Chapter 145 Theory

"Let's go! Let's go to the Ministry of Revenue to see what Hou Junji is going to do?" Li Yifu said, got up and left the mansion, and led the servants to the Ministry of Revenue. As

soon as Li Yifu arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, he saw Hou Junji directing people to count the money and move all the counted money away.

Li Yifu was furious, and without saying a word, he went directly to Hou Junji to argue. These money were handed over to the national treasury to replenish the national treasury.

How could Hou Junji use these money for personal use, even if he was an important official in the court and a founding hero of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your humble servant Li Yifu, meet Duke Chen!" Li Yifu saluted after seeing Hou Junji, this is called courtesy before force.

"It's you! Why don't you stay in your house and come to the Ministry of Revenue to find me for something?" Hou Junji glanced at Li Yifu and said.

"I just need to ask Duke Chen for advice on something, I hope Duke Chen can be generous with his advice!" Li Yifu said.

"If you have something to say, just say it, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense here." Hou Junji said with some dissatisfaction.

"Duke Chen, should all the money paid to the national treasury go through the corresponding procedures and be registered before it can be deposited into the treasury?" Li Yifu asked.

To be honest, Hou Junji, a rough man, doesn't quite understand this.

"Why are you wasting time on me? Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush?" Hou Junji said, he didn't buy into Li Yifu's tricks.

"Duke Chen, I sent this money to the Ministry of Revenue on the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to replenish the national treasury. It would be inappropriate for you to embezzle it privately!" Li Yifu did not waste words with Hou Junji. "

I, Hou Junji, am the Minister of Revenue after all. Since this money has entered the door of the Ministry of Revenue, even if it has entered the national treasury, how can it be said that I embezzled it privately?" Hou Junji retorted.

"Then why didn't Duke Chen handle the handover procedures, but directly withheld it? You didn't transport it to the warehouse for storage!"

"Where is Duke Chen going to move this public money? Is there an imperial edict?" Li Yifu said.

"No, His Majesty is now in Goguryeo, where can I get an imperial edict? I have my own use for this money, so it will not be registered! I, Hou Junji, took it, so what." Hou Junji said.

Li Yifu was so angry that he was shaking. He didn't expect that Hou Junji actually admitted it! This was misappropriation of public funds. If he, Li Yifu, didn't stop it, he would not be able to get away from it.

"How could Duke Chen, as a pillar of the court, do such a thing that violates the law? Duke Chen, please don't make the same mistake again and again. It's not too late to stop in time." Li Yifu said.

"You are just a little servant, and this is what you should ask. It's not your turn to teach me what to do. Who do you think you are? How dare you bark in front of me." Hou Junji said disdainfully.

Just because he is an official of the Eastern Palace, he dares to say something in front of him, Hou Junji. Even if the prince comes, he still has to take the money.

"You... Hou Junji, if you act like this, I will report this to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Li Yifu said angrily. Hou Junji actually relied on himself to be a founding hero and dared to look down on him, Li Yifu.

He, Li Yifu, has the Crown Prince behind him. Hou Junji looked down on him, which was equivalent to looking down on the Crown Prince!

"Don't use the Crown Prince to pressure me. I, Hou Junji, am not afraid that the Crown Prince can do anything to me. It's just a sum of money from you!"

"Anyway, your bank makes a lot of profit. If this money is gone, you can just send another one. It's the same. Why hurt the harmony?" Hou Junji said indifferently.

Speaking of Crown Prince Li Chengqian, Hou Junji was really not afraid. In Hou Junji's view, Li Chengqian was just a coward. If he had agreed to his rebellion, he might have been the master of this country now. How could he be

so cautious in the position of the crown prince? As long as His Majesty Li II does not die, he will always be the crown prince. Moreover, there are probably many princes who covet the position of the crown prince. Don't think that you can sit back and relax after getting rid of Li Tai. Who knows, there may be a prince eyeing his position as the crown prince in the dark. As long as he makes a little mistake, the prince hiding in the dark will seize the opportunity and attack the position of the crown prince. As long as he cannot become His Majesty, the crown prince may be pulled down at any time. Even if Li Yifu goes to the crown prince to report Hou Junji, Hou Junji will not be afraid, because he has the letters of rebellion between him and the crown prince. When Du He came to him and asked him to burn all the letters related to the correspondence with the prince, Hou Junji was cautious. He switched the letters and secretly hid a few letters. If the prince dared to do anything to him, he would have people send these letters to Goguryeo and to Li Er to see what the prince would do. This is why Hou Junji dared to embezzle the money. The prince had the handle in his hand, and Li Chengqian would not dare to do anything to him. Thinking of this, Hou Junji became more and more fearless. "No! I can't let you take this money no matter what!" Li Yifu blocked Hou Junji and others and stopped them from taking the money away. "You don't know what to do, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and drag him away." Hou Junji shouted angrily, ordering his men to drag Li Yifu away and not to stand in front of him. "Yes!" Hou Junji's personal soldiers received the order and immediately walked towards Li Yifu, ready to take him down. The guy in front of them actually dared to contradict their general, he really didn't know how to live or die. "Who dares! I am an official appointed by the court..." Li Yifu said timidly when he saw the soldiers coming towards him. These soldiers didn't care how Li Yifu shouted, they just dragged him aside. They were all Hou Junji's personal soldiers, they didn't care who Li Yifu was, they were only loyal to Hou Junji, and naturally obeyed Hou Junji's orders. Leaving two people to watch over Li Yifu, Hou Junji commanded the remaining few people to carry all the remaining money onto the carriage and take it away. Looking at Hou Junji going away, Li Yifu sat on the ground with his head down and leaning against the wall. Suddenly, Li Yifu stood up from the ground. "Someone come! Someone come!" Li Yifu shouted loudly. "I wonder what's the matter with Mr. Li?" The official of the Ministry of Revenue heard Li Yifu's shout and hurried out to ask in front of Li Yifu. "Where are your Shangshu? Where are your Shilang? Where are you? Such a big thing happened, but you didn't come out to deal with the mess." Li Yifu roared. The official from the Ministry of Revenue had saliva all over his face. He wiped it with his sleeve and said, "Our Shangshu and Shilang were beaten by Hou Junji, why are they still lying there!" "Is it so serious? You don't want to take responsibility and use this as an excuse to shirk it!" Li Yifu was stunned. He didn't believe that what the official said was true.

"This is absolutely true. How dare we lie to you? If you don't believe me, you can go to the back office and see if it's true or not." The official said.

"Okay! I won't go to see it either. Tell me what happened so I can report it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Li Yifu said.

"Yes!" After the official explained the whole story to Li Yifu, Li Yifu left the Ministry of Revenue and did not go back directly. Instead, he went to the East Palace to report Hou Junji to Li Chengqian.