Liu Rengui was detained! When this news came, Li Xiu couldn't sit still. He immediately said goodbye to Tian Chouke and left Xu Jingzong to deal with the recruitment of minor officials. He himself hurried to the palace to meet Li Shimin because the news was sent by Li Shimin to inform him, and he didn't know the specific situation now.

Liu Rengui was one of the financial management supervisors selected by Li Xiu. In the original history, Liu Rengui was only a small county magistrate. Even if Li Xiu wanted to write an inscription, it would not be possible for him to hold such an important position as the junior supervisor. However, when the smallpox exploded last time, Li Xiu recommended Liu Rengui to Li Shimin. Liu Rengui was also transferred to Hengzhou in Hebei to serve as the county magistrate because of his contribution to calming smallpox.

When Liu Rengui first served as the county magistrate, he was just a county magistrate of the lower county. Later, because of his outstanding political achievements, especially the crackdown on bandits in the county, which made the county safe and sound. So he was transferred to a county in Cangzhou two years later to continue as the county magistrate. However, this county was a county, and his official position changed from a seventh rank to a sixth rank. If nothing unexpected happens, he might be transferred back to Chang'an for work in two years.

However, the financial management and the financial management supervisor were short of staff, so he quickly thought of Liu Rengui, so he asked Li Shimin to issue an order to transfer him back. However, Liu Rengui is in Cangzhou and is not very far from Chang'an. Therefore, even if he was notified in advance, it would take some time to rush back on the road.

However, even though Liu Rengui wasted some time on the road, he should have arrived in Chang'an, but he didn't expect that he had never seen him. Li Xiu was a little worried before, but he didn't expect that Liu Rengui was detained on the road. No wonder he has not arrived in Chang'an yet. But Li Xiu was also a little strange. Liu Rengui was also a court official at least. Who has the courage to detain an official?

Li Xiu rode his horse and rushed to the palace, then came to Liangyi Hall to meet Li Shimin. As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Li Shimin standing up and greeting him: "Li Xiu, you are here very quickly, but don't worry, this matter is just a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding?" Li Xiu frowned when he heard this. At the same time, he also felt that Li Shimin's behavior was a bit abnormal, but he still suppressed the anxiety in his heart and asked, "Your Majesty, what's going on? As a court official, who has the courage to detain him?"

"This..." Li Shimin also knew that Li Xiu attached great importance to Liu Rengui, but the facts this time were difficult to explain, so he was a little embarrassed at this time, so he also looked at Changsun Wuji, who was also summoned by him.

Changsun Wuji came one step ahead of Li Xiu, and he already knew what happened. He also knew that Li Shimin asked him to come, but in fact he wanted him to help him make peace. So he also stepped forward and said, "Mr. Concubine, this matter has a long story. We might as well sit down and chat. Moreover, Liu Rengui is already on the way back to Chang'an. It is estimated that he will arrive in three or five days, so you don't have to worry about his safety!"

When Li Xiu heard that Liu Rengui was fine, he felt a little relieved. Then he entered the hall with Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji and sat down separately. At this time, Changsun Wuji only explained on behalf of Li Shimin: "Mr. Prince Consort, you have chosen this Liu Rengui as the young supervisor of the financial management supervisor. It is indeed the right person to choose. On the way back, as long as this person heard that there is a local money minting bureau, he would go to check it out in person, and he would be very responsible!"

"Brother Changsun, Liu Rengui accidentally offended someone when checking these money minting bureaus, so he was detained, right?" Li Xiu immediately felt something was wrong when he heard Changsun Wuji's words. He frowned again and asked. Dare to seize one official must be another higher-level official, and the money minting bureau is a place with great wealth, so it is difficult to ensure that someone in the area will reach out to the money minting bureau.

"This...hehe~" Changsun Wuji didn't expect that Li Xiu could guess the reason at once, and he couldn't help laughing dryly. The person who dared to seize Liu Rengui was naturally not ordinary people, so Li Shimin and him were in a very difficult situation now.

"Your Majesty, I wonder who is so bold that he dares to seize the imperial court?" Li Xiu suppressed his anger and bowed to Li Shimin solemnly. Liu Rengui was a square man and never feared the powerful. Even Li Shimin could not make him bow his head at the beginning, so it was not surprising that he offended some high-ranking officials and nobles in the local area.

"Oh, since you want to know the prince-consort, I will tell the truth. In fact, this incident was indeed a misunderstanding. When Liu Rengui returned to Taiyuan for a long time, he deliberately took a detour to Taiyuan because there was the largest coin minting bureau in the north there..."

Li Shimin sighed at this time, and then told the story of Liu Rengui being detained. It turned out that when Liu Rengui went to Taiyuan to check the coins, he had some information about why he had a conflict with the Hedong Jiedushi Zhou Shaofan. At that time, Zhou Shaofan didn't know that Liu Rengui was Li Xiu's man, so he just thought that the other party was a passing official, so he didn't care and directly detained him.

However, Liu Rengui was reluctant to return, and the Ministry of Personnel also sent someone to investigate. Only then did he find that Liu Rengui was detained in Taiyuan by Zhou Shaofan. He hurriedly sent someone to ask for someone. It was not until this time that Zhou Shaofan realized that the official he was detained was actually someone recommended by Li Xiu, and he had to serve as the junior supervisor in the financial management supervision chaired by Li Xiu. This surprised him and hurriedly released the person.

"It turns out that he is the governor of Hedong, he is so powerful!" Li Xiu couldn't help but snorted coldly when he heard this. When he went to Taiyuan to move to the tomb for Empress Dou, he had met Zhou Shaofan. With his attitude towards Li Xiaogong, he could tell that this person was a cold, ruthless person. However, Zhou Shaofan had nothing to do with him at that time, so Li Xiu didn't care, but he didn't expect that the other party would take the initiative to provoke him this time.

"I also know that Zhou Shaofan has done something too much this time, so I have sent someone to criticize him. And he knows the right way. Although he temporarily detained Liu Rengui, he also knows that the other party is the imperial official, so he did not make things difficult for the other party. Later, he got Liu Rengui as the son-in-law, and let the other party leave immediately, so don't be too angry with the son-in-law!" Li Shimin spoke again and said, "Zhou Shaofan is his confidant general, otherwise he would not have given such an important position as the governor of Hedong.

"Your Majesty, I am not angry with the governor of Zhou, but I think there is something very inappropriate!" Li Xiu pondered for a moment, and then said solemnly again.

"Oh? What's wrong?" Li Shimin saw that Li Xiu did not look angry, and he couldn't help asking curiously. Even Changsun Wuji next to him was also a little surprised, because if he were Li Xiu, he would probably be very angry by Zhou Shaofan, so Li Xiu's performance was really hard to figure out?

"Thank you, in my opinion, our Tang Dynasty is like a towering tree, while the court has trunks and branches, and the people are leaves. If a big tree wants to grow well, it must be strong and weak. Only when the trunk is strong can it support many branches and leaves. But if some branches are too thick and even exceed the trunk, will your Majesty think this big tree can grow well?" Li Xiu gave an example again at this time.

"Strong dry and weak branch? Li Xiu, what do you mean..." Li Shimin was stunned when he heard Li Xiu's metaphor, and then frowned and said, "He had vaguely guessed the profound meaning of Li Xiu's words, but he was still a little confused for a moment.

"Your Majesty, not long after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty also controls the most elite army in the world. The court is united, and naturally forms a strong and weak branch. Therefore, the national strength of our Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous. But if we have been safe, even the elite soldiers will grow old. The troops stationed in the core areas such as Chang'an and Luoyang will not go to the battlefield for a long time, and their combat effectiveness will definitely deteriorate. In contrast, in remote areas, the army fights foreign enemies all year round. Even if the equipment is not as good as that of Chang'an and other places, its combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable to those of the troops who have never been to the battlefield!" Li Xiu continued to speak at this time, his honest words were unpleasant. These words were not something that anyone dared to say.

"I understand what you mean, but the rotation of garrisons in Chang'an and other places and the border garrisons naturally solved this problem!" Li Shimin frowned again at this time. These words were indeed a bit harsh, but he also knew that Li Xiu was talking about the truth, so he could listen to them. Of course, he also had his own opinions.

"The rotation of the army can only be solved for a while, but it cannot be solved. Moreover, most of the garrisons on the frontier are recruiting locally. Even if the rotation of the army is stationed in Chang'an for a few years, they will have to return to the frontier sooner or later. Of course, if the imperial court has strong control over the frontier, it would be fine. But now Your Majesty has established the position of military governor in various parts of the frontier, and the local military and government affairs are all taken. Now Your Majesty can guarantee the loyalty of these people. But as time goes by, these people and their successors hold military and political power, and they need money and people. How should they control them then?" Li Xiu retorted sharply at this time.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Li Shimin couldn't help but show a meditative expression, and Changsun Wuji next to him also frowned, and then said, "What the prince-consort means is that Your Majesty gives those military governors too much power?"
Chapter completed!