After Li Shiming gave his orders, he temporarily ignored the Tuyuhun matter. After all, the Great Tang's attention was still on the north, and the military operation had come to an end. Li Shiming learned that Li Jing was escorting the captives back to the court, and the grasslands were vigorously settling the herdsmen.
He was considering whether or not a former Turkic general like Zhishi Sili would be given the same important position as in history.
After thinking for a while, since he could see the loyalty of these people with the system in hand, coupled with the military system and the settlement policy of the herdsmen, he was not afraid that they would turn the world upside down in the future, so he decided to hire them.
While Li Shimin was considering whether to use the surrendered generals, the Tuli Khagan, who had led his tribe north before the Great Tang's military operation, was also considering whether to submit to the Great Tang.
The Tuli Khagan had learned that the Great Tang was moving against the Jie Khagan a month or so after the Great Tang's military operation. The most frightening thing was that the Jie Khagan had been defeated and captured in just three months, and the battle had been just as frightening. Just like the last time the Tuli Khagan had passed by, he had been unable to fight back.
But what troubled Tuli Kebuhan was that, according to the people he had sent, if he submitted, he and the tribal leaders would have to settle down in Chang 'an, and the herdsmen would be scattered and settled. Tuli Kebuhan wanted to submit to the Tang Empire, and the Tang would give him a piece of land to settle down. This was far from what he had expected, so he could not make a decision at the moment.
Li Shimin didn't know whether he was conflicted or not, but he wasn't worried. In history, Tuli had joined the Great Tang, so he wasn't in a hurry. He could afford to wait.
Li Shiming was currently checking the Great Tang's territory, local officials, population, and other information through the system. He had worked hard to do many things, but the system did not seem too optimistic. There were too few officials that could be used, and from the information the system had seen, most of the local officials were unqualified.
However, the good thing was that with the information provided by Li Shimin, the progress was not bad. As long as it was something that could be created in the real world, it could be purchased directly from the system.
Some time ago, the supervisor had made binoculars. The whole thing was made of copper, and the parts were very exquisite.
The General Supervisor had almost become a research and development department. Li Shimin had been making the General Supervisor produce basic machinery, including steam engines, generators, etc., but it was very rough. However, it didn't matter. They could slowly modify it.
Li Shiming believed that it wouldn't be long before the Great Tang developed rapidly.
This time, through the system, he found that the loyalty of a few generals had inexplicably dropped below 60. This was strange.
Although these people had been transferred out of the regular army after Li Shimin had assessed their loyalty and abilities during the military reform, he didn't do anything to them.
Therefore, Li Shimin asked the Jinyiwei to investigate. The result was that the Cui and Wang families colluded with these generals to assassinate Li Shimin. At that time, these families would mobilize the power of the court to push Li Yuanchang to the throne. Even if Li Yuan was the one who ascended the throne, it was not impossible. It was better than Li Shimin.
It turned out that Li Shiming's policies had seriously damaged the interests of those aristocratic families. The imperial examination and Confucius incident had made these aristocratic families feel that their living space was getting smaller and smaller. In the end, they might directly become fish on the chopping board. For their own interests, they decided to assassinate Li Shiming.
It just so happened that a few generals of the original Sixteenth Guard were very dissatisfied with their transfer from the Sixteenth Guard. As soon as the people sent by the aristocratic families found them, they immediately agreed. This naturally caused their loyalty to drop. In the end, Li Shiming found out when he checked the system. They thought that no one knew.
Li Shiming often went out of the palace in plain clothes, which was also the reason why they wanted to assassinate him. Li Shiming would definitely not wait for them to launch a fishing law enforcement. He was not invulnerable, so there was no need to take this risk. Although Li Shiming emphasized the rule of law, he was not so pedantic. After knowing the reason, he immediately ordered the arrest.
When these people were locked up together, they would naturally understand why they were captured. At that time, they would not be afraid of biting on and not letting go.
Therefore, the army cooperated with the Jinyiwei to arrest these people. All the murderers were sentenced to life imprisonment. If they were pardoned, they would be forced to work until they died. For some people, death was not scary. What was scary was labor. These people were used to living a comfortable life. If you made them work, it would be worse than death.
All the land of the Cui and Wang families was confiscated. All the servants were removed from their slavery status and re-registered. Their families were given 20 mu of permanent farmland according to the national laws and regulations, and 80 mu of land was given to their families. In the future, they would farm to support themselves. The confiscated land was given to the servants who had re-registered their household registration.
Li Shimin felt that he was still very kind. He did not implicate the entire family and even gave them a share of the land.
As for Li Yuanchang, after Li Shimin informed Li Yuan, Li Yuanchang was stripped of his title as King of Lu and imprisoned in the Imperial Clan Court for life. His family was arranged to live elsewhere in the capital, and their lives were taken care of by the Imperial Clan. They were given as much monthly salary as they should, as a way of giving Li Yuan face.
Li Shiming didn't kill anyone, nor did he implicate his family. Li Yuan had nothing to say about Li Shiming punishing Li Yuanchang like this. He now knew that if Li Shiming wanted to do something, he couldn't stop him. Moreover, this time, it involved the aristocratic families. This directly involved the entire royal family. For the sake of the entire royal family, Li Yuan didn't mind sacrificing Li Yuanchang. Moreover, he wasn't wronged. Li Yuanchang himself was directly involved.
This incident was also exposed in the newspapers. The article directly pointed out who was involved in this attempted assassination, what caused these people to participate, and the purpose of the assassination.
The result was that the reputation of those aristocratic families fell to the freezing point. All the commoners were denouncing those aristocratic families, and those scholars, especially commoners, saw the true colors of these aristocratic families.
Recently, a large number of scholars had been preparing for the imperial examinations in the capital. The children of the aristocratic families looked down on the children of the commoners, and there were often conflicts between the children of the commoners and the children of the aristocratic families. With this incident, the children of the aristocratic families immediately had their tails between their legs.
This incident was a serious warning to the rest of the aristocratic families to do their part and not cross the line.
Through the system, Li Shiming saw that the loyalty of some local officials had dropped again. Needless to say, these were all people from the aristocratic families. The reward ceremony would be held soon. When the time came, he could just replace these people. If he was not in a hurry, they would not dare to rebel. Now, the sixteen guards had been reformed. They only lacked equipment. Every appointed general had been checked by the system. None of them were disloyal. Now, Li Shiming had equipped seven guards, excluding the four guards outside. There were still three guards in the capital, as well as a 3,000-strong Black Armor Guard. With military power in hand, Li Shimin was very calm.
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