"Guanyin Bi, am I wrong?"

Li Shimin held Empress Changsun's hand a little depressedly and asked, "He was indeed a little confused." Li Chao resigned, Ma Zhou resigned, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu also resigned. Now even Li Jing has resigned without saying a word.

Queen Changsun really wants to say that of course you were wrong. However, seeing her husband’s frustration, it is not easy to sprinkle salt on his wounds. As a wife, she always comforts his men’s wounded heart.

"I may be really wrong." Li Shimin sighed when he saw Empress Changsun silent.

"Actually, there is no need for Your Majesty to compete. Wasn't it good before? The emperor is wise, the prime ministers are wise, the monarch and ministers are harmonious, and the Tang Dynasty's national strength is booming. How great is this."

Empress Changsun suddenly woke up Li Shimin with one sentence.

Yes, wasn’t it good before? After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he took over the throne. At that time, he was worried about internal and external troubles, and the monarch and ministers were united. He was modest, respected the wise and the subordinates, and valued talents without any restrictions. Li Chao, Ma Zhou, Cen Wenben, Wei Zheng and others could all use them. Everyone performed their duties and held their positions. Even though he was an emperor, he would not seize the power of the prime minister.

In a few years, the Tang Dynasty spent the most difficult period, with great disasters in the north, as well as the invasions of Tuyuhun, Turks, etc., and also wiped out the last few anti-kings in the world.

I don’t know why I have to compete with the prime ministers now? The subordinates of the Secretariat evolved from the three provinces and six ministries, but the support of the people was also the core of the governing strategy he originally decided. Later, with Li Chao’s suggestion, he set up the Privy Council and the North and South Office to separate the military power from the prime ministers of the Secretariat.

It turns out that the prime minister assists in government affairs, the Privy Council commands the troops, the emperor governs with his support, and the president of the military and national affairs. All of this is smooth. Why did he suddenly have a quarrel with the Secretary of the Central Secretariat and the Privy Council?

Have you expanded by yourself?

After carefully examining himself, Li Shimin found that he had indeed become a little inflated during this period.

The matter of Hou Junji was just a trench. The real thing was that he felt that the Prime Minister and Privy Councilors divided their power and wanted to seize the power.

He was not satisfied with the emperor and the prime minister governing the world, but wanted to be dictatorial and centralized.

As the situation has been going on, the queen's words made him understand that he was still wrong.

He was not even as good as the young prince. When the prince was regent, he was very responsible.

"I'll go out!"

Li Shimin stood up and walked out. Changsun Wuhou looked at her husband's somewhat bleak back and felt a little distressed, but she also understood that some things must be understood by her husband themselves, otherwise, the more anxious the others forced them, the more they were, they were afraid that the more they would go against their wishes.

My husband is so smart, but he is temporarily confused and can definitely figure it out by himself.

Li Shimin came out of Changsun and "goed to Dali Temple."

There were not many people, and the light cart was simple. Li Shimin was wearing a black casual dress and a soft black head. He sat in a light carriage and arrived at Dali Temple.

He did not even alarm the Dali Temple Minister Zheng Shanguo. With the king and eunuchs there, he went directly to the prison of Dali Temple.

"Hou Junji!"

In the prison, Hou Junji's treatment was pretty good, because he had become a traitor who was criticized by the world, and Hou Junji's case attracted the attention of the world. Therefore, Dali Temple gave special care to Hou Junji who was imprisoned and enjoyed a separate prison. Multi-layer prison guards inside and outside were guarding him, and there was even a prison doctor in the prison.

Even the daily meals were checked to ensure that he would not have any accidents in the prison of Dali Temple.

Someone was staring at him for twelve hours a day, but Hou Junji could not do it even if he wanted to commit suicide.

Bracelet and anklet are worn, it's been three months.

The leg injury has almost healed, but the leg has not been cured and it is useless. Now it is a lame person.

However, compared to leg injuries, what Hou Junji is most painful is his current situation.

He was a great hero of Xuanwu Gate and a general of the imperial guards of the imperial court. He was actually a Duke of the Kingdom.

As a result, I stayed in this dark dungeon for three months, and my body was almost growing hair.

"Hou Junji!"

Another sound rang out.

This sound is so familiar. Since he was framed by the traitor Li Chao and was shot into the dungeon, he has been waiting for this sound all the time.

The emperor once told him personally that he would protect his life, and even said that when the limelight was less, he would let him go to Nanzhao to become the governor of the south. He would make some contributions there and call him back to the court in a few years.

He believed that the emperor would definitely protect him. Not only did he save the emperor during the Xuanwu Gate Incident, but he also saved the Emperor on the battlefield many times when he died in the Sui Emperor.

The emperor is a nostalgic person. He said that he would protect him, and he would definitely protect him.

Moreover, he had received an iron certificate of alchemy from the emperor, so he could avoid death.

It's been three months.

He didn't know why the emperor never came to save him, but since he was not dead, he still had a chance. Li Chao, the traitor, was sentenced to him to behead him.

"Your Majesty, I am here."

Hou Junji raised his head excitedly, and the chains on his body trembled and jingled.

Li Shimin asked the prison guard to open the prison door and walked in.

The prison was very dark and warm, with a musty smell.

"Your Majesty, you finally come to see me." Hou Junji crawled to Li Shimin's feet, hugged his legs and started crying. A once-strong tiger general was really crying sadly and extremely aggrieved.

The leg was broken, Hou Junji did not cry, but was sentenced to death by Li Chao. He did not cry, and was knocked into the dungeon without seeing the light of day. He did not cry either. But at this time, he couldn't help crying.

I was crying sadly and my heart broke.

Li Shimin looked down at Hou Junji and couldn't help but sigh. What a sturdy and burly general at the time, now he has disheveled hair, and even his hair is gray and thin.

"I'm here to see you, Hou Junji."

"His Majesty!"

"Get up and sit down."

Li Shimin felt a little upset when he helped Hou Junji sit down.

"Your Majesty is here to take me out, right?"

Li Shimin did not answer, but instead attacked the outside, and Eunuch Wang came in with a food box in person.

"I'll have two drinks with you!"

Li Shimin picked up the wine pot, poured a glass of each of them, and made a drink first.

Hou Junji was surprised and quickly drank it all.

The wine entered the throat, and the familiar smell rose, refreshing.

"Eat food!"

Li Shimin handed over the chopsticks, and Hou Junji hurriedly took them.

"Sauce beef, roast goose, smoked chicken, roast duck, money shank, sausage, dried fragrant and other cold dishes. I remember you like to eat these, and I brought them all to you today."

Hou Junji looked at the tempting dishes and almost reached out his hand in his throat. Although he had eaten and drunk every day, there were only steamed buns and porridge, and there was very little oil and water, let alone meat and wine.

"Then I'm not polite." Hou Junji grabbed the roast chicken, twisted off one chicken leg hard, and nibbled it violently. After a moment, he finished gnawing one big chicken leg, and then tore off the other one.

Li Shimin watched him eat, and watched him eat voraciously.

He held his wine glass and drank glass after glass.

Eunuch Wang came over and whispered to dissuade him, "Your Majesty, you have a bad stomach, so you should not drink too much."

"It's okay, I'll accompany you to have a few more drinks today."

"Come on, Junji, drink."

Hou Junji grabbed the roast chicken legs with one hand, picked up the wine glass with the other, drank a glass in one gulp, and continued to chew the roast chicken.

"Junji, you have been following me for ten years, right?"

Hou Junji nodded for ten years. Since the beginning of the rebellion in Taiyuan, he has followed the emperor, fighting south and north, east and west, and rescued and escorted many times.

"I remember, you saved me three times. During the Battle of Qianshuiyuan during the Western Qin Dynasty, the Battle of Wulao Pass during Dou Jiande, and the Xuanwu Gate that time. Without you three times to save the chariot, I would have died long ago."

"That's what the minister should do."

Li Shimin sighed, "Just, you have saved me and made great contributions to the country."

"I have never forgotten these."

Hou Junji finished eating a roast chicken and grabbed another sausage.

"Your Majesty, I was just a small man ten years ago. If you can be valued by Your Majesty, it is my honor to be chosen as a guard. I went from being a small man to being named Duke of Chen and serving as the general of the Imperial Guard. These are all your majesty's love and appreciation, and I dare not forget it at all times."

"Drinking." Li Shimin said.

"Junji, eat more."

"Your Majesty, I've been full and haven't eaten alcohol and meat for three months. I can't eat much of this belly."

Li Shimin picked up the wine glass and poured another glass for himself. He had average alcohol tolerance and didn't like drinking very much. He had always been self-controlled, but today, he had already drunk five or six glasses.

His face is red and his eyes are red.

"Eat more and drink more, and you can tell me any wishes."

The wine glass in Hou Junji's hand fell to the ground.

He looked pale.

"His Majesty?"

"June gathers, you, I, the king and the ministers have made great contributions to me and the country. I don't want you to have a good result."

This was already clear, and Hou Junji's face turned pale and then turned red.
To be continued...