After a few words, he was upright and upright.
But it has no effect.
Gu Zhengchen was facing a group of villains like Chen Ning. Anyone with a brain could see that the so-called ten sins seemed to be bluffing and could cause death, but in fact they could not stand up to scrutiny.
This group of people had already forgotten what they were debating and just wanted to knock Gu Zhengchen to death.
Liu Weiqian looked at Gu Zhengchen with a murderous look on his face and knew that interrogating Liu Qian'er had touched his bottom line and made him lose his calmness and wisdom. He openly dared to threaten court officials with vulgar language and rude behavior. Such people are not worthy of being ministers!
"Gu Zhengchen, the Criminal Department is interrogating Liu Qian'er. It's your turn to interrupt! Don't think that because you have fame and title, you dare to disturb the court! You are so nervous, thinking that there must be adultery involved. Someone will come. Gu Zhengchen is detained for the time being, and I will wait to interrogate this Liu Qianer!"
Liu Weiqian scolded sharply.
Two squads of government officials walked out, grabbed Gu Zhengchen's arm and dragged him out.
Gu Zhengchen shouted: "I am being interrogated today, what does it have to do with her, a decent woman? Is it possible that the dignified criminal department and the Yushitai joint interrogator did not allow me to confront her in front of the court, but instead used their power to bully this little girl?" She said it all, but I was not there, so what can you use to accuse me?"
Li Yan saw Gu Zhengchen struggling, glanced at the panicked Liu Qian'er, and said with a cold expression on his lips: "Pull it down!"
It can't hit you, but it can make you leave temporarily!
As long as Liu Qian'er is defeated and the adultery is proven, it will be enough to drive you out of the court!
"Boom!"
The sound of a cane hitting stone tiles entered the lobby.
Li Yan, Liu Weiqian, Chen Ning and others looked up, and the officer holding Gu Zhengchen couldn't help but stop.
"Old Minister!"
Li Yan exclaimed.
Gu Zhengchen broke away from the yamen servant, turned around and saw the old Zhan Tong standing at the door, his crutches moving forward while trembling.
Zhan Tong entered the lobby, took a few breaths, nodded slightly to Gu Zhengchen, then looked at Li Yan, Liu Weiqian and others who came out, and said vicissitudes: "Your Majesty has spoken."
Li Yan, Chen Ning and others' expressions changed slightly, and they bowed and listened.
Zhan Tong said solemnly: "Liu Qian'er is still innocent and has no personal relationship with Gu Zhengchen. The Ministry of Punishment does not care about right and wrong, and it is cunning and false accusations. If you don't correct it, I will be heartbroken and the whole world will be heartbroken."
Everyone accepted the order.
Li Yan secretly had a headache and felt weak all over.
Liu Weiqian also felt a chill on his back and broke out in cold sweat.
Chen Ning gritted his teeth, but couldn't say anything.
Your Majesty has even said such cunning and false accusations, so what else can you say?
Zhan Tong walked aside, snatched the position of the minister, sat down directly, and tapped lightly with his crutch: "Masters, let's continue the interrogation."
Gu Zhengchen breathed a sigh of relief.
Lao Zhu finally took action at the most critical moment. If he didn't care, he would really be heartbroken.
If you want to use yourself, at least don't make things too ugly.
No matter what Liu Qian'er's status was before, she is now his sister. Her mother has treated her as a daughter, and even the treatment at home is the same as Qing Qing's.
If she is hurt or bullied because of herself, then she will probably become disheartened.
Liu Qian'er looked at Gu Zhengchen who was helping her up, smiling with tears.
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly and looked at Li Yan, Liu Weiqian and others.
Li Yan had no choice but to wave Liu Qian'er away.
The emperor said that Liu Qian'er was innocent, so it was natural that Gu Zhengchen would have an affair with the daughter of the guilty minister.
Wang Guangyang looked at Liu Qian'er with a smile on his lips.
Sure enough, this woman's eyebrows were taut and she didn't look like someone who had lost her virginity. Why did these people think of using this accusation to disgust Gu Zhengchen?
However, if His Majesty hadn't intervened, Liu Qian'er might have suffered a lot. Judging from Gu Zhengchen's irrational behavior, this person attaches great importance to family affection, which is his flaw.
Chen Ning lowered his head, not knowing how to end it.
Li Yan had no choice but to continue the interrogation. However, most of these charges were fabricated out of thin air. Under Gu Zhengchen's rebuttal, not only could he not be proven guilty, but it also made the officials of the Ministry of Punishments look disgraceful and made everyone in the Ministry of Punishments look like idiots.
"The matter of raising honest silver is also authorized by His Majesty. The money spent is not the money from the court, but the money donated by Buddhism and Taoism. Your Majesty said, if I do not harm the people or harm the people, I will find other ways to continue to raise honest silver. Therefore, Jurong was allowed to pilot the project of raising clean silver. Part of the money lost to the county treasury by the three courtyards every month was used to pay officials to raise clean silver."
"If the Ministry of Punishment thinks that Yang Lian Yin is Gu who bribed Jurong officials and bought people's hearts, this is only half right. Bribing officials and people's hearts is true, but the subject is not me, Gu Zhengchen, but the court and His Majesty! You can go I asked the officials and government servants in Jurong, and it was His Majesty who they thanked for every piece of money raised to support integrity."
"Li Shangshu, Liu Shangshu, I heard that there are many officials in the Ministry of Punishment, such as these two groups of government officials, jailers, etc., but they don't have honest money. If you have the ability not to take the people or accept bribes, you can earn hundreds of dollars for the Ministry of Punishment every month. Put the money in, and then ask Your Majesty to pay it to these people in His Majesty's name. I believe no one will think that you are asking to buy people's hearts! Even if you send the salary to them in His Majesty's name, I believe no one will say a word. no!"
Gu Zhengchen said bluntly.
The two teams of yamen servants in the hall, including the scribes and others, all looked at Li Yan and Liu Weiqian.
Mom, if you weren't incompetent, we could have adopted Lian Yin. You should rise up for once and imitate Gu Zhengchen. Do you know that we have a very hard life!
Expecting you to distribute your salary is worse than expecting pie to fall from the sky.
Li Yan and Liu Weiqian had a sad face. They earned their own money under the banner of the emperor, and their good reputation fell on the emperor. When it came to the emperor, he was justified.
This is fundamentally different from an invitation to buy people's hearts. An invitation to buy people's hearts is bought in one's own name, no matter where the money is obtained. This was all done in the name of the emperor. Their loyalty was always to the emperor and had nothing to do with Gu Zhengchen.
"Then you impose heavy taxes on the three major courtyards, so what do you think?"
Liu Weiqian seized the last chance.
Gu Zhengchen sneered: "What's there to say about this? The emperor likes to hear it, the Ministry of Household Affairs likes to hear it, and the three major courts voluntarily pay more taxes to the court. Is this a crime? If you are guilty, then go and arrest all the Ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs and interrogate them together. , they clearly know that the three major courtyards in Jurong are heavily taxed, and they have collected them for almost a year without saying a word. Do you want to investigate the corruption problem in the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
Liu Weiqian shut up.
Li Yan's forehead was sweating. Damn the ten deadly sins. Except for Gu Zhengchen's corruption, which was put aside for further discussion, the other crimes were all nonsense, and none of them were confirmed!
When Zhan Tong saw that Li Yan, Liu Weiqian and others were silent, he stood up and looked at Gu Zhengchen with his crutches banging: "We said goodbye to Jurong. I never thought we would meet again here. When you come out, can we catch up on old times?" "
Gu Zhengchen readily agreed: "Elder please, how dare I not go?"
Zhan Tong chuckled, glanced at Li Yan, Liu Weiqian and others, then looked at Chen Ning, and said pointedly: "I forgot to mention that Zhang Jiujiu, the craftsman of the Baobao Lifting Department, has been arrested by the pro-army Duwei Mansion. If the people are taken away, the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai no longer need to arrange for people to take care of them."
Chen Ning was shocked and quickly stood up and said to Li Yan and others: "I don't think today's interrogation will produce any results. It's better to temporarily detain him until the bureau's accounts are obtained and conduct a second interrogation."
Li Yan and Liu Weiqian had long wanted to end it, so they quickly agreed.
The yamen servant wanted to take Gu Zhengchen away, but Gu Zhengchen supported Zhan Tong and followed him talking, so the yamen servant had to follow the two of them.
"Thanks to the old minister for coming this time."
Gu Zhengchen was extremely grateful.
Zhan Tong smiled and said: "Don't call me Lao Shangshu. Since I was reactivated by Your Majesty, my health has been getting worse day by day. Your Majesty took pity on me and relieved me of the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Now I have accepted the decree." This time I came here to follow His Majesty’s orders. By the way, His Majesty also asked me to ask you something.”
As Zhan Tong waved his hand, the Yamen servant retreated further.
Gu Zhengchen sighed: "I'm afraid what your Majesty wants to ask is about Quanzhou, right?"
Zhan Tong was pleased: "It seems that you understand His Majesty's intention."
Gu Zhengchen frowned: "There may be a big problem in Quanzhou, but I can't leave for a while. Jurong Guard and Yuanhuo Bureau..."
Zhan Tong shook his head slightly: "For your majesty, local governance is better than Jurong Guard and Yuanhuo Bureau. There are some things that your majesty can afford to wait, and the Ming Dynasty can also afford to wait, but there are some things that cannot be waited for. The Ming Dynasty will Comparing it to a person, Quanzhou is like the sole of a foot, with rotten flesh growing and rotten. Without someone to dig out the rotten flesh and regenerate new flesh, this step will be unstable, especially the sea thing you long for, I am afraid it will stop here. Are you willing?"
Gu Zhengchen looked deeply at Zhan Tong and nodded heavily: "I understand. As long as the decree is issued, I am willing to go to Quanzhou. However, I need to bring someone along with me."
Zhan Tong didn't ask who it was, both of them knew it well.
"Gu Zhengchen—oh no, Mr. Gu, please don't make things difficult for us..."
The officer warned carefully.
If he didn't remind him, this guy would follow Zhan Tong out of the Criminal Ministry compound.
Gu Zhengchen stopped at the gate of the Criminal Department, said goodbye to Zhan Tong, then turned his attention to Zhang Xiwan in the crowd, nodded with a smile, and then turned back to the dungeon.
This time back in the dungeon, even the jailer became more respectful.
Everyone knows the situation of the interrogation. Nine out of the ten crimes were cleared immediately. The other one will probably be found out in less than two days. At such a young age, he is already a man from Quanzhou County and holds many positions. If the emperor and the prince relied on a person who did not fawn over him at this time, there would be no chance of face-to-face communication in the future...
Zhao Yihui was a little restless and wanted to talk to someone, but it turned out that this guy named Wu Rong was sleeping.
"coming!"
Wu Rong opened his eyes and sat up.
Zhao Yihui was surprised, then he approached the door and looked towards the corridor. Sure enough, Gu Zhengchen was walking in front as proudly as he had been when he entered the dungeon, with the jailer nodding and bowing behind him.
"This is the food box sent by the county man's wife."
The jailer carefully delivered two food boxes, which were more abundant than last time.
Zhang Xiwan knows how to deal with the world. After all, there are three people in the same cell. He didn't know Zhao Yihui was there last time. Now that he knows, he naturally needs to be fully prepared.
"How about the trial?"
Zhao Yihui asked nervously.
Gu Zhengchen glanced at Zhao Yihui calmly, and said to Wu Rong, who was bringing out dishes after dishes and preparing to feast on them: "I'm going out soon, why don't you go back first? It's not a problem to always eat at my house here..." "
