Datang's journey to death

Chapter 93

As soon as Li Chengqian came back here, his whole temperament changed again. It made Li Ke think that this guy was playing smart, but later realized that Li Chengqian probably thought this was his home field, not to mention that he now knew about Li Ke, so do not worry?

Li Chengqian's return represented the end of the disappearance of the prince. Although the truth of this incident was suppressed, the high-level officials were wondering, where did the prince go before?

Li Shimin knew that everyone was talking about this matter, and he couldn't give an order not to let people talk about it, it's better to keep it quiet than to block it, so he very simply raised two very attractive topics, one is to formulate new laws, and the other is clan chronicles.

After Li Ke found out, he was taken aback for a moment. He remembered that these two should be carried out separately. After all, no matter which one it is, it is a big project. Now it is taken out together. What is this for?

Li Shimin just wanted to divert everyone's attention, and didn't want them to think about it again. Of course, these two things had to be done one by one.

According to the priority, it is definitely imminent to formulate new laws and regulations. Of course, the enactment of this does not mean that there are no laws now, but that the laws may not be perfect, and almost every emperor in the Tang Dynasty will formulate new laws and regulations.

It’s just that everyone pays more attention to the clan chronicles. After all, the court is basically controlled by the aristocratic family. The current clan ranking was determined a long time ago. up.

Li Ke is very interested in formulating heart rhythm orders, but he knows that this kind of thing will probably not let him participate. After all, the leader needs to be very familiar with and have experience in things like laws and regulations. Li Ke thinks he has experience in this field. But Li Shimin and the others didn't know, and Li Ke's status was relatively high, it was not appropriate for him to go in and let him fight, so Li Ke could only regretfully not participate.

After discussing for two months, it was finally decided that Gao Shilian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Wei Ting, the official censor, Cen Wenwen, Minister of Zhongshu, and Linghu Defen, Minister of Rites, were responsible for the revision, and the leaders of the new law were Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuan Ling.It has to be said that these candidates are all powerful factions, and Li Shimin has no room for others to refute their selection.

No one intervened too much in terms of laws and regulations, but in order to occupy a place in the clan annals, the heads of the people were almost out of their heads. People, when they really encounter a situation, they can do things directly.

Especially between aristocratic families, they probably still maintain an image in front of outsiders, but when it comes to the inside of the class, I'm sorry, everyone has been involved 800 years ago, and who doesn't know who's that shit, Whatever you put on, do it directly!

Li Ke is going to get angry after being beaten by them these two days. After all, many people have come to Li Ke's way to see if they can spoil things in advance. Li Ke feels very cheating. It's not him. What's the use of finding him?Besides, can you be more honest?What to fight, what about the reservedness of the children of the aristocratic family?

When those aristocratic families fight, he has to be busy adjusting it. Who made him Yongzhou Mu?Li Ke almost went to Li Shimin with lasagna tears and asked to go home to rest. There is really no way to get through this day. He can't really make things difficult for those aristocratic children, can he?They may not have high official positions or no official positions, but behind them there is always a relatively awesome parent!

As a result, Li Shimin was so happy to watch the theater recently. When his son came to him to complain, he also said cheerfully: "Since you are the shepherd of Yongzhou now, it is up to you how you want to deal with it."

After hearing this, Li Ke looked thoughtful. After returning home, Pei Xuan looked at Li Ke's pensive expression and knew what he was worried about, and said directly: "Since the saint asked you to let go of your hands and feet to do it, what else do you have to worry about?" of?"

Li Ke still didn't speak, Pei Xuan squeezed his chin and leaned over to kiss him and said, "Don't worry, the sage just wants to attack the aristocratic family and strengthen the imperial power."

Li Ke looked up at Pei Xuan and asked, "You think so too?"

"Originally, the aristocratic family may think that this is a good opportunity for them to go further, but in this situation, the aristocratic family does not have much respect for the royal family, how can the saint bear it?" Thinking differently, if it was Pei Xuan himself, he would I feel like I might not be able to bear it either.

Li Ke touched his chin: "If you just want to strengthen the imperial power, it won't work just relying on clan annals."

"Always come a little bit." Pei Xuan sat beside Li Ke and held his waist, moving one hand dishonestly, but Li Ke was still there in a daze and didn't respond at all!

Pei Xuan's face turned black, and he immediately changed into a tail, and got in from the hem of Li Ke's gown, then stayed at the key part, and drew a circle along the opening marks of the lapel.

Li Ke's attention was immediately attracted to him. Knuckles, um, they are actually crotch pants, but fortunately he still wears a hakama underneath. Although the crotch belt is teased by Pei Xuan's powerful tail, it is better than not wearing it. Terrible, plus the cat hair on the tail still penetrates the fabric faintly, the itchy feeling can drive people crazy.

Li Ke stretched out his hand and pinched Pei Xuan's tail, feeling a bit unsteady: "Don't make trouble!"

Pei Xuan's eyes gradually darkened, and his tail didn't move any more, he just leaned over and rubbed Li Ke's cheek with his cat ears and said, "I don't agree with what I say."

Li Ke stared, Pei Xuan smiled proudly: "I told you a long time ago not to touch my tail casually, and I have taught you what the consequences will be. Now that you still do it, it is obvious that you want to but feel embarrassed to say it. Don't worry. I will satisfy you today."

Li Ke pinched Pei Xuan's tail resentfully: "The villain will sue first." However, he did not refuse Pei Xuan. Since the news of Li Chengqian's disappearance broke out, he and Pei Xuan have not been close for a long time. Now is the time when the blood is young, and if it weren't for something always happening, the two of them really couldn't bear it for so long.

So even though it is daytime, Li Ke did not refuse Pei Xuan's courtship. He stretched out his hand and pinched Pei Xuan's cat ears, but he did not expect that Pei Xuan's animalistic behavior would turn out to be exciting, and the two of them started to toss from the afternoon In the middle of the night, even though Li Ke thought he was in good physical condition, he was tossed about and felt like he wouldn't be able to see the sun tomorrow.

At this time, he was very grateful to Pei Xuan for returning to his original shape without the function of becoming bigger or smaller, otherwise...he was afraid that he would still be tossed about by the animal-shaped Pei Xuan.

The result of playing too lively the day before was that Li Ke always felt a little uncomfortable on his body the next day. It would not be too uncomfortable to say that it was very uncomfortable, but the smaller it was, the more annoying it was, so Li Ke cleaned it up today. There are two sons from aristocratic families who are looking for trouble, one is from the Cui family and the other is from the Wang family.

The Boling Cui family, the Taiyuan Wang family, and Li Ke each played [-] big boards, which directly confused these two people. You must know that in the past these troublemakers were basically handled by Li Ke who raised them up and put them down gently. Method, why did you follow the law so seriously this time?

Although the new laws of love have not been revised, the old ones are still in use.These two people left angrily after spending money to redeem their sins. Among them, the son of the Cui family in Boling was even more angry. This person's aunt was added to the Xiao family in Lanling. It was said that Xiao's daughter would be chosen as Princess Wei, but I heard that the chosen Xiao's daughter happened to be his cousin.

Although there was no news later, the Xiao family had already secretly prepared their daughter's dowry, especially after King Wei's value rose.

The Cui family obviously also regarded Li Ke as a potential relative. He thought that Li Ke should be towards him, but it turned out that there was no such thing at all!

However, no matter how you look at it, Li Ke has done nothing wrong. He is just like this, and he will not let people get the handle. Time naturally follows the law, and everyone has nothing to say.

It's just that Li Ke didn't expect that such a small matter would lead to another matter.

In the spring of the 12th year of Zhenguan, when the clan annals were compiled halfway through, the Minister of Rites suddenly wrote a letter saying: "Three grades have already met the prince on the way, and they all surrendered, which is indecent."

After hearing this, Li Shimin was very angry, and said with a cold face: "Your generation is so noble that you despise me."

Li Shimin wants to strengthen the centralization of power, Li Ke and Pei Xuan can see it, and there are always others who can see it. In addition, Li Ke treats the children of the aristocratic family mercilessly, which makes the aristocratic family very jealous. They don't have immediate worries now, but they have to worry that the aristocratic family will not be able to contain the imperial power in a hundred years, and the imperial power will become the only one!

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is surnamed Wang, a member of the Wang family in Taiyuan. He stood up just to send a signal. After seeing Li Shimin angry, he shrank a little. Li Shimin is different from other emperors. This one is a real sword and gun. Yes, very few people dare to speak out when he is angry.

Of course, less does not mean no, Wei Zheng is the one who dares to stroke the tiger's beard.As soon as Li Ke saw him stand up, he knew that Li Shimin would lose again today. Among other things, Wei Zheng's mouth was really too sharp, as long as he stood up to persuade him, he would never lose.

Li Shimin's aura also changed subtly when he saw Wei Zheng stand up, and Li Ke obviously saw a trace of helplessness flashing in Li Shimin's eyes.

Sure enough, Wei Zheng opened his mouth and said: "All the kings are inferior to the third prince, and now the three ranks are all nine ministers and eight seats. It is really not appropriate for the king to descend."

To put it simply, Wei Zheng means that the status of the kings and the three princes is equal. Now the ministers above the third rank are all Jiuqing. From the perspective of status, it is not appropriate for them to get off the sedan chair and salute.

Li Ke didn't know whether Wei Zheng really felt that it was not in line with etiquette or because he was also in that class, so he talked about this matter from his own point of view?Although everyone says that Wei Zheng is one of the few ministers who can speak up and speak out through the ages, Li Ke doesn't think that he really has no selfishness—if he really has no selfishness, he should have followed Li Jiancheng after Li Shimin killed him. Some of Li Jiancheng's subordinates also went to be buried, instead of being very flexible, they took refuge in Li Shimin.

Li Shimin struggled and wanted to refute, and directly threw out an argument: What if the prince died early?Some of these princes will naturally become princes, how can they be underestimated?

Wei Zheng stared directly and said: Saint, the throne is inherited from descendants, not brothers. This is to prevent the common son from coveting the throne. This is the root of the disaster. As a saint, you should also take warning!

Wei Zheng glanced at Li Ke as he spoke——if something happens to Li Shimin among the princes, Li Ke is probably the most capable of competing, so when they knew that Li Chengqian was missing, everyone wondered if it was true. Li Ke made a move, but there was no evidence in the end. Li Chengqian also came back and didn't mention anything about King Wei. Everyone could only be suspicious.

Li Ke: I was shot while lying down.

Li Shimin was a little embarrassed by Wei Zheng's persuasion. One of him was fighting for treatment for his sons, and the other was that he felt the momentum of the aristocratic family to suppress the royal family. He didn't want to compromise, but he couldn't say that Wei Zheng was wrong.

In fact, Wei Zheng was just sophistrying. It is true that the throne is inherited from descendants, but what Li Shimin just said was that the crown prince died early. That is, the assumption is that the crown prince has no heirs. Is there any other choice for the son to be elected?

Li Ke has [-] ways to refute Wei Zheng, but he can't stand up and say it. After all, the assumption that the prince died early is too sensitive. Li Shimin can say it, but he can't continue to play it.

Li Ke stood there pretending to be dead, but he was not fighting alone. Pei Xuan, as General Youwuhou, was qualified to participate in such a discussion. How about the prince dying early without a descendant?Succession of descendants is no reason for you to disrespect the royal family.

Pei Xuan even added a sentence: "You all just want to be proud of the prince with your surname, but if you have talent, even a saint will respect it. If you are incompetent, is it because you have a good surname that even the prince will not respect you?"

Li Ke looked at Pei Xuan silently. This ability to lead a war is really not simple. The most important thing is... Wei Zheng was messing around, but Pei Xuan did not argue with him on that topic, but opened up a new battlefield!

All the ministers are looking at Pei Xuan, who is so weird. If they don't know, they think he is a member of the royal family, but... Dear, your surname is Pei, Hedong Pei, so you are also from a noble family, okay?We are fighting for the interests of the aristocratic family, so you just come out to tear things down?

The Minister of Rites looked at Pei Xuan and then at Li Chengqian and Li Ke, silently shrank aside, and sighed in his heart, Pei Xuan was too deeply involved with the royal family, as long as Li Chengqian and Li Ke did not fall, then he would have nothing to do. matter.And it is said that the Duke of Hedong is not close to his family members.It seems that this person is following the royal family to the end.

Wei Zheng looked at Pei Xuan with a stiff expression, what Pei Xuan said was really right, they still wanted to use their surnames to be proud of the prince, of course Wei Zheng was not angry because he was exposed, he just didn't expect Pei Xuan to come out to argue with him.

After all, Wei Zheng and Pei Xuan are still somewhat related, and Wei Zheng's wife is the Pei family of Hedong, so he is a generation older than Pei Xuan.He usually took care of Pei Xuan in the court, but soon he calmed down. As an admonisher, Wei Zheng still admired Pei Xuan's outspoken character.

Therefore, it became a contest between Wei Zheng and Pei Xuan at the court. It was inappropriate for Wei Zheng to get off the car and salute the prince after killing a senior official of the third rank or above, but Pei Xuan felt that there was nothing wrong with it. It reflects the respect for the royal family. After all, the saint sometimes salutes the ministers. This means that the saints respect the ministers. Respect is mutual. You want respect from others, but how can you not respect others?

Wei Zheng was dazzled by Pei Xuan, he didn't understand at all why there was respect or not?Isn't it a matter of etiquette?Wei Zheng didn't follow Pei Xuan at all, he bit him to death and followed the etiquette.

Pei Xuan was also very straightforward: "The etiquette has to be changed according to the current situation. Since the Zhou Dynasty, the etiquette has changed a lot. Is Wei Tejin still following the ancient etiquette?"

Wei Zheng's face turned green. Just like what Pei Xuan said, etiquette has also changed. Many etiquettes are different from the ancient times. These changes are a little bit. If the ancient etiquette is really followed... Damn, Is that still how people live?

So he really couldn't answer Pei Xuan's question. He looked at Pei Xuan helplessly, and finally bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Please think again, sage."

He gave the ball to Li Shimin again!Pei Xuan also bowed and said: "Since it is based on etiquette, the status of a prince is inherently honorable. If not, who would yearn for the title so much? Since Wei Tejin said just now that the status of a prince is equal to that of the three princes, if this is the case, I ask the sage to set it up The prince is a super product, with an extremely leisurely mouth."

Wei Zheng:  …

Ministers: ...

Li Chengqian: If I didn't know that Li Ke was not interested in the throne, I really thought you were going to trick me for him!

Li Shimin smiled: "This matter is of great importance, we will discuss it later."

The setting of Chaopin is not just a matter of asking them to raise the grade. There are many other places, such as the regulations of the palace, the number of guards, and eating utensils. The difference in class in this age permeates every aspect of life.

After the end of the court meeting that day, everyone felt very weird, always feeling that the sky was going to change, but in fact there was nothing else except that Pei Xuan said that he wanted to set the prince as a first-class prince.

And as for this... the aristocratic family is definitely unwilling to agree, but Pei Xuan has given them a big hat before, none of them would admit in front of Li Shimin that they want to be proud of the prince with their surnames.

Many aristocratic families are worried that the royal family is so strong now, and there are traitors among them, will the aristocratic family be attacked in the future?But now it seems that there is no room for them to object to the fact that the prince is being promoted as a super-grade. Objecting is disrespectful to the royal family. Pei Xuan just said that he is proud of the prince by his surname. Someone continued to expand the content, saying that your opposition means that you have the heart to replace the royal family, and you want to rebel!

Where does this f*ck follow!It is true that aristocratic families are not afraid of breaking the law. After all, they have money, and they can use money to solve the crime. However, there is one crime that does not matter how much money they have, and that is treason. The rhythm of the three clans!

In the past two days, Li Ke watched Li Chengqian tangled in directing people to fight each other, and his heart was full of joy.He just likes to see Li Chengqian's appearance that he doesn't want to win benefits for him but has to win benefits for him.

This Shu Shuang's tolerance for Pei Xuan who has made a lot of contributions has also become very high. Of course, he refused to find a way to make Pei Xuan's body bigger. I can't accept it.

At this sensitive time, the new law was formulated. To put it simply, the new law cut out many tortures, and at the same time made the law a little more perfect. However, in Li Ke's opinion, such a law is still cruel compared to later generations. Some, after all, there is no saying that the nine clans are implicated in later generations.

The promulgation of the new laws did not cause much repercussions. After all, these laws have nothing to do with the honest common people, and they have nothing to do with the aristocratic families. After all, the current punishment can still be settled with money.

The clan annals after the new laws are the focus of everyone's attention, and the clan annals compiled by Gao Shilian and others ranked first in the Cui family.

When Li Shimin saw it, he was furious and took all the people who compiled the clan annals over and scolded him bloody. He directly asked: "What is so valuable about the Cui family? The Cui family is in decline, and there is no crown at all, and it only depends on marriage." To get rich, I don’t understand why the world values ​​it.”

Li Shimin was dissatisfied with the clan annals, so he had to rewrite it. This time, Li Shimin directly issued instructions: "Don't talk about the past generations, stop taking today's officials and nobles as the rank!"

As soon as this decision came out, the whole court was in an uproar. It has to be said that as a new court, although most of the people standing on the court are noble families, there are also a small number of poor families, and even noble families can be divided into big and small. How can those who claim to have a big family but no high-ranking officials be calm when they talk about the rank of aristocratic families?

Among them, the Cui family is the most, the Cui family is indeed a big family, this surname separated two prominent families, one is the Qinghe Cui family, and the other is the Boling Cui family, and this time it is listed as the first Waiting is the Boling Cui family.

Cui Mingan is currently in power in the Boling Cui family, and he does not have any official titles. He is proud of his family, but Li Shimin slapped him in the face severely in the matter of the clan records.

His grandfather and father both held official positions in the Sui Dynasty. His grandfather was the general of the Sui Dynasty, Cui Xuanyou, the Ming Gong of Jijun, and his father was the minister of Yubu in the Sui Dynasty, and Cui Shuzhong, the Duke of Gu'an County. As a result, a war came to him. No more, Cui Mingan was originally dissatisfied, but now he is even angrier after hearing the news.

Since you think the royal family should be the first-class family in the clan records, what if the Li family is not the royal family?Cui Mingan stared out of the window sullenly, the seeds of evil in his heart were sprouting.