Han Jian did not directly "induce confessions", nor did he force these officials to confess that the corruption and deficit case was related to Ma Jining and others. What he adopted was a step-by-step process, that is, to let these officials confess, so that if he didn't want to be beaten and turned into a cover-up, he could only pick and choose what others didn't say, and gradually, the case would lean on Ma Jining and others.

As a result, nine of the thirteen officers of the first batch were beaten, and only four survived. While these four people are happy, they are also worried at the same time, now that they have confessed the case to Dongwang, it is tantamount to betraying their boss, how can they be retaliated against afterwards? But they don't worry too much about this now, and protecting their butts from blooming is the first priority.

After the first batch of officials finished asking, Han Jian took a look at the confession, and the progress was still not very good, and it had not yet been pulled to Ma Jining's head. It's just that the last official said that the Treasury Division's corruption and deficit case may be related to the people "above" the Treasury Division, and Han Jian originally wanted to induce a confession and ask which "above" it was, but he felt that it was inappropriate to ask, after all, there were many eyes watching from the side.

"Okay, take it down, and replace the second group of people." Han Jian said.

Lin Zhan received the order first, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Young boy, those people outside ......"

Only then did Han Jian remember that there were nine unlucky ghosts outside.

"In this way, it's not good to be killed, and if I am disabled, others say that I abuse lynching, and in the future, I will be beaten with twenty boards, and after the beating, I will find a doctor to show them the injuries. Sima, you go and ask a doctor to come back. Han Jian said.

"Me?" Sima Yi was a little embarrassed, "Young boy, I don't know any doctors in Luoyang City. Why don't you call the doctor from our East Palace? ”

Lin Zhan smiled bitterly: "It's better to send someone to invite you." ”

Han Jian smiled: "There is Brother Laurin." ”

Lin Zhan was a little embarrassed, Han Jian was now addicted to beating people. One group of people hit nine, and the second batch will also be unlucky. If you fight, you will fight. Actually asked a doctor to show them their injuries, isn't this a pastime?

Soon, the second group of twelve officials entered the court of the Tingwei Mansion under the escort of the Tingwei Mansion and the palace guards, and when these officials came, they saw nine unlucky people lying on their stomachs outside and humming half-dead, and they probably also knew their situation, so they came in one by one, none of them shouted with Han Jian, but they were all very interested and stood there with their heads bowed, waiting for interrogation.

Han Jian went to the back hall first to rest for a while. The main purpose is to highlight the overwhelming momentum when they come out for a while, and to disintegrate the psychological defense line of those hard-mouthed officials. Han Jian drank a cup of tea to prepare for a while, and was about to go out, Yang Xi stepped forward with some hesitation and said, "Brother Han, isn't it bad to do this?" ”

"You're saying I'm abusive of lynching?" Han Jian asked.

"Hmm." Yang Xi nodded, but his confidence was insufficient.

"Then I ask you, have I wronged those people?" Han Jian asked.

“…… This ......" Yang Xi is not easy to say, originally he wanted to say it. Even if it is a prisoner, he cannot be punished casually, not to mention that there are still some suspects, and it is likely that many of them have nothing to do with the facts of the case.

Han Jian sighed and said, "Young Master Yang." It is right for you to have a kind heart, but there must also be a limit to kindness, and you should be kind in everything. It will only make people think that you are a bully, have you ever heard of the truth that people are good and are bullied? ”

"But. Even if we get evidence in this way, they can later repent of it. said that he was forced to ask by Brother Han. ”

Han Jian patted Yang Xi on the shoulder with a smile and said, "These officials, even if they are not the main criminals, are also accomplices, they get hundreds of taels or even hundreds of thousands of taels of money every year, do you know how many ordinary well-off people's homes are enough to feed these silver?" These should have been the treasury silver of the imperial court, used for the expenses of the imperial court, and now they are beaten with a board, just to remind them to be restrained as officials in the future, and to be vigilant, is there and is it inappropriate? ”

When Yang Xi heard Han Jian say this, he stopped talking.

At the beginning, he very much disagreed with Han Jian's abuse of lynching, but when he knew that those people had more or less taken a lot of benefits, and then he was "enlightened" by Han Jian, he also felt that what Han Jian said made some sense. It's right, and others can't help them. Going with the crowd is not an excuse to go along with the crowd.

"Let's go and interrogate the second group of officials and see what their confessions will be."

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During the overnight interrogation, Han Jian first interrogated three batches of prisoners. These three groups of prisoners were the most minor officials in the treasury, and each of them was paid more than 100 taels a year, and their confessions basically pointed the finger at their superiors, that is, middle-level officials in the treasury.

In the second half of the night, Han Jian focused on interrogating the middle-level officials of the Treasury Division. This time, Han Jian was not so easy to speak, because these people are no longer just a small character who leads the crowd, many of them are involved in corruption and deficits, and even falsify accounts. With the confessions of lower-level officials, Han Jian was directly punished and punished, and he didn't talk to them about it.

When Han Jian interrogated these people, he let the group of lower-level officials who had honestly confessed before watch from the side, which was tantamount to making them completely stand on the opposite side of the Treasury officials. By the way, Han Jian also asked them to testify as witnesses, even if there were lower-level officials who spoke in the open to avoid playing the board, now in the face of these middle-level officials, they had to grit their teeth and testify with all their might, they knew that if Han Jian knew that they made false confessions, the end would be miserable.

By the fourth watch, Han Jian was also a little tired, and at this time, the trial of the middle-level officials had been completed, and he had already obtained evidence to accuse Ma Jining, Lian Zhongru, and Yang Qi of embezzlement and bribery in conjunction with the household officials. Although Han Jian also knew that many of the confessions were tortured.

Taking advantage of the rest of the interrogation prisoner, Han Jian asked Zhang Xingdao: "Ma Jining hasn't been caught yet?" ”

"Back to the young master, we sent people to search everywhere, but we couldn't find anyone, will we hide?"

Han Jian said: "It doesn't matter, he hiding, which proves that he is weak-hearted, and it is difficult for him to fly with wings." How many prisoners have not been tried? ”

Lin Zhan replied: "Back to the young son, only the only ones who have not been tried are the Kusi Commander Lian Zhongru and Yang Qi. ”

"These two will not be tried first, and now you can send someone to search the house. Be fast, and by the way, I also went to check these secret warehouses, I really don't know if it was made up by that group of people for self-preservation, or if it was true. ”

In the confessions of the middle-level officials of the Treasury Department, it has been clearly explained that the corruption and bribery case of the Treasury Department was headed by Ma Jining and others, and many officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs were also involved. These men took the money and grain out of the treasury, either in deficit or in the form of a new age, and either brought it home for their own use, or secretly transported it to some secret warehouse in the city for storage.

Sima Yu volunteered beside him: "Young boy, I'll go too." ”

"Hmm." Han Jian nodded, and asked Sima to accompany Zhang Xing and lead the guards to raid the mansions and secret warehouses of these officials.

When the people left, the lobby was quiet, Han Jian rubbed his eyes, and Yang Xi next to him looked a little depressed.

"Young Master Yang, if you are sleepy, go to rest first, the case has almost been tried, and when we get the exact evidence, we will enter the palace to see Your Majesty."

Yang Xi looked at Han Jian a little confused, and asked, "Brother Han, why did my sister check for so long before and there were no clues, and it only took you one day to find out the case?" ”

Han Jian smiled, he didn't explain much, there were some things that he still couldn't say clearly.

Before, the empress sent people to check the treasury and the household department, but found nothing, mainly because these people could only follow the right path to find evidence, and they didn't dare to play "yin" for their own careers. But he, Han Jian, is different, he is a high and powerful king of the east, he used some conspiracy to extort a confession by the way, and those officials couldn't take him, even if he couldn't get evidence of the crime under the severe punishment, no one dared to hold him accountable for the east king afterwards.

In cases of corruption and deficit like this, the perpetrators are generally very careful, and if others want to get the evidence and then pursue it, it is likely that the evidence will be destroyed. Han Jian just did the opposite, first framed you, completely accused you, and then went to find evidence. In addition, when Han Jian forced the prisoners to interrogate, he used a bottom-up step-by-step method, so that those lower-level officials could only report layer by layer in order to protect themselves, and in the end, there was evidence of the crime, and the defense line that Ma Jining thought was unbreakable was disintegrated by Han Jian layer by layer.

If it's not black, you can't cure it.

Not long after, Zhang Xing sent people back to report back, saying that he had found two secret warehouses in the city, which contained a lot of gold and silver, and even found a secret grain storage warehouse in the city, all of which were new grains that had just been harvested this year. Subsequently, more news came, and during the raid of the mansion of the Treasury officials, a large number of gold, silver and jade objects were found.

"Young Master Yang, now I want to trouble you to go and get someone from the household department." Han Jian looked at Yang Xi and said.

"I'm going?" Yang Xi was a little confused.

"Yes, you need to go through it, remember, in front of these rebellious ministers who have brought disaster to the country and the people, you must have the bearing of a prince. Let them know that you are your sister's representative, and that you are bringing them to justice on your sister's behalf. ”

At the mention of the empress, Yang Xi's eyes were also much firmer.

"I'll do it." Yang Xi was like a general on an expedition, and took the guards to the mansion of the household officials involved in the case to arrest people.

Han Jian, on the other hand, can take a break from his busy schedule and continue to rest in the lobby of the Tingwei Mansion.

By dawn, the people who had gone out to raid the houses of the Treasury officials and the secret warehouses came back one after another, and the harvest was very rich. Although the trees were still being counted, Han Jian already vaguely felt that the silver money found this time was at least the treasury income of the Wei Dynasty for more than half a year.

"Young boy, you don't know, when we went to the house surnamed Ma, the box we copied out was full of gold and silver, and this bastard didn't know how much he embezzled on weekdays. It's not too much to slaughter him. As soon as Sima Yi came back, he talked to Han Jian non-stop, all of which were "strange news" seen in the homes of those officials, some of whom liked to privately collect gold, silver and jewelry, some liked jade, some of whom had more than a dozen wives and concubines in the golden house, and some of whom liked antiques, calligraphy and paintings. This time, they were all copied together.

Han Jian sighed: "This is just a Kusi, just so profligate, how many such corrupt officials are there in the entire Wei Dynasty." Now, we have to bring Ma Jining to the case first, and when Yang Gongzi comes back, we will enter the palace together to face the saint. ”

Sima asked with a smile: "Can I also face the saint this time?" ”

"Hmm. Meritorious people, of course, have to go together. Han Jian smiled, "But if you can't see you, that's another matter." (To be continued......)