bastard seizes tang

Chapter 652 The target of public criticism
The next day, Xunri Dynasty, Liangyi Hall.

Although it was the beginning of the court meeting and the monarchs and ministers had just stood still, the expressions on the faces of the people were different, some were worried, some were angry, some were excited, and of course some were watching the excitement leisurely, because today everyone knows that the court leader What will be discussed, and prepared.

In the recent events, there is nothing more troublesome in the whole court than Prince Li Ke's opening of the Wuwei warehouse, and the high price of grain distribution, and today's court will naturally be inseparable from this matter.

The prince opened the Wuwei Warehouse without authorization, took the grain and grass of the army and resold it to the people of Liangzhou at a high price, and took huge profits. If it goes too far, it means tampering with armaments, colluding with the commander-in-chief, and intending to rebel, which will abolish the crown prince.

Don't you see, the former prince Li Chengqian colluded with the generals of the court and was abolished for rebellion. He is still staying in Qianzhou in the south, so today the Guanlong family and Li Tai are also working hard to pull Li Ke down. If it is not good, Li Ke will lose his favor and lose his wings.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have something to report." Everyone just stood still, and at the beginning of the court meeting, Gao Yuanjia, a member of the household department, came out first.

The Jincheng Gao family is also a well-known Guanlong family that started as an army, and is also one of the various families related to the interests of the Guanlong military mansion. Li Shimin and his son want to suppress the Guanlong clan. The first to come out to impeach Li Ke.

As for what Gao Yuanjia played, Li Shimin could already guess the general idea without him opening his mouth. There were already many memorials sent to the palace to impeach Li Ke yesterday. It is not surprising that Gao Yuanjia mentioned this matter today. What's more, Gao Yuanjia is a member of the household department, Wailang, and Wuwei Cangben is related to him.

Li Shimin asked: "I don't know what Gao Qing played?"

Gao Yuanjia said: "The minister reported that the prince opened Wuwei warehouse in Liangzhou privately, seized military rations by force, and sold them at a high price."

In fact, Li Shimin's attitude towards Li Ke's actions is much more relaxed than that of the officials in the court. Liangzhou is short of grain, and the people have no food to eat. It is understandable that Li Ke opened a warehouse to release grain. It can be guessed that it is nothing more than worrying about the people panic buying and hoarding, and then there is a shortage of food.

In Li Shimin's impression, Li Ke may be lustful, but he is not a greedy person, and even if Li Ke wanted to make money, he would not use such ugly and clumsy methods.

Although Li Shimin was a little angry when he learned about this matter, he did not lose his mind. As for deposing the prince because of this matter, Li Shimin had never thought of it before.Li Shimin's original intention was to wait for Li Ke to return to Beijing before inquiring in person, but since this matter has been brought up at the court meeting, Li Shimin will not evade it.

Li Shimin asked everyone in the hall: "I have also seen the Zhezi who reported this matter. It is wrong for the prince to open Wuwei warehouse privately, but what the ministers said is a bit too serious."

The memorial sent to Li Shimin's table said that Li Ke used military equipment privately and was suspected of treason. I hope Li Shimin will investigate thoroughly. It's just that opening a warehouse to sell grain to the people who have no food to eat. It's a bit overkill to put these charges on Li Ke's head.

But after Li Shimin's words fell, the hall suddenly became a little noisy. After a while, Wei Qingfang, the official doctor, came out and said: "Your Majesty loves his son very much, and all the ministers know it well, but the laws of the country should not be ignored. Yang Wenqian conspired and was denounced by others, so the late Emperor Gaozu issued a decree that every treasury is of great importance, as long as it meets the needs of military equipment, it must not be tampered with without the approval of the Minister of Ministers, otherwise it should be regarded as a serious crime."

Wei Qingfang worked in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so he was very familiar with the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan was furious after Yang Wengan's incident during the Wude period, and indeed he made such a statement. It is not wrong for Wei Qingfang to make a fuss about this matter.

Although Wei Qingfang's words were reasonable, but the people in the East Palace were not completely unprepared. Wei Qingfang's words fell, and Crown Prince Shao Zhan Shi Wang Xuance was the first to come forward and replied: "What Wei Langzhong said is wrong, what the former emperor said Armaments are things that kill people with swords, guns, swords and halberds, not food."

Wang Xuance is Li Ke's confidant, so it is not surprising that he came forward to speak for Li Ke. Wei Qingfang replied immediately: "Swords, guns, swords and halberds can kill people, so shouldn't food kill people? The Northwest Frontier Army has no food to eat, so it’s not killing people.”

Naturally, people cannot kill people with food, but they can kill people without food, and still starve to death. Wei Qingfang's words are appropriate to refute Wang Xuance, but he doesn't know that Wang Xuance is waiting for his words.

Wang Xuance said: "Looks like Langzhong Wei is not confused, he also knows that food can indirectly kill people, then Langzhong Wei knows that before the crown prince releases the grain, the entire Liangzhou grain market has no grain to buy, and the people of Liangzhou have no food to eat. If the crown prince doesn't try to ask for food and help the people, then what's the point of killing the people of Liangzhou, what's wrong with the crown prince living on his own for one hundred thousand households in Liangzhou?"

As he said that, Wang Xuance suddenly turned his head and said to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, I think that although the crown prince has done something wrong in opening the Wuwei warehouse without permission, he has made meritorious service in saving the people of Liangzhou. How can he be blamed if the merits and demerits balance out?"

Wang Xuance is the most skilled in vertical and horizontal ways, eloquent and eloquent. When Wang Xuance said this, Wei Qingfang immediately became anxious. Wei Qingfang hurriedly said to Li Shimin: "What Shao Zhan said is stealing and changing posts. It is really not advisable. If the crown prince is allowed to do this this time, then that What if everyone follows suit in the future?"

Wang Xuance heard the words, not to be outdone, and said: "If Your Majesty has severely punished the Crown Prince for this, from that day on, our officials in the Great Tang will act cautiously and disregard the lives of the people. If things go on like this, our Great Tang will lose the hearts of the people of the world."

Wang Xuance is the most eloquent, compared to these, Wei Qingfang is definitely not Wang Xuance's opponent, as soon as Wang Xuance's words came out, Wei Qingfang was choked, and Wei Qingfang didn't know how to refute it.

All of a sudden, there was chaos in the whole court, and many officials were arguing with each other, just like a vegetable market, and they stopped after a long time.

Both the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Households have already opened their mouths, and the importance of armaments is divided into the Ministry of War. It is naturally inappropriate for the Ministry of War not to come out and speak.

Seeing Wei Qingfang and Wang Xuance's stalemate, Qin Kun, the servant of the Ministry of War, also came out and said: "Your Majesty, the country cannot stand without law, and the people cannot stand without law. If things go on like this, the world will not be in chaos. The grain and grass in Wuwei warehouse are The importance of military supplies, no matter how eloquent Shao Zhan's affairs are, it is true that the crown prince opened Wuwei Warehouse privately and used military equipment privately, how can he be lenient?"

Li Shimin had watched Wei Qingfang and Wang Xuance fight before, and his expression was okay, but when Li Shimin saw Qin Kun coming out, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Li Shimin's heart.

Most of the courtiers who impeached Li Ke before were officials from Yushitai or Guanlong, but Qin Kun was not among them. Qin Kun's position as Minister of the Ministry of War was recommended by Li Tai. Who is Qin Kun? I don't know, Li Shimin watched Qin Kun come out, and he already had a guess in his heart. Could it be that Li Tai is still related to this matter?

Li Shimin thought about this in his heart, and suddenly asked Wei Wang Li Tai who was standing there: "What does Wei Wang think about the prince's private opening of Wuwei warehouse?"

(End of this chapter)