When Hou Junji was the coach, not only did Li Shimin praise him, but others also kept drinking with him.
Although he always responded with a smile on his face, Lin Xuan still noticed that his smile was a little forced.
When he entered the city, Lin Xuan also knew that the news about Hou Jun gathering troops to plunder had already spread a lot.
As a party involved, it's strange that Hou Junji is happy.
However, Lin Xuan knew that this incident alone would at most disgust Hou Junji and make him infamous.
Historically, he was captured for being greedy, but in the end Li Shimin let him go.
Now Li Shimin would not do anything to him just by plundering with troops.
No matter how future generations evaluate Li Shimin, it is true that Li Shimin treated his heroes well.
Li Jing and Qin Qiong did not help Li Shimin when he was in the most critical moment, and Li Shimin did not hold them accountable.
Yuchi Gong was proud of his merits, but Li Shimin did not pursue the matter.
Hou Junji rebelled, and Li Shimin only executed Hou Junji, while his family was only exiled.
You must know that in ancient times, no matter which dynasty, rebellion was a taboo. Not to mention the execution of the Nine Tribes, at least the immediate family members would definitely not survive.
Compared with other dynasties, being an official under Li Shimin was the best.
Li Shimin was relieved to see that no one was impeaching Hou Junji now.
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The second day, Tai Chi Hall
"See Your Majesty!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Pingshen!"
"Ministry of War, has the credit for the Battle of Gaochang been well calculated?" Li Shimin asked.
Li Daozong came out of the queue, holding the memorial in both hands and said: "Back 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 great victory was all due to the dedication of the soldiers, so we should be rewarded according to their merits!"
Wei Zheng came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have my own story to tell!"
Li Shimin said with a headache: "If you have anything to do, let's wait until we discuss the merits and reward them."
"Your Majesty, what I want to say is about rewards based on merit!" Wei Zheng said.
Li Shimin looked a little ugly and said: "Say it!"
He knew that with Wei Zheng's bad temper, he couldn't stop him.
"Your Majesty, after the army returned to the city, there was a rumor that Duke Lu had sent troops to plunder. I investigated carefully and found out that this was indeed the case. This matter is simply harmful to the heaven and earth, and is outraged by both humans and gods. It should be dealt with severely!" Wei Zheng said with great righteousness.
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 he continue to reward based on merit?
"Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, you can arrange for someone to investigate. If I lied, I'm willing to accept the punishment!" Wei Zheng said with an upright face.
Wei Zheng didn't care at all about Hou Junji's look that seemed to be murderous.
He knew that this incident must have offended Hou Junji to death, but he didn't care.
His background destined him to be a lonely minister.
Li Shimin looked at Hou Junji and asked expressionlessly: "Hou Junji, please tell me, what is going on?"
Hou Junji said with an aggrieved look: "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 he couldn't hide the matter, so he simply blamed it all on the soldiers, admitting that he was not able to restrain himself.
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Hou Junji's inability to control the situation has damaged the prestige of the Tang Dynasty. He will be fined three months' salary!"
"Thank you for your forgiveness, Your Majesty!" Hou Junji said gratefully.
Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, I have definite evidence that this matter was ordered by Duke Lu. It does not mean that the restraint is weak."
Li Shimin looked gloomy and said, "Then what do you think Yin should do?"
"Your Majesty! We should send someone to investigate this matter thoroughly," Wei Zheng said.
"You!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng angrily and said, "Okay, don't you want to investigate? Then go and investigate. Quit the court!"
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
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"Bang!" Li Shimin threw the cup in his hand angrily.
Li Mu quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, calm down!"
"Calm down, calm down. Let me calm down." Li Shimin said angrily.
He didn't think ice plundering was a big deal.
He also gave Wei Zheng face and punished Hou Junji.
However, Wei Zheng insisted on forcing him to punish Hou Junji again.
Hou Junji had just won a great victory and returned with the victory.
If he wants to punish Hou Junji, what will the army generals think?
Queen Changsun walked into the hall, saw the broken cup on the ground, and signaled Li Mu to go out first.
Li Mu bowed and quickly retreated.
Empress Changsun walked behind Li Shimin, helped Li Shimin calm down, and said with a chuckle: "What makes your majesty 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 Li Shimin acting like a child and felt a little funny, and said: "Your Majesty, don't you understand Duke Zheng's temper? Why are you angry with him?"
Queen 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 and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Shimin was much less angry.
Li Shimin frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Mu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please see me!"
Empress Changsun said: "Your Majesty, I have to retire first."
Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said, "Come here, clean up and ask the room minister to come in."
"yes!"
Li Mu quickly called the maid in to clean up and put on a new tea set.
"Your Majesty, sir!" Fang Xuanling bowed and saluted.
Li Shimin lost his previous anger and said with a smile: "Sit down."
Fang Xuanling thanked her and sat down.
"Xuan Ling comes to see me for something important?" Li Shimin asked.
Fang Xuanling cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I checked the seizures in Gaochang and feel something is wrong."
Li Shimin asked strangely: "What's wrong?"
Fang Xuanling said: "Although Gaochang is small, it is on the only way for the trade routes in the Western Regions. Don't you think that King Gaochang is a little too poor?"
Li Shimin said nonchalantly: "Gaochang Elementary School, excluding the three floors where soldiers are divided, can still have about 30,000 guan, which is already quite a lot."
There are only tens of thousands of people in Gaochang. Even a larger county in the Tang Dynasty has a population greater than that of Gaochang. It is not surprising that it is poorer.
He knew that generals would definitely be greedy, but these were normal things and he didn't intend to go into details.
Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, according to my understanding, although Gaochang is small, it is very wealthy. In addition, they have blocked the trade routes of the Tang Dynasty for more than a month, so they should have accumulated a lot of wealth. Although the Western Turks should be divided
It's quite a lot, but it shouldn't be so poor."
Li Shimin's eyes flashed and he asked, "Do 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 they are specifically."
Of course Li Shimin knew what Fang Xuanling meant.
According to the memorial submitted by Hou Junji, even if Hou Junji allocated more, there should not be more than a dozen cars.
"Are you sure?" Li Shimin asked expressionlessly.
Although he asked this question, based on his understanding of Fang Xuanling, if it was not 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 has corrupted."
Li Shimin wouldn't care if he took a little more, but now it seems that Hou Junji took more than just a little.