I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet. On the other hand, if you don't go to the river, it will not be easy to get your shoes wet.

That's the way things are in the world, and people who do things often are prone to mistakes. For a person like Li Tai who doesn't do anything all day, it's really hard for you to catch him wrong.

Li Chengqian has wanted to deal with Li Tai for a day or two, but he just can't catch other people's faults. This time he finally had such an opportunity, and he had to be cautious.

He instructed Gao Jingming that this matter should be investigated quietly, and Li Tai and the others should not be aware of it in the slightest. This matter has to be hidden from Li Shimin, and after he has the solid evidence, he will attack hard and defeat Li Tai in one fell swoop.

Gao Jingming is very familiar with the business of the household department, and he secretly investigated the relevant business records of the Caoyun Division of the household department, and finally discovered the secret.

Gao Jingming was taken aback again. Just inside their household, there is such a big loophole. He, the head of the household, was also kept in the dark.

In the evening of that day, Li Gengqin, the head of the household department, was about to get off work, and was called into his office by Gao Jingming, the head of the household department, but it was very strange that Gao Jingming was not in the office.

The female official in charge of the secretariat who received him was very polite to Li Gengqin, and kept making tea and pouring water for him. He said to him: "Master Li, Master Shangshu has something to do now, and he may come back a little later, please wait patiently." ”

In this way, until the end of work, the people in the household department were basically gone, but Gao Jingming had not come back. The female officer who was in charge of receiving him still accompanied him and asked him to continue to wait patiently.

Finally, the door opened, but it was not Gao Jingming who came in, but Wei Zheng, who supervised the imperial history, and two other imperial historians, and behind them, there were also two jailers from the imperial history table.

Wei Zheng solemnly announced to him: "Li Gengqin, there is evidence to find out that you are suspected of corruption. It is now decided to take you into custody. As soon as his words fell, the two fierce jailers came to Li Gengqin's side.

Temporary cells were set up under the Imperial Observatory to detain those suspects who had not yet been tried, and then transfer them to the Criminal Department Prison after the verdict was confirmed.

Li Gengqin was taken to the prison cell of the Imperial Historical Tower. Wei Zheng and others interrogated him overnight. However, in the face of the facts, he came and refused to confess. He was going to wait for Li Tai to come and save him.

Wei Zheng had long been unaccustomed to the villainous faces of Litai and others, and at this moment, seeing that Li Gengqin was still denying it in every possible way in the face of ironclad facts, he couldn't help but be angry.

Wei Zheng has always advocated convincing people with reason and opposing torture to extract confessions, which is well known to both the government and the public. Li Gengqin wants to take advantage of Wei Zheng's point now, a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and he will gain time to wait for Li Tai to come to the rescue.

Who would have thought, Wei Zheng's eyes widened, and he shouted loudly: "Come on, give me a big punishment." ”

The jailers of the Imperial Historical Observatory were very excited, they had been working here before, and before Wei Zheng became the overseer of the Imperial History, they were often involved in torture to extract confessions.

I haven't beaten anyone in years, and their hands have long been itchy. Hearing Wei Zheng's order, several fierce jailers rushed up and tied Li Gengqin to a thick wooden frame.

Wei Zheng didn't like to see such a bloody scene, and he turned around and left the torture room. As soon as he went out and walked less than ten steps away, he heard a scream behind him. He frowned and continued to walk forward.

In less than half a pillar of incense, an imperial historian who remained in the torture room hurriedly came to see Wei Zheng, and he said excitedly: "My lord, he has recruited." ”

Wei Zheng was also a little excited, and said in his heart: "It seems that to deal with such a villain, we still have to take some measures." ”

Wei Zheng returned to the torture room, continued to interrogate Li Gengqin, and then asked him to sign the confession.

Early the next morning, Wei Zheng and Gao Jingming came to the East Palace.

Wei Zheng said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, everything is clear. ”

It turned out that Li Tai's secret was hidden in the "Tuodi Chronicles".

The main content of the "Tuodi Chronicle" is to compare the 358 prefectures according to the ten ways of Zhenguan, and then take the state as a unit to describe the history, geographical prestige, name, mountains, rivers, cities, historic sites, myths and legends, major historical events, etc. of each county under its jurisdiction.

In the process of compiling the "Chronicles of the Frontiers", various data from each prefecture and prefecture were re-examined in order to collect information. Among them, there is a certain discrepancy between the data on the river and the data of the Wude period used by the previous households.

According to the data in the "Tuodi Chronicle", the household department has re-approved the tax on the river. Most of these states and counties have seen an increase in river mileage over the years as a result of construction. There are also some river miles that have been reduced due to natural disasters such as floods.

In general, according to the data in the "Tuodi Chronicle", the tax revenue of the household department has increased a lot. For this reason, Gao Jingming also specially expressed his gratitude to Li Tai. Li Shimin also praised Li Tai for this.

Li Tai was the governor of Yuezhou, Chang, Hai, Run, Chu, Shu, Lu, Hao, Shou, She, Su, Hangzhou, Xuan, Dongmu, Nanhe, Yue, Wu, Quan, Jian, Tai, Shan, Xia, Sheng, Beifu, Bac Ninh, Bei, Yongzhou, and other prefectures. However, hidden in the middle of the 358 states, it is also inconspicuous.

After Gao Jingming's inspection, it was found that there was a certain gap between the mileage of some of these states that levied the mileage of the river locally and the mileage collected by the household department.

This disparity in numbers has led to a large loss of household tax revenue.

It is said that this secret hidden in it should be able to find clues in the joint investigation between the household department and the imperial history platform not long ago. But they ignored a problem - the person in charge of investigating this case in the household department was Li Gengqin, the commander of Caoyun Shilang.

Li Gengqin is one of Li Tai's many brothers-in-law, and his Caoyun Shilang is also recommended by Li Tai. He colluded with his cronies in the state under Li Tai's rule, and it was difficult for outsiders to discover the secrets.

This time, if it weren't for Wu Jue's reminder, this secret would have been kept forever.

Thinking that for so many years, right under his nose, the tax revenue of the household department had turned out to be such a big hole, Gao Jingming was uncomfortable and just wanted to cry.

He said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister is ashamed, the minister is seriously derelict in his duties, and he must take the blame and resign." ”

Li Chengqian couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Master Gao, what does this matter have to do with you?" What kind of job are you quitting?

Now, what we have to do is how to expose Li Tai's huge corruption. ”

Gao Jingming said worriedly: "With Your Majesty's favor to His Royal Highness King Wei, I'm afraid this matter is not so simple. ”

Wei Zheng said firmly: "No matter who it is, in the face of national law, he must not be allowed to go unpunished. ”

Li Chengqian said: "Lord Wei is right. Master Gao is also reasonable. Let's prepare carefully and strike hard. ”

After deliberation, the crowd began to split up.

Wei Wangfu.

As soon as the sky was bright, Li Tai was woken up by his concubine Li Yishuang.

Li Tai put on his clothes and asked dissatisfiedly: "Early in the morning, what kind of noisy and noisy people are coming?" ”

Li Yishuang cried and said: "Your Highness, the brother of the slave family did not return to the house last night, and the sister-in-law came to the door early in the morning. ”

Li Tai "chuckled" in his heart, and asked nervously, "Which brother is it?" ”

Li Yishuang said: "It's Li Gengqin, the eldest brother of the slave family. Some people say that they saw him being taken away by the people of the Imperial Tower. ”

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