Li Shimin returned to Qingning Palace depressedly, and the eldest grandson asked gently: "What's wrong with Your Majesty, didn't you say to confiscate the prince's money?" Why are you unhappy, Cai Cong's stinky boy is angry with you again? ”

"It's a blessing that I didn't put it upside down." Li Shimin reluctantly smiled at the eldest grandson and told him about it.

"The concubine always feels that Cai Cong's words are a bit alarmist, he also said before that there will be a big drought in Guanzhong next year, and there will be a big locust plague in the next year, and the concubine feels untrue when he hears it!"

"Alas, I also hope so, but the drought in Henan and Hebei that he said has appeared, and the earth has dried up and cracked after three months of rain. Guanyin, you say, is this God's punishment for me! ”

Li Shimin said in horror that he killed his brother and forced his father to abdicate, Cai Cong came out of the air like a prophet of heaven and man, saying that many disasters continue every year, which made him frightened.

"No, no, Cai Cong has said, what kind of natural phenomenon is this at the end of the glaciation, it can be understood as the reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao, not only the Tang Dynasty, but also the country of Fanbang is full of disasters, and even the Turks are not much better." The eldest grandson hurriedly said that she knew this husband too well, and that he could wake up the nightmare of only those two brothers at night.

"I hope so! However, I also need to prepare early, if these natural disasters really occur, those gate valve families will inevitably take the opportunity to make waves. Rest early, I still have some things to think about. ”

Li Shimin's eyes flashed with a cold glint and said, he is not the kind of person who indulges in fear and confusion, since there is this possibility, he has to make plans early.

On the morning of the second day, Li Shimin was in good spirits, and he couldn't see his confusion last night at all. After the mountain called long live, Wei Zheng came out of the column and said: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Chang'an Bo for private use, in order to collect gambling debts, he actually brought two hundred left guard sergeants to ravage Chang'an, and even forced the owners of six gambling houses to death. ”

Before Li Shimin could speak, Wei Zheng continued: "The minister also wants to impeach the prince and the king of the family and the king of Chang'an, and the prince and the king of the family know about yesterday's incident, but they don't want to dissuade them, but instead ask for a big scale with Chang'an, which is ridiculous." ”

Zhang Liang and the others were overjoyed, they originally wanted to impeach Cai Cong and force people to death, but they also knew that this reason was unreasonable, but they didn't expect Wei Zheng, the lone husband, to stand up.

"In that case, Prince Xuan and the others will enter the hall." Li Shimin said lightly,

"Son, minister, please see Your Majesty."

"Cai Cong, Shang Shu Zuo Cheng impeached you for your public and private use yesterday, in order to collect gambling debts, you actually led troops to run rampant in Chang'an Zhufang, can there be such a thing?" Li Shimin said lightly, but his eyes glanced at Zhang Liang and the others as if they were a coincidence.

"The minister is wronged! Yesterday was just a coincidence, and the minister had no public or private use. Those soldiers also went to collect gambling debts, and Weichen was just a stopper. If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, here is the receipt for their bets in the casino. ”

Cai Cong immediately shouted injustice, and as he spoke, he took out a stack of notes from his arms and forwarded them to the chamberlain.

"Show it to Lord Wei." After Li Shimin finished speaking, the chamberlain directly handed the note to Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng took it and read it, his face was pale and uncertain, he didn't expect Cai Cong to be so cunning, these gambling slips only add up to a hundred taels.

"Even so, why are people forced to die?" Wei Zheng asked unstoppablely.

"I don't understand what Master Wei said, these gambling houses, when others sell their sons and daughters, why don't you ask? Yesterday they committed suicide by poisoning themselves because they owed hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to Count Ben and were unable to repay them, so in order to escape.

By the way, I heard that the owner of the gambling house has an old relationship with the nobles of the court, I don't know if it's true or not, if it's really not true, I don't know if I'm willing to take money to redeem the owner's wife and children? It's not expensive, 50,000 taels is enough for a family. ”

Cai Cong said in a weird way, Wei Zheng's face was red when he listened, the one who opened the gambling house was not holding an IOU in his hand, even if he went to the government, he could only sentence them to win.

And Zhang Liang and the others were about to crack their eyes, if it weren't for the main hall, they might have chopped Cai Cong to death directly. Cai Cong said that he was going to drive them to a dead end, and if they didn't come up with this money, they were afraid that they would be ridiculed by the courtiers.

"Hmph, this is not a gentleman's doing. Thou art young and have no mercy, do thou not know how to repay thy grievances with virtue? His Majesty Chang'an Bo has no virtue, so that the color of gold and silver, the prince and the prince are confused, and the minister thinks that Chang'an Bo should be relieved of his position and kept away from the East Palace. ”

Wei Zheng said bitterly, and everyone looked at him strangely. When the Turks attacked, Wei Zheng squatted in prison, and later went to persuade the Shandong family, and he didn't know anything about Cai Cong at all.

"Lord Wei's words are untrue, and it is difficult to agree with them." Li Chengqian stepped forward and said steadily, although he was only eight years old, when he faced the ministers, he already had the demeanor of his father.

"What does Your Highness mean by this? Could it be that last night in the East Palace and Chang'an Bo sat to watch Jinshan's non-Ru and the king of the family? Wei Zheng said without concessions, as for Princess Changle, she was directly ignored by Wei Zheng, and the prince was important.

"It's Gu and Tai Di, but Chang'an Bo is here to discuss with Gu and the two about how to help the disaster. Are my generation such immoral people? Li Chengqian stood in the center of the hall, said proudly, and many old ministers nodded with satisfaction, this is the style of the prince.

"Disaster relief?"

"Exactly, what's the use of us asking for so much money? There is a severe drought in Henan and Hebei, and we have sent people to the south early this morning to buy grain, and then transported it to Henan and Hebei to relieve the victims. Li Chengqian said that the corners of his mouth rose, Cai Cong was right, the mood for doing good deeds was cool, especially when he saw the appreciative eyes of the courtiers.

What the prince said in front of everyone, naturally no one would doubt the truth or falsehood, and they congratulated Li Shimin for a while, and there were successors, sons like fathers, all sons are virtuous, etc., Li Shimin almost laughed out loud proudly, but he said reservedly that he was not yet a talent, and he needed the assistance of all important ministers.

Wei Zheng hurriedly pleaded guilty and said: "The minister asked for punishment, and he played without finding out the whole story, and almost wronged the prince and the king of the family." ”

Seeing Wei Zheng bowing his head, Li Shimin's heart was like drinking a glass of ice water in June, refreshing from the inside to the outside. Since the old man surrendered, he had a small persuasion in three days and a big persuasion in five days, and he had to warn himself not to be greedy for appetite even if he ate two more bites.

If Your Majesty wants to listen to the slander that is pleasing to the ear, please ask the quasi-minister to tell the old man to return to the field.

This is the first time Li Shimin has seen Wei Zheng bow his head, so he said very generously: "Wei Qing's family is also anxious about state affairs, how can I blame you, don't be depressed because of this matter in the future, what should I say, be blunt, I want a direct minister, not a gluttonous minister." ”

Wei Zheng knelt down with emotion and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers should be loyal to their duties, how can they not dare to speak out because of temporary events, I hope that Your Majesty will not annoy the ministers when the time comes." ”

Li Shimin's smile froze, and he suddenly had a feeling of lifting a stone to hit himself. What do you owe with your mouth? I'm afraid this old puppet will be even more unscrupulous in the future.

After dispersing, Cai Cong walked out with the crowd, and Wei Zheng shouted behind him: "Uncle Chang'an, please stay." ”

(End of chapter)