Coming out of Concubine Yang's palace, His Majesty Li Er stood on the white jade steps with his hands behind his hands, raised his head and looked at the warm sun in the sky, squinting his eyes slightly. The mountains in the distance are faintly covered with the color of indigo. It won’t take a few days for the layers of grass buds to break out of the ground, followed by thin willow branches and poplar catkins flying. Spring is here...
The winter that is about to pass is not the warmest winter His Majesty Li Er has ever experienced, but the number of deaths reported in various places in Guanzhong is the lowest in His Majesty Li Er's memory.
More and more nobles and farmers began to widely use coal for heating. This kind of loose black stone is everywhere in Guanzhong. In some places, you can find it by digging just a few feet. There are even some hillsides where the soil on the surface has been washed away by rain over the years. There are dark coals exposed...
Ten kilograms of cinders can enable a farm family to survive a cold night of wind and snow. Without the invasion of the severe cold, countless old, weak, sick and disabled people have spent this winter safely.
Of course, the greatest credit still belongs to the countless rice from Linyi Country...
Although the taste is not suitable for the taste of Guanzhong people, it is only compared to the aristocratic families who are bellowing about food. Ordinary farmers rarely see rice and flour food. In winter, most of them are the bran left after grinding wheat. Skin... The ultra-low price of rice has saved countless lives and forced grain merchants in Guanzhong to significantly reduce prices.
His Majesty Li Er sighed slightly.
Fang Jun was the first to make use of coal, and the rice in Linyi State was obtained by him after he led the navy to cross the ocean and experienced countless dangerous shoals, undercurrents, violent storms, and killed many people in Linyi State until corpses littered the fields.
Even the most picky censor must admit Fang Jun's achievements in these two aspects!
But now, he had to bear the pain and let him admit the crime that was not his originally...
Rewarding merit and punishing delinquency is what a wise king does.
However, His Majesty the Emperor, who was determined to surpass the Three Emperors and Five Emperors and whose achievements would shine through the annals of history, had to let his most loyal and capable ministers bear the humiliation.
This is not only a shame for Fang Jun, but also a shame for His Majesty Li Er!
His Majesty Li Er feels a little regretful...
Famous mountains!
The generous Fang Jun still sticks to the bottom line and refuses to plead guilty to save his reputation. As an emperor, how can he abandon his true heart and follow the crowd for the sake of profit? Compromise will become a habit. When you get used to it In order to compromise, when encountering difficulties, will they find another way to deal with them tactfully, instead of going forward headlong and breaking up the difficulties?
Wang De trotted over from a distance.
His Majesty Li Er knew that this was another situation in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, so he walked into a sheltered pavilion on the left.
"Your Majesty, I have sent you information about the criminal department lobby."
"My eyes were blinded by the sun just now. Please tell me what the situation is like now."
"No! Your Majesty, just now, Her Royal Highness Princess Changle went to the lobby of the Ministry of Justice..."
His Majesty Li Er, who was closing his eyes to rest, was suddenly startled. His eyes suddenly opened wide and he said in disbelief: "Changle... why are you going to the lobby of the Criminal Department?"
Wang Degong said: "In reply to Your Majesty, Princess Changle is going to testify for Fang Jun."
His Majesty Li Er was stunned, as if he had heard the most incredible thing in the world...
"Changle testified for Fang Jun? What testimony did he give?"
"Her Royal Highness Princess Changle went to the lobby of the Ministry of Justice to confirm that the jade pendant, which is an extremely important physical evidence in the case, is actually two identical pieces..."
Wang De took his time and told what happened in the lobby of the Criminal Department in detail, but Ye only explained it in a third person's tone and perspective, without any subjective emotions.
His Majesty Li Er listened silently, with ups and downs in his heart.
He guessed in an instant that the murderer of Changsun Dan must be Changsun Chong, otherwise Princess Changle would never stand up to testify for Fang Jun! This is a decision made out of great sadness, disappointment and horror.
What a Changsun Chong!
Tiger poison does not eat its children, but as the eldest son of a noble family, he actually killed his own brothers and blamed others. This is simply cold-blooded, ruthless, and crazy. How is he different from an animal?
His Majesty Li Er was so angry that his eyes turned red!
I am really blind!
He has actually been deceived by this beast with a human face and a beast heart for so many years. Not only did he dote on him and support him all the way, but he also betrothed his eldest daughter to him as his wife...
What a sin!
He actually gave his daughter to that crazy beast with his own hands...
His Majesty Li Er simply couldn't imagine what kind of treatment the eldest grandson's family would encounter if Princess Changle, who had no support and no heirs, would be treated if she died early!
"Immediately go to Menxia Province and issue an order to seal all the city gates immediately. No one is allowed in or out! All Baiqi, Wuhou, patrols, and garrisons in Chang'an City are all transferred to Jingzhao Prefecture. Du Chuke commanded the mobilization, and the entire city must be patrolled. Find out this bastard Changsun Chong! I will cut this inhumane and crazy beast into pieces to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"
It's just that while His Majesty Li Er was condemning Changsun Chong, he completely ignored what he did back then...
Wang De quickly bowed and said: "No!"
Before Wang De could turn around and leave, His Majesty Li Er suddenly asked: "Why doesn't that bastard Li Junxian come to see me? It's so useless! That Changsun Chong sneaked back to Guanzhong to kill people and cause trouble, but he is still confused. I don’t know, it’s just rubbish!”
Wang De held a moment of silence for Li Junxian in his heart, and replied: "General Li is inquiring about information from the Ministry of Justice, and is now accompanying Princess Changle in her car to protect the safety of Her Royal Highness Princess Changle."
His Majesty Li Er looked hesitant and snorted: "Let him come to see me immediately!"
This Li Junxian is not stupid enough. He has obviously guessed that Changsun Chong is in the city at this moment. After Changsun Chong knew that Changle testified in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, he would become angry and take risks to the disadvantage of Princess Changle...
"promise!"
Wang De then left in a hurry.
His Majesty Li Er stood up and said solemnly to the chamberlains and guards around him: "Go to the lobby of the Criminal Department!"
*****
The situation inside the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion was very strange.
The imperial edict appointed Du Chuke to take charge of the affairs of Jingzhao Mansion on his behalf, so now Du Chuke and his subordinates Wang Xuance and Li Yifu are busy together with the patrol room. They are doing their best to prepare for Fang Jun's explanation before leaving, and will launch a major event to divert the attention of the court. attention.
But the two Shaoyins were calm and bored...
Shaoyin Wei Dawu was the son of Wei Yuantong. He was from the direct branch of the Wei family in Jingzhao and had a distinguished status. Wei Dawu has always been low-key and restrained since he became the Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion. He does whatever Fang Jun says and there is no way of knowing what he is doing in private, but at least on the surface he maintains sufficient respect for Fang Jun.
Fang Jun was detained by the Ministry of Punishment, and Wei Dawu was so excited that he almost didn't sleep all night!
This was an action planned by Wei Yijie, a key disciple of the Wei family. Wei Dawu had already learned beforehand that he would most likely be in charge of Jingzhao Mansion when Fang Jun was behind bars. How could he not be excited?
As long as he replaces Fang Jun in charge of Jingzhao Mansion during this period of time and does a good job, then he is the most likely person to succeed Jingzhao Yin after Fang Jun's downfall!
By then, Wei Yijie will take over the post of Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Wei Dawu will take over Jingzhao Mansion and become Jingzhao Yin. Jingzhao Weishi will suddenly become the most prominent family in the court, prosper and become a model in Guanzhong!
But God's calculations are not as good as those of man, so it is understandable that Fang Jun handed over the power and responsibility of Jing Zhaoyin to Du Chuke before leaving. But immediately afterwards, His Majesty issued an edict, officially confirming that Du Chuke had full authority to act as Jing Zhaoyin's responsibilities...
This is depressing!
Is it possible that after working so hard, I ended up making a wedding dress for someone else?
Wei Dawu felt unhappy, but he did not dare to openly defy the order, so he had to adopt the method of "cold confrontation" of "non-cooperation"...
Another young Yin, Dugu Cheng, had been frightened to death by Fang Jun. Now that Fang Jun was in trouble, he did not expect any benefits from adding insult to injury. He just hoped that Fang Jun would not be resented, so he simply took a sick leave... …
In Jing Zhaoyin's duty room, Du Chuke rubbed his sour eyes, raised his head from a pile of files and papers, looked at Wang Xuance and Li Yifu who were also looking haggard in front of him with red eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow Let’s start early in the morning…”
When Wang Xuance and Li Yifu heard this, they were all shocked and said in unison: "Promise!"
The two of them participated in this plan throughout the whole process, so they naturally knew how it would shake the world once it was launched!
If you do such a big thing at this time, it's impossible not to attract attention...
