And Wei Zheng couldn't afford it.

The Duke of the State and the County Marquis were completely different. If Li Mu became the Duke of the State, the power of the Shandong gentry in the court would sooner or later be destroyed in his hands. Wei Zheng himself did not doubt this.

These days, he was sick at home, and Wei Zheng only did one thing, which was to study Li Mu. He always felt that Li Mu's behavior seemed absurd, but in fact it contained profound meaning, but he had not seen through it yet. Not only did he not see through it, but all the civil and military officials in the court were kept in the dark and led by him.

The most amazing thing is that he did not take on anything he encountered, and he could not see any utilitarianism, which made people unable to doubt his plan.

Can the matter of chasing this matter today be considered his plan?

Wei Zheng himself didn't believe that Zhou Zhang was abolished so big, just for the title of a county man. What was he going to do? With Li Mu's current financial resources and power, it doesn't matter whether he has this title or not!

Wei Zheng did not speak, but it did not mean that he gave up. Because he knew that Li Mu had a title of Duke, no one would agree. As expected, Wei Zheng stopped talking, Changsun Wuji immediately left work, raised his tablet, and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Wuji. Perhaps the time for him to appear was not appropriate enough. Li Shimin suddenly remembered what Li Mu said yesterday. If the prince was not virtuous, the uncle would not be trustworthy.

Li Shimin never doubted Changsun Wuji, but Li Mu's seemingly casual words yesterday made him think for a long time. The autocracy of foreign relatives has existed in ancient times, and there are many examples. Li Shimin is confident that if he is in one day, the Changsun family will be content with one day, but what if he is gone? The Changsun family is the national uncle and has the power to be the prime minister, which is too big to lose.

The emperor's thoughts are often only in a moment. Li Shimin moved this thought, but did not show any signs of it. He said in a deep voice: "Super Machine, what do you have to say, let me hear it."

"Your Majesty, I agree to your Majesty's pursuit of the father of Lu Hou Li Gan, and I do not agree to the addition of Li Mu as Duke."

"reason?"

"The wood is so beautiful that the forest wind will destroy it. Zhulu Hou is a rare talent and great talent in my Tang Dynasty. I think that Zhulu Hou should be distinguished and protected first. When Your Majesty ascended the throne, he said that he would reward merits and punish me if he was wrong. This statement applies to most people, but it does not apply to him. Zhulu Hou often invented that each one can be considered a great merit. If every item is rewarded, sooner or later there will be no reward, which is not a good thing for him. Moreover, from the perspective of me, Zhulu Hou never cared about any reward."

"The Marquis Zhulu has a good business, and his family has a huge fortune, and he doesn't know how many. He may not see His Majesty's reward. The key to rewards and punishments is to be practical. If you need it, rewards are useless. If you need it, you should reward it. If you don't need it, you will be useless. The Marquis Zhulu values ​​filial piety, and Your Majesty will posthumously title his father, just in his opinion. As for the so-called precedent, I think if there is no Li Gan, there will be no Li Mu. If there is no Li Mu, I would not have magical tools such as Zhenguan Li in the Tang Dynasty. Is this merit still small? The man who posthumously titled the county is not enough to commend his merits. He should give Mayi County as his fief and offer incense for generations to commend his merits."

As soon as this statement was made, all the civil and military officials in the court stopped talking. Why did the uncle's words mean that he was referring to a deer as a horse? Li Mu made a contribution, but what does it have to do with his father? Could it be that anyone who made the contribution was all thanks to his ancestors?

But Changsun Wuji had different weights after all, and after he said something, the matter was half settled. Everyone subconsciously glanced at Wang Gui. Wang Gui was punched by Li Mu, and it had just subsided. He just slowed down and stolen it for Changsun Wuji. Now that Changsun Wuji has finished speaking, he hurried out and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"My dear, please speak."

"The old minister thinks that if there is no reward for merit, and if there is no punishment for merit, the law will be abandoned. If the law is abandoned, the country will be destroyed. But what the uncle said makes sense. Zhulu Hou is very special and cannot be used to argue it with normal circumstances. But if there is no reward for merit, who will still be willing to serve your majesty and the court? The old minister discusses the uncle's statement, gives him what he needs, and commends his father, and should respect it as a precedent and as an example for future generations."

Li Shimin nodded slightly, looked at Wei Zheng again, and said, "I have something to say?"

Wei Zheng took a deep breath and said, "I have finished everything I should say, and I have nothing to say. Your Majesty's holy heart is arbitrary, and I am just my duty."

"Okay!" Li Shimin was very happy when he saw Wei Zheng's conquest, and said, "Then this matter will be done. Li Gan, the father of the Marquis of Zhulu, was appointed as the man in Mayi County. He gave Mayi as his fief and offered incense to him endlessly!"

All officials shouted at the wise.

After Li Shimin finished talking about his own affairs, the court discussion officially began. Eunuch Gao formally shouted that he had a copy of the court without a copy, and someone immediately responded.

"I, the chief censor Wang Jingze, has a memorial."

Wang Jingze?

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows. His impression of this name is still very fresh. A few days ago, he had just fought with Wei Zheng and appointed this boy, the chief censor, in order to leave a speech for Li Mu in the court, and to insert a nail in the censorship, so as not to be made a solid piece by Wei Zheng. Seeing him stand up and speak, Li Shimin just thought it was him who wanted to show it. He glanced at Wei Zheng with expressionless face and said to himself, "You disgusted me, I disgusted you too, and said, "Wang Aiqing, I have a report."

Wang Jingze raised his tablet and went out of the squad. He took a step back and snatched forward. Xingyun and Liushui knelt on the ground and rubbed half a meter, knocking on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I, eight other censors, impeached the Marquis of Zhulu Li Mu and the Minister of the Secretariat Wang Gui to collude with each other and secretly robbed the country's wealth! I have clearly investigated the facts and listed them above the memorials. Please read them!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole court was in an uproar!

Wang Jingze is so brave! He not only impeached Li Mu, but also brought Wang Gui. The censors impeached Li Mu before, and bullied him a little without a foundation. But who is Wang Gui? He was born into the Taiyuan Wang family, the leader of the world's clan, and has a profound foundation and is even more in the position of prime minister. As a high-ranking official under his sect, how can he be humiliated lightly?

Almost subconsciously, people thought of Wei Zheng. Wang Jingze is the chief censor and Wei Zheng is the chief censor. Such a big thing must be his instruction!

But then, all the officials felt it was unlikely. Wei Zheng had strongly opposed the promotion to Wang Jingze earlier, and there was no reason to reconcile again in just a few days. Did he guess wrong? This was Wang Jingze's idea? If this is true, this boy would still be too young. Even if he was eager to show off, he would not show off like this. Isn't this asking for death?

Just as everyone speculated that Wang Jingze would be immediately submerged in the saliva of Wang Gui's party members, the atmosphere changed subtly.

After Wang Jingze finished speaking, there was a strange silence. Not only did no one jump out of criticism, but he didn't even say anything. Wang Gui didn't say a word, and Changsun Wuji didn't say a word. Even Wei Zheng just glanced at Wang Jingze and didn't say anything.

Li Shimin was a little silent and signaled Eunuch Gao to take the memorial. He opened it and took a look, and the content was roughly clear. What Wang Jingze knew was not much different from the news that was spread. It was nothing more than that of the Wang family in Taiyuan who built the road first and then collected the tolls. He didn't know how much it was. The fatal point was that Wang Jingze called the "tolls" collected by the Wang family in Taiyuan "road tax". The difference between the "fee" and "tax" meant a very different meaning.

Anyone can claim the ‘fees’, but the ‘tax’ can only be collected by the court. If a clan wants to collect taxes, what do you want to do? Do you rebel?

After reading it, Li Shimin signaled Eunuch Gao to take it and circulate it, and said to Wang Jingze: "Wang Aiqing is intent, you get up first. I have read your memorial and make sense. But is this related to the person you impeached? As far as I know, in this matter, Zhulu Hou did not make any profit. Do you have any misunderstandings? "

Wang Jingze said excitedly: "Your Majesty must not be deceived! This idea of ​​building a road was made by Zhulu Marquis, and this cannot be false. Although I don't know what transactions there are, I know one thing, I will not get up early without profit. If there is no profit, why would Zhulu Marquis help out? I don't believe that there will be such a selfless person! The Shizhong Wang Gui, a man of old age, holds a high position, does not want to serve the country, and is determined to seek personal gain. I am really disgusted! I would like to ask Wang Shizhong, who is more important in your heart, family and country?"

Wang Gui was sweating profusely when he was scolded, and he wanted to reply, but when he thought about what happened a few days ago, he gritted his teeth and held back.

Li Shimin also had a headache.

After Li Mu's explanation, Li Shimin now realized that the road construction really had to be suppose to use manpower. The court spent too much money to make trouble. Originally, this matter was settled, but unexpectedly, another Wang Jingze suddenly appeared. People kept saying that they were planning for the country, but it was not a solution if they were suppressed.

Li Shimin was upset. Faced with the young censor's questioning, he had no choice but to look at Wang Gui and asked: "Love, Censor Wang asked you, who is more important, family and country, what's more important? Let's answer!"

Wang Gui was worthy of the name of the old fox. He pondered for a moment and said, "When you say that, for the old minister, the family and the country have long been different. The old minister can die for his family and the country, and it is the same."

Li Shimin looked at Wang Jingze and said, "Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Wang Jingze sneered: "That said means not saying it. Why should the Minister Wang play with the words?"

Wang Gui looked back at Wang Jingze and said, "If I say it out of my heart, I can't do anything if I don't believe it."

Wang Jingze had already received face-to-face advice from Li Mu. He had made several simulations at home about what might happen today. He was not panicked at all. He grabbed Wang Gui and continued to chase and beat him, saying: "Wang Shizhong, don't talk about him. You were bewitched by the Marquis of Zhulu, deceived Your Majesty, and deceived the opportunity to build a road, trying to collect road taxes on behalf of the court. Can this matter be there? You conspired with Marquis of Zhulu to steal national wealth? Do you still want to deny it?"

Wang Gui gritted his teeth and said, "There is indeed a road construction matter. But the road construction matter has nothing to do with stealing national wealth! The road conditions from Chang'an to Taiyuan are very poor, and the materials are not running, so it is imperative to build roads. The court now has no money and food, so should I wait? The Wang family in Taiyuan is worried that the country is in trouble, so I took out the grain from my family to build roads. Is this wrong? Your Majesty is pitying, and after he built the road, he took back his capital, that's all. I really didn't think about making money and making profits with this. I really don't know where the news from the Imperial Palace got, and it was a slander for such righteous deeds, which was a ruthless person!"

"Haha!" Wang Jingze laughed loudly, and his heart was extremely comfortable. He finally understood how refreshing Li Mu could use his ultimate move after three sneers. The pleasure of pushing his opponent into the corner was really hard to describe without personal experience. He has been a censor for three years, and he has never had such a scene once. Now he has embraced Zhulu Hou's thigh, not only has gold bars, but also can reach the peak of his life. It is really a pleasure.

"When Zheng Wang, if it is really as you said, I misunderstood you. The Wang family in Taiyuan has surplus grain, and after the road is built, they will only collect the capital, and do not seek to make money - it sounds really nice! If I really say that, can I understand that the Wang family in Taiyuan suffered a loss?"

"This..." Wang Gui opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer.

Wang Jingze sneered and continued to ask, "If you suffer a loss, you have to say it out! There must be many generous people in the great Tang Dynasty. You cannot let the Wang family in Taiyuan suffer a loss. It is better to divide the right to build roads into ten parts, and everyone suffers a loss together. What do you think Wang Shizhong thinks?"

"This..." Wang Gui said stiffly: "There is no need, Taiyuan Wang can handle it."

"I still say it's not for profit?" Wang Jingze fell to the ground and shouted: "The facts are clear, please ask your Majesty to judge."

Wang Gui had no choice but to kneel down on the ground and bowed: "Your Majesty, old minister... old minister..."

Li Shimin showed displeasure and said, "I was almost blinded when building a road. Thanks to Wang Aiqing's reminder, it seems that I have the eyesight. The position of the Chief Censor of the Censorship will be handed over to the hands of such young and promising and unafraid of the powerful. Wang Aiqing, I am very optimistic about you. I want to give you a pair of iron tablets to show your iron bones."

Wang Jingze was overjoyed and tried his best to control his emotions. He calmly bowed: "I am just doing my best to do my best and dare not take credit for it."

"Your dear character is rare. Since I have given it to you, please keep it. In the future, don't let the tablets be shamed." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he glanced at everyone in the hall, took the expressions of Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others into his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "As for whether the Marquis of Zhulu and the Wang family in Taiyuan privately granted each other, I will investigate. As for the same sentence, the merits will be rewarded, and the faults will be punished. I will also carefully calculate the benefits of road construction. If someone really treats road construction as a business to deceive me, I will not spare it easily."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he stood up with his sleeves. Seeing this, Eunuch Gao hurriedly said loudly: "Retreat the court!!"

All officials came out one after another, Wang Jingze strode ahead, and his seven little brothers followed him, with a strong sense of self-contained momentum. Wei Zheng's health was not yet healed, and he moved a little slower. Looking at the backs of the eight censors who were gathering together, something was shaking in his eyes.

Behind him, Changsun Wuji reached out to pull Wang Gui up. Wang Gui looked at him with a wry smile and said, "Auxiliary, I regret it now. If I had known this, I would rather not do it."
Chapter completed!