Chapter 231: The Synod Dynasty (II)
Li Shimin's very bland question caused a thousand waves in the hall.
In the past few days, the DPRK and China have been arguing endlessly, arguing back and forth, but in fact, it is this sentence that is arguing, and it is also the truth that everyone is concerned about.
Yes, has the future prince of the Tang Dynasty ever done the evil thing of revenge and revenge? If he really did it, then today's court will inevitably set off a storm and waves, and the prestige of the prince that has been established with great difficulty in the past eleven years will be lost, and the courtiers will not allow a narrow-minded prince who does not distinguish between right and wrong to become the future monarch of the Tang Dynasty.
The crown prince is the foundation of the country and the future of the society, and the character of the prince also determines the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty under the leadership of the next generation of emperors, so the prince of the Tang Dynasty must have excellent conduct, which can be inferior to the achievements of his father in his life, but he must have a broad and tolerant mind to keep the achievements of his father.
Thanks to Li Shimin's strong reproductive ability, he gave birth to fourteen sons, and the courtiers had the confidence to consider whether to change the prince, if the time is pushed back a thousand years, there is an emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who only married a wife in his life, and only gave birth to a son, the only son was so mediocre and debaucherous that the ministers had to knock out their teeth and swallow blood in their stomachs, no way, a single seedling in a thousand hectares, and they couldn't find a replacement if they wanted to change people, and that period of time can be described as a black history in the Ming Dynasty with no choice.
At this moment, when Li Shimin asked about this, the hearts of the courtiers suddenly hung up, and everyone looked up at Li Shimin, but Li Shimin's expression was very calm, and there was no clue on his face.
Zhang Xingcheng's expression was also calm, and he said meticulously with a stern face: "The ministers sent a messenger to secretly visit, and the rumors about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Chang'an began on the twenty-third day of October in the eleventh year of Zhenguan, and were spread by several idlers in the East City, and the leader was named Wu Bajin. The minister visited the criminal department again and found that there was no one who was familiar with Wu Bajin, and when the minister wanted to lock up Wu Bajin for interrogation, he found that Wu Bajin, who spread rumors, had fled from the city. I don't know where I am, so the minister thinks that the so-called theory that the prince framed and climbed Jingyang County is really a malicious rumor in the market, and it is not enough to believe it......"
These words are a little vague, at least the evidence is no longer so direct, attracting the dissatisfaction of many courtiers in the Wei king's camp in the court.
Zhang Xingcheng calmly met the different eyes, paused, and continued: "The minister is ordered to thoroughly investigate the official in charge of the Feng family's murder case in the Criminal Department. Under the sudden interrogation overnight, Yang Xuanle, the right division of the Criminal Department, had confessed that he had instructed him to climb Jingyang County, just because the widow of the Feng family's bitter master secretly gave Yang Xuanle a bribe of 10,000 yuan. ”
The whole hall was in an uproar.
Li Shimin smiled slightly and beckoned, "Present." ”
The eunuch trotted and held the confession in front of Li Shimin with both hands.
Wei Zheng, the servant of Shangshu Province, raised his eyebrows. The class interrupted: "Zhang Yushi, the old man wants to ask." Neither the prince killed the prince, nor did the head of the Feng family hang himself, who killed the head of the Feng family? ”
Zhang Xingcheng said: "This is a case within a case, Feng Gui, the only son of the Feng family, died, the Feng family has no queen, and Feng Anfu, the head of the Feng family, is old. Unable to have children anymore, Mrs. Zhengwu died ten years ago and has not been renewed, and Feng Wu, the concubine of the Feng family, secretly had evil intentions, and ganged up with her distant relatives Wu Si to hang Feng Anfu to death. Falsified the scene of self-hanging and the suicide note, with the intention of engulfing the Feng family's property, the minister has verified that there is a confession of Feng Wu and Wu Sihua. ”
Zhang Xingcheng said without changing his face: "Zongchen said, the Feng family's murder case is roughly revealed, the reason is that Zheng Xiaolou avenged the Feng family's maid who he didn't know, and tortured and killed Feng Gui that night, and later the Feng family's concubines and brothers set up a murder plan to swallow up the family property, and forged the scene and suicide note after the Feng family's head hanged him, and gave a bribe of 10,000 yuan to Yang Xuanle, the right Shilang of the Criminal Department, with the intention of climbing innocent others and confusing the government's attention. ”
Reasonable and well-founded, the courtiers of the full hall could not refute it, and they were silent.
Li Su's face was the same, but his ears buzzed as if someone had struck a bronze bell.
Looking at Li Shimin, who was sitting at the front of the hall, with a smile on his face, at this moment, Li Suquan understood.
Niu Jinda's words before the court meeting echoed in his mind, yes, the prince is something that no one can shake, unless Li Shimin has the heart to abolish the reserve, otherwise even if the evidence is conclusive, the court can still turn black into white, nonsense.
The truth of the case is no longer important, and it doesn't matter who wronged and who is innocent, the result that Zhang Xingcheng found out was the result that Li Shimin needed, or in other words, this result was simply Li Shimin's instructions.
Li Shimin needs a stable political situation, and he needs a prince who is filial and courteous and open-minded, so the prince is innocent, even if there is more real evidence in front of Li Shimin, he doesn't want it, and the evidence is not evidence.
When the hall was silent, Li Su suddenly smiled.
The prince is innocent, Jingyang County is also innocent, the case is clear, everyone is innocent, only the unlucky Right Shi Langzhong and the Feng family's concubine have become sinners.
Li Su's smile was very bright among the solemn courtiers in the hall, and although he was far away, Li Shimin still saw Li Su's smile at a glance.
Li Shimin suddenly spoke: "Where is Jingyang County?" ”
Li Su bowed down when he got out of class: "The minister is here." ”
"The murder case of the Feng family has something to do with you, and now it has come to light that it proves that you are innocent and has nothing to do with the hanging of the head of the Feng family, what do you say?"
Li Su thought for a while and said, "Except for thanking the emperor for his grace and the eyes of the sky, the minister has nothing to say." ”
Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "You obviously have something to say, why don't you dare to say it?" Am I the faint king who relieves sin because of his words? If this is the case, Wei Zheng doesn't know how many times he has been killed by me, but now he is still standing in the court. ”
After speaking, Li Shimin laughed twice.
The emperor laughed, and the minister didn't dare not laugh, so there was a chorus of laughter in the hall, and even Wei Zheng, who was not smiling, pulled the corners of his mouth, which was regarded as giving face.
"Li Su, it's rare for you to go back to the court, if you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, I will never add to the offense because of my words, the mind of the Tang Emperor, you will know after today."
Facing many different eyes, Li Su pursed his lips, simply lowered his heart, and said: "Since His Majesty has a life, the minister will dare to speak out." ”
"Say it."
Li Su straightened up, looked at Li Shimin calmly, and said slowly: "The murder case of the Feng family investigated by Zhang Yushi just now is reasonable and well-founded, and the surrender is convinced, and there is no objection, the murder case of the Feng family is thus concluded, I believe that the ministers of the court and the central government are not disputed, but the ministers are troublesome, and I want to ask His Majesty and the court officials, the murder case of the Feng family's father and son has been concluded, and the murderer has been imprisoned, this case is ...... Is it really over? May I ask Your Majesty, the origin of the murder, the maid who was tortured and killed by Feng Gui, why didn't anyone mention her in the palace? ”
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PS: Adjust your schedule today, go to bed early, and have no changes in the early morning...... (To be continued......)