Chapter 207 Cleaning

Author: The cat who doesn’t drink water

Li Zhi glanced sideways at Lu Chengqing, "I didn't even let you speak, so you stood up. Are you feeling guilty?"

"Your Majesty, I think the lottery issue is a national matter. How can I listen to one person's words? It should be interrogated by three departments to determine the real culprit."

Lu Chengqing glanced at the bureaucrats beside him and spoke directly to express his thoughts.

Everyone knows that your use of torture, Xu Jingzong, is unparalleled in the world.

If you mess it up like this, there's no telling how the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes will be arranged.

Now that the matter has come out, there is only one thing he can do, and that is to conduct a joint review by the three departments. Only by participating in it can he find out and fill in the gaps and minimize the harm.

"Three-level trial? It's useless. These people are making trouble in the royal lottery. They are against the royal family. Xu Jingzong is enough."

Li Zhi shook his head. He had already seen what the other party was thinking. He wanted the three departments to interrogate first. How could I let you get what you want?

"Your Majesty, I think that royal matters are world affairs. How can I be so arbitrary? It should be reviewed by the three departments."

Wang Fangyi, the mainstay of the Wang family in the court hall, slowly stood up and saluted Li Zhi.

"Why should my family affairs be treated by outsiders? Just step aside."

Li Zhi glanced at Wang Fangyi and couldn't help but frowned.

He is the cousin of Queen Wang. He is extremely talented and a useful person.

And he was not within the scope of Li Zhi's purge this time, so he didn't want to say anything more to him.

"His Majesty."

"Shut up, anyone who dares to say more will be treated as the following offender, Xu Jingzong, please continue talking."

Li Zhi glanced at Baiguan and slapped Long An directly, his eyes full of threats.

"Your Majesty, I and the imperial censor interrogated me all night, and the thieves gave full account.

Your Majesty may not believe it, but these people are all from noble families, and the Wang, Lu, and Zheng families are among them."

Xu Jingzong saluted again, glanced at Lu Chengqing, and then poked out the families behind those people.

"No wonder you want a three-level trial. It turns out it's you who are behind this. Why are you doing this?"

Li Zhihu's eyes widened and he shouted angrily at the officials in the hall.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

"Your Majesty, calm down."

"Your Majesty, calm down."

Seeing that Li Zhi was so angry, Lu Chengqing and others took the lead in kneeling down, and other officials followed suit.

"Calm down, have I calmed down?

The lottery is issued by my royal family. Are you deliberately going against me by making trouble in the lottery?

Do you really think that I don’t dare to kill anyone?”

Calm down? It would be amazing if I could calm down.

You are in my hands now. If I don't peel off your skin, I will be the emperor for nothing.

"Lu Chengqing, what else can your Lu family say?"

Li Zhi called Lu Chengqing's name. Didn't you call him Huan just now? Now I will operate on your Lu family first.

"Your Majesty, black sheep have existed since ancient times. Even if someone from the Lu family dares to risk the world's rule and cause trouble in the lottery, it is just a personal wish. I hope your Majesty will understand."

Lu Chengqing was also depressed for a while. Now that Li Zhi had spoken so clearly, he had nothing else to say.

If you make a mistake, you will be beaten, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright. He still knows this.

So I expressed my attitude directly. The Lu family accepts the punishment. It's up to you to decide how to deal with it.

"Haha, black sheep, what about you?"

Li Zhi glanced at the ministers again, and mainly asked Wang Fangyi and Zheng Yuanze.

Zheng Yuanze is the biological father of Concubine Zheng Guifei of the current dynasty. He is currently the secretary of the Zhongshu House and can be regarded as the mainstay of the Zheng family in the court.

"I think what Lu Chengqing said is true. The black sheep should be caught out in order to restore the innocence of my Wang family."

"I also think it's true, and I hope your Majesty will learn from it."

Wang Fangyi and Zheng Yuanze also saluted together and expressed their willingness to accept punishment.

"Okay, Xu Jingzong, then please submit the list of those who are behind these people."

"Your Majesty, this is the list."

Xu Jingzong directly handed over the list listed by Li Zhi.

"Okay, as long as everyone involved is demoted from the place, let's do it like this."

Li Zhi didn't even look at the list and directly asked Xu Jingzong to deal with it according to the contents on the list.

After the court meeting, Wang, Lu, and Zheng III also lost nearly 30% of their power in the court.

Only Mr. Cui saw the opportunity quickly and did not suffer any losses.

The three families were deposed, and the positions vacated were quickly filled by Li Zhi's people.

Another week later, lottery tickets were sold again, this time not only in Chang'an, but also in several surrounding counties.

Chang, Sun and Yan were not in Chang'an, but were assigned to all directions to take charge of the lottery sales.

After some operations, the sales of lottery tickets reached a new high. In addition to the lottery tickets in Chang'an being sold out, the surrounding counties also made a lot of money.

After some calculations, the profit has reached more than 70 million yuan. Although the income of 70,000 yuan is just a drop in the ocean for the entire Tang Dynasty, this is only the first step of the lottery.

If it were truly extended to the whole country, the figures would be astronomical.

"Father, the lottery matter has been formalized. These days, Sun Yan and the others are busy and working extremely hard. So why don't you give them some time for the IOU?"

As the boss of several people, Li Yanran naturally wants to work for the welfare of her younger brothers.

"It's not impossible to give me some grace, but you can't owe me the money you owe me in vain. I want interest."

Li Zhi glanced at his good daughter Li Yanran and couldn't help but smile.

He naturally knows that Sun Yan and others are running around these days, but is my money so easy to owe?

If you want to pay it back later, you have to pay more.

"Father, you can't just pull the wool out of a sheep. Although it is said that pressure makes people improve, let's forget about those few."

Li Yanran glanced at Li Zhi, her eyes full of depression.

Lao Li, you are the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, we can't let money take your eyes off you.

Gathering wool is a bit too much for Changsun Yan and the others to harvest just one sheep.

"Don't worry, I'm not a moneylender. I think they can afford the monthly interest of one thousand guan."

Li Zhi rolled his eyes at Li Yanran, what was he thinking?

I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how can I be as knowledgeable as Changsun Yan and others?

Besides, eleven thousand guan, the interest for one thousand guan a month is not much.

"Okay."

Li Yanran is helpless. You want an interest of 1,000 guan a month, which doubles in a year. Isn’t that much?

Fortunately, you are the current emperor. If it were anyone else, I am afraid that Changsun Yan and the others would have to report to the imperial court.

"Um."

Li Zhi nodded. If you can't accept the interest of one thousand guan every month on the money you owe the emperor, then I can only ask your father for it.

After all, you can't go too far, right? I'm the emperor, so it's reasonable to ask you for interest.

Li Yanran came behind Li Zhi and began to rub her father's shoulders with a pair of small hands.
Chapter completed!