Tai Chi Hall of the Imperial Palace.
After all the ministers arrived, they divided the two sides according to civil and military standards.
Li Er put down a memorial, looked at a young official in the civil service queue, and asked: "Yuan Shaoqing, do you want to impeach the son of Chang'an wealthy businessman Li Jingmo?"
The young official quickly stepped out of the queue and bowed:
"Your Majesty, I really want to impeach Li Zexuan, the son of Li Jingmo. According to the Dongshi City Department Order, this person has purchased chickens in Chang'an City in the past two days, which has not only caused the price of chickens to skyrocket, but also the price of eggs. The price has more than doubled. This person is disrupting the market and driving up prices. I beg your Majesty to punish him severely."
This person is Yuan Wendao, Shaoqing of Taifu Temple. Taifu Temple was one of the nine temples of the central government in the Tang Dynasty. The chief executive, Taifuqing, was a ministerial official of the third rank, and the second official, Shaoqing, was a fourth-rank official. His official position was high and his status was high. prominent.
Taifu Temple is in charge of the national financial affairs, and oversees the officials of the four cities of Kyoto, Pingzhun, Zuozang, and Changping, formulating their programs and revising their duties. In addition to being in charge of the country's property treasury, he directly leads the four Kyoto Municipal Bureaus and the Peace Preparation Bureau in terms of market management, provides macro guidance, and uses the two methods of measurement and trade-off to implement specific controls.
The city department order of Dongshi was only from the sixth rank official, so of course he was not qualified to go to court. He could only report the abnormalities in Dongshi in the past two days to Yuan Wendao.
Li Er asked curiously: "This Li Zexuan is just a commoner. Why doesn't Taifu Temple directly accuse him?"
"Your Majesty, according to my observation, Li Zexuan has a very close relationship with both the eldest son and the prince of Lu Guogong. I don't dare to specialize in it, so I specially ask your Majesty to judge."
Yuan Wendao originally wanted to arrest the person directly, but later the Dongshi City Municipal Bureau reported to him the close relationship between Li Zexuan, Cheng Chumo and Li Chengqian. Yuan Wendao was not sure about the relationship between the two people, so he simply reported it to Li Er directly. .
Hearing this, Li Er glanced meaningfully at Li Chengqian who was standing below. At the same time, he was also a little dissatisfied with Yuan Wendao. This man was in a high position, but he was timid and treated people differently according to their status when asking questions. , it is really unqualified.
Li Chengqian quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Er.
"Fart, full of nonsense. Is it illegal for Li Zexuan to spend his own money to buy things?"
Cheng Yaojin was furious when he heard this and was the first to jump out and scold Yuan Wendao angrily.
Yesterday, after Mo Mo returned from the schedule office, he repeated to Cheng Yaojin what Li Zexuan had advised them to do to raise chickens. When Cheng Yaojin heard this, he thought about it carefully. After pondering for a while, he waved his hand and said:
"In this case, our family also raises chickens. Tomorrow, I will ask the housekeeper to buy 30,000 chickens and distribute them to farmers. Let them raise one or two hundred chickens per household. The conditions for raising chickens will be the same as those of Li Zexuan and his family."
Cheng Chumo was dumbfounded when he heard this. When he thought about it, it would be enough if his father could agree to raise seven or eight thousand. He never expected that his father would be so courageous and ask for thirty thousand. Cheng Chumo said:
"Dad, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to sell the chickens and will lose all your money?"
Cheng Yaojin patted Cheng Chumo's head and laughed:
"Ugly cow, you are too young and haven't seen it through. Don't think about it. Is that guy Li Zexuan a master who is willing to suffer losses? Since he dares to raise 80,000 chickens, our family is afraid of raising 30,000 chickens. What.
Haha, I, Old Cheng, dare to conclude that there must be a big unknown secret here, but Li Zexuan doesn't want to tell it, so our family will just follow that kid and make a small fortune. "
Cheng Yaojin looks rough on the outside, but in his heart he is as careful as a hair. He can understand the twists and turns inside after a little thought. At this time, he pinched his beard proudly, took two steps, and continued:
"Besides, you have forgotten who that boy's master is. He is an immortal figure from the Taoist lineage. Li Zexuan's nonsensical behavior this time may be a secret revealed to him by Lingxu Taoist Priest before his death. Alas, if it weren't for our family If I’m not as rich as that kid, your father and I also want to buy 80,000 chickens, haha, this kid is quite interesting!”
After Cheng Chumo listened to Cheng Yaojin's analysis, he couldn't help but admire his father. He was still hot when he was old.
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In the court room.
Yuan Wendao was tragically sprayed in the face by Cheng Yaojin's spitting stars, and his ears were buzzed by Cheng Yaojin's loud roar.
He wiped his face and said angrily: "Mr. Lu, how could you deliberately cover up Li Zexuan just because he has a good relationship with the son? Li Zexuan is driving up prices and affecting people's livelihood. The evidence is conclusive. Does Lu Guogong want to bend the law for personal gain?"
Cheng Yaojin was very angry. According to Yuan Wendao, his family also bought a large number of chickens today. Wouldn't it be against the law? Cheng Yaojin didn't bother to argue with him and directly hit Yuan Wendao on the bridge of the nose with an uppercut.
"I am favoring your mother. You are such a mean person and you are not afraid to tell you that my old Cheng family is going to the East Market to buy tens of thousands of chickens today. Do you also want to punish me, Old Cheng?"
Yuan Wendao was just a weak scholar. How could he withstand Cheng Yaojin's big fist? He was knocked far away by the punch. His nosebleeds spurted out on his face and he almost fainted. At this time, he bowed down to Li Er and cried bitterly:
"Your Majesty, Mr. Lu Guo, in the court, acted in vain, maliciously hurt people, and also intended to protect the suspect. I ask your Majesty to punish him."
Cheng Yaojin was furious and wanted to come up and beat him up again. Qin Qiong who was standing next to him quickly came over and stopped him:
"Know your moral integrity and don't be arrogant in the court."
Qin Shubao had suffered an old injury in the past two years, and his legs and feet were not in good condition. Cheng Yaojin did not dare to try hard to break free, so he calmed down and looked at Li Er pitifully:
"Your Majesty, I have just behaved unbecomingly before you. I hope you will forgive me."
Li Er was delighted by this generous attitude:
"Cheng Zhijie, why didn't you think of asking me to forgive you when you beat someone before? It's really unreasonable for you to beat a minister in the court."
Qin Shubao quickly bowed and begged:
"I know I was just confused for a moment. I hope your majesty will forgive me."
Niu Jinda, Yuchi Gong and other generals also interceded for Cheng Yaojin.
Although Li Er had a very good relationship with Cheng Yaojin, Qin Shubao and other veteran generals in private, he could not chill the hearts of other ministers. He shook his head and said:
"Cheng Zhijie, I will fine you three months to see the effects!"
Well, I originally spent so much money to buy chickens, but now my salary is gone. It seems that I will have to tighten my belt in the future. But Cheng Yaojin also knew that this punishment was very light.
Cheng Yaojin bowed and thanked him: "I obey your order."
Li Er looked at Yuan Wendao again and asked, "Yuan Shaoqing, you said that Li Zexuan was driving up prices. Did he use this to make profits?"
Yuan Wendao covered his nose and replied with a loud voice: "Your Majesty, this humble minister has never noticed."
Li Er pondered: "Since he didn't take advantage of the opportunity to make huge profits, it doesn't count as disrupting the market, but he needs to explain why he bought such a huge amount of chickens. Come on!"
Immediately outside the hall, a large Han general walked quickly and bowed and saluted: "The general is here!"
Li Er ordered: "Go to Yongle Square quickly and bring Li Zexuan here!"
"Here!"
Although the Han general did not know Li Zexuan, he still bowed and answered, and then hurriedly went out to lead people to look for Li Zexuan.
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