In the small study room of the Taiji Hall of the Imperial Palace, after listening to Xiao Rui's report, Li Er was silent for a long time.

"It has been ten years since Jinyang started the army. In the past ten years, there has not been a single year of peace, and the people have suffered unspeakably in the war, and the soldiers have suffered countless casualties. There are not a few people who do this like filial piety. I also sheltered more than a thousand wounded robes in private. ”

Xiao Rui was surprised: "You know? So, you already knew all this, including the fact that I went to investigate the king of Hejian? ”

He didn't dare to say the rest, meaning, you know I misunderstood, why should I be embarrassed?

Seeing his son-in-law deflated, Li Er smiled: "You kid, don't let you suffer a loss, do you think anyone can check it." I know that Xiaogong takes care of the veteran, and as for you to investigate his affairs, there is another hidden secret, which Wei Xuancheng found out. ”

"Something else? How? Did the king of Hejian lie to me? Xiao Rui felt that he was hasty, and it was indeed unsafe to draw conclusions by simply piling up account books.

Li Er waved his hand: "That's not it, filial piety is fair-minded and broad-minded, you are your own person, he can't lie to you." Moreover, it is not a trivial matter to take in nearly 3,000 soldiers in his fiefdom, and he does not dare to hide it. ”

"Boy, you never doubted it, why is it so coincidental, but at this time, someone came to sue the king of Hejian County?"

Xiao Rui muttered: "At first, I doubted it, but I didn't bother to pay attention to it. Because the Yushitai is not only facing those old ministers who are on the corpse and eating vegetarian meals, but also all the officials and nobles of the Tang Dynasty. As long as there is evidence, then we will accept it. It doesn't matter if someone calculates me, or calculates the king of Hejian. The Imperial Historical Observatory is not aimed at anyone, we just need to give the people justice. ”

Li Er pointed at Xiao Rui and scolded with a smile: "You kid, you are a stubborn donkey with no brains." ”

According to Wei Xuancheng's verification, the person who came to sue Xiaogong was deliberately arranged by Pei Lian. However, Pei Lin is very clever, everything he prepared is true, the grievances, evidence, selfishness of resentment and filial piety, etc., are all true. Pei Lin is giving you a question, see if you dare to answer? ”

Xiao Rui suddenly realized: "No wonder, no wonder when I took over the case, I didn't feel right, this flat-headed ordinary man seems to know the case process of Yushitai very well, all the formalities and evidence I need, he is ready, it turns out that there is an old fox to help." ”

"Your Majesty, everything is one thing, and what the king of Hejian County has done, I admire. But because he sheltered the veterans, he did hurt the ordinary people, according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, ......"

Li Er laughed and said, "You kid, this is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys? It's bold. Xiao Gong can be said to be the top existence among the upstart ministers, if he can be cured of his crimes, presumably other officials will not dare to mess around, and the prestige of your Yushitai can be regarded as established. ”

"It's a good calculation, but how are you going to convict? I don't dare to offend Xiaogong easily. He's my cousin. ”

Xiao Rui was calm and calm, sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, and dared to drink tea leisurely, Li Erbai glanced at him: "Bastard, sell it with me?" ”

Xiao Rui didn't dare, his daughter-in-law hadn't married yet, so he came over flatteringly, lifted the teapot and personally added tea to his father-in-law, and explained with a smile: "Yesterday I reached an agreement with the king of Hejian County. He promised to do me a favor, and I promised to help him with the veteran's aftermath. ”

Li Er suddenly realized, "No wonder you kid is so calm." That's right, you kid has a lot of ideas, especially the idea of making money, the whole Datang, you dare to boast like this, solve the livelihood of thousands of people at once. ”

Thousands? You mean, I took over myself and paid to help Lee Hyo-kung take care of the veterans? What do you think? I have money, but I don't throw money into a bottomless pit, do I?

Xiao Rui took out a thick fold from his arms, "Taking care of disabled retired veterans is not a personal matter. This is the resettlement plan that Weichen came up with overnight. Maybe it will solve the problem permanently. ”

Li Er became interested, "You mean, permanently solve the aftermath of disabled retired soldiers?" Boy, do you know how many people there are? How much financial resources is needed to feed these people? Over the years, the Ministry of War has made several efforts, but it has not been able to find a reasonable countermeasure, and you have not been able to ...... a single battlefield."

As he spoke, Li Er opened Xiao Rui's recital, looked at it, and held back his later words, and his whole mind was attracted by that recital.

Xiao Rui looked like he knew this, and sat there drinking tea with the old god. Seeing that the Gao Nei servant who was serving on the side became more and more frightened, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, even the most favored uncle and eldest grandson Wuji, did not dare to drink tea in front of His Majesty? What is the origin of this young master? How many guts did he grow?

After watching it three times in a row, Li Er's shock was beyond words, and he asked excitedly: "Boy, according to your plan, can you really place 200,000 disabled veterans?" ”

Xiao Rui laughed: "Two hundred thousand? Two million is fine. When they retire, they are not soldiers, but civilians. If they are left idle and the court pays for them, it will be impossible at all, and they can't afford to support 20,000. But as long as they don't have limbs off and lose their labor, that's 200,000 or 2 million jobs for me. ”

"It's much easier to give them a job and support themselves. Maybe not only will it not cost money, but it will also generate income for the country. ”

Li Er was a little suspicious and said: "The people of my Tang Dynasty are all on horses as soldiers, and they are off the horses to farm. If these veterans are disabled, it will be difficult to go back to plough the fields, and these workshops and factories you are talking about can really, really feed so many people? ”

Xiao Rui patted his chest and said, "Weichen can make a military order." Tang Shi agriculture and industry, industry and commerce have always been regarded as a cheap industry. But if hundreds of workers rise, the national strength will at least double. Hasn't the treasury recently robbed homes to earn hundreds of thousands? You grant me fifty thousand, no, one hundred thousand. Approve another piece of land, and before the Chinese New Year, you can see the effect. ”

What? Lakh? Fifty thousand?

As soon as he heard that it would cost money, Li Er immediately became vigilant, it is not easy for the imperial court to save some money, but you kid dare to speak.

Seeing that the emperor was stingy, Xiao Rui stood up, "Yes, it's okay if you don't want to pay for it." I want to find a way to make it up personally, tens of thousands of taels of silver, and it's still okay to squeeze it. It's just that when the time comes, the income created by these 200,000 people, hehe, that is Wechen's private income, don't regret it. ”

"Wait?" Li Er panicked, stood up, and asked in a low voice, "Can you really make money?" ”

Xiao Rui really wants to say, you are the king of a country, can you be atmospheric? What about bargaining with me?

"When I didn't say it, I went to cooperate with the King of Hejian."

"Stop!"

Li Er grabbed Xiao Rui, walked over and kicked the goods, "Bastard, you are my son-in-law, who do I support if I don't support it?" Isn't it just 100,000 taels? Here you go, give you fifty thousand taels. You, you save some flowers. It is not easy for the treasury to save some money. ”

Seeing this scene, Xiao Rui really wanted to take a picture with the camera and pick it out.

Xiao Rui took the note to receive the money and left, and before leaving, he asked the emperor for 500 people to do errands.

"This kid, if he can really handle this matter, can he be transferred to the Ministry of Industry for training?" Looking at Xiao Rui's back, Li Er muttered.

The next day, news came out from the imperial court that Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, was personally held accountable by His Majesty for oppressing the people and occupying fertile land. dismissed from the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, reappointed Zong Zhengqing, and fined him for one year.

As soon as the news came out, the whole dynasty was in an uproar. The upstart ministers were shocked that Xiao Rui didn't recognize his six relatives, and anyone dared to rectify it? The Ministry of Rites is the real power, Zong Zhengqing is just an idle position in charge of the royal sacrifices, Li Xiaogong has admitted it, and the emperor is too fond of this son-in-law, right?

After Pei Lian, who calculated Xiao Rui, heard about it, he no longer sat firmly in Diaoyutai before, and after being frightened, he locked himself in the study for a whole day, and the next day, Pei Lin took the initiative to hand over a letter, determined to return to his hometown and resign and go into hiding.