The reason for the detention of Mo Zhaonan, the second general of Hedong, is that the entire city defense of Taiyuan is now in the hands of Mo Zhaonan, and even if he does not participate, he must be responsible for negligence;

And once he is involved, it will be extremely dangerous if he is not taken down in the first place. If he fights to the death, Yang Yi and Zhang Qi may fall into his control.

After Yang Yi received the report from the guards in Jinyang Tower, he only explained a few words to the guards at that time, and the first one mentioned was Mo Zhaonan.

The guard relayed Yang Yi's original words to Zhang Qi, Zhang Qi was an expert in playing conspiracy, and a few hints were enough.

He first lured Mo Zhaonan to the Criminal Division on the grounds of official business, and after taking it down, he immediately sent someone to take over the second general, and at the same time ordered the eighth general Wei Zhongliang to lead his troops back to Taiyuan to take over the city defense.

Taiping Xingguo seven years of the new Taiyuan city, in order to defend the Liao State, military use than the original Jinyang City more exquisite, it is actually not a single city, but a large and a small, plus three cities, a total of five cities. Wei Zhongliang's eighth general was stationed in the small city, very close, and he urgently drove to Taiyuan to take over the city defense in an hour.

As for the arrest of Huang Meng, the governor of Taiyuan Kusi, and Liu Ming, the head of the Liu family in Hedong, as long as they act suddenly, they are not afraid of them going to the sky at all.

The statistical report of the Liujia Courtyard outside the city came back two hours later, with at least more than 200,000 guan worth of grain and grass materials, 80,000 guan of official silver, 200 divine arm bows, and 3,000 grenades, with a total value of more than 350,000 guan.

In the back office of the Criminal Division, Yang Yi carefully helped Zhang Qi diagnose his pulse, and said with a smile on his face: "Zhang Jing's injury has improved, which means that the prescription I prescribed is symptomatic, and the two broken ribs should be able to recover in a few months;

However, the blood stasis in the lungs is more troublesome, and it takes long-term medication to cleanse it, and it will take half a year to clear it quickly, and it may take a year to completely clear the stasis if it is slow.

During this period, special attention should be paid to the diet, which should be light, and pay attention to cold and warmth, so as not to be infected with wind and cold, which can lead to lung infection and new changes in the condition. ”

Yang Yi explained very carefully, Zhang Qi showed a smile and said: "The old man was hooked by the king of Hades this time, fortunately, Ren Zhi came, and finally snatched the old man's life back, forget it, I won't say much if I am grateful, otherwise I am afraid that the old man will be hypocritical again." ”

Ge Fang, who was lying on the soft couch opposite, quipped: "It is also Zhang Jingluo who makes the blessing profound, so that Scholar Yang arrived in time, Zhang Jingluo makes the catastrophe not die, and there will be a blessing after that, haha......"

Ge magnified the laughter twice, probably because of the wound on his leg, and the laughter stopped abruptly, replaced by a hissing sound of cold air, which looked very funny.

The three gossiped a few words, and quickly cut to the chase.

Zhang Ji said solemnly: "Now the disaster relief work in Hedong is still in full swing, and there will be many officials involved in the case of Xiang Chaoran, if it is all caught in the net, the officials in Hedong are only afraid that everyone is in danger, and they have no intention of doing their own duties, and the people of Hedong will be affected by the time. ”

Ge Fang immediately said: "Zhang Jingluo is reasonable, at this moment, the officialdom in Hedong really can't withstand any bigger waves, otherwise I'm afraid that the administration of the states and counties will be completely paralyzed, and at that time, it will be more than worth the loss, just ...... After all, Xiang Chaoran is a transfer envoy from the third grade, we have no right to try the case, we must report to the court for trial, this back and forth, it will take twenty days, but Hedong can't afford to wait, how can this be good? ”

After Ge Fang finished speaking, Zhang Qi stopped talking, and the two looked at Yang Yi in unison, Yang Yi suddenly felt that he had been sold, these two old guys said a lot, just to ask him to come forward to decide.

In the middle of the Great Song Dynasty, there is a division of economic strategy, a criminal department, and a transfer department.

Nominally, it is the general leader of the strategic division, so it is also called the Shuai Division.

However, in fact, the three divisions do their own thing, with the Economic Strategy Division in charge of administration, the Criminal Justice Division in charge of criminal justice, and the Transfer Division in charge of finance, and they contain each other, and each is not under its control.

According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, the envoys and the envoys did not have the right to dispose of the transfer envoys, and even if they found illegal acts, they must be reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court will sentence and convict.

When Yang Yi came to Hedong, the imperial court gave him the power to lead the military and political affairs of Hedong, but in fact, he only temporarily took over the power of Zhang Qi, and did not give Xiang Chaoran the power to convict and close the case.

Yang Yi has a deep background, and after all, he is a member of the center, so Zhang Yi and the two can only hope that he will come up with ideas.

Yang Yi thought for a while and said: "I understand the concerns of the two adults, so let's do it, the three of us and the patrol envoy Liu Hai will sign together and report to the court urgently, explaining the reason why we have to settle the case of Xiang Chaoran as soon as possible, I believe that the Queen Mother and the princes of the court will definitely understand." ”

Zhang Qi still said worriedly on his face: "Just like this, I'm afraid it's not enough to appease the hearts of Hedong officials!" ”

Yang Yi understood what Zhang Qi meant, the three of them did not have the power to decide the case to Xiang Chaoran, even if they announced that the case was decided, the officials in Hedong might not believe it.

Xiang Chaoran served as the prefect of Taiyuan for four years, and served as a transfer envoy to Hedong for three years, and operated in Hedong for seven years.

Xiang Chaoran does not decide the case for a day, these officials are not at ease for a day, although they cannot directly rebel, but find such and such reasons to be passive and slack, and even make a lot of trouble for you, so that you can't take care of your head and buttocks, once the Hedong disaster is not effectively relieved, the court will be held responsible, and Yang Yi must be held accountable first.

Thinking of this, Yang Yi couldn't help but curse secretly, it's really easy to be a cub!

Since ancient times, anti-corruption work is the most difficult thing to do, where there is a good thing like a radish and a pit in the officialdom for you, whenever you pull up a gang of people, this is done too much, the entire local administration will be paralyzed, this thing is not easy to do!

In particular, Xiang Chaoran's case needs to be closed urgently, but the three of them do not have the power to close the case, and now it is not a question of whether Yang Yi dares to close the case without authorization, but how to make Hedong officials believe that he can close the case.

Yang Yi couldn't run out and shout: Officials in Hedong, don't worry, Lao Tzu and the Queen Mother have a leg, Lao Tzu said that this case will be closed when it is over, you can work with peace of mind!

Why do you want to do that, things have come to this point, can you still pretend that nothing happened? Yang Yi said with a heart: "Let's report to Tokyo with an expedited report of 800 miles, and ask the imperial court to give us the will to close the case as soon as possible, and at the same time announce to the officials in Hedong that Xiang Chaoran's case will only be punished, and the accomplice will not be asked, with the guarantee of the three of us, even if we can't completely reassure them, at least for the time being, there shouldn't be many people jumping out to stir up trouble." ”

Zhang Qi sighed: "It's still the same sentence, just now is not enough to appease the hearts of Hedong officials, let it go, for the sake of today, only ruthlessness can be done."

Okay, Zhang Qi said this, Yang Yi also knew that it would not work to shirk again, what was Lao Tzu afraid of? His eyes sank, and he said coldly: "Then kill." ”

Zhang Qi replied: "It can only be like this, this case will be tried by Ren Zhi personally, you are now the pacification envoy of Hedong, the commander-in-chief of the Hedong military and government, and you will come forward to close the case, and it is more likely that you will win the trust of the officials in Hedong." ”

I'll come to trial, I'll try it, I even have abolished two queen mothers, and I'm afraid that the trial will not be successful? Without further ado, Yang Yi asked people to send the imperial envoy Liu Hai on the one hand, and drafted the note on the other hand, and after he wrote it, he asked Zhang Qi, Ge Fang and Liu Hai to sign one by one;

Don't look at Liu Hai's official character, but the imperial envoy is a speech official, and he has a lot of power, and he can definitely be called a big member after he arrives in the place.

Yang Yi deliberately asked Liu Hai to sign the autograph, which is equivalent to having the imperial envoy to supervise the "first cut and then play" thing.

After everyone signed and wrote, they were sent to Beijing in an expedited manner of 800 miles.

Yang Yi took Liu Hai to the lobby of the Criminal Division, and the two classes of officials stood at one station, and the hall shouted and immediately summoned the suspect.

In this case, Liu Ming, Xiang Chaoran, and Huang Meng can be said to have no doubts, but they need to go through the court, as long as they can make them confess their guilt by hand;

The only one who is still in suspense is Mo Zhaonan, and although most of the evidence currently available indirectly indicates that he was involved, so far there is no direct evidence to prove his guilt.

Among the four people, who will be tried first and then who will be tried, how can they force a few people to confess as quickly as possible, this is very clear, Yang Yi was the first to pass Liu Ming to the court.

80,000 guan silver, 200 divine arm bows, and 3,000 grenades were found from his family's courtyard, and he was not allowed to deny it at all, and he could be directly sentenced to the crime of stealing his family and exterminating the clan, and there was nothing better than using him as a breakthrough.

Liu Ming was brought to the hall, his hands and feet were wearing chains, his hair was fluffy, his face was gray, and he was lifeless. ”

"Liu Ming."

"Who's the Guy?"

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Asking these is not that Yang Yi likes to take off his pants and fart more than that, in fact, this is a necessary procedure for the court trial, because there are scriveners on the side to make court trial records during the trial, this bullshit can be said to be asked to let them record, otherwise in the future, when Shangguan looks at the court trial records, he won't figure out who you are interrogating for a long time, which is really a joke.

After letting out a fart that had to be released, Yang Yi then asked: "Liu Ming, you participated in the embezzlement of grain and grass materials in the Taiyuan Mansion, secretly concealed a large number of prohibited weapons, and acted as a conspiracy, can you plead guilty?" ”

“……”

Liu Ming in the hall no longer answered, and was silent, although he also knew that admitting guilt or not was death, but anyone who did not spare his life and did not cut down the butcher's knife would still have some delusions in his heart.

Yang Yi continued: "Liu Ming, the official knows very well what you are thinking, and the official can tell you clearly that you are destined to die, and there is no physiology, but there are many kinds of capital crimes, for example, whether you die alone, or your whole family dies together;

If you have meritorious service in reporting and can prove that your family did not know about it, the official may still be able to read the credit of your report on others and give your family a light sentence, and the official will not bother to torture you as a dead person, think about it yourself. ”

Yang Yi said it easily, but it suddenly made Liu Ming fall into a fierce ideological struggle, yes, he was doomed, but he couldn't let the Liu family leave a few alive, so that the hundreds of years of Wang clan incense could be passed on.

If he doesn't report and doesn't explain the ins and outs of the matter, Yang Yi can be directly sentenced to a major crime of treason, once this crime is confirmed, it will punish the nine clans, and none of the Liu family will want to live;

If the matter is clarified and Yang Yi can be convicted of his crimes, the rest of the Liu family may still have a glimmer of life.

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