Chapter 509

When all the officials entered the hall, when the ceremony officer heard the bell ring, he called out in a loud voice with the unique voice of eunuchs: "Shang Chao."

Then all the ministers saluted, and the prince stood up from his chair, waiting for the emperor and queen to come to the court.

The guard of honor, wing screen, maid of honor, eunuch, and Yayue cooperated in tacit understanding, and slowly came out from behind the screen at the same time. Everything was like making a movie. After many moves and cooperation, the ritual system above the court hall was orderly carried out.

According to the size of the officials, Li Hong held different boards, while Li Hong, with empty hands, saluted the emperor and the queen. Because today is basically the last court meeting before the Yuan Dynasty, and the appearance of the empress did not make the ministers feel that they were beyond the ritual system.

What's more, when his majesty and the crown prince fought in Liaodong and Anxi, and when his Majesty's dragon body was not in peace, the queen had already presided over the government for many times. Therefore, the appearance of the queen today has long been a habit for the courtiers above the court.

Different from the great court meeting, today's court meeting is more like a work report meeting, in which the local memorials are played in the middle letter order, and the Shangshu order summarizes the situation of the whole year of the Tang Dynasty. In short, today's work celebration is the main task, and listening to politics and business is supplemented.

In this way, there are fewer yellow gate ministers playing auspicious omens, the Ministry of Hubu's books about the contributions of various states, and the Ministry of rites for the tribute of foreign countries and foreign countries.

The wind opens the festival, and the gray rhythm moves the early sun. A hundred barbarians are worshipped in reverie, and the imperial court of all nations is still in the ascendant. Although there is no trace of Shun and Yu, the heaven and earth are happy. The train tracks are the same as the eight tables, and the books and texts are mixed everywhere. He Yiyan's crown is done, and he is full of costumes. Feather galloping Road, bell drum vibration rock corridor. Group practice glow color, frost halberd shining morning light. In the morning and night, I feel the truth, but I feel sorry for the famine.

Peiyan started with Li Shimin's zhengri linchao. After nearly half an hour's sonorous and powerful expression, he made a simple summary of the situation of the Tang Dynasty.

"Please ask the Shangshu to make a statement..." The voice of the ritual officer sounded again in the main hall of xuanzheng hall.

Li Hong slowly stood up from his chair. Today's Prince's highness is very different from the behavior of the imperial court in the past. Everyone, including Li Zhi and Wu Mei, felt Li Hong's different past.

On the surface, he looks the same as usual, but a pair of deep eyes twinkle with quiet, invisible light, which makes people unable to see through the secret hidden in the abyss eyes.

"I told my father and his mother that all the courtiers and their children were not in the court for half a year because they fought with their father and emperor in Liaodong. Therefore, today, there is Zuo pushe in Shangshu province to urge yuan Zong to summarize." Li Hong looks calm and looks at the curious Lizhi.

Wu Mei is just like Li Hong, who just sat on the chair. She droops her eyes and is as calm as an old monk sitting still and silent.

"Exactly." Li Zhi stares at Li Hong secretly.

Li Hong continued to sit back on the chair without any expression. After urging Yuanzong to walk out of the group of ministers, he saluted Li Zhi, Wu Mei and Li Hong, and then began a short memorial to the general chapter of the Shangshu province.

As Cui Yuanzong's memorial comes to an end, Pei Yan looks at Fang Xianzhong, but Fang Xianzhong ignores Peiyan's inquiry in the eyes when he is aware of it.

Today, everything is calm and abnormal. Next, I'm afraid it's time for the prince to make trouble.

However, from the beginning to the end, Li Hong had been sitting in his chair, and he did not move. With the completion of Cui Yuanzong's Memorial and the sharp voice of the ritual officer, Fang Xianzhong was the first among the ministers to stand up: "I beg your majesty to apologize."

"Excuse me? In the middle letter, Peiyan and Zuo pushe told me about the prosperity and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but you have to plead guilty in the name of minister of industry? " Li Zhi glanced at the court curiously. Unexpectedly, Fang Xianzhong confessed his guilt.

"Back to your highness, I know I can't escape the blame, but in fact, I was forced to have no choice. Your majesty ordered the minister to start rebuilding King Wu's house immediately after the first day of the reign of Emperor Wu. However, the Ministry in charge of the minister can't afford to rebuild King Wu's house, so please punish him." Fang Xianzhong glanced at Li Hong. Seeing that Li Hong was still unresponsive, he had to bow his head and wait for his Majesty's censure.

"What about the silver?" Li Zhi is not angry. He glances at Li Hong at will and then looks at Fang Xianzhong again.

Fang Xianzhong looks at Li Hong again. Li Hong still doesn't look at him. He can't help but murmur in his heart. Can he really save his life if he does this?

But when he got to the court, he couldn't help but flinch, so he had to brave his head and say, "my highness, the silver of the Ministry of works was appropriated by the prince's highness and appropriated to the military department, but the whereabouts of the silver was given to Quanzhou shipyard."

"To your majesty, what Lord Fang said is true, but the crown prince did not embezzle it privately, but misappropriated it when the Ministry of public works had surplus money. This year, the crown prince led Lord Fang to inspect the disaster management along the Yellow River. At that time, the money of the Ministry of labor was still very abundant, and before that, his highness had already appropriated the silver of the Ministry." Minister Ren Ya of the Ministry of war stood up and said.

"To your majesty, I think that the prince's highness, as the minister's order of the provincial government, should not arbitrarily misappropriate the original silver of each department, but should explain clearly why he embezzled the silver to Quanzhou." The Minister of Dali Temple Di Renjie stood up and said after being looked at by Li Zhi.Wu Mei never raised her head and looked up at the court hall, as if all these had nothing to do with her, but the common courtiers fighting on the court, without involving the prince.

The Minister of rites took a look at di Renjie and said faintly, "Lord Di, since Lord Fang pleads with your majesty, should we first let Lord Fang explain why the Ministry of work is so short of money? Lord Ren has said that after the crown prince misappropriates it, the Ministry's silver is still surplus. "

Di Renjie was calm and said with a smile: "whether it is the prince's highness or the Minister of the Ministry of industry, in short, the money of the Ministry of works should be clearly stated. As for who is the first and who is the second, as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, his Highness takes the lead in explaining clearly, and then it is not too late for Lord Fang to tell the direction of other silver?"

Standing among the ministers with a smile, Li Qiao of the imperial historian said lightly: "since Lord Fang pleaded guilty, it is natural that Lord Fang took the lead in stating his guilt. As for the prince's Royal Highness's embezzlement of silver to Quanzhou, it is not necessary to go to the East Palace in any case. So I think it's better to let Lord Fang say his sin first?"

"Fang Xianzhong, the cost of five million taels of silver. Do you know where I used it Li Hong saw that di Renjie was about to speak. He waved his hand and interrupted Di Renjie.

Above the court, those who support you openly are naturally those who support you. Those who explicitly do not support you are not necessarily those who do not support you.

For Di Renjie's reaction, Li Hong doesn't think that di Renjie doesn't support himself. On the contrary, he wants to know what he talked with his mother last night?

Now his action seems to be a relief for Fang Xianzhong, but it is actually a test for himself whether Fang Xianzhong can be trusted.

"Yes, I know how much money you spend, but the five million taels of silver from the Ministry of industry, together with the silver appropriated by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of war, is worth more than 10 million taels. However, there are only five giant ships that can go to sea in Quanzhou, and before that, three of the same ships sank in the sea for five to seven days, and the third one only lasted ten days After following the footsteps of the first two ships, he sank completely in the sea. After all, as Minister of the Ministry of industry, I am not the commander of the Navy Cui Zhibian, but I am proficient in canals and five tooth warships, and I can build a luxury decorated giant ship. Obviously, the value of each ship of Quanzhou is only tens of thousands of taels, and the rest of the silver is unknown Where has your highness gone Fang Xianzhong looked at the ground closely, but his feet slowly appeared in his sight.

With the feet getting closer and closer to him, the sweat on his forehead became more and more. He even narrowed into his eyes. The bitter feeling made him dare not reach out to wipe it. He had to lower his head and blink his eyes.

"You're right, but in fact, four ships were sunk, not three, and the cost of these four ships is more than twice as much as the five ships that can be sailed today. But do you know why it's so expensive? " Li Hong patted Fang Xianzhong on the shoulder. He was so scared that he almost fell to the ground.

"I don't know, so I hope your highness can give me a reasonable explanation." Fang Xianzhong continued to lower his head, feeling Li Hong's fingers, the rhythm of fear hit his shoulder.

"OK, I can explain it to you, but I'm done. Can you explain it to me?" Li Hong faces Fang Xianzhong again and signals Fang Xianzhong to look up at himself.

Fang Xianzhong wants to see the signs of trading in Li Hong's eyes, but his deep eyes, like an endless whirlpool, not only can't see clearly his intention, but also makes himself more flustered.

Peiyan watched all this quietly. Fang Xianzhong went to di Renjie's house yesterday. Although he had never been invited by Di Renjie to narrate, the half column of incense at the gate was enough time for them to make a deal.

Today, di Renjie's words in the court hall are obviously biased towards Fang Xianzhong. It seems that yesterday Di Renjie and Fang Xianzhong have reached an agreement. Then, do you want to add fuel to the flames at this time, so that the prince's highness can't explain more than 10 million taels of silver?

Thinking of this, Peiyan quietly observed the expressions of Li Zhi and Wu Mei. Seeing that their attention was focused on Li Hong, Pei Yan confirmed that he took two steps forward in his heart and said, "my majesty, it is the so-called" prince who violates the law should commit the same crime as the common people. "The minister thinks that no matter what the purpose of the prince's highness embezzles the silver of the Ministry of industry, the Ministry of household and the Ministry of war, it is obvious that It can't be explained that the prince's Highness's action was considered by me in the Tang Dynasty. It is obvious that the prince's Highness has other selfish intentions. "

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