My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

After a while, Huaiqin came over with the mooncake making method and handed it to Eunuch Cheng. Then Li Longji asked again: "Marquis Dingkang, I want to ask you a question now."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"What do you think of Zhang Jiazhen?" Li Longji suddenly asked at this time.

Chang An thought about it, then looked at Gu Li again, wanting her to step aside for a while, but Li Longji added: "The Lady was frightened just now, so there is no need to step aside. It is okay to listen."

Chang An nodded, and then said: "Zhang Jiazhen is a man of officialdom, quick in decision-making, and good at making reports. He is a minister who can maintain the status quo. However, he is eager for personal gain and stubborn. In my opinion, he has ability but no virtue."

Li Longji nodded, and then Chang An said: "But if your majesty wants to be a good king who maintains the status quo, Zhang Jiazhen must stay. He is a capable minister who maintains the status quo and is beneficial to your majesty. If your majesty wants to be a pioneering king and make various contributions to the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Jiazhen must not be kept."

"What is preservation and what is development?"

"I am only a marquis, not an official of the Tang Dynasty. How dare I explain this to Your Majesty?" Chang An shook his head. "If I were to say this to Your Majesty today, it would be an offense to Your Majesty and a crime beyond the law."

"Your Majesty is the ruler of a country, the Son of Heaven. We can only help Your Majesty solve problems. This is the art of an emperor, not the art of a minister like us."

What he meant was that you have to think about this question yourself. If I tell you, it will be meaningless. Li Longji also knew that he had to figure this out on his own, so he nodded and said, "If you hadn't proposed to cancel the recommendation for the imperial examination, I would have made you an official today!"

"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty."

Li Longji stood up at this time and said, "Then I should go back to deal with the memorials. Marquis Dingkang does not need to see me off."

"Yonghe! Yonghe!"

"My dear Chang! My dear Chang!"

But before Li Longji started to move, he heard the voices of Song Jing, Yuan Qianyao and Chang Wenmeng coming from the door. Everyone in the main hall looked at the door. It was past lunch time, so naturally the door was opened.

Then Li Longji and Chang An looked at the door in confusion, only to see Song Jing and Yuan Qianyao running over with their own guards. But the other three were also stunned when they saw the unconscious guards from other families all over the ground.

"Mr. Song, Prime Minister Yuan, and Dr. Chang. Why are you here?" Li Longji walked out and asked.

Song Jing and others knelt down quickly, and then greeted: "Your Majesty, long live the emperor."

"Stand up and answer my questions."

As Chang'an's teacher, Song Jing was the first to answer: "Your Majesty, I just heard that Prime Minister Zhang is coming to embarrass Yonghe, and as his teacher, I will naturally come to help."

"Your Majesty, Marquis Dingkang is an old friend of mine, and he is here to help. I just didn't know that Your Majesty was visiting incognito today, so I am a little offended."

Li Longji said: "As long as I am here, Marquis Dingkang and Lady Zichuan will be safe. As for Zhang Jiazhen, who intends to kidnap and murder the nobles of the court, I will send the Dali Temple to arrest him."

"Your Majesty is holy."

"Since there is nothing else to do, I still need to go back to the palace. You can ask whatever you want to ask." Li Longji waved his hand, and then Eunuch Cheng also came in a carriage. He got on the carriage and left directly.

Chang Wenmeng hurried over at this time, took Chang An and Gu Li in his arms and asked, "Are you two okay?"

"Father, we are fine." Chang An shook his head and said with a smile, "We are fine, but Zhang Jiazhen is in trouble."

"That's true." Song Jing nodded and said, "He intends to murder the nobles of the court. Even if he is the prime minister, he will not be able to escape punishment."

Gu Li smiled at this time and said, "Mr. Song, you misunderstood. This is not what Chang Lang meant."

Song Jing was stunned for a moment, but Yuan Qianyao asked, "Madam Gu, I wonder what Young Master Chang meant? Could it be that Zhang Jiazhen has caused trouble again?"

"Just now, Your Majesty allowed Chang Lang to beat Zhang Jiazhen. He must be in great pain now." Gu Li explained with a smile.

Song Jing and Yuan Qianyao were even more stunned at this time, and then Chang Wenmeng asked: "He is the prime minister of the dynasty. What did he do that angered the heaven and the people that Your Majesty allowed you to hit him?"

Chang An's face darkened at this time, and he said, "He wants to kidnap Gu Niang."

Suddenly, the three old men were speechless. Kidnapping women and children was a crime second only to treason in Tang law, and it was the most despicable thing in the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Jiazhen dared to do this in front of the emperor.

"To be honest, I did shout at that time, and then I would have taken action regardless of whether His Majesty and Madam Gu agreed or not." Chang An said coldly.

But at this moment, Gu Li suddenly spoke up: "By the way, Chang Lang, His Majesty just said that we have secret guards in our house, what does that mean?"

"Secret guards are guards that are bought or hired to track and protect their masters at any time and anywhere." Yuan Qianyao explained, "If someone threatens the master's life, they will protect the master."

"But our family..." Gu Li frowned slightly, then suddenly understood and said, "Chang Lang, our family's secret guards are not Sister Qi and Sister Qi, right?"

Chang An was stunned for a moment, and when Gu Li saw him like this, he immediately knew the answer. Then he said angrily, "I was wondering why you told me about Qi Ajie and Qi Amei after you and Chang Lang went to Qi Wangfu that day, and even changed their status to good people."

"Don't be angry, Madam Gu. I'm just worried that you might be in danger."

Chang Wenmeng also helped to comfort him, "Yes, Li'er, you know Yonghe's current situation. If anything happened to you, he probably wouldn't want to live."

Chang An's expression froze instantly - what's the matter? Are you really hoping that something bad will happen to your son?

Gu Li was a little unhappy at this time, and said to Chang An: "Why didn't Chang Lang tell me about this?"

"I'm afraid that Mother Gu will be scared. After all, Sister Qi and Sister Qi follow Mother Gu everywhere. I'm afraid Mother Gu will be unhappy when she knows." Chang An said, scratching his head.

Yuan Qianyao also smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Madam Gu, please don't be angry. Young Master Chang is doing this for your own good. Besides, who among the officials like us doesn't have secret guards at home?"

"Yes, so Madam Gu can rest assured that your two secret guards will not disturb you." Song Jing also persuaded.

Gu Li finally calmed down and asked, "Can I see them now?"

But at this time Yuan Qianyao stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "No, because there are outsiders in the house. Madam Gu cannot ask them to come out now."

"outsider?"

Gu Li was a little confused at this time, then he looked outside the door and said, "There is no outsider."

Chang Wenmeng and Song Jing all laughed, and then said, "The outsiders that Prime Minister Yuan was talking about are us. You two are the only ones in the family who can see their lineup. If there are more than a third person, it will be bad."

Gu Li was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked around. The servants hadn't come out yet, and no one heard it, so Gu Li breathed a sigh of relief. Then Chang An said, "Forget it, since the master and Yuan Lao are here, let's go in and chat for a while."

"Alright."

......

The next day, when Li Longji continued to attend the morning court, he could still see Zhang Jiazhen standing in the court. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and then asked: "My dear ministers, I have a question that I would like to ask all of you present."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

All the ministers bowed their heads and listened to Li Longji speak.

"Are the laws of our Tang Dynasty strict? Is there a saying that officials should not be punished and common people should not be treated politely?" When Li Longji said this, he also looked at Zhang Jiazhen. As expected, when Zhang Jiazhen heard this question, his body trembled.

At this time, the Dali Temple Minister said: "Your Majesty, no. According to the Tang law, no matter whether you are a prime minister or a beggar on the street, if you violate the Tang law, you will be punished according to the law."

"What crime should Pan Siqing be charged for kidnapping women and children?" Li Longji asked again.

"Your Majesty, kidnapping women and children is second only to treason and murder. According to Tang law, the punishment should be beheading." The Dali Temple said, "If the woman is pregnant, the crime will be even more serious."

Li Longji nodded and asked, "What about officials who accept bribes?"

"Your Majesty, if an official accepts bribes, he should be dismissed from office, and the punishment will be decided based on the amount of corruption. In serious cases, he should be beheaded!"

"It seems that there are still people in our Tang Dynasty who understand Tang law, but why do some people break the law knowingly?" Li Longji said coldly, "Not only that, but they are also kidnapping women and children, and pregnant women?"

When these words came out, all the officials present were stunned. What else could be the reason for such questioning, except that someone in the court had committed a crime? Immediately, they looked at each other, and only Zhang Jiazhen and Yuan Qianyao, who were standing in the front, did not move.

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

While the officials were still guessing who it was, Doctor Zhang Jiazhen, who was standing in front, knelt down. Now the matter was clear. Then Li Longji looked at Zhang Jiazhen and said, "I thought you had to come and point out who did it yourself."

"Zhang Jiazhen, you are brave enough to take responsibility for your actions. You admitted it yourself."

At this time, some ministers who were related to Zhang Jiazhen also stood up and said, "Your Majesty is wise, there must be a misunderstanding!"

"Misunderstanding? Do you know who Zhang Jiazhen wants to kidnap?" Li Longji said, "He wants to kidnap Marquis Dingkang's wife, the Lady of Zichuan County! If I hadn't gone out incognito yesterday to discuss government affairs with Marquis Dingkang, I wouldn't have known that your Prime Minister Zhang would do such a thing!"

All the ministers except Yuan Qianyao were stunned. Zhang Jiazhen was really finished this time!