The day after Xiu Mu, there was originally a small court meeting to resolve the matters accumulated during Xiu Mu. As a result, Li Shimin asked Wang De to give an order that the small court meeting would be suspended for the day.
The ministers who had been surrounded felt uneasy. They should have entered the palace yesterday to plead guilty to His Majesty.
This matter was not their fault in the first place, but because His Majesty made such an oath, the fault became theirs. The people are not guilty, and Your Majesty is not guilty, so this matter is their fault.
Since he was guilty, he had to go to the palace to plead guilty, but the big bosses from the three provinces of the imperial court and the central government were hospitalized. Sun Wuji, the chief minister, disappeared without a trace. Even the six ministers were not seen, and they did not dare to take any action. M.biQuge.biZ
After looking for Wang Gui for a day, Wang Gui also disappeared. The door of Wang Gui's house was locked, and even the servants did not leave the mansion. The relatives of Wang Gui's family also hid for a while.
They had no choice and did not dare to inquire about the intentions of the big bosses in the three provinces, but there were rumors that His Majesty would make the daughters of their ministers princesses and marry them all to foreign barbarians.
How can this be done? My daughter must not marry to the plateau. That is no different from being sent into the tiger's mouth.
So, taking advantage of today's day off, they all entered the palace, knelt at the gate of the palace and begged His Majesty to convict him.
Especially those who have daughters at home who are about to become adults, they are worried to death.
Li Shimin was in a good mood today. He ate a bowl of haggis, two naan breads, and a handful of raisins brought from the Western Regions for breakfast. He ate the raisins and went for a walk in the Imperial Garden.
Li Shimin was even more satisfied when he heard that the courtiers were kneeling on the ground at the gate of the palace early in the morning.
"Hahaha, there are times when they are afraid! Didn't they force me that day and ask me to marry my daughter to Songtsen Gampo?"
After all the raisins were eaten, Li Shimin was tired from wandering around the bare imperial garden.
I thought to myself that today I should go to the Prince of Shu's Mansion to see if Ke'er had killed the calf, and maybe even have a hotpot cooked by the Prince of Shu himself.
This weather is the perfect time to eat hot pot.
"Your Majesty, except for Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Wang Gui and other three adults, the rest of the ministers are kneeling outside the palace gate to plead guilty."
Li Shimin frowned and asked, "Xuan Cheng and Xuan Ling haven't been discharged from the hospital yet?"
Li Shu bowed and said: "Master Fang vomited blood out of anger and needs to rest for a while. Master Wei has a skin injury and will recover in two days."
Wang De whispered on the side: "Your Majesty, their family members have come to ask for leave. Let me tell you that their master is seriously ill and hospitalized."
Li Shimin laughed in his heart. These two old foxes have suffered heavy losses this time. They cannot get off the stage. It seems that I have to give them a step down.
"Okay, Wang De, go prepare two supplements and come with me."
"Yes, old slave, go right away."
Li Shimin went to the palace gate to ask his ministers if they needed me to find an exotic son-in-law for them.
The entrance to the palace.
The courtiers knelt for a while.
When everyone saw Li Shimin coming, they immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, please punish me. We are ashamed of all the people and your Majesty."
Li Shimin had a cold face and said calmly: "Yesterday, there was a civil uprising. They surrounded you and others, and even beat up the governors of three provinces. Our Shizhong and Zuopushe are still lying in the hospital!"
"I want to ask, why are the people surrounding you?"
One of the officials hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it is because Tubo Zampu made unreasonable demands, but we..."
"Okay, even the common people who don't know a single Chinese character find this ridiculous and are outraged. But at the court meeting yesterday, the ministers persuaded me to agree to Songtsen Gampo's request to marry my princess. Tibet."
"My sins are unforgivable..."
Then Li Shimin said: "If I hadn't been quick-witted, personally went to the Imperial City Tower, mingled with the people, and finally resolved this incident, I couldn't even imagine how this matter would have developed to that extent?"
"Hey, it's all your fault. I made an oath to the people. From now on, every emperor of the Tang Dynasty must abide by it. Anyone who doesn't abide by it will be punished by heaven and earth, and people and gods will be angry."
Everyone: "..."
Changsun Wuji secretly glanced at Li Shimin, feeling extremely helpless. In terms of thick skin, it must be His Majesty!
Regarding this matter, he just followed the situation that day and went with the flow. Unexpectedly, he was also targeted by His Majesty.
It was obvious that Wang Gui's article was intentional, and those common people might have been put in a show by His Majesty.
However, His Majesty shouldn't be so cruel. If he hadn't escaped quickly and not been blocked by the people, he might have become a patient of Xuancheng and Xuanling now.
"In order to calm this matter, I also agreed to the people's request. Do you want to hear it?"
So Li Shimin smiled and said: "The people said that since the ministers strongly agree to send the princess to get married, why not canonize the daughter of the ministers' family as a princess and marry Songtsan Gampo far away to complete the friendly diplomatic relations between the two countries?"
"But throughout the ages, how could the blood of the Emperor be lost to foreigners? Even if Wang Zhaojun of the Han Dynasty married the Huns, Wang Zhaojun was not of the blood of the Emperor..."
"I promised the people that I will never be stingy. I will make your daughter a princess and treat her like my own daughter. She will get a generous dowry."
Everyone was filled with sadness. Does Your Majesty really want to do this?
"Everyone, go back. I'm tired too. I'm going to go to court tomorrow..."
"I will ask Li Shu to investigate who has a daughter who is waiting to be married."
Li Shimin turned around and left.
Everyone was shocked, especially those who had a daughter to be married. They were so anxious that they wished they could marry their daughter off right now.
Even if you can't get married, you still have to have a marriage contract.
So these ministers who had daughters immediately got a marriage contract for their daughters when they returned home. Even though they didn't like this marriage contract before, they are still begging for permission. If they don't agree, their daughter will become someone else's daughter tomorrow. .
Although their daughter was given the title of princess, this title had something to do with their natal family. Once Tubo and Tang Dynasty went to war, their family would be the first to be implicated.
Li Shimin changed into plain clothes, and under the escort of Li Shu, he took Wang De to the medical school.
At this moment, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng never expected that His Majesty would come to humiliate them with gifts.
The two hurried out to greet him.
"My two dear ladies, I heard that you are seriously ill, and I am very anxious. Today I specially took another day off to visit my two dear ladies."
"Are you okay, my dears? If something happens to you, I don't know what to do?"
"Where's the imperial doctor? Ask the imperial doctor to take another look at the two beloved ladies."
After a while of busy work, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng were pushed down on the hospital bed again with aggrieved expressions. The imperial doctor's diagnosis was that the two adults were seriously injured and may need to recuperate for more than half a year.
Damn it?
The two of them understood instantly. Was His Majesty trying to take away their positions?
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