"Your Majesty, I have a memorial. I want to report to Guo Ziyi. When I left Beijing, I made a mistake in making plans."

"There are three sins!"

"First, this man relied on his reckless personality and deliberately acted arrogantly when he interacted with others. He once made a special statement on the day when the martial arts department ended, asking all the gambling shops in Chang'an to share the gambling money for him."

"And he also made a lot of noise, saying that making money is a major event in the world. If those gambling shops don't give him money, then he will just call him."

"The major gambling shops in Chang'an can only choose to swallow their anger and agree to this matter."

"According to the knowledge of Weichen, Guo Ziyi has accumulated tens of thousands of yuan in this item alone, causing public resentment, but he dared not speak out..."

Since ancient times, officials must attack each other, and when attacking each other, the charges will be added to the fire.

Sometimes you are not guilty at all, and you will still be fucked by the wind and shadows.

Therefore, over the years, many officials have been dealt with with unjustly, but some officials have been sued all day but stand firm.

It mainly depends on whether the court officials are willing to protect them, and then whether the emperor favors them or not.

Fortunately, Guo Ziyi took all these two points. Not only did he be willing to protect him, but the emperor himself was also protected by him.

After listening to the memorial, the emperor yawned lazily and said, "I watched the song and dance last night, which made me feel a little tired. If Sun Aiqing had nothing else, let's stop this memorial..."

So far?

Is this what the emperor should say?

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, your power and responsibility are to take charge of the world. If any minister rebelled against the crime, shouldn’t you issue an order to investigate?

The minister who wrote the memorial was obviously unwilling to give up and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I am a counselor, and I am dedicated to the court. I have no intention of giving up on the memorial of Guo Ziyi. Your Majesty, Guo Ziyi has committed a serious crime..."

If the ministers insist so much, it would be inappropriate for the emperor to be lazy.

You must take a serious attitude.

So Emperor Xuanzong of Tang adjusted his sitting posture a little, and seemed to have really begun to be serious, and said slowly: "Since you mentioned your responsibility for advising, I can only discuss this matter with you."

"First of all, I want to ask you, you said that Guo Ziyi was plundering and making money. Has the miserable went to the yamen to complain about this matter?"

As the emperor stopped, he did not give the minister a chance to speak. Instead, he directly called out another minister's name and asked in a deep voice: "Chang'an County Magistrate, Wannian County Magistrate, Jingzhao Yin, Yongzhou Prefecture, have you ever received a lawsuit against Guo Ziyi?"

These ministers who were named were all at the level of big shots. Among them, the positions of Chang'an County Magistrate and Wannian County Magistrate sound low-key, but in fact they are fourth-rank high-ranking officials in charge of the imperial capital.

The fourth rank is a big shot no matter which dynasty it is in.

After all, they are parents of two counties under the imperial capital. In modern times, the officials are of high rank and even belong to the leadership level.

This is only the magistrate level of Chang'an County and Wannian County.

As for Jingzhao Yin and Yongzhou Prefecture, they are even more than one level higher. The so-called Jingzhao Yin is actually the official in the Chang'an affairs. How powerful is this position? I am afraid there is no need to describe it.

The prefect of Yongzhou was a specialty of the Tang Dynasty. This was a special yamen. Its power was so great that it was the key to the prefect of being in charge. They were all top figures from time to time.

For example, the prefect of Yongzhou in the early Tang Dynasty was directly served as Li Shimin. Although Li Shimin was not an emperor at that time, he was the King of Qin with the highest title in the entire Tang Dynasty. Not only did he hold heavy troops, he also had his own territory, and the so-called self-owned territory was actually a land-based autonomy.

Starting from Li Shimin, the prefect of Yongzhou was basically a royal family, and often the emperor's position before ascending the throne, such as Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, and Emperor Ruizong of Tang...

From this we can see that the prefect of Yongzhou is so high that the prefect of Yongzhou is also very noble, because he is the current crown prince of the Tang Dynasty.

From the county magistrates of Chang'an County and Wannian County to Jingzhao Yin and Yongzhou Prefecture, these four positions are all important positions in Chang'an City, so the candidates must be the royal faction.

Since it is a royal faction, it must follow the emperor's thoughts...

Sure enough, after these four officials were named, they all stood up to salute Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and said, "Report to Your Majesty, we have not received a lawsuit against Guo Ziyi."

The emperor laughed and then turned to look at the minister just now and said, "Sun Aiqing, have you heard that? I have asked four yamen in a row, but no one in any yamen complained."

The minister named Sun looked embarrassed. He didn't expect the emperor to do this.

But as a counselor, he definitely cannot retreat. The reason why he stood up to attack Guo Ziyi this time was a factional interest.

He is the first to be promoted by the faction and must continue to advise him.

"Your Majesty, I know that these yamen have not received any complaints, but what I want to say is that this is the result of Guo Ziyi's fierceness. Because he made a harsh speech, the gambling house was so scared that he did not dare to argue. Although he felt wronged, no one dared to stand up and be the victim."

Very good sophistry.

However, the emperor laughed again, as if he was very interesting: "Is that so? The gambling shop in Chang'an City was so timid? Just the intimidation of the top martial arts scholar, these people dared not speak out? Haha, why do I feel like you are joking?"

When the emperor said this, he looked at the important officials in the court, and suddenly started to name the name again, continuing the previous method:

"King Shou, please answer me, did the gambling house under your name give money to Guo Ziyi? If you give money, is it because you are afraid of Guo Ziyi's ferocity?"

A young man quickly walked out of the court and bowed quickly, "Reporting to my father, I am about to tell you about this. My father's gambling shop did give Guo Ziyi money, and it was a huge sum of up to 20,000 yuan."

"But Erchen wants to explain specifically that Erchen did not receive Guo Ziyi's threat. The reason why he gave him money was to share the money according to the rules of merchants."

The prince stopped and pretended to be shy, saying, "This time, I made a small fortune in the martial arts department. Because Guo Ziyi swept the whole audience, the gambling people were completely deficient. Therefore, I changed my 60,000 yuan."

"I made 60,000 guan, so I definitely couldn't stuff all into my pocket, so I immediately took out 20,000 guan and sent it to the Interior Office of the Palace. This is a kind of filial piety to my father and the son's minister."

"Then the son-in-law took out another 20,000 yuan and distributed it to Guo Ziyi as a gambling shop. After all, it was because of him that the son-in-law's gambling shop could be fully occupied. The father has always taught the son-in-law that one should know how to be polite and be grateful... So, the son-in-law is very grateful to Guo Ziyi."

The emperor laughed, as if very pleased, and praised: "You have earned a total of 60,000 guan, but you are willing to give out 40,000 guan. Not only will you share the benefits for Guo Ziyi, but you will also give it to my Interior Office. I ask you, are you willing?"

King Shou quickly spoke righteously and said, "It is natural for me to respect my father and emperor. It is natural for me to share money with Guo Ziyi."

The emperor nodded, looked at the prefecture again, and then smiled and asked another question:

"King Heng, you also answer me, have you ever given money to Guo Ziyi in the gambling house under your name? If you have given money, are you afraid of Guo Ziyi's ferocity?"

The emperor asked the question twice deliberately, and all the ministers present could see that the emperor was clearly slapping the counselor in the face.

As a royal family, King Heng is also a royal family that is expected to compete for the throne. At this time, he must be pleased by the emperor, so the way to answer questions is extremely clever.

The prince also walked out hurriedly and bowed and said, "Report to my father, my son's situation is the same as that of my brother Shou."

Same!

It can be understood as the starting point or the amount of money given. For example, he also gave Guo Ziyi 20,000 guan, and at the same time sent to the Palace Interior Office 20,000 guan.

The emperor seemed to be more interested and smiled and said, "When this happens, wouldn't I bet on the way to collect two wealth? The two sons sent 40,000 guan. This is not a small amount, hahahaha."

The emperor seemed very happy.

King Shou and King Heng saluted again and said solemnly: "It is natural to respect your father and emperor."

"Okay, very good, I feel your filial piety and your style. You can share money with Guo Ziyi, obviously to keep your greedy mind. Very good, very good."

The emperor's personal praise made the two princes happy.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang looked at the minister again and asked with a faint smile: "Sun Aiqing, have you heard it clearly? Regarding your participation in Guo Ziyi's reliance on his fierce power to make money, the two princes have given you a answer with facts... They did not receive Guo Ziyi's intimidation, but were willing to share the money."

The minister took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for letting me know the whole story. It turned out that Guo Ziyi did not intimidate the gambling house, but the gambling house gave him money according to the rules of merchants."

The emperor said lightly, "The matter has come to light. Sun Aiqing should be able to step down, right?"

But the minister's eyes became firm, and he suddenly spoke loudly and said, "Your Majesty, I cannot retreat for the time being. I have said just now that I want to participate in the three major crimes of Guo Ziyi. Even if he has not intimidated the gambling house, he has two other crimes..."

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang's face was slightly gloomy and he slowly said, "Since you are so persistent, I will continue to listen to your memorials."

You can tell the emperor's unhappiness.

But the minister could only keep talking.

"I will report to Your Majesty, and I will participate in Guo Ziyi's second crime: Before leaving Chang'an, this man bought all kinds of supplies and formed a huge caravan. He hired a full hundred cars with a ox cart alone..."

This time, the emperor didn't need to speak at all. The Prince of Wuyang had already sneered and said, "Is it a crime to do business? Are you a counselor too lenient? If you are guilty of doing business, how many civil and military officials in the court can escape? No one can say anything about each other, every family has a caravan to do business."
Chapter completed!