Night. Liu Zhixing has no sleep.

But the next morning, he got up as usual, washed, and after breakfast, got into a soft sedan chair and went to the palace to work.

As always.

Recently, the Han Kingdom has been peaceful, and even the war between the navy and the Fuso navy has stopped a lot, and it is limited to small-scale conflicts.

The workload of cabinet ministers has been reduced considerably.

Equally. Today is also the day of the trial of the three divisions of the Inspectorate, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple. Zhang Haiping was absent-minded, looked at Liu Zhixing frequently, and stopped talking several times.

Liu Zhixing is the first assistant of the dynasty and has a very high prestige. The deeds of his early years have also spread, and some things have been cited as beautiful talks.

For example, he was obviously extremely smart, but he gave up the imperial examination and learned how to govern the country, the army, and defend the city. Before the fall of Liaodong, Liu Zhixing was a deviant scholar.

But after the fall of Liaodong, the Han Dynasty was established. Liu Zhixing is definitely wise.

Zhang Haiping also passively received a lot of information, knowing that Liu Zhixing's teacher, Zhang Chen, was involved in the case.

The king said it.

The person who executes the plan. Kill the head, raid the house, and the family members are assigned to the company, and they are officials and maids.

"Lord Liu is so calm. It's as if nothing had happened. This shouldn't be, although Lord Liu is calm, he is also a warm-hearted person. You shouldn't ignore your own teachers. If he asks the king for a favor, it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

Zhang Haiping said secretly in his heart.

"Lord Zhang. Mr. Zhang. Just when Zhang Haiping was distracted, Liu Zhixing raised his head and called Zhang Haiping, and Zhang Haiping didn't respond to the first sound, so he frowned and called the second time.

"Lord Liu." Zhang Haiping reacted, smiled awkwardly, and said with his fists clenched.

"Lord Zhang. This is the excerpt of Lu Sheng, the governor of Youyan. It is said that the water level of the Han River has skyrocketed this year, and many counties have been affected. Here's the list. He asked the imperial court to exempt these counties from taxes. He was allowed to open the granary and prepare for the disaster. ”

Liu Zhixing handed a letter to Zhang Haiping and said in a deep voice.

Zhang Haiping was suddenly awe-struck when he heard this, opened the fold and glanced at it, and said, "Okay." ”

With Li Yong's consent, Liu Zhixing wrote a suggestion on the fold with a pen. Then he sent a eunuch into the palace, and sent this excerpt into the palace along with other important excerpts for Wu Nian to read.

Disaster relief is like fighting a fire, and it must not be unpleasant.

"There is slightly less precipitation in eastern Liaoning this year. There was a slight drought in various places. Unexpectedly, on the Han River side of Goguryeo, there was a flood. This country is big, and there are all kinds of strange things. The territory of Chu is so huge, and the imperial court is incompetent, no wonder all kinds of problems arise frequently. ”

Li Yong took a sip of the teacup, moistened his throat, and sighed.

"Master Li is right. The Han Kingdom is just the land of nine mansions. The state of Chu is ten times the size of ours. There are so many things that are unimaginable. Zhang Haiping nodded and said.

"There are pros and cons to everything." Liu Zhixing shook his head and said.

"Oh. What did Master Liu say about this? Zhang Haiping said curiously.

"In the past, we had a drought in eastern Liaodong. The whole territory is not harvested. If it weren't for the help of Kyogoku Yukiri, we wouldn't be able to say that we have the scenery we have now. It is possible that it has already been defeated. The territory is too small, and once there is a problem with food, it will be a fatal problem. Now we have Goguryeo. Risk can be shared. ”

"For example, this Goguryeo flood. If Lu Sheng can solve it by himself, let him solve it by himself. If it is really serious, the grain from Liaodong can be transferred to the past. ”

Liu Zhixing said.

"That's what Lord Liu said." Zhang Haiping came to his senses and nodded.

Of course, he also knew this, but when Liu Zhixing said that "everything has pros and cons", he didn't think in this direction.

The three of them, as usual, worked in this Wenhua Palace. I also stole a little leisure, drank tea, and chatted for a while.

Li Yong came up in old age, and occasionally he would lose his energy and lie down on the couch to take a nap.

Zhang Haiping, Liu Zhixing, and Wu Nian all acquiesced. From time to time, Wu Nian would also send eunuchs to bring the delicacies prepared by the imperial dining room in the palace, for fear that the three of them would be hungry.

As for Zhang Haiping's gaze, where would Liu Zhixing not understand?

In his heart, he was already anxious.

Teacher. What will happen to him?

King. King.

The yamen of the criminal department, in the hall where the prisoners are interrogated.

Lu Qian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zhu Jianming, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and Wang You, the three divisions of the Inspectorate, plus Chen Jiagui of the Imperial City Division, assisted by the side.

In the lobby, there are four official cases.

Wang Youxiao of the Inspectorate is respected, but after all, this is the territory of the Criminal Department, so the Shangshu of the Criminal Department sits in the main position.

None of these people were born in the imperial examination, but they followed Wu Nian to rise to the top. helped Liu Zhixing and others deal with rear affairs and put the state management in order.

But they are all shrewd and capable people who can't rub sand in their eyes.

And there is also the Imperial City Division's open and dark investigation, and everything is clear.

Lu Qian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was shocked and ordered the officials to bring the prisoners in three batches.

According to Wu Nian's decision.

Uninformed.

Raid the house, but keep the books. They were sent to Goguryeo, and each male was given five acres of land.

Those who knew about it were either killed or confiscated, and their families were exiled to Goguryeo.

All those who carried out the plan were put to death, and their families were officials and maids.

That is, wives and children are slaves.

After receiving the verdict, all the prisoners turned pale, some had weak legs, some were crying, and some were arguing and pleading.

"Please be enlightened, please be enlightened. I just want to get my ancestral property back. It's not to shake the court. Please be aware of it. ”

For these arguments, plead. The four officials all looked calm, although they didn't know it, and they were a little wronged, but since they participated in this matter, they had to pay the price.

For example, Liu Zhixing's teacher Zhang Chen.

His youngest son, Zhang Yong, was the one who carried out the plan, so Zhang Yong was sentenced to death, and the rest of the Zhang family became other people's slaves.

This group is the least.

There were only a dozen people in the hall.

When Lu Qian's strong voice fell, the prisoners present were all dead, and then struggled wildly.

"Your Excellency. My lord. ”

I have to say anything, anyway, I don't want to die, and I don't want to see my children and grandchildren become other people's slaves. Wives and concubines become other people's playthings.

For these people, the four officials didn't even have sympathy.

Zhang Chen, Zhang Zhong, and Zhang Yong, father and son, were all like ashes. Zhang Chen, Zhang Zhong, father and son knelt on the ground, old tears were in their eyes, but they did not speak.

Zhang Yong followed those who shouted injustice, and he was also struggling, shouting, and begging for mercy.

He knocked his head, and no one responded to him.

"It's over. It's all over. Zhang Chen sat on the ground, pounded his chest with his fist, and cried.

"Can't even Zhixing save us? King Han, in the eyes of King Han, he really can't rub sand. Zhang Zhong said in despair.

At this moment, dense footsteps sounded.

Zhang Zhen, surrounded by a large number of internal guards, entered the lobby with a volume of Ming Huang Holy Decree in his hand.

Zhang Zhen held the holy decree in his left hand, stood in the center, and said majestically: "The king has a decree." Wang Youxiao, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Lu Qian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zhu Jianming, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Chen Jiagui, the Imperial City Division, received the order. ”