Yang Wu and several palace maids nearby were so frightened that they immediately bowed and apologized, bending over carefully as they watched Li Zhi kick a small potted plant to the ground.
"I dismissed Dai Zhide and ignored him. I also followed his wishes by refusing to send troops to Liaodong! Why do I still keep Lady Hanguo under house arrest and detain Helan Minyue? What is going on? Have you figured it out?" Li Zhi angrily snatched another memorial from Yangwu's hand, read it quickly with trembling hands, snorted, and threw the memorial in Yangwu's face.
God help Li Hong! Li Zhi sighed helplessly in his heart.
I originally thought that the flood in Guanzhong, especially in Chang'an City, and the natural disaster in Yunzhong Protectorate were tests of whether Li Hong, the regent prince, was competent and capable of handling the government affairs of the Tang Dynasty.
As expected, the flood in Chang'an and the natural disaster in Yunzhong Protectorate were handled perfectly and easily. Even the Queen was very satisfied with Li Hong and the Ministry of Revenue's responses.
But unexpectedly, it was this heavy rain that washed away the incident of private minting of new coins in Changlefang. Not only did it test Li Hong's ability to handle government affairs, but it also allowed him to uncover the incident of private minting of new coins.
Needless to say, the template for this new currency was given privately by Li Zhi to Wu Shun and Helan Minyue.
As for the reason, there is naturally no need to explain it. For many years, the little bastard couldn't stand the fact that he and Wu Shun and her daughter were sneaking around. Basically, all the royal relatives in Chang'an City were taken care of by his Taiyi City.
But Mrs. Han Guo, Wu Shun, and Helan Minyue, did not get any benefit at all. They kept complaining to him about the family's insufficiency. So he took the opportunity of exchanging new money to give them some pocket money, but he did not expect to be caught by the little bastard.
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Li Zhi, who no longer had the momentum to call for justice, looked at the maids tidying up the potted plants and asked, "Does the queen know about this?"
"This...I don't know." Yang Wu bowed and said in a low voice.
"Go to the Queen." Li Zhi turned around and walked to the back, and Yang Wu hurriedly followed behind to accompany him.
"Do you have any information about what Jingzhe and Liebao got when they went to Anxi?" Li Zhi asked as they walked.
"Your Majesty, I have received intelligence that Tubo has had a good harvest in recent years, and after occupying Tuyuhun, they have secretly started to graze their cattle in places with lush grass and water. In my opinion, Tubo does seem to be making a big move, and the goal may be the same as the intelligence analysis presented..."
"According to intelligence analysis, this thing is still credible. I don't know how this little bastard came up with it. So tell me, where will Tubo deploy troops in Anxi?" Li Zhi asked as he walked on the bluestone road of the imperial palace, looking at the Hebi Palace in front of him.
"Jingzhe and Liebao have always divided their intelligence into two parts, one for your Majesty, and the other for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The two parts are exactly the same, and this is also something I have occasionally asked to exchange and verify. There is no doubt about the authenticity of the intelligence. From the analysis they gave, it will be Yutian Town."
"Why?"
"Because the tribes there are mixed, although the Qiang people have always been the main residents, there are still Western Turks, Shiguo, Tuqishi, etc., so Tubo will think it is easy to use Tubo as a mouthpiece, but as for which state under the jurisdiction of Khotan they will attack from, it is still impossible to guess."
While the two were discussing in the long corridor of the Imperial Palace in Luoyang, the Eastern Capital, Wu Mei also finished reading the secret letter that Lian Tie had just given him.
He closed the secret letter and held it in his hand, patting it gently. The little bastard finally came to his senses. I thought he was just a little clever, but I didn't expect that he now sees through the situation and knows the difficulties of his mother.
"Burn it." Wu Mei handed the secret letter to Lian Tie again and said calmly.
In the long corridor, she had already seen His Majesty and Yang Wu walking towards this side.
At this moment, she felt relaxed and satisfied. Her good son finally helped her resolve her difficult situation in the harem.
She believed that at this moment Li Hong must understand her feelings and realize that her situation was difficult.
But she could not understand why Li Hong, this fearless little bastard who was always efficient and quick in doing things, was so indecisive in dealing with Wu Shun and his mother, Lady Han Guo.
There was such a good opportunity to warn Wu Shun and her daughter, including his own mother, back then, why did he wait until now?
Wu Mei believed that Li Hong had the opportunity and the intention to get rid of Helan Minzhi four years ago, but in the end the little guy gave up.
She couldn't figure out what the little thing was worried about. If she had gotten rid of Helan Minzhi at that time, she would have suffered less in the past few years, and would have suffered less from the affair between her mother and Helan Minzhi.
But no matter what, it’s not too late now. As long as we give the little bastard a few more days, Wu Shun, Helan Minyue and Helan Minzhi will all disappear from this world, right?
Now it's time for me to cooperate with the little bastard. I have to help him get this done no matter what. I have to delay His Majesty's return to Chang'an for a few days to buy some time for the little bastard.
Li Zhi nodded silently. The white marble steps made him feel relaxed and refreshed. He took the memorial from Yang Wu about the house arrest of Lady Yang of Rongguo and Lady Hanguo, and the detention of Helan Minyue and her brother in the Dali Temple, and slowly walked into the palace from Wu Mei who was waiting for him at the door.
"Look for yourself. This little guy is going to mess up Chang'an City! He just dismissed my ministers, rejected Goryeo's request for reinforcements to Liaodong, and now he has capriciously agreed to Japan sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty! What is he doing? How can there be any jokes in the court? He was the one who was determined to fight to the death with Dai Zhide in the court and refused the Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty. Now, he has restored the Japanese envoys to the court? As the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he is so inconsistent in doing things. How can it be? Wouldn't it make other countries laugh at our Tang Dynasty for going back on its word?" Li Zhi said something useless first.
Wu Mei took the teacup handed over by the palace maid and placed it next to Li Zhi. She smiled softly and said, "Your Majesty, calm down. The Crown Prince is not really in charge of the government. This is not the first time he has gone back on his word. Didn't he often do some senseless things in the past?"
"He is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and will be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future. If he goes back on his words like this, won't he be laughed at by the world? Where will the prince's face be? Where will the face of the royal family be? Where will my face be? The emperor's words have always been golden! His words are as good as gold! Now he changes three times in one day, this is not acceptable! Oh, by the way, there is another memorial. Look, the little bastard has gone crazy again. This time, you, the queen, should discipline him." At the end, Li Zhi's expression looked like Li Hong's expression when he was flattering, as if they were cast in the same mold.
"Oh? What earth-shattering event is he doing again? He wouldn't really raze those blocks in the east to the ground to build a shopping mall or something, right?" Wu Mei took the letter with a curious expression, and guessed as she opened it.
"If it's that, it's fine. You can take a look for yourself. I'm afraid you'll want to rip one of the little bastard's ears off after you finish reading it."
"Is this house arrest? Why do I feel like Hong'er took it over specifically to honor his grandmother..."
"Filial piety? Is there any filial piety that can send someone to the Dali Temple?" Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, looking at Wu Mei flipping through the memorial about house arrest, and reached out to turn over another memorial that was pressed underneath.
"This..." As expected, a few black lines appeared on Wu Meiruyu's forehead!
"What's going on? What's going on? He has always disliked Helan Minzhi and Minyue, but why are they imprisoned in the Dali Temple! This is outrageous. Yangwu, do you know what's going on?" Wu Mei's expression turned cold and she asked, slapping the memorial on the table.
Yang Wu glanced at Li Zhi and saw that Li Zhi was indifferent, so he waited for him to explain. After thinking for a while, he replied: "Replying to the Queen, the memorial did not say..."
"Nonsense, don't I know what the memorial doesn't say? Even if it says it, do I need to ask you?" Wu Mei was furious and interrupted Yang Wu and scolded him.
"Yes, I know I was wrong. What exactly...what happened..."
Yangwu's head was sweating. This job was not easy to take. If he said it was because of the private minting of new coins, then the Queen would definitely question where the new coin template came from.
In this case, wouldn't it still put the blame on His Majesty? But he didn't say why? Anyway, His Majesty detained Helan Minyue and Helan Minzhi. When he returns to Chang'an City, His Majesty will probably beat him to the ground.
"Replying to the Queen, I am not sure what the specific reason is. But it seems to be because of Helan Minzhi and Helan Minyue's..."
"Hehe, let's not talk about the reason first. Anyway, this little bastard is so lawless, you can't let him do whatever he wants. How about this, I will go back to the palace tomorrow, what do you think?" Li Zhi saw Yang Wu was about to tell the truth, interrupted Yang Wu and said somewhat awkwardly.
Wu Mei turned her head in confusion, as if she was looking at Li Hong who had made a mistake, and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, do you know something about the inside story? Hong'er couldn't have detained them for no reason, right?"
"This... is not a big deal." Li Zhi thought about it. Privately minting new coins is a serious crime punishable by death for the common people, but for the royal family and relatives, it is naturally a different matter.
So he continued, "When Li Hong was making new coins, I asked for a template for the new coins. Min Yue happened to like it, so I let her play with it for a few days..."
"Then Helan Minyue gave the template to Helan Minzhi, and Li Hong discovered that they were privately minting new coins, so Li Hong imprisoned them in the Dali Temple in accordance with the laws of the Tang Dynasty?" Wu Mei looked at Li Zhi and asked without blinking her beautiful eyes.
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