The Minister of Transport, Zeng Wangyan, who was questioned, sat on the podium next to the chairman, but his face was calm, and he was not affected by the circle of legislators sitting on the semicircular podium.

Zeng Wangyan was originally the governor of Sichuan in the former dynasty, but he was extremely active after his descent, showing an extraordinary desire for change in the administration of Sichuan, and was later appointed as the imperial minister of transportation by Li Xiaocun.

When the Deputy Minister of Parliament on the rostrum announced the opening of the questioning, Erdenbu was the only one in the parliamentary table who raised his hand.

Zhu Ciqi, vice minister of parliament, stretched out his hand and gave permission for Erdenbu to speak.

Zhu Ciqi, 59 years old, known to the world as Mr. Jiujiang, a native of Guangdong, Kang Youwei and Jian Chaoliang are all from his disciples.

Erden Brown asked: "Lord Ministry, on the road from Baoding to the river, there was a demolition of the Guandi Temple to drive out and injure the villagers, and I also ask the Lord of the Ministry to relieve my confusion." ”

Zeng Wangyan had already prepared, and knew that this matter would inevitably become the focus of questioning, so he rolled his eyes at the materials in his hand and said: "The article of "Friends of China" is very one-sided. The Guandi Temple was not demolished, because of the age, its structure is very unstable, and because of the need to build roads, the local government officials and squires proposed to move to a new site and reshape the golden body; The villagers were bewitched by others, and there were remnants of the twisters who made waves, besieged the construction team, and the drive of armed patrols was completely in accordance with the laws of the empire, and the 35 people who were arrested, of which 27 were the remnants of the twist army. ”

The newspapers of the empire collectively lost their voices on this matter, and it was not heard of in the newspapers of the foreigners in the concession, and only the British newspaper "Friends of China" in Tianjin reported it one after another.

Erdenbu asked for details again, and Zeng Wangyan answered them one by one.

According to the rules and procedures of the Imperial Council, the question of the Minister of Parliament can only cover the areas for which the Minister concerned is directly responsible in his or her capacity as Minister, and the Minister is responsible for explaining to the Council the legal and legitimate surname of his policy and acts, while the Minister may not be questioned in the field of public life, such as the errands of the Yamen, the affairs of commercial secrets, etc. Questions from defense secrets and security agencies will not be questioned. Unless there is a major motion from the Senate, the legislator is not allowed to criticize or discuss the judge's adjudication behavior. Similarly, it is forbidden to arbitrarily criticize the royal family during questioning.

Of course, the last clause is estimated to come into effect in later generations, and nowadays, mentioning the royal family is all about praise and virtue, let alone criticism or not.

During the questioning, the political envoy is not allowed to look at the written materials, and the questions are prepared in advance. The Minister who is questioned is free to read from the script and prepare sufficient information.

This is also a kind of fairness, especially in later generations, when the questioned minister is likely to face the siege of many MPs, and the policy direction and behavior are not playing brain teasers, let alone debating eloquence, and the issue can be clearly explained to be fair to the political axe.

Listening to Erdenbu and Zeng Wangyan's questions and answers, the first inquiry meeting of the Imperial House of Representatives obviously did not have any smell of gunpowder.

No other envoys questioned him, only Erdenbu sang a one-man show.

Ye Zhao had already heard that there were only two parliamentary envoys who applied for oral questioning, and now he was more interested in the other person, behind Erdenbu was Zhu Sisi, who could ask questions about government affairs, and there was nothing about it, and the other parliamentary envoy was the first person to take the initiative to question the imperial government affairs, this courage was amazing!

Erdenbu ended his questioning with a kind remark of "Thank you, Lord Ministry, for your doubts."

And Ye Zhao finally saw the second political envoy who raised his hand, a young man in his thirties, far away, unable to see his face clearly, but his voice was extremely clear. Zhu Ciqi, vice minister of parliament, introduced his identity, He Ruzhang, a parliamentary envoy from Guangdong.

Ye Zhao was slightly stunned, Guangdong? He Ruzhang? Isn't Mo the first minister in history?

He Ruzhang asked loudly: "Lord Ministry, this year's imperial financial appropriation for the construction of the Zhili Road, the repeated additional budget, is twice as much as Guangdong Province, Guangdong is rich in people, although the private capital to build roads, but the Ministry of Communications's approach, isn't it favoritism?" ”

Zeng Wangyan said: "This question involves military deployment and defense secrets. ”

He Ruzhang still wanted to ask, but Zhu Ciqi, the vice minister of parliament, had already stopped him, because on the application submitted by He Ruzhang, there was only one question to ask, and it is estimated that he would not expect Zeng Wangyan to answer like this, and after all, the first question meeting, the understanding of the rules and procedures is naturally biased, maybe I think I can ask questions casually.

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, he asked well, and he answered well. Got up, surrounded by the guards, and left through the back door, and in the conference hall, there was a chaotic sound of seats, and the envoys stood up one after another to pay attention.

…… Walking in the dungeon, Ye Zhao was a little helpless, this was the second time he had come to the Internal Affairs Office in half a month.

I just listened to Rui Si's report in the East Warm Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, but he suddenly heard Rui Si say that he had arrested Viscount Bulin's wife into the Internal Affairs Mansion, and Ye Zhao was taken aback.

After careful questioning, I learned that the clerk of the Russian embassy surnamed Li, who had bought the assassins of the Fairness Party, had been arrested, and he confessed that everything was instructed by Mrs. Brynn, and that the money was given to him by Mrs. Brin, and that Mrs. Bryn would meet with a big figure of the Justice Party.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately wired, just in the New World Ballroom to capture Mrs. Brin and the leader of the Fairness Party who met with her in one fell swoop, Rui Si immediately ran to the forbidden palace to ask for credit, obviously to catch the troublemakers as their own responsibility to catch the international surname game still can't see through the game, thinking that if you can get her confession if you can catch Mrs. Brynn, it will be equivalent to grabbing Viscount Brin's pigtails, and she will definitely be praised by the master.

Ye Zhao couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly ordered Ruisi to call the Internal Affairs Office, so that the spies were not allowed to do anything to hurt Mrs. Brin. But Ye Zhao was a little uneasy after all, no matter which country's intelligence department, it has its own secrets, compared with other countries' intelligence agencies, the Internal Affairs Office may be the most transparent to himself, but there must be deception, of course, the premise may be because of loyalty.

But Mrs. Brin's matter is not small, and I am afraid that Ruisi's head will not be able to turn around, so I am really a little worried about handing it over to him.

Although Viscount Brin tried to help the Northern Dynasty back then, and now he is not lonely in the eyes of the capital, and he is regarded as an "old rival" of the empire, but many things must be in order, right?

Rui Si and the secret agents of the Internal Affairs Office, firstly, they are bold, and secondly, they hate Viscount Brin to the core, but they are afraid that they can really do anything.

Ye Zhao was really a little worried, and it seemed that he had guessed correctly.

Outside the iron door of the torture room, I heard the screams of the women inside, and then the sound of the cloth breaking, and the guards kicked the door open, the light in the torture room was dim, the fire was flickering, and all kinds of torture instruments were eerie and terrifying.

A beautiful Rakshasa young woman was hanging from the rope on both hands and wrists, and she was wearing a gorgeous blue silk lace trimmed European aristocratic women's long dress, the skirt was extremely wide, but now the hanging feet were slightly off the ground, a milky white leather shoe fell to the ground, and the white stockings were full of mud and extremely embarrassed.

In front of her, there was a shirtless big man, who was grabbing the skirt on her chest with both hands, click, and in her scream, a pair of white and jade-like Shuo ** rooms broke free and jumped out, and on the other side, there was a hideous man holding a red soldering iron and was eager to try.

The roaring stove made the torture room have a tyrannical heat, two bare-chested men, with terrifying torture instruments in their hands, and opposite, there was a beautiful blonde young woman like a lamb to be slaughtered, with a seductive jade body half-exposed, crying and screaming, kicking his feet wildly, facing the fate of being slaughtered, and his brain buzzed to stimulate the boundless temptation of tyrannical conquest in the deepest part of his heart.

Ye Zhao even heard that Rui Si's breathing on his side became short.

At this time, the two big men looked back in amazement, and Rui Si also reacted very quickly, and said angrily: "Get out!" When he saw that the master glanced at himself, his heart pounded, and he knew that the master was saying, "This is your person?" How is it disciplined? ”

I've just called, but these daring bastards! Do you think you can steal the credit?

Seeing the face of Manager Rui, the two men knew that something was wrong, and together with the thin and tall interpreter who was full of silver smiles, he slipped out. And one of the female guards had stepped forward, covered Mrs. Brynn's snow-white breasts with a large sheath, felt for the dagger, and the cold light flashed, and in the screams of Mrs. Brynn, the ropes that bound her hands and wrists were broken, and Mrs. Brynn fell into the arms of the female guard.

Ye Zhao didn't speak, and strode out.

More than an hour later, in a quiet courtyard with pine and cypress on the east side of the Internal Affairs Mansion, Mrs. Brin, who was frightened, saw Ye Zhao.

At the stone table, Mrs. Brin, who had changed into a European aristocratic dress of the same blue silk lace, was still frightened when she heard the chaotic footsteps outside the courtyard, and the female guard patted her shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid. The female guard often followed Sava and Ye Zhao encouraged them to study, and Sava was very playful and liked to teach them Russian when she had nothing to do. The female guard who came to the Internal Affairs Office with Ye Zhao can not only speak and listen, but also write fluent Russian.

Then Mrs. Bryn heard a gentle male voice, which the maid had translated, and she realized that it meant "sorry for what had just happened."

Glancing at the handsome Chinese nobleman opposite, Mrs. Brin hurriedly lowered her gaze again, Chinese men are all terrible devils, devils who are good at disguise.

Ye Zhao sat on the opposite side of the stone table, looking at the long-sleeved lace skirt outside her wrist, Mrs. Brin's snow-white little hands were still shaking, and every minute or two, she was trembling regularly, obviously frightened.

Ye Zhao said: "Your actions have violated the laws of our country, and in accordance with diplomatic immunity, we will expel you from China." ”

Mrs. Brin raised her head suddenly, obviously unable to believe Ye Zhao's words.

Ye Zhao said again: "According to your confession, your actions were instructed by Mr. Brin, and Mr. Bryn will also be deported by us." "Don't say that Rui Si is doing a disservice, without this threat, Mrs. Brin, who is still arrogant after being arrested, will not cry and shout to put the blame on her husband.

Mrs. Bryn was surprised, "No, you can't do that, I was frightened, and you have no right to interrogate me, and my confession cannot be admitted." ”

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(To be continued)