Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Wang Wenjian and Cui Wenyuan reported this matter to the elders of the clan. The answer of the elders is: promise to come down.

Cui Wenyuan pondered for a long time, and finally understood Li Shimin's intention.

Officials from Shandong and Hebei are deeply involved with the Wang family and the Cui family. Li Shimin always wanted to insert his own people into these two places to strengthen the imperial court's control over Shandong and Hebei, but he could not find a suitable one. Excuse. This corruption incident was a golden opportunity, and Li Shimin seized it decisively.

Corruption of people's disaster relief money and food is of course a very serious matter, but for aristocratic families, it may not be so bad that it cannot be dealt with. With the background of Taiyuan Wang family and Boling Cui family, if they want to be strong to keep their children, there is no way - for example, find a way to raise doubts about Li Shimin's investigation results, and then the two sides will fight back and forth, and finally it will be smooth They fell into a stalemate where no one could do anything to anyone.

Such an approach is certainly effective, but it will further damage the reputation of these aristocratic families. After all, procrastination can only be delayed for a while. After a long time, everyone will naturally have their own opinions. But there is no way to do this. If the aristocratic family does not do this, they will lose their reputation and lose their actual control over Shandong and Hebei. Then they might as well just lose face and cling to these practical benefits and not let go.

Li Shiming is smart here: he gave Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian a chance to expose their family members.

Killing relatives in righteousness is a matter that is very in line with people's moral aesthetics. Although the Cui family and the Wang family have produced a lot of corrupt officials, if their own family members stand up and expose them in the end, the corruption incident will not simply smear the reputation of the two families.

After hearing such a story, the common people would only feel that although the Cui family and the Wang family had some corrupt officials, their own family could not tolerate such behavior and took the initiative to expose this matter to His Majesty. This shows that the Cui family and the Wang family The Wang family is not all bad guys. After all, there are two such big families, and it is inevitable that some scum will emerge.

After the turn of public opinion, although the reputation of the Cui family and the Wang family will still be somewhat damaged, it is generally acceptable. For these big families, reputation is more important than anything else. As long as they have reputation, these officials who have been dismissed are just temporary gains and losses, and they will have a chance to win back sooner or later.

As for Li Shimin, of course he also hoped that the reputation of these powerful families would be wiped out, and his Longxi Li family would immediately become the most noble family in the world. But this is not realistic. He knew very well that the prestige accumulated by these aristocratic families for so long would not be easily crushed, and he needed to take his time. Therefore, what he wants more now is actually the practical benefits, that is, to successfully use the corruption incident to clear away some of the nails that the Cui family and the Wang family have planted in Shandong and Hebei, so as to make room for his troops.

In this way, the aristocratic family chose to give up part of the actual benefits to preserve their reputation, while Li Shimin gave up fatal damage to the aristocratic family and chose tangible and practical benefits. A violent political storm thus quietly completed the exchange of interests.

Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian are just two key chess pieces. They never really had a choice.

"Cui Wenyuan, Wang Wenjian, chief bookkeeper of the Xuanhu Department!" The ugly voice of the servant came over clearly, interrupting Cui Wenyuan's thoughts.

"Let's go." He said to Wang Wenjian beside him, and then he stepped out of the shadows first. Even if there is a dead end ahead, he can only move forward.

On the same day, Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian announced to the civil and military officials that many officials from Shandong and Hebei had embezzled disaster relief funds and food. The emperor was furious, and decreed that all the officials be beheaded. The male members of the family were exiled for thousands of miles, and all the female family members were punished and sent to the Jiaofang Division to serve as official prostitutes. As for Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian, because of their meritorious service in tracing the accounts, they were promoted to the top rank and rewarded with a hundred catties of copper coins.

Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian thanked each other with tears, weeping with grief.

Li Xin heard about these things after the court meeting ended. At that time, he was thinking about how to make moon cakes at home, when Wang Gui suddenly ran over and told him that a group of censors were asking to see him outside the Chu Palace.

He was a little confused immediately: Yushi? You're not here to impeach me, are you? It's not right, I should go to His Majesty Li Er to impeach me, what's the matter with coming directly to my house?

Li Xin couldn't think of a clue, so he had no choice but to meet these officials in person with the mentality of "it's a blessing, not a disaster, and a disaster can't be avoided". Unexpectedly, as soon as he saw this group of people, they bowed in unison and saluted, and said loudly: "Please forgive the sin, King Chu!"

After Cui Yongquan's explanation, Li Xin understood what happened—oh, it turned out that he was slapped in the face by his "Teacher's Talk", and then he was punished by His Majesty Li Er to apologize.

Tell me about you guys, why are you staring at me all the time? Am I, Li Xin, easy to bully? It's not okay to bully my apprentice, let alone bully me! It's all right now, let me ask you if your face hurts?

Li Xin smiled wildly in his heart, but his face was quite humble. There is no way, after all, I will still be in Datang in the future, so there is no need to really get stuck with these officials from Yushitai.

Then, Li Xin casually chatted with these officials, and heard the most bombshell news in the court today-that is, the discovery of many officials in Shandong and Hebei for embezzling disaster relief funds and food.

Just when he was still feeling complacent about his double-entry bookkeeping method and Dashi writing, he heard the following sentence: "Your Majesty is furious, all the officials involved will be executed, wives and children should be exiled, Those who should be fined to the Jiaofang Division should be punished to the Jiaofang Division. Tsk tsk, how miserable."

Li Xin was shocked immediately, and his face was still very ugly until the officials of Yushitai left.

Wang Gui was keenly aware of the abnormality of his prince, and asked with concern: "My lord, what's wrong?"

Li Xin squeezed out a smile, and said, "It's nothing, I just thought of something suddenly, you don't have to worry." He paused, and said, "I'm going for a walk, you don't have to follow me." out the door heavily.

Looking at Li Xin's distraught back, Wang Gui felt worried, and finally sent two guards to follow him. These two guards were also veterans of many battles back then, and stalking and stalking was their unique skill, and they could definitely protect Li Xin Zhouquan without anyone noticing.

On the street, Li Xin walked in a daze. The words of those officials continued to echo in his ears.

"Exile. Jiaofang Division."