When Ren Gui ambitiously took Samurai Leng, Niu Jinda, Wu Heita and others to promote rice cultivation.
Li Yuanji began to deal with the matter of Li Xiaogong violating the imperial ban and smuggling privately.
Li Xiaogong was also unlucky. He had just made a fortune from the smuggling trade and was accused. Hou Junji was also accused.
Li Xiaogong sought benevolence and received benevolence, but Hou Junji was different. He was really unlucky.
He tried all his words and tricks, and almost sent his several-year-old girl to be Su Dingfang's sidekick, and then he tore a hole in the alliance between Su Dingfang and others, and started the water transportation from Luoyang to Dizhou.
It was mixed with a kick.
As a result, he was sued before he started making money.
The person who sued them was Wang Gui, but the mastermind behind it was not Wang Gui.
Wang Gui only received a report from someone, saying that they violated the imperial ban and made profits through smuggling and water transportation. Then he used his connections to investigate and found some evidence, and then sued them without hesitation.
This is the duty of Wang Gui, the leader of the Yushitai, and there is no selfishness involved.
Li Yuanji immediately called Li Xiaogong and Hou Junji to Tai Chi Hall to confront Wang Gui.
Li Xiaogong acted as soon as he showed up. He yelled filial piety in the Tai Chi Hall with a stern voice and fear, "Who? Who bites me for no reason? Do you know what is the sin of biting a county prince for no reason?"
Wang Gui sat calmly behind Li Xiaogong's eyes. Hearing Li Xiaogong's words, he rolled his eyes speechlessly and said, "This is Your Highness who is impeaching me. I wonder what your Highness has to say?"
Li Xiaogong stared and looked at Wang Gui fiercely: "You are slandering! Do you understand slander?!"
Wang Gui said calmly: "Whether it is slander or not, can we let people from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, or Zongzheng Temple check it out?"
Li Xiaogong raised his neck and shouted in a loud voice: "I am not guilty and have never done the things mentioned in your memorial. Why should I be investigated?"
Wang Gui looked at Li Xiaogong and said, "If Your Highness is really innocent, why are you afraid of being investigated?"
Li Xiaogong retorted: "Since I am innocent, why should I be investigated?!"
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes speechlessly. You two are talking about cross talk. Didn't you see that Hou Junji was so frightened by the two of you that he couldn't speak?
Li Yuanji was too lazy to pay attention to this actor. Instead, he looked at Hou Junji and asked sternly: "Hou Junji! Is everything said in Wang Qing's memorial true?"
Hou Junji was startled by this sudden question, his heart almost jumped out of his chest, and he was speechless for a moment.
Li Yuanji said with a serious face: "Although the King of Hejian was also impeached, there is no evidence. You are different. You were blocked at the dock in Luoyang. Everyone got the stolen goods, and you still have to pretend to me.
Deaf and dumb?"
Hou Junji couldn't betray Su Dingfang and others, nor could he reveal that Su Dingfang and others were making money through water transportation, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "I was temporarily obsessed with money..."
Li Yuanji didn't wait for Hou Junji to finish what he said. Peng clapped his arms and shouted angrily: "Just admit it! If you admit it, I don't need to waste any more words with you!"
"Here comes someone!"
"I'm here!"
"Send Hou Jun back to his residence and be detained for a year. During this period, he is not allowed to leave the house even half a step, and he is not allowed to see anyone. By the way, he sends an order to the Ministry of Punishment to confiscate all the illegal gains of the Hou family.
As for other punishments, I will make a decision after discussing them with you."
"Here!"
The guards in front of the palace took Hou Junji and walked out. During this period, Hou Junji did not say a word to defend himself.
Everyone has gained the stolen goods, and there is no way he can deny it.
He didn't dare to bite Su Dingfang and others out.
Because he knew that doing business in water transportation was originally an opening opened by Li Yuanji to Su Dingfang and others.
If he bites Su Dingfang and others, it will be equivalent to biting Li Yuanji, and the consequences will be more serious.
After Hou Junji was taken away, Li Yuanji stared at Li Xiaogong and asked coldly, "Cousin, I don't have the time to argue with you here. I just want to ask you, what did you do with everything mentioned in Wang Qing's memorial?"
Never done it?”
Li Xiaogong frowned and said firmly: "Of course not! It's Wang Gui who is biting me for no reason!"
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "Okay, then do you dare to let me send people to your house and your fief to check?"
Li Xiaogong stared and said, "I haven't done it, why should I check it?"
Li Yuanji slapped his penis and shouted angrily: "You don't even want to be investigated, how dare you say you haven't done it?"
Li Xiaogong became angry all of a sudden and said angrily: "If you want to impose a crime, why bother?!"
Li Yuanji stared at Li Xiaogong fiercely and said: "Then why don't you let me investigate? I told everyone repeatedly that doing business on the border is strictly prohibited. Everyone else listened, but you didn't.
As a clan member of my Li family and the prince of the Tang Dynasty, you should spare no effort to support me.
But instead of supporting me in this matter, you took the lead in breaking the rules.
Do you not see me in your eyes?"
Li Xiaogong looked like he was completely irritated and roared: "I can support you and work for you, but you can't make the people in my house unable to eat!"
Li Yuanji also looked irritated and shouted: "So you admitted it?!"
Li Xiaogong said with a broken look: "What if you admit it, what if you don't? I am a clan member of the Li family, and I am also the prince of the Tang Dynasty, but as a clan member and a prince of the Tang Dynasty, I also have to eat.
.
The salary you gave me is not enough for me to spend in the Jiaofang Department.
The taxes on the fiefdom are not enough for me to build a horse farm.
You don’t allow me to exploit people or abuse my power, so don’t you allow me to find ways to make some money on my own?”
Li Yuanji angrily scolded: "What you are thinking of is to break the ban I set and make enemies on the border?!"
Li Xiaogong was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, shouting: "Why did I become an enemy? I just sold some fur goods, some cloth, and some salt!"
If these things can be regarded as capitalizing on the enemy, then my Datang is too fragile, right?!"
Li Yuanji's eyes widened, he took a step closer, and angrily shouted again: "You are said to be an enemy, are you still reasonable?"
Li Xiaogong also took a step closer and yelled indignantly: "Am I ignoring you or are you ignoring me? I just sell some cheap goods such as leather goods and salt, but you sell rare treasures through water and sea transportation.
Ivory jade.
You make a lot of money, I just drink some soup.
Why are you talking about me?
Could it be that the ban you set is that you can eat meat, but we can’t even drink soup?!"
Li Yuanji was completely annoyed and slapped off a corner of the dragon's eucalyptus. In Wang Gui's frightened eyes, and in Li Xiaogong's eyes that showed no fear but full of anger, he shouted angrily: "You are so presumptuous!"
Li Xiaogong said firmly: "I'm not presumptuous! It's because you want to be alone, you want to enrich yourself, and you don't want us to benefit from it! It's because you are selfish and inhumane!"
"Someone is coming! Someone is coming!"
"Put it out for me!"
"Everything I tell is the truth. Don't say you're going to fork me out. Even if you kill me, I will still say this!"
"Fork out!
"
Li Yuanji roared hysterically.
The guards in front of the palace quickly ran to Li Xiaogong. After saying that they were offended, they quickly took Li Xiaogong and left the Tai Chi Palace.
After Li Xiaogong was forked out, Li Yuanji roared and ordered Wang Gui, "Check it out for me! Get to the bottom of it! Dig out all the people involved, and I will cut them into pieces!"
Wang Guicheng stood up in fear, intending to give some advice, but seeing that Li Yuanji was obviously angry, he could only agree with a grimace.
"Now! Immediately! Check it for me immediately! I will see the results tonight! I want to make Li Xiaogong look good!"
Li Yuanji ordered again.
Wang Gui wanted to say that it was not his duty to investigate the case, and it was not within his scope to investigate a county prince. Not only him, but also Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment had not received a clear order.
I'm not qualified to check either.
However, Li Yuanji insisted on him going to investigate, and even asked him to do it out of anger, so he had no choice but to agree.
After exiting the Tai Chi Hall in fear and feeling the cold wind, Wang Gui felt much calmer and his mind became clearer.
First, I doubted whether I should not have revealed this matter and should not have submitted this memorial.
Let a prince who holds all the power of the Tang Dynasty and a county king who holds certain military power of the Tang Dynasty have a stalemate because of this matter. If there is another big conflict, then he will become the sinner of the Tang Dynasty.
We still have to discuss this matter with Wei Zheng and let Wei Zheng help us come up with ideas.
If there really is a big commotion, it will not end well.
As for the investigation and getting the results after dark, that should wait until he and Wei Zheng have finished discussing it.
If everything will develop to the disadvantage of Datang, then a different result must be given to Li Yuanji.
If everything develops in favor of Datang, then a real result can be given to Li Yuanji.
Whether it is fair or not is not important in this matter.
What matters is what kind of result Datang wants.
Many times, when you are in a high position and look at a problem, you do not look at the fairness of the problem, but the pros and cons.
Many times, fairness and justice can be completely ignored for the sake of the pros and cons of the family, country and the world.
This is the essence of being a politician.
It's ridiculous, but very realistic.
"Xuancheng, do you think I should continue to argue about this matter?"
After Wang Gui returned to Yushitai, he immediately approached Wei Zheng for discussion.
Although Wang Gui is older than Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng is more capable than Wang Gui.
In addition, Wei Zheng married a good wife and eliminated the problem of a bad background.
Therefore, Wang Gui will not act arbitrarily when encountering problems, but will discuss them with Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng heard the whole story clearly, and faced Wang Gui's inquiry, he said suspiciously: "You said... is it possible that you were deceived?"
Wang Gui was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "What do you mean by this?"
Wei Zheng explained patiently: "Think about it, since King Hejian was transferred back to Chang'an City from Jingzhou, he has been very close to His Highness, how could he fall out for a little money?
Could it be that they acted it out to you on purpose?"
Wang Gui was stunned again, and said thoughtfully: "I have thought about what you said, but the reactions of His Highness and King Hejian at that time did not seem to be fake..."
Wei Zheng smiled and said: "This kind of thing must be done as realistically as possible. Think about it carefully and see if there are any flaws."
Wang Gui pondered and thought about it. After a long time, he raised his head, looked at Wei Zheng and said, "When you said that, I remembered that His Highness's reaction seemed a bit abnormal.
According to His Highness's temperament, if he is really angered by the King of Hejian, he will only use his hands, but never his words."
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Wei Zheng smiled and nodded: "That's it..."
Wang Gui said with a complicated expression: "So, they are really acting..."
Before Wang Gui finished speaking, a Si Tui censor hurriedly broke into the main room of Taiyuan and exclaimed: "Oh no, King Hejian has led several princes to the corridor of Liangyi Gate!"