"I took a look, the annual expenses of the royal family are more than 10,000 yuan, if this money is used for national construction, it is enough to build a cement road from Chang'an to Tongguan, this is still the cost of building a palace on a large scale, given time, I dare not imagine." Li Yuanji made a gesture of long-term planning and continued:

"By separating them at this time, I can not only make the treasury spend less, but also set an example for future generations, and you can spend whatever you want, but it can only be your own money, the money of the treasury, which is used for the country."

"Your Majesty can have this heart, and the ministers express their heartfelt gratitude to Your Majesty for all the people, but Your Majesty ignores one point, the country is Your Majesty's!" Pei Lin first expressed his gratitude, and then reminded.

Boy, that's pretty much it.

As soon as you are an emperor, the whole country is yours, no one dares to say anything as you toss, why do you need to play like this?

Li Yuanji also realized that he might have said the wrong thing, secretly saying that the ancient emperor was really not good, and he wanted to be a Ming monarch who enjoyed Qing Fu, and he had to meow so many things, so it was better to move bricks by himself.

"What I mean is that the money in the treasury is only used for the country's expenses, and the royal expenses are solved by themselves, and the purpose is not to separate the royal family from the country, but to leave a rule for future generations, don't spoil the country's society because of greed." Li Yuanji hurriedly explained, as if he was worried about what they would say, and said directly: "The Taiping Fang is mine, the cement workshop is also mine, the book printing workshop in the north of the town is also mine, and there are other miscellaneous things, and there is a lot of income all year round, which is enough for the royal family's expenses." ”

Li Yuanji's thoughts were only on ideas in the end, and the four important ministers below did not give specific answers.

Li Yuanji didn't continue to chase, anyway, he told you, those things are my own, I can do whatever I want, I don't need the money from the treasury, can you still force me to use it?

Of course, Li Yuanji's purpose is actually ......

……

Lihe Village and Zhangqiao Village, two villages five miles apart, are linked together because of their proximity to each other.

The matter of the fight brought great trouble to these two villages, first the officials of the government appeared, but there were too many people, and the number of officials was insufficient, and it was difficult to control it for a while.

finally controlled the scene, but a thousand cavalry suddenly came and surrounded the entire scene.

A man who looked like a big official stepped out of the cavalry, found the official and talked to him for a few words, and then took over everything here.

The officials began to become collaborators, vassals.

The 1,000 cavalry was mostly composed of Turks, and the two sides could not speak the same language, but they were already frightened by the military regulations, and they did not dare to act recklessly at this moment, so they could only honestly surround, divide, and guard the crowd according to the order.

After coming to Lihe Village, Wei Zheng decided to do it quickly, get this matter done as soon as possible, and give some warnings to those landlords or ordinary people who were on the sidelines.

He instructed the cavalry to set up a tent on the spot, which was the kind of simple tent of the Qi army, which was strong enough, but because it was extremely convenient to build and dismantle, it was deeply loved by the majority of soldiers.

After a short time, the tent was set up, Wei Zheng and Ma Wu entered the tent side by side, two chairs, a table, and the two sat behind the table, surrounded by soldiers on guard and officials on standby.

The Turkic cavalry randomly selected a few from the crowd and were sent to the tents one by one.

There are people fighting with weapons, and there are also family members of the Zhong family.

The rhetoric of the two sides is slightly off, but the general meaning is still relative.

At this point, Wei Zheng has made a preliminary judgment on this matter, and the verdict of the case cannot only be conveyed by listening to people and asking in person to get a better answer.

The inquiries of the people at the bottom have ended, and then it's the turn of the main event, the three protagonists.

"Shangguan! Shangguan Ke must be the master of a certain family, this gang of people is simply lawless, they gathered a crowd to break into Lihe Village without authorization, and beat my Zhong family to death, this is simply the sin of the Jiu clan. ”

The three protagonists are summoned, but outside the door there is an elderly man with a gray beard, complaining and accusing with an indignant face.

"Who are you?" Ma Wu's face changed, and he glared fiercely at the officials outside the door.

"Who are you? What does it have to do with you when you talk to Shangguan? The man asked rhetorically, a little unpleasantly.

How dare a little of your henchman speak to someone like that? It's really a guy who doesn't know the height of the sky.

In fact, I don't blame this guy, Ma Wu is not very old, only in his early twenties, strong and strong, without a trace of bureaucratic atmosphere, and when he came out with Wei Zheng, it is indeed easy to be mistaken for a guard, plus Ma Wu is standing at this moment, and his body blocks the chair behind him.

"A certain Zhong Liang, after Zhong Xuan, has an in-law relationship with Xue Wanjun, the young eunuch in the main house of the fourth grade." Some couldn't help but explain their identity and background, Xue Wanjun's level is not high, from the fourth grade.

But this is only relative, as Li Shimin's henchman, Xue Wanjun seems to have no reason to be immediately reused under the new emperor.

But at this time, who in the court doesn't know, Xue Wanjun has a younger brother named Xue Wanche, this is a big celebrity around the emperor today, and he has to take it with him on several expeditions.

"Xue Wanjun is from the fourth grade, his younger brother Xue Wanche is the right leading general, from the third grade, coincidentally, the official is also from the third grade, and he is also from the third grade!" Wei Zheng counted with his fingers, pretending to be surprised.

Ma Wu frowned slightly, the dark guard did not find out that the Zhong family still had this layer of relationship.

But it seems normal to think about it, according to what Zhong Liang said, his family is related to Xue Wanjun's wife's maiden family, and he is so far away, who can find out at once?

"Ga ......" Zhong Liang's face stiffened, and the secret way was not good.

This matter must have alarmed the emperor, otherwise, how could two high-ranking officials from the third rank come at the same time?

You must know that in the Tang Dynasty, the positive three products were almost the limit, and those prime ministers were all positive three products.

If you go up, it will only be an honorary position, realizing that you seem to have kicked an iron plate, Zhong Liangzhi secretly scolded Zhang Caiwang in his heart, and he had to pull himself into the water when he died, dog.

Hurriedly accompanied the deputy aggrieved face, and said: "The two officials, the little one is really helpless this time, they are all forced to come to the door, and more than a dozen people have died in the small family alone, you two must be the masters of the little one......"

Fake?

Non-existent!

There are so many officials and soldiers outside, and there are people in the government who are obedient, how can a fake one be so bold?

Zhong Liang can only confirm his identity as a victim as soon as possible, in order to win sympathy points, as for the final result, it depends on whether the emperor sells the face of Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche.

"The official asks you, have you cut off the bashui?" Wei Zheng's face turned dark, Lao Tzu came to do it for you, and no one will give face.

Zhong Liang nodded honestly, he couldn't hide it, after all, the dam was still there, and the water had indeed been robbed of their fields.

"Did you trick Zhang Caiwang into coming alone and then lynching him to death?" Wei Zheng continued to ask.

"I didn't ...... Yes! Zhong Liang wanted to deny it, but when he thought about it, he didn't seem to be able to hide it, so he quickly changed his words and admitted it, but if he admitted it, he was convicted of murder, Zhong Liang hurriedly added: "The little one originally wanted him to take someone back, but who knew that he choked to death just after a few sips of water for him, this is really not to blame the little one......"

Cutting off the water is not a crime, and there is no provision in the Law for such a situation.

But lynching, causing death and triggering a mass fight, is a felony.

Even if it did not cause death, the family property must be confiscated and exiled for thousands of miles to deal with it, and more than 20 people died this time, and the Zhong family could not escape death.

"Someone! Take! People didn't talk much, Wei Zheng yelled directly outside the account.

Several sergeants entered the big tent in an instant, and without saying a word, they directly took down Zhong Liang, and the rest of the people went to take down all the Zhong family members and family members.

Zhong Liang has already admitted these things, which is equivalent to admitting his guilt, what else is there to say next?

At this time, Zhong Ming, who happened to walk to the door of the tent, Zhang Dachang and Zhang Caiwang's son Zhang Xiaotu happened to see this scene.

Zhong Ming, who hadn't reacted yet, was taken down directly, and he was at a loss for what to do.

"It was the people you instigated to come and besiege Lihe Village?" Wei Zheng was unmoved, and continued to ask Zhang Dachang, who was also confused.

You don't even have to ask for a name, you can tell by looking at the clothes on your body.

Zhang Dachang shook his head violently and denied: "No, no, how dare you be small." ”

None of the good things present, and none of the people who could make such a thing happen would be fuel-efficient lamps.

Zhang Dachang's denial cannot exonerate him, Wei Zheng has already asked the people and got a definite answer, even if Zhang Dachang has no direct evidence to prove, but he definitely plays a disgraceful role in this matter.

In fact, Wei Zheng no longer intends to continue asking, there is no need and no point.

After the intelligence of the secret guards and the people, the true situation of the matter has long been clear.

"Don't think that if you don't recognize this official, you won't know anything." Wei Zheng glanced at the other party lightly, and continued: "Your grandfather left you some good karma when he was reincarnated, this time it was your fate, and you still remembered your grandfather's old feelings, so you can do it yourself." You are limited to pick up the documents at Yongzhou Mansion tomorrow, exile Annan, and give you a month to pack up your family property. ”

Take! Raid the house! Beheading!

Compared with these, the exile of Annan can still have a month to dispose of the family property, and Wei Zheng's treatment of the Zhang family can be regarded as benevolent and righteous.

blinked his eyes to Zhang Xiaotu, gathered a crowd to fight, and caused death, but in the end, they were still vulnerable people, and Wei Zheng still sympathized with them from the bottom of his heart.

"As for you...... Give you half a month to prepare, and all those involved will be exiled to protect the north! ”

"Protecting the North?" Zhang Dachang was stunned for a moment, and instantly had the urge to cry, he said that his grandfather left a good fate, but he didn't know about Mao? That being the case, what about ......

"Can you exile me to the north too?"

"Can't ......"