Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 826
Hearing this, Yang Guozhong became angry immediately. He pointed at Li Canghai and said, "Li Canghai! You are spitting blood! I am the prime minister of the court, how could I do such disobedient things? It is clear that you hold a grudge against me and want to avenge yourself with this! "

After roaring a few words, Yang Guozhong kowtowed to Li Longji, and at the same time tearfully said: "Your Majesty, ever since Li Canghai returned from Silla, he has relied on his prestige in the army to not take the veterans seriously. He is not suspicious of the old minister today, but his majesty!"

Li Canghai sneered and said, "Master Yang, I have investigated everything you have done. Your Majesty, this is what I have found out about Yang Guozhong's evil deeds. Your Majesty, please have a look!"

As he spoke, Li Canghai took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it over.

Gao Lishi took over the memorial and handed it over to Li Longji.

Li Longji's face was gloomy. He held the memorial in his hand, but he didn't look through it.

Li Canghai frowned slightly, and after a little thought, he said seriously: "Your Majesty! I have conclusive evidence of Yang Guozhong's collusion with the Japanese pirates! The leader of the Japanese pirates, Doihara, and his assassin Tang Ao, are waiting for Your Majesty outside the palace now. Summon!"

Hearing this, Yang Guozhong's pupils shrank instantly.

"Your Majesty... Li Canghai is spitting blood! Even if I have the guts, I would not dare to collude with Japanese Japanese pirates!" Yang Guozhong shouted loudly.

Li Canghai followed closely and said, "Your Majesty! Yang Guozhong has brought disaster to the country and the people. If he doesn't kill him, the common people will not be angry! Your Majesty, please punish him for the crime of treason!"

Li Longji didn't speak, and the hall fell into dead silence for an instant.

A chilling aura filled the entire hall, which made the soles of the feet feel cold.

Everyone is waiting for Li Longji's decision.

Li Canghai suddenly attacked Yang Guozhong, which surprised everyone.

Even Cui Huan and the others who had good friends with Li Canghai were greatly surprised.

But they all knew that if Li Canghai was not sure, he would definitely not deal with Yang Guozhong rashly.

However, Yang Guozhong was the emperor's favored minister after all, so it was hard to say whether the emperor would really trust Li Canghai.

At this moment, a servant suddenly came over from the apse and said something to Gao Lishi.

Gao Lishi passed the news to Li Longji, and Li Longji left the hall with Gao Lishi after listening.

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay.

After about a stick of incense, Li Longji returned to the hall again.

However, Gao Lishi did not follow.

Li Longji stared at Yang Guozhong, and said heartbrokenly: "Guozhong, you have disappointed me so much. As my humerus minister, you did these things. If I don't punish you severely, how can I make the people of the world submit?"

Yang Guozhong touched his head to the ground and said: "Your Majesty, what I do is for His Majesty. But if it hinders the interests of some people, I am willing to accept punishment!"

Li Longji sighed, and said: "Yang Guozhong, today I abolished your position and demoted you to be a servant of the Ministry of Officials, and fined you to confiscate 3 taels of silver to use as military funds. Do you have any objections?"

"I...willing to be punished!" Yang Guozhong was quite surprised, and hurriedly kowtowed to Li Longji to thank him.

Li Longji's judgment surprised everyone.

Cui Huan and the others looked at each other suspiciously for a while, then hurriedly walked out of the court.

But before they could speak, Li Longji stopped them with a wave of his hand.

"That's all for today. Let's retreat!" After Li Longji said a word, he turned and left the hall.

"Your Majesty is waiting to be sent off!" All the ministers knelt down and saluted.

After Li Longji left, Yang Guozhong's henchmen immediately surrounded Yang Guozhong and left the hall surrounded by the triumphant Yang Guozhong.

"Cang Hai, why is this happening? Yang Guozhong has done so many evil things, why did His Majesty only punish him symbolically?" Cui Huan said indignantly.

Li Canghai's expression was calm, he sighed, and said: "It must be the imperial concubine who begged for him, otherwise Yang Guozhong would have escaped death just because of the matter of the elixir. It's a pity, a pity!"

"That's right! Yang Guozhong, a treacherous official, could be removed just a little bit away. Unexpectedly, in the end, he was just demoted and retained. Sigh!" Cui Huan shook his head.

As soon as they walked out of the hall, a servant came and said something to Li Tan.

Li Tan frowned, then whispered to Li Canghai.

"My lord, what happened?" Cui Huan asked.

After Li Canghai listened, he frowned and said, "Just now the prince's servant came to report that Doihara and Tang Ao committed suicide in fear of crime."

"How...how is this possible?" Cui Huan said in disbelief.

Li Canghai sighed and said, "This is naturally impossible. During this period of time, A Xu has persuaded them to testify, so how could they commit suicide? The only explanation is that His Majesty did not want them to speak, so he sent General Gao to go. solved them."

Hearing this, Cui Huan was stunned.

"Master Li, you can't talk nonsense about this! How could the Holy One order someone to silence you?" Cui Huan said in horror with an ugly expression on his face.

Li Canghai looked up at the fish-belly white rising in the east, and said deeply: "From the very beginning, the Holy Majesty did not want to punish Yang Guozhong's crime. This can be seen from the fact that the Holy Majesty did not read the memorial of Yang Guozhong's crime. Besides, the noble concubine The empress pleaded for him again, and the Holy Majesty will not punish him."

"Since the Holy Majesty already knew about Yang Guozhong's crime, why did he still condone him? So what should Tang do in the past?" Cui Huan said heartbroken.

"Although Yang Guozhong is a treacherous minister, he understands His Majesty's mind very well. Many things have been guessed by His Majesty before His Majesty speaks. Therefore, according to His Majesty, he is an out-and-out loyal minister. It's just... I didn't expect , His Majesty's connivance with Yang Guozhong has reached such a level. If he failed to bring Yang Guozhong down this time, it will be even more difficult to deal with him in the future." Li Canghai said deeply.

Cui Huan and the others sighed unceasingly, not only because of Li Canghai's hard work wasted, but also because of the precarious Tang Dynasty.

Li Longji is still living in the dream of a prosperous and prosperous age, and he doesn't know the sufferings of the people at all.

Even though Cui Huan and others tried their best to maintain the Tang Dynasty, the troubled times have come.

What's more, the emperor favored treacherous ministers so much, which made them lose confidence in Datang immediately.

Several people walked and talked, and soon came to the gate of the imperial palace.

At this moment, Gao Lishi rushed over and stopped Li Canghai.

"Lord Li, Your Majesty has a decree for you to go and have an audience!" Gao Lishi said to Li Canghai after saluting with everyone.

Li Canghai nodded, and after bidding farewell to Li Tan and others, he followed Gao Lishi to Daming Palace.

Daming Palace, the emperor's bedroom.

Li Longji was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the dragon bed, enjoying a cup of fragrant tea by himself.

"My subject, Li Canghai, sees Your Majesty!" Seeing Li Longji, Li Canghai stepped forward to salute.

Li Longji nodded, ordered someone to give him a seat, and asked someone to serve him a cup of fragrant tea.

(End of this chapter)