Chapter 40: Impeachment Again
Li Chengqian has changed, this is what everyone around him thinks, the prince who has been a dog and horse for the past half a year, dismissed all the musicians and singers he recruited on the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
All the horses were sent to the prince's six rates to be raised, and they were raised according to the standard of military horses, and the courtiers of the prince's mansion were shocked. Even the crown princess wondered what happened to Li Chengqian.
And every morning in the morning, Li Chengqian will go to participate. But it's not like before, I always want to show myself in front of Li Shimin. He watched silently. Listening to how Li Shimin discussed with the courtiers and why he made such a decision, even if Li Tai was abnormally active, Li Chengqian was unmoved.
Occasionally, he will praise Li Tai's good ideas in the court, this approach makes these old ministers very satisfied, and they almost burst into tears.
Even if the imperial history of the family impeached him because of trivial matters, he would take the initiative to admit his mistakes, and the Li Tai family had nothing to do with Li Chengqian.
If there is no desire, Li Chengqian is like this now, and Li Shimin is also very satisfied with Li Chengqian's changes. Occasionally, Li Chengqian would be brought with him when discussing major decisions in the Liangyi Palace, and Li Chengqian listened to Li Shen's words, learned political affairs when he had something to do, and went out to play if he had nothing to do. Or go to Liurate to play on horseback and feel a lot happier.
The change of the crown prince made the situation in the DPRK and China more stable, and Li Shimin had a lot less worries, he remembered Li Shen's words, he wanted to pave the way for the prince, and the crown prince would be easy after succeeding to the throne.
Three months have passed, and it is already November. Today is a great court meeting, and the matters discussed are all matters of various parts of the country. It's the same as the usual pilgrimage. Nearing the end. Goshi Choi In-chi stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, the minister impeached Li Shen, the king of Ji, and the strange goods were liveable, hoarding grain, and making Chang'an's grain rise by three percent. Maliciously raising prices and doing business illegally. Compete with the people for profit. Because the rise in food prices has made the people panic. I hope that His Majesty will severely punish King Ji and close his workshop. Give the people of Chang'an a fair"
The minister seconded. King Ji buys grain on a large scale, which is a strange commodity to live in. In the long run, it is easy for the people to change. "The royal history of the royal family.
"Seconded by the Minister"
"Seconded by the Minister"
Several officials of the Maison stepped forward. Demanded that Li Shen be severely punished.
"Wang De, call King Ji over." Li Shimin commanded
After a while, Li Shen arrived, and he already knew what was going on the way. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Shen asked the boutique pavilion to buy grain on a large scale, on the one hand, in order to make wine, and on the other hand, Li Shen intended to raise the price of grain a little.
Anyway, it doesn't matter if there is more grain, the old grain can also be used to make wine, and the reserve grain can also be in case of an outsider. When he was digging coal in the mountain behind Dahuangzhuang, he dug a cave by the way, and stored 5,000 habitual grains, which were bought by five wen to the current seven wen and one bucket.
800,000 buckets, that is, more than 80,000 loads of grain. The distillery has already been built, and hundreds of people have been hired to make wine from the Dahuangzhuang and Xiaohuangzhuang on the edge of the Dahuangzhuang. The backyard of the boutique pavilion is mainly responsible for the brewing of high-end wines.
Boutique Pavilion ordinary wine and high-end wine open supply, the ordinary price of two accustomed to one altar, and the Cui family's immortal drunk the same price, high-end five habitual money one jar, less than half a month to sweep the market.
Many restaurants go to the boutique pavilion to purchase, the purchase price is ordinary 500 Wen, high-end four habits, and the merchants are a large number of purchases and sales to all parts of the country.
This had a great impact on the Cui family's wine business, and there was no way for the Cui family to choose to reduce the price, and the boutique pavilion followed, and the ordinary model has been consistent with the Cui family's price, and the Cui family's wine business has plummeted for more than two months.
The liquor business, which occupies the first floor of the Cui family's income, has gained little and has no momentum. The Cui family knew that this was Li Shen's revenge, but how could the family be afraid of you as a little prince, so there was an impeachment of today's court
"I've seen Aya. I don't know what Aya called the child for. Li Shen saluted
"Cui Yushi and many courtiers impeached you for hoarding food. Compete with the people for profit. You have something to say. Li Shimin asked.
"Cui Yushi, why are you impeaching me again. What are you staring at me all the time" Li Shen said to Cui Renzhi with a child image pretending to be pitiful, winning a lot of sympathy points.
"His Royal Highness King Ji, as the official of the imperial history. Of course, it is to report the news and supervise hundreds of officials. Choi In-ji returned
"That's right, Cui Yushi, since he is so responsible. Let's talk about it. What a crime this time? Li Shen was under no pressure
"His Royal Highness King Ji, have you bought grain on a large scale? As a result, the grain in Chang'an and the surrounding areas rose by two layers. Causing panic among the people. Cui Renzhi asked
"Yes," Li Shen admitted.
Cui Renzhi didn't expect Li Shen to admit it. He also thought that Li Shen was looking for some reason to explain.
"Your Majesty, King Ji has admitted that the strange goods are inhabitable." Cui Renzhi said to Li Shimin
"Cui Yushi. When did I admit it. Am I a strange thing to live in? Li Shen asked inexplicably
"Didn't Your Highness admit to buying grain on a large scale just now," Cui Renzhi returned
"Buying grain is a strange commodity Kegula?? Then explain to me what it means to live in a strange carry," Li Shen asked
"You hoard food, wait for the price to rise and then sell it, isn't this a strange commodity," Cui Renzhi said
"Who told you that I bought grain and sold it? Can't you eat it? Li Shen teased
"Your Highness, don't quibble, you have purchased seventy or eighty thousand loads of grain before and after, which is enough for ten thousand people to eat for a year. Could it be that His Royal Highness King Ji raised 10,000 people? Cui Renzhi retorted that Li Shen was giving you a crime by the way. Feed 10,000 people. Are you King Ji trying to rebel?
"Cui Yushi, you may not know. I have 500 households, almost 2,000 people. I'm the owner, so I'll have to prepare food for them to prevent the disaster, because if the seeds are sown and damaged, there will be no harvest in a year.
I'm not like you, I don't care about my tenants, I have to support them, and I have learned from the teachers to be benevolent and righteous. It's just that I've been preparing food for three years.
And next year I plan to collect more, the villages near my Huangzhuang are not doing well, and there is no disaster year to barely eat and wear. If there is a disaster year, they have to beg on the streets, and the prison of the country has taught them to be benevolent and righteous, I have to prepare for them, and I can't treat the people who farm for themselves like you. Li Shen even eliminated the number of beatings, and Cui Renzhi fell.
"King Ji's son can be taught, what he has learned is put into practice, King Ji is benevolent and righteous" Kong Yingda, the sacrificial wine of the Guozi Supervisor, stood up and praised Li Shen, this is the proud protégé of the Guozi Supervisor
Li Shen gave Kong Yingda a salute. Then he asked Cui Renzhi again: "Cui Yushi, do you still be satisfied with my rhetoric?" ”
Cui Renzhi knew that Li Shen was talking nonsense, at least half of his grain was to make wine, and the wine business of the boutique pavilion had a great impact on their Cui family in the past few months.
But even Kong Yingda stood up and said that Li Shen was benevolent and righteous, if he didn't agree, wouldn't it mean that Li Shen's benevolence and righteousness were wrong, then wouldn't he be a person who didn't talk about benevolence and righteousness? So it's hard to answer.
Li Shimin on the stage nodded slightly, although what Li Shen said was all made up, it was justified and well-founded, and it still had to occupy benevolence and righteousness. It's impossible to refute. Isn't this a common method used by readers? If you contradict you, you will not have righteousness.
Li Chengqian's eyes lit up next to him, these ten brothers are talented. Can you still argue like that. Learned another trick.