Li Shimin lowered his head and looked at the oral narratives one by one.

These oral accounts involved more than forty people, and the records were very detailed.

This is obviously the work of the Chen family.

Li Shimin then looked up and looked at the censors tightly.

When his eyes fell on Liu Jiu, Li Shimin's face calmed down a little, and then said, "A drought involves the lives of countless people. I feel terrible after hearing this tragic scene. However, as an observer, a person like Liu Zhou can turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye, but only report good news to the court. Who did he let such a person be an observer? Who is he who only cares about flattering him and ignores his faults?"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin gritted his teeth, looked at Wen Yanbo with hatred, and continued: "Wen Qing's family, as a censor, should have impeached all officials and pursued the faults of all officials, but... a person like Liu Zhou is obviously a harm to the will of heaven, but... he is a good official in the Censorate. I want to know how many Liu Zhous there are in the world?"

Wen Yanbo's body shook, and at this time he was already very frightened, and he hurriedly said, "I... the crime of death."

"Then you go and die." Li Shimin roared suddenly.

Wen Yanbo: “…”

Wen Yanbo felt an indescribable fear in his heart. He thought that as long as he confessed his guilt honestly, His Majesty would definitely not blame him seriously, but he didn't know... If you die, then it would make him dizzy.

He hurriedly said in horror: "Your Majesty... I... I have been sharing your worries over the years. Although I am old and dazed, I am still loyal to you. The Censorate may indeed be lazy in the matter of Liu Zhou, but..."

Li Shimin looked at him coldly and said bluntly: "If you don't die, then... how can I be worthy of these thousands of people like Liu Jiu? His whole family is dead, and the lives of thousands of people are in exchange for? Is it just a suspicion of laziness that you wrote lightly? If the Censorate can fulfill his loyal duties? Really supervise all officials? How can there be a silence like Liu Zhou who is at ease and harming the people? If you don't die? Those thousands of people who starve to death have a spirit in heaven, how can they keep their eyes closed? And those who live in vain and survive by chance, who will still believe in my destiny? Who can still believe in the court? Who can... dare to believe in me? If I don't take your head today, the world will not be peaceful for a day. Isn't this wrong?

You can even defend it, saying that a lazy minister like you is definitely not you, Wen Yanbo, and I will not kill them? I will kill you alone? You must not be convinced. But I tell you that I want to use you as an example and tell all the people of the world? Such a thing must not happen again. No one can repeat the same mistakes as Liu Jiu!"

Wen Yanbo thought the worst result was just being scolded by the emperor. This was a routine. After all, he was a censor and had a high position and power. The one who committed the crime was Liu Zhou. He might even be investigated by the censor who wrote a letter to praise Liu Zhou at that time. He should not be the one he was the most unlucky.

But... I never thought that things were so serious.

Wen Yanbo's face turned pale and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I... I will not be punished like this."

"These words." Li Shimin had a cold face, Ruo Hanshuang, and was not moved at all by his words, saying, "You should keep it and talk to Liu Jiu's parents, wife, and children. The imperial edict was sent to Wen Yanbo, the chief censor, and the corpse was stolen and the corpse was taken away, and severely punished and punished the sanctions. As for Ma Yingchu, they were actually threatened to dismiss their official positions, and they also ordered Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to handle them. Then Liu Zhou... take them down together. Now so many people have died, called drought, but they are actually man-made disasters. If I don't give the people an explanation, I will bully the heavens and abuse the people."

Wen Yanbo's face was tragic. He opened his mouth and wanted to defend himself, but it was a pity... but he had no chance to speak.

Ma Yingchu never expected that he had been doing the newspaper office, but now he was involved in the death penalty. At this time, he said panickedly: "Your Majesty, how can you spare me?"

Li Shimin ignored them, but glanced at the other censors and said coldly: "It's not impossible for the Censorate to monitor the newspaper office..."

All the ministers felt that His Majesty’s handling was too harsh, but at this time, no one dared to speak out.

But who would have thought that His Majesty suddenly raised the issue of the Censorate Supervision Newspaper? Many people couldn't help but sniffed their ears and muttered to themselves that they had such a big disturbance just now, but now... has His Majesty changed his mind?

Li Shimin continued slowly, "It's not a problem to supervise. But... supervision can be done, but power and responsibilities must be distinguished. If there are any mistakes, the future censors and relevant censors will be punished so severely today. What do the ministers in the Censorate think?"

“…”

Originally, the censor robbed this newspaper, and wanted to expand his power, but now he couldn't see the power, but he had to bear huge responsibilities. He had to worry every day. Who would have to bear this?

So the censor hurriedly said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I think the Censor's operation is not clear. At this time, the newspaper supervision was only afraid that he would do bad things with kindness, so I beg Your Majesty to take back his life."

Someone said, "Yes, yes, please take back your life."

Li Shimin looked at them with a contemptuous look. His mood was probably extremely bad at this moment. He couldn't help but say, "Since the Censorate is unwilling to supervise, then... let's give up, what else can you say?"

Seeing everyone silent, Li Shimin blinked his sleeves with a cold face and said, "Stop the court."

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Then Liu Jiu was invited to a side hall.

He remembered the old things, cried bitterly, and thought that the court was about to investigate the officials involved in the drought, and he felt a little unjust.

So, he cried and laughed.

After his mood finally calmed down, an eunuch outside said, "Your Majesty is here."

But Li Shimin walked in, and Chen Zhengtai followed him.

Li Shimin sat down, Liu Jiu bowed quickly. Li Shimin glanced at him and said in a very touching way: "Liu Qing doesn't have to be too polite. I am ashamed of saying that I can only make up for the loss of the sheep at the moment. In fact, it is too late, and people cannot be resurrected..."

Liu Jiu choked and said, "Your Majesty is extremely wise to seek justice for the dead people in Shanzhou."

Li Shimin nodded and then said, "What is your situation after you arrive in Erpigou?"

Liu Jiu looked up, looked at Li Shimin, and then looked at Chen Zhengtai, and said, "I was in Erpigou. At first, I had no relatives. Fortunately, I was recruiting refugees to work in the Chen family, so I finally could make a living and barely gained a foothold in Erpigou. Since then, I learned some iron smelting skills from people, and my wages have increased a lot. Now, in January, I have already had five stagnant money. I also provide food and accommodation in the iron smelting workshop. Now the grass-roots are taking a few apprentices and working every day. The food and food are enough, and I have saved a lot.

I was separated from my nephews at the beginning, so I have been asking some of my surviving fellow villagers to find their whereabouts. Last month, I realized that a nephew had been wandering outside the pass and had asked someone to compile a book. If this nephew was really alive, our Liu family would have a future. I am old and after this disaster, I have no other hope. I just want to be able to reunite with my close relatives. I will be in Erpigou for the rest of my life, even if I am a cattle and a horse for the Chen family, I will have no regrets.”

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but feel: "Hey, since you have started a family and started a business again, I am relieved. Go, don't worry, today's matter in Shaanxi is the beginning, and I will not let anyone involved go."

Liu Jiu was very grateful and quickly fell to the ground to bow down.

Li Shimin actually stood up, sideways to avoid giving, and said in a move: "I am very ashamed, so I won't treat you as a big gift. Just bow."

Liu Jiu had tears in his eyes, and then bowed to Li Shimin, and then bowed deeply to Chen Zhengtai. He was trembling and supported by the eunuch.

When Liu Jiu left, Li Shimin sat upright in the side hall, looking dazed. After a long time, he realized that Chen Zhengtai was still standing sideways. He couldn't help but say, "I really never expected that these ministers of my country were so confused. Just say that Liu Zhou is a well-read person and has a reputation for being famous. But how could he think of this person... This person is just a fool, but just such a fool has caused so many tragedies. But he is just such a person who can get praise from the court, but no one can see his stupidity."

Chen Zhengtai thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, it is nothing more than... the talents selected by the Tang Dynasty only talk about the so-called poetry and books, so everyone regards poetry and books as the most important thing, and many people advocate simple talk. But how can such people govern the people? If it is not peaceful, it will be fine, once it encounters turmoil, it will be like a rotten wood and cannot be used."

Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai's face and said, "I think there is something in your words?"

Chen Zhengtai immediately said, "Speaking of all, I was not very different from Liu Zhou when I was in the past. I was born in a mansion and isolated from the people on a high wall. My ministers never knew the sufferings of the people and always thought that they were born noble. I also read books, but even though they were all the ways of sages, what is the use of things obtained on paper? The ministers are actually not much different from my ministers. What they thought was exactly the same as my ministers when they were in the past. They used ministers who were only good at talking to govern the people, and at the same time used ministers who were good at talking to supervise them. How could such ministers... be used?"

When Li Shimin heard this, he frowned and couldn't help but feel anxious. He sighed and said, "Yes, this is the key to the problem. If this article is not changed, I will seek great remedy, but it is just a matter of seeking fish from a tree."

As he said that, he stood up, carried his hands behind his back, and walked a few steps in the side hall. As if he was thinking of something, he suddenly said, "Zhang Qian, take my pen and ink."

Seeing that Li Shimin was worried, Zhang Qian didn't dare to neglect anything, so he hurriedly prepared the things.

Li Shimin held the pen and seemed to have a draft of the pen, but after a while, he wrote an article.

Zhang Qian was peeking carefully, but after reading it, he was shocked and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this... this... this... this article... is it too much?"

Li Shimin only said coldly: "It's just right, you can't be corrected!"

Then his eyes fell on Chen Zhengtai and said, "Zhengtai, you send this article to the Newspaper, and it will be published tomorrow."

Li Shimin said, sighed again, and then said, "This court cannot continue like this. I don't know if the people in the university are like Liu Zhou, who are all a group of low-key people. However... the court must add a group of new officials. Otherwise, how long can the foundation of the Tang Dynasty last? The test will be done soon. All the Juren in the world have gathered in Chang'an. I hope that more Juren in the university will win the first place and not let me down."

Chen Zhengtai said: "Here."

So Chen Zhengtai took the article and hurriedly bid farewell to the palace.

At this time, Li Shimin was in a bad mood, so it would be better to do things honestly and avoid getting into trouble.

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The next morning, the third issue of the news newspaper had been printed to 20,000 copies!

This is the limit of the printing workshop now. Although we are still working hard to expand production capacity, newly recruited craftsmen still need training, and new printing machines and copper characters also need to be engraved, so it will take some time to increase the number of printing.

However, the orders received exceeded 70,000.

This is an astronomical figure that I can't even imagine.

Not only is the order volume of the third phase amazing, but there are still a large number of orders in the first phase and the second phase.

Although the latest news is sought after by people, many merchants have taken a fancy to past news. After all, some places only seek news, but not the latest news. Some merchants have already begun to have the idea of ​​selling newspapers and going to other prefectures in the world. Of course, previous newspapers are often cheaper and can be bought at only half of the price.

However, the number of newspapers in this third issue is far beyond Chen Aizhi's expectations.

Once it was issued, it became popular in Chang'an. Before the sale, there were 70,000 orders, but after the sale, the orders had reached tens of thousands.

In other words, someone still hopes to buy one after receiving the news in the newspaper.

The reason for this is that on the front page of the day, there was another article written by the emperor. The article was about the severe drought in Shaanxi, the causes and consequences of the matter in Shaanxi, the disasters caused, the responsibilities of local officials, the laziness of the Censorate, and even the negligence of the three provinces and six ministries. The palace had deaf ears to this before and all of them were trembling.

In the end, the states were strictly ordered to take Liu Zhou as a warning.

This article is more like a narrative article.

However, because it was written by the emperor and there was another layer of Li Shimin's reflection, this was unprecedented for ordinary people.

Because of this... people are crazy about buying, wanting to see it with their own eyes, and some even want to collect it.
Chapter completed!