As soon as Li Hong returned to the East Palace, he informed Yan Zhuang to invite Zhang Khan Zhi and Li Qiao, as well as Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing to the study. Helan Minzhi was so arrogant, he decided that he didn't want to endure it anymore, even if the Yang family was protecting Helan Minzhi, he wanted to fight back.

For Liu Yizhi, Li Hong was not prepared to hide anything from him from the beginning.

It's just that he should be honest with Fan Lubing, he was a little hesitant at first, not that he didn't trust Fan Lubing, but he was afraid that Fan Lubing would be too upright and not good at planning what he wanted to do today. But after thinking about it carefully, thinking of the sentence "Don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people", he finally asked Yan Zhuang to ask Fan Lubing to invite him to the study.

When Zhang Cambodia and the four of them came to the study, they saw that Li Hong's face was a little gloomy, and they couldn't let go, because they were afraid that they would provoke His Royal Highness the Prince, and Yan Zhuang would make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince angry, and they had heard of the fact that he was deprived of the power to be in charge of the secret guard and intelligence system.

Li Hong knew that the four of them met for the first time, and asked them to introduce themselves to each other. Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing were envious when they knew that Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao had also just arrived in the East Palace, and they had already become the subordinate officials of the Sixth East Palace.

Li Hong saw the expressions of the two in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, who doesn't want to be a big official and wants to be a high-ranking official? Therefore, he does not have much ill feeling towards people who are dedicated to their careers and like to climb. In the same way, he is not a person who is stingy with official hats, as long as you are talented and worthy of wearing this official hat, he will not mind giving you such power. He also thought about Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing, as long as they could make achievements in the East Palace, he didn't mind promoting them to the East Palace as subordinate officials.

"Your Highness is calling you today, do you have any important matters to discuss?" After the four of them sat down, Zhang Cambodia asked.

Because his and Li Qiao's current task is mainly to assist Sun Simiao in revising, supplementing, and standardizing previous medical works, Li Hong will not bother the two of them if there is nothing important.

"Lone has decided that the tax problems in the eastern and western cities will continue to be investigated, and they will be investigated openly." Li Hong opened his mouth and said, "What are your opinions on this, can you tell us your own opinions?" ”

Since the Yang family wanted to prevent him from continuing the investigation, Helan Minzhi threatened him again, if he continued to investigate secretly, he would inform the imperial history of the imperial history of the imperial history platform and let the imperial history impeach him. Then he decided to find a way to openly investigate the tax problems in the eastern and western cities, and he did not believe that anyone would dare to stop him from continuing the investigation at that time.

When Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao heard this, they were surprised, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did this, this is to offend the Yang family and make the Empress Wu vigilant!

Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing heard Li Hong say this, and saw Zhang Cambodia's and Li Qiao's expressions, their faces were puzzled and full of curiosity.

Li Hong saw Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing's dazed state, so he asked Zhang Cambodia to briefly introduce the tax issues of the eastern and western cities to the two of them.

After listening to Zhang Cambodia's introduction, Fan Lubing said in a calm tone, "Your Highness, embezzling the treasury and collecting taxes is to shake the Tang Dynasty fundamentally, this matter cannot be tolerated, it must be investigated to the end." ”

Liu Yizhi didn't rush to speak, but thought about it for a while, and then asked, "Your Highness, did you encounter any problems when the East Palace was secretly investigating before?" ”

Li Hong asked Li Qiao to talk about his guesses and the process of Yang's trip to the East Palace.

After Liu Yizhi heard this, he looked frightened, but he just secretly checked the tax issues in the east and west cities, and it involved Rongguo's wife Yang, which made him a little worried, if it was really found out that someone had embezzled the taxes of the states and counties of the Tang Dynasty, then I don't know what kind of big people would be involved?

This is a big action that can explode thunder with just one look!

When Fan Lubing knew that it was the Yang family who prevented the prince from investigating further, his face also became a little pale, and he was a little embarrassed that he had just behaved too abruptly. After all, Yang is the mother of the Empress Wu and the grandmother of the crown prince. This not only involves respect and filial piety, but also involves family affection, which cannot be explained clearly in one sentence or two!

"Wu Er is dead, without his confession, we have no conclusive evidence, and just because the actual taxes we have collected from our secret investigation do not match the verification of the accounts of the eastern and western cities over the years, I am afraid it is difficult for His Majesty to order an investigation." Zhang Cambodia muttered, "Because there is no fixed amount of commercial tax for merchants in the east and west cities, it is not up to us to decide how much tax the east and west cities have collected over the years, and the results of our secret investigation are not countable." ”

"Besides, even if Your Majesty wants to order an investigation, but this matter involves Mrs. Rongguo, if Niang Niang stops us from continuing the investigation on the grounds that our reasons are not sufficient, we will not have enough reason to oppose it!" Li Qiao sighed.

"It's a bit tricky!" Fan Lubing sighed.

Just now, he didn't know what was going on, so he would say that bold statement, but now that he thinks about it carefully, this matter involves the Yang family, the wife of Rongguo, which is equivalent to involving the Empress Wu, if the prince and the Empress Wu are-for-tat, the problem is not as simple as he thought!

All of a sudden, everyone in the study stopped talking, and the atmosphere fell into condensation.

Li Hong was not angry about this, because he knew that the four of them had so many considerations, and they were all thinking about him.

After a long time, Liu Yizhi suddenly spoke, "Your Highness, Helan Minzhi can use despicable means to prevent His Highness from continuing to investigate, so why can't we deal with him in the same way?" ”

As soon as Liu Yizhi said this, Li Hong suddenly became a little enlightened, and hurriedly asked, "What is Liu Qing's good plan?" ”

Liu Yizhi pondered for a while, glanced at Li Hong again, and then said with great difficulty, "The source of the tax problem in the east and west cities comes from Wei Ling in the west city, we can only use him as a breakthrough, if something happens to Wei Ling, we find out that there is a problem with the tax in the west city through Wei Ling, and then write to His Majesty to investigate it thoroughly on the grounds in turn, and then Niang Niang will no longer have any reason to oppose our investigation of the tax problem in the east and west cities." ”

"Take Wei Ling as a breakthrough?" Fan Lubing asked a little puzzled.

However, Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao on the side had already understood the meaning of Liu Yizhi's words, so their eyes when they looked at Liu Yizhi had changed, and in addition to a little more appreciation, there was also a trace of surprise in their eyes.

Because Liu Yi's words took Wei Ling as a breakthrough, this is not to suggest that the prince investigate the living Wei Ling, but to let the prince investigate the dead Wei Ling.

Because you want to check the living, once he dies, you won't get any valuable content, just like Takeji. But it's different to find out the dead, for a person who is already dead, do you really want to find out something about him, isn't it a matter of words? Besides, Wei Ling is a corrupt official, and investigating him is just an excuse, the key is to use this reason to check the taxes of the eastern and western cities. Wouldn't that be easier? Therefore, Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao showed surprise in their eyes, because they never thought that the doctor in front of them would come up with such a ruthless method.

Li Hong didn't ask Zhang Khan Zhi and Li Qiao about what they meant, but moved his gaze to Yan Zhuang and asked, "Do you think it's okay?" ”

Yan Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was talking about, so he nodded slightly and said, "No problem." ”

"Okay, let's do it there now! Be clean. Li Hong ordered, there was no intention to hide the meaning of Zhang Cambodia, Li Qiao, Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing.

"No!" Yan Zhuang bowed down to receive the order and strode away.

At this time, Fan Lubing knew what "using Wei Ling as a breakthrough" was, and he wanted to say something, but he swallowed the words in his mouth. Because as he himself said: embezzlement of the treasury and tax collection is to shake the Tang Dynasty fundamentally, and this matter cannot be tolerated and treacherous, it must be investigated to the end. What's the harm in sacrificing a Wei Ling for this? What's more, this person is still a corrupt official, and if he dies, he will die, so what is there to be sorry for?

Not only did Fan Lubing comfort himself like this, but why didn't Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao explain to themselves like this?

Li Hong understood what they were thinking, so he opened his mouth to say something more, but motioned for them to stand down. Because of this problem, they still have to figure it out for themselves after all.

After the four of them left the study, he took the pen, glued ink and wrote on the white paper: No matter whether there is a minefield or an abyss in front of me, I will move forward without looking back, do my best, and die.

This sentence is very straightforward, and the content is not very new. What makes Li Hong really feel that the greatness of this sentence lies in the person who said it.

For this investigation of embezzlement of treasury taxes, he does not know what step he can do with his own ability? But since it has been decided, he will move forward, never look back, do his best, and die.