Chapter 369: The real truth
The Dou family is not someone else, they are real royal relatives.
Such a family will not be able to make mistakes.
Therefore, Dou Dexuan looked relaxed and looked at Chen Zhengtai with a smile, looking calm and composed.
He seemed to be saying, "That's it?"
Li Shimin stared at Chen Zhengtai, as if he was still waiting.
Chen Zhengtai was amused after hearing Dou Dexuan's words: "Actually, what Dou Jingshi said is right. It is very difficult to convict with this. So... just now, my uncle, with his men, confiscated your Dou family..."
As soon as this statement comes out...
Even Li Shimin's face changed.
The ministers were in an uproar.
The Dou family... was confiscated.
And without an imperial edict.
Your Chen family is too bold.
Dou Dexuan's face changed suddenly. He stared at Chen Zhengtai viciously and said sternly: "You...you are so brave, are you crazy? Chen Zhengtai, I have no grudges with you in the past and no grudges in the past. It's okay if you spit blood on others, but... you are so bold. If you don't give an explanation today, my Dou family will never stop with you!"
The Dou family is not easy to mess with.
Even if they are not valued by the emperor now.
Even if Chen Zhengtai is now in great power.
But it does not mean that you can search anyone who wants to search. If the Chen family does such a thing, they will have to pay a price.
"Your Majesty..." Dou Dexuan said, saluting Li Shimin. At this time... he was really angry: "Didn't your Majesty hear what Chen Zhengtai said just now? My Dou family has made some contributions in the founding of the country, not to mention that Your Majesty and our Dou family have broken bones and connected their tendons. He, Chen Zhengtai, did not get the permission of Your Majesty, dared to do such a thing? I dare to ask Your Majesty, is Your Majesty just tolerate them like this? If Your Majesty doesn't pursue it, then...what should you do the king's law? What is Chen Zhengtai's intention? Who has supported him? He is so rampant to this point? Your Majesty would not abandon this beast today, I would rather die today!"
The word "never die" has the lingering sound around the beam and will last for a long time.
Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others couldn't help but change their faces. They didn't know what to say for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh and cry!
You said, "Did Chen Zhengtai be full and overwhelmed?" How could he stab this hornet's nest? It would be fine if there was real evidence, but what if he got it wrong? At that time, even His Majesty would have to kill Ma Su with tears.
After all... this matter is too big, which is equivalent to offending everyone's interests! Think about it, today the Chen family can search the Dou family, and tomorrow... if this precedent is set, can we also search the Cheng family and the Pei family in the name of suspicion?
The world of the Tang Dynasty was supported by aristocratic families, which made it possible today. Chen Zhengtai’s move now is equivalent to digging for the imperial court.
At this time, many people even seemed indignant. When they thought of a favorite minister who was so bold, they were so angry. After all, this had offended everyone's personal interests.
Li Shimin frowned, as if he also felt that Chen Zhengtai had been a little too far.
So he looked at Chen Zhengtai and said, "Chan Zhengtai...why are you?"
"My son knows..." Chen Zhengtai said: "My son knows that doing this is indeed unforgivable. But...My son still wants to bet, but...My son still wants to bet, and what he bet is...The Dou family is the notorious Mr. Qingzhu, the rumored Mr. Qingzhu, the rumored man, is... They participated in smuggling and colluded with Turks and Goguryeo. Mr. Qingzhu will not be eliminated for a day, and my Tang Dynasty will be uneasy. If Mr. Qingzhu is still happy in my Tang Dynasty one day, then your Majesty will not be at peace in one day. So...If Mr. Dou is indeed Mr. Qingzhu?"
He shouted, and was righteous, and Chen Zhengtai was also angry at this time.
Go to your kingly law.
Do you dare to play, dare to collude with the Turks to attack the emperor and me, Chen Zhengtai, and want to blame me, Chen Zhengtai for not talking about the morality of the world?
Do you really think I, Chen Zhengtai, are vegetarians?
After hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but be moved.
Dou Dexuan sneered: "So dare to ask, what did Prince Chen find out?"
This is the key to the problem.
At this time, Chen Zhengtai was calm and composed: "Nothing was found."
Dou Dexuan's face was very calm just now, and now he heard Chen Zhengtai say nothing was found, so he was even more calm.
Obviously... he had been sure that Chen Zhengtai would definitely not be able to find anything.
Dou Dexuan said: "Since that's the case, then what should Prince Chen be guilty of?"
Li Shimin couldn't help but show a look of disappointment on his face. He thought Chen Zhengtai had found something, otherwise how could he be so righteous just now? It turned out that he was just a swollen face and pretending to be fat.
The ministers were confused.
Chen Zhengtai continued calmly, "Dou Dexuan, can you let me finish the conversation?"
"you……"
Chen Zhengtai continued: "Mr. Qingzhu is cautious in his work. How could he hide the evidence of his crime in his home? This person is doing things without any leakage. If he can find out something, it will be a strange thing."
Li Shimin: “…”
The ministers continued to look confused.
Since you know that you can't find out, you've still searched someone's house?
Chen Zhengtai immediately said, "But because Mr. Qingzhu is doing things without any leakage, he finally revealed his strength. Your Majesty, please see, this is the Dou family's account book, and this account book is ironclad!"
After hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but look at the book in Chen Zhengtai's hand.
This book was sent to the palace by the eunuch just now and was always in Chen Zhengtai's hands.
Everyone was suspicious and thought to themselves... Didn't they say nothing was found?
Dou Dexuan's face was surprisingly calm, and he looked like an old god.
So a eunuch hurriedly walked to Chen Zhengtai, who handed the book to the eunuch, and the eunuch took the book to the hall.
Li Shimin took the book, his face was solemn and he started to read it casually.
This is obviously the Dou family's account book, which was retrieved by Chen Zhengtai from the Dou family.
Li Shiminsheng was afraid of missing any details, so he opened it carefully, and the more he looked, the more he was confused. It was because of this that he looked more and more carefully.
All the ministers held their breath and wanted to know what the hell was the evidence.
After a long time, Li Shimin looked up: "This book... I look very ordinary, and there is no evidence."
Dou Dexuan glanced at Chen Zhengtai coldly and said lightly: "Mr. Chen, I have already said that everything must be truthful."
"Does Your Majesty think this book is perfect?" Chen Zhengtai smiled and said, "So, how has the Dou family made the income and expenditure in this book in recent years?"
"Slight surplus." Li Shimin answered very seriously.
This is the truth.
It can be said that the Dou family’s account books have no problems at all. They record the Dou family’s gains and expenses in detail, and there have been no big problems over the years.
And this... is exactly the financial situation that a big family like the Dou family should have.
Although we have gained good returns by relying on land and other fragmentary expenses, of course, because the family has a large population and division, and after all, it is a family of aristocratic families, the expenses for welcoming and sending are also huge, so the expenses in the account book can be roughly offset by the harvest.
This is the case with such a book, and other families, except for the perverted Chen family.
"Chen Zhengtai, there is nothing wrong with this book, what else do you have to say?" Dou Dexuan said bluntly.
Next, it’s time for him and Chen Zhengtai to settle the score well!
But Chen Zhengtai suddenly said, "Your Majesty, since the Dou family has always had a slight surplus, then... I dare to ask, the Dou family's savings are only so much, but why... can... take out more than 700,000 yuan of real money and suddenly eat so many stocks!"
Chen Zhengtai shouted loudly.
Suddenly, the dreamer woke up.
The hall suddenly became surprisingly quiet.
At this moment, Dou Dexuan's face suddenly changed.
"That's right." Chen Zhengtai said seriously: "The Dou family's account books are indeed completely fine, because I know very well that Mr. Qingzhu is a person who pays great attention to details. He can hide for so long, and can still do so silently and make so many layouts. So the minister can guarantee that this person... will definitely do everything perfectly, such as the Dou family's account books. The Dou family smuggled all year round and did shameless things. Naturally, they will try their best to hide their wealth and never show them to others. But since the wealth is hidden, then on the surface, their account books must be beautiful. I think they have another private account, but this private account is not dared to show them to others. They will never easily find it to our Chen family."
Chen Zhengtai's voice became colder when he said this: "But... Mr. Qingzhu's calculations were all the time, but he would never have thought that what I, Chen Zhengtai, wanted to search, was the seamless public account made by their Dou family. This public account was the ironclad evidence for their smuggling goods and colluding with the Turks. I dare to ask Your Majesty, which family in the world can take out more than 700,000 jin of money in a short time and quickly eat stocks? You must know that the bad news came very suddenly, and there was no time to prepare enough. What I needed to eat a lot of stocks was real money. In addition to Your Majesty, there was also the Chen family, could anyone else do it?"
The ministers immediately started to discuss, and the hall was like the mouth of the Caishi.
Li Shimin's face also changed.
Yes... 700,000 guan, which is definitely an astronomical figure. The Dou family's main wealth is land, and the income from the land is mainly grain. The aristocratic families often store the income from the fields. Most of these are physical objects, such as grain, such as cloth and silk. Of course, they will also sell some, but... 700,000 guan, this amount is too large, and no one can easily raise it.
Of course, if a family like the Dou family knew that there was a stock bottom half a year ago, they could naturally raise this money by selling a large amount of land, real estate and antiques and treasures in their homes in advance.
But the problem is that this situation is simply impossible.
Dou Dexuan may have made other excuses, but... Isn't the Dou family's account book clearly written? They are just a little surplus!
Over the years, I have only had a slight surplus, so where did the 700,000 guan come from?
Dou Dexuan couldn't help but feel shocked, and he obviously began to realize something was wrong.
Chen Zhengtai looked at Dou Dexuan with a smile, and then said, "I didn't expect that, Mr. Qingzhu! The purpose of copying your family is to make your account book that has been tampered with, to prove that your Dou family can't afford such a large sum of money. Use this to prove that your 700,000 guan of money is simply unknown. Come on, let me tell you, where did these 700,000 guan come from?"
Dou Dexuan's face still wanted to keep his compulsory calm, but at this time, his eyes had actually betrayed him. Dou Dexuan subconsciously said: "This is the accumulation of ancestors."
"You don't need to defend yourself." Chen Zhengtai laughed mockingly and said, "I have checked all the accounts of your Dou family in my hands now. I'm just saving up. Do you think 700,000 guan is such a pediatric department?"
"you……"
"This is money of unknown origin, so I want to ask, over the years, the Dou family has a lot of money, and where does this huge sum of money come from? Well, do you refuse to say it, right? Then I will say, this money is simply what your Dou family smuggled, but this money is not shameful for your Dou family, and Mr. Qingzhu, you are extremely meticulous in your actions, so you have always hidden all the real books and your smuggled income, without anyone noticing it. You still feel that this is not safe, and according to your nature, you naturally have to make a fake account in case of emergencies."
Dou Dexuan was shocked, and at this time he found that he was speechless.
Chen Zhengtai naturally could not let him go like this, and continued to press forward step by step: "The relationship between your Dou family and the palace is already deep. Over the years, with the strength of the Dou family, you have naturally done countless traitors. You naturally know that sooner or later, things will be leaked. When you learn that Your Majesty has come out of seclusion privately, you realize that the opportunity has come. So you colluded with the Turks to attack the Holy Lord. In your opinion, if Your Majesty is killed by the Turks, Pei Ji and others will support the Supreme Emperor to return to power! At that time, your Dou family will naturally take this opportunity to rise. From then on, the whole family will be rich and honored, and they will be honored as ministers and ministers. It is unspeakable."
"But if Your Majesty was not dead, you wouldn't worry, because you were Mr. Qingzhu, and you got the news first before anyone else. When the bad news came, you already knew that Your Majesty was not dead at all. But you did not stop Pei Ji and the others, because you happened to use Pei Ji as your scapegoat, but in secret, the temptation of the stock plummeting made you really unbearable. You developed greed, and secretly began to acquire stocks crazily."
Speaking of this, Chen Zhengtai smiled again: "You really have a good plan. No matter what the final result is, your Dou family will get great benefits. As for others, including Pei Ji, the Supreme Emperor, His Majesty, and I, and the Tuli Khan, they are actually just you as a chess piece. No matter whether the chess piece in the chess board is win or defeat, you, the chess player, will always be invincible!"
Chapter completed!