Chastity Layman

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.

Li Shimin frowned, he didn't expect Qin Lang to explode like a cat that stepped on its tail, and he was caught off guard.

Originally, Li Shimin just wanted to use these bullets from Yushitai to beat Qin Lang. This is also a trick of the emperor, and it must be used even more, otherwise it will easily get out of control.

Originally, he had already made arrangements in his heart. When the court meeting was over, Qin Lang was called to come over. Only the monarch and his ministers, except for the two historians who recorded the words and deeds of the emperor, no one else was present.

After a little bit of beating, the matter was over, and then he planned to discuss with Qin Lang the matter of the official examination, and wanted to adjust several important personnel appointments.

Who knew Qin Lang didn't follow the script.

"What's your attitude?" Li Shimin was also annoyed. "You rely on your own merits, so I can't say anything about you?"

"I don't dare, but as the prime minister, since I was impeached by Yushitai, the sage has to explain it, so I can't explain it clearly, so I simply suspend my post and accept the investigation, and let the minister find out the truth, and return the minister." One is innocent. If the minister is suspended at home, it can’t interfere with the investigation of the department, right? The results are always credible, right?”

Speaking of it, although the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty started from Li Shimin, he was constantly weakened, from three high-ranking officials to a group of ministers in the political affairs hall, and even served as a low-ranking official, but overall, the prime minister was still very authoritative.

The prime minister in the Han Dynasty, once there was a natural or man-made disaster, the prime minister had to take the blame and resign. This became an important unspoken rule in the Han Dynasty, and even later became an important means for the emperor to balance the power of the prime minister. It's pleasing to the eye, next time I'll let him resign under the name of disaster. Officials also often use it as a means to attack political opponents.

Even if the prime ministers of the Han Dynasty were convicted of serious crimes, the emperor generally would not deal with them directly, but let them commit suicide. The prime ministers of the Han Dynasty often committed suicide, not because they were afraid of death, but because they had a tacit understanding. Suicide was an admission of guilt, and then the emperor and the court would stay on the line and would not pursue them to the end.

If you refuse to commit suicide, the consequences will be very serious, and if you want to investigate to the end, you may even implicate your family.

Of course, compared to the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty, the power of the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty is much greater. In fact, only half of the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty have less than half of the power. .

In addition, a rule was set that once the prime minister was impeached by Yushitai, he would resign himself.

Of course, if the final investigation results are not found guilty, the prime minister may still be rehabilitated, and the imperial censor who is unsuccessful in impeachment will be punished by demotion.

This is also an important means for the emperor to weaken and limit the power of the prime minister again. After all, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were generally not as cowhide as the emperors of the Han and Tang Dynasties. The aura of the protagonist was not strong enough. By this means.

Let the censor hit the prime minister with an iron head. Once impeached, the prime minister resigns. If the impeachment is successful, the prime minister will be demoted again and again. He will be demoted to a remote and wild place and will not be allowed to return to Beijing for life. To not let him come back, just demote the censor.

But Datang did not have this set of sayings and rules.

Of course the censor can impeach the prime minister, but you have to have definite evidence, otherwise the emperor will not send a minister to investigate. Of course, the emperor may sometimes take the opportunity to initiate an investigation, but the prime minister under investigation does not need to resign to avoid it before he is convicted.

Qin Lang did not follow the usual path.

Offer to suspend the job to accept the investigation, or simply resign and wait for the results.

In Li Shimin's view, this was a bit threatening.

"Your Majesty, I have always believed that power needs to be checked and balanced. As the head of a hundred officials, the prime minister should be supervised. Losing the power of supervision and checks and balances will inevitably lead to corruption. I took this opportunity to set a precedent in the Tang Dynasty. In the future, the prime minister will be imprisoned." If Shitai is formally impeached, he will resign himself, so that Yushitai can conduct a fair investigation without interference."

"This is also a powerful step forward for the judicial justice of Datang!"

Li Shimin was a little moved by these righteous words. This is a loyal minister who serves the country and the people.

I almost believed it.

Li Shimin sighed.

If Qin Sanlang could believe it, this sow could climb a tree.

"I believe in you, Saburo!"

Li Shimin's words suddenly became warm, and he even got up and walked in front of Qin Lang, holding his hand and walking in the hall side by side, "The bullets from Yushitai also have something to say, but I still want to believe it." These are just misunderstandings."

"Forget it, I have kept all these bullets."

Qin Lang twitched his lips, so he retreated?

Never mind.

"Your Majesty, even though I am the emperor's son-in-law, I also think that the government should not be abolished for personal reasons. I am not talking out of anger, but I am sincerely willing to make a good start and resign to accept a formal investigation. Once the results come out, all kinds of groundless accusations will come naturally. Gone with the wind. If His Majesty leaves these bullets unfired and covers the lid, it will only lead to more bad speculations. It is not good for your ministers or Your Majesty, and it is not good for Datang either."

"Are you trying to be lazy again?" Li Shimin stared, "I also know that you were in charge of the Ministry of War, the East Palace, the Jingzhao Mansion, and the Daming Palace. It is indeed tiring. But now that the Daming Palace has been completed, you should be able to relax a lot."

"Here in Jingzhao Mansion, how about I select someone more capable to be Shaoyin to share the burden for you?"

Qin Lang shook his head, as if His Majesty, you wisely saw through it again.

"Don't always think about picking the pick. You should learn more from Ma Zhou. There are hundreds of thousands of officials in the world, but how many prime ministers are there? How many officials have pursued it all their lives to be prime ministers. If you are in his position, you should work hard!"

"How about this, I will transfer Sun Fujia to serve as Shao Yin of Jingzhao, and let Wei Ting be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and you don't need to add the word "inspector". I will officially grant you the post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

The direction of the plot did not match the original plan, but Li Shimin was not too entangled, and he saw the tricks.

Beating failed, changed to appease.

"I am grateful for the trust of the sage, but I think this case cannot be opened, otherwise there will be endless troubles. The minister was impeached by the Yushitai. Not only did His Majesty not send someone to investigate, but instead of investigating, he also added the position of the minister. This is a big mistake."

"Come on, don't push yourself too far!" Li Shimin almost made it clear that the censors at Yushitai and the admonishing doctors in the lower provinces are just for this job, which prime minister will not be impeached.

The emperor really wanted to answer all the books, and there was no one in the court.

Unless it was really hit to the point and there was definite evidence to prove that he had committed a serious crime, Li Shimin would not care about some small things. The emperor's appointment of people, especially the prime minister, did not choose sages, but people who assisted in governing the country, so governance The country is the first, the virtue is only the second.

Even if it's corruption and bribery, pulling a mountain or something, it doesn't matter if it's not too much.

"If the saint trusts me, please accept the minister's resignation first, and it will not be too late for the saint to reinstate me after my innocence is verified!"

Li Shimin looked like you just wanted to take the opportunity to be lazy, just toss around.

"The implementation of the new examination method, the Beijing officials' inspections, the prefectures and counties' plans, and the bureaucracy's everything, just needs a prime minister to control it."

"There are so many prime ministers in the Zhengshitang, and there are many capable people. Just send someone to take care of it. Besides, the war in the Western Regions is not over, and the eldest grandson will be back soon."

"Although the war in the Western Regions is scheduled, it will take time to deal with the aftermath."

The battle in the Western Regions went smoother than Li Shimin expected. As soon as the official edict of the Tang Dynasty to attack Si Yehu was issued, Si Yehu had already fallen into the scene of betrayal.

He killed the little Yili Khan, forced Niyu to be sentenced, and made the five crossbows Shibi also quickly rebelled, and Xue Yantuo, Qibi, Gaochang, Yanqi, and Qiuci, when they saw that Datang had finally made a move, would they still It's not about beating the dogs in the water, and all rushing forward.

Although Gaochang and Yanqi have few small soldiers, they immediately drove away the Siye Protectors from the Western Turkic Tutunfa in various countries. Not long ago, because of the extermination of Moheduo Khan, they killed Qibi Ge Leng was a bit arrogant, and was thinking about going all the way back to Mobei, reunifying the eastern and western grasslands, and restoring the Great Turkic Khanate, who would have thought that people would hate him.

Tigers are also afraid of wolves, not to mention that Si Yehu is at most a wolf king, but now he is still rebelled by wolves. Under internal and external difficulties, Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan Yinan from Mobei was the first to kill him.

When the old head of Xue Yantuo tribe fought against the Western Turks together with Qibi Geleng, he was beaten and fled in embarrassment, and how many tribesmen died, Xue Yantuo has always remembered this account.

In the past two years, taking advantage of the Great Tang's extermination of the Eastern Turks, he picked up a cheap Yinan. He always wanted to become stronger. He wanted to ask to marry the princess of the Great Tang Emperor, but he never got permission.

Yi Nan didn't believe the nonsense about Datang's discord, and felt that Datang still looked down on him, so he felt that he should show a better performance to prove that he was worthy of being the princess of Datang.

During the civil strife in the Western Turks, Yinan wanted to use Si Ye to protect his prestige, and by the way, he also took the opportunity to come to the Western Regions to grab territory.

Yi Nan is young and energetic, and Xue Yantuo has also been unstoppable in the past two years. They came all the way west and fought against Si Yehu under the Jinshan Mountain.

More than 100,000 cavalry from both sides launched a big duel, Xue Yantuo was full of anger, and Si Yehu's side was fighting with each other. As a result, when the battles started, the Turkic tribes either collapsed at the first touch, or simply avoided fighting. In addition, the Ge Luolu tribe of another tribe defected and rebelled.

Ge Luolu has never been one of the ten tribes of Western Turks, but another tribe like Chumi and others. They were originally Tiele tribes, and they have been nomadic in the Jinshan area. Ge Luolu is on Ge's side.

Now that the barbarians were coming to the west, Ge Luolu immediately contacted Xue Yantuo in private. During the battle, he rebelled and turned back, killing Si Yehu's Chinese army camp.

Ge Luolu's three tribes, Mouluo tribe, Chiqi tribe, and Tali tribe became Xue Yantuo's vanguard, leading Xue Yantuo's army all the way, chasing and attacking the Western Turkic tribes in the northern part of the Tianshan Mountains.

Si Yehu Khan fled and ran all the way, without even a chance to stop and regroup and fight again, but at this time, other people from all walks of life also surrounded him and bit him.

Ashina Yugu, who was named King of Shanggu County in the Tang Dynasty, directly sent troops to seize the territory promised to him by the Tang Dynasty, and took the opportunity to seize it. Chuluo Khan's son She'er, who changed his surname to Li, also brought his Dong The Turkic army came all the way, grabbed a large area of ​​the territory assigned to him by the imperial court, and then officially set up the banner assigned to him by the imperial court.

Gaochang, Yanqi, Qiuci, Shule, and Khotan were busy chasing away Si Yehu's subordinates, while Ni Yi, who had originally fled, led Tuyuhun Murongshun, Yifu Abao, and Tuoba from Qiemo. Hou Junji of Sitou's first-class fan army picked up cities in the south of the Tianshan Mountains and incorporated tribes.

Si Yehu fled from Jinshan to Yili, from Yili to Suiye River, then to Qianquan Mountain, then to Yingsuo River, and then to Sanmi Mountain, there was no place where he could fall, and in the end he could only lead With more than a thousand riders, he fled all the way to Talas, and went to Kangju, where the nine surname Hu was in Zhaowu.

Now who is the new Khan from the Tang Dynasty, Ashina Yugu, Li Sheer, and Ashina Tonger are entrusted with the title of Little Khan, and Changsun Wuji basically doesn't even catch up with a mouthful of hot shit, Hou Junji has made a lot of money.

Now the beleaguered grandson Wuji is asking Nishu for the protection of the five countries south of the Tianshan Mountains, including Qiuci, to the Tang Dynasty, and he is also escorting Nishu to Qianquan Mountain (Kyrgyz Mountains) in Suiye River to establish a court. .

In fact, it is necessary to pick peaches, and the south of the Tianshan Mountains should be included in the arms of the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, let Sheer control the Yingsuo River (between Kucha, Gaochang, and Yili), and let Yugu control the sand moraine (Junggar Basin, Gaochang and Yili) In the area north of Lijian), these two men are Eastern Turkic nobles, and they are also from the Eastern Turkic tribes. The raptors cross the river. Datang’s move is to not only take down the south of Tianshan Mountain, but also start to invade the north. nail.

This move is indeed very ruthless.

Ni Shi is very annoying, although he drove away Si Yehu, the white-eyed wolf who wanted to kill him, but now Si Yehu is still recruiting troops in Kangju, and may make a comeback at any time, and now Datang wants to take away so many territories from him , It really hurts.

Yugu and She'er each brought tens of thousands of horses, and Qibi Heli also brought back the thousands of families that were left behind, and recruited the old troops everywhere, he proposed I want to return to the old land of Atami-Suiyechuan to nomad.

Changsun Wuji always had a smile on his face, but Hou Junji was very arrogant, threatening him every now and then, which made Tian Khan feel very embarrassing for his brother.

But now Changsun Wuji recruited the kings, khans, and chiefs from the countries and tribes of the Western Regions together, saying every day that he would send him off to Qianquan Mountain to establish a court, and even said that he was willing to help him fight to Kangju. Destroyed Siyehu.

Nishu really wanted to renege on his debt, but Changsun Wuji refused.

Hou Junji didn't agree.

The kings of Gaochang and Khotan are even a group of fools. Before the Turks marched west and beat off the Naida people, all the countries in the Western Regions bowed down and recognized the Turks as their eldest brothers. This has a history of a hundred years, but now When Datang came, everyone recognized him as the eldest brother again.

"The minister will formally submit his resignation tomorrow!"

Li Shimin looked helpless, do you want to be so stubborn.

Weng and son-in-law were silent for a long time, but in the end Li Shimin still didn't hold back Qin Lang, he knew that nine cows would be hard to pull back what this guy had decided!

"Okay, I'm going to give you a vacation."