Became a prodigy in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 179 The largest scale in history

However, Li Chengqian was quite discerning, and had negotiated with them in advance, until the last moment, when he had to make a move.He, Li Chengqian, is just a theatergoer.

Li Chengqian appeared, and he was still standing with Wang Gui and other members of the top ten aristocratic families.

This not only made Li Er and the ministers who were loyal to Li Er frown, but even Changsun Wuji wanted to ask him what he was doing here?
He is Li Chengqian's uncle, and he has always believed that Li Chengqian's superiority is always more beneficial to him than other people's superiority.

Therefore, he has always supported Li Chengqian, and has been advising him, putting forward various suggestions and plans that are beneficial to Li Chengqian.Li Chengqian has always followed his advice.

But today, without his grandson Wuji's arrangement, looking at Li Er's expression, it doesn't look like Li Er's arrangement.

That being the case, what is Li Chengqian doing here?Changsun Wuji would never be so naive as to think that he came to watch the fun.This guy dared to make up his own mind and didn't discuss such a big matter with him.

To his eldest grandson Wuji, this is betrayal.This kid, are the wings stiff?
At this moment, Changsun Wuji couldn't help remembering that Cheng Chuli had said that in the future, even if Li Chengqian's nephew came to power, his eldest grandson Wuji would not be able to fall well.It could be even more dangerous.

It seems that what Cheng Chuli said is right, this kid dares not listen to him now, will he still have it after he becomes the emperor?At that time, if his eldest grandson Wuji is still bullying in front of him, he will definitely die a miserable death.

Suddenly, Changsun Wuji was relieved.That being the case, why do he care so much?Just go with the flow and take care of yourself first!
At this moment, Changsun Wuji believed Cheng Chuli's words even more.

After the opening of the court, Li Er first asked Li Chengqian: "Prince, I didn't send you to the court today, what are you doing here?"

Li Chengqian had already prepared his speech.He replied: "Father, I heard that today's court will be very lively. I can learn a lot, so I came here. Please don't blame my father."

I don't know if Li Chengqian is smart or stupid, but he thinks that he has the support of the top ten families.His position as prince is indestructible.

Then through their support, they can win the support of more aristocratic families and forces.After making sufficient preparations, just like his father, there will be a change in the Xuanwu Gate, forcing his father to abdicate and let the sages have no problem.

There is no way, this is indeed an era in which one can become an emperor with the support of aristocratic families.If he could win over all the aristocratic families in the court, he would indeed be able to bring down the emperor after some manipulations.

For example, if more than 90.00% of the officials in the court support him, can the emperor not abdicate?
At the beginning, Li Shimin did the same.First of all, secretly find Wang Gui, Wei Ting and other family officials who were suppressed and exiled by Li Yuan to support him.Then use them to win over other family officials.

In the end, except for Li Yuan's only three or two diehard loyalists, everyone else supported him, Li Shimin.Li Yuan had to give way.

Therefore, Li Chengqian thought that he could do it too.

He had the support of ten aristocratic families from the beginning, and he started higher than Li Shimin, so he was definitely more likely to succeed than Li Shimin.

Li Shimin didn't know what he was thinking, and it was hard to say anything after hearing him say that.

After all, he also believed that Li Chengqian could indeed learn something from what happened in the court today.

"Okay, since that's the case, then you stand aside and watch carefully, watch more and listen more and talk less."

"Thank you for your success." Li Chengqian said, and obediently stood aside.

Li Shimin nodded, ignored him, and said to the following: "My dear friends, can you have a book to play."

The court hall suddenly fell into a brief silence, as if they were all waiting for the big event they expected to happen.

After a while, a censor surnamed Lu stood up and said to Li Er who was in the high position: "Your Majesty, I have a book to play."

Li Er said lightly: "Lu Aiqing, please play."

Lu Yushi said: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Zhongguo Gong Chengli for corruption and perverting the law. Using the power in his hands, he wantonly embezzled and amassed wealth. The amount is unprecedented. The crime committed is enough to copy the family and destroy the family."

It's coming, it's coming.I just finished the matter yesterday, but today, I can't wait to jump out and do something.

Li Er pretended not to know, and asked lightly: "Oh? There is such a thing? What is it? Is there any evidence?"

Lu Yushi said: "Your Majesty, please listen to your ministers and speak slowly. During the period when Zhongguo Gongcheng was in charge of corruption investigation, in order to amass a lot of money, he openly announced to the heads and responsible persons of the various families that those officials who committed corruption and crimes received [-] yuan. One can let people go.

In order to save these people, the patriarchs of various families had to compromise under his coercion, and gave him gold worth 1000 million guan at the price of 100 guan each, and asked him to release [-] people.After that, and..."

Lu Yushi babbled on there for a long time, and finally explained the matter clearly.

In the end, he concluded: "The Zhongguo Gongcheng Office is the head of corruption investigation, but it knows the law and breaks the law. The amount of corruption and bribery is as high as more than 4000 million yuan. The amount is so large that it has never been seen in ancient times. It is appalling. Please judge them according to the laws of our Tang Dynasty." The whole family of the Cheng family copied and beheaded."

"Ah? Cheng Chuli has embezzled and accepted more than 4000 million yuan in bribes?"

There was an uproar in the entire Tai Chi Hall.The court shook.Many people were filled with righteous indignation and whispered there.

"My God, more than 4000 million guan! This can easily buy the entire Chang'an city."

"Yes, this is definitely the biggest corruption case in history, bar none."

Li Er didn't speak, just sat there, waiting for their next performance.

Sure enough, soon, another spokesperson surnamed Wang came out and said: "Your Majesty, such a big corruption case, let alone my Tang Dynasty, has never been seen before, even in all dynasties. It is estimated that in the next few hundred years Even within a thousand years, no one can surpass this record.

This matter will definitely go down in the history books.If the emperor does not handle it well, it will definitely have an irreversible impact on the emperor's reputation.Therefore, please be careful with the emperor. "

Well, the routine is really a perfect routine.

This is because Li Er is afraid that he will favor Cheng Chuli, so he puts the ugly words first and blocks Li Er's retreat first.

As soon as Lord Wang finished speaking, an official who recorded the history came out and said, "Your Majesty, what Your Majesty Wang said is right. This case is estimated to be an eternal case that has never been seen before or since. Your Majesty must abide by the laws of our Great Tang Dynasty." Be careful! Otherwise, we will not know how to record it in the historical records."

Threats, outright threats.

As long as Li Er is not a fool, he can understand the threat in these words.This was a warning to him, Li Er, as long as the results of Li Er's handling today were not satisfactory to them, they would absolutely smear him in the annals of history.

How dare you threaten me?

Li Er was annoyed, and said with a sneer, "Then according to your ideas, how should this case be handled?"

What Li Er said was very artistic. Handling this case and handling Cheng Chuli are two completely different concepts.The former refers to investigation.The latter is to directly convict Cheng Chuli and execute him.

Li Er's words made these speakers feel uncomfortable.

A spokesperson came out and said: "Your Majesty, this case is a well-known fact, and there is no need to investigate further."

Li Er was stunned and asked, "Why don't you need to investigate?"

Another official came out and said righteously: "Your Majesty, this son of Cheng Chuli has no law, is arrogant and arrogant. He even brazenly sent the officials he released to the residence of Cui Lao, the patriarch of the Cui family.

At that time, countless people in Chang'an City witnessed the whole process, which is already an undeniable fact.Therefore, this is already an iron case and there is no need to investigate further.The emperor can immediately condemn him. "

You say it is true, is it true?

Li Er sneered, and asked: "Then according to what you love, how should Cheng Chuli be convicted?"

When it finally came to this, the officials of the top ten aristocratic families and those who didn't like Cheng Chuli were all excited.

"Your Majesty, Cheng Chuli is the Chief Corruption Investigation Officer. This is a violation of the law knowing the law, and the crime is aggravated. According to Cheng Chuli's judgment on those corrupt officials, if he has embezzled more than a thousand pens, he can be beheaded directly without other evidence. He just According to this standard, the nine officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs were killed on the spot. Then, we can judge him according to this standard. In this way, it is enough to judge him for the crime of exterminating the three clans."

Kill the three clans?
The reason why it is said to kill the three clans instead of the nine clans is because there are too many people involved in the murder of the nine clans.For example, Qinghe Cui.

At this moment, everyone subconsciously looked at Cheng Yaojin.

But he saw Cheng Yaojin standing there, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was asleep, and he didn't respond at all.I don't know if he heard these words at all.

It's such a time, but still so calm.Li Jing and his fellow generals couldn't help giving him a thumbs up.

Cheng Yaojin's reaction made those impeachment officials very angry.This guy is definitely not asleep, but ignoring them naked.

They have been performing here for a long time, and this time Cheng Yaojin, no one even cares about them.This is too insignificant to them.

Can't bear it.

An official came out and said loudly on purpose: "Your Majesty, no matter what standard is used to deal with it, the crimes committed by Cheng Chuli are heinous. For such crimes, the house must be ransacked and the money he embezzled must be recovered. Cheng Chuli's family copied and beheaded the whole family, exterminating the three clans."

Looking at Cheng Yaojin, he still didn't even move his eyelids.

this?Cheng Yaojin, do you really think we are fake?
Today, if you, Cheng Yaojin, are not allowed to kneel down and beg for mercy, we will never give up.

The officials of the top ten families were angry.Officials came out one after another, and began to criticize Cheng Chu.All of them asked the emperor to confiscate Cheng Yaojin's home and kill him all over the house.

In the end, nearly 300 officials came out together and asked the emperor to issue an order in unison to kill Cheng Chengchuli and the three clans.

The sound was so loud that it made one's heart tremble, and the rubble of the Tai Chi Hall seemed to be rustling.

Above the court, all the officials whose hearts were towards Cheng Chuli were not calm anymore.Even those neutral officials were dumbfounded.

That's right, this is the largest scale of impeachment ever seen in the court. The officials from the top ten families who can go to the court, except Wang Gui and Cui Renshi and other officials who are not yet agile, almost all stood up.

The momentum is so great that it is frightening!
Your Majesty, can you withstand such great pressure?Li Jing and Qin Shubao's general brothers were all afraid.

Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng looked at each other, feeling horrified.

They had already guessed that after this incident, someone would definitely impeach Cheng Chuli.

However, because Cheng Chuli cooperated with the emperor, they were not worried.

But now, they don't think so anymore.Such a scale has exceeded their imagination.Even the emperor, it is impossible to withstand such a huge pressure.

To put it bluntly, as long as these officials resign collectively, the entire court will be shut down immediately.If they bring those family officials who are not qualified to go to court to resign together.Datang will collapse immediately.

Fortunately!
Fortunately, the two of them accompanied Cheng Chuli in that play, which prevented them from colluding with Cheng Chuli.

Otherwise, if the emperor can't stand it, the two deputy chiefs of corruption investigation will definitely be in bad luck.

Everyone looked at Cheng Yaojin again at this time, and they were speechless.

Cheng Yaojin, the old killer, stood there with his eyes closed, without saying a word.It's nothing to do with him.

Is he a bigot?Still know it well, really sure?
on the high seat.

Li Er didn't say a word, just sat on the dragon chair as firmly as Mount Tai, and listened to these officials finish their speech.

Only then did he ask: "Dear dears, these are all your one-sided opinions. As an official in the court, you should know that when investigating a case, you need to talk about evidence. For example, account books or other strong evidence. You, Have it?"

When Li Er said this, his expression was neither happy nor angry, and he could not see his inner thoughts at all.

What he said stunned all the officials.

This is a well-known fact, and it is already an iron-like fact.What evidence is needed for this?
Of course, this is not the point.

The point is, in their original thinking, they said this, Li Eryi heard that he had more than 4000 million yuan, no matter what, he would definitely send someone to copy the trip to Chuli's home first.

In this raid, the gold worth tens of millions of dollars must be hidden.When the time comes, the evidence will be conclusive, and Cheng Chuli will be dead immediately.

correct.

If Cheng Chuli and Li Er were not in the same group, things would definitely develop according to their ideas.

This is tens of millions of dollars!No matter how much the emperor favored Cheng Chuli, it was impossible for him to be willing to give up so much money.

Tens of millions of dollars!Even if there is only a slight possibility, Li Er can't let it go.

Therefore, even if their impeachment today is not on such a large scale, it is definitely a sure thing.

However, in fact.In order to be on the safe side, in order to be able to kill Cheng Chuli with one blow.They are now going all out, the top ten families have joined forces, and all officials have been dispatched.

Faced with the temptation of more than 4000 million yuan and the pressure from the top ten families.Why didn't the emperor immediately send someone to raid the house to get the money?Instead, they are still here asking us for evidence?
(End of this chapter)