In the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan beat Li Shimin at the beginning

Chapter 172 A Big Corrupt Official
How much money does a prime minister of Datang have in his family?
How much money does the most powerful figure in the Taiyuan Wang family have?

Li Ke was very curious.

Wei Zheng was also curious.

After Li Ke gave an order, boxes of things were carried out.

As soon as Wang Gui saw the things being lifted out, his whole body limp there and could not move.

Box after box, box after box.Everyone was dazzled and dazzled, but there were still people carrying it.

Among these boxes, some are filled with gold, some are filled with silver, and there are some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, as well as jewelry, and Kaiyuan Tongbao is the most.

This box filled the entire yard, and Wei Zheng felt numb after seeing it.

Li Ke stood beside him, looked at Wei Zheng, and asked blankly, "Master Wei Zheng, do you still want to protect him now?"

Wei Zheng looked at the things in front of him that were worth hundreds or even tens of millions, the muscles on his face twitched, he was so choked that he couldn't speak a word.

With so much money, it is impossible to calculate a specific figure now.

Li Ke roughly looked at it, and the value of gold, silver and Kaiyuan Tongbao alone was close to tens of millions.If you add those antique calligraphy, paintings and jewelry, the value is simply incalculable, definitely exceeding tens of millions.

1 million guan, seems like a small number.But don't forget, the unit of this thing is the gun.

This guy, even in later generations, would definitely be a big corrupt official.

This is the prime minister of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

This is the richest person in the richest family in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.It is not an exaggeration to say that he is as rich as an enemy.

This shows how terrifying the wealth of the Wang family in Taiyuan is.In troubled times, it is absolutely no problem to fight for the world.

Li Ke looked at Wang Gui with a sneer on his face: "Master Wang, you really opened my eyes. Now, what else do you have to say?"

At this moment, Wang Gui has calmed down.

He said lightly: "I'm sorry, His Royal Highness King Shu, this is what my family put here, not my money."

Li Ke smiled.

Said: "I knew you would say that, do you think I would believe it?"

Yes, in this day and age, it is very difficult to catch corrupt officials.Because, the source of their wealth can tell the source.

Why do you have so much money?Don't ask, it's about the family.If you have the ability, you bite me.

Wang Gui said: "Believe it or not, anyway, the family put the money with me. You can't take it."

Li Ke smiled and said: "Good excuse, I only know that you have to pay money to the family every year, and I have never heard that the family will give you money."

"Humph."

Wang Gui snorted coldly and stopped talking.

What Li Ke said was true.

In this day and age, the sense of belonging to the family is very strong.It doesn't matter whether you are in business or an official.Pay money to the family every year.

The purpose of the money is first of all to cultivate talents, such as opening schools and so on.

After the talents are cultivated, they will be fed back to the family.These families have a long history and have survived for thousands of years.

Another purpose is to recruit soldiers and buy horses to protect the family.

Of course, there is also business, buying land and shops.Anyway, it has more uses.

However, the most important use is to save.Wait for the opportunity to compete in the Central Plains.

Therefore, after years of accumulation, the wealth of these families is astonishingly huge.

Wang Gui is just one of the better ones in the family.

Therefore, only Wang Gui gave money to the family, and there was no reason for the family to give Wang Gui money.

At this moment, Xue Rengui's joyful voice came from a distance.

"I found it, Your Highness the King of Shu, I found the ledger."

Hearing this, Wang Gui's face instantly turned pale.

Li Ke stretched out his hand to take the ledger from Xue Rengui, there were more than a dozen thick ledgers.

Li Ke took a copy and flipped through it.

Above, there are very detailed records of the source of the money.

There is no way, the family of people like Wang Gui is a small family, and it is impossible for money to come and go without an account book.

If there is no account book, a person like the butler, accountant, and warehouse manager can empty his wealth.

Li Ke glanced at it for a while, changed to the latest account book, and found the record of Wang Anzhong sending 50 catties of gold on it.

Li Ke held the account book, shook it in front of Wang Gui, and said, "Master Wang, what do you have to say now?"

Wang Gui sat paralyzed on the ground, his face was pale, and he had nothing to love.

Li Ke turned his head, looked at Wei Zheng, and said indifferently: "I wonder if there is any entry and exit record about Mr. Wei?"

Wei Zheng said with shame on his face, "His Royal Highness, I was wrong."

Li Ke suddenly said angrily: "Why didn't you come here to serve as a gunman? Is our Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty so stupid?"

"Integrity is a good thing, but if it is used in the wrong place or is used by others, then it is a question of IQ."

Wei Zheng was ashamed immediately, he was so scolded by a 14-year-old junior that he didn't dare to say a word.

Li Ke ignored him and said loudly: "Xue Rengui, arrest everyone in the palace and send them to Yushitai prison.

Wei Zheng, I will leave the interrogation work to you.Give me a good trial and make an iron case. If you make mistakes again, you, the doctor of the imperial history, don't have to do it. "

"Here."

Wei Zheng hurriedly cupped his hands and sang.

At the same time, I was also thinking, Wang Gui, you bastard, you almost killed me by playing with me, let's see how I deal with you.

Xue Rengui arrested people and followed Wei Zheng away.

Li Ke took Li Yi and Li Er and the others, found dozens of carriages, used them to pull money, and entered the palace.

Outside the imperial study.

Li Shimin looked at the endless carriage, and his whole body went numb.

Li Ke stepped up and said, "Father, my son was ordered to find out a big corrupt official for you. This is the money found from his house. The value of the money here is not less than tens of millions. Dad, you are not afraid of running out of money now." it took."

Li Shimin looked at Li Ke in shock, and then at the invisible carriage, unable to recover for a long time.

"Is this found from Wang Gui's house?"

Li Shimin collapsed for a long time, and finally popped out such a sentence.

Li Ke nodded and said, "Of course, otherwise, where would I get you so much money?"

"Wang Gui, thank you for trusting him so much, he is simply a bastard."

"Father, don't be angry, let's go in and have a cup of tea to calm down."

The two entered the imperial study and started to make tea.Li Ke told Li Shimin about his entire investigation process, which made Li Shimin sigh.

Listening, Li Shimin noticed a problem.

Asked: "So, this matter has nothing to do with the Wa people?"

Li Ke nodded and said: "It really doesn't matter. I just saw them being too arrogant and deliberately punished them."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "In that case, let them go! After all, they are also foreign guests and envoys. It's not good to detain them for no reason and spread the word."

(End of this chapter)