I'm a marquis in Datang

Fang Xuanling was silent for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, if we really want to do this without leaving any mistakes, we can only arrest all the businessmen belonging to the Xia Kingdom, starting with these people, and interrogating them one by one. As long as they are Du Qi's people, get rid of them all. In this way, we can follow the vine and try to get all of Du Qi's eyeliner. There is no other way, after all, all Du Qi's people are hidden in the dark, we simply don't There is no chance of winning the opponent."

Li Shimin was a little embarrassed.

You must know that the merchants affiliated to the Xia Kingdom are also part of the Datang if they do business in the Datang.These businessmen pay a lot of taxes every month. Once these people are removed, it is easy to cause turmoil.Furthermore, the reduction of taxes will also cause losses to the court.

This is where Li Shimin is in trouble.

It wasn't long before the bad guys in charge entered.

This person's name was Xu Qing, and he was the person in charge of the bad people arranged by Li Shimin in Chang'an. When he saw Li Shimin, he was terrified, and he knelt down on the ground like a golden mountain and a jade pillar to salute.

Li Shimin said: "Tell me, the one who has been staring at Li Xiaogong, why there is no news suddenly."

Xu Qing said: "Your Majesty, our people have indeed been watching, from morning to night. Even after dark, there are people watching. From the beginning to the end, Li Xiaogong never went out."

After a pause, Xu Qing continued: "Even every now and then, we will arrange for people to pretend to visit Li Xiaogong in order to understand Li Xiaogong's situation. Who knows, Li Xiaogong suddenly disappeared."

"waste!"

Li Shimin scolded.

Xu Qing even fell on the ground with a panicked expression.

He is the person in charge of a small villain with a humble official position. He said: "Your Majesty, I have indeed been carefully watching the Hejian County Prince's Mansion. Li Xiaogong never came out. I don't know about the humble position. Li Xiaogong is How did it disappear?"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Come here, drag Xu Qing down and punish him with a stick for thirty, as a warning to others."

The soldiers entered directly, dragged Xu Qing and left.

Xu Qing never spoke from the beginning to the end.

Because Li Shimin didn't kill him and left him alive, that was a pretty good result.

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, a gleam flashed across his sharp eyes, he looked at Fang Xuanling, and said in a deep voice: "The matter has come to this point, there is nothing to hesitate, kill as soon as possible. Anyone who dares to dislike public opinion, dare to stand up If you come out to object, they will be dealt with one by one. Fang Qing, you can make arrangements, call Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and bad people to take action, and jointly interrogate and deal with this matter."

"I obey my orders!"

Fang Xuanling immediately asked to resign from the arrangement.

After Fang Xuanling's order was passed down, Chang'an began a large-scale investigation.It belongs to the industry under Du Qi's command. Anyone who stayed in Chang'an was arrested and sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation.

When this news came out, the city was full of storms.

And the news spread quickly.

When the news of the government's large-scale arrests of merchants from Xia Kingdom in Chang'an City reached Suzhou, Du Qi was furious when he got the news, because Li Shimin's actions had already exceeded his bottom line.

This is wanton arrest.

Du Qi immediately summoned Li Jing and all the members of the cabinet to the tent, directly told about Li Shimin's arrest of Xia Guo merchants, and then said: "What Li Shimin has done has broken the final bottom line. Da Tang dares to do it!" For such a thing, we must be prepared to bear our revenge. Tell me, how do we take action in this campaign?"

"Naturally, an eye for an eye and blood for blood."

Shangguanyi spoke immediately.

He has always been a main fighter, especially with a tough attitude towards Datang, and continued: "Your Majesty, once Li Shimin arrests countless merchants from Xia Kingdom this time, Xia Kingdom will not respond. Then the next step, I am afraid Li Shimin The methods are even more brutal. It is not only aimed at the merchants of the Xia Kingdom in Chang'an, but also other merchants of the Xia Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty."

Chapter 1131 Revenge

revenge

Shangguanyi looked cold and serious, and continued: "Li Shimin's arrest of merchants is an unbreakable precedent. If Li Shimin is like this, then we will fight back with an eye and arrest all Datang merchants in Xia Kingdom. These merchants in the Tang Dynasty are all related. Yes, after all, those who can do business here have certain influence and background."

After a pause, Shangguanyi said again: "Tell them why we arrested them. In this way, these merchants will send a letter back to Datang, and there will be an uproar in the world at that time, and countless people will stand up to accuse the emperor. Even The officials at Yushitai will also impeach the emperor. We use the merchants of the Tang Dynasty to force Li Shimin back."

Ma Zhou shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate."

Du Qi said, "What's the reason?"

Ma Zhou said in a deep voice: "The reason is actually very simple. Once we do this, what is the difference from Li Shimin? In this way, which businessman will really believe in His Majesty and would be willing to come to Xia to do business."

"Although my country of Xia is relying on His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, it is constantly expanding its territory. But in essence, the country of Xia is based on business. Because of the countless foundations of the country of Xia, everything is what it is today, and the country of Xia is now. Prosperous. Therefore, in the territory of Xia Kingdom

Tang businessman, that is tantamount to cutting off his own arm. "

"Your Majesty, I am against taking down the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin is brutal, but they are innocent. Moreover, after taking down the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, it will also have an impact on the business of our Xia Kingdom."

After a pause, Ma Zhou continued: "Perhaps Li Shimin just wanted us to take action against the merchants of Datang. Because of such trauma, Li Shimin had little influence, but for us, it has far-reaching influence."

Laiji nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I agree with Ma Zhou's analysis."

But Shangguanyi argued: "Although the businessmen who took down the Tang Dynasty have a certain influence. But it is better than Li Shimin who took down the businessmen of my Xia country and did nothing. The two evils are the lesser, and the current One step, that is the most suitable arrangement. Although there are losses in this way, it is not your Majesty's miss, it is caused by Datang. To blame, you can only blame Datang."

After Du Qi heard it, he didn't express his opinion.

Shangguanyi's methods were extremely targeted, and even more retaliatory.According to Du Qi's plan, he also wanted revenge.However, even if Du Qi wants to take revenge, it cannot be the revenge of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred.

Du Qi said, "Is there any other strategy?"

Li Jing said suddenly: "Your Majesty, I do have a strategy that can take revenge on Tang Dynasty, at least it can make Li Shimin burn out."

Du Qi said: "What should I do if Master Yaoshi interrupts?"

Li Jing said: "It is divided into three steps."

"The first step is to inform all the Tang merchants in Xia Kingdom of what Li Shimin has done. Tell them that Li Shimin has arrested the merchants of Xia Kingdom arbitrarily for his own selfish desire. When His Majesty learned about it, he was furious and prepared to To take revenge on Li Shimin is also to arrest all the Tang businessmen in Xia Kingdom."

"It's just that His Majesty thought over and over again, but in the end he didn't take any action, because the Xia Kingdom is an open and inclusive country, as long as anyone who is doing things legally within the territory of the Xia Kingdom, whether it is a citizen of the Xia Kingdom, a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, or even a person from other countries People, as long as they abide by the law, His Majesty will protect them and will not arrest people arbitrarily."

"The beauty of this move is to slander Li Shimin's image."

"Li Shimin has always loved the people like a son, and worked hard to govern. He arrested the merchants of the Xia Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty, which is equivalent to saying that he set a very bad precedent. And what His Majesty did, after the Tang merchants knew , will definitely spread the letter, and there will be countless people who know what His Majesty has done and are more inclined to recognize His Majesty."

"Even, there will be some people who will migrate to the country of Xia. What's more, there will be some

Some people may take action and use their own power to put pressure on the emperor.After all, many businessmen are united and powerful. "

"So this step is actually a contest of public opinion and the establishment of their respective images."

Li Jing said solemnly: "After this incident, it will actually help His Majesty's image, and it will also help His Majesty win over these businessmen from the Tang Dynasty and let them stand on His Majesty's side."

Du Qi nodded and said, "Master Yaoshi's analysis is reasonable, so what about the second step?"

Compared to directly arresting and slaughtering, Li Jing's methods are obviously more sophisticated.

And it's just the first step.

Li Jing continued: "Your Majesty, the second step of the arrangement is to arrange for our people in the Tang Dynasty to publicize Li Shimin's actions throughout the Tang Dynasty. Then we will spread the news, saying that Your Majesty will not swallow his anger. Li Shimin wantonly arrested arrest people, then His Majesty will fight back, and blood for blood."