Chapter 748: Someone wants to frame Li Shimin?
There were so many refugees in Liangzhou City, so it must be because Wang Zhou himself was improperly managed, which led to such a thing.
In the end, he lost his reputation as Li Shimin. What would he use to compensate him for?
When Cao Cao was talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.
"Report, Your Majesty, Wang Zhou, the lord of Liangzhou City, I have brought it to you!"
A rough sound sounded, and everyone looked back and saw Cheng Yaojin riding a dark horse, with a man with slightly high cheekbones and slightly thin clothes behind him.
The man also looked at the tens of thousands of refugees in front of him with a panic on his face, looking dazed, as if he had no idea 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 first saw Wang Zhou, he was furious and shouted angrily: "Wang Zhou, Wang Zhou, look at the good things you did for me! Tell me, what's going on?"
Li Shimin pointed to a group of refugees on the left and questioned Wang Zhou.
Wang Zhou immediately crawled down and knelt on the ground again, and said in panic: "Report to the emperor, old minister, old minister, don't know what's going on?"
"You don't know? You don't know who knows? Wang Zhou, this year is the year of severe drought in my Tang Dynasty. I distributed grain to Liangzhou City, and it's more than ten million pounds. Why are there so many refugees still there?
?I want to ask you!"
Li Shimin shouted angrily.
Wang Zhou said: "Report to the emperor, the old minister did not move any of the food you distributed to the old minister. All the food you distributed to the people of Liangzhou City is distributed to the people of Liangzhou City. It can be seen that the old minister was wronged!"
"I was wronged? Then tell me, if I wronged you, how could so many refugees appear? Why are there no other cities, but you, Liangzhou City?
It’s not that you embezzled food, that is, you issued the wrong food, and the blame still falls on your head. Wang Zhou, do you know that it’s guilt?"
The angry Li Shimin looked very scary.
At this moment, Wang Zhou was so scared that he crawled on the ground again, trembling, and didn't even know how to explain.
"Emperor, I... old minister, old minister doesn't know. I distributed food according to the population of Liangzhou City. I don't know why so many refugees appear? Old minister..."
Wang Zhou began to speak incoherently.
Li Shimin said: "Hmph... Whether it is your corruption or your calculation error, there are so many refugees in Liangzhou City, that is your Wang Zhou's sin!"
Li Shimin snorted coldly, then thought for a while, and then said, "Then I will never allow you to commit such a heinous crime. In my country, officials with such serious corruption will appear! Duke Lu!"
"Here!" Cheng Yaojin clasped his fists with both hands.
Li Shimin pursed his lips and gritted his teeth, and finally sighed: "Drag Wang Zhou down and kill him! The city lord of Liangzhou City should indeed be replaced!"
"Yes, the emperor!"
Cheng Yaojin and Wang Zhou did not have too much friendship, so he just did as Li Shimin told him.
However, Wang Zhou, who was kneeling on the ground, looked confused and felt ashamed. For a moment, his lips trembled, and he didn't even know how to speak and explain it to himself.
On the side, Wei Zheng, who was 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 before the problem has been investigated clearly, you can't kill a good person by mistake!
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Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng and said, "Prime Minister Wei Zheng, facts and evidence are in front of me. Why did I kill a good person by mistake? Wei Zheng, there were so many refugees in Liangzhou City, and they even ran to Chang'an City to complain?
Isn’t this Wang Zhou’s dereliction of duty?”
"This, this..." Wei Zheng could not refute for a moment, but he really couldn't believe that Wang Zhou was the one who could embezzle public food.
So Wei Zheng immediately looked at Li Chengfeng and said, "Eighth Prince, please, please, this time, you must help me, help the Lord Wang Zhou, he is a good man, God
A great good man, you must not let the emperor kill such a good city lord by mistake, otherwise the people will be unable to calm down and the world will be in chaos!"
Li Chengfeng also touched his chin and thought.
He just observed Wang Zhou for a long time and found that this man was dressed simply and cleanly and had a good appearance, not like the kind of person who was stealing.
So Li Chengfeng said: "Prime Minister Wei Zheng, if you kill a minister by mistake, it will not cause chaos in the world, right?"
Wei Zheng said: "But you can't kill it by mistake! The Eighth Prince, the old minister dares to use his life to guarantee it. Wang Zhou is definitely a good city lord. Please, the Eighth Prince, let the Emperor not kill him!"
Li Chengfeng pursed his lips and nodded slightly.
So he spoke, "Father, my son-in-law thinks that this matter needs to be verified, so I won't rush to kill the Lord Wang Zhou!"
"If you don't kill him, why do you vent your anger?" Li Shimin pointed at Wang Zhou and cursed angrily.
Li Chengfeng frowned and thought: "Father, indeed, there are so many refugees in Liangzhou City. It is indeed Wang Zhou who has dereliction of duty, but he himself has no idea why there are so many refugees suddenly! In addition,
If refugees appear in Liangzhou City first, it is better to report to the Lord Wang Zhou City, rather than these refugees, and directly form a group to complain at the foot of Chang'an City? Do you think so, father?"
"Hmm?" Li Shimin hesitated.
Li Chengfeng continued: "And if this matter is really corrupt by Lord Wang Zhou, then father, do you really think that more than 10,000 refugees can come to Chang'an City alive? Lord Wang Zhou is really
Would you be so stupid that you asked them to come to Chang'an City to complain to the emperor? So Father, don't you think this matter is very strange?"
"Um?"
Li Shimin once again spoke a question.
However, his back trembled suddenly.
"Ding, the fear from Li Shimin, the naughty value is 200!"
Li Shimin calmed down and then asked, "Well, Feng'er?"
Li Chengfeng said: "Father, I believe that someone has created refugees from it and framed the city lord Wang Zhou! This is secondly, I am afraid that the manipulator behind the scenes is for you, my father?"
"What? This... Humph, I don't believe that there are such a bold person in this world who dares to fake refugees, slander the city lord, and frame me? It's really outrageous!"
Li Shimin waved his sleeves angrily.
Li Chengfeng said: "Yes, so the identities of these refugees are actually still to be verified. In addition, the lord of Wang Zhou should not have been killed. At least, they have to wait until the identities of these refugees are revealed and judged.
Is it a dereliction of duty by Lord Wang Zhou?”
"Well, what Feng'er said makes a lot of sense! It's me who was impulsive!"
Chapter completed!