Chapter 360: Pulling the Tiger's Skin
"Look, see for yourselves what's in there!"
Li Yuanba had a gloomy face, and suddenly walked to a large box and lifted it up fiercely.
"Bang!"
The wooden lid was directly lifted out by Li Yuanba's force, revealing the stack of letters and documents inside.
Grabbing a handful at will, Li Yuanba looked at Li Changshan and said, "Look at these things!" You should be familiar with the owners of these letters, and see what they say in this letter. ”
"Smack!"
While speaking, Li Yuanba fiercely threw this large handful of letters onto Li Changshan's body.
Li Changshan held the letter with a stunned face, and after seeing the content on it, his face immediately turned the color of pig liver, and then it was iron-blue, until the end was as white as paper......
The change in his expression during this period made Li Yuanba a little shocked.
"In the autumn of the second year of Wude, the total amount of silver collected by Fuxiang Restaurant in a year was 1.23 million taels of silver, of which 230,000 taels were shared with Li Changshan, and the rest of the silver money was 50,000 taels except for daily expenses, and the remaining 950,000 taels were all enshrined in honor!"
"On the twenty-third day of the first month of the third year of Wude, Wang Dingshan of the Wang clan of Taiyuan Mansion gave 1.5 million taels of silver, and wanted to be ...... Lingzhou Taishou"
One pen, a count of letters were all presented in front of Li Changshan, this amount of money is so large, the content of the letter is appalling, it is simply outrageous.
And when he got to the back, he even directly began to manipulate and operate the official position of buying and selling, if he hadn't seen these things, I'm afraid Li Shimin would not have given the mind to completely destroy the Xuanzihao.
"Come and see, all of you! Don't be embarrassed, these things must be unseen and unheard of for you rich lords! ”
Li Yuanba beckoned to the dukes, marquises, and counts on the side, and motioned for them to come and see for themselves.
These gangs are connected in tandem. The old fellows, who had finally mustered up the courage to come and tell the emperor, looked at each other, and hesitantly stepped forward.
They trembled and stretched out their hands, as if with all their might, to open the wooden boxes and pick up the heavy letters.
"In the summer of the third year of Wude, Hongsheng Ranch collected 3,000 horses from the border pass and sold them to the Boling Cui clan, with a total of ...... silver."
"In the winter of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Baichuan Commercial Bank sold 10,000 horizontal knives in Taiyuan Wang's family, with a total of 500,000 taels of silver, and all the silver money obtained has been put into the warehouse......"
Everyone's faces turned miserable. I didn't expect such a thing to happen.
"Now, do you believe it?" Li Yuanba looked at Li Changshan viciously.
"This, this impossible ......"
Li Changshan still couldn't believe that from the first year of Wude to the current eight years of Zhenguan, for more than ten years, he didn't find any signs at all, which was really crazy.
"It's impossible, hum, you really don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin! But facts speak louder than words. It's useless to say anything more! ”
Li Yuanba snorted coldly, and simply stopped looking at Li Changshan, but looked at the dukes, marquis, and earls who all changed their faces, and said:
"And you old things. After so many years, haven't you caught enough? What to do with so much money, it is enough for your children and grandchildren to live comfortably for a lifetime! Why, are you still not satisfied? ”
Heard Li Yuanba's words. These dukes, marquises, and counts couldn't hold back any longer, and a few of them were bold enough to rely on themselves as dukes. immediately jumped out and refuted Li Yuan's domineering:
"Lord Wang, do you want to make all our hard work over the years come to waste?"
"yes, it's all our brains!"
"You can't do that......"
At this time, they had forgotten Li Yuanba's identity, and they had forgotten that what they were looking at was a high-powered, blood-soaked prince, and they wanted to get everything that belonged to them back.
Yes, one by one, they stared at Li Yuanba like mad dogs, eager to swallow Li Yuanba alive.
"Look at it, what do you want to give Chang'an City, want to seek justice for the businessmen of the entire Tang Dynasty, all of them are fucking farts, just your selfish appearance, it is no different from a chaotic party!"
Li Yuanba looked at them fiercely, and suddenly his tone changed, as if he had come out of hell, with an incomparably cold air, and said:
"Do you know what is the most painful thing in a person's life? That is, the person dies and the money is gone! ”
The threat of this sentence is very heavy, and I will tell you plainly that there are two ways in front of you, one is not to kill with money, and the other is to lose money and property, so make up your own mind!
Seeing that everyone in the hall stopped talking, Li Shimin, who had been watching from the wall, asked Li Changshan: "Li Aiqing, I don't know what is in this box, is there anything wrong?" ”
Well, how do you ask them to answer such old guys, if it is not wrong, this must be the dissolution of the family wealth, not only can the daughter be scattered and will not be able to come back, but even the life will be lost.
But if it's wrong, since people dare to move this box of things up, they must have enough evidence, and besides, even if there is no evidence, just pull out a grease head and want to cut you, it's a matter of minutes!
After thinking about it, Li Changshan didn't dare to deny it, and said: "Whether there is anything wrong with the things in this box, the subordinates don't know, but these things involve the subordinates, although the subordinates want to plead, but it is remarkable!" It's the following ministers who think there's nothing wrong with it! ”
It's not wrong to admit these things, but when it comes to him, he covers them up vaguely, and in the end he still doesn't admit it.
At least in his opinion, this little thing alone was not enough to kill them now, and they thought that the emperor was only scaring them at most.
However, their wishful thinking was wrong.
I saw Li Shimin laughing, that smile was a very cruel sneer, and the indifference and directness in his eyes did not dare to look at him directly.
After laughing for a while, Li Shimin said word by word: "Really? These things are true, but they have nothing to do with you, you are really my love! Well, since you and others agree that the shopkeepers of these shops are a rebel, then come up with a charter and see what should be done! ”
Li Shimin's voice landed, and the entire Taiji Hall fell into silence, and no one dared to speak.
In fact, Li Shimin's every move fell into the eyes of many important ministers.
Those civil and military officials who followed Li Shimin to fight the world are all clear in their hearts, and the two parties are here to lay out the facts and talk about the evidence, but in fact, they are all bamboo baskets to draw water, and they are empty.
No matter how big a thing you do, as long as the emperor Lao Tzu says what to do, then what to do!
Besides, Li Shimin is different from Li Yuan, although Li Yuan is the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but after all, it was his sons who helped him win the world, and now the eldest is dead, and the third child is also hanging, leaving only a stupid son and a ruthless man who can be called a peerless ruthless man, Li Laoer.
There is no way, Li Yuan chose Li Lao Er, so no matter how ruthless a person in this world is, in front of Li Lao Er Li Shimin, it is all a fart!
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and the eldest grandson Wuji noticed that Li Shimin's face had changed at this moment, and it was obvious that he had already made a decision in his heart.
The eldest grandson Wuji was very glad that he didn't follow and plug in, because with his understanding of Li Shimin, even if he intervened, I am afraid that he would have to make a big mistake this time.
Li Changshan also seemed to realize that something was wrong, but it was too late.
A few madmen who refused to give up their last hope and planned to die and live in the afterlife, unable to bear the greed in their hearts, suddenly knelt on the smooth marble floor, and wept bitterly:
"Your Majesty, it's not that we don't trust Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, it's just that what the two princes did yesterday was too crazy, so far, the people in the entire Chang'an City are panicking, and the remaining merchants don't even dare to open the market...... For the sake of the businessmen in this world, please also ask Your Majesty to order the three provinces and six departments to jointly investigate this matter thoroughly and block the mouth of Youyou! ”
They are now gambling, gambling that Li Shimin will not dare to make this box of things public, because there are too many hidden things involved, if it is announced, I am afraid that it will cause a national shock, and even countless businessmen up and down the Manchu Dynasty, at least one-sixth of them will be purged.
In this way, the entire economic system of Datang will be hit hard, which is the most important thing for people's livelihood.
Compared with these crazy dukes, marquises, and earls, the imperial historians who were still clamoring and shouting for Emperor Laozi to punish Li Yuanba at the beginning, their attitudes have completely reversed.
Among them, Wei Zheng, who was the head of the officials, was even more out of the court, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run." ”
The eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who are scheming guys, also hurriedly came out to express their position:
"Your Majesty, the ministers think that what Lord Wei said is extremely true!"
They didn't dare to go deeper, they only said that they would think about it in the long run, after all, they were not roundworms in Li Shimin's stomach, but they didn't know what Li Shimin thought.
But one thing is for sure, he would never let his 'stupid' brother be hurt in the slightest.
Li Shimin was very satisfied with the appearance of his important ministers, his originally gloomy face disappeared, and a smile appeared, which was very inexplicable.
He smiled and looked at the dukes, marquis, and earls who were kneeling on the ground, and suddenly said, "You say, if I don't order a thorough investigation, what will happen to the merchants in the world?" ”
These nobles and lords of the older generation looked at each other, and Li Changshan looked at the crowd very suspiciously, and replied: "If Your Majesty does not investigate and dispose of it thoroughly, the merchants of the world will definitely strike the market completely, and then the people of the entire Tang Dynasty will not be able to buy what they want to buy, and they will not be able to use what they want, the economy will collapse, and the country will be in chaos." (To be continued......)