I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Most of the officials under the Tang Dynasty were the children of aristocratic families. Many of them were scholars with mediocre qualifications. They only occupied one position and had no talent.

What Li Shen said was quite reasonable, and Wang Xuance also agreed very much.

However, Wang Xuance continued:

"Your Majesty, there is one thing here that has something to do with you, Your Majesty. After Sun Fuga came back, he escorted many officials back.

One of the officials from Henan Province reported that Lu Shuang, the minister of the Ministry of War, had accepted bribes in Dali Temple Prison, and he made precise remarks. "

"Who are you talking about?" Li Shen interrupted and asked.

"He is the prince's father-in-law and the princess's father." Wang Xuance confirmed.

"You bastard, does the princess' father still need to accept bribes? You know what the king has given me in the past two years is worth his salary for a hundred years." Li Shen was a little angry.

Knowing that this is his father-in-law, does anyone dare to take a bite out of him? Is this revenge on him?

"Your Majesty, the person who made the report is a fellow countryman of Lu Shuang. Lu Shuang was born in Henan Province and is relatively familiar with that person.

Moreover, several people also stood up and said that Lu Shuangde was unworthy of the position because he was not qualified. "Wang Xuance continued.

"Then what happened in the end?" Li Shen was not in a hurry. Since the news came at this time, there was no letter from Lu Dingniang.

That proves that there is no big problem, otherwise Lu Dingniang would send someone to find him.

"Sun Fujia, the minister of Dali Temple, personally investigated and also went to Lu Mansion to search, but did not find enough evidence.

But they did find a lot of treasure in Lu Mansion.

Finally, His Majesty personally testified that those treasures were sent by you over the years, Your Majesty. Because there was insufficient evidence, the matter was dropped at this time.

Those who falsely accused him were also exiled to Yizhou with a first-class penalty. "

Wang Xuance told the results again,

Li Shen is in a bad mood now. He feels that it is not that simple. His father-in-law is the Minister of War and has been in this position for many years.

Although he didn't have any great talents, he still fulfilled his duties in the Ministry of War without making any mistakes.

It seems like someone is targeting me.

He himself was not in Chang'an, and Sun Fuga found a lot of treasures in Lu Mansion. After all, Lu Dingniang was only a princess and it was not convenient for her to show up.

Moreover, Lu Dingniang's identity is still not important enough for the Minister of Dali Temple. After all, she is Lu Shuang's daughter.

If Li Shen was in Chang'an, this would definitely not happen. If Sun Fujia dared to ask Li Shen, he could bulldoze the Dali Temple.

"Xuance, I think this matter is not simple. Send someone to check and find out who these people are.

I feel that they are targeting me, otherwise why would so many people report Lu Shuang? "Li Shen ordered.

"Your Majesty, we have already checked. Two of them are from aristocratic families, and the others don't have any big backgrounds.

However, I think it may have something to do with the position of Minister of War. Wang Xuance replied.

"What happened to the Minister of War?"

"My lord, have you forgotten about Wang Qing? Hou Junji, Minister of the Ministry of War, was reprimanded by His Majesty and fined with salary.

His explanation was that the Minister of War forgot to submit the memorial and was demoted. Now there is only one Minister of War in the Ministry of War, who is the princess's father.

Moreover, the princess’s father did not take any side because of you, the prince.

It is also possible that this matter was done by Hou Junji, the Minister of War, who wanted to promote his own people. "

Li Shen thought Wang Xuance's words made sense, but these were all speculations.

"Send people to keep an eye on these exiles to see if anyone has come into contact with them, and then check their family members to see if they have become obviously wealthy.

People die for wealth and birds die for food. It is impossible for them to falsely accuse Lu Shuang for no reason.

And I think it must be related to the noble family, because I beat Wang Qing to death. "

Li Shen was convinced that this matter must be done by the noble family, so he beat Wang Qing to death in retaliation. Wang Qing was already a fourth-grade deputy governor.

If it works well, after Li Shen leaves in the future, the chief guardian here will most likely be Wang Qing.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements. His Majesty has already made a final decision on Wang Qing's matter. It is possible that they do not dare to confront the Prince openly."

"Go and find out. If it is really what they did, then we will play with them. I have not used this kind of frame-up for a long time.

Just those officials like them will fall for the bait if they are tempted, why do they need to frame them? "Li Shen smiled disdainfully.

"Then, please leave." Wang Xuance saluted and left.

"Okay!! This arrow shot beautifully~~" Li Shen continued to shout cheers to the field.

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In the southern waters of the Tang Dynasty, more than a dozen large ships and dozens of merchant ships gathered near several small islands to the east of the Heling Kingdom.

"Deputy Captain, we have checked everything. There are some barbarians on the larger island, but there are no people on the other islands."

At this moment, Zhao Derong was listening to the reports from his subordinates.

He has sent crew members to various islands to check the situation and prepare in advance in case someone happens to be there.

Zhao Derong was very satisfied when he heard that there were only some barbarians.

"Inform the fleet to disperse and station as planned, send slaves to the largest island, and send people to communicate with the indigenous people. We can give them food and let them teach these slaves to take care of spices.

If any aborigines resisted, they were all killed and thrown into the sea to feed the fish. "

Zhao Derong gave an order, and the flagman on the mast began to send signals. Strictly speaking, the Spice Island is in the northeast of the Kingdom of Haling.

There is a large island close to the west, and to the west is Poli. Zhao Derong’s idea is very simple: occupy the Spice Island first,

Then organize people to occupy the big island in the west, so that Poli can be stopped from the middle.

This is the first official large-scale occupation operation by the Roger Pirates at sea, and Zhao Derong is very concerned about it.

"Deputy Commander, most of the dozen or so islands are small and inconvenient for large ships to dock. This has a great impact on our garrison."

Captain Erhuzi said.

"It doesn't matter, we don't need to be stationed on the island, just the big island.

Next, we will send ships to patrol this area and tell passing ships that this area is already our territory of the Tang Dynasty. Anyone who dares to land without permission will be killed without mercy.

After we occupied the large island in the west, we named it Kiwang Island. From now on, no traffic will be allowed within a hundred miles of this area. "

Zhao Derong said confidently that he has a very powerful fleet in his hands. Not all of them came today, and some of them are still active in the north.

"Deputy commander, Boss Cao is back." The messenger on the mast shouted.

"Great, let him go directly to the big island, I will go there right away." Zhao Derong said excitedly.

Boss Cao was sent by him to pick up several shopkeepers sent by Prince Ji's Mansion. They knew a lot about spices.

Otherwise, few of the pirates would know which is spice and which is grass.

(I checked some information today and found out something. Chili peppers already existed in the Tang Dynasty. They were introduced from India.

And it is grown and eaten in many places.

The novels I read before all said they came from the Americas, but the earliest consumption of chili peppers was in Peru in 7000 BC.

Later it spread to South America, North America, and India. In other words, when the New World was discovered, the aborigines were already eating chili peppers. )