Li Jiancheng's original situation was that he wanted to deal with Du Qi himself and could not let go of his hatred.
Li Jiancheng agreed to Wang Bei's suggestion.
Now, in order to fool Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng changed his story, saying that Wang Bei deceived him. This became Wang Bei going behind Li Jiancheng's back to poach people, but lying and deceiving Li Jiancheng, saying that he recommended talents.
Li Yuan sneered and said, "Crown Prince, this is not recommending talents. The news I received was that your Eastern Palace's Wang Bei went directly to poach people, not to recruit talents, these are two different things. "
He did not mention Wang Ji going to ask for help.
Just talk about the academy.
Li Jiancheng hurriedly said, "Father, I really did not know. All of this was Wang Bei deceiving me. When I return, I will definitely punish Wang Bei severely as an example. "
Li Yuan said, "Your punishment is your business."
Li Jiancheng hurriedly promised that he would punish.
Li Yuan changed the topic and ordered, "Xiao Li, arrange for people to go to the Eastern Palace, in front of everyone, flog Wang Bei thirty times with the military rod, not one less. Not only that, read the Crown Prince's words in public, let him be clear, don't misunderstand the Crown Prince's words, and don't try to curry favor with the Crown Prince and take the unorthodox path. "
"Yes!"
Xiao Li immediately agreed.
Li Jiancheng's heart moved, he said, "Father, Wang Bei is from the Eastern Palace, so there is no need for Father to issue a decree, let me handle it myself, after all, this is the Eastern Palace's matter."
Once the decree was announced in front of Wang Bei, then Wang Bei would know that this was Li Jiancheng shirking responsibility, and everyone would know that it was disadvantageous to Li Jiancheng.
Li Yuan said coldly, "What, do you think that I did not punish you, so you feel that your skin is itchy? Could it be that you want me to arrange for people to flog you ten times with the military rod, to give you the crime of not being strict enough? "
"No, no, no!"
Li Jiancheng hurriedly answered.
Ten times with the military rod was not easy. Even if the soldiers went easy, it would still hurt for a while.
Li Yuan flicked his sleeves and said, "Since you are unwilling, then go back. Remember, restrain your Eastern Palace people, if I find out again that your Eastern Palace people are targeting Du Qi, next time it will not be as simple as flogging, but directly removed from office, and you will never be hired, and you, the Crown Prince, you also have to take responsibility. "
"Son will remember Imperial Father's teachings."
Li Jiancheng's face twitched as he sighed inwardly.
Du Qi was his nemesis after all.
Whenever something happened, Du Qi would put him in a passive position. After all, under the current circumstances, what happened in the Academy was not that serious, but it had a huge impact on him.
Li Yuan looked at Xiao Li and instructed, "Xiao Li, arrange for people to go to the Eastern Palace with the Crown Prince. Announce it in front of everyone in the Eastern Palace, and then carry out the punishment. "
"Yes!"
Xiao Li nodded in agreement.
Li Jiancheng left. At the same time, he brought along eunuchs and warriors to announce the decree and carry out the punishment.
Li Jiancheng wanted to open his mouth several times to communicate with the eunuch announcing the decree, to have him not say what he had said to Li Yuan. However, when the words reached his mouth, Li Jiancheng swallowed them back down.
The reason was very simple, he was worried that the eunuch would pass on the message to Li Yuan.
At that time, he would have to bear the consequences.
Li Jiancheng also felt bitter in his heart. Damn it, he had only dealt with the Academy of the Tang dynasty, which meant that he had not even touched Du Qi's hair. He had only affected Du Qi from a distance. But in the end, he was affected again, and it caused such a huge impact.
Li Jiancheng was helpless.
Li Jiancheng came to the Eastern Palace with eunuchs and warriors. He did not summon everyone, but called Wang Bei alone. Li Jiancheng also left, leaving Wang Bei alone.
The eunuch said what Li Jiancheng had said to Li Yuan, pushed the responsibility to Wang Bei, and finally said that he would be beaten thirty times.
Wang Bei was stunned.
He was just a seventh-class officer. How could he have the ability to slow down Li Jiancheng's work?
That was not the case.
Wang Bei was in his early thirties. Fortunately, his body was strong, so although he had been beaten thirty times, his buttocks were already bruised. He might not even be able to get out of bed for a month or two.
After the eunuch and warriors left, Wang Bei lay on the ground with a painful expression on his face.
He looked desperate.
It was too painful!
After thirty lashes, he felt as if his pelvis had cracked. At this time, Li Jiancheng came. Li Jiancheng seemed to feel that he had shirked the responsibility and was a little embarrassed.
Moreover, Li Jiancheng did not feel that he was sorry for shirking the responsibility. He just comforted Wang Bei, rewarded him with some money, and gave him some tonics such as ginseng.
In the end, he asked people to carry Wang Bei home and let him rest at home. When he recovered, he would come to the Eastern Palace to do things. He would still be the officer of the Eastern Palace.
Li Jiancheng finished his work and returned to the study. At this time, Li Yuanji had already left, but Li Jiancheng called Wei Zheng and told him about the Tang dynasty Academy and Wang Bei.
After hearing this, Wei Zheng sighed and said, "Your Highness, when you decided to poach the famous scholars of the Tang dynasty Academy, I stopped you and said that it was not appropriate to attack Du Qi's Academy. But everyone disagreed. But now, such a thing had happened. Your Highness, Du Qi is full of thorns. You can't provoke him, or it will affect you. "
Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "Xuancheng, I already know, and I regret it now."
Wei Zheng continued, "What Tai Zi did in the Imperial Palace was also a little inappropriate. He put the blame on Wang Bei, especially when His Majesty asked people to say what Your Highness should say in front of Wang Bei. Now, he just comforted Wang Bei with a few words, which is very easy to make Wang Bei feel disappointed. "
After a pause, Wei Zheng continued, "In front of His Majesty, the best way to deal with this matter is that Your Highness avoided talking about the Tang dynasty Academy. The starting point is to recruit talents and give more talented scholars a better way out. As for Your Highness returning to the Eastern Palace in front of Wang Bei, it should be said that Your Highness had no choice. In this way, even if Wang Bei is a little uncomfortable, he will not be so disappointed. "
After hearing this, Li Jiancheng was a little angry and said, "Xuancheng, it has come to this. What do you think we should do?"
Wei Zheng said, "Your Highness, I can only go to the Wang family and comfort Wang Bei. After all, Your Highness needs to comfort and comfort your subordinates enough. In this way, everyone will be convinced. "
Li Jiancheng said, "Okay, thank you."
Wei Zheng shook his head to show that it was not hard.
He was also helpless in his heart.
With such a Crown Prince, with such a ruler, he was helpless. If he had listened to Wei Zheng's advice when dealing with the Tang dynasty Academy, it would not be such a scene.
Everything was his own fault.
Wei Zheng said some things about Wang Bei. Once someone mentioned it later, he asked Li Jiancheng to answer according to Wei Zheng's advice and not to talk casually.
Wei Zheng went to the warehouse of the Eastern Palace, took the superior Jinchuang medicine and some money, and then went out of the Eastern Palace to Wang Bei's mansion.
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