It is very common to summon a minister alone, and Li Yuanji often does it.

But the four ministers were summoned in one go, and the meaning of this is somewhat evocative.

When the four of them came to the main hall, they looked at each other, followed by doubts and puzzles on their faces.

In his heart, he secretly wondered about the purpose of the emperor's summoning of them this time.

summoned Fang Xuanling the most times, and the things were also the most complicated, almost many things Fang Xuanling could interject, but he had never summoned Cheng Zhijie once.

First, the Ministry of War does not have so many miscellaneous matters, and second, if there is something, the cabinet can solve it in a few words, and there is no need to summon it alone, and Cheng Zhijie seems to be deliberately avoiding these.

Each yamen performs its own duties, and no one will interfere with anyone's affairs and responsibilities.

But the summoning of these four people who were not connected at all in their work not only made the four of them have some doubts in their hearts, but even those ministers who were not summoned also showed thoughts on their faces.

The news of Li Chengguang's assassination has not spread for the time being, and even the people near the place of the incident only know that something is wrong on the construction site, and the workers have all run away, but no one knows what happened, so they can only speculate a little, but this speculation is groundless, and there are not many people who believe it.

Even the place where the incident happened is like this, let alone Chang'an, which is thousands of miles away.

And Ma Wu took a special train all the way to Chang'an without stopping, even if it was an eight-hundred-mile rush, in the case of the train running at full power and having the right to pass through the first-class, it may not be able to run the speed of the train.

However, when the four of them saw that the guard standing next to Li Yuanji turned out to be Ma Wu.

The whole person was stunned for an instant.

Didn't Ma Wu go out with Li Chengguang? How did you come back all of a sudden? Fang Xuanling secretly guessed in his heart, frowning from time to time: "Strange, why does Ma Wu's expression be so tired?" Could it be that something is happening outside? That's why he had to rush back overnight? ’

"Let me ask you, wait, does the army disturb the people? Can the Ministry of Industry deduct wages? Can the decree take away his life? Li Yuanji immediately asked three questions.

Even if he doesn't ask this question, everyone knows the answer.

How can the army disturb the people? Professional army, fixed barracks, military entry and exit have strict management, and the Wuhou on the street is also responsible for supervising those soldiers outside, if they find abnormalities, they can come forward to ask the name of their troops, and then report to the county order, which will decide whether to negotiate by themselves or to the superior according to the number of their troops and the location of the station.

Besides, so far, there has not been much negative news about the Tang Army, whether before or after the restructuring.

The Ministry of Labor deducts wages?

This is even more impossible to talk about, wages will be settled on a monthly basis, and if it cannot be settled on a monthly basis, the specific settlement date will also be stated in advance.

For a major event like the construction of a railway, the number of people and areas involved is huge, and it is impossible to do it once a month, so they pay every three months, and everyone knows this.

Moreover, after the previous few years of running-in, the people have no objection to this, because after three months, they will inevitably get the agreed salary, and there will not be a penny of deduction.

The people forced by the decree have no way to live?

Before asking this question, it is best to take a look at the warehouses that are often closed, take a look at the surplus grain in the people's homes, and by the way, go to the money bank to check how many accounts there are, and how many deposits are in each range?

I don't dare to say that there are big fish and big meat, at least now we can ensure that ordinary people can eat two meals a day, and they can see meat once in ten days and a half months, and it has only been a few years, isn't this enough to prove the efforts of the imperial court?

In every aspect, from top to bottom, no one is dissatisfied with it.

Even if there are some aspects that have not been taken into account for the time being, the people have no complaints about them, on the contrary, the people's expectations for them are higher than before, and a few years are enough to change some of the people's thinking, and they believe that the imperial court will one day think of this, and will change these areas that need to be improved.

Living in such times, who still has complaints?

As everyone knows, the folk literati have made many exquisite works for this purpose.

Didn't the emperor know about these questions? Do you need to ask that?

Of course he knew that the ministers had told him, the supervisors had told him, and it was impossible for the secret guard not to say a word.

Multiple channels have told him the answer, but why does he still ask this?

Perhaps, there is only one answer, there must be something that makes the emperor extremely angry, and this matter may be related to Li Chengguang, otherwise, Li Yuanji does not need to summon them at this point in time, and he also summoned four powerful bigwigs in one go.

"Since the army does not disturb the people, the workers do not deduct, and the government does not force the people......" Li Yuanji originally wanted to embellish it to set off his anger, but when the words came to his mouth, he felt that it was not necessary, and he still needed to find any reason?

Need to show your anger? No, now you don't need anything, you just need to give orders.

In this matter, no one will object, no one will pull back.

Said directly: "Ma Wu, come on!" ”

“……”

Ma Wu said the whole process of the whole thing word by word, exactly the same as what he told Li Yuanji, there was no difference.

And after listening to the whole thing, the four of them couldn't help but gasp.

Li Chengguang went out to feel the Tang Dynasty.

What is feeling?

To put it simply, it is to prepare for the ascension to the throne of the crown prince, and it is not so easy to become the crown prince.

In terms of system, Li Yuanji has given the prince the best protection, but as far as he is concerned, the prince also needs to continue to learn and grow himself, and he must show a dazzling scene before he can be canonized as the prince.

A prince who stays in the palace all the year round will never become a prince.

No matter what dynasty it is, when it is, even if there is no obvious record of those princes mingling outside the palace all the year round, in fact, every prince has a certain understanding of the people and the country.

Of course, there are some exceptions, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, he didn't, but considering that Liu Rong was deposed, Liu Che was still young, and when he was canonized as the crown prince, he didn't have time to do that.

But after that, the process is no less.

Li Chengguang obviously won't go out just once, but this first time he encountered such a serious problem, this result is obviously unacceptable to everyone.

Although Li Chengguang is still young, his intelligence and some of his advantages have begun to gradually appear, he is modest and studious, without the slightest arrogance in his identity, and treats everyone very peacefully, but he gives people a faint majesty.

In time, Li Chengguang may not be able to become a monarch like Li Yuanji, but his own development and his own future cannot be underestimated.

At least, the ministers are still very satisfied with the future crown prince, at the moment.

And the current development of Datang, although there are some deficiencies, but if you ignore these, the progress it has made in just a few years has already surpassed the previous thousands of years, a beautiful, prosperous, and powerful era is coming, at this time, not to mention their high-ranking cabinet members, even ordinary officials, ordinary people, do not want to have any changes.

At present, the future prince was assassinated, although it was not successful, but the crime was ......

But it's tantamount to rebellion.

It's not easy to do!

This is Fang Xuanling's first reaction, it's not that it can't be done, but there are too many people involved, and it is necessary to screen from tens of thousands of workers, besides, whether or not those workers can be found one by one is a question now.

Most importantly, I don't know His Majesty's attitude at the moment.

What the? Do you still have to ask Your Majesty's attitude about this kind of thing? Isn't it a strict and serious way to do it?

Of course not, the emperor's attitude is still very important at this time.

If it needs to be done strictly, then no matter whether they are really involved or not, and whether they are innocent or not, they will be somewhat implicated because of this, although they will not be imprisoned, but life will definitely not be as good as now.

If the emperor only needs to severely punish those who participate, this is a good thing for the people, but for the officials who deal with the matter, it is a difficult matter, there are too many people, it is difficult to screen.

"I am not a tyrant, I will not wronged a good person, nor will I spare a bad person." Li Yuanji said lightly.

In a word, it defines the nature of this incident, only punishing those who participate, and not implicating innocent people.

Although he was a little tired, Li Yuanji's attitude still relieved everyone.

"However, this matter cannot be left alone." Li Yuanji continued: "The Ministry of Industry sent a squire to resume the construction of the railway as soon as possible, and also cooperated with the Criminal Department to check the roster. Xuan Ling, Zhijie, Xingcheng, the three of you, personally led people over to investigate the case thoroughly. ”

Fang Xuanling and the others were shocked, the three cabinet members went to Xingyang to investigate the case thoroughly, isn't this a small move, an alternative three divisions will be tried?

Not necessarily, there should be more to this than meets the eye.

Sure enough, Li Yuanji didn't make them wait long, and then threw a bombshell.

"You don't have to worry about personnel, Ma Wu will go with you this time, the secret guards will cooperate with you to conduct some secret investigations, and in addition, the third army will also go with you......"

The Third Army?

When Li Yuanji said these three words, not only the four of them, but even Ma Wu was deeply shocked.

Who is the Third Army? Is it the most elite unit of Datang? Of course not.

As the name suggests, there are more elite than him, as well as the first and second armies, the higher the arrangement, the more elite they are, although this naming method is simple, but it is more conducive to statistics and scheduling, and will not waste unnecessary time.

However, is it appropriate to transfer the Third Army directly from Chang'an to Xingyang?