I don't know whether it is because of the two giants of Hongqing and Zhang Tingyu, or because of Le Xiheng's high efficiency, in short, Hongqing and Zhang Tingyu did not have a long meeting in the lobby, and all the officials who should come to the meeting rushed over.

"Zhang Xiang, can you start?"

Hongqing is the assistant prince, so he naturally has to sit on the main seat on the left, but he is not good at it, but politely arches his hand to Zhang Tingyu, who is sitting next to him, and asks for a word in an indifferent tone.

"The prince is polite, please."

Zhang Tingyu is a cautious person in words and deeds, so naturally he will not compete with Hongqing for the initiative in the trial.

"Well, that's good."

Hongqing was not pretentious, and after a polite sentence, his face turned solemn, and he picked up the startling wood that was resting in the corner of the copywriter and slapped it heavily, and his voice broke off coldly: "Bring the words to this king!" ”

"Wei ...... Wu ......"

Hongqing gave this order, and the officials who were waiting on the side responded loudly, and at the same time, the voice of the shouting was also louder, but the officials and officials did not eat the bowl of rice in the court, although they were extremely hard, but the momentum was really not big, and it was just an amateur level.

"The lower officials knock to see the prince, and knock to see Lord Zhang."

The two officials who went to escort Neyan to the court obviously knew the relationship between him and Hongqing, and did not act rudely to him, and the so-called escort was actually just a show, and he did not kick Neyan down in the hall, but allowed him to come forward to salute.

"Words!"

Hongqing didn't pay attention to the greetings at all, picked up the shocking wood, slapped it again, and broke off his throat with a loud voice.

"The lower official is here."

Although he had already been reminded by Hongqing, he had never experienced such an interrogation situation, he was very flustered, his face was pale, and the sweat on his head was even more like a spring.

"This king asks you, Tang Yao, the prefect of Hangzhou, Qian Shunchang, the prefect of Luzhou, Yanqing, the prefect of Luoyang, and Kening, the prefect of Huangzhou, are all impeached and soliciting bribes, is it true?"

Hongqing did not have the slightest soft-hearted heart because of the embarrassment of the words, and continued to ask with a gloomy face.

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan, ah, Xiaguan has no inside information."

The psychological quality of Ne Yan is really not very strong, obviously Hongqing has already confessed that it is incomparable, and this guy should also be very profitable, but when he really got to the court, he completely forgot about it, but fortunately, he was not stupid to get home, and after a while, he finally remembered the words of response, and he hurriedly shouted loudly.

"Speak!"

Seeing that the words were so casual, Hongqing was really a little crying and laughing, but there was really no way to mention it at this moment, so he could only wait helplessly, but fortunately, he didn't wait in vain, and when he had to say that he was out of the way, Hongqing's tense heartstrings were loosened, but he didn't show it, but he broke off coldly.

"Back to the prince's words, although the lower officials have received the silver, but this is the practice of my officials, not the lower officials alone, the prince, the lower officials are wronged."

After Neyan came back to his senses, he came to some spirits, and the words of shouting grievances could be regarded as smooth.

"Others are someone else's business, this king only asks if you have received the silver from Tang Yao and others, huh?"

Hongqing wanted to say this, but he didn't adopt the reason for his injustice, but asked in a cold voice.

"This, this ......, ah, Xia Guan did accept it."

After stammering for a while, he finally admitted the fact of taking bribes in frustration.

"How much did you collect? Say! ”

Hongqing picked up the shocking wood, slapped it again, and said coldly.

"This ......, ah, the lower official said that's it, the lower official received Tang Yao's eight hundred taels of silver, Qian Shunchang eight hundred taels, Yanqing seven hundred taels, and Kening also seven hundred taels, this is the practice of my Anthology Division, the lower officials did not overcharge, nor did they help them find officials, but just signed the performance appraisal results as usual, and the lower officials really did not use their power for personal gain."

After obviously hesitating for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and confessed according to Hongqing's words in advance.

"Humph!"

Hongqing snorted heavily, but did not make a verdict, but looked sideways at Zhang Tingyu, who frowned slightly, arched his hand, and asked very respectfully: "Zhang Xiang, how do you think this case should be judged?" ”

"Lord Wang, please make your own decision, and the lower officials have no other objections."

Zhang Tingyu still couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Hongqing's gourd at this time, so he didn't want to express his position easily, so he cautiously kicked the ball back to Hongqing's feet.

"Okay, Xiao Wang will trespass."

For Zhang Tingyu's cautiousness, Hongqing had already known it, and seeing that he was unwilling to express his position easily, he didn't force it, but after just a polite word, he picked up the startling wood, slapped it suddenly, and shouted loudly: "Come on, go to wear the flower feather!" ”

"Buzz ......"

Hongqing broke off like this, and the officials in the hall were in an uproar, and many of the Eight Master Party members who originally planned to attack Hongqing by taking advantage of the words were all dumbfounded, and they couldn't understand why Hongqing would be so ruthless to his brother-in-law, and the sound of chaos immediately sounded for a while.

"Smack!"

Seeing that many officials were making a fuss, Hongqing was a little impatient, and slapped the shocked wood again, and then looked around at everyone coldly, and finally fell on the frightened face of Ne Yan, raised his eyebrows, and said in a cold voice: "Ne Yan, you accepted bribes, the amount is huge, you will be removed from your position, confiscated the three thousand taels of silver that you have not gained, and a fine of three thousand taels, you can plead guilty?" ”

"The lower official pleaded guilty."

Since he has already obtained Hongqing's promise to be able to go to the "Eight Banners Firm" to work, he will have more than 200,000 taels of silver to get every year.

"That's good, tomorrow Er will go to the donation office to pay the silver, take the receipt to the reckoning house and inspect it, and still don't return it!"

Hongqing didn't ask Zhang Tingyu again this time, nor did he give Le Xiheng and the others who were on the side a chance to express their opinions, so he broke off coldly and drove the words out of the hall.

"Hmmm......"

Seeing Hongqing so arbitrary, Le Xiheng's face immediately twitched, do you have the heart to come out and oppose it, but you can't find any legitimate reason for a while, no, Hongqing's judgment is not light, and there is no contradiction to the law, so Le Xiheng can only speak out of his mouth.

"Zhang Xiang, although this case has been concluded, however, the matter has not been resolved, it seems to be said that such a trivial official can accept three thousand taels of silver in a year, if there is really a so-called convention, I really don't know how much other people can collect, it seems that if these so-called conventions are not abolished, under the many drawbacks, the society will inevitably be in danger of overturning, what do you say?"

The words had already retreated, and the officials had no objections, but Hongqing didn't intend to end it like this, but seeing that he was throwing his hand towards Zhang Tingyu again, he said it with a sincere face.

"The prince is very worried, this drawback really can't be eliminated, and I don't know if the prince has any good strategy?"

Hearing Hongqing's words, Zhang Tingyu finally knew what Hongqing was going to do, and his heartstrings immediately tightened, but in the face of such a major right and wrong, although Zhang Tingyu did not want to openly offend many colleagues in the ministry, he couldn't help but make a clear statement, but he didn't want to plan a thing or two on this matter, but pushed the problem back to Hongqing.

"Zhang Xiang asked well, in the past few days, Xiao Wang has been thinking about this matter, but he can be regarded as having some gains, or he may be able to eradicate such drawbacks, but he still needs Zhang Xiang to sign an order."

Hongqing did not have the slightest hint of humility, smiled confidently, and had already put on a posture of planning to issue a ban on this, but he did not rush to tell the bottom line, but turned Zhang Tingyu into the army.

"I want to hear about it."

Zhang Tingyu wanted to stay out of the matter, there was nothing to do, this was not a simple ministry rectification, but Hongqing was going to deal with Le Xiheng and others, this was a dispute between the elder brothers, Zhang Tingyu didn't want to be involved, but Hongqing didn't leave him room to move at all, even if he didn't want to, he could only follow Hongqing's wishes and go, who made him the secretary of the ministry.

"Xiao Wang has a charter here, and please look at it, if there is no other objection, while all the officials are there, it will be agreed upon."

As soon as Zhang Tingyu's words fell, Hongqing immediately shook his hand, took out a fold from the wide sleeve, held it with both hands, and handed it to Zhang Tingyu very respectfully.

"Hmm...... is that too harsh?"

Seeing that Hongqing had even drawn up the charter, Zhang Tingyu really couldn't refuse, so he could only helplessly reach out and take the fold, and read it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he was, there was no other, the charter drafted by Hongqing was extremely rigorous, the various prohibitions were very clear, and the relevant penalties were extremely heavy, for example, if someone seemed to be guilty of something else, it would not be a dismissal fine that could be ended, and it would have to be confiscated and distributed, and if it was more serious, it would be to sit through the prison, and even behead was not unusual, Zhang Tingyu was shocked, and he didn't dare to accept it easily.

"Is it too harsh? Xiao Wang doesn't think so, but if he can abide by the law, why should he be afraid of the strictness of the regulations, and now the example of Nayan is in front of him, and there are still people who want to be greedy, that is to knowingly commit it, no matter how strict it is, it is self-inflicted! ”

Since Hongqing sacrificed Neyan's future, it was impossible not to fight back, and he would not give Zhang Tingyu face at this time, so he retorted without any scruples.

"Well, that's fine."

Hearing Hongqing say it so politely, Zhang Tingyu couldn't object anymore, after all, he also had to think about his own situation for the old man a hundred years later, and he didn't want to offend Hongqing and other people who were destined to be brilliant in the future, so after a little groaning, he still chose to second.

"Thank you Zhang Xiangcheng, come here, give this king Xuan!"

Since Zhang Tingyu had already seconded the proposal, Hongqing didn't say any more, picked up the shocking wood and slapped it hard, and broke his throat in a loud voice. As soon as these words came out, the hearts of the officials in the hall immediately rose to their throats......