Chapter Forty-Nine: The Righteousness of Empress Changsun

Quan Wanji's impeachment was very thorough and naked, not only impeaching the eldest grandson Wuji for accepting bribes this time, but also recording in the chapter that the eldest grandson's family member An Iron and Steel Plant and the family colluded with each other, blackmailed workers, and forcibly bought and sold.

Li Er was shocked, originally over the years, under the development of the tide of history, the person he had always trusted had done so much behind his back, and the profits earned by the steel industry alone were more than one-fifth of the national tax, not to mention other industries.

Only then did Li Er understand why Wuji was so eager to exonerate Cui Gan this morning, so eager to prevent himself from collecting high business taxes, and so desperately opposed to the rebuilding of "Clan Chronicles", it turned out that he now had his own chain of interests, Li Er was very sad: he didn't know much about this old friend! …… Quan Wanji is gone, he can be said to be conscientious when he leaves, and even his calves can be seen trembling, after all, the eldest grandson Wuji is the prince of this dynasty, and he dares to impeach, in case the emperor does not allow it, it is not trivial.

Looking at the back of Quan Wanji's departure, Li Er's mind was very chaotic, he needed to calm down, how much he hoped that this news was fake.

"陛xià." Quan Wanji walked for a while, and saw Li Er sitting on the dragon chair with a flute in his hair, Bai Mei hurriedly walked up and said to Li Er: "Your Majesty, don't be too sad, the old slave has often been out of the palace over the years, and he also understands the current situation of some big factories in Chang'an, which one is not a man-eating beast, those slaves transported from overseas, no matter how strong the man, as long as they are sent to those factories, after two or three years, they will definitely become thin and skinny." Naturally, the steel mill opened by the eldest grandson is not exempt from vulgarity. Fortunately, now the factory clearly stipulates that it does not recruit Tang people. Only some light work was handed over to the Tang people to do, blackmailing workers, and forcibly buying and selling, most of which were just alarmist words from Quan Yushi. ”

Bai Mei's words made Li Er feel much better, raised his head heavily, and Li Er ordered in a stern tone: "Immediately order the Shaoqing Dai Xuan of Dali Temple to investigate many factories in Chang'an, as well as all the officials who deal with factories, not only in Chang'an." I also have to go to the surrounding counties of Chang'an to investigate, among which the eldest grandson's family must be thoroughly investigated, I want to know who they are dealing with in these factories, and which families are making trouble behind their backs, this time, I want to depose all the officials who colluded with the family and the businessmen! ”

"No." Bai Mei also retreated with a complicated complexion......

Bai Mei led the order, but Li Er sat on the throne and fell into unspeakable pain, and the image of the eldest grandson Wuji kept emerging in front of his eyes. Honored relatives, noble relatives, and founding heroes. The giant businessman of the country, these series of flashing words have all become a great irony to people, and his face is hot. It was like a ball of cotton wool stuffed into his chest.

Just sat there alone, without saying a word all afternoon, it looked very worrying, Datang has become rich and strong, and even so rich that Li Er is a little scared.

The silver coins of the treasury are piled up into a hill, and a large number of recovered copper coins are put in the warehouse and have a patina, and every year the household department has to organize people to soak those copper coins with medicinal water by hand, and then pull them in batches to the square outside the Xuanwu Hall to dry.

The grain output in the field has now become a bit terrible, the rotation of potatoes and corn planting, simply made the Tang Dynasty a kingdom of potatoes and corn, the streets are full of farmers selling potatoes and corn, the government agencies have now lowered the price to 20 yuan a catty, but the farmers selling potatoes and corn are still in an endless stream.

The black chimneys of various factories in the surrounding counties of Chang'an have always been regarded by the people as a sign of the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and those barbarians who have just come to the Tang Dynasty will also be shocked by the prosperity here......

Datang is indeed very strong, but under the strong surface is a lot of unreasonableness, Li Er began to slowly feel that if he can't solve these unreasonable problems in time, what he will leave to future generations in the future must be an empire full of problems, and he doesn't want to do this......

Therefore, we must reform, we must get rid of the old and welcome the new......

Night fell, the bell and drum towers on both sides of the Chengqing Hall came to the heavy bells, this is a long, long time ago the net drum bell, Li Er's expression became a little memorable, now Chang'an has completely forgotten the curfew, the original net drum bell, but now it has become the horn of the people to go out to visit the night market.

Sure enough, with the end of the bell, the sound of people began to faintly come from outside the imperial city, there were laughing children, laughing parents, laughing acrobatics, all these opened the unforgettable night market life in Chang'an City.

Li Er slowly walked out of the main hall and looked at the north of the imperial city, where there was already a red light rushing to the sky, presumably lanterns had been lit from house to house, and the lively atmosphere seemed to be able to infect a solemn and silent imperial city.

Li Er did not go to the palace of the Lizheng Palace, he was afraid that the queen would know about the eldest grandson Wuji's bribery, the queen was a very serious person, she was emotionally fragile and could not stand it, and he did not want his beloved queen to suffer.

Back in the main hall, Li Er sent the palace lady and the inner servant to the outside room to rest, he supported the back of his head with both hands, leaned on the royal couch, and recalled the past over and over again in his mind......

The eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson queen are by no means suitable for ordinary brothers and sisters, during the great cause, when the eldest grandson Sheng died, their brothers and sisters were still young, and the half-brother eldest grandson Ye presided over the family business, the eldest grandson was a scoundrel, ridiculous in wine, not doing business, abusing their brothers and sisters in every way, and there was no human sympathy in the family, only their brothers and sisters were in love with each other, and they grew up supporting each other......

Empress Changsun respected and appreciated her brother very much, and often said to Li Er: "The concubine was lonely when she was young, and her brother was like a father." Without the caress of the elder brother, it would be difficult for the concubine to have today! ”

Li Er thought of this, and felt a cramp in his heart, what should he do? After the queen gave birth to a pocket in the past two years, her body became weaker and weaker, and she didn't want to see her sad because of her brother's affairs, but for the sake of her beloved queen, she still forgave this brother! But he is very contradictory: when he is in charge of national affairs, he does not divide the country and protects the royal family, doesn't he want to laugh at the world?

Just as Li Er was still thinking, a familiar voice broke Li Er's memory, and Empress Changsun, accompanied by two palace laves, came to Chengqing Hall and appeared in front of Li Er.

"I don't see long live coming, the concubines are very hanging, I respectfully congratulate the saints!"

Li Er hurriedly got up to greet him: "I am still in good health, but I am entangled in the government and politics, and I have no time to care about it, so Guanyin is worried." ”

At this time, Empress Eldest Sun suddenly knelt in front of Li Er and exchanged tears: "Your Majesty, if you feel that it is not easy to deal with the political affairs of sanctioning Brother Wuji because of your concubine body, the concubine body will not be able to kneel here!" ”…… (To be continued......)