Under the afterglow of the sun, Baima Temple transported more than 30 cars of gold and silver treasures, and the copper coins were not counted. It was a sensation that there were so many treasures hidden in one temple, which was simply unacceptable.

A temple actually hid a huge amount of 400,000 taels of silver, Li Shimin was furious when he was uneasy, and wanted to order an inventory of all the temples in Chang'an, but was persuaded by Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng.

A thorough investigation of Chang'an will only make people uneasy, not only the outsiders are uneasy, but even the officials in the court will be very worried, how can Du Ruhui, who is in charge of hundreds of officials, not know the virtues of those people under his hands, except for those who are known for their style and bones, they would rather starve their whole family to death than to preserve their bones, and others have some problems.

They are not saints, the whole family has to eat, relying on the little money of the imperial court, it is simply wishful thinking to live in Chang'an.

How many officials couldn't sleep at night that night, cursing Cai Cong in their hearts for meddling in their affairs, causing them to lose a lot of money. Unwilling, they are also panicking at the same time, the account book of Baima Temple clearly records how much money they share every month, if the court traces it, their best fate is to be dismissed.

At dawn, one by one the officials went out nervously, and the miscellaneous servants found that these old men were very short-tempered today, and the slightest little thing would be summoned to reprimand and slap their mouths, and everyone waited cautiously, for fear of angering the master.

The official master is also uncomfortable, there is a little movement outside, they are afraid that Dali Temple will come to arrest them. One by one, they are emaciated, and they can't even eat lunch.

When the people sent out came back and said that Chang'an was waiting to enter the palace, they were all trembling, what was Cai Cong doing in the palace at this time? They must have been accused.

In the palace, Li Shimin looked at Cai Cong with a dark face, this kid was full of evil crookedness, and he actually said his crooked reasoning in front of himself and the adults.

"So we can't expect all officials to be holy and honest, either with high salaries or harsh punishments, but we must find a way to make them stop taking risks for money."

"A bunch of nonsense, reading the books of sages and sages, and being a citizen of the people, of course, we must put the world first, how can we ignore the livelihood of the people for our own selfish interests?" Wei Zheng immediately retorted, with the thinking of a saint like him, everything he does should put the people first, otherwise he would not be an official.

"Lord Wei is as clear as a sage, Cai Cong admires me a lot, I can't do it, I have to eat a dozen dishes, the things used are not exquisite and luxurious, I am not happy. It can be like Lord Wei, the family eats a few dishes, and they can't afford to eat meat a few times a month, and the whole family is still happy. ”

"Chang'an Hou, you yourself have the ability to enjoy a luxurious life, this is your own business, but you shouldn't popularize these extravagant enjoyments, so that other people don't have Chang'an's way to make money, but pursue luxury like Chang'an Hou, and in the end they can only be corrupt."

Wei Zheng said bitterly, in his opinion, how much ability to eat and how big a bowl he is, how can everyone be as extravagant as Cai Cong?

"Hehe, Lord Wei, you are asking the officials of the world like this, it is just right, but it can't be said with affection, if everyone is like a saint, then the world is the same, and we don't have to work so hard to maintain the world."

"What the Cai family kid said is reasonable, if he really relies on the court's money, Lao Tzu can't even afford to eat meat, then I will never agree." Wei Chigong stood up and said, don't look at the fiefdoms are so big, the family is bigger, so many mouths rely on the taxes and money of the fiefdom every month, and the life is not as good as a businessman!

Li Shimin is in a dilemma, how can he not know what the situation is? But the treasury has no money! Moreover, in his opinion, people's hearts are dissatisfied, and if he opens this opening, he will not be able to contain it in the future.

"Your Majesty, please cure the sin of the Marquis of Chang'an's demagoguery, acting like this, not only to win profits with the people, but also to corrupt the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty from top to bottom, if everyone is proud of extravagance, then there will be no etiquette and pleasure in this world!"

Li Gang glared at Cai Cong fiercely as he spoke, if he doesn't do good learning, he engages in crooked ways every day, so he still has a bit of the responsibility of a prince?

"Hehe, the minister just made a suggestion, isn't it all Your Majesty to discuss with the princes? There's no need to punish crimes, right? ”

Cai Cong smiled, the heart-warming person didn't dare to stand up for the sake of face, but the defender jumped out directly and wanted to throw him a big ear scraper, it seems that whether it is a high salary or a harsh punishment, it will not work.

Cai Cong thinks that the high salary and incorruptibility still have a certain effect, but the harsh punishment is just a make-up, you don't see how much effort Zhu Yuanzhang killed, what's the use? In the end, his Ming Dynasty rotted from the toes to the bone marrow in terms of corruption.

"Hmph, forget it this time, no matter what, it's out of kindness, don't mention it again in the future." Li Shimin took it lightly, and so far it seems that Lu Quan, an unlucky bastard, has been convicted for his words, and Li Shimin doesn't want others to dare to speak in the future.

"Yes, yes, the minister is here today, and he also brought the account book of Baima Temple, tsk, the official is really knocking on the bone and sucking the marrow for money, how to deal with it is up to Your Majesty to decide."

Cai Cong said disdainfully, Li Shimin's anger jumped, what is an official, you, the marquis, have a much higher official position than these people, and these people are all Li Shimin's officials, is this saying that he Li Shimin doesn't know anyone?

"Give the account book to Wei Zheng, how to investigate and deal with it is up to him, you don't have to ask."

"Your Majesty, and the fields of those people are ......"

"I said, Wei Zheng will deal with it, and if he doesn't return it to the people, he will decide, so you don't need to intervene!" Li Shimin said with a smile, stinky boy, stinky boy, don't think that you are the only one in the world who eats dry rice, there are capable people in Datang.

"The minister doesn't want to meddle in this matter, the minister wants to ask, the land that belongs to the Baima Temple, and the temple that has been sealed, is it sold? Chen wants to buy it and build a commercial street. ”

Cai Cong said with a smile, he had offended Li Shimin by saying the wrong thing just now, and it would be time for him to laugh with him.

"What kind of shopping street? Write a memorabic and let me make a decision after reading it, and if you have nothing to do, you will hurry down, and I will have a headache when I see you. Li Shimin covered his head and said, this kid doesn't leave the businessman for three sentences, so does he still have the face of the marquis?

Xungui's face is about to be lost to him, and he is simply a-stirring stick. Cai Cong smiled and took out the fold he had written last night from his arms, hehe, he smirked and handed it to Li Shimin, nodded and withdrew from the hall with a smile.

Li Shimin was miserable in his heart, could it be that it was not enough for Wei Chi Dasha and Cheng Er, God still wanted to give Datang a Hou Ye who lacked heart.

"Wei Qing, I will hand over this matter to you, how to deal with it, you take out a charter, I have seen that if it is no problem, you can do it."

"The minister suggested that these ledgers be burned tomorrow in the early dynasty, because they were widely implicated and it was not easy to investigate them deeply. The second is to let them see His Majesty's kindness, and they will be grateful and change their ways. ”

Wei Zheng thought about it and said, Li Jing, Wuji and the others all glanced at Wei Zheng gratefully. If you don't appreciate it, you can't do it, I went home last night to find out that my mother-in-law, children and nephews all put the money in, if something didn't happen, they were afraid that they wouldn't dare to tell themselves!

"In that case, give them a chance to mend their ways, what Aiqing said is accurate."

Li Shimin saw the relieved appearance of others, and sighed in his heart, they are all old brothers who fight the country together! It's just that this time Wei Zheng, the old puppet, picked up so many favors in vain, and he was really unwilling.

Li Shimin thought in his heart, Wei Zheng picked his thorns in three days, Li Shimin was in awe and fear of him, and let him pick up so many benefits in vain, Li Shimin was very unhappy.

(End of chapter)