At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 251 The minister and others are guilty 【Subscription】

above the hall.

Wei Zheng looked at the snow-white white jade paper, and said sadly, "I don't know how much people's fat and oil will be spent on such paper! I have already delivered it to Yousi, and I ask your Majesty to order a detailed investigation into this matter. This is a crooked trend, and it must not be encouraged!"

Wei Zheng looked sincere and spoke righteously, Li Yuan couldn't help but nodded when he said it.

He is also a person who loves calligraphy.

Knowing the value of fine paper like this.

It takes a lot of manpower, material resources and time to make paper that is rarely seen in ordinary times!
"In this case, this paper will be filled in my internal treasury, and an order will be drawn up to order a detailed investigation of this matter, ordering Pei Ji and Wang Gui..." Li Yuan pondered for a while, and was about to issue an order.

But in the hall, Pei Ji, who was silent at first, stood up one after another at this time...

First, Pei Ji, as Li Yuan's friend for many years, cursed Wang Xuance in his heart, so he could only bite the bullet, walked in the center of the hall, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, from the perspective of a minister, this matter should not be rushed..."

Immediately afterwards, Wang Gui also stood up: "There may be something hidden in this, please think twice, Your Majesty..."

Not only these two people, but all the officials in the hall, except Li Shimin and a few others, stood up one after another.

Mostly out of words to discourage.

Tell Li Yuan not to make an order first.

joke!

In the past few days, hundreds of catties of white jade paper have been placed in their homes.

If this matter is really thoroughly investigated, Wang Xuance will shake them out...

No one can run away!
At this time, in their hearts, on the one hand, they were complaining that Wang Xuance didn't know what to do, and even sent Wei Zheng's mansion...

On the other hand, they had to find a way to keep Wang Xuance.

Otherwise, if you withdraw the crime of bribery, you will definitely not be able to escape!
The point is that what Wang Xuance gave this time was not money or other things, and when he gave the gift, he just said that he was familiar...

No request was made.

Even Pei Ji, the prime minister who loves calligraphy, couldn't help it, and accepted the white jade paper, which was as white as jade.

Seeing how the officials reacted like this, how could Li Yuan not know what was tricky.

With a cold snort, he returned to the dragon chair and glanced at the ministers below: "You are really my good ministers!"

"Your servant... is guilty!"

As soon as these words came out, all the courtiers in the hall fell to their knees!
The scene is so spectacular!

Fortunately, Li Yuan was not too harsh, he couldn't convict all the ministers who received the paper, could he?
This is not realistic.

Seeing this scene, Wei Zheng probably guessed what was going on in his heart.

The corners of his mouth twitched.

Unexpectedly, this Wang Xuance, actually... gave it to so many people.

At this time, although his fighting power is amazing...

But he didn't dare to hold on to this matter any longer.

It's okay to offend one or two people.

If he offends all the officials in the palace, then he will be an official in Chang'an in the future, and it will be difficult for him to move forward...

"Wei Aiqing is a man of integrity, she can reject... a thousand catties of white jade paper, which shows her loyalty. You all have to learn from Wei Aiqing..." Then, Li Yuan couldn't help but praise.

Without comparison, there is no harm.

The officials accepted bribes, which showed the value of Wei Zheng's refusal.

This is why Li Yuan has been able to endure Wei Zheng.

As an emperor, if you listen to both, you will be bright, and if you listen to one side, you will be dark. The court needs one or two people like Wei Zheng.

Can beat the ministers all the time.

This is the way of the emperor.

All the ministers nodded in shame, saying that they would definitely learn from Wei Zheng in the future and would not accept any bribes.

"By the way, didn't Wei Aiqing have two things to play? What is the other thing?" On the dragon chair, Li Yuan continued to ask.

Wei Zheng took a deep breath, bowed down again, and took out a copy from his sleeve...

The evidence from Cui Gu and the mermaid flesh village that Wang Xuance handed over to him.

For more than ten years, Cui Gu and Liang Qi have colluded with each other to plot against the common people's fields and houses. There are hundreds of cases of the above-mentioned things!

"Your Majesty, the purpose of Wang Xuance's coming to find me this time is to sue Cui's fish and meat village, ignoring the king's law, and even presenting me with a piece of evidence."

Then, Wei Zheng presented all the evidence, handed it to Li Yuan, and continued: "After the minister's verification, the evidence is all true."

Among the officials, Chang'an Nei Shi Cui He was already breaking out in a cold sweat.

He didn't expect...

The second thing, Wei Tongzi actually attacked him!
"Your Majesty, you have been wronged—" He made a decisive decision, walked out of the line of officials, prostrated himself on the ground, and began to cry for injustice.

All in all, no matter right or wrong, just complain first.

Li Yuan was looking through the evidence collected by Wang Xuance, and saw Cui He prostrate in the center of the hall...

I just chose to ignore it.

After reading all the evidence, he opened his mouth and said with a cold snort, "Why do you feel wronged?"

He looked through the evidence just now and found that the time, place, people, fields and houses are all complete.

Almost impossible to fake!

"What a son of heaven!"

Li Yuan's expression couldn't help becoming sullen, and he slapped the dragon case angrily.

The officials were startled, so they had to kneel down one after another, and said in unison: "Your Majesty is guilty, please appease your anger!"

Throughout the ages, when the emperor was angry, as a courtier, no matter whether he was right or wrong, it was right to admit his mistake first.

The ministers were like this, and Li Yuan's expression eased a little. He stared at Cui He who was trembling in the center of the hall, and said in a deep voice: "Hundreds of incidents were recorded in it, hundreds of people signed blood letters, and the fields and houses were robbed. Repaying debts at a low price, every word with blood and tears, could it be that you have been wronged?"

Cui He clenched his teeth and kowtowed.

Cui Gu is his cousin.

But he is not a member of the main line of the Cui family.

It is a side branch.

At this time, the matter was picked up by Wei Zheng, and it seems that the evidence is convincing...

Cui He didn't dare to argue anymore.

At this moment, Wei Zheng, who was staring at Cui He coldly, spoke again: "Your Majesty! In my opinion, Cui Gu acted so pervertedly, there must be someone supporting him above, please Your Majesty..."

What he meant was to let Li Yuan investigate thoroughly.

But at this time, Prime Minister Pei Ji suddenly stood up, leaned over and said: "Your Majesty, the Cui family is a noble family, the wealth is the highest in the world, and they have given a lot of support to the imperial court. How can they do such a thing?"

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

After listening to Li Yuan, he completely woke up from the sullen anger just now.

Regardless of whether there is Cui's participation in it...

Now that the world is uncertain, he must not offend Mrs. Cui because of this matter!
For a while, Li Yuan had the idea of ​​calming down the matter.

As an emperor, he is closest to these aristocratic families after all.

"Your Majesty..." Seeing this, Wei Zheng wanted to say more.

But Li Yuan waved his hand to stop him: "Wei Aiqing has made a good report on this matter, and I will give you two hundred catties of white jade paper!"

As he said that, he gave Wei Zheng a discount of two hundred catties for the one thousand catties of white jade paper that Wei Zheng offered...

Then he stared at Cui He who was still kowtowing, and said in a cold voice: "The Cui family is unfortunate, such a scum, at the feet of the emperor, dare to act like this, in Yurou Township, the crime is heinous! Order, Cui He and Liang Qi two People, handed over to the Secretary, punished according to law, no favoritism!"

Punishment according to the law probably means... the death penalty.

The above crimes are too many.

Hearing this, Cui He, who had been kowtowing, slowly raised his head, and said with a wry smile: "Return to Your Majesty, Cui Gu and Liang Qi... have been killed."

Then, he told what happened in Liangjiacun.

Li Yuan took a deep look at him, then turned to Wei Zheng, and asked, "What do you think, how should this matter be handled?"

Murder in the street.

Great influence.

Behavior is extremely bad!

According to the law, he must be sentenced to death!

Wei Zheng pondered for a while, and was about to say that the murderer was punished by death, but Pei Ji stood up again.

As the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Ji's voice was not loud: "Although the murderer deserves to die, but Cui Gu and Liang Qi deserve to die, and they should not be blamed. You might as well stick thirty and then send them back."

"What Prime Minister Pei said is true!"

Immediately afterwards, the officials agreed.

They are all veterans of the officialdom.

It can be seen from the evidence provided by Wang Xuance...

Wang Xuance sent things to save people.

Although everyone hated Wang Xuance terribly, but at this time, they simply sold their favors.

It's one thing for His Majesty not to investigate the matter of accepting bribes, but if Wang Xuance jumps over the wall in a hurry and exposes these matters, they will be enough to eat a pot.

Seeing that all the ministers spoke in unison, Li Yuan nodded in agreement with the verdict.

Finally, he yelled at Cui He: "Cui's family was originally a high-ranking family. This scum, ordered the collection of [-] shi from the front line as soon as possible for support! In addition, Cui He, as an internal historian, has no way to rule, so he temporarily withdraws." Official position, to see the effect later!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

For a moment, all the officials in the hall bowed their heads and bowed down.

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Chang'an County Government.

After Cui He went to court, he returned here and began to resign from his official position.

"Eliminate that murderer with thirty sticks and drive him out of the government office!" Cui He ordered Fa Cao before resigning from office.

Facao Zhao Tili still didn't know what happened, so he asked suspiciously: "My lord, he killed Cui Gu..."

"Snapped!"

Mentioning this matter, Cui He immediately slapped Zhao Tili in the face.

"Your Majesty knows about the trouble this guy caused! No one can stop him, he deserves to die! Let's do it quickly!" Cui He gritted his teeth and said with a grim expression.

Zhao Tili covered his face in fright, and immediately dared not say any more. He was about to go to the prison, but he heard Cui He's voice: "In addition, Wang Xuance, who was sent here, also had a stick of thirty, let him go together!"

This time, fortunately, Mrs. Cui was protecting her, and the princes of the court helped to speak, otherwise, he would not be as simple as Wusha.

After leaving office and returning to Cui's family, Cui He didn't stop, and immediately went to meet the head of the Cui family's first house, Cui Xuanqi, who is currently the secretary of the household department.

"This time, if you give out [-] shi of grain, you should take it as a lesson. You have relieved yourself of the responsibility of the internal history, and you have a good rest during this time. By the way, you can check the origin of that Wang Xuance. The white jade paper is as if you don't want money ! If there is a chance, buy the secret recipe of white jade paper!" Cui Xuanqi instructed him.

One hundred thousand shi of grain is nothing to the Cui family.

And this time, only the offshoot of the Cui family died.

So it didn't arouse Cui's great hatred.

This is also the reason why Xu Mu dared to acquiesce in Qin Shubao's killing in the street.

It is impossible for the Cui family to risk their dissatisfaction for a mere branch of the tribe.

(End of this chapter)