The first month of the first year of the Apocalypse has not yet passed, and the flavor of the New Year is strong, and the news from the palace has made the people scramble to celebrate.

Why, the Emperor of the Apocalypse in the Forbidden City issued a great benevolent government.

First, the whole country will never increase the tax, and then the nine-cent land tax that has been implemented for three years has been completely abolished, and the tax has been reduced by three percent on the original basis.

For the Chinese New Year, this kind of news is tantamount to joy to the people.

The imperial court has already lost money, and the military salaries of the nine sides have been in arrears for a while, and it is even more impossible to continue to lose money this year.

The Beijing-Hangzhou tariff was directly increased by 60 percent, and the collusion between officials and businessmen was put on the surface.

It seems that the emperor of the current dynasty is going to do this again.

For officials and businessmen, Zhu Youxiao's new policy in the southeast is undoubtedly equivalent to pouring cold water on their heads.

In a word, this year can't be over.

No matter how the official and business groups in the southeast responded to the new policies of the imperial court, Jingli was not idle for a moment, and this was still in the first month, and suddenly there was a big news.

The case of Donglin Academy is finally going to be concluded, and the three law divisions will send people to Dali Temple for trial today.

On the bright side, the case of Donglin Academy was set off by Dongchang, and it dragged on for so long, and nearly 300 scholars were arrested back and forth, and it should be over after the trial.

The people think so, but the thoughts of the people in the bureau are completely different.

Wei Zhongxian, according to Zhu Youxiao's instructions, deliberately wanted to make the lecture at Donglin Academy bigger and bigger, and at first the fans preached that the scholars gathered to give lectures were spreading rumors, intending to harm the people.

In the past few months, it has risen to the level of forming parties for personal gain, recruiting power and accepting bribes.

If the trouble continues, I don't know how many people will be arrested.

The magnates all know that the capital in this New Year seems to be full of New Year's flavor, but secretly it is turbulent, and the waves are beating more and more fiercely.

Since it was a triage in the Three Law Divisions, how could Wei Zhongxian not have a good time stirring up?

Soon, he took a group of fans and stepped into the main gate of Dali Temple.

Seeing the fierce and vicious fans and Wei Zhongxian coming in, the faces of the officials of the Three Law Divisions changed, this guy is here, there must be no good thing!

Wei Zhongxian knew that no one would welcome him, so he came with a chair.

The fans set up chairs next to the main hall, and Wei Zhongxian sat down in front of everyone.

Seeing that he had become the focus of attention of the audience, he said with a solemn face:

"Your Majesty is in Nanhaizi and can't come, so let the governor come to hear how you handled the case in Gao Yutai, just be the governor when you are not there."

Wei Zhongxian's face was very serious, and the officials of the Three Law Divisions dared to be angry when they saw him holding chicken feathers as an arrow.

After discussing for a long time, the officials looked at Gao Panlong, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the meaning could not be more obvious.

Let's talk about it, after all, you're the presiding judge.

Gao Panlong didn't want to tear up with Wei Zhongxian on this occasion, so he snorted coldly, just as this gelding didn't exist, he slapped the shocking wood on the table and said indignantly:

"Ascension!"

After the officials of Dali Temple shouted, Gao Panlong slapped the shocked wood again and shouted: "Take Feng Sanyuan!" ”

After a while, Feng Sanyuan, who had been tortured by Dongchang to the point of not being human, was put up by two servants.

Obviously, this look is a trick!

In order to prevent the three law divisions from retracting their confessions, Feng Sanyuan was naturally detained in Dongchang before he was brought forward for interrogation.

Dali Temple sent people to ask for it several times, but they were all beaten back.

Looking at Feng Sanyuan's appearance, and then thinking of the fact that Dali Temple said a few days ago that he could not ask for people from the East Factory, Gao Panlong's expression was a little dignified.

It doesn't seem that simple!

It's obviously a trick, but Wei Zhongxian would be so stupid?

In his opinion, at least he has to change Feng Sanyuan into clean clothes and bring it up, right? Otherwise, how would this play be played?

After a while, the Criminal Department handed Xie Xuelong a draft form during the matter, and said softly: "Yutai, this is the result of the interrogation submitted by Dongchang. ”

Gao Panlong put aside the doubts in his heart, took the interrogation results handed over by the Criminal Division, and sat down and asked:

"Now that the contents of this confession have been drawn, do you have anything to say?"

While speaking, Gao Panlong stared at Feng Sanyuan tightly, he never understood in his heart, what did Wei Zhongxian want to bring the scarred Feng Sanyuan up like this?

On the surface, Feng Sanyuan retracted his confession, which he was happy to see.

Because Yang Lian will get out, the Donglin Party can also fight back against Wei Zhongxian.

But soon, he realized that he had just taken this confession in his hand, where did it come from?

"This, this is Dongchang's trick to beat me, Yang Gong is dedicated to the country, and he has the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, how can he do such a thing!"

Sure enough, Feng Sanyuan, who was unwilling to give up his reputation in his life, did not hesitate to abandon his wife and children, and he also wanted to retract his confession and bite Wei Zhongxian again.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian was not surprised, and the corners of his mouth lifted a touch of ridicule, instead of forcing himself to take his whole family, this Feng Sanyuan is really a good gentleman in the world.

This was a reversal of expectations, but Gao Panlong did not have any joy in his heart.

He clearly saw that Wei Zhongxian's expression was still as usual, and he was not a little flustered.

felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say it, Gao Panlong soon had a feeling of sitting on pins and needles.

The trial of these three legal divisions should have been an open and secret fight between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, but today's situation seems to be too calm.

It's a little abnormal to be calm, isn't this what the eunuchs can do?

At this time, Feng Sanyuan continued to shout: "Even if such eunuchs whip my flesh and skin, and force my wife and daughter, it can't make me slander the famous people of the world!" ”

"We are waiting for Donglin to give lectures and apply them to the world, we are for the emperor and for the Ming Dynasty!"

Wei Zhongxian, who was sitting on the chair, looked at Gao Panlong with a hint of banter in his eyes.

Wei Zhongxian had expected that Feng Sanyuan would retract his confession and provoke himself, but he was a scoundrel and a gambler, and he was never afraid of tarnishing his reputation.

These three legal divisions will be tried, and they are all bureaus set up by him from beginning to end.

The confession was sent to the Qianqing Palace first, and at that time, Zhu Youxiao had already gone to the Nanhaizi Palace and did not look at it.

But Wei Zhongxian didn't care if Zhu Youxiao saw it or not, all he wanted was a sentence, the confession was sent to Dali Temple after the Qianqing Palace first.

Moreover, Wei Zhongxian was sent by the emperor to observe.

Feng Sanyuan now retracts his confession, whose face is he hitting?

The confession submitted by Dongchang was, in the final analysis, drawn by Feng Sanyuan himself, and he temporarily retracted his confession, which could not prove whether Wei Zhongxian was tortured or not, but it proved one thing.

The whole incident was originally very simple, but it was complicated by the Donglin Party.

If Feng Sanyuan nodded and admitted, Wei Zhongxian could use this to arrest Yang Lian and put him in prison, but theoretically, this could not directly put him to death.

When the time comes, the Donglin Party will find a few scholars to come out as substitutes for the dead ghosts, and Feng Sanyuan will at most temporarily withdraw from the court bureau, and he can still come back if he finds an opportunity.

Right now, the whole country is celebrating the New Year, and the Donglin Academy case, which should have been closed, in order to protect a Feng Sanyuan, you Donglin Party have to say that this testimony is a trick.

If it spreads out, it will cause dissatisfaction among the people of Beijing.

Gao Panlong guessed a possibility, this is Wei Zhongxian knew that he couldn't kill Yang Lian directly, so he set up a bureau and dragged in the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who was watching the play behind the scenes.

In the name of the emperor, let the Donglin party people be deflated.

In a word, it's a big deal.

Wei Zhongxian didn't say a word from beginning to end during the trial, so he naturally had a reason to leave himself clean.

After Feng Sanyuan finished speaking, the lobby became quiet.

The people present are all officialdom ups and downs for many years, even if they haven't figured out what Wei Zhongxian has in mind, they know that they will not speak easily.

The Donglin officials of the Ming Dynasty may not be very good at handling affairs, but the kung fu of Mingzhe is not weak.

Feng Sanyuan still didn't understand why he hadn't come to arrest Wei Zhongxian for interrogation if he had already retracted his confession.

Gao Panlong, who figured out all this, changed his eyes when he went to see Feng Sanyuan again, is this guy with a lack of strings in his head!

If you admit it, there are also people who should be substituted for the dead ghosts, and at most they will be dismissed from office.

Now that you say that the case is overturned, the case will be overturned, how will the three legal divisions deal with it? Condemn Wei Zhongxian to report the crime of being beaten into a confession?

Wei Zhongxian was sent by the Qianqing Palace to observe, will he still be tried by the emperor at that time?