The next day, the court was held on a regular basis on ten days, and the Liangyi Hall was held.

Although the monarch and ministers had just stood still, the expressions on everyone's faces were different, some were worried, some were angry, some were excited, and of course some were leisurely watching the excitement, because today everyone knew what the monarch would be talking about and was prepared.

In recent times, no one in the court opened a Wuwei warehouse than Prince Li Ke. The high price of food release has caused more trouble. Today's court meeting naturally cannot escape this matter.

The prince opened the Wuwei warehouse without permission and resold the military food and grass to the people of Liangzhou at a high price, making huge profits. Even if this matter is small, it is the prince who ignores the laws and exploits the people and makes a living, which is enough for Li Ke to have a headache. But if this matter is big, it is to use the military, collude with the border commander, and intend to rebel, which will be deposed.

Haven't you seen that the former crown prince Li Chengqian colluded with a general in the court and was deposed for rebellion. He is still in Qianzhou to the south. So today, the Guanlong family and Li Tai and his group are working hard to pull Li Ke down. At the very least, Li Ke will lose his favor and lose his wings.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Everyone had just stood up. At the beginning of the court meeting, Gao Yuanjia, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, took the lead in leaving the list.

The Gao family of Jincheng was also a famous Guanlong family that started in the army and was one of the stakes of the Guanlong Military Mansion. Li Shimin and his son wanted to suppress the Guanlong family, and they were also those who were damaged in their interests. Therefore, this time, they were the first to come out to impeach Li Ke from the Li family's intention.

Li Shimin could already guess what Gao Yuanjia reported without him saying anything. The memorials sent to the palace to impeach Li Ke yesterday have accumulated a lot of memorials. It is not surprising that Gao Yuanjia mentioned this matter today, not to mention that Gao Yuanjia is a member of the Ministry of Revenue, Wuwei Cang was already related to him.

Li Shimin asked, "I don't know what Gao Qing is reporting?"

Gao Yuanjia said: "I report to the prince who opened a private Wuwei warehouse in Liangzhou, forcing military rations to be sold at a high price."

In fact, Li Shimin's attitude towards what Li Ke did was much more relaxed than that of the officials in the court. Liangzhou had shortage of grain and the people had no food to eat. It was understandable that Li Ke opened a warehouse and released grain. As for the reason for deliberately adjusting the price to sell grain twice, Li Shimin could guess that it was nothing more than worrying that the people were rushing to buy and hoarding, and then there was a shortage of grain.

In Li Shimin's impression, Li Ke may be lustful, but he is not a greedy person. Moreover, even if Li Ke wants to make money, he will not use such an ugly and clumsy method.

Although Li Shimin was a little angry when he learned about this, he was not irrational. As for the reason, he deposed the crown prince, which Li Shimin had never thought before. Li Shimin originally meant to wait until Li Ke returned to Beijing before inquiring in person, but since the matter had been picked up at the court meeting, Li Shimin would not avoid it.

Li Shimin asked everyone in the hall, "I have seen all the complaints of the report of this matter. It is inappropriate for the prince to open the Wuwei Cang privately, but what the ministers said is a bit too heavy."

The memorial sent to Li Shimin's table was heavy and said that Li Ke had privately engaged in military affairs and was suspected of treason. I hope Li Shimin would investigate thoroughly. Even if it was light, it would be said that Li Ke colluded with the prefecture and ignored the laws. In Li Shimin's opinion, Li Ke was just opening a warehouse of grain to sell it to the people who had no food. It was a bit too much to use these charges to put Li Ke on the head.

But as soon as Li Shimin's words fell, there was a little noise in the hall. A moment later, Wei Qingfang, the chief physician, came out and said, "Your Majesty loves his son very much, and I know it, but the laws of the country cannot be ignored. In the past, the prince Yin colluded with Yang Wengan to plot against the chaos and reported it to others. Therefore, when the ancestor Gaozu, he had a clear order, that all the treasury was important, and that no documents were approved by the Secretary of the State Council should be used to prevent the serious crime."

Wei Qingfang was in the Ministry of Justice and was naturally familiar with the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty. During the Wude period, Li Yuan was furious after Yang Wengan's incident and indeed made such a statement. It was not wrong for Wei Qingfang to make a fuss about this matter.

Although Wei Qingfang's words were reasonable, the people in the Eastern Palace were not completely unprepared. Wei Qingfang's words fell, and the prince's young secretary Wang Xuance took the lead and said, "What Wei Langzhong said is wrong. The military preparations mentioned by the previous emperor are killing and killing people and killing people and killing people, not food."

Wang Xuance was Li Ke's confidant, and it was not surprising that he came forward to speak for Li Ke. Wei Qingfang immediately replied: "Swords, guns, swords and halberds can indeed kill people, so can't food be killed? If the prince emptied Wuwei Cang and asked the northwest border troops to have no food to eat, wouldn't it be a killing person?"

Of course, you cannot kill people if you have food, but you can kill people without food. You still starve to death. It is appropriate for Wei Qingfang to refute Wang Xuance, but he did not know that Wang Xuance was waiting for his words.

Wang Xuance said: "It seems that Wei Langzhong is not confused, and he also knows that food can be killed indirectly. How can Wei Langzhong know that before the prince released the grain, there was no grain to buy in the entire Liangzhou grain market, and the people of Liangzhou had no grain to eat. If the prince did not try to ask for grain and provide relief to the people, what is the point of killing the people of Liangzhou? What's wrong with the prince living the 100,000 households of Liangzhou by his own life?"

As he said that, Wang Xuance suddenly turned to Li Shimin and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I think that the prince has made a contribution to the Wuwei Cang, but he has made contributions to saving the people of Liangzhou. How can he blame him for such merits and demerits?"

Wang Xuance is the best way to be erratic and eloquent. When Wang Xuance said this, Wei Qingfang suddenly became anxious. Wei Qingfang hurriedly said to Li Shimin: "What the young secretary said is to replace the pillars, which is really not advisable. If the prince is allowed to do this this time, then everyone will imitate it in the future?"

When Wang Xuance heard this, he was not willing to be outdone and said, "If Your Majesty blames the prince for this, then in the future, all the officials of the Tang Dynasty will act cautiously, but will ignore the lives and deaths of the people. In the long run, our Tang Dynasty will lose the hearts of the people."

Wang Xuance is the best at talking. Compared to these, Wei Qingfang is definitely not Wang Xuance's opponent. Wang Xuance's words suddenly choked Wei Qingfang, and Wei Qingfang didn't know how to refute it.

For a moment, the whole court became chaotic, and many officials argued one by one, as if it were a vegetable market, and it stopped for a long time.

The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Revenue have already opened their mouths, and the military preparations are divided into the Ministry of War. It is naturally inappropriate for the Ministry of War to not speak.

Seeing Wei Qingfang and Wang Xuance stalemate, Qin Kun, the Minister of War, also went out and said: "Your Majesty, the country cannot be saved but not established, and the people cannot be saved but not obeyed. If this continues, wouldn't the world be in chaos? The food and grass in Wuwei Cang are the most important military supplies. No matter how clever the young officials are, the prince opens Wuwei Cang privately and engages in private arms is the truth, how can he be lenient?"

Li Shimin looked at Wei Qingfang and Wang Xuance fighting before, and his expression was fine, but when Li Shimin saw Qin Kun take the lead, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed through his heart.

Most of the ministers who impeached Li Ke were officials from the Censorate or Guanlong ranks, but Qin Kun was not among them. Qin Kun’s position as the Minister of War was recommended by Li Tai. Who is Qin Kun? How could Li Shimin not know? Seeing Qin Kun go out, Li Shimin had already had speculation in his mind. Could it be that this matter is related to Li Tai?
Chapter completed!