Chapter 1453

"In addition to the carved Rooster gemstones, they also polished other small accessories, leaving a large piece of non luminous. The craftsman hid some stones and tried to transport the stripped shell home. In addition to him, other craftsmen also secretly hid some intercepted luminous stone beads."

The status of craftsmen is very low, especially in gaochangguo. Craftsmen are controlled by the nobility.

In their spare time, they farm in the village and directly recruit when necessary. They need a lot of money to get rid of their craftsmanship.

So they hid things and didn't dare to sell them for a while, so they hid them quietly.

Tang Dahan: "the rooster gem was presented to the Gaochang royal family by the dignitaries until the 14th year of Dazhen. The king of Gaochang allied with the Turks. His majesty sent Hou Ji and Xue wan to conquer Gaochang. The state of Gaochang was destroyed, and the gem was hidden by Hou Ji."

Isn't the 14th year of Da Zhen two years ago?

Bai Shan asked, "so Hou Ji didn't know there was a problem with this stone?"

Lord Tang picked his mouth slightly and said meaningfully: "the great prince Gaochang who once owned this gem knew that there was a problem with this gem. In the 14th year of Dazhen, his back house gave birth to two children with problems. Not to mention, the eldest son still had a nosebleed and died of weakness. He invited many husbands to come to the door. Finally, the people of the Buddhist temple told him that there was a problem with the stone."

"Before the destruction of the state of Gaochang, he had sent people to find the villages of the craftsmen, but before he could do anything, the state of Gaochang was destroyed. The eldest prince of Gaochang was captured. I checked the day before yesterday. He was dead, and all the people close to him who had served him were dead. But one of the people who had visited the village in those years was missing. He said that the eldest prince wanted to offer his majesty precious stones, He plotted against the royal family, but Hou Ji was greedy and hid most of the property collected from the Gaochang royal family. "

Lord Tang raised his head and looked at them. "Unfortunately, there are officials around Prince Gaochang who don't want to be slaves, so he told Hou Ji the secret of the gem in order to get preferential treatment."

Bai Shan asked, "where are those people?"

"They're all dead," said Tang dahuman. "They didn't return to the capital. They died of illness on the way."

Those were prisoners, not members of Gaochang royal family. They died when they died. Hou Ji had just made great achievements. The emperor and courtiers would not trouble Hou Ji for several officials of the enemy country.

Bai Shan thought of something, "I heard that the prince and Hou Ji are not in harmony."

Lord Tang nodded, "Hou Ji hid most of his property and killed the prisoners after he conquered Gaochang. Your highness is very impressed, but he took the lead in impeaching him."

He said: "he had lived and died with his majesty. In the third year of Dazhen, he was awarded the Duke of Yu, but in the sixth year of Dazhen, because he connived at domestic slaves to occupy land in Shangzhou, unfortunately, the crown prince was ordered to visit Jiuzhou and happened to be in Shangzhou."

The prince's temper was not very good. At that time, the slaves of the Hou family were not bad mouthed. He directly cut people off.

Of course, he not only killed other people's domestic slaves, but also Hou Ji's own brother.

It was Hou Ji's brother who ordered the domestic slaves to enclose the land. Of course, it may also be Hou Ji. Unfortunately, the crown prince cut too fast and didn't have time to ask for a confession.

However, Lord Tang felt that even if he asked, I'm afraid the merit of Hou Ji would be a mild reprimand in the end. There are many such things in the court.

Your majesty has always been kind to meritorious men.

The prince cut Hou Ji's brother, which made things big. At that time, the prince just got married, which was a time of infinite scenery.

At that time, no one knew that he was infertile, the feelings between his brothers were good, and no one robbed him, so he didn't lose his reason. Although he cut people down angrily, as soon as he returned to the capital, he immediately went into the palace to apologize and apologized to Hou Ji in front of the emperor and officials. With an apologetic face, he said that he was angry when he saw someone with slaves driving away good people and seizing land, I missed it for a while.

Kong Jijiu and bachelor Zhang were certainly not happy to see the prince and Hou Ji apologize they taught. They felt that the prince had done right and had a degree of hesitation. Although there were some illegal procedures, these defects could be ignored.

The humble officials led by Wei Zhi hated Xun GUI's enclosure of land, so they turned a blind eye to the crown prince's illegal means and directly attacked Hou Ji.

Even the emperor had to retreat in front of Wei Zhi's mouth, let alone Hou Ji.

When his brother died, he was very angry. When he was attacked by Wei Zhi and others, he directly lost his mind and fought with Wei Zhi in front of the emperor.

At that time, there was a very famous group fight in Chaoshang. Up to now, it will be mentioned by some old ministers from time to time.

For example, Lord Tang and his father, Lord Tang, were very brave. When Hou jichong came up, Lord Tang gave him a kick and saved Lord Wei standing next to him.

Of course, he was finally hit in the left face. His face was bruised and swollen for a long time. Even Lord Tang remembered it deeply.

"Your Majesty was angry that Hou Ji made a big fuss in court and couldn't restrain his family, so he was demoted to Zuo Yu Hou," said Lord Tang after saying the gratitude and resentment of that year, drinking a mouthful of tea and moistening his throat: "after that, Hou Ji was sent to Liangzhou town guard. He was the first merit when Da Zhen conquered Gaochang in the 14th year. He should have been promoted to the Duke of the state, but the result..."

Lord Tang coughed softly and said, "as a result, the prince couldn't see that he killed the prisoners. In addition, someone told him to hide property, so his highness wrote to investigate thoroughly. Your majesty didn't want to check... "

After all, people have just made great achievements. As soon as the front foot pulls the prisoner back, the back foot will check them. Whether you know it or not, you must think he can't tolerate meritorious officials after hearing it.

The Emperor didn't want to chill the meritorious officials, and Xun GUI of the half Dynasty expressed his opposition at that time. He felt that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, and the Emperor didn't want to check it.

Tang Dahan said: "but the prince went into the palace overnight. I don't know what he said to his majesty. The next day, his majesty ordered someone to check it. However, I checked it hastily and found nothing, but Hou Ji was not promoted. He was just rewarded with a lot of things and praised several times. "

But for Hou Ji, not being promoted is a punishment.

Now the world is getting safer and there are fewer and fewer wars. As generals, it is more and more difficult for them to make achievements. If they miss this time, he may not be promoted to the Duke of the country all his life.

Tang Dahan said: "after that, Hou Ji often complained about the crown prince, so it's no secret that they were not good. According to the information we have found now, one of Hou Ji's students gave it to a Hu Shang, asked the Hu Shang to give it to a secretary of the East Palace, and then the staff presented it to the crown prince. "

"Hu Shang and the Secretary of the East Palace took it, and they all didn't know the inside story," he said, "I think Hou Ji shouldn't have much power in the palace, so the crown prince gave you the gem and sent a letter to the study, and he didn't know that the gem had been sent out. He didn't send someone to rob it until Lord Yin gave the news."

Bai Shan was puzzled. "Lord Tang, why did you tell us this?"