Lin Xuan lowered his head and yawned, listening with some boredom to the officials from the Ministry of Revenue reporting on the harvest of Zhenguan rice.
A farmer from Linyi State taught me that although Zhenguan rice was planted for the first time, it also yielded a good harvest.
However, the Zhenguan rice harvest was not very helpful in solving the problem of food shortage.
The harvested rice needs to be kept as seeds.
Li Shimin listened to the report from the Ministry of Household Officials without any expression on his face.
Everyone in the hall felt the solemn atmosphere, and the official who made the report complained secretly, worried that if he did something wrong, he would become the person Li Shimin took out his anger on.
After finally finishing the matter, I felt relieved.
Li Shimin nodded expressionlessly and said: "Zhenguan Rice is of great significance to our Tang Dynasty. There should be no accidents in the harvested rice. Those farmers in Linyi State should be treated kindly and behave well. Distribute the land and let them become the sons of the Tang Dynasty."
civil."
"Yes!" the Ministry of Revenue official responded respectfully and stepped back.
The people in the main hall were all human beings, and it felt wrong. No one came out to perform anymore.
Li Shimin glanced at Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, and said solemnly: "If nothing happens, just retreat from the court!"
Just when Li Mu was about to step forward and announce his resignation, a man walked out!
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Wei Zheng, has a tribute from this kiln!" Wei Zheng said with a solemn expression.
Wei Zheng's voice sounded in the hall, Lin Xuan's sleepiness disappeared instantly, and a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes.
He negotiated cooperation with the Cui family and did not report it to Li Shimin. He was waiting for the Hou Junji incident to come to an end.
Others were a little confused when they saw Wei Zheng's expression.
Although Wei Zheng was usually serious, he never smiled when he saw anyone.
But Xiang's serious expression would only appear if something big happened.
But why don’t they know anything about the big events in Chang’an?
Except for the triumphant return of the army and the impeachment of Hou Junji, Chang'an was peaceful.
However, not everyone was unaware. Lin Xuan noticed that several people glanced at Hou Junji when Wei Zheng came out. Among them was the old fox Changsun Wuji.
Lin Xuan glanced at Li Shimin secretly again, and found that Li Shimin frowned slightly and looked at Hou Junji with complicated eyes.
Hou Junji seemed to have noticed Li Shimin's gaze, lowering his head and not daring to look at Li Shimin.
Li Shimin said calmly: "Since Wei Qing has something to report, let's talk about it."
Wei Zheng said in a deep voice: "I impeach the Duke of Lu State for three major crimes!"
As expected, Lin Xuan was not surprised at all that Hou Junji was being impeached.
However, others were in an uproar. Although the crime of plundering and plundering was not a small crime, it was still in Gaochang. Even if Li Shimin was pursued, he would be punished with a small punishment and a large warning at most.
But the way Wei Zheng is acting now, he completely wants to kill Hou Junji.
Li Shimin looked calm and said: "What are the three major sins!"
Although he had received a secret report, he did not want to expose this matter by himself.
No matter what, Hou Junji just won the battle. If people knew that he was the one secretly investigating, what would the other ministers think in the future?
Wei Zheng said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I impeach Hou Junji for the first major crime: corruption and seizure! Gaochang State is located on the only road between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions trade route, and is extremely wealthy. However, Hou Junji turned over very few.
In fact, most of them have been embezzled by Hou Junji."
Most people were shocked by Wei Zheng's words, including the generals.
It's normal to embezzle a little during a war. As long as it doesn't go too far, Li Shimin won't pursue it.
But they didn't expect that Hou Junji would dare to take most of the ink. This was too courageous.
And this is the first major crime, and there are two more.
Qibi Heli and Xue Wanjun's expressions changed and they quickly lowered their heads.
They were also involved in this matter, but they didn't know that Hou Junji was so audacious and pocketed most of it.
It can be said that the two of them were deceived by Hou Junji.
Wei Zheng did not look at the expressions of the others and continued: "The second most serious crime I impeached Hou Junji was to execute King Gaochang without authorization. In order to cover up what he had done, Hou Junji secretly executed King Gaochang."
Everyone was not surprised by the death of King Gaochang.
This matter can be said to be big or small.
King Gaochang was the king. After he was captured alive, only Li Shimin could deal with it. Hou Junji executed him without permission, which can be said to be an act of arrogance.
Speaking of being small, King Gaochang is just the king of a small country, and no one cares whether he dies or not.
So whether this crime is serious or not depends on the holy family.
Wei Zheng said: "The third major crime I impeached Hou Junji was to insult the Princess of Gaochang. The Princess of Gaochang was unwilling to be humiliated and committed suicide."
"Your Majesty! The Tang Dynasty is a country of etiquette and is subject to the dynasty of all nations. Hou Junji did such a heinous thing and insulted the prestige of the Tang Dynasty. I request your Majesty to severely punish Hou Junji!"
The whole hall was in an uproar!
The civil servants started talking loudly one after another, feeling that Hou Junji was simply crazy.
The general also felt that Hou Junji had gone too far. Killing the King of Gaochang was a trivial matter, but could the Princess of Gaochang be insulted casually?
After the Xuanwumen Incident, why did Li Shimin bring Li Yuanji's princess into the harem?
Li Shimin is about to become emperor, what woman doesn't? Killing his brother and seizing his brother's wife will undoubtedly lead to infamy.
Could Li Shimin not know this?
However, Li Yuanji's princess was from a noble family, and she couldn't be killed in the current situation.
And who dares to ask for Li Shimin’s sister-in-law?
Helpless, Li Shimin had no choice but to enter the harem by himself.
The same goes for the Princess of Gaochang, whose status is so sensitive that Hou Junji cannot get involved.
Li Shimin looked at Li Mu, who understood, stepped forward and shouted: "Stop the noise in the main hall!"
Only then did all the ministers become quiet.
Li Shimin looked at Hou Junji and asked expressionlessly: "Hou Junji, do you have anything to say about the three major crimes that Wei Zheng impeached you for?"
Hou Junji quickly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I am wronged. I traveled thousands of miles and worked hard to overthrow Gaochang."
"I also registered all the wealth of Gaochang and handed it over to the Ministry of Household Affairs. After the King of Gaochang was captured alive by General Xue, he died of panic. How can you blame me? As for insulting the Princess of Gaochang, it is even more nonsense. The Princess of Gaochang heard about the King of Gaochang
He died by suicide."
"I have been following Your Majesty for many years. Although I have not made much achievements, I have always been loyal to Your Majesty. Doesn't Your Majesty not trust me?"
Hou Junji said it sincerely, saying that he had followed Li Shimin for many years and even shed a few tears.
If Li Shimin hadn't known about it in advance, he would have been really moved by Hou Junji.
He knew everything Wei Zheng said, and even knew that Hou Junji had just entered the Gaochang Palace and sat directly on the Gaochang throne.
Li Shimin was silent. Hou Junji had indeed followed him for many years, and he also trusted Hou Junji very much.
But he asked himself that he had not treated Hou Junji badly. For Hou Junji's sake, he did not hesitate to ask Li Jing to teach Hou Junji the art of war.
Precisely because I have a lot of expectations for Hou Junji and knowing what Hou Junji did, I feel even more heartbroken.
Hou Junji's words of loyalty made Li Shimin more and more angry.
After hearing Hou Junji's defense, Wei Zheng held the memorial in both hands and said, "Your Majesty, this is the evidence collected by me!"
Li Mu quickly stepped forward to take the memorial and handed it to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin knew the contents of Wei Zheng's memorial were true without even reading them.
Li Shimin pretended to read it for a while, threw the memorial in front of Hou Junji, and said coldly: "Hou Junji, what else do you have to say?"