Chapter 160 How to deal with it

"Since everyone has no objection, the Minister of the Central Secretariat has gotten up early to make a memorial. What do you think about you all jointly submitting a memorial with me about Hou Junji?" Li Chengqian said.

"We will obey your Highness' order!" Everyone hurriedly expressed their opinions. The Crown Prince said that they would jointly submit

a memorial! Of course, they were willing to do so. "Okay! Minister of the Central Secretariat, you can draft the memorial!" Li Chengqian said to Yang Shidao.

"Yes!" Yang Shidao accepted the order, and Wang Quan immediately went down to get the prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and brought a desk to Yang Shidao, asking Yang Shidao to draft the memorial.

After Yang Shidao finished writing and everyone confirmed that it was correct, the Crown Prince Li Chengqian signed it first, and then it was Fang Xuanling and others' turn to sign on the memorial.

In this way, a joint memorial was completed!

"Immediately ask the post station to rush 800 miles! Send it to Liaodong and hand it to my father. Everything depends on the emperor's judgment." Li Chengqian put the memorial into a rectangular box, sealed it, and handed it to Wang Quan.

"Yes!" Wang Quan took the sealed memorial, immediately trotted out, went directly out of the palace, and sent the secret memorial out as quickly as possible.

In Chang'an City, a horse galloped towards the distant Liaodong.

After several days of uninterrupted delivery, the secret memorial was finally delivered to Li Er one morning.

Li Er frowned, unsealed the sealed wax seal, opened the box, took out the memorial from it and read it.

Seeing the content of the memorial, Li Er was shocked at first, followed by disbelief, and finally replaced by anger.

Inside the big tent, the generals saw the emperor's expression change several times, puzzled, but in their hearts, they were like a cat's paw, very curious about what was written on the secret letter sent from Chang'an? It was so

surprising that the emperor Li Er, who was always calm in life, could change his expression so much.

This is almost as good as an emoticon package!

"Today's military meeting is cancelled! You all should leave first!" Li Er said without waiting for the generals to ask, and he was in a bad mood now.

"Yes!" Seeing the unfriendly face of the emperor Li Er, the generals did not dare to say anything, and immediately stood up and bowed and left the big tent.

Before leaving the big tent, Changsun Wuji stopped and glanced at Li Er, turned around and was about to leave, but Li Er's voice came from behind him.

"Assist Ji!"

Changsun Wuji turned around and looked at Li Er and said, "Your Majesty! You look angry, but what happened in Chang'an?"

"This is a joint memorial submitted by Cheng Qian, Fang Xuanling, Yang Shidao, Gao Shilian and others. Take a look for yourself!" Li Er sighed and handed the memorial in his hand to Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji took the memorial and read it through. He was also shocked by the content and could not speak.

"Hou Junji actually committed treason and committed suicide at home out of fear of punishment! Why would he do this? He was a meritorious official who had made great military achievements for the Tang Dynasty."

"It's really hard to believe that this is true. He has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty has made him one of the twenty-four meritorious officials in Lingyan Pavilion, which is such a great honor."

"What else is Hou Junji dissatisfied with? How many people in the Tang Dynasty have such an honor? Why would he still commit treason?" Changsun Wuji said. He really couldn't understand why Hou Junji was so stupid and had to commit treason, a heinous crime.

Li Er also wanted to know why this was the case, and even wanted to ask Hou Junji in person why he wanted to rebel.

Hou Junji had made many contributions to the Tang Dynasty. Could it be that he could still treat him badly?

What a pity! Li Er no longer had the opportunity to ask Hou Junji in person why, because Hou Junji had already gone to the underworld.

Whether Hou Junji really committed treason or not, it was no longer important. In any case, Hou Junji's suicide had already proved that he committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

"What should we do now? Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with it?" Changsun Wuji asked.

Now the question is not why Hou Junji wanted to rebel, but how to deal with this matter?

"Hou Junji is already dead! What else can be done about it? I'm old and my heart has become soft! Since Hou Junji has committed suicide out of fear of punishment, let's just forget about it and don't pursue him anymore!" Li Er said.

"What about Hou Junji's family? You can stop pursuing Hou Junji's crimes, but according to the Tang Dynasty's Zhenguan Law, for the crimes of treason and high treason, all fathers and sons under the age of 16 shall be executed according to the law."

"You have to think about this matter clearly. If you don't handle it well, it will cause criticism from others." Changsun Wuji said.

"Why should I be afraid of criticism from others!" Li Er glared at Changsun Wuji and said.

"Even if you are not afraid of criticism from others, you can't ignore the law. As an emperor, you should set an example for the people of the world." Changsun Wuji said.

"Let me think about this matter again." Li Er suppressed his anger and said.

Changsun Wuji stopped urging Li Er. After all, Hou Junji was Li Er's trusted general and a great contributor to the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

It is understandable that Li Er was unable to make a decision for a while, which is why Li Chengqian insisted that Hou Junji commit suicide to apologize.

If Hou Junji is not dead, Li Er will definitely send someone to re-examine the case, and then it will definitely be implicated in his position as the crown prince.

Don't think that he has secured the position of crown prince now! But once he is linked to the crime of treason, his career as a crown prince will be over!

The only thing waiting for him is to be deposed and then exiled, which is the situation that Li Chengqian least wants to see.

In this case, if he does not want to be deposed, he can only imitate the Emperor Li Er of the year, launch a coup, and take the opportunity to ascend the throne of the emperor.

Li Chengqian has thought about this problem, but for Li Chengqian now, the risk of a coup is still very high, and the probability of success is not high.

Moreover, as long as Hou Junji died, the crisis for the prince would be resolved, and there was no need to take the high risk of a coup.

"If you were me, what would you do?" After a long time, the first sentence Li Er said was to ask Changsun Wuji what he would do if he was him.

Changsun Wuji was stunned! He

probably didn't expect Li Er to ask him this, and Changsun Wuji said without hesitation: "I will deal with it according to the law."

"Alas!" Li Er sighed, "I knew you would say that."

"No matter what, Hou Junji has fought for the Tang Dynasty for half his life and made great military achievements. I really can't bear to let no one worship him after his death." "

So you mean not to deal with Hou Junji's family! But in this case, what fairness is there in this law!"

"What if another meritorious official rebels in the future? Once this loophole is opened, what will be the consequences? Have you thought clearly?" Changsun Wuji asked.

He could see that Li Er was planning to be partial and let Hou Junji's rebellion go.

In this way, the law was destroyed by Li Er himself. If another meritorious official rebelled in the future, could he also follow Hou Junji's case as an example and treat the rebel leniently?