"Liu Wenjing, you are brave!"
Liu Wenjing's scolding not only aroused the hatred of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but also made Li Yuan furious. He held the dragon chair with both hands and stood up, glaring at Liu Wenjing angrily.
Of course, Liu Wenjing's political enemy Pei Ji would not let go of such a good opportunity. He immediately sneered and said: "Liu Xiangguo is really arrogant. What do you mean, are all our civil and military officials, except you, Liu Wenjing, all sycophants?" ? His Majesty knows people poorly, employs people without care, and refuses to listen to your good advice, Liu Wenjing. Sooner or later, he will be the king of the country, right?"
Dugu Zhen is Prince Li Jiancheng's other important support in the court besides Pei Ji, while Liu Wenjing is relatively close to Qin King Li Shimin, so the relationship between the two is not good. Liu Wenjing's scolding just now obviously also scolded Dugu Zhen. Naturally, Dugu Zhen would not be merciful and continued to follow Pei Ji's words.
Compared to Pei Ji, Dugu Zhen's methods seemed to be more ruthless. Although he did not deal with Liu Wenjing by name, he hinted at Liu Wenjing's guilt to Li Yuan in every word, successfully making the anger in Li Yuan's chest grow stronger.
"Come here, drag Liu Wenjing down and kill her with a cane!" Under the instigation of Dugu Zhen and Pei Ji, Li Yuan finally made a killing move and pointed at Liu Wenjing with a livid face.
Although Dou Kang on the side was also unhappy with Liu Wenjing, he knew that Liu Wenjing was one of the few ministers in the court who supported Li Shimin and was extremely important to Li Shimin. When Dou Kang followed Li Shimin to pacify Xue Ju, he felt that Li Shimin had outstanding talents, knew people well and used them well, had good command of his subordinates, and had the appearance of a heroic leader and a majestic appearance. After weighing several times, he took refuge in Li Shimin. Over the past few years, the interests of the Dou family and Li Shimin have become inseparable.
In order to keep Li Shimin's important support in the government, Dou Kang could only suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart. But just when he was about to open his mouth to defend Liu Wenjing, he met Li Yuan's slightly murderous eyes. I was shocked, and I immediately closed my mouth very wisely.
After hearing the news, several burly and round-waisted guards walked into Hanyuan Hall, dragged Liu Wenjing and walked out. Unexpectedly, the thin Liu Wenjing got strength from nowhere, her eyes widened, and she pushed away several guards with a roar.
"Hunjun, it was I, Liu Wenjing, who was so blind that I actually thought that someone like you was a wise king who could rule the world!"
After Liu Wenjing pushed aside several guards, she strode up to the jade steps, pointed at Li Yuan and yelled: "When Taiyuan raised troops, it was I, Liu Wenjing, who sent the Turks as an envoy to ask for Turks reinforcements for you. In Tongguan, it was I, Liu Wenjing, who I helped you defeat Sang Xianhe, captured Qu Tutong alive, and pacified all the areas west of Xin'an for you. When the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden. Now that the world is not settled, you listen to the villain's slander and kill the heroes. How can someone like you do it? Will he be Yang Gao's opponent?"
"Come on, come on! Drag him out, drag him out!" Li Yuan was so angry that his Majesty was pointed at and scolded by his ministers, and he shouted repeatedly.
Several guards hurried forward, but they heard Liu Wenjing suddenly roar: "Hunjun, I'm waiting for you below!"
After saying that, he hit the pillar next to him. His head was bruised and bleeding, his body shook a few times, and he immediately fell to the ground and died. But his eyes were wide open, still staring at Li Yuan.
Li Yuan was so stared at by Liu Wenjing that his scalp went numb. He immediately waved his hand and shouted at the guards who were still standing there: "Why are you still standing there? Drag him down quickly!"
After hearing this, several guards hurriedly stepped forward and dragged Liu Wenjing's body down in a hurry.
After Liu Wenjing's body was dragged away, Li Yuan was still angry and said: "Liu Wenjing relied on her talent and arrogance, and relied on her little achievements in assisting me in the past to think that she was righteous. She didn't take me and all the ministers in their eyes. Today, it's because of me. Without taking his advice, he uttered arrogant words and cursed the fate of the Tang Dynasty. This thief will never be able to atone for his sins even if he dies. I am determined to expunge all Liu Wenjing’s fame and punish his nine clans!"
"His Majesty!"
Upon hearing that Li Yuan wanted to destroy the nine Liu Wenjing clans, Prime Minister Chen Shuda, who had been silent at first, finally spoke.
After Li Yuan founded the country in Guanlong, he established a total of five prime ministers, namely Dugu Zhen, Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, Dou Wei and Chen Shuda. When Dou Wei died of illness in the first year of Wude, Dou Kang, who followed Li Shimin and made great achievements in pacifying Xue Ju, came to fill Dou Wei's vacancy.
Among these five people, Pei Ji and Dugu Zhen are loyal supporters of Li Jiancheng, while Dou Kang and Liu Wenjing are obviously close to Li Shimin. As for Chen Shuda, he was born in the Chen Dynasty royal family and was well aware of the bloodshed and cruelty of the battle for the throne, so he was neutral in the court. Regarding the fight between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, he only considered the overall situation and never deliberately took sides. Therefore, he is trusted by Li Yuan.
At that moment, Chen Shuda handed over his hands and came out of the queue, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Liu Wenjing is indeed guilty of scolding you in front of the palace, but after all, he is the founding hero of the country and has made many contributions. But the punishment of implicating the nine tribes is too severe? I'm afraid Your Majesty’s move will cause people in the world to criticize you, saying that your Majesty is mean and ungrateful and has no tolerance for others!”
When Dou Kang saw this, he quickly came out to plead for mercy. Liu Wenjing could no longer be saved, so he had to save his family at least, and he would also have an explanation for Li Shimin in the future.
