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

Chapter 335 The biggest beneficiary is His Majesty
The carriage took a detour through Chang'an City and entered the palace through Xuanwu Gate.

The number of such carriages passing through Chang'an City was so staggering that it was hard not to attract attention.

This is to show filial respect to the Holy Emperor, not to cause trouble to him.

Therefore, knowing how to show filial piety and how to make the things that your superiors receive without feeling burdened is also a kind of knowledge and method.

The carriages were divided into two groups, the large group went to the Taiji Palace, and the small group went to the East Palace.

In the Taiji Palace, there was a long-lost cheerful laughter.

The Holy Emperor was very happy and praised the Northeast Grand Military Governor's Office highly.

When the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War came to report the money they had delivered, the Holy Emperor repeatedly gave great recognition to the work results of the officials of the Northeast Military Governor's Office.

It is believed that the officials of the Northeast Military Governor's Office, from top to bottom, have taken root in the Northeast, conscientiously implemented the ideas of the Holy Emperor, and are loyal and commendable, achieving development and governance, as well as exploration and creation in parallel.

The development of the three northeastern provinces is inseparable from the efforts and hard work of the officials of the Northeast Military Governor's Office.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War deeply agreed with this and also praised the Northeast officials headed by Li You.

Li Zhi walked out of the Taiji Palace with his head held high and his chest puffed out, looking very proud.

He did not walk out of Taiji Palace and enter the East Palace through the main gate, but entered through the small door between Taiji Palace and the East Palace.

Li Chengqian was looking at the list in his hand, and he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Officials below are not allowed to engage in corruption or bribery. The law governs, deters and restrains them.

The Northeast Military Governor's Office took the initiative to intercept a batch of this money from Japan.

Embezzling it is called corruption, but giving it to the Holy Emperor and the Crown Prince, can it be called corruption and amassing wealth?

That's called filial piety.

The whole world belongs to the Holy Emperor. Can't the Holy Emperor just take some money and put it into the inner treasury?
"Your humble servant pays respect to my brother, the Crown Prince, and wishes to ask about his health."

Li Zhi paid homage.

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Guan An."

"No need to be polite, go and sit down."

"Zhi Nu, you have made progress after going out for training."

What progress?
Of course I understand and think about the two palaces.

Li Zhi was a little grateful to his fifth brother. If he had reported everything to the court in a foolish way, it would have been embarrassing for the two palaces to have nothing.

"If I don't make any progress, I will fail my brother's expectations."

Li Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Fifth Brother has also been a great help to me."

"He is in the Northeast, and he writes to me from time to time across the sea, giving me advice and suggestions."

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Are you really impressed by Wu Lang?"

"Don't you have any prejudice in your mind?"

Li Zhi raised his head and said, "Absolutely not!"

Fifth brother has taught him everything.

I didn't hesitate to write such a fatal letter to teach him a lesson.

He doesn't have any prejudices.

It’s not enough to express my gratitude.

"That's good."

Li Chengqian took out a letter and said, "Wu Lang also wrote me a letter."

He glanced at Li Zhi and said, "I did mention writing a letter to you."

"There are some things you should really learn from Wu Lang."

"Wu Lang is sometimes out of tune, but he always thinks about me, his brother, and His Majesty."

Li Zhi blinked and said, "Brother, you know everything?"

"What do you think?"

Li Chengqian lit the letter and threw it into the stove beside him. Usually, this stove burned a lot of things.

Soon, the letter paper burned up.

"Nothing can be hidden from my brother." Li Zhi said.

"It's not that I'm hiding it or not, it's that this guy Wulang is showing off to me how he trained you."

This matter.

Li Chengqian was also a little amused.

Li You was obviously not very sensitive about some things and didn't think that much about them.

The two palaces were very happy to receive the money intercepted from Japan.

The two palaces took the money, and when the truth was revealed, Li You had to bear the consequences.

But Li You did not know how to hide it. He wrote a letter to Li Zhi bragging about it, and also wrote a letter to Li Chengqian telling him about it.

He was not restrained in his approach and did not know how to keep a low profile.

The two palaces don't like it.

Li Zhi was a great Khan.

“I burned it after I saw it.”

"You did well."

Li Chengqian changed the subject and said, "You've worked hard on the Qizhou case."

"Your Majesty and I are very satisfied with this result."

If he said he wouldn't ask about the process, Li Chengqian wouldn't ask about it.

Whatever means Li Zhi used in Qizhou, no matter how big they were, were all within the scope of tacit approval.

"I should be able to do better."

"It's better."

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "Stop when you have reached your goal."

It was he who ordered Li Zhi not to expand further.

If we investigate further, I'm afraid that none of the aristocratic families east of Mount Xiao are innocent.

The Shandong family does not refer to Henan alone.

It is a family within the entire area east of Mount Xiao, south of Youzhou, and north of the Yangtze River.

Overturning this entire area would shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule, which would be more costly than gain.

"After you come back, take a good rest, read more books and study more, and take the imperial examination in August."

Li Chengqian urged: "When the time comes, you must do better in the exam."

"elder brother."

Li Zhi acted furtively and said, "In order to avoid embarrassing me on the test, how about revealing some of the test questions to me?"

"What are you thinking?"

Li Chengqian laughed and scolded, "We treat everyone equally. If you do well in the exam, there will be no prize."

"You did poorly on the test. Wait for me."

Li Zhi held his head and shouted, "How can this be..."

"It's right here with me." "Okay, go down."

Watching Li Zhi muttering, Li Chengqian laughed and said to Di Renjie, "Huaiying, you will be the same when the time comes."

"Don't blame me for not warning you."

Di Renjie was very confident, "Don't worry, Your Highness."

He didn't feel much pressure about the imperial examination.

He has read and studied a lot over the years.

"Okay, I'll give you a day off during this time. Go back and prepare."

"Your Highness, you need someone to serve you..."

"No problem, I'll order Fang Yiai to come."

Originally, he was planning to ask Li Jing's son Li Dejian, who had close ties with the Eastern Palace, to come.

But Li Dejian was in mourning for Li Jing, so that certainly wouldn't work.

He had no choice but to settle for the second best and use Fang Yiai.

Fang Yiai is a member of the second phase of Jinyiwei, and is now also assigned to Shenjiwei.

Fang Xuanling has to step down this time to take responsibility for the Qizhou case and give an explanation.

No matter what, Fang Xuanling did make some contributions.

He was implicated by the Lu family and had nothing to say, but Li Chengqian and Li Shimin had to remember their old friendship.

Fang Yiai's identity is very suitable.

He is also Li Chengqian's brother-in-law and a member of the prince's personal army.

Keeping him by his side was a disguised form of compensation and comfort to Fang Xuanling.

……

The return of Li Zhi and Li Daozon to Chang'an foreshadowed the final step of the Qizhou case.

The final conclusion.

Those who deserve punishment should be punished, and those who deserve sentencing should be sentenced.

There were no heated debates or consultations within the court.

A court meeting at the end of July finalized a series of punishment measures for those involved in the case in Qizhou.

For the families involved in the Qizhou case, the main culprit was sentenced to death and all the others were exiled to Lingnan.

All the offenders from the Fanyang Lu family were arrested and imprisoned, their property and land were confiscated, and all members of the Lu family were exiled to Huanzhou, and their three generations were not allowed to hold political office or join the military.

The officials involved in the Qizhou case were handed over to the three courts for conviction and received the maximum punishment.

However, only some officials at the level of provincial governors and deputy governors were dealt with and were handed over to the Three Departments for review.

Other high-ranking officials, such as Qizhou Governor Su Zi, were not punished.

These are all obvious.

Private handling is the most important.

All the provincial governors, including Su Zi, were dismissed from their posts, saying that they would be assigned to other positions, but they were just waiting for them to resign.

Fang Xuanling decided to step down, and so did Lu Chengqing.

However, they cannot be allowed to retreat for the time being.

I've been told to be respectable.

Everyone knows what's going on, but the court still has to maintain its dignity.

Therefore, these people had to wait until the end of the year, after the grand court meeting, in the 25th year of Zhenguan, before they were officially allowed to retire.

of course.

During this period, although they still held official positions, they no longer had the corresponding power.

In the entire Qizhou case, including the Fanyang Lu family, there were more than twenty families, large and small, and all of them were wiped out.

Officially, there were two dukes, several ministers of the third rank, and other officials of high and low ranks, totaling hundreds of officials were implicated.

It can be said that this Qizhou case, although not the first of its kind in the history of Zhenguan, is definitely the largest case in the history of Zhenguan.

The impact is far-reaching and worth remembering by many people.

"The Dang Renhong case ended up like this."

"Is it a win or a loss?"

No one can tell.

But everyone understands that the Qizhou case is just a continuation of the Dang Renhong case.

Without the Dang Renhong case, there would be no Qizhou case.

If there had not been the Qizhou case, so many officials would not have been affected today.

The imperial court bureaucracy underwent a major reshuffle.

"The imperial examination is a perfect response."

Gao Shilian sipped his tea and said to Changsun Wuji, "So many official positions have suddenly become vacant."

"What needs to be made up will definitely be made up."

"The people below have been promoted, and the vacant positions are just right for those who are going to be officials in this imperial examination."

Chang Sun Wuji had a complicated expression and said, "Sometimes, I don't even realize I'm thinking about it."

"Gao Ming has calculated everything."

“If you peel back the layers, you will find that many things are interconnected.”

He looked reminiscent and said, "Back then, Gao Ming was lecturing on 'ritual' in the East Palace and brought up the matter of the emperor's disciples to Your Majesty."

"Is this a preparation for today?"

Ten years, just for today.

When you connect many things together, you realize how terrifying the plan behind it is.

The officials who were dismissed from office this time can be replaced by those who passed the imperial examination.

It's hard not to think too much.

"Why do you say it's brilliant?"

Gao Shilian said, "Could it not be Your Majesty?"

"His Majesty?"

Changsun Wuji was slightly surprised, and then remained silent.

"Your Majesty played a big role in this."

Gao Shilian sighed: "Now the name of the Holy Emperor is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone praises the Holy Emperor."

"Do you still think it's just clever?"

Chang Sun Wuji showed a smile and said self-deprecatingly: "It seems that Gao Ming didn't get too much."

"The one who benefits the most is Your Majesty."

"Holy Son of Heaven, throughout history, has any emperor ever received such a title?"

(End of this chapter)