Chapter Ninety-Two: The Future of Great Xia
They don't want to bear the big crime of rebellion, and this is no longer the extent that they can avoid disaster by relying on the law and not blaming the public.
At this time, the people who had just shouted the most had already sneaked to the back of the crowd, hoping to hide themselves like this.
"Prime Minister Fang, do you have any comrades?"
"My lord, among the adults kneeling outside the palace with the ministers, there are the ministers' comrades."
The two of them had written the script of the court meeting before it began, and the first step was to tie the others to their own boats.
"Someone! Lock the palace gate, and no one is allowed to go out! ”
Li Lin listened to Fang Xin's words, and immediately showed a very nervous look, and immediately ordered the forbidden army to move.
The forbidden army immediately surrounded the entire Taihe Palace, a circle of weapons facing outward, a circle of weapons facing inward, as the door slowly closed, the hearts of the ministers in the palace also rose.
"Lord Fang, tell me who is in the same party!"
Li Lin suppressed his voice, and anger seemed to erupt from between his gritted teeth to the hearts of all ministers.
"Lord Qi of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Hu of the Ministry of Officials, Lord Ma of the Ministry of Households......"
Fang Xin said the names of nearly 20 courtiers in one breath, and those who were named immediately slipped out and shouted wronged.
"Anything else?"
After Fang Xin paused for a while, Li Lin asked again.
"Your Highness, these are the people, I hope Your Highness can spare the lives of the minister's family for the sake of my confession!"
"The thieves still dare to intercede! Someone drag it down! ”
Li Lin was furious, he didn't pay attention to Fang Xin's words at all, and randomly asked people to take Fang Xin down.
The two guards stepped forward, inserted Fang Xin left and right, and pulled him out.
Seeing this scene, the ministers who had just been named and the courtiers who were still in the palace were all frightened.
Li Lin's murderous aura fanned everyone on their faces, and everyone trembled.
"It's really my Rolling Princes of Great Xia! Nearly half of the court of dozens of people rebelled, okay, good! ”
"No wonder, no wonder my Great Xia treasury is empty, no wonder my Great Xia army is tired, no wonder the life of my Great Xia people is getting worse and worse."
After speaking, Li Lin's eyes widened angrily, and his eyes were murderous.
"Your Highness, wronged, wronged!"
Before, who was always "who said no", the adult, climbed two steps forward, crying as he crawled.
He didn't lie to anyone, or the people kneeling in the audience shouted the truth that they were wronged, and they really didn't know.
But...... Li Lin wants to purge the government and the opposition, he wants to arrest both the military and the government within this day, the military has solved it, and he has to start on the political side.
"Wronged? You still dare to say that you are wronged. Someone, bring up the evidence of his guilt and show it to this lord! ”
Two eunuchs walked into the main hall carrying a wooden box, placed it on the ground, and then slowly retreated.
Li Lin slowly walked down and rummaged inside.
The man knelt next to the wooden box, and looked at the wooden box that Li Lin was rummaging through, and in the process of Li Lin's rummaging, he saw that the scrolls inside the wooden box had the name of Lord Chaozhong written on them.
Li Lin picked up a scroll with this person's name written on it and slowly opened it.
"Ji Fang, the official is the left waiter of the household department, and he is from Haizhou Lynch...... In the ninth year of his previous life, he served as an official in the household department, and embezzled 800,000 taels of public power to build a building; In the 12th year of his previous life, he was promoted to the governor of Haizhou and embezzled 4 million taels; In the 15th year of his previous life, he was promoted to the governor of Jinzhou and embezzled 10 million taels...... A total of 82 million taels were embezzled, and countless treasures ......"
It was deserted, and some officials were shocked by such a huge number, while others were trembling with fear, because they were no more than a lot.
"Master Ji, what a good means, more than 80 million, my Jinguo treasury has never been so abundant!"
"Lord, lord, spare your life, spare your life!"
"Spare you? Who will spare you to fill the treasury? Ji Fang, who conspired against Fang Xin's intentions, is guilty of one crime; Attempting to harm the people of one side and embezzling state property is the second crime; The two crimes are punished together, Ling Chi, and the nine clans sit in a row! ”
"Ahh
After listening to Li Lin's verdict, Ji Fang's whole body instantly weakened, and he sat on the ground, wanting to plead again, but he couldn't speak.
Li Lin didn't bother to talk to him again, and with a wave of his hand, Ji Fang was pulled down.
Then Li Linyou rummaged through it and took out a scroll with Qi Han written on it.
The adult who accused Li Lin of killing the two princes just now instantly trembled violently.
"Qi Han, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites......"
is the same as above, but the amount of embezzlement by this person is only 3 million taels, which is a lot less. But...... He connived at his son's strong and virtuous family in the capital to have 4 women, resulting in the destruction of four families, which was a blood debt.
Li Lin took a long breath of relief, and then sentenced him.
"Qi Han, with Fang Xin's intention to rebel, is guilty of one; embezzlement of state property, the second crime; Lack of strict control over family members; The punishment for the two crimes is combined, and the punishment is to be exiled for thousands of miles......"
Qi Han breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, live first, life is more important than anything else.
But it caused four families to be ruined...... Ling Chi, nine clans in a row! ”
"What! Surrender or disobedience! ”
"Don't accept it! Hold on! ”
Li Lin replied angrily, you don't accept you, you don't accept you*!
"The family of four died because of your son's family, what are you not convinced? You are still not convinced? ”
"Pull it down!"
Li Lin really didn't want to say more to this group of people, so he immediately let people pull it down.
When he was being dragged forward, Qi Han was still shouting "unfairness", "disobedience" and so on......
Li Lin bent down again and rummaged through the wooden box, but this time he said as he turned it over.
"Ladies and gentlemen, give you a chance, and now take the initiative to speak out, so that you guys and family members don't ......"
"This ......" The people in the temple looked at each other, and suddenly thought about whether they wanted to confess, confess that they would die but their families could survive...... If you don't confess, the details of the first two people's records make them afraid to gamble.
Immediately, several people stepped forward.
"The minister is guilty, the minister confesses ......"
Immediately, the three of them said all the dirty things they had done like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, and any corruption was a trivial matter, and one of them once shielded a group of thieves who slaughtered the village.
Except for this person who harbored the bandits, who was sentenced to Ling Chi and made three clans in a row, the other two were exiled.
After that, the people behind looked at the situation and explained it.
Halfway through, Li Lin also dealt with the scrolls of two of them, one concealed and the other explained more thoroughly, which concealment was naturally a major crime of Ling Chi as a member of the Nine Clans.
In this way, this court meeting became the scene of these ministers' sincere words.
"Ladies and gentlemen...... It's really an eye-opener, if I bring all of you to justice, I'm afraid this court will be paralyzed......"
The people below didn't speak, just silently lowered their heads.
"Hehe, let's disperse, I'll solve it one by one later."
Li Lin's purpose this time has been obtained, everyone has a huge handle from his hands, and then he makes any adjustments, and no one dares to stand up and speak.
Because everyone is the one who has fallen in this incident.
After everyone left, Li Lin looked at the plaque with four big characters above his head in the main hall.
"The future of Great Xia can officially start from today ......"