"Three hundred thousand taels!"
Lu Hao suddenly whispered a number.
Zhang Jing said: "Money is useless in this matter."
After hearing this, Lu Hao couldn't help being disappointed, and then said angrily: "Isn't it just that I accidentally hit a military officer? Why bother! I, the censor of Qiandu, will die for this?"
Zhang Jing said: "Is that an ordinary Wu Bian?"
"Is the emperor insisting on doing this?"
Lu Hao asked.
Zhang Jing did not answer Lu Hao's words: "You should think about how to survive, such as doing some meritorious deeds or something. A civil uprising as big as Nanzhi cannot really be organized by the people themselves, right?"
"Can I really avoid death if I perform a meritorious service?"
Lu Hao asked.
Zhang Jing nodded, and took out the secret document, which had already been approved by the cabinet and requested that the criminals who had committed crimes be leniently exposed.
But Zhang Jing did not tell him that Shu Dayun was already in the hands of Jin Yiwei, and had already confessed that he colluded with Nan Zhihao You to murder Hai Rui and even intended to obstruct the New Deal.
It is equivalent to Zhang Jing taking advantage of the information gap between him and Lu Huo to deceive Lu Huo.
After Lu Hao read Zhang Jing's secret revelation, he nodded in a hurry and said: "Okay, I will tell you everything. I will tell you everything about Gu Bingren and Ma Weiming's bribery to me, and I have private letters to prove it!" "
"Of course, I rejected their stolen money. But now, in order to achieve meritorious service and to rectify my origins, I must confess to His Majesty frankly, and I am willing to accept the crime of hiding it and not repaying it!"
Zhang Jing laughed: "Very good."
After Shu Dayun, Lu Huo and other prisoners were taken to the imperial prison, they were all interrogated, and many people were also interrogated by the factory guards.
Jinyiwei also sent more Tiqi to catch the criminals who had not yet been arrested, that is, those local heroes who were hiding behind the scenes.
Especially after Wang Xijue and other industrial and commercial gentry who chose to betray other Nanzhi gentry sent evidence of the crimes of the gentry behind the scenes, it gave the Jin Yiwei an opportunity to arrest the local tyrants behind the scenes.
Originally, Wang Xijue and other industrial and commercial gentry had no intention of directly participating in causing trouble behind the scenes, launching a popular uprising, and obstructing the New Deal.
Because in terms of land interests, they are consistent with the right-wing gentry who are causing trouble.
Therefore, although they did not participate, they did not stop it, and they did not even expose it directly because they knew about it. Instead, they intended to sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers. After seeing the outcome between the imperial court and these powerful right-wingers who were behind the scenes, they decided to surrender. who.
But now that the situation has become clear, they have naturally changed from waiting and watching to directly compromising with the court, and even flattering the court, betraying the powerful gentry who caused the trouble, in order to take the opportunity to annex the assets of the trouble maker.
It is precisely because of their betrayal that it is much easier to dig out the powerful gentry behind the scenes.
This is why Hai Rui said that if you want to clean out the right-wing and evil gentry who are causing trouble behind the scenes, you have to rely on the democratic movement and how determined the emperor is.
Because only when the emperor is determined can he force the reformist bureaucrats who are loyal to the court to completely compromise with the court. At the same time, by winning over the people, he can force the neutral gentry to wait and see, hoping to restore peace as soon as possible and eager to cause trouble. They also stood on the side of the court, which eventually reduced the right-wing gentry who couldn't help but make trouble behind the scenes to a minority, allowing these people to be purged.
After Yan Qing requested that the relevant criminals be handed over to the three judicial departments for trial, Zhang Juzheng drafted an edict that "Zhundong Factory will, at its discretion, hand over the relevant criminals to the three judicial departments for trial."
Therefore, Dongchang followed the order and transferred the relevant criminals who had completed the trial to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, preparing for joint trial by the three judicial departments.
On this day, Yan Qing, the Minister of Punishment, Zhang Mengli, the Chief Minister of Dali Temple, and Wang Ji, the censor of Zuodu due to illness, Wang Ji, the censor of Zuodu, formally formed the Sanfa Division to interrogate Lu Hao and other rebels.
After Lu Hao learned that his case should be tried by the Three Laws Division, he thought that Yan Qing wanted to treat him leniently because he did not want the factory guards to inflict torture on the scholar-officials for the sake of the friendship between scholars. The scholar-bureaucrats who had committed the crime had asked the Three Laws Division to interrogate them, and Zhang Juzheng, as a member of the scholar-bureaucrats, obviously contributed to this matter. After coming to the Sanfa Division, he felt very relaxed.
Not only Lu Huo thought so, but Zhang Mengli and Wang Ji also thought so.
Therefore, Zhang Mengli asked before and after Lu Huo was escorted to the court: "Lu Chenqing, why did you beat the emperor's personal guards?"
Lu Huo replied: "The criminal didn't beat him. It was the emperor's own military guard who put his face towards him, and the criminal's hand accidentally touched it."
Wang Ji then asked: "Then why did you confess in the imperial edict that you wanted to prevent the pro-military guards from carrying out the orders of Haigong, so you slapped the pro-military guards?"
"The criminal was beaten into a crime, as evidenced by Yin Li of Yingtian Mansion and other colleagues."
Lu Hao replied and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Wang Ji also smiled and nodded: "Li Ji and others have submitted a memorial, saying that it was indeed a misunderstanding that day. In this case, it is very clear now that even if he really slapped the guard, it was just an accidental injury and was not intentional. Therefore, if there are extenuating circumstances, we should only punish him for being careless and dismiss him from his post and live in leisure."
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Wang Ji said and looked at Yan Qing and Zhang Mengli: "What do you two think?"
Zhang Mengli nodded first: "This is extremely appropriate."
Lu Huo also smiled proudly and couldn't hide his smile, so he handed it over: "The second gentleman enforces the law fairly and is not good at using large-scale punishments. The criminal is very grateful!"
"etc!"
But Yan Qing shouted at this time.
Zhang Mengli and Wang Ji both looked at Yan Qing.
Yan Qing asked the two of them: "Did the Second Master not read the confession sent by Dongchang, or did he ignore it on purpose?"
After asking, Yan Qing said seriously: "This Lu Huo is obviously also involved in colluding with the fugitive Zhenjiang Deputy Commander-in-Chief Shu Dayun and the right-hand man Gu Bingren to murder the imperial envoy and even inciting a popular uprising! As well as the crime of exonerating himself and making false confessions. Your crime! It’s all in the confession provided by Dongchang. You didn’t read it or deliberately ignored it. Can you make this matter as if it never happened?! Is this how you carried out the joint trial of the Three Laws Division?! In your eyes, the court code What kind of?!"
Zhang Mengli and Wang Ji looked shocked and looked at each other.
Lu Huo was even more surprised and asked Yan Qing angrily: "What do you mean, don't you protect me?"
Yan Qing ignored Lu Hao and directly asked: "Where is the criminal department?"
The criminal officers who were present were all upset. Zonghong Siam also stood up in embarrassment and asked, "What advice can you give me, Chief Sikou?"
"You should be impeached for such blasphemy against the Three Justices!"
Yan Qing said something.
Zhang Mengli, Wang Ji, and Zong Hongxiao all walked towards Yan Qing. Wang Ji first said in a low voice: "Da Sikou, can you take a step to speak!"
Yan Qing nodded.
Immediately, the three of them retreated to the back of the hall with Yan Qing.
Wang Ji first asked: "Why is the great Sikou like this?"
Zhang Mengli also asked: "Isn't it that the great Sikou is trying to rescue our civil servants and officials?"
Zong Hongxian even asked directly: "If Da Sikou really wants Ding, Ding, Mao, and Mao today, aren't he afraid that the Sixth Subject and Thirteen Dao will also treat Da Sikou Ding, Ding, Mao, and Mao in the future?"
"Is this church still afraid of being impeached?"
Yan Qing sneered.
"Even the crime of soliciting bribes from the treasonous criminals can be fabricated, so why are we still afraid of your threats?!"
Then, Yan Qing asked again.
Zong Hongxian was speechless for a moment and said hurriedly: "But this was not done by me, and there is no need for Da Sikou to care so much, not even caring about the friendship between scholars!"
Yan Qing continued to sneer: "Tell the people behind you, don't blame this hall for not caring about the friendship between scholars, and don't blame this hall for cutting off your financial path to ask for benefits from the Lu family in the future!"
"I just want to say one thing. Have I ever felt sorry for you and all the scholar-bureaucrats in the world before?"
"But in the end, why is it that I gave up my position to Hai Rui?! And you put such a big crime on my head!"
"Even if I were asked to give up the position of Minister of Punishment to Hai Rui, have you ever asked me? Do you take me seriously?!"
"After all, I am also a great minister. As a minister of the court, can you show some respect to me!"
"Just because we have no backing, and we are unwilling to go along with the situation, and we did not allow the subordinate officials to act recklessly when we were the governor of Sichuan, you are going to impeach us for being a traitor."
"But what happened to the Kou Guan Tang who was forced out by Shaanxi?"
"Fortunately, Master Zhao Gong made a strong statement, saying that this was not the responsibility of care and support, but the responsibility of the local officials, so he was not severely punished. Now that the Master is dead, you must destroy this hall. Until now, you The person behind the scenes stabbed me first, so don’t blame me for being unkind!"
"This court is happy to ask De Ling Zai to give himself a reputation for strict law enforcement when the people of this country come up with a good will."
