The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Night fell.

Hou Junji rode on horseback and waved his hand.

A small group of people behind him stepped forward to break open the gate of Prince Yi'an's mansion.

The gate was open, and Hou Junji led his people in through the main gate.

At this time, Prince Yi'an's mansion was quiet, and there was no one around.

After Hou Junji's people searched the entire mansion, they came back to report.

"General, there is no one in the mansion."

Hou Junji snorted angrily.

This Prince Yi'an ran away in advance.

But it is also true that he had a brain problem if he didn't run after making such a big fuss in Chang'an City, two groups of people assassinated court ministers.

"Let's go." Hou Junji said to the people around him.

People had already run away, and there was no point in staying here. He had to hurry back to the palace to report to His Majesty.

In the palace, Wei Zheng did not go home directly. He followed Changsun Wuji to the Liangyi Hall.

At this moment, in the Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin had summoned all the ministers.

"Your Majesty." Changsun Wuji bowed his hands.

"Your Majesty." Wei Zheng also bowed his hands.

"Are you injured?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng.

"It's just a flesh wound, it's nothing." Wei Zheng replied.

Li Shisan was indeed frightened in the dark. The Jinwu Guard told him that Wei Zheng was not injured, so he reported it to His Majesty.

So Doctor Wei was injured?

"No problem?" Li Shimin asked back, his tone suppressed anger: "What is this? Look!"

"This is all because of my streamlining of the kings."

At this time, Hou Junji came in from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, King Yi'an has escaped, and even his family has escaped."

Li Shimin nodded.

He expected it.

When he asked Li Shisan to take the Jinwu Guards to protect Li Fu, he had expected that before the action, Prince Yi'an might run away, but he didn't know the exact time when Prince Yi'an would ask his men to take action.

Therefore, the Hundred Cavalry Division could only defend and send news to the palace at any time, but could not show up in front of Prince Yi'an. Even if they knew that he had the intention of rebellion and took secret actions, but they didn't put it in the open, the court had no evidence, and for the sake of the court's reputation, they couldn't take action.

However, the Hundred Cavalry Division was watching Prince Yi'an's actions.

He wanted to run, but could he run away?

Even if he joined the troops from Yuzhou he brought with him, what would happen?

Li Shimin looked very angry, and then seemed to calm down from anger.

"Come here, notify all officials above the fifth rank in Beijing who were crowned as kings to meet in Taiji Hall before dawn!" Li Shimin ordered.

Someone else walked in from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, this is a notice found on the streets of Chang'an. Li Xiaochang wants to kill King Jingyang and Wei Zheng to clear the court."

Li Shimin took the notice and frowned.

"Okay, I'm on to it." Li Shimin laughed in anger: "Hou Junji."

"I'm here."

"You lead a hundred guards and rush to Wei Zheng's house. Bring all the old and young to the palace." Li Shimin said.

"Yes!" Hou Junji bowed and responded.

"Cheng Zhijie." Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yaojin.

"I'm here."

"You lead a hundred guards and escort all the people in King Jingyang's house to the palace." Li Shimin said: "Remember, no one can be missing."

"Yes!" Cheng Zhijie responded.

"Yuchi Jingde!"

"I'm here!"

"Lead your troops and leave the city immediately, and set up battle array in the east of the city!"

"Yes!!"

"Wuji, Ruhui."

"Yes."

"You two should start right away. The guards on duty at the four gates of Chang'an for nearly half a month should be completely changed. All military mobilizations of more than ten people must be reported. Also, do not alarm the people. Martial law will be imposed in Chang'an." Li Shimin ordered.

"Yes."

Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui withdrew in response.

Li Shimin showed the letter in his hand to other ministers.

"Take a look."

He made such arrangements because he was worried that Li Xiaochang would go crazy again and have people attack Wei Zheng's family and the residence of King Jingyang.

Although the Hundred Cavalry Division was watching them, there were some things that could not be dealt with in time, so they still had to make full preparations.

In addition, the bigger the noise was, the better it was in the circle of people other than the people.

Killing one prince was not enough, so he killed two. He did not believe that he could not kill the rebellious trend!

Later, Li Shimin asked Wei Ting to tell everyone about the Yi'an King.

"Li Xiaochang opposed the streamlining of the kingship, but he started to act very early. He learned about the situation from the assassin. He collected three years of taxes in advance in his own territory..."

What Wei Ting said was all the information given by Li Shimin.

As for whether it was interrogated from the assassin, Wei Ting did not know.

Your Majesty said yes, thenThat's right.

The Hundred Cavalry Division had not yet come into the sight of the ministers.

There were many old ministers present in the Liangyi Hall.

After Pei Ji received the letter, he read the content on it and hesitated to speak.

Seeing Pei Ji like this, Li Shimin said, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly."

Although he didn't like Pei Ji, this old guy was still the prime minister.

"Your Majesty, this letter said that you want to clear the emperor's side and kill treacherous ministers. I'm afraid things will get out of hand, because the dissatisfied kings just have an excuse. If Wei Zheng is demoted... Of course, I advocate not killing him, but if things develop to the point where killing is inevitable, it's better to demote him now and control the overall situation."

Li Shimin looked at Pei Ji with squinted eyes.

He regarded Wei Zheng as Chao Cuocuo.

And he was not Emperor Jing of Han.

If Wei Zheng was used as a target, wouldn't it be a repeat of the same mistake? Even if Chao Cuo was killed, he still rebelled to the end. Will it be useful to kill or demote Wei Zheng?

Even if he doesn't have this title, people who want to rebel still have other titles.

He has done the thing, and the arrow is on the string and has to be shot. Even if this title is removed, he will continue to do it.

"Heh." Li Shimin sneered: "Prime Minister Pei only mentioned Wei Zheng. There is another person on the post, Jingyang King Li Fu, the nephew of the emperor, and my cousin. What about it? Kill or demote?"

Li Shimin's tone was unkind, and his eyes were cold when he looked at Pei Ji.

"Minister, I am also anxious for the court."

Pei Ji, who didn't know the inside story, was still stubborn.

This means that the same treatment can be done without killing, but can be demoted out of Chang'an.

Once you leave Chang'an, without the protection of His Majesty, life and death are just like this...

In a remote place, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, it is normal for something to happen, or for someone to die of depression, right?

Li Shimin ignored Pei Ji's words, just glanced at him and stopped looking at him.

I'll give you a look, and you can experience it yourself.

At this time, he is still thinking about eliminating dissidents.

In the middle of the night, Li Fu was woken up.