hsntnovel Chapter 2155 I figured it out
Chapter 2155 I figured it out
Li Shen looked gloomy and looked at Wang Xuance:
"Do you mean that the law does not punish everyone?"
"Your Majesty, this... you can say that, but as long as we report the matter to His Majesty, His Majesty will definitely resolve the matter.
Our responsibility in Xizhou is to maintain the food and grass supply for the soldiers at the front and not let the battle situation be affected."
Although he didn't want to admit it, Wang Xuance still nodded.
With a "bang", Li Shen slapped the armrest of the rocking chair heavily.
"You are wrong. Xuan Ce, do you really think that His Majesty asked me to come here simply for food supplies?
If that is the case, any general can be sent here to take on this task. Why would I have to travel thousands of miles to Xizhou?"
Li Shen understood what Wang Xuance meant. There were too many officials involved in the matter. If they were all killed, there would be no officials to manage the Anxi Protectorate.
This place is already a bit messy now, and if there are no officials to manage it, it will definitely be even more chaotic.
It is hard to say whether it will affect the transportation of food and fodder at that time.
If a person makes a mistake, he must be punished, but if many people make mistakes, sometimes there is really nothing that can be done.
This is especially true the more people are involved.
But Li Shen hated this sentence the most: There is no law that does not punish everyone, it’s just that the law is not severe enough.
When Wang Xuance and his companions saw Li Shen’s angry look, no one dared to speak.
Li Shen sat up from the rocking chair, glanced at the three people present, and said coldly:
"The law doesn't punish the masses? Haha, that's because they haven't been punished severely.
Your Majesty should have known the situation here a long time ago, so he sent me here.
Appeasing the people is only one of the things. Now it seems that cleaning up the bureaucracy is also something that the king has to do.
After all, Guo Xiaoke has followed Your Majesty in his campaigns for many years, and Your Majesty is too merciful to kill him, so you asked me to come here..."
Li Shen's cold expression froze for a moment, then he stood up suddenly:
"Okay, I was wondering why they wanted me to be an inspector before I set off, it turns out they wanted me to take the blame.
You couldn't bear to do it because you were afraid of tarnishing your reputation, so you let me be the bad guy. You are too unkind.
He didn't tell me in advance, fearing that I wouldn't come, and he actually played tricks on me.
I provided the money, I provided the people, I did the job, and I left the good reputation to you. You are really calculating.
Humph, I just don't do what you want. You want to use me? It's impossible."
Li Shen seemed to be crazy. He faced the window, pinched his waist with one hand, and was furious.
Everyone in the room was stunned, wondering what Prince Ji was up to.
Are you sick again?
Zhou Daowu, who was unaware of the situation, was wondering whether he should go out to find a doctor now.
My brother-in-law is mentally ill, is this disease contagious? My wife may also have it, will it be passed on to my children?
Only Shi Tou and Chun Xiang, who were around Li Shen, were unusually calm. They were no longer surprised by Li Shen's strange behavior.
Shitou was even more considerate and handed over the cup of water so that Li Shen could moisten his throat so that he could continue to perform.
After venting for a long time, Li Shen finally stopped and felt a little better.
He just gave himself a reminder, which made him figure out the twists and turns involved.
What he said about being able to appease the people was all lies. He must have discovered that the officialdom of Anxi Protectorate was beginning to become corrupt.
That's why he was sent to clean up the bureaucracy.
At the beginning, Li Shen had proposed to set up an independent department to supervise all officials like the Censor-in-Chief.
Specifically targeting officials for corruption and other illegal activities.
However, Li Shimin said at that time that they would discuss it later and still let him serve as the inspector of this department.
Li Shen refused at that time.
I didn't expect that I would be fooled by me.
Guo Xiaoke was a founding hero, the Duke of Yangdi County of the Tang Dynasty, and the Grand Protector of Anxi Protectorate.
He made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty.
For the sake of face, it is not appropriate to attack Guo Xiaoke, so he lets himself be the bad guy.
Wang Xuance and the others didn't understand what was going on at first, but they understood it after listening to the end.
It turns out that Prince Ji was blaming Your Majesty.
This made no one dare to speak out, and even agreeing with a word would be a death penalty.
"Your Majesty, then I should..."
Now Wang Xuance felt that this matter was no longer something he could handle, and that Prince Ji really had to take action personally.
"Humph, I won't be fooled. Have you checked all this?
Is there anything else you haven’t found?”
Li Shen pointed at the account book and asked Wang Xuance.
“Your Highness, we have already checked everything that can be found, and there are no other suspicious points on the books.
If you want to check, you have to rely on manpower to check. "
Wang Xuance replied respectfully.
"No, this is enough. You are right. The law cannot punish everyone.
I cannot let him have his way, and I have not received any money.
Shi Tou arranged a banquet and sent someone to notify Pei Ziyu to bring all the officials to the banquet.
This king also wants to make some money from him."
Looking at the smug smile on Li Shen's face, everyone felt helpless.
Prince Ji is a rebellious person and he just likes to go against Your Majesty.
Judging from the situation just now, if King Ji had not guessed the truth, he would have severely punished this group of people to uphold the law of the country.
But after thinking about it, King Ji became the one who did not hold everyone responsible for the law, and he just did evil for the sake of doing evil.
"Your Majesty, since I already know your majesty's intention, I think it is best to follow your majesty's wishes.
Otherwise, I am afraid that Your Majesty will blame me and the prince will be punished again."
No matter what, as the Chief Secretary, Wang Xuance had to try to persuade them.
"Tsk, punish me if I want to, it's not like I haven't been punished before.
Xuan Ce, do you know how much it cost for me to come to Xizhou this time?"
Li Shen didn't care about anything.
Wang Xuance shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
"One hundred thousand, at least one hundred thousand strings of cash, and that doesn't even include the other expenses for our long-term stay here.
You said, if I don’t find a way to get some money back, wouldn’t it be a huge loss?
If I stay here for one more month, I will have to spend tens of thousands more in salary.
I roughly calculated that it would cost at least several hundred thousand guan in half a year."
Li Shen counted on his fingers for several people.
The three of them nodded frequently, but they had a new understanding of King Ji's algorithm.
The salaries of the Guards Battalion must be paid even if they do not come, and the same goes for their food and fodder.
Ji Wang also included these money in this operation.
Even Zhou Daowu wanted to say, if the guard battalion doesn’t come to the Anxi Protectorate, will they not receive salaries?
"Your Highness is right." Wang Xuance nodded in agreement.
The other two also nodded.
"So, it's not excessive for me to embezzle some things, right? It's not excessive, I think it's not excessive.
And it wasn't corruption, it was originally my spoils of war.
Are you right? "
After receiving the response, Li Shen immediately felt righteous.
"Yes, yes, yes, what the prince said is right."
(I read yesterday’s comments, and you didn’t give a specific topic.)