Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Wang Wenjian and Cui Wenyuan reported the incident to their elders. The answer from the elders is: agree.

Cui Wenyuan pondered for a long time, and finally understood Li Shimin's intentions.

Officials in Shandong and Hebei are deeply involved with the Wang and Cui clan. Li Shimin always does not want to insert his own people into these two places to increase the imperial control over Shandong and Hebei, but he can’t find a suitable one. Excuses. This corruption incident was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Li Shimin decisively seized it.

The embezzlement of people’s disaster relief money and food is of course a very serious matter, but for aristocratic families, it may not be too bad to deal with. Based on the background of the Wang Clan of Taiyuan and the Cui Clan of Boring, if you want to keep your children strong, there is no way—for example, if you find a way to raise questions about the results of Li Shimin’s investigation, then the two sides will fight back and forth, and it will be smooth in the end. The ground fell into a stalemate where no one can do nothing.

Such an approach is certainly effective, but it will further destroy the reputation of these aristocratic families. After all, the delay can only be delayed for a while, after a long time, everyone will naturally have their own opinions. But this is also no way. If the aristocratic family does not do this, they will lose their reputation while also losing their actual control over Shandong and Hebei. Then they might as well just not save face and cling to these practical benefits and not let go.

Li Shiming is smart here: he gave Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian the opportunity to expose his family.

Righteous extermination of relatives is a matter that is in line with people's moral aesthetics. Although the Cui family and the Wang family produced a lot of corrupt officials, if their family members stood up to expose them in the end, the corruption incident would not simply discredit the reputation of the two families.

After hearing such stories, the common people would only feel that although the Cui family and the Wang family had some corrupt officials, their own family could not tolerate such behavior. They took the initiative to expose the incident to your Majesty. This shows that the Cui family and The Wangs are not all bad guys. After all, there are two such big families, and some scum is inevitable.

After the public opinion turns, although the reputation of the Cui family and the Wang family will still be somewhat damaged, they are generally acceptable. For these big families, fame is more important than everything. As long as they have fame, these officials who have been brushed down are only a temporary gain and loss, and sooner or later there will be a chance to win back.

For Li Shimin, of course he also hopes that the reputation of these powerful families will be directly wiped out, and his Longxi Li family will immediately become the most noble family in the world. But this is not realistic. He knew very well that the prestige accumulated by these family members for so long could not be easily shattered, and he needed to take his time. Therefore, what he wants right now is actually the practical benefit, which is to smoothly use the corruption incident to remove some of the nails that the Cui family and the Wang family have placed in Shandong and Hebei to make room for his men and horses.

In this way, the aristocratic family chose to give up part of the actual benefits to preserve their reputation, while Li Shimin gave up the fatal harm to the aristocratic family and chose practical benefits that were tangible. A fierce political turmoil thus quietly completed the exchange of interests.

Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian are just two key chess pieces. They have never really had the right to choose.

"Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian, the head of the Xuanhu Department!" The unpleasant voice of the servant came over clearly, interrupting Cui Wenyuan's thoughts.

"Let's go." He said to Wang Wenjian beside him, and then took the lead out of the shadows. Even if there is a dead end ahead, he can only move forward.

On the same day, Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian announced to the civil and military officials that many officials in Shandong and Hebei had embezzled disaster relief money and food. The emperor was furious and decreed that all the officials beheaded, the males in the family were exiled for thousands of miles, and all the female relatives were fined into the Jiaofang Division and used as official prostitutes. As for Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian, they were promoted to the top for their merits in tracing the accounts and rewarded them with a hundred jin of copper.

Cui Wenyuan and Wang Wenjian thanked them with tears, crying with grief.

Li Xin heard of these things after the dynasty meeting ended. At that time, he was thinking about how to make mooncakes at home, and Wang Gui suddenly ran over to tell him that a group of censors were begging to see him outside the palace of Chu.

He immediately became a little confused: Yushi? Isn't it here to impeach me? It's not right. I should go to your Majesty Li Er's old man to impeach him. Why should I come directly to my house?

Li Xin couldn't think of a clue, so he had to hold the mentality of "whether it is a blessing or a curse, or a curse that cannot be avoided" to personally meet these uncles in office. Unexpectedly, when he saw this group of people, they all bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "Please forgive the king of Chu!"

After Cui Yongquan’s explanation, Li Xin understood what happened—oh, it turned out to be slapped in the face by his own "Teacher Talk", and then his Majesty Li Er was punished and apologized.

Tell me about you guys, why are you staring at me all the time? Is Li Xin that bully? You can’t bully my apprentice, and even more can’t bully me! I'm all right now, just ask if your face hurts?

Li Xin smiled wildly in his heart, but his face was rather humble. There is no way, after all, I will still be in Datang in the future, there is no need to really froze with these Yushitai officials.

Then, Li Xin casually chatted with these officials, and it was natural to hear about the most blockbuster news in the court today-that is, that many officials in Shandong and Hebei were found to have embezzled money and food for disaster relief.

While he was still feeling complacent about his double-entry bookkeeping and Da Shi writing, he heard the following sentence: "Your Majesty is furious, all officials involved are all questioned, and the wife and children should be exiled. The penalty to the Jiaofang Division who should be punished...

Li Xin's heart was shocked immediately, and his face was still very ugly even after these Yushitai officials had left.

Wang Gui was keenly aware of his prince’s abnormality, and stepped forward and asked with concern: "Prince, where is it uncomfortable?"

Li Xin squeezed a smile with difficulty, and said, "It's nothing, it's just a sudden thought of something, so you don't need to worry." He paused, and said, "I'm walking around, you don't need to follow." After speaking, he was worried. He went out hard.

Looking at Li Xin's desolate back, Wang Gui felt uneasy, and finally sent two guards to follow him. These two guards were also veterans of the Hundreds of Battles back then. Tracking is their unique skill, and they can definitely protect Li Xinzhou without even knowing it.

On the street, Li Xin walked in despair. The words of those officials continued to echo in his ears.

"Exile..... Jiaofang Division..."

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