Faced with Wang Gui's accusation, Wang Jian did not immediately stand up to defend himself, and remained calm and calm.
If you want to destroy people, you must first make them crazy. Now is not the time to fight back.
Wei Zheng's sharp eyes kept scanning back and forth on Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Wang Jian.
As Wang Jian's master, Fang Xuanling cared for him even more than Fang Yi loved several of his children.
It is not normal for a beloved disciple to be recruited because of his trade, but as a master he is indifferent.
So Wei Zheng also calmed down and waited for the follow-up direction of the case.
Other courtiers who didn't know what was going on were not as good at cultivating Qi as Wei Zheng. They whispered among themselves, trying to get useful information from other colleagues.
"Brother Yang, you are the magistrate of Wannian County, do you know what's going on behind the scenes?"
"Brother Yang, you are well-informed, tell us quickly."
Officials in front and behind Yang Guangting pulled on his sleeves and asked him for information with curiosity on their faces.
"Brothers, I don't know either. You can ask others." Yang Guangting shook his head and said nothing.
Shi Mazhou, the imperial censor, came to him to learn a lot of information, and Yang Guangting also knew the relationship between Ma Zhou and Wang Xianhou, so he could guess that the story behind the matter was not that simple, and there must be a big conspiracy.
However, he couldn't guess Wang Jian's ultimate goal, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense.
When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. If he, a little bastard fish, talks nonsense, he is bound to suffer.
Many ministers looked at Wang Jian with regret. He clearly had a bright future, but he was greedy for the few taels of silver.
What a pity!
Half an hour later, Xiao Yu, sweating profusely, returned to Tai Chi Hall.
Also accompanying him were Ma Zhou and other six Taiyuan censors.
"Your Majesty, I have found out that there are indeed two shops selling Zhenguan plows in the East and West markets. The names of the shops are Majiazhuang Farm Tools Shop."
"The shopkeeper Both came from the prince's house in Wang County, and each plow cost 500 wen. "
"When I first arrived, the shop was crowded with people, and there were many people lining up outside the shop. "
As soon as Xiao Yu returned to Tai Chi Hall, he immediately reported the results of the investigation to Li Shimin.
Boom!
There was a burst of surprised sounds from both sides of the hall.
The evidence is conclusive, Wang Jian’s career has come to an end!
"Huh!" Li Shimin took a deep breath, trying to keep his tone calm, "Wang Aiqing, do you have any excuses?"
The eyes of all the officials in the hall, Instantly focused on Wang Jian.
Wang Jian opened his eyes and walked to the middle of the hall holding the wat board.
"Your Majesty, I am wronged!" Wang Jian said loudly.
"You fart, you dare to quibble even though the evidence is solid." Cui Yixuan scolded him directly.
This guy is young, but he has no shame and skin, and he still dares to cry out that he is wronged at this time.
"I'm trying to explain to Your Majesty, why are you messing around here?" Wei Zheng glanced at him and said in a bad tone.
Secretary Supervisor Wei Zheng was a big shot from the third rank, and Cui Yixuan, a Zuosi Lang from the fifth rank, immediately did not dare to speak.
He couldn't resist Wei Zheng's tactics.
A group of remonstrating ministers from Menxia Province originally wanted to jump out and challenge King Shen, without giving him a chance to explain too much.
Unexpectedly, they were interrupted by Wei Zheng, a ruthless man. They could only hold back and think of words to attack Wang Jian in their hearts.
"Your Majesty, the reason why I am complaining is because I have never been a merchant."
"Because the Majiazhuang Farm Tools Shop was opened by the people of Majiazhuang. , I have nothing to do with you, please give me a clear warning."
After Wang Jian finished speaking, he raised the wat board and saluted Li Shimin, and then stood there without saying much.
"Just now Xiao Yushi said that the waiter in charge of the store is from the Marquis Mansion of your county. How do you explain it?" Wang Gui said coldly.
Wang Jian's explanation was very pale, because Wang Tianqi and others lived in his county marquis' residence, so how could he deny it.
"Shizhong Wang, you can't frame people for nothing." Wang Jian looked innocent and continued, "They are people from Majiazhuang who came to Chang'an to make a living. Since they have no place to stay, they can only stay here temporarily." "As a former villager, there is nothing wrong with me temporarily helping them, right?"
Seeing that Wang Jian refused to admit it, Wang Gui refused. Instead of getting angry, he went out to confront Wang Jian.
"Your Majesty designated Majiazhuang as your fiefdom. The people of Majiazhuang are naturally from your county, how can you argue?"
"Besides, these little If they were just ordinary people, how could they have the ability to own such a large store? "What's more, they produced more than 80,000 plows for sale in just over half a month, if it weren't for your county prince. The government is behind the scenes, what if they can do it?"
In order to bring down Wang Jian, Wang Gui and Cui Yixuan did their homework this time.
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Wang Gui had the upper hand, and a group of his subordinates and Cui Yixuan quickly stood up and attacked Wang Jian in unison.
"What Wang Shizhong said makes sense. It takes less than a month to make 80,000 plows. It is impossible to make 80,000 plows without thousands of carpenters."
"Your Majesty, I believe that the people who hold the land are also county princes. People in the government, their words and deeds represent Wang Jian's attitude."
"According to the new Tang law, Wang Jian should be dismissed from all official positions."
"..."
These ginseng people fightThey cooperated very skillfully, and with their massive crusade, Wang Jian was instantly at a disadvantage.
If Wang Jian cannot clear up his relationship with Wang Tianqi and others, it will be useless no matter how he quibbles.
"Quiet!" Wang De received Li Shimin's signal and walked to the stage to shout.
After the voice subsided, Wang Jian looked around at the ministers on both sides and asked calmly.
"Excuse me, ministers, if the people in the fiefdom are doing business, they can be counted as the head of the county princes."
"Then if people of the same clan and the same clan are doing business, can they be counted as doing business? What about the officials in the clan?"
"After all, people of the same clan have blood connections, and their relationship is closer than that of the people in the fiefdom."
I heard Wang Jian. Except for a few ministers in the court, they did not dare to say anything, while the others had sneers on their faces.
Most of the ministers in the court had too much farmland to cultivate, and they looked down upon lowly businessmen at all.
How can the class concept of scholars, farmers, industry and merchants be broken so easily.
But there are exceptions to everything. Wang Gui and Cui Yixuan choked up and did not respond to Wang Jian's words.
Both of them have people working in all four industries including scholarship, agriculture, industry and commerce.
"When people of the same clan do business, they must be counted on the officials in the clan."
"A family that receives a salary will not compete with the people for business. If you are an official and your clan members are engaged in business, won’t it allow corruption to flourish? ”
“That’s why our new law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that if someone in the clan is an official, the clan members cannot be officials.”
< p> "If the people who hold the land of the Marquis of Wang County are engaged in business, they should also be blamed on the Marquis of Wang County.""That's right, Wang Jian should be dismissed from all official positions!"
This group of remonstrators are just talking nonsense to attack Wang Jian. If the people of the fief even do business, they will belong to the owner of the fief.
Then all the ministers who were ennobled in the Tang Dynasty violated the Tang law of Yingshan.
"Nonsense!"
"You are remonstrating ministers but do not understand the laws of the Tang Dynasty. You are a group of mediocre people who eat nothing but wine and rice bags!"
Wei Zheng pointed at this group The remonstrators and censors scolded angrily.
Xiao Yu, the imperial censor, was familiar with Tang laws. At the same time, he was entrusted by Wang Gui to deal with Wang Jian together, so he stood up and said.
"The laws of the Tang Dynasty clearly stipulate that, except for direct relatives in the family who are doing business, they will not be affected if they leave the fifth service."
"Generally, people in the fiefdom are not involved in doing business. , But the people who live in the Marquis Mansion in your county are doing business, even Po Tian can't explain it."
Xiao Yu's words not only took advantage of Wang Jian, but also inadvertently dragged Wang Gui and Cui Yixuan into trouble.
"Ministers, is Xiao Yushi's statement correct?" Wang Jian said to the ministers on both sides.
Wang Jian did not ask Li ShiThe people were afraid that he would disrupt his plan in order to protect themselves.
"I agree." Changsun Wuji was the first to raise his hand to answer.
He took the lead in revising the New Tang Code, and he knows it best.
Fang Xuanling glanced at Changsun Wuji doubtfully, but she didn't expect that he would stand up and respond to Jian'er's words.
Immediately afterwards, Fang Xuanling also raised his hand and said, "I agree."
The words of the two bosses seemed to be a weathervane, and people from their factions raised their hands in agreement.
The group of people who attacked Wang Jian were delighted because they thought Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were also attacking Wang Jian.
"Hey, Wang Jian, you are asking for your own death. Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong are not here, so no one will speak for you!"
"Finally brought this guy down. "I didn't expect it to be so easy."
"I thought he was so smart, but I didn't expect to fall into a trap. I really looked up to him."
The official who attacked Wang Jian felt in his heart. Joy blossomed.
So they all raised their hands and said in unison.
"We agree."
More than 99% of the officials in the hall agreed.