Li Shimin's favorite thing was to confiscate the property of the wealthy and powerful families. They had a lot of money at home, which they had accumulated for many years. As a result, there was very little money in society and the court. If their homes were confiscated, it would indeed be a big blow to the court's treasury.
But the aristocratic families will not sit idly by and wait for death. If you find out that it is true, then according to the laws of the court, the major families will not say a word. You can only say that the family being investigated has a problem with their brains. They are so careless in doing things that the court actually got the evidence. Then you deserve to die.
But if the imperial court were to act in chaos, the major families would not be able to just stand by and watch. They would definitely find various ways to interfere. At that time, the conflict between the imperial court and the major families would be brought to the table immediately. They have been oppressed by Li Xiang over the years, but that does not mean they have no room for resistance. In a word, you can do whatever you want when there is a reason, but when there is no reason, people are not easy to bully. The Fan family is not big, but behind them stands the aristocratic family.
"Didn't the boss already send people to the south? Hasn't he found anything yet?"
As soon as Li Shimin said this, the two people present understood. Li Shimin also tended to deal with the Nanyang Fan family, but there was no evidence yet. Otherwise, he would not know how to explain to the Nanyang Fan family just for the death of this woman. Now if something is found out, your daughter's death would be a worthy death, including your entire family. Since you dared to interfere in the struggle of the next generation of the court, it would not be excessive for your entire family to die.
"So far, some things have been discovered, but they were all found by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's people. Most of them are not serious crimes. At most, Fan can be sentenced to death. But now Fan is dead."
Fang Xuanling was in control of all the situations in the capital. Even though Li Xiang cleaned up the Eastern Palace over and over again, some things could still leak out. Take this incident for example. What Aunt Fan did was indeed not very bright. She almost fooled the Crown Princess. If the Emperor found out, such a woman would be dead.
"Then don't announce this matter to the public for now. Wait for Qian Ping to send back news from the south. Also, have the people in the Imperial City Division be prepared. If Qian Ping sends back any news, immediately destroy the Fan family in Nanyang."
After the emperor said this, he relaxed his muscles and bones. Seeing that the time for today was almost up, there was no need to keep these two adults here. Thinking about the wealth of the Nanyang Fan family over the years, the emperor felt a lot more comfortable. It was not us who came to you about this matter. It was you who took the initiative to send women to the prince, and the clues behind it were discovered. Then you can expect bad luck.
Although Li Shimin wanted to find a more prominent marriage for the princes, that had to be done proactively. People like you who came to him passively usually have various requests in mind, so Li Shimin did not like this approach.
After the two adults took their leave, they walked out of the Qinzheng Hall one after the other. It was obvious that neither of them wanted to walk too fast, probably because they had something to say. The eunuchs who led them in had been drinking for a long time. After taking five taels of silver from Changsun Wuji, the two eunuchs quickened their pace and walked twenty feet in front of the two adults. From here, they could lead the way but could not hear anything.
"Master Changsun is really rich now. Even if he rewards his servants, it's five taels of silver. Compared to you, I am really poor. If it weren't for my son in the north who was able to send some things back, I'm afraid our whole family would have starved."
Fang Xuanling was an honest official. Apart from a portion of the family property left by his ancestors, which was rewarded to him by Li Shimin, he could live a decent life in the entire Chang'an City. Of course, this was in the past. Nowadays, those who followed Li Xiang had already changed their lives. Take Changsun Wuji for example. His family income exceeded 5,000 strings of cash every month. What couldn't he do?
"Prime Minister, please stop saying these useless things. His Royal Highness did this, and the Emperor, in a rare move, hasn't pursued the matter, nor has he shown any intention of using it to further his own interests. Does this mean that the Emperor no longer intends to control His Royal Highness?"
Changsun Wuji was thinking about this problem in his mind, but at the same time he also wanted to test Fang Xuanling. As Li Shimin's right-hand men, they both wanted to hear what the other was thinking. In the past, no matter what Li Xiang did, Li Shimin would always hinder him from behind. Unexpectedly, this time such a thing did not happen. Instead, he wanted to take advantage of the east wind to confiscate the Fan family in Nanyang.
"Time is slowly moving forward, and relationships are slowly changing. We should stop trying to guess the emperor's intentions and focus on our own tasks. This news may soon reach Nanyang, so we need to intercept it."
Fang Xuanling did not reveal his intentions. Under the current circumstances, it was really not appropriate for the two of them to discuss such issues. Once it was spread out, it would easily arouse Li Shimin's suspicion, so it was better to talk about serious things. Li Shimin obviously wanted to take action against the Fan family in Nanyang, and let the people of the Imperial City Division pay attention, which meant that he did not want to use people from other departments.
In Li Shimin's mind, although the Imperial City Office was founded by Li Xiang, all the people here are Li Shimin's confidants. So after the money is confiscated, Li Shimin will definitely have a new use for it. However, neither of them knows what this new use is. After they figured this out, they saw doubts in each other's eyes. So, besides us, is there anyone else Li Shimin trusts more?
The two men walked step by step towards the palace gate. Although they didn't say many words, every glance was a form of communication. This was the way old people like them communicated. No wonder young people couldn't join in. If young people were allowed to follow, they would probably hear no more than a hundred words along the way, but the two men communicated about more than several issues.
In fact, ever since Li Xiang's eastern expedition to Goguryeo, Li Shimin had already begun to train new armed forces. He was also afraid that Li Xiang would infiltrate all the current people. If he were to face the Xuanwu Gate in the future, Li Shimin would have to be able to protect himself. He couldn't just find a place to spend his old age like Li Yuan.