Zhao Heng walked into the hall from behind, boarded the platform, and sat in the dragon chair.

The ministers of civil and military affairs on both sides knelt down together and shouted: Long live my emperor, long live!

Zhao Hengdao: Zhongqing is flat.

The ministers stood up and lined up on either side.

Zhao Heng asked: Everyone, do you have an urgent report today?

Wang Qin walked out and bowed to Zhao Heng and said: The minister is in a hurry to play.

Zhao Heng asked: What did Wang Xiang play?

Wang Qindao: Last night, the minister received an urgent secret recital from the king of Luoyang, saying that Li Yinglong, the new magistrate of Luoyang County, had executed more than 20 prisoners without the approval of the Criminal Department, and had also detained the prefect of Luoyang.

Hearing this, Zhao Heng was shocked and said: Hurry up and present Uncle Wang's recital.

Wang Qin took out a folded book from his sleeve and handed it up with both hands, a eunuch came over and took it, turned around and walked back on the dragon case, Zhao Heng picked it up and looked at it.

After seeing it, I couldn't help but secretly say, this kid is getting bolder and bigger, he is simply lawless, he dares to execute prisoners privately, I don't know if this is illegal, it seems that this time, it is difficult for me to settle it for you, what to do? By the way, looking for the queen mother, this kid is the queen mother's righteous son, and the queen mother may have a way to excuse this kid.

At this time, the ministers on both sides of the column began to discuss.

A minister whispered to a minister beside him: How can this magistrate be so bold as to dare to execute prisoners privately, he has the final say.

Another minister said: This kid is too lawless, and in his eyes, there is no court law.

At this time, another minister came out from the left and bowed to Zhao Heng and said: Your Majesty, my criminal department also received an urgent secret performance from the Luoyang prefect last night.

Zhao Hengdao: Xu Shangshu, please speak.

Xu Shangshudao: Luoyang Qi Governor said in the chapter that Luoyang Li Zhixian did not report, without the approval of the Criminal Department, his son Qi Bian and more than a dozen other prisoners were escorted to the central square of Luoyang City for a public trial, and then executed, when the execution of Qi Governor was present to stop it, but Li Zhixian not only did not listen, but ordered someone to arrest Qi Governor and put him in prison, and then forced Qi Governor's family to ransom people with 60,000 taels of silver, and he released him after Qi Governor's family handed over the silver.

If this is spread, where is the majesty of my court, the emperor, according to the law of the Song Dynasty, Li Zhixian committed the great crime of overstepping his authority and arbitrarily despying the court to bully the king, kidnapping the court officials and asking for ransom, committing law enforcement violations, kidnapping and extortion, Li Zhixian committed the crime of beheading, and the ministers are willing to ask the emperor to order the arrest of Li Zhixian to come to Beijing and hand over to our criminal department for trial and discipline.

Hearing this, the ministers were in an uproar.

Kou Xiang whispered and laughed to Shi Yao's father who was standing on the side: "Master Shi, your daughter's master is so powerful, she has blackmailed the prefect, the prefect of the county grabbed the prefect, and asked the prefect's family to spend money to ransom people, which is unique in my Great Song Dynasty."

Shi Dadao: That's not the case, I know a little bit about this, the son of the Qi prefect, Qi Bian, did all kinds of evil in Luoyang City, and killed dozens of families and their wives were scattered, Li Zhixian may have forced the Qi prefect to pay money to compensate these people.

Zhao Heng saw the two of them talking above, so he asked Master Shi: Shi Shilang, do you have something to say?

Master Shi walked out and bowed to Zhao Heng and said: Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, Li Zhixian grabbed the Qi Governor's Mansion and asked his family to pay the silver before releasing the person was not kidnapping and asking for ransom, but Qi Bian, the son of the Qi Governor's Mansion, did evil in Luoyang City, rampaging through the streets, causing dozens of families in Luoyang City to be broken and their wives scattered.

Hearing this, Xu Shangshu said sharply: Shi Shilang, how can you, as a second-rank member of the court, not even understand a little bit of extremely ordinary common sense, isn't it the following crime for the Wupin Zhixian County to detain the fourth-grade prefect? The following is a crime.

Hearing this, Kou Xiang smiled and said: Xu Shangshu, the following crimes have nothing to do with Li Zhixian, because Li Zhixian is not a five-grade Zhi County, but a non-grade Zhi County, that is to say, there is no grade, if you talk about the level, Li Zhi County is no longer older than him in the Luoyang area, so detaining the prefect for official business is not considered a crime.

Hearing this, Xu Shangshu and Wang Qin were taken aback, and said in unison: What, there is no grade of Zhixian.

After saying that, the two looked at Zhao Heng together.

Zhao Heng nodded and said: Yes, Li Zhixian is indeed a non-grade county that I have sealed.

Wang Qindao: Your Majesty, even if Li Zhixian's detention of the Qi prefect is not considered a crime of the following crimes, but his execution of prisoners without permission is a capital crime, please ask the emperor to arrest him and bring him to Beijing for punishment.

Some ministers knelt down and echoed the words: Please ask the emperor to punish the crime and correct the discipline.

Zhao Heng asked Kou Xiang: What do you think, Kou Xiang?

Kou Xiangdao: Your Majesty, the minister is not clear about the matter of Luoyang, and he can't put forward his opinion, but if it is really as Wang Xiang and Xu Shangshu played, Li Zhixian executed the prisoner without the approval of the Criminal Department, and he did commit a crime.

Huang Juntong's father, Huang Tiancheng, a household servant, walked out and bowed to Zhao Heng and said: Your Majesty, Li Zhixian may have unbearable hardships in executing prisoners, and I hope that the emperor will send someone to find out the truth and then make a decision.

Xu Shangshu said: Your Majesty, hardship should not be used as the basis for breaking the law, is to ask, who is living in this world who does not have hardship, if there is hardship, he will break the law, and if he violates the law, he can escape the responsibility of the crime because of his hardship, and our country will not be in chaos.

Huang Shilang and Shi Shilang looked at each other and shook their heads, with helpless expressions on their faces, and then each retreated to the class.

Zhao Heng asked the ministers: What do you have to say?

All the ministers shook their heads in disagreement.

Zhao Heng turned his head and beckoned to a eunuch standing on the side, the eunuch hurriedly ran over, Zhao Heng put his mouth next to his ear and whispered a few words.

The eunuch hurriedly said: Obey!

He turned and hurried out of the hall.

The ministers were stunned and looked at each other strangely.

Wang Qin and Xu Shangshu's faces showed even more surprised expressions.

Zhao Heng smiled faintly and said: Zhongqing wait a while, I asked the eunuch to invite the Queen Mother, and when the Queen Mother comes, we will decide how to deal with Li Zhixian's affairs.

Hearing this, Xu Shangshu was shocked and said secretly, how did this magistrate get involved with the queen mother, this matter seems not simple, I have to be careful.

Wang Qin asked incomprehensibly: Your Majesty, dealing with a county is within the emperor's responsibility, why bother the queen mother, isn't the emperor's decree enough?

Zhao Hengdao: Oh, there is one thing that the secretaries don't know, Li Zhixian of Luoyang County is the adopted son of the Queen Mother, and the consent of the Queen Mother must be obtained to deal with Li Zhixian.