Now that the discussion was settled, Li Shiming ordered Jiang Wan and others to go back to rest and only wait for the morning court.
After everyone left, Li Shimin looked at Huang Hao and suddenly remembered something.
So he asked Huang Hao:
"While I'm traveling, are there any other changes in Chengdu? Do your secret guards have any information to report back?"
Huang Hao was exhausted from his continuous participation in night trials and was falling asleep next to His Majesty.
Suddenly I heard His Majesty asking about the secret guard, and I suddenly became alert.
Although Huang Hao did not do anything extraordinary, through His Majesty's treatment of Wang Li and others, Huang Hao still became worried that he had encouraged Jiang Wan to severely punish Wang Li and other Yizhou princes.
In front of His Majesty, Huang Hao did not dare to hide it.
So Huang Hao hesitated.
Li Shimin suddenly remembered it and asked casually, but he didn't expect that Huang Hao hesitated.
A trace of suspicion inevitably arose in his heart, fearing that Huang Hao would do something disappointing behind his back.
"Huang Hao? I'm asking you something, why are you hesitating?"
Seeing that His Majesty was already a little unhappy, Huang Hao rubbed his face with his hands, trying to wake himself up, and then tried to say:
"Your Majesty, this servant has been participating in night trials continuously recently and is not in good spirits, so he hesitated. I hope your Majesty will forgive me."
Li Shimin didn't answer, he just sat on the couch and stared at the night outside the palace.
When Huang Hao saw that His Majesty did not make a statement, he secretly complained in his heart: "I am not afraid of His Majesty's scolding, but I am afraid of His Majesty's silence."
"Your Majesty, this servant has been collecting intelligence on the secret guards every day since your Majesty left.
Most of the time it was about the daily affairs of the Yizhou princes, and there was little information that was particularly noteworthy.
However, before Yang Yi committed suicide, many Yizhou officials had a secret meeting in a courtyard in Chengdu.
Although the content of the secret meeting was difficult for the secret guards to eavesdrop on, the secret guards recorded the secret meetings one by one. "
Li Shimin just nodded slightly and turned his gaze to the lampstand in the palace, without any intention of speaking.
Seeing His Majesty like this, Huang Hao felt that His Majesty might have guessed something and was just waiting for him to confess.
Huang Hao did not dare to hide it again, so he had to tell everything about how he instigated Jiang Wan before.
After saying this, Huang Hao stepped aside and bowed, waiting for His Majesty to speak.
Li Shimin saw that Huang Hao was quite sensible and did not hide anything, so he changed his expression to a more relaxed one and said:
"People from the Yizhou secret meeting, you will record and summarize it in detail and give it to me later.
This was done very well, and I will ask secret guards to meet these standards in the future.
As for your instigation of Jiang Wan, I want to know if you really just want to eliminate dissidents for me, or do you have any ideas of your own? "
When Huang Hao saw that His Majesty first appreciated the merit, he didn't get angry afterwards. He just asked what he thought, and he felt reassured.
Knowing that his behavior was within the acceptable range of His Majesty, Huang Hao boldly said:
"Your Majesty, I often think about how I can use my little power to help your Majesty take control of the court as soon as possible so that he can implement the New Deal.
The slaves and maids believe that except for Your Majesty, all the other princes in Shu can be pawns, including the slaves and maids.
The world is like a big game of chess, and His Majesty is one of the chess players, playing against Cao Wei, Soochow, Hu Yi and others.
Therefore, from the slave's point of view, Jiang Gongyan and other close ministers of Your Majesty can sacrifice themselves for Your Majesty when necessary, not to mention the Yizhou princes who have the handle?
At that time, the servant only thought of taking advantage of this matter to strengthen the determination of His Majesty’s confidants, and took the opportunity to clean up the court and eliminate dissidents for Your Majesty, and did not consider anything else, so..."
When Li Shimin heard this, he suddenly became alert. It seemed that Huang Hao was very ambitious.
After thinking about it, Huang Hao just wanted to make the imperial power stronger so that he could rely on the imperial power and enjoy wealth.
It's not too much to have such thoughts, and Huang Hao's current performance is still sincere and loyal.
After thinking about it, Li Shimin planned to give Huang Hao a beating so that he would not let his ambition expand and lead to a place of eternal destruction.
After making up his mind, Li Shimin suddenly put his hand on Huang Hao's shoulder, squeezed hard, and said in a deep voice:
"It's right to be loyal to me, but I remind you, don't forget your identity, and don't forget who holds your wealth and wealth in the future.
This time I believe that you are indeed honest and have not been disloyal to me, so I will no longer pursue this matter.
I hope you will take care of yourself and don't accept your previous oath and die without a burial place! "
Huang Hao's shoulders were so painful from being pinched by His Majesty, but he didn't dare to cry out, so he could only grit his teeth and hold back from making any sound.
Hearing that His Majesty's words were quite suggestive, he knew he was wrong, so he admitted his mistake and said:
"I have taken note of what Your Majesty said. From now on, I will definitely stick to my heart and die for Your Majesty! I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"
Seeing Huang Hao's sincere words and not feeling Huang Hao's nervousness, Li Shimin planned to let the matter go for the time being.
So Li Shimin slowly released his hand from squeezing Huang Hao's shoulder and said softly:
"Leave Zhang Yan alone to guard you. You and Chen Zhong should go down and rest. Don't be so listless again tomorrow morning!"
Upon hearing this, Huang Hao felt as if he had been granted amnesty, so he quickly thanked him and went to rest.
Seeing that Huang Hao had left, Zhang Yan beside Li Shimin suddenly said bitterly:
"Brother Adou is too kind. Today, Wang Li and others have been proven guilty, but Brother Adou has not punished anyone. Now Huang Hao is so good at making opinions and instigating Jiang Wan, and even speaks nonsense in front of Brother Adou, but he has not been punished.
My little sister really doesn’t understand, so if you ask me, I might as well kill them all with one sword. With the head on the ground, naturally no one dares to cause trouble anymore! "
Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing.
Li Shimin knew that Zhang Yan was the one who only thought about himself. As long as he was willing, Zhang Yan could definitely kill all those who disobeyed the imperial power overnight.
"Little sister, I can tell you clearly that there will be times in the future when you will go on a killing spree for me. But the time has not come yet, and it is not appropriate to kill on a large scale to avoid backlash.
When my wings are full and my troops are strong, no one who dares to resist or disrupt the situation secretly will have an easy time! "
Zhang Yan listened to His Majesty's words and asked expectantly with a smile on her face:
"Brother Adou, when will the time come? When will your wings be full?"
Li Shimin said seriously:
"When the rebellion is successfully suppressed and I clean up the court, the time will come.
When the Hundred Cavalry Division is established and the loyal and loyal ministers from all walks of life take over important positions in the court or local areas, it will be the day when their wings are full! "
At the court meeting the next day, Li Shimin first asked several jailers and jailers to wait in the dark, while he sat on the dragon couch and presided over the court meeting.
Huang Hao had regained his energy after resting. He stood on the first step under the dragon couch and said loudly:
"Go to court!"
The door of the main hall opened, and all the ministers filed in, undressing their swords and shoes. After kneeling down and saying long live Shanhu, Huang Hao said as usual:
"My lords, if you have something to do, please come to court, but if there is nothing to do, please retreat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a young courtier walking out of the civil service train.
This man is somewhat similar to Li Miao, who was beheaded before. He has a graceful figure, fair skin, and a bookish look on his face.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
Li Shimin saw that it was Li Dan, Li Miao's nephew, who started the memorial, and knew that the princes of Yizhou were trying to use Yang Yi's incident as an excuse.
Don't you know that you have already dealt with this matter secretly, and today you want to see how these clowns get into trouble?
"Accurate!"
When Li Dan saw that His Majesty did not show any abnormality, he thought that His Majesty had not learned about Yang Yizhi's facts, so he bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, your Majesty must be aware of the recent case of Yang Yi, a former military officer of the Prime Minister's Office, who committed suicide.
The ministers and others have obtained evidence and learned that only Lu Yi had met Yang Yi in private before Yang Yi's death.
According to the last words Yang Yi left before his death, "Death will make his ambition clear", and after Lu Yi saw Yang Yi, Yang Yi committed suicide.
The ministers believed that this incident was most likely due to the fact that Lu Yi had an affair with Yang Yi, and he became so angry that he forced Yang Yi to death.
In recent days, in order to find out the truth and bring justice to Yang Yi, I have discussed with Jiang Gongyan and others in Jingzhou many times.
However, Jiang Gongyan and others ignored the facts, protected fellow officials, and refused to interrogate Lu Yi.
This kind of performance makes us, the courtiers, have to suspect that Jiang Gongyan and other Jingzhou princes are involved in this matter. I hope your Majesty will investigate clearly! "
As soon as Li Dan said this, everyone in the hall, He Zong, Wang Li, Li Fu, Liu Shen, and He Zhi, all had their eyes flickering and lowered their heads in silence. Yang Xi even turned his head to look at the wall of the hall with an expressionless expression.
Except for a few people, the rest of the Yizhou people kept nodding and whispering.
Seeing this, Jiang Wan and others were not willing to be outdone, so they refuted Li Dan and other Yizhou nobles in the court.
Li Shimin patiently watched the quarrels among the gentlemen in the hall. When the gentlemen quarreled until their faces turned red and became furious, Li Shimin suddenly slapped the table with his hand and said:
"How unbridled! If you read books about sages and sages, or commend talented people, be filial and honest, or be promoted by the late emperor and prime minister, you are all the best among people.
Why are you so ignorant of etiquette and making so much noise in the court? Could it be that I have only been away for half a month and have lost my majesty in this court? "
The princes in the hall were frightened by His Majesty. Seeing that His Majesty was angry, they hurriedly knelt down and knelt down to worship, saying "Your Majesty, please calm down".
Seeing that the atmosphere had been heightened and everyone had had enough trouble, Li Shimin ordered Chen Zhong:
"Chen Zhong, bring up all the prisoners!"
Chen Zhong took the order and left.
Except for Jiang Wan and others who knew about it, all the other princes were surprised and saw no one missing from the court. Where did this prisoner come from?
While everyone was wondering, Chen Zhong had already brought several jailers and guards.
"Your Majesty, on the day when Yang Yi committed suicide, these six people were on duty. I have brought all six of them here. Please forgive me!"
