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

Chapter 266 Changle feels the danger in the court

Regular court meetings.

Changle was a third-rank official in charge of banking affairs and was required to participate in court meetings.

She was the only female official in the court.

However, this time, she sat in the hall with a very ugly expression.

The outside world was escalating, with the blame directed at the bank and her.

At the court meeting, just after a few topics were discussed, the censor impeached her, pushing her directly to the center of public opinion.

"Start your Majesty!"

The Imperial Censor asked, "The bank issue concerns the prestige of the imperial court. Why would the bank refuse to exchange the money?"

"Now the people are in an uproar, and they are suspicious of the threat to the court, and it may even affect your majesty's reputation."

What the censor said before has not attracted everyone's attention.

The very mention of it will affect Your Majesty's reputation.

Not only Li Shimin stared, but many officials also had their eyelids twitching.

Everyone knows how important the title of Holy Emperor is to His Majesty.

Because of the bank incident, His Majesty's reputation has been damaged. One can imagine how terrible the anger will be.

No one can afford to take the responsibility and suffer the consequences.

Changle's expression suddenly changed, and she looked at her brother nervously.

No matter how favored and loved you are,

But she was not so blindly confident that she could compare with her father's reputation.

But she found that her brother looked normal, without even a trace of emotion.

"With my brother here, there shouldn't be any big problems."

She thought so, but the censor's next words made her pale.

"I think so."

"The banks have an unshirkable responsibility."

"I can't help but ask Her Royal Highness, Princess, since the bank was established and managed by King Wu, something like this has never happened before."

"Why has such a huge turmoil occurred after Her Royal Highness the Princess has only been in power for a few months?"

"People rushed to the banks, desperately trying to get their money back but to no avail."

"There are even more rumors that the bank loans cannot be collected and the bank has no money so it won't redeem them. I wonder how Her Royal Highness the Princess responds to this?"

The censor asked Changle, "Is it true, or is it just a rumor?"

All the ministers looked at him sideways.

This is a very severe criticism, and it is very cleverly done.

It was obvious that the censor came prepared and had already prepared his speech.

The target was directly aimed at Princess Changle, and even the King of Wu was dragged out for comparison, giving Princess Changle a severe kick.

No matter what the final outcome is, when Princess Changle is compared with King Wu, it is bound to bring some feelings of dissatisfaction.

Changsun Wuji looked at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose, concentrating on the tablet in his hand.

He will protect and deal with his own daughter-in-law no matter what.

However, at the moment, he still didn't understand what was going on behind the scenes.

He also didn't understand why his daughter-in-law didn't consult him when there was a problem with the bank.

"Do you think you can handle it?"

"Hey, this is the court. The court and private life are completely different things."

"You can show off your power and status in private, but you can't do that in court."

"Today, I will show you the dangers of this."

Changsun Wuji sighed. He couldn't take any action for the time being and had to wait and see how the situation developed.

Everyone was waiting for Changle's reply.

"What nonsense!"

Changle stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the bank has money, and the rumors do not exist."

"You, the censor, are criticizing me without even trying to tell the difference. What's your reason?"

"You dare to bring up this mere rumor at the imperial court?"

"This is the ability of you, the Imperial Censors, to make groundless assumptions. I think your expertise in making groundless evaluations is indeed correct."

Ma Zhou remained silent and unmoved.

Under his management, the Censorate could not be said to be a monolithic entity.

There are still a few pawns of other forces.

But generally speaking, he has the final say.

Now that the censor has impeached the eldest princess, it goes without saying that it is the influence exerted by those people.

He remembered that the censor's surname was Xu.

"Your Majesty, I dare not agree with Princess Changle's words."

A doctor from the Ministry of Civil Affairs stood up. He could only sit in the back, but now he became the focus.

The Minister of Civil Affairs Liu Ji closed his eyes and moved them slightly, then returned to normal.

The Censorate is your Majesty's sword, and problems arise there.

Ma Zhou had his own censors who were disobedient and wanted to cause trouble, not to mention his Ministry of Civil Affairs.

"The Imperial Censor has the power to report on rumors, and it's not groundless. The rumors from the outside world are so credible that we have to be cautious."

The doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs said: "Banks are related to economic plans, and are also included in the 21-point plan proposed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

“We can’t take it too seriously.”

"This is all for the sake of national interests. How can you say such nonsense?"

"All the officials in the court are here. The princess should respond so that His Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the officials can have a clear idea of ​​what's going on."

"If there are any more alarmist remarks like this, I will order the authorities to investigate and prosecute them."

"Your Majesty, please give me a clear warning!"

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but look back slightly.

This is just using the tiger's skin to raise a banner.

The economic issues in the imperial court's Twenty-One Plan were brought up.

"Changle, since you all care so much, please tell us."

"What's going on?" Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, the bank has plenty of money, but big customers need to make reservations in advance to cash it out."

Changle said: "If you purchase more than 100,000 guan, you can make an appointment in advance and collect the full amount in ten days."

"People can withdraw or deposit money voluntarily. The bank will take all the money without any excuses."

"It's not like what the outside world has said about robbery. This is groundless accusation and slander."

The Imperial Censor Xu asked, "Her Royal Highness the Princess hasn't mentioned the loan yet. Is it true or false?"

"Your Highness, please respond to this matter directly." The doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs said, "As far as I know, the bank did make a serious mistake in lending, and it is difficult to recover, causing great losses to the bank."

“This has never happened before, but it happened this year.”

Changle sneered and said, "As long as the bank has money to withdraw and can cope with the bank run, that's fine. As for the things you are concerned about, these are the core secrets of the bank, so I have nothing to say."

"Your Highness, this is a matter of national importance, the prestige of the court, and your Majesty's holy name. How can you just fool around like this?"

Now, other officials have stepped forward to raise questions.

Changle was a little annoyed. Why were all of them directed at her?

It was the first time for her to face so much questioning from officials, and she was a little overwhelmed without anyone to help her.

Brother, why don't you speak?

Please help my sister.

But when she saw her brother, she had no intention of speaking at all.

"This is the court. If you can't explain it clearly in a few words, then..."

at this time.

Sun Fujia, the Minister of the Dali Temple, stood up and said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to report!"

"Accurate!" Li Shimin's words were simple and his expression was very casual.

"Your Majesty, at the request of the bank, I have already found out that someone was deliberately defrauding loans, and was suspected of forging property deeds and forging official certificates and fuses, etc."

Sun Fujia said: "It involves a wide range of people, a large number of people, and a huge amount of money."

"This matter was carried out in secret, and I was unable to inform Her Royal Highness in time. Her Royal Highness kept silent because she was worried that I had not investigated the matter thoroughly and that she was afraid that the news would leak out and alert the traitor, allowing him to escape."

Changle's tense mind suddenly relaxed.

Changsun Wuji was also surprised.

The incident did exist, but from what Sun Fujia said, we can know that after the bank discovered it, it took the initiative to ask the Dali Temple to investigate.

And they caught everyone.

Then it all makes sense.

Changle is not unwilling to tell the truth, it’s because it involves a secret investigation and they want to catch the criminal.

The eunuch took Sun Fujia's memorial and quickly returned to the Danbi. Li Shimin flipped through it. Sun Fujia continued, "This case mainly occurred in Chang'an and Shandong."

"Many families were involved. They used the properties, land, and shops under their names to find some people who were in collusion with them, and used fake house deeds and fake land deeds to defraud bank loans, thereby illegally seeking huge profits."

"According to the confessions obtained from the loan fraudsters, they only received a small amount of loans, and the rest of the money was taken by the manipulators behind the scenes and placed in the bank, and they tried to get away with it during this bank run..."

Bang!
Li Shimin said angrily: "This is simply outrageous and insane."

"Sun Fujia, I order you to investigate with full authority. No matter who they are, arrest them all."

"How dare you use such means to defraud the country of its money? You deserve death."

"Minister of Civil Affairs."

Liu Li said: "I am here!"

"Minister of Justice!"

Liu Dewei stepped forward and said, "I am here."

"The two ministries will assist the Dali Temple in investigating the case. We will get to the bottom of it. All those involved will be severely punished, especially the main culprit..."

"Conquer the entire family and exterminate the entire clan!"

As soon as these four words came out.

Cold and bloody.

The one who was questioning Changle before suddenly turned pale and became shaky.

Ruined.

Completely finished.

The bank had discovered this a long time ago and had asked the Dali Temple to conduct a secret investigation.

This is waiting for them to take the bait.

Changle was so proud that he impeached me aggressively.

What now.

come.

You bastards, keep on impeaching me.

She looked at her brother and found that he was looking at her with a faint smile.

From beginning to end, my brother didn't say a word, but he arranged everything.

She smiled happily in return.

"His Majesty."

"Since there is a loophole in the bank, the villains have found a way to defraud loans."

Fang Xuanling said: "Fortunately, Princess Changle noticed it in time and did not let the villain get away with it."

"But I think we should learn from this and continue to improve the methods and means of bank lending to prevent similar situations from happening again in the future."

At this time, Changsun Wuji also spoke, praising his daughter-in-law highly and commending her for her achievements.

"Princess Changle had a keen eye and saw through it. She prevented the loss of national wealth and eliminated a group of treacherous people. Her contribution is invaluable."

"Women are really as good as men."

Everyone also began to praise Changle.

After all, she is the only woman in the court.

The misunderstanding just now has been resolved, so why be stingy about giving the praise that should have been given?

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Changle, you did a good job."

"Listen to the compliments from you gentlemen. This is rare."

Changle smiled and said, "I dare not take credit for it. Under your Majesty's wise leadership, I have been constantly studying and understanding the 'Thoughts of the Holy Son of Heaven'."

(End of this chapter)