Li Shiming Was Furious, Zhangsun Wuji Was Frightened!
" You said that Member Yang is a good official?!"
A question and an extremely angry gaze made Zhangsun Wuji's heart beat wildly.
He didn't understand what Li Shi Min meant by this question, and he didn't know what Li Ke's memorial had written!
However, Zhangsun Wuji, who had been following Li Shiming around all year round, knew that Li Shiming was angry, and it was at the level of fury!
When an ordinary person was enraged, blood would splatter everywhere!
And when the Emperor was angry, who knew how many people would lose their heads!
This shocked him. His brain spun quickly as he said,"According to…according to the Ministry of Personnel Affairs, it's…it's like this!”
Bang!
Hearing Zhangsun Wuji's words, Li Shiming slammed his palm on the table again. Another loud sound rang out. This sound was like a knock on Zhangsun Wuji's heart, causing his heart to tremble.
"What is the Ministry of Personnel Affairs doing? The salary I gave you allowed you to judge officials like this?”
" You've increased taxes without permission!" Li Shiming said angrily." There are as many as 108 kinds of taxes. There are also breathing taxes, eating taxes, sleeping taxes, talking taxes…These are obviously taxes that accumulate wealth!" Then, they would take all the taxes that were exploited from the people into their own pockets. However, they would tell the imperial court that Yizhou was poor and could not afford to levy taxes at all, so the imperial court would instead allocate funds to them!”
"This is simply a disgraceful corrupt official who deserves to die even if he is executed by a thousand cuts. You actually told me that he is a rare customs clearance officer and a good official!”
"This…this…"
Zhangsun Wuji's entire body trembled, and he was suddenly shocked. He said,"This…this…"
After a long time, he did not know what to say.
It was rare for Li Shiming to be so furious. At this moment, all of Li Shiming's anger and dignity were exerted on him, making his heart tense. His usually active mind couldn't turn around at this moment.
Li Shiming did not listen to Zhangsun Wuji's explanation at all. He continued,"If that's the case, then so be it.”
"But do you know what he did?”
Li Shi Min looked at the memorial written by Li Ke and was so angry that his whole body trembled. Even though he was usually expressionless, after seeing this kind of thing, he wanted to pick up a knife and cut that member Yang into eight pieces!
"He knows that tea leaves are very valuable. Do you know what he did? He actually made the entire Yizhou, more than 200,000 people, prohibit the people from planting crops. Instead, they had to plant tea trees. The tea leaves that were harvested in the end were not left for the people at all. The people would not get a single copper coin from the silver that was sold!”
"Yizhou is poor to begin with. They don't even allow crops to be planted. What's the use of those tea leaves? Could it satisfy his hunger? It's completely useless. If the people don't have crops, they won't have food. If they don't have food…do you know what will happen to those 300,000 people?”
"But this is a dog official who has committed such a heinous crime. His crimes are simply too numerous to record. Your Ministry of Official Personnel actually said that he was a good official and still had the face to constantly praise him in front of me! He kept praising him! He said that all the officials in Yizhou had specially written memorials to praise him!”
"Is that a sincere compliment? All of them were like snakes and rats! The entire officialdom was a den of bandits! Do you know why Ke 'er reorganized them and why he killed Member Yang?”
Li Shi Min looked at Li Ke's memorial and was shocked.
Li Shiming didn't even dare to think about the crimes written in it.
He could not believe that there was such a dark place under his rule!
Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng were also shocked. They listened to Li Shiming with their eyes wide open, and their hearts were in turmoil.
They could not believe their ears. They could not believe that someone could be so bad!
There were 108 additional taxes!
There were only a few types of taxes in the Great Tang!
For his own benefit, he even deprived the commoners of their right to grow crops!
Now that the commoners had no food, they really did not dare to imagine what would happen!
"Your Majesty, is…is this true?”
Fang Xuanling finally couldn't help but bow and ask.
Li Shi Min's face was still filled with anger as he said,"That's what Ke 'er's memorial described!”
"Your Majesty!"
Zhangsun Wuji's face was pale. He gritted his teeth and said,"This…what His Highness the King of Shu said is really too unbelievable. I, I really can't believe it! After all, the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs 'retaliation was also after…"
Bang!
Before Zhangsun Wuji could finish his words, Li Shiming slammed the table and scolded,"Now that things have come to this, are you still going to quibble?”
"Ke 'er knew that it was difficult to believe what he had reported, so he listed the evidence one by one and sent it to the Supreme Court of Chang' an for it to be filed! Now, are you still suspecting Ke 'er?”
Li Shiming was really burning with anger. If it weren't for Zhangsun Wuji's words just now, he would have felt better. Li Ke's memorial could only show that Yizhou was far away from Chang 'an, and those officials were too reckless.
However, with Zhangsun Wuji's words, Li Shimin knew that the Ministry of Personnel, which he had entrusted with such a heavy responsibility, was unreasonable and useless!
Such a dog official who was struck by lightning had actually become a good example of a clean official in their eyes. He had even praised him many times in front of him. Was he bullying him for being stupid?
Li Shi Min was really disappointed in the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs. For the first time, he was also disappointed in Zhangsun Wuji.
When Zhangsun Wuji heard Li Shiming's furious words and merciless reprimand, his heart trembled and his legs went weak. He did not dare to argue anymore and quickly knelt down and said,"I will die!"
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