Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 459
After Qin Tian finished speaking, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then not only Changsun Wuji and the others, but also Li Shimin wanted to beat him.

Isn't Qin Tian playing tricks on them?

"Qin Tian, ​​do you know the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

Qin Tian lied a bit, and said: "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with what I said, arresting everyone will indeed have too much influence."

Having said that, Qin Tian didn't hesitate, and continued: "But we have to teach these people a lesson, otherwise they will think that the Holy One will bully them, not to mention the lack of food and grass."

These words reached Li Shimin's heart, Li Shimin finally relaxed a little, and asked: "Then what do you think should be done?"

Qin Tian thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you kill the chickens to scare the monkeys."

"what do you mean?"

"Catch one and beat him hard, so that everyone else is afraid, such as Gao Shilian."

When these words came out, Changsun Wuji immediately shouted: "Qin Tian, ​​don't talk nonsense."

Qin Tian originally wanted to take the opportunity to avenge his personal revenge, but Gao Shilian is the uncle of the eldest grandson Wuji, with the eldest grandson Wuji here, how could he tolerate Qin Tian doing this?

Qin Tian curled his lips and said: "Then how about the Cui family, this Cui family was Li Jiancheng's people before, after the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, he was merciful and spared them, never thought that they would dare to oppose the Holy Majesty, they should be ruthless Teach them a lesson."

Speaking of the Cui family, Changsun Wuji and the others showed a slight smile. Obviously, they did not have much interest or relationship with the Cui family.

Li Shimin here also hates these aristocratic families. To him, everyone is the same. Since Qin Tian mentioned the Cui family, let's go to the Cui family.

But at this time, the others suddenly understood something, and couldn't help but tremble all over.

"This Qin Tian's heart is really dark. Just because the Cui family offended him, he still remembers it. If he seizes the opportunity, he will not let them go. This kid holds a grudge, so it's better not to provoke him in the future."

A few people thought this way, but Qin Tian didn't care, the Cui family might still remember his grudge, if he didn't bring down the Cui family, they wouldn't let him go if they found a chance.

That being the case, let's see who kills whom.

"Your Majesty, as a family, the Cui family has a very strong foundation, so I'm afraid it's not active." Changsun Wuji stepped forward. If it's just a small disturbance, it won't have much influence on the Cui family.

Li Shimin frowned, and then cast his eyes on Qin Tian.

"Your Majesty, I don't think you are good at this matter. If you think of any way, you can manage the Cui family, right?"

If he wants to move Cui Jia and talk about the Cui family, but if he wants Qin Tian to tell him how to do it, it will be a bit embarrassing for him, even if he knows, he won't say it.

In Li Shimin's case, how dare he leave the accusation of framing others, otherwise, with this reason, Li Shimin could trouble him at any time in the future.

So, just now he said that he would attack the Cui family purely to solve Li Shimin's problem, but now, he can't take care of it anymore.

Can't even say killed.

Seeing Qin Tian like this, Li Shimin didn't make things difficult for him, and said: "Okay, let's go."

This matter really can only be done by Li Shimin alone, other people can't count on it.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and then left the palace one after another.
-
Choi House.

After Li Jiancheng was killed, Cui Tong was very worried at first, fearing that Li Shimin would settle accounts with him.

What he didn't expect was that Li Shimin treated those who were attached to Li Jiancheng very kindly, which made him somewhat relieved.

In addition, he is very confident in the power of their Cui family, and now half a year after the Xuanwu Gate incident, he has gradually relaxed a lot.

So that when he heard that there was a shortage of food in Lingzhou, he immediately ordered someone to raise the price of food at the Cuijia Liang Shop.

After all, this can make their Cui family a lot of money.

As an aristocratic family, they have a lot of fields. After so many fields are planted with crops, they will naturally have a lot of food, but they can't eat up so much food, so they can only sell it.

Moreover, food has always been the bulk of their Cui family's income.

"How's the business of the grain shop in the past two days?" Cui Tong asked.

"My lord, after the price of food went up, fewer people bought it."

"It doesn't matter. After dealing with Lingzhou's food, the price will be lowered. Now the imperial court needs to prepare food and grass for the soldiers of Lingzhou. They can't wait, so no matter how high the price is, they will ask for it."

For Cui Tong, he just wanted to make this war fortune.

But when Cui Tong was saying this, suddenly, a royal army rushed in.

"You... what are you going to do?" Cui's housekeeper pointed at them and asked, but was kicked away by a pro-military.

"Come here, take Cui Tong and the Cui family's children away."

After the army came, they wanted to arrest people without saying a word, Cui Tong raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Why do you want to arrest us?"

Cui Tong felt a little uneasy in his heart. After all, he was talking about making war fortune just now, and he was against Li Shimin. Can Li Shimin spare him?
But he wasn't particularly worried, because the Cui family wasn't the only one doing this.

"Your Majesty suspects that your Cui family is in collusion with the Turks, so I trouble you to go to prison for investigation."

Hearing this, Cui Tong immediately yelled.

"I'm wronged, I'm wronged, when did my Cui family collude with the Turks, this is simply a non-existent thing..."

"Whether wronged or not, it's not up to us. Follow us to the prison for investigation."

The leader of the pro-army didn't say anything else, and directly arrested Cui Tong and some of the Cui family's children, and after they were arrested in prison, the imperial court immediately sent personnel from the household department to confiscate all the Cui family's children. The grain store was controlled and the grain inside was confiscated.

The whole thing happened extremely quickly, and within an hour, it spread among the other powerful families in Chang'an City who had raised prices.

After Gao Shilian heard about this, his whole face changed.

"What you said is true. The Cui family was arrested because of collusion with the Turks, and even the grain shop was confiscated?"

"Yes, master, but I heard that after the Cui family was arrested and imprisoned, they were not interrogated, and they were directly imprisoned. I don't know what the Holy One means?"

Gao Shilian frowned and snorted: "Your Majesty is trying to scare chickens and monkeys. The price of food has risen so much. If he doesn't do anything, I'm afraid he won't be able to swallow it. But it's a bit cruel to the Cui family."

As he said that, Gao Shilian also felt a little uneasy. He still underestimated Li Shimin. This emperor can be merciful when he is kind, and he can really show no mercy when he is cruel.

Thinking that he even killed his own brother, Gao Shilian suddenly felt that his relationship with him seemed to be nothing at all, and there was nothing worth showing off.

The emperor is majestic and cannot be violated.

Let alone fight against him.

"Come on, open the granary and lower the price!"

(End of this chapter)