Changsun Wuji's words were very humble, but no matter how you heard them, they always had a sour taste.
After all, he was both talented and met a wise king, but in the end he was unable to hold the position of supreme minister because of his sister's obstruction.
Anyone else would not be willing to accept it!
Now the emperor was supporting him, so of course he couldn't help but secretly laugh at himself and tell his sister.
"If your grandson Wuji loses his sword, I'm afraid there won't be any precious swords left in the world!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said firmly,
"I will use this knife of yours no matter what! And I will use it to great effect!"
Changsun Wuji's eyes were moved and he hurriedly bowed down.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The monarch and his ministers were enjoying a good encounter, but the queen beside them was not interested and got up to leave the table.
"You guys talk, I'll feed the cat."
She said casually,
"This cat is the most difficult to raise. If it doesn't take good care of it, it will meow. It's very annoying."
"If you keep it for a while, if it still has this kind of virtue, I will throw it out of the palace sooner or later!"
After saying that, the eldest grandson Wugou left the house with light steps.
Li Shimin: "..."
Changsun Wuji: "..."
The two looked at each other, both feeling helpless.
"...Ahem, let's get down to business."
Li Shimin coughed awkwardly and ordered,
"I called you here today because I want you to retrieve Hou Junji's files."
"I want to know how many dirty things he has done in Chang'an in the past few years, and how many evil winds he has blown!"
"Go and look for it now. I want to see it today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Changsun Wuji took out the file from his arms.
"Your Majesty, I have brought it here. Please take a look."
He said respectfully, with a bit of pride in his eyebrows.
Look, I accurately predicted this wave.
"Um?"
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and hummed,
"You are quite smart, have you guessed my thoughts?"
"Today's ministers are becoming more and more difficult to control. They are all thinking about what I think and are anxious about what I am anxious about. Hehe... if this uses the natural and good things on the right path, I am afraid that some people will , figure out my thoughts and control me!"
Wow.
As he spoke, he opened the file, and the dense text came into view.
"Your Majesty, please don't be too angry. I also understand the temper of Grand Master. Everything else is fine, but he's a bit awkward..."
Changsun Wuji smiled and hurriedly advised,
"Chang'an Academy is his most important project. Hou Junji secretly reached out to this project and cut corners. This definitely touched the bottom line of the Grand Master and exposed his defiance!"
"That's why he is so crazy, trying his best to anger His Majesty and bring down Hou Junji!"
Li Shimin scanned the files and snorted again as he listened to Changsun Wuji's defense of Xu Fenglei.
"Ha! Could it be that he is also a real dragon with reverse scales?"
Li Er said displeasedly,
"It's not that I don't allow him to have a temper, but before doing this kind of thing, you have to give me a break first so that I can be mentally prepared, right?"
"The day before yesterday, I was chatting with him at the queen's place. I really treat him and you all as a confidant, even a brother! But what's wrong with him? While smoking a cigarette and talking about the mountains, he is hiding his thoughts and plotting this. The plan is to create a big event at the court meeting! Trap me all in!"
"It's one thing in front of you, but another thing behind your back! It's not honest at all! This is what makes me angry!"
The most basic trust between people is gone!
"Yes, yes...what your Majesty said is absolutely true."
Changsun Wuji nodded and bowed, and continued,
"The Grand Master has indeed gone too far this time. Who is he hiding from, and he can't hide it from you?"
As he spoke, he slowly lowered his head, feeling slightly guilty.
After all, he knew about this matter and also provided convenience to Xu Fenglei...
Wow.
Li Shimin turned two more pages.
"Have you read this file?"
He suddenly said.
"Uh...yes."
Changsun Wuji felt something unexpected in his heart and hurriedly explained,
"After the Hou Junji case happened, I immediately went back to the Secretariat Department to investigate his files and read them all."
"I have to say, he is so courageous and greedy!"
Li Shimin nodded slightly, his face darkening.
"When we were fighting in the past, he was the most greedy for money. I didn't control him much at that time. After all, troubled times are the time to employ people. As long as the ability is strong enough, I will still use him no matter how bad his habits are!"
He frowned and said,
"But now the world is at peace, and our Zhenguan Dynasty is ruling the country! Throughout the ages, one of the biggest enemies of the dynasty has been the corruption of officials and the deprivation of the common people!"
"This problem with him is absolutely unacceptable!"
"Look, look, just in the second year of Zhenguan, he has misappropriated so much public funds and extended his hands so many times! Is it going to pay off if this continues? Sooner or later, he will destroy all three provinces and six departments!"
"Hou Junji, Hou Junji, you really disappoint me!"
Snapped!
Li Shimin closed the file and closed his eyes tightly.
Anger, disappointment, anger...all kinds of emotions are mixed together, lingering in my heart.
"Your Majesty, calm down."
Changsun Wuji handed over his hand.
"Auxiliary machine, you said..."
Li Shimin raised his head and closed his eyes, and said slowly,
"Is it my connivance that led to such a big scandal today?"
"If I had stopped him when he was greedy for the first time, wouldn't this be the case?"
"Uh, this..." Changsun Wuji hesitated.
But in the end, he nodded.
"maybe."
"If His Majesty had corrected him earlier, Hou Junji would not have gone astray and ended up like this."
It can be seen from the files that Hou Junji was not greedy from the beginning.
At first, he was just stealing and raking in money. After wiping his hands many times and finding that nothing was wrong, his courage gradually grew.
If you are greedy for 100 taels, no one will care.
Even though he was greedy for 1,000 taels, no one paid attention to him.
Then be greedy for his 10,000 taels! so what? Anyway, nothing will happen!
It is foreseeable that if he is not caught this time, he will dare to be greedy for 30,000, 50,000, or 100,000 yuan next time! Even greedy for the wealth of a country!
Therefore, Li Shimin, the emperor, is responsible for causing today's situation.
Baiqisi clearly and faithfully recorded all kinds of crimes, but Li Er turned a blind eye to Hou Junji's illegal behavior because of his meritorious service.
Indulging in indulgence, from a certain perspective, is encouraging!
"Alas! I wanted to be known as a benevolent king, but my benevolence went too far, and some people went astray..."
"It's my sin!"
Li Shimin sighed, handed the file back to Changsun Wuji, and whispered,
"Go ahead and hand this file to Dai Zhou and the others."
"Sett the accounts clearly, find out everyone who should be found, and deal with them severely!"
"I want this kind of scandal to never happen again in the Zhenguan Dynasty!"
He will never allow this wind of corruption to spread!
"According to the order!"
Changsun Wuji bowed his head, turned around and left.
…
Dali Temple, interrogation room.
Hou Junji, who was still dressed in gorgeous clothes in the morning, now transformed into a prisoner uniform and put on shackles.
In front of him, three officials sat.
Dali Temple Minister, Dai Zhou!
The Minister of Punishment, Li Daozong!
Censor Zhongcheng, Wen Yanbo!
On one side, the imperial censor Shi Di Zhisun was still standing.
Trial by three departments! This lineup can be said to be a luxurious all-star.
Wen Yanbo gave Di Zhisun a look.
clang!
Di Zhisun slapped his ruler and shouted:
"Hou Junji, do you know your guilt?!"
Four eyes were directed at him, but Hou Junji didn't even raise his eyelids, tilted his head, and ignored it.
"Hurry up and explain clearly the facts of your corruption crime, and maybe you can get a lighter sentence!"
Di Zhisun said coldly,
"If you dare to defy the court again, you will be responsible for the consequences!"
"say!"
Swish.
Hou Junji took out his ears.
"Who's talking?"
He glanced ahead and smiled,
"You are too far away from me, I can't hear you clearly."
Di Zhisun's expression changed and he took two steps forward.
"Explain your criminal facts quickly!" he shouted.
Hou Junji narrowed his eyes.
"You can't understand human speech?"
He pointed at himself, then at Dixon, raised his eyebrows and said,
"What I mean is that there is a huge difference in status between you and me."
"You are a little censor, are you worthy of interrogating me?"
"Get away!"
After saying that, Hou Junji raised his neck and didn't even look at Di Zhisun seriously.
"you!"
Di Zhisun was furious and was about to explode, but was summoned back by Dai Zhou's gesture.
"This General Hou can be regarded as a founding hero and a Duke of the country."
Dai Zhou waved his hand and said,
"Zhisun, if you can't judge him, step aside for now."
"...Yes." Di Zhisun responded dully, gave Hou Junji a hard look, and then stepped aside.
"How big or small can you be considered a founding hero?"
Hou Junji raised his neck and suddenly said,
"I am truly a founding hero! In terms of merit, there are not many people who can rank ahead of me!"
"Dai Zhou, you son of a bitch, be careful with your words, don't make me unhappy!"
When Li Daozong and Wen Yanbo heard this, their faces turned dark.
This Hou Junji is so arrogant! Where is the prisoner here? He is simply a arrogant uncle!
Dai Zhou, who was scolded with swear words, was not annoyed at all at this moment. Instead, he showed a smile.
"Yes, yes, I was wrong. You are the founding hero and the pillar of the country."
He nodded and smiled,
"But as the pillar of the country, why do you dig into the foundation of the country and hollow out the entire imperial court?"
"Are you trying to embarrass yourself, the founding hero of the country, or are you trying to discredit His Majesty?"
"Tell me?"
Hou Junji's head returned from the sky to the ground.
"Empty cavity? It's not as serious as you said, right?"
He sneered and said rather angrily,
"I only had a few mouthfuls to eat up the imperial court? This small amount of money is just a drop in the bucket, not to mention the emperor, even to some of the ministers in the imperial court!"
"Some people become misers, guarding mountains of gold and silver, and their mouths are full of oil for a long time! But if I just pinch a little bit from between his nails, he can't stand it anymore and wants to kill me! Haha... It's really Being mean, you really don’t pluck a hair from your iron cock!”
"I've finally seen it through!"
Wen Yanbo's face darkened.
"The yin and yang are weird, stirring up trouble and confusing right and wrong!"
He shouted sharply,
"Hou Junji, these fallacies you are talking about are nonsense! It's obvious that you embezzled the country's money, but you said it was stealing someone's private property!"
"I advise you to wake up and stop nagging in your own world like a resentful woman!"
"If you don't be honest and frank, the only thing waiting for you is a butcher's knife!"
None of the people present are idiots. Who can't hear Hou Junji's eccentric aura, and who can believe his lies?
"Butcher knife?"
He sneered,
"When I followed the emperor to kill people on the battlefield, I saw tens of thousands of butcher knives. I wasn't afraid at that time, but will I be afraid of you now?"
"If you have the ability, chop me on the neck now. Come on, chop! I'm waiting!"
After saying that, he straightened his neck, looking like he was being slaughtered.
This rogue appearance caused anger to rise in the hearts of several people present.
Dai Zhou suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at Hou Junji who was "looking forward to death", and said in a deep voice:
"Hou Junji, I know you are unbalanced."
"You love money, you want money, so when you see some ministers earning inexhaustible money, you are jealous, aren't you?"
"You just think, why can they make so much money? Why can't you? You have to make money too, right?"
Hou Junji snorted coldly, turned away and ignored it.
But silence can be regarded as a kind of acquiescence.
"But your brain is not good, your mind is not good and your hands are not good, and you don't know how to make so much money and enjoy so much wealth, so you embarked on the path of corruption."
Dai Zhou stared at Hou Junji, observed his expression, and said slowly.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Hou Junji's expression changed and he became furious!
"You fart!"
He shouted angrily,
"I don't have a good brain? You don't have a good brain!"
boom!
Dai Zhou stood up in response.
"What, am I right?"
He glared at Hou Junji and said sternly,
"If you have a good brain, why don't you think about making money in legitimate ways?"
"If you were smart, why would you think about exploiting soldiers and stealing state assets?"
"Look at my grand master! That's what a gentleman loves money and gets it in a right way! He opens a bank in a fair and upright manner, and all the money he makes is clean money! Even the bank is beneficial to the country! The military salary of the Northern Expeditionary Army , as well as the subsequent pensions for the fallen soldiers, Fenglei Bank has made great efforts!"
"Who wouldn't praise me for making money like this? Who wouldn't give a thumbs up after hearing this?"
"And what about you? Your behavior is simply more abominable than a street rat! It's not an exaggeration to say that everyone screamed for a beating!"
"Both are founding heroes, why is there such a big gap between you and the Grand Master? Huh?!"
call! call!
Hou Junji's chest was heaving violently, and his expression was extremely ferocious.
"Fuck you! Fuck you..."
Wow! Wow!
He struggled to get up, and the chains on his body rattled, restraining him.
"To be honest, you're quite a failure. There are many ways to make money, but you chose the most filthy one. It's disgraceful."
Dai Zhou continued to finish the attack, "I think you are not even as good as a hair from the Grand Master."
"What do you think?"
Hou Junji: “@##￥%……&@!!!”
At this moment, he was completely anxious and his defense was broken!
