Chapter 49: The Imperial Council
Early this morning, the detailed reports of the major newspapers about the bloody case in Nancheng made the entire Haiyue City boil. The sensational manuscripts were thrown into the calm hearts of the people like boulders, arousing strong repercussions. The two recruits became national heroes overnight, and the inactive police station and the gangsters who brutalized civilians were pushed to the moral judgment by the surging public opinion.
There is no doubt that "Tianlong Times" has become the most powerful driving force behind this wave of public opinion. Its report on Zhu Xiaoqi's punishment of evil murder and wolf killing and smashing the police station on the front page made people see the bloody nature of the younger generation of soldiers in the empire, and the reverence and worship of heroes reached a new height.
In addition to the headlines, the "Dragon Times" also devoted a lot of space to reporting on the military's actions, and at the same time profoundly exposed the dark traces of the Green Snake Society's past. The strength and domineering of the imperial military have won the praise of the people, and the Green Snake Society has been completely hacked into a villain who is not enough to be angry with the people if he does not kill, and has found the perfect angle for Zhu Xiaoqi's punishment of evil on behalf of heaven.
While the whole city was in turmoil, there was calm in the palace. Emperor Long Xiaotian did not make any statement after receiving considerable information about the promotion of the military and the police, and did not order the first minister to convene a meeting of the cabinet ministers to discuss the matter until the next day.
In the early morning of the third day, the Imperial Council was held as scheduled. Despite the one-sided trend of public opinion, most cabinet ministers remained silent at the meeting. For them, the military cannot be offended, and the police, who are closely related to their lives, cannot be offended. Since it's none of the matter, it's wisest to remain neutral.
Under the watchful eyes of a group of ministers, Zhang Lingfeng, Minister of Military Affairs, and Lu Siming, Minister of Public Security, quickly exchanged fire, and the focus of the dispute focused on the question of whether the murder of the two recruits was a crime committed by Yan. As for the smashing, looting, and burning behavior of the wolf killer rider, both of them wisely bypassed, and neither of them wanted to offend Xiao Wanli.
Zhang Lingfeng quoted the words of the newspaper to bitterly criticize the atrocities of the Green Snake Society in killing the people, and at the same time expressed strong dissatisfaction with the police's connivance at the young people who insulted the Jiangmen Li family and tarnished the glory of the soldiers, and believed that it was excusable for the two recruits to kill out of righteous indignation. Lu Siming, on the other hand, accused the massacre carried out by the two recruits and the subsequent actions taken by the military as contempt for the dignity of the law and a challenge to the spirit of the rule of law, which not only severely affected the stability of society, but also set a bad precedent of using public power to violently resist the law if not severely punished.
If the Nancheng Police Station fulfills its mission of defending the dignity of the law, there will be no scum like the Green Snake Society in Nancheng, and how can the two recruits have the opportunity to kill people!"
"In this matter, I admit that the Nancheng Police Department is seriously at fault, but this does not seem to be a reason for them to go on a killing spree, right? If everyone in the world does this, then the whole country will be in chaos. What's more, Zhu Xiaoqi also killed another person in front of many police officers, which is a blatant challenge to the state power organs!"
"The man he killed, the whole city felt that he should be killed. As for what he did, Lord Lu wouldn't have found out yet, right?"
"If you should be killed, then what do you want the police to do, what do you want the court to do? Is his power given by you, Lord Zhang?"
The two sides continued to fight with each other, and they were red-faced. If it weren't for Emperor Long Xiaoyun sitting there, the two guys might have really rolled up their sleeves and fought each other.
Just when Long Xiaotian was bored, one of the imperial guards suddenly ran into the conference room, came to him, leaned over and whispered in his ear.
The quarrel stopped, and everyone's eyes fell on Long Xiaotian. Imperial meetings usually discuss state affairs, and under normal circumstances, the guards would not come in and disturb His Majesty. What the hell is going on?
"Everyone, there is something going on outside, you can go out with me to take a look!" Long Xiaotian stood up and said coldly.
A group of ministers followed behind Long Xiaotian and rushed out.
Outside, it was gray and rainy. At the entrance of the Royal Council Hall, a young girl in a major's uniform knelt quietly at the foot of the steps, and a burly man stood beside her with an umbrella.
"Wan'er, what are you doing here, hurry up!" Long Xiaotian looked at the girl kneeling at the bottom of the steps, and secretly exclaimed in his heart.
What is Li Xiaowan kneeling here for? The ministers were confused by the situation in front of them, and their hearts were very confused.
"It's going to be a bad thing!" Zhang Lingfeng looked at her, secretly crying bitterly in his heart. Looking at this situation, Li Xiaowan probably came to ask the emperor for her guilt because of the monstrous disaster caused by the recruit she recruited into the twilight snow guard. However, he was still acting on behalf of the military, and His Majesty did not express his position, she was doing this completely unhelpful, and she was slapping him in the face!
"Li Xiaowan has taken the initiative to confess, I want to see if you have anything else to say!" Lu Siming looked at Zhang Lingfeng, who was frowning, with a hint of pride on his face.
"Father, Xiao Wan has the courage to ask for mercy and pardon the two recruits for the felony of murder! Xiao Wan is willing to bear the charge of a crime and accept any punishment!" Li Xiaowan leaned over and kowtowed, crying out sadly.
The ministers exchanged their heads and whispered, they couldn't understand Li Xiaowan's behavior.
Long Xiaoyun frowned: "Xiao Wan, this incident happened during the training camp in Xishan, it has nothing to do with Du Xuewei, and it has nothing to do with you, why do you have to do this!"
"Father, this matter has a lot to do with Xiaowan!" Li Xiaowan raised her head and replied loudly.
"Oh?" Long Xiaoyun looked at her in surprise.
"First, they just did what Xiao Wan wanted to do but didn't have time to do. Second, Zhu Xiaoqi is the righteous son of my second uncle Li Mubai, and he just did what he should do as the young master of the Li family! The Li family only has my sister and brother relying on each other today, and Xiao Qi's body is pinned on the last wish of the second uncle, and also the hope of the Li family's future! If the father really wants to kill, please kill Xiaowan, and leave a man for the Li family who can put on armor and go into battle to kill the enemy for the country!" Two lines of tears flowed down Li Xiaowan's face, and she leaned down and kowtowed again, unable to kneel for a long time.
"Zhu Xiaoqi is Mu Bai's righteous son?" Long Xiaoyun pretended to be confused and looked shocked.
The unexpected news made all the ministers look at each other and be silent for a long time. This Nima is too, isn't it? This new recruit is not only the only male soldier in Du Xuewei, but now he has even become Li Mubai's righteous son and the young master of the Li family! Although Li Mubai has passed away with the shame of history, his demeanor has illuminated the entire continent, he has a lofty position in the hearts of the people of Tianlong, and he has an unimaginably huge influence in the military circles. I don't know whether Long Xiaoyun loves or hates Li Mubai, who ruined the life of his eldest son Long Zhantian. After the fall of the Western Expeditionary Army, he just silently accepted this fact, and then recognized Li Xiaowan as his righteous daughter, continuing the royal family's 300-year favor for Jiangmen.
If what Li Xiaowan said was true, how would Long Xiaotian treat Li Mubai's righteous son today, what about the young master of the Li family? Zhang Lingfeng smiled, and Lu Siming's face darkened, which seemed to be telling.
"Your Majesty, this matter grass people Zhao Wuchang can testify. Zhu Xiaoqi did enter the Li family's martyrs' shrine and completed the ceremony in front of the second master's spirit. The big man next to Li Xiaowan took the umbrella and knelt down on one knee. More than ten years have passed, and the war is long gone, but when he faced Long Xiaotian, he still adhered to the etiquette of a front-line soldier.
"Zhao Wuchang......" Long Xiaoyun thought silently, his eyes shining.
"General Impermanence, you're finally back! we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, haven't we?" he asked majestically, looking at Zhao Wuchang.
Zhao Wuchang met his gaze and replied loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, the grass people can't afford the name of General Impermanence! I came here today to ask Your Majesty to be the master of the Li family and give the Li family justice!"
Long Xiaoyun came down the steps in the rain, helped Li Xiaowan up, and then picked up Zhao Wuchang.
"Go in and talk. Although you are not my own daughter, if you are sick, I will be distressed as a father. General Impermanence, don't get drenched, come up. He smiled and took Li Xiaowan's hand and walked up the steps.
"What the hell, I arrested someone without even figuring out Zhu Xiaoqi's identity, this group of idiots in the Nancheng Police Station is going to kill Lao Tzu!" Lu Siming greeted the eighteen generations of Director Ma's ancestors in his heart. At this point, he could be sure that the kick was on the iron plate. As the young master of the Li family, what Zhu Xiaoqi did was illegal but reasonable. But what is the Fa? In the Heavenly Dragon Empire, Long Xiaotian is the greatest Fa.
"Let's go, let's have a meeting. Looking at a group of stunned ministers, and glaring at Lu Siming fiercely, Long Xiaotian led everyone into the conference hall.
On July 10, 1573, the Emperor of the Celestial Dragon Empire, Long Xiaoyun, suddenly announced three orders at the Imperial Council, which shook the government and the opposition.
The first is to restore the rank of major general Zhao Wuchang, the former general of the Western Expeditionary Army, and order him to form a 1,000-strong Li family army, which is responsible for protecting the safety of all family members of the Li family and defending the glory of Jiangmen. The second is to confer the title of Viscount Zhu Xiaoqi, the son of the late General Li Mubai, with a reward of 100,000 coins and a weapon in recognition of his loyalty and bravery, and a reward of 50,000 gold coins on Zhao Tiedan, a recruit from Xishan for intensive training, in recognition of his martyrdom. Third, Lu Siming was removed from his post as minister of public security and demoted to the post of chief of the Nancheng Police Station, responsible for rectifying public order in Nancheng.
Jiangmen Li's family, after more than ten years of silence, has returned to people's sight. Zhu Xiaoqi, an unknown homeless man and an ordinary recruit, has become an upstart in Haiyue City.
At this time, Zhu Xiaoqi and Zhao Tiedang were leaning on a big tree in the camp, posing in a cool shape, squeezing their eyebrows and showing off their amorous eyes towards the female soldiers passing by, trying to destroy their heroic image......
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