Chapter 2248 Your Majesty, Zheng Guang has already hanged himself in prison
Chapter 2248 Your Majesty, Zheng Guang has hanged himself in prison... (Please subscribe and vote)
Of course it's impossible, only who can do it? Of course, only those powerful and well-connected aristocratic families and wealthy nobles can do it.
Because of their own class, they do not need to pay taxes, and they have strong financial resources and influence on the officialdom.
It also allows them to obtain a large amount of land. With land, there will naturally be a need for manpower, so they are happy to shelter those who have fled.
Under their protection, the taxes paid by those hidden households were naturally less than what they paid to the court.
The aristocratic families who protected them were also able to obtain a large amount of income.
Cultivate more talents, enter the official class, and continue to work hard for the reproduction and growth of the family.
In fact, not only in Luoyang, but also in every state and county in the Tang Dynasty, such things would happen, but it was just more or less.
Of course, just like the land of Guanzhong, but under the nose of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, all the aristocratic families were naturally much more restrained and did not dare to extend their hands to the people of the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong.
However, the Central Plains has naturally become an important source of population for many aristocratic families.
This is also the reason why when the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty intended to move the capital, the attitude of the Central Plains families was very ambiguous and complicated.
The emperor's establishment of the capital here has both advantages and disadvantages for the aristocratic families in the Central Plains. The disadvantage is that many small actions are difficult to do under the emperor's nose.
This is why His Majesty has frequently visited the Eastern Capital for meetings with civil and military officials. Many aristocratic families no longer dare to be as reckless as in the past in recruiting hidden households and appropriating land.
Cheng Sanlang's monstrous moth was enough to make all the wealthy families tremble with fear.
Especially after Bo Zhengguang, the person in charge of deregistration and registration change in the Luoyang County government office, was imprisoned by His Majesty in Dali Temple.
Just last night, several officials from familiar aristocratic families sent people over to say hello.
But the problem is, this is right under the emperor’s nose, he doesn’t dare or can’t do anything?
After all, he couldn't afford to offend this decisive and decisive Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Right now, Pei Xuanji, the minister of Dali Temple, wants to beat Zheng Guang violently. Since your special nature has been exposed, why don't you die quickly?
Even if you suddenly die of a sudden illness before entering Dali Temple, there will definitely be countless wealthy families who are eager to beat gongs and drums to pay your wife and children a large amount of funeral expenses.
Just when Pei Xuanji had a gloomy face and was madly complaining about Zheng Guang in his heart, the young eunuch who had been running from the palace gate took a few deep breaths.
Only then did he cautiously enter the palace, and walked softly to the side behind Pei Xuanji, the minister of Dali Temple.
Feeling someone calling him softly, Pei Xuanji turned his head and saw a panting little eunuch standing behind him.
He couldn't help but frown, and leaned over, waiting until he heard the little eunuch whispering in his ear a few times.
Pei Xuanji's expression suddenly changed, he grabbed the young eunuch and shouted in a low voice, "Don't talk nonsense!"
"Si Qing, please calm down. How dare we talk nonsense? It was Wu Sicheng of Dali Temple who asked us to deliver the news."
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Li Shimin was sitting quietly behind the imperial desk, listening to the officials below reporting on government affairs. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the commotion coming from the civil servant train.
He couldn't help but frown and said unhappily.
"Pei Qing's family..."
"Your Majesty, I'm here." Pei Xuanji quickly agreed, walked quickly out of the queue, and saluted the emperor.
Li Shimin looked at Pei Xuanji, his voice was pure and authentic.
"Could it be that something happened in Dali Temple? It made the Qing family become very angry."
"Your Majesty, just now I, the Chief of Wu Temple of Dali Temple, wanted to interrogate the prisoner Zheng Guang. When I went to the prison to look for the prisoner, I discovered Zheng Guang..."
Li Shimin's face gradually turned livid, and he slowly stood up from behind the imperial case.
"What happened to Zheng Guang?"
Although Li Shimin's voice was not high-pitched, the bone-chilling chill emanating from his voice made all the civil and military personnel in the palace feel trembling in their hearts.
"Your Majesty, Zheng Guang has hanged himself in prison." Faced with the sharp, knife-like gaze of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Xuanji could only bite the bullet and said.
With a bang, the tea cup originally placed on the imperial desk was viciously smashed into the hall by Li Shimin.
Faced with the emperor's sudden anger, all the civil and military officials in the palace fell to the ground.
"You..." Li Shimin's face was extremely red, and he pointed his finger at the civil and military officials of the dynasty.
A wave of dizziness occurred, but fortunately, Li Shimin's other hand held the edge of the imperial case in time.
Seeing His Majesty like this, Zhao Kun quickly stepped forward, fearing that something might happen to His Majesty because of his anger.
Li Shimin took a deep breath and controlled the Tang Dynasty curse that almost blurted out.
"Dali Temple is an important place that handles serious crimes in the world. The criminals I ordered you to arrest just yesterday died violently in Dali Temple today."
"Your Majesty is dead... please calm down." Pei Xuanji wished he could lie on the ground like a prostrate.
"Since the criminal died in Dali Temple, I want to know the result, otherwise, hum!"
Li Shimin was too lazy to say another word and simply walked away, leaving a group of civil and military officials sitting in the palace, dumbfounded.
"Haha..." Li Ji, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty who harmed others without his own benefit, glanced at the courtiers opposite who came from aristocratic families with different looks.
You can figure this out with just your toes. Zheng Guang hanged himself at this time. Who is the biggest beneficiary?
"These guys who knock out marrow and suck blood..." Yu Chigong couldn't help but murmured something in a low voice. He grunted and walked away, striding away.
Even the civil servants in the palace looked extremely ugly when they heard this complaint, but they did not dare to rush forward to compete with the second-ranked bully in the Tang Dynasty.
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Li Shimin walked quickly with a livid face. As the severe winter wind and snow blew, he could not suppress the hot anger in his heart.
These bastards, there are some things that you just have to turn a blind eye to.
But today, they actually dared to kill people in Dali Temple, even if those people didn't do it.
However, without the coercion or coercion of those aristocratic families, who is willing to give up his life?
These bastards, when we were compiling "Clan Chronicle", those bastards were doing little tricks below.
After that, he blatantly put Cui, the head of that family, in the first place.
Isn't this their test of the emperor's authority and the Tang Dynasty's court?
Although he had been severely suppressed and ordered to rewrite the "Clan Chronicle", Li Shimin knew very well that there was almost no possibility of eliminating the family's influence on the political situation in a short period of time.
Unless, unless I can really be ruthless, it is not impossible to eradicate the influence of the aristocratic family on the Tang Dynasty...