Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Li Dao: "Your Majesty knows that I am a very lazy person. In fact, I don't want to care about things that have nothing to do with me. But this matter is different. I am involved in the cause and effect of it, so I can't help being moved."

"Cause and effect?" Li Shimin repeated strangely.

"Yes." Li Xin said with a wry smile, "After all, the double-entry bookkeeping method and the Dashi characters are my own. I am certainly happy that His Majesty used it to find out so many corrupt officials. But if it is implicated, then I would also feel sad about how many innocent women and children there are. Your Majesty, it is those officials who are corrupt and accepting bribes, not these women and children. Why should they be caught? It is better to let them go, which can also show your majesty's benevolence."

Only then did Li Shimin understand the reason why Li Xin intervened in this matter. He shook his head and said: "The imperial decree has already been issued. You are not joking, and I have no reason to take it back. Moreover, the embezzlement of disaster relief money and food has a great impact, and it is not enough to deter all officials without severe punishment."

Li Daodao: "The purpose of deterring all officials is to reduce the occurrence of such corruption incidents in the future. However, with the double-entry bookkeeping method and Dashi characters, the probability of corruption and bribery will decrease, and your majesty's goal has been achieved. Your Majesty can let these people go."

Li Shimin remained silent.

Li Xin said again: "This big case in Shandong, the strength of the Cui family and the Wang family has been greatly injured. Let's not talk about the pawns that were abandoned by the two families for the time being, but the remaining members of the two families should be panicked, afraid of what they will do in the future." When the family charged into the battle, it once again became a pawn that was decisively abandoned by the family. At this time, if His Majesty just killed the chief culprit and left these women and children, it is entirely possible to attract those who are not determined to fall to His Majesty, and it will be more paralyzing to the Cui family and the Wang family. They thought His Majesty was indecisive, leaving room for future plans."

Li Shimin raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Xin, and there was a flicker of light in his eyes. He joked: "You have repeatedly emphasized that you are not good at playing with your mind, but looking at it now, I don't think your mind is less than those old foxes."

"Your Majesty, don't make fun of me." Li Xin quickly excused himself, and then continued, "After all, the double-entry bookkeeping and the big food script helped Your Majesty find out such a big case. The humble minister should have some credit, right? Your Majesty I haven’t been rewarded yet. Now, I don’t want this last time either, and together with the reasons above, I implore Your Majesty to let these women and children go. I hope His Majesty will agree!”

After speaking, Li Xin bowed to the ground and made a big gift.

Li Shimin was silent for a long time, then sighed, and said: "That's all. Let's do it like this. All the family members of the prisoners will be entrusted to you as slaves, King Li Xin of Chu, and let you handle it."

This is already a big concession. Compared with exile and Jiaofangsi, Chu Palace is definitely a heavenly place. Moreover, His Majesty Li Er also said that these women and children were given to Li Xin as slaves, and they can be disposed of by Li Xin. Well, he can completely destroy these documents, release everyone, turn them back into ordinary citizens, and live their own lives.

Li Shimin patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said, "You should be a good person yourself."

Li Xin quickly thanked him and said, "It's all due to His Majesty's grace. I didn't do anything."

Li Shimin shook his head with a smile, and said, "What a wonderful little fox, why doesn't he want to be an official?"

Hearing this, Li Xin's heart tightened, so he had to show a standard mentally handicapped smirk, trying to wash away Li Shimin's evaluation of his intelligence.

Li Shimin didn't know what Li Xin was thinking, he rolled his eyes speechlessly, kicked Li Xin hard, and said, "Get out, get out, I really get annoyed just looking at you."

Li Xin rubbed his buttocks, pretended to scream twice, and praised: "Your Majesty's kick is really powerful, it shows that your majesty is strong and healthy, and the minister there is relieved to leave."

Li Shimin glared at Li Xin, and said: "Don't leave if you are cunning again, first get a twenty big board before leaving, I will do it myself, and let you know how strong I am!"

How could Li Xin dare to speak too much, and immediately slid out of the hall.

Li Shimin saw that Li Xin didn't look upright, he burst out laughing, shook his head, and murmured: "This kid is living a clear life." As he spoke, he looked down at the pile of memorials piled up in front of him. , sighed, once again sank into the seemingly endless work.

Li Shimin's second edict was issued soon. The imperial decree said that the king of Chu had a benevolent heart and pleaded for the family members of the offenders. His Majesty fulfilled the kindness of the king of Chu, so he gave all the 243 family members of the offenders to the king of Chu and let them be punished.

With the imperial decree, the actions of the officials were also very fast. Almost in the afternoon when the imperial decree was issued, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment who were in charge of this matter brought more than two hundred people out of the back door of the Chu Palace. Wang Gui and the officials counted the number of people one by one, and after the handover was completed, they politely sent several officials of the Ministry of Punishment and the officials who escorted the prisoners away.

Almost half of these prisoners are children, and the rest are mostly women of all ages, with occasional old people mixed in. Most people's eyes were full of panic and uneasiness, obviously feeling very confused and uneasy about the fate they were about to face.

A little boy huddled behind his mother and asked anxiously, "Are we going to be exiled soon?"

The mother touched the little boy's head, and was about to speak, when Wang Gui grinned and smiled as gently as possible: "You don't need to be exiled, and you don't need to be sent to the Jiaofang Division. Shan, I pleaded with you in front of His Majesty, and you will be members of Chu Palace from now on. Don’t worry, at least eat well and dress warmly, our prince treats his servants very well.”

Wang Gui was showing kindness to the children, but a young man about twelve or thirteen years old snorted coldly in the crowd not far away, as if he sneered at Wang Gui's words.

He was also wearing a prisoner's tattered clothes, his face was dirty, and the corner of his mouth was curled down with hatred: "Isn't it the king of Chu who turned us into such a person? Now he is so hypocritical and pretends to be a good person. It's disgusting." .”

As soon as this remark came out, the middle-aged woman beside him suddenly changed her face, quickly covered the boy's mouth, and apologized to Wang Gui whose expression had turned cold, and said softly: "Children are not sensible, this old man Don't worry about it. All of us are grateful for the kindness of the prince."

"You don't have to be so against your will." A refreshing youthful voice suddenly came from the corridor not far away, and everyone looked up in unison, and it was Li Xin standing there in casual clothes.