Li Longji almost no longer comes to the imperial study in the morning these days, but comes to take a look in the afternoon, and usually only stays for an hour before leaving, and a large number of piled up recitals are Gao Lishi for him to review, which is like boiling frogs in warm water, when the habit has become natural, it is difficult to change, the improvement of the finances and the predictable salt tax revenue have made Li Longji's tense nerves begin to relax slowly, and gradually indulge in the night sheng songs, pear orchard trivial matters, which Li Qing did not expect at the beginning of the implementation of the new salt policy.

It was almost noon, and the eunuchs on duty in the Qinzheng Palace began to get busy, ventilating, warming the room, putting Hanlin into the side room, and notifying the guards to clear the field, all kinds of signs indicated that the emperor was coming.

"The emperor has arrived!"

With a clear cheer outside the hall, a large number of guards and internal officials surrounded the Tang Emperor and slowly appeared outside the hall, although he had not yet started to deal with government affairs, but Li Longji's face was already tired, his eyes were dark and blue, his eye bags were obvious, and his steps seemed a little vain.

Gao Lishi followed closely behind him, his eyes were full of worry, the emperor was really because of excessive indulgence, and the secret recipe offered by An Lushan was so powerful that he couldn't restrain himself, if this continued, the emperor's body had to collapse, Gao Lishi couldn't help but secretly curse An Lushan, and gave ** to people who were over ten years old, and his heart could be punished!

Li Longji walked into the imperial study in a drowsy manner, and couldn't wait to sit in that somewhat unfamiliar seat, even he obviously felt that he was already haggard, Li Longji closed his eyes for a long time, the dizziness in front of him gradually disappeared, and he looked at the clean and smooth desktop. There were only two or three copies of the recital, and he was relieved, and glanced at Colliers with satisfaction, and he disposed of the rest for himself.

"How's the imperial examination going?" Li Longji picked up a notebook casually and asked absentmindedly.

"The day before yesterday has ended, and now the file is being reviewed, and it is estimated that the results will come out today and tomorrow." Gao Lishi replied while quietly observing Li Longji's face, and the song he was watching was just sent by Li Qing. Impeachment of King Qing for harboring the remnants of the Hai family, bullying men and women on weekdays, and being in the township, followed by Jia Hai's confession, which was recorded in great detail.

The reason why Gao Lishi left this fold was out of consideration for protecting Li Heng. Tai Li Heng's current low-key performance makes him very satisfied, seeing that Li Long's base is getting worse, Gao Lishi must find a way back for himself, Li Cong's enthronement ceremony has no hope, and vigorously attacking him at this moment is a favor to Li Heng, and Gao Lishi will still calculate this account.

Sure enough, Li Longji didn't take Gao Lishi's answer to heart, his face gradually turned solemn, and his eyes flashed with annoyance from time to time. But his long-term experience in politics has taught him that this is only a façade. There must be a deeper context, come to mind. Li Longji slapped the fold on the table and said angrily: "Spread that Li Qing will come to see me quickly!" ”

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In order to prevent the recurrence of the historical situation in which the salt and iron superintendent had been overturned by the Salt and Iron Superintendent, when formulating the new salt law and regulations, he specially added the article that 'the account statements of the Salt and Iron Superintendent will first be submitted to the household department for judgment and then returned,' so that the household department actually has the right to supervise.

At this time, Li Qing's staff hurriedly came in. Hurriedly: "My lord, the emperor's decree has arrived!" ”

His voice had just fallen. Several eunuchs had already arrived at the door, but they did not break in directly, "Li Shilang, the emperor ordered you to go to see the driver quickly, without further ado, please follow us immediately." ”

"I see!" Li Qing took out a book from the drawer and folded it into his arms, then put on his clothes and went with the eunuch.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he rushed to Xingqing Palace, and at this moment he had already thought about the manuscript in his heart, not to mention that he also knew why Li Longji was looking for him? Last time, he spared King Qing in order to implement the salt law, and did not hold him accountable for assassinating himself, but people like King Qing are typical bullies and fears of the hard, and only by teaching him a hard lesson can he be really afraid and dare not be disgusted again.

"Your Majesty, Li Qing has already brought!"

When Gao Lishi saw the eyes of the eunuch announcing the edict at the door, he immediately reported to Li Longji, who was pretending to be asleep.

"Order him in!" Li Longji opened his narrow dragon eyes slightly, and the majesty of the imperial land gradually spread.

Not long after, Li Qing was brought into the imperial study, he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down and saluted, "Minister Li Qing knocks to see His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Li Longji glanced at him, without the slightest smile on his face, "Flat!" I have something to ask you. ”

He raised his hand and said coldly: "Why don't you report the things behind this recital." ”

Li Qing stood up from the ground, bowed down and said: "It's not that the minister doesn't want to report, it's just that there is no direct evidence for some things, but the minister inferred that King Qing is the emperor again, and the minister really doesn't dare to say anything." ”

Li Longji's face was a little pale, he understood what Li Qing meant, and he also knew what King Qing's geomental technique was, presumably he had done some major case attempt, which was covered up by Li Qing, and Li Longji's heart was a little moved. Li Qing defended his face several times, but he didn't know what to do, he was really too deceitful.

"Squire, what happened to you?"

Li Qing pondered for a moment, and then said: "King Qing ordered the remnants of the Hai family to pretend to be Chengdu merchants and deposit 100,000 yuan in the cabinet shop in the West Market, and the deposit period was three months, but he withdrew it after only a few days, during which he seemed to know that the money in the cabinet was borrowed, and the timing was very clever, if we can't pay it, the reputation will be swept away, and the minister only inferred from what happened and the possible results, and there is no direct evidence." ”

Li Qing said it very clearly, and Li Longji immediately understood that King Qing wanted to take advantage of the shortage of funds in the imperial court to force the cabinet shop and make Li Qing's experiment fail, and Li Longji also heard the other meaning of Li Qing's words, 'He seems to know that the money in the cabinet shop is being borrowed', the implication is that someone has colluded with him and jointly planned this conspiracy, who this person is, Li Qing does not say, and Li Longji does not want to ask.

"Where are the remnants of the Hai family now?" Li Longji tried to calm his tone, but his hands were already trembling slightly, if Li Cong was really involved in the Haijia incident, it would be a big scandal for the royal family.

Li Qing said lightly: "Chen originally wanted him to disappear quietly, but he was assassinated last night and made a disturbance, and this matter has now spread all over Chang'an, and he can't stop it if he wants to." ”

"What!"

Li Longji stared at Li Qing tightly, seeing that his face was calm, he naturally understood that this was King Qing's hand, but making a disturbance was probably Li Qingbu's game, his heart was bitter and astringent at the moment, and there was no reason to want to attack, so he had to hold back his heart in one breath.

"What do you do with the 100,000 yuan?" Li Longji stretched his face and lengthened his voice.

Li Qing was not in a hurry and handed it over

Said: "This is the income and expenditure of the past few months, the treasury will be exhausted, since the 100,000 yuan is confessed to be the remaining property of the Hai family in Chang'an, the minister confiscated him." ”

Li Longji didn't speak, he took it and flipped through it, it was obvious that there were three palace expenditures, and nearly 500,000 yuan was allocated in just three months, his face was a little hot, and he knew very well that only the costumes made of gold and silver thread by Brother Liyuan were worth 10,000 yuan.

Well, let's teach him a lesson! Li Longji sighed secretly, and returned it to Li Qing, "You can take care of this matter, you don't need to ask me for instructions, I am a little tired now." ”

After speaking, he closed his eyes and ignored Li Qing no longer.

"Retire!"

After Li Qing retreated, Li Longji's eyes opened suddenly, and he turned back to Gao Lishi and said sharply: "You go and warn Na Rebellion for me, if he dares to make the slightest mistake again, I will demote him to a concubine and never go out!" ”

Gao Lishi was just about to leave, but Li Longji stopped him again and said coldly: "You tell him again, since he has money and has nowhere to spend, from now on, all his land and property will be confiscated and he will be fined for five years." ”

Gao Lishi's heart was cold, except for the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan because of the throne to kill three, such a severe punishment, in his impression is the first time to encounter, it seems that the emperor is really angry this time, he didn't dare to say more, only promised to take the order and left.

Li Longji lay on the chair dejectedly, he only felt exhausted, and he didn't want to ask or care about anything. He just wanted to get a good night's sleep, and after a long time, he waved his hand gently, "Go back to the palace!" ”

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Qingwang's Mansion, Li Li was severely beaten by King Qing, and he has been locked up and punished for not leaving the mansion for half a year. At this time, Yang Guozhong came to the door to apologize.

"Nope!" Li Cong slammed the table viciously, and the gate of King Qing's Mansion 'Boom!' Yang Guozhong was closed, and Yang Guozhong was both worried and glad that King Qing's property and reputation were swept away, worried that his son would be nameless. And fortunately, he didn't follow King Qing to invest money, otherwise he would have been played by Li Qing for nothing, and it was not until today that he realized the power of his old shopkeeper.

Yang Guozhong was taken aback, he looked at the closed vermilion gate, and did not see that it had half a point to reopen to him, so he had to go down the steps stupidly, he was just about to get into the carriage, and he couldn't help but walk back to the steps, shouting at the crack in the door: "Please tell His Royal Highness King Qing that Yang Guozhong has no malicious intent." I apologize to him! ”

"What does Yang Cheng have to apologize to His Royal Highness King Qing?" Yang Guozhong was startled, and he turned around. But I saw that Gao Lishi was looking at him with his hands behind his back and smiling, and I really didn't know when he would come behind him.

Yang Guozhong was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat. At this time, how could he be bumped into and heard by a sensitive person like Gao Lishi, he coughed dryly twice, and said incoherently: "The lowly carriage and carriage hit King Qing, no!" Qingwangdi carriage, humble to apologize to him! ”

Gao Lishi smiled slightly, and said with a little teasing: "Hehe! I see, I guess it's a hit. That's why King Qing won't let you in. At this moment, he already knew who the person Li Qing said was colluding with King Qing. Aren't you standing right in front of you?

"Do you want the old man to open the door for you?"

"No, you don't! No! Yang Guozhong was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, "I still have something to do, Ah Weng, please take care of yourself." He stepped down a dozen steps in two steps, but his feet slipped, and he fell on the steps, then bounced off the ground, patted his buttocks, and fled in panic.

Gao Lishi kept seeing his carriage go away, so he snorted coldly, turned around and said unhurriedly to the door: "Tell King Qing, just say that the holy decree has arrived, let him come out to receive the decree!" ”

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Let's say that Yang Guozhong was already sweating profusely after running into the carriage, he was like a thief who was caught red-handed, and his heart was so weak that he shrank into a ball on his carriage, until the carriage made a turn and he couldn't see King Qing's mansion, his courage slowly recovered, and the question in his heart also rose, 'What did Gao Lishi do when he came to King Qing? Could it be that the emperor's will is not fulfilled? ’

The more he thinks about it, the more likely it is, now that King Qing is covering the Hai family, Chang'an has spread all over Chang'an, how can the emperor not know? Things also have something to do with him, his heart is like a cat scratching, that is, he wants to go back and see, but he is afraid of being caught again, and after hesitating again and again, Yang Guozhong made up his mind, "Forget it, it doesn't matter if King Qing is dead or alive, don't go and see it!" ”

As soon as he gave the order, the carriage sped away, away from the place of right and wrong, and saw that he was about to reach the mansion, when suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums in front of him, and he saw more than a dozen dukes holding red colors and walking towards his mansion with joy, "Ah! Could it be.

Yang Guozhong immediately reacted, this must be his own list.

"Hey! Wait a minute! ”

Yang Guozhong jumped out of the carriage, blocked the way of several good news officials with his open arms, and asked in a trembling voice: "But Yang Xuanbang is on the list?" ”

Yang Guozhong is now Jing Zhaoyin, how can the good news official not know him, and immediately bent down and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Lord Yang, Yang Xuan is the fourth in the high grade, and he is here to report the good news!" ”

"Aha!" Yang Guozhong jumped high, and he actually finished fourth, he touched his beard, and his mouth was already smiling, "It's really good!" Tiger father has no dogs! ”

"You go on!" Yang Guozhong turned around and ran back, he wanted to worship his ancestors and thank God, but now the most important thing is to find out the lottery.

"Sir, the Grand Duke has not come back since he went out the afternoon the day before yesterday." The big butler looked at Yang Guozhong timidly, the old man was out of breath, and the gongs and drums were noisy in the distance, he naturally understood what was going on, Yang Xuan was probably still happy in the brothel at the moment!

"Why don't we go and get the Grand Duke back now?"

"Hurry up and find it!" Yang Guozhong kicked the butler's ass fiercely and scolded: "If you can't find it back within half an hour, you will farm the old grange!" ”

The sound of gongs and drums has arrived at the gate, and they still don't stop beating, such a big movement has already attracted a large number of onlookers, pointing and discussing, all feeling incredible, the Yang family duke who has always been unlearned, greedy for money and lustful, actually became a jinshi, isn't this the sun hitting the west and coming out?

At this moment, Chang'an City is full of officials who report the good news, wearing red ribbons and colors, carrying big pockets containing happy money, wandering around between the squares in Chang'an.