Li Shen returned to the military tent and asked Wang Xuance to write a letter and then stamped it with his personal seal.
"Rengui, please immediately arrange for a guard to take this letter and rush to Fuzhou, asking them to bring the fleet over.
One million can't fit in one ship. "
Li Shen told Xue Rengui,
One million copper coins is too heavy, usually more than six kilograms, and one million copper coins is more than six million kilograms. More than three thousand tons,
Therefore, not only Li Shen's fleet is coming, but also some merchant ships are coming.
"Your Majesty, I have something unclear," Wang Xuance couldn't help but ask.
"You want to ask me why I want to cheat a million dollars, right?" Li Shen took the teacup handed over by Chunxiang and took a sip.
"Exactly, Your Majesty, you are now the envoy of the Tenth Order, and everything you go is under the control of Your Majesty. Your Majesty's Holy Purpose is at hand.
The prince could just do what Cangzhou did and arrest Dang Renhong first and then collect evidence of his crime. Wouldn't this save a lot of time? "
Wang Xuance didn't understand what kind of medicine Li Shen was selling in his gourd.
It's no wonder that Wang Xuance didn't understand that feudal society had a strict hierarchical system, and deposed envoys like Li Shen could be said to have overwhelming power.
Just like the Censor's Platform, the Censor's Platform is divided into several departments. The Censor's Report is reported in front of the palace, and the report can be heard.
Regardless of whether there is evidence or not, as long as someone has heard of the censor, he can report for impeachment.
The supervisory censor is to inspect the moral conduct of all officials, inspect prefectural and county officials to see if they have accepted bribes, whether there are any unjust cases, the supervision of government soldiers, whether sacrificial matters are being done, and whether the people's farming and textiles are being arranged.
However, Li Shen's power to depose Zhi still exceeded him. Wang Xuance didn't understand why Li Shen didn't take down Dang Renhong.
"Xuance, come and have some tea." Li Shen asked Wang Xuance to sit down calmly.
"Xuan Ce, you should know who Dang Renhong is. We know that he is guilty and that he has been embezzled and bribed because of the report in Fifth Brother's letter.
It’s not that I don’t believe in Fifth Brother, but Dang Renhong’s status is too special. He is the founding hero of the country.
If we take it rashly, what will the veterans of Chang'an who followed me, Aye, conquer the world, think?
Is His Majesty going to take action against these heroes? Paving the way for the prince?
I am worried that after taking down Dang Renhong, all the founding heroes of Chang'an will be in danger.
There may be turmoil then. "
Li Shen explained to Wang Xuance that Dang Renhong and Xi Bian were not the same thing. In Li Shen's view, Xi Bian, even if he got married to a famous family,
But in Li Shen's eyes, it was still bullshit.
But Dang Renhong was different. He was a founding hero and a duke. He had friendships with many veterans in Chang'an City.
Moreover, I threw the lives of my two sons in for you, Li Tang Jiangshan.
How can you take someone without evidence? Isn't this just telling the old officials of Chang'an that Li Shimin doesn't even trust the founding hero?
Wang Xuance thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed the case. He had forgotten the identity of Duke Dang Renhong. Without evidence, a Duke would put him on trial if he said he would get it.
So many princes and nobles in the Tang Dynasty would have trouble sleeping.
Everyone will feel that His Majesty is paving the way for the prince, imitating the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty.
"But Your Majesty, even if we take this million yuan, we can't prove that Dang Renhong is corrupt and perverts the law. Just like Dang Renhong said, he has been rewarded by His Majesty, has his own property, and has a lot of fertile land.
Saving a fortune of millions over the past few decades can barely be justified. "Wang Xuance continued to ask.
"Oh, I didn't say that I lied to him for one million dollars just to collect evidence." Li Shen stared at him with bright eyes and looked at Wang Xuance innocently.
"Then the prince's move is..." Wang Xuance became even more confused.
As a result, Li Shen gave the answer that Wang Xuance vomited blood.
"I simply want to defraud him of one million yuan. I can't come here in vain. Have you forgotten that my salary has been deducted for thirteen years?
Tens of thousands of guan a year means hundreds of thousands of guan. I have to find someone to pay for it.
Otherwise, I, Prince Ji, would be begging for food. "
Wang Xuance saw his prince speaking so righteously, and suddenly felt his blood rising.
I spent a lot of time cooperating with the prince in acting. I thought that the prince wanted to collect evidence that Dang Renhong was corrupt and perverted the law.
Unexpectedly, the prince really just wanted to cheat money.
This made him suddenly feel that his future was dark. Was he going to follow the prince and cheat his whole life?
"But your lord, all that money was obtained by Dang Renhong through corruption and perversion of the law. If evidence of his crime is found, the money will be confiscated and returned to the court."
"Xuan Ce, you also said that you are returning to the imperial court, and not to our Prince Ji's Mansion. I have traveled thousands of miles to come to this smoky place in Lingnan.
Can't I make some hard-earned money?
This one million yuan should be regarded as the money Dang Renhong paid for his life. "Li Shen said it is a matter of course.
"But your lord, this money was obtained by Dang Renhong through corruption and perversion of the law. Now that it is in the hands of the prince, I am worried that someone in the court will impeach the prince for seeking power for personal gain, corruption and perversion of the law."
This is what Wang Xuance is most worried about. King Ji came to investigate corruption, and in the end King Ji embezzled the stolen money.
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If people know this, they won't be punished, not to mention that Prince Ji's popularity in the court is so bad and he has so many enemies.
"Why do you think I signed a contract with his friend Renhong? We have a legitimate cooperative relationship. It's not that I embezzled stolen money.
Once the fleet has transported the money away, it will be said that the ship capsized and the money fell into the sea, or it was said that it was spent in the workshop.
Do you think the ministers in the court still dare to touch my property? I am a prince.
Do you know how many princes there are in the Tang Dynasty?
I, Aye, have more than a dozen sons, including Gaozu. Most of them are now in the fiefdom, as high-ranking officials.
They would not allow a prince's property to be easily touched by the court.
I have told you that this is called a vested interest group. Although we have nothing in common in politics, economy, military, and goals,
But since we have gained common interests, we are treated as kings.
They will not allow anyone to undermine this identity.
If these people united, the power they would form would be so huge that even aristocratic families would have to tolerate it.
Of course, death is not far away after the union. I, Aye, will not let them exist. "
After Li Shen finished speaking, he continued to drink tea, while Wang Xuance was also thinking about the hidden meaning of Li Shen's words.
Although Wang Xuance was resourceful and knew how to be an official and knew how to be flexible, he still couldn't compare with the insight of a later generation like Li Shen.
The ancients were very smart, but there is a saying that Li Shen liked very much in later generations.
A person's knowledge and structure determine how far a person can go.
Why have all dynasties proposed to study history and use history as a mirror to know the ups and downs? This is actually the accumulation of vision and knowledge.
