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234. He is still useful after all

Luo Yong went to Chang'an County to sue the official position.

The Chang'an County Magistrate had heard of Yan Liu a little. At this time, he asked the officials around him where Yan Liu came from. Then an official who knew the inside came forward and told him in detail. The Chang'an County Magistrate heard that the other party was actually a man under King Gong Li Boyi, and he felt very angry.

This Chang'an County Magistrate is also from a big family. The family is quite powerful, otherwise it would not be his turn to be the Chang'an County Magistrate.

It’s just that there is strength, but those royal relatives are not able to move casually.

Although those ministers and ministers impeached this and that in the court all day long, there were many royal relatives among them. For example, Li Shimin's son was often impeached.

But to put it bluntly, impeaching his son and his relatives in front of the emperor is not much different from complaining to the emperor. Even if you will put pressure on the emperor, it will be a matter of duty.

The Li Boyi brothers were also incompetent among the royal relatives. The family had a large number of wives and concubines, and they had a long blood relationship with Li Er.

But no matter what, he is still a royal family. Just like those merchants are afraid of Prince Gong's Mansion, these ministers are also more afraid of the royal family. No matter how much they quarrel, no matter how they argue, no matter how they fight against the royal family, this emperor is quite tolerant. But it would be different.

The Chang'an County Magistrate sent someone to spread Yan Liu's house. The official sent him to Yan Liu's house. Sure enough, he was told that Yan Liu was in the palace at that time, so they went to Prince Gong's mansion again.

When the government officials came over, Li Boyi was talking to Yan Liu. When Luo Sanlang heard that Yan Liu had sued him. In addition, his maid was defeated by his sister's food shop, Li Boyi was furious. He was just a farm slave from the countryside. A little from the seventh grade dared not take him seriously.

In addition to being angry, Li Boyi also knew that this matter should not be a big deal. Now he has passed this hurdle first. It will not be too late to slowly rectify Na Luo Sanlang when the rumor is over.

To be honest, he didn't think that Luo Yong could really do anything to him. The emperor was still his cousin. Even if Li Boyi did something wrong, he had to rebel and could not have any major problems. Just listen to those reprimands.

So he asked someone to take a message to Chang'an County Government, saying that he had not heard of this before. After he asked, if Yan Liu really had such evil nature, he would definitely tie him up and sent him to the official position and would never tolerate and favoritism.

This is a nice saying. In fact, the government investigated the case and found him a irrelevant person to investigate. He did not say when he would give a reply. It was clear that it was going to delay time.

Li Boyi couldn't ignore Yan Liu. After all, some of his own money was managed by Yan Liu's hands, and the money he got was far beyond the normal level. This time, if Yan Liu was in prison and was tried in one and two times, and finally he would also have to lose his affairs.

The Chang'an County Government directly conveyed Li Boyi's words to Luo Yong. Luo Yong was not as easy as he thought. At this time, the two were sitting in the back of the Chang'an County Government. Luo Yong asked him in person: "If King Gong has not been able to find out a result, will the case continue to be delayed?"

"Why should Sanlang be so anxious? What's the harm in waiting for a day or two?" The county magistrate picked up the teacup, lowered his eyes and looked at the tea soup in the cup, and said casually, his attitude was already very obvious.

From the perspective of Chang'an County Magistrate, it is best to wait for Li Boyi to find Luo Yong himself and ask him to withdraw the case. How they coordinate and fight between them, and whoever suffers and whoever takes advantage of the benefits has nothing to do with his Chang'an County Government.

Judging from the evidence provided by Luo Yong, Yan Liu's evil deeds must have been a sure thing. He handled this now and his attitude may bring criticism to himself in the future, but so what can that be better than directly destroying his career and affecting the family behind him.

The emperor is afraid of officials who dare to attack the royal family without saying a word or thinking. What impression will the family behind him leave on the emperor?

Knowing the attitude of the Chang'an County Magistrate, Luo Yongdian didn't bother to talk much here.

Those who were squatting outside Chang'an County Government chatting and fighting and waiting for the result, when Luo Sanlang and others came out, they asked him one after another: "How is this case, is it a matter of a conclusion?"

Luo Yong forced a smile and bowed to everyone, "Your in Prince Gong's Mansion still needs to be investigated."

"Then when will they ask?" These people were not stupid. When they heard this, many of them felt something was wrong.

"This Yang County Magistrate looks good on weekdays, why is he handling cases like this today?" The Yang County Magistrate has just taken office for less than two years. Because he is young and promising, handsome, and fair in his case, many people in the market love him very much, but he didn't expect that he would be like this today.

"I have something to do, let me take the lead. Thank you for your trip with me."

Luo Yong was not completely unprepared for this situation. Since the road to Chang'an County Government cannot be understood, he had to try other ways again, and there was no reason to give up easily.

After leaving Chang'an County Government, Luo Yong first went to find Uncle Bai Er. Through his introduction, he met Uncle Bai Er's father and brother, and mentioned the matter to him.

After that, Luo Yong went to several places. As long as he knew him, he visited them regardless of whether he had a friendship or not or the depth of the friendship.

Dao was not begging these people to help him stand up. Anyway, they told them what to do, and they just need to judge what they should do.

After all, being an official in the court requires abilities. In addition to your own job, you must also show off appropriately when you should show off. If you are too low-key, it will easily leave a impression of incompetence. How to express it properly and express it in a good way is also one of the issues that these people who often attend court need to consider.

Now, Luo Yong provided them with a topic. The evidence at hand was conclusive. If they were to fight against King Gong Li Boyi at this time, they could have made it reasonable and justified.

Moreover, among these people, there are also many who have friendship with Luo Yong, who admire Luo Yong as a human being, or simply under the trend of a sense of justice, and they are willing to stand up to the Tang Dynasty to talk about this matter.

Today's saints are always good at accepting advice and are well-known, and they open up their own ways of speaking out. They have always been quite tolerant of the quarrels in the court. These ministers dare to even speak out about the emperor's shortcomings. Impeaching those princes is just a daily routine, let alone a mere Prince Gong.

So on the morning court on February 11, although Luo Yong and King Gong Li Boyi were not present, they had a quarrel over them in the court.

Luo used a small number from the seventh rank, and only participated in the morning court on the first and second days a month. Prince Gong Li Boyi was a royal relative, not a capable minister and a regular official, so he was not in the court at this time.

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"When he said Yan Liu, he said Yan Liu, and he was right and he was just a brother of his son's concubine. How should King Gong know what Yan Liu was doing outside?"

King Gong Li Boyi also has many defenders. First of all, many of the officials in this court were from royal relatives, and many of them had contacts with money-catching people, worried that if the fire burned bigger and bigger, it would eventually burn on them.

"Hmph, then you know that King Gong must not know? Besides, the mistake of not investigating is also a mistake. How can you completely shirk it?"

"When Yan Liu was rampant in the name of Prince Gong's Mansion, how could King Gong have no responsibility?"

"Don't say it so hasty. In my opinion, Yan Liu just owed Assistant Luo some deposit. Other things may not be as those people said. The case has not been clearly reviewed yet. As a court official, how can he be so arbitrary?"

"Why has the case not been reviewed clearly yet? Isn't it that King Gong is delaying?"

"The person who tried the case was Chang'an County Magistrate, why did King Gong do it?"

“…”

The court was full of quarrels, and the parties involved Luo Yong and Li Boyi were not present. Another Chang'an County Magistrate who was frequently mentioned seemed to have made up his mind this time to be a turtle with his head.

He was just announced. The saint said he wanted to listen to the case, so he sent someone to call him over. Anyway, he said whatever he said. When he encountered such a thing, he was unlucky and was in a dilemma. So he had to take the least of both harms and would rather be incompetent than take risks.

The saint sat on his wooden couch, watching the ministers below quarreled, while wondering what they were thinking.

Not long ago, someone impeached one of the emperor's sons, saying that they were playing horses and fighting in the suburbs of the city, and they didn't know how to play. They even broke more than a dozen water trucks in one day, which was extremely nonsense.

In the end, the emperor not only paid the money himself, but arranged for the craftsmen to repair all the water trucks. He also looked at a lot of faces in the court. Who told him to protect his son? To be honest, Li Shimin has many sons, and it is inevitable that he is partial. The most beloved are the three sons from Empress Changsun. However, the other sons are also sons. When the son's troubles are caused, when I should be scolded, I have to be careless and have to be careless for them.

Many ministers had a lot of opinions about his actions, believing that he was inseparable from his family and country, and that his son was devoting himself to the point where he ignored the law.

The emperor was actually helpless, after all, that was his own son. But if the situation continued to develop, the historians might have to write a note to him again.

Li Shimin attaches great importance to his historical image. Some literary and geniuses in all dynasties have commented that he has been burdened by his reputation all his life.

But from the perspective of the people, it is also a good thing for an emperor to be burdened by his reputation. If he doesn't care what others say and does what he does from now on, then the problem will be big.

His Majesty the Emperor, who was tired of the statement, felt that he was actually very necessary to take a knife against his cousin.

Anyway, he was not wronged. With the income from Prince Gong's fief, he could not support the luxurious life of Li Boyi and his brothers and sons. They were all wives and concubines, and they were squandering and had no ill-gotten wealth. How could they support such consumption?

On Li Boyi's side, no matter what, he would never have imagined that his emperor uncle, who was about to be of age, would not be willing to protect him this time.

Isn’t this something that can be solved by shedding a few tears and expressing one’s heart? Isn’t it possible to be prosperous and prosperous for the rest of your life by just holding the emperor’s thigh tightly?

It’s just that he is really insignificant, so his destiny is easily influenced by someone else’s decision.

In fact, with his identity as a royal relative, it is always not difficult to be a small official, as long as he can make a little appearance in his position, no matter which field he is in, he can make a little contribution, or even spend some money to gain a good reputation, why is this happening today?

In the afternoon of the same day, the emperor wrote a letter "Letter to King Gong Li Bo Yi" and sent someone to Prince Gong's Mansion. He also cut off his fiefs of 100 households to show punishment, because he was to indulge his family to commit evil deeds and interfere with the government's investigation of the case.

It seems that the punishment is not heavy, but through this, people in Chang'an know that King Gong has fallen out of favor in front of the emperor, and also know that he has done something ugly. His image is no longer tall, and he must act more carefully in the future. There will be no fief in total, so how can he withstand those cuts again and again.

As for Yan Liu, he was soon formally interrogated. Within two days, the case was decided. The Chang'an County Magistrate first asked Yan Liu to compensate Luo Yong for the deposit, and then he and his slaves and some of them spent money to spread rumors and sent them to a mining area on the border to work as a hard laborer. Yan Liu and his slaves were sentenced to five years, while those who spread rumors were one year.

The emperor intended to increase the production of fine iron. Recently, all those who committed crimes were sent to various mining areas for hard work, and a batch would be sent away every once in a while.

Perhaps because of this, the public security in Chang'an City has improved a lot recently, and even thieves are not common. These people just bump into this critical moment.

As for the other protagonist of this incident, Luo Yong was safe and sound. Even though the matter was so big, he still kept the small official from the seventh rank, and the shops of groceries in the north and south continued to open.

Because he is still useful after all, the people above want to protect him and want him to continue to play a role.
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