Li Wanyun took command and went out to fight. Li Wanjiang rarely led all civil and military officials to send them out to the eastern suburbs in person. This shows that he attaches great importance to the battle with the British.
After Dugulou left, Qiu Ruolan and her son did not leave. They lived in a newly purchased house and planned to spend the winter in Fengyang City.
This made Li Wanjiang very happy, because he had no intention of leaving his Dugulou wife and children as hostages. It was his mother and son who took the initiative to stay.
That must be treated well. People are sent to visit every now and then, and rewards are endless. There is no need to go into details.
I thought that the sudden arrival of King Xuanping Li Qiu would inevitably cause violent earthquakes throughout the Zhou Dynasty, and even some terrible things would happen...
But there was none.
Everything seemed to be calm, and even the fierce battle between the two kings for the heir apparent had calmed down.
It seems that everyone is waiting and watching, but waiting and watching means nothing will come out, and waiting does not know what kind of result will be waiting for?
No matter what, just be calm and don't be chaotic.
The main reason is that the two princes Li Shi and Li Feng suddenly stopped arguing. It seemed that they had acquiesced in a certain outcome. At least they all recognized Li Qiu as their younger brother.
They held banquets at the palace respectively, invited all the civil and military officials of the court to accompany them, held the cup with their own hands, and washed away the dust for their younger brother. Under the eyes of everyone, they performed two good plays of brothers reuniting and blood is thicker than water. No matter how good the acting skills are, it is always good. The scene was very touching at the time.
My emperor Li Wanjiang also expressed his great joy.
He also specially hand-wrote a picture with the words "Brothers of one heart and one mind can break gold" and gave it to his three sons so that they could encourage each other.
Li Wanjiang did not kill Lin Dongyang, nor did he kill Wang Ruhai. He only removed him from his post, ransacked his home, put him in jail after questioning, and also ordered him to be executed.
Generally speaking, being sentenced to imprisonment is equivalent to the current reprieve of death. As long as you don't seek death, you will most likely not die.
But it will not be converted into a life sentence, because prison conditions in ancient times were limited, so there was no such thing as how many years in prison. They were either executed, exiled, sent to the army, or released on bail.
The main reason is that there is not enough food for them to eat. Nowadays, the common people in the world are still hungry, but is it okay to waste food to support a bunch of criminals?
Of course, there are also many criminals whose cases have not been closed and have been detained in prisons.
For example, this was the case with Tie Kunlun back then. His vitality was very tenacious, but there were also many who suffered, contracted diseases, or couldn't bear the cold and hunger, and many died inside.
Since Li Qiu is in charge of the Criminal Department, the new official will naturally have three things to do when he takes office.
After patrolling and investigating in Fengyang City Prison, they began to deal with long-standing cases. Under Xiao Chen's suggestion, a large number of criminals who had been detained for many years were released based on the principle of abrogating suspicion.
Others cut the knot with a sharp knife. Those who deserve to be exiled to the army, those who deserve to work hard, those who deserve to be exiled, and those who deserve to be decapitated will be decapitated!
Fengyang Prison, which was originally very crowded, was completely empty.
Chen Ming, who was in charge of the Jinyiwei Prison, was also deeply inspired and wanted to clean up the Jinyiwei Prison.
But Zhao prison is different from the prison of the Ministry of punishment, because most of the people in it are imperial prisoners who have been arrested by the emperor himself, or officials who have been impeached and participated in the concert. Most of them have not been convicted, and there are many others. It was forgotten after being imprisoned by the emperor's order...
Some people think this may be a bit unbelievable, but in fact it is perfectly normal, because the emperor has decreed that someone should be taken, so you must take it, right?
If you seize it and lock it up, you have to wait for the emperor to decree a sentence or pardon. If the emperor simply forgets, do you dare to ask the emperor?
Do you know if the emperor has really forgotten, or is he deliberately trying to keep those officials locked up?
It has nothing to do with them anyway, so why bother and ask for trouble?
Chen Ming specifically came to ask Xiao Chen for advice. Xiao Chen said that you can't ask me about this, you can only ask Zhu Xiaochuan.
If Zhu Xiaochuan is willing to take charge of this matter, he will naturally report it to the emperor. If he doesn't want to take care of it, you can't take care of it either.
But don't think about going directly to the emperor without him. Not only will this greatly offend Zhu Xiaochuan, but it will also make the emperor suspect that your kid is trying to gain power and has evil intentions.
Chen Mingshen thought so, and he went to tell Zhu Xiaochuan. Zhu Xiaochuan was also hesitant about this. The work of the Ministry of Punishment to rectify the prison was in full swing, with great results. The Emperor was very happy and praised him a lot.
It stands to reason that I should follow suit for a while. If there is no action, if the emperor asks about it in the future, he will be passive.
But if you want to take action, you have to report it to the emperor. If the emperor doesn't allow it, then you are asking for trouble. After thinking about it for a few days, I still can't make a decision. I decided to come to Xiao Chen and ask him for his opinion. This kid is very clever, especially good at pondering the holy meaning...
Xiao Chen said I would like to ask you Mr. Zhu, do you think this should be done?
Zhu Xiaochuan said of course it should be done, so why bother asking? If I shouldn't do it, why would I be so embarrassed to ask you for advice?
Xiao Chen said that since it is what you should do, just do it!
You are acting in accordance with the system, and this is your duty. If you don't do it, it is dereliction of duty, which is a sin. As long as you do it, even if it is against the holy will, it is still fulfilling your duty. Will the emperor still blame you for doing your duty? You can't?
Zhu Xiaochuan originally wanted to do this, but since Xiao Chen said so, he went ahead and reported it to the emperor. The emperor was not angry after hearing this, and even blamed himself.
Immediately ordered him to join the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to go to the prison to investigate all the prisoners, and to interrogate the guilty and release the innocent!
Don’t worry about what I said at the beginning, everything must be done in accordance with the law. After all, I may unjustly accuse people when I am angry...
The emperor asked him to go to the Dali Temple of the Joint Criminal Department to handle the case, and Li Qiu was the supervisor of these two departments, so Zhu Xiaochuan went directly to Li Qiu and asked for his instructions.
Li Qiu took over the case without saying a word, and also told him to handle the case in accordance with the law, never let a good person go, nor wrongly accuse a good person. If there is any difficulty, just come to me!
This surprised Zhu Xiaochuan. He did not expect that King Xuanping would be so responsible at such a young age!
This alone is better than Li Shiqiang.
When I thought about it again, I was afraid that Xiao Chen had already expected this, so he suggested that he do this. This boy is really only one step away from becoming a spirit!
Didn't this bring me closer to King Xuanping invisibly?
It seems that you really want to support King Xuanping wholeheartedly. This is what the emperor means, and this is what Xiao Chen means...
Then shouldn’t it be time for me to show some meaning?
But this young King Xuanping is really interesting. He takes care of things that are his duty, and takes care of them. But he ignores and stays out of things that are not his place.
For example, when reviewing the old cases of the Ministry of Punishment, especially the case of Jinyiweizhao prisoners, it would inevitably involve some military affairs and military figures. He picked them all and sent them directly to the Ministry of War, letting Lu Jinglai make a decision, and he would never intervene.
