After Yang Qingyuan finished speaking, Wu Yaobing came out and said, "Yang Hou, I think this thief may have other evil deeds. It is better to imprison him and continue the investigation to give justice to the people."
This time, Wu Yaobing seized the opportunity and moved closer to Yang Qingyuan. This soldier, Zhao Shen, was Li Changdeng's man, so he didn't feel bad at all to deal with it.
And Li Changdeng himself knew that Zhao Shen could not be saved! Naturally, I won't fall out with him because of this matter.
And Wu Yaobing can take this opportunity to win Yang Qingyuan's favor, killing two birds with one stone!
Yang Qingyuan glanced at Wu Yaobing who stood up and opened his mouth.
"Who is this lord?!"
"Oh! Wu Yaobing was sentenced to death by the Shu Capital Prefecture!" Wu Yaobing was a little excited. It was important to leave a good impression in front of the leader.
He has already dealt with all the details behind the siege and killing of Yang Qingyuan.
Coincidentally, Chen Wu, who was in charge of this matter, was bitten by a poisonous snake last night and died.
Wu Yaobing thought that his plan was perfect, and now it was time to get closer to the imperial envoy.
"It turns out to be Wu Tongpan!" Yang Qingyuan nodded, then signaled, "Take it!"
"???"
Wu Yaobing was held down by the police from the Metropolitan Procuratorate on the side. Everyone was stunned!
No, what is going on? !
Yang Qingyuan took out a manuscript from the side, "Wu Yaobing, in the seventh year of Yong'an, was a top three Jinshi. In the ninth year of Yong'an, he was appointed as the magistrate of Jiangyang County. In the twelfth year of Yong'an, Xu Wei, a silk and satin merchant in Jiangyang County, had an affair with his neighbor Li There was a dispute at home. The two sides fought each other in anger, causing Li's eldest son to break his leg and become permanently disabled.
After the two parties negotiated, Xu Wei was willing to compensate, but the two parties could not reach an agreement due to the difference in compensation amount. Therefore, the Li family filed a complaint with Jiangyang County Government. Wu Yaobing, then the magistrate of Jiangyang County, accepted the case. The Li family bribed Xu Wei with 200 taels of gold. The county magistrate Wu Yaobing captured Xu Wei indiscriminately and threw him into prison. He was beaten and sentenced to hanging for attempted murder! In the twelfth year of Yong'an, Xu Wei's son wanted to go to Beijing to appeal, but you sent someone to stop him halfway and broke his legs.
In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Yong'an, Xu Wei was strangled! "
When Yang Qingyuan said this, Wu Yaobing's sweat began to slowly drip from his forehead.
He thought he had covered up everything he did in Shudu County. Unexpectedly, Yang Qingyuan did not follow the routine and actually tracked down what happened when he was the magistrate of Jiangyang County.
But it shouldn’t be! He thought he did that piece perfectly!
"Wu Tongpan, don't you know what I was doing before?!"
"Master of Dali Temple! I don't know how many files I have read on these unjust and false cases. How dare you show off your little tricks?!"
Yang Qingyuan's disdainful expression became serious, "My lords, if you are guilty, you can still be corrected, but if you are sentenced to death, can you be reborn? Evil thieves like Wu Yaobing, who despise the law of the country and have no conscience, are any different from animals?!"
"..."
Above the high hall, it was as silent as cicadas.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the deposed envoy showed up, he captured two heavyweights. Everyone was panicked for a moment.
Wu Yaobing was still in a state of disbelief.
He didn't expect that he would lose so easily!
According to his expectations, Yang Qingyuan would have to fight him for hundreds of rounds even if he was in trouble! In the end, he missed a move and was defeated by this wizard of the country.
If so, he would be convinced of the defeat!
But now, Yang Qingyuan came forward and took him down like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves! what is this? !
If Yang Qingyuan knew what Wu Yaobing was thinking at this moment, he would definitely laugh out loud.
Is the battle of wits and courage a process that only occurs when the two sides are close in strength, or when he himself has no flaws? !
But how disparate is the current balance of power? !
Yang Qingyuan was appointed by the imperial court to depose the imperial envoy and the capital inspection envoy of Yizhou. He carried Shangfang's horse-killing sword, let alone the general magistrate of a small Shudu county. Even if he directly imprisoned Yizhou Governor Suo, it was within his authority.
And Wu Yaobing himself was full of flaws. He was used to doing bad things, so how could he deal with it all at once?
Yang Qingyuan simply sent someone to check and found a lot of problems from his past files.
Wu Yaobian was still confused and just muttered.
"This is different than planned!"
Yang Qingyuan just smiled slightly, but Wu Yaobing didn't understand the truth.
Only when the strength of the two sides is close, can tactics and maneuvers make sense.
In the face of absolute strength, conspiracy and tricks will not play a big role.
Ignoring Wu Yaobing, Yang Qingyuan patted the stack of documents on the bookcase and faced the officials standing below.
"I have more than one or two criminal evidence here. The imperial court sent me here to investigate the officials in Yizhou."
Yang Qingyuan's words were calm, but most of the officials in the high hall shuddered.
Behind these four simple words, "Investigate officials and rule the country," always represents the bloodshed.
Everyone looked at Yang Qingyuan's thick stack of documents. To many officials in the hall, it was not a document, but an endless abyss.
"In this way, I will give you an opportunity. Anyone who takes the initiative to stand up and bow his head and plead guilty will have his crime reduced by one level when convicted and sentenced by the procuratorate. Those who stubbornly resist and are unwilling to confess will have their crime increased by one level!"
After finishing his words, the hall of Yizhou Governor's Mansion fell silent.
All relevant people are considering gains and losses. They don't know whether there is evidence of their guilt in these manuscripts, and how much evidence there is?
When to plead guilty and what crime to plead guilty to?
This is also a university question!
Yang Qingyuan will naturally give them time to think, but he will not give them time to think carefully.
Tens of breaths later, Yang Qingyuan spoke again.
"Those who admit their guilt must come out of the queue! Stand on the left side of the front hall until they are questioned by the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. One stick of incense will be timed. After the incense is used up, surrender will no longer be accepted."
After speaking, Yang Qingyuan stood up and said to Sun Zhengtong, the governor of Yizhou, who was at the head of the right column, "Prince Sun, come with me into the inner hall to talk."
"Your Majesty, take your orders!"
When the incense was halfway burning, the Fa Cao of Shu Capital Mansion couldn't bear it anymore, and he was the first to stand up.
In the hall, Hu Yunji, the deputy envoy to the Yizhou Metropolitan Police and the supervisory censor, had a smile on his lips.
People have a following mentality. If you have the first one, you will naturally not lack the second or third one!
Sure enough, after Fa Cao of Shu Capital Mansion stepped forward, Hu Cao of Yizhou Governor's Mansion also moved his steps. Each step seemed to be of great importance. He walked step by step to the left side of the front hall and became the second person to stand up on his own. of officials.
He believed that what he committed was not a big mistake. The original punishment was probably to be demoted to one level. If according to Yang Qingyuan, the person who surrendered would be reduced to one level for another crime, and he might only be fined. So after thinking about it again, he decided Hu Cao from the Prefectural Governor's Office became the second person to stand up.
Then the third, the fourth... more and more officials came forward.
The smile on Hu Yunji's face became even brighter. His old face smiled like a chrysanthemum. This time's work was much easier than before!
These Shu capital court officials who came forward to surrender were actually "entrustees" sought by Yang Qingyuan and Hu Yunji in order to break the reserve and uneasiness of the officials.
It takes courage to be the first to stand up for others, and it takes even greater courage to dare to be the first to plead guilty to others.
Corrupt officials may not necessarily use this kind of courage.
This is just like bungee jumping. If you can't jump by yourself, you have to find someone to help push you!
And Yang Qingyuan and Sun Zhengtong were in the back hall, really just drinking tea.
Sun Zhengtong is an old man in the court and will soon be serving as an official. Although his ability is mediocre, he is not at fault.
Although there were no achievements during his tenure in Yizhou, it was not a big mistake. Following the rules and not exceeding them were Sun Zhengtong's greatest strengths.
If most officials could be like Sun Zhengtong, the world would be much more peaceful!
Governing a large country is like cooking small dishes, and the same is true for governing a state.
If the governor of a state is just mediocre, as long as he doesn't mess around, although the people of the state will not be able to live and work in peace and contentment, there will still be no problem in making a living.
The most fearful thing is the kind of person who clearly lacks ability but has to make some political achievements, whether it is to impress the superiors or to make some achievements, this is a huge hidden danger.
The New Deal was never easy.
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At midnight, the imperial envoy went to the camp.
"As the Marquis expected, most of the people who came to surrender were people who had made minor mistakes!"
This is also human nature!
If he really committed such serious mistakes as taking care of human lives, annexing land, and ambushing imperial envoys, how could he surrender and confess? !
Even if he is given a lighter punishment, he will go from being a member of the Yi tribe to confiscating his family and exterminating his family. Does that make sense? !
"Master Hou, we must guard against these mermaids breaking the net!" Hu Yunji was a little worried.
These local tycoons in Yizhou have been operating in Yizhou for decades, or even nearly a hundred years, and their forces are deeply entangled.
In the past, when Hu Yunji was investigating, he had always been cautious and step-by-step. He had never been so bold as Yang Qingyuan, who directly put the knife on someone's neck.
"It's not that we have to be on guard, but they will definitely jump over the wall!"
They were able to ambush and kill the imperial envoys. Now that Yang Qingyuan is fine, they are the ones who are in trouble!
They dare to ambush and kill the imperial envoy, but they still don't know the seriousness of the matter!
During the millennium, a fire in Lingnan destroyed a special zone! !
This is true at all times and in all countries!
"Then what should we do?" Hu Yunji was a little anxious. He didn't have the martial arts of Yang Qingyuan. If the people in the Yizhou water were to stir up trouble, he would be in danger!
"It's too late! They will probably take action tomorrow night!"
"Ah?!" Hu Yunji's eyes suddenly enlarged
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"The man named Yang is really cruel, arrogant and domineering!"
Directly above the high hall, it was the first time for Yizhou officials to see the deposed envoy who bowed his head and confessed his crime. They did not take them seriously at all.
"He also captured Wu Tongjian on the spot! He is the sixth rank of the imperial court and the second-in-command of the Shu capital government office!"
Wu Yaobing, the general judge, was already the highest-ranking person in this room!
A middle-aged man in his forties couldn't stand the depressing atmosphere, so he got up and started clapping his hands.
"His surname is Yang, and he went on a killing spree just because he came from the Capital of Gods. I must write a letter to my cousin and read his copy!"
This man is the head of the Wu family, and Wu Tongpan is his biological brother. They are not local squires in Yizhou. Their ancestral hall is still in Yuzhou, but most of the family property has been transferred to the capital of Shu.
But the person in charge of the Chen family on the side said in a weird manner, "Brother Wu, what you said is as if no one here has any personal connections, but is it useful?!"
Those who can dominate the local area have more or less backers in the capital, otherwise they would not dare to confront the local officials.
For example, the head of the Wu family, his cousin, is a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel in the capital. He even served as a clerk in the Wenhua Palace and edited books. Although it is far from comparable to the one in Wenhua Palace, the future is still good. If his official career goes smoothly, or he can reach the position of minister in two years, even if he is sent to another state, he will still be a frontier official!
As a digression here, during the years when this doctor was on duty at Wenhua Palace, the bachelor of Wenhua Palace was Yang Qingyuan.
Like the Chen family, they are a little weaker, but their future is very good. They ranked second in the imperial examination and ranked seventh. Now Shendu is a member of the Ministry of Justice.
Now the nominal second-in-command of the Ministry of Punishments, but the de facto first-in-command is Song Huifu, the former Prime Minister of Dali Temple.
Everyone here has connections in the city of God, but these connections are not even close to Yang Qingyuan’s former subordinates...
"Then what do you think we should do?!" The head of the Wu family got angry when he heard this yin and yang tone, but now that everyone is on the same boat, it is still a broken boat that is leaking everywhere and is about to sink, so he can only endure it for now.
Of course there is a reason why the head of the Chen family is like this. Chen Wu, who has always been close to the Wu family, is dead, and it is very likely that Wu Yaobing killed someone to silence him. Although there is no evidence, the Chen family must have something in mind.
It was only because of the huge external threat of Yang Qingyuan that he could bear it temporarily.
Although you can't do anything against the Wu family, you can still use a few words of yin and yang.
"I think this is the situation now anyway. With Yang's ability, sooner or later we will be found. Just... keep going..."
The head of the Chen family made a knife with his hands and slashed his neck with a ferocious expression.
Although there are many conflicts between the two parties, the words of Patriarch Chen speak to Patriarch Wu’s heart!
The two looked at each other and just did it.
"Then do it! Anyway, you will die, so let's give it a try!" The head of the Wu family looked fierce, "I have placed people in the city gate captain, and there are also my people in the regiment training in Shudu."
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"Very good. I have contacts with several groups of bandits in the capital of Shu. There are about three to four thousand people in total!" The head of the Chen family also said, "When the time comes, you ask the soldiers at the city gate to let them into the city. These They took advantage of the darkness and went straight to the imperial envoy's camp!"
The head of the Wu family's eyes widened when he heard this, "I'm a god, you bastard, were you the one who tampered with our Wu family's previous caravan?"
Patriarch Chen obviously did not expect Patriarch Wu to ask this, and was stunned for a moment, "You short-lived son of a bitch! What time is it now, do you care about this!?"
"..."
Everyone else in the room was dumbfounded when they heard this conversation.
Aren't you here to discuss retreats and countermeasures? Why did it become a large-scale rebellion planning site!
