Chapter 140: The First Battle in Liaodong was

a Success "Your Highness! Xi Bian and others have been executed. I have come to report." Du He saluted. "

Did all the court envoys go to watch? What were their expressions?" Li Chengqian asked while writing with his head down and holding a pen. "

According to your Highness's order, all the court envoys went to watch the execution. At that time, they were frightened and their faces changed greatly. This time, after Xi Bian's case was passed, I believe that no one will dare to commit this crime again." Du He told Li Chengqian the scene at that time.

"I wrote an urgent report on this matter and sent it to Liaodong to my father. Although we killed him, this matter cannot be concealed." Li Chengqian said.

Although Xi Bian was a corrupt official, even if Li Chengqian was the crown prince, he could not kill a state governor at will.

Without the emperor's edict, even with the judgment of the three courts, it would not work, even if Li Chengqian was now the regent prince.

Li Chengqian's killing of Xi Bian was a case of killing first and reporting later. The emperor would not feel comfortable. If he did not even mention it, it would inevitably arouse the emperor's suspicion. Who knows if you want to eliminate dissidents?

You want to place your own people in various states and in the court to achieve your purpose of plotting something shady.

Li Chengqian did not dare to test whether Li Erhui would be suspicious. People's hearts are unpredictable, and the most untestable thing in this world is people's hearts.

Therefore, this report must be written, and it must be written beautifully.

This report must not only clearly describe the whole story, but also let Li Er see his own excellence. He must not be proud of his achievements, but must be humble as much as possible.

"Take a look, is there any problem with this report? If there is no problem, let the post station send it to Liaodong." Li Chengqian put down the brush in his hand and pointed to the report he had just written.

"Yes!" Du He responded, stepped forward and picked up the report written by Li Chengqian, and read it carefully to confirm that there was nothing wrong.

"Your Highness! There is nothing wrong with the report!"

"Okay, send this report to Liaodong, and also send a letter from me to ask about my father's recent situation by post."

"Wang Quan, go to see Prince Jin and see if he has any letters to send to Liaodong, so you can send them together to avoid the trouble of going back and forth." Li Chengqian said.

"I'll go now." Wang Quan replied, retreated, and ran directly to Lizheng Hall.

Since they parted in Luoyang, Li Zhi basically sent a letter to Li Er every day to express his thoughts about his father, as well as his daily life and work.

Even whether he was in a good mood today, what time he went to bed, and what he did all day, all these were reported to Li Er one by one.

Compared to Li Zhi's "hardworking", Li Chengqian was more "lazy" and did not write letters to Li Er that often.

"Why? Has the letter from Prince Jin been sent out today?" Li Chengqian saw Wang Quan coming back empty-handed and thought that Li Zhi had asked the post station to deliver the letter.

"Prince Jin said that his wife was seriously ill and he had no time to write letters, so he will not send letters to Liaodong in the near future." Wang Quan said. "

Since Prince Jin will not send letters to Your Majesty in the near future, then we don't need to worry about it. It is important to send this report to Liaodong." Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" Wang Quan stepped forward to take the sealed report handed to him by Li Chengqian, retreated, and hurriedly sent it to the post station, asking someone to send it to Liaodong immediately.

The letters and reports sent by Li Chengqian to Liaodong were delivered to the post station by Wang Quan, and then the post station sent a fast horse to Liaodong to Li Er.

Seven days later, the post station sent Li Chengqian's report to Li Er's camp.

At this time, Li Er had won his first victory in the expedition. Zhang Liang and Cheng Mingzhen's troops had already captured Beisha City of Goguryeo, and the first battle was a victory!

"Report! Your Majesty! A report has been sent from Chang'an!"

The battle report had just been delivered to Li Er, and Li Er was overjoyed! Suddenly, he heard that there was a report from Chang'an, and Li Er didn't bother to read the battle report carefully.

"It must be Zhinu's letter from home! Bring it to me quickly."

"Yes!"

The soldiers outside the tent bent over and walked in, knelt on one knee, and raised a report above their heads.

Li Er immediately went forward to take it, removed the seal on it, and found a report inside. Li Er hurriedly checked it, and the joy on his face froze.

"Everyone! But what happened to His Royal Highness Prince Jin?" Wang Yuan saw that Li Er's face was not very good, and thought that something had happened to Li Zhi.

But he knew in his heart how much his master loved his ninth son.

"No, it was the report from Cheng Qian!" Li Er said.

"What did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say in the report? To make everyone so angry?" Changsun Wuji asked on the side.

"Chengqian reported that Xi Bian, the governor of Cangzhou, and Li Taibian, the magistrate of Changlu County, and others accepted bribes, committed corruption and perverted the law. They have been punished by him. You can take a look at the details yourself." Li Er said, and handed the report in his hand to Changsun Wuji, who hurriedly took it and read it.

"In addition to the report from the prince, is there any letter from the King of Jin?" Li Er asked.

Now he doesn't care about other things. He is quite satisfied with the way Li Chengqian handled Xi Bian's affairs.

Although it may not be able to completely eliminate corruption, at least it has a deterrent effect.

If there are officials who want to be corrupt in the future, thinking about Xi Bian's fate, it can have some effect.

Now he just wants to know why his young slave didn't write a letter to him?

"Your Majesty! Today we only have this report, no other letters!" The soldiers said. They had indeed only received this report today.

"I know!" Li Er waved his hand to let the soldiers leave, and the soldiers bowed and left.

"Don't worry! Maybe the King of Jin was delayed by something! He forgot to write a letter to Your Majesty." Wang Yuan comforted. "

Zhi Nu has always been filial. He has sent letters from Chang'an to greet me every day, without interruption. But today I didn't see his letter, I am really worried!" Li Er frowned.

"Fu Ji, what do you think of Cheng Qian's handling of Xi Bian?" Li Er saw that Changsun Wuji had finished reading the report.

"I think that Cheng Qian's handling of the case is very good! Not only does it punish the offending official to prove the fairness of the law, but it can also scare those officials who have evil intentions like Xi Bian and others but have not yet acted." Changsun Wuji said.

"You are right! Cheng Qian is a qualified prince and will definitely become a qualified king in the future." Li Er said.

"Your Majesty! How should we reply to Cheng Qian?" Changsun Wuji asked.

"Send an imperial edict back to Chang'an to commend Cheng Qian for his meritorious service in governing the country, and also pass on the good news of our army's first victory back to Chang'an, so that the people of Chang'an can share the fruits of victory with me." Li Er said.

"Yes! I understand what should be done!" Changsun Wuji said.