"Although they were interrogated separately and obtained the same result, there is no guarantee that what they said will be true."

"These three people have been held separately since they were arrested, and if they confess to the same place, it should be credible. Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is time to gather the troops around Hongning and completely wipe out the bandit dens. ”

"You put it simply, who will you send? Where does the grain and grass come from? Besides, the difficulty of fighting at sea is extraordinary, you open your mouth and come, who will die? ”

Meng Changqing listened to the noise inside for half an hour against the cold wind, and seeing that the sky was getting brighter, the attendant on duty extinguished the candles outside the hall.

Meng Changqing really wanted to sit down on the steps, but unfortunately he couldn't.

Finally, there was a conclusion in it, and the thieves hiding in the capital were trapped, while Hongning prepared warships and grain and grass.

"It is rumored that Meng Changqing, the magistrate of Beishan County, has entered the hall."

There was a loud singing inside, and the attendant guarding the door of the hall reminded Meng Changqing again, "Lord Meng, you can go in." ”

"Thank you."

According to the rules taught by the Ministry of Rites, Meng Changqing found the middle of the palace gate, and then went inside.

At the designated position, Meng Changqing knelt down and said, "Meng Changqing, the magistrate of Beishan County, meet Your Majesty." ”

I could only hear the voice from the high seat, "Come forward." ”

The emperor of the dynasty was no stranger to her, and she was summoned many times in the East Palace, but this time, she only felt that there was indifference under the majesty.

She thought that she would not be afraid, after all, she had the identity of a hero, and she was familiar with the crown prince and the emperor with her back, and most importantly, her soul did not belong to this world.

But it didn't work.

The moment she knelt down among the courtiers, the cold chill of the stone bricks penetrated her knees, freezing most of her courage and pride, making it explicit for her to stand up straight.

Kneeling down again, she only felt that in a short period of time, she would never have the strength to stand up.

"Meng Changqing, are you guilty?"

Meng Changqing raised his head slightly, "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is indeed guilty, and he shouldn't be in a hurry for border stability." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, a certain minister standing in a row behind her suddenly stood up, pointed at her and scolded: "Meng Changqing, you ignore the laws of the imperial court, collude with Wei Fangyun, the prefect of Liangzhou, and deliberately discord the border counties. How peaceful the girders! ”

"Your Excellency." Meng Changqing replied loudly: "I have no selfish collusion with the prefect of Liangzhou.

The lower official received the grace of the saint and took the position of the magistrate of the county, but he was still young and did not have enough knowledge, so he did wrong things recklessly and lived up to the trust of the saint, which the lower official admitted.

But the lower officials are absolutely loyal to the court and His Majesty, and when he served in Beishan County, everything he did was for the people and the Liang, and he never sought any personal gain for himself. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Changqing bowed down to the high position, "Please Your Majesty." ”

The emperor said, "Raise your head." ”

Meng Changqing raised his head at this time, he was too hard just now, and his forehead was red, but unfortunately the emperor was too far away to see.

"Do you have any other views on this matter?"

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that what Xiang Lang said is inappropriate. Meng Zhixian is the son of the general of Dingbei, who in my Liang does not know the loyalty and courage of the general, Meng Zhixian, as his son, will never turn his back on the Liang guarded by his father and brother.

In this case, how can we bear the charge of colluding with the prefect to disrupt the border? ”

After Ma Xuan, the secretary of the criminal department, saw that no one responded, so he secretly looked at the sect in front of him, who expected that this old lady lowered her head and her eyelids closed slightly, I don't know if she didn't care about this matter at all, or if she didn't hear it elsewhere.

Xiang Shilang stood up and replied: "It is not uncommon for fathers in previous dynasties to be loyal to their sons to commit treason, virtue is their own cultivation, and they will not inherit with blood, so the general is the general, Meng Changqing is him Meng Changqing, and Lord Shangshu should only talk about the people and things in front of him." ”

"Your Majesty, since you talk about the immediate matter, you should see whether the counties in Liangzhou are not in harmony now, and then determine whether Mengzhi County is guilty." The voice came from the last few rows of the main hall, and Meng Changqing didn't know who was speaking.

"Officials." The emperor only opened his mouth and spat out two words.

The official department Shangshu stepped forward and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, after the minister received the Liangzhou general judgment and filed the complaint, he immediately sent someone to investigate, it is a fact that Xu Li of Mengzhi County instigated the people of several other counties to move to Beishan County, and it is also a fact that Wei Fangyun, the prefect of Liangzhou, knew about this matter, but did not stop it.

After the imperial court reprimanded, Meng Zhixian promised other counties that if the strong laborers moved to Beishan County, one person would be relocated and Beishan County would make up fifty taels.

So far, several other counties in Liangzhou have not filed any further complaints. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Xiang Shilang immediately said excitedly: "This is a blatant human trafficking!" As an official of the imperial court, the law is not refined, the government is not proficient, and it is absurd to do things only on the basis of verbal loyalty. ”

"Lord Xiang, have you ever seen anyone buy and sell human beings, and one person gives fifty taels?" The official in the back rows said, "Why do you say that Master Meng doesn't know how to do government?" Did you build the city wall in Beishan County? ”

"You ......"

The official preemptively said: "If you catch a little mistake, you will say that the other party is useless, and you are an official in the same dynasty, and you have no tolerance for your colleagues."

Several other magistrates in Liangzhou haven't said that about Meng Zhixian, why are you so angry. ”