Wentang

Chapter 319 Stand firm
The memorial and the secret letter were passed from Dezhou to Chang'an, the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty, and delivered to Emperor Li Shimin at the same time.

Li Shimin first read the secret letter, and after a long silence, he picked up the memorial instead without saying a word.

This memorial was jointly signed in the names of Yu Kexun and Yue Shan, governors of Dezhou. It said that Yanci County officials had been accused of more than a hundred crimes of corruption, embezzlement of county warehouse money and food, feeding river robbers, and neglecting human life, which almost aroused public outrage.

Yu Kexun and Yue Shan jointly took these people to a nest, and then sentenced 50 and [-] people to be executed, and the rest were exiled and imprisoned.

Anyway, the writing in this memorial is high-sounding, portrays Wang Jingliang and others as heinous, and describes their own behavior as full of justice.

If there was no secret letter, Li Shimin would have almost believed it.Well, because of the secret letter, he believed it even more.Because the secret letter also specifically emphasized that these people have conclusive evidence and committed a heinous crime.

It's just that the secret letter contained some content that was not in the memorial, for example, Yue Shan threatened Yu Kexun to take the blame, invited the top figures in the entire Texas region to watch the execution, and afterwards invited those officials to eat half-cooked and bloody mutton, etc.

Of course, Yue Shan himself wrote a letter to Li Shimin, the content is very simple, he will return to Beijing to report on his work in the near future, and bring great news to Li Shimin.Nothing else was said.

What good news?Is it bigger than Yanli?Li Shimin was full of expectations.At the same time, he was also a little annoyed, all good boys have learned how to play tricks.You wait for me to see if you can take this daughter-in-law home safely.

Closer to home, Li Shimin was shocked by Yue Shan's behavior, even though he had already overestimated Yue Shan's ability, he never expected him to do this.

Cut the mess with a quick knife.

It's easy to say, but how many people have the courage to really do it?It would be understandable for a battle-tested veteran, but Yue Shan hasn't even killed a few chickens, is he just slipping away like this when he goes out to kill people?
But I have to say that the effect of doing so is too obvious.The only thing that needs to be considered is the reaction of the court, but who will blame him under the huge amount of money?

Not only is he decisive, but his brain is still as good as ever. He can always see places that others can't see, and he can always find the easiest way in the most chaotic situation.

Li Shimin also had to sigh with emotion.

"Zhu Qing's family, please take a look, what do you think?" Li Shimin put away the secret letter and Yue Shan's letter, and took out the memorial separately.

The eunuch Zhao Meng first passed the memorial to Xiao Yu.

Speaking of Xiao Yu... the last time I was tricked by others and I was dismissed. After returning home, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I fell ill.

Li Shimin also knows Xiao Yu's character, and he has established himself, so don't really get mad at this old man.

So he went to visit Xiao's mansion in person, praising Xiao Yu as a loyal and upright minister, but he was being used by others.In the end, he not only resumed his official position, but also said that he would marry his eldest daughter, Princess Xiangcheng, to his eldest son Xiao Rui.
This was a blessing in disguise, Xiao Yu's illness was healed immediately.The next day, I came to court in a bumpy manner.

So Xiao Yu's views on Yue Shan are complicated. He doesn't like Yue Shan who pretends to be a ghost, but he admires Yue Shan who invented the Wude plow and turned the tide several times to change the situation.

What troubled him the most was that although he didn't blame Yue Shan for being demoted, it was all because of him.However, the current facts prove that Yueshan's salt policy is correct, and he also got a princess daughter-in-law because of it...

Princess Xiangcheng is famous for being beautiful, intelligent, filial and virtuous, and to have such a good daughter-in-law for nothing makes him wake up with a smile in his dreams.

Although he is known for his straightforward personality, it is also because of his personality that he never speaks against his conscience.If you get the benefits of others, you have to admit it...

So he just flipped through the memorial silently, and passed it to the next person without saying a word.

Yue Shan killed so many people in Dezhou, he was not as strange as Li Shimin.Because after he learned that the change of Xuanwu Gate was planned by Yue Shan, he was already shocked.

Could it be that killing a few corrupt officials is more shocking than planning the change of Xuanwu Gate?
As for Yue Shan recommending dozens of officials at one go... To be honest, the rank of these officials is too low, and the highest one is the county magistrate under the eighth rank, and he is not qualified to be a prime minister to express his opinion.

The memorial was passed from one minister to another, and finally returned to Li Shimin's hands, but no one expressed his opinion.

"Why don't you talk? Don't you have any opinion on Qingshui Hou's massacre in Yanci County?" Li Shimin asked, "Gao Qing, tell me what you think."

"Good kill, this kind of corrupt people should be dealt with with severe penalties to scare others." Gao Shilian said with a righteous face.

"Uh... alright, you can sit down. Tell me about Yu Wenqing's family." Li Shimin asked again.

"I also think it's good to kill. The policy of sea salt is related to the rise and fall of the country. There can be no mistakes. It is not too much to be cautious." Yu Wenshi and Zheng Se said.

His words hit the core of the problem, Haiyan.

Let's put it this way, when Yue Shan went to Dezhou, he also attracted the attention of everyone in the capital. Although no one said anything, everyone was waiting for the final result.

If the drying of salt fails, it is estimated that the memorial to impeach him will fill the Daxing Hall.

However, when the news that Yantian really released the salt reached the capital, everyone silently tore up the impeachment memorial.At the same time, he also understood that Yue Shan had completely gained a firm foothold in the court.

Salt is different from glass liquor and perfume. The latter is just a pure luxury, which has nothing to do with the country's security and policy trends.In all dynasties, there has never been such a thing that is different and good?

But salt is different. It is a necessity and can influence the direction of the country, and salt policy is also a kind of national policy.The success of Yueshan's salt administration means that he has the ability to govern the country, not just an inventor or a counselor.

To put it bluntly, Yue Shan proved his ability to the ruling and opposition parties through the Yanzheng.

Since then, he has just entered the national talent pool.When the time comes, there must be a place for him.

Unlike before, he was just Li Shimin's favorite minister, and he could only hide behind his back and advise Li Shimin.

Yue Shan arrested everyone in Yanci County, and the news spread to Chang'an the next day, and the well-informed people basically knew about it.

Everyone is not stupid, how can they fail to understand his purpose, which is to create a good implementation environment for the Salt Administration.

It was precisely because they could see clearly, and precisely because they understood the benefits of the new salt policy to Datang, that the prime ministers collectively remained silent.Sometimes silence is opposition, and sometimes silence is support.

As Yue Shan said, in the face of the annual revenue of 1000 million, the prime ministers collectively chose to support him this time.

That's why when Li Shimin asked for his opinion, the prime ministers would say that the killing was good.If you can give the imperial court tens of millions of annual income and a good strategy, even if you kill all the corrupt officials in Dezhou, they will say that the killing is good.

As for the recommendation list at the end of the memorial, the prime ministers didn't even read it.Officials below the fifth rank can be responsible for the selection of officials by themselves, without the intervention of prime ministers like them.

And will Changsun Wuji object?Certainly not.

So this memorial, which was supposed to be disgusted by the uproar in the court, just passed away like this.

Li Shimin was so depressed that he almost got sick.

Normally trivial matters, one or two of you can use your dog's brains, so today's such a big matter just passed away like this?
Don't you all condemn Yue Shan for being cruel and easy to kill? Don't you read a few books about him?Or is it that your ability to find faults is too poor, and your combat effectiveness is not good?

In this case, it seems that it is necessary to add a prime minister with super fighting power to the court.The harmony between the DPRK and China is not a good sign.

So Li Shimin made such a decision.

(End of this chapter)