Datang romantic little landlord

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Everyone is silent, this is a shocking case!

It was so easy to be exposed by Hu Xianzi!

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Li Ru, who was lying on the ground, and there was no one else who could do this, except this doctor from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Zhang Liang was even more frightened. He really didn't know about Li Ru's greed for ink.

Although he is usually domineering, he is not an idiot, not to mention that he has a lot of property in his house, and Li Er has more rewards, so there is no need for him to be greedy for these copper coins.

Now Zhang Liang is only worried that he will get burned because of this idiot brother-in-law.

He regretted it more and more at this time, was he deceived by lard just now?Why did you follow this Li Ru to make a bet with Li Wangyou?

Dai Zhou got up to go out, and threw up his court clothes and knelt down in front of the imperial steps: "Your Majesty, the lack of strict control and improper supervision have caused some people to seek personal gain from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, corrupt the law. This is all the crime of the minister! Please punish the crime. "

Zhang Liang's reaction was not slow, he even ran out scrambling, and knelt down in front of the imperial steps: "Your Majesty, I really don't know what my wife and brother are doing, so I ask your Majesty to look into it. People who are corrupt and pervert the law commit heinous crimes, and I am ashamed to associate with them."

What he said was beautiful, but it made all the officials shake their heads secretly.

No matter what Li Ru said, he was also Zhang Liang's brother-in-law, so it was clear that he had a heart.

On the imperial steps, Li Er's face turned ashen...

373 If you are greedy as a minister, you will die

Li Er's face turned livid, and he naturally figured out the meaning between the two accounts.

Some people dare to tamper with the account books of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and greedy for copper coins from the national treasury!This almost touched Li Er's rebellion.

Li Er hates corruption the most!

In the first year of Zhenguan, Li Er, who had just ascended the throne, ordered to amend the law.In order to reflect the glorious image of Xinjun Huairou, Li Er has reduced the punishment for many crimes, but the punishment for corruption and bribery has not been relaxed at all, and has even become more severe.

At that time, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji suggested that according to the law of the Han Dynasty, embezzlement of 160 taels of gold would be punishable by death.However, Li Er felt that the amount was too high and had no deterrent effect. In the end, the Tang law ruled that "fifteen pieces of silk will be executed by hanging" for corruption of ink.

In the early years of Zhenguan, there were about five hundred pieces of raw silk.Fifteen bolts of silk are only [-] Wen, which is slightly more than the monthly salary of a first-rank official in the dynasty.

But today in the main hall, in front of all the officials, such a shocking case broke out, how can we not make Li Er angry?

Someone actually greedy for more than 8000 copper coins!According to Tang law, how many times is enough to die?

As for who the corrupt person is, Dai Zhou knows it well, Zhang Liang knows it, and Li Er naturally knows it too.

As the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has a high position and authority, and he is in charge of the money and grain account books.

Apart from Dai Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Li Ru, a doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is the only one who can play tricks in the account books of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Dai Zhou was conscientious, talented and familiar with the law. He was an official in the former Sui Dynasty and later became an official in the Tang Dynasty.Li Er naturally had complete trust in this minister, and firmly believed that with Dai Zhou as a man, it was absolutely impossible to be greedy for ink, otherwise he would not have appointed him to such an important position as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

However, today's case was exposed, but Dai Zhou was not without responsibility.

As a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he did not find out that his officials were corrupt, so he would naturally be punished accordingly.

As for Zhang Liang on the side, Li Er was too lazy to pay attention to him at this time.

"Li Qing, do you have anything to say?"

Li Er stared at Li Ru, and the emperor's majesty burst into anger, making Li Ru speechless, knelt down there and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, forgive me..."

Li Erchang stood tall and ignored Li Ru, looked around at the ministers in the hall, and said loudly: "Self-serving and greedy will not stop breaking the public law and harming the people. Even if the matter is not heard, the center will not be constantly afraid? There are so many fears." , And some people die because of it. How can a big man be greedy for money and property, in order to kill his life. Make every child and grandchildren feel ashamed? If you are greedy for the master, you will lose your country; if you are greedy for your ministers, you will die."

The ministers were terrified, and they all bowed their heads and kowtowed: "Your servants will be taught."

"Dai Qing, if you don't control your subordinates strictly, you will be fined [-] catties of copper! Bibu's inspection is not strict, and it is hard to blame. Li Daozong, you will be fined [-] catties of copper!"

Li Daozong, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan's nephew, Li's second cousin, was then Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Bibu, who is in charge of checking and auditing the account books of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment, so if there is a problem with the account books of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, is naturally responsible.

The fine of twenty catties of copper is actually not much, it is just a few copper coins, it is only a small punishment.But for big men like Dai Zhou and Li Daozong, the loss of face is more important than that bit of copper money.

Regarding Li Er's punishment, both of them had nothing to say, they bowed their heads and accepted the punishment.

"Where is Wei Qing?"

"The minister is here." Wei Zheng came out.

"Take Li Ru, a doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and go to prison. I will go to Yushitai, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice to find out how much Li Ru is corrupt. Is there any accomplices? He will be punished severely! The department arrested Li Ru's family members and sent them to prison together. home, to the treasury."

It has been three years since Li Ru became a doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the ninth year of Wude.

But in just four months of this year, he dared to steal more than 8000 pens from it. It is not known how much Li Ru had corrupted before that.

After Li Er angrily issued the oral order, his own palace guards stepped forward and dragged Li Ru, who had been limp like a dead dog, to the palace.

His ending is self-evident. After finding out that he was corrupt and broke the law, there is no other possibility except to be hanged.

And his family members did not fare much better.The female family members were sent to work in the Yeting Palace, and the male family members were enslaved, and their descendants would never be officials.

Although Li Ru and his family suffered a tragic end, Li Wangyou would not sympathize with him.He was a dick in later generations, and what he hated most were corrupt officials. In his opinion, death of these people was not a pity.

However, just after Li Er issued the oral order, Li Wangyou ignored Li Er's extremely ugly face and said, "Your Majesty, Li Ru's house in Da'anfang has already lost to the minister. When a judge confiscates his property, , can’t be counted among them, it’s already the subject’s property.”

What he said made Li Er almost kick him in anger. At this moment, are you still thinking about that house?

How did Li Er know that Li Wangyou did so many things today, and even helped him destroy a "big tiger" for the house in Da'anfang.

If Li Ru knew that he died because of a different hospital, would he suffocate himself to death before he was hanged?

Li Er took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and then said: "Yes, I agree. Retreat!"

After saying that, Li Er turned around and left, Empress Changsun also shook her head helplessly, and chased after her husband.

After Li Er left, the nearly stagnant air above the main hall suddenly relaxed, and all the officials let out a sigh of relief, looking at Li Wangyou with a sense of inexplicability.

This county magistrate is really good, and he made all this noise just to expose the corruption of ink by the doctor of the Minbu, but how did he know that the doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs made false accounts and was greedy for copper coins?

Many officials, in their hearts, had a higher evaluation of Li Wangyou, thinking that this Huxian son could not be easily offended.

At this time, Zhang Liang no longer had the unruly look he had before. Although Li Er didn't punish him, he still frightened him a lot.

He walked up to Li Wangyou, with a smile on his face: "Master Huxian, I'll have someone deliver that jade flower pony to your house later, and I'll ask Mrs. Hu to accept it."

Naturally, Li Wangyou would not be polite: "Haha, then I would like to thank the Duke."

After Zhang Liang left, the old hooligan Cheng Yaojin also came over, and his big slap slapped him on the shoulder again, the pain made Li Wangyou grin his teeth, and he had to smile at the old hooligan.