Sign in at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, a god-level brat

Chapter 63
"Zhijie, say it again, did I hear you wrong?"

"Zhijie, are you sure it's 5 taels?"

Li Shimin tried his best to cover his beating heart.

This is so fucking scary that Li Shimin couldn't believe it was real for a while.

"Your Majesty, here are the documents, please read them over."

Seeing that His Majesty was so excited, Cheng Yaojin was very calm now.

"Zhijie, please sit down quickly."

After Li Shimin took the paperwork, he looked at it carefully.

"Haha, haha, Zhijie, well done."

"I, I want to know, didn't I tell you that as long as you can fool me with 1 taels of silver, that's fine."

"Why did you get 10 taels of silver in the end, and feel ashamed that you didn't get [-] taels?"

Li Shimin now regained the composure and demeanor of an emperor.

"Returning to His Majesty, the sixth prince specifically instructed the last general. The sixth prince said that 1 taels is too little, and 10 taels is not too much."

"For a family like them with a lot of background, the money is not obtained through legitimate means."

"It should be handed over to His Majesty in full, and the sixth prince also said..."

Seeing Cheng Yaojin hesitating, Li Shimin became curious.

"Zhijie, there is nothing to say between the two of us."

"What else did Cheng An say? Why don't you tell me quickly."

"Your Majesty, the sixth prince also said that these people, when His Majesty and the country are in trouble, not only do not help His Majesty and Datang to tide over the difficulties."

"And they wantonly filled their own pockets. These people should be executed according to the law, and all their property should be confiscated from the state treasury."

"The reason why the sixth prince didn't say such a plan in the imperial study that day was because he was worried that someone would leak the news."

"Now that 5 taels of silver are in hand, according to the calculation of the sixth prince, everyone in the imperial study room will be reliable people."

"So, the sixth prince also asked the last general to inform His Majesty of this matter at this time and ask His Majesty to make a decision."

"The sixth prince asks the last general to tell His Majesty that killing one can serve as an example to others, so don't be soft-hearted."

"This is definitely an excellent opportunity for His Majesty to control the court in the future."

Hearing this, Li Shimin was silent for a long time.

Every word Cheng Yaojin said entered his heart.

Strictly speaking, this is every word of Cheng An's, which has deeply penetrated into his heart.

I am so blessed to be able to get such an excellent prince.

And he is always thinking about his father.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for receiving the appreciation from Li Shimin, the reward is worth 50 points."

At this time, Li Chengan, who was far away by the Weishui River and was sleeping, did not hear the beautiful music from the system.

However, this night, he slept very soundly.

"Come here, immediately summon Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Xiaogong, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng, Yuchi Jingde and others to have an audience."

Hearing this, the servant immediately went out to summon him.

Fortunately, the place where the few people summoned by Li Shimin lived was not very far from Tai Chi Palace.

It is very rare for His Majesty to call them into the palace at this time.

Everyone knew that this was a major event, so the steps to Taiji Palace were faster and faster one by one.

The imperial study room was already filled with snowflakes of silver.

In the dark night, the Royal Study Room looks like daytime.

Even if the candles were not lit, it is estimated that the Imperial Study Room would not feel dark.

"Your Majesty, there is more than 1 taels of silver here."

When Prime Minister Fang Xuanling saw this pile of hill-like silver ingots, he knew at a glance that it was definitely more than ten thousand taels.

"What Xuanling said is true, here is 5 taels of silver, a full 5 taels, which is worth ten years' income of my Tang treasury."

"However, the Lu family and the Wang family can send 5 taels of silver very quickly without any preparation at all."

"Compared to them, I am really too poor, too poor."

"I would like to ask you, is this money clean, and the piece on it is not stained with the blood and sweat of the common people?"

"Seize the people's good land, buy the people's food at a low price, monopolize the market, overlord the management, and even persecute the entire village. The people in the entire village are homeless and displaced."

"Nowadays the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have no salt, and the common people of the Tang Dynasty have no salt. How dare they plan on the [-] catties of salt."

"I have endured it for a long time, this time I can't bear it anymore, and I can't bear it anymore."

"Xuanling, you sell smuggled salt, and the amount is so large, how should you deal with it according to the law?"

After Li Shimin sighed with emotion, he asked the question to Prime Minister Fang Xuanling.

"Returning to Your Majesty, selling private salt is a felony. Not only will the personal income be confiscated, but you will also be exiled for three thousand miles. Has there ever been such a large number of cases?"

"According to what I see, such a frenzied sale of private salt, disregarding the common people of the world, will inevitably lead to death."

"Not only will the personal income be confiscated, but all property will also be seized, and the whole family will be convicted. If you don't kill everyone, there will be endless troubles!"

Prime Minister Fang Xuanling is worthy of being a prime minister, he understood the essence of Li Shimin's emotional words just now.

So this answer made Li Shimin very happy.

"My dear friends, do you have any objections to what Xuan Ling said?"

Li Shimin turned around and looked at everyone's faces one by one.

Those who can be summoned by him tonight are all important ministers whom he trusts and admires extremely.

If they can't stand on a united front, Li Shimin's future government affairs will be more difficult and complicated.

"Your Majesty, I agree with the Prime Minister's opinion."

Changsun Wuji took the lead in expressing his support. At this time, as Li Shimin's eldest brother-in-law, he would definitely stand by Li Shimin's side without hesitation.

"Chen, what do you think!"

Du Ruhui also spoke.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Zheng and others expressed their firm support and support for His Majesty's decision and the Prime Minister's suggestion.

"Brother Huang, what do you think?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Xiaogong, Minister of Rites who had been silent all this time.

"Your Majesty, the power of the Lu family and the Wang family is very important. Just now, I have calculated that there are more than ten officials related to these two families just above the court."

"And it doesn't include the hidden related personnel that I don't know about."

"Your Majesty, once you make a move, there will be an uproar, a bloody storm!"

Li Xiaogong responded solemnly.

"Brother Huang, it's time for me to start a bloodbath."

"If you continue to blindly seek perfection, this world, this country, is still the world of our Li family, the country of the Li family?"

Li Shimin clenched his fist tightly, feeling the blood in his whole body was boiling.

(End of this chapter)