Chapter 38: The Puzhou Case (1)

"The minister has an old relationship with that Zhang Jianxiong, after Zhang Jianxiong was killed, he was his servant, come to Tokyo quickly, and tell the minister!" Facing Liu Chengyou's question, Li Ye's eyes were a little evasive.

Liu Chengyou couldn't help but show a smile on his face, yin and yang weird: "It seems that uncle and Zhang Jianxiong are not only old, life and death events, the first to tell you, this speed is also fast enough!" ”

was choked by Liu Chengyou, a little depressed, Li Ye's face was not good-looking, and he only felt that this nephew did not respect himself.

The morning light outside the hall was first revealed, and the soft light swayed down, and the beautiful morning and good mood were disturbed by Li Ye's impeachment.

Regarding the news of "Guo Rong's Assassination of Puzhou", Liu Chengyou's face was calm, and his brain was spinning rapidly. I vaguely feel that this matter should be true. And what he wants to find out is what the situation is, and what is the reason why his uncle is involved in it without doing his job, just because of the "old" feelings?

Seeing the indifferent expression on the face of the Son of Heaven, Li Ye was under him, his eyes rolled around a few times, and he still couldn't help it, and said: "The official, although the ministers take care of the old feelings and tell Zhang Jianxiong about their feelings, it is indeed true that Guo Rong killed him. Relying on the trust and authority given by His Majesty, he Guo Rong flaunted his military power in the locality, and dared to kill the envoy of a state without permission, and put the country's law and punishment wherever he ......"

Seeing that Li Ye was impatient and wanted to deal with Guo Rong by himself, Liu Chengyou was a little suspicious of when Guo Rong offended him. He replied in an indifferent tone: "I said, let's figure things out first." Also, even if there is a matter, it is not an internal matter of the Xuanhui envoy's duty! ”

Liu Chengyou's words were already very polite, and it could be seen that he really didn't like this uncle very well, and this remark made Liu Chengyou feel uncomfortable from the very beginning.

For the arrogant Uncle Li, the embarrassment in his heart has been shown on his face, and he is very ashamed, but he comes with a "fist loyalty". But no matter how unhappy it is, you have to endure it, and now in the court, basically no one dares to be presumptuous in front of the emperor.

Soon, Zhang Dejun returned from the political affairs hall, accompanied by the ministers Li Tao and Fan Zhen.

Liu Chengyou asked about it, the two ministers glanced at each other, and Li Tao took out an album and cautiously presented it: "Your Majesty, there is indeed something going on." This is the recital of the Zhenning Army Festival received this morning, and the festival made Guo Rong report that the Puzhou Assassin destroyed the legal system of the Han Dynasty, disrespected the imperial decrees, paid taxes harshly, brutalized the people, and killed him in anger. Guo Rong knows his crime and has been sent to Puzhou Prison from prison, please deal with it by the imperial court! ”

"Bold! What a guts! Hearing this, Liu Chengyou immediately became angry, his eyes swept away, and his momentum was terrifying.

"I knew that Guo Rong was solemn and strong-tempered, but I never imagined that he would be so reckless. That Zhang Jianxiong, even if he is guilty of a thousand cuts, it is not his turn to kill! When he does this, what does he think of the law of the court? Liu Chengyou sighed: "Guo Rong has negative hopes!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry!" It is rare for the Son of Heaven to be so excited, Li Tao and Fan Zhen hurriedly persuaded him.

Quickly calmed down, got up, and slowly paced in the hall, Liu Chengyou turned around and asked, "What do the two ministers think should be done with Guo Rong's matter?" ”

Hearing this, Fan Zhen took a step forward, waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Guo Rong has been in the Zhenning Army for more than three years. The minister also knows that His Majesty has always valued his talents. ”

"However, as Your Majesty said, the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, the beginning of the economic structure, and the laws and regulations are constantly being improved to restrain the world.

"Therefore, on merit, it should be rewarded; Guilty should be punished severely. In the opinion of the minister, Guo Rong should be severely punished and set an example. Let the whole world take a look at it and be alert to its behavior! ”

The first generation of the Han Dynasty's "Criminal System" was compiled by Fan Zhen led by the palace of the poor year, and this code must be vigorously maintained. Therefore, even if he knew that his words would offend the extremely powerful Guo family in the DPRK, he did not hesitate to speak boldly.

Don't look at the past few months, Guo Wei is sick at home, and Guo's power has been suppressed, but smart people will never despise them because of this.

"Official, the minister thinks that Fan Xianggong is impartial, which is very reasonable!" Li Ye heard it on the side and hurriedly said.

Regarding Li Ye's positivity, Liu Chengyou finally nodded, and looked at Li Tao again: "What does Li Qing think?" ”

Li Tao also considered it, but he almost guessed Liu Chengyou's thoughts, and said cautiously: "Minister, second!" ”

After thinking about it, Liu Chengyou said directly: "Go, let Zhao Li, the middle of the imperial history, go to Puzhou and investigate the matter clearly." As for Guo Rong, he will be escorted back to Tokyo first, and he will be dealt with later! ”

"Yes!"

After the ministers retreated, Liu Chengyou's face calmed down, and his eyes were as deep as a pool. Hearing about the Puzhou incident, Liu Chengyou was a little surprised at first, but when it came to emotions, he was not as angry as he was in front of Li Tao and Fan Zhen.

The incident has already happened, and what Liu Chengyou needs to consider at this time is how to deal with the aftermath. If you kill a state official without permission, if you go online, you will be killed. However, it is impossible to kill Guo Rong in Liu Chengyou, at least at this stage.

How to deal with the aftermath, Liu Chengyou only has some general ideas in his mind, and he has not yet taken shape. However, as Fan Zhen said, taking the opportunity to maintain the legal system of the imperial court, warn the world of moderation, and restrain Fang Zhen's behavior, such an effect can be achieved.

Puzhou assassin Zhang Jianxiong, Liu Chengyou has some impressions, because in the past few years, Puzhou's tribute to the imperial court every year has never exceeded the standard, and the service is extremely deferential.

However, the position of the Puzhou Assassin was that Zhang Jianxiong took advantage of the year of the Han Dynasty to kill the assassin appointed by the Khitans, and he devoted himself to his own affairs and obeyed the Han court, and the ancestor Liu Zhiyuan accepted it.

Since then, the position of the Puzhou Thorn has not changed, and after Liu Chengyou succeeded to the throne, according to his urine, it should have changed, especially in Puzhou and other Central Plains counties. However, Zhang Jianxiong was indeed respectful and subservient to the imperial court, so he didn't care about it.

As for why Guo Rong faced Zhang Jianxiong, Liu Chengyou also had a little guess. According to the division of imperial court and state towns, the Zhenning Army has jurisdiction over the two prefectures of Lan and Pu, and Puzhou belongs to the branch counties.

With Guo Rong's character, he has been in Lanzhou for three years, governing his military and political affairs, how can he tolerate his subordinate Puzhou being controlled by Zhang Jianxiong for a long time. The emergence of contradictions is something that can be imagined, but what Liu Chengyou didn't expect was that Guo Rong would respond with such drastic means.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Chengyou had a plan and ordered someone to summon Wang Jingchong, the deputy envoy of Wude.

Wang Jingchong was sent to see him, Liu Chengyou didn't talk nonsense, and directly ordered: "Guo Rong killed Zhang Jianxiong, you personally go to Puzhou, and investigate the cause and effect of this case to me." There are some things that you can't see in the imperial history! ”

"The minister is on order!" Seeing the solemn tone of the Son of Heaven, Wang Jingchong immediately responded.

"Plus!" Liu Chengyou pondered for a moment and added an order: "By the way, check out what does it matter if Xuanhui makes Li Ye in it." Also, how did he find out, it turned out to be faster than the imperial court! Why didn't Wu Desi notice about this matter, why didn't there be any news reported! ”

Hearing this order, Wang Jingchong was slightly shocked in his heart, and he could feel that the Son of Heaven seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Wu Desi's work.

Don't dare to slack off, bow down and say, "Yes!" The minister went to do it immediately. ”

After Wang Jingchong retreated, Liu Chengyou pondered for a while, and then instructed Zhang Dejun: "Send someone to Guo Mansion and inform Xing Guogong of the matter of Puzhou!" ”