The great court meeting started early in the morning, and when the court meeting and the court meeting were over, the time was already in the afternoon, and the Son of Heaven gave food to the princes in the Wenhua Palace.

Zuodu Yushi Jiang Xinyue left the palace and returned to the Xicheng Metropolitan Procuratorate in less than half of the time, which can be converted to three o'clock in the afternoon.

Lord Zongxian couldn't wait to send a messenger to summon Li You to personally convey the spirit of today's court meeting. In fact, he didn't know about Li Youjuan's invitation to Tingju before, but Jiang Zongxian would not be angry about this, he was used to this situation.

This is a feature of the Imperial Procuratorate, and all of them have the right to play independently and directly when they are on errands, and whether or not to note the history of the left capital only depends on the mood. This is claimed to be to avoid blockage of the road, and the imperial history of Zuodu will be dissatisfied with this, so he will wait to be besieged by the imperial history group.

Seeing Li You enter the house, Jiang Zongxian informed: "You play the court bow, and the saint has approved it today." When the time is tomorrow, the place is still in the east court, and you are still in charge. ”

After that, Jiang Zongxian carefully observed Li You's face, which was why he wanted to personally convey his will to Li You. Things have come to such a point that he has basically successfully stayed out of the matter, and he does not have to take responsibility for this case, but he is just curious about how Li You will solve the case.

However, Li You's face was silent, and Jiang Zongxian really couldn't see any depth.

"Thank you Dazhong Cheng for telling me, if there is nothing else, the lower officials must prepare carefully."

In the afternoon of the same day, the internal and external courtiers will meet tomorrow in the Dongchaofang, and the news of the first court Ju Lianghuai Yu Yan case and the later court push the scholars spread all over the yamen. It should be said that these two things are quite eye-catching, but compared to each other, it is obvious that the latter one is more touching.

Although the Lianghuai salt case shook the government and the opposition, it can be called the first major case in Jinghe, but it really lacks any suspense. Even if the famous Li Baixian comes forward, he will definitely only kill half of the existing criminals. At most, it will be a few sentences of sentencing debate, and no one else will be involved, because it is really impossible to continue to implicate.

The level of the existing criminals is high enough, and if they are implicated, they will be at the level of Xu Shoufu and Wei Guogong. And the next assistant is just a student of Zhang Ruoyu's old Shoufu in the past with Ding Yun's envoy, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove whether Xu Shoufu knew about the cover-up, and he has never seen Xu Shoufu intercede for Ding Qianyun. You can't just mess with each other just because of the same relationship.

As for the Duke of Wei, he has been hereditary since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and will continue to rest with the country, these two words are not a joke. Besides, at present, Grandpa Xu is being favored by the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven, and it is about to be like this before it is hot, and today he is openly pulled into the court by the Son of Heaven. It is difficult to condemn him to heaven.

Therefore, compared with the Lianghuai Salt case, which is already doomed for most of the ending, it is still Tingtui University Scholar who arouses more suspicion. It can be described as full of suspense, and the result cannot be revealed until the last moment.

In addition, the scholar is the assistant of the court, which is related to the entire political trend and power structure, and the significance of this to the officials of the Beijing Division, especially the promising officials, is self-evident.

No matter how big the Lianghuai salt case is, it can't be more than this vital interest, it is nothing more than a huge case in the local area, and it is very good as a pastime after dinner, but it is still a few points short of affecting the direction of the officialdom of Beijing.

Speaking of which, when the former envoy of Nading was in charge of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division, he also sent "Bing Jing" and "Tan Jing" to the major yamen of the Jianjing Division every year. But the custom is like this, and the law does not blame the public, and whoever wants to talk about this is tantamount to being an enemy of the entire Beijing officialdom.

Li You came out of Jiang Zongxian, once again refused all visitors, and quietly closed the door to avoid suspicion. Tonight there was a celebration banquet for the ceremonial officials of the Great Dynasty Meeting, and he had planned to attend it, but because of tomorrow's events, he couldn't refuse.

Li You, as the chief judge of Tingju, is cautious in his words and deeds, but many others may not be able to settle down. To tell the truth, the Son of Heaven issued an order to promote scholars this time, and the time was set for tomorrow, which was quite sudden and caught many people off guard. …,

The courtiers thought that the Son of Heaven would be familiar with it for ten days and a half before he would make a move, but they did not expect such a hurry, from afternoon to late at night, I don't know how many people did not touch the ground, and kept running and busy.

However, these have nothing to do with Li You, and in his eyes, the people who are busy for Tingtui are similar to clowns, and they are destined to be in vain.

Back at home, Li You continued to think deeply about tomorrow's events, repeatedly deliberating on various possibilities, which was his good habit. For a while, he was absent-minded with his daughter in his hand, which made the eldest sister who had just passed her second birthday very unhappy.

Jin Bao'er took her daughter away with interest, and explained softly: "Since I arrived in Jingshi, the master has a lot of worries and a lot less smiles, why is this happening, can there be anything short in the family?" ”

Master Li sighed: "It's not easy to live in Beijing! In the past month, there has been turmoil, and people can't help themselves in the game. But presumably after tomorrow, the world will be peaceful, and the days of stability will come. ”

Early the next morning, when it was overcast, Li You went to collect the prisoners first. This prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is known as the prison of the Criminal Department, and there are no minor offenders in it, and the entrance is strictly guarded inside the high walls.

The prison secretary got the news yesterday, and after checking the seal documents today, and after verifying that they were correct, he went to prison, and after a short time, he brought out the prisoner and handed it over to Li You.

The three of them were dressed in plain cloth clothes, walked into the atrium of the front yard, raised their eyes and saw Li You bowing his hand, and heard him say six, "Today's court bow, please a few adults on the road." ”

Suddenly, there was a sky-high resentment rising from the hearts of the three of them. They thought that after recuperating in prison for several months, they had already grown in heart and were not shocked, but it was not until they really faced Li You that they realized that they were all deceiving themselves. A thousand words, turned into a "bah" word.

However, he said that since Master Li accepted the case, it was the first time he had seen a criminal. These three people have had the fate of being officials in the same city with him, and most of them are his bosses, but now they have become prisoners, but he is the chief judge, which makes Lord Li sigh and sigh at the wonder of life.

Well, the raging anger in the eyes of the three of them was ignored by Lord Li intentionally or unintentionally, and the allusion to who put the three people in the prison was also selectively forgotten by Lord Li, who only remembered that he was fighting back in self-defense.

The prisoner "puffed", and Master Li's nostalgia was all put away and returned to reality. immediately put on a pretense and scolded: "The law of the country is current, you should wait for yourself!" ”

The officers and soldiers of the Fifth Patrol Battalion had already been ordered to have two sentinels come to assist, and under the command of Lord Li, they escorted the prisoners from Xicheng to the right gate of Chang'an.

Then the guards guarding the imperial city and the palace city continued to escort the prisoners, and they were sent to the east court room outside the noon gate.

For Dongchaofang, Li You is no stranger. There are several court rooms outside the noon gate, the west side is used by military attachés, and the east side is used by civil ministers. Usually it is used as a place to wait for the early court, and at other times, whenever there is a meeting of civil officials, it is held in the east court.

Li You was the latest to come with the prisoners, but this was normal, and it was natural for others to come with prisoners like him.

Li You swept the crowd and counted silently. Five Pavilion Elders, Six Shangshu, Twelve Squires, Principal and Deputy Imperial Envoys, Tongzheng Dali, Thirteen Palms, Six Palms... All the courtiers have arrived. As the presiding judge, he coughed and was about to say a few words before starting to bow.

At this moment, suddenly an inner supervisor entered the chamber and shouted: "Holy Decree! Xuan Zhongqing moved to the Wenhua Palace. ”

This will interrupted the train of thought of everyone in the courtroom, this is to bow and push in front of the imperial court? Then the ministers had no choice but to enter the palace and pass through the gate of the meeting and come to the Wenhua Palace.

When I entered the hall, I realized that there were already people waiting on both sides of the throne of the Son of Heaven. Li You looked at it, on one side were the five noble left governors of the Five Military Governors' Mansion, and on the other side were Bai Hanlin, who accompanied the Son of Heaven on his southern tour. …,

Not only Li You, but everyone's hearts were bright. Bai Hanlin is just that, but the appearance of the five nobles here is definitely intentional by the Son of Heaven! If they were allowed to go directly to the court, they were afraid that they would arouse the resistance of all civil officials, so through this way of outflanking on both sides, they gradually and imperceptibly infiltrated the nobles into the court.

Li You muttered in his heart, judging from the close contact during the southern tour, the Son of Heaven does not have this kind of exquisite mind, and there must be someone behind him to guide him.

After a short time, the Son of Heaven ascended to the throne, and the ministers instructed after the ceremony: "Begin!" ”

Li You came out of the queue and signaled slightly to the door, and then the prisoner was brought up. Yang Qianfutai, Ding Qianyun, and Luo Qian's prefect entered the palace, facing dozens of inquiring eyes, many of which were familiar with them, and for a while they were ashamed and hated to find a crack in the gold bricks under their feet to bring in.

Because they were in Yangzhou City, they were actually pulled off by Li Youqi, the youngest and lowest-grade Li Youqi, and they were interrogated by Li You in a blink of an eye.

It's like a laughing stock of officialdom when you say it, and it's a big shame.

In fact, the three of them have already gone through the preliminary trial of the Qin Cha, and their confessions are ready-made. All Li You had to do was to sort out the facts in front of the Son of Heaven and the courtiers, and make a judgment for the Son of Heaven to decide.

In the impatience of the hall, he read the confessions of the three men again, and asked, "What else do you have to say?" ”

Ding Qianyun's envoy was the main culprit, and when he heard this, he said loudly: "The matter of the smugglers of residual salt has been done before the criminal minister takes office!" After taking office, someone from Nanjing came to Nanjing, so I did this crime, but in fact, the mastermind is not me! Xu Weigong and Nanjing guard Wu Dayong are the masterminds! ”

Yang Qianfutai also argued: "The criminal minister's attack on the father of the imperial concubine was all due to the contact of someone from Nanjing, and he misheard and misbelieved it for a while. The mastermind is not me! ”

The new Governor of the Zuo Governor of the Chinese Army, Duke Xu of the State of Wei, came out and said to the Son of Heaven: "What the two said, the ministers really don't know. ”

The Son of Heaven replied to the prisoners: "As you say, the imperial court can send another person to Nanjing to investigate, and if there is a crime, it will not be tolerated!" As for you, no matter what, you are also deeply grateful to the emperor, and it is better to accept the sin and subdue the law first, Li You continues! ”

In fact, the ministers didn't have much energy to deal with this case, and all their thoughts were put on the court push in the back, and that was the critical moment.

Li You got the will of the Son of Heaven, turned to the ministers and said: "From what this official can see, the former Fengyang Governor Yang is still good to say, only the crimes of the former envoy Ding and the former political counselor Luo are not easy to convict. Either the crime should be beheaded, the men in the family will be on the side, and the female relatives will be sold! ”

The faces of the ministers in the palace changed, and the absent-minded ones were also shocked by Li You's words. This punishment is too harsh, and he even wants to kill the minister for the crime, although there is no precedent for such a huge case, but there is no precedent for Jinghe to kill the minister.

Then Master Li said: "You must freeze and cut your nationality for the people, confiscate your family property, and never use it!" ”

This half-penalty is quite lenient. The hall was quiet for the time being, and everyone pondered what the intention of Chief Judge Li put forward the two arguments of one leniency and one strictness, and even the Son of Heaven was curious. PS: This chapter is today! Two shifts tomorrow! One more chapter. ）