After reading the recital, Daizong said angrily to Ju Wenzhen: "Ju Wenzhen, what is said above is true? ”

Ju Wenzhen knew that if he wanted to investigate, his affairs would not stand up to investigation at all, one check was accurate, if he denied it now, once it was verified, then it would be too late to beg for mercy, so he immediately fell to his knees and cried: "Your Majesty, the old slave is guilty, the old slave is guilty!" Your Majesty knew that the old slave had no children and no daughters, and his only flaw was that he was greedy for money, so he bought some properties outside. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAs for other crimes, the old slave did it, but the old slave didn't think he did it wrong, the old slave did it for His Majesty, for the royal family, and for the Tang Dynasty! ”

Gu Mosheng sneered: "Hey, Father-in-law, you will cover your face, and even associate what you have done with the Tang Dynasty Sheji!" ”

Ju Wenzhen didn't pay attention to Gu Mosheng's hot and cold ridicule, he said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, when the people's hearts are not ancient today, the etiquette is broken, the people and courtiers are not as deferential and reverent to the court and Your Majesty as before, and the generals who lead the troops have rebelled again and again. When the rebels came, where were the other generals in the capital? They fled, scattered, completely disregarding the safety and life of His Majesty, and fled for their own lives! It's true that the old slaves and others are doing things in violation of the rules, but the old slaves and others are not all for themselves! Please Your Majesty, for the sake of the old slaves and other loyal protectors and sincerity, go around the old slaves and others! ”

The emperor was silent for a while, and said to Ju Wenzhen: "You go outside and wait first, I want to talk to the regent and the prime minister!" ”

"Yes, the old slave is leaving!" After saying this, Ju Wenzhen retreated, and the two armor soldiers who were guarding him also retreated outside.

In the Hot Spring Palace, quietly, Daizong, Zhao Ziliang and several prime ministers did not speak. Zhao Ziliang and the prime ministers were waiting for Daizong to say, but Daizong didn't know how to speak.

After a long time, Dai Zong sighed: "Ju Wenzhen is indeed too unreasonable, this is all caused by my lax control!" The regent, all the Qing families, can you be lenient with Ju Wenzhen? ”

The prime ministers are very proficient, and it is the best and wisest choice to keep your mouth shut at this time, Zhao Ziliang knew that he had to speak, because everyone else was a shrunken turtle, and the official rank of Gu Mosheng, who initiated the impeachment, was too low, so he didn't have the right to speak at all.

Zhao Ziliang pondered the words for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are court officials, and the Duke is His Majesty's domestic slave, so the ministers have no right to dispose of the Duke of Ju, and the right to dispose of Ju Wenzhen is in the hands of His Majesty." However, the minister has a few words in his heart, I don't know if His Majesty wants to hear it! ”

When Daizong heard Zhao Ziliang's words, he hurriedly raised his hand and said, "You say!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "In the final analysis, this world belongs to the Li family, Your Majesty is the lord of the world, and the ministers are just the people invited by Your Majesty to govern the country, and the ministers have the obligation and responsibility to help Your Majesty govern the world and take care of this country." But it is not only the ministers who are governing the country, there are also people who are secretly digging the foundation of this country. Who are these people? They are corrupt officials and corrupt officials of the imperial court and local officials, feudal towns that do not obey the decrees of the imperial court, relatives of the emperor who ignore the laws of the country, and there used to be external troubles such as Tubo and the barbarians on the Mobei grassland, but now Datang can almost be said to have no external troubles, and internal troubles have dragged Datang to weakness. Your Majesty is a wise man, do you think that the problem of the Tang Dynasty is just the problem of the feudal town? The ministers are tired and tired of working hard in the front, checking and filling in the gaps for Datang, but there are people in the back who are constantly digging the corners of Datang, Ju Wenzhen is obviously one of the most powerful people among them, there are people like him digging corners in the back, no matter how hard the ministers and others work to build the house of Datang, Datang can't stand them digging like this! And everything the ministers did was in vain, because the ministers had just repaired it, and they dug up the repaired ones, so if this continues, can the house of Datang continue to stand? When its roots are dug through, it will fall! Please forgive the ministers for saying something that is not acceptable, if Your Majesty, the master of the Tang Dynasty, doesn't care, then wouldn't the ministers and other hired people worry about you in vain? ”

"The minister knows the relationship between Ju Wenzhen and Your Majesty, you were brought up by him since childhood, not a relative but better than a relative! But Your Majesty should understand that Ju Wenzhen can't give you the strength and prosperity of Datang, if you continue to shield and connive at him, people like him will sooner or later gnaw Datang to the bottom, once Datang arrives, when the time comes, the trees will fall and scatter, what will Your Majesty or your descendants be? Your Majesty is a wise person, if the Tang Empire is strong, the majesty of the Tang Emperor will be greater, if the Tang Empire is weak, the emperor will naturally have no prestige at all, Your Majesty should understand this cause and effect! The minister also understands that His Majesty has a difficult choice, but can Ju Wenzhen alone be worthy of the whole world? Needless to say, Your Majesty also knows how to choose, right? ”

Daizong closed his eyes. After a long time, he waved his hand and said: "I don't care about this matter, the regent will deal with it, and report to me afterwards!" I'm tired, please go back! ”

"Wait for the resignation!" Zhao Ziliang and the prime ministers saluted and retreated.

Ju Wenzhen was standing outside the hall, and Zhao Ziliang waved his hand to the two armor soldiers: "Take Ju Wenzhen to the Xuanzheng Palace!" ”

"Yes!" The two armor soldiers escorted Ju Wenzhen and left.

Ju Wenzhen shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty spare your life······"

Ju Wenzhen was dragged back to the Xuanzheng Hall by the armor, he was already screaming so loud that his voice was hoarse, and the ministers who were waiting in the main hall understood the result when they saw this situation, and they were quite emotional for a while, this once powerful and powerful eunuch was actually knocked down by a little-known servant of the imperial history, and everyone sighed for a while.

At this time, Jingzhao Shao Yin Weizhen and Chang'an Wei Xue Cui had already arrived, there were two more people in this hall, how could Zhao Ziliang not guess that it was the two of them? I secretly blamed myself for being too careless, and let Wei Zhen, Xue Cui and Wang Hong meet first, and they may have reached some kind of tacit understanding between them.

Zhao Ziliang sat in his place, and after the prime ministers returned to their positions, he said: "Regarding the case of Gu Mosheng's impeachment of Ju Wenzhen, His Majesty the Emperor has handed it over to this king to deal with!" Come on, put Ju Wenzhen in prison! Where is Wu Yuan, the case of Ju Wenzhen was handed over to the Yushitai Institute for investigation, and the king's request is that no matter who is involved, it must be investigated! ”

Wu Yan stood up and arched his hand: "Yes, king!" ”

When the eunuchs in the palace heard this result, some of them were related, and the other part was gloating in their hearts, Ju Wenzhen had been domineering in the palace for a long time, and they beat and scolded the eunuchs and palace maids, and they were beaten and killed with a cane.

The eunuch who had gone to pass on Wei Zhen and Xue Cui before stood up and saluted Zhao Ziliang at this time: "King, the slave maid was ordered by the king to pass on Wei Zhen and Xue Cui, and now the two have been passed on!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's eyes were like torches, "Who is Wei Zhen and who is Xue Cui?" ”

The two stood up and saluted: "Jingzhao Shao Yin Weizhen and Chang'an Wei Xue Cui pay a visit to the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Do you two know the reason for the Lingwu Army's rebellion outside Chang'an City?" ”

Wei Zhen and Xue Cui shook their heads at the same time and said, "If you go back to the king, I don't know!" ”

"I don't know? Ha, you two can't even tell? Zhao Ziliang laughed angrily, pointed at the imperial history Gu Mo and shouted: "Ancient imperial history, you come and tell them!" ”

"Yes, King!" Gu Mosheng agreed, and turned to the two of them: "Two, when the rebels entered the city, many people shouted, 'I came from afar to quell the rebellion for the imperial court, and the imperial court actually gave me food mixed with sand and rancid rice for me to eat?' The court treats us so harshly, how can we not oppose it? This is what many people have heard, do you two want to play dumb and foolish? ”

Wei Zhen and Xue Cui knew that they couldn't be fooled, so they had to say, "Yes, I'll hear someone say it later!" ”

Gu Mo shouted: "Wei Zhen, Xue Cui, when the Lingwu Army arrived, the imperial court handed over the affairs of the labor army to Jingzhao Mansion that day, who presided over the affairs of the labor army?" ”

Wei Zhen and Xue Cui actually admitted at the same time: "Lord Yin Wanghong of Jingzhao Mansion has handed over this matter to the two of me with full authority!" ”

"So it's the two of you who want to send sand and glutinous food to the Lingwu Army?"

The two confessed: "Yes! ”

The ministers were in an uproar, and Zhao Ziliang knocked on the desk and shouted: "Silence! Wei Zhen and Xue Cui, why did you two do this? ”

Wei Zhen said: "You can spend more than half of the money by doing this!" ”

"Where did the rest of the money go?"

"It's divided equally between the two of us!"

"Wow—" The courtiers were in an uproar again.

"Silence, silence!" Zhao Ziliang knocked on the table several times in a row with a straight face, and shouted: "Where is the imperial history in the palace?" ”

The two officials stood up and arched their hands: "Weichen is here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "Isn't it the duty of the two of you to be in charge of the court's ceremonies?" If there is any more uproar in the court and the two of you do not impeach, it will be a dereliction of duty! This king will hold you accountable! ”

The two of them were beating wildly, and immediately said: "Yes, next time if someone makes a loud noise, the ministers will definitely be impeached!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Wei Zhen and the others again and asked, "Wei Zhen, Xue Cui, this king will give you another chance!" Was it the idea of the two of you to feed Lingwujun with sand and rancid rice, or was someone instigating it? ”

The two glanced at each other, gritted their teeth in unison, and said, "It was the idea of the two of us, and the rest of the money was divided equally between the two of us!" The two of us are willing to accept the disposal of the imperial court! ”

Gu Mosheng immediately said loudly: "King, these two confessed and confessed in court!" With their crimes, Wei Chen thinks that the Nine Clans should be exterminated, otherwise it will not be enough to convince people! ”

"No!" Someone immediately stood up to express his opposition, and when the ministers looked at it, it was Lu Sigong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who stood up to express his opposition: "King, the crime committed by these two people is at most a beheading decision, and the sentence for exterminating their nine clans is too heavy!" ”

"Not so! Lord Lu, the two of them were indeed just greedy for a little money, but what they did caused the rebellion of the Lingwu Army, and the Lingwu Army then broke through Chang'an, which frightened the royal driver, causing Chang'an to become a plague of hundreds of people by the rebels, and the imperial court and the treasury and the imperial city were all looted by the rebels, and it was already light to exterminate their nine clans, and the ten clans should be exterminated! ”