"How does Xiaogong think this matter should be handled?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Shimin has also thought about this matter, but has never found a good solution.

A light punishment would harm the royal family's face, so Zhang Sun Chong cannot be executed.

Even if he doesn't consider Changsun Wuji, he still has to worry about Queen Changsun's mood.

Li Xiaogong didn't expect that Li Shimin would ask him, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I am in charge of the clan's mansion, and Changsun Chong is not under the clan's mansion."

"This matter concerns the royal family's face. You are the Zongzheng of the clan, and this matter is also within your scope of responsibility. Why can't you take care of it?" Li Shimin said.

Li Xiaogong knew that he couldn't fool him, so he thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you let your eldest grandson rush into the army and atone for his sins?"

The name "exile to the army" probably only officially appeared around the Song Dynasty, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that it began to be commonly used as a punishment name.

However, sending criminals into the army has appeared very early in Chinese history, and has been used continuously.

Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was no fixed system, and it was only used occasionally, with random and temporary characteristics. For example, in the 33rd year of Qin Shihuang (214 BC), he "motivated the dead, adopted son-in-laws, and Jia people, and took over the land of Luliang"

", among them were those who recruited "unruly people" and other criminals to fight in the army; Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in the fourth year of Tianhan (97 BC), once sent the "Seven Branches" from all over the world to follow the Second Division General Li Guangli out of Shuofang, among which

Most of the people who were recruited into the army were guilty. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the provision of death for guarding the border gradually appeared. For example, during the Emperor Gaozong of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Minister Yuan He wrote a letter proposing, "If you are not a great treason, the crime of killing with bare hands will be punishable by taking stolen goods."

"Those who have committed crimes such as theft and wrongdoing and committed crimes can be relegated to the border." Gao Zong then ordered "Those who have entered the deceased after death will be forgiven and moved to the border." ("Book of Wei·Yuan He Zhuan") During this period, not only

Send criminals to the army, and make "sending criminals into soldiers" a severe punishment up to and including death.

Confinement was not a conventional criminal law in the Tang Dynasty, so the operation was naturally much simpler.

And with Changsun Chong's identity, no matter which army he is assigned to, for Changsun Wuji's sake, Changsun Chong will not be in any danger, which is equivalent to a formality.

Li Xiaogong understood that Li Shimin did not really want to punish Changsun Chong, otherwise he would not have asked him.

Therefore, he came up with such a way.

Exiling the army can allow Changsun Chong to leave Chang'an for a period of time. When the news of this incident passes, no one will mention it again when Changsun Chong comes back.

Li Shimin thought for a while and realized that this was indeed a good idea. He then said, "Public order: Changsun Chong will punish the following offenders and serve as a brave guard. If they do not make meritorious services, they will never be allowed to return to Chang'an."

"Yes." Li Mu responded.

Naturally, Li Shimin did not need to write the imperial edict himself. There were officials responsible for drafting the edict. In the end, Li Shimin only needed to stamp it with a jade seal.

It didn't take long for Changsun Wuji to know Li Shimin's punishment for Changsun Chong.

Sun Wuji, the commander of the army, had no reaction at all, but when he heard that the brave guards had been transferred to the army, Changsun Wuji's expression finally changed.

Lin Xuan is the brave general of the Wei Dynasty. Whether Changsun Chong has any merit or not is not Lin Xuan's word.

The imperial edict said that if you don't perform meritorious deeds, you will never come back.

The important thing is that Changsun Wuji knows his son very well, and he doesn't know how to march and fight. If others don't give the Changsun family face, how can Changsun Chong have the ability to make meritorious deeds.

Changsun Wuji pondered for a while, wrote an invitation in his own handwriting, and said: "Someone, please send this invitation to the Marquis of Jingyang's Mansion."

"Yes." The butler bowed, accepted the invitation, and left.

…

Lin Xuan came back from the palace and did not see Li Lizhi, so he asked strangely: "Where is the princess?"

"Back to Prince Consort, the princess is painting in the study." Qing Yi said.

draw?

Lin Xuan suddenly thought of the painting mastery he had received as a sign-in reward before, but he had never used it again.

Thinking of this, Lin Xuan went directly to the study room.

Li Lizhi painted very carefully and did not notice Lin Xuan coming in.

Ziyi, who was waiting on the side, saw Lin Xuan coming in. He was about to salute but Lin Xuan stopped him.

Lin Xuan quietly came behind Li Lizhi and took a look.

Li Lizhi painted a picture of two giant pandas playing, and it looks like she is almost finished.

Although due to the close exchanges between the Central Plains and many Asian countries during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty absorbed the culture of other countries in all aspects, and the classic model of benign development of compatibility and coexistence made the culture of the Tang Dynasty more prosperous and prosperous.

Painting is one of them.

The painting art of the Tang Dynasty absorbed the experience of the "sfumato method" of the Western Regions, enriched the expression of the techniques, and laid an important foundation for the development and innovation of art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

But in essence, the painting style of the Tang Dynasty still used form to depict spirit, which ordinary people could not appreciate at all.

It just so happened that Lin Xuan was an ordinary person, and he couldn't tell whether the paintings painted by Li Lizhi were good or bad.

After Li Lizhi put away the pen, she looked at it and nodded with satisfaction. She changed a pen and wrote her name.

"I have long heard that the lady is good at painting, but today's meeting is indeed extraordinary. The words have both form and spirit, and are lifelike. I am afraid she can be compared with those of Yan Shaojian." Lin Xuan saw Li Lizhi stop writing, clapped his hands and said with a smile.

Although Lin Xuan couldn't understand it, he praised people with ease.

Li Lizhi was startled by the sudden voice. When she looked back, she saw that it was Lin Xuan and glared at him angrily.

Hearing Lin Xuan's praise, Li Lizhi said with some embarrassment: "My husband is joking, how can I compare with Yan Shaojian?"

Although Yan Liben has not yet painted masterpieces such as "Picture of the Walking Chariot" and "Picture of Emperors of All Dynasties" that have been passed down through the ages, he is still a very famous painter in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Lizhi is relatively confident in her accomplishments in painting and dare not say that she can compare with Yan Liben.

"Why can't we compare? Madam's paintings are more delicate than Yan Shaojian's paintings, which is something Yan Shaojian's paintings don't have." Lin Xuan said.

"My husband also knows how to paint?" Li Lizhi said in surprise.

"Um." Lin Xuan said a little unnaturally: "I understand a little bit."

He can't just say that he was just talking nonsense.

Although the system rewarded him with proficiency in painting, he couldn't tell if he was asked to do so.

Just like Zhao Yunzhiyong, those marksmanship just appeared in his mind, and he could use it, but if he was asked to say it, he couldn't explain it.

Before, Yuchi Baolin and the others asked him for marksmanship lessons, but he didn't know how to teach them and could only practice sparring with them.

But Li Lizhi took it seriously and said: "Husband, this painting is a random painting by me. Now I will paint a new one and ask your husband to evaluate it."

With that said, Li Lizhi took away the paperweight, picked up the painting she had just drawn, and put it aside casually.

"Wait, how can you be so casual?" Lin Xuan carefully took the painting aside and put it away.

Now that the ink paint has not completely dried, Lin Xuan dare not roll it up, otherwise the painting will be ruined.

"Husband, there are many things that have not been done well in that painting, so don't worry about it so much," Li Lizhi said.
Chapter completed!