Chapter 631: Briefly Speaking of Peace (4)
Li Siyuan saw that the emperor had gone up. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Li Siyuan saw that the ceremony was over, and he asked the emperor: "Why did the minister dare to kill Guo Chongtao?" ”
The emperor said: "Guo Chongtao should be killed if he defected to the enemy and betrayed the country." ”
Li Siyuan said: "The minister dares to ask the emperor, is there any evidence that Guo Chongtao defected to the enemy and betrayed the country?" ”
The emperor said: "There is one of his family members to testify, and Kong Lian's rebellion is also evidence." ”
Li Siyuan said: "The minister dares to ask the emperor again, can the news of Kong Lian's rebellion be true?" ”
The emperor said: "Some people say that, but the exact news has not yet arrived. ”
Li Siyuan said: "It's just that a family member said that Prime Minister Guo Cheng was guilty, and the news of Kong Lian's rebellion is not accurate, and the minister thinks that it is too early for the emperor to kill Guo Chongtao." The emperor, please think about it, Guo Chongtao is not crazy or stupid, and he is very smart, if he really rebels, will he dare to come back to see the emperor? ”
The emperor listened: Yes.
The emperor thought about it, and the emperor said: "Maybe he was caught by the Xishu army when he was defeated, and under the persecution of the Xishu army, in order to survive, he would agree to what conditions Xishu had." ”
Li Siyuan said: "Even if that is the case, Guo Chongtao's surrender is fake. Moreover, the law cannot convict others with vague words such as 'probably, maybe, probably'. ”
After the emperor listened to Li Siyuan's words, he nodded.
The emperor thinks that Li Siyuan's words have some truth.
The emperor asked Li Siyuan: "Prime Minister Li, how do you think Guo Chongtao's case should be handled?" ”
Li Siyuan said: "The minister believes that Guo Chongtao's case should be further tried, and it is not too late to kill Guo Chongtao after finding evidence of Guo Chongtao's definite rebellion." Guo Chongtao is an important minister of the imperial court, and if he kills the wrong person, it is very important. Anyway, it's nothing to kill Guo Chongtao a few days later. After finding out the definite evidence of Guo Chongtao's rebellion, he killed Guo Chongtao, which also convinced the ministers. ”
When the emperor heard it: That's what happened.
The emperor said, "Okay. ”
The emperor has approved the book.
Li Siyuan was very happy to see that the emperor had approved the book.
The emperor also said that the next step would be for Li Siyuan to try Guo Chongtao's case.
When Li Siyuan heard that he would be asked to try Guo Chongtao's case next, he was even more happy.
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Li Siyuan took the emperor's holy decree and saw Kong Qiantao go.
Soon, Li Siyuan met Kong Qian.
After Li Siyuan saw Kong Qian, he read the emperor's decree to Kong Qian, and Kong Qian grinned at that time.
Kong Qianxin said: The next step is to let Li Siyuan interrogate Guo Chongtao, isn't it troublesome? After finding out the exact evidence of Guo Chongtao's rebellion, he killed Guo Chongtao, Guo Chongtao has no evidence of rebellion, where can he find out? Besides, Kong Qian also has a ghost in his heart, and he killed Guo Chongtao this time mainly because he beat Guo Chongtao's family.
Kong Qian thought to himself: The next case will be tried by Li Siyuan, can Li Si be able to try it?
Kong Qian felt as if he had eaten eight bitter gourds.
But there is no way, Li Siyuan has the emperor's decree in his hand.
Kong Qian had no choice but to let Guo Chongtao go.
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The emperor asked Li Siyuan to try Guo Chongtao's case, and the next day Li Siyuan began to try Guo Chongtao's case.
After all the officials and officials came, Li Siyuan asked Guo Chongtao to be brought up.
Li Siyuan has tried Guo Chongtao for the second time, and Li Siyuan has interrogated Guo Chongtao once before, and that time it was also Peacock who assassinated Guo Chongtao.
After Guo Chongtao came up, Li Siyuan asked Guo Chongtao: "Guo Chongtao said that you rebelled, but is there such a thing?" ”
In fact, Li Siyuan also knew that Guo Chongtao could not rebel, this was just performing official duties.
When Guo Chongtao saw Li Siyuan asking, he said.
What Guo Chongtao said, there is no need to go into detail here.
After Guo Chongtao finished speaking, Li Siyuan asked Guo Chongtao to be taken down.
Later, Li Siyuan asked people to bring Guo Chongtao's family up, the family member who made Kong Qian bend into a trick.
That family member was carried up, and he was beaten by Kong Qian so that he couldn't walk.
As soon as the family member was carried up, he shouted: "Master Qingtian, you can come, help your life!" ”
That family member can see the Qing official!
The family heard about it in prison last night, and the emperor sent the right prime minister Li Siyuan to try the case of Guo Chengxiang.
Li Siyuan asked the family member: "Let me ask you, you said that your master and Xishu often have correspondence, but what you said is true?" ”
The family member said: "My lord, make the decision for me, for our Prime Minister Guo Cheng!" The words I said that day were all made by Kong Qian, if I don't say that, Kong Qian will beat me to death! It's also that I'm spineless, and it's also that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, so I said those words with a clear conscience. ”
Li Siyuan asked people to write down what the family said, and Li Siyuan also asked the family to press their handprints.
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Li Siyuan took the confession of that family member and went to see the emperor.
After Li Siyuan brought the confession of the family to the emperor's eyes, the emperor was taken aback when he saw it.
The emperor said in his heart: Could it be that Guo Chongtao's case is really an unjust case created by Kong Qian?
The emperor immediately instructed his subordinates: "Quickly call Kong Qian to me!" ”
After a while, Kong Qian came.
As soon as Kong Qian came, the emperor threw the confession of the family to Kong Qian.
The emperor asked Kong Qian: "Kong Qian, you say, what's going on?" ”
Kong Qian had no choice, he had to close his eyes to defend himself.
Kong Qian said: "Back to the emperor's words, that's the case, the emperor asked the minister to try Guo Chongtao's rebellion case, how did the minister ask Guo Chongtao, Guo Chongtao didn't say, the minister wanted to work Guo Chongtao's family, the minister arrested Guo Chongtao's family for interrogation, the minister saw that Guo Chongtao had a family member whose eyes were purring, and the minister guessed that the person might know something, the minister ......, and the minister moved Xing to them. ”
The emperor said, "Go down, pay attention later." ”
The emperor didn't say anything to blame Kong Qian.
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Why didn't the emperor blame Kong Qian?
First, the emperor thinks that the words of Li Siyuan and that family may not be true;
Second, Kong Qian's daughter Peacock is his Xigong Niangniang, for the sake of Xigong Niangniang's face, he is not good at blaming Kong Qian too deeply;
Third, Kong Qian usually has a good impression in the eyes of the emperor, Kong Qian is usually very good at pleasing the emperor, if it is not a big mistake, the emperor does not want to be surprised.
Kong Qian went down.
Seeing the emperor this time, Kong Qian was also scared into sweat.
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After Kong Qian left, the emperor asked Li Siyuan: "Brother Huang, what do you think I should do with Guo Chongtao?" ”
Li Siyuan said: "Guo Chongtao is the emperor's hero, the emperor should treat him lightly, Guo Chongtao and Xishu have not found evidence yet, the emperor should temporarily put him home, Guo Chongtao has been suspected of having dealings with Xishu, the emperor should first take his official position to the end." ”
Li Siyuan also wanted to take a step back for himself, although he knew in his heart that Guo Chongtao could not have dealings with Xishu, he didn't dare to say that Guo Chongtao must have no dealings with Xishu, in case he could find some evidence that Guo Chongtao had dealings with Xishu in the future. Li Siyuan also knew that Kong Qian might write a letter to his brother Kong Lian, asking his brother to see that Kong Lian had rebelled, and if Kong Lian rebelled, perhaps Kong Lian's rebellion was evidence of Guo Chongtao's defection to the enemy.
The emperor said, "Okay." ”
The emperor has approved the book again.
However, when the emperor issued an edict, he could say in the holy decree that I could let Guo Chongtao go home, but Guo Chongtao could not leave the capital, and Guo Chongtao must be on call.
After the emperor wrote the decree, he immediately asked people to pass it on.
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After the emperor finished dealing with Guo Chongtao's matter, he asked Li Siyuan again: "Brother Huang, what do you think I should do next?" ”
Li Siyuan offered advice to the emperor, first recruited Kong Lian into Beijing, and then briefly made peace with Xishu.