When Wei Zheng passed away, Chang'an City was shocked. Although the funeral was held in a simple manner, it had a profound impact on the people of the court. It took only ten days before Chang'an City returned to its previous peace.?

Li Shimin has been immersed in grief and cannot extricate himself for a long time.

His feelings for Wei Zheng were quite complicated. On the one hand, he didn't like Wei Zheng very much. During the eighteen years of the Zhenguan Dynasty, Li Shimin had a murderous intention to kill Wei Zheng more than once, because Wei Zheng's annoying mouth deeply bound the willful acts of the imperial power, which made Li Shimin worry about every move. But on the other hand, Li Shimin also knew the importance of Wei Zheng to the country and the country. In a real prosperous era, people like Wei Zheng must not be missing. His existence can make the country more stable and avoid many detours. A dynasty that only knows to be timid and no one dares to stand up and bravely oppose the emperor's mischief. The country's destiny will never last long. Wei Zheng is the catfish in the spring water all over the pond. It hates, but cannot be left.

Now that Wei Zheng's death has caused Li Shimin a lot of blows, Li Shimin's grief cannot be suppressed. Wei Zheng has been buried for many days, but his mood has not recovered. He has become depressed and disgusted with the world. He has stopped his court for several days and hid in the harem and sighed. He even summoned alchemists to the palace every day to discuss the way to refine alchemy and immortality with him. He took various inexplicable elixirs more and more frequently.

Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and other important officials were anxious and went to the palace to see each other for comfort, but they returned in vain.

Just during these days when Li Shimin was depressed, Li Tai seized the opportunity and went to the palace to ask Li Shimin every day, pretended to be a filial son in front of Li Shimin, and reported on what books he read yesterday, what insights and gains he had, and what gains he had. If he used it for the country, he would have bravely confessed that I love my father, and the father is so majestic. As your son, I feel so satisfied and comfortable. The scene is so stingy that people can vomit.

After confessing his love for three or five days, Li Shimin could not stand Li Tai's stinginess, and finally gradually recovered from the grief of Wei Zheng's death.

The emperor is no longer depressed, and of course it is a happy event for the court officials.

The helmsman of the country does not allow too much time to fall into a private mood, because governing the country requires absolute calmness.

After the resumption of the court meeting, the huge state machine of the Tang Dynasty began to slowly rotate. Every day, all matters and issues were selected from Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, and then submitted to Li Shimin for summary judgment.

The days seem to have returned to the same calm as before.

However, the word "calm" itself exists to be broken.

Without warning or reason, the Secretariat received a memorial.

This memorial came from a Censor of the Supervisor, named Feng and named Du. He was an inconspicuous low-ranking official. However, although the "Censor of the Supervisor" was low, he hated it very much. Their responsibilities were the same as those of Wei Zheng, who were responsible for picking up emperors, princes, court officials and national affairs. In other words, they had the right to report anything they didn't like. They could hold on to trivial matters for a year or two, and their words were often very unpleasant.

The censor named Feng Du wrote a memorial to memorialize something that no one cares much, or that everyone dared not ask about it, that is the issue of the prince becoming a vassal.

This issue is very sensitive. According to the Tang Dynasty etiquette system, whether the prince is born in the legitimate or illegitimate, he must go to the vassal state to take office after he became an adult. The princes were basically granted a specific position before he became an adult. For example, Li Tai, in addition to the identity of "King of Wei", he was also named the governor of Xiangzhou and led the military of the seven states such as Xiangzhou, Weizhou, and Lizhou. However, there is a prefix in front of these positions, that is, "far-leader", to put it bluntly, he is a vacant title.

The same is true for the other princes, such as Li Ke, the King of Wu, who was the governor of Anzhou, Li Zhi, the governor of Jin, and so on.

Whether adult or underage princes, they basically have a specific position outside of the prince's identity. The difference is that underage princes are "far-leading", and when they become young princes, they must go to the local area to take office and do not stay in the capital. Of course, King Li Tai of Wei is an exception. Due to obesity and other reasons, Li Shimin specially ordered him to "not be an official", which means that he will stay in Chang'an for the rest of his life and do not have to go to the local area to take office.

However, rules are dead, and people live.

The local prefectures are obviously not as rich as the flowers in Chang'an City. The princes are all pampered and beautiful people who grow up in a pampered and elegant manner. Naturally, they are not willing to leave Chang'an and run thousands of miles away to live a boring life of birds. So they all find excuses to delay cheating. Anyway, they are left in Chang'an City without leaving. Among them, the one with the richest experience in cheating is King Li Ke of Wu.

Not only Li Ke, but most adult princes are the same. They try their best to stay in Chang'an City. If they can delay one more day, they can't help but go, so they can't avoid it. Then they left Chang'an with a miserable look on their faces. After less than half a year of staying in the local area, they sent a memorial to Chang'an. The commission aggrievedly told his father that he was uncomfortable here and there was something wrong there. Li Shimin was soft-hearted and naturally let him go back to Chang'an to recuperate with a big pen.

The court officials were used to seeing the princes' slutty way. At first, Wei Zheng and others didn't like it, but then no one said anything, because everyone knew that the rules of the vassal were almost false. Since Li Shimin didn't care, the court officials would naturally not do such thankless things. Not only did they have no benefits, they offended all the princes.

Over time, this incident became a layer of window paper in the court. Everyone knew it well, but they had a very tacit understanding and did not break it.

Unexpectedly, today the censor named Feng Du actually pierced the window paper.

Feng Du's memorial was written very long and long, and the memorial fell into Fang Xuanling's hands. Fang Xuanling struggled to open his presbyopia eyes and looked for a long time before he understood what Feng Du really wanted to express.

The meaning Feng Du wanted to express was actually only one sentence, that is, the etiquette and law of the Tang Dynasty should not be abolished. More and more adult princes were lying in Chang'an City to find all kinds of reasons not to go to the place to take office. It is precisely because these adult princes were lying in Chang'an and causing trouble in Chang'an City all day long. They either bought drunk and caused trouble in brothels or caused trouble outside the city to hunt and trampled on farmland to harm the people, causing many unstable factors to the public security of Chang'an City. Should Your Majesty clear the door, drive them to the place, and let them harm others?

After seeing the content of the memorial, Fang Xuanling's eyelids twitched, and then shook his head and smiled bitterly.

This matter is too sensitive. Fang Xuanling is a cunning old fox, so he naturally would not express his opinion easily, so he immediately threw Feng Du's memorial to Changsun Wuji, which was obvious to pass the blame.

Changsun Wuji looked at it in a fake way, and then... threw it back unfaithfully and gave it to Fang Xuanling. I don’t blame it, not only will I not bear the blame, but I also have to pretend that I didn’t see it. What should I do with your Fang Xiang?

The two prime ministers complained about each other's insidiousness and cunningness. After the two prime ministers turned around and failed to pass the blame, they reached a consensus in a tacit understanding and passed the blame on the emperor.

So, the memorial was naturally sent to Li Shimin's desk.

This is what happened in the court. Sometimes things are brewing and laying the groundwork period, and often an inconspicuous little thing is slowly erected under the operation of someone who is interested. In the end, things are more serious, and the result is naturally the planner to achieve his goal.

Some of them are purely accidents, without any preparation in advance, and without any warning when they were born, and they suddenly gave birth.

After seeing this memorial, the first thought in Li Shimin was not the content of this memorial, but the root of this memorial.

Was it brewed by someone who is interested, or was it just a sudden accident?

This memorial made Li Shimin smell a little conspiracy. After all, he is not a foolish monarch. Even if nothing happens to his hands, he will have a little premonition of being vague even if there is no evidence.

After frowning and silent for a long time, Li Shimin felt a little embarrassed.

The princes were in Chang'an and refused to take office. Of course, Li Shimin knew this fact better than anyone else. It can be said that among the dozen princes he gave birth to, none of them were willing to leave Chang'an to take office. Even if they offered to take office, their original intention was to act obediently and please him in front of him to gain his favor.

Seeing many strange reasons for delaying the princes, over time, Li Shimin simply was too lazy to pursue the matter. Knowing that they were fooling him, he turned a blind eye and let them go. After all, he had already made arrangements for the people who really hold real power in every state prefecture in the local area. They were all civil servants and military generals he trusted very much. Whether the princes went to the office or not actually had no big impact on the local government affairs and military affairs. In the past, urging them to take office was just for the word "rules".

The monarch and ministers were both tacitly understanding this layer of window paper, but I didn’t expect that this guy named Feng Du was stabbed today...

This person obviously doesn't play games, or he deliberately breaks the rules for some purpose.

After reading the memorial, Li Shimin thought for a moment, then threw the memorial at random at the edge of the desk, took another memorial and continued to review it. As for Feng Du's memorial, he naturally ignored it, which is commonly known as "Stay at the end of the year".

Whether it is planned for a long time or accidental accident, things have a process of fermentation and spreading.

A few days later, three more censors submitted memorials at the same time, saying the same thing. Should Your Majesty consider kicking out of Chang'an City?

Li Shimin still ignored it.

The censors expressed dissatisfaction with Li Shimin's indifferent attitude.
Chapter completed!