The first meeting of the new year, but the atmosphere was very serious. No one dares to secretly exchange their heads and ears, nor dare to secretly wander down there. Li Shimin sat on the throne expressionlessly, and the civil and military officials on both sides of the table below stood neatly, standing there one by one, looking at their noses and noses, and looking at their hearts, as if they didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere.

Originally, the first court meeting of the new year should be the Yuan Ri court meeting on the morning of the first day of the new year, and the civil and military officials in the capital should go to the palace together, not to mention, and the foreign officials should also rush back to participate, as well as the envoys of various countries and the envoys of the subject countries, all of whom should participate in the Yuan Ri court meeting, summarize the achievements in the past first year, imagine the goals to be achieved in the new year, and then the ministers will start to say greetings, and then go to meet the emperor and the queen to celebrate the New Year...... But all this was canceled by the rebellion on December 30.

Above the court at the moment, the atmosphere is solemn and serious, Li Xiaochang is expressionless, Liu Deyu, the eldest grandson Anye and Yuan Hongshan are like ashes, they are tightly bound, and each has two guards escorted to stand in the middle of the court.

"Since I ascended the throne, I have been conscientious and conscientious, and I dare not make any mistakes, I just hope that the world can be stable and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. In the war of the previous dynasty, the people no longer cultivated and weaved, and there were countless casualties. Li Shimin's voice was low, but there was a hint of suppressed anger, and he said: "Li Xiaochang, I remember that when the Emperor Taishang raised troops in Taiyuan, he was unable to cross the Yellow River due to the lack of military rations. At that time, you were in charge of the former Sui Yongfeng Cang, so you surrendered Yongfeng Cang to the Emperor Taishang, and went to meet the Tang Dynasty soldiers in Hexi. Emperor Yang of Sui killed all your younger brothers after Jiang knew about it. The Emperor Taishang thanked you for your merits and named you the Shangzhu Kingdom. I remember clearly, in the first year of Wude, the Emperor Taishang named you the King of Yi'an, which can be described as extremely glorious. You ask yourself, since I ascended the throne, have I ever treated you badly? You are a loyal person, but why would you do such a rebellious thing?! ”

Li Shimin's voice suppressed anger. It seems that Li Xiaochang's plot against him is very shocking. Think about it, the world was first decided, and the people had been war-torn for a long time and were extremely poor. Politically, there are still many drawbacks, and the powerful Turks in the north are also eyeing each other, with both internal troubles and external disturbances. In addition, even the people of the world do not know. Even many low-level officials don't know, but Xia Hongsheng, who came from later generations, knows it clearly, and Li Shimin himself knows in his heart that his means of ascending to the throne are not glorious, stained with blood, and it is also the blood of his own brother. This is Li Shimin's big taboo, and it is also a flaw in Li Shimin's heart -- he is not justified after all.

Therefore, Li Shimin is still extremely sensitive to his own rule. Xu Xiaode took advantage of Li Shimin's psychology to deliberately mislead Li Shimin, so that Li Shimin attached great importance to Xia Hongsheng's tracking. And Li Shimin himself. It was also because of the same psychology that he was very shocked by Li Xiaochang's rebellion. Although the rebellion did not make any waves because it received sufficient news in advance and made sufficient early warnings, so it was fully prepared, the shock in Li Shimin's heart will not be alleviated because the rebellion was suppressed by lightning.

"If you lose, you lose, what is there to say." Li Xiaochang was expressionless and looked at Li Shimin on the throne. said: "It's just a matter of becoming a king and losing a villain, if it weren't for the leakage of the news, I would have sat on it today and asked you like this." ”

"Stubborn." Li Shimin's voice suddenly became unexpectedly calm again. Then he said, "Dai Guan, you come and tell them how to deal with the crime of treason." ”

A person came out of the hall, it was Shangshu Zuo Cheng and Dali Temple Shaoqing Dai Guan, who came out of the crowd. He bowed down and said loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, all those who conspire against and rebel will be beheaded; Fathers and sons over the age of 16 are hanged, mothers and daughters, wives and concubines, children and concubines, grandchildren, brothers, and sisters are not official, and the male husband is 80 years old and sick, and the woman is 60 years old and disabled. The sons of uncles and brothers all flow for 3,000 miles, and there is no restriction on the similarities and differences of nationality. In addition, even if they rebelled, those who could not move the people and were not powerful enough to lead others were also beheaded; Father and son, mother and daughter, wife and concubine flow 3,000 miles together, and there is no limit to wealth. The one who plots the great rebellion, hangs. ”

In the main hall, Li Xiaochang's face did not change, while the eldest grandson Anye, Liu Deyu and Yuan Hongshan suddenly trembled, like shaking a sieve, but they didn't even dare to say a word begging for mercy.

Li Shimin closed his glasses slightly, and then slowly opened them, a touch of coldness suddenly burst out in a pair of eagle eyes, and said in a deep voice: "In this case, come here, press the rebel into the prison, and follow the law!" ”

The guards in the palace immediately responded, suppressed the four of them, and then turned around and went out of the main hall.

After the four of them were pressed out, the hall was even more solemn, and the needles could be heard.

Li Shimin slowly glanced at the ministers in the palace, and then spoke: "This time, Li Xiaochang rebelled against Lizhou, colluded with the right guard Liu Deyu and the right guard Sun Anye, in an attempt to force the palace. However, I already know everything about his rebellion, and this time I was able to thunder and flatten, which has a lot to do with it. I will punish those who rebel, and I will not hesitate to reward those who have merit. Wang De, proclaim! ”

"Yes!" Wang De unfolded a piece of paper and read aloud: "The edict of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty said, ......"

Wang De's neutral voice like a spokesman for a press spokesman that violated his status as a eunuch resounded in the Taiji Palace, and those who were more or less involved in this rebellion were also duly punished and punished, and those who made meritorious contributions to this rebellion also received their own rewards.

Duan Zan also became a lieutenant, but because Duan Zan was already familiar with the methods of military training and special training, he was still serving as Xia Hongsheng's deputy for the time being, responsible for assisting Xia Hongsheng in selecting from the Sixteen Guards and forming a special operations force.

As for Xia Hongsheng, he was only rewarded with some gold silk silks and the like, and there was no promotion in official position and title, which was expected by Xia Hongsheng, and it was also deeply in Xia Hongsheng's own mind.

Li Shimin's mood did not seem to be high, and after the decree was announced, he announced the Sansan Dynasty. It seems that although Li Xiaochang's rebellion did not form any climate and was quickly suppressed, it still hit Li Shimin very hard.

The civil and military officials left the Taiji Hall in turn and walked outside the palace gate. An attendant came from behind, stopped Xia Hongsheng, and asked Xia Hongsheng to go back.

Xia Hongsheng looked at Duan Zhan, said goodbye, and then turned around and went back with the waiter.

After passing the Taiji Palace, the attendant took Xia Hongsheng to turn left and right, and turned into the Imperial Garden. Under the gloomy clouds, Li Shimin stood in the pavilion with his hands in his hands, looking fixedly at the preliminary examination of plum blossoms in the garden.

"Wechen greets Your Majesty!" Xia Hongsheng walked a few steps quickly to the front and bowed down.

Li Shimin turned around, looked at Xia Hongsheng, nodded, and said: "Xia Qing doesn't need to be polite, I am above the court today, and I don't have too many rewards for Xia Qing, Xia Qing won't complain about me, right?" ”

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly replied: "Where will Weichen complain about Your Majesty, Your Majesty's move is to protect Weichen, how can Hongsheng not know?" It's too late for Wechen to be grateful! ”

"It's good that you understand." Li Shimin nodded and said, "Actually, you really have a lot of credit, and the previous ones will be put aside." Ever since I accepted you as the commander of the Folding, I have made many great achievements. Contributing to the method of military training, I have heard General Duan say more than once, he trained the right feather Lin Wei according to the method of military training, and now the soldiers of the first guard have become fierce pawns! There is also the concept of special operations, which I have never heard of, and the method of special operations training, needless to say, I have already seen the effect with my own eyes, even compared with the Xuanjia Army in my hands, it seems to be even better. and Xia Qing's theory of espionage opened my eyes again, and I suddenly realized that there is such a way in the world. The No. 30 special combat team of the Tang Dynasty Blade quelled the rebellion against South Vietnam, shocked Lingnan, and prompted Feng Ang to send his son into the court. If it weren't for the fact that those spies discovered the rebellion of Changsun Anye, and spied on and listened to the information in many ways, so that I could keep abreast of the movements of these rebels, I am afraid that Li Xiaochang's rebellion would not have been suppressed so quickly this time. I know all these credits in my heart. It's just that many of these exploits have to be kept secret and not known to others, and that's what you told me. The civil and military officials are all staring at you now, if I reward you at this time, it will definitely attract jealousy, Xia Qing, Mu Xiu is in the forest, and the wind will destroy it! ”

"Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love! Your Majesty has the grace of knowing the minister, the soldier is a confidant who dies, Your Majesty treats me as a countryman, and I should repay him as a countryman! Xia Hongsheng bent down and said, "Moreover, it was possible to discover the rebellion of the eldest grandson Anye and others, in the final analysis, because His Majesty cared about the safety of Weichen and let Weichen use spies. ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "To tell you the truth, the reason why I ordered you to use spies is because there are other purposes. Few people in the court know that the former crown prince Li Jiancheng was arrogant and arrogant at the beginning, with no one in his eyes, messing with the harem, and later being punished for chaos, but his henchmen are still there, which is really the biggest heart disease in my heart. And Xia Qing has been in the limelight recently, so I am worried that Li Jiancheng's remnants want to be unfavorable to Xia Qing, so I ordered Xia Qing to use spies to track down the person who followed Xia Qing, but I didn't expect that it was the traitor Changsun Anye. ”

Sure enough, it was exactly the same as Xu Xiaode expected! Xia Hongsheng felt a pang in his heart, when Xu Xiaode asked Xia Hongsheng to pretend to accidentally say that he was being followed, the emperor would definitely attach great importance to it, Xia Hongsheng was puzzled by this, Xu Xiaode just opened his mouth and said a name with his mouth, and that name was Li Jiancheng. Xia Hongsheng is a later generation, so he naturally knows about the changes in Xuanwumen, and as soon as he saw this name, he immediately understood. Now that Li Shimin said it himself, Xia Hongsheng's mind was racing, and he immediately understood what Li Shimin meant.

"I see, please rest assured, Weichen will definitely pay attention to this time, and let those spies continue to secretly investigate about Li Jiancheng's remnants." Xia Hongsheng arched his hand and said. (To be continued.) )