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Li Congjing found Sun Fangchuan in the prison of the Criminal Department, because he was the first offender, he was escorted to Luoyang very early, and it was precisely because of his effective interrogation that Zhang Chunlai, Sun Xing and others surfaced. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoSun Fangchuan's face is not very good now, although he has not suffered any criminal law, but the mental torture he has suffered in the past few days should be more painful than the physical trauma.

Sun Fangchuan told Li Congjing that he had no friendship with Kong Xun, the envoy of the Xuanwu Army in Bianzhou, and that it was impossible for the other party to intercept the Taiyuan officials in the middle of the road because they wanted to protect him. The reason why Sun Fangchuan accepted his fate was because even if there were no officials in Taiyuan as witnesses, the evidence that Li Congjing now had was enough to make him lose his life.

Li Congjing and Sun Fangchuan talked for half an hour, and after careful observation, the former believed that the latter showed no signs of lying.

Coming out of the prison where Sun Fangchuan was held, Li Congjing went to see Sun Xing and Zhang Chunlai successively.

When the Taiyuan officials were about to enter the border of Bianzhou, the Xuanwu army had a strange move, and Kong Xun also had an unusual performance, which of course made Li Congjing have to scruple whether Kong Xun intended to intercept those Taiyuan officials and prevent the other party from entering the court, or simply let the Xuanwu army pretend to be thieves and kill them halfway.

If Kong Xun is not for Sun Fangchuan, then it is very likely for Sun Xing and Zhang Chunlai.

As a short-lived important minister of the court, now there are a number of local officials, sitting in important places in Bianzhou, to say that Kong Xun has no close contacts with officials in the DPRK and China, Li Congjing will not believe it anyway. Since Sun Fangchuan, who was ineffective in implementing the new policy, because of his collusion with Zhang Chunlai, Sun Xing and others, the imperial court could not detect his true face in time, then Kong Xun was also regarded as an appropriate official to implement the new policy before the Bianzhou Jinguan whistleblower, and it is very likely that someone in the court helped him cover it up.

-- Although there are reasons for seeking meritorious service for himself and wanting to make meritorious contributions, the whistleblowing of the Bianzhou Jinguan is not a manifestation of the new policy winning the hearts of the people and the imperial court?

In the face of Li Congjing's interrogation, Sun Xing's performance was to refuse to speak, and he made up his mind to keep his mouth shut. Li Congjing used torture methods, but he couldn't get the other party to speak. This squire of the Criminal Department, who was on the verge of mental collapse during the interrogation some time ago, confessed a lot of things, and after hearing about the changes in Bianzhou, his surprising state stabilized, and he gritted his teeth and fought hard.

This made Li Congjing basically confirm that the change in Bianzhou was related to some important officials of the court involved in Sun Fang's case. And among those Taiyuan officials, there are people who can affect the honor and disgrace of some important ministers of the imperial court, and even life and death. Kong Xun wanted to control and kill those Taiyuan officials in order to protect some important officials of the imperial court, but also to protect himself.

In this sense, it is very likely that Kong Xun does not know that the Bianzhou Jinguan has told him a secret. His various actions were not rebellion after learning that the imperial court was going to rectify him.

If this is the case, just to deal with the Taiyuan officials, Kong Xun did not hesitate to let the sergeants make trouble - no matter what method he used, he would inevitably be guilty in the end, then it can only be said that the Taiyuan officials are indeed related to the lifeblood of some court officials, and those court officials are related to Kong Xun's lifeline.

Sun Xing's timely "awakening" and cherishing words like gold may have seen a glimmer of life, and it was this glimmer of vitality that made him decide to change his attitude from cooperation to non-cooperation.

This made Li Congjing realize that Sun Fang's case and Kong Xun's case were afraid that the water was very deep, otherwise, in front of him, Sun Xing would not be able to still want to seek that glimmer of life.

After getting limited things from Sun Xing, Li Congjing met Zhang Chunlai again.

Unexpectedly, compared to Sun Xing, who usually behaves perversely and looks very powerful and strong, Zhang Chunlai, who usually does not speak much and is kind to him, said something to Li Congjing.

"The world has accumulated evils for a long time, and it has almost reached the point where it is difficult to return, and this is true of feudal towns, prefectures and counties, and the same is true of the court. Your Majesty and His Royal Highness are the lords and virtuous kings of the world, with fierce ambitions, and they intend to turn the tide and support the general of the building, so they implemented a new policy, streamlined and enriched the forbidden army, weakened the feudal towns, and rectified the prefectures and counties, in order to strengthen the weak branches, concentrate the power of the world in the imperial court, clear the universe, and create a prosperous era. However, governing the country is like a doctor, the wounded and the sick are difficult to return, and the doctor wants to bring the dead back to life, before taking medicine, he must be clear about the condition of the injured. Today, Your Majesty and His Royal Highness want to cure the world, but have you ever known all the pathologies in the world and know the art of healing? ”

Li Congjing didn't expect this old Shangshu to suddenly say such a thing, so he held his patience and waited for the other party to continue.

Zhang Chunlai, who was not wearing prison clothes but was wearing plain clothes, sat in the gloomy prison, raised his head and muttered: "Above the court, up to the princes of the Gungun, down to the six members of the foreign lang and even the scribes, but all those who have some authority in their hands, in this world where everyone is drunk and the world is turbid, how many can get out of the mud without staining, and are they really innocent?" After the Anshi Rebellion, Su Zong built the name in Lingwu, used Zheng Shuqing as the imperial history, and took loans and sold officials to the wealthy merchants' homes in Jianghuai to benefit the country. Dezong asked Heshuo and Li Xilie, and the material resources were exhausted, so he levied miscellaneous taxes and taxes from the world, and the capital tax the houses of the common people, and counted the assets of the merchants, and taxed them in fractions (a few fractions of the total assets), and ordered the world's magnates, officials, wealthy families, monks, cattle and sheep to help the king to conquer. The distinction between public and private goods has been abolished so far. ”

"At the beginning, after Xingyuan Ke returned to Beijing, the treasury had no money, so he ordered all the ways to enter the service for the use of the imperial court, and then the imperial court often demanded it, that is, when the thieves were pacified and the court had nothing to do, in addition to paying taxes, the service was endless. When it was, Jiangxi had a moon advance, Jiannan had a day advance, and all the provinces and towns competed to enter the worship to consolidate grace. In order to collect money, the festival envoy made a secret decree and wantonly stole official goods, and those who paid taxes on vegetables and fruits, and those who died were taxed, and the wealth they plundered was offered to two or three out of ten, and the rest were put into their private pockets. Pei Su is the history of Changzhou Thorn, because of the many people who enter the Feng, they will be promoted in a few days, and the history of the world's Thorns will enter the Feng, which will begin. Yan Shou was the judge, poured the resources of the military government into the service, and was promoted, and the judges in the world entered the service, which began. In addition to the counties of Zhudaozhou, there are salt and iron, Caoyun, and Cangqiao prisons. Officials in the world, who enter the imperial court, how many people who enter the treasury of the government, how many people who enter the public and private pockets of the court, and those who are good at drilling camps, how can they not intersect with the important ministers of the court? Although His Majesty has quit the world and entered the service, but because of the system of entering the service, the officials of the towns, prefectures and counties of the provinces and the important ministers of the court, how can they ever stop it? ”

Sighing, Zhang Chunlai said slowly: "The matter of the new deal, although it consumes energy, requires the world's officials to give up the way of accumulating wealth, and devote themselves to practical things, although there are many officials who are vain and do not fulfill their duties, but after all, this matter can make the world's wealth abundant, can make the tax treasury full, this 'increase in income', not only to increase the country's income', but also to make the officials 'increase in income', so there are many people who are willing to do it." The New Deal can have many effects, and the harvest of today's appearance is rooted in this. But what about rectifying the rule of officials? The world has been suffering for a long time, the world is turbid, and few people are innocent, Your Majesty's rectification of the rule of officials is not only a 'reduction of income', but a robbery of people's jobs and their lives, how many people are willing to do it? Once the power of the officials to rectify is too great, how many people will not resist, how many people will not make trouble, and how many people will not rise up? ”

Hearing this, Li Congjing fell into deep thought.

This old Shangshu of the household department has seen the case of Sun Fang clearly, and knows that the imperial court is going to use this to kick off the prelude to the rectification of the rule of officials, it is not unusual for him to see it, and anyone with a discerning eye can speculate on this matter.

Coming out of the prison, the sun was just right outside, and Li Congjing stood under the eaves for a while.

It is difficult to rectify the rule of officials, and it is difficult to go to the sky. If you just want to kill chickens and monkeys, shake the world a little, and let the hundred officials restrain some arrogance, the number of people affected is limited, and the resistance encountered will be weak, and even the court can gain some good reputation.

But what the current Tang Dynasty wants is not these false names, not some celebrities or some scholars, so as to praise the court, and then support the court and throw themselves into the arms of the court.

What the empire wants is real prosperity.

"Under the nest, how can there be eggs?" Li Congjing muttered and walked into the light curtain.

The imperial court had no intention of sending all the bad officials in the world into the path of reincarnation at one time, and rectifying the rule of officials also required a process, and to some extent, even a persistent process. In view of the current situation, it is necessary to give certain officials whose bad deeds are not too serious an opportunity to make up for their mistakes and turn over a new leaf.

To change the blood of the empire, it is not a one-time replenishment of drainage, but a batch of batches.

But this time, this head must be opened well, and if the first shot is not fired, the road ahead will not be easy.

As for what Zhang Chunlai said in the end, the dynasty collapsed not only because of the social erosion of inaction, but also because of the excessive force of cutting off the social erosion, and Li Congjing was disdainful.

Maybe that's true, but it definitely doesn't happen to him.

Taiyuan officials must be escorted to Luoyang safely, to give Sun Fang's case a perfect ending, only when this case is completely concluded, can the Kong Xun case be done with great fanfare, so no matter how many people intend to obstruct it, Li Congjing will not agree, even if Kong Xun wants to block the road with Xuanwu soldiers.

"Taiyuan officials will enter the boundary of Bianzhou in a few days, this group of people cannot afford to lose, Yuan Xi, you and Zhang Cong go straight away, take the two capital armor soldiers, rush to Bianzhou, and escort the prisoners back for the imperial court!" Back at the official office, Li Congjing called Su Yuqi and explained the depth of the matter.

Su Yuqi said solemnly: "Your Highness, don't worry, if it doesn't work out, Yu Jue will cut the road by himself!" ”

Although Kong Xun wanted to make some small moves, he must not dare to move the people of the Criminal Department, if he didn't want to rebel. As Su Yu's criminal department, he took two hundred soldiers to accompany him to meet the Taiyuan officials, which was enough.

On the same day, Su Yuqi, who was in an official robe, carried the seal letter of the Criminal Department, and galloped across Luoyang Street with two hundred soldiers and went straight to the outside of the city.

Soon after, the news that the criminal department Bibe Langzhong led the armor soldiers out of the city to the east spread to a deep mansion compound.

In the depths of the compound, in a hall, there are several people sitting on the table.

The hall is full of purple, and the dragon and deer dance together.