No matter how much Fang Xuanling complained, he could only say patiently: "Your Majesty, Chang'an is in chaos."

Li Shimin looked fearless: "How to say it?"

"All officials said that Your Majesty acted rashly." Fang Xuanling carefully chose the words.

It was obvious that Li Shimin was unmoved, so he knew that he was speaking too lightly and could not be effective, so he coughed: "Some people even said that Your Majesty is no different from Emperor Yang of Sui."

This is serious enough, but Li Shimin was still not moved by it.

He gently patted the desk and beat the slap with his hands, and then he looked at Fang Xuanling deeply: "Is it about a private visit?"

Fang Xuanling was a little confused about what Li Shimin was doing and said, "Some of them are talking about private visits."

Li Shimin continued to ask, "What else do you say?"

"There is also the matter about Deng's family at Gaoyou." Fang Xuanling said: "They all say that Deng is guilty, but even if they are guilty, they can kill his main evil. How can it harm his family? Even Emperor Yang of Sui has never been so tyrannical. Now the three provinces and below are all very chaotic, and there are so many books written by carp people across the river..."

Emperor Yang of Sui said this, and Li Erlang, who thought he would be proud of his face, would be furious.

Li Erlang said, "Even if I become Emperor Yang of Sui, who dares to rebel?"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other.

This time when I went to Jiangnan, His Majesty's temperament seemed to have changed a lot.

In fact, for Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, what shocked them the most was not just that His Majesty killed the Deng family, but that he took down the King of Yue and wanted to punish King Yue.

Your Majesty is still very good to his son, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui know this very well.

Especially the prince and Li Tai, His Majesty is most concerned about these two people.

Now that Li Tai has been taken down, and with that Deng family, it is obvious... His Majesty has some unspeakable plan.

This is also the reason why Fang Xuanling did not write a letter to impeach him easily.

After all, everyone is scolding, so what's wrong with someone in my room scolding? Can the monk touch it, can I not touch it?

But Your Majesty's move was clearly treacherous, and it was obvious that His Majesty's words had a different meaning, and he thought he had guessed it right.

So Fang Xuanling said, "Your Majesty, this matter has shocked the Qing Dynasty's discussions, and the officials have been talking and making a big fuss. If Your Majesty does not comfort him well, I will only cause trouble."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "So how does Fang Gong view this matter? Fang Gong has heard of Deng's crime."

"Deng Wensheng is extremely guilty." Fang Xuanling made a first judgment: "The crime should be punished, but..."

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and interrupted Fang Xuanling, saying, "Is his tribe members innocent? Then I ask you, Deng Wensheng's clever words, bewitched Li Tai, collude with the government, harm the people, and commit these sins, who will ultimately do?"

"Who got the benefits from it and was able to have a rich life?"

Fang Xuanling was speechless for a moment, so of course he knew that with the benefits, the relatives of Deng’s family were shared.

But that's it...

Fang Xuanling said, "It's just Your Majesty..."

Li Shimin waved his hand, looked at Fang Xuanling, and then looked at Du Ruhui: "I have acquainted with the two Qing families, so I said something heart-wrenching. The disaster is not as good as my family. How can I not know this? Then, everyone in Deng Wensheng's relatives is guilty? I see... it's not the case."

When Li Shimin said this, his tone eased: "So some people say that this is killing innocent people indiscriminately, and that's nothing wrong. I recognize the four words "killing innocent people indiscriminately." If I really remember the historical writing in the future, I compare me to Emperor Yang of Sui and King Zhou of Shang. I also recognize it!"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were shocked, "No, Your Majesty is not like this on weekdays."

Both of them stopped talking, and they all knew that there must be something to say here.

Li Shimin then continued furiously: "But the Deng family must be destroyed, which has nothing to do with whether his relatives are guilty. Do you know how they are? In order to protect their own fields, they killed many innocent people? Deng Wensheng's relatives are relatives. Do they have no parents, wives and children in Gaoyou County? Do they have no relatives? Deng Wensheng knows what pain is, and do the common people do not know what pain is? What I have seen and heard in Gaoyou are shocking. I personally saw the dead bones beside the road, and also saw the corpse of the baby girl floating in the puddle. In order to build the river embankment for them, the old woman lost her son, but had to be forced to go to the river embankment by the servants. An old woman had a bride at home, and the bride was pregnant, and his husband and sons were all dead."

"What I see is actually just the tip of the iceberg. Why can others lose their family? Why do they survive in this world, living like pigs and dogs, eating braised vegetables, taking taxes, and carrying labor service. They were bullied by Deng, but no one made any noise for them, and could only endure it with tears. Their whole family was dead, and no one in the court wrote a letter to them."

"This is the blood and tears of thousands of people, but have the officials in the court said something? So far, I have never heard of anyone saying this. Is there only one Deng family in the world who harmed the people? I have ascended the top four years, and in the past four years, why have no one reported these things in hundreds of states in the world? Their family is dead, has anyone avenged him?"

"So..." Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling tightly and continued with a majestic look on his face: "I don't care about killing innocent people indiscriminately. I should use heavy punishments in troubled times. If it is a peaceful world, it should not harm the innocent people and cannot be killed at will. But a family like Deng harms the people so much. If you don't kill them, how can you quell the people's anger? If you don't kill them, I will be their accomplice. I want people to know that Deng is a role model. They can harm the people and destroy their families. I can still destroy their families and kill their families. They are domineering and benefit their families. I will kill them all."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling deeply: "I am the king and father of all the people in the world. Not the head of several families and surnames. If I don't understand this principle, why should I rule the world?"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were immediately frightened. They knew very well what His Majesty said meant.

But at this moment, they found that they were too exhausted to speak. What else could they say at this time? His Majesty went to Yangzhou, and His Majesty saw the matter there with his own eyes. Even if they wanted to refute it, what would they refute it?

Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "Your Majesty loves the people, I can empathize with it, but... the consequences of this matter..."

"Everything will have consequences." Li Shimin seemed very calm. His eyes seemed like a vast ocean, which seemed unfathomable. He immediately said, "But I am the emperor. Although the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is not stable, I have ruled the world and been a parent of all people in the world. If I just be harsh and brave, like to make plans without decisions, and cherish my life when doing big things, then this emperor will not do it."

"There are so many emperors in this world, not many of them, and many of them. I have been shaken on my way back, but when the dead baby appears in my mind, thinking of the poor old woman, I will never waver again. Such people, such people, are so shocked that the world is so shocked that I can still be called alone in this Tai Chi Palace. Listen to these officials praise me for my wiseness, and indulge people like Deng, harm the people, and act boldly, but ignore it. I only hope that a person like Deng Wensheng will greedily and erode the flesh and blood of the people, and be sought after by them. Will he be the so-called saint king?"

After saying that, Li Shimin stood up, his eyes stared at the candlelight in the hall, which was swaying and reflected in his eyes. After a long time, he slowly said: "From today, the Holy Lord is dead!"

"I... I understand." Fang Xuanling felt complicated inside.

Du Ruhui was beside him, and his face was shaken.

Li Shimin suddenly looked up at them and said, "I want to ask you, do you still want to be virtuous ministers?"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other.

This question was obviously a direct showdown to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

Only with a saint's king can there be wise ministers.

Only with tyrants can there be treacherous ministers.

This is the norm for all dynasties.

Now that Li Shimin claims that the Holy Lord is dead, this means that the Tang Dynasty may change its course in the future, and what it may adopt is a completely different national policy than before.

And this national policy is very likely to trigger a fierce rebound and criticism from the court. Since people compared Li Shimin to Emperor Yang of Sui, where should the two prime ministers who followed Li Shimin go?

Otherwise, they will still be their wise ministers, stand on the standpoint of all officials, and jointly attack Li Shimin.

Or they still serve Li Shimin, but... by then, they may become traitors who obey the tyrants in the eyes of the world.

Li Shimin asked them to choose where to go.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui stood up. They knew in their hearts that they were standing at the intersection. At this time... they began to hesitate.

a long time……

Fang Xuanling suddenly burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, I... I have never seen the tragic scene in Gaoyou County. I was originally a Sui minister and was born in a family of officials. But Your Majesty raised an army, I did not hesitate to follow Your Majesty. When Your Majesty was the general, I was a staff member, and replaced him with advice. When Your Majesty was the King of Qin, I entered the palace and the secretary of the imperial court to select talents on behalf of Your Majesty. Over the past decade, Your Majesty has entrusted everything to me, trusting me, and never doubted me. When Your Majesty ascended the throne, I regarded me as the prime minister. I dare not say that I sincerely worship the country, but I have always known that although Your Majesty is the master of the minister, he is also a close friend of the minister, and the king and the minister

What choice did Your Majesty make in the years of getting along? Isn’t I going through fire and water and following you with all my strength? Today, Your Majesty asked me, and I can only answer one sentence: Since you follow Your Majesty, you have never had any unfair intentions. Your Majesty is the general and I enter the shogunate; Your Majesty is the emperor and I am the prime minister. Your Majesty must be tolerant and treat the world, and I will follow you. Now, Your Majesty wants to whip the world, punish the strong and help the weak, and govern the unjust. How can I retreat? At most, it is just death, but it is just a critique for a thousand years. A real man is born in the world and can be a wise ruler, and he will be together, and even if he dies, he will have no regrets."

After hearing this, Li Shimin was moved, but his face became much more relaxed, and his eyes blurred again.

He stepped forward and touched Fang Xuanling's thin shoulders: "Xuanling, Xuanling, you are my heart, ah..." He sighed, and all the words he was moved seemed to be silent.

Seeing that Fang Xuanling had bruises on her face, she couldn't help but rub the bruises on Fang Xuanling's forehead with her hands, and sighed, "Why are there new injuries? I feel distressed when I look at it. I will give the imperial doctor a date to see it."

Fang Xuanling was so moved that she burst into tears. When she heard this, her face turned slightly red, she lowered her head and said vaguely: "I have seen it, it's not a problem, I'm used to it."

Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh, but he knew it was hard to manage the housework. If he had to manage it, he might even be backfired. He also thought that Fang Xuanling had no concubines at home and was scolded and beaten by the evil wife all day long. When he arrived in the court, he had to work hard to share his worries and couldn't help but cry.

It’s really not easy for Fang Xuanling!

He wiped his tears, and then his eyes fell on Du Ruhui.

Du Ruhui was actually quite hesitant. His family was larger than Deng's family. To some extent, what Your Majesty did was also the root of Du's family. However, after he hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but be moved by Fang Xuanling's words. He sighed and finally said as if he had made up his mind: "Your Majesty, I have nothing to say. I hope to follow Your Majesty and share honor and disgrace."

Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He is naturally different from Emperor Yang of Sui, the most different thing is...

Emperor Yang of Sui just inherited his father's business. After ascending the throne, although he was the emperor, how many people were really willing to serve him? Those people just wanted to seek high officials and generous salaries, so they were flattered everywhere. So few of the things Emperor Yang of Sui could do.

But Li Shimin is different. He has today because he has a team that shared life and death. These people have all experienced countless hardships with him, fighting from the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and crawled out of the dead together many times. Today, although what Li Shimin might have to do in the future will more or less affect their interests, the friendship of living and dying is still there, and the relationship between the king and the ministers who know each other is still there. With them, what can't be done?

Li Shimin is not an emotional person. All his layout and huge changes in the entire national policy, even the violent backlash caused by Deng's execution, were actually all within his predictions.

Now Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui have expressed their opinions, which has made Li Shimin relax.

Li Shimin ordered the two of them to sit down, and then heard Fang Xuanling say, "Your Majesty, you have an impeachment memorial, which is quite meaningful."

"Hmm?" Li Shimin raised his eyes and looked at Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling said seriously: "Secretary Supervisor Wei Zheng submitted a memorial, which was also an impeachment memorial. However, he impeached the Deng family in Gaoyou to harm the people and kill innocent people indiscriminately. Now the Deng family has been destroyed, but it is just the tip of the iceberg. He should beg the court to order a department to go to Gaoyou to conduct a strict investigation..."

"Is that true?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.

Wei Zheng was a man named Li Shimin, who was once a member of Li Jiancheng. He has always been known for his boldness. A few years ago, the Tang Dynasty defeated Li Mi. In order to appease Li Mi's old subordinates in Shandong, he ordered Wei Zheng to go to Shandong to appease him. When Wei Zheng came back, he entered the prince's womb to serve.

Wei Zheng is actually a magical person with similar physique to the Chen family. He died with whom. His former masters Li Mi and Li Jiancheng have now become dry bones in the tomb.

Fortunately, Li Shimin ordered him to be the secretary, which meant to appease Li Jiancheng's old subordinates.

To a certain extent, it is not important for the secretary to be important. On the one hand, when it reaches this level, it has the right to truly discuss national affairs. On the other hand, the responsibility of this position is to dictionary books, which is equivalent to the director of the library, but it also has some mission of proofreading history books.

The courts of all dynasties have focused on recording history. The officials responsible for revising historical records are often very noble. But on the other hand, because it is difficult to deal with pictures and texts every day, it is difficult to manage things, so Wei Zheng, the secretary-general, is very noble, but he has no practical authority.

When Li Shimin heard this, his face looked joyful. Wei Zheng was a representative figure of the Eastern Palace. Unexpectedly, this person stood up and spoke at this time, which not only surprised him, but also had certain representative significance to some extent.

Li Shimin said: "The Wei Qing family is a truly loved the people. You might as well do this. I ordered the Wei Qing family to go to Yangzhou to investigate Deng's crimes thoroughly, and then show them to the world to serve as a warning to others."

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling felt it was appropriate and said, "This person is quite responsible, meticulous, strong and bold, and is a rare talent."

People's encounters are different. Fang Xuanling sighed in his heart. If he were the prince's aide at the time, it might be Wei Zheng, not Fang Xuanling, who was the prime minister at this time.

However, Fang Xuanling is not a narrow-minded person, and even has a strong desire for talent. Although it was due to Li Jiancheng's old subordinates, he was still determined to recommend it.

"Let's see how he is doing in Yangzhou first." Li Shimin said lightly: "As for other memorials, I will not ask about any of them. Let them go for the merits and demerits of Qianqiu."

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This chapter is difficult to write, it took a long time to write it out. I'm late, sorry.

In fact, I can write more, but I am afraid that everyone will talk about it, so I feel pitiful.
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