Chapter 429 This Is All Nonsense!

The atmosphere in the Manna Hall was slightly dull.

Although these things have not happened yet, after all, the title of the Tang Dynasty has been revoked.

This is stealing the country!

But if you take a closer look, you will see that the identity of this country thief is quite subtle. He served two generations of Emperors of the Tang Dynasty.

Is it a matter of state? Family matters? What's going on in the world?

The Zhenguan ministers felt depressed and at a loss.

After all, the Wu girl is only more than ten years old and is still ignorant. How can it be strange?

Li Shimin was no longer proud. Guangmu said casually, but in his eyes, the swords and swords never stopped.

The royal family changes in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties are the best example. Whenever the royal family name changes, a massacre of the previous dynasty's clan will inevitably follow.

Appointing cruel officials and supporting the children with the surname Wu, Di Renjie started out as a rebel. You can imagine what the court was like at that time.

With a sigh, Li Shimin felt that the saying that later generations sighed became more and more appropriate:

"This is really true. I don't feel bad for selling my father's land."

I saw that my husband and all the ministers were not in high spirits - especially my brother, whose originally round face was almost wrinkled into an orange, which was quite conspicuous.

Then Queen Changsun suddenly realized:

In the past, her husband would often share his experiences with her with great interest every three months.

Thousands of changes in later generations, the rise and fall of descendants for hundreds of generations, occasionally interspersed with some witticisms such as Jiangdong's Hundred Thousand Emperors.

But the most important thing is the joy from the heart for those Zhenguan generals.

The names of Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui, Wang Xuance, etc. were all remembered by Empress Changsun.

The ending of the old ministers also inadvertently caught the ears of Empress Changsun. She was thankful that Du Ruhui had avoided death, but also laughed bitterly at the failed rebellion between Hou Junji and Li Chengqian.

But the strange thing is that I never heard my husband say anything about my elder brother, grandson Wuji.

Empress Changsun did not believe that her brother could remain silent forever. If according to what later generations said, she died ten years after her death, and her husband was nostalgic for his old love when her honor and favor were temporarily withdrawn, so her comeback was almost certain.

It's just that now, listening to this... junior's teasing, it seems that it is definitely not well-intentioned.

The pheasant slaves teamed up with the Wu family girls to fight against their brothers, could it be...

Just relying on her husband's avoidance and her brother's expression, Empress Changsun had already made a guess.

Sighing secretly, it would be better to wait until he invites his brother to the palace for dinner later.

At that moment, Queen Changsun smiled and said:

"This Di Renjie is a man who is adaptable and good at doing things. He is also from Taiyuan. His Majesty can look for him based on this."

Li Shimin couldn't laugh or cry:

"Most of them are still children...that's all. Just look back and look for them."

"As for the admission of rebellion..." After pondering for a while, he remembered the similar statement of Tang Han that was ridiculed by later generations, but he didn't expect that even the cruel methods of officials were the same.

But when I think about it again, the Wu family finally went to Fengchan Taishan because their son came to power, and I suddenly felt a little depressed:

"If you don't admit to treason, you will probably die in prison."

"In this case, it is better to accept it first, and then find a way to find someone to go to the Wu... girl to complain about your grievances."

"And if this daughter of the Wu family does not want cruel officials and relatives to control the government, she will definitely protect Di Renjie."

Li Shimin just didn't disdain to use these power struggles and power-playing tactics, but it's not that he didn't understand them.

Speaking of this, Li Shimin felt a little bit resentful:

"The Dali Temple has a backlog of more than 17,000 cases, which shows the laziness in political affairs!"

Li Shimin concluded 17,000 cases a year without any unjust, false or wrongful convictions. In Li Shimin's opinion, there were only two possibilities. Either Di Renjie was really a prodigy in solving cases, or most of these backlogged cases were not difficult and complicated cases.

Based on reality, it is more likely to be both.

After getting a glimpse of his son's methods of governing the country, Li Shimin could only say that he was not very satisfied.

Beside him, Yan Lide also pulled his brother's sleeve with a narrow smile: Promote a famous official with your own hands.

Yan Liben concentrated on painting without squinting:

Time waits for no one. What he wants to do now is to become a master of Tang Dynasty painting and a close minister of Zhenguan. He has no interest in enduring the hardship for twenty years.

So what if his career improved at that time? I don’t know what condition my body and bones are in, so I might as well fight hard in Zhenguan.

His Majesty has become the emperor of the ages, and he himself has become the Mount Tai of meticulous painting. Isn't that a hundred times better than the so-called deposed envoy?

[The person who imprisoned Di Renjie was Lai Junchen, a famous cruel official during the Wu and Zhou Dynasty.

The Wu Zhou period under the rule of Wu Zetian can be regarded as a veritable "politics of cruel officials", and Lai Junchen was the sharpest knife.

He was born as a local ruffian, but he managed to save his life because of his "good false accusations and good informing skills" in prison. Eventually, he was heard by Wu Zetian, who made an exception and was awarded the post of censor in vain.

When handling cases, "Kill the good clan, kill the good family, and destroy the family". Factory guards who belonged to the Ming Dynasty had to shout "Fang Gong" when they saw him.

After his death, the whole of Luoyang celebrated his death. After he was beheaded in the downtown area, his body was cut into pieces by the people and only the bones remained. This was Lai Junchen.

Therefore, Di Renjie immediately confessed to all his crimes in his hands.

Yes, I just want to rebel, but I just don’t like that stinky bitch!

Therefore, Lai Junchen didn't press too much, and directly made a "Death Apology Form" for Di Renjie to sign. After that, he went through the process quickly, and the Qiu Queen beheading was finalized on the same day, saving him from a sentence.

Di Renjie was already a death row prisoner, so Lai Junchen went back to have a party with the children of the Wu family:

What a god who solves cases, what a heart for the people, but he is actually a spineless person, easy to be manipulated.

Seeing that he was sentenced to death and the jailer was lax in guarding, Di Renjie played the victim and said, "I am going to die, can I be more comfortable before I die? Let my son come and send some summer clothes and quilts?"

There was no reason to disagree with the death row prisoner, so Di Renjie's son Di Yuanguang went to the prison smoothly and took away the winter quilt that he had sent to his father before.

After Di Yuanguang went back, he tore his father's quilt into pieces without saying a word. Sure enough, there was a handwritten letter of injustice hidden inside. This was the pen and ink that the old Di had borrowed from the jailer, written on the lining of the torn clothes, and then re-sewn into the quilt before sending it out with great difficulty.

Little Di was also straightforward, holding his father's handwritten letter and went straight to the palace to meet Wu Zetian to appeal for injustice.

It was not until this time that the Great Saint Wu Zetian felt that something was fishy. After thinking about it, the old lady rarely moved and issued an order to personally examine the case.

This imperial trial was also very simple:

Wu Zhao: You rebelled? Old Di: I don't know.

Wu Zhao: You have signed and confessed your guilt! Old Di: Nonsense! I don't admit it.

So Wu Zetian also understood. After all, Lai Junchen was promoted by her, and she knew his methods very well.

But at that time, Wu Zhou had just changed the country's name for less than a year. Even if Lai Junchen was a jackal, he was a good dog for Wu Zetian who could tear apart the flesh and blood of the loyal Li Tang.

In the end, Di Renjie was demoted in public and secretly protected, and the death penalty was exempted, but he was demoted to Pengze.

With this, Old Di also successfully escaped from the whirlpool of Luoyang and temporarily left the capital to live happily.

But the aftermath of this incident was not so easy to calm down, or rather, Wu Zetian's ten-year campaign to seize the country had gradually shown signs of backlash.

There were a total of seven people who were falsely accused along with Lao Di. Lao Di managed to escape, and the death penalty for the other six was also exempted, and they were also demoted and sent out.

One of them was Cui Xuanli, who had a nephew Huo Xian who was uneducated and unskilled. He successfully became a governor by learning from Lai Junchen's false accusations and informing on others. Seeing that his uncle was acquitted, the nephew, perhaps to show his loyalty or to show his face in front of Wu Zetian and ask for promotion, said to the old lady in front of all the civil and military officials:

Your Majesty, if you don't convict my uncle and chop him to death, I will crash to death here!

After saying that, he crashed his head to the ground with blood all over the ground. Later, Cui Xuanli was still exempted from death and sent out, but he never returned to the capital until he died in Jiangxia.

Huo Xian certainly didn't crash to death, after all, how could he get promoted and make a fortune if he crashed to death?

However, he went to court with a green bandage on his head for the next year, and he even lifted his official hat to show the bandage.

This was the aftermath of the cruel official politics.

On the other hand, the grand campaign held by the old lady to become the emperor eventually spread to the people.

For three consecutive years after the establishment of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, auspicious signs emerged in an endless stream like bamboo shoots after rain.

Today, the prefecture presented a stone with a white background and red stripes, saying that this big stone was loyal to His Majesty.

Tomorrow, another county caught a turtle with "May the Son of Heaven Live Long" written on its belly, saying that this showed the eternal foundation of the Wu Zhou Dynasty.

It was not until the three provinces and six ministries jointly asked the old lady for help due to financial emergencies that Wu Zetian ordered that the auspicious signs would be accepted, but there would be no reward money, and the people gave up.

At this time, in the Wu Zhou Dynasty, although the capital Luoyang was full of cruel officials, the prefectures and counties all over the world selected auspicious signs in order to get rich overnight.

But the old lady didn't care at all, after all, she finally became the emperor.

Her happiness has just begun. 】

In Ganlu Hall, Li Shimin raised his head slightly, not surprised at all that his prediction was correct.

However, after seeing the achievements of the early Tang Dynasty mentioned by Guanguangmu, Li Shimin felt that the Tang Dynasty could confidently say that the Tang Dynasty established the country with military force.

But now, watching the cruel officials at home and the auspicious signs outside, Li Shimin felt bored from the bottom of his heart.

Because such a situation suddenly reminded him of Sima Jin, who was disliked by later generations.

The aristocratic families could only see their own petty gains, fighting against each other, and finally let the Hu people take advantage of them, and they were in chaos for hundreds of years.

His son squandered his inheritance, and this daughter-in-law with a complicated identity probably inherited the legacy of Zhenguan, but in the end, she ended up with such a shameless Wu Zhou.

Shaking his head, looking at the characters in the light curtain, Li Shimin sneered:

"This Huo Xian is a wonderful man, it would be a waste of his talent if he didn't become a eunuch."

Du Ruhui was speechless, and felt that it was fortunate that there was no eunuch next to him at the moment, otherwise he would have complained.

Empress Changsun's contempt was very straightforward:

"Why do you need to use this villain? He only pollutes the palace."

"A loyal and honest person can shine through the ages, but such a villain will still be ridiculed after a thousand years."