Shengmi endou rice hatred, this is the root of the inferiority that has been entrenched in the hearts of human beings for thousands of years, and it cannot be removed. Even if Li Hao has the ability to reach the sky, it is difficult to change.

Li Shimin also regrets it a little now, obviously he should have expected the current situation early on, but because of the two happy events of subduing the Zheng family and successfully raising disaster relief funds, he relaxed his vigilance, and ignored the consequences of Li Hao's killing.

The two were speechless for a moment.

"Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji asks to see!"

This is, the uncle and the prime minister have finally arrived.

As soon as the two entered the imperial study, Fang Xuanling immediately bowed and said in an anxious tone: "Your Majesty, it has been rumored in Chang'an that the righteous act of the prince of Zhen'an to raise disaster relief funds has been rumored in Chang'an recently, and the stakes are very important at this time, so you need to deal with it carefully!" ”

is worthy of being the Tang Dynasty Xiangguo, Li Shimin's most trusted minister, with a unique vision, and he realized the conspiracy for the first time.

Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "Xiangguo, Uncle Guo, Lu Guogong, everyone sit down, Li Hao and I are discussing this matter." ”

The three of them sat down with solemn faces.

On the way here, Fang Xuanling had already explained how much trouble too much praise would bring to Li Hao, even a reckless man like Cheng Yanjin realized the seriousness of the consequences, and at this moment, he was not as relaxed as a talent, and his expression was particularly solemn.

He is a good hand at leading troops to fight and killing enemies, but he doesn't know anything about the doorway above the court, and there is no way at this time.

Fang Xuanling sighed: "In the past few days, rumors have spread in Chang'an City, everyone praises Xiao Li for his righteousness and bravery, if this goes on for a long time, he will inevitably end up with a crime of high merit, Xiao Li, you are witty and intelligent, you should have felt it, I don't know what to do?" ”

Li Hao stretched out his hands: "What can I do?" There is a way to prevent the people more than to prevent Sichuan, what do the people want to say, where do I care? It's just funny to say, we are not guarding against bad words now, but good words about complimenting me. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "I have also secretly visited in the past few days, who is behind the troubles. Unfortunately, no key evidence has been found. ”

"What's the news?" Li Shimin asked eagerly.

"The wind has seen something, and this time there are people everywhere who sing praises to Xiao Li Wangye. But there are two people who seem to work hard, that is, the henchmen of the Li clan in Longxi and the Boling Cui clan. ”

"I remembered that the auction dinner that day, the princes and nobles who were close to the Li family in Longxi all attended. And when it comes to donating for disaster relief, they are the most active and donate the most! Cheng Biting Jin patted his thigh and said.

As comrades-in-arms who fought the world together, Li Shimin and Cheng Yanjin had a good relationship, and at the auction dinner, Cheng Yanjin disguised himself as an ordinary trader and mixed in the crowd to secretly protect Li Shimin's safety.

The eldest grandson Wuji continued: "The Boling Cui clan also mobilized almost all of their henchmen, advocating the righteous deeds of Prince Xiao Li above the court, and saying that as long as he is here, Datang will not be afraid of any natural disasters. This is true of the snow disaster, and the same is true of this year's floods. ”

"Alas, it's all because the old man has become more and more lax in recent days, and he didn't realize this ending for the first time. Now that the news has spread, the situation is out of control. It's hard to contain it now! ”

"Fang Xiang must not blame himself, blame these two families for being too chicken thieves, and they would use this method to deal with Xiao Li. Lao Cheng I was also deceived by them, at first I heard that the people of the two families were praising Xiao Li, and I thought they wanted to curry favor, but I really didn't think that sometimes saying good things can hurt people! ”

"Things haven't reached the point where they can't be cleaned up, we should have dealt with it earlier, it should be able to recover, Xiao Li, you have the most ghost ideas on weekdays, think of a way!" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Hao and said eagerly.

Li Hao is a talent, as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Fang Xuanling was unwilling to see Li Hao being killed, and finally ended up with a stigma.

Li Hao smiled bitterly: "Old Fang, I'm embarrassed, I really can't help it this time." I didn't know until now that I had been counted in the morning. The auction dinner was originally used by me to pit Zheng Yingcai, and so many princes and nobles came that night, and I felt strange when the imperial court was Dayuan, and I couldn't imagine that there were people who would plan and use my bureau to pit me. It seems that the Li family and the Boling Cui family in Longxi are much more difficult to deal with than the few families they encountered before. ”

"Open guns are easy to dodge, hidden arrows are difficult to defend, this kind of soft knife to kill is the most painful!"

Li Hao perked up: "Let's not talk about this matter first, although they put it together, it doesn't have any loss to me for the time being." Others haven't really made a move yet, no matter how much we want to, it's useless, it's a big deal that I'm careful not to get caught in the future, let's discuss the things in front of me first! Lao Li, counting the few immortal crystals I sold, I have raised a total of eight million taels of silver, plus four million taels from your side, it shouldn't be a problem to help this flood. ”

Speaking of this, the sadness on everyone's faces was finally a little less.

"It's a miracle that all the funds for this disaster relief were raised by the private sector. I believe that with this money, the victims of Hongzhou will definitely be able to survive the difficulties! Li Shimin said with a smile.

"But Lao Li, there is one thing I must ask, how are you going to save this disaster, and how are you prepared to use this money?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment: "Naturally, it is evenly distributed, and the nine counties and counties in the territory of Hongzhou have suffered a disaster, and my side has already divided the four million taels raised equally among the nine counties and counties." There's a commissioner over there who is in charge of it, so it's foolproof. ”

"I ......" Li Hao was speechless for a while, if it weren't for the palace, but in Lijiazhuang, Li Hao would have to point his nose and scold people directly.

"What's wrong?" Li Shimin saw that Li Hao's face was not good, and asked with some embarrassment.

"Lao Li, Lao Li, you let me tell you something. After being an emperor for so long, do you have a rusty head? Is there any difference between the disaster relief money being distributed in this way and throwing it directly into the river? ”

"It's not that serious, is it? The new law of Datang has just been promulgated, corruption is a serious crime, how can anyone dare to do anything in this matter? ”

Li Shimin naturally did not know the meaning of Li Hao's words, and when he was the king of Qin, he did not see people who embezzled state money. But now the law is so detailed that anyone who dares to break the law will be punished.

Li Hao sighed: "Have you ever heard a sentence that there are policies and countermeasures?" The law is strict and only the minimum standard of morality, do you think those corrupt officials still have morality? I'm not afraid of your chill, there are many loopholes in our law that can be drilled, as long as I want to, I can find a hundred loopholes from the Datang law to make money. ”

Li Shimin's face turned pale, Li Hao is not a person who talks big, since he dares to say such things, he will say that there is something to be done. But today's new law of the Tang Dynasty was jointly formulated by him and Li Hao, and when it was formulated, Li Shimin even felt that it was perfect, and it was a little overwhelming to be criticized by Li Hao for being worthless at this time.

"Lao Li, you have never done business, I don't know how crazy businessmen can be in order to make money, there is a saying in my hometown, once the profit of the business reaches ten percent, you dare to kill people and set fires. Those corrupt officials and corrupt officials will only be crazier than us businessmen for money! ”