Chapter 140 Dig a big hole and ask you to get into the jar

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was a general who was particularly famous, not because of his achievements, but because he was a strange man. He was defeated in every battle, but he was always prosperous. It was Duke Ren and General Liu Hongji, the Left Guard.

As early as the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Hongji was like a divine helper. Whether in the Battle of Huoyi, he killed Song Laosheng, crossed the Yellow River, rushed into Guanzhong, and showed off his power outside the Golden Light Gate in Chang'an, Liu Hongji was remarkable. However, when Li Yuan became emperor, Liu Hongji was like a different person and would be defeated in every battle.

In the first year of Wude, he followed Li Shimin to fight in Qianshuiyuan. Liu Hongji, as one of the eight general managers of the march, was captured by Xue Ju. He was not released until the Western Qin Dynasty was destroyed.

In the second year of Wude, Liu Wu and Zhou general Song Jingang captured Taiyuan, and Liu Hongji was ordered to station troops in Jinzhou. Song Jingang entered Jinzhou. Liu Hongji was captured by the enemy again and soon fled back to Chang'an and was appointed as the first commander of the left.

Of course, Liu Hongji followed Li Shimin to fight in Hebei, but was defeated by the Xia army, fled back to Chang'an alone, and threw Li Shentong to Dou Jiande.

It is said that such a general who is defeated in every battle should be a shame to the Tang army. However, his most awesomeness was that he held 30,000 troops from the left guard and stationed in the Tai Chi Palace, but he watched Li Shimin kill Li Jiancheng and detained Li Yuan. In fact, with the 30,000 elite troops in his hands, Li Shimin could not enter the Xuanwu Gate at all. Is it true that the 30,000 troops from the left guard and the left guard and the left guard are all blind? But Liu Hongji was Li Shimin's man.

If Liu Hongji hadn't sold Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin would have never succeeded.

In this time and space, Liu Hongji no longer had the ability to follow the dragon. When Li Jiancheng ascended the throne, he moved Liu Hongji from the position of General of the Left Guard to the position of Weiqing.

Although Wei Weiqing is one of the nine temples in the five supervisors of the Nine Temples of the Tang Dynasty, he is in charge of the three departments of the instruments, cultural relics, general arsenal, weapons, and guards. Those who enter the weapons are all based on their names. If they worship, court meetings, they offer feather rituals, junctions, golden drums, curtains, and green mats. Anyone who offers palace guards will read them again every year, and if there is any loss, they will be repaired in Shaofu.

However, by the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Weiqing had actually become a idle position, and was even more idle than Guangluqing. Liu Renshi was Liu Hongji's eldest son and was in charge of the left guard general of the East Palace.

This Left Guard Lang General is actually one of the five Zhechong Duwei, the Left Guard. He has a low official position and is a fifth rank. He is of a kind of Yin Feng, and is to make up for Liu Hongji's contribution to the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Chen Ying was the second prefecture of the Right Guard in the Eastern Palace, and was actually the Right Guard General.

Li Jiancheng did not have any prejudice against Liu Renshi because of Liu Hongji. However, seeing Liu Renshi kneel down when he came in, he was displeased. Li Jiancheng frowned slightly and said, "Get up and talk!"

However, Liu Renshi did not stand up, but knelt down and begged: "Your Majesty, I know that I deserve to die. I dare not ask Your Majesty to slap me, I only hope that Your Majesty can spare the lives of my wife, children and young people in the family!"

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng looked at Liu Renshi in surprise and said, "? Let me tell you what's going on?"

Seeing that Li Jiancheng was not responding, Liu Renshi was already desperate, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, Mo Jiang has been a little greedy in his early years and took over the benefits of Zheng Rentai from Xingyang. Now the retribution has come. Zheng Rentai sent someone to send a message to the Mo Jiang, asking Mo Jiang to help them open the city gate and let them enter the city in June Bingzi. They said, they wanted to... assist the restoration of the Supreme Emperor!"

Li Jiancheng stood up with a roar, looked at Chen Ying, slapped the table, and said furiously: "What a terrible courage!"

Although he had already learned the news that the aristocratic clans were going to cause trouble early, Li Jiancheng still did not expect these people to dare to support Li Yuan out.

Li Jiancheng was so angry that he couldn't speak. He had thought that those people would be shameless, but he didn't expect that they would be so shameless. He was stronger than Li Yuan. He destroyed the Eastern Turks, Tuyuhun, and Tubo, and expanded the territory for thousands of miles. He praised the holy teachings in his heart and benefited the people.

They actually wanted to push Li Yuan out to fight with him.

Chen Ying stood up, looked at Liu Renshi coldly and said, "General Liu, why don't you participate in such a big event? With the relationship between your father and the Supreme Emperor..."

Liu Renshi said sadly: "Although the general is extremely greedy and seeks his own way to die, how could he have thought of doing such a thing as killing the nine clans? Today, the general is desperate and dare not ask Your Majesty to open a corner. He only hopes that Your Majesty can spare his humble wife and children, and he is willing to repay the situation in the future!"

After saying that, Liu Renshi stood up and crashed into the Panlong pillar next to Li Jiancheng. Just when Liu Renshi was about to hit the Panlong pillar, he suddenly felt a huge force attacking.

With a loud "bang!", Liu Renshi fell heavily to the ground. Only then did he realize that Chen Ying actually flew up and kicked him into a big horse.

Chen Ying sneered: "No need to act anymore, I don't have to be in front of His Majesty if I want to die!"

Li Jiancheng turned his back and said, "Okay, don't waste your efforts!"

Liu Ren fell to the ground and begged repeatedly: "Please beg your Majesty!"

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "How to convict you accept local benefits and greedy for the Imperial Military Fund is a problem with Dali Temple."

Liu Renshi felt that he had instantly ascended from hell to heaven. Li Jiancheng, who was most worried about the most, had no intention of seeking bad luck from him!

It is not a big deal to be greedy for some money. The Tang Dynasty was not the Ming Dynasty, and it would not be a waste of skin just because it was greedy for 60 taels of silver. Relatively speaking, the Tang Dynasty had dealt with greedy for something much lighter. It was just a punishment, and at most it would be a life to leave the army. As long as the rebellion and punishment of the nine clans were not involved in it, the rest would be nothing!

Li Jiancheng had a cold face, snorted and said angrily: "Take this bastard down and take good care of it, and wait for the disposal!"

After Liu Renshi, who was limp on the ground, was taken down, Li Jiancheng bowed to Chen Ying and said, "Let Chen Qing be a joke."

Chen Ying smiled and said, "Your Majesty is joking. As long as these people are honest, Your Majesty himself does not intend to pursue things before the first year of Chongkaiyuan."

In fact, Yang Wengan's rebellion was also due to the problem of greed. Yang Wengan was bold and stolen and sold the Qingzhou military weapons. The court reviewed such a big deficit. Li Jiancheng took into account Yang Wengan's past achievements and used the armor of the East Palace to fill this hole, but in the end he was taken advantage of by Li Shimin.

Li Jiancheng sighed: "Yes, if we really pursue it, how many people will be left in Chang'an City?"

Chen Ying said: "This Liu Renshi is a smart person. I just don't know if there are any other smart people behind him?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "It's difficult. The reason why smart people are smart people is because there are too many idiots, so there are fewer smart people. Otherwise, wouldn't they be geniuses everywhere?"

Chen Ying said: "However, the problem of greed must be dealt with!"

Some people may say that it is impossible to control corruption. If you have money, you will be greedy. In history, corruption has never disappeared. What's more, it is impossible for any dynasty to not embezzle in history. Since the emergence of the selfish system, there has been greed!

In fact, corruption is not a common phenomenon in human society. When our Celestial Empire was first founded, corruption was extinct during the Taizu period. Of course, in history, corruption in the Zhenguan Dynasty was also very rare.

It is precisely because Li Shimin used the method of corruption by officials to deal with many political enemies, such as Yang Wengan and Liu Zhenghui... However, in the Zhenguan Dynasty, the corruption problem was much less.

Li Jiancheng actually doesn't want to manage corruption. The key is that there are two problems that cannot be solved now. The aristocratic families do not cooperate and the supervision force is seriously insufficient.

He sighed long and said, "It's hard!"

"It's not difficult!" Chen Ying said: "The most fundamental reason for corruption is that the system is not sound, which allows borers to have loopholes. If the loopholes in the system can be filled, the existence of corruption can be avoided!"

Li Jiancheng asked with interest: "What are you planning to do?"

"Father is planning for the son!" Chen Ying explained with a smile: "As a parent, you have to consider your children. Although the money is good, what if the court formulates a harsh punishment measure?"

Li Jiancheng nodded.

Chen Ying continued: "As long as officials are corruption of 100 statutes (equivalent to RMB 4.27 million), and under three generations, descendants of the three tribes are not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations or become officials."

When Li Anyan heard this, he developed a new understanding of Chen Ying.

Chen Ying is really cruel.

If this system is really implemented, if the Tang officials want to embezzle, they must consider the consequences. The survival soil of the aristocratic clan is to inherit the father's death and the son's succession. Although the Tang Dynasty's hereditary system will not be hereditary, relying on the family's family's remaining strength, the descendants can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

However, once the three tribes and three generations are not allowed to be officials, this punishment is actually more serious than slapping the skin and filling the grass. No matter how cruel the person involved is to deal with it, it will be over. It is amazing to die, but it can leave a lot of wealth for future generations.

However, the career paths of future generations have been cut off, and no matter how much money they have, they may not be able to save them.

Li Jiancheng pondered: "That's better than..."

Before Li Jiancheng finished speaking, Chen Ying shook his head repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty, I am not good at doing this. This matter must be done by a great wise and brave person. From my opinion, it is better to order Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng to be responsible for the implementation!"

Once this policy is implemented, it will become the public enemy of all officials. Although Chen Ying is not afraid, he has considered his own children and thought about it.

Anyway, Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling are the ones who act as the shady person. As the saying goes, there is no worries about debt, and there is no bite if there are too many lice. They will never care.

At this moment, Chen Ying suddenly understood why the Eleventh Ministry of Tiele in Lingzhou launched a rebellion at this time. It would be unreasonable to say that there was no shadow of these aristocratic families behind them.

Chen Ying and Li Jiancheng looked at each other, and the two almost said in unison: "Lingzhou!"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Lingzhou is just smoke, and just those miscellaneous fish can't cause any waves. But..."

"But what?" Li Jiancheng asked.

Chen Ying smiled and said, "Your Majesty is concerned about the danger in Lingzhou, and ordered the Left Guard General to lead the Left Guard General Yuchi Gong to lead the Left Guard Army to Lingzhou to quell the rebellion!"
Chapter completed!