Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with a cold gaze, staring at these excited ministers.

Of course, he understood the thoughts of these people very well, and he had long thought that there would be such a scene, but the Jinyi Guard had to be established, and no matter how much the ministers objected, they couldn't change his decision.

"Jinyiwei is a pro-army set up by us, these people are all arrested by us, are you blaming us?"

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze, the scene suddenly fell silent, but this kind of important matter, the ministers will not easily obey.

"Since it is Your Majesty's will, it is unavoidable, but Your Majesty must always have a reason for arresting people, and the minister dares to ask what these people have committed?"

Zhan Hui, who was the overseer of the imperial history, asked out loud.

Zhu Yuanzhang still has preferential treatment for the imperial historian, this Zhan Hui has also impeached Li Dang before, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not put him on the list, after all, picketing impeachment is the duty of the imperial historian.

Now Zhan Hui asked out loud, although Zhu Yuanzhang was displeased, he did not directly punish the crime, but said lightly: "We suspect that they are corrupt and bent the law for personal gain." ”

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned, this crime is too wide, the scope of embezzlement is very large, and there is no way to talk about favoritism.

In fact, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did not bluntly suspect that these people were plotting to kill the queen and grandson was also because of his own considerations.

The imperial power is supreme and inviolable, but now that the emperor and the queen are dead, if these people really did it, then they have successfully murdered the royal family, since the emperor and the queen can murder, then why can't the prince? The crown prince can murder, and the emperor is naturally no exception!

Once this kind of thought arises, the awe in the courtier's heart will be less, and even if he kills again, I am afraid it will be difficult to extinguish.

Therefore, on the bright side, it is better for the emperor and the queen to die of illness, as for these people, he can find other excuses to kill!

"Your Majesty, the state has national laws and family rules, even if these people are really guilty, according to the laws of the imperial court, they should also be handed over to the legal department for trial, and I hope that Your Majesty will let Jinyiwei hand over the person to the legal department, and the minister will definitely do his best to solve this case." Wang Shi argued with reason.

Jin Yiwei's behavior at this time is to encroach on the authority of their criminal department and Dali Temple, and now that Dali Temple is gone, he, the secretary of the criminal department, must stand up and fight.

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Jinyiwei was ordered by the emperor to investigate the Qin case, so you don't have to worry about this matter, of course, other cases are still handled by the legal department." ”

Wang Shi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's Jinyiwei interrogation in private is inevitably unfair, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" ”

"Since it's a Qin case, we'll keep an eye on it personally, so you can rest assured." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

The ministers were depressed for a while, don't worry, don't worry, you don't worry about staring at us!

"Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and there are many opportunities every day, how can you personally supervise it? In the opinion of the minister, let the assistant of the legal department handle the case! ”

Wang Shi once again spoke out and said, there was no prime minister, the imperial power had completely overwhelmed the ministers, if there was another Jinyi guard, even the right to handle the case would have to be parted, how could these courtiers have a chance to turn over.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the so-called food of the king, for the king's worries, Your Majesty does everything himself, which is really ashamed of the ministers." Wu Yong, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, echoed.

"If you're ashamed, concentrate on doing what we gave you, and don't worry about anything else!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and waved his hand: "We have already decided on this matter, you don't need to say more!" ”

"Your Majesty, no!"

"Your Majesty......"

The ministers still did not give up, knelt down and cried.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and snorted coldly, and directly waved his sleeves and got up and walked off the throne, Xu Shou hurriedly shouted to retreat from the court, and the ministers were thrown on the court, and after a while, they got up helplessly and dispersed.

However, this matter did not end there, after the dispersal of the dynasty, the ministers wrote letters one after another to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to revoke Jinyiwei's right to handle the case.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang kept these recitals in the middle and did not send them, the pressure of the ministers to admonish them has always existed.

In the edict prison, screams came and went, and Li Wei looked at the confession in his hand, frowning.

Under the punishment service, these people also confided a lot of things, but from the confessions, it can only be seen that they belong to the same force, marry each other, exchange letters, collude with each other, and so on.

For example, collecting evidence of the "Li Party" crimes, and recommending each other among officials, are all ambiguous things, you have to say that he is guilty, but if you say how serious it is, it will not be enough.

As for Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion of murdering the emperor and empress, they said that they didn't know anything at all, and no matter how they were tortured, it was useless.

Just when Li Wei was at a loss, Mao Xiang suddenly led people into the Imperial Prison.

After Mao Xiang came in, he first raised his eyes to look at the prisoners who were being interrogated, and then slowly came to Li Wei.

"Master Li!" Mao Xiang arched his hand.

Li Wei looked up when he heard the voice, and returned the salute: "Master Mao." ”

"I wonder how Lord Li's interrogation went?" Mao Xiang asked softly.

When Li Wei heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head helplessly: "Hey, these people are recruiting some inconsequential things, and the most important thing is that they don't recruit any of them." ”

Seeing him like this, Mao Xiang was silent on the surface, but his heart couldn't help but be a little disdainful.

He was actually a little unhappy about His Majesty's handing over the matter of the edict to this concubine, and in his opinion, Li Wei was a layman who didn't know anything about the trial.

"Master Li, if you should use torture to deal with these people, you have to use torture, and you don't need to be merciful." Mao Xiang said with a smile.

Li Wei glanced at him in some surprise, and then looked at the screaming officials who were beaten, and was a little speechless for a while.

He fought like this, and in Mao Xiang's eyes, he was still soft-hearted!

After a pause, Li Weicai said, "I know, thank you." ”

Mao Xiang nodded, and then said: "Lord Li, Your Majesty has an order, this case must be tried as soon as possible, and now the ministers in the court are making a lot of trouble, and it is difficult to convince the ministers without some evidence." ”

Li Wei frowned for a moment and nodded slightly.

Mao Xiang brought the words, and without saying more, he left and left.

Li Wei looked at the ragged officials, and suddenly turned to Lu Tang on the side and asked, "Do you say that I am soft-hearted?" ”

Lu Tang was stunned for a moment before he reacted, groaned for a while, and said euphemistically: "Adults are kind-hearted, and this is not a bad thing. ”

Li Wei frowned, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Does he have to be like the Jinyi Guards in history, using inhumane means to interrogate?

"My lord, I think our punishment is still too simple, and according to the humble opinion, we still have to use some heavy punishment to be tried."

Seeing that Li Wei was silent, a small flag standing next to him hesitated for a moment and said.

Li Wei and Lu Tang both turned their heads in surprise and glanced at this little flag.

"What do you think?"

Li Wei asked softly.

Seeing that he was not angry because of his reckless intervention, this little flag was overjoyed, and continued: "The lowly position does have some ideas, if the adults allow it, the lowly position can make some new torture tools, and ensure that these people can speak obediently." ”

These guards are already skilled craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau, and it is not too simple to make some tools to rectify people.

Li Wei looked this small flag up and down, this person is not very old, he looks like he is in his early twenties, he looks very strong, and his eyes faintly reveal an unwillingness to be ordinary.

"Okay, you go ahead and do it." Li Wei bowed his head lightly.

If he could, he didn't want to be sentenced to a heavy sentence, but if it really didn't work, use it, anyway, these people were all on the death list given by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Yes!"

Xiaoqi happily took the order and left.

After he left, Li Wei turned his head to Lu Tang and asked, "What is this little flag called?" ”

"It's called Chen Su." Lu Tang said.

Li Wei bowed his head lightly and didn't say anything more.

Chen Su moved quickly, brought a few craftsmen to work together, and put several brand-new torture instruments in front of Li Wei the next day.

"Your Excellency, please see, this iron brush can be used to scrub prisoners, and a layer of flesh can be brushed off at once; The iron plate traps the prisoner on it, and burns it with fire underneath, and the prisoner will naturally move if he can't stand it, and this, I tell him to play the lute, put the prisoner on it, and pluck his sternum with a knife......"

Chen Su introduced these novel torture instruments one by one, and Li Wei's scalp was numb when he saw it. (End of chapter)