Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

"If we do nothing, let them continue to embezzle the imperial property?"

Pei Ju, as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, no one knows better than him how important the money is. The state treasury was not easy when the Tang Dynasty was first established.

Pei Ju hated corrupt officials deeply.

"But if they are all caught, I think the impact will be very bad."

Changsun Wuji suggested: "Those officials can deal with a batch first, and the rest will be dealt with one after another when we stabilize. Those who cannot be let go should not be let go."

Du Ruhui said, "Your Majesty, I agree with Mr. Pei's approach, and we must arrest them all. If we deal with them separately, other people must be aware of them and prepare in advance. At that time, even if we have evidence of accounts, we may not be able to catch them all." people."

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I also agree with Mr. Pei."

"Your Majesty, I think you should think twice about this matter!"

Lu Guogong Hou Junji shook his head, he agreed with Changsun Wuji and Xiao Yu's suggestion.

"If everyone is arrested, it will be difficult for the imperial court to add so many officials to their posts in a short period of time. This will lead to government affairs being left unattended, and it will be difficult for the imperial court to continue to operate."

Tang Jian, Duke of the State of Ju, also agreed with Xiao Yu, and their ideas were relatively conservative.

As a result, various disagreements arose between the DPRK and China. Some insisted that they should be severely punished, while others said that it should not be rushed.

"Wei Qing, what do you think?"

Li Shimin's eyes fell on Wei Zheng who had not spoken much.

"Your Majesty, I also agree with Mr. Pei's idea."

Wei Zheng nodded slightly, and continued: "However, Mr. is currently in Yantie Division."

If you are undecided, you should go to the gentleman. Anyway, the strategy given by the gentleman must be no problem. It turns out that the gentleman understands everything.

"Wei Qing is right!"

Li Shimin felt relieved, since he hadn't seen Li Yi'an for a long time, he said, "Come here, go to the Yantie Division."

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Salt Iron Division.

Li Yi'an called Yuchi Jingde over, and the two discussed a series of issues such as the amount of salt produced recently, the subsequent pricing, and how to sell it.

To rectify salt and iron, the key point is of course salt. The big moves of the imperial court will cause the aristocratic families to rise up and rebel. Then their new salt will be launched according to the trend and quickly occupy the market, making the salt of the five surnames Qiwang not as cheap as sand .

"Sir, I have prepared everything, and I am waiting for your order. If you say yes, we will sell the salt immediately."

Yuchi Jingde continued: "Then I will connect with Mr. Pei, and give all the benefits I get, excluding the expenses of our Yuchi family, to the national treasury. I won't ask for a penny more."

Li Yi'an said: "There is no rush now, wait for two more days, wait for His Majesty's big move, that is our chance."

"The saint is here!"

However, just as Li Yi'an finished speaking, the voice of an eunuch with a duck voice came from outside.

Just mentioned that His Majesty will do something soon, Li Shimin will come right away, Li Yi'an thinks it's really a coincidence, they can only go out to greet him.

"Sir, you're welcome, it turns out that Jingde is also here."

Li Shimin walked in with a smile, and said again: "There's been a lot of things lately, I haven't visited Mr. for a long time, are you still used to it in the Yantie Division?"

"Thanks to His Majesty's concern, this place is very good. General Yuchi is here to discuss with me about selling salt in a few days."

Li Yian nodded slightly, and briefly told about Yuchi Jingde.

Seeing this, Chen Guangrui next to him was completely dumbfounded, why His Majesty is so kind to Mr., no wonder Mr. Wang looked down on Mrs. Wang.

When Zheng Chengping and the others saw him, they all looked at Li Yi'an curiously, and then stepped aside. After all, they didn't have a place to talk here.

"Those salt, you have to work hard to respect virtue."

After Li Shimin sat down, he said again.

"Sharing worries for the country, this is what a minister should do, it's not hard work at all."

Yuchi Jingde quickly responded.

"Sir, there is something today that I need to ask you."

Li Shimin glanced over Zheng Chengping, waved his hands and said, "Go down first!"

After these people left the main hall, Li Yi'an asked, "Your Majesty asked about those corrupt officials?"

Mr. really knows everything.

"Should I be caught?"

Li Shimin asked.

"Of course, why not catch him?"

Li Yi'an said with certainty: "They are greedy for so much money from the imperial court. In the process, they killed countless innocent people. Does His Majesty want to keep them and continue to greedy and harm people?"

The eldest grandson Wuji who followed said: "Over 100 officials have been arrested, how will the government affairs of the court be handled?"

Li Yi'an said with a smile: "In this world, there is never a shortage of people who want to be officials. Let me ask Uncle Sun Guo a question, have you ever received a letter from a poor scholar asking for recommendation as an official?"

"Of course there is!"

As the uncle of the dynasty, Changsun Wuji has a prominent status, and there are definitely many poor people who wrote letters to him.

"There should be some diners in Uncle Guo's mansion, who usually write articles for Uncle Guo, right?"

Li Yian continued to ask him.

"Also!"

Changsun Wuji did not deny it.

"That's enough. Select a group of people with both character and ability from those poor scholars who have submitted letters, or the family members of the mansion, and recommend them as officials. This can temporarily fill the vacancy, and even promote them from the lower-level officials."

Li Yi'an said: "However, these people are officials for the first time, and they cannot be given high official positions, so they need to transfer personnel from within the court. As for how to transfer, His Majesty should know better, so it is inconvenient for me to say more."

"After a while, the autumn imperial examination will have to be held. The talented poor scholars in the world will be selected by His Majesty. At that time, the scholars of the imperial examination will be compared with the poor scholars who have been recommended. Those who are capable will stay and those who are not able will leave. .”

His voice paused for a moment, and continued: "The problem is solved like this."

After Changsun Wuji and the others listened, they were all silent, wondering if Li Yi'an's method was feasible.

But whether it can be decided is up to Li Shimin, and they looked at Li Shimin again.

"What Mr. said is reasonable, I think this plan can be tried."

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, then got up and said: "Go back to Ganlu Hall immediately, I will order arrests, those corrupt officials, those corrupt officials are greedy for money from the imperial court, and they are harming the people of the Tang Dynasty, I will never bear it."

After all, Li Shimin took the crowd and strode away.

"On behalf of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, thank you sir."

Pei Ju said gratefully: "If the husband hadn't found out that the accounts were falsified and found out later, the Ministry of Civil Affairs might have to bear a bad name."

"Pei Gong's words are serious, it's just a matter of raising your hands!"

Li Yi'an sent him out: "I'll see Mr. Pei off."

As soon as he walked outside the door, Pei Ju started to cough again. He quickly picked up the silk to cover his mouth, but saw a touch of blood red in the snow-white silk.

"Mr. is right, my time is approaching, and I probably won't survive this year."

Pei Ju was thinking in his heart, silently put away the silk, bid farewell to Li Yi'an, and followed everyone back to Ganlu Hall.