Li Shi Min sat on the dragon throne and sighed as he looked at Zhang Liang.
"Zhang Liang, have I ever mistreated you?"
Zhang Liang knelt on the ground and cried. He kowtowed and said,"Your Majesty, please spare me on account of the fact that I risked my life for the Li Tang Empire.”
Wei Zheng bowed and said,"Your Majesty, how can we tolerate the crime of treason?"”
Fang Xuanling also bowed." Your Majesty, treason is a serious crime and cannot be forgiven. Your Majesty, please punish me severely as a warning to others."”
"I agree."
"I agree…"
Fang Xuanling knew Li Shimin's personality, he might really reduce Zhang Liang's punishment for the sake of his past kindness.
However, this precedent could not be set. Once the cost of rebellion was low, then the number of people rebelling would only increase.
Therefore, when Wei Zheng spoke, Fang Xuanling reminded Li Shimin to punish him severely and to prioritize the country.
"Brother Fang, you and I once fought with our lives in the Tile Gang Village.”Zhang Liang begged Fang Xuanling.
Fang Xuanling said indifferently,"Since you have the intention to rebel, then you should be prepared to be beheaded."”
Cheng Yaojin snorted coldly." This guy has done too much evil. He deserves to die." The few brothers who used to be in Wagang were probably framed to death by him.”
Yuchi Gong looked at Zhang Liang coldly, shaking his head and not saying anything.
None of the officials in the court pitied him.
"Men, take Zhang Liang to the death row and execute him after the autumn.”
"Cheng Yaojin, listen up."
"I'm here." Cheng Yaojin bowed.
"According to the roster, capture all of Zhang Liang's foster sons.”Li Shimin gave the roster to Cheng Yaojin.
"Your humble subject obeys." Cheng Yaojin took the roster and put it away.
Qin Fang had killed Ding Wuzhao for the imperial court.
He specially rewarded Qin Fang with 100 mu of fertile land, 1,000 taels of gold and ten bolts of silk.
Liu Hong, the censor of supervision, had made outstanding achievements recently and was promoted to the position of censor Zhongcheng.
The Imperial Censor Liu Hong was dumbfounded. He had thought that there was no hope for him to be promoted in this lifetime. He did not expect that the Emperor would suddenly give him a promotion under such circumstances.
" Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Hong immediately kowtowed to the ground.”
"Retreat from court. Zhen is tired."
Li Shi Min stood up and went to the back courtyard.
Zhang Liang was originally a minister trusted by Li Shimin, but he did not expect him to rebel.
This made him very sad.
"Retreat." Li Junxian announced.
After the court had left, Cheng Yaojin walked to Liu Hong and said,"Congratulations, Liu Zhongcheng."”
Liu Hong saw that it was Cheng Yaojin and quickly bowed.”
Liu Hong thought for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out why the Emperor suddenly rewarded him. There weren't many people in the court who congratulated him. For an official like him who didn't fight with Li Shimin in the early days, nor did he belong to the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs, very few people in the court would take the initiative to make friends with him.
"You have a good son. Go back and ask your son. He might know.”Cheng Yaojin revealed a little.
"My son? What else could he do besides fooling around all day?”Cheng Yaojin's words made Liu Hong even more confused.
Although he didn't know why, Liu Hong was still very happy to be promoted.
"Where's Shaoshi?" Liu Hong asked the doorman as soon as he got home. Call him over. I have something to ask him.”
"Alright."
Soon, Liu Shaoshi stood in front of Liu Hong.
"Shaoshi, what have you been doing behind my back recently?" Liu Hong asked directly.”
"Ah, no, I've been very honest recently.”Ever since he met Qin Fang, Liu Shaoshi had indeed restrained himself a lot.
"Then what's going on? Today, Father was inexplicably promoted by the Emperor several levels. Father is now a censor.”
Hearing this, Liu Shaoshi finally understood and muttered,""Could it be because of him?"
"Because of who?" As expected, it was related to his son. Liu Hong could not help but ask anxiously.
Liu Shaoshi dismissed the surrounding servants.
Then, Liu Shaoshi lowered his voice and told Liu Hong in detail about his encounter with Qin Fang, the house he provided for Qin Fang, and the meeting with Li Shimin and Wei Zheng in the house.
When Liu Hong heard that Li Shimin had taken the initiative to meet Qin Fang, he was extremely surprised.
No one would believe that the emperor of the Great Tang would take the initiative to meet a commoner.
"Fortunately, you and this Young Master Qin have turned hostility into friendship.”
"In the future, you have to treat Young Master Qin more carefully than you treat me!”Liu Hong instructed in a deep voice.
"Father, you don't have to tell me, I will do it.”Liu Hong replied.
……
After the court session, Li Shimin could not help but feel a little annoyed because of Zhang Liang's betrayal.
Thus, he took Empress Zhangsun and Li Junxian to the Qin Manor to relax.
The carriage slowly moved forward.
The winter snow melted, and the branches began to sprout green. The spring plowing in the fields on both sides of the road had already begun.
When the carriage arrived outside the Qin Residence, it was a busy scene.
Li Shimin got off the carriage and stopped to watch the farmers plow the fields.
The Empress suddenly felt that something was wrong." Your Majesty, although the cattle of this farm are strong, they can't plow the land so fast. Their speed is even faster than walking."”
" Indeed." Li Shimin nodded.
The iron plows used by the Great Tang were straight, but this one was curved.
When Li Shimin looked up, he realized that the farmers around the Qin Manor used curved iron plows.
The plowing speed was extremely fast, and the soil was easily turned up. The cattle had no pressure at all.
The Great Tang used straight shaft plows. This kind of straight shaft plow appeared in the Western Han Dynasty and was developed. Its components included the plow shaft, the plow sword, the plow bed, the plow tip, and so on. Its characteristic was that the plow shaft was straight.
This kind of iron plow was slow and laborious.
? "Elder brother, elder brother." Li Shi Min stopped an old farmer.
"Customer, what is it?"
The old farmer stopped, patted the mud off his body, and chuckled.
Li Shimin was shocked to find that this old farmer had perfect teeth and a strong physique, unlike the farmers from other places.
Although the relief work had saved lives, malnutrition was common.
Even a young man would not be too skinny. This old farmer's physique could be used as a soldier.
"Brother, why is your iron plow different?”Li Shi Min asked.
"Are you a foreigner?" The old farmer chuckled.”
? "We're from Chang 'an, so…we're not considered foreigners.”Li Shi Min said.
"Yes, people outside the Qin family are considered foreigners.”The old farmer laughed heartily.
Outside of the Qin Residence, there were foreigners? Li Shi Min was speechless.
" Brother, your iron plow..." Li Shiming got back to the topic.
"Don't ask me about this. It was all designed and manufactured by Young Master. We only think that it's especially convenient. In the past, it would take one mu of land to plow, but now, it could plow three mu of land. This cattle did not even need to breathe.”
The old farmer laughed and rolled up his pants to continue plowing.
The few of them walked into the manor. Even Ah Huang, who was guarding the door, recognized Li Shimin.
"Ah Huang, what did you eat today?”Li Shimin teased Ah Huang.
This Ah Huang was a Chinese rural dog. It was very smart and seemed to be able to understand.
He wagged his tail and took out a beef bone from the dog hole.
Li Shimin was helpless. Last time, he didn't eat the white steamed buns. This time, the beef bones and meat were too much.
"Alright, I know you have meat to eat.”Li Shi Min said with a smile, looking like an emperor.
Ah Huang wagged its tail vigorously and even pushed the cow bone forward.
This beast wants me to eat its bones?
me
Li Shi Min was furious.
The Empress couldn't help but laugh.”
Ah Huang took the cow bone into the kennel and started gnawing on it slowly.
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