Datang Longya

Chapter 244 I Can Tell Fortunes
"Wang Fu! You don't claim to be highly respected, you don't claim to be moral and pure! When your Majesty came to the throne, he was in the heart of the old department of the Sui Dynasty. Just now, you were promoted to a noble with you. Today, you don't want to be loyal to the king and serve the country, but you actually did such a thing! With a box of gold, do you dare to disregard His Majesty's sympathy for poor scholars and openly oppose it?"

Fang Xuanling had been waiting hard for a turnaround before, now that Leng Feng's words made Wang Fu feel unstable, why didn't he beat the dog in the water immediately?

Leng Feng just said that Wang Xian gave Wang Fu a box of gold, but he didn't say anything to death.Fang Xuanling was old and refined, so he naturally decided that Wang Xian would give Wang Fu money directly in order to oppose the expansion of the imperial examination system.

With his words, on the matter of expanding the imperial examination system that has been arguing for most of the day, the emperor can occupy a secure position of victory.

Li Shimin, who had paid out the money, took advantage of the fact that all the officials were discussing with each other, and went back to the dragon chair. The outermost dragon robes are ready, and a batch is enough.

Leng Feng saw that Wang Fu had nothing to say, and the emperor returned to the throne. He smiled and went back to the pillar. Instead of watching these people continue to argue about how to deal with Wang Fu, he might as well go back and play mahjong.

Li Shimin coughed: "Dali Temple Minister Dai Zhou is not here today, Li Daozong, what crime do you think Wang Fu deserves?"

Dai Zhou is the Minister of Dali Temple, and he is generally responsible for the cases and convictions of officials.

Lao Dai was just and strict throughout his life. Even in the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang promoted Zhou Zhiqing, the chancellor of Dali Temple, to the position of Minister of Dali Temple, he said: "The minister of Dali is the ancient Tingwei. , Yu Dingguo, called Dai Zhou in the Tang Dynasty. Gai was just in his heart, discussed the law with forgiveness, and the prison was innocent, so it will be passed down to future generations. Now you are appointed as the Minister of Dali Temple. Ming Yun, the punishment must be a crime. The ancients can live up to their fate..."

But Lao Dai is not here today, so Li Shimin can only take the next best thing and let Li Daozong come to convict him.

Although Li Daozong is a military general, he is also an all-rounder in civil and military affairs like Li Jing. He immediately went out to play: "The "Law of the Tang Dynasty" stipulates that if a competent official makes a decision in violation of the law after accepting a bribe, he will be sentenced according to the amount of bribe he accepts. One hundred rods per foot, one plus one, and fifteen horses hanged. My minister, please sentence Wang Fu to hang, dismiss him from office, and confiscate his family property!"

At this time, silk also has the effect of currency. Three feet of silk is already equivalent to an ordinary farmer's wages for a day's work. As for a box of gold, even if it is a jewelry box, its value exceeds fifteen bolts of silk~
Zheng Jinglun didn't expect Wang Fu to be sentenced to hang directly, so he hurried out of the class to play: "Your Majesty, I impeached Li Daozong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, for wrongful conviction! Only 'receiving money and perverting the law' requires such a sentence. Wang Fu is the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Although he accepts bribes network, but did not use public power for personal gain, so at most, he was sentenced to 'be imprisoned' and move two thousand miles away!"

"Accepting wealth and bending the law" refers to the behavior of officials in charge of accepting bribes and using public power for personal gain. According to Tang law, the act of accepting money and bending the law will be punished according to the amount of bribes received. Plus one class, fifteen horses twisted."

And "Shou Suo Jian Lin" refers to officials receiving property from their own subordinates and the people under their jurisdiction, but not illegally handling public affairs.That is, the behavior of "receiving red envelopes".For all stolen goods, "one foot will be whipped forty, one horse plus one grade, eight horses will be punished for one year, more than eight horses plus one grade, and if the stolen goods are more than fifty horses, they will be flown for two thousand miles."

Li Daozong believed that Wang Fu was perverting the law by accepting money, while Zheng Jinglun refuted that this was being imprisoned, and that he was also accepting bribes, but there were two different sentencing methods.

"Laws of the Tang Dynasty" is the law of the Great Tang Dynasty. Except for Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others who don't want to understand, which one of these officials who have been in the court has not memorized it by heart?
Wang Fu had recovered his breath at this time, slowly stood up from the chair, fell to the ground, and dared not lift his head that was knocked on the ground.

Li Daozong glanced at Zheng Jinglun: "But, you have not counted the crime of deceiving the emperor, Wang Fu is not a local official, and what we are discussing is not a general policy.

The expansion of the imperial examination system was proposed by His Majesty. He accepted bribes to oppose this issue. This is deceiving the emperor! "

Zheng Jinglun didn't expect that Li Daozong would elevate Wang Fu's charges when he pleaded for mercy, and he really couldn't find a basis to refute this charge.

The crime of deceiving the emperor, although there is no clear standard of conviction, is indeed convicted, and beheading is even light, provoking the emperor's fury, and the three clans of Yi and the nine clans are not a problem!

Hearing that Li Daozong sentenced him to the crime of deceiving the emperor, and thinking about the fate of the crime of deceiving the emperor, Wang Fu wished he could stick his head in the ground!

Although Zhu Jiuzu's approach was too cruel, almost no ministers dared to stop the furious emperor. After all, no one would think that his life was long.

Zheng Jinglun didn't dare either, although the emperor on the throne didn't say a word, and his tone didn't show anger from the beginning of the debate to the roll call of Li Daozong, but who knows what the emperor is thinking now?Who knows if the anger in the emperor's heart has burned to the throat?
Li Shimin is not angry now, really, just now he went down to play mahjong and won a lot, especially when he kicked Li Ji Yingguang away on the way, he felt very happy, such a good mood would not be because of a bad old man Just change.

A good mood is a good mood, this old guy can't keep it in the evening, he always needs a chicken to show the monkey!
He made a gesture towards Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling nodded in understanding, and went out of the class to play: "Your Majesty, although Wang Fu is a criminal who deceived the emperor, he worked conscientiously during his official career, and he did not make any serious mistakes before that. What's more, he is over sixty years old, even if it is a serious crime, it is not appropriate to give a heavy sentence. I think that hanging is enough, there is no need to beheaded, and there is no need to sin against family members.

Sentenced to be hanged and deprived of official titles, you can show His Majesty the dragon's prestige, and you can show His Majesty's benevolence even if you don't even sit down. It's the best of both worlds! "

Dai Zhou is not here at this time, otherwise he will jump out and insist on dealing with the law, because this guy is a repeater of the law. If there was not the blood book of Wanmin, Li Chengqian would have been punished.

Wei Zheng was not around at this time, otherwise he would have demanded a heavier punishment, because as the official censor, he was like an old hen when he was protecting courtiers with minor crimes, while he was like a vicious eagle when impeaching courtiers with major crimes.

Therefore, when Fang Xuanling spoke, all the courtiers responded one after another.

As early as when Wang Fu knelt down on the ground, the buzzing sound occupied his ears, and he couldn't hear what others said at all. It wasn't until the soldiers in front of the palace dragged him out that he begged for mercy.

Zheng Jinglun looked at Wang Fu who was dragged out, and couldn't help feeling sad, he had tried his best~

Li Jing brazenly took the winnings of the seven small pairs in the game as gambling capital, and could not continue in the game. Seeing Wang Fu being dragged out, he asked Leng Feng: "How did you know that he was accepting bribes in Tianxialou?" What? You just came back, and we took you to Duke Kui’s house yesterday, so you haven’t been to Tianxialou yet.”

Leng Feng typed out a piece of eight, and said with a smile, "I can tell fortune tellers."

Li Jing almost laughed out loud, and poked Li Xiaogong with a mahjong tile: "Do you believe it?"

Li Xiaogong glanced at Leng Feng, then poked Liu Hongji with a card: "Duke Kui, do you believe it?"

Liu Hongji also glanced at Leng Feng, then exchanged glances with Li Jing and Li Xiaogong, and the three of them turned to Leng Feng together: "Bah!"

(well, happy birthday to my mommy)
(End of this chapter)