Great Tang Southern Emperor

"But he..."

Li Shimin said impatiently: "Okay, let him come up first."

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, the grassroots are wronged!" Xiao Rui, dressed in tatters and bloodstained clothes, fell to the ground as soon as he came up, inexplicably sad.

"What... what's wrong with this?" Li Shimin was also taken aback. Looking at the clothes on Xiao Rui's body, it seemed that he had been beaten a lot, and he said quickly, "Get up, if you really feel wronged, I will help you." call the shots."

"Yes..." Xiao Rui wiped the corners of his eyes, and got up from the ground: "Your Majesty, I want to sue you."

"No problem, who do you want to sue? And what charges are you suing them for?" Li Shimin felt a little displeased. He thought that Xiao Rui's clothes were so torn that he should be injured a little bit, but now that he looks at it, don't Speaking of being injured, this kid probably didn't even break a hair.Then why do you bother to wear this suit?Are you selling it to me?

"The grass people want to sue Xuance, King Zhanshi of Honglu Temple, Wei Zheng, the imperial historian, and Li Zhen, His Royal Highness the King of Yue." Xiao Rui was also ruthless enough, and directly sued the three culprits: "I sue Wang Xuance for inciting the people, besieging My father, my poor father was dedicated to serving the country, but he was brutally beaten by foolish people, and his bones were broken, it was too horrible to look at."

"What? Shi Wen (Xiao Yu's character) was also beaten?" Li Shimin was shocked. He was just rejoicing just now, but then a prince was beaten, and now things will be troublesome.

"Bones all over my body are broken, and my life is hanging by a thread. This clothes is the proof...Your Majesty, you have to be the master of my father." Xiao Rui thought about it, and howled dryly again.

When the people next to him heard this, they immediately cheered up.

"Your Majesty, you have also heard that even Song Guogong was not spared, you have to make the decision for me."

"Your Majesty, please punish Wei Zheng severely, and clear up your grievances."

"Your Majesty, if you don't give me an explanation today, I will crash to death in this imperial study today."

"..."

"My dear friends, don't worry, I will investigate the truth and give you justice." Li Shimin comforted the ministers here, and then asked Xiao Rui: "You just said that you want to sue Wang Xuance for inciting the people. I need to investigate the situation before making a conclusion.

Xuan Cheng put your father's name on the first column of the newspaper, which caused trouble to your father and indirectly caused him to be beaten. I can understand that you sued him.But what's the matter with you telling Zhen'er?What does this have to do with him? "

"Your Majesty doesn't know, that Wang Xuance is no longer in Chang'an." Xiao Rui cried, "After that Wang Xuance incited the people to beat my father...not to mention whether the edict is true or not, Your Majesty, the one who gave him the edict is The shopkeeper of the tea house under the King of Yue, you said, if there was no instruction from His Royal Highness, would his people give such an important thing as the imperial edict to a stranger? It must have been ordered by His Royal Highness. "

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel relieved.With a fierce face, he reprimanded: "What nonsense? Zhen'er is far away in Lingnan, how could he know about Chang'an? How could it be related to this matter? Could it be that he has clairvoyance and ears?

What's more, I know about the edict you mentioned, and there is indeed such an edict, and I wrote it myself, but it's just not printed.

I also know about Wang Xuance. According to Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang's calculations, he is Zhen'er's destined lucky star. After he arrives in Lingnan, Zhen'er's war against Nanyang will become smoother. gibberish? "

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Rui was stunned, and then he said unconvinced: "But Wang Xuance incited the people to make trouble and beat the Duke of the country. This is a big treason. Is this the case?"

"Dangre won't forget about it. I will investigate clearly. If he is really at fault, I will give you an explanation when Wang Xuance returns from Tianzhu." Looking at Xiao Rui, Li Shimin shook his head in disappointment, thinking of his father. How wise Xiao Yu is, although he has occasional selfish intentions, but in terms of ability, he is no less than Zhangsun Wuji.

But father and son, such a shrewd person as Xiao Yu, would give birth to such a fool.I have already given you a chance, but you didn't know how to cherish it, and instead made it worse. Not only you, but even your father was tricked this time.

Xiao Rui was still not reconciled: "And Wei Zheng..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Shimin's loud shout: "Shut up, Xuan Cheng is talking about friendship with your father, but you call him by his first name. You really are not a son of man, you are such a jerk...Go back to me."

"Yes, yes, yes..." Xiao Rui was horrified, he had never seen Li Shimin get so angry, and he knew that he might have said something wrong, so he immediately rolled out of the imperial study room, ready to go back Ask his father for advice.

"..."

Li Shimin made a fuss, not only frightened Xiao Rui, but also frightened the people who had been complaining before, all of them fell silent, their heads lowered one by one.

Seeing this, Li Shimin's expression softened a little, and he sighed: "Okay, I know this matter well, you go back first, and I will ask Xuan Cheng carefully when I go back."

"Yes, I will take my leave."

Everyone left, and only Li Shimin and Wang Tingchu were left in the study. Li Shimin turned his back to the gate, looking at the picture of the nine dragons ascending to heaven hanging on the wall, silent.Li Shimin didn't speak, and Wang Tingchu naturally didn't dare to speak. For a while, the whole imperial study room fell into a terrible silence.

After a long time.

"Wang Tingchu."

"Your servant is here." Wang Tingchu immediately stepped forward: "Your Majesty, please give me instructions."

"In the past few days, I have kept a close eye on everyone, to see who they met, what they ate, and what they did, not to mention the same."

"Your servant understands." Wang Tingchu was overjoyed and nodded immediately.

Unbeknownst to everyone, after ten years of development, the Li Yu Division is no longer a place that simply buys and distributes slaves for management.As early as a few years ago, Wang Tingchu, who was appointed by Li Shimin, had already developed the Liyu Division into an intelligence organization no worse than the Green Cavalry Army, Flying Tiger Army, or Blood Dragon Guard.

Of course, the main role of the Li Yu Division is still to manage slaves. There are hundreds of thousands of slaves recorded in the entire Li Yu Division. When the Nanyang market is developed, the entire Li Yu Division will control more than a few million slaves. It will become the second largest force in Datang after the military.

But while managing the slaves, the Li Yu Division also has the function of supervising the officials. With the mobility of the slaves, the Li Yu Division successfully spread the intelligence network throughout the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that wherever there are slaves, there are slaves. Li Yusi's intelligence agent.

It's just because of Li Shimin's restrictions that Li Yusi's actions have been kept in secret, and the main work is to monitor whether the officials are dedicated and whether there is any corruption or violation of the law.Fortunately, the Liyu Division only has the right to supervise, but not to enforce the law. Otherwise, the Liyu Division will become another Dongchang.

"Hehehe..." After Wang Tingchu left, a low-pitched laughter suddenly came from the imperial study.

Chapter 618

Chapter 83 Intense debate in court

The next day.

morning meeting.

This time it's not the big court meeting, but the small court meeting. Unlike the big court meeting, there are not many people coming to the small court meeting. Most of them are the heads of various departments and the relevant persons in charge of a certain matter. The rest of them don't need to come.

"Retire if there is nothing to do!"

"I have something to do." As soon as Wang Tingchu's words fell, Zhu Suiliang stood up: "Your Majesty, I have participated in Wei Zheng to confuse the people, deceive the public, guide public opinion, frame and frame people, and force the people to believe people's words. Countless troubles, I implore His Majesty to remove him from the post of editor-in-chief, strictly investigate the newspaper office, and make public opinion clear, so as to serve as an example to others."

"My minister agrees."

"My minister agrees."

"My minister agrees."

"..."

As soon as Zhu Suiliang said this, quite a large number of people stood up and seconded Zhu Suiliang's words.

"Oh? Where did Dengshan (Zhu Suiliang) say this?" Li Shimin asked knowingly: "As far as I know, since Xuancheng took control of the newspaper, he has been working hard, but he has never slacked off. It is also Xuancheng. Now, the newspaper office is getting better day by day, and now it covers the entire Tang Dynasty, with a daily sales volume of up to 200 million copies - Xuan Cheng has worked hard on the newspaper office, and I originally planned to reward him, why? In your mouth, Xuan Cheng has become a heinous crime?"

"Of course, I will not deny the credit of Doctor Yushi." Hearing that the sales volume of the newspaper had reached 200 million copies, Zhu Suiliang's eyes became even redder: "But the newspapers he has are indistinguishable. Is it right to fabricate, slander and slander the ministers physically and mentally, and inflict unjust injustice?"

"I can't pretend that I didn't hear this." Wei Zheng couldn't help standing up, "Your Majesty, please allow me to ask Deng Shan a question."

"I love you, but it's okay to ask."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Wei Zheng thanked Li Shimin, he aimed at Zhu Suiliang: "Dengshan, you said that I slandered you, where did you say that?"

"You still dare not admit it?" Zhu Suiliang was furious: "If you hadn't published our names in the newspapers, why would the people be hostile to us? You know, because of your words, the entire Chang'an city, look at us My eyes are full of different meanings. These days, my family members are afraid to go out.