Just after the hour, the officials who had not been asleep for a long time were all woken up by the palace attendants, and they came to the palace outside the palace one by one with confused faces.

"What's going on? How could the princess summon us overnight? ”

"I asked the waiter who delivered the message, but nothing came out."

“……”

"The princess contracted the wind chill while patrolling, so she won't ......"

"Be careful!"

The person who spoke did not hesitate to give himself a slap in the face, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am not disrespectful to Her Royal Highness the princess, but I am just worried about the princess's condition!" ”

The rest of the people did not answer, but stood farther away.

How did such idiots get into the ranks of officials?

Stand far away, lest you splash your own blood!

After a while, Zhang An came out, "Disturb you overnight, the princess really can't help it, so let the villain carry the banquet and apologize to you!" ”

The officials looked at each other.

Late-night summons, and a wine banquet?

What does this mean, princess?

Some people look calm, some people look suspicious, and some people are frightened, as if they have done something bad and have been discovered.

"Your Highness, what are you going to do? Isn't this the last wine I've ever had in this world? ”

As soon as the man finished speaking, Zhang An made a look, and soon someone stepped forward and arrested the frightened man.

When everyone else sat at the banquet and looked at the distribution map of the "coal mine" marked in the hand of Princess Jinyang, the person who was captured could no longer bear the interrogation and explained everything.

It turned out that he recently fell in love with a beautiful and graceful married woman, in order to get the beauty he liked, he designed to kill the woman's husband, and raped the woman, killed one of her children, and afterwards made a woman adultery with others and collaborated to kill her husband, causing the woman to be spurned by the neighbors, and was killed by the thugs sent by this person to fish in troubled waters.

And this is not an isolated case.

Almost every few months, this man had to do the same thing.

This is not counting the fact that he accepted bribes, connived at the slaves of his clan to seize the land of the common people, and so on.

When Zhang An finished saying this, the rest of the people showed anger.

One person immediately said: "The general once said that no matter men, women, children, the disabled, the sick or weak, as long as they have a breath, they are the people of the north and enjoy the protection of the law. ”

Another person scolded bitterly: "At present, many affairs in the north go hand in hand, the most lacking is manpower, he killed dozens of people for his own selfish desires, including many children less than five years old, it is really cruel, the crime deserves death, according to the minister's view, this person should be torn apart!" ”

After the opinions of many ministers, Princess Jinyang looked at Li Cong, the court commander.

Li Cong got up and said with an expressionless face that this person had violated many laws, and he should be punished for several crimes, and he should be punished with death.

Princess Jinyang nodded.

Li Cong was born in a Legalist, and he always strictly abides by the regulations specified by the law, and will never bend the law for personal gain, nor will he impose personal emotions into it.

But soon, Li Cong spoke again, "But the minister thinks that what you say is reasonable, in the past few years, the prince used to live in Chang'an, and the general often fought abroad, and many bold and reckless people gradually appeared among officials at all levels and families, if they are not dealt with in time, they may endanger the safety of the north." ”

He paused for a moment and bowed for a long time: "Therefore, according to the minister's view, he will test all the punishments that the lords say on him, and then inform all places to set an example!" ”

When the words fell, the audience was shocked.

Everyone just wants that person to die, but Lord Tingwei wants that person to die and not be able to live in peace!

Wrong.

If he really used all those capital punishments according to what Ting Wei said, then I am afraid that this person will die in the end to not even the scum left!

But Li Cong's face was indifferent, as if he had just done something very ordinary.

A moment later, Princess Jinyang ordered Li Cong to be in charge of the matter.

After that, she ordered, "Zhang An, order someone to write down the crimes committed by this person one by one, and spread them to all places as soon as possible, so that all officials know the fate of this person!" ”

Zhang An: "Huh. ”

After Zhang An went down, Princess Jinyang talked about coal again, "This thing is all black, but it can burn like wood, and it burns longer than wood, and the fire is even greater. ”

When everyone heard this, although they had doubts, they didn't press the table, and they all said hello to Princess Jinyang.

Princess Jinyang said lightly: "This matter is urgent, you go down and get ready, early tomorrow morning, the palace will send the generals and soldiers of the army to assist you in jointly mining coal mines!" ”

After everyone left, Princess Jinyang looked at the results of the interrogation again, her face was gloomy, and she slapped the papers that recorded the crimes on the desk.

At this moment, she suddenly felt hot around her.

When she turned her head, she saw that the youngest pair of children had come over at some point, and the two were crowded on either side of her.

She rubbed a pair of toddler's hair and looked reproachfully to the side.

Xiao Quji, who was standing on the side, looked innocent, "Mother, I didn't bring them, it was An who woke up at night and found that her sister was gone, crying non-stop, and no one could coax her, so I had to bring them here." ”

Tonight's case, he was very angry when he saw it, and wanted to kill someone, not to mention his grandmother, who loved the people like a son.

If you don't bring your younger brothers and sisters, I'm afraid that my mother won't be able to get out of here tonight.

Xiao Jinan was still trying to make out the words on the paper, and Jin Yan had read them all and knew what was going on.

She asked, "Mother, how will the execution be executed, has it been decided?" ”

Zhang An answered her question.

Jin Yan: "What about his people?" ”

Princess Jinyang hesitated for a while, and now she was mining coal, making ondols, and cutting wood, all of which did not require manpower.

After seeing why she hesitated, Jin Yan said: "Mother, we really need manpower at the moment, but what Li Tingwei said is not a trivial matter, if the result of this case is not enough to deter everyone, then other people will always have a fluke mentality, thinking that even if they are discovered, they will only die alone, and there is not much awe in their hearts." ”

But if the punishment is increased and the deterrent effect is infinitely expanded.

Even if the person who sins is lucky, or is not afraid of heaven and earth, is not his wife, children, parents, and slaves not afraid of death?

As long as some people are afraid and some people are unwilling to take the risk, then the possibility of these reports will increase a lot, and they will naturally act more restrained.

"Moreover, at the moment we want to mine coal mines, for the north, coal mines are no less than copper and iron resources, if someone fills their own pockets, wantonly raises prices, and makes profits or ...... with the court."

Jin Yan didn't say anything further, but Princess Jinyang had already made a decision in her heart.

"Zhang An, you go to see Tingwei, he knows what to do."

The Yi tribe is not a problem.

But this order should not come from the mouth of a three-year-old child.