Tibet

In Xuanyifang, Chang'an, a tall and thin man hurriedly walked into the square, quickly came to an alley, looked around, then got into the alley, walked all the way to the end, came to a wooden door, and took out The key opened the door, and when he was about to go in, he suddenly found someone inside the door. He was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, but someone in the courtyard grabbed him and dragged him in.

There were five or six burly men standing in the courtyard. The tall and thin man was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy, "I will definitely pay back the money. I promise to pay back the money. Please spare me today!"

A man wearing an internal guard uniform walked out of the room. He looked at the tall and thin man for a moment and asked, "Are you Zhao Yi from Tianzhaiya?"

"I am!"

The tall and thin man suddenly realized that they were not his creditors and asked in surprise: "Who are you and why did you break into my house?"

"We are internal guards and we have something to ask you!"

The general of the inner guard winked, and two sturdy men carried Zhao Yi and walked towards the living room.

Zhao Yi heard that the other party was an internal guard, which frightened him even more than meeting his creditor. He knelt on the ground, shaking like chaff.

"You don't have to be afraid, we won't hurt you, as long as you tell us something honestly, it might be good for you!"

"The villain must tell the truth!"

The internal guard general asked calmly: "About two years ago, you took an order to find a house for a mother and her son. We want to know where exactly this mother and son live?"

"Two years ago, a mother and son!"

Zhao Yi tried his best to remember, and then said: "I can't remember. Does the general have any other tips?"

The internal guard general said coldly: "The steward of Prime Minister Li Xian asked me to find him."

Mentioning the Prime Minister Li Xian, Zhao Yi suddenly realized, "I know, I am indeed the one who found it. It is a three-acre house in Xuanyifang. All the people in this area are mine!"

Li Xian was a cautious official and had no corruption or bribery. It was difficult to find clues. The internal guards found Li Xian's housekeeper. After some coercion and inducement, the housekeeper finally provided a clue. Li Xian had an illegitimate child, but he didn't know where he was hiding it. , I asked a man named Zhao Yi from Zhuangzhai Ya to find a house.

The inner guard followed the clues and found Zhao Yi.

"Tell me! Where is the house?"

"I can't tell, but I can take you there."

Zhao Yi said with a grimace: "It's just that I can't show up. Once I show up, my creditors will come to catch me!"

"Don't worry! It's just fifty dollars. If you take care of things for us, creditors won't come looking for you in the future."

Zhao Yi was overjoyed, "I'll take you there right now!"

Soon, Zhao Yi led several internal guards to a small house in Xuanyifang. The small house covered an area of ​​about two acres and the door was closed.

Zhao Yi pointed at the small house and said, "The woman and child you are looking for live here!"

"Didn't they move out?"

"No! I'll know if you move out."

At this time, the side door of the small house opened, and a little maid came out with a basket and walked quickly into the house.

Zhao Yi whispered: "This little lady is that woman's personal maid. I met her when I was renting a house."

The inner guard general nodded and winked, and the two inner guard soldiers immediately followed him silently.

………

Early in the morning, Li Ye met with Prince Ning Li Lin. Li Ye had received news from the internal defense. Li Lin finally woke up and did not sign the joint declaration, which made Li Ye very happy.

After all, Li Lin was kind to him, and he would not touch Li Lin unless he had to.

"I was so confused that I actually listened to the instigation of some people with ulterior motives and almost took the wrong path. Thanks to Leng Yue's reminder and His Highness's advice, I didn't become someone else's pawn."

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "Concern leads to chaos. It should be that the prince has more slave property. Abolition of slavery will cause losses, so the prince is anxious. I can understand."

"No! No! No!"

Li Lin quickly waved her hands and said: "I am a little confused. More than 8,000 slaves are nothing to my property. Why should I care? Besides, before my father died, my father repeatedly told me to treat my servants and the people well." To atone for his sins, I should have released all the slaves as civilians, regardless of whether there is an abolition order, so that I can give an explanation to my father, the old minister is a fool. "

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "It's too late for the prince to give them freedom now!"

Li Lin nodded, "I have ordered Butler Qiao to turn all slaves into civilians. If you want to leave, I will not stop you. If you want to continue renting land, I will welcome them. Their current residence will belong to them."

The old minister has informed me that all farm slaves will be exempted from two years of farm rent. Therefore, slaves who are engaged in business will be given two years of wages as compensation, all in the name of my father. I hope that my father can rest in peace. "

Li Ye smiled and nodded, "I have experienced your prince's kindness very early."

Li Lin sighed again: "I only have one son. In fact, he has been independent for a long time and has his own property. I can't spend all my wealth now in dozens of generations, so I hope to donate some to the elderly and orphans. I hope that Your Highness Set up a special institution to take care of these poor old people and children so that they have food to eat, clothes to wear, and a place to live. The veteran will donate a sum of money to this institution.”

Li Ye said happily: "Your Majesty's suggestion is very good. I will instruct the Ministry of Household Affairs to establish a Salesian Bureau and a nursing home as soon as possible, and establish a complete support system and supervision system. , take part of the land from the official land as special land for their relief. "

"Once established, the veteran will donate immediately!"

Li Ye personally escorted Li Lin out of the Purple Palace, which was a gesture.

Just as Li Lin left, Li Chenghua, the commander of the inner guard, hurried over.

She bowed and saluted, "Your Highness, the inner guard found Li Xian's child and the other woman he kept."

"Do you have any evidence?" Li Ye asked calmly.

"There is evidence. Our people found some letters in the study, including the name of the child and the arrangements for their mother and child. I believe that once the child stands up, Li Xian will not dare to deny it."

Li Ye nodded, "Transfer them well, and then hand over all the witnesses and evidence to the Censorate."

"I understand, I will hand it over today!"

Li Chenghua saluted and left in a hurry.

Li Ye stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, staring into the distance, his eyes full of murderous intent.

Originally, this kind of illegitimate child matter could be big or small. If Li Mi and Liu Yan committed it, nothing would happen. If other important officials committed it, it would not be made public, and at most he would resign himself.

But Li Xian was different. His persistent bloodline theory violated Li Ye's bottom line. In the Li Yu incident, he was the number one supporter of Li Yu's group. Li Ye had given him a chance because he was an honest official.

But Li Xian did not cherish it and tried to use the abolition order to collude with others. His purpose was to set off a wave of opposition on the eve of his enthronement and force him to delay or even cancel his enthronement.

Li Ye had been fed up and could not forgive him this time. He had to use the illegitimate child incident to completely overthrow and demote him and never use him again.

Li Xian just got the news that Ning Wang Li Lin met with the regent this morning, which made him angry.

He originally thought that Li Lin was just a little undecided and needed to be persuaded by himself before he could sign the statement. After all, he promised himself.

Unexpectedly, Li Lin turned around completely and left no room for him. This was equivalent to turning against him directly.

He was really depressed. He had been running for many days, and only more than 20 members of the royal family signed the declaration. They were all younger members of the royal family. The real older generation of royal family were scared out of their wits in the Li Lin case, and they all fled to Luoyang and lived in seclusion.

Now the only one who can shake the scene is Ning Wang Li Lin, who is also the only prince in the royal family. Now even he has turned against him, what is the meaning of this declaration?

It can't make any waves at all. It seems that it is difficult to change Li Ye's ascension to the throne.

Li Xian attaches great importance to bloodline. Although Li Ye is also a royal family, a descendant of Changping County Prince Li Shuliang, and a grandson of Li Linfu, in Li Xian's view, he is a heretic of bloodline. His ascension is essentially a usurpation of the throne, and the real Tang Dynasty was destroyed by him.

But now Li Lin has also betrayed, and Li Xian actually has a deep sense of powerlessness.

At this time, a voice came from the yard, "Excuse me, is Minister Li here?"

"Who are you?"

"We are officials from the Censorate, and we are here to invite Minister Li to the Censorate to cooperate with the investigation."

Li Xian was startled. He walked out of the official room quickly and saw three officials standing at the door. He knew the leader, the Imperial Censor Liu Anyi.

"Liu Yushi, what's the matter?"

Liu Anyi bowed and saluted, "I am ordered to invite Minister Li to the Censorate to assist in the investigation."

Liu Anyi took out a letter of assistance in the investigation signed by the Imperial Censor Yan Zhenqing, with the seal of the Censorate.

Li Xian knew that as long as the seal of the Censorate was stamped, it would be a case with solid evidence. It was only because of his high status that he used the words "assisting in the investigation" in a slightly polite way.

Li Xian snorted, "What crime have I committed that I should be taken to the Censorate for investigation?"

"It's not a crime, but it's not in line with Li Shangshu's status and it's a violation of official ethics. Li Shangshu knows a ten-year-old boy named Li Changkun!"

It was like a blow to the head. Li Xian felt dizzy. The illegitimate child he had concealed for a full ten years was finally exposed.