The ministers are stunned.

Chen Changfeng finally raised his head: "Your Highness, the property of the two of them who are greedy for ink has been clearly understood, and the ministers will not repeat the minor crimes, and the ministers will participate in the three major crimes of Gao Shu and Li Jingtang." ”

"Lord Chen, please speak."

"Looting the people's fat and ointment, wantonly occupying fertile land, greedy for huge amounts of property, and building pavilions and pavilions, these two people are ashamed of those poor people who are not clothed and hungry, and even more ashamed of those people who are disciplined and work hard. This is one of the charges.

Ignoring the prestige of the imperial city, the Son of Heaven was greedy at his feet, and set up restaurants, pawnshops, and antique shops to run a business on the surface, but in fact he accepted bribes in disguise. This is the second charge.

Li Jingtang has followed the left and right as the leader of the army since Emperor Wende was a general, and Gao Shu was appointed by Emperor Wende as the crown prince. The emperor trusted the two adults so much, and even entrusted the Dajin country to the two of them when they were in danger, but the two of them became more and more mediocre in their old age, and eventually became a traitor and disturbed my Dajin without peace. These two people were ashamed of the trust of Emperor Wende. This is the third charge. ”

Chen Changfeng's words are earnestly approaching, from the poor people to the minister and the emperor, and from the minister and the emperor to my father, who has passed away for more than ten years. It's really moving, and this king can't find the slightest fault.

Even though I know what his purpose is, his not-so-pure purpose is to bring down two powerful ministers whom I have worked so hard to even lose their lives.

I don't know what kind of mood Wei Tian is in at this moment when he is recuperating in the back of the palace, but I can probably guess his helplessness and reluctance - these two, for him, have been the heroes who supported him all the way from the cold hell to the Ninety-Five Supreme, just like I once felt that Lu Shu was my relative, in countless cold and oppressive days and nights, the hope that these two people gave Wei Tian was like a strong boat on the rolling sea. This kind of hope is no different, if not more, than the hope that my father gave him when he was younger.

I even think that even if Wei Tian is healthy, he should not be willing to face today's scene.

But Gao Shu and Li Jingtang were not wronged, and every property seized today was huge and appalling. Converted into the tax silver paid by various parts of my Dajin every year, it is about ten years.

It was also in the past ten years that the king witnessed how Dajin gradually moved towards the weakening situation of the foreign power and the middle cadre, and how he hid filth little by little, eroded the faith of loyal ministers to serve the country, and fueled the arrogance of traitors and tyrannicals.

And it's just that the two of them are greedy for ink and it's not over, they have also teamed up to cultivate a corpse vegetarian and brain-full of fat Gao Ji.

The one who wrote, "Let the children of Nanguo Mansion enter the boudoir to warm the tent, and the building que painting boat earns silver taels; The women of the Nanguo Mansion are all familiar with calligraphy and painting, singing and dancing, the people of the East Qi love it, and the people of the North Dynasty yearn for it, and send the women of the Nanguo Mansion into a foreign country to befriend the generals and princes of the countries, and unite to resist the reckless thieves and thieves in the south of the country.

This king is not Wei Tian, the three of them have never taken care of this king, nor have they ever had even half a bit of softness on this king, and they are very good at dealing with them, and I even think that with the behavior of these three people, it is not too much to punish them nine times.

"May I ask His Royal Highness King Chong'an, can His Highness agree with these three crimes?" Chen Changfeng asked.

I straightened my sleeves and nodded slowly: "These three crimes are well listed, but don't forget Gao Shu's son and Li Jingtang's godson, Gao Ji." ”

Chen Changfeng's eyes were delighted, and in an instant, his eyes lit up, he bowed to me, and responded: "His Royal Highness Xie reminded that Gao Ji naturally wants to punish the crime together." These three charges are capital crimes, and together they should be punished by the nine clans, so as to set an example. What does Your Highness think? ”

There are already voices of echo among the ministers—

"That's right, Zhu Jiu Clan! Their families, men and women, young and old, all live a life of fine clothes and fine food, and this life is plundered from my great brocade people, and they should be punished together! ”

"As far as we know, Gao Shu also has a large group of cousins, most of these relatives also hold official positions in our Jinguo, and they also act as coercive and oppressive to the people in various state capitals, and they should be punished together!"

"Lord Chen is right, if such a scum who is angry with people and gods can't punish the Nine Clans, then what is my Dajin Law to list such a crime and punishment?"

"The so-called Pengsheng Ma does not support himself, and the white sand is black in Nirvana, and the minister thinks that the two of their families, regardless of men, women, old and young, have been infected by Gao Shu and Li Jingtang's conduct, if they are not killed at one time, they will also grow into moths and rats in the future, gnaw my Dajin foundation, and devour my Dajin treasury."

What a righteous indignant echo.

If this king is not mistaken, at the beginning, when Chen Changfeng exposed Gao Ji's recital on Nanguo Mansion, and when this king returned from Luochang and confronted Lu Shuyuan because of repeated assassinations, no one in the entire court came out to accuse Gao Ji and Li Jingtang of their crimes.

What I appreciate is that when the high wall pressed down on the black clouds and overwhelmed the city, some people dared to stand up and tear down the high wall and disperse the black clouds, instead of seeing the high wall falling and stepping on the ruins, nor seeing the black clouds disperse and scold under the clear sky.

At this point, I also suddenly understood the reason why Wei Tian handed over this matter to me to do - he was afraid that he would not be able to control his emotions disturbed by hatred, and he really punished Gao Shu and Li Jingtang for the nine clans, so he let this king do it, he understood my character, and he was sure that I would not condemn Gao and Li to such a crime.

The seconding voice above the hall did not decrease, and Zhao Mengqing looked idle and did not say a word, and all the ministers were angry and indignant.

Chen Changfeng saw that I was slowly knocking on the handrail and didn't answer, so he stepped forward and urged me: "All the ministers think that this crime is very reasonable, I don't know what Your Highness thinks?" ”

I touched the tea on the dragon case, picked up the tea lid, lowered my head and said while brushing the tea buds: "I just said that Pengsheng Ma Zhong does not support himself, and the white sand is black in Nirvana, this king seems to have heard that you have three sons, one of them is to take the alchemy pill Xiuxuan and asked, I ate at a young age and had stomach bleeding; An addicted hook bar does not come out all day, and in his twenties, he is weak and kidney-deficient, not like a living person; One followed Jiang Yang's thief, but he repeatedly couldn't steal anything, so he went to a certain mountain to be a bandit. I don't know if Lord Wang is not right, or if he is not motivated? ”

That Lord Wang didn't expect me to give such an example to refute him, so he was immediately dumbfounded, and after a few seconds, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "The metaphor of the minister is not very appropriate......

I smiled and said, "I just said that the men, women, and children should be punished together, Lord Yan, this king remembers that your grandfather Yan Zhengming was my emperor's grandfather's favorite general, but the Lord Yan Zhengming Yan back then betrayed my grandfather Huang in the end, and took refuge in the enemy army with a lot of intelligence, resulting in heavy casualties in that war. At that time, Lord Yan had just been born, and your family would be executed for the crime of betraying the country and collaborating with the enemy. But my grandfather thought it was too cruel for the baby to die in swaddling clothes, so he interceded for the adult. ”

That Lord Yan finally remembered this incident, and also knelt down for this king: "The villain just worded inappropriately, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness." ”

I smiled and poured a sip of tea.

Chen Changfeng knew my intentions, his face was very puzzled, he didn't understand why I would intercede for Gao Ji and Li Jingtang's family, obviously I had a deep hatred with Gao and Li before.

"Your Highness, if such a horrific greed for ink cannot be punished with capital punishment, then more officials will embark on this road in the future and become corrupt officials." Chen Changfeng said.

"Lord Chen, don't panic, this king didn't say that he would not punish them," I looked at him, and then looked at the ministers in the main hall, and said calmly and coldly, "All those who are over twenty-four years old in the Gao and Li relatives, whether they are officials or people, will be thoroughly investigated and severely punished and will not be tolerated. Those who are between the ages of eight and those under the age of fourteen who commit acts of tyranny, arrogance, and indulgence should be strictly educated, and if they are even imprisoned, they should be imprisoned and enslaved. As for women, children, and children, confiscation of family property and relegation to common people, so as not to harm their lives. What does Master Chen think? ”

Chen Changfeng seemed to be unwilling, but he still restrained himself, raised his head and asked, "What about Gao Shu, Gao Ji and Li Jingtang?" ”

I leaned back in my chair, glanced down at the three tea leaves floating in the tea cup, and said in a deep voice: "Ten tortures, listen to it." ”