonable in their worries. These little bastards dared to stick their necks to resist when they arrived at the Xuanzheng Palace!

Several ministers saw their son committing crimes there, so they went over and beat him up on the spot, and even dared to make trouble in the palace. Believe it or not, the emperor directly said that you want to assassinate and rebel?Is it true that the emperor is a good man and a faithful woman?

Li Congjia saw that the ministers had subdued his son, so he said slowly, "What are you doing? Everyone is a scholar, so if you have something to say, don't do it. I'm still here, so you dare to do it?"

As the minister who was the first to rush to beat his son, Zhao Pu knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty calm down, the dog has nothing to do with it. I am teaching him not to offend the holy car."

Li Congjia admired the little bastards who were beaten into pig's heads, and found that although these children were so beaten that they dared not speak, they still had a hundred unconvinced eyes.

Li Congjia suddenly asked: "Today's case is not a small one, and I... will also be a judge for a while. Come on, tell me, why did you storm the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"

Those teenagers were originally holding their breath, and they went together like this, but they were not really fools. Now that they arrived at the Xuanzheng Palace, they knew that they had committed a major event, and for a while, one or two dared not speak up.

Li Congjia's face darkened: "Tell me, wasn't one or two very powerful when I went to smash the punishment department before? Why don't you dare to say it now? Shouldn't you have to shirk responsibility next?"

Zhao Pu's second son Zhao Chengxu gritted his teeth and stood up and said, "We just want to find justice for a few weak women!"

"Fairness?" Li Congjia didn't get angry but just asked, "What kind of justice do you want? Who is the weak woman you're talking about?"

Zhao Chengxu said loudly: "I'm talking about those Japanese women. They are innocent in the first place, but because some people saw their beauty and ugliness at the banquet, they killed these weak women for the sake of fame!"

Li Congjia was not angry after hearing this, nodded and asked, "Where did you hear this news?"

Zhao Chengxu hesitated before saying: "This matter cannot be concealed at all, even...even Prince Fuzinai was executed, no matter what, she is always the Japanese imperial daughter, if Japan retaliates because of her death, wouldn't it be Thousands more soldiers were killed?"

After Zhao Chengxu finished speaking, the young gentlemen behind him immediately responded, "That's right, that's it."

Li Congjia nodded and asked, "So?"

Zhao Chengxu was stunned for a moment, hadn't he already finished explaining the reason?What more so?

Li Congjia looked at him calmly and said: "You can stand up and admit that I respect you as a man, but what you said is completely nonsense. If you are really worried that a conflict between the two countries will hurt soldiers, then it is not a shock." The Ministry of Punishment, but through various channels to submit letters and persuade, this is what you should do! However, you have chosen the most radical method, and you have been dazzled by beauty! Just to cover up the filth in my heart!"

Zhao Chengxu and the others blushed immediately, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "My fair lady is such a gentleman, I...what's wrong with me liking her?"

"Of course it's right to like someone, but it's a big mistake if you like someone so much that you become a fool!" Li Zhongyu finally couldn't help but stand up and say, he was really going to be pissed off, these people are actually just for a few women Furious, what is the difference between this and Zhou Youwang?

Li Congjia patted Li Zhongyu's hand to tell him not to be impulsive, and suddenly said: "Well, now I give you a choice, you can marry those Japanese women, but the price is to give up everything in Datang, and travel across the ocean to go to Japan with them , especially those who like Prince Fukoko, you must know that she is the imperial daughter of Japan, and the imperial throne in Japan is undecided, and the imperial daughter also has the right to inherit from them, so after you pass, you may only become one of her men One, and get a false title, and live by her in this life, are you willing?"

Zhao Chengxu was stunned for a moment: "Prince Fu Zi Nei... no... not already..."

Li Congjia waved his hand: "You don't care whether she is dead or alive, just ask if you are willing?"

Those people looked at each other in blank dismay, no one spoke, would you like to?Of course they are unwilling. They have a good family background and a noble status in Datang, why should they suffer there?

Even these people never thought of marrying Prince Fuzinei!

When Li Congjia saw that they were silent, he sneered and said, "You can't even do this, and you still put on a lover's face. Who are you disgusting?"

Zhao Chengxu wanted to say that he only regarded Prince Fuzinei as a confidante, well, he knew that it was impossible for him to marry a Japanese woman as his official wife, but he couldn't say it in the face of Li Congjia's mocking gaze.

Li Congjia said again: "Why do you dare to attack the hall of the Ministry of Criminal Justice? Isn't it because you think that my father is higher than the official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so you have no scruples?"

Li Chun directly knelt on the ground and said with a pale face: "Your Majesty, I... I know I was wrong, and I accept any punishment, but this matter really has nothing to do with Dad, don't implicate my Dad."

Although Li Chun is not the heir apparent as the Prince of Shu's son, his status is extraordinary after all. As soon as he confessed his love, the others felt at a loss as if their backbone had been taken away.

After Zhao Chengxu stood there thinking for a long time, he suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, the death of Prince Fuzi...is there something inside?"

Li Congjia didn't speak, Li Zhongyu stood up and said: "You are simply confused by their medicines. When Father entertained them that day, they prescribed medicines in public with the intention of assassinating them! Even the death of the first king of Chu was related to them! They used A special drug in Japan, combined with those ringtones, can kill people invisible! You are still alive and lucky!"

After hearing this, Zhao Chengxu and others gasped for a moment, their faces turned pale. After a long while, Zhao Chengxu slowly knelt down and said, "The grassroots know their mistakes."

He knelt down and the others followed suit.

Li Congjia sighed. The reason why he dealt with these brats today was only because there were his nephews and the sons of ministers he valued. people, as for the others...

Li Congjia turned his head to look at Wang Shangshu, who had been acting as the background board, and asked, "When you went to arrest people just now, did you encounter any resistance?"