Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 143 Beheading aftermath!Li Gan's plan
Beijing.

In mid-July, the weather is hot.

However, this year is the year of the Grand Competition, and the autumn is just around the corner, and the capital has become more and more lively these days.

Candidates from several counties and counties in the Gyeonggi area will come to the capital to take part in the rural examination in August, so there are gradually more people in the inns and restaurants closest to the Gongyuan.

Li Yuan's carriage drove Li Jiancheng across the street in a hurry, and the pedestrians and common people on the side of the road gave way one after another.

"Erlang, don't hold back in that boring tiger army all day long! What's so interesting about a group of old men? Brother will take you to a good place today!"

In the carriage, Li Jiancheng smiled and looked at Li Shimin who was sitting opposite.

"That's right! Second brother!"

Li Yuanji sat beside Li Jiancheng, with a smirk on his childish face: "I'm sure you won't regret it if you go!"

"I went there once, and I can't forget the taste for a month!"

Li Yuanji said with regret, "It's just a little too fast..."

Li Shimin was dressed in a dark red satin straight gown, with a black silk inlaid jade belt around his waist, and his fair face had begun to show some sharp edges, but at the moment it was full of embarrassment: "Brother, third brother, can the three of us go together?" Great."

"What's wrong with that!"

Li Jiancheng slapped his thigh: "Brothers in battle, father and son in battle, we brothers are of the same heart, and the benefits can cut gold. If there is anything, you can't go with your brothers!"

"You don't know, I have taken my third child there several times!"

"what?"

Li Shimin raised his head in shock, swallowed with a thump, and didn't know what to say.

There were so many slots that he didn't know what to say for a while.

His eyes kept going back and forth between the two, hesitatingly said: "Is the third child still a little young..."

"It's not too small!" Li Jiancheng patted Li Yuanji's shoulder with a smile: "The third child is also growing up!"

"That's right! Second brother!"

Li Yuanji folded his hands and looked at Li Shimin with dissatisfaction: "I kindly took you to have fun, why do you still call me young?"

"no……"

Li Shimin's face turned red: "Big Brother, Third Brother..."

"Let's go like this, we must not hide it from our father! If we let him know, then it's over?"

"What's the matter?"

Li Yuanji waved his hand disdainfully: "What's the matter if you let him know? I've seen him go there before!"

"Huh?" Li Shimin was taken aback.

Li Jiancheng also smiled and said: "It's okay to let Dad know, the last time my third child and I met him there, Dad even asked us to go to his room together!"

"what?"

Li Shimin was dumbfounded, he just felt that his pure heart had been greatly shocked: "You two are with dad..."

Are there really father and son soldiers? ?
"Of course!" Li Yuanji clasped his hands on his chest triumphantly.

Li Jiancheng also smiled and said: "The red sleeve that Dad ordered last time is not bad, why don't we order that when we go this time?"

Li Yuanji also nodded in approval, with a bit of nostalgia on his face: "I haven't forgotten the taste today, it's so beautiful!"

Li Shimin was stunned, his mind went blank, his lips moved slightly, and he was still struggling for the last time: "Big brother, third brother, should we just order one?"

Li Jiancheng smiled mysteriously: "You will know when you arrive."

The carriage stopped in front of a high-rise building on Dongshi Third Street. The people who came here were either rich or expensive, and they all had a lot of background.

However, when they saw the carriage on the Tang Guogong's mansion, people still gave way one after another, casting awe-inspiring gazes.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Shimin was sitting in a box by the window, looking at the delicious dishes on the table in front of him, a big question mark appeared above his head.

???

That's it?

"Haha, let me tell you, Erlang, this Huabaolou is known as the best fresh food in the capital!"

Li Jiancheng personally filled a glass of clear wine for Li Shimin, and introduced with a smile: "This dish, which looks like a beauty's sleeve, is the most delicious. Guess Erlang, what is it made of?"

Li Yuanji also smiled and said, "Second brother, taste it first before we talk!"

"The food here is so fresh. When I came back for the first time, I almost bit my tongue and ate the peony. Now that I think about it, it's a waste of food to eat so fast!"

Li Shimin forced a smile on his face, but he couldn't help the two brothers, so he picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the "red sleeve" they wanted to order, and put it in his mouth.

As soon as he entered the first day of junior high school, his eyes lit up, and he savored it carefully.

Delicious and sweet, it melts in the mouth, but not rotten into mud.

In particular, it embodies the word "fresh", which is a delicacy that Li Shimin has never tasted.

Li Jiancheng smiled when he saw this, and said with emotion: "In the past, my father was afraid that we would become arrogant and indulgent, so he wouldn't let us come to such expensive places."

"Now Erlang, you have joined the Huben Guard, and your temper has calmed down a lot, so dad doesn't care about us anymore. Speaking of which, the third child and I are also in your favor!"

After tasting such delicious dishes, Li Shimin's mood improved a bit, and he said with a smile: "Father obviously sees that the eldest brother is getting more and more helpful to him, and the third brother is getting more and more sensible, so he let us go."

"It's obvious that I have been honored by the two brothers."

Li Jiancheng picked up the jade cup and drank it in one gulp, laughing loudly.

With a creak, the door of the private room was opened, and a woman in Tsing Yi walked in slowly. In this Huabao building, even the work of passing the dishes was done by beautiful beauties.

Of course, if you need a boy, you just need to talk to the store.

The three brothers all looked at the woman who was serving the food, and then all turned away.

After the woman walked out of the private room, Li Shimin smiled and looked at Li Jiancheng: "I heard that elder brother is going to get another concubine?"

Li Yuanji was still busy stuffing something into his mouth, but when he heard this, he said carelessly, "Second brother also knows?"

"I heard that the Zheng family in Xingyang is willing to give their daughter as a concubine to elder brother!"

Li Jiancheng reprimanded with a straight face: "The horoscope has not been written yet! Don't listen to those rumors."

It's just a smile in his eyes but he can't hide it.

"What kind of gossip is this?"

Li Yuanji said indifferently: "Isn't it something that has been settled long ago?"

"I heard that Zheng Guanyin lived an extremely beautiful life, and was also virtuous and virtuous. Brother is blessed!"

"Say a few words first..."

Li Jiancheng reminded him in a low voice, and at the same time kept winking at Li Shimin.

Li Yuanji was taken aback, immediately covered his mouth, and smiled apologetically at Li Shimin: "Second Brother...I..."

In fact, the two invited Li Shimin out for dinner today for a purpose.

A few days ago, Gao Shilian, a doctor of the Ministry of punishment, took office in Longxi, and Changsun Wuji followed him.

For such a big event, naturally he couldn't just leave without saying a word. Before leaving the capital, he still had to come to his good friend to say goodbye.

It's just that seeing Changsun Wuji goodbye, Li Shimin seemed to be in a bad mood again, and stayed in his room for a whole day yesterday.

The eldest brother is like a father, and Li Jiancheng, the elder brother, sees it in his eyes, but feels that this cannot go on.

He must be enlightened and enlightened. How can a man be bound by the love of his sons and daughters all the time?What does this look like?
That's why we have today's trip to Huabao Building.

Now that the elder brother wants to take a concubine again, and the second younger brother has not yet married, Li Yuanji keeps mentioning this matter, and Li Jiancheng is afraid that it will make Li Shimin even more unhappy.

"what happened?"

Li Shimin looked at the two of them in surprise: "Why don't the third brother continue talking?"

"I have heard the name of Zheng Guanyin before. He is virtuous and virtuous, and he is also worthy of the eldest brother. The eldest brother will not be unwilling, right?"

"how could be?"

Li Jiancheng looked at his expression and said with a smile: "Besides, this is not something I can do if I am willing or not."

"The matter of the Zheng family in Xingyang is related to father's plan. As a son, how can I add trouble to his old man."

"I'm here today, mainly because I'm worried about you, my second child."

"worry about me?"

Li Shimin pretended to be puzzled, took a mouthful of food, and poured down another glass of wine: "Brother, I'm doing well in Hubenwei, what should I worry about?"

Li Jiancheng watched suspiciously for a while, and seeing his calm expression, he said with a relieved smile: "A few days ago, your friend named Changsun Wuji came to see you. I think you spent a day in the room after sending him away , thought you remembered that concubine named Changsun Wugou again?"

"The elder brother was afraid that you would keep digging into a dead end, so he wanted to ask you to come out and have a heart-to-heart talk."

Li Yuanji also patted the table, and echoed with a face of approval: "That's right, second brother!"

"Why does a man have no wife? What's so good about that woman? Makes you think about it every day?"

Li Shimin looked at the two of them in surprise, and then said calmly, "So it's because of this?"

He put down his chopsticks in a leisurely manner, and said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, I have put down this matter a long time ago!"

"The auxiliary machine came to me that day, and it was just a farewell. After that, I read military books in the room."

Li Shimin had a bitter expression on his face: "You two brothers don't know, General Wang of Hubenwei recently picked out five military books for me, and asked me to finish reading them before Qiu Wei, when he will test me, I've been worried about this recently My head turned gray."

"Haha! That's how it is!"

Li Jiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and took a mouthful of food: "I'm just afraid that you won't be able to get out..."

Li Shimin shook his head, and said with a smile: "Why can't I get out of this? If you didn't talk about it today, I would have forgotten it."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Li Yuanji smiled and got up to fill him with wine, and said with a smile: "A man like my second brother, who is gentle and martial, what kind of woman can't be found?"

"The eldest grandson Wugou didn't marry into our Duke's mansion because she didn't have eyes..."

"okay."

Li Jiancheng frowned slightly, and stopped Li Yuanji's next words.

In any case, the eldest grandson Wugou is a concubine in the harem, if this word is heard by someone with a heart, they will make a fuss about it.

"Second brother, it's best if you let this matter go."

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Shimin with a smile: "Don't look at it, eat quickly! A meal in Huabao Building is not cheap. It's hard to come here once, we have to eat enough!"

Li Shimin drank a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Okay, big brother, third brother, hurry up and eat!"

In the private room, there was a happy and harmonious situation, but Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji kept picking up vegetables to eat, but Li Shimin kept pouring wine...

Daqian Palace.

Li Gan has been immersed in memorials for a while, and in his free time, he wanders around the capital, and then goes to the mirror grinder and the eunuch of the Banking Bureau to supervise his first telescope, which is probably also the first telescope in this time and space.

At present, half of the work of the mirror grinders has been completed, and Li Qian is experimenting with the placement order and distance of convex and concave lenses.

It's going well, and I believe it will be released soon.

However, this is not what Li Gan is most concerned about. He has been waiting for a news.

News about Heshen in Xingyang County.

Counting the days, it should be in these few days...

In the political affairs hall of Ziwei Hall, Li Gan was discussing today's memorial with Wu Meiniang and Lu Zhi, when the old eunuch suddenly ran in from outside.

"Your Majesty, a report from Zhongmou County, Xingyang County!"

"Bring it here!" Li Gan's eyes lit up.

After opening it, I saw that it was He Shen's presentation.

Ma Jiyuan, the magistrate of Zhongmu County, did many evils, deceived his superiors and concealed his subordinates, embezzled money and food, harmed the people, and committed many crimes, which will soon lead to a civil uprising...

It listed Ma Jiyuan's various crimes, and in the end, the imperial envoy He Shen executed him on the spot to calm the news of the people.

Wu Meiniang and Lu Zhi also came over to read the contents of the report, both of them were a little worried: "Your Majesty, although you are an imperial envoy with your lord and bear the banner of the king's order, will the adults in the court pursue this matter? "

The so-called Wang Ming Banner is actually similar to Jingjie. It is a housekeeping treasure bestowed by the emperor to the imperial envoys, which can control the local yamen and government soldiers.

"Jing is for special rewards, festivals are for special killings", all violators who commit repeated crimes; kill a family for more than three lives; those who escape in battle; those who disobey orders; those who rob prisons and rebel against officials; those who gather to resist officials; , officials below the fifth rank can be killed first and played later!

If the imperial envoy who went this time was not a powerful person like He Shen and Yan Song, but an ordinary small official, he would rely entirely on the banner of Wang Ming to do things.

"Of course I won't let it go."

With a smile on the corner of Li Gan's mouth, he shook his head slightly: "As far as I know, this Ma Jiyuan has something to do with Cai Jing, and Mr. Cai must have known about it by now."

"I'll just take a look at him. What do you plan to do at the court meeting in a few days? Do you want to swallow your anger and swallow this bitter pill, or attack He Shen?"

"Master Cai's people?"

Lu Zhi exclaimed: "Lord Cai must be having a hard time recently, right?"

Recently, I can always see the memorials of the censors impeaching the Ministry of Punishment. I think it is because of Song Min's case, and they are still entangled.

"I am very sure of that."

Li Gan nodded: "He is too busy to take care of himself now, so he just finished this matter."

"But……"

Lu Zhi was a little hesitant: "Didn't Your Majesty say that you want to balance the civil servants? Mr. Cai has been frustrated one after another. If you are anxious because of this, you will come up with some ideas..."

She was afraid that Cai Jing would jump over the wall in a hurry.

But Wu Meiniang sneered and said, "Cai Jing doesn't want to do it, some people want to be the Shangshu Zuo Pushe!"

"At least Qin Hui is definitely willing to wipe out Cai Jing's followers."

Lu Zhi bit her red lips with her white teeth, glanced at Wu Meiniang, but said nothing.

Listening to what the two said, Li Gan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Lu Zhi's consideration is also reasonable.

"If Prime Minister Qin defeats Cai Jing, it may make him bigger, which is not beautiful."

Li Qian shook his head lightly. In terms of the stability of civil servants, he couldn't do this.

"Besides, Cai Jing is down, maybe there will be another powerful minister coming out, but it is not as good as Cai Jing who knows everything."

In the final analysis, the generals were still too powerful, and Li Gan didn't dare to let the civil officials fight too much.

The two women on the side stopped talking, obviously hearing that Li Gan had made a decision.

Li Gan frowned, and stood up with his hands behind his back: "It seems that I have to give Cai Jing a hand to help him get out of the current situation..."

"Does Your Majesty want to let Song Min go?"

Wu Meiniang said somewhat unwillingly: "If you don't punish him with a canonical punishment, I'm afraid the censors will not be satisfied, and it will even make the officials of all counties and counties feel confident."

Li Gan shook his head lightly: "I won't take advantage of him."

He turned to look at the old eunuch at the door: "Has Gao Shilian arrived in Longxi?"

"Return to Your Majesty, we arrived three days ago."

"Hurry up and send him a letter, and let him act according to my previous orders!"

The old eunuch didn't ask any more questions, and directly led the order to go out.

Li Gan sighed and sat back on the chair.

Seeing that he was upset, Wu Meiniang stretched out her bare hands to help him rub his temples, and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, is there anything in Longxi that can make the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Yushitai close the case?"

"more or less."

Li Qian's mood improved a bit, and he said with a light smile, "At least we can fill up the Changping warehouse in Longxi, so that there will be stability first..."

Today's report quickly passed the transcription of the Secretary of the General Administration, and spread throughout the capital, causing a great commotion!
He adults who have always been kind to others, can do such a thing?
That's not a cat or a dog, but a serious seventh-rank magistrate!
Just cut it off?
No matter how big a mistake he is, it can't be like this, right?

The matter quickly spread throughout the capital, and became the topic of conversation among the common people after dinner.

"Then He Shen must have met a corrupt official who is even more corrupt! My lord saw it, how can you be more greedy than me? I became angry on the spot, so I chopped that man off!"

"I don't think so, right? I heard that people and adults didn't confiscate any money when they went to Xingyang this time! I also want to help people repair the stone embankment, which is said to be good for thousands of years!"

"Hey, my dear friend, are you stunned? Can you still not charge money?"

"Haha, I'm afraid the embankment built by my lord will rot within two years!"

"Don't talk nonsense, maybe it can't be repaired at all!"

"Haha also..."

The people's chats and jokes quickly deviated from the main topic, but in the officialdom, this incident caused a complete disturbance.

Three days after the report was sent back, the court meeting was held.

In the majestic and majestic Qianyang Hall, Li Gan sits high on a dragon chair in a red-yellow robe with four dragon patterns, and a hundred officials in scarlet robes line up below him.

Fan Zhixu, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, got up first and reported: "Your Majesty, traveling to Xingyang with your lord, hastily executed Ma Jiyuan in Mou Zhi County. The method was violent and out of proportion."

"Ma Jiyuan's crime has not yet been tried by a judicial judge, and it is not yet known whether it is true or not. Please send a judge to verify it, and recall Mr. He. Only Prime Minister Yan will be left to help the disaster and repair the embankment."

Li Gan ignored him, but looked at the ministers below.

Sure enough, Su Ling'a, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, spoke up.

"Your Excellency He is an imperial envoy of the imperial court, and he bears the banner of the king's order. It is within his power and responsibility to cut it first and then play it. How can there be any sense of loss of propriety?"

Fan Zhixu sneered back: "If Ma Jiyuan is really evil, why can't he be tried by the court's judiciary, and must be executed first and then played?"

"My lord He hastily beheaded Ma Jiyuan without going through the imperial court. Who knows if he is trying to cover up?"

The meaning of this sentence is a bit heavy.

Is the spoils uneven?Is it murder?Is it collusion...

Sure enough, all the party members were enraged.

"The judiciary of the imperial court has long been in a mess, who knows if there will be people who are in the same rank as Ma Jiyuan?"

"Officials and officials protect each other, link up and down, and hide evil people and evil people! The corruption of officials that I have done is from the judicial department!"

"It's just Song Min, a corrupt official, but the Ministry of Criminal Justice has shirked it until today and refused to pronounce a sentence. What is this not collusion? If Mr. He hadn't been brave enough to execute him immediately, such corrupt officials would be under the protection of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and transferred to him to harm the people. ..."

The cannons hit the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it was impossible for them to sit back and watch.

What's more, today Fan Zhixu is just making a start, and the real main force is still on the side of the Ministry of Punishment.

"The corruption of officials started from the Ministry of Punishment? What a big joke! Didn't it start from your Ministry of Officials selling officials and nobles?"

"The Ministry of Punishment enforces the law meticulously. It never misses a corrupt official, nor wrongs a good official. Now that the case of Song Min is carefully tried, it is treated as a cover by you..."

The two, mainly the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment, started a war, and the two sides fought fiercely with each other.

But no one else has left yet.

Including the ferocious Qin Hui who fought with Cai Jing before, he is also on the sidelines at the moment.

Li Gan watched coldly for a moment, then raised his head to look at the old eunuch: "Big companion."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The old eunuch immediately shouted at the top of his voice, "Silence!"

Only then did the two sides die down, but they still stared at each other unkindly.

"What does Prime Minister Qin think of this matter?"

Li Qian looked at Qin Hui, thinking that he would definitely agree with He Shen's approach.

But unexpectedly, Qin Hui clasped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I think He should have his own thoughts, and I dare not put his beak in it."

All the officials in the court were stunned, and even many of Qin Hui's party members were a little stunned, obviously they did not expect this response.

Li Gan frowned in disbelief.

Originally, he planned to ask Qin Hui's opinion, Qin Hui agreed with He Shen, and then asked Wei Zheng's opinion.

A censor had impeached Ma Jiyuan before, so Wei Zheng's attitude would not deviate too much.

After the two expressed their views, the general trend was almost complete, and today's matter is considered to be over.

It's just that Qin Hui didn't follow his own wishes.

Li Gan frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at Wei Zheng: "What do Wei Qing's family think?"

Without hesitation, Wei Zheng went out to report with a straight back: "It is the imperial envoy's prerogative to kill first and then report. The imperial court only needs to follow the normal law and review it."

Li Gan nodded slightly, which meant to follow the normal procedure.

The imperial envoy cut it first and then played it. It is impossible to finish the job after beheading. The focus is on the latter performance.

After taking power in a hurry, you have to ask the court to review it again, only if you are right, otherwise it is an abuse of power.

Now that the two have expressed their views, Cai Jing's side needless to say, presumably he does not support He Shen, and even wants to transfer him back.

Li Gan pondered for a moment, and instead of asking him first, turned his attention to the generals.

"Does Uncle Huang feel that this matter with your lord is a bit extreme?"

Li Yuan was obviously taken aback when he heard the words, and many officials were also stunned for a moment. They did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would take the initiative to ask the generals today.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment, then got up and reported: "Your Majesty, the power of beheading first and then reporting has not been used by imperial envoys for decades. Now that I come out, I still feel a little bit nervous."

"After all, this matter involves the lives of court officials, and only He Shen and His Excellency know the details."

"If it's safe, I'd like to ask Mr. He to explain the situation first, and then continue to perform the duties of the imperial envoy."

(End of this chapter)