After Liu Che's chariot arrived at Changle Palace, he first went to pay his respects to Mr. Dou.
After greeting her as usual, Queen Mother Dou took the initiative to bring up the matter in Xuanqu County.
"Emperor, the Ai family heard that you sent an envoy to inspect Henan County?" Empress Dowager Dou obviously saved face for Liu Che. She was very tactful and did not get straight to the point, but the meaning...you don't have to be deaf to know what it means.
The Han Dynasty's political power was based on the two-palace system. Basically, after Empress Lu, the Eastern Palace's method of intervening in government affairs was to achieve its goals by exerting influence and pressure on the emperor.
Donggong is unhappy with a certain policy.
Usually he would not express his opinions directly to the courtiers, but would call the emperor over and give him a scolding.
It was then up to the emperor to scold the specific executive ministers.
Generally speaking, the rules of this game are currently working well.
Liu Che listened and naturally understood what to say.
He said with slight respect: "Reporting to the Imperial Grandmother, there is indeed such a thing..."
After organizing his words, Liu Che explained: "This is what happened. Last year, the governor of Henan Province reported to the court that 372 criminals were executed and more than 700 people were arrested. In addition, two people were designated as Chengdan.
There are more than a hundred people. I am worried that Qing Zhi enforces the law too strictly, presses too hard, makes some omissions, or has suspicious cases. Therefore, I send the envoy Wang Wenshu to inspect every county and township in Henan Province. If there are any suspicious cases, order him to search for information and the cause of the case, and then
After returning to the capital, he will be handed over to the court lieutenant, the imperial censor, and the young man for discussion. If there is an unjust case, if the facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive, then it can be done easily. If there is a local tyrant who is lawless, cruel to the people, abuses the people, or has evil intentions, he will be punished in Xingyang.
Soldiers..."
After listening to what Liu Che said, Queen Mother Dou's face softened and she no longer had a straight face.
Liu Che's statement was completely different from those of the old ministers who came to the palace every day to cry and complain to her.
But one is a grandson and the other is a foreign minister. It is self-evident who to choose.
What's more, Liu Che's statement is reasonable, reasonable, powerful and measured.
It is true that Zhidu killed a lot of people, so he sent an envoy to Henan County for inspection and inspection. It was reasonable.
When inspecting a place, of course, you can't just look for local mistakes. The important task is to fill in the gaps, maintain integrity, and help the local county guards. Deal with some people or things that the county guards are difficult to deal with or dare not deal with.
For example, back then, Zhang Buyi, the son of Zhang Liang who was waiting for Zhang Liang, together with his own officials, murdered Chu Domestic History.
King Chu Yuan did not dare to deal with it at all, so he could only write to the court and ask the court officials, internal historians, and imperial censors to review it together.
After thinking like this, Empress Dowager Dou came to her senses.
Empress Dowager Dou is not a person who is well-dressed and well-fed. She doesn't know the sufferings of the world, so she doesn't eat minced meat.
She had served Empress Lu and followed Emperor Taizong. Along the way from Dai to Chang'an, she had experienced countless ups and downs, and had seen countless strong women who fought openly and secretly.
There are many things that you don’t need to tell her thoroughly. As long as you click on the key points, she will immediately know the reason.
"Is it the angel inspection requested by Henan County?" Queen Mother Dou wondered in her heart.
If so, everything can be explained clearly.
The governor of Henan County, Zhidu, encountered something that was difficult for him to solve, or rather difficult to solve.
So he wrote to the emperor and asked the angels to patrol.
To put it simply, even Zhi feels that with his own ability, he cannot deal with someone. And someone must be eliminated. At least, if he is not eliminated, he will not be able to govern normally.
We can only ask the court to come forward and use angels to investigate and deal with this person.
This is easy to understand. There are Han families all over Henan, Hedong, Hexi, and Hanoi.
These four counties are also the four counties that are often requested to be inspected by angels.
From the perspective of Empress Dowager Dou, it was obvious that Henan County could not handle the Ren family, so she thought of a way to let the angels handle it.
Moreover, there must be conclusive evidence.
However, what those veterans said seemed to make sense.
The Ren family was praised by Emperor Taizong and was a model for landlords in the world. If they were taken down like this, where would Emperor Taizong be placed?
From Empress Dowager Dou's point of view, landlords like the Ren family just wanted to occupy more land and keep more slaves. It was no big deal.
It's not like Wu Chu or other guys with ulterior motives who secretly amassed armored soldiers and plotted against evil.
So Empress Dowager Dou said: "That's right. Then the emperor will tell the Ai family whether this envoy will get anything after going to Henan County?"
This is another art of speaking.
Now that the emperor is in great power, even Empress Dowager Dou must admit that this grandson has already taken control of the overall situation in just over a year since he came to power.
All the forces in the government and the opposition were obedient, and the popularity of Guanzhong was as high as that of Emperor Taizong.
Queen Mother Dou was both happy and worried about such a capable grandson.
I am happy that the Liu family is stable, so that when I meet Taizong Jiuquan a hundred years later, I will not be embarrassed.
But what worries him is his own status and authority.
The old lady is blind, and she is even more sensitive to power.
A real man cannot be without power for a day, especially a strong woman!
Therefore, what Empress Dowager Dou said was actually a test to see what attitude the emperor's grandson had towards this blind old woman.
In addition, I didn’t want to cause any resistance from the emperor’s grandson.
Young people are inevitably arrogant, and it would be inappropriate if their grandparents and grandchildren were upset because of the affairs of outsiders.
Liu Che smiled slightly, knelt down next to Empress Dowager Dou, and said: "Reporting to the emperor's grandmother, my grandson has just received the eight-hundred-mile express report from Henan County. The angel king Wenshu and the governor of Henan County Zhidu and Xingyang ordered Dou Rong to capture it together.
The entire Ren family..."
After hearing the three words "Xingyang Order", Empress Dowager Dou's face finally beamed with joy.
Dou Rong is her nephew and Dou Ying's younger brother.
Although when they were in Chang'an City, everyone in the Dou family felt that he was not as good as Dou Yingyuan, but he was just a little clever.
But after all, his surname is Dou.
Since the emperor asked Dou Rong to intervene, it means that the emperor still respects her very much and is very close to Dou.
This is enough!
To be honest, what does the life and death of a local rich man have to do with the East Palace, and what does it have to do with her?
If it weren't for the fact that the elders and ministers were crying every day and it was about Taizong's face, Empress Dowager Dou wouldn't be too lazy to take care of it!
If you have this time, you might as well listen to the Tao Te Ching a few times in the palace, and let people talk about Huang Lao Wuwei, pure and natural.
It's better now.
Since Dou Rong is also involved, and even with the endorsement of Henan County Governor Zhidu, the evidence must be conclusive that this family criminal is guilty.
In this way, she would have a way to refuse the old ministers if they complained again.
How can the majesty of Han law change in response to human sentiment?
At the beginning, Xiao He, the founding hero and recognized as the number one in meritorious service, broke the law and had to go to prison, let alone others?
Liu Che felt that it was not safe, so he continued: "Royal Grandmother, this is the joint memorial of Zhidu, the governor of Henan Province, Dou Rong, the commander of Xingyang, and Wang Wenshu. My grandson, I will read this to you: the total amount of gold collected is four thousand and seven."
One hundred and fifty gold, various kinds of coins, more than 7,000,500,000 coins, an inventory of acres of land, more than 3,001 hectares, thousands of livestock, dozens of murders of the Ren family, and numerous injuries, were found. In addition, his family's warehouse
Among them, there is still a huge amount of wealth and various kinds of food that have not yet been counted..."
When Empress Dowager Dou heard this, her face turned green.
Damn it, more than 4,700 gold?
The gold reserves stored in the palaces of ordinary princes and kings are nothing more than this, right?
And according to the current tradition of the Han Dynasty, serving death as living life, after the ancestors of the Ren family were buried in the past, how much wealth should they be buried with?
Not to mention the land, copper coins, livestock and other wealth!
For such a wealthy tycoon, let alone being guilty.
Even if he is really a so-called good person and a good person, the court should seize him!
You, a landowner and merchant, have no problem amassing so much wealth near Luoyang, yet you are trying every possible means to avoid coming to Chang'an.
What do you want to do?
And he also made his reputation so loud!
He really has ulterior motives and evil intentions.
Don't you know that even Xiao He wants to slander himself to show that he has no different intentions?
It’s really a death wish!
"If that's the case, let Ting Wei try the case..." Empress Dowager Dou said calmly.
This was tantamount to a death sentence for Ren.
In feudal society, being rich itself was already a huge sin!
If you have money but don't hold on to the emperor's lap, you are seeking death! (To be continued.)
ps: I have mixed feelings when I heard that Mr. Sanchi, the thief, passed away.
Although I have basically never interacted with Brother Sanchi, Brother Sanchi’s work Shangpin Hanshi was a book I once liked very much.
Alas, I can only say that fate plays tricks on people.
I hope Brother Sanchi’s family can express their condolences and accept the change.
