Chapter 55: Chongzhen's reflection
After the three of them left, Luo Hui was very grateful to Wan Bi for being able to complete all the cases in one day, so he helped him pick up all the tokens.
"Master Wan, can you teach me how you tried the case, how did you finish the trial in one day!"
Wan Bi smiled: "What's this, the old man was shocked, they (they) are not honest, even if some are not honest, they (they) will be honest if they are scared with torture!" โ
"It's so easy!" Luo Hui expressed doubts!
"Then what else!" Wan Bi took the wooden box full of tokens: "Thank you, Lord Luo!" โ
Since no one shouted injustice, Luo Hui naturally didn't care about the speed of Wanbi's trial.
"By the way, the case is over, when are we leaving?" Wan Bi remembered the matter of Zhao'an again, and he suspected that if he didn't urge, Luo Hui would be able to drag on here for three or five months.
"Liu Qingsong's family hasn't dealt with it yet, how can they leave easily?"
Wan Bi: "What do you want to do with them?" โ
Luo Hui said senran: "Liu Qingsong's family is heinous and wants to rebel, so naturally they use my Shang Fang sword to behead his (her) family at the entrance of the vegetable market!" โ
"Don't, sir!" Wan Bi was in a hurry, he was really afraid that Luo Hui would do something impulsive: "My lord, the emperor only grants you the right to cut the officials below the fifth rank first, and Liu Qingsong is the prefect of the fourth grade!" โ
"Then I'll kill the others first!"
Wan Bi waved his hand: "It's better not to, they are involved in rebellion, this is not an ordinary crime, it is better to submit it to the emperor, let the emperor make the most decisive decision!" โ
Luo Hui smiled: "Then the official will listen to Lord Wan once, play the emperor first, and wait for the emperor's holy decree to make a decision!" โ
Looking at Luo Hui's sly smile, Wan Bi suddenly realized that he had fallen for him.
Wait for the emperor's decree, when will it have to wait? It's a pity that he can't say anything more, after all, it was his idea!
"This Luo Hui is really more cunning than a fox" Wan Bi secretly complained in his heart.
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In the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Chongzhen was discussing political affairs with the ministers, and the eunuch Wang Chengen handed over the excerpt: "Your Majesty, Luo Hui and Wanbi's secret fold!" โ
When Emperor Chongzhen heard that it was Luo Hui and Wan Bi's secret fold, he didn't have anything to do with those ministers, and directly unsealed it!
Since Luo Hui left, these ministers have become more and more arrogant, although there is Shi Kefa's pressure, Chongzhen feels the powerlessness of losing control.
The ministers looked at each other, not understanding what was wrong with Chongzhen. I actually read the excerpts when discussing political affairs, but I have never seen it before!
As the fold was turned page by page, the ministers could clearly feel the anger on Emperor Chongzhen's face.
After about a stick of incense, Emperor Chongzhen finally broke out, and he fiercely pushed away the folds of the ministers in front of him who were pulling and prevaricating each other.
"National thief, national thief" Chongzhen shouted: "There is such a thief right under our noses, a national thief!" โ
The ministers still didn't know why, Emperor Chongzhen was still angry, and threw the fold down: "Let's take a look, I've read it all, and then I'll discuss it!" โ
Shi Kefa picked up the fold, read it quickly, and handed it to the others.
Wei Yude, Zhou Yanru, and Zhou Zhong got together, and in less than a cup of tea, Wei Yude broke out in a cold sweat, and his hands kept trembling.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at him coldly: "Wei Aiqing, what do you think after reading it!" โ
Wei Yude immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, is Weichen guilty?" โ
Chongzhen: "What are your crimes?" โ
"Your Majesty, Weichen's family education is not strict, so that he rebelled, and Weichen is guilty!"
Chongzhen: "Your niece was neither born by you nor raised by you, what does her lack of strict parenting have to do with you?" โ
Wei Yude trembled: "Your Majesty, Weichen is not strict with his brothers, which leads to his lack of strict discipline of his children, in the final analysis, the root cause is Weichen!" โ
Wei Yude naturally didn't really take the sin on himself. He knew Emperor Chongzhen, and the emperor was very smart. If he falls into the trap and says that Mrs. Wei's rebellion has nothing to do with him, the emperor will blame him instead, and he takes the initiative to ask for guilt, and Emperor Chongzhen will not punish him!
Emperor Chongzhen's face was gloomy: "There are such bold and reckless people in the world, if it weren't for Luo Aiqing, such a person would be the prefect, I don't know what he would do in the future, originally I wanted to punish his nine clans, looking at Wei Aiqing's face, let's destroy the three clans!" โ
As soon as these words came out, the ministers were shocked. The Yi Three Clans are not much lighter than the Zhu Nine Clans, but the scope has been reduced. Liu Qingsong's father, mother, and wife, as long as they are direct relatives, have to die.
Zhou Zhong stood up: "Your Majesty, this is based on Lord Luo's unilateral words, and Enke is credulous!" โ
"What does Zhou Aiqing mean?" Chongzhen looked at him, not very happy.
Zhou Zhong: "The stakes are very high, and Weichen suggests that it is not too late to make a decision after sending the minister to verify it!" โ
As soon as he heard this, Chongzhen was furious: "You mean that Luo Hui and Wan Bi and his gang deceived me, and I ยทยทยทยทยทยท"
As soon as Chongzhen wanted to speak, Wang Chengen brought a thick envelope again: "Your Majesty, this is a gift from Lord Luo and Lord Wan, but Lord Luo asks that this be handed over to Your Majesty when someone questions it!" โ
Chongzhen opened the thick envelope, and it contained the original price of the confessions of Liu Qingsong and others!
Chongzhen watched it, was furious, and scattered those confessions to the court, and the paper was flying all over the room: "You all see, this is the evidence you want!" โ
Zhou Zhong picked up one casually, and after reading it, he knelt down tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Weichen and the others really don't know that this person's sin has reached this point!" โ
Chongzhen looked at him coldly: "You get up, Luo Aiqing understands him, he won't tell lies, do fake things!" โ
Zhou Zhong heard the words like five thunderbolts, isn't this just asking him to lie and do false things. The emperor has never said this to a minister in front of the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty before!
Zhou Zhong bowed to the ground, not knowing what to say, so that the emperor could favor their Donglin Party again!
The stakes are very high, Shi Kefa took Luo Hui's excerpt and Liu Qingsong's confession, looked at it carefully, and finally found the problem.
"Your Majesty, Lord Luo said on the excerpt that the matter of returning the Liao salary is still delaying!"
Chongzhen changed color suddenly: "What are you talking about, I have made two decrees on the matter of salary refund, and I am still delaying, how dare these people do this!" โ
Shi Kefa: "Your Majesty, it is true that some people still have luck in their hearts, thinking that the mountain is high and the emperor is far away!"
Chongzhen's hands trembled slightly, he never expected that his two holy decrees would only play such a role. Has the Ming Dynasty reached this point? Emperor Chongzhen kept asking himself, why did those officials who shouted loyalty and patriotism every day dare to disobey their will twice!