When Li Chengfeng returned to the Chang'an government office again, the imperial guards had already imprisoned everyone in the Cui family.
The leader of the Imperial Guard team was waiting for Li Chengfeng at the gate of the government office with the Imperial Guard.
"His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince, the entire Cui family has been taken into custody!"
The leader of the team bowed deeply to Li Chengfeng and said.
"Let's go! Go to the palace to meet your father!" Li Chengfeng walked towards the palace.
The leader of the Imperial Guard and his soldiers followed Li Chengfeng in a mighty manner.
The people of Chang'an City on the street started talking a lot when they saw this scene.
"What is going on? Why did the Imperial Guard leave the palace?"
"Did something happen? It seems to me that the imperial guards came from the Chang'an government office!"
"Who says it's not the case? Did something happen to the Eighth Prince?"
"Don't dare to talk nonsense, if something happens to the Eighth Prince, it will be terrible!"
Under the gaze of the people, Li Chengfeng and the imperial guards walked to the front of the palace.
"Eighth Prince, I have been sent here. The Imperial Guards need to defend the palace, so they will not accompany you to court!" said the leader of the team.
"That's natural. You go and do your work first, and I'll just go see my father!"
After saying goodbye to the imperial guards, Li Chengfeng went all the way to the Tai Chi Hall.
Li Shimin was sitting in the main hall at this time, holding a memorial in his hand and reviewing it.
Seeing Li Chengfeng walk in, Li Shimin put down his hand to play the note.
"Feng'er, why are you here?" Li Shimin said.
Li Chengfeng rarely came to the palace. Li Shimin was a little puzzled when he came suddenly today.
"Father, I have a memorial to be played!" Li Chengfeng took out the memorial from his arms and handed it over.
The memorial was written by the Yin of Chang'an Prefecture, regarding Cui Min's crimes in recent years.
And everything that happened in the Chang'an government office before.
Li Shimin slowly glanced at the memorial handed over by Li Chengfeng with doubts.
The more Li Shimin watched, the angrier he became, and his body was boiling with anger.
At the end, he even dropped his zhongzi on the Long Book Table.
"The Bolin Cui family behaves like this. It is simply poisoning the people and has no law!"
"You just casually said you wanted to kill people, you really think you are the emperor!" Li Shimin's eyes widened with anger.
He was extremely dissatisfied with these aristocratic families. The Cui family of Qinghe had already made him very angry.
Now that Bolin Cui is so arrogant and domineering, how can he not be annoyed?
"Father, calm down, as I have seen! The Bolin Cui family must have been forming a clique for selfish purposes for a long time!"
"Otherwise, why has my father never received a memorial about the Cui family!"
It's not enough to create a Bolin Cui family. This time, Li Chengfeng will have to raid the homes of those who colluded with them!
Li Shimin was convinced and said to the chamberlain on the side: "Pass on my oral instructions to announce the entry of all officials into the palace!"
The chamberlain standing nearby also heard that Li Shimin was angry and ran out of the palace to find the ministers.
"Feng'er, come here and tell me in detail what happened today." Li Shimin walked to Li Chengfeng and said.
"This is what happened..." Li Chengfeng recounted everything that had happened before.
"It seems that the Cui family's affairs didn't make them remember it long ago! It's time to dampen the arrogance of these aristocratic families!"
Li Shimin clenched his fists and sat on the Long Book Table, furious.
Officials behave like this, and the trend of shielding each other is endless. This makes the people think of him as the emperor!
Soon all the civil and military officials came to the main hall.
When they saw the furious Li Shimin, they were a little confused and looked at each other without daring to speak.
"You guys take a look at this first!" Li Shimin threw the memorial out, and the servants passed it to all the officials to watch.
All the officials of the cultural relics were frightened. The crimes here were all punishable by death. It was really outrageous.
Some officials who were good friends with the Bolin Cui family were even more so, and their legs were so frightened that they became weak.
"I am a humble minister who has failed to serve me well. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
After reading this, the Minister of Civil Affairs stood up from the queue and apologized repeatedly.
"I have neglected my duties as a supervisor. Please punish me!" Wei Zheng also stood up.
As the imperial censor, he was responsible for supervising all officials. It was his dereliction of duty that he did not discover such a heinous crime committed by the Cui family.
"If you are derelict in your duties, you will receive the punishment yourself later!"
"You two are responsible for supervising each other and investigating this matter!"
"No matter who is involved this time, they will all be killed!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
"Yes!" Wei Zheng and the Minister of Civil Affairs said in unison.
The ministers in the audience were all dumbfounded. They had never seen Li Shimin so angry.
The major aristocratic families are even planning in their hearts that they must conduct a thorough investigation on the younger members of the family after the next court.
"And from today on, Yushitai will supervise all the major families for me!"
"If this happens again, Wei Zheng will report it directly to me!" Li Shimin continued.
As soon as these words came out, the hearts of people from all the major families became cold.
It seems that His Majesty is now going to take action against the major families!
Finally, Li Shimin announced something that frightened them the most.
"This time, the Eighth Prince will be responsible for searching the house, and so will everyone involved!"
The last time the Eighth Prince ransacked the Cui family in Qinghe was still fresh in my mind, and now it's about to happen again.
Their hearts were already in their throats at this time, and they all bowed their heads and remained silent.
…
Beginning on the third day, a massive thorough investigation began in Chang'an City.
There are people from all major aristocratic families who are caught trying to catch rapists, and the same goes for some officials who shield each other.
The first to bear the brunt was the former Bolin Cui family.
The whole family of four was executed and all their property was confiscated!
Of course, Li Chengfeng also benefited a lot.
After checking for five days in a row, Li Chengfeng pocketed a million taels of gold.
There are countless silver and various precious jades.
What's more, he kept a lot of it this time and returned it to the treasury. After all, it's still a cold disaster, so it wouldn't be appropriate for him to take it all!
At the Meridian Gate of Chang'an City, many corrupt officials have been executed these days, and the people all clapped and applauded.
Even Li Chengfeng himself did not expect that the behavior of these aristocratic families could be so despicable.
If you don't investigate, you won't know that if you investigate, you will be shocked. Many children from aristocratic families are more or less guilty of committing crimes.
Previously, the children of these aristocratic families acted tyrannically because of the presence of people in the court.
Many people were forced into desperation and their families were destroyed.
Now the imperial court began to regulate the family, and the people praised Li Shimin for his sage and virtue.
When they found out that the entire incident was caused by the Eighth Prince, many people even offered his longevity tablets at home.
All major aristocratic families also realized Li Shimin's attitude this time and conducted thorough internal investigations.
Some of the young masters who made mistakes were escorted over by their own people before Li Chengfeng and the others found out.
…
By the time the whole thing came to an end, it was already the seventh day.
Li Chengfeng was sitting at home drinking tea when Fan Meng suddenly came to the Zhenwang Mansion.
"Sir, the storyteller Guo Qi is still waiting for you in the East Wing Tower!" Fan Meng said.
Only then did Li Chengfeng remember that he also had a storytelling teacher he was training!
Chapter completed!