There are so many refugees in Liangzhou City, it must be due to Wang Zhou's improper management that such a thing happened.
In the end, he damaged Li Shimin's reputation, what can he, Wang Zhou, do to compensate himself?
Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will arrive.
"Report, Your Majesty, Wang Zhou, the lord of Liangzhou City, I brought it to you!"
A rough voice sounded, and everyone looked back, only to see Cheng Yaojin riding a black horse, with behind him a man with slightly raised cheekbones and slightly thinly dressed.
The man also looked at the tens of thousands of refugees in front of him with a terrified face, his expression was in a daze, as if he didn't know why such a thing happened.
And this person is Wang Zhou, the lord of Liangzhou City.
Compared with the Standing Committee of the City Lord of Suzhou City, this person looks much thinner.
However, when Li Shimin saw Wang Zhou for the first time, he immediately lost his temper and shouted angrily: "Wang Zhou, Wang Zhou, look at the good things you have done to me! Tell me, what is going on?"
Li Shimin pointed to a group of refugees on the left and questioned Wang Zhou.
Wang Zhou immediately knelt down on the ground, and said in fear: "Report to the emperor, old minister, old minister, I don't know what's going on?"
"You don't know? If you don't know, who knows? Wang Zhou, this year is a year of severe drought in the Tang Dynasty. The grain I distribute to Liangzhou City is more than ten million catties. How can there be so many refugees? ? I want to ask you!"
Li Shimin shouted angrily.
Wang Zhoudao: "Reporting to the emperor, the food you distributed to the veteran, the veteran did not touch a single cent, and all of it was distributed to the people of Liangzhou City. The blue sky can see that the veteran was wronged!"
"Wronged? Then tell me, if I have wronged you, how come there are so many refugees? Why are there so many refugees in Liangzhou City when there are no other cities? If It’s not that you embezzled the food, it’s that you sent the wrong food, and the blame still falls on you, Wang Zhou, are you guilty?”
The angry Li Shimin looked terribly frightening.
At this moment, Wang Zhou was so frightened that he crawled on the ground, trembling, and didn't even know how to explain.
"Your Majesty, I... this old minister, I don't know, this old minister distributes food according to the population of the people in Liangzhou City, and I don't know why there are so many refugees? Old minister..."
Wang Zhou began to speak incoherently.
Li Shimin said: "Hmph... Whether it's your corruption or your miscalculation, anyway, there are so many refugees in Liangzhou City, it's your fault, Wang Zhou!"
Li Shimin snorted coldly, then thought for a while, and then said: "Then you have committed such a heinous crime, and I will never allow it. In my country, there will be officials with such serious corruption! Lu Guogong!"
"Here!" Cheng Yaojin clasped his hands together.
Li Shimin pursed his lips and gritted his teeth, finally sighed and said, "Drag Wang Zhou down and cut him off! The city lord of Liangzhou City should indeed be replaced!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Cheng Yaojin didn't have much friendship with Wang Zhou, so he just followed Li Shimin's orders.
However, Wang Zhou, who was kneeling on the ground, was bewildered and his heart was ashamed. For a moment, his lips trembled, and he didn't even know how to speak, and explained for himself.
On the other side, Wei Zheng, who is Wang Zhou's friend, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, you can't do it, you can't do it! Your Majesty, you can't kill Wang Zhou if the problem has not been investigated clearly, and you can't kill a good person by mistake! "
Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng and said, "Prime Minister Wei Zheng, the facts and evidence are right in front of us, why did I kill a good man by mistake! Wei Zheng, there are so many refugees in Liangzhou City, and they even rushed to the foot of Chang'an City to complain? Isn't this Wang Zhou's dereliction of duty?"
"This, this..." For a while, Wei Zheng couldn't refute, but he really couldn't believe that Wang Zhou was the one who would embezzle public food.
Therefore, Wei Zheng immediately looked at Li Chengfeng, and said, "Eighth Prince, please, please, this time, you must help me, Lord Wang Zhou, he is a good man, God Great good man, you must not let the emperor kill such a good city lord by mistake, otherwise, the hearts of the people will be hard to calm down, and the world will be in chaos!"
Li Chengfeng also rubbed his chin and thought about it.
He observed Wang Zhou for a long time just now, and found that this man was dressed plainly and cleanly, and had a good appearance. He didn't seem like the kind of sneaky person.
So Li Chengfeng said: "Prime Minister Wei Zheng killed a minister by mistake, it won't cause chaos in the world, right?"
Wei Zhengdao: "But you can't kill him by mistake! Eighth prince, the old minister dares to guarantee with his life, Wang Zhou is definitely a good city lord, please eighth prince, let the emperor not kill him!"
Li Chengfeng pursed his lips and nodded slightly.
So he opened his mouth and said: "Father, my son feels that this matter has yet to be verified, but there is no rush to kill the Lord Wang Zhou!"
"If you don't kill him, why vent your anger?" Li Shimin pointed at Wang Zhou and cursed angrily.
Li Chengfeng frowned, thinking: "Father, it is true that there are so many refugees in Liangzhou City, it is indeed Wang Zhou's dereliction of duty, but he himself has no idea why there are so many refugees suddenly! In addition, If refugees appeared first in Liangzhou City, they should report to City Lord Wang Zhou, instead of these refugees directly forming a group to complain at the foot of Chang'an City? Are you saying so, Father?"
"Huh?" Li Shimin hesitated Li Chengfeng continued: "And, if this matter is really corrupted by the Lord Wang Zhou, then Father, do you really think that these more than 10,000 refugees , Can you come to the foot of Chang'an City alive? Will City Master Wang Zhou really be so stupid as to let them come to the foot of Chang'an City to complain to the emperor? So Father, don't you think this matter is very strange?"
"Um?"
Li Shimin made another questioning sound.
However, his back trembled unexpectedly.
"Ding, fear from Li Shimin, naughty value +200!"
Li Shimin calmed down, and then asked: "What do you think of the wind?"
Li Chengfeng said: "Father, my son thinks that someone created refugees from it and framed the city lord Wangzhou! This is the second thing, my son is afraid that the manipulator behind the scenes is targeting you, father?"
"What? This...huh, I don't believe that there are such bold people in this world who dare to fake refugees to slander the city lord and frame me? It's really unreasonable!"
Li Shimin waved his sleeves angrily.
Li Chengfeng said: "Yes, so the identities of these refugees still need to be verified. In addition, the Lord Wang Zhou should not be killed, at least until the identities of these refugees are fully revealed before judging the matter. Is it the dereliction of duty of City Lord Wang Zhou?"
"Well, Feng'er, what you said is very reasonable! I was impulsive!"
Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly.