Chapter 116: The Emperor’s Wrath, a tour of Langzhou City

"Exactly!"

Wang Gui frowned slightly and said in a deep voice.

He didn't see the change in Li Shimin's expression, otherwise he wouldn't have answered so quickly.

"Does Prime Minister Wang really understand the situation in Liaozhou?"

"They don't know why. As a servant, do you come to me without checking?"

Li Shimin suddenly became furious.

Throw the memorial I just photographed away.

With a few snaps, the memorial in secret fell to the ground and landed at the feet of Wang Gui and the others.

"Your Majesty, the people of Liaozhou are suffering terribly!"

Wang Gui and Pei Ji looked at each other, and Pei Ji also took a step forward.

Now the two of them are not talking about Fang Yuan's evidence, but about Fang Yuan's management in Liaozhou.

Liaozhou is so big, no matter how good policies Fang Yuan makes, the interests of some people will always be infringed.

Among them, the aristocratic families in Liaozhou have been affected the most, and they are almost becoming deprived, and they still have to please those untouchables.

"It's so miserable, but what I see is that some aristocratic families in Liaozhou are doing whatever they want and want to rebel!"

"I am so tolerant of Hedong that some evil forces dare to rebel, and even dare to kill the current governor to claim their own status, etc."

"I am new to the throne, so the local evil forces don't take me seriously, right? Do you think my sword is not sharp enough?"

Li Shimin’s voice was louder.

The momentum also became more surging.

Like an angry tiger, roaring with the spirit of a king.

Similarly, Li Shimin has also learned about what happened in Liaozhou.

The Wang family of Liaoshan and his son dared to take advantage of the absence of the governor to launch a coup and unite with the family to seek the position of governor.

If Fang Yuan hadn't been prepared, if the news had reached his ears now, it would have become Fang Yuan's plan to poison the people, and Wang Chengzhe, the county magistrate, turned the tide and saved Liaozhou from danger.

As a result, he was concealed, and the governor of Liaozhou became the new governor of Liaozhou naturally with the recommendation of many aristocratic families!

It's disgusting, it's so disgusting, it's completely intolerable!

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

"That's Fang Yuan's trick!"

Pei Ji's expression changed and he said in a deep voice.

There is no doubt that Li Shimin was referring to Sang and scolding Huai.

Criticize the Pei family, scold the Wang family, and the two families are the chief culprits.

At the same time, he also secretly cursed himself and Wang Gui for being blind and unable to see the truth.

"Prime Minister Pei is indeed old."

"I think it's time for Prime Minister Pei to retire."

Li Shimin's eyes turned cold, he stared at Pei Ji and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty does not trust the old ministers, but he allows them to become officials. Aren't you afraid of hurting the hearts of your ministers?"

"The veteran minister dedicated his life to the Tang Dynasty and worked tirelessly for the founding of the Tang Dynasty. There is no credit but hard work!"

Pei Ji also had a cold look in his eyes and said in a deep voice.

Today, he wanted to ease the relationship with the emperor.

Otherwise, when Pei Ji encounters a problem, he will go directly to the Supreme Emperor to complain.

However, his own initiative to show weakness was rewarded by Li Shimin's request to become an official.

This made Pei Ji very angry and unwilling, and was very dissatisfied with Li Shimin.

"Prime Minister Pei has made many mistakes. I am afraid that the outstanding talents of the Tang Dynasty will be destroyed in Prime Minister Pei's hands."

"For the good of Prime Minister Pei, for the good of me, and for the good of the Tang Dynasty, please accept the appointment of Prime Minister Pei!"

Li Shimin said calmly.

He seemed polite, but stared at Pei Ji with angry eyes.

Pei Ji had a dark face and was about to fight back, but suddenly, there was a sound of reading from outside the imperial study room.

"According to reports from Liaozhou City: Wang and his son from Liaoshan, together with Pei Yinghua and others, poisoned workers in major factories in Liaozhou, resulting in more than 3,000 people being poisoned."

"The Wang family of Liaoshan and his son took the opportunity to seize control of the Liaozhou Governor's Mansion, led three hundred tribesmen to surround the Fang Mansion, and tried to forcibly convict Liaozhou Governor Fang Yuan, but Fang Yuan, who pretended to leave, saw through and fought back."

"The Wang family of Liaoshan and his son admitted their crimes. At the same time, Yushe County Magistrate Zhou Kaile exposed many evidences of Wang Chengzhe's crimes. The evidence of the father and son's crimes was conclusive, and they have pleaded guilty and are waiting to be executed."

"Pei Yinghua cooperated with the Wang family and his son in Liaoshan to riot in Liaozhou City, which put the people in Liaozhou City in panic. According to Qin Liangcai's evidence, Pei Yinghua was a supporter of the Taiyuan bandits and participated in the deaths of previous Liaozhou governors. The evidence was conclusive and he committed suicide.

Plead guilty!"

Du Ruhui walked in.

Also coming with him were Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji.

The three of them were invited by Li Shimin and had been waiting outside the palace for a long time. When they heard roaring sounds coming from inside, they came in immediately.

"Can Prime Minister Du be sure that the evidence here is true?"

Pei Ji took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

He had exchanged letters with Pei Yinghua many times.

But I have never heard that the Taiyuan Bandits were secretly supported by Pei Yinghua.

Wang Gui on the side lowered his head, worry flashed in his eyes. He felt that he had entered a whirlpool: the emperor wanted to use this problem to remove Prime Minister Pei.

A person who is too emperor cannot be in such a high position.

There are not many ministers in the DPRK and China who are unaware of the conflict between the two.

"If Mr. Pei doesn't believe it, you can go and check it yourself."

Du Ruhui said softly.

At this moment, he was not as aggressive as last time.

After today, Pei Ji will most likely be demoted to give some face to his colleagues.

"Your Majesty, I take my leave!"

Pei Ji said in a deep voice with a dark face.

He turned around and walked outside Tai Chi Palace.

"Prime Minister Pei, I hope to receive your resignation in seven days!"

Li Shimin said expressionlessly.

As a veteran minister and founding hero, he has given Pei Ji a good look many times.

If Pei Ji still doesn't know what's interesting, don't blame yourself for not giving him the face of being an old minister.

Pei Ji stopped and everyone looked at his figure, but Pei Ji did not respond to Li Shimin's words.

He just paused for a moment, and then walked towards the door, but his figure became much more blurred.

After leaving the imperial study, Pei Ji stood at the door for a moment. Instead of returning directly to the Pei Mansion, he headed to Tai'an Palace.

"Your Majesty, I will retire first."

Wang Gui whispered.

I want to take the opportunity to leave the palace.

He wants to save face for the Wang family.

I am also very dissatisfied with Fang Yuan and want to take this opportunity to teach Fang Yuan a lesson.

But it was obvious that he came at the wrong time. Du Ruhui and the other three were the emperor's confidants, and they followed him to conquer the world.

Now is not the time to save face.

"Why is Mr. Wang so anxious? I'm here. I just have something I want to discuss with Mr. Wang."

Li Shimin called Wang Gui expressionlessly.

Wang Gui's abilities as a servant are somewhat lacking.

But considering that Wang Gui might have control of the property left by Prince Yin, Li Shimin forcibly promoted him.

Because Wang Gui was related to the Wang family in Taiyuan, there were very few people in the court who opposed it, so Wang Gui became the minister without any resistance.

"Your Majesty, please speak clearly."

Wang Gui said.

Thinking about what Li Shimin is going to say.

"I want to attach great importance to the imperial examination and implement it comprehensively. I wonder what the king's opinion is?"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Since the last conversation with Fang Yuan, he has been thinking about the imperial examination.

It is certain that the implementation of the imperial examination and the emphasis on the imperial examination will be able to dissolve the control of the aristocratic family over the local area.

For example, what happened in Liaozhou this time, if Fang Yuan had not been there and someone else had been the governor, the Wang family and his son might have succeeded.
To be continued...