Became a prodigy in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 182

Of course, no matter how angry they were, they didn't dare to interrupt Li's second-hand affairs.

After all, what Li Er was doing now was a serious matter. Although their identities were noble, if there was no legitimate reason, there was no need to challenge the emperor casually.

If it makes Li Er angry.It will be difficult for those people recommended by their family to get a position in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

After Cheng Chuli went up to the hall to salute, he didn't even bother them, and ran to stand next to Cheng Yaojin with his senior brother and second senior brother.

Well, standing next to Cheng Yaojin, safe.

Li Er has also been waiting there until there is really no one to recommend.Only then did Wang De take down the list and let people sort it out.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs is short of more than 30 officials, but more than 100 officials have been recommended.Among them, more than one hundred were recommended by those aristocratic families.

The rest were proposed by officials such as Changsun Wuji Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.Those recommended by these people also belong to aristocratic families, such as the Du family, the eldest grandson's family, etc.

It can be seen from this that there are very few officials in the Tang Dynasty who do not rely on their aristocratic families.Li Er can only choose those recommended by those he can trust.

Then the question arises, if he and Li Er choose all these people, will those big families agree?There is no doubt that it must be another wave of quarrels in the court.

Let alone other things, it is impossible for him to smoothly arrange people he trusts to enter the Ministry of Civil Affairs with these ten great families alone.

Li Er, what a headache!

Gao Shilian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, how will the next step be assessed?"

There is no way, the matter of evaluating officials is the responsibility of his official department.So you have to ask clearly.

Li Er thought for a while, and finally said: "Shi Lian, the Ministry of Officials does not need to intervene in this assessment. This assessment is handed over to three people. The first step is to select people from the list by Minister Dai Zhou of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Go to Cheng Li, the head of corruption investigation, and he will carry out the second step of screening. After he is selected, he will be handed over to me, and I will determine the final list."

"This?"

Gao Shilian was speechless for a moment.Under the circumstances, he dared not sing against Li Er.

"what?"

Cheng Chuli, Cheng Yaojin and the others were instantly taken aback.

There was an instant uproar in the Tai Chi Hall.

"Isn't this a joke?"

Seeing that Gao Shilian didn't speak, Sifengsi Langzhong immediately jumped out and said, "Your Majesty, absolutely not! If this is the case, what do you want us to do?"

The doctor of the Kaogong Division also came out and said: "That's right, Your Majesty. In this way, our Kaogongsi has become a display."

A censor of the Overwatch Council came out and said, "Your Majesty, how can we carry out the work of our procuratorate in this way? This is completely out of order. Your Majesty, please take back your order."

Li Er said: "I announce one thing, Cheng Chuli will continue to serve as the head of corruption investigation, and Wu Wang and Yan Wang will also continue to serve as deputy heads of corruption investigation.

All civil and military officials in the court and the local area are within the scope of his supervision. Once serious corrupt officials are found, if the evidence is solid.You can cut first and play later.Including your Overwatch Council and even the entire Yushitai. "

what?
The officials in the court were once again confused.

What does it mean?
Very simple, the emperor told Yushitai very clearly.From then on, Cheng Chuli was no longer within the scope of their supervision.Instead, their Yushitai was supervised by Cheng Chuli.

It's just that Cheng Chuli only supervised their corruption, and Cheng Chuli couldn't control other aspects.

Even so, it will be fatal!Who doesn't know, this guy is a murderous little devil?
A large group of censors from Yushitai rushed out and knelt down.

"Your Majesty, this matter must never happen! There has never been such a thing in history. Yushitai has always been the country's highest supervisory department. Now that the emperor has appointed a chief inspector of corruption, how about our Yushitai Get to work. How can so much power be placed in the hands of one person?"

Li Er said angrily: "There are quite a lot of people in Yushitai, but we have established Datang for so many years, have you ever found out a corrupt official?
My Datang warehouse is full of rice bran and sand, as long as you take a little effort to check it, you can find it.But, you Yushitai, have you ever found out?

Why did I create a chief inspector of corruption? Isn't this all forced by you?how?All of you just take your salary and do nothing?Why don't I think of other ways?Are you really raising me like a pig? "

"bump."

As Li Er said, he slapped the desk with his palm, making a loud bang.

All those censors were scared to kneel on the ground.

Wei Zheng, as the official censor, had no choice but to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, there are some areas where the work of Yushitai is not in place, but he has done a lot of practical things. Your Majesty can't completely obliterate Yushitai with partial generalizations." Your Majesty, in the future, I will definitely step up supervision. Your Majesty, you have given Cheng Chuli too much power."

Li Er laughed, the troll boss still stood up.

"Too much power? Wei Zheng, Cheng Chuli found more than 30 corrupt officials in three days, and all of them were cut off. I will give you 30 days, and you only need to find out ten corrupt officials and bring them to justice. Then I will withdraw How is he, the head of corruption investigation?"

Find ten corrupt officials and bring them to justice?Wei Zheng broke out in a cold sweat.

To be honest, it's not like he couldn't find out.But if he did that, his old life, Wei Zheng, would probably be over.He didn't dare to fight those families like Cheng Chuli did.

Stop talking?
Li Er sneered and said: "I will also give you five hundred Xuanjia troops, and I will completely obey your orders. No, I will give you one thousand, and you will complete this task. How about it?"

One step, two steps, three steps, four steps...

Wei Zheng didn't say a word, and quietly retreated into the queue.Completely stopped cooking.

However, if Li Er thought that he would win in this way, he would be very wrong.

Kao Gongsi Langzhong said: "Your Majesty, you have no objection to letting Cheng Chuli be the chief minister of corruption investigation? But you asked Cheng Chuli to review officials. Isn't this his duty as the chief inspector of corruption?"

Li Er turned his gaze to the doctor of the Kaogong Division, and said: "I asked the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to select officials. That is because these officials will work under him in the future. Let him personally select the officials he thinks are available, which is beneficial to him in the future. work. Let the Chief Corruption Investigation Officer come to the assessment to select a group of clean and honest officials. Is there any problem with this?

Otherwise, Mr. Wang, I entrust this task to your meritorious service department, and give all the power to your meritorious service department, and your meritorious service department has the final say.However, if there are corrupt officials among this group of people in the future.I'll take your meritorious service examination as a question, how is it? "

"This?"

Master Wang, the doctor of the Kaogong Division, was dumbfounded.Who can guarantee this?

He thought for a while, but he still didn't want to give up, and said along his neck: "Your Majesty, do you want him to be assessed by Cheng Chuli? Will the one selected be a clean official?"

Li Er said angrily: "I have already given you a chance, if you dare to accept it, you will accept it, if you dare not, then you will back down. Why are you talking so much nonsense here?"

Kaogongsi Langzhong was speechless immediately, imitating Wei Zheng's appearance, and slowly retreated into his queue.

Li Er said: "Not only the merit test department, which department of your official department dares to take on this task? They can all stand up. No, everyone is the same, no matter who it is, they can stand up and take on this task.

However, if something goes wrong in the future, you will be guilty of the same crime as these corrupt officials.Does anyone stand up? "

Something is wrong, there is something wrong with the emperor's words, he is cheating us!

However, at this moment, no one dared to stand up and speak casually.

At this moment, those who dare to stand up and speak out the emperor's words must have a certain weight.

In the Zhenguan Dynasty, the only one who dared to beat the emperor to death was Wei Zheng, the boss of the troll.Only the second child, Wang Gui, was the only one.

These two goods have left a strong mark in the history books.When it comes to the trolls in the hall, Wang Gui and Wei Zheng are on par.

The difference is that Wei Zheng is playing with his life.

But Wang Gui is a strong player.To put it bluntly, according to the original history, no matter what he said, under normal circumstances, the emperor would not dare to do anything to him.

At this time, Wang Gui finally stood up and said to Li Er, "Your Majesty, according to what you said, leave this matter to Cheng Chuli. What if there are corrupt officials in the future?"

Li Er smiled and said: "I trust him in this matter, and forcibly ordered him to do it. If anything happens, I will bear it all."

Wang Gui was speechless immediately.There is nothing wrong with the emperor's words.

Cheng Chuli didn't take the initiative to take on this task, but the emperor forced him to do it.How can you ask others if something goes wrong?If this is the case, if you do not do well, you will be cut off, and the officials in the court will still be dead.

However, no matter what, since Wang Gui stood up.Then you won't go back casually.

"Your Majesty, I have to remind you, now, Cheng Chuli is still burdened with the biggest corruption case in history! Is he qualified to continue to be the head of the corruption investigation? Let's get to the bottom of this shocking case first." talk later!"

A censor immediately jumped out to answer the question and said: "That's right, Your Majesty. Now the patriarchs, persons in charge, and twenty elders have all arrived at the hall. Is Cheng Chuli qualified for the position of Chief Corruption Investigation Officer? Listen to what they have to say."

Cheng Chuli, Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing, the senior brother and the second senior brother looked at each other.Except for Cheng Chuli, everyone else looked worried.

Li Er nodded and said: "Since all the patriarchs, persons in charge, and elders have come to the Tai Chi Hall, please show me the evidence to show me how corrupt the chief inspector I appointed is, right? "

The patriarchs looked at each other, and finally Cui Ren came out and said, "Your Majesty, Cheng Chuli has indeed received our gold worth more than 4000 million guan, and we patriarchs and persons in charge can testify."

"Wow! You really received more than 4000 million guan?"

As soon as Cui Ren said this, the court immediately exploded again.

These officials believed Cui Ren's words.Cui Ren, as the patriarch of the Qinghe Cui family, is absolutely impossible to be competent if he runs the train with his mouth full.

However, each family owner and person in charge stood up and loudly proved how much money Cheng Chuli had collected from their family?

This time, the officials in the court were even more convinced.

These patriarchs and persons in charge must spit and spittle every word they say.In addition, ten people stood up and testified together.They had no choice but to believe it.

However, Li Er said very unhappy: "Patriarchs, are you all joking with me? I asked Cheng Chuli to defend himself. If he also said that you took more than 4000 million yuan from him, who do you make me believe? That sentence, here is what the court pays attention to evidence, not just talking about it."

Hearing this, the complexions of the masters and persons in charge are very ugly.

Cui Ren asked with a cold face: "Your Majesty, don't you believe what our ten Patriarchs and responsible persons say?"

Li Er said: "I believe it, but this cannot be a conviction. Everyone is not an ignorant child, and knows what kind of evidence is needed to convict a court official. Don't hide it, show it!"

Cui Ren snorted coldly: "What evidence do you need? The day before yesterday, he, Cheng Chuli, openly went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, released a hundred corrupt officials, and blatantly sent them to my Cui Ren's house.

This incident was witnessed by the people of Chang'an City.This is an indisputable fact, and all the people in Chang'an know it.What more evidence is needed? "

Li Er looked at Cheng Chuli suspiciously and asked, "Xiao Chuli, are the one hundred officials you released corrupt officials?"

Cheng Chuli rushed out and said: "Your Majesty, according to the investigation, those one hundred officials are petty corrupt, and the total amount is only a hundred or so. They have already returned the money. According to our Great Tang law, they can be released." of."

Then, the senior brother and the second senior brother quickly stepped forward to prove that Cheng Chuli's words were true.

Then, Cheng Chuli glanced at Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng, and the two quickly stepped forward to help Cheng Chuli prove it.

There is no way, the 15 coins have been obtained, and they have no choice.

After listening to their narration, Li Er turned his head to look at those patriarchs and said, "There's nothing wrong with it!"

Cui Ren was in a hurry: "Your Majesty, since you believe that he has taken our money, as long as you send someone to Chengjia Village to search, the more than 4000 million yuan will be yours. Since you believe in us, don't you want to send someone to Do a search? It's such an easy thing, isn't it?"

Cheng Chuli answered and said: "Your Majesty, Patriarch Cui sent someone to rob me of more than 200 million coins a few days ago. I suggest that the Emperor send troops to search his house. As long as the money is found, I don't want it. I will give it to you. That's it." It's so easy, isn't it?"

Li Er was taken aback, then couldn't help laughing and said: "Well, more than 200 million coins, this sounds a little plausible. Or? Shall we really search it?"

All the heads of the family are confused, you look at me and I look at you.As long as they are not brain-dead, of course they can tell that Li Er is joking with Cheng Chuli!
Those who heard the letter before said that they still didn't believe it.How could it be possible for Li Er to put more than 4000 million yuan in money without searching it, it was his!
It is precisely because of this that they feel that they are guaranteed.The emperor would definitely go to Chengjia Village to search for the money, once the money was found, Cheng Chuli would be finished.What evidence is needed?
In fact, they really couldn't come up with any strong evidence for this matter.

In that case, would Cheng Chuli still write them a receipt?
Besides, who is Cheng Chuli?How could it be possible for them to obtain substantive evidence.

At the time, they thought, what they were doing was enough.Enough for Cheng Chu to die a hundred times.

However, what Cheng Chuli left to them was all evidence that they believed to be sure.In fact, it's all fart.

(End of this chapter)