"Do you dare to say that you confiscated the gold and silver of the prince of Gaochang?!"

An angry shout echoed in the Liangyi Palace.

Li Mu's eyes flickered, and he collected everyone's expressions.

Wang Jingze, who said this, still has his acting skills at home, his performance is very realistic, but in the depths of his eyes, there is still a trace of timidity. Yu Guang looked at Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji again, Li Shimin's face showed displeasure, and Li Mu also understood in his heart that first, because Wang Jingze disrupted his plan, so that this drama of Ming Jun and Xianchen could not be performed. And because of his bribery, he didn't report to him in advance, of course, this is not the point, the point is that Wang Jingze, a stunned man, picked out this matter in public. If he disposes of himself, he will feel guilty, and if he does not dispose of himself, he will not be able to block the mouth of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, so he will be embarrassed. And the eldest grandson Wuji's expression was relatively simple, annoyed and angry, he originally thought that he could show himself in front of His Majesty by robbing his words, but he didn't expect that he actually accepted the bribe first, and he took advantage of it.

Others, on the other hand, had different expressions. Some people are angry, some people watch the excitement, some people gloat, and some people are uneasy. Li Mu deliberately aimed at those who were uneasy, most of them were Lang Zhong and Shilang of the real power yamen, and he knew with his toes that they must have accepted bribes from Ju Zhisheng and were worried about the East Window incident.

After collecting information, Li Mu suddenly laughed three times before Li Shimin spoke!

"Hah! Ha! Ha! ”

Three sneers, the whole person's momentum soared. Everyone's hearts froze, and they secretly said, here he comes, he comes! He came with a troll! Who doesn't know, Zhuluhou laughed three times, and was about to start spraying people, but he was choked by Wang Jingze a few times, he was finally anxious, and finally couldn't help it!

The eyes of the people in the court who had nothing to do with this matter lit up. The life of Datang civil servants is also very boring, and there are free big dramas to watch, who is not happy? Even if you don't get anything, you can talk about it for a few days when you go back!

"That's right! Lao Tzu is corrupt, Lao Tzu is bribed! Yesterday, the prince of Gao Chang sent me money, two large boxes, all of which are silver ingots, each box is a thousand catties, what's wrong? ”

Wang Jingze looked at Li Mu's momentum, and the whole person was almost piled on the ground, but Li Mu gave him a look, so he barely stabilized the shelf, took a deep breath, and said angrily: "It's good for you to admit it, one thousand catties per box, a total of two large boxes, that is 20,000 taels of silver, 20,000 yuan of money!" You accepted such a huge bribe and ran for the prince of Gaochang, this time you didn't make false accusations! Chase the deer marquis, confess your guilt! ”

Wang Jingze turned to look at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhulu has already admitted to the crime, please make a clear decision!" ”

The two ceremonial halls were silent.

Wang Jingze glanced up, and saw that Li Shimin's expression was also very strange, and then looked at the officials around him, and most of the expressions were the same.

Wang Jingze said loudly again: "Your Majesty, the facts are there, how can you bend the law for personal gain!" ”

Li Shimin wrinkled his brows and didn't speak, and then Cheng Yanjin stood up, looking like he couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Huh? That kid, you just said that Li Mu took bribes, how much did he receive? ”

Wang Jingze said loudly: "Su Guogong, didn't you hear clearly? 20,000! That's 20,000! ”

Cheng Yanjin laughed: "Oh, it's ridiculous...... If you want to say that it is 200,000 guan, the old man may still be able to believe it, 20,000 guan...... With Li Mu's net worth and ability, will he take it seriously? If he has a big finger and loses it, he doesn't know it, so you can say a big number, just 20,000 yuan, and it's too small. ”

Some other neutral officials also agreed, saying that Li Mu would not be greedy for this money.

Wang Jingze saw that the voice of helping Li Mu was getting louder and louder, and he was dizzy, and hurriedly said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, I just admitted it to the Hou of Zhulu, and he received 20,000 yuan!" What a lot of money is 20,000 yuan, how can it be described by the word 'mediocre'? Your Majesty, please be discerning, discerning! ”

Li Shimin pondered for a while, looked at the anxious Wang Jingze, and then looked at the indignant Li Mu, thinking that most of the things that collected money were true, but 20,000 guan was really nothing to Li Mu, and after thinking about it, he decided to pull a bias and press the matter down, so he said: "Wang Aiqing, you don't know much about Li Mu, he, he has a huge business in his hands, and he really won't ......be greedy for 20,000 yuan."

"Your Majesty doesn't have to excuse the minister, the minister did accept it!"

Li Mu suddenly spoke up and interrupted Li Shimin's words. Li Shimin's expression froze, and he glared at Li Mu fiercely! Is it embarrassing, you say? When he was the emperor, he was cheeky to excuse his courtiers, but the courtiers still didn't appreciate it! Li Shimin also got angry and said, "Li Mu, are you looking for death?" Accepting a bribe of 20,000 yuan is also a sin of exile at worst, do you want to exile your family? ”

"Huh!" Li Mu chuckled, and his whole body was filled with an indescribable free and easy atmosphere. He stepped forward to Li Shimin, picked up his court clothes, and knelt in the center of the Liangyi Palace. Seeing that he was pleading guilty, Li Shimin was really anxious, gritted his teeth and whispered: "What do you want to do, you can't get up yet?" ”

"Your Majesty, there are thousands of grievances in the courtier's chest, and I must make it clear today!"

Wang Jingze 'praised' beside him and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has been the imperial history for some years, and it is the first time I have heard that someone has taken bribes and has been wronged, if this can also make sense, isn't the world black and white reversed?" ”

Li Mu ignored him and continued: "Your Majesty, your lords, please listen to Li Mu's words, right and wrong, Your Majesty and the princes are free to decide. If His Majesty and all the princes think that Li Mu is guilty, Li Mu is willing to die and has no complaints. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he hated it in his heart. He doesn't hate others, he hates Li Mu. I thought I hadn't caused trouble for a while, but this kid finally calmed down. But now it seems that it is still a fart! I can't say it, when it's really incomprehensible, I can only stand up and take the blame. Li Shimin made up his mind in his heart, glanced at Li Mu, and said angrily: "You say, talk about it!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister received 20,000 guan from the prince of Gaochang, this is a fact, and the minister does not defend it. Fang Guogong spoke for the minister, and the minister was also grateful, but he had to say that he was wrong. He said that the minister was not short of money, and he did not lack 20,000 yuan. This is not true or not, in the past, let alone 20,000, it was 100,000, and the minister didn't care at all. Repair the craftsman workshop more than 100,000 times, repair the Chang'an roadway, and another 100,000 times. This is not counting the miscellaneous military officials, and everyone is shaking their heads.

Li Mu spoke again and said, "The minister said it himself." In business, there is no such thing as money falling from the sky. You have to invest first, then produce, and then sell the things to be rewarded. Take the Zhenguan plough as an example, and now the factories of the Ministry of Industry are producing the ploughshares of the Zhenguan plough and cooperating with merchants to produce other parts. The order is too large, and the businessman's workshop is too small to meet the demand. What to do? It can only be that the Ministry of Internal Affairs first takes the money to invest in expanding the workshop, and then produces parts and sells them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs settles the payments for the workshops and then divides the accounts according to the number of shares. But the premise is to invest first! ”

"Besides, it seems that there is no need to invest, the factory is its own, but to produce ploughshares, you have to need iron ore, right? There have to be furnaces, molds, and craftsmen to work, right? The craftsman is not a slave, he is to be paid! Zhenguan plough has not been sold now, and the minister wants to ask His Majesty, ask the princes, where does this money come from?! Can't we wait for the spring of next year to sell the Zhenguan plough in order to have a return of money? Before that, it was all in the warehouse, is that money?! ”

Li Mu was so angry that he asked again: "Maybe someone will say, then don't give birth!" Is it okay not to produce Zhenguan plows? All right? There are not enough ploughing cattle! If you think so, the people who don't plough the cattle simply don't farm, and everyone starves to death together, okay?! ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Mu was happy in his heart, and continued: "Zhenguan plough is just a business of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and there are many others, so I won't list them all. All in all, it's not time to make money yet, and now it's all about throwing money into it. The money in the treasury is not allowed to be touched, and you know better than me how much money you have in the treasury. To tell you the truth, now the business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is all supported by my winery, and I won't talk about the amount involved, for fear of scaring you when I say it! ”

"In addition to the fact that the Ministry of Internal Affairs needs money for business, there are also places where money is needed. I don't know if you've heard of it, if you haven't heard of it, I can talk about it. On the streets of Chang'an City, there are thousands of wanderers. No one cared, no one asked, and by chance I ran into a few beggars, took pity on them, and wanted to give them a bite to eat. It happened that there were many empty houses in Dongcheng that were uninhabited, so I asked the craftsmen to repair them, and the prototype of today's Salesian Bureau was born. But I didn't expect that there were thousands of orphans! But what can be done? Is it possible to save one person and kill another? There is no choice but to send the older children to the factory as apprentices, and the younger ones have to be raised, that's all! There are more than 200! ”

"Don't you need money to eat? Don't you need money to dress? Even if it's coarse tea and light rice, linen clothes, isn't it money? His Majesty was merciful and gave the Salesian Bureau the name, but where did the money come from? Does the treasury give? Don't give! Do you take it inside? No matter how you take it, you don't have any money in the house! I'll take it all myself? I also have a wife and children, and I have to support my family! Do you want me not to eat or drink? I'm not a clay Buddha statue, I can be full with a little incense! At this time, someone came to send money, why not? Don't take it for nothing, don't take it! After receiving these two boxes of silver, before they were hot, they sent a box to the Salesian Bureau! If you don't believe it, you can go to the Salesian Bureau now and see if there is or not! ”