Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 209: Citizens cannot sue officials, but officials can sue the emperor?

Chang'an, Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin was in a good mood and was drinking with Li Xiaogong and others. Zhangsun Wuji was also there, reporting on the progress of using the plow and oxen to reclaim wasteland.

But this picture was soon broken.

Li Ke rushed back to Chang'an as quickly as possible, entered the Taiji Palace, and informed the prince and his entourage of everything he had seen and heard, no matter how big or small.

Bang!
Li Shimin smashed his wine glass and shouted angrily, "How dare you bully my people like this?"

"Bastard!"

"This is bullying!"

There were roars of dragons and tigers in the hall, and the power was extremely oppressive.

Zhang Sun Wuji prostrated himself on the ground, his heart pounding.

He had just said that the situation was very good, but the next moment, he heard about a scandal that was shocking.

His face was swollen.

He was beaten until his face was swollen in front of the emperor.

He glanced at Li Ke with a bit of resentment. Why at this time?
He even had to bear the crime of deceiving the emperor.

He said everything was going well, but is it still going well?
If this isn’t deceiving the emperor, what is it?
"check!"

Li Shimin was furious. He walked back and forth with his hands on his hips, pointed outside the palace, and said, "Go, call Ma Zhou and Sun Fujia!"

"immediately!"

The emperor was angry and laid down millions of corpses.

Now that Li Shimin was furious, there would probably be rivers of blood and countless officials would be dismissed.

soon.

Ma Zhou and Sun Fujia arrived and saw the broken items on the ground, and immediately knelt down to pay their respects.

"This matter must be a lie to deceive the superiors and the subordinates. They must be in cahoots with each other, and the officials and businessmen are colluding."

"There is corruption and abuse of power, and oppression of the people under my feet."

"You, Ma Zhou, have an unshirkable responsibility."

He pointed at Ma Zhou's nose and scolded: "As the Imperial Censor, what do you do every day?"

"My feet are rotten, but you don't know anything about it?"

Ma Zhou said in fear: "I am guilty and I deserve death."

Although he didn't know what had happened, he was guilty of a huge crime when the emperor pointed at his nose and scolded him.

"Deceit the sky!"

"They really want to deceive God!"

"Chang'an County didn't teach them a lesson."

"Okay."

"I'll let them see some blood again."

Li Shimin gnashed his teeth, his eyes red, and said, "No matter who is involved, take them all down."

"The prince said he won't be back for now."

"can!"

"Let him supervise this matter."

"I only have one thing to say..."

His eyes were murderous, and he said word by word, "Kill without mercy!"

"Yes!"

Ma Zhou and Sun Fujia received the order and immediately left the palace with Li Ke.

Li Shimin's chest heaved as he looked at Changsun Wuji, his anger did not subside.

"Is this the good situation you told me about?"

Changsun Wuji was very panicked.

When His Majesty calls himself "I", you should pay attention.

He is telling you that he is really angry and serious about this, and he will not care about any personal connections.

"Your Majesty, I have failed in my duty...!"

"You are not failing in your duty, you are deceiving the king!"

Li Shimin spat out, "You are whitewashing the situation for me!"

"I dare not!"

Changsun Wuji shouted in shock.

Li Xiaogong and others remained silent.

This matter involves two major things.

One is civil affairs and agricultural affairs.

The second is the emperor’s disciples, and education is a major project.

This big head!

The emperor paid for the children of the people of Chang'an to go to school for free.

The emperor wants to train his disciples.

He paid the money, but he didn't expect that the school would come up with various excuses and demand tuition fees.

As a result, his students were unable to go to school.

The emperor did not say that he would collect tuition fees from students, but the schools had to do so.

What is this? Are they recruiting disciples on behalf of the emperor, or are they trying to snatch disciples from the emperor?
The weight of the four words "Emperor's disciple" in Your Majesty's mind is obvious to all.

This is one of His Majesty's taboos.

Whoever touches it will die.

"You dare!"

When Li Shimin's voice became louder, Changsun Wuji's heart trembled. He was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and crawled on the ground trembling.

"My students, they have no books to read!"

"Someone wants to snatch my disciple!"

"Are they also going to take my world away?"

Everyone could feel the emperor's extreme anger.

Changsun Wuji hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, but it kept coming back no matter how hard he tried.

"check!"

"Ministry of Civil Affairs, let me investigate this thoroughly!"

"The whole world needs to be investigated."

"Zhangsun Wuji, if the Ministry of Civil Affairs doesn't give me a satisfactory explanation, I will ask you for it!"

Li Shimin shouted, "Call the left and right ministers here immediately!"

“How do they implement national policy?”

……

Li Chengqian didn't expect that the trip to the village was just an appetizer.

After arriving at the county town, he was presented with another extraordinary scene.

Some villagers jointly filed a lawsuit against the head of the village and the township head, saying that they made up excuses to extort money, committed crimes, and oppressed the people.

Several villagers were even beaten to death.

I hope the government will make the decision for them.

"How can a citizen sue an official? Don't you know that officials protect each other?"

"These villagers are looking for death. The county magistrate is the same as them. How can he seek justice for them?"

"I think the Tang Dynasty is doomed. If the emperor's feet are in such a state, other places must be even worse."

"Who says it's not true? We are all lucky to live in Chang'an. Otherwise, we would be stuck in hell if we were in other places."

"He has long been dead without a burial place."

The people are not optimistic. Some are sympathetic, some are indifferent, and some are pessimistic and world-weary.

Li Chengqian listened to the discussion with a calm expression.

If he hadn't stepped down, the Tang Dynasty would still be peaceful and prosperous, none of these filth would be seen, and nothing would have happened.

In the end, the people still bear oppression and heavy burdens, generation after generation.

"The magistrate has made the judgment."

"All those who sued will be sent to prison."

"Ha, no surprises."

"How can I possibly bring down the township governor?"

"The county magistrate has already been fed. They will definitely not kill each other."

Li Zhi looked at his brother the Crown Prince, Yu Zhining and Wei Zheng, all of whom were filled with anger.

Li Chengqian nodded towards Li Zhi.

Li Zhi led his men into the county government office.

It immediately caused a great commotion.

Whether inside or outside the county government office.

Li Chengqian looked at the sky and said, "Send a message to the prince's guards."

"Immediately take over the city gates, block the streets, and impose martial law throughout the city."

"No entry, no exit!"

He said faintly: "The sky is still white!"

"Yes!"

After he finished speaking, he immediately walked into the county government office.

The county magistrate and his runners were all detained.

"You...what are you going to do?"

"Even if you have the East Palace token, this is the county government office, and you can't act so recklessly without reason..."

"Without a written document from the Ministry of Personnel or the Ministry of Chancellery, how dare you arrest me?"

"I'm going to sue you!"

The county magistrate was still struggling, and Li Zhi just showed the sign of the Eastern Palace.

Li Chengqian glanced at him coldly and said, "My name is Li Chengqian!"

"The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, the Lord of the Eastern Palace."

"You want to sue me?"

The county magistrate suddenly collapsed to the ground, looking at Li Chengqian in disbelief. A stream of yellow liquid flowed out of his crotch and fell to the ground.

“Just like these villagers did when they sued the officials.”

"You are a county magistrate, are you going to sue me?"

Tell you?

Great joke.

Li Chengqian was telling him that villagers were not allowed to sue officials, and it was even more ridiculous for you to sue the emperor.

The county magistrate shouted absentmindedly, "Your Highness, I did not know that the crown prince was coming. I..."

"Are you worthy enough to call yourself a subject in front of His Highness?"

"You are such a heartless person."

Wei Zheng angrily shouted, "Tell me, how much money have you embezzled and how many people have you harmed?"

"When serving a party, one should benefit the people."

"You cannot distinguish right from wrong, openly collude with traitors, protect each other among officials, and harm the people..."

"You really don't deserve to die. You deserve to be cut into pieces and torn into pieces by five horses..."

Yu Zhining is also exporting.

Li Chengqian sat in the position of the county magistrate, supporting the desk with one hand, looking at the huge court. It would be a lie to say that there was no ripple in his heart.

Right here.

It can decide the life and death of so many people.

But in the hands of some people, human life is treated as worthless.

Time passed little by little.

The county government came and lit the candles.

Li Chengqian ate the dessert in small bites to fill his stomach.

Wei Zheng and others were there too.

"Your Highness, what should we do next?" Wei Zheng asked.

"wait."

Li Chengqian said calmly.

What are you waiting for?
Wait for Ma Zhou and Sun Fujia.

Asking him to investigate the case is really a great respect for the county.

He has so many people under him, why does he need to do it himself?

Leave professional matters to professionals.

While talking.

There were hurried footsteps outside.

Ma Zhou arrived with Sun Fujia and Li Ke.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...!"

"It's not too late."

Li Chengqian asked: "Have you brought the person?"

"Your Highness, I have brought everyone here."

"Then let's check it overnight."

Li Chengqian took a bite of dessert, chewed it and swallowed it, "Let's start the investigation from this county government office."

"Yes!"

"You haven't eaten yet, let's eat together."

After some hesitation, the two men followed suit.

Li Chengqian was asking Li Ke what Li Shimin's reaction was.

He wasn't actually too surprised.

For the sake of his posthumous reputation, Li Shimin actually cared a lot about the people.

He also particularly hated officials who took bribes and committed injustice.

It was expected that he would be furious this time.

"Your Majesty has given you instructions, so I won't say more."

"Just investigate and handle it as you wish."

Li Chengqian also prepared to rest.

"I obey the order!"

……

Sun Fujia is a good investigator, and Ma Zhou is also quite good at it.

They started from the county government office and found what they found shocking and unbelievable.

Nearly half of the government officials participated.

The three giants in one county are all involved.

Behind them is a family that was born and raised locally.

In less than two days, the two of them had figured out the matter.

The prince was in charge personally, so they dared not slack off even though they were not in the county.

Of course, in just a county town without a prince, no one could withstand the two giants coming from Chang'an.

When Ma Zhou and Sun Fujia found Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian was visiting other villages.

"Your Highness, the matter of the academy has also been investigated."

"The teachers at the school were not involved and were extremely opposed to the tuition. The principal of the school wrote many letters to the emperor, but all his efforts fell on deaf ears."

"Later, they signed a joint letter, but still received no response."

"Some people said that since the court did not respond and no one came, they thought it was the court's tacit approval."

Ma Zhou immediately added: "Of course, the court certainly did not acquiesce."

"I have already traced this line upwards."

Yu Zhining asked a little nervously, "Is it the Ministry of Rites?"

Ma Zhou nodded, Yu Zhining panicked and said:
"I haven't seen any of them."

He hurried to express himself clearly.

Teachers in schools all have official positions, although they are very low, but they are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites.

When they submitted the petition, they must have sent it to the Ministry of Rites first.

Yu Zhining didn’t see it, not because the Ministry of Rites didn’t have it, but because someone in the Ministry of Rites suppressed it or blocked it, and it didn’t reach Yu Zhining.

"The trees want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop!"

Li Chengqian sighed and said, "Grand Censor!"

"Chen is here!"

"After returning, I will write a letter to Your Majesty, asking the Censorate to crack down on and investigate the corruption and abuse of power by officials in Chang'an."

(End of this chapter)