Seeing Wei Zixuan's soft words, Li Bing quickly cooperated and said: "Li Aiqing, there is no need to feel wronged. I know that Prime Minister Wei and others are just discussing the matter. In fact, they have no doubts about your intentions. Just explain the matter clearly."
He paused and then asked: "You just said that you are in arrears with the frontline military pay. What exactly is going on?"
This question was obviously asked to Wei Zixuan, who was in charge of finance.
Wei Zixuan secretly cursed Li Jiangyao in his heart, and responded at the same time: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs has already transferred all the salary and silver to the Ministry of War. You should ask the Ministry of War about this matter."
He is very good at Tai Chi. Wang Bor, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Huo Wendong, the Minister of the Money and Food Department of the Ministry of War, both died at the hands of assassins not long ago. Who to ask is a problem in itself.
Li Bing sighed helplessly and said, "Dong Tianxing."
"I'm here."
"I'll leave this matter to you first," Li Bing ordered: "After the dynasty is over, go check on the payment and distribute it to the soldiers as soon as possible."
Old Dong responded with a "compliance" and immediately looked at Wei Zixuan.
Wei Zixuan had something in his mind and didn't dare to look at him. He just kept thinking about it and quickly found some money later to temporarily block the hole in the Ministry of War.
He was full of worries and could no longer make things difficult for Li Jiangyao. Upon seeing this, Yin Chengyi quickly took over and said, "Your Majesty, I have something I want to ask General Yunhui."
Li Bing nodded silently, indicating that he could ask casually.
Yin Chengyi turned around and looked at Li Jiangyao, and said quietly: "General Li, Marquis Chang Ning was recalled to Beijing a while ago. I went to Luzhou to see you and Xu Youchang on the way. Is this true?"
Li Jiangyao nodded: "Yes."
Yin Chengyi asked: "What is your relationship with him?"
"Same as you, sir," Li Jiangyao said: "The relationship is that of being a minister in the same palace."
Yin Chengyi sneered and said: "I don't have a close relationship with him as you do. General Li, what did Marquis Chang Ning talk to you about? Can you tell your Majesty?"
Li Jiangyao asked back: "Do you want to talk about everything no matter how big or small it is?"
"It's best not to hide anything."
Li Jiangyao nodded, clasped his fingers and said seriously: "We talked about eight things in total. Shen Lie owed me three hundred taels of silver before, and I hope I can have a few more days of grace; he suffered several injuries in Jiangnan, and once he arrived, His bones ached on rainy days and he asked me if I had any good medicine from Western Xinjiang; he had a small house in the imperial city that had been occupied by the Xinjiang Army, and he wanted to ask me to take it back; his distant cousin’s aunt’s niece’s expression Brother-in-law, I hope to find a position in the Xinjiang Army..."
"That's enough!" Yin Chengyi said angrily: "Your Majesty, Li Jiangyao has no discipline and is talking nonsense in the court. I ask for your permission to take him down immediately and punish him with a rod!"
Before Li Bing could say anything, Li Jiangyao jumped up first: "Hey, is there something wrong with you? Just now I asked you if you wanted to do everything in detail and do it one by one. You said it's best not to hide anything. How can you turn around? Are you going to fall out?"
Hahaha--
The ministers couldn't bear it anymore and laughed so much that they covered their stomachs.
Everyone had already noticed by this time that Protector Li did this deliberately to counterattack Wei Zixuan and his group's troubles.
Li Bing looked at the furious Yin Chengyi and couldn't help but feel depressed. Faced with Li Jiangyao's impeccable nonsense, several close ministers were obviously surprised and had no choice.
He coughed twice, stopped the laughter of the civil and military officials, and said in a deep voice: "Shen Lie conspired to monopolize power and instigated King Huaiyang to rebel. The evidence is conclusive and the crime cannot be punished. Therefore, it is necessary for the court to interrogate anyone related to him. .Li Aiqing, don’t talk about irrelevant things, only talk about important things. Xu Youchang has already explained many things to the court before, and Governor Yin just wants to check with you to see if you have missed anything."
This kind of deceptive method works well on others, but it is useless on Li Jiangyao.
Xu Youchang explained a lot of things?
Even if you put the guillotine on Xu Youchang's neck, he will never say anything detrimental to Li Jiangyao and Shen Lie!
Li Jiangyao smiled faintly, raised his hands and asked: "Your Majesty, Cai Chen still has a few things that he has not said. Do you want to say them in public?"
"It's not like borrowing money, asking for medicine, asking for a house, or looking for a job, right?" Li Bing asked angrily.
"It concerns an important member of the imperial court and the political security."
"speak!"
A cold light appeared in Li Jiangyao's eyes, and he said loudly: "The first thing is that the White Tiger Army general Gong Chengze robbed the married woman Wang Liu in Ruzhou and injured the victim's husband Wang Jingguang! The second thing is that the imperial censor Tian Mu accepted Taikang The county magistrate Jia Xutao bribed five hundred taels of silver to commute his brother's sentence and acquit him! The third case was that the governor Yin Chengyi instigated his family to occupy 2,600 acres of fertile land in Yanzhou, almost triggering a civil uprising! The fourth case was that Shangshu Zuopu Shejian Wei Zixuan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, misappropriated three million military pay, causing the frontline troops to be in arrears with their pay for more than two months!"
Without waiting for the four unlucky guys to jump out and retort, Li Jiangyao took out a booklet from his sleeve and held it up high: "The four things Shen Lie told me are not speculations, but rigorous and detailed records of the case, witnesses, Physical evidence and oral confessions are all available! Your Majesty, please take a closer look."
The striking peak of this move immediately caused the whole court to talk about it. Wei Zixuan and others were completely stunned and blushed.
They didn't know what evidence Li Jiangyao had in his hands, so they didn't dare to deny it easily, for fear that they would be beaten even worse in the end.
Li Bing was also a little panicked at this time.
Originally, he wanted to embarrass Li Jiangyao in public, so as to give him a blow, but he didn't expect that several trusted ministers were all useless. Not only did they fail to hurt the opponent at all, but they forced Li Jiangyao into a dilemma.
Facing those annoying cases, Li Bing couldn't help but his face was as dark as water. He waited for a long time before shouting coldly: "Where is the Minister of Dali Temple?"
"Your Majesty... Yang Mu, the minister of Dali Temple, was killed by an assassin, and the position is currently vacant."
Li Bing was so angry that he slapped the table: "Where is Shaoqing? Is he dead too?"
Hao Shuxin, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, quickly responded: "Wei Chen is here."
"You collect Li Qing's volume and go back to check it carefully," Li Bing shouted: "Reply me within three days!"
Hao Shuxin obeyed the order, ran to Li Jiangyao in small steps, and took the booklet. Li Jiangyao smiled and said to him: "I still have a bunch of evidence over there. Can you please go back and get it, Mr. Hao? I guarantee that you will be excited after reading it." .”
After the early morning court started like this, Li Bing lost all mood. He glared at Wei Zixuan and others and snorted coldly: "I'm tired today, let's go to the court."
The head waiter quickly shouted, "Retreat from the court——"
Before the courtiers finished kneeling, Li Bing stood up and walked away.
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"Dadu protector, you are so powerful, I'm convinced." Dong Tianxing accompanied Li Jiangyao back to Cheng'enfang, having fun along the way.
Li Jiangyao said calmly: "They tortured Brother Shen so hard. I just responded a little bit today, and the main course is next."
Dong Tianxing looked around and asked, "Isn't Shen Changshi telling you about those four cases?"
"Brother Shen is too lazy to bother with those idiots," Li Jiangyao said: "The four cases are all information collected by the Intelligence Department."
Dong Tianxing gave a thumbs up: "I have been in the court for more than thirty years, and this is the first time I am as happy as today. Most of the guards have spoken out against the upright officials."
Li Jiangyao sneered and said: "It's useless. These cases will at most cause some trouble for Wei Zixuan and the others, and the emperor will eventually turn the big issue into a trivial one."
Dong Tianxing agreed: "That's for sure. What the emperor cares more about is whether his ministers are loyal, obedient, and useful. As for committing crimes, he only does it when he really wants to punish someone. It makes sense. However, even so, everyone is happy. Didn't you see just now? The four people who are usually so proud are now disgraced, and they all sneaked around the civil and military officials. "
Li Jiangyao knew that he had just passed the first level today, and there were still many troubles ahead, so he couldn't say he was happy or unhappy. He looked around and asked: "There is no sign of slackening in the Forbidden Army, which means that the Emperor is still there." Be on high alert. Do you know how Xu Youchang and Murong Xue are doing?"
Dong Tianxing lowered his voice: "Nearly all the military attachés who were called to Yeting Palace have been released now. Only Xu Shuai, General Murong, and those from the Zhenjiang Army and the Qinglong Army are still under house arrest there."
Li Jiangyao nodded slightly: "You decided to snatch Brother Shen out, which is a very wise decision. This way the initiative is in our hands. Next, we only need to figure out the ins and outs of the seventh princess's accusation, and the crisis can be completely resolved. Yesterday Hu Yufei and Mr. Hu also reminded me to stay away from Princess Fenyang, but how can I avoid this key figure?"
Dong Tianxing responded: "That's true. Why did Princess Fenyang suddenly point the finger at Shen Changshi, and where did she get the perjury that framed her? Only she knows best. Protector, I recently heard that Li Xi entered the palace The day before he falsely accused Shen Changshi, he accompanied Concubine Hui to Xiangji Temple outside the city. Do you think the problem might lie in that place?"
"Well, this situation is very important," Li Jiangyao silently recited the name Xiangji Temple twice, nodded and said, "I will ask the Intelligence Department to follow this clue and find out, maybe there will be some unexpected gains."
Dong Tianxing thought for a moment, then added: "There is another situation, please pay close attention to it. The Ministry of War learned that the Suzaku Army and the Xuanwu Army had abnormal reactions, as if they had received a secret order to launch an operation against the Zhenjiang Army. In addition, , Gong Chengze is also preparing to leave the imperial capital, he should be heading south with the White Tiger Army, you have to be on guard."
Li Jiangyao smiled: "This is expected. However, at most they are prepared to prevent the Zhenjiang Army from launching a mutiny, but they dare not take the initiative to take action against us. Not to mention that idiot Gong Chengze, Ma Hongjie and Chang Tao both fought in the war. Experts, they should know very well that with the combat power of the three legions of the imperial court, they cannot afford to offend the Xinjiang Army."
Seeing that Li Jiangyao was so confident, Dong Tianxing didn't know whether to be happy or worried. He thought for a moment and asked, "Where are you going to go now?"
"Time is pressing. Before the emperor summons her alone, I have to meet Murong Xues new daughter-in-law, Princess Fenyang."
