North and South groceries

Luo used them to go to the Chang'an county government to sue the officials.

The county magistrate of Chang'an had heard about Na Yan Liu a little bit. At this time, when he asked about the origin of Na Yan Liu, an official who knew the inside came forward and explained to him in detail, Chang'an County Hearing that the other party turned out to be a subordinate of Prince Gong Li Boyi, he felt very dizzy.

This Chang'an county magistrate is also from a big family, and the family power is quite powerful, otherwise it would not be his turn to be the Chang'an county magistrate.

It's just that if you have strength, you have strength, and those relatives of the royal family can't move casually.

Don't look at those ministers and ministers impeaching this and that all day long in the court, many of them are relatives of the emperor, for example, Li Shimin's son is often impeached.

But to put it bluntly, impeaching his son and relatives in front of the emperor is not much different from suing the emperor. Even if he puts pressure on the emperor, it is all in a reasonable manner.

Brother Li Boyi was considered incompetent among those royal relatives and relatives. There were many wives and concubines at home, eating, drinking and having fun all day long, and his blood relationship with Li Er was relatively distant.

But no matter what, he is still a member of the royal family after all, just like those merchants who are afraid of Prince Gong's mansion, and these ministers are also more afraid of the royal family. It's different if the royal people do it.

The county magistrate of Chang'an sent someone to pass on Yan Liu, and the official sent to Yan Liu's house. Sure enough, he was told that Yan Liu was in Prince Gong's mansion at this time, so they went to Prince Gong's mansion again.

When the people from the government came over, Li Boyi was talking to Yan Liu. Hearing that Luo Sanlang had sued Yan Liu, plus the fact that his servant had been slugged at his sister's restaurant, Li Boyi was furious, but he was born in the countryside. The farmer's slave, a little from the seventh rank, dared to ignore him like this.

Aside from resentment, Li Boyi also knew that this matter should not become a big issue, so it is better to pass this hurdle now, and it will not be too late to deal with Luo Sanlang slowly after the wind has passed.

This time, to be honest, he didn't think that Luo Yong could really do anything to him. The emperor was still his cousin. Even if Li Boyi did something wrong, as long as it wasn't a rebellion, nothing big would happen. Just listen to those reprimands obediently.

So he asked someone to bring a message to the Chang'an county government, saying that he hadn't heard about this before, and after he checked it out, if Yan Liu really had such viciousness, he would definitely be tied up and sent to the official, and he would never tolerate favoritism.

This sounded good, but in fact, when the government was investigating the case, it was his turn to ask an irrelevant person, and he didn't say when he would give a reply. It was clearly a delay.

Li Boyi can't ignore Yan Liu either. After all, his family has some money that was managed by Yan Liu, and the money he got back far exceeds the normal amount. In the end, the things on his side are also revealed, so he has to follow suit.

The Chang'an county government directly relayed Li Boyi's words to Luo Yong. Luo Yong was not as easy to deal with as he imagined. At this time, the two were sitting in the back office of the Chang'an county government. If there is a result from the investigation, the case will be dragged on forever?"

"Why does Saburo need to be so impatient, what's the point of waiting a day or two?" The county magistrate picked up the teacup, looked down at the tea soup in the cup, and said casually, his attitude was already obvious.

From the perspective of the magistrate of Chang'an, it is best to wait for Li Boyi to find Luo Yong by himself, and ask him to withdraw the case. How the two sides should coordinate and fight, whoever loses and who takes advantage, all depends on his Chang'an county. Government doesn't matter.

Judging from the evidence provided by Luo Yong, Yan Liu's evil deeds must have not gone away. His handling and attitude now may cause him to be infamous in the future, but so what, it's better than ruining it directly. It is good to have one's own official career and influence the family behind one's back.

Is the emperor afraid of officials who dare to attack the royal family without saying a word?What kind of impression will the family behind him leave on the emperor?

Knowing the attitude of the magistrate of Chang'an, Luo Yong didn't waste his time talking here.

Those who were squatting outside the Chang'an County Mansion, chatting and waiting for the results, saw Luo Sanlang and others coming out, and asked him one after another: "What, this case is over?"

Luo Yong forced a smile, cupped his hands to everyone and said, "Prince Gong's mansion still needs to investigate."

"Then when are they going to ask?" These people are not out of their minds, and upon hearing this, many of them felt something was wrong.

"This county magistrate Yang looks good on weekdays, why is he handling the case like this today?" The county magistrate Yang has only been in office for two years, because he is young and promising, handsome, and fair in judging cases. The common people love him very much, they never thought that he would be like this today.

"Luo has something to do, let's go first, thank you all for taking this trip with me."

For this situation, Luo Yong was not completely unprepared. Since the Chang'an County Government was unable to get through, he had no choice but to try other ways, and there was no reason to give up lightly.

After leaving Chang'an County, Luo Yong first went to Second Uncle Bai, and through his introduction, he met Uncle Bai's father and brother, and mentioned the matter to them.

After that, Luo Yong went to a few more places, as long as he knew them, no matter whether they had friendship or not, and the depth of friendship, they all visited them.

Tao is not begging these people to help him get ahead, anyway, the matter has been told to them, and they can judge for themselves what to do.

After all, being an official in the court also needs to pay attention to ability. In addition to one's own job, one should also show off appropriately at other times. If one is too low-key, it is easy to leave the impression of incompetence. How can one behave appropriately? Having something to say is also one of the issues that these people who often go to court need to consider.

Now, Luo Yong provided them with a topic, he had conclusive evidence, if they were to tear up that Prince Gong Li Boyi at this time, they would be able to tear it up with justification and justification.

Moreover, there are many of these people who have friendship with Luo Yong, or admire Luo Yong as a person, or simply under the trend of justice, they are also willing to stand up and talk about this matter in Chaotang.

Today's sages are well-known for being good at accepting advice, open up their voices, and have always been quite tolerant of the quarrels in the court. These ministers even dare to speak out about the emperor's shortcomings, and impeaching those princes is a daily routine, let alone Just a Prince Gong.

So on the morning of February [-]th, even though Luo Yong and King Gong Li Boyi were not present, the court quarreled over the two of them.

Luo Yong was a small student from the seventh rank, and only attended the early court on the two days of Shuowang every month. Prince Gong Li Boyi was a relative of the emperor, not some capable minister and important official who often participated in officials, so he was not in court at this time.

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"If you talk about Yan Liu, then talk about Yan Liu, and why are you talking about Prince Gong? He is just the brother of his son's concubine, so how will Prince Gong know what Yan Liu is doing outside?"

King Gong Li Boyi also has many defenders. First of all, many of the officials in the court are from relatives of the emperor. Moreover, many people have had contacts with money grabbers. Big, and eventually it burns itself.

"Hmph, you know that Prince Gong must not know? Besides, failure to investigate is also a mistake, how can you shirk it completely?"

"Then Yan Liu used the name of Prince Gong's mansion to bully merchants, how could Prince Gong not be responsible?"

"Don't say it so hastily. In my opinion, Yan Liu owes Assistant Professor Luo some deposit. Other things may not be as those people said. The case has not been clearly reviewed. As an official of the court, how can he be so arbitrary? ?”

"Why hasn't the case been cleared yet? Isn't Prince Gong delaying it?"

"The judge of the case is Chang'an County Magistrate, so what's the matter with Prince Gong?"

"..."

The court was full of quarrels, and neither Luo Yong nor Li Boyi was present. Another Chang'an county magistrate, who was mentioned frequently, seemed to have made up his mind this time to be a coward.

He was just announced here, and the sage said he wanted to hear the case, so he sent someone to call him over. Anyway, what did he say? So he had to choose the lesser of two evils, and he would rather be incompetent once than take the risk.

The sage was sitting on his wooden couch, watching the courtiers below who were arguing and thinking about something.

Not long ago, someone impeached one of the emperor's sons, saying that they were running around on the outskirts of the city, and they didn't know how to play.

In the end, the emperor not only paid for it himself, but also arranged for craftsmen to repair all the waterwheels in the past, and even looked at a lot of faces in the court, who asked him to protect his son.To be honest, Li Shimin has quite a few sons, and partiality is inevitable. The three sons born to Empress Changsun are the ones I love the most, but the other sons are also sons. You have to carry it for them.

Many ministers have opinions on his actions, thinking that he is disregarding family and country, and spoiling his son has lost the bottom line, to the point of disregarding the law.

The old emperor is actually very helpless, after all, he is his own son.It's just that if this situation is allowed to continue, those historians may have to write him down again.

Li Shimin is a person who attaches great importance to his own historical image. Some literary figures and Confucians in the past have commented that he has been burdened by fame all his life.

But from the perspective of the common people, it is a good thing for the emperor to be burdened by fame. If he doesn't care what others say, and he does his own way from now on, then the problem will be big.

His Majesty the Emperor, who was tired of the statement, felt that it was necessary for him to take a knife against his cousin.

Anyway, I didn't wrong him. With the income of Prince Gong's mansion, it can't support the extravagant life of Li Boyi and his brothers and sons. They are all wives and concubines, spending money without any ill-gotten gains. , How can it support such consumption?

On Li Boyi's side, at this time, no matter what, his emperor's uncle, who was about the same age as him, would not want to protect him this time.

Isn't this something that can be resolved by shedding a few tears and expressing your sincerity?Isn't it possible to live a lifetime of prosperity and wealth as long as you hold the emperor's thigh tightly?

The only blame is that he is really insignificant, so his fate can be easily controlled by someone else's one thought.

In fact, with his status as a relative of the imperial family, it is not difficult to be a small official, not to mention a high official. As long as he can make a little appearance in his position, no matter what field he is in, he can do it a little bit. It doesn't matter if there is a little achievement, or even a little money to gain a good name, why is it like this today.

In the afternoon of that day, the emperor wrote a "Book of Training King Gong Li Boyi", and sent it to Prince Gong's mansion, and cut off a hundred of his households as a punishment.

At first glance, it seems that the punishment was not severe, but after this incident, everyone in Chang'an knew that Prince Gong had fallen out of favor in front of the emperor, and also knew what scandalous things he had done. If you have to be careful, there are not many food places in total, so how can you stand the reduction again and again.

As for Yan Liu, he was formally interrogated soon, and within two days, the case was decided. The magistrate of Chang'an first asked Yan Liu to pay Luo Yong's deposit, and then sent him, his servants, and the few of them together. Those who paid to spread rumors were sent to work as coolies in a mining area on the border. Yan Liu and his servants were sentenced to five years in prison, while those who spread rumors were sentenced to one year.

The emperor intends to increase the production of refined iron. Recently, those who commit crimes are sent to various mining areas to do coolies, and a batch will be sent away every once in a while.

Perhaps because of this, the law and order in Chang'an City has improved a lot recently, and even petty theft is less common, and these people bumped into each other at this juncture.

As for Luo Yong, the other protagonist of this incident, nothing happened. Even if the incident got so big, he was still in front of this small official from the seventh rank, and the North and South groceries shops continued to open.

Because he is still useful after all, the people above want to protect him and want him to continue to play a role.

Furthermore, Luo Yong is now respected and loved by many people in Chang'an City. Although this has something to do with the cheating device, it is also inseparable from his efforts over the years.