Datang Nongwang

Chapter 845 I Want To Kill Li Chongyuan

Plead guilty, Li Chongyuan is not a fool.

Of course Li Chongyuan recognizes a murder in the street, but if Li Chongyuan recognizes a murder in the street, Li Chongyuan never thinks it's just a simple addition of two words.

Murder in the street and murder in the street, although the difference is only two words, but there is a huge difference.

Killing people in the street, after all, there is a reason or something.

But murder in the street, just the word murder is enough to show that such murder in the street is an act of murder, which is a serious crime.

Even though Li Chongyuan is the king of the county, if he really wants to commit murder in the street, those people will pursue him. Li Chongyuan's title may be lost, let alone his official position.

In order to write a constitution of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chongyuan had read all the existing laws of the Tang Dynasty by heart, and he was familiar with the words and sentences.

Under Li Shimin's questioning, Li Chongyuan naturally would not admit to this crime.

After hearing this, Li Shimin was still a little confused, "What's going on! Tell me carefully!"

Although, Li Chongyuan had already explained to Li Shimin his itinerary and purpose today.

Even if Li Chongyuan was surrounded by nearly a thousand people in South Street of Changshoufang, Li Chongyuan also talked about it, but he didn't elaborate.

Seeing Li Shimin's questioning, Li Chongyuan hurriedly saluted and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. At that time, I got up early in the morning, and then I went and then until..."

Li Chongyuan narrated to Li Shimin everything that happened today.

And the most detailed one was the fact that his group was surrounded on Changshoufang South Street.

"Where are the people? Did you bring them?" After hearing this, Li Shimin asked about the two principals arrested by Li Chongyuan.

Li Chongyuan saluted, glanced at Tang Li, then looked at Wang Li and replied: "My lord, I have to trouble you to send Manager Wang and my bodyguard to go back to my house to lie down."

"Wang Li, bring someone here." Li Shimin instructed Wang Li after hearing this.

After Wang Li got the words, he left with Tang Li and went to his family to pick up someone.

then.

When Li Chongyuan and the others were surrounded in Changshoufang South Street, as soon as Li Chongyuan's blunderbuss fired, Tang Li and Liu Xiang rushed towards the two persons in charge hidden behind.

later.

Because of Marquis Wu's arrival, Li Chongyuan had to ask Tang Li to take him away to his home.

But after Tang Li sent the man to the housekeeper of his family, he rushed back and happened to meet Li Chongyuan and headed for Anyefang.

Before Li Chongyuan entered the palace, Li Chongyuan did not expect that someone would form a group to accuse him of Li Chongyuan's murder in the street.

Moreover, Li Chongyuan didn't even think about resorting to Li Shimin for this matter.

He, Li Chongyuan, must have done this because he wanted to know who the people behind those people were.

At this moment, the people behind them have already shown their original form, and it doesn't matter whether they are those people or not.

At least, Li Chongyuan believed that if Tang Li handed over the man to the steward, the steward would have ten thousand ways to make the two of them open their mouths.

At this time, whether to hand it over to Li Shimin is really not important.

Furthermore, Li Chongyuan also had to prove his innocence for himself.

After Wang Li and Tang Li left, Li Shimin stared at Zhong Ji who was kneeling on the ground and said angrily, "As the magistrate of Hu County, you know how to break the law. I really don't know how you became the magistrate of Hu County in the first place." job."

"I'm guilty, I'm guilty" Zhong Ji, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't think about it at the moment, he only wanted to survive, and that was already the biggest idea.

Although he is the county magistrate of Hu County, if he wants to see Li Shimin, it is basically a difficult word.

He is not qualified for the small court meeting, but for the big court meeting, he can only stand back.

In the past, he always thought about being able to catch Li Shimin's eyes, and then what to do.

But now, after Zhong Ji knelt in front of Li Shimin, whether he had any thoughts of climbing up, or whether anyone could protect him from such thoughts, it was basically extinct.

He just wants to live a life, even if he is sent thousands of miles away.

For this reason, Zhong Ji knows that the only way out is to plead guilty.

Because, he knew even more that he hadn't committed any serious crimes, at most he was just sent out for thousands of miles.

Why did Zhong Ji confess his crime without sophistry when he saw Li Shimin?

In fact, he knew it well.

Because he knew that his crimes did not reach the point of stripping his official uniform, and at most he was demoted from his official position and sent thousands of miles away.

It's like being dispatched to the Western Regions, or even to the Lingnan area.

As a criminal official, if he is sent thousands of miles away, he may not be able to become a county magistrate, but the official position under the county magistrate is basically certain.

Therefore, Zhong Ji has only one way to go by pleading guilty.

He didn't want to be cut off from his official career by the angry Li Shimin because of his sophistry.

Humans always seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

As a county magistrate, he is also familiar with the current laws, so he naturally knows how to avoid these interests.

Li Shimin looked at Zhong Ji who was kneeling on the ground, saw that Zhong Ji had confessed his crime, and remembered in his heart that when the current court is employing people, it is too early to start a course to obtain a scholar, and when he was about to speak to convict Zhong Ji, Li Chongyuan went Take a step forward.

Li Chongyuan, who took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning, His Majesty ordered the minister to establish the Judiciary Temple and appointed him as the Minister of Justice. Although I have not fulfilled my duties as Minister of Justice for a year, I have also I have never forgotten the establishment of Judiciary Temple. For this reason, within this year, I have sorted out all the legal provisions of my Tang Dynasty, and even wrote the most basic constitution of my Tang Dynasty."

"Oh? Is what you said true?" Li Shimin asked after hearing Li Chongyuan's words, leaving Zhong Ji aside.

Li Chongyuan nodded and replied: "Really. However, although I have finished writing the basic constitution of the Tang Dynasty, it needs to be approved by the Holy One. Moreover, I have discussed it with the Supreme Emperor in these two days. I believe that since the Holy Majesty wants to rule the country according to the law, it must start now, rather than waiting for the establishment of the Judiciary Temple."

Li Shimin understood after listening to Li Chongyuan's words.

He understood what Li Chongyuan was referring to.

At this moment, Li Chongyuan suddenly started talking about Judicial Temple, and about the most basic constitution of the Tang Dynasty he wrote. If Li Shimin didn't understand what Li Chongyuan was referring to, then he really couldn't be the emperor.

And at this time, Zhong Ji.

He also understood what Li Chongyuan was referring to.

Kneeling on the ground, he kowtowed at a speed like pounding garlic, and kept shouting 'I'm guilty, I'm guilty'.

Seeing Zhong Ji's behavior, Li Chongyuan had already planned in his mind how to punish him.Even if Li Shimin had any ideas, what Li Chongyuan wanted most now was to give himself the name of Minister of Justice hanging on his head.

At the same time, I also want to give a warning to those who hide behind, so that they can take a good look. They are nobles, but nobles can't do everything, and they can't sue anyone.

Li Shimin, who understood, glanced at Zhong Ji, then looked at Li Chongyuan and asked, "According to your opinion, how should he be punished!"

"Return to the Holy Lord, according to the existing laws of our Great Tang Dynasty to convict him. As the magistrate of a county and the herdsmen of the Holy Lord, if he knows the law and breaks the law, the crime will be increased by one level. He will be demoted to the sixth rank and issued a thousand. here." Li Chongyuan looked at Zhong Ji and said.

At this time, Zhong Ji, who continued to kowtow, suddenly relaxed after hearing Li Chongyuan's words.

What Li Chongyuan said was exactly what he thought and what he wanted.

He, Zhong Ji, is the county magistrate of Huxian County, and he is a post of the sixth rank.

According to the current law, the six-level official position is demoted, and the distribution is a thousand miles, and it may be sent to the south of the Lingnan area, or to the west of Sichuan.

Downgrading him to a sixth-level official position, downgrading from a regular sixth-rank to a sixth-rank, directly leads to a seventh-rank rank.

Even if it is from the seventh rank, it can be a magistrate of the middle and lower counties. No matter how bad it is, it is also excellent to be a magistrate of the lower county.

However, after Zhong Ji listened to Li Chongyuan's words, Li Chongyuan suddenly said: "This is the current law of the Tang Dynasty, but if it is judged according to the most basic constitution of the Tang Dynasty written by Yichen, as a county The order, knowing the law and breaking the law, framing the people of the Li people, seeking personal gain for oneself, and framing the ministers of the court, colluding with others. According to the investigation of the ministers, and according to the basic constitution, he can be sentenced to six crimes, the crime of framing the people, the crime of omission, the crime of forming a party for personal gain, The following crimes, the crime of redemption, and the crime of seeking personal gain for oneself. According to the six crimes, he was sentenced to be dismissed from his official position, never to be an official or an official, and never to participate in the imperial examination, and to be recommended as an official, etc. He was fined and confiscated. Five years in exile for three thousand miles."

'Boom' sound.

Zhong Ji, who was kneeling on the ground, was dumbfounded after listening to Li Chongyuan's words, as if his head had exploded.

He really did not expect that Li Chongyuan would sentence him to such a serious crime.

It's okay to change his official position.

He will never even be an official or an official, let alone participate in imperial examinations.

Such a punishment obviously cut off his way to be an official.

It's fine if he doesn't become an official, and Li Chongyuan even confiscated his furniture, which he didn't expect.

With no family property, no official position, and five years of exile for three thousand miles, Zhong Ji could already imagine what his final outcome would be after hearing the punishment.

What is the ending?

dead!
Without furniture management, he will be exiled for three thousand miles to do hard labor. Isn't that just because he wants to kill him.

"Your Majesty, I'm guilty of this crime, please give me a heavy punishment." Zhong Ji knew that Li Chongyuan wanted to kill him, so he could only turn to Li Shimin in the end, hoping that Li Shimin would punish him severely.

Only in this way, he might be able to escape.

After Li Shimin listened to Li Chongyuan's judgment on Zhong Ji, he also didn't understand.

However, at that moment, Zhong Ji had been kneeling on the ground, kowtowing, and pleading guilty, which really made some noise in his ears, so he had to wave to the servant at the side and take Zhong Ji out.

When Zhong Ji was escorted out of the hall by the servants, Li Shimin asked, "Why should you be sentenced to such a serious crime? Zhong Ji only arrested two irrelevant civilians, and he did not make any serious mistakes. If you punish him like this, Is it too much?"

"My lord, to rule the country according to the law means that the law is the most important thing, not the emotion. Officials are herdsmen. If the law is strict with the people, but not the officials, how can it be fair? The current noble officials and nobles , has always been aloof, and has never put the life and death of the people in his eyes, and only the Holy One treats the people as his heart and soul. Moreover, those people's official-standard thinking has reached a certain point. If the law is not strict, they will not To be fair, the direction of my Great Tang can only be a decline in the end. Your Majesty, if you wish to see my powerful Tang Dynasty decline, then you can discard the basic constitution of the Great Tang that I wrote at will.” Li Chongyuan replied bluntly.

When Li Chongyuan spoke like this in front of an emperor, he was not afraid that the emperor in front of him would kill him.

However, Li Chongyuan is really not afraid, anyway, he has always been like this, and he wants to sound the alarm for Li Shimin.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chongyuan, a little undecided.

but.

After Wang Li and Tang Li mentioned those two people back and interrogated them, they seemed to have figured it out, and then he sighed and said: "Since I appointed you as the Minister of Justice, then I will judge you according to your judgment." However, the so-called basic constitution of the Tang Dynasty that you wrote was finally sent to me for a good look.”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Chongyuan smiled inwardly.

Shortly after.

Li Chongyuan took the Zhu family brothers out of the palace and went directly back to his family.

Not long after.

Zhong Ji and the other three were taken out of the palace by Wang Li, and sent directly to the Ministry of Punishment, where they saw the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment who had rushed back to the Ministry of Punishment, "Duke Yun, the crimes committed by these three people are very serious, the Holy Majesty asked me to hand them over to you." , sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and held in prison, and the punishment of these three people will be decided when the court discusses."

"May I ask Director Wang, what serious crime did these three people commit?" Zhang Liang didn't know why.

Wang Li personally escorted the three of them to his Ministry of Punishment, and it was Li Shimin who confessed.

Zhang Liang, the Duke of Yun, was allowed to participate in the government after he became the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

He knew that Li Shimin would not accuse the three of them for no reason, but right now he couldn't understand, and he didn't understand what was going on.

Wang Li pointed at the three people and repeated to Zhang Liang.

When Zhang Liang heard that Zhong Ji was the nephew of Zhong Deming, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and the nephew of Zhong Li, the eunuch Shaoqing, and that his crime was committed by Li Chongyuan, and Li Shimin nodded, he was very surprised. , "Director Wang, isn't it too much for King Li to accuse this person of such a crime?"

"Duke Yun may have forgotten that King Li is the Secretary of the Judicial Temple, and he has the right to convict him. Besides, the Holy Majesty has also approved the crime of this person." After Wang Li finished speaking, he stayed behind. , Go back to the palace to renew the decree.

Not long after Wang Li left.

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was a little flustered, and he sent a lot of entourages to go to various places, and even he himself was going to a certain place.

noon.

When Li Chongyuan was having lunch at his home, and asked the housekeeper why Zhu Ni and the others had not returned from the Chang'an county government office, rumors spread throughout Chang'an that Zhong Ji was convicted of six crimes by Li Chongyuan.

This is not.

Voices are being staged everywhere, calling for Li Chongyuan to be dismissed from the position of Minister of Justice.

"What a Li Chongyuan, what a Li Shande, he is going to overthrow my Tang foundation."

"This head must not be opened. Once opened, we will be bound like those ordinary people."

"Drive Li Chongyuan out of the capital."

"Kicking him out of Beijing would be an advantage for him, Li Chongyuan is a disaster, he must die!"

"Kill him, Li Chongyuan."

(End of this chapter)