As soon as Li Hong returned to the East Palace, he informed Yanzhuang to invite Zhang Jianzhi, Li Jiao, Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing to the study. Helan Minzhi was so arrogant, he decided not to want to continue to endure it. Even if Yang was protecting Helan Minzhi, he wanted to fight back.

Regarding Liu Yizhi, Li Hong was not prepared to hide anything from him at the beginning.

But he was a little hesitant about whether Fan Lubing should be honest. At first, he was a little hesitant. It was not that he did not trust Fan Lubing, but he was afraid that Fan Lubing would be too straightforward and not good at planning what he wanted to do today. But when he thought about it carefully, he thought of the words "I don't need to doubt people, but I don't doubt people", and he finally asked Yan Zhuang to ask Fan Lubing to invite him to the study.

Zhang Jianzhi and the other two came to the study. When they saw Li Hong's face was a little gloomy, they couldn't let go because they were afraid that they would provoke His Highness the Crown Prince a lot, and Yan Zhuang made His Highness the Crown Prince furious and deprived of the power to control the secret guards and the intelligence system. They had heard of this.

Li Hong knew that the four of them met for the first time and asked them to introduce themselves to each other. When Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing learned that Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao had just arrived at the East Palace, they had already become officials of the Sixth-rank East Palace.

Li Hong saw the expressions of the two, but he didn't say anything. Who would not want to be a high-ranking official to become a high-ranking official? Therefore, he did not feel much disgusted with people who were dedicated to their careers and liked to climb. Similarly, he was not a person who was stingy with the official hat. As long as you are talented and worthy of wearing this official hat, he would not mind giving you such power. He also thought about Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing. As long as they could achieve success in the Eastern Palace, he would not mind promoting them to the Eastern Palace as subordinate officials.

"Your Highness summoned each other today. Are there any important matters to discuss?" Zhang Jianzhi asked after the four of them sat down.

Because his and Li Jiao’s current task is mainly to assist Sun Simiao in correcting, supplementing and regulating previous medical works, Li Hong would not disturb them if there was nothing important.

"I have decided that the tax issues in the east and west cities should be investigated, and they must be investigated publicly." Li Hong said, "What do you have any opinions on this? Tell me your opinion?"

Since Yang wanted to stop him from continuing to investigate, Helan Minzhi threatened him again. If he continued to investigate secretly, he would inform the censor of the Censorate and let the Censor impeach him. Then he decided to find a way to publicly investigate the tax issues in the east and west cities. He would not believe who would dare to stop him from continuing to investigate.

Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao were shocked when they heard this. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did this to offend Yang and make Empress Wu feel alert!

When Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing heard Li Hong say this, they saw Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao's expressions, and looked confused and full of curiosity.

Seeing Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing's confusion, Li Hong asked Zhang Jianzhi to briefly introduce the tax issues in the east and west cities to the two.

After listening to Zhang Jianzhi's introduction, Fan Lubing spoke in anger, "Your Highness, embezzling the treasury and collecting taxes is to shake the Tang Dynasty. This matter cannot be tolerated and traitors must be investigated to the end."

Liu Yizhi did not rush to speak, but thought for a while before asking, "Your Highness, did you encounter any problems when the Eastern Palace was secretly investigating?"

Li Hong asked Li Jiao to tell him about his guesses and the process of Yang's trip to the Eastern Palace.

After hearing this, Liu Yizhi looked frightened. He just secretly investigated the tax issues in the east and west cities, and it involved Mrs. Yang, the wife of Rong. This made him a little worried. If someone was really found out that someone had embezzled the taxes of various prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty, then I wonder what kind of big shots would be involved?

This is a big move that can explode thunder with just one check!

When Fan Lubing knew that it was Yang who stopped the prince from checking again, his face turned a little pale, and he was a little ashamed of his performance just now. After all, Yang was the mother of Empress Wu and the prince's grandmother. This not only involved esteeming and filial piety, but also family affection. It cannot be explained clearly in just one sentence or two sentences!

"Wu Er is dead. Without his confession, we have no conclusive evidence. It is not up to you to investigate the actual taxes we obtained in secret investigations and the check of accounts of the East and West cities over the years, and it is probably difficult for Your Majesty to issue an order to investigate." Zhang Jianzhi pondered, "Because there is no fixed quota for merchants in the East and West cities, how much taxes have been collected in the East and West cities over the years, we are not determined by the final decision, and the results of our secret investigations cannot be counted."

"Besides, even if Your Majesty wants to issue an order to investigate, this matter involves Mrs. Rongguo. If the Empress does not prevent us from continuing the investigation with our reasons, we will not have enough reason to object!" Li Jiao sighed.

"It's really a bit tricky!" Fan Lubing sighed.

He didn't know the terrible relationship just now, so he made that bold statement. But now when he thinks carefully, this matter involves Mrs. Yang, the wife of Rong, which is equivalent to the Queen of Martial Arts. If the prince and Queen of Martial Arts are in a tit-for-tat way, the problem will not be as simple as he thought!

Suddenly, everyone in the study stopped talking and the atmosphere fell into a state of condensation.

Li Hong was not angry about this because he knew that the four of them had so many considerations, and they were all thinking about him.

After a long time, Liu Yizhi suddenly spoke, "Your Highness, Helan Minzhi can use despicable means to stop Your Highness from continuing to investigate, so why can't we deal with him in the same way?"

After Liu Yizhi said this, Li Hong suddenly became enlightened and hurriedly asked, "What are the good strategies do Liu Qing have?"

Liu Yizhi pondered for a moment, looked at Li Hong again, and then said with difficulty, "The source of the tax problems in the east and west cities came from the West City Chief Wei Ling, and we can only use him as a breakthrough. If something happened to Wei Ling, we will find out that there was a tax problem in the West City through Wei Ling, and then write to His Majesty for thorough investigation on the grounds. At that time, the Empress will have no reason to object to our investigation of the tax problems in the East and West City."

"Take Wei Ling as the breakthrough?" Fan Lubing asked in confusion.

But Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao on the side had already understood what Liu Yizhi said, so their eyes had changed when they looked at Liu Yizhi. In addition to a little more appreciation, there was also a hint of surprise.

Because in Liu Yi's words, Wei Ling is used as a breakthrough point, this is not to suggest that the prince investigate the living Wei Ling, but to ask the prince to investigate the dead Wei Ling.

Because you want to investigate a living person, once he dies, you will not get any valuable content, just like Wu Er. But it is different to investigate a dead person. For a dead person, isn’t it just a matter of one sentence? Besides, Wei Ling is a corrupt official, and investigating him is just an excuse. The key is to use this reason to check the tax revenue of the East and West cities. Wouldn’t this be easier? Therefore, Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao showed surprise in their eyes, because they never thought that the doctor of the Imperial College in front of them would come up with this cold and ruthless method.

Li Hong did not ask Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao for his intention, but turned his eyes to Yan Zhuang and asked, "Do you think it's okay?"

Yan Zhuang was stunned and suddenly understood what the crown prince was saying, so he nodded slightly and said, "No problem."

"Okay, go and do it right now! It's a little cleaner." Li Hong ordered, without hiding the meaning of Zhang Jianzhi, Li Jiao, Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing at all.

"No!" Yan Zhuang bowed and took the order and left with great strides.

At this time, Fan Lubing knew what "using Wei Ling as a breakthrough point". He wanted to say something, but he swallowed it. Because just as he said: embezzling the treasury and collecting taxes is to shake the Tang Dynasty. This matter cannot be tolerated and traitors must be investigated to the end. What's the harm in sacrificing a Wei Ling for this? What's more, this person is still a corrupt official, and he will die if he dies. What's the pity?

Not only Fan Lubing comforted himself like this, did Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao explain to him like this?

Li Hong understood what they were thinking, so he spoke up and said something, but signaled them to step down. Because of this problem, they still had to figure it out by themselves.

When the four of them left the study, he took the pen, stuck ink and wrote this sentence on the white paper: No matter whether there is a mine formation in front or a deep abyss, I will move forward without looking back, devote myself to my whole life, and die until I die.

This sentence is very straightforward and has little novel content. But what makes Li Hong really thinks that the greatness of this sentence lies in the person who said it.

Regarding the investigation of corruption in this treasury tax, he didn't know what step he could do with his ability? But since he decided, he would move forward without thinking, devote himself to his work, and die. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!