Chapter 458: Dang Renhong
After Wang Xuance and Wang Hongfu heard Li Shen's words, they knew that something was wrong in Lingnan after looking at Li Shen's face, so Wang Xuance asked:
"Lord, is something wrong with the fifth prince?"
Li Shen didn't speak, but handed the letter in his hand to Wang Xuance, and Wang Xuance looked incredible after taking it and reading it.
After that, it was passed to Wang Hongfu, and Wang Hongfu was also surprised after reading it.
"Xuan Ce, why haven't we received information?" Li Shen asked without replying.
"Back to the prince, Lingnan and other places are still not fully developed, and our shops and newspapers have not yet arrived there. Especially in places such as the Guangzhou Governor's Office. ”
Wang Xuance knew that King Ji was angry, and Wang Xuance explained carefully.
Don't look at King Ji's usual inattention, hippie smiling face all day long, but a prince is a prince, and everyone in King Ji's mansion knows that this prince has a dark heart.
Li Shen nodded after hearing this, he also knew that Lingnan was called the land of smoke and miasma, and there was no information arranged because there was nothing to report.
But this time it gave him a warning.
"Xuan Ce, do you know what the origin of this Dang Renhong is? It was so daring. Li Shen asked.
It turned out that the second half of Li You's letter to Li Shen was a report letter, which elaborated in detail about the corruption and perversion of the law by Dang Renhong, the governor of the Guangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office.
After serving as the governor of Guangzhou, he was greedy for pleasure, bought and sold officials, and was in the township of fish and meat. His men kill people and do all kinds of evil.
According to Li You, he estimated that the amount of corruption embezzled by Dang Renhong would be at least hundreds of thousands, or even millions.
If it is true, then this is a huge corruption, and Zhenguan's first major corruption case was born.
"Back to the prince, this Dang Renhong seems to be a general of the former Sui, and later Emperor Gaozu raised troops, and he led people to submit to Emperor Gaozu.
He also followed His Majesty to pacify the Quartet and made great contributions. He was named the Duke of Guangdu, and I heard that Emperor Gaozu and His Majesty valued him very much.
He has served as the governor and assassin of several states. ”
Wang Xuance also told Li Shen what he knew, and he had collected a lot of information about princes and nobles over the years.
"Alas~~" Li Shen sighed and said with some regret:
"It's a pity, this is a meritorious man for me Li Tang, and now it's like this, he is greedy by nature, it seems that he will die soon."
Wang Hongfu asked with some puzzlement:
"Lord Wang, how do you say this, now we know about it, if this party Renhong operates well, it should be fine,
No matter how you say it, he is also a prince of the country and a hero, and the court will not sentence him to death. ”
"What do you know, he is proud of his achievements, and he has not been in the court for a long time, and this court is also divided, since he is no one, then he is business,
These charges against him, combined with the amount of his embezzlement, are to be executed according to the law.
You think, even the fifth brother can know the news, but the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion can not know that now that this party Renhong is in office, when he is transferred, someone will definitely report him. ”
Li Shen told the two of them that this kind of thing is like this, and Li Shen has not encountered it.
"Then the prince, what should we do, this matter has nothing to do with us." Wang Xuance asked.
Li Shen thought about it,
"It doesn't matter, but money has something to do with me. What this king hates the most is the corrupt and perverted the law, not to mention that he actually oppressed my Li Tang's people, and his subordinates actually robbed homes and houses, killed people and sold goods?
It really makes no sense, this Tang Dynasty will not allow anyone to exist who is worse than this king. ”
Li Shen said viciously, but his eyes were full of the shadow of copper coins.
"Lord, even if we want to intervene, but Guangzhou is far away, we can't intervene, and the minister is afraid that the news will leak out, this party Renhong will take risks, I heard that he is both civil and military, and he also has a hand in controlling troops.
If he takes control of the rebellion, it will be very troublesome. ”
Wang Xuance analyzed,
Li Shen thought about it,
"Since even the fifth brother knows about this matter, he shouldn't hide it for too long, but this king thinks it's better to ventilate with my Aya, this party Renhong is also a hero, and Ayah is also very important, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for Ayah to do it when the time comes."
After Li Shen finished speaking, let people pack up their fishing tools, and then prepare to enter the palace, this matter can be big or small, if Li Shimin doesn't want Dang Renhong to die,
Then Li Shen must be notified in advance, otherwise hundreds of officials in the court will want him to die, and Li Shimin is also very troublesome.
Before leaving, Li Shen said to Wang Xuance again:
"Xuan Ce, arrange for someone to fill the vacancies in Lingnan and other places, don't let things like today happen again."
After saying that, he turned around and got into the carriage.
Li Shen's intelligence system is a message that is transmitted through newspapers and stores in various places, but he doesn't pay attention to everything.
Some officials make some small mistakes, or are petty greed or something, Li Shen never pays attention to them, this is all a matter of the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with him.
As long as there is no big mess, he still understands the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish.
An hour later, Li Shen came to the palace, and after the transmission, Li Shen was brought into the Liangyi Palace.
At this time, Li Shimin was resting, and since Li Chengqian came back, Li Shimin's life was as comfortable as he wanted.
"I've seen Aya." Li Shen saluted.
"Well, what kind of wind has blown you here today?" Li Shimin teased as he drank tea.
"Look at what Aya said, don't I miss Aye?" Li Shen's face was flattering.
"If you don't cause me a little trouble, you will be filial to me. Tell me, what's the matter with this visit? Li Shimin was unmoved,
After so many years, don't you know this son?
Li Shen was speechless, his image is like this now, and there is no room for even a little collapse in the future.
Li Shen took out Li You's letter from his bosom and handed it over:
"Aya, this is a letter from the fifth brother to his son, and there is one thing in it that needs to be decided by Aya."
"Oh? The letter of the old five? Li Shimin was a little curious, Li You had really done well in Lingnan in the past two years, which made Li Shimin very pleased.
Who doesn't have an unfilial son yet, as long as they can be corrected in time.
Li Shimin took the letter and looked at it while drinking tea,
The previous content made Li Shimin's brows stretched and he smiled, although his son made a mistake, but now he is doing well,
But then, Li Shimin's brows began to wrinkle, and his face became more and more ugly, and his eyes were full of murderous energy.
"Bastard, how can that be justified." Li Shimin scolded angrily. The teacup in his hand was about to fall to the ground.
Li Shen's eyes were quick and he took a step forward.
"Aye, Aye, calm the anger, the teacup is innocent." Li Shen hugged Li Shimin's arm,
This is his former treasure, the tea set of Xingyao white porcelain. Valuable, now there is only this set in the world.
(Class: Stand.)
This party Renhong does have his own people, and he is the founder of the Tang Dynasty. But sexual greed.
This incident actually happened in 642, Dang Renhong was reported after leaving the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion, and the historical record is that he embezzled more than one million.
But I didn't say whether it was money or Guan, the author chose Guan for the sake of the plot.
At that time, he was sentenced to death by the Dali Division, reported to Li Shimin five times, and sentenced Dang Renhong to be decided.
Li Shimin was very sad and didn't want Dang Renhong to die, so he invited officials above the fifth rank to hold a meeting and said:
This law must not be abolished, but I still want to forgive him, this is too heavenly.
Therefore I will be punished for him,
Li Shimin knelt on a broken straw mat in the southern suburbs for three days the next day, eating only one vegetarian meal a day. Come and apologize for three days.
In the end, Dang Renhong was exempted from the death penalty, cut officials for the people, and migrated to Qinzhou
That's it
Class. )