As Pei Yan's words disappeared, Wu Mei sighed involuntarily in her heart, Pei Yan was really smart and confused for a while, at this moment, he should restrain himself and sit back and watch the courtiers argue, why didn't he see the situation clearly, but he had to stand up and speak?

Does he really think that with his words in a Chinese order, he can make other courtiers above the court follow him and impeach the prince together?

As soon as Zhongshu Ling spoke, above the court, the courtiers of the two sides who were originally arguing, including Fang Xianzhong, couldn't help but look at him, but Li Hong slowly walked to his chair and sat down.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the reason why the Ministry of Industry in charge of Fang Shangshu will be short of silver taels should be very responsible for His Royal Highness the Prince's misappropriation of the silver taels of the Ministry of Industry without permission, so that Fang Shangshu has been effective and misappropriated the original silver taels elsewhere. In addition, as far as the minister knows, Fang Shangshu is now in deficit in the Ministry of Industry, not because Fang Shangshu himself is greedy for silver, but for Fang Shangshu's honesty and integrity, the court has always been well-known, and the minister has always admired it. Pei Yan glanced at his expression, sat on the chair and looked at Li Hong, who was looking at him, and said righteously.

Di Renjie's eyes rolled and he said in surprise: "Oh? So please ask Master Pei to return Fang Shangshu to a fair degree, where is the other silver dual-use degree of the Ministry of Industry? ”

Hearing Di Renjie's question, Pei Yan felt like he had found a confidant, because if no one asked, he would not be able to continue to speak, the reason why he said here and looked at everyone in the court was that he hoped to attract everyone's thoughts to this.

Pei Yan gave Di Renjie a knowing smile, and said loudly: "Since Master Di asked, I should tell the truth, but I will state first that I am not exculpating Fang Shangshu, so I impeached His Royal Highness the Prince, but there is conclusive evidence for all this." As a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, the minister has been deeply favored by the emperor and His Majesty, and has always taken the stability of my Tang Dynasty as his own responsibility, so the minister has always believed that no matter who he is, he should not violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty, even His Royal Highness the Prince, should be punished as 'the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people'. ”

"That's a good thing to say, but what if you can't produce evidence, Master Pei? What if you are falsely accusing the prince? Could it be that His Highness's reputation is something that our courtiers and other courtiers can slander at will? Zhang Cambodia looked at Pei Yan and hummed without backing.

"What Zhang Shangshu said is extremely true, whether it is me or other colleagues in the palace, I have no right to say yes, but what if it is a colleague of Yushitai who impeaches His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and finds relevant evidence? Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the first emperor has always treated the imperial history with courtesy, and it has always been the duty of the imperial history to supervise the court. Pei Yan looked at Zhang Cambodia, he replaced Dai Zhide at a young age, and achieved the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

"Pei Yan, then let the imperial history present the evidence in his hand to the orphaned father and queen mother." Li Hong lowered his head and said with a relaxed expression.

In Li Hong's opinion, it is no wonder that the people Pei Yan can use in the Imperial History Observatory are Xue Yuanchao and Gao Zhizhou, one is the imperial history, and the other is the former imperial history doctor.

In history, Pei Yan, Xue Yuanchao, and Gao Zhizhou framed Li Xian for rebellion, and went to the East Palace together to ask the mastermind of the prince Li Xian at that time.

As Li Hong expected, sure enough, the two people who came out of the group of ministers were Xue Yuanchao and Gao Zhizhou, the two of them saluted like Li Zhi and Wu Mei, and then claimed that they should not secretly investigate the embezzlement of silver by His Royal Highness the Prince, but it was related to the stability of the Tang Dynasty and the law and discipline of the dynasty, so the two had to do so.

And the investigation and confession made by the two of them naturally did not show Li Hong, but presented to Li Zhi and Wu Mei, and the two of them casually flipped through the thick folds, and they couldn't help laughing.

It did record some things about the Quanzhou dock, but about the entry and exit of the silver two, the two did not understand at all, Li Chunfeng and the dozen or so students made the account, and the two of them were confused, so they had to copy a copy of the account book and bring it back.

"What are you trying to illustrate with the accounts you copied above?" Li Zhi closed the fold with a smile and asked.

And Wu Mei has long stopped reading, these things can be seen clearly by any student in Chongwen Hall, but for Xue Yuanchao and Gao Zhizhou, it seems weird and mysterious.

"The minister asks Your Majesty to order the Ministry of Household Affairs to check this account book, not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to order someone to check it." Pei Yan took a step forward and said.

"Then you can't trust the household? Can't trust the person designated by the Ministry of Households? Li Zhi asked with interest.

"Back to Your Majesty, I won't tell you that since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took charge of the six ministries, the household department and the ritual department have all been personally promoted by His Royal Highness, and the ministers are afraid that they will ......."

"Before Jinghui, it was the crown prince Li Hong who served as the secretary of the household department, so who do you think is suitable to check the accounts?" Li Zhi frowned and glanced at Wu Mei dissatisfied.

He naturally knew very well in his heart that Pei Yannai was a relatively comfortable person that Wu Mei had used over the years, but she was so aggressive today, should she say a few words?

But Wu Mei obviously didn't take his gaze seriously, she still closed her eyes slightly, and there was no reaction at all about Pei Yan's words.

Seeing that Wu Mei didn't react, Li Zhi had no choice but to look at the party Li Hong, only to see that someone was like his mother, who was also sitting on a chair with his eyes slightly closed, and he didn't pay attention to Pei Yan's impeachment and strength against him.

However, Pei Yan was obviously prepared, and when he heard Li Zhi ask him like this, he glanced at the queen and the crown prince, who were closing their eyes and recuperating from him, and said coldly: "Ouyang Tongke, the servant of the ministry, can be responsible for the audit of the accounts. ”

"Why him? If it was him, then how could the prince believe it, in case you joined forces with him? Di Renjie suddenly rebelled and said.

"Don't worry, Master Di, I've only heard of this person, and I don't even know where this person lives, how old he is now, how can I communicate with him? What's more, this matter is related to the prestige of His Royal Highness the Prince, I am just doing things impartially, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not greedy for ink and silver privately, it is naturally the best. ”

"There's no need to check, there is no problem with those accounts, 13 million silver, every penny has its ins and outs, and it can be accounted for. And in all the account books, the most suspicious thing is the price of the expensive hull and the various skeletons of the hull, especially the price of the keel, which can even build a five-tooth battleship, and this is why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered Li Chunfeng to build a ship is expensive. If the account books presented by Xue Yushi and Gao Yushi to His Majesty and the Empress are true, then there is no such thing as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince being greedy for ink privately. Ouyang Tong, the servant of the ministry, squeezed out from behind the ministers, straightened his waist and said concisely.

"Then why is the keel and hull of this ship so much more expensive than the five-tooth battleship? How can this be explained? Wouldn't it be ...... to make false offers? ”

"That's because the huge ship built by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is unprecedented, not only able to sail to the sea, but also able to resist typhoons and other bad weather at sea, the sturdiness of its hull, as well as the keel, Pang keel, ribs, bow column, stern column, etc., are all using a structure that I have never had before in Datang, and such a structure requires a lot of practice, and practice is the most expensive place, plus its materials are made of high-quality materials, so its high cost is also reasonable."

"No way, what kind of material can be so expensive?" Pei Yan looked at Ouyang Tong, he was in his thirties and less than forty years old, but this person was well-organized, standing above the court without humility or words, and answered like a stream, and explained all his doubts systematically at once.

"It's entirely possible, because the emergence of something new is like a businessman starting out in business, who needs to invest a lot of money in the initial stage before he can recoup his costs in the future. Like wealthy businessmen, like the luxurious flower shops and restaurants in Chang'an City, the initial cost of their investment is directly proportional to the luxury flower shops and restaurants they built, and the restaurants invested in ten taels of silver and the restaurants invested in one hundred taels and one thousand taels of silver are all restaurants, but the difference, I think Master Pei should understand, right? When Ouyang Tong said this, he couldn't help but arouse the ministers, including Li Zhi, and people including Li Zhi let out a chuckle, while Pei Yan's face turned red.

Although Ouyang Tong's analogy is not very appropriate, its truth is simple and easy to understand. The ministers, including Li Zhi, all immediately understood why the ships built by Li Hong were so expensive.

"Therefore, the ship built by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is like a ship built with an investment of 10,000 taels or 100,000 taels of silver, and the return benefits that can be given by the ships of five ships will be able to be repaid tenfold within five years, as expected!" Ouyang Tong finally concluded after the laughter of the ministers disappeared.

"I don't believe it, it's impossible, I don't believe that there will be a ship that can reach a price of more than a million taels!" Pei Yan looked at Xue Yuanchao and Gao Zhizhou, the two of them had sworn to themselves that as long as they got these account books, only by finding someone who could understand the account books would be able to prove the crime of embezzlement of silver and silver by His Royal Highness the Prince.

Even the two of them swore that even if the students of Chongwen Hall pulled out any of them, they would be able to check these accounts clearly, and they would be able to find out His Royal Highness the Prince's cats in Quanzhou.

"Whether you believe it or not, but this is the truth, the fact is that after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince built these five working boats, the fishermen in Quanzhou are about to offer Li Chunfeng as a life-saving benefactor." Ouyang Tong replied to Pei Yan's words again.

"Why is that?" Li Zhi, who was addicted to listening to stories, blurted out and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, because every time the fishermen go to the sea to fish, the fishermen of my Datang do not dare to go to the deep sea, only dare to fish in the adjacent sea areas, and go far away, and often encounter the Japanese people, or other ships of the state to rob, but since the first giant ship of my Datang Dynasty went to sea, the Japanese people have shrunk up."

"Where did you know that?" Li Zhi involuntarily grabbed the armrest of the chair and asked, even Wu Mei next to him was looking at Ouyang Tong intently.

"Three months ago, the minister was still a member of the Zhongshu House in Zhongshu Province, and I saw it from the recital of Quanzhou." Ouyang Tong ignored Pei Yan's flushed face and said loudly.