"Wen Zhao, how was the trial of the Langya criminals?" Li Wanjiang looked at Shao Wenzhao again.
The imperial prisoners from Langya County had been escorted to Xiao Chen and the others more than ten days earlier. As soon as they arrived, the Criminal Department immediately started interrogating them.
"Replying to the emperor, I and the Criminal Department are currently interrogating." Shao Wenzhao said hurriedly.
"Why hasn't the trial been concluded for so many days? Are they unwilling to plead guilty?" Li Wanjiang said solemnly.
"They all confessed, but there were quite a lot of other things involved..." Shao Wenzhao was a little hesitant.
"Huh?" Li Wanjiang glared.
"These imperial prisoners confessed many people who had close contact with Duan Fengnian and wrote frequently to them, both in places and in the court. Naturally, these confessions needed to be verified one by one, so there was a delay." Shao Wenzhao said.
"Who are they?" Li Wanjiang asked calmly.
"Replying to the emperor, there are Li Feng, King of Fengyang, Li Sinian, the Imperial Guards Commander, General Jingzhou..." Shao Wenzhao did not dare to conceal anything and spoke frankly.
"Duan Fengnian was originally recommended by Li Feng and was also a White Dragon Guard general. It is normal for them to exchange letters. He, Duan Fengnian, has been the governor of Langya for such a long time. It is not unusual for him to be friends with local officials in the DPRK. This is not surprising after investigation. Is there a conclusion? I think the case will be closed as soon as possible." Li Wanjiang said.
"I obey the decree." Shao Wenzhao said in his heart that he was just waiting for your words from the Emperor.
If you don't say anything, we will only have trials. Hundreds of people have been tried now. If the case is not concluded as soon as possible, it will turn into the Tianxuanhui case last time, involving so many people that it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath.
"Since all the prisoners have confessed, how will your criminal department convict them?" Li Wanjiang asked again.
"Replying to the emperor, although the principal criminal Duan Fengnian is dead, his crimes are unforgivable. His body should be exposed for one month and he should be punished in a canonical manner to warn the rest of the world to follow suit! His four sons are also considered guilty of the principal crime and should be cut in half. The rest All kinds of human crimes are broken by cars!" Shao Wenzhao said.
There is nothing good to say about rebellion and rebellion, which is an unpardonable crime and should be punished with the heaviest punishment.
Obviously there is no punishment now, otherwise even if they were all cut into pieces, they would still deserve it!
"It's enough to punish Duan Fengnian in the canon. There is no need to expose his body. This is just for the New Year. There is no need to make anyone disgusting! Just throw him out to feed the wild dogs. Anyway, his conscience has been eaten by the dogs long ago!" Li Wanjiang showed disgust when talking about Duan Fengnian, but he did not reveal his body.
"As for his sons and those who rebelled against him, they will all be beheaded, and the first-class ones will be hanged. As for their family members..." Li Wanjiang originally wanted to say that he would be sold directly to a brothel as a prostitute. Slave.
But he suddenly remembered that Xiao Chen and Cheng Youwen were quarreling in front of him in the court. Xiao Chen, a steady person, rarely lost his temper. In anger, he almost beat Cheng Youwen!
Then he changed his words and said, "Either selling the official position, or becoming a slave... It's up to you to discuss this matter."
Shao Wenzhao and the others stood up and praised, "The Emperor is benevolent and benevolent!"
At the same time, I was secretly wondering, why did the emperor change gender this time?
Normally he would deal with this kind of thing ruthlessly and never show mercy, but now he suddenly becomes kind and soft-hearted. Is it because the Chinese New Year is coming?
But because the Emperor has said that the Chinese New Year is coming, that means that this case must be settled before the end of the year, and the knot must be cut with a sharp knife. Those who deserve to be killed should be killed quickly, and those who should be released should be released as soon as possible, so that everyone in the province will not celebrate the New Year. happy……
"Dear sirs, Langya County has been through this difficult situation and is in need of improvement. It needs a capable and responsible person to take over. Who do you think is the most suitable person to send?" Li Wanjiang wiped his face and asked in a deep voice.
Li Shi was well prepared and was the first to speak. He recommended a minister from the Ministry of Household Affairs to be the governor of Langya County. He also listed the man's advantages one by one. He obviously knew it by heart.
Because Duan Fengnian was recommended by Li Feng, and now he suddenly rebelled, he was extremely embarrassed. Although he had a candidate in mind, it was not easy to recommend him.
But Li Wanjiang still saved face for him. When he didn't say anything, he even took the initiative to ask him, but he just picked up two people to deal with it.
Wang Anbang, Lu Jing, Ma Wuming, Zhu Xiaochuan and others expressed their support for Li Shi's candidate, and some recommended several others. Li Wanjiang listened silently, obviously not very satisfied.
"Li Qiu, why don't you speak?" Seeing that Li Qiu remained silent, she immediately asked him for his opinion.
"I have just arrived here. I am not very familiar with the personnel of the imperial court, and I dare not make false claims." Li Qiu's answer was well-founded and quite decent. But since the emperor inquired, he would definitely recommend someone, "But if I must recommend someone, I would recommend someone." One person, I think Xiao Chen is the most suitable."
Hahaha, Xiao Chen definitely can’t do it. "Li Wanjiang smiled and said, "What you know is that we value him, but what you don't know is that you think he is going to exhaust me, Xiao Aiqing, to death! Xiao Chen, do you have anyone to recommend? "
"Replying to the emperor, I actually have a very suitable candidate in mind, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not!" Xiao Chen said.
"Is there anything we can't talk about...oh..." Li Wanjiang suddenly understood who he was talking about, and he pondered for a while and said, "Let Xu Tu discuss this later, I have to think about it carefully."
"Your Majesty, I have this report!" Liu Qiheng took advantage of the opportunity and told them that the Ministry of Rites planned to give each of the candidates for the Jinke Examination a set of clothes in the name of the Emperor.
"Oh?" Li Wanjiang was happy to hear this, but then asked, "How much money will this cost?"
"About a hundred thousand taels. In addition, we will buy the uniforms for Jinshi and the rank of Jinshi. They cost about two hundred thousand taels in total." Liu Qiheng said.
"Two hundred thousand taels?" Chen Wenqi shouted when he heard this, "Why are you so generous with your etiquette department? Make some good clothes for them! Is it to prevent cheating or do you want to be in the limelight? I don't care about Liu Qiheng's new official appointment. , but you can’t burn my household department, two hundred thousand taels of silver, it’s a shame you can speak out!”
"Wen Qi's words make sense." Li Wanjiang said, "Qi Heng, are you doing good things with good intentions? But now our treasury is really tight. We have to celebrate the New Year, and we have to reward the soldiers who have returned. Subsidizing Langya County... we can put this matter aside for now and discuss it in the next scientific examination."
Li Wanjiang is also in harmony, and no one refutes the reputation of the two ministers.
"Your Majesty, I didn't ask for money from the Ministry of Revenue, so Mr. Chen became anxious first." Liu Qiheng said, "We found someone to sponsor this money ourselves, and the specific matters were handled by Minister Jiang Tiansheng. Mr. Jiang, please report this to the Emperor for a while."
Jiang Tiansheng hurriedly agreed to go out and told the story of someone who was willing to contribute money to sponsor this amount. In addition, that person would also provide an additional two hundred thousand taels of subsidy...
"Oh? Who is so wealthy?" Li Wanjiang asked.
"Replying to the emperor, it's Shi Mingtao." Jiang Tiansheng said.
