Although Li Chengqian let the Mi sisters do what they wanted, he did not hide his identity this time with Qin Huaiyu. Instead, he directly revealed his identity as the prince, with thousands of Tiance cavalry guarding him.
He patrolled the nearby counties to see if he had followed the orders of His Majesty Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty since his arrival here.
As Li Chengqian and others kept patrolling the territory, the nobles with ulterior motives finally made up their mind to plead guilty and ran to Li Chengqian to ask for forgiveness.
Li Chengqian's lips twitched as he looked at a row of officials kneeling in front of him to plead guilty.
"You guys came here on your own before I even took action. Should I continue to repair you, or should I spare you?"
Li Chengqian muttered to himself, but finally made up his mind.
"Don't think that just because you bear the thorns to plead guilty, I can forgive you. At most, when I punish you, I only punish the culprit and it never counts."
Li Chengqian clenched his fists and couldn't help but wonder who in the southwest was so brave and dared to sit down and do such a thing.
These officials have already started talking in front of Li Chengqian.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I was confused and did something so wrong. I hope Your Highness can forgive me."
As soon as one of the officials finished speaking, the other one next to him immediately started speaking.
"This was all an order given by the master at the time. He said that there was no way to implement the auspiciousness, so we believed it. We did not plant auspiciousness again, and that's why this happened."
"Is what you said true?"
Li Chengqian asked casually, and everyone nodded hurriedly.
"It's true, it's true, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it."
Listening to what these people said, Li Chengqian couldn't help but snorted coldly.
"It's a good idea of yours to put all the blame on these dead people. Do you think I don't know that the long history you mentioned has been dead due to illness for some time?"
Li Chengqian waved his sleeves and looked fiercely at the officials kneeling on the ground in front of him. After Li Chengqian spoke, these officials also spoke with worry.
"His Royal Highness, you must be aware that we really did not pin this matter on Mr. Chang Shi just because Mr. Chang Shi died. We got the order from Mr. Chang Shi. Please read this, Your Highness."
While talking, several people took out some letters from their arms.
"This is a letter written by a long time ago to us, telling us not to waste our efforts in planting auspicious signs. Such auspicious signs will not survive in the southwest!"
Looking at the letters in his arms handed over by these people, Li Chengqian did not believe them directly. Instead, he handed them to Qin Huaiyu next to him. Qin Huaiyu nodded. Although he was not arranged by Li Chengqian, he followed Li Chengqian all the time and was steady and absolute. Qin Huaiyu, who was trusted by Li Chengqian, still knew what Li Chengqian meant.
Qin Huaiyu accepted the letter and calmly made a few gestures to the soldiers around him. These people had no idea what these gestures meant.
But they didn't know it, but it didn't affect the soldiers in front of them to perform the corresponding tasks according to Qin Huaiyu's orders.
Soon, Li Chengqian diverted the blame from the people in front of him from shifting the responsibility to Chang Shi, and then spoke seriously in front of them.
"Since someone has carried this auspicious sign for you, let's talk about His Majesty's benevolent government."
As soon as Li Chengqian mentioned His Majesty's benevolent government, these officials hurriedly kowtowed in front of Li Chengqian like worms.
"Your Majesty, please spare your life. Your Majesty, please spare your life. We didn't mean it."
These people kept wailing in front of Li Chengqian, begging for his life, while Li Chengqian looked at them and spoke viciously.
"If I had known this, why didn't you act honestly before? Now that you know you were wrong, don't you think it's too late?"
As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, these officials looked at each other, and another one cautiously stepped forward.
"Your Highness, this man's benevolent government is not what we are willing to do, but we have also received orders from above!
The meaning conveyed to us by this instruction from above is very clear. This is a benevolent policy aimed at us, the sons of the Han family, and not against ethnic groups like them. "
After these officials kept saying this to each other, Li Chengqian sneered again.
"Very good, you succeeded in making Gu angry."
After Li Chengqian said this, the people in front of him felt their hearts skip a beat.
"Your Highness, this is really none of our business!"
While these people were still arguing in front of Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian looked at them and sneered again.
"You didn't do it, but you have to pay the price for executing the wrong order."
Just after Li Chengqian finished speaking, these officials cried for their fathers and mothers again.
"Your Highness, please spare your life. We did not do this intentionally, but these things are really the instructions from above. We sons of the Han family have not made anything difficult for them!"
"is that so?"
Li Chengqian said with a smile, "Then tell me what the auspicious army is about? This auspicious army seems to be my son-in-law of the Han family, not those people from the southwest border, right?"
After Li Chengqian proposed the Auspicious Army, these officials knew exactly what the people were doing, but they still looked at Li Chengqian and said firmly.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is unjust. The leader of the Auspicious Rui Army is not a good person. He actually rose up at such a time. He must have an agenda. Otherwise, we didn't criticize our Han family son harshly. Why did they do this? It must be through If you have an opportunity to gain something, please let His Highness the Crown Prince know clearly."
Many officials kept wailing in front of them, begging Li Chengqian for forgiveness, but Li Chengqian couldn't help but sneer again when he looked at them.
"Interesting, do you think that if you say this, I will believe you? You are too naive."
As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, these people wailed in front of Li Chengqian again.
"Your Highness, if you don't believe it, you can punish us all, but once we are punished, there will be no officials available in these counties!"
These people finally showed up and confessed their mistakes collectively, but the county immediately threatened Li Chengqian with chaos. .
Li Chengqian couldn't help but sneer when he saw them threatening him like this.
"Interesting, do you think that if I take you all down, I will think that there are no officials available in these places? And to be open to you, you think too highly of yourself, and you also underestimate me, the prince of the Tang Dynasty. Is it heavy?"
After Li Chengqian said these words, these officials couldn't help but feel a little in their hearts. They looked at each other and felt that this matter was going to be bad. Even if they collectively threatened Li Chengqian with this, it seemed that they did not achieve their purpose.
The law does not punish the public. It seemed that such a situation would never happen in Li Chengqian's eyes, and Li Chengqian did not disappoint them and said happily in front of them.
"Do you think I care whether you become an official or not? Or are you worried that you will all be abandoned and leave, and there will be nothing I can do?
I wish all of you corrupt officials and evil officials would disappear before my eyes. There are many capable generals among our Tiance Guards. They are not only capable of killing enemies in battle, but they can also become county magistrates. "
After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he hurriedly gestured to Qin Huaiyu, who looked a little bitter.
Although what Li Chengqian said is very reasonable, it is relative to the entire Tiance Guard team. Now there are many nobles in the Tiance Guard who followed Xue Li to the northwest to tour their King Anbei of the Tang Dynasty. , which means that many of the elite soldiers in the entire Tiance Guard are in the northwest, and those led by Qin Huaiyu are a bit unsatisfactory.
But after Li Chengqian said this, Qin Huaiyu still said it.
"Are you going to underestimate His Highness the Crown Prince and our Tiance Guards? If you pick one of us at random, who will not?
They are heroes who have the world in mind, and whoever dares to live for the people and who dares to fight with you to the end is a hero. Needless to say, even if the small county magistrate is a little older, I think we can do it. "
Qin Huaiyu loudly scolded the officials in front of him. Li Chengqian was very satisfied with this and looked at Qin Huaiyu and nodded.
"You now know the strength of our Tiance Guards, right? You still want this view to threaten us, since you want to do this. Then don't blame Gu."
Li Chengqian shouted hurriedly, and in an instant, dozens of soldiers from Tiance Guard appeared behind this group of officials. Seeing that Li Chengqian was really going to take action and didn't care about them at all, these people in front of him couldn't help but be shocked. .
"General, please calm down. Your Highness, please be patient. We were kicked in the head by a donkey, so we did such a stupid thing. We hope that Your Highness can give us a chance. We will definitely make up for our mistakes and benefit the whole country."
"Only now do you know how to benefit one party? Only now do you know how to make up for your mistakes?"
Li Chengqian looked at them with such gloomy expressions.
"But it's too late now. There aren't many opportunities for you to make up for your mistakes."
Li Chengqian just finished talking about these officials, look at me and I look at you, and they couldn't help wailing in front of Li Chengqian.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, have mercy on me. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, have mercy on me. We know we were wrong. We really know we were wrong. This will never happen again. I just ask that Your Highness, the Crown Prince, can forgive us."
Just when Li Chengqian was about to capture them all, he arranged for Qin Huaiyu's soldiers to do such a thing as if they were chasing a duck.
As for what kind of thing it is, it is nothing more than being a parent official here and upholding justice for ordinary people.
But before Li Chengqian could give the order, Hou Junji came to Li Chengqian.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Hou Junji bowed his hand to Li Chengqian without hesitation, and Li Chengqian hurriedly looked at Hou Junji and said.
"Master-in-law, why are you here?"
After Hou Junji nodded to Li Chengqian, he came next to him, "Your Highness, I also know that you think that everyone in Tiance Guard is qualified to be a parent officer, but even if these people are absolutely wrong, there are some places where they It's still easier to deal with than what we did, and I'm afraid our people will cause trouble."
When Hou Junji said this, Li Chengqian looked at him in surprise, "Does the father-in-law also want to spare their lives and let them continue to do evil?"
Li Chengqian looked at Hou Junji in surprise, but Hou Junji shook his head.
"You think I'm too simplistic. What I mean is that there must be some in these counties who have read more or less books about sages. Wouldn't it be better to let them serve as officials?"
As soon as Hou Junji finished speaking, Li Chengqian's eyes couldn't help but shine.
"My father-in-law, this is a good strategy. Although the imperial examination is also a good strategy, sometimes when no one uses it, you can promote filial piety and integrity."
As soon as Li Chengqian finished talking about Hou Junji, he stroked his beard and laughed.
"Prince Shengming. With such a prince, why should our Tang Dynasty not be able to prosper?"
