Chapter 189: Accept it as a dog
Zheng Yingcai is completely desperate, and he accidentally loses all the games, which is Zheng Yingcai at this moment. Who would have thought that the moment the two met, Li Hao had already calculated today's ending?
The subsequent pottery competition, Shenshi Xianjing, everything, was a trap carefully arranged by Li Hao, dragging Zheng Yingcai into the abyss of despair step by step.
"Lao Li, looking at his expression, he should have pleaded guilty. Privately buying a large number of mineral deposits and hoarding Chang'an, intending to make weapons and launch a mutiny, should be guilty of treason and punished with capital punishment! ”
Seeing that Zheng Yingcai didn't speak, Li Hao turned to Li Shimin and said, as if he was ready to convict Zheng Yingcai.
Zheng Yingcai woke up suddenly, knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty, the minister is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and has no second heart, how can he privately make weapons to rebel, this is all Li Hao's bloody mouth...... By the way, Your Majesty, it is not the minister who mines privately, but he Li Hao! The minister has found the evidence, and the evidence is ironclad! There is a mountain range to the west of Lijiazhuang, where there are quartz deposits, and the people of Lijiazhuang mine ore privately, and they are the ones who intend to rebel! ”
Zheng Yingcai had already obtained the stolen goods at this time, and there was no room for refutation, so he could only bite back, in a vain attempt to drag Li Hao into the water and calm the emperor's anger.
Li Hao was not afraid at all.
"Zheng Gongzi, what are you talking about? There is indeed a quartz deposit in the west of Lijiazhuang, and I have also sent people to mine it, but the purpose of mining quartz is to help the Nangong brothers and sisters make pottery for the palace, and I have already reported this matter to Your Majesty. ”
"Reported?" Zheng Yingcai looked at Li Shimin blankly.
Li Shimin was also embarrassed at this time, Li Hao really wanted to say it one by one, until he was just now, he knew for the first time that there were quartz deposits in the mountains west of Lijiazhuang. Don't say that Li Hao didn't mention this matter to himself.
However, at this time, the Zheng family is about to be swallowed, and if you don't know, you must know.
Li Shimin's face did not change: "That's right, King Zhen'an has already reported this matter to me." Moreover, those two mountains were originally the territories I gave to the king of Zhen'an. Lijiazhuang is not under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, and I have no right to interfere with the mining of mining deposits in Lijiazhuang! ”
These words were only heard by Zheng Ying. Although Lijiazhuang is not under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, if Li Hao's private mining is known by the civil and military officials, someone will definitely advise Li Shimin to send troops to exterminate Lijiazhuang.
But it's a pity that Zheng Yingcai at this time no longer has his usual acumen, his heart is turbulent, and he is deeply shocked by Li Hao's plan. I don't have the energy to think about anything else.
"Impossible, impossible, your quartz is the material of the divine stone, what strength do you have to make pottery."
"Zheng Gongzi started joking again, the divine stones in my Lijiazhuang are all made of Bodhi thousand-year-old ice, what's the matter with those mortal quartz?"
Li Hao said with a laugh.
"Nonsense! Bodhi thousand-year-old ice is so rare and expensive, how can you have so many materials to build divine stones! ”
Li Hao snorted coldly: "Thank you Zheng Gongzi, if it weren't for your help today, maybe I would really be worried that one day those sellers will find out that the divine stone I sell is just quartz." But after the scene where you Zheng Yingcai made a big fuss at the banquet, who would question that the divine stone I bought Li Hao was defective? ”
Zheng Yingcai was completely desperate, and his eyes completely lost their brilliance, as if he had lost his life.
originally thought that Li Hao was doing so many things just to make himself lose power, but he didn't expect that his goal was the Zheng family from the beginning, and he was just a trouble he solved casually. Even its own auction banquet is in its plan.
With a farce, the divine stone of Lijiazhuang was completely changed from fake to real.
Now the quartz is still in the Zheng family's warehouse, and it can't be hidden at all, when Zheng Ying bought this batch of quartz, he was afraid that Li Hao would notice the secret of the divine stone and change his strategy, so he deliberately bought it quietly without any report.
All of the above add up, and he becomes a thief who intends to rebel.
Any explanation has turned into a quibble under such ironclad evidence, and Zheng Yingcai has been nailed to the pillar of a traitor.
Li Hao smiled slightly and walked in front of Zheng Yingcai.
"Zheng Gongzi now has two paths in front of you, the first is to resist all charges, I think Your Majesty is generous, naturally you will not link your personal behavior with the entire Zheng family. It's only you Zheng Yingcai who treasoned this time. At that time, you will be beaten into prison, and you will be sent down after the fall. How to die depends on the law of the Tang Dynasty. ”
Zheng Yingcai trembled, intending to rebel, the criminal treason, this kind of big crime can not be offset by cutting off the head, even if the law of the Tang Dynasty is tolerant, it is bound to not escape Ling Chi's punishment.
"The second way, you kneel in front of Your Majesty now, and completely call yourself a loyal dog in Your Majesty's hands. Your Majesty is kind, and you love your own people even more, as long as you become Your Majesty's dog and buy mineral deposits privately, Your Majesty will naturally help you suppress it. In front of outsiders, you are still the son of the Zheng family, the future head of the Zheng family! ”
Li Hao half-squatted down: "How to choose, you can choose for yourself." I went back to accept the punishment of the Zheng family, and then I sued the yamen with a complaint to accuse you of rebellion. Or be a dog for Your Majesty, and continue to live in the future! ”
After speaking, Li Hao patted Zheng Yingcai's shoulder a few times: "Okay, I've already said everything I need to say, since you don't want to eat hot pot, I won't keep you, please!" ”
Li Hao gave an eviction order, and Zheng Yingcai left Cuiweiju like a walking corpse.
After he left, the atmosphere in the private room finally eased.
Li Shimin breathed a long sigh of relief: "The play is finally over, why are you so nervous every time you act?" ”
Li Hao shrugged helplessly.
"Save it, Lao Li, as the king of a country, this bit of acting skills is not as difficult as you."
Li Shimin laughed and refuted.
"It's just that if you let him go now, aren't you afraid of extraneous branches? In case Zheng Yingcai informs the Zheng family of the matter here, they will definitely be on guard, wouldn't it be even more difficult for us to swallow the Zheng family? ”
"Don't worry, people are creatures who seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and Zheng Yingcai has been retreated into a desperate situation by me. There is only one path he can choose, and that is to kneel down and be a dog. What you need to consider now is how much of a surprise the dog will give you. ”
For more than a month, Li Hao let Zheng Yingcai lose face to the Zheng family, which is a great shame for the Zheng family.
The big family is the same as the court, and the younger generation is trying to suppress their peers and take power alone. Zheng Yingcai's education since he was a child is to be unscrupulous and mercenary. He didn't have such a high consciousness and was willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of his family.
The quartz deposits in the Zheng family's warehouse have been controlled by Li Shimin, which is equivalent to taking Zheng Yingcai's life, and if he wants him to die, he only needs one sentence, and he has no way to defend it.
If he chooses a family, he will only have a dead end. chooses to help Li Shimin, and he can continue to soar. Which path is more beneficial to him, with Zheng Yingcai's wisdom, he will not fail to see.
Li Shimin figured everything out, and couldn't help but admire: "It's worthy of Xiao Li, the game set up this time is even more exquisite than the game when dealing with the Cui and Wang families." Fortunately, we are friends, not enemies. ”