My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chapter 148 The evil money matter is over, and rewards are given again

Although the status of the ordinary county magistrates was not high, the ones sent out by Li Longji were all imperial magistrates from his own palace. The advantage of these imperial magistrates was that they were efficient and only acted according to the emperor's orders.

Less than three days after the bad guys Li Longji sent out went out, they soon received a reply -

He was reviewing memorials in Xingqing Palace when he suddenly heard a eunuch at the door shout, "Your Majesty, there is a bad guy with an urgent matter to report."

"Xuan."

Li Longji put down the memorial and the red brush in his hand, and then saw a eunuch running in with a memorial in his hand. After coming to Li Longji, he handed the memorial in his hand to him and said:

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Li Longji took the memorial and opened it. After reading it, he stood up and said happily, "Good! Good! Someone has taken the bait!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wise!" Although the eunuch did not know why Li Longji was so happy, it was always right to flatter him at this time.

Li Longji slammed the memorial on the table. There was only one sentence on it: "The Imperial Censor Liu is the head of Lu, and is involved in secret investigations, corruption and evil."

"Someone come here!" Li Longji waved his hand excitedly and shouted.

"I'm here." At this time, the old eunuch standing behind Li Longji came up and leaned forward to wait for orders.

"Go! Send a message to the Secretariat to draft an imperial edict, ordering the Censorate and the Dali Temple to quickly arrest the Imperial Censor Liu Lu. Take him to the Dali Temple to be interrogated by tonight at the latest!"

"Yes."

After hearing this, the old eunuch agreed and trotted out.

At this time, Liu Lu was still at home reading the news that came today. At this time, a servant ran in, looking very anxious. Liu Lu asked impatiently:

"What's wrong? What's the hurry?"

"Doctor, the Censorate and the Dali Temple..."

"No need to report, I'm here!"

Hearing this voice, Liu Lu's heart skipped a beat, and then he raised his head mechanically - at this time the Minister of the Dali Temple and the Assistant Censor of the Censorate were already standing in front of him.

While Liu Lu was in a daze, several Dali Temple constables surrounded him while he was still sitting on the chair. The Imperial Censor took out the imperial edict and read:

"Your Highness: Imperial Censor Liu Lu is suspected of corruption and privately exploring the emperor's secrets, which is a great rebellion. Now, I have specially ordered the Dali Temple to bring the Imperial Censorate to arrest Liu Lu. He will be investigated in the Dali Temple and the chief judge will execute the law.

On March 21, the eighth year of Kaiyuan… The Minister of the Secretariat… The decree is as on the right. Please submit it. The decree shall be issued to the outside for implementation. Please speak with caution. The decree is acceptable… Please submit it. The decree is as on the right. Please submit it…

March 21, the eighth year of Kaiyuan, down.

After hearing this, Liu Lu still couldn't believe it. When was he exposed? This was just a private investigation, so why did it get noticed by the contemporary people?

Could it be...

At this moment, Liu Lu felt a sudden thunder in his head, and a name slowly emerged in his mind - Chang An!

In other words, all the news I received during this period was actually specially arranged by Chang An! The purpose was to attract me and attract the attention of the royal family.

"I underestimated you, Chang Yonghe..."

The Dali Temple official did not pay attention to Liu Lu's abnormality and ordered sternly: "Come here! Arrest the Imperial Censor Liu Lu and take him to the Dali Temple for trial tonight!"

"Yes!"

The constables surrounding Liu Lu came forward immediately, put shackles on Liu Lu, and took him out. Mrs. Liu, who had just arrived late, saw this scene and ran forward quickly, knelt in front of the Dali Temple Minister and the Imperial Censor, and asked:

"My Lords, I wonder what my husband has done wrong to be detained by the Dali Temple?"

The Dali Temple official looked at her coldly, then said, "Liu Lu is suspected of embezzling money and secretly investigating the secrets of the emperor. He is now detained for questioning."

Mrs. Liu was shocked at this moment. As the wife of Liu Lu, how could she not know what her husband had done all these years? Because she knew, she wanted to cry out for injustice, but it was stuck in her throat and she couldn't shout out.

"Mrs. Liu, you are Liu Lu's wife, so you are also a suspect, so you will also be taken away!"

Upon hearing this, she collapsed to the ground and fainted. The Dali Temple's constables were not the kind of people who would show sympathy to women. They came up to her, lifted her up, handcuffed her, and took her away along with Liu Lu.

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Because the Dali Temple and the Censorate were secretly trying to arrest Liu Lu, when some ministers did not see Liu Lu in the Xuanzheng Hall during the court session the next day, they whispered to each other, all of them were somewhat puzzled, but more of them were uneasy.

Song Jing and Su Kang looked at each other at this time, and immediately knew the cause and effect of the matter.

"Your Majesty is here!"

As soon as the eunuch's voice came out, the ministers who were originally whispering fell silent. Then, together with the other ministers, they knelt down and kowtowed, shouting:

"Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Li Longji sat on the dragon throne, waved his sleeves and said, "My dear ministers, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Afterwards, all the ministers stood up. Li Longji looked at the ministers below the stage and said, "You must be very confused as to why Doctor Liu did not attend the court today."

After these words came out, many officials began to feel weak in their legs and feet. If someone else had said this, they wouldn't have been so nervous. But the person who said this was the current emperor. If even the current emperor knew about this, then it meant that Liu Lu's fate was in danger.

"Then I will tell you today where Doctor Liu Lu has gone!" Li Longji said, "Liu Lu, who embezzled money and investigated state secrets privately, has committed crimes and is now in custody in the Dali Temple!"

After these words were spoken, many ministers remained calm, but some ministers began to sweat.

"Your Majesty, this matter must be an injustice!" At this time, one of Liu Lu's followers came out and said with a stiff upper lip.

"Unjust? Then please tell me, Doctor Feng, how was Doctor Liu wronged?" Li Longji saw that Doctor Feng dared to come forward to plead for mercy, and he was definitely involved in this matter. So, Li Longji secretly took note of him in his heart.

"Liu... Doctor Liu is always loyal to his duties and works hard. How can he commit crimes against his superiors? Someone must have framed him!"

Li Longji narrowed his eyes slightly, and Song Jing also felt amused at this time - this matter must have been ordered by the current emperor himself. If it was an injustice, wouldn't it mean that His Majesty was not doing his job well?

"I personally ordered the investigation of Liu Lu's arrest and personally issued an imperial decree to the Dali Temple and the Censorate to arrest him. From what Doctor Feng said, are you blaming me?"

The back of Doctor Feng's clothes was soaked. He knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "I dare not do that. Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Li Longji snorted coldly and said, "At this point, you are all naturally curious about what Liu Lu is investigating. Today, I will tell you that he is the greatest contributor to the governance of evil money."

Some ministers looked at each other in bewilderment - according to this, His Majesty was going to reveal the final answer to the matter they had been investigating so hard today?

"In fact, the governance of bad money was not planned by Prime Minister Song. It was planned by Prime Minister Song's student: the founding county earl - Jikang Earl Chang Yonghe!" Li Longji said.

There was an uproar in the audience, and Song Jing puffed out his chest slightly at this moment, feeling very proud. The ministers around him also whispered congratulations and flattery.

"I regret more and more that I left so early. Otherwise, Chang Yonghe's husband might not be you, Song Guangping!" Su Kang said jealously at this time.

"I would like to thank Prime Minister Su for his intention of sending me as a disciple." Song Jing also smiled and said in a low voice.

"Congratulations, Prime Minister Song." Minister Huang and Censor Zhang and others around him all whispered congratulations behind Song Jing's back.

"Thank you very much."

As for those ministers who participated in the investigation, they now regret their decision. At the beginning, the answers were clearly in front of them, so why didn't they take action directly?

And what does the three characters "Ji Kang Bo" in front of his name mean? It's a titled title, or a founding county earl! You have to know that the two prime ministers now: Song Jing and Su Kang, are only viscounts!

"When Prime Minister Song entered the palace, he told me about this matter. He also said that the method of managing the evil money was proposed by Ji Kangbo from beginning to end!" Li Longji said.

"And now, my dear ministers, you know the results. From mid-November to late March today, more than five months have passed, and the results have surpassed those of the previous emperor."

At this moment, when they heard the word "late emperor", all the ministers present knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"The problem of bad money has existed since ancient dynasties. Now, the problem of bad money has been resolved, and the same methods have been left for future generations to prevent and control it," said Li Longji.

"My Lords, do you think this Ji Kangbo should be rewarded?"

Since the emperor asked such a question, Song Jing, as a teacher, naturally could not miss this opportunity to seek rewards for his students. He stepped forward and said, "I think that the governance of evil money is a great achievement and should be rewarded."

"I second the proposal."

"I also second my opinion."

Those ministers who had always stood on the same side with Song Jing naturally followed Song Jing and asked for rewards from Chang An. One reason was to give Song Jing a face, and the other was to establish a relationship with Chang An in the future.

Li Longji nodded and said, "In that case, let's order the Secretariat to draft an imperial edict - Jikangbo Chang Yonghe has made a plan to control the evil money and has made an unprecedented contribution to future generations. He is awarded a plaque, a house in the southeast of Anrenfang, 1,000 taels of gold, 500 pieces of silk, and his wife Gu is also named the Lady of Zichuan County, ranking fifth rank!"

Song Jing smiled and took the lead in shouting:

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"