Chapter 139: The Unexpected Li Chengqian
Since last year, the people of Chang'an have all had a positive impression of Li Chengqian, and during this period of time, the East Palace has made Li Chengqian known as "Qingtian".
Therefore, when the people of Chang'an heard that Li Chengqian was going to personally preside over the Zhaoxue case in front of the Suzaku Gate, they were all extremely excited, after all, this kind of thing had never happened before, and in the past dozens or even a hundred years, the world has been disputed, who cares whether the people are wronged, and the people themselves feel that as long as they are not killed for no reason, it is a great blessing, and they never think of such a thing as shouting injustice.
The common people standing in front of them think so, while the officials standing on both sides think the opposite idea, and they think that Li Chengqian's approach is purely superfluous.
When the imperial court enforces the law and has to give an account to the common people, the purpose of publicly beheading the capital is to deter or frighten the common people, and like Li Chengqian, he can only let the common people come to sue when they encounter trouble, and there will be no benefit except for bringing trouble to the imperial court.
Li Chengqian didn't know what these people were thinking, he looked at the people below with a serious face, and gradually quieted down, unconsciously walked a few steps forward, stood on the edge of the high platform and said loudly: "It has been several years since His Majesty decreed that King Gu was sentenced to justice. After Li Chengqian finished saying this, the worshippers of the Eight Winds Hall standing on the high platform hurriedly shouted loudly, making sure that Li Chengqian's words reached every ear present.
Dozens of people shouted together, and Li Chengqian's ears rumbled, but his face was solemn.
"This is all the fault of the lonely king, the lonely king is supported by the people of the world as a prince, but the lonely king does not know when the people are bullied, and the lonely king is deeply ashamed to think of this."
Then the following spread, and then the worshippers of the Eight Winds Hall of the East Palace who stood in each square took the lead and shouted: "The Prince's Hall is Shengming." ”
This time, tens of thousands of people shouted together, and the sound rumbled for miles away, and the faces of the officials standing on both sides of the high platform changed.
Yu Zhining and Changsun Jian stood behind the left side of the high platform together, and at this time, they heard Li Chengqian admit his mistake in public, and the people below shouted loudly, "His Royal Highness the Prince, Shengming!" Zhizhen's face turned pale, and he muttered incredulously: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to sin against himself?"
The eldest grandson next to him glanced at Yu Zhining with disdain and said: "Shibo rest assured that the prince is the prince, no matter how good he says today, he can't immediately put these people to death, don't forget that only the Son of Heaven can control life and death." ”
Li Chengqian, who was on the high platform, waited for a little quieter below, raised his hand again to stop the excited people, and said loudly: "So today I want to personally try these murderers here, personally convict these people, and personally watch people punish them." After Li Chengqian finished speaking, the people below spread what Li Chengqian said loudly, and the people shouted again about His Royal Highness the Prince, and then slowly walked to the throne on the high platform and sat down.
Li Chengqian sat on the high platform and instructed the old ghost: "Let them bring all the prisoners up." ”
When the old ghost heard this, he beckoned a small chamberlain to go down and make arrangements, and after a while, several prisoners with heavy flails were brought up.
Li Chengqian sat on the throne and saw that the two people walking in front turned out to be acquaintances, Cui Renshi and Cen Wenwen, both of whom were taken down because of Li Tai's rebellion, and were sentenced to death early.
At this moment, seeing Li Chengqian sitting high on it, Cui Renshi knelt down to Li Chengqian as soon as he hesitated, while Cen Wenwen snorted coldly, rolled his eyes, and raised his head not to look at Li Chengqian.
It's just that it didn't take long for a few prisoners to come up behind, and as soon as Cen Wenzhao, the third brother of Cen Wenwen, came up, he shouted at Cen Wenzhao: "Second brother! ”
As soon as Cen Wenwen saw Cen Wenzhao unkempt and ragged, a look of regret flashed on his face, he turned his head and looked at Li Chengqian angrily, gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty has already made a decree, although rebellion is a serious crime, it only involves fathers and sons, ancestors and grandchildren, not brothers. ”
Li Chengqian glanced at him and said calmly: "Yes." ”
Cen Wenwen still had a hideous face when he heard this: "Then why did the prince arrest my brother?"
Li Chengqian still said calmly: "Cen Wenwen, you asked your brother what he did?"
When Cen Wenwen heard this, he knew that Cen Wenzhao must have some handle that was caught by Li Chengqian, so he hurriedly turned around and walked in front of Cen Wenzhao, and said in surprise: "Wenzhao, what are you doing?"
"Second brother, ......" Cen Wenzhao saw Cen Wenwen come to ask, and he couldn't cry anymore after only saying two words.
Cen Wenwen brothers Cen Wenzhao is the youngest, because his father died early, Cen Wenwen's mother hurt the youngest son the most, so Cen Wenwen and Cen Wenshu both love Cen Wenzhao very much, in history, Li Shimin thought that Cen Wenzhao acted too ostentatious, afraid that he would cause trouble for Cen Wenzhao, so he wanted to send Cen Wenzhao to be a magistrate, it was Cen Wenwen who was sick because he missed his younger brother because of his old mother, and cried and begged Li Shimin to educate Cen Wenzhao and leave him in Chang'an.
Cen Wenwen knew that he was dying in front of him at this time, but he still wanted to save Cen Wenzhao, seeing that Cen Wenzhao was just crying bitterly, he endured his grief and urged him to speak quickly.
After a while, Cen Wenzhao sobbed and told the reason why Li Chengqian arrested him, it turned out that Cen Wenzhao usually likes to make friends and is very righteous.
Last year, Du Yuan's talented son from Yangzhou came to the capital to participate in the imperial examination, Cen Wenzhao greatly admired Du Yuan's literary style, Du Yuan wanted to borrow Cen Wenzhao's power, and the two soon became friends.
The two dated for a while, and suddenly one day Du Yuan found Cen Wenzhao and said that he had caused a murderous disaster, it turned out that this Du Yuan was not only outstanding in writing, but also first-class in appearance, plus there was never a shortage of women around him who were young and golden.
And this Du Yuan also has a habit, that is, he likes young women, Du Yuan seduced the neighbor's daughter-in-law soon after he came to Chang'an, although the Tang Dynasty was open, but when it comes to such a thing, men can't always be nothing.
After the neighbor found out about this, he beat his daughter-in-law severely, and then took someone to Du Yuan to prepare to arrest the two and beat them to death.
Du Yuan escaped early when he saw the opportunity, and he didn't dare to go home and ask someone to find Cen Wenzhao, Cen Wenzhao gave him an idea and asked Du Yuan to go to Chang'an County to tell his neighbors to play fairy jumping.
Chang'an saw Cen Wenzhao's face, so he naturally actively handled the case, and soon arrested the neighbor's family to the county office, and both sides insisted on their own words, but the neighbor's daughter-in-law knew that if her husband's family won the lawsuit, she would die, so she also insisted that it was her husband's family who played fairy jumping.
The Chang'an County Order saw that Cen Wenzhao's face was heavy, and the neighbor's family was exiled for 3,000 miles, Du Yuan was afraid that the case would be overturned, so he robbed and killed the Lingju family on the way.
It wasn't until a few days ago that Li Chengqian sent people everywhere in Chang'an City to publicize and avenge the people's grievances that another of Du Yuan's leaders reported the matter.
Cen Wenwen listened to Cen Wenzhao's statement, and shook his head painfully, knowing that Cen Wenzhao's guilt in this matter is big and small, if he is still a Zhongshu waiter who specializes in machine maintenance, it is a trivial matter of reprimand, but at this time, it ......
Li Chengqian didn't care that the Cen brothers didn't live long anyway, and when Li Chengqian saw that the prisoners had been brought in, he ordered people to read the identities of these prisoners and what crimes they had committed.
Zhou Jin and Zhu Cheng stood in front of the stage, one for the other, reciting the identities of these prisoners and what their crimes were, standing in the Eight Winds Hall under the stage to worship, and also talking to Li Chengqian for a while, reading a sentence above They shouted loudly.
In this way, more than a dozen recidivist charges were read out one by one, and it took more than an hour to recite them, but both the people below listened attentively, and the more they listened, the more shocking they felt.
Especially when he heard that Cui Renshi deliberately concealed his son's shooting and bribery, even Yu Zhining was surprised.
Li Chengqian sat on the throne and waited quietly for Zhou Jin and Zhu Cheng to finish reading the charges, then got up and walked to the front of the high platform, and said loudly: "King Lone hereby condemns these crimes to death, except for compensating the victims, the rest of the family property will be confiscated, and the rent of the prisoner's land will be reduced to one to five after the land is confiscated, and the family will be distributed to Lingnan." ”
When Li Chengqian said this, the eldest grandson Jian sneered and said to Zhining: "The prince is like this, why bother to make such a big formation?"
The other officials also breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and it was finally over.
But he heard Li Chengqian say calmly in Taiwan: "According to the Tang law, these should be beheaded in the autumn, so today the lone king will be the master of each of them to fight 200 military sticks." ”
Li Chengqian's sentence was enshrined in the Eight Winds Hall under the stage, and the people in front of the stage let out earth-shattering cheers, and the officials on both sides were taken aback by Li Chengqian's move, which directly wanted their lives!
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