Although Yuan Chonghuan was not very afraid of crime and death, he saw an opportunity to avoid the important and light, and he was unwilling to let it go easily, so he quickly agreed: "Yes, yes." It's all because Yuan didn't listen to Teacher Sun's teachings at the beginning. The so-called 'self-cultivation, starting a family, governing the country, and leveling the world', Yuan didn't even achieve self-cultivation, so how can he talk about governing the country and leveling the world? It's really overwhelming. These few words also ask Lord Wen to transfer Emperor Chen ......"

Wen Tiren raised his eyebrows, and deliberately said to the master who was responsible for recording the records in the lobby of the Criminal Department: "These are not the content of this official's inquiry, they are just the interjections of Lord Ji, there is no need to record them, do you know?" ”

The master bookkeeper pointed to Wen Tiren to eat, although he knew that these words were very important, but he could only tear off the piece of paper that he had recorded, tear it into pieces, and pile it aside.

Seeing this, Ji Qingwen was not worried.

He knew very well in his heart that Emperor Chongzhen might not read the records recorded in the main book, but Zhou Yanru, the great opponent of Wen Tiren, would tell these words to Emperor Chongzhen in their original form, and even added fuel and vinegar.

In this way, as soon as Wen Tiren asked a word, he fell behind, so he had to continue to interrogate: "It was the first one just now." Now it's the second crime: theft of city rice and foreign countries. You sold the rice and flour supplied by the imperial court to the Mongol Ulianghabu, and finally the Mongols resold the grain to the Manchurians. It is equivalent to selling the rice and noodles of the imperial court to Manchuria, what is the difference between it and foreign countries? ”

Speaking of this issue, Yuan Chonghuan instantly lost Fang Cai's groveling appearance, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, he thought about it for a while, and said, "Lord Wen, that's the case. Yuan was in Liaodong back then, which was a bitter cold place in the northeast, but the forces of several parties were intricate. Regardless of the fact that there may not be unity among the several tribes within Manchuria, there are three forces in Guangguang, including the Celestial Empire, Mongolia, and Manchuria. Among them, the Manchurian Tatars were iron-hearted and the enemies of the Celestial Empire, but the Mongols were the first two ends. Therefore, when there was a famine in Mongolia, Yuan also had to sell some grain to the Mongols according to the situation. Otherwise, the Mongols would have leaned towards the Manchurian Tartars and fought against the Celestial Empire together with the Tartars. ”

Wen Tiren listened to Yuan Chonghuan's explanation, thought about it carefully, and said: "However, the grain you sold to the Mongols was sent to the Manchurian Tartars. Even if you don't have the motive of being an enemy in your heart, the grain eventually ends up on the side of the Manchurian Tartars. Even so, you are the Jiliao Inspector, and you are still guilty of negligence! ”

Yuan Chonghuan did not budge and said: "Lord Wen has never been on the front line, and he doesn't know the difficulties of the front line. Military affairs are different from government affairs. Government affairs are not in a hurry, you can discuss slowly, adopt the opinions of the people and then slowly implement, for major affairs, maybe you can also find one or two small counties to try it out, see how effective it is. However, military affairs are different, crises and opportunities are often fleeting, and sometimes decisions are made and made, as long as the general direction is correct, it is inevitable that there will be some lack of consideration in the details. I would like to ask Lord Wen to be considerate of this. ”

Wen Tiren has indeed never done military affairs, but it is reasonable to deduce, let alone the military affairs in Yuan Chonghuan's mouth, even the government affairs he handles, it may not have reached the point where all affairs are impeccable and seamless.

Therefore, Wen Tiren agreed with Yuan Chonghuan's explanation from the bottom of his heart, but Yuan Chonghuan was openly and secretly saying that he did not understand military affairs, did not understand military affairs, and did not know military conditions, but this undoubtedly violated Wen Tiren's dignity and prestige as the chief judge, which was unacceptable.

I only heard Wen Tiren Yun have enough strength to say: "Criminal Minister Yuan Chonghuan, you are ......"

Before he could say anything, he listened to Ji Qingwen on the side and said lightly: "Lord Wen is worthy of being the secretary of the Criminal Department, and his ability to try cases is first-class. In my opinion, Yuan Chonghuan's crime of negligence can be confirmed. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall, from Wen Tiren to Yuan Chonghuan, was stunned.

They all thought that Ji Qingwen and Yuan Chonghuan, with Sun Chengzong's relationship with their fellow brothers and sisters, were natural political allies, and at this juncture, Ji Qingwen would definitely defend Yuan Chonghuan in every possible way, so how could he take the initiative to convict Yuan Chonghuan now?

In fact, this is a countermeasure that Ji Qingwen has repeatedly discussed with Li Yan in the past few days.

Ji Qingwen has traveled from the 21st century, and he also knows a lot about Yuan Chonghuan, an "old Internet celebrity" who will be found out and analyzed on the Internet in less than ten days and half a month. Knowing that in actual history, Emperor Chongzhen hated Yuan Chonghuan's actions very much, otherwise even if Yuan Chonghuan deserved to be executed, then he should be merciful, let him kill himself, leave him with a whole body, or send him to the entrance of the vegetable market to be stabbed in the head, so why let Yuan Chonghuan suffer from the thousands of cuts?

Based on this, Ji Qingwen and Li Yan discussed it several times, and felt that it was obviously unrealistic to forcibly refute all of Yuan Chonghuan's sins, and it was very likely to set himself on fire and steal chickens and rice. Therefore, he had to avoid the important and light, and convict him of a few crimes that would not lead to death, which not only sent Emperor Chongzhen away, but also prevented Yuan Chonghuan from dying.

The "crime of negligence" mentioned by Fang Cai is a product of this guiding ideology -- after all, when you are an official and do things, there is no one who does not make a mistake at all, it is nothing more than a bigger mistake and a smaller mistake, and the punishment will not be too heavy.

The adults who were present to interrogate Yuan Chonghuan were all human spirits who had been enlightened for many years, and they heard the intention of Ji Qingwen's words in an instant.

I only heard that Shoufu Zhou Yanru immediately echoed: "That's right." Yuan Chonghuan, as an important minister of the imperial court, didn't even realize such an obvious thing, he really deserved to be punished for the emperor's grace! ”

Wen Tiren's shrewdness is not below Zhou Yanru, and he naturally understands Ji Qingwen's intentions. It's just that Wen Tiren thinks that he has a back hand, and this so-called crime of "stealing money from the city and communicating with foreign countries" may not be able to prove Yuan Chonghuan to death, and it is acceptable for him to get the crime of "negligence and ignorance".

So Wen Tiren nodded, which was regarded as selling Ji Qingwen's face, and said to the chief bookkeeper of the Criminal Department: "According to Lord Ji's statement, Yuan Chonghuan himself admitted that this is the crime of negligence. As for how to determine sin, it is still up to God to decide. ”

Seeing that the rest of the adults had no opinions, the master hurriedly picked up a pen and recorded Wen Tiren's words on the transcription paper.

"That's the second point. There is also a third one. Wen Tiren continued to interrogate, "The third is to behead the border commander and destroy the Great Wall. Yuan Chonghuan, what is the crime of Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Dao, who wants to behead him with Shang Fang's sword? Mao Wenlong's Phi Island is in the rear of Manchuria, which is like a nail inserted into the heart of the enemy, so that Manchurian Nurhachi and Huang Taiji father and son do not dare to invade the Celestial Empire with all their might. And you, Yuan Chonghuan, easily killed Mao Wenlong without asking for the holy decree, which is tantamount to relieving the worries of the Manchurian Tartars, so that they can travel thousands of miles to attack the Beijing division without worries. You, Yuan Chonghuan, are the Jiliao Governor who commands the military affairs of Liaodong, and you will not understand this superficial principle of using troops. How did you kill Mao Wenlong? Quickly recruit the official truthfully! ”

Yuan Chonghuan has made countless mistakes in his life, but if it is the biggest and stupidest mistake he has made, he must mention the killing of Mao Wenlong no matter what.

And why Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, this is also a public case in history, and the reasons put forward by authentic historians, keyboard historians, and historical inventors are not a hundred, but seventy or eighty.

Before Ji Qingwen crossed over, he had also seen the keyboard chaos on the Internet about this matter, and now he has traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty, and has become one of the parties and bystanders, so he is naturally interested in hearing with his own ears how Yuan Chonghuan commented on what he did.

I saw Yuan Chonghuan arch his hand and said: "Mao Wenlong is indeed thin and talented, but in Liaodong at that time, killing him was both a coincidence and the general trend!" ”

"Oh?" Wen Tiren sneered, "Listening to your words Yuan Chonghuan, it seems that killing Mao Wenlong is also a hidden reason and a last resort?" You talk to the official and tell the truth, if there is half a sentence of deception or clever words, believe it or not, the official will condemn you to the crime of deceitful king! ”