Pei Ji can be said to be the closest civil servant to Li Yuan, and he is also one of the civil servants whom Li Yuan trusts. Although the Pei family in Hedong is also a family, it is obviously different from the five surnames and Qiwang. There is no connection between the families, but just such a Hedong Pei family can name many figures throughout Chinese history.
Li Yuan even said that he was willing to stay with Pei Ji until he grew old, which shows how much Li Yuan trusted Pei Ji, the minister.
"Pei Aiqing, just say what you have to say!" Li Yuan looked at Pei Ji and nodded.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After receiving Li Yuan's approval, Pei Ji saluted Li Yuan again, and then continued, "I have been standing aside, and from the words of Duke Lu and Zheng Shangshu, I heard that, This is obviously a misunderstanding between the two of them!" Pei Ji looked at Lu Chen, then at Zheng Shanguo, and saw that the two of them had no intention of speaking, and just looked at him.
Then he turned to Li Yuan and continued: "Wei Chen thinks that this incident is caused by Lu County Duke sending people to Zheng Mansion to ask for an account. Of course, your Majesty and the ministers also know what kind of account they want, but this matter Zheng Shangshu His family probably didn't know, so they arrested the people sent by Duke Lu as the troublemakers, right, Zheng Shangshu?" After Pei Ji finished speaking, he turned to look at Zheng Shanguo.
"Yes! Yes! That's it!" When Zheng Shanguo heard what Pei Ji said, although Pei Ji was telling the facts he analyzed, what he said now was obviously biased towards himself, so he hurriedly responded.
"Yeah!" After getting Zheng Shanguo's answer, Pei Ji nodded, "After Zheng Shangshu's family was arrested, County Duke Lu was in his own house. He couldn't wait for a reply from his family for a long time, so he took people into the city to ask for people in Zheng's house. , yes or no?" Pei Ji looked at Lu Chen again this time and asked.
"Not bad!" Lu Chen nodded and admitted simply.
"Okay! Mr. Lu County is really quick to talk!" Pei Ji nodded to Lu Chen and even praised Lu Chen. This made Lu Chen feel a little confused. History books record that Mr. Pei was "mediocre in intelligence and combat skills." How can a person who is defeated in every battle and has no political achievements in politics now be able to make a clear analysis? Is it the deviation in the historical records or the deviation caused by his own time travel?
Lu Chen couldn't help but think about it secretly.
"Next, naturally, County Duke Lu came to Zheng Shangshu's house to ask for someone. There was a disagreement between the two, and then a big fight broke out. Isn't that what it looked like?" Pei Ji went straight to Lu Chen and Zheng Shanguo this time. When the two asked, the two could only nod and admit. After all, this is how the incident happened.
"Since you two have nothing to refute, it seems that there is no big mistake in my analysis. Duke Lu is at fault in this matter, and so is Zheng Shangshu!" Pei Ji looked at Lu Chen and Zheng Shanguo and said.
"Mr. Lu County was wrong because he should not have destroyed the Zheng family's front door and brought shame on the Zheng family, but Zheng Shangshu was wrong because he refused to repay his debts and imprisoned his family members!" Pei Ji said, stroking his beard.
Lu Chen understood now that this guy had been talking for a long time. Doesn't this mean he didn't say anything? Fifty hits each? As for that analysis, it is estimated that this old man knew about it when Su Dingfang and Du Junchuo made trouble in front of Zheng Shanguo's house yesterday, and then connected the things last night together. Is this a human being? It can be analyzed. No wonder the history books evaluate him so much. The evaluation is really right! Lu Chen himself was still doubting it for a long time!
"Your Majesty, I think that the two of them are just a misunderstanding and friction between officials and nobles. As for the intention of rebellion mentioned by Xiao Pushe, it does not exist!" After Pei Ji said this, he saluted Li Yuan, and then stopped. Let's talk more. Although he holds the position of Sikong, Lu Chen is the Duke of Chang'an County and Zheng Shanguo is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. He has no power to punish these two people. What's more, Li Yuan is still sitting here. How to deal with it? It depends on what Li Yuan wants for these two people.
"Yeah!" After listening to Pei Ji's analysis, Li Yuan nodded, "What Pei Aiqing said is true. Both of them are loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Their intention to rebel is a bit exaggerated!" After saying this, Li Yuan pondered for a moment. .
"Your Majesty! I have something to say!" Xiao Yu, who had been humiliated by Zheng Shanguo, knew as soon as he heard Li Yuan's words that Li Yuan was not going to blame Lu Chen heavily, so he spoke directly.
"Xiao Aiqing, what do you want to report?" It can be seen from his words that Li Yuan's attitude towards Xiao Yu is obviously very different from his attitude towards Pei Ji.
"I think that although Mr. Lu is not suspected of treason, his responsibility for destroying the gate of the current minister's residence is also serious!" Xiao Yu still wanted to make Lu Chen suffer a little before he gave up. What's more, Xiao Yu's relationship with Zheng Shanguo also had a lot of resentment towards him for telling lies. However, the five surnames and Qi Wang were intertwined. The Xiao family and the Zheng family also had a marriage relationship and many business contacts.
Zheng Shanguo is now a person with a strong say in the Zheng family. It is not a wise choice to offend Zheng Shanguo, not to mention the feud between Xiao Yu and Lu Chen. Therefore, Xiao Yu's anger will naturally be vented on Lu Chen.
"You are right, then Old Zhengtou imprisoned the Lu County public family, and he will be exempted from punishment for this crime?" When Cheng Yaojin heard Xiao Yu's words, he immediately became unhappy and directly retorted.
The quarrel between these two people obviously brought the topic and scene back to the previous one, but this time it did not involve "intent to rebel", but they were debating who was more guilty.
"Okay!" Li Yuan, who was sitting above, saw that the two people were arguing again and scolded him unhappily. The two people immediately stopped talking, but they still glared at each other, as if it were not for His Majesty's stop. , ready to take action directly.
"I have made up my mind, this is the Tai Chi Hall, how unbecoming are you guys making such a noise here!" Li Yuan scolded Cheng Yaojin and Xiao Yu with a sullen face.
"I acknowledge my mistake!" The two of them hurriedly bowed to Li Yuan and admitted their mistake, but when they raised their heads, they still glared at each other fiercely.
"It was wrong for Lu Chen to destroy the gate of Zheng Mansion. I have decided to let Lu Chen take the responsibility of repairing the gate of Zheng Mansion! Lu Chen, do you have any objections?" After speaking, Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen.
"I obey the order!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan directly and agreed quickly, but he secretly cursed in his heart: "You want me to repair the gate of their house? Just dream!" However, he was still very respectful on the surface. He expressed that he would comply with Li Yuan's will and build the gate for the Zheng family.
"Zheng Shanguo refused to repay his debts and even imprisoned Lu Chen's family. This is really wrong! Order Zheng Shanguo to pay off the debt within three days! Let this be decided like this!" Li Yuan looked at Zheng Shanguo and said with a gloomy face. The expression seems to be saying, if you didn't pay back the money you owe, why would there be so much trouble this morning!
"Your Majesty, I obey the order!" Li Yuan said so. No matter how unwilling Zheng Shanguo was, he had to bite the bullet and comply. However, he also made some calculations in his mind. After three days, the miners who owed Lu Chen the mine were almost cleared. When the time comes, give him Lu Chen five empty mines. Let’s see how you, a Chang’an County government official, can conjure miners out of thin air to mine!
"Your Majesty, I have objections!" Who would have thought that when Li Yuan had said that the matter would end there, Lu Chen would speak up directly.
This is the current emperor, and his words are all eloquent. After Li Yuan said the result, this matter should come to an end. Who would have thought that this Duke Lu was so bold that he even dared to refute the words of the current emperor?
Suddenly, the entire Tai Chi Hall was filled with silence. Everyone's eyes were focused on Lu Chen, including Cheng Yaojin and others who were helping Lu Chen on the platform, as well as Li Daozong. They all looked at Lu Chen in surprise, and even Cheng Yao Jin even unobtrusively tugged at the corner of Lu Chen's robe, which was obviously to remind Lu Chen to put it away when he was ready, but Lu Chen didn't seem to feel it and looked up at Li Yuan directly.
"Lu Aiqing, do you have any objections to my handling?" What everyone didn't expect was that Li Yuan actually asked Lu Chen if he had any objections! Is this the sun rising from the west? The emperor's words were refuted, and instead of being held accountable, he still asked questions?
"Your Majesty, I have no objections to His Majesty's treatment of me!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan and said, "But my family is being treated like this, and I am complaining about the injustice for my family!" Lu Chen said very confidently.
"Oh?" Hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Lu Chen curiously. This was the first time that a nobleman complained about injustice to his tribe, so Li Yuan was also curious about what Lu Chen wanted to do. say what.
"Su Dingfang and Du Junchuo went to collect debts under my order, and were imprisoned. They were physically and mentally harmed by the Zheng family. Therefore, I want to demand compensation from the Zheng family for these two family members!" After Lu Chen finished speaking, he pointed directly at Zheng Shanguo who was standing aside.
After hearing Lu Chen's words, everyone present, including Li Yuan, twitched their mouths slightly.
"I didn't hurt either of them. I even gave them food and drink!" Zheng Shanguo could tell immediately what Lu Chen was going to do. After all, Lu Chen had said this to him once at the Zheng family last night, and he was so arrogant. He asked for compensation from another mine, how could Zheng Shanguo accept it.
"Okay! Even if the two of them have not suffered physical harm, they have been mentally harmed by your Zheng family! I will still counsel them on their psychological problems after I return, so this spiritual injury fee, psychological construction fee, and spiritual comfort fee You have to pay the fee!" Lu Chen looked at Zheng Shanguo and said loudly with an unyielding air.
As for what Lu Chen said about this fee and that fee, everyone in the hall was confused. When had they ever heard of the existence of such a thing!
