"Your Majesty, may I ask what is the matter with reselling military rations? Is there direct evidence that Hongnong Yang was involved in the resale of military rations? Xiao Song wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and asked boldly.

"Huh!"

After Lu Bu sneered, he told everything that had happened in Tongguan before.

After listening to it, Xiao Song knew that the place had eroded to this point.

But he didn't hear anyone directly testify against Hongnong Yang.

So there was a glimmer of hope in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that even if the big clan in Huayin County is guilty, it should be handed over to the Criminal Department for trial, instead of using military law."

Xiao Song wants to take down the right to hear the case.

Not only because Hongnong Yang was involved, but mainly to retain the power of the foreign dynasty.

Lu Bu said in a cold voice: "The last general has already handed over all the prisoners, including Hongnong Yang, to Ambassador Yang, and it is too late for you to find the last general's important person now." ”

Li Mao also said: "Xiao Xiang doesn't need to say more, there must be evidence, and someone in their family must be involved in reselling military rations." I have been extraordinarily gracious, so that Yang Guozhong can't kill more than the main culprit. ”

Xiao Song saw that the emperor had made up his mind, and he didn't dare to defend Hongnong Yang's anymore.

But he also wanted to fight for Yang Shenjin, the head of the household.

After all, even he can put the interests of the family behind, so Yang Shenjin is likely to make the same choice.

So Xiao Song bowed down again and asked: "Yang Shenjin, this person, known as a virtuous person, should not know that anyone in the family dares to participate in the resale of military rations. Can Your Majesty give him a chance to defend himself in court? ”

Li Mao's expression was subtle.

I was secretly guessing in my heart: Does Xiao Song and Yang Shenjin have any special relationship?

Or is Yang Shenjin really a talent?

"Then let him defend himself immediately!"

In the end, Li Mao still gave Xiao Song a face.

After all, this person took refuge in the first place, and he has already expressed his support for the policy of clearing the land.

Xiao Song breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Li Mao waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to kneel, and at the same time gave Zhao Gao a look.

Zhao Gao instantly understood, and immediately arranged for the little eunuch on the side to go and inform.

Half an hour later.

A middle-aged man in a fourth-grade official uniform walked into the hall quickly.

The person who came was Yang Shenjin.

He is less than 40 years old, and he is in the prime of his life.

When he was on the road, Yang Shenjin kept recalling the data of this year's household department in his mind, just so that when the emperor asked, he could answer it as soon as possible.

He didn't know that the entire Hongnong Yang clan, with a population of nearly 10,000, had all been arrested.

"Weichen Yang Shenjin knocks to see Your Majesty, I wish Your Majesty long live, long live, long live!"

"Flat!" Li Mao said softly.

Before Xiao Song could wait for Yang Shenjin to stand up, he told all the things about Hongnong Yang's family.

After Yang Shenjin listened, his whole body stiffened, and his face was covered with fine and dense beads of sweat.

"Yang Shenjin, are you guilty?" Li Mao suddenly shouted!

"I don't know what the sin is?" Yang Shenjin replied forcefully under the fierce murderous aura.

Li Mao saw that he could keep calm in such a situation, and looked up to him in his heart.

But there was no indication on his face, and he still looked murderous.

"What sin do you not know? The people in your family are reselling military rations, don't you know? ”

"Even if you don't know, aren't the people in your family so bold because of your majesty?"

"The Book of Rites" has a saying: Those who want to be clear and virtuous in the world will rule the country first; Those who want to rule their country must first gather their families; Those who want to gather their families must first cultivate their bodies; Those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts; Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere; If you want to be sincere, you must first know it, and you will know it in Gewu. Character and then know, know and then sincerity, sincerity and then heart, heart and then body cultivation, body cultivation and then family Qi, family Qi and then national governance, national governance and then the world is peaceful. ”

"Yang Shenjin, you can't even manage the people in your family, how can I believe that you can rule the country and level the world?"

After Li Mao finished speaking, he waited for Yang Shenjin's answer.

Also want to see if he can stay calm.

If he can answer the questions fluently, it means that he is indeed a talent and can be promoted and reused.

Yang Shenjin was not in a hurry to explain.

Instead, he waited for a moment and cleared his mind before answering.

"Your Majesty, the ministers really don't know that there are people in the Hongnong Yang clan who are involved in the reselling of military rations."

"Although the minister was born in the Hongnong Yang family, the Hongnong Yang family is not the minister's family."

"The ancestor of the Hongnong Yang family is Yang Chang, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, and he is the son-in-law of Ma Qian of Taishi Company."

"When it was inherited to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yang Zhen, Yang Bing, Yang Ci, and Yang Biao, all officials to Taiwei, were the same four generations and three dukes as the Yuan family of Runan."

"During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su also served as the prime minister and was named the Duke of Yue."

Speaking of this, Yang Shenjin bowed deeply to Li Mao before continuing to speak.

"The minister said that the prominent family background of the Hongnong Yang family is not to show off, but to explain to His Majesty that the official position that the minister is holding now is nothing at all in the history of the Hongnong Yang family for thousands of years."

"The minister was born in the Hongnong Yang branch, and the big sect has long since stopped protecting the small sect of the minister."

"The minister's family has been poor since he was a child, and he has relied on his mother to borrow money everywhere to have books to read."

"Your Majesty said that the minister protected the Hongnong Yang family, and the minister really didn't know how to prove his innocence."

After finishing speaking, Yang Shenjin knelt deeply on the ground.

"Hahaha!"

Li Mao, who had been holding a tense expression, suddenly laughed loudly, and hurriedly went up to help Yang Shenjin up.

"I almost blamed Aiqing for being wrong!"

"The guilty people of the Hongnong Yang clan will be dealt with by the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and no one will be implicated."

"I'm going to promote you to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, I don't know what you think?"

"If you feel that the affairs of the Ministry of Rites are not going well, the positions of the six Shangshu are all at the mercy of Aiqing!"

Li Mao was happy for a while, and for the first time, he directly asked his courtiers to elect officials.

This represents his great trust in Yang Shenjin.

As for whether Yang Shenjin can do a good job in other departments, Li Mao is not worried at all.

After all, the decree can't get out of Guanzhong now, and these people say that they are the emperor's ministers of the Tang Dynasty, but they can only take care of the affairs of Guanzhong.

The total population of Guanzhong is only three or four million, even if Yang Shenjin is no longer able to use.

Li Mao felt that under his nose, he couldn't make a big mistake.

When Xiao Song heard the emperor's words, the shock in his heart was beyond measure.

If it weren't for Yang Shenjin being the person he recommended, Xiao Song would definitely oppose it immediately.

The chief officer of the six ministries is so important, how can he let the officials choose for themselves?

But Xiao Song was not suitable to speak now, so he could only turn his gaze to Lu Bu, wanting him to stand up and speak.

"The minister doesn't dare to say anything, it's all up to His Majesty!" Yang Shenjin shook his head and said.

When Xiao Song heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought in my heart that Yang Shenjin was really a talent, and he was not easily carried away.