The next morning, Tang Jian went to find Li Shimin with bloodshot eyes.
In the Divine Dragon Palace, Li Shimin yawned and asked Tang Jian sleepily,""Minister Tang, why are you so early? Has your Ministry of Revenue purchased cotton clothes?"
Tang Jian's face was a little dark, and he said in a low voice,""The Ministry of Revenue doesn't have enough money to buy cotton.”
Hearing this, Li Shi Min was startled and said in disbelief,""What kind of joke are you talking about? Where's the money from the Ministry of Revenue?"
Tang Jian took out a memorial and handed it to Li Shimin.
Li Shi Min looked at him in confusion." This is?”
"Your Majesty, please send the Imperial Censorate to check these names." Tang Jian cupped his hands.”
There were more than seventy people on this list, including all the officials of the Great Tang.
What shocked Li Shimin the most was that Yang Mingsheng was also among them.
"What do you mean?" he asked Tang Jian.”
Tang Jian didn't say anything, but his face was as cold as water. After a long while, he said to Li Shimin,""His Majesty said yesterday that he wanted to clean up the government and investigate corruption first. This is the list of suspects.”
Tang Jian's words stunned Li Shimin.
"I did say that I want to clean up the government, but if there are more than seventy officials, it will not be easy to calm them down!”
Li Shimin's idea was simple. He could investigate corruption, but he had to do so. The problem was that he had to do it step by step.
More than 70 officials were involved in this case. This was a serious case. If any of these 70 officials were wronged, it would immediately cause a backlash.
He pondered for a while and looked at Tang Jian."You said that these 70 people are your suspects. Do you have any evidence?”
Tang Jian shook his head and then nodded." I'm not sure either. If Your Majesty is not sure, you can start with one or two of them.”
Li Shi Min thought for a moment and nodded,"Get Wei Zheng to bring the three imperial censors to investigate first.”
……
After that.
Li Shiming stayed in the palace for three days. Early this morning, he found Du Ruhui and prepared to continue to the Xiao Mansion.
Now that the smallflower plague was under control, all they needed to do was buy Xiao Fan's cotton, and the snow disaster would be effectively controlled.
The Great Tang was on the right track.
"Alright, I should change my identity today and meet that cheap son of mine." Li Shiming laughed.”
Du Ruhui knew that Li Shimin was planning to lay his cards on the table with Xiao Fan.
Indeed, as an emperor, was there any point in pretending to be someone else's father?
Besides, if an emperor was always out and not in the palace, he would inevitably be impeached by the censor.
Du Ruhui nodded.”
"Yes." Li Shimin nodded. He even had a little anticipation in his heart. He wanted to ask Xiao Fan face to face if the Wannian County Man that I conferred on him was good.
Wannian County Magistrate had been killed. Was the governance of the Tang Empire still considered clean?
Is my Imperial Court still worthy of your trust?
Not long after, Du Ruhui came in high spirits and said to Li Shimin cheerfully,"Your Majesty, the ceremonial chariot is ready. The palace guards are waiting outside.”
"Let's go," Li Shimin said with a smile.
However, just as he finished speaking and the two of them were about to leave the hall.
Tang Jian and Wei Zheng rushed in with shocked faces.
"What's wrong?" Li Shiming looked at the two of them in confusion.”
Wei Zheng swallowed his saliva, and his eyes were filled with intense shock. He said with difficulty,"Your Majesty, I've investigated more than twenty people and officials in the capital region over the past three days. Other than the nine people under the direct jurisdiction of the three provinces and six ministries, the county magistrates, provincial governors, and Sima officials of the twelve capital regions have embezzled 67321 strings of Kaiyuan Tongbao! No one is innocent!"
After Wei Zheng finished speaking, there was still a hint of lingering fear in his tone.
Tang Jian lowered his head in shame because Xiao Fan was right. Yang Mingsheng, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, had really taken bribes under his nose!
This made him, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, feel ashamed.
The hall instantly fell silent.
Li Shi Min's eyes lit up,"Bastard!"
"My national treasury only has five hundred thousand strings of money, yet these twenty officials in the capital region have embezzled such a huge amount.”
Furious!
Furious!
Furious!
Li Shiming clenched his fists, his entire body trembling." This is only the 20 or so people from the capital province. There are still 50 or so people? How much could they have embezzled? Who can tell me?"
The national treasury was out of money? Did the country run out of money? Bullsh * t!
All of them were pocketed by this group of vermin!
How could Li Shimin not be angry?
"Investigate! Even if the Imperial Censorate were to overturn the heavens, you must investigate all the officials of the Great Tang's Ten Paths!”
Li Shi Min suddenly thought of something, and his expression became complicated.
He looked at the dejected Tang Jian in a daze." Minister Tang, where did you get this name list?”
Tang Jian had shown this list of suspects to Li Shimin. At that time, Li Shimin did not think much of it. After all, it involved more than 70 people, so he let Wei Zheng try to investigate first.
But who knew that no one was innocent.
Li Shi Min was completely shocked.
He really wanted to know how Tang Jian sat in the Ministry of Revenue and quietly caught these corrupt officials, and not a single one was a fish that escaped the net.
Tang Jian was very sad.
He was really stimulated to the point that he was on the verge of collapsing.
He remembered clearly that Xiao Fan had said, It was really sad that someone was embezzling under the eyes of the Minister of Revenue.
Xiao Fan's words did not mention a name, but it slapped Tang Jian's face until it was swollen.
He clenched his fists and took a deep breath. Every time he thought of Xiao Fan's actions, his heart was still so shocked that he could not extricate himself.
"A glance, he just took a glance!"
After Tang Jian finished speaking, Li Shimin and the others were confused." What do you mean?”
Tang Jian took a deep breath and said," I showed Xiao Xiao County the account book of the Supporting Branch Office. He only took a casual look at it and said that the account book was fake!"”
Thinking back, Tang Jian was still shocked.
Swoosh!
In an instant, Li Shimin, Du Ruhui, and Wei Zheng's six pairs of eyes shot out a strange light.
Li Shimin suppressed his doubts and asked Tang Jian,"Just a glance? Are you sure it's fake? How did he do it? Also, was this corruption list related to Xiao Fan?”
Tang Jian cupped his fists and was deeply defeated by Xiao Fan. He nodded and said,"This old man was puzzled by Xiao County Nan's words, so I made this list overnight. It's indeed correct. The method he said is indeed correct!”
Li Shimin and the other two were intrigued by Tang Jian.
Du Ruhui was as anxious as an ant in a hot pot."Old Tang, finish your sentence at once.”
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