Chapter 12: David Santao

As soon as he received this list, he sent the Ouchi Secret Servant who was directly subordinate to him to check the matter.

Pai Xiu is the tallest person, with the fastest flying magic weapon, plus the best speed-up charm.

He wants to find out about this matter within one day, so that he can give an explanation to the people of the world and the people of Qingzhou as soon as possible!

Just one day, the next night, all the secret officials sent out by the guard period returned, checked everything out, and presented it to the guard in the imperial study.

The result is of course the same as what Wang Duobao had prepared a long time ago.

The officials on the list are all stolen!

In the imperial study, the lights were dim, Wei Shi frowned and kept pacing in front of the table in the room, and a purple-clothed official on the side stood respectfully.

Wei Qi looked at the evidence obtained from the investigation presented by the secret officials on the desk, which was almost ironclad, but he was still puzzled.

There are so many officials on the list, even if it is except for Yang Baocheng, the chief envoy of Qingzhou, the rest of the people will not suspect it no matter how greedy they are.

But this is the only Yang Baocheng.

The reputation of the government and the opposition and the local government is really good!

The imperial court has commended him many times, and the parade makes the return of the annual parade within the boundaries of Qingzhou have no bad deeds to speak of.

Wei Qi originally planned to transfer him to the cabinet in two more years, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen!

Even if there were 10,000 voices in his head that kept saying to him, "The traitor is loyal, the traitor is loyal", he didn't want to believe that this Yang Baocheng was really loyal.

"What did Yang Baocheng, the chief envoy of Qingzhou, say?"

Wei Shi frowned and asked the secret official on the side.

Hearing this, the secret official sneered disdainfully, and replied respectfully:

"Your Majesty, that Yang Baocheng is really ridiculous, after we caught a person with stolen goods and obtained them, he would not do anything but keep shouting injustice, but he was frightened. You said that this is all ironclad evidence, what is the use of him shouting injustice! ”

"I heard that you also searched his home for the ineffective performance of the lower-level local officials in the prefecture, province, and city who were suppressed by him? Why didn't he destroy these songs, and why did he give them a handle? ”

Wei Qi was suspicious by nature and asked again, and the secret official had already answered:

"Your Majesty, the songs that he hid were all those that represented the most urgent, jade sticks made of green steel jade, and the texture was so hard that they could not completely destroy the corpse like the paper book and bamboo book, and he had to find a place to bury it."

Everything makes sense, as if there is nothing to be suspicious of.

But Wei Qi still held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked:

"No, don't just believe the superficial scene, sometimes what you see may not be true, it may be a frame-up. Have you ever checked your confessions with other local officials? ”

"That's nature, Your Majesty, please see!"

Unhurriedly, the secret official took out a stack of pieces from his bosom and handed them respectfully.

Wei Qi opened it and looked at it, and immediately showed a look of disappointment.

Wang Duobao has been fighting with him for tens of thousands of years, how can he not know his character and thoughts well, and he has already made a good greeting to let Zhou Tong and other local corrupt officials and corrupt officials make false testimony to each other in a unified voice, and confirm the greedy behavior of those clean officials on the list.

At present, dozens of pages are densely packed with the confessions of those officials who testify to each other, and even the testimony of the owners of local grain stores.

Under the gold of all mouths, the black can be said to be white, which is already a real ironclad evidence!

"Alas!"

Wei Shi sighed, closed the concerto, slapped it on the table weakly, and waved his hand.

"You stand down, sort out the evidence, and bring it up again tomorrow at noon."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

At noon the next day, the civil and military officials looked at each other, feeling that something big was going to happen, and the atmosphere in the court was particularly solemn.

There is no other reason, but there are two people standing under the dragon chair of the guard period, guarding a large box.

Those two were wearing dark purple robes, and the robes were embroidered with dark gold brocade dragon patterns, and they could actually wear swords above the court!

Few people in the government and the opposition have seen people wearing such clothes, but whenever officials see them, they have to retreat.

This is the official uniform of the Inner Secret!

An organization full of elite masters, who was directly subordinated to Emperor David's guard, and who did some secret things and dirty work for him, was above the hundred officials!

The people of the Inner Secret Division are mysterious, and they are not often seen in ordinary times, but if they see it, it is not good.

In front of these people, it doesn't matter if you are in a position of great power in the DPRK and China, or if you are in the army, you are in the army, and you are in a high level of cultivation.

It is possible that they will be directly twisted and taken away.

They have this strength, they have this power, and they don't even need a reason.

If you have to ask for a reason.

Then there is always only one reason.

By the Emperor's will!

After waiting for the hundred officials to arrive and the mountain shouting long live the body, Wei Shi, who was sitting on the dragon seat, slowly spoke:

"The Qingzhou disaster relief and ink corruption case shocked the government and the opposition, and your ears must have been calloused, right? The day before yesterday, I sent the people of the Inner Secret Division to Qingzhou to investigate the matter as quickly as possible, and they returned last night, and the case was revealed. ”

With that, Wei Qi raised his hand towards the purple-clothed secret officials below.

"Read!"

The secret official received the decree and read aloud the evidence that had been prepared long ago in the court, and the charges of Yang Baocheng and others, the chief envoy of Qingzhou, were completely counted.

When the officials below heard that Yang Baocheng's name was also among them, they whispered one after another.

When the secret officials finished reading, among the red-clothed officials who stood at the forefront of the hundred officials, an old man with gray hair and short beard bowed forward and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is wrong. Lord Yang made the name of honesty and love for the people known all over the world, how could he suddenly be implicated in this matter? The minister thinks that someone must be framed here, and please ask Your Majesty to investigate this matter carefully! ”

This person is Tao Yang, the left prime minister of the Zhongshu Province of the David Dynasty, and a person with first-class authority in the government and the opposition.

With him in the lead, two old men who had been hesitant before came out among the red-clothed ministers led by him, and they also bowed down and said:

"The minister's thoughts are the same as Tao Chengxiang's, please Your Majesty investigate this matter carefully!"

These two are Tao Rong, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Tao Qian, the Taibao, and Tao Yang are generally surnamed Tao, but they are not from the same family.

The three of them are all high-ranking and powerful people in the middle of the court, and they are talked about as "three pottery" by the government and the opposition and the people.

Although these three people have the same surname and are not related to each other, most of the time they are like brothers.

As right now, one of them stood up first, and the other two did not hesitate, and then followed.

There are three high-powered officials of "Santao" who are the first birds, and all the timid officials among the other hundred officials have also let go of their courage and have stepped forward to echo Yang Baocheng.

For a time, most of the officials in the government and the opposition asked Wei Ji to investigate the case in detail again.

Seeing this, Wei Qi's eyes narrowed, revealing a cold color, and he didn't say much, just beckoned to the two purple-clothed secret officials below.

One of the secret officials immediately understood, took out a piece of music from his bosom and handed it to Wei Shi's hand.

It was the testimony of the local officials and the grain store owners who testified to each other last night.

Wei Shi took this recital, didn't say it, didn't let people read it, and raised his hand with a snap and slammed it in front of Santao.

"Keep your eyes open and show me! This is the testimony of local officials and local grain shops testifying to each other, and at present, not only have people been stolen, but this testimony is even more ironclad, what else is there to refute! ”

Wei Qi said, his eyes narrowed, and he sneered:

"It's you, I really want to know, how much silver did you receive from Yang Baocheng, and are you willing to speak for him?"

When Santao and the hundred officials heard this, they didn't dare to hold it up anymore, and they knelt down with a bang.

"The lower officials don't dare, please ask Your Majesty to investigate!"

"Humph!"

Wei Qi snorted coldly, of course he knew that they didn't dare and wouldn't.

The three Tao were picked up by him, and the three of them have outstanding learning ability, and their reputation and reputation are also excellent among the government and the opposition and the people.

He just wanted to take the opportunity to knock them off.

The prestige of the emperor is always there.