Chapter 774

Li Chengqian was very worried. He knew that this matter was very involved and that it was a lot of money, so his father would definitely not give up easily. With so many people involved, Li Shimin could still bypass them.

"Whether, go and confess, tell my father what I know. After all, it was a few years ago. I don't think my father would be too reproaching. However, something might happen to the Ministry of Justice. The officials of the Ministry of Justice must have investigated. The Ministry of Justice didn't know about such a big thing at all. It's a bit strange!" Qin Huaidao sat there and said to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian nodded. There must be many people on the Ministry of Justice who want to lose their heads.

"Okay, I won't sit here for you anymore. I'll go to the palace to find my father and talk about this matter with my father!" Li Chengqian made up his mind that this matter must be confessed, otherwise, he would feel better at that time.

Soon, Li Chengqian arrived at Chengtian Palace. Wang En saw Li Chengqian coming and immediately greeted him and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty will see no one tonight!"

"Hmm?" Li Chengqian looked at Wang En.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty said, if you don't see anyone, you won't see anyone. Your Majesty wants to take a break." Wang En continued to say to Li Chengqian.

"Who else is here?" Li Chengqian looked at Wang En and asked.

"This, Concubine Wei, Concubine Yan De, and Duke Lai and others have also come, but they have not seen it." Wang En said to Li Chengqian. When Li Chengqian heard it, his heart was shocked. This is a fatal thing. It involves so many people and the harem.

"Okay, then I'll go back first!" Li Chengqian said to Wang En, leaving soon.

Li Shimin was wearing plain clothes and sat in the dark place. Looking at the situation below, he knew that the prince was coming and why the prince came. He didn't want to see him. Now he just wanted to know how many people could be involved in Luoyang's affairs.

He never dreamed that his harem was still involved, and those people regarded themselves as fools and wanted to make money from the court. Don’t they know that the world belongs to their Li family? Will they not tell him if they need money? When did they become harsh on those people?

Li Shimin couldn't figure it out. He was very annoyed now, but he couldn't send out this fire now.

"Come on, go and call Boping here!" Li Shimin thought about it for a moment, shouted to the back, and someone would do it immediately.

Li Shimin sat there thinking about it, and there were some things he could only say to Qin Huaidao. But Qin Huaidao was probably the only one who was truly loyal to the Tang Dynasty. He was not short of money, power, and did not want to be an official. Everything was forced to come out and do these things himself, but these things were really beautiful and many people could not do them at all.

They all want to deceive themselves and want to get benefits from themselves, but Qin Huaidao never thought of getting benefits.

Today I want to increase power to Dali Temple, but Boping refused. Li Shimin knew why Qin Huaidao refused. He could control Dali Temple now, but can the emperor in the future still control Dali Temple with the right to arrest him?

Li Shimin was very happy and relieved when he heard Qin Huaidao's rejection. If Qin Huaidao agreed, then he would have to change Qin Huaidao in a few years! Soon, Qin Huaidao rushed to the palace.

"Father, are there any trouble to find me?" Qin Huai said to Li Shimin's side. Seeing that it was pitch black, I felt a little strange, but I was not afraid.

"Hand the light!" Li Shimin said.

"Oh!" Qin Huaidao nodded and went to take out the fire note on his body.

"I didn't say you!" Li Shimin said,

After a while, some palace maids and eunuchs lit the lights and pulled the curtains on them.

"Look for a place to sit by yourself!" Li Shimin said to Qin Huaidao, and Qin Huaidao found that Li Shimin's mood was a little wrong, and he was very disappointed or disappointed?

"Father, what's wrong? Who messed with you?" Qin Huaidao asked when he looked at Li Shimin.

"Who provoked me? Ha, Boping, just tell me, how much money was greedy in the Luoyang case?" Li Shimin smiled mockingly and asked Qin Huaidao.

"It will not be less than 400,000 guan. I looked at the Luoyang Palace from afar. 800,000 guan can be rebuilt a Luoyang Palace, and there is still a remaining one!" Qin Huaidao thought about it and said to Li Shimin.

"Why no one reported it before? In addition, you were the Minister of Works before, why didn't you report it?" Li Shimin looked at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"Father, how dare I report it at that time? This is the expense of the palace. The Ministry of Works pays nearly 300,000 guan a year. Moreover, they report the account book, and it seems that there is no problem. I have never read the account book reported to the royal family. I don't know if there is any problem with the royal family account book!" Qin Huaidao looked at Li Shimin and explained.

"Go and get it!" Li Shimin said to Wang En, who immediately went out.

"Father, don't be angry. Such things cannot be avoided. Dali Temple is specialized in dealing with such things!" Qin Huaidao persuaded Qin Huaidao and said.

"Not, you said not, now you have just found out the money from their corrupt courts and the people's money. Have you ever thought about it? How do the people think of us? Have you ever thought about it? No! They are so brave! I wish I could kill all the nine clans!" Li Shimin suddenly became furious, stood up and shouted, "The palace maids, guards, and eunuchs here all knelt down.

"This is not possible. If you kill this, the population of the Tang Dynasty will become smaller and smaller!" Qin Huaidao saw them kneeling down, and stood up, touched his nose, thinking whether he had kneeled down too.

"Why are you standing up? Get out of here, get out of here!" Li Shimin shouted to the palace maids and eunuchs, and the people got up and saluted and left.

"Sit down, my father is not making you angry!" Li Shimin pressed his hand to Qin Huaidao and said.

"The child knows, so he just thought about whether to kneel down!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"Kneel, yes, kneel, yes, kneel! I really didn't expect that the father really didn't expect that 400,000 jin of money would be enough for our front-line army to fight for two months. In two months, I, the Tang Dynasty, can conquer 10 reservoirs, benefit the people who farm, build 10 bridges, and build more than 2,000 miles of straight roads. These bastards!" Li Shimin sat there and gritted his teeth and cursed.

"Father, please calm down!" Qin Huaidao said helplessly to Li Shimin.

"This time, no matter who is involved, investigate it strictly!" Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and said, and Qin Huaidao nodded.

"Well, they make the father unhappy, can the father still make them happy? Don't be happy, 400,000 yuan, tsk, Boping, this is the hard-earned money of the people, hard-earned money!" Li Shimin was still angry,

This money is really not small. It is the largest corruption case since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. It is equivalent to the tax revenue of Chang'an Prefecture for one year, and the tax revenue of other prefectures for several years or even more than ten years.

"Father, did your Highness the Crown Prince not come just now?" Qin Huaidao thought for a moment, looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"Here, I haven't seen you, huh?" Li Shimin said and looked at Qin Huai. He asked, is this matter related to the prince?

"The Prince's Palace came down and came to me to ask me about this. He told me that he had received 5,000 guan in the first year. It was more than three years ago. At that time, His Royal Highness was still giving up on himself.

Therefore, after learning about this situation today, I wanted to come to confess to my father, hoping that my father could forgive him, and he was willing to compensate him all, and hoped that my father could forgive me!" Qin Huaidao thought for a moment and said to Li Shimin.

"Three years ago? Who gave it?" Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"I don't know about this son. Your Highness didn't say it. He said he wanted to tell your father yourself." Qin Huaidao sat there, shook his head and said.

"Okay, my father forgives him and pays 20,000 dan of money to the treasury. My father forgives him!" Li Shimin closed his eyes and said, "He knew what Li Chengqian looked like three years ago, and he didn't plan to ask about it."

If this is true, he is willing to forgive him. After all, Li Chengqian was about to be destroyed at that time, but in the past two years, Li Chengqian has done a very good job and has also made him very satisfied.

"Okay, I will tell Your Highness!" Qin Huaidao bowed and said.

"Let him promise that he did not reach out to his hand later. If he reached out, his father would not be able to spare him." Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and warned.

"Yes, I guess Your Highness won't lie to me, it's meaningless for him to lie to me!" Qin Huaidao nodded and said.

"Well, tell me, how to prevent these people from continuing to be corrupt, especially now that they cannot destroy the nine clans." Li Shimin looked at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"Father, no way to do it. This punishment is actually more deterrent than the destruction of the nine clans. Their descendants cannot enter the court for less than three generations, cannot take the exam for less than three generations, cannot engage in business activities within three generations, and can only do agriculture and work.

I believe they will regret it. As a person, I believe that no one will not consider their descendants. The same is true for those officials. If the deterrence is still average, they know that once they are discovered, they will die, so they will be more greedy.

But now, once they are corrupt, they know that their descendants have no hope at all, and they will not dare to extend their hands. Even if they extend their hands, they will be frightened! They are afraid of being complained by their descendants.

According to the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, their children can only become servants, workers, farmers, and are farmers without land. They can only improve after three generations. But the current situation is that it is a problem that they have no descendants after three generations. After all, I believe no one is willing to marry their daughters!” Qin Huaidao said to Li Shimin.
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