The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 196 Wei Rentu was clever but was misled by his cleverness
"Fight the fire!"

A clear cry came from Kaimingfang. As soon as the sound came out, Wuhou from Kaimingfang rushed out of Wuhoupu. This Wuhoupu was distributed in the city and among the shops, and the firemen deployed There are people ranging from 20 people to hundreds of people, forming a fire communication system throughout the city.

Fire-fighting tools are mostly bags woven from the skins of pigs, cows, sheep and other animals.

Arriving in front of the second room of the Wei family, a fire had already broken out into the sky. The wooden beam structure of ancient buildings was an unavoidable fireproof weakness.In the Tang Dynasty, compared with mining stone, the acquisition and processing of wood were undoubtedly more convenient.At the same time, the wood must be dried before building a house, which will inevitably increase the potential fire hazard.

So even though the Wuhous kept throwing water bags into the fire, it was a pity that these water bags were just a drop in the bucket.

A fire burned from night to early morning. Fortunately, the Wuhous opened a fire break, otherwise the entire Kaimingfang would have been burned completely. But now, only the second room of the Wei family was completely burned, and the big room and the third room were completely burned. The room was only slightly burned!

This was a great blessing among misfortunes. More importantly, they also found someone who had experienced the fire. This person was Wei Rentu. There was only one Wei Rentu left in the second room of the Wei family.

The rescued Wei Rentu cried bitterly and kept crying for his parents. It seemed like it was really painful, but this guy kept howling and had very few tears. At the end, Wei Rentu still screamed He said, "Li An, why are you doing this to me?" After saying that, Wei Rentu fainted.

Hall of Tai Chi
Li Shimin looked at the ministers below with some disdain. These people were Tang Jian, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Hou Junji, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Chen Shuda, the Minister of Rites, and Gao Shilian, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel!
These three guys couldn't wait to stand up, and Li Shimin knew without even thinking about it. Didn't he know that his nephew was rich, so he wanted to come over and ask for money.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has been purchasing military horses recently. Tuyuhun is ready to make a move, so we have to guard against it. However, the price of military horses continues to rise, so we would like to ask your Majesty to allocate 100 million yuan."

Hou Junji immediately expressed his needs, and also pointed out Tuyuhun. You must know that Tuyuhun is a thorn in Li Shimin's heart, and Li Shimin must pull out this thorn.

"I know I can discuss this with you at the Ministry of Civil Affairs." Li Shimin said calmly.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has run out of money." Tang Jian bowed slightly: "There have been too many famines this year, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs has been exhausted. All the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs worked together to block the hole. Now There is really no money available in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Please ask Your Majesty to allocate 150 million yuan so that the Ministry of Civil Affairs can be revived."

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites requested to allocate 50 yuan. Tibet will soon come to court, and the Ministry of Rites will welcome and return gifts. However, the Ministry of Rites is already empty at this time. For the sake of the face of the Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty, please allocate funds to the Ministry of Rites first." Chen Shuda walked forward a few steps. step.

"Your Majesty...!" Gao Shilian saw that he was behind, and he quickly bowed and said: "The Ministry of Personnel is the foundation of the imperial court. Now the Ministry of Personnel can no longer allocate money and food. The food and salary of all officials next month are in jeopardy. Your Majesty, please allocate funds first. 50 yuan allows the officials to live in a helpless time."

Li Shimin looked at the four people below who were asking for money. He originally thought it was over, but who knew that Sinong Temple, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment, who were following him, actually all stood up one by one, and the reason for standing up was to ask for money.

Li Shimin got 170 yuan of mother-in-law money at one time. If these money were not squeezed out, these officials would not be able to sleep at night. This made Li Shimin a little bit dumbfounded, because the total money asked for below was almost It's more than 300 million yuan, and he only has 170 million yuan. If he is fully satisfied, he will add 120 million yuan.

Even though Li Shimin is an emperor, his in-laws have never had more than 100 guan before. Those who can get more than [-] million guan were given by his eldest son. Now that his eldest son has given it to him, his own pockets have not been warmed up. You guys? Just come to ask for it. Do you think Li Shimin can not despise these people?
"Dear dear friends, I know you have worked hard, but I don't have enough money among my in-laws!" Li Shimin waved his hand, he was not willing to give the money away directly, and he was not taken advantage of!
"Your Majesty. We all know that the money is not enough, so we should give it to the staff first. The staff is the head of the six departments and the foundation of officials. The real problem is that the staff has no money. Moreover, the staff only needs 50 yuan, and the others All ministries can postpone it." Gao Shilian was very bad, and he wanted to get 50 yuan for himself first.

"What Gao Shangshu said is different." Hou Junji said quickly: "The Ministry of War is the sword and ear of the imperial court. If my sword is not sharp, how can the safety of the people of the imperial court be guaranteed? Tuyuhun has always been lawless and has no eyes for your majesty. Shouldn't we serve for your majesty?" To share the worries, equipping the Ministry of War first is the top priority, and it is necessary for the Ministry of War to have 100 million guan."

"National dignity. Our Tang Dynasty is a great country. If Tubo comes to worship, we should let them laugh. This will dishonor the glory of the Tang Dynasty. The Ministry of Rites allocates 50 yuan without delay." Chen Shuda, the Minister of Rites, this old man is also according to Strive with reason.

"Everyone, I am the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Now that the Ministry of Civil Affairs is empty, why not ask your Majesty to hand over the money to the Ministry of Civil Affairs first, and then the Ministry of Civil Affairs will allocate it appropriately to you." Tang Jian raised his hand.

"Ah!" It's a pity that everyone gave him a mouthful of saliva. You are thinking nonsense. I will give you the money and you will make the arrangements. Why do you follow a group of people to beg you?
Tang Jian was speechless and cursed, which was insulting to the gentle man.

But no one paid attention to Tang Jian. Instead, they continued to argue one after another. They were completely unwilling to give in. They just wanted money. Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair and watched the abuse from the beginning to the personal life. The attack and the fight to the death were almost a fight. At this time, Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon throne, laughed mischievously.He just wanted this effect, similar to dog eating dog. As long as there is a mess below, these people will not remember him. And just when Li Shimin was about to tell the ministers to stop making trouble.

A censor came in a hurry outside.

"Your Majesty. Your Majesty is in serious trouble...!"

When Li Shimin saw a censor breaking into the Tai Chi Hall, he knew that something big must have happened, and he quickly asked, "What's the matter?"

The censor knelt down in the Taiji Hall and shouted loudly: "There are 130 people in the second room of the Wei family in the west, all of them were killed by thieves last night. The fire burned all night, and only the adopted son Wei Rentu survived. Wei Rentu fainted before he died. Shouting, Li An, why are you doing this to me!"

"What...?" All the officials were shocked.

"Bastard. Dali Temple, Department of Punishment!"

Dai Zhou, the minister of Dali Temple, and Li Daozong, the Minister of Punishment, quickly stepped forward.

"The minister is here!"

"I order you two to join forces to investigate and deal with the truth of the incident without leaving any room for error." Li Shimin then continued: "Li An will definitely not have anything to do with this matter and cannot be disturbed. Wei Rentu is very suspicious, and all the second bedroom of the Wei family Death Jue, his adopted son was safe and sound, and he shouted someone's name before he fainted. I think it was too deliberate.

Therefore, we focus on the investigation and must investigate clearly,”

"No!" Dai Zhou and Li Daozong bowed quickly.

Wei Rentu might be really smart but was misled by his cleverness. He actually hid it really well, and the tricks he thought of were also very good. Before he fainted, he shouted, Li An, why are you doing this to me.

This sentence can mislead the investigators of this matter, as if it was a clue given by Wei Rentu, so that the investigators will investigate Li An, and if the investigators investigate Li An, there is no result.

Then Wei Rentu will say that what he said last time was not that Li An was the murderer, but that Li An snatched his fiancée away. He never said that Li An was the murderer. You made the wrong investigation with him. It doesn't matter.

In this way, Wei Rentu helped his biological father to leave Chang'an.

But Wei Rentu would not have thought that what he said today would be somewhat self-defeating. He had not thought that the relationship between Li An and Li Shimin was too close. Li Shimin believed that Li An was his eldest son, and Li An was filial to Li Shimin. Even better than his biological son.

Li Shimin knew that there was evidence pointing to his eldest son, so of course he was unwilling. Li Shimin was sensitive to Wei Rentu's strangeness, and then proposed a detailed investigation of Wei Rentu, which turned Wei Rentu from a victim to a victim. Focused investigator.

It's completely a place where cleverness leads to mistakes.

Li Shimin, the father, sensed that someone was being unkind to his son, and then used his own intuition to deduce the strangeness of Wei Rentu. This was completely a father's stress reaction to protect his child. Who knew, but it was also disappointing. The key to Wei Rentu's failure.

(End of this chapter)