The blood book was tightly held in his hand, but his anger could not be suppressed. When he used prairie slaves to mine, Li Zhiyun had not considered that this situation would happen, but he did not expect that it would happen so soon.
Are there not enough slaves on the prairie?
Khitan slaves, Xi slaves, Turkic slaves, even Xueyantuo slaves, and Uighur slaves are all being sent to the mines in a steady stream. How could there not be enough!
It's greed that's at work!
What made him angry was that wealthy families in Taiyuan and other places were secretly hunting down Tang slaves by purchasing the skins of slaves on the grasslands.
What a bunch of dogs!
This is what really makes him angry.
The contents of the blood book, in addition to the birth names of the arrested people, also included the lists of some wealthy families. They were digging coal mines privately, and they used Tang people. No need to think about it, Li Zhiyun also knew what these people wanted to do, it was just smuggling.
Even the technology to break into briquettes and then sell them quietly.
What a courageous person.
The mountains, rivers, rivers, salt ponds and minerals in the world are all government-run. These guys just open mines privately, but they dare to bully the Tang people.
Must die, they must die!
If there is anything that can offend the emperor now, then whoever arbitrarily uses Tang people as slaves must be one of them.
As the emperor, he has already made it clear that all people in the world are my brothers and sisters.
Under such circumstances, there are still people who dare to violate the law despite the disdain of the world. This is a sign of contempt for him and the empire!
Intolerable!
Taiyuan, the place where Long Xing launched his army, has such a situation, but what about other places?
Thinking of this, Li Zhiyun suddenly felt a slight pain in his head.
With a bang, he fell down onto the throne.
Gao Liangzhong hurriedly walked behind him and gently massaged the emperor's temples.
After a long time, Li Zhiyun asked softly: "Do you think I am a good emperor?"
Gao Liangzhong said in a low voice: "Your Majesty has learned martial arts and is naturally a wise king."
"Ming Jun?" Li Zhiyun chuckled, "Since you are a Ming Jun, how can you sit back and watch your people fall into the sea of fire?"
Quack, quack, quack...
The gates of Chang'an City suddenly opened, and Zhang Shigui and Gao Jifu led the army and galloped out.
"Gao Yushi, you have made His Majesty angry this time." Zhang Shigui said with a wry smile.
Gao Jifu said coldly: "General Zhang, when you see the people suffering in the mines, you will know why I must make His Majesty angry."
Zhang Shigui remained silent, and after a while, he said: "Don't worry, since His Majesty has a decree for you to investigate, I will fully cooperate with you."
"very good."
The watchman glanced at the Chang'an city gate that was gradually closing, and continued walking down the street.
The next day, as if nothing happened last night, the emperor continued to hold a small court meeting in Liangyi Hall to discuss the funeral affairs of the grassland.
After that, he went to the political hall to handle government affairs with the prime ministers.
Li Zhiyun looked at the memorial and said with emotion: "The development of Hedong Road has been getting better and better in recent years. Compared with the past, I don't know how much better it is."
"Back then?" Du Ruhui asked with a smile: "Your Majesty is talking about the late Sui Dynasty?"
"Yes." Li Zhiyun recalled: "I still remember how hard it was at that time. Yang Guang ignored the people for his own selfish desires. People in the entire Hedong Road were in panic all day long. No one knew whether Yang Guang would arrest him.
Send it to Liaodong, or use it to dig the Grand Canal."
Wen Yanbo said: "Your Majesty, everything has passed. Now the world belongs to the Tang Dynasty. As long as your Majesty continues to govern well, I believe that Hedong Road will get better and better."
"I believe it too." Li Zhiyun said, "It's great to have you helping me."
"I and others are frightened." Several prime ministers handed over their hands one after another.
Li Zhiyun waved his hand, "Okay, there's no need to do this. Let's just relax while chatting."
Several prime ministers laughed and chatted with the emperor.
This is nothing, the emperor often chatted like this while working. However, if you think that chatting can be casual, you are totally wrong.
Because, the more casual chatting, the more the emperor's thinking becomes unconventional. If he can't answer any questions, or answers wrongly, it will be too much fun.
"By the way, is there anything interesting happening in Chang'an recently?" Li Zhiyun asked.
Yang Gongren was about to remind the emperor to work hard when he didn't expect Li Shuliang to speak first: "There is really one thing. I heard that there is a woman of the Li family who is extremely wanton. The sound she makes at night is so loud that even the watchmen can't bear it."
"Oh, who is it?" Li Zhiyun asked with a smile.
Li Shuliang muttered: "She seems to be a noble woman, from a noble family."
"Aristocratic family." Li Zhiyun's voice was drawl, and then he said deliberately: "Uncle, don't talk nonsense, a daughter from an aristocratic family is the wife, daughter-in-law, or granddaughter-in-law of all the princes in the court."
Listening to the emperor's strange accent, several ministers did not dare to say anything.
Since the late Emperor, several famous families have been offending the royal family, especially Liangcui and other Shandong families.
Sometimes these aristocratic families keep a low profile, but the ministers of the DPRK and China will call them into trouble.
Because the ministers all wanted to marry the daughter of aristocratic families, over time, the rumors became quite harsh in the ears of the emperor.
Isn't a royal princess more noble than a daughter of a noble family?
Although the emperor thought so, in fact, the late emperor really felt that women from aristocratic families were more noble.
"Ahem." Yang Gongren said: "Your Majesty, there are still government affairs."
Li Zhiyun said: "No more chatting."
"yes."
After a short errand, several prime ministers began to deal with government affairs again.
As for Li Zhiyun, the same is naturally true.
A few hours passed, and after lunch, Li Zhiyun and Du Ruhui were drinking tea and chatting in the corridor.
"Keming, do you know Gao Jifu?"
Du Ruhui thought for a while and said: "I know something. This man was born in the Bohai Gao family. He was studious since childhood, proficient in martial arts, and extremely filial. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, and later surrendered to Li Mi...
He is known as a loyal and upright minister over at the Yushitai, and has offended many ministers in the court."
"Yes, if you want to be a good official, you will offend people." Li Zhiyun sighed.
Du Ruhui thought to himself, why did His Majesty suddenly ask Gao Jifu, was he planning to reuse this person?
While he was thinking, the emperor suddenly handed him a piece of cloth.
"Let's take a look and don't make any noise."
Hearing this, Du Ruhui picked up the blood book and read it.
As he looked at it, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his whole body felt a little bad. He suppressed the shock in his heart and calmly returned the blood letter to the emperor.
Lowering his voice, he asked: "Your Majesty, are these true?"
"What else?" Li Zhiyun put away the blood book and said, "I have asked Zhang Shigui and Gao Jifu to investigate. I am telling you this to let you pay attention and don't let some people harm Gao Jifu."
"I understand."
Li Zhiyun took a sip of tea and said, "Tell me, why do these people break the law? Do they not take what I say seriously?"
"Probably not." Du Ruhui said cautiously: "From my point of view, it should be caused by greed."
"Are you greedy enough?" Li Zhiyun snorted: "It makes sense. I gave them a lot of goods, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't feed these people."
Although the emperor said it lightly, Du Ruhui knew that the emperor's suppressed anger was enough to burn out all thieves who committed crimes.
So, he advised: "Your Majesty, there is not enough evidence now, so we should proceed with caution."
"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't tell you alone."
Hearing this, Du Ruhui felt a sense of satisfaction in being trusted by His Majesty, and immediately expressed his stance: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will help Gao Yushi handle this case."