louisehourcade Chapter 466 Rarely Confused
Chapter 466 Rarely Confused
Chapter 466 Rarely Confused
Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect.
Chen Shun served Empress Changsun for many years, and Empress Changsun somewhat couldn't bear to execute him.
But this time everyone in the palace has it. As a queen, if she can't lead by example, how can she convince the public?
"No, empress, please spare me!" Chen Shun kowtowed when he heard this.
Empress Changsun didn't look at him, she waved her hands, and the guards standing aside stepped forward and pushed Chen Shun out.
"Empress, please forgive me, please forgive me~"
"If you can't bear it, you can spare his life." Li Shimin said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your pity, but the state has state laws, the family has family rules, and the concubines are not well controlled. He is guilty. How can he be forgiven just because he has served the concubines for a long time." Empress Changsun shook her head and said.
Some eunuchs who were arrested, when they asked, they poured beans and explained everything.
There are also some who still have a fluke mentality and keep calling for injustice.
But as soon as he was sentenced, he also confessed.
In ancient times, torture was allowed, not to mention that these eunuchs and maids are the royal family slaves, and they don't even need the law.
The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that if a master kills a guilty servant without first reporting to the government, he will be punished with a staff of one hundred;
In other words, if a domestic slave committed a crime, he could be executed if he reported it to the government.
And Li Shimin is the emperor, so naturally he doesn't need to report to the government.
Those who embezzled a lot were directly executed, and those who embezzled less were punished according to the amount of money.
Eunuchs don't need to spend money in the palace, and they take out all the embezzled money to buy property for family members outside the palace.
To get the money back, you need to search the house, which will take some time, let's not mention it for the time being.
More than 100 people were arrested, and 70 people were finally shot to death.
The entire palace was in turmoil, and everyone was in danger.
Naturally, such a big movement in the palace could not be concealed.
The princes and nobles in Chang'an soon got the news.
Many people feel that it has nothing to do with them, and they don't care.
But some people think of other things through this matter.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is managed by the Queen, so even if there is a problem, it should be dealt with by the Queen.
The man dominates the outside and the woman dominates the inside. In later generations, it may be just talk.
But in ancient times, this was strictly followed.
If a man meddles in the affairs of the inner house and spreads it, he will be laughed at.
Li Shimin's sudden thorough investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will he also thoroughly investigate the accounts of the various ministries of the court?
These people's worries are not without reason.
Li Shimin saw that there are so many people corrupt in a government of internal affairs, so he really moved his mind.
"Guanyin maidservant, I want Lin Xuan to check the accounts of the various ministries of the imperial court. The imperial court spends so much every year, there must be someone corrupt." Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, think twice." Empress Changsun urged quickly.
When checking the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the people involved are nothing more than some court ladies and eunuchs, even if it is leaked, the impact will not be great.
But a thorough investigation of the ministries of the court is different.
Once it is leaked, people will be panicked.
Those officials were afraid that they would be found out, and they might do something.
At that time, I am afraid that the whole court will be in chaos.
Li Shimin was silent for a while and said: "Of course I know the truth that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. But I just want to know how many people have been corrupted and how much they have been corrupted. I don't want to be kept in the dark."
"Your Majesty, this is a political matter, and it's inconvenient for my concubine to say more about it. It's just that this matter is of great importance. I hope your majesty will consider it carefully." Empress Changsun said.
Li Shimin nodded and said, "I know, I will think about this matter carefully."
Li Shimin didn't think about it for long, and made up his mind the next day, wanting to check it out.
Instead of calling Lin Xuan into the palace directly, he found Li Lizhi and asked Li Lizhi to talk to Lin Xuan.
Li Lizhi couldn't refuse her father, and since she could see Lin Xuan again, she agreed.
She was not married yet, so naturally she couldn't go to Lin Xuan's house, so she had to find Li Chengqian, and asked Li Chengqian to come forward and invite Lin Xuan to the East Palace.
Lin Xuan came to the East Palace and was taken directly to the garden behind.
Seeing Li Lizhi waiting for him there, Lin Xuan felt that Li Chengqian, the future brother-in-law, was quite kind.
After checking the accounts yesterday, I will ask Li Lizhi to meet him today.
"Lizhi, I've been so busy checking the accounts these days that I almost forgot about my business. I have something to do in the next year and I need to go to Lingnan." Lin Xuan said while holding Li Lizhi's hand.
"Can't we wait a few months before going?" Li Lizhi said.
There are still more than three months until her and Lin Xuan's wedding, so she naturally doesn't want Lin Xuan to go to Lingnan at this time.
Lin Xuan teased and said, "Are you afraid that I will miss our wedding date?"
Li Lizhi's face turned reddish, she didn't dare to look at Lin Xuan anymore.
Lin Xuan hugged Li Lizhi into his arms and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely come back, and I won't delay the wedding date."
If Zhang Zhongjian hadn't been returning to the voyage after the next year, he wouldn't be in a hurry to go to Lingnan.
But he will definitely calculate the time, and he will come back before the time is over.
"Hmm." Li Lizhi was very shy as Lin Xuan hugged her.
"By the way, what happened next?" Lin Xuan asked.
Unlike those princes and nobles, he has channels to know the news in the palace.
He still doesn't know what happened next.
Don't look at what happened yesterday was a big mess, but there was no news outside.
"More than 100 people were arrested, and sixty to seventy were killed. The father has sent people to search the house to recover the money they embezzled." Li Lizhi told Lin Xuan what happened.
"So much?" Lin Xuan was speechless secretly, these people must be too courageous.
At the same time, I also have a deeper understanding of the cruelty of ancient times.
"By the way, father asked me to come to you this time. Father wanted you to secretly calculate the accounts of the various ministries of the court." Li Lizhi said.
"Don't go, there are so many people in the small House of Internal Affairs who are corrupt. There are six departments in the imperial court, right? Now there are seven departments. Can there be less corruption? The accounts of the seven departments not only involve the princes and nobles, but also the officials of the entire Tang Dynasty. I see. If this problem is found out, how many people will lose their heads? Those people have the power to check my accounts, so they can let me go? I'm afraid someone will assassinate me before I start the investigation." Lin Xuan didn't even think about it. Just refused.
Throughout the dynasties, no matter how wise the monarch is, corruption has been a big problem.
Those people knew that he was investigating, and jumped over the wall in a hurry, and could do anything.
"Father told you to investigate secretly. He said that he didn't want to investigate, but just wanted to be a sensible person and didn't want to be kept in the dark." Li Lizhi said.
"How could it be possible to hide this kind of thing? Your Majesty asked me to investigate, so I have to get out the account books, right? Do you think those officials are fools, and you can't think of it? The more you investigate secretly, the more panicked those officials will be." Lin Xuan said.
Don't think everyone else is a fool, only to find out that you are the biggest fool in the end.
As for Li Shimin's claim that he would not be held accountable, let alone those corrupt people, even Lin Xuan didn't believe it.
If there is less corruption, Li Shimin may really not pursue it, but what if it is too much?
This is the same as many men say that they don't care if it's the first time for a woman.
But do you really care?
Sometimes it is better to be a little confused. There is an idiom that says it is rare to be confused.
"You're right. I'm going to tell my father and ask him to find someone else to settle the matter." Li Lizhi felt that what Lin Xuan said was reasonable, and she cared more about Lin Xuan's safety than Li Shimin's explanation.
"You can't say that. You tell His Majesty that I have caught the cold and cannot share His Majesty's worries." Lin Xuan said.
It is definitely not okay to just say no to it.
Just get sick, I'm sick, you can't let me go to work, can you?
(End of this chapter)