The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Secretly protect the King of Jingyang, and don't make any mistakes." Li Shimin ordered, and then he looked at Wei Ting: "Doctor Wei, if the King of Jingyang makes any mistakes, the court will not want the salt and iron rights of the Wei family. However, considering your actions today, the fault is not yours, and I will not pursue you."

The implication is that if the King of Jingyang makes any mistakes, the Wei Deyun lineage will surely die.

"Yes." Li Wu responded and left.

"I have heard that you are famous for your etiquette and take it as your responsibility to correct the current style. Whether you were in the East Palace or now in the court, you dare to speak out. I trust you, and I am also very happy that you have lived up to my trust in you, but the family style of the Wei family Xiaoyaogong lineage needs you to correct it well." Li Shimin said lightly: "Don't always focus on the court. If you don't sort out your own family, how can you sort out the court and the world?"

"Your Majesty is right." Wei Ting knelt on the ground and responded.

He now only hopes that the people he sent out can catch up and never make mistakes.

Even if the emperor's Hundred Cavalry Division catches up and arrests those people, King Jingyang must not make any mistakes.

Although his elder brother did something wrong, he was short-sighted and wanted to find a way for Xiaoyao Gongfang. Although he did something wrong, from his own perspective, outsiders can belittle him and scold him, but his family cannot abandon him and not save him.

He doesn't want him to lose his life because of this.

"I know that my elder brother did something wrong, but I still dare to ask your majesty for mercy." Wei Ting said.

Wei Ting knew from the beginning that his elder brother would not succeed, so his series of actions were very quick. Before the incident, he hurried to see Li Shimin to ask for mercy.

If King Jingyang was so easy to be controlled, he would have died in Chang'an City long ago.

Even if he didn't die in Chang'an City, he would have died in Huizhou that year.

After going through so many things, would King Jingyang not have any precautions? Would he not have any vigilance?

King Jingyang has guards and followers around him!

It would be even more impossible to succeed in Linying County. If they took action in Linying County, the local people would tear them apart alive.

That was the person who led them to rebuild their homes and saved them from the water and fire during the flood. Would they let others hurt King Jingyang?

Even on the way...

Do you really think Jiang Que is just a craftsman in charge of the crafts?

Jiang Que alone can protect King Jingyang.

If even Jiang Que is involved, then it will be completely ruined.

The Tianshui Jiang family is a powerful family outside Long. Jiang Que's father Jiang Mo was the head of Jinyang County at the end of the Daye period.

So what is Jinyang County?

The place where the Li family rose to power. When the emperor was in Taiyuan, he knew Jiang Mo. The Jiang family's contribution to the emperor was even greater than that of the Wei family. If it weren't for the defeat at the hands of Xue Ju when they went to Hechi from Dasan Pass, Jiang Mo would have been granted a title long ago.

Even after being recalled to the court after the defeat, the emperor still let him return home in glory and granted him the title of governor of his own state.

That is, he let Jiang Mo go to his hometown to serve as an official. If it weren't for Jiang Mo's early death, Li Youliang would never have been so arrogant in Liangzhou.

The governors of Qin and Long states, apart from other things, the importance of these two states to the Li Tang royal family was different.

"Your brother is so bold!" Li Shimin scolded.

"Your Majesty, my elder brother was also confused for a while. Since last year, the court has gradually recovered the salt and iron business rights. My Wei family, Xiaoyaogong, has some salt and iron mines in his hands. This is the ancestral property of the family. My elder brother is worried that once the family can no longer operate, the blow to the family will inevitably be huge. Therefore, my elder brother is more radical and wants to seek some benefits for the family."

What Wei Ting said was true, but it was also a reminder to the emperor.

The aristocratic families regard the salt and iron business rights as very important. It is difficult for the court to get all of them. It cannot be completed in three to five years.

Even if they know that the court wants to take it back, the aristocratic families will delay it again and again. After all, even if this thing is delayed for one more month, the benefits are not cheap.

"Do you mean that if the court takes back the salt and iron business rights, your family will not be able to survive?" Li Shimin asked back.

"I dare not." Wei Ting kowtowed quickly.

"Wang De."

"I'm here." The eunuch beside Li Shimin bowed and responded.

"Go, look for it. There should be records in the palace, and records of Doctor Wei's family, no, Xiaoyao Gong's family, from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the present Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. Bring them here."

"Yes." Wang De responded.

After the establishment of the Hundred Cavalry Division, it has never stopped. They are really not vegetarians.

Li Shimin also discovered that it is really useful and easy to use.

"Doctor Wei, your brother Wei Deyun said, the Xiaoyao family of Wei family can't make a living without the salt and iron business. Today, I will see with you whether your family can make a living. If you really can't make a living, then I will tell you in front of you that I will exchange your salt and iron rights with twice the income brought by salt and iron for your Wei family. If you exaggerate this matter, then Wei Deyun is unforgivable. "

"Originally, these are all private property matters of each family. To put it bluntly, it's nothing more than who makes money and who else is jealous. It's not something that can be put on the table, but now it has to be sent to do such things in private. "

"Wei Ting, you are an important official of the court, and you are also the Imperial Censor."

"What are the duties of the Imperial Censor?"

"As the saying goes, a person with a clear conscience is not afraid of his own shadow. Are you, the Imperial Censor, upright?"

"Do you still remember your desire to take it as your responsibility to correct the world's customs? "

"I know that my brother has committed a heinous crime, so I come here to confess my crime. I would like to ask for my resignation."

"Ask for my resignation?" Li Shimin was so angry that he laughed: "What a good resignation! Since the Zhenguan years, King Jingyang has encountered two assassination attempts. Come, you come and explain to me why such things happen repeatedly, even if the people behind them are confiscated and beheaded."

"A son of the royal family, a prince of the Tang Dynasty, a tutor to the crown prince, and a third-rank official, was assassinated?"

"Or was it because of a secret business that led to stalking, plotting, and even trying to force him with shameful means."

"Are you people too dismissive of the royal family? "

Li Shimin knew that these people were arrogant, looked up to their heads, and looked down on even the royal family behind their backs.

But today, he made it clear.

Like to be arrogant? Like to look up?

When your head is rolling on the ground, do you still need to be arrogant?

If you like to look up at the sky, then lie down in a mass grave and look at the sky for the rest of your life.

"I dare not." Wei Ting knocked his head to the ground.

"Answer my question!" Li Shimin shouted angrily.