Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Although he felt unhappy, between the family and Chu Mo, Wei Zheng still chose Chu Mo.

What's more, this dispute was entirely caused by Chu Mo, so can I help His Majesty divert the trouble away?

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng glanced at Chu Mo, and then whispered softly: "Dare to disobey His Majesty in the court, this is a crime of disrespect, but the other party is the censor, if he is convicted for this, no one will To speak ill of Cui Yanguan would only mean that His Majesty is cruel and immoral."

After listening to Wei Zheng's whispers, Chu Mo immediately understood why Li Shimin, the mighty emperor, would embarrass a few petty officials.

He immediately rolled his eyes and continued to ask: "Old man, what is the crime of forming a clique for personal gain?"

When Wei Zheng heard about forming a clique for personal gain, Wei Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up, but he quickly shook his head.

Nowadays, most of the officials in the court are descendants of aristocratic families. If you want to say that they are not forming a clique for personal gain, you will not believe it even if you tell them.

However, no one dared to speak out about such an obvious thing. Why?It's not that the power of the children of those aristocratic families can already influence the imperial power.

Even Wei Zheng just shook his head silently when he heard Chu Mo's words.

It is true that he is a direct minister, but he is not stupid. He can advise Li Shimin and impeach those lawless ministers.

But the premise of those is that you have not shaken the foundation of others.

But if I were like a stupid young man, I would tear off this fig leaf regardless.

Then I guess even if he wasn't taken to Caishikou and beheaded on the spot, he would still be sentenced to military exile.

What's more important is that even if he dies, he won't be able to change anything at all. It will also make things difficult for His Majesty and make those people from aristocratic families kill him in vain, which is a joke.

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng glared at Chu Mo, then shook his head.

Over there, Li Shimin has returned to the dragon throne.

Liu Zhenghui, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Cui Mingzhi, the imperial censor, were having a heated argument.Of course, their theme has now changed to His Majesty's attitude towards Chu Mo.

As for the Qianniuwei incident yesterday and the fact that several masters did not salute Li Shimin, everyone had selectively forgotten it after Li Shimin handed over 1000 million taels of silver.

Chu Mo was muttering quietly with Wei Zheng, completely unaware of the change in the wind direction in the field.

Suddenly the hall became quiet.

When Chu Mo was confused, he looked up and saw everyone looking at him.

Chu Mo blinked and asked in confusion: "Why don't you speak anymore? Why are you looking at me?"

Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon chair, rubbed his temples and turned his face to the side.

On the opposite side, Cui Mingzhi and the heads of several aristocratic families were looking at Chu Mo with joking eyes.

Fang Xuanling on the side saw the awkward atmosphere, so she coughed and said:

"Chu Mo, the adults have discussed it just now. They said that Datang Bank is making a lot of money every day, but it has been paying ordinary business taxes. The adults feel that something is wrong."

"So, we have always believed that the ordinary commercial tax of [-]% is no longer suitable for Datang Bank, and it must be changed to a [-]% tax rate."

Chu Mo was stunned for a moment and asked: "Is our Datang Bank the only one? What about the other two banks?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay and remained silent collectively.

Wei Zheng, who was standing by, still couldn't stand it and took the initiative to popularize Chu Mo's knowledge.

"Chu Mo, Tianxia Bank was founded by Qi Wang of the Five Surnames. Someone in their family is an official. According to Tang law, their family property can be exempted from tax."

"And Jiuzhou Bank is His Majesty's property, so it is naturally tax-free. As long as you have Datang Bank, it doesn't matter what you want. Therefore, your bank has to pay taxes."

"Why?"

As soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, Chu Mo yelled out.

"Presumptuous, Chu Mo, do you know where you are at this time? You dare to roar in front of His Majesty. What crime do you deserve!"

Cui Mingzhi, who was on the side, saw Chu Mo losing his composure, seized the opportunity, and jumped out in a hurry.

Chu Mo looked at Cui Mingzhi's wretched look, and without saying a word, he snatched the wat board from Wei Zheng's hand and whipped it towards Cui Mingzhi's face.

Before anyone could react, they heard a snapping sound and Cui Mingzhi's scream.

When several generals saw this, they were about to step forward to stop them, but they saw that Cheng Yaojin, who had closed his eyes to concentrate, suddenly got in front of everyone and blocked their way.

Seeing this, the generals could not understand what Lu Guogong meant, so they immediately stood aside and stopped moving forward.

As for the civil servants, although many people wanted to step forward to stop them, they were worried that they would follow in the footsteps of Cui Mingzhi and be beaten by Chu Mo, that barbarian, and lose face, so they could only scold Chu Mo from the sidelines:

"Shameless villain, let go of Cui Yushi quickly."

"If you don't do anything at the entrance of the gentleman's cave, how can you do such vulgar things here above the court?"

"It's an insult to politeness, it's an insult to politeness, and it's useless to be a fool..."

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Waves of condemnation came, but no one came up to start a fight.

Seeing such a scene, Li Shimin, who was sitting on the throne, felt happy, but he had to say a few words of advice:

"Brother Chu Mo, how can you say something nice, and how can you take action? This is not the place to take action. There is something easy to say, and there is something easy to say."

Some neutral officials saw that even Li Shimin was just perfunctory, so they were happy to treat the matter as a fun.

Finally, the heads of several aristocratic families couldn't stand it anymore, and they winked wildly at the officials of their own nephews' generation, asking them to go over and put Chu Mo away.

Several people were forced to step forward due to the majesty of the family leader.

Chu Mo was also tired from beating Cui Mingzhi, so he got off Cui Mingzhi obediently, and then returned the broken wat board with blood to Wei Zheng.

"Old man, this thing of yours is useless. Come on, I'll have someone get you an iron plate. Then it won't break so easily."

Feeling the cannibalistic gazes around him, Chu Mo shrugged and said to the family heads, "Which of your families does this person belong to? I will send a few coins to his family later as compensation."

Several family heads have dealt with Chu Mo many times and are well aware of Chu Mo's stinginess.

Cui Zheng snorted and said coldly: "Chu Mo, you are so brave. You dare to commit murder in front of the civil and military officials of the court. Do you take us in your eyes?"

Chu Mo rolled his eyes and shouted to Li Shimin who was sitting on the throne: "Your Majesty, this old guy doesn't take you seriously. You should punish him for being disrespectful and then confiscate his home and exile him."

Cui Zheng was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Shimin with disdain, and then looked at Chu Mo and said: "Chu Mo, you are acting too shameless today. You dared to slander me without saying a word against His Majesty the Emperor. If it weren't for you, Do you think His Majesty dare not punish you?"

After saying that, Cui Zheng looked directly at Li Shimin, waiting for the other party to speak and take Chu Mo down for punishment.