Li Si was also a little scared at this moment. He originally thought that Maoshan was dangerous and Shangguan Lingyun and the others would not find anything.
Unexpectedly, Shangguan Lingyun and his team managed to find out everything quietly.
Li Si didn't think Shangguan Lingyun was deceiving him. If Shangguan Lingyun hadn't discovered something, he wouldn't have described the gold and silver mines in such detail.
He now regretted his carelessness. If he had known this would happen, he should have listened to his wife and claimed to be sick and not come.
Seeing that Prime Minister Wang was still waiting for his answer, Li Si had to force himself to calm down.
"Prime Minister Wang, you and I are both in the capital. If you don't know what happened at Xicheng Mountain, how could I know?"
Prime Minister Wang felt a chill in his heart. Seeing Li Si like this, he had guessed that this matter was probably related to Li Si.
In order to avoid being dragged into this, he had no choice but to stand up and speak.
"Your Majesty, unauthorized mining of ore is a serious crime. However, the most urgent priority right now is to protect the mine."
"If they still refuse to give up on the ore, they will most likely destroy the mine."
When Li Si heard this, his eyelids twitched slightly, but then quickly returned to normal.
Shangguan Lingyun sneered and spoke directly to Wang Xiao in the hall.
"Come here, arrest Li Si and Xing Bin."
Wang Xiao received the order and subdued the two men without saying a word.
Xing Bin slumped to the ground, shouting, "It's over, it's over."
Li Si struggled hard and shouted, "Your Majesty, I am innocent. You cannot just imprison me based on my relationship with Li Mo without any reason."
"I am wronged, Your Majesty, I refuse to accept the charge."
Shangguan Lingyun looked coldly at Li Si who was struggling below, and threw a stack of evidence directly in front of Li Si.
"Unjust? Dissatisfied? Then take a look at this. After reading it, if you still don't agree, just speak out."
"I will never wrongly accuse an honest official, but I will also never let a corrupt official go."
Li Si looked at the booklet on the ground, pounced on it and opened it to check.
The further he looked, the paler his face became.
"Impossible, this is impossible. We are hiding so well, there is no way you can find us."
Shangguan Lingyun narrowed his eyes slightly. If Ye Xiaoxiao had not insisted on leaving the palace this time, if her mind reading ability had not come into play.
I'm afraid it would be really difficult for him to find anything in the dense mountains.
Fortunately, with Ye Xiaoxiao there, everything was properly resolved without causing too much damage.
Next, we need to deal with these parasites in the court.
"Li Si, Xing Bin, do you have anything else to say?"
Xing Bin had already collapsed to the ground. Li Si had struggled at first, but when the evidence was placed in front of him, he stopped quibbling.
"I deserve to die, but this was done by me alone. It has nothing to do with my wife and children. I hope Your Majesty can spare those innocent lives."
"Wang Xiao, take him to the Heavenly Prison. We will make a decision after we have thoroughly investigated everything."
Wang Xiao led his men to carry Li Si and Xing Bin out. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Shangguan Lingyun quietly.
Shangguan Lingyun coughed lightly upon seeing this, and then continued.
"What Prime Minister Wang just said is absolutely right. Xicheng Mountain and Mao Mountain are strategically located, making them easy to defend but difficult to attack. They also have gold and silver mines that can be mined."
"So I plan to have General Ye Rong lead 50,000 troops and station them on two mountains."
"One is to mine all the ore faster to avoid any more trouble."
"Secondly, we can use the strategic location of the two peaks to train our soldiers."
"I wonder what you, my dear ministers, think?"
The court officials were a little slow to react for a while, and after a long time, they began to discuss the matter carefully again.
Shangguan Lingyun waited for a while, and when he saw that the noise in the hall gradually weakened, he spoke.
"I wonder what your dear ministers have agreed to?"
After Shangguan Lingyun finished speaking, he looked at all the people under the Grand Prince's command one by one.
Finally, his eyes fell on the ministers in the court who were of military origin.
"Your Majesty, I think this is a very good idea and I agree with it."
Ye Pengcheng was the first to step forward, followed by Li Zhiming.
"Your Majesty, I second your opinion. Although our soldiers often practice sparring in the training grounds, no matter how good the training is, it cannot compare to the intuitive experience of actual combat."
"Besides, as Your Majesty said, Mount Mao and Mount Xicheng are in strategically important locations. If someone were to come with ill intentions, I'm afraid ordinary people would be unable to handle it."
After Li Zhiming finished speaking, Ye Rong immediately stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops. Thank you for your trust."
The other generals also knew the pros and cons of this, and seeing that they had already expressed their opinions, they all agreed.
"I second this motion."
Since it concerns military training and mining, the civil servants could not help much and therefore did not have much input.
Amidst the voices of seconding motions, Shangguan Lingyun simply slammed the table and decided the matter.
"In that case, General Ye Rong will mobilize his troops and march out in three days."
"However, in order not to affect the normal lives of the people, all soldiers will be in plain clothes."
"Go in groups of one hundred, and make sure not to cause panic among the people."
Ye Rong stepped forward to receive the order. Shangguan Lingyun gave him a few simple instructions and then handed him a letter.
"This is all the information I asked the secret guards to collect. Take it with you. Once you get it, just follow the orders from above."
Ye Rong took it respectfully, thanked him, and returned to his seat.
"Alright, a lot happened in the court today. Everyone, please think about it carefully after you return."
"If there is any evidence related to the counterfeit currency, you must cooperate with Lord Li Zhiming and Lord Sun to investigate and deal with it."
"If there is nothing else, let's leave it at that for today's morning court session. I'm dismissed."
"Withdraw from the court."
"Long live the emperor."
Shangguan Lingyun took Wang Xiao and Eunuch Yu out of the hall, while the others surrounded Ye Pengcheng and others.
"Master Ye, what exactly is going on here?"
"I haven't even figured out what's going on yet, but Your Majesty has already investigated and prosecuted all the people involved in the case?"
After Ye Pengcheng, Li Zhiming, Qin Chuan and others exchanged pleasantries with the ministers, they left one after another.
Prime Minister Wang hesitated again and again, but finally walked towards the imperial study.
Eunuch Yu did not show much surprise when he saw Prime Minister Wang.
"Prime Minister, His Majesty has been waiting for you in the Imperial Study for a long time."
Prime Minister Wang was startled, then looked at Eunuch Yu with a faint smile.
"Thank you, Eunuch Yu, for your advice. I was going to go first."
Eunuch Yu bowed to him, then pushed open the door of the imperial study and walked in.
Eunuch Yu closed the door again dutifully and then stood guard at the door.
When Prime Minister Wang arrived at the imperial study, Shangguan Lingyun was reviewing memorials in the imperial study.
When Shangguan Lingyun heard Prime Minister Wang coming in, he didn't even raise his head to look at him.
"Prime Minister Wang has come to see me now, but what do you want to talk to me about?"
Prime Minister Wang's face looked a little unhappy. After hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke.
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