Chapter 21: Inventory

After Li Jing was reinstated by Li Xian and named him Otsuka, he sent Yue Yun to count the money and grain in the eastern capital.

"Qiqi Otsuka Zai, after the inventory of the past few days, there is not much grain and grass in the city, and there is not much copper money left in the treasury!"

Yue Yun reported to Li Jing and counted the results.

"What's going on? In such a big eastern capital, how can there be no money and grain, how can the eastern capital contain the grain stored in Jiacang, how can it be said that there are millions of stones, how can there be a shortage of food? ”

Li Jing didn't understand very much, the Hanjiacang in the Eastern Capital, but the first granary of the Tang Dynasty, was built during the great cause of the previous dynasty, and later Emperor Taizong expanded the scale of Hanjiacang, which became the current first granary of the Tang Dynasty.

Hanjiacang is also called Hanjiacang City, 612 meters wide from east to west, 710 meters long from north to south, with a total area of 43 square meters, such a large granary, enough to store more than 5 million stone grain.

According to his understanding, Hanjia has millions of stone grain and grass stored in the warehouse, and it stands to reason that it is impossible to have no grain in stock, right?

"After verification, Hanjiacang originally stored 2 million stones of grain, because of the previous natural disasters, more than 1 million stones of grain were transferred from Hanjiacang for disaster relief!"

"Since the Queen Mother came to power, the Wu clan secretly stole grain from Hanjia Cang to sell, and the officials guarding the granary filled their own pockets, which led to less and less food in the granary."

Yue Yun checked the accounts and found that the Wu clan colluded with the officials in charge of the granary to steal the grain from Hanjiacang and sell it, making a lot of money.

It's really generous to the court, seeking money for yourself!

Li Jing sneered after hearing this, there was a fire in his heart, these moths actually dared to steal his family's food, it seems that it is not good to punish it, Datang will be finished sooner or later.

"Go and find out, which corrupt officials are involved, and after finding out, I will be exterminated by all my families, and where did the grain and grass go after they came out of Hanjiacang? You're going to have to figure it out for me!"

Li Jing said with anger in his eyes.

"I'm going to do it!"

Yue Yun received the order and immediately went to investigate the matter.

A day later, Yue Yunfeng came to see Li Jing.

"Otsuka Zai, it has been found out, the grain is transported to the big cities for sale, and there are also many grain merchants in the eastern capital, and most of the grain they sell comes from Hanjiacang."

"In addition to the granary, there are also many treasures in the treasury, and even the royal treasury has lost some treasures."

After Yue Yun finished speaking, he handed the relevant evidence to Li Jing, who took it and looked through it carefully, which recorded how the officials of the granary stole the grain, and how they sold the grain in the granary to the grain merchants to make money.

Since there is some collusion between the two sides, then don't blame him for being polite, just take advantage of this opportunity to rectify the atmosphere.

"Yue Yun, you lead the troops to bring all the officials guarding the granary to me, and I will judge them personally."

Li Jing commanded.

"The last general obeys!"

Yue Yun took the order and led his troops to take down all the officials who managed Hanjiacang and brought them to Li Jing.

Otsuka Zaifu.

Li Jing sat on the throne, holding an account book in his hand, as well as some evidence, and raised his eyes to look at the dozens of people standing in front of him.

They wore court uniforms, of various ranks, and were officials who guarded granaries and storehouses.

At this time, they trembled, their heads bowed, and sweat kept sliding down their foreheads.

Looking at Li Jing on the throne, with a fierce light in his eyes, the officials present were all in their throats, and they were very scared at the moment.

I'm really worried that the chickens and dogs they did were discovered by Li Jing, and any one of them was enough to kill them!

Although Li Jing is only in his early twenties, he is not angry and self-threatening, which brings a strong sense of psychological oppression to everyone.

The main reason is that they are weak-hearted, worried that the little things they did will be exposed, Li Jing cut them all!

"I'm going to give you a cup of tea! As long as you can take the initiative to stand up and confess your guilt, I can be lenient on you, if you dare to resist stubbornly, just wait to destroy your family! ”

Li Jing said lightly.

The faces of these officials have changed greatly, and they have been in the officialdom for many years, and everyone who is sitting down again, who has clean hands and feet.

People's desires are endless, especially after tasting the happiness brought by sweetness, it is even more out of control!

In order to be able to enjoy happiness forever, these people have done a lot of things that have lost their heads, as long as they are not discovered, they will continue to do it, covering each other in the officialdom, and the collusion between officials and businessmen is endless, anyway, it is not their own interests that are harmed, and the interests of the court are damaged, and it is not a big deal.

For a while, everyone's heads were lowered, and no one dared to stand up and confess!

Soon, the time for a cup of tea passed, and Li Jing looked at the unrepentant official in front of him, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Give you a chance, you don't know how to cherish it, then don't blame him for not giving him a chance to repent, since everyone is looking for death, then I will fulfill you.

Li Jing didn't bother to say anything more, and directly asked Yue Yun to pull them down and cut them down, confiscate all the family property, all their families, clansmen, and all the men were executed, and all the women were put to the sect.

When the officials heard this, they were shocked, and one of them stood up and shouted: "Otsuka slaughtered the officials of the imperial court for no reason, I don't accept it!"

"Even if I am guilty, I should ......"

Li Jing frowned, didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and directly waved his hand to let the guards cut it directly.

The Praetorian Guard directly drew his sword, rushed forward, and slashed the opponent's head with a single sword.

The head rolled to the ground, blood gushing out from the cut in his neck.

The faces of several officials next to him were covered with blood, and even their bodies were splashed a lot.

This official who had the courage to resist was in a different place like this, and his head fell off before he finished speaking.

Several officials standing next to him collapsed to the ground in fright, trembling.

It's so brutal that you cut off people's heads if you don't agree with each other!

The guards dragged the body out and picked up the head on the ground to dispose of it.

"Is there anyone else who is not convinced? Just stand up!"

Li Jing looked around and said lightly.

A group of officials suddenly struck a spirit, and with the experience of the past, where did they dare to use the head of the Xiang Shang to test whether the blade in the hands of the guards was sharp!

"Otsuka Zai, the lower official is guilty, the lower official is willing to admit his guilt, all the guilt is the work of the lower official, and it has nothing to do with the family of the lower official, and please ask Otsuka Zai to forgive the family of the lower official, and the lower official will be grateful for Otsuka Zai's kindness even if he dies!"

A seven-rank official immediately knelt down and confessed his guilt, hoping that his family would not be harmed.

He took the initiative to admit his mistakes, just to protect his family, and he didn't dare to have any extravagant hopes for anything else!

"Otsuka Zai, the lower officials are willing to confess......"

Some people took the lead, and other officials also knelt down and confessed their sins.

Li Jing asked Yue Yun to dispose of them, as long as they admit their mistakes and have a good attitude, it is not impossible to let their men die, and they will all be exiled to other places.

The officials did not dare to conceal it, and they made it clear that they had committed crimes.