Chapter 166: Punishment in accordance with law
"Lord Wei is smart and smart here." Zhang Changshen smiled bitterly, "The minister was also deceived at that time. If it weren't for the trial of Wei Liniang's subordinates, I am afraid no one would have thought that Lord Wei would have let the daughter who married into the Suiping Marquis Mansion come out. ”
He only checked Wei Qiu and the Wei family, where would he find Wei Qiu's daughter, who had been married for more than ten years?
Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly became very ugly.
If it is only the daughter of Wei Qiu to replace the heir, although this is extremely taboo, it is not tolerated by the royal family and nobles. But because Wei is a married woman, Wei Qiu has little responsibility, and at most he reprimands and punishes him for demotion.
But if Wei Qiu mutilated the family of his colleagues because of the struggle for the upper position, this crime would be a big one. Wei Qiu and the Wei family could only be beheaded and exiled, with no choice.
He opened the file and looked at the confession.
When his eyes left the file and his hand was raised, Mrs. Cen knelt down: "I hope the emperor will give Liu Chengde justice." ”
Liu Chengde was one of his students, and when he wanted to promote the candidate for the secretary of the ministry, he recommended it to the emperor.
Wu Shangshu also knelt down: "I hope the emperor will give Liu Chengde justice." "He is the current secretary of the ministry, and this matter has something to do with him.
Xiao Qi sighed, raised his hand and gestured to Zhang Changshen: "The few Wei Mansion people mentioned in the dossier should be arrested and tried." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Changshen hurriedly saluted.
"Let the Imperial Forest Army take care of Wei Qiu." Xiao Yu ordered the guards standing in the house.
The guard saluted and went out to pass the word.
What the emperor ordered was to be "guarded", not imprisoned. After all, Wei Qiu had not yet been convicted at this time, and after Wei Kang and other subordinates had to be tried, the emperor and the criminal department Shangshu decided to convict him, and then he took arrest action.
Therefore, the Imperial Forest Army was only secretly watching Wei Qiu's movements, lest he do anything crazy when he got the news.
Zhang Changshen knew very well that once this matter started, they were only allowed to succeed and not fail, otherwise they would be counterattacked by Wei Qiu. Moreover, they must move quickly, and they must not let Wei Qiu be aware of it, otherwise the four princes he is attached to will protect him, and he may only be punished lightly.
After all, it was the Wei family who killed Liu Chengde's grandson, and Wei Qiu was at most not strict in governing the family, and he was demoted to two levels.
If you don't die, you will suffer from it. They are all thousand-year-old foxes, and everyone knows this truth very well.
Before Zhang Changshen came to the palace, he ordered someone to check Wei Kang's whereabouts. When he came, he brought a group of people to the neighborhood and waited.
At this time, he came out of the palace, and as soon as he gave the order, his men quickly struck.
Zhang Changshen has been handling cases for decades, and Dali Siqing has raised a group of people, and he himself can have countless people. In the market, he called a person who had a good time with Wei Kang to make an appointment with Wei Kang, and less than half an hour before he left the palace, Wei Kang had been sent to Dali Temple.
After entering Dali Temple, no matter how strong-willed you are, you can be pried open, let alone ordinary people like Wei Kang.
Before dinner, the confessions of Wei Kang and others appeared on Xiao Qi's desk.
As an emperor, playing is a balancing act. Although Xiao Yu set up the crown prince, in order to tighten the strings for the prince, he allowed several other princes to cultivate some supporters in the court. He himself sometimes promoted officials on the basis of his personal preferences.
However, in order to maintain the unification of the dynasty, there is a principle that Xiao Qi will not violate. That is, the one who does not have to sin.
In order to be promoted, Wei Qiu brutalized the families of his colleagues. If he does not punish him severely, the court will inevitably be in chaos, and there will be endless killings of each other.
He summoned several ministers and officials of the Criminal Department and handed the file to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department: "Punish according to law." ”
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Wei Qiu, who didn't know anything about this, got off the yamen, returned home from the yamen, and asked his wife, "Where is Li Niang?" Call her out. ”
"She went out after dinner in the morning and never came back. I've already called for her. Wei Mu said.
She is also dissatisfied with this trouble-loving daughter. But she only gave birth to three children, and Wei Liniang was the only daughter. The others are all concubines. No matter how much trouble she makes, it's her biological child, who will she protect if she doesn't protect her?
As soon as he heard that Wei ran out again, Wei Qiu's face immediately darkened: "How did you become a mother?" And let her run around? Didn't you see what people outside said about her? Even I was squeezed out of a few words in the yamen. ”
He shouted with a calm face: "Let her pack up her things and go to live in Zhuangzi for a while." ”
"Why do you want to live in Zhuangzi? Whose eyes is she in the way at home? Wei's mother was a calf protector, so she stopped doing it when she heard this, and said to her son, "Did your daughter-in-law say something to let you drive your sister out?" ”
"Mother, where do we have?" The sons of the Wei family all called Qu Lai.
Their daughter-in-law naturally complained, after all, the reputation of the Wei family was very bad, which seriously affected the reputation of the women of the Wei family. If it weren't for Wei Qiu being a member of the three grades, those who were married would have been dismissed now. It is also more difficult to discuss relatives who have not yet decided on marriage.
But Wei Liniang is spoiled by her parents and has a strong personality, so if she provokes her, she will definitely not hesitate to make trouble in the Wei Mansion. They didn't dare to treat her badly on the surface.
Wei's mother said to Wei Qiu: "Okay, I'll tell her not to go out." Honestly staying at home during this time. Don't go to Zhuangzi. Forget about others being cheap to our daughter, what's the matter with us driving her to Zhuangzi? The Venerable Zhuangzi was few and chaotic, and she didn't know what happened there. ”
Wei Liniang took over her mother's character. Wei Mu is extremely strong, if she provokes her, she can really go to the emperor to sue the emperor, and Wei Qiu officials don't have to do it. So Wei Qiu generally didn't dare to mess with her.
Hearing his wife say this, he had no choice but to say, "Okay, okay." Just do as you say. ”
Just as he was about to call for dinner, the subordinates sent out by Wei's mother to find Wei's came back and said, "Madam, the little one searched the city all over the city, but he didn't find his aunt and grandmother. ”
Mother Wei glanced at her husband and ordered, "Let's start eating first." Li Niang thought that she should have gone to the Hou Mansion. Before she went out, she said that she wanted to talk to Brother An'er about something. I came back after a while. ”
Wei Qiu frowned again, and asked his wife, "Have you ever visited the old lady of Suiping?" ”
Wei's mother stiffened her neck: "What am I going to visit her for?" As an in-law, if a child makes a mistake, teach it well. She is good, she is known all over the capital, and she also caused you and me to be reprimanded by the emperor and the queen mother. Do so badly, I'm going to visit her? She thought it was beautiful. ”
Wei Qiu said with a calm face: "Ming'er, you take Liniang for a trip." Liniang didn't do this right, we must bow our heads first, at least we have to show the emperor and the queen mother. ”
"Yes." Wei Mu said reluctantly.
"As for the rest, I'll take care of it." Wei Qiu eased his tone again.
Wei's mother was happy at this time.
has been a couple for decades, she knows her husband best, and on the surface it seems to be atmospheric, but in fact she is a must-pay.
The Suiping Hou Mansion made him lose such a big face, and he was bound to take revenge on the Hou Mansion. Zhao Yuanxun's vacant position, I'm afraid he won't be able to keep it.