Peng Wang's Mansion, in the study.

Under the light, Li Xuan looked at the file about Wang Benli sent by Li Zhu, and her brows couldn't help frowning slightly.

Wang Benli is a member of the Langya Wang clan, a son of the Langya Wang clan, no matter what, the upbringing style will never be bad.

Even if it is ruthless and vicious behind his back, but in front of him, he always has a little bit of the upbringing of the children of the family, but Wang Benli made an extremely irritable behavior today, and in the household department, in front of everyone, he directly slapped the household department Kurabe Langzhong.

Even if Zuo Shilang is above the middle of the Zhubu Lang, Wang Benli is still from the same five grades as Liu Qi.

His slap was not only slapped on Liu Qi's face, but also on the faces of all the officials in the entire household.

"It's strange, although he has no one in his eyes on weekdays, but he is so domineering, it has been a matter of the past few months, why?" Li Xuan lowered his head and groaned, looking at the file in front of him suspiciously.

At this time, the door in front of him opened, and Liu Jinyu walked in with a bowl of hot porridge.

"Lang Jun, what are you looking at?" Liu Jinyu carefully placed the rice porridge on the table, and then looked at the contents of the file curiously.

Li Xuan turned sideways slightly, then sat down with Liu Jinyu in her arms, and then asked in a low voice: "What does the lady know about Wang Benli's people?" ”

"It's not much." Liu Jinyu flipped through the dossier, and said at the same time: "But the concubine knows that this Wang Langzhong is quite capable, especially in counting, salary, salary, labor consumption, and everything, he can quickly find out the flaws in the file sent to the place, and then correct them." ”

The affairs of the court have never been simple.

The local government pays taxes and grain every year, and the local states will always reduce the total amount of taxes paid by the local government by means of disasters, accidents, and various reasons.

However, many of the reductions were within the scope of the imperial court.

There is also the issue of land annexation, which many times is also hidden.

Prefectures and counties, household departments, Shangshu Province, and Yushitai will all be verified and inspected at various levels.

The center also sends officers to inspect the local area every year to avoid things that affect the situation of the court.

Wang Benli is one of the most effective supervisors in the entire Shangshu Province.

"It is rumored that he has won the trust of His Majesty, and that's why?" Li Xuan frowned, Liu Jinyu's words seemed to be completely different from Laisui's words.

Wang Benli in Liu Jinyu's words is a shrewd and powerful supervision official, so the officials of the following ministries and departments are very jealous of him and often impeach him.

"Of course." Liu Jinyu said so, but looking at the case file, she couldn't help frowning, and said to herself: "How is this very different from what the concubine heard!" ”

"Of course there has been a change." Li Xuan stretched out his hand and pointed to a certain paragraph in the dossier and said: "You see, since March this year, Wang Benli has become more and more arrogant and domineering, and he doesn't take people seriously, and even publicly slaps others in the household department today. ”

"He's anxious, but why?" Liu Jinyu looked up at Li Xuan, frowned and said: "The transportation of food and salary in the imperial court is not his business alone, why is he so nervous with the continuation of the war on the Western Front and the consumption of food?" ”

"Something's wrong!" Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and said lightly: "There must be something that you and I don't know about, I couldn't see it when I hid under the water before, but with the loss of food, these things are rapidly surging, so he is in a hurry." ”

"What's that?" Liu Jinyu subconsciously asked.

"When I saw the prince yesterday for my husband, I heard the prince mention that not long ago, someone in the three states in the west stole state grain and replaced the new grain with old grain, and the prince did not find out, but was discovered by the queen of heaven, and finally the prince was severely reprimanded by the saint." Li Xuan's voice stopped.

Liu Jinyu immediately understood, and said in disbelief: "Lang Jun is saying that the person who stole state grain, replaced new grain with old grain, and secretly resold it is this Wang Benli?" ”

"His status is appropriate, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and all the departments are under his supervision, as long as you can find the right person......" Li Xuan's voice suddenly stopped, and his brows furrowed stubbornly.

"The right people's hearts, what Lang Jun means is that Wang Benli has installed someone in the household department...... By the way, it's inevitable. Liu Jinyu had already understood, and suddenly nodded and said: "As long as Zuo Shilang Zhong loosens his hand a little, those greedy officials in the household department will immediately pounce directly." ”

"In the entire household, there is only one that is most suitable." Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Liu Jinyu with a solemn face.

"Tobe Kurabe Langchu?" Liu Jinyu's eyes widened in disbelief, and then said, "But he ...... today." It's not ......"

"That's why, Wang Benli is going to slap Liu Qi in front of everyone today, because what Liu Qi did behind his back, the two originally stood together with the union of interests, but one party had selfishness, and there was a crack immediately." Li Xuan sighed lightly, although he was guessing, he believed that eighty or ninety percent of them were already close to the truth.

"But this slap." Liu Jinyu couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Although Wang Benli was domineering in the past, but today in broad daylight, he directly beats Hubu Langzhong, I am afraid that it will cause criticism from the government and the opposition." ”

"It's not just the government and the opposition that criticize, I'm afraid there will also be impeachment by the imperial history." Li Xuan's eyes suddenly tightened.

"Di Huaiying?" Liu Jinyu guessed the meaning of Li Xuan's words almost instantly.

"Yes, Di Renjie was the first to serve the imperial history, although he was investigating the Zhaoling fire case, but if Wang Benli's matter was spreading, but no one in the imperial history platform moved, then he would definitely be impeached." Li Xuan's mind subconsciously appeared Li Zhi's figure.

One is Wang Benli, who is the most convenient to use, and the other is Di Renjie, a new confidant, and the two collide, so there is a good show.

"What the husband means will say is that this is a bureau, and this is for ......" Liu Jinyu stood up suddenly and looked at Li Xuan with a face full of disbelief.

She really couldn't believe that there was such a bold person to do so.

Li Xuan sighed lightly and said, "This may not be aimed at Your Majesty, as long as it is slightly restrained, then it can immediately become a killer against Shang Shu Zuocheng." ”

Wang Benli is Zuo Shilangzhong, and he is Shangshu Zuocheng's most powerful assistant.

In fact, the goal of those people has never changed, and their real goal is still Shangshu Zuocheng, and they are still the prince.

In the previous Tubo incident, the emperor did not let Li Xian participate in it at first, but then asked Li Xuan to go to the East Palace in person to tell Li Xian what happened, which was enough to show the emperor's attitude.

And when Li Xuan arrived at the East Palace, Li Xian was also gathering the staff who came back, discussing something,

These kinds of things are connected enough to constitute a completed event.

Wang Benli had a problem and was found out by Empress Wu, but these problems were easy to affect the emperor, so Empress Wu decided to take a step back and target Shangshu Zuocheng.

Although it is necessary to take a step back, this matter will still affect the emperor if you are not careful, so you need another thing to anchor the goal.

This is the previous case of Kwon Shancai cutting down Zhaoling cypress.

The two cases are superimposed, no matter what, Shangshu Zuo Cheng Cui Zhiwen will inevitably be transferred out of Shangshu Province in the end.

"So what should I do about this?" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan, her eyes full of worry.

Li Xuan sighed lightly and said: "In today's situation, Wang Benli is in crisis and doesn't know it, the key is that he is arrogant and domineering, and he can't listen to other people's opinions at all, so bad luck is inevitable, and no one can save him." The key is what he does in secret. ”

"What do you do in secret?" Liu Jinyu was slightly stunned, and was a little puzzled for a moment.

Li Xuan sighed softly, his eyes fell on the file, and An Hou said: "Wang Benli has had a very bad reputation for half a year, and Your Majesty is not aware of it, but he still connives, which can only show that he is doing some very important things, very important things that Your Majesty has confessed. ”

"What's the matter?" Liu Jinyu followed up and asked.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "I don't know, but no matter what it is, Wang Benli has done it, and he will not be easily replaced by others, but as long as he can find someone who can replace him, then Wang Benli will be immediately pressed into the dust." ”

"Di Renjie!" Liu Jinyu suddenly spoke and looked straight at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "Di Renjie is good at judging cases, and now he is the first ...... of serving the imperial historian."

Liu Jinyu waved his hand and said: "Lang Jun doesn't know, Di Renjie served as the Hucao of the Merge Prefecture for a period of time before he was appointed as the State Governor Cao, Lang Jun only needs to write a book to His Majesty before Di Renjie's impeachment, praise Di Renjie's political achievements, and the rest of the things will be much better." ”

"The lady is really smart." Li Xuan smiled and nodded, but then, he said in a low voice: "Di Renjie's character is upright, in his early years, he served as the transfer Cao, Fa Cao, and now he is the Dali Temple, serving the imperial history, why don't you recommend it to the Xiangwang Mansion to serve?" ”

"Xiangwang?" Liu Jinyu was slightly stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Why is the king of Xiang?" ”

"Because this matter will not work out, so if it can't be the king of the prime minister, then why can't it be the king of England?" Li Xuan's eyes flashed with a ghostly light.

"Then why can't it be the crown prince?"

"Because now is the best time to approach the crown prince, Your Majesty can see it clearly." Li Xuan sighed lightly.

Li Xian, he didn't know what kind of fate he was in now.

Although Li Xian is the crown prince, if his ability is insufficient, then Li Zhi will not hesitate to replace him directly.

As for ability, of course, it is not his ability to govern the country, but his ability to fight with the Empress Wu.

You must know that Li Zhi has two other sons, Li Xian, who is used to messing around, and Li Dan, who is upright on weekdays.

If the two of them showed different extraordinary abilities, then Li Xian's position as the crown prince would immediately falter.

However, I'm afraid Li Zhi didn't expect that Li Xian would be so unbearable.

……

Walking out of the study, Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu returned to the East Cross Courtyard together.

As the two of them walked, they discussed in a low voice the contents of His Majesty's official document.

At this time, a sound of footsteps sounded in the courtyard, and then Li Zhu appeared on the side, and said to Li Xuan: "Lord Wang, princess, spies report, outside Wang Langzhong's house, there are three secret agents staring at all times, and there seem to be shadows of secret guards." ”

Li Zhu and the others were also trained by the techniques of secret guards, so they would naturally be most familiar with these things.

He said it was a secret guard, so it must be a secret guard.

"It's the people in the palace, we have no other choice." Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh lightly.

In the matter of Wang Benli, Li Xuan's participation today has already given others an excuse for impeachment, so he must take action first.

(End of chapter)