Chapter Twenty-Four: The Gambling Turmoil
Everyone has their own plans, and Cheng Zhijie was not involved in the incident of the gambling land, so he doesn't know how to deal with this matter.
But it seemed to the other ministers that His Majesty had already replied to the matter.
And they only found out when they returned home today.
Today, the queen summoned the wives of several families to the palace and returned the IOUs written by each family to them.
Now that the matter has reached Empress Changsun, and a decision has been made, Your Majesty has no reason not to know.
But for a whole day, His Majesty didn't mention a word about this matter, isn't the intention unclear?
Li Shimin does have considerations in this regard, first, there are too many people involved, and second, these are all old brothers who follow him to fight the country.
It is infuriating but not inexcusable that a child in the family has made a mistake in the heat of the moment.
Li Shimin deliberately made a time difference, just to give these ministers time to solve this problem.
"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play!" The next morning, near the end, Wen Yanbo stood up.
"Wen Aiqing, what's going on?" Li Shimin looked at Wen Yanbo with a serious face.
"Your Majesty, the trend of gambling in Beijing has become more and more serious recently, and the minister heard that the cause of the incident originated from Sun Chong, the eldest son of the Duke of Qi, the second son of the Duke of Xing, the second son of the Duke of Xing, Chai Lingwu, the second son of the Duke of Cai, Du He, the fourth son of the Duke of Yixing County, and Hou Yong, the eldest son of the Duke of Lu, etc.
Because of the importance of the matter, the minister ordered someone to investigate carefully, and found that these six people seemed to be deliberate, and the casinos they set up were located in different areas of Chang'an City, and there was no duplication of the gamblers they called.
It was the people who were dragged by them to participate, and then they intensified, resulting in the situation of the wind in Beijing, so far eighteen people have committed suicide, and thousands of families have gone bankrupt, I hope Your Majesty will find out! ”
'Bang! ’
Li Shimin slammed his fist on the desk, unable to hide his anger.
Of course, he knew about the matter and dealt with it, but he didn't know that the consequences of this matter were so serious.
These little kings and eight calves are so ruthless, and they also know that they are scattered and seem to be fighting separately, but they have shrouded the entire Chang'an under the gambling game, and in just one day, they have deceived the nobles in the entire Chang'an City.
"Your Majesty, the ministers are not strict with their children, and the ministers are guilty!" Du Ruhui did not choose to be silent, but stood up before Li Shimin got angry, and then said: "After the minister learned about this last night, he asked the dog to return all the money and property, but the minister did not expect such a consequence, the minister has no face to see His Majesty, let alone to the people, the minister wants to tell the old man to return to his hometown, please ask Your Majesty for permission......"
The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head helplessly, this Du Ruhui will really seize the opportunity to play.
But he only thought about himself, but not about them, the old brothers.
The incident was committed by several rabbit cubs together, and now you are the only one who has resigned, what should you think from the outside? And how many of them should be done?
Du Ruhui's move not only caused a problem for Li Shimin, but also a problem for these related ministers.
"Let's wait until things are clarified before making a decision! However, this gambling addiction in Beijing must be suppressed as soon as possible! Li Shimin said with a somewhat unhappy face.
Du Ruhui has resigned more than once, his health has deteriorated in the past two years, and Li Shimin doesn't want him to work so hard, but now it is the time for the DPRK to employ people, and Li Shimin doesn't want to let go of such a humerus minister.
Therefore, Du Ruhui took the opportunity to resign Li Shimin can understand, but this matter is too sudden, and he needs to think about it.
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Li Yuanjing naturally did not know what happened at the court meeting, as the initiator of this matter.
At this time, Li Yuanjing was still having a headache about his personal affairs.
What is certain is that the granddaughter of the royal physician has been sent to the palace, and she was already waiting in her palace the afternoon before yesterday, but for some reason, when she came back, she found that she was no longer there.
Originally, I thought that the matter was discovered by the palace, so I sent someone to send the granddaughter of the royal doctor back.
As a result, Liang Yi inquired about it and found out that the person was still in the palace, but he was taken away by Empress Changsun, and the reason was naturally very formal.
Not all cats and dogs can enter the palace casually, even if it is a woman, even if it is the daughter of a wealthy family who enters the palace, the first thing to do is to accept the training of the female officials in the palace, and only after all the etiquette has been learned can you go to the place where you should go.
The bored Li Yuanjing made a pair of rocking chairs, lying in the shade of the trees and swaying without a match, secretly muttering that the eldest grandson queen still didn't reply......
The little peach fanned hard, her little face was flushed, and the whole person was extremely depressed.
That's right, Li Yuanjing is taking revenge on her, and he will let Lao Wang prick himself with a needle at every turn, and if he doesn't clean up this girl ruthlessly, he really doesn't know who is the master here.
A little eunuch quickly entered the Wude Hall with small steps.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty has called you to go to the Imperial Study immediately!"
"What?" Li Yuanjing glanced at the little eunuch and asked casually.
Even if he didn't hear anything outside the window, Li Yuanjing knew that this time was when Li Shimin had a small meeting, except for a few confidants and ministers, no one could be admitted to the imperial study during this time period, and no one could see Li Shimin.
The little eunuch hesitated, not knowing whether he should say this or not, but it didn't seem to be a secret thing, if he offended King Zhao because of this, what should he do as a little eunuch?
After thinking about it, the little eunuch still reminded vaguely: "The slave doesn't know, but Your Majesty is very angry!" ”
"Hmm!" Li Yuanjing nodded, got up and followed the little eunuch to the imperial study.
When passing by the main hall, Li Yuanjing also deliberately took a look inside, but he was a little disappointed, except for some palace maids and eunuchs who were busy, he didn't see what he wanted to see.
The granddaughter of the Wang family doesn't know where she is hidden?
Li Yuanjing asked Liang Yi to inquire for a day without inquiring, not because Li Yuanjing was hypocritical, but because he didn't know each other.
If you can get the information in advance, if you can't accept it, you will be sprinkling and rolling, and you will also mess up this matter.
In Li Yuanjing's own words, he has crossed over, he is still a prince, and he has to find a woman to pick it up? How can you randomly arrange an unpleasant dinosaur to disgust yourself by your side?
The Imperial Study is actually a palace next to the Ganlu Palace, which is basically the emperor's living and office area, and he spends most of the day here.
Normally, only the early dynasty will go to the Liangyi Hall or the Taiji Palace, but it is too big, and he has to talk with his throat, and Li Shimin doesn't like it very much.
Li Yuanjing is still the first time to come to the Ganlu Palace, and the appearance is quite bluffing from a distance, but the closer he gets, the more disdainful he becomes, dilapidated, and even able to see the fallen patent leather, which is in disrepair and seems to be in disrepair, as if he doesn't know when it will collapse.
As for entering the main hall, Li Yuanjing was even more determined to move out, although the inside was often ventilated, there was still a faint smell of dampness and mold after entering, but this smell was much smaller than that of the Wude Palace.
After the little eunuch went in to report, Li Yuanjing directly entered the imperial study, took a glance, and couldn't help but smile, how many brothers are there......