Chapter 108: Case Judgment
"Prince, did you hear with your own ears at the time that Wang Yi offended the crown princess by speaking on behalf of the superintendent?" Li Yuanzong turned to ask Li Chengyu.
"When I returned to my father, my sons and daughters never heard it with their own ears. But when the retainers arrived, the door of the crown princess's room was open, and Wang Yi was about to enter. Li Chengyu replied truthfully.
"So, you just heard a one-sided remark from a maid when you let the guards take action?" Li Yuanzong continued.
"Exactly. Li Chengyu said.
"Crown Princess, tell me about the situation. Li Yuanzong continued the trial.
"Back to his father, at that time, Wang Yidai's tone was frivolous and arrogant, so the maid Xin'er would say her offensive words. The concubine felt that in this situation, Xin'er had this judgment, which was reasonable. The crown princess replied.
"So, is that a misunderstanding?" Li Yuanzong said with a smile.
Although Li Yuanzong prefers Li Chengqing, Li Chengyu is the prince after all, and he can't depose the prince just because he injured a courtier.
If you don't deal with the crown prince, who should you deal with in this matter?
It is not appropriate to dispose of anyone.
A personal girl, seeing that you have a bad attitude, will say that you have offended Miss, but in fact, there is no problem.
Shao Yuan, the personal guard, spared no effort to carry out the prince's order and seriously injured Wang Yi, and there was nothing wrong with it.
Is there anything wrong with Wang Yi?
In that case, the problem is still with the prince. As soon as he heard the maid say that Wang Yi was offended, he didn't say a word and directly let his subordinates take action. Of course, it is more likely that the prince did it on purpose.
"I ....... Wang Yigang wanted to speak, but was dragged by Li Chengqing.
"Father, the son feels that this matter is by no means as simple as a misunderstanding. Li Chengqing said.
"King Qing said bluntly. ”
"Wang Yi was ordered to investigate and deal with the case of embezzlement of military funds, and yesterday a large amount of dirty silver was found in the Tianxian small building, making outstanding contributions to the investigation of this case, and his contribution was indispensable. Today, when Wang Yi was performing official duties, he almost died because of the prince's arbitrariness. ”
"Just ask, if everyone is like the prince, he can regard people's lives as grass mustard. Then, if Wang Yi supervises the case in the future, and encounters the slightest obstacle, what he thinks is not to annoy the prince and not to anger the general. When Wenchen hides and meets military generals, how can the people of the Criminal Department handle the case? Can they only investigate those ordinary people?" Li Chengqing said loudly, instantly elevating Wang Yi's personal problems to a national-level political level.
"If the crown prince is present, or the crown princess has already revealed her identity, Wang Yi will naturally be offended if he says anything more. However, if anyone can easily reprimand the Acting Inspector given by His Majesty, then how can this Inspector have the prestige to speak of?"
"Wang Yi served as this official in order to crack the case of military capital corruption for His Majesty and for our Northern Capital. If Wang Yi needs to take care of everything, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also involved, then can His Royal Highness directly make a decision to Wang Yi, just like today?" Li Chengqing looked at Li Chengyu's eyes and said.
The emperor laughed, how could the prince be involved. Li Yuanzong said with a smile.
"Yes, if this king participated, why did he mention it in person in the court the day before yesterday. Li Chengyu said.
"Why should the prince bother to talk about anything else, you know that what this king said is just an example. Li Chengqing said.
"Okay, since you want to say it, then the king will accompany the seventh brother to discuss it. Seeing Li Chengqing pressing forward step by step, Li Chengyu also lost his temper, "Since Wang Yi has cracked the case of military capital corruption yesterday, why haven't you closed the case, King Qing, but let Wang Yi act mischief on his behalf?"
"Joke, Wang Yi was ordered to investigate the case on behalf of the supervision envoy, why do you want to do nonsense?" Li Chengqing said.
"Hmph, are you deaf when you are the king? Why did Wang Yi solve the case yesterday? Isn't it because he fought with the son of the Zhao family in the Qinglou for an Oiran and broke into the dark room of the firewood room by mistake? On the first day of his appointment, he went to the Qinglou for recreation, and this is the style of Wang Yi's acting as an envoy?"
"And why did Wang Yi go to Wangyue Tower today, not because he had a conflict with the son of the Zhao family yesterday, but today he wanted to suppress the son of the Zhao family by taking advantage of his power? Not only that, but this king also heard a summons from the eldest son of General Chu's family, and King Qing's people were going to break into the general's mansion today, saying that it was to investigate the case of embezzlement of military funds. ”
"General Chu Han just sacrificed his life for the country, and when his bones were not cold, King Qing's people did not go to the military department to conduct a thorough investigation, but went to the general's mansion to make trouble. Didn't you chill the hearts of your important ministers by doing this?"
Obviously, buttoning a hat or something, Li Chengyu is no worse than Li Chengqing.
Li Yuanzong frowned, if he just took someone to Wangyue Tower to find trouble, Li Yuanzong could turn a blind eye for the sake of Wang Yi's meritorious service. But if you go to the house of the widow of a martyr to look for something, isn't that giving the widow eye medicine?
"King Qing, can what the crown prince said be true?" asked Li Yuanzong.
"Back to my father, my son did order someone to go to General Chu's mansion to investigate. And Wang Yi went to Wangyue Tower, which was also a matter discussed in my Qing Palace, and it was not like what the prince said, using his power to suppress the son of the Zhao family. Although Li Chengqing said this, he was also a little confused in his heart.
Everyone does feel that Wang Yi has some reason to infer that Zhao Yin and Chu Han are involved in this matter.
But even if what Wang Yi said was true, they didn't necessarily find evidence quickly. If there is no evidence, then if the prince takes advantage of this to make trouble today, Li Chengqing will be very passive.
"This king also asks you, why did the military department Shangshu embezzle military funds, and your people will find out the Hubu Shangshu and the deceased chariot general? King Qing has always done things to be truthful and substantial, this time you sent someone to search, but found evidence of the two adults as accomplices?" Li Chengyu said with a sneer.
Li Chengyu has always felt that this matter is the Ministry of War's own business, and the reason why he was able to judge the case in history was because the time dragged on for a long time, and some clues were left under the operation of several ministers, and then Li Chengyu tried it out little by little.
Now that things have just happened, except for Wang Yi, a historian, only Li Chengqing, who has listened to Wang Yi's analysis, can think with half a doubt that this is an epic corruption case that shocked the Northern Capital.
There is still a certain gap between the prince and Li Chengqing in this regard, Li Chengqing can't even think of it, and the prince naturally can't figure it out.
Li Chengqing knew that he was passive, and just thought about whether he should truthfully explain and analyze the process of the case, when he suddenly heard someone shouting outside the door:
"Report!"
The crowd turned their heads to look, and two people entered. One is Lu Gaoge, who is in charge of searching the General's Mansion, and the other is Shangshu Sibiao of the Criminal Department, and the two met when they walked to the gate of the palace.
Because Lu Gaoge found something and wanted to find Li Chengqing in time for feedback, he rushed to the palace.
And Si Biao made a major discovery and came to the emperor to report.
As soon as he entered the door, Si Biao took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, the Criminal Department has searched a large amount of gold and silver in the restaurant of Lord Zhao's house. Wechen believes that Zhao Yin, the secretary of the household department, may be related to the military capital corruption case. ”
As soon as Si Biao finished speaking, Lu Gaoge opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, Xia Guan is a disciple of King Qing's Mansion, and today I was ordered by King Qing to search General Chu's Mansion, and found a large number of gold and silver treasures. ”
After the two finished speaking, the audience gasped almost at the same time.