Tang Dynasty: Consort Wu? Your Majesty, please address her as the Crown Prince's Consort.

After the grand court assembly concluded, officials from various aristocratic families spontaneously began conducting investigations within their own clans.

After all, it's not uncommon for prominent families to engage in consanguineous marriages.

It would have been better if we hadn't investigated; what we found was shocking.

In recent years, most of the deformed, mentally challenged, and sickly children born into aristocratic families have parents who were related by blood.

Even some people who don't seem to be close relatives but are actually close relatives have been inexplicably exposed.

What do you mean, "Actually, you are your uncle's long-lost daughter" or "You are actually your father-in-law's illegitimate child"?

For a time, the sounds of gossip filled the streets and alleys, and the major families also made a good appearance.

Inside the Liangyi Hall.

Li Shimin almost burst out laughing when he saw the intelligence handed over by the Bad People.

"Hahahaha! Zheng Yang's daughter married his illegitimate son. How interesting, so very interesting."

And Wang Shan's youngest son married his eldest son's illegitimate daughter? These powerful families know how to play the game better than I do.

Seeing his emperor laughing so hard he was doubled over, Canyue couldn't help but twitch her lips slightly. You know what tricks you're playing!

Below them, kneeling, was a person wearing a straw hat and a ferocious mask.

After a while, Li Shimin slowly suppressed his smile and looked down at the people below, saying:

"Have the Imperial Guards in the palace been cleared out?"

Upon hearing this, the person below immediately responded with a hoarse voice.

"Your Majesty! All the Embroidered Uniform Guard spies in the palace have been eliminated. Most of them were captured alive as Your Majesty wished, but a few committed suicide by poison, and I did not have time to save them!"

There are a total of 531 secret agents in the palace, including palace maids, eunuchs, guards, and even concubines!

Upon hearing this report, Li Shimin's face immediately darkened.

Damn it, even my concubines have members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard?

Does that mean that the Embroidered Uniform Guards might have been sleeping right next to me before?

The thought of such a thing gave Li Shimin goosebumps all over his body.

Treason! What a traitor!

Li Shimin, looking both ashamed and indignant, spoke:

"Keep a close watch on those Imperial Guards. Don't let them die. They are ultimately part of the Tang Dynasty's strength. It would be a pity to kill them. We can return them to that rebellious son when the time is right!"

"promise!"

After the Bad Commander left, Li Shimin pointed to the pile of memorials to the side, then turned to Canyue and said:

"Go! Take these memorials to the Eastern Palace and tell the Crown Prince that if he doesn't approve these matters, I will not care, and I will not care if the people suffer!"

If he doesn't believe you, burn them one by one in front of him!

Upon hearing this, Canyue couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

Your Majesty is going to lose all humanity!

Although he thought that way, he still obediently did as he was told.

The Eastern Palace!

Li Chengqian stared in disbelief at the mountain of memorials piled up before him, looking at the waning moon.

"Did the old man really say that?"

"Yes, Your Highness. His Majesty said that if Your Highness does not approve, I should burn these memorials immediately!"

As she spoke, Canyue took out a tinderbox and prepared to light the memorials.

Seeing that he was actually serious, Li Chengqian immediately became anxious.

"Wait! Don't burn it! I'll just have to! I'll just have to have it, okay?"

Looking at the smiling face of the crescent moon, and then at the mountain of memorials piled up in front of him, Li Chengqian felt like he was about to grind his back teeth to dust.

"That unfilial father! So cruel! Absolutely too cruel!"

Watching the departing figure of the crescent moon, and then looking at the pile of memorials before him, Li Chengqian was completely stunned.

He listlessly picked up a book of memorials; how to describe this feeling?

It made him feel as if he had returned to his senior year of high school in his previous life, facing a pile of blank test papers.

And what's more, it's all in classical Chinese.

This memorial, which is several thousand words long, concludes with just one sentence.

May Your Majesty have all your wishes fulfilled!

Enraged, Li Chengqian immediately launched into a tirade of curses.

"Damn it, that corrupt official, I'm going to kill him! He's got nothing better to do, huh? Deduct his salary, he absolutely has to!"

He immediately began writing his reply while cursing and swearing.

"Flattery is not as good as seeking truth and being pragmatic; pandering to superiors is not as good as serving the people."

Half a month's salary will be deducted. Don't do it again!!!

Then he picked up the next book of memorials and began to read.

The content in this book isn't as outrageous as the previous one.

The content was roughly about how the dams in their county had fallen into disrepair and they hoped the imperial court would allocate funds.

Li Chengqian's reply was...

The Censorate, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Works were ordered to send personnel to jointly verify the condition of the dam, and the Ministry of Revenue was to allocate funds for its repair based on the extent of the damage.

After a whole afternoon of reviewing the last memorial, Li Chengqian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He couldn't help but stretch and say:

"Damn it! Finally finished approving them. This was inhuman work."

……

Liangyi Hall.

Li Shimin had just finished dealing with today's matters.

Just as he put down his imperial brush, he heard someone outside the door report.

"Your Majesty! His Highness the Crown Prince has sent someone back with the completed memorials!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

This kid is pretty quick. I just finished dealing with him, and he's already as fast as me.

Thinking about this, Li Shimin couldn't help but ponder.

This kid wouldn't be just randomly reviewing papers to fool me, would he?

"Bring it in!"

"promise!"

Looking at the neatly stacked memorials in front of him, Li Shimin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and casually picked up one to read.

After reading the contents of the memorial, then read the comments.

With spring planting just around the corner, our county suffered a drought before the Lunar New Year, resulting in severe damage to the grain seeds. We request the imperial court to allocate some grain seeds.

Li Chengqian's reply was...

Grain will be allocated locally, with the Ministry of Revenue coordinating the allocation and surrounding counties and districts providing grain varieties as appropriate.

Upon seeing this proposed solution, Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

This plan is quite good. If the supplies were directly transferred from the capital, there would inevitably be some losses along the way. However, this plan can minimize losses and is faster, so there is no need to worry about delaying spring planting.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin read several more books. Although some parts were still a bit immature, he had to admit that the kid was indeed talented. Even he himself was amazed by some of the plans he read.

But when he saw the folded paper slips from the officials who sent their blessings, Li Shimin couldn't help but chuckle.

That kid!

In the past, he would usually only reply with a single sentence when he saw such memorials.

Hmm! I understand. Do a good job!

But this unfilial son immediately deducted half a month's salary from the person's salary.

However, Li Shimin did not think this solution was bad; these officials did indeed need to be reprimanded.

After all, reading memorials is tiring. If you start with a long and detailed explanation, but in the end it's just a blessing without any real information, who can stand that?

Sometimes even he would get furious when he saw such memorials.

He considered himself to have one of the best tempers among emperors.