Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 868
Chapter 864

Li Shimin was very satisfied when he learned that Li Chengqian had taken action.

Now Li Shimin is a bit older, plus Li Ke and Li Tai, they can't do it, and Li Zhi probably can't do it now, so Li Shimin also figured it out.

In fact, as a prince, Li Chengqian is really good, but it is still not enough. Li Shimin now needs to train Li Chengqian to be decisive in killing. This time is a very good experience.

If Li Chengqian hadn't done anything, then Li Shimin would have been disappointed. Now that Li Chengqian had done something, Li Shimin was relieved a lot, and he was also relieved about the future of Datang, and he would not continue to make trouble for Li Chengqian.

And this time, Li Chengqian took action, explaining what Li Chengqian understands is the most important thing in the Tang Dynasty. The so-called royal family, if it can be consistent with the court, it can still be used. If it can't be consistent, then there is no need to keep it. , it's better to clean it up thoroughly, so as not to cause trouble in the future.

After all, the influence of the royal family, especially the vassal king, still exists. If it is not eradicated, it will still bring huge troubles to the stability of the court. Therefore, Li Shimin now wants to test Li Chengqian to see what Li Chengqian will do next.

But at this moment, Li Yuanli, the king of Xu Kang in Luoyang, learned that some masters were arrested, and those masters followed them.

"What do you mean by the East Palace?" Li Yuanli said while sitting there, rubbing his head.

"I don't know, the East Palace arrests people. I don't know if it is His Majesty's intention or the East Palace's intention. If it is His Majesty's intention, then it will be a bit troublesome!" King Han Li Yuanjia said a little worried.

"I don't think it was His Majesty's intention. If it was His Majesty's intention, could the two of us still sit here? I think we would have been called to the palace to give lectures long ago!" Li Yuanli thought about it, and said to Li Yuanjia.

"Well, but the Eastern Palace arrests people like this, so we are not afraid that we vassal kings will oppose him at that time. Now King Jin has been fighting with Eastern Palace. If he does this, don't you worry that we will all join King Jin?" Li Yuanjia said with some doubts.

"I don't know! Who knows what he thinks, but we need to speed up here. If we don't speed up, I'm worried that there will be changes. Now let's control those workshops first. I feel like this , Even if His Majesty blames us at that time, we won't lose if we control those workshops, otherwise we won't get anything, that's no good!" Li Yuanli said looking at Li Yuanjia.

Li Yuanjia heard it and nodded. They were still a little worried about the actions taken by Donggong now, but they thought it shouldn't be a big problem.

The next morning, some ministers knew that the East Palace had taken action. Those vassal kings found the ministers and began to publish impeachment memorials. The impeachment department arrested people indiscriminately and groundlessly.

While in the court, Li Chengqian sat in the position belonging to the prince and listened to the arguments of the ministers below.

Li Chengqian arrested someone, some were not convinced, but some applauded, and now they are arguing below.

After arguing for about a quarter of an hour, Li Chengqian said: "Okay, the Ministry of Criminal Justice means to arrest people. What's wrong? Can't arrest them? They have someone's life in their hands. Don't think that Gu doesn't know how they forced those businessmen , since they are arrested, it is because they have problems, this matter has already been reported to the father, and the father will reply soon, and the criminal department, continue to investigate those people!"

Sitting there, Li Chengqian spoke, those ministers who opposed heard it, looked at each other, and said nothing more.

"Yes, Your Highness, the interrogation is already underway!" Li Daozong also stood up immediately, and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, anyway, we have to find out. Although they are nobles, they can't break the law. Don't think that they are nobles, so they can do whatever they want!" Li Chengqian said while sitting there, staring at the ministers.

"Your Highness, may I ask that they killed people, but there is conclusive evidence?" A minister stood up and said to Li Chengqian.

"The Ministry of Criminal Justice is investigating, what's wrong?" Li Chengqian looked at the minister and said.

"Investigate, that is, there is no conclusive evidence. I don't believe they will do such a thing!" The minister said with his hands clasped.

"When does the Criminal Ministry handle the case and need to report to you?" Li Daozong looked at the minister displeasedly and said.

The minister was stunned for a moment when he heard it, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

"Okay, the money has been approved by the Ministry of War, but there is not much money on the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Now so many workshops are closed, King Jin!" Li Chengqian called Li Zhi, who immediately stood up.

"The minister is here!" Li Zhi stood up.

"The workshops on Jingzhao Mansion's side, let them resume work as soon as possible. If someone still makes trouble, Jingzhao Mansion needs to deal with it as soon as possible. Don't wait for all the workshop owners to run away. You Jingzhao Mansion is still waiting and watching. !" Li Chengqian looked at Li Zhi and said.

"Yes!" Li Zhi became a little unhappy when he heard that. With so many vassal kings acting, it is not easy to stop them by himself. Besides, if you don't talk to those vassal kings, what's the use of me going.

"For the workshops in Luoyang, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment, you also need to send official documents to let those workshops start work as soon as possible, ordering the Luoyang government to report to the Ministry of Punishment if anyone makes trouble, and the Ministry of Punishment will arrest people. No matter who it is, you can catch it first!" Li Chengqian then looked at the ministers below and said.

"Yes!" Tang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Li Daozong, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, said immediately, clasping their hands together.

"Well, there are no other matters. If there is any emergency at the Ministry of War, please report at any time!" Li Chengqian then looked at Li Xiaogong, Minister of the Ministry of War, and said.

Li Xiaogong stood up, cupped his hands to Li Chengqian and said, "Yes, Your Highness!"

"Well, the other things are gone, is there anything else to play?" Li Chengqian looked at those people and asked.

"Return to Your Highness, I have it!" At this moment, Peng Si Wang Li Yuan stood up and said to Li Chengqian.

"Tell me!" Li Chengqian nodded. He doesn't like these emperor uncles very much now, and he just knows how to make trouble.

"It's like this, those workshop owners dare to stop working now, it's better to arrest them directly, send someone to take over their workshops, let the workshops continue to produce, and bring taxes to our court!" Li Yuan Ze looked at Li Chengqian and said.

"Go back to Your Highness, no!" Wei Chen immediately stood up and said with cupped hands.

"Why not?" Li Yuanze immediately said displeased when he saw that it was Wei Chen.

"Your Highness, if you do this, it's equivalent to drinking poison to quench your thirst. Your Highness, you must not do this!" Wei Chen said very anxiously.

"It's so serious. Now those workshops have stopped working. If there is no production, there will be no taxation in the court. If there is no taxation, how will we fight in the Tang Dynasty, and how will the salaries of you officials be distributed?" Li Yuanze Staring at Wei Chen, he said dissatisfied.

"Your Highness, I agree with Wei Shilang's words. It's really impossible. If you do this, then, those businessmen will dare to open workshops. If they don't open workshops, the tax revenue of the court will drop sharply, and the income of the people will also drop. , At that time, we will still have to collect taxes, and the pressure on the rice people will increase, so this will not work!" Fang Xuanling also stood up at this moment, and said with cupped hands.

"My minister agrees!"

"The ministers seconded the proposal!" At this time, a large number of princes and ministers of the court were seconded.

"Well, King Peng Si, you heard it too, this is not acceptable, those workshops are closed, thinking about it, you are clear, if you want those workshops to stop working, you need to show something! " Li Chengqian looked at Li Yuanze and said.

"Express, what can we express?" Li Yuanze pretended to be confused and said.

Now Li Yuanze is also a little bit angry. After all, many of the workshops he controlled have shut down and stopped producing, and he wants to snatch those workshops from Wei Hao's house. Now they are also shut down. There was no chance to do anything, so I could only watch helplessly.

Of course, they also know that Wei Hao can live well even without those workshops. After all, Wei Hao’s family has a lot of farmland, and there are also some workshops in Luoyang. In addition, Wei Hao made a lot of money before. It's a lot of money, and now the workshop is shut down, forcing those feudal lords to have no choice. They are worried that when Wei Hao comes back, it will be troublesome.

They know Wei Hao's character. It has improved a lot these years, but it doesn't mean that Wei Hao is easy to bully. Once he gets angry, it will be very troublesome.

And there are many people around Wei Hao who support him, otherwise, things would not have developed like this in today's court meeting.

After the court, Li Yuan left very unhappy. He was dissatisfied with Wei Chen. Now they want to deal with Wei Chen, and it is also difficult. One is that Wei Chen is not short of money, and his family also has a lot of workshop shares. Wei Hao got these shares for him.

If Wei Chen is not corrupt, they have no way to deal with Wei Chen. As for dereliction of duty, favoritism and fraud, it is even more impossible. Wei Chen is notoriously cautious in doing things, and he is now the Duke of the state. There are so many good friends around him, it is impossible to deal with Wei Chen, but he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't deal with Wei Chen!
"Your Highness, I'm afraid this matter is troublesome! You heard what His Royal Highness said today. His Royal Highness is going to let the Jingzhao Mansion take action. Before the Jingzhao Mansion was not satisfied with our workshops, now we have With the crown prince's instruction, I think King Jin may make a big move!" A minister came to Li Yuanze's side and said.

"How dare he, a prince who has just left the mansion and is still young, dares to confront us?" Li Yuanze said with a sneer.

They were disdainful of Li Zhi, because they had approached Li Zhi before, but Li Zhi refused.

(End of this chapter)