Sun Lining is a three-grade imperial doctor, a full-time official supervises the matter, and his daughter enters the palace as a concubine, which is quite important to the king, and everyone is shocked when they hear Pei Zhao call his name.

Sun Li then came out and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister was ordered to investigate the matter of Zhao Sun half a month ago, and found that this matter was widely implicated, and even the prefects of Jizhou, Jingzhou, Youzhou, and other seven prefectures outside Tianjing, were involved in this case, and the minister did not dare to slack off, so he ...... with Lord He of the Criminal Department."

Mo Yingqin felt bad when he heard the prefect of the seven states, and when he heard the name of He Wuji, the newly promoted secretary of the Criminal Department, his heart was even more cold.

He Wuji was a Tanhualang three years ago, this person was brilliant and talented, and he could have been ranked as the champion, but because the words were quite reckless, which made the first emperor and Su Shi dislike, in order to convince the public, he reluctantly ordered him to be a Tanhualang. After that, only a small Qipin county was made in a small county under Tianjing, who would have thought that in just over two years, he would govern that poor and remote land to a rich and prosperous place, and at that time it coincided with the new emperor's accession to the throne, he appeared in the court again.

If He Wuji is just a strange person, the most hateful thing is that he doesn't eat soft and hard, not only ignoring his many courtesies with Su Shi, but also writing a long "Advice to the Son of Heaven" a year ago, clearly saying that there are many old ministers in the current court and mediocrity, such presumptuous words have been praised by His Majesty, and he should be promoted to the secretary of the criminal department. A trace of despair rose in Mo Yingqin's heart, he handed over this matter to such a person to investigate, but he was afraid that he would not give up if he didn't turn it over.

Sure enough, He Wujiren was as his name, he was not afraid at all, and immediately stood up after getting Pei Zhao's permission, sang and harmonized with Sun Li, and told the matter completely: "Master Mo is worthy of being the eye of the Renxu Year, and he does not leak a drop of water, and the lower officials have investigated for a long time, although he knows that Master Mo must have been implicated in the dereliction of duty and other matters, but he can't come up with half of the evidence." However, those things are not mentioned for the time being, and the lower officials impeached His Majesty today on another matter, Mo Yingqin secretly colluded with others to resell official positions, involving as many as 100 officials, from Tianjing to 72 counties and counties in the 18 prefectures of Dacao, and the corruption of silver money was worth 18,514 taels. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the court hall suddenly became extremely cold, and many officials couldn't help but gasp, looking at Pei Zhao sitting on the throne tremblingly, and they didn't dare to make the slightest movement.

Who doesn't know that what Your Majesty hates most today is corruption for personal gain? As early as the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne, he personally revised the Dacao Statute, all officials involved in corruption will be severely punished, according to their corruption of silver and silver to impose different punishments, the lightest, such as the third brother of the Queen Mother, Su Xiang's son Su Chen, sent to the bitter cold land of Youzhou; The heaviest ......

Everyone was as pale as earth, and they all remembered the understatement but resounding words of the new emperor when he first came to the court:

"If I reign for one year, I will suppress corruption for one year, and if I reign for ten years, no one will be corrupt. Anyone who embezzles more than 10,000 taels of silver will be punished with the punishment of being cut in half, and the law of joint sitting will be punished. ”

Needless to say, the terrible thing about the waist cut is needless to say, several officials who have close contacts with the Mo family think of the word "even sitting", and they have long been frightened, seeing that Pei Zhao didn't say a word, he could barely even hold the wat board in his hand, and knelt down and kowtowed: "I beg Your Majesty to be clear, the minister doesn't know anything about this matter, please be gracious!" ”

"I have always been black and white, and if you are not guilty, I will not punish you." After hearing Pei Zhao say this in person, several officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Mo Yingqin's cold sweat had already soaked the official robe, he reluctantly calmed down, and said forcefully: "Lord Sun and Lord He are conclusive, but I don't know what evidence there is?" ”

He Wuji smiled slightly, glanced at Sun Li, and the two of them each took out some things from their sleeves and handed them to Tong He, seeing Pei Zhao looking down, he said loudly: "Your Majesty, these books in Your Majesty's hands, the thickest one is the account book hidden by Master Mo in the secret compartment under the frozen stone inkstone in the study; the second is the confession of 32 people who bought officials, including Song Yunli, the prefect of Jingzhou, and Xu Zhang, the editor of the Hanlin Academy; The remaining one is a joint book of 874 students in the imperial examination over the years. ”

The more Mo Yingqin listened, the more he felt a chill in his heart, he hid the account books so secretly, how could he be just a powerless scholar, how could he steal the account books so quietly!

Frightened, he inadvertently saw Nangong Lie standing in the presence of the military attaché, and his heart was a mirror, if it wasn't for His Majesty's signal, how could they dare to be so bold!

He Wuji looked at Mo Yingqin's increasingly gray face, and said slowly: "The ministers ordered people to visit around, but they heard a very interesting ballad, this ballad was specially composed by the common people for Lord Mo, I wonder if Your Majesty can let the minister tell Lord Mo to listen?" ”

Pei Zhao nodded slightly, and He Wuji said: "Ten years of hard study is not counted, only to the Mo family there is a way." One hundred and twenty-one county masters, three hundred catties of gold to be a general. If Lord Mo wants to try something new, tens of thousands of dollars will be changed to another day. ”

These last two sentences are really rebellious, the faces of the civil and military officials in the hall changed, and they knelt down in unison, but Pei Zhao didn't care, and even smiled at He Wuji: "He Aiqing is hard." ”

There was silence in the Xuanzheng Palace, and the air seemed to be as dignified and terrifying as gel, and Wu Zhijing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was the first to stand up and break the deadlock: "Mo Yingqin's move is really unforgivable, please punish Your Majesty severely!" ”

Wu Zhijing had been friends with Pei Zhao as early as when he was the prince, and now Zhaoyi, who has the highest rank in the harem, is his daughter, since he has taken the lead, it must be not wrong to follow him. The officials glanced at each other, and they all came out and said: "The minister agrees with what Lord Wu said, and asks Your Majesty to severely punish Mo Yingqin!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

......

Pei Zhao didn't have any expression on his face, and he didn't even glance at Mo Yingqin, who had collapsed to the ground, but looked at Su Shi quietly, his gaze was very sharp, and Su Shi was in a cold sweat, his hand holding the wat board trembled, and finally slowly stood up:

"Mo Yingqin's guilt is conclusive, and Weichen implores Your Majesty to deal with it according to the law."

As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent again, Mo Yingqin glanced at Su Shi in disbelief, the muscles on his face trembled, and he suddenly coughed heavily several times, while patting his chest, he said with tears: "The minister knows that the crime is extremely evil, I only ask Your Majesty to be merciful, for the sake of the three generations of officials in the old minister's family, don't blame the minister's wife and children." ”

Pei Zhao said lightly: "You don't have to say much about the law." ”

Mo Yingqin only felt that his eyes were dark, knowing that this time, the Mo family and his protégés could not be saved, but he was afraid that even his daughter, who had already married into the Su family and became a wife, would be implicated, he felt regret and anger in his heart, only to feel that his chest was tight, and he fainted on the hall after panting for a while.

Pei Zhao still had the same expressionless appearance as before, and only ordered someone to carry Mo Yingqin down, and then asked He Wuji and the others to deal with it according to the law, and then asked, "Do you Aiqing have anything else to say?" ”

After this, everyone's hearts were terrified, where did they dare to say anything? Su Shi keenly felt that his fourth son Su Hui was very restless behind him, he quietly turned his head and glared at him with warning, Su Xian, the son of the Su family, also gently pulled the corner of Su Hui's robe, and said in a low voice: "Don't be impatient." ”

Su Huo gritted his teeth unwillingly, but this movement had already been seen by Pei Zhao: "Does Su Qing have something to play?" ”

The faces of the other four members of the Su family changed greatly, but Su Hui slowly stepped out of the ranks and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, although Mo Yingqin is guilty, except for Mo Yingqin, the Mo family is a woman who has lived in the boudoir for a long time and ignorant children. ”

Su Shi had already broken out in a cold sweat, but he heard Pei Zhao say lightly: "Su Qing thinks that the people of the Mo family are really innocent?" ”

He Wuji saved Pei Zhao's color, and said loudly: "Mo Yingqin promoted his distant relatives of one wife and two concubines to serve in Sanzhou in the nineteenth year of Ming'an, the twenty-eighth year of Ming'an and the first year of Yuanding, and his wife Mo Liushi once received three pairs of red gold jewelry, a pair of jade chessboards, two pairs of white jade bracelets, plus the rest of the gold and silver treasures of silk and satin, the amount is not less than Mo Yingqin, Lord Su, so far, do you still think that the Mo family is innocent?" ”

Su Hui said in a trembling voice: "Even so, Mo Yingqin's youngest son, Mo Jin, is only an eight-year-old child......

"Even if he is only an eight-year-old child, he has grown up under such a family lintel since he was a child, does Master Su think that he is truly sincere and pure?" He Wuji said mercilessly: "Master Su, do you know that it is this eight-year-old child who tied up a sixty-year-old man surnamed Du in Tianjing City and his five-year-old grandson together for fun at the beginning of this year, and put them in the frozen moat to soak all night?" Do you know that after the old man died of a serious illness, the child still did not repent, and ordered someone to kill the five-year-old child almost half of his life? ”

Su Hui really couldn't imagine that Mo Jin, whom he and his wife Su Mo loved a lot, would have such evil behavior, and he was dumbfounded for a while, He Wuji sneered: "Although it is a joint sitting, Mo Zhen is less than ten years old, and there is no danger of his life." Master Su is young and promising, can't he even save the law? Or is it that in the eyes of Master Su, the life of the Mo family is life, even if it suffers a little, and the lives of the people are not lives, they can be trampled and played with wantonly? ! ”

"Your Majesty is gracious!" Su Shi took the lead in kneeling down and kowtowing before Pei Zhao spoke: "The old minister has no way to teach his son, and he will be severely punished when he goes back, and beg His Majesty to forgive me!" He turned back to Su Hui and shouted: "Shaft, don't kneel down and kowtow to Your Majesty!" ”

Pei Zhao's face was unwavering, but the more he remained silent, the more frightened he became, Su Shi's eyes were blurred by the sweat on his forehead, he gritted his teeth and kowtowed, and said loudly: "Mo Yingqin's daughter Mo Qi married into the old minister's family a few years ago, and the old minister will go back and order the fourth son to write a letter of resignation, and after personally sending Mo Qi to the detention center, he will come to ask His Majesty for his guilt!" ”

Su Hui trembled when he heard this, he has read poetry and books since he was a child, his parents and brothers in the family are all gentle and elegant, plus he used to be good friends with Pei Yu, the king of Germany, Pei Zhao, who has always been unaccustomed to being a military general, since Pei Zhao ascended the throne, the Su family has been repeatedly suppressed, and this time it implicated his beloved wife, all kinds of emotions immediately came to his heart, he knew that this would definitely anger Pei Zhao, but he really couldn't hold back this breath:

"Since Your Majesty wants to sit together, the minister will come to settle down with Your Majesty. Mo Yingqin's daughter is the minister's beloved wife, this continuous sitting naturally came to the minister, the minister is the son of the Su family, and the queen mother in the palace is also the minister's sister, if you really want to sit together, then the queen mother will not be able to escape the involvement! ”