allendalepharm Chapter 2018 Finding Trouble
Chapter 2018 Finding Trouble
Every time Li Zhi thought about the 100,000 strings of cash he had been cheated out of, he could hardly control his emotions. In his opinion, this was simply an unprovoked disaster.
Li Shen was given 100,000 strings of cash for no reason. Ten people could see that Li Shen was blatantly stealing.
But he had to give. The crown prince offered 200,000 strings of cash, the King of Wei offered another 100,000 strings of cash, and Li Shen also offered 100,000 strings of cash.
I am the only one left. If I don’t give it to Li Shen, won’t he spread the word everywhere and ruin his reputation?
But Li Zhi felt really aggrieved about taking these 100,000 strings of cash.
“Your Majesty, please calm down. Although 100,000 strings of cash were given to Prince Ji, it is not entirely a bad thing. At least Your Majesty knows that Your Majesty is still kind and filial.
Besides, didn’t King Ji say that a monument should be erected after the temple was built?
By then, the whole world will know about this, and the prince will also be able to gain a good reputation."
Seeing that Li Zhi was about to get angry, Li Yifu hurried forward to persuade him.
One hundred thousand strings of cash is no small sum. Even the Prince of Jin feels so distressed about it. If it were me, I would have hanged myself to death, right?
Prince Ji is indeed unusual. He used to cheat, but now he starts robbing openly.
"Humph, if not for this, why would I be willing to take out 100,000 strings of cash? How much does the Prince of Jin's Mansion earn in a year?
At that time, I should have refuted Li Shen and told him that since everyone was paying, it would be better for me to build it myself. "
Li Zhi snorted, somewhat indignantly. Their Jin Wang Mansion only made about 200,000 yuan a year, and this was already a sky-high price.
Such profits are also thanks to Li Shen, who improved the business environment and made business easier.
If it were ten years ago, I wouldn’t even dare to think about it.
This time, Li Shen cheated me out of 100,000 strings of cash. Almost half a year's earnings were gone. What a pity.
"Your Highness, the situation was special at the time. The Crown Prince and the King of Wei could have thought of this excuse, but neither of them said it. If Your Highness said it, it would seem a bit calculating."
Li Yifu was also present that day. Li Shen usually waited until the grand court session to handle his affairs, as it was only when there were enough people that it was worth his while to perform.
“Of course I know, otherwise I would have said it long ago. The Crown Prince and the King of Wei didn’t say anything, which meant they tacitly agreed to be deceived by Li Shen.
If I say this, people will feel that I am cheap and petty.
People will suspect that you don't want to spend money to pray for His Majesty and the Queen.
Another thing is, if I took their 400,000 strings of cash, Li Shen would definitely accuse me of corruption afterwards, and he would be waiting to find evidence against me."
Li Zhi was not a fool. Although this was a meritorious deed, building a temple, even one covering half a block, would not cost him 500,000 strings of cash.
If I return the remaining money from the construction, I will be doing work for Li Shen. After all, it was Li Shen who brought up this matter.
But if he didn't return it, Li Shen would definitely impeach him for corruption, and then he would say that he was greedy for everything, even the money for praying for His Majesty and the Queen.
This confirmed the accusation of being unfilial, so Li Zhi did not refute it in the end.
"Your Highness is right. Prince Ji is indeed cunning and scheming. This move of his might really be for this purpose, to kill two birds with one stone.
If the prince accepts this job, Prince Ji will not only gain fame, but also be able to take revenge on the prince."
Li Yifu felt that what Prince Jin said made sense and Prince Ji could indeed do it.
"This Li Shen is so treacherous and cunning that it really makes this king sick.
If I hadn't taken this job, he would have legitimately gained both fame and fortune. This is extremely abominable, and I won't accept this."
With a bang, Li Zhi slammed the table heavily to vent his inner emotions.
"Your Majesty, if we also impeach Prince Ji for embezzling the money for building the temple, will it bring disgrace to Prince Ji?"
Li Yifu touched his chin, thought carefully for a moment, and then asked.
This can be considered as giving someone a taste of their own medicine. Since King Ji can use this trick, why can't we?
"Hmm?" Li Zhi fell into deep thought after hearing this. He was wondering if Li Shen had any loopholes in this matter.
Li Shen is a smart man. What he thinks of, others should also think of, and what method Li Shen will use to cover it up.
Construction corruption usually involves tampering with materials.
This kind of thing happened quite frequently in the royal family, especially when the emperor needed something, the same goods had two prices.
Something that is worth only ten cents in the market might only cost one string of coins when bought for the emperor.
The two uncles of the Changsun family who were dismissed from office took advantage of the convenience of building a palace for the emperor to raise the prices of materials and embezzle money.
The price of a piece of wood may increase ten or twenty times.
If this is the case, Li Shen could really spend 500,000 strings of cash to build this temple.
"Well, you are right. Regardless of whether Li Shen has a backup plan or not, it would be good to ruin his reputation. It would be worthy of the 100,000 strings of cash from me.
When Li Shen builds the temple, he will definitely recruit laborers. You can arrange a few people to go in and look for flaws. If you can find that Li Shen is passing off inferior goods as good ones, that would be a pleasant surprise.
I will definitely report him to His Majesty and spread the news so that he will be infamous forever."
Li Zhi gritted his teeth as he spoke at the end, determined to cause as much trouble as possible for Li Shen.
If it is really discovered that Li Shen cut corners, he will definitely fall out of favor with His Majesty.
"Your Highness, your opinion is great." Upon hearing Li Zhi's arrangement, Li Yifu immediately stopped talking and said, "I will find a few craftsmen to sneak in, and then they will be able to calculate the cost of the entire temple.
We know clearly whether it was corruption, embezzlement, or fraud and passing off inferior goods as good ones. "
“Yes, very good, when the time comes we just need to inform the family of this matter, and they will definitely not let go of this opportunity.
Even if they fail, I won't lose anything, and I can even give Li Shen something to do. I will just watch the situation from the sidelines.
Hahaha." Li Zhi couldn't help laughing when he thought of this, and Li Yifu also laughed apologetically beside him.
To put it bluntly, this is just to disgust King Ji. They never thought that such a small matter could bring down King Ji.
If it were any other official, embezzling hundreds of thousands of strings of cash would be a capital crime, but it was a different matter for Prince Ji.
It was okay for someone to cheat Your Majesty out of four million strings of cash, let alone this little money.
Over such a long time, Li Shen had been charged with all kinds of crimes, but he had never been charged with embezzlement.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will arrange this matter myself." After laughing, Li Yifu accepted the order.
"Okay, let's talk business. The words of King Wei today reminded me that King Wei is right. There are some things we really need to learn from Li Shen.
For example, as for ways to make money, I heard that Li Shen and that group of scum opened a football betting business. Well, to put it bluntly, it’s just a gambling house that specializes in football betting.
What do you think if we follow Li Shen's example and open a gambling website like this? "
(Alas, last time I said I had an inspiration, I always forget it. Someone suggested that I write it down immediately when I have an inspiration.
I listened to it and recorded any inspiration I had in a document on my computer.
I didn't expect that. I forgot about this document and I just saw it by chance today. It's a pity that the plot has passed.)