Chapter 917: Revenge with virtue

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Unexpectedly, Cui Geng said: "Weichen thinks that Wei Xiang should have nothing to do with Li Chongjun's rebellion. ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"With Wei Xiang's resourcefulness, if he were involved in this matter, he would never allow King Wei to act so recklessly."

"What do you mean by that?"

"The reason is very simple, Emperor Taizong made great contributions to the country back then, and he deserved to be a great treasure. Despite this, after the Xuanwumen Incident, there were still rebellions, and among the rebels there was even the eldest brother of Empress Changsun Anye. Even if Li Chongjun succeeds by luck today, how can he convince people? Which point can he compare to Emperor Taizong? I am afraid that this throne will not sit for a few days, and someone will have to be ousted down, and even the leader will not be saved. ”

Of course, this is a bit strong, who said that Wei Yuanzhong's participation in this matter must be loyal to Li Chongjun? What if in his mind, as long as the person sitting on this throne is surnamed Li?

Li Xian was silent for a long time, and said: "Wei Xiangnai is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, valued by Emperor Gaozong and Empress Zetian, and has made great contributions to the country, I can only bear to be harshly criticized. That's the end of the matter, so there's no need to delve into it. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

In this way, Wei Yuanzhong temporarily passed the test, and Li Xian made another decree, ordering Prime Minister Zong Chuke, Taifu Qing Ji Ne and others, since the remnants of Li Chongjun's party had Wei Sheng and Yu Linglong, who had slipped through the net, maybe there were others.

Tightly, Changshang Guoyi Zhao Sishen came back with Li Chongjun's head.

Li Chongjun was not killed by him, but the two relatives Zhang Neng and Liu Yin around Li Chongjun. The two of them saw that their master really had no future, so they killed Li Chongjun and atonement for his crimes.

Li Xian issued an order to abolish Li Chongjun's title of King Wei and demote him to a commoner. That's it, he used Li Chongjun's head to pay tribute to Wu Sansi's spirit in the sky.

This is a bit too much, and the loyal people are even more disappointed in Li Xian.

Cui Geng had long known that under Empress Wei's pillow wind, Li Xian would make such a faint move, but his mood was not affected.

In fact, he was in a pretty good mood.

Cui Geng thought to himself, according to historical records, nothing major happened in the imperial court in the three years after Li Chongjun's coup, and I can enjoy life with peace of mind.

As for when I helped Wei Yuanzhong speak in the Golden Palace, it was not a grievance at all, but I took the opportunity to gain a reputation of "repaying grievances with virtue".

Zong Chuke is eyeing the position of the head of the prime minister, how can Wei Yuanzhong pass the test so easily?

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Sure enough, within a few days, Zong Chuke and Ji Chune pried Wei Sheng's mouth open. Don't care if it's real or fake, Wei Sheng accused Wei Yuanzhong of also participating in the rebellion.

In the past two days, Wei Yuanzhong is still feeling good about himself.

Others asked him what he thought of his eldest son. He said that Wu Sansi was full of evil, which was something worthy of celebration by the whole world. My son participated in the coup d'Γ©tat in order to kill him, and he died a well-deserved death, but the death of His Royal Highness King Wei is really a pity.

When Zong Chuke got Wei Sheng's confession and asked for a cure for Wei Yuanzhong's crimes, he was completely panicked and asked Li Xian to relieve himself of his official position and title, and let him go home to be an idle official with no specific position.

After all, Li Xian cared about the old feelings, and with a stroke of the pen, he agreed to Wei Yuanzhong's retirement as a special jin and the Duke of Qi, and allowed Shuowang to meet him.

However, Zong Chuke continued to pursue relentlessly, instructing Yao Tingyun in the imperial history to impeach Wei Yuanzhong.

Yao Tingyun's recital is clearly written: When the founding father Hou Junji was about to be executed for rebellion, Emperor Taizong interceded for him with tears, but the ministers did not agree. Eventually, Emperor Taizong beheaded him with tears.

After that, Fang Yiai, Xue Wanche, and Li You, the king of Qi, committed rebellion and were also executed according to law.

Wei Yuanzhong's merits are not as good as Hou Junji's, and he is not a relative of the emperor, on what grounds does His Majesty forgive him?

Li Xian felt that what Yao Tingyun said was very reasonable, and ordered Wei Yuanzhong to be degraded as the lieutenant of Wuchuan County.

However, Zong Chuke was angry with Empress Wei and was not satisfied, and instructed Ran Zuyong to play: "Since Wei Yuanzhong has committed the crime of great rebellion, he should not go to Quzhou to serve as the governor. ”

After Wu Sansi's death, most of his old forces were absorbed by Empress Wei and Zong Chuke, and Ran Zuyong was one of them.

Ran Zuyong's above table, Wu Sansi's old forces echoed him, including Yang Zaisi, Li Qiao, Zhang Xi and others, the crowd was raging and powerful.

Li Xian got angry in order to protect Wei Yuanzhong, and said: "Wei Yuanzhong has served the imperial court for many years, and I am willing to give him a lenient sentence, and now that my holy decree has been changed once, how can I change it again and again?" Besides, whether the handling of Wei Yuanzhong is light or severe, should be decided by the Gang of Cadres, and you have repeatedly asked for severe punishment, do you want to resist and disobey the order? ”

At this point, Yang Zaisi and others can only kowtow and ask for guilt.

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On this day, Cui Geng's mansion came to a special guest, Cui Huang, the second son of Wei Yuanzhong, and the official residence of Lang.

In the living room, as soon as he saw Cui Geng, he fell to his knees and said, "A thousand mistakes, all of them are the fault of my Wei family!" Please also look at the same vein as Qingliu, save my father! ”

Cui Geng said strangely: "Didn't Your Majesty already reprimand Yang Zaisi and the others?" What are you still looking for this official for? ”

"Alas, these people are only a temporary stop. To tell the truth, they are still trying to find out their father's crimes, and are preparing for His Majesty to exterminate my Wei family. ”

"What crime did they find Wei Xiang again?"

"I don't know. I just heard that Zong Chuke instructed his henchman Yuan Shouyi to prepare to impeach his father tomorrow morning! If they were not absolutely sure, how could they dare to bring up the old matter again shortly after His Majesty's reprimand? ”

Cui Geng still knows something about Yuan Shouyi, and he has a nickname "Hopper Chicken".

This nickname is a satire that he is as shallow as a chicken and duck, and only cares about the present.

Yuan Shouyi was serving as the county lieutenant of Wannian, and Shi Dou Huaizhen, the governor of Yongzhou, once looked at him unpleasantly and wanted to whip him many times. In desperation, Yuan Shouyi bribed Zong Chuke and was promoted to supervise the imperial history.

Dou Huaizhen didn't know the relationship between Yuan Shouyi and Zong Chuke, and after hearing the news that Yuan Shouyi was going to be promoted, he bowed his hand and said: "Zong Chuke is not very reliable, you should check him well in order to supervise the imperial history." ”

As a result, Yuan Shouyi immediately told Zong Chuke about it. For this matter, Zong Chuke and Dou Huaizhen attacked each other in the court, making a lot of trouble.

Zong Chuke did not have the obligation to keep it secret for Yuan Shouyi, and in the fierce quarrel, he directly shook him out.

However, it didn't take long for Dou Huaizhen to be appointed as the Imperial Doctor of the Right Su Zhengtai and became Yuan Shouyi's top boss.

Yuan Shouyi was so frightened that he hid at home and didn't dare to come out to work.

After Zong Chuke knew about this, he felt that his face was gloomy, and directly promoted Yuan Shouyi to serve the imperial history in the palace, with a rank of six grades. In this way, Yuan Shouyi can fight with Dou Huaizhen a little.

Since then, Yuan Shouyi has become the hardcore of Zong Chuke, he will bite whoever he wants, he can't be disobedient, without the big backstage of Zong Chuke, can he bear Dou Huaizhen?

Now that Yuan Shouyi has gone out in person, he can really see that Zong Chuke is bound to win.

But, then again, Wei Yuanzhong's life and death, Guan Cui Geng's? Wei Yuanzhong lost Cui Geng's Fuyang King, and Cui Geng's fall into the well is quite interesting. It's okay to repay grievances with virtue and brush up some prestige, and sincerely contribute to him, isn't that stupid?

Therefore, Cui Geng said insincerely: "This official will do his best." ”

"Don't do your best, you have to do it!" Wei Huang's eyes flashed, and he said, "If Cui Xiang can help Xia Guan with this, I will tell you a big secret about Princess Taiping!" ”