After Zhangsun Wuji walked in, he bowed.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
"No need to be polite. Assistant, why did you enter the palace?”
Li Shiming was still holding a beautiful woman in his arms, but when he saw Zhangsun Wuji come in, he let go of her.
"Your Majesty, I saw a memorial from King Jiang today. I feel that it is necessary to report it.”
Hearing this, Li Shimin had already guessed Zhangsun Wuji's purpose for entering the palace.
"Assistant, don't be anxious. Try my new tea first. This is Wuyi Da Hong Pao from Jianzhou.”
Li Shi Min smiled.
As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch had already brought hot tea.
Zhangsun Wuji hurriedly took it, thanked Li Shiming, and sat down to taste it.
"Your Majesty, this Wuyi Da Hong Pao is indeed very delicious, but I want to talk about King Jiang.”
Zhangsun Wuji was not in the mood to drink tea.
"I already know about King Jiang's matter. You don't have to say anything about the auxiliary machinery.”Li Shi Min said.
"Your Majesty, Li Xiao killed the border officials…"
"When Xiao 'er left Chang' an, I gave him this authority.”Li Shi Min said slowly.
"This-"
This time, Zhangsun Wuji choked.
He never expected Li Shiming's attitude to change so subtly.
It was simply out of Zhangsun Wuji's expectations!
Zhangsun Wuji was very clear about Li Shi Min's attitude towards Li Xiao in the past.
Could it be that Li Shiming was bewitched by someone?
Zhangsun Wuji immediately thought of Wei Zheng.
Since Li Shiming had already told him not to talk about King Jiang, he was not going to let him go.
Zhangsun Wuji felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles. After chatting for a while, he stood up and bowed.
——
At the same time.
Bingzhou.
In the Provincial Governor's Office.
Li Xiao sat on the main seat and looked down at the officials of Bing Province.
They lowered their heads in fear, waiting for Li Xiao to question them.
In the past few days, Li Xiao had sent Li Jing to investigate the situation in their homes.
He also sent his personal eunuch Qian Qing and his errand boy Xu Feng to collect information about their achievements and reputation among the people.
Among these people, 12 of them were corrupt and had a bad reputation. They had been arrested and sent to prison in Bingzhou.
Moreover, the arrest continued. No one knew if they would be the next one.
This time, the officialdom of Bingzhou was shaken. The officials were in dire straits. Their shock and nervousness were beyond words.
Standing in front of Li Xiao was like a mouse meeting a cat.
Li Xiao's sharp gaze was enough to make them tremble with fear and lose their souls.
A fifteen-year-old little prince, regardless of whether it was his martial strength or his methods of governing the government, he was decisive in doing things.
It was completely unimaginable to them, and they could only feel endless reverence in their hearts.
Xu Feng, the errand boy, poured a cup of tea from an exquisite teacup beside the coffee table and handed it to Li Xiao.
After Li Xiao tasted it, he revealed a satisfied expression.
Just as the officials were feeling relieved, Li Xiao suddenly said,"
"Minister Xie, I heard that your house caught fire a few months ago and burned 200 catties of pepper. Is that true?”
When Xie Linlin heard this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat. How did he know about this?
"Your Highness, there is such a thing. The 200 catties of pepper was prepared by a friend of mine to be sold to Chang 'an.”Colonel Xie hurriedly explained.
Pa!
Li Xiao slammed his hand on the coffee table and said sternly,"
"A glib tongue! Benwang has already investigated clearly, those 200 catties of pepper were obtained by you through trickery and robbery these past few years.
"Colonel Xie, if you lie again, I'll kill you without mercy!”
Pepper was a precious item in this period.
It could be used directly as a currency and was a hard currency.
"I dare not, I…know my mistake.”
Xie Linlin gritted his teeth and stomped his feet. He simply admitted it.
He had already experienced King Jiang's ruthless methods.
Since he suddenly brought this up today, he must have been very clear about it.
Ever since Xu Wenjun became the provincial governor these few years, it could be said that there was no official who was not greedy.
He, Xie Lin, was naturally not spared, even though he was still considered a clean official in the past.
Li Xiao raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at Colonel Xie.
Then, he glanced at the other officials who had lowered their heads and slowly said,
"Your attitude is very good. Go back and send all the money and materials you embezzled here. This king can consider dealing with it lightly.”
Pausing, Li Xiao looked at the others and said coldly,"
"This Prince hopes that you will all learn from Colonel Xie and come out to confess your crimes.”
"Of course, if you don't think you're guilty, then you don't have to come out.”
"This king will continue to investigate. If corruption is found, then don't blame this king for destroying your family!”
Boom!
All of a sudden, all the officials walked out and bowed to wait for the punishment.
Li Xiao looked at these corrupt officials expressionlessly and was a little shocked.
Bingzhou was a big province in the Tang Dynasty.
Taxes took up a large portion of the empire's tax revenue.
Moreover, this was a necessary route on the Silk Road.
No wonder Li Shimin cried that he was poor and had no money to fight against Tubo.
And they were even playing with the marriage alliance, this kind of thing was beneath the dignity of the empire…
Zhenguan prosperous times, the corruption of officials is appalling!
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