I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Dang Renhong has no reputation in the court.

He is not the kind of person who is particularly talented, not to mention compared with generals like Li Jing and Duan Zhixuan, even compared with people like Hou Junji and Tang Jian, he is quite different.

But...he is a very special person to Li Shimin.

Dang Renhong was once a general of Wu Yonglang in the Sui Dynasty, but after Li Yuan's uprising, he abandoned the Sui Dynasty and came here—not under Li Yuan's command, but under Li Shimin's command.

At that time, when Li Yuan was the leader of the uprising army, he resolutely chose to be Li Shimin's subordinate.

After that, although he didn't make much contribution to the expansion of the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

But the whole family is devoting themselves to death.

Dang Renhong had two sons, who died on the battlefield, on the road to expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty.

The change of Xuanwu Gate.

Dang Ren Hongyuan was in Yingzhou and was unable to participate, but...he was the first general in the world to respond to Li Shimin, which also caused the change of Xuanwumen to be just a turmoil in the imperial city, but did not evolve into a general in the world. turmoil.

What is a confidant?

That's it.

If it weren't for Dang Renhong's limited ability, Li Shimin would have wished that Bai Qisi would be handed over to him.

however…

It was such a confidant who did wrong things that the court could not tolerate, and even... corrupted more than a million guan, not a hundred guan.

What is the concept of 100 million pennies!

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War can be beaten to death for a mere 200 guan. A few people who are over [-] years old together can be beaten into a mess in the Xingqing Palace. It is useless for Li Shimin to speak. Only when Niu Wei pulls away.

"Are you sure how much you have been greedy for?" After a long silence, Li Shimin asked slowly.

Yin Lulu answered simply: "A total of 200 yuan and 27 yuan have been corrupted, and the exact fraction cannot be calculated, and...the real data will only be more than our estimate, not less than our estimate."

"How did you find out?" Li Shimin asked again.

Yin Lulu replied: "I have seen the tax payment account of Fengchao Guangfu, and the account does not match."

"There will be no problem with Fengchao's accounts."

"Then... the problem can only be Guangfu."

Li Shimin let out a long breath, nodded, and emptied his eyes, a little tangled.

Dang Renhong has a special meaning to him, and of course he wants to save his life.

He is the emperor and has the power to be a little willful.

But... this power, he used it not long ago, and used it on his son - of course he can be willful again.

But just issued the "edict of guilt", just said that he was wrong, and then he knew his mistake and did not correct it?
That would be a big trouble.

Not only the court, but also aristocratic families, and foreign countries, they just stared helplessly, wanting to see if Datang would make any mistakes.

Then, like a fly that found a crack in an egg, it was desperate to bite.

"Tomorrow's meeting... Let's discuss it." Li Shimin's heart was ashamed, and after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any way to save Dang Renhong.

At the meeting the next day.

Almost all officials noticed Li Shimin's dull eyes and dark eye sockets.

Wait for the ceremony to pass.

Yin Lulu stood up and accused Dang Renhong of his crimes expressionlessly.

Corruption of more than one million pennies, even though everyone knew about the relationship between Li Shimin and Dang Renhong, still no one showed mercy, and he was convicted in a few words.

capital offense.

Undoubtedly a capital offense.

The case was handed over to Dali Temple, and Dang Renhong was brought back in only a week.

Daxing Palace.

Li Shimin looked at Dang Renhong who was kneeling on the ground, and his mood was even more complicated - in terms of feelings, Li Shimin's feelings for Dang Renhong were perhaps deeper than his feelings for his own son.

"You...can be convicted." Li Shimin asked slowly.

Dang Renhong also answered very simply: "The minister is guilty."

"You have been loyal all your life, why did you do such a stupid thing when you knew your fate?" Li Shimin hated iron but steel, and he had actually made all the arrangements for Dang Renhong.

In another year or two, he moved to Chang'an to take the position of a servant of a certain department.

After a few more years of qualifications, he will sit on the position of Shangshu, and then he will promote the title of Duke of other counties to Duke of Guo.

Doesn't this also lead to success?

Furthermore, there are many ways for officials in the court to make money, which one of them is not worth millions, but which one of them does such a stupid thing.

Dang Renhong didn't speak, but buried his head deeply.

"My dear friends, how do you think this should be dealt with?" Obviously this is a question that has already been discussed, but Li Shimin brought it up again. He hopes that someone can stand up and say "the crime is not worthy of death", even if it is a young man in green robe. official.

But… there is no such person.

Fang Xuanling stood up and said in a serious voice: "Your Majesty, I think that Your Majesty is the king of the world and should be responsible for the people of the world. The Tang Dynasty is developing rapidly."

"In this way, there will be no shortage of corruption."

"Your Majesty should be stern and selfless, and kill everyone to make an example. Moreover, His Majesty has issued an edict against himself, let alone bend the law for personal gain."

Guilty edict.

This thing is in Li Shimin's heart, the thing that he can't get around the most.

Other officials chimed in.

If there is no "edict of guilt", maybe they can make Li Shimin a little bit more willful, but with this thing, if they can't persuade Li Shimin.

Then...they will be scolded in the history books with Li Shimin.

Dang Renhong's crime was still convicted.

Among the ten evils are "immorality", "injustice" and "civil strife".

Moreover, in order to highlight the purpose of killing chickens and monkeys, Dang Renhong was immediately executed half a month after he was convicted, and the news spread throughout the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The headache for Li Shimin began after the death of Dang Renhong.

The more than two million crowns he corrupted was a huge vacancy. The imperial court needed to tear down the east wall and mend the west wall to fill this vacancy.

The more than two million yuan that Dang Renhong was greedy for was not all cash.

Among them, more than one million coins have been deposited in the bank, and now the imperial court is negotiating with the bank to withdraw the money.

The remaining one million guan was exchanged by Dang Renhong for land, fields, horses, jewelry, and hundreds of thousands of guan for food and drink.

Without cash, this gap cannot be plugged.

The imperial court patched together and temporarily suppressed the three railways that needed to be repaired, but they could only come up with more than one million yuan in cash.

But at this time.

Good news is coming.

Li Hui brought Tang Jian back from Persia, along with more than one million supplies. Feng Chao said that they were willing to buy these supplies at market prices.

This 100 million guan can finally fill in the remaining part of the gap.