Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 150
Li Xiu stayed up all night and was very worried.

At dawn, Li Shiniang rushed over and asked, "Brother sent someone here last night, did something really happen to the twelfth brother-in-law?"

"Yeah." Li Xiu nodded and sighed, "I can't keep him anymore, so I have to let him go and keep the Prime Minister's House."

"It's nothing if it doesn't involve the family." Li Shiniang felt relieved knowing this, and said, "If you give up a mongoose, you can give up."

Li Xiudao: "You tell Twelve Niangs that she has reconciled with Yuan Chong, and I have arranged for people to prepare the paperwork, but she must be reminded to express that she has a "difficult relationship with Yuan Chong"."

"Brother is worthy of serving as a general." Li Shiniang clapped her hands and smiled, "Yuan Wangkong has skin, but he is actually an idiot. I have bothered him a long time ago, so it's better for Twelve Niang to remarry."

"Go."

"Brother, don't worry, do you really think that Yuan Ji is a relative of our Xiangfu? It's just Shier Niang's plaything. If you lose it, you lose it."

Li Xiu sighed and waved the noisy sister away, her brows still furrowed.

"Juro!"

Suddenly, Cang Bi, the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion, hurried over and said in a panic, "Shi Lang, a visitor came to see you, claiming to be the judge of Dali Temple."

Li Xiu frowned, and went out of the hall to look out, only to see an official wearing a light green official robe walking on the corridor of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion without taking off his boots.

In normal times, such people would inevitably be dispatched to Lingnan.Today, Li Xiu didn't care about such a trivial matter.

"Dali judges Deng Jingshan, dare to ask, but will he be Li Xiu and Li Shilang?"

"Exactly."

"Ask Li Youxiao to accompany us to Dali Temple."

"What's the matter?"

"There is a case involving a prisoner. This is an official document. Please..."

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Because of the joint trial of the three divisions, there are many officials in the Dali Temple.

Yuan Jing knelt in the hall, and the witnesses beside him changed one after another, proving his various crimes.

"It is said that Li Xiu will be the right school supervisor!"

Following this cry, Li Xiu walked into the courtroom accompanied by the officials.

As the son of the right minister's mansion, it was the first time he encountered such a situation, looking around the courtroom, before he had time to see the whole picture, his eyes had already fallen on a person and he couldn't move away.

Xue Bai was also here today, standing by Yuan Kang's side, looking like a gentle gentleman.There are many people around, Du Wulang, Daxi Yingying, Yan Quanming, Yan Jiming.

"Li Xiu." Yang Shaoxian, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple who presided over the case, asked, "Do you know about the purchase of rattan materials by Yuan Ji?"

"I don't know."

Xu Hao, a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, asked: "I really don't know? Yuan Chun is your brother-in-law, and you two have a close relationship."

Li Xiu said: "Yuan Ji has reconciled with his sister-in-law, and we are not close..."

Yuan Mo was taken aback, then turned to look at the calm Li Xiu, in disbelief.

But Xu Hao asked again: "If you don't know, why did you send craftsmen from the general supervisor to harvest the vines and trees in Shanxi together with the people from Yuanzhu?"

"No." Li Xiu said unhurriedly: "There is absolutely no such thing, it's just a rumor without any real evidence."

"Have!"

It was Yan Jiming who spoke.

Yan Jiming stood up in two steps, raised his finger to Yuan Mao, and shouted: "For your own selfish gain, you sent people to the Shan River, hired carpenters, cut them with knives and axes, broke the skin and flesh regardless of day and night, regardless of the number of Shan Rivers. The hundred li vines are nearly extinct today. This action has aroused the anger of everyone in Shanxi, and people of insight condemned them. How dare An make a sophistry here?!"

Li Xiu squinted his eyes and looked at Yan Jiming with some doubts.

Of course he knew that the hundreds of miles of vines and trees in Shanxi were about to be cut down, so he obeyed his father's order and sent officials from the general supervisor to protect them.From then on, the official document paper will be supplied by Jiang Zuojian.

Could this be as Yan Jiming said, conspiring with Yuan Kang for personal gain?

Even if those officials were bribed and made Shanxi angry, he still hadn't received the news. How could Yan Jiming, the son of a Hebei official, know about it first.

"This is a false accusation..."

"This is the truth!" Although Yan Jiming was young, he spoke with a menacing aura, "Now that the tribute from Shengzhou Township has arrived in Chang'an, he satirizes this matter with poems and essays, and wrote more than ten poems and essays with the title "Sorrowful Shanxi Guteng". Still want to quibble?!"

Li Xiu opened his mouth and was about to speak.

"The rattan has a limit, but the writer has no limit!" Yan Jiming didn't let him speak, and immediately stopped drinking, "Although the rattan is a plant, it grows warm and flourishes, but it is cold and withered. It seems to have a destiny in the world. Because of evil It cannot happen if it is attacked by officials, it is the power of heaven and earth, it is slanderous by people, and it causes a defect in everything! If it is a matter of articles, it is greedy, making poetry, literature and literature fall into obscenity and debauchery, abolishing the principles of nature , still dare to write a book on Yan paper?!"

Unlike Xue Bai, Yan Jiming was really angry.

He had listened to Yan Zhenqing's words and accompanied Xue Bai to the Jingzhao Mansion to hear the trial. He knew that to overturn the case would have to fall on Yuan Kang, so he started the investigation from Yuan Kang.

After this investigation, he quickly found out about the Shanxi vine, and was furious about it.

It should be known that no matter how fast bamboo paper can be made, it will take at least several years to decades to popularize.However, Yuan Ji and others relied on their power to monopolize the rattan material, felling it at will regardless of the season, so that the price of rattan paper skyrocketed day by day. How would it help world literature?

"Say it! What face do you have to write on the paper?!" Yan Jiming asked again.

Li Xiu took a step back, saying in his heart that he didn't know about this matter, and was deceived by Yuan Kang.

However, when the words came to his lips, he remained silent.

The scribe sitting by the side glanced up and wrote down the confessions.

~~
Just behind the screen wall of the courtroom, Gao Lishi and Li Linfu were sitting there, listening to the proceedings.

After hearing that Li Xiu was taken down, the hall began to question Xiao Jiong about his misappropriation of taxes.At the end, Xu Hao asked Yuan Kang again if You Xiang knew all this.

"Know...know..."

When Yuan Kang's answer fell into his ears, Li Linfu finally showed his fury, and said in a low voice: "General Gao Mingjian, because this son is reconciled with the little girl, he feels resentful and bites on purpose."

"Don't be in a hurry." Gao Lishi said with a smile: "The old slave just needs to report back to the saint what he heard. As for the reason, the saint can tell for himself."

"Yes."

Li Linfu knew that Gao Lishi wanted stability now.

Previously, the Right Prime Minister's House was very powerful, and Gao Lishi refused to help him, and he was determined to abolish the prince, but now it is not appropriate to let the situation expand.

"I'm not good at discipline, so it's time to give up. I'm afraid that the battle of Xiaobolu and Shibao City have not been won yet, and if the military expenditure is not enough..."

When Li Linfu seldom asked for help, he bowed and spoke softly.

Gao Lishi didn't respond, he looked through the gap in the screen wall and looked at Xue Bai.

Li Linfu then understood what he meant, and instead of expecting others to help put out the fire, it is better to ask the person who started the fire to stop burning it first.

The case involved a lot, and the trial lasted from early morning to afternoon.

After finding out the facts of the case, the third division did not dare to make a judgment, but asked the Holy Judge.

Gao Lishi led Xue Bai and Li Linfu to Miyagi, but he did not take Xiao Jiong with him.

This third-rank Jing Zhaoyin was imprisoned in such a way that even the right minister couldn't protect him.

"Xue Bai."

On the way to Miyagi, in front of Gao Lishi, Li Linfu put down his posture and said to Xue Bai: "In the past, there were some misunderstandings and personal grievances between you and me, how about just laughing away?"

This is the prestigious governor of a country, in the winter of Tianbao's fifth year, whether to kill Xue Bai was only in his mind.

Xue Bai looked at Miyagi in the distance, and said: "Yesterday, Prime Minister Right said that the case was handled impartially and without selfishness. If that is the case, how can there be such a thing as laughing away?"

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The imperial couch was placed under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree.

Li Longji leaned halfway and was eating.

Seeing that Gao Lishi led the people back, he motioned for the maid next to him to put down the cup, listened to Gao Lishi's brief description of the case, smiled smartly, and picked up a memorial on the imperial case.

This is Li Linfu's method of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

The small characters on the white rattan paper are spread all over, reflecting the frugality of the governor of a country.

But it was this prime minister who allowed his son-in-law and Jing Zhaoyin to embezzle taxes and occupy hundreds of miles of vines and trees in Shanxi.

A memorial, looking at it yesterday and today, is completely different.

After a long time, Li Longji's eyes finally moved away from the memorial, and he glanced at Li Linfu lightly. He could see that Li Linfu was in extreme suffering at this moment.

"Xue Bai."

"exist."

"You have made great achievements in making paper, what reward do you want?"

Xue Bai said: "How about asking the sage to make me an official? I make military weapons and bamboo paper, so I can be a general and the right school."

Hearing this sentence, Li Linfu felt a little resentful, and secretly thought that Shiro was very good to this Shuzi, and this Shuzi wanted to stab Shiro in front of the imperial court.

Li Longji said: "You are still young, after the imperial examination next year, after a few more years of hard work, I will let you serve as general and supervisor, don't worry."

"According to the order."

"I will give you a mansion." Li Longji said: "General Gao has arranged this matter, so you must not appear stingy."

"Old slave obeys the order."

Li Longji drank from his wine glass, and said with a smile: "Go and ask the officials in the court, who knows that I treat my subjects kindly and never hesitate to reward them."

This sage is indeed famous for his generosity, and every courtier who pleases him will be generously rewarded, the mansions of the Yang family brothers and sisters, An Lushan, and Wang Yu are all rewarded by him, which are extremely magnificent.

It can be said that they treat gold and silk like dung and use them like sand.

Before Xue Bai answered, Li Longji said again: "Just say to the right minister, I will give you three hundred households. All the meals in the imperial mansion are ashamed, and the delicacies from far away are announced by the middleman. If I have a share, I will give it to the right minister." ..."

"His Majesty."

Li Linfu was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground, wept bitterly, and said: "Your servant is incapable of restraint, and he deserves death!"

In fact, he was not guilty.

The whole matter was not serious, like he said that the little milk cat on the ground was a man-eating tiger and wanted to kick it away, but the sage found out that the little milk cat took the baby and wanted to swallow it for himself.

The problem is that he may lose the trust of the saint.

Sure enough, Li Longji did not say that he would be punished, and said calmly: "Right Prime Minister, get up, the culprits are Xiao Jiong and Yuan Ying, and have nothing to do with you. I still need you to take care of state affairs for me."

"Your servant is ashamed of failing to live up to the grace of God."

"Get up, you dignified Prime Minister is crying, making Xue Bai a joke, it will damage the face of the country."

Li Linfu couldn't be reconciled, he glanced at Xue Bai, but knew that he could not expose this son's conspiracy in front of the saint, so he got up and said: "I am guilty, I will obey the order."

"You are also at fault." Li Longji pointed at Xue Bai with a smile, and asked, "Do you know where I am wrong?"

Xue Bai said: "I made bamboo paper. In the long run, the lower the paper price, the more convenient it is for poor families to study. I'm afraid I will offend the powerful families in the world. Therefore, being framed by the right minister has its own way to bring disaster."

"Saint, I didn't frame Xue Bai, but..." Li Linfu admitted with difficulty: "I was deceived by Xiao Jiong, Yuan Kang and others."

Xue Bai said: "The Right Prime Minister is a little credulous in others, first he was deceived by Ji Wen, and then by Yuan Kang."

"enough."

Li Longji was too lazy to listen to their criticisms, took the file of the joint trial of the three divisions, and passed the verdict with the imperial pen.

He didn't have the patience to tell whose heart was dirtier, they were all dirty anyway.Compared with the truth, he cares more about the balance between the government and the opposition, and about controlling everything for himself.

Li Linfu has lost his trust, but it is true that no one can replace him as prime minister for the time being.

The names of Yang Zhen and Wang Hao came to mind, and Li Longji quickly denied that Yang Zhen was not talented enough, and Wang Hao was not qualified enough, neither of which was the best candidate for prime minister.

But it's time to limit Li Linfu's power.

Left Prime Minister Chen Xilie is too weak, so he can appoint someone to contain Li Linfu in the position of Left Prime Minister, which can be regarded as a kind of beating.

"Call Yang Li to see me."

"According to the order."

Hearing this, Li Linfu felt great pain in his heart. He had lost a son-in-law, a Jing Zhaoyin position in this case, and he was about to lose another left minister.

But at this time, the sage did not ask his opinion, and he could not object yet.

It was originally a good opportunity to deal with the East Palace, but why did the Right Prime Minister suffer a lot?
Li Linfu glanced at Xue Bai, and thought that Yang Zhen is a mediocre person, and he could have achieved what he is today, thanks to the support of Xue Bai and the forces behind him. Right now, his status is precarious and the situation is critical, so he can't take much care of it anymore.

Although he was still reluctant, he still opened his mouth and said: "Saint, I have a request. The seventeen daughters of the minister's family agree with Xue Bai, but the minister is narrow-minded. Because of some personal grievances, he beat the mandarin ducks. Now he repents and begs the saint to marry him. "

Hearing this, Gao Lishi couldn't help but smiled slightly.

Standing right behind the sage, he saw the sage's verdict on the case, so he thought to himself, what a brother slave who lost a son-in-law, but immediately wants to make up for a son-in-law.

If Yuan Chong was exchanged for Xue Bai, if this happened, wouldn't the elder brother still make money?

The only way is to talk sweet words to see if you can ask a sage to give her a marriage, otherwise Xue Bai will not agree to it until now.

Xue Bai saluted and said, "Saint..."

Li Longji yelled straight away and said, "Shut up."

Li Linfu thought that Xue Bai was the son of an enemy, and he was unwilling to marry a daughter in every possible way.At this time, seeing the sage drinking and holding Xue Bai, and secretly intending to give him a marriage, he was overjoyed.

Going round and round, the marriage that was resolutely destroyed at the beginning is now trying to get it back.

"I know that I made a mistake, and I really missed the state affairs because of my personal grievances." Li Linfu said: "The reason why I asked the sage to give me a marriage is because I know that I can correct my mistakes. I am willing to make peace with Xue Bai, and ask the sage to make it happen."

However, Li Longji waved his hand, pondered for a while, and said: "Xue Bai is still young, so there is no rush to give him a marriage."

Even Gao Lishi was surprised, the sage didn't even hesitate to make a judgment on a major case, but he hesitated just now, why is it so embarrassing?

Li Longji waved his hand to make Li Linfu and Xue Bai retreat, and indeed they discussed with Gao Lishi.

"General Gao, do you know why I refused brother slave's request?"

"But the right minister indulged his family and made the saint angry?"

"No." Li Longji murmured: "Today, Yuetu came into the palace and told me personally that she wants to marry Xue Bai."

Gao Lishi's eyes were fixed, and he became a little worried when he heard the words.

Sure enough, Li Longji said: "Brother made a mistake, I was so anxious to win over Xue Bai in front of me. Why is the prince? Are you greedy for the merits of this bamboo paper?"

Gao Lishi said in a low voice: "It seems that the prince made a mistake. It should be that those Huihe people are related to him. As the prince, they secretly keep caravans and make money and spend money?"

"go on."

"Now that they have been caught out, the prince is still lucky. It's really not magnanimous."

"General Gao, are these all from your heart?"

"No, it's all in accordance with the saint's will." Gao Lishi said with a smile: "If the old servant wants to speak his mind, it can't be because Xue Bai is holding the handle of the East Palace, right? The crown prince must want to ask His Majesty to marry him. Taking advantage of Xue Bailuo's difficulty to win him over, the news is too slow, Xue Bai has already done harm to the Right Prime Minister."

Li Longji smiled slightly, and waved his hand to ask the palace servants to send the verdict of the joint trial of the three divisions back to Dali Temple.

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Dali Temple.

Yuan Kang was dragged out and took off his robe.

"Snapped!"

He received a heavy stick on his buttocks, causing severe pain.

"I've been wronged! I've recruited them all, and I agreed to give him a lighter sentence..."

"Snapped!"

The cane didn't stop, but some officials were willing to pay attention to him, and said with a smile: "I was merciful at first, so I gave you a lighter sentence. You have committed such a serious crime, and you only need a hundred sticks."

"Snapped!"

After a while, the mongoose was gone.

"puff."

The corpse was thrown aside, still falling like a sack.

The yamen official clapped his hands, feeling quite emotional in his heart, feeling that people really have to go to a higher place.

For example, for the same crime, the eighth-rank Qingpao was killed with a stick, while Jing Zhaoyin Xiao Jiong was only demoted to Beihai Yuanwailang to join the military because he was a third-rank purple robe senior official. This is the difference.

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Xue Bai left Miyagi, watched Li Linfu in purple gown surrounded by Jinwu guards, and knew that the prime minister had worked very hard to put out the fire.

The fire at the bamboo paper case was indeed extinguished after scorching Xiao Jiong, Yuan Ji and others, but maybe there were still flames elsewhere?
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