Li Yu also commanded the army in his early years.
However, he later became Li Yuan's bodyguard, thereby losing the opportunity to continue serving in the army.
At this moment, looking at the children of these old brothers in front of him, Li Yu felt very complicated.
Thinking of those old brothers fighting bloody battles with themselves.
He even had the urge to intercede for these people and leave a heir to his old brothers.
However, thinking of Li Chengqian's purpose of coming here this time, he really couldn't say these words.
Although he didn't say anything, the changes in his expression were keenly captured by Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian chuckled and said, "Uncle, do you want to plead for them?"
"It is not a pity for them to die for the sake of causing harm to one party."
"but……"
Li Yu showed a bitter look on his face and said with a wry smile: "I really don't hope that my old brothers will die."
"It's better that I don't get involved in this matter."
Li Yu cupped his fists at Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, please allow me to go upstairs."
"Not in a hurry."
Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Wait a while, your old brothers will come over. Don't you want to meet them?"
"ah?"
Li Yu was startled.
After a while, he came back to his senses and said, "Are you saying that their fathers have also done illegal things?"
He subconsciously thought that Li Chengqian was going to get into trouble because of this incident.
"Your Highness."
"I'm afraid this is inappropriate..."
Li Yu's expression was confused: "After all, those things were passed to our Tang Dynasty..."
"I know, they shed blood for Datang."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Chengqian interrupted.
"But having shed blood for Datang does not mean that you are above the law."
"If you can, then why do you need the law? Why do you need the court?"
Li Chengqian looked at Li Yu and said, "But uncle, you can rest assured. As long as it's not excessive, I won't take their lives."
Just as the two were talking.
There were sudden bursts of noise in the inn behind him.
Hearing the sound, Fu Laoliu raised his head and said, "Your Highness, the father of these people must be here."
"Go and greet him."
Li Chengqian curled up his lips and said, "These people have all made great contributions to our Tang Dynasty."
His words sounded like mockery.
Li Yu stood quietly on the side and kept silent.
Not long after, Fu Laoliu led a group of old men over fifty years old and walked in from outside.
"Your Highness, please spare your life."
"My child is not sensible, so please let him go for the sake of his youth."
"Yes, Your Highness, my child is young and ignorant, please spare him."
Before anyone could get close to Li Chengqian, bursts of begging for mercy were heard first.
"Don't be too busy begging for mercy, let's see who this is."
As Li Chengqian spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at Li Yu who was standing aside.
When these old men saw Li Yu, their expressions were surprised and happy.
"General? You are a general!"
"General Li? Why are you here?"
A group of people were chattering away, but Li Yuze kept a cold face.
After everyone slowly realized something was wrong and slowly shut up, Li Yu spoke.
"Are these evil beasts your sons?"
Li Yu glanced at the old men and said, "Is this how you raise your sons?"
After hearing Li Yu's words, all the old men felt a little ashamed of themselves.
They all knew very well what their son was like.
They also knew their son was causing trouble.
Now, with the original general standing in front of them, how could they have the face to argue?
At this time, Li Chengqian slowly stood up.
"In the seventh year of the great cause, Prince Chishiro made a peace call, setting off a wave of resistance against the Sui Dynasty."
"Then Liu Badao, Sun Zu'an, Zhang Jincheng, Dou Jiande and others led the uprising, which rapidly developed and grew stronger."
"In the ninth year of Daye, Pingyuan, Lingwu, Jibei, Jiyin, Beihai and other places all revolted together. There were waves of resistance to the Sui Dynasty everywhere, and there were voices of resistance to the Sui Dynasty everywhere."
"Then, it was us. My grandfather led an uprising in Taiyuan and captured Chang'an City in one fell swoop."
"After several years, with the efforts of our civil and military officials and all of you, we unified the Central Plains, swept across all directions, and established the current Tang Dynasty."
Li Chengqian looked at the people in front of him and said, "I was still young at that time, so I didn't know what the purpose of joining the army was."
"Similarly, I don't know why you call the previous dynasty Baosui."
"Today, I am here to ask you who have experienced it, why did you resist the Sui Dynasty in the first place?"
Everyone listened to Li Chengqian's words, you looked at me, I looked at you, but in the end no one was speechless.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian did not hesitate and continued: "Is it because it was strong in the Sui Dynasty? Is it because it had no foreign enemies?"
"Is it because it can help every ordinary person live a good life?"
"I guess not."
"You must have been bullied and trampled on, so you rose up, right?"
Li Chengqian's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one: "It must be because you don't have enough to eat and can't survive, so you rise up and resist, right?"
At this time, even the most stupid person can understand what Li Chengqian means.
Why did you resist the Sui Dynasty in the first place?
Isn't that because the officials of the Sui Dynasty bullied others and the emperor of the Sui Dynasty was stupid and unethical?
But now?
Those of you who have experienced that pain have become abusers.
From the people who didn't have enough to eat at the beginning, they became the people who made the people have enough to eat.
From the people who were bullied by the officials at the beginning, they have become the people who bully the people.
Every word Li Chengqian said was like a steel needle piercing their hearts.
One of the old men knelt down on the spot and gritted his teeth and said, "Of course I know why I resisted Baosui in the first place."
"I also know why I put my life and death aside and wanted to fight the imperial court to the end."
"But……"
The old man faced Li Chengqian and said: "My child is still young. If the prince really wants to punish him, let me, an old man, do it instead."
"Beheading, beating, exile, I accept them all."
"Please also ask His Highness the Crown Prince to be noble and leave a bloodline for the old man..."
As he knelt down, all the old men knelt down one after another and began to beg for mercy for their sons.
They can all understand Li Chengqian's words and what Li Chengqian means.
And what about Li Chengqian?
He smiled.
He smiled at the scene.
Li Chengqian stepped forward to the old man who was the first to kneel down, stretched out his hands to help the old man up from the ground.
"You are all the reinforcements of our Datang, and you are all people who have shed blood for our Datang."
"How could I let you die? How could I let you suffer for my son?"
Li Chengqian said: "Today, I will not punish you, and I will not punish your children."
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other with joy on their faces.
No need to die? Very good.
However, the next moment, Li Chengqian spoke directly: "But the premise of all this is that you must take off your clothes now."
Undress?
Take off your clothes in public?
In modern times, it is considered indecent to take off clothes in public.
This was especially true in ancient times when etiquette was supreme.
The faces of several old men even showed anger.
What does he mean?
Do you want to humiliate people like yourself?
