The incident is sensational, but the facts of the case are not complicated.

As the harsh interrogation progressed, the general pattern emerged.

Lai Jiang, Baoyou won the Zhongjin Shi in the first year, when he was Chinese New Year's Eve eight years old, and his ranking on the list was relatively low.

Due to the increasing number of scholars in the imperial examination, not every jinshi can hold a substantive position.

When the imperial court selects officials, in addition to paying attention to ranking, there is also an unspoken rule, which is to give priority to young people.

Normally, Lai Jiang's condition is that there is no chance, but he is a native of Lin'an, and through the relationship of twists and turns, he spent a lot of money and got a dispatch from the Salesian Bureau.

Soon after taking office, Lai Jiang, who had been a bachelor for decades, soon married Guo Mei, who was 20 years younger than him.

Guo Meiman thought that she could live a rich and noble life, but after marrying, she found that the Lai family not only had no money, but also owed a lot of debts, and Lai Jiang's fortune was only ten or a month.

How can this work? So Guo Mei instigated Lai Jiang to use his power to accumulate wealth.

From secretly embezzling money and food at the beginning, to being unscrupulous in the back, the means are even more varied.

Falsely reported and concealed the report, deliberately created vacancies, fraudulently received relief money and wages, and privately divided all the money and grain allocated by the imperial court and the property donated by the people, and only made some tattered garbage for the orphans to eat.

Anyway, they don't care about the lives of the orphans at all, and they can take another share of medical money when they are sick.

also sent some well-qualified babies, especially female babies, to the black market to sell privately.

Some of the older children were taken to their own homes or the homes of relatives and friends to serve as small servants.

Although the relevant system at this time is very perfect, but the entire Salesian Bureau is rotten, Lai Jiang and they have made the accounts stable, and when there are inspections and outsiders arrive at the hospital, they will do a good job of camouflage and countermeasures, and they are also diligent in buying and selling.

Coupled with the lack of an effective supervision system, Chang Pingsi, who was in charge of this aspect of affairs, did not pay much attention to it, and was fooled by them.

In fact, their methods are not clever, but even in the later generations, similar things will happen.

In the past two years or so, Lai Jiang has scraped a lot of money from the Salesian Bureau, and he can't figure out the exact amount, but it is estimated that it is no less than 30,000 yuan, and the other officials in the bureau range from a few hundred to several thousand, and they have all made a fortune because of it anyway.

Then, the total number of orphans who died in the hospital was close to 500, some of whom died unavoidably, but more because they were not treated normally, and those who died for no reason were equivalent to being killed by these people.

In addition, the nursing home is slightly better, at least there are no lives, and the abuse and abuse are lighter, mainly because they are overspending money and food, but they have been set up for too long, and there are more bad debts in it.

The officials present frowned when they heard these things, and they did not feel any surprise or shock.

However, most of the people were shocked, and perhaps they read the books of the sages every day, and it was hard for them to imagine that there was such a dark side to officialdom.

I was even more shocked by a person who was still the same identity as himself and others three years ago, after Dengke and the first, it was not the Qi family that ruled the country and leveled the world, but for his own selfish interests, he actually regarded human life as a mustard, and his heart was more poisonous than a snake and scorpion, and blacker than ink.

As a result, many people's hearts are at a loss, and some even begin to question themselves whether they will become like this in the future.

The case, under the supervision of King Yan, was concluded as quickly as possible.

Although there are still many details that seem crude, all the criminals have also confessed, the facts are quite clear, and the evidence is complete, which is enough in Zhao Mengqi's opinion.

After taking charge of the trial, Gao Hengsun carefully checked the case file of the Salesian Bureau, signed it with a seal, and then handed it to Feng Mengde.

Feng Mengde's face was heavy, and he took the case file to review it one by one again, and then began to review the relevant laws and regulations, as well as past cases.

In the end, he let out a long sigh, first stating the charges and the basis of the verdict, and then said, "According to the law, Lai Jiang, Guo Mei, Wang Laishi, and Lian Caiying are sentenced to be the heads of the people, and they have no family property, He Fan, Guo Sanqi...... Fifteen people, 100 canes, three years in prison, in charge of Qiongzhou, and they will not be pardoned......

"Wait!" Zhao Meng

The voice interrupted.

Feng Mengde was not surprised, he guessed that King Yan would be dissatisfied with the verdict.

"Your Highness, Wechen assures that the judgment is strictly based on the law and will not be in vain."

Jiang Wanli also spoke, "Your Highness, there is nothing wrong with Feng Shilang's judgment, and the minister thinks that he can report to the political hall according to this......

"No!" Zhao Mengqi's face was expressionless, but there was a flame hidden in his eyes, "This is too light, in front of hundreds of lives, this is really too light!"

"Lone doesn't want to listen to any laws, he just wants to do the right thing for heaven at the moment! The four main criminals must be stripped of the skin and grass, and hung on... Gongin! The rest of the accomplices will all be beheaded, and their heads will be suspended in Chaotianmen! Also, in the nursing home, as long as the greedy ink relief money and food exceeds ten times, the same will be the head!"

"Lone must let everyone know that there are some things that must not be touched, and some money and half a penny should not be greedy!"

The three presiding judges were stunned.

Jiang Wanli hurriedly advised, "There is no punishment of peeling the skin and grass in our dynasty, this is really too cruel, there is a dry heaven and harmony, and the greed for ink will be beheaded, this is also too harsh, the law is nothing more than punishing the former and the latter, it is not a happy revenge, it should be done in ......the right way."

Feng Mengde had a bitter face, "Your Highness, with your judgment, you will definitely not be able to pass the political hall, nor will you be able to pass the official family, the minister suggests, it is better to act according to the law."

"Your Highness, although these people deserve their crimes, those in power should be benevolent and stop in moderation, otherwise, I am afraid that the government and the opposition will be criticized......

Originally, it had nothing to do with Gao Hengsun's verdict, but he couldn't help but join in the advice.

Gong Zhixian, Ma Lang, and other officials who were on the sidelines also persuaded one after another.

Nearly 1,000 onlookers also had a lot of discussions.

It is said that King Yan's sentence is too heavy, and it is inevitably suspected of being violent and losing the royal demeanor.

There are also those who support King Yan, believing that it is not enough to comfort the spirits of hundreds of dead orphans in the sky.

It is also said that governing the country with Confucianism should be benevolent, focusing on education, supplemented by punishment, and countering evil with evil, which will only make people's hearts more corrupt.

Some are rational and believe that the judiciary should be rigorous, and that the law should be enforced as it is stipulated.

Others say that accomplices may have suffered and are forced to get involved in bribery and perversion of the law, and that they should be given a chance to mend their ways.

Some people even think that it is really unfair that ten times money can't even buy half an acre of land, but it has to pay for a life.

For a time, the lobby was noisy and noisy, disturbing and arguing.

"That's enough!"

Zhao Mengqi shouted angrily, like a volcanic eruption, drowning out all the noise.

"What you say and think, it seems to make sense!"

Zhao Mengqi stood proudly in the main hall, but his eyes looked at the void outside the hall.

"Lone believes that the country should be built with goodness, and the government should be for the people."

"Even if we don't have the ability to benefit the people, we should not cruel and abuse the people."

"Ensuring the survival of the people is already the lowest bottom line of a country, and the widows and lonely people can only rely on the country in the end.

"If you can't even keep this bottom line, then what's the point of such a country?"

"Today, Lone is to tell the world that Lone's attitude towards anyone and anything that undermines this bottom line is zero tolerance!"

"The law does not allow Lone's practice, and it doesn't matter, Lone still insists on doing it, and if he insists on doing it, he will not hesitate to use lynching."

Speaking of this, Zhao Mengqi paused and drank in a deep voice, "Dongwei listens to orders!"

All the Dongwei soldiers inside and outside the lobby stood up and punched their chests with their fists, "Please!"

"Take all the prisoners to the market, set up a court of law, and execute them in public! Anyone who dares to obstruct it will be treated as hostile and will be killed!"

Zhao Mengqi's tone was indifferent, but anyone could hear the indiscrimination.

"Whoa!"

The Dongwei soldiers immediately moved, in groups of twos and twos, set up the prisoners and walked out of the lobby, and then continued to walk out of the main gate of Dali Temple.

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Everyone else was stunned.

King Yan is crazy!?

To risk the condemnation of the world and lynch in public!?

Doesn't he want a place?