I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Chapter 447 Grand Master Sues Sickness?Hou Junji must die!
Hou Junji was arrogant, he was proud of his achievements, that's why he dared to be so defiant and rascal in front of the four interrogators.

If you don't cooperate with such an attitude, the case will not progress at all!

Therefore, Dai Zhou simply stopped interrogating him, and first slapped him sharply, pierced his weakness, and suppressed his arrogance first, so that he could understand——

You have no right to be proud!
Even, you can't even compare to the Taishi's leg hair, and now you are just a sewer mouse that everyone shouts and beats!What's so crazy about it?

It has to be said that Dai Zhou's train of thought was correct, and his words were extremely aggressive, and Hou Junji's defense was completely broken in one fell swoop!

"Fart your mother! Dai Zhou! How dare you insult me!"

"I can't compare to that Xu? What is his surname better than Xu? When I fought against the King of Qin, he didn't know where to drink milk!"

"He's just a villain, a villain who plots behind his back!! If there is a day to come, I will kill him!!"

Hou Junji, whose face was flushed and veins protruding, stared and growled, completely losing the rogue attitude just now.

"Lies don't hurt, the truth is the sharp edge."

Wen Yanbo sneered and said,
"If Dai Zhou's words are false, why would you act like this?"

"The more anxious and angry you are, the more true Dai Zhou's words are, and you even admit it in your heart! It's just that your mouth is not forgiving!"

"Really?"

It was precisely because Hou Junji subconsciously admitted that what Dai Zhou said was the "truth" that made him so hysterical.

At this moment, the mood of interrogating the group of four is a little joyful.

Just now Hou Junji messed with their mentality, but now...offensive and defensive changes!

It's time for them to make Hou Junji's mentality collapse. Anyway, this old guy is tied up heavily, so he can't hit them.

"Do you still want to have a bright future? Hehe... Your crimes are enough to beheaded thousands of times! What a wishful thinking!"

"You still say that the grand master is a villain? I think you are the real and out-and-out villain! The grand master was able to find out you, a moth. It's so delightful, it should be clear!"

"Exactly! Hou Junji, you ask how the grand master is stronger than you? Then let me tell you, justice lies in the hearts of the people! In our eyes, in the eyes of the world, the grand master is a thousand times stronger than you, ten thousand times stronger No matter how unconvinced you are, this is also true!"

"..."

A sentence of heartbreaking words pierced Hou Junji like a sharp knife, making him look crazy.

"You! You... all deserve to die, all deserve to die!"

Hou Junji stared at the four of them fiercely, he roared angrily, and struggled vigorously against the shackles!

woohoo!woohoo!
The iron chain is shaking, wrestling with him easily,

After struggling for a while, Hou Junji was already exhausted, and when he sat back on the stool again, he was as tired as a dead dog.

"Hou Junji, let me tell you clearly now!"

Dai Zhou knew that it was almost time, so he slammed the table and ordered,

"It's best to cooperate with us and confess all the crimes you have committed. Perhaps His Majesty may give you a little lenient punishment for nostalgia. If you continue to be stubborn, you will only die!"

"If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your wife and children."

"In all dynasties and dynasties, it is not unheard of that people have been ransacked and killed because of serious corruption! You'd better think clearly whether to continue to fight or cooperate."

After the voice fell, he closed his eyes and said no more.

When a person is naked and barefoot, he is the most ungrateful, fearing nothing, not even death!
But when he has a family and a business, with seniors and juniors, and finally enjoying the glory and wealth, he must be vulnerable!
Humanity is like that.

Sure enough, when Hou Junji heard these words, annoyance and irritability flashed in his eyes.

"The emperor...wouldn't be so heartless!"

He said firmly,
"I have made great military exploits for Datang, even if he kills me, he will not touch my wife and daughter!"

Li Daozong couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"Whether the emperor is ruthless or not, it depends on your current attitude."

He stroked his chin and said,

"Our Majesty says that being merciful is also merciful, but if you really want to be ruthless, it will be the worst in the world!"

"You've been with him for so many years, don't you know his style?"

Li Daozong didn't understand what he said, but everyone in the room understood——

The emperor will not be heartless?

People become so ruthless that their own brothers are killed directly!

You are a mere minister, what are you?

Hou Junji's face changed, and his mind began to falter a little.

But at this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and the door of the interrogation room was pushed open, and a small official walked in quickly, and handed the file in his hand to Dai Zhou.

"Three lords, this is the dossier about Hou Junji, and my eldest grandson sent me to send it."

The little official said respectfully,
"Maybe it will help your interrogation."

Hearing this, Dai Zhou frowned,
He took the file and flipped through it a few times, his eyes suddenly brightened!
"Okay, very good! Brother Changsun sent this dossier at the right time!"

Both Wen Yanbo and Li Daozong moved their heads together to check the contents of the file.

Di Zhixun also stretched his neck.

The four of them ignored Hou Junji and concentrated on reading. At this moment, Hou Junji's heart was struggling every second!
at last!

"Hou Junji, you still have one last chance to cooperate."

Dai Zhou raised the file in his hand and said with a smile,
"If you don't tell me, I'll go to Zhang Cong, Wang Jian, Liu Qiwu, and Deng Hui to interrogate them now."

"I'll count... there are a dozen people in total, as well as Zhang Chuan, Li San, Wu Gui..."

"Hehe, I think they must be willing to cooperate. Then, I can also get the answer I want."

Hou Junji's pupils shrank: "!!!"

Of course he is familiar with these names, because they are all his confidantes who are making money for him!

There are a few names that have been exposed by Xu Fenglei...but he still took chances before.

As long as he doesn't recruit, the whole boat won't capsize!

But now that the list is read, that bit of luck is gone.

"I……"

Hou Junji swallowed hard, and finally spit out the word,

"trick."

The interrogation group of four looked at each other and smiled.

At the same time, a chill rose in their hearts.

The emperor, there is indeed a secret army monitoring the officials, everyone's every move... If he wants to know, he can know it!
As for officials going astray, whether to punish them or not depends entirely on the emperor's mood.

……

a day later.

political affairs hall.

Sitting on the main seat, Li Shimin looked at the ministers on the left and right, frowning slightly.

"Why doesn't Xu Fenglei come?"

He pointed to the first seat below, and said displeasedly,

"Doesn't he know that I'm going to discuss matters in the Political Affairs Hall today?"

"Still no one notified him?"

Li Er's gaze turned to the attendant at the side.

"Return to Your Majesty, the servant sent someone to invite him early in the morning."

The eunuch near attendant hurriedly said,

"But... but someone came back and told me that the Grand Master was sick and was bedridden at home, so he couldn't attend the meeting."

Li Shimin frowned.

"Sick? He was fine two days ago, but now he's sick?"

He said suspiciously,
"As soon as you get sick, it becomes so serious that you can't even get out of bed?"

"Why do I not believe it?"

The valet looked a little embarrassed when he was asked such a counterattack.

"This... the servants don't know either."

he replied,
"The concierge of Xu Guogong's mansion said that the grand master had contracted typhoid fever or something...Anyway, it was a sudden illness."

"The grand master also asked him to bring a message to apologize to His Majesty."

Hearing this, Li Shimin snorted coldly.

"Typhoid fever? It's almost summer, what kind of typhoid fever?"

He pointed to Fang Xuanling and ordered,
"It doesn't matter whether it's a sickness or a real illness, since he doesn't want to come, then he shouldn't come! I have so many resourceful people to help me, it doesn't hurt to lose one of them!"

"Fang Aiqing, come, take his seat and fill in the vacancy!"

"The rest, all get one!"

Not coming?

Then even the chair will be carried away by you kid!
"Ah, this..."

Fang Xuanling cupped his hands in embarrassment, and said,

"Your Majesty, this seems a bit inappropriate, maybe the Grand Master is really sick..."

"Huh?" Li Shimin glanced at him and said calmly, "Are you going to resist the edict?"

Swish.

Fang Xuanling got up quickly and took Xu Fenglei's place.

The following ministers also stepped forward one by one, and finally a marginal minister who stood at the side got a seat by surprise!
"I called you here today, mainly to discuss the case of Hou Junji."

Li Shimin glanced to the left and said in a deep voice,
"Dai Zhou, Wen Yanbo, Li Daozong."

"Tell the results of your appraisal to everyone."

Swish swish.

"Observe the order." All three stood up.

Dai Zhou took out a book from his sleeve, held it up and read:

"Since the ninth year of Wude, Hou Junji has embezzled and misappropriated court funds, sold and embezzled state assets, a total of 23 cases."

"There are fourteen officials involved in the case, namely, Zhang Cong, the right guard Zhonglang, Wang Jian, Liu Qiwu, etc.; Wu Gui and others."

"Among them, Zhao Yi, the head of the Ministry of Industry, was involved in the most cases and embezzled the largest amount, totaling more than [-] taels, of which he embezzled more than [-] taels, and the rest were donated to Hou Junji."

"Over the past four years, Hou Junji has embezzled a total of... 850 seven taels!"

An astonishing number, like a heavy hammer, hit the hearts of all the ministers!
In an instant, shock covered everyone's faces!

"It's nearly 6 taels! My God... how much money does the national treasury have in a year?"

"Hey, this is almost as much as a rich state's annual tax! How dare Hou Junji?"

"Damn moths! Such corrupt officials must be sentenced to death to set the record straight!"

"Yes, yes, that's right! The death penalty must be imposed! Sound the alarm for those who are about to move!"

"..."

The ministers discussed a lot, and in the end they were all filled with righteous indignation, and agreed that——

A big greed like Hou Junji must die!

If he doesn't die, the court will be over, and Datang will have no hope!
"quiet!"

The eunuch shouted, and the political affairs hall quickly fell silent.

Li Shimin glanced at the officials, no joy or anger could be seen on his face.

In the end, his eyes still fell on Dai Zhou.

"Dai Qing, what is the final trial result of Dali Temple?"

Li Er asked in a deep voice.

"Return to Your Majesty, on behalf of Dali Temple, I will give the trial result."

Dai Zhou said forcefully,

"Officials involved in the case, such as Zhao Yi, Zhang Cong and others, apart from helping Hou Junji with corruption, all committed acts of embezzlement! According to the "Law of Zhenguan", they should all be sentenced to beheaded!"

"The circumstances of these 14 people are serious. I believe that they should be executed immediately, without waiting until after the fall!"

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

"Ministry of Criminal Justice, does Yushitai have any objections?"

He looked at Li Daozong.Wen Yanbo.

"The minister has no objection."

Both of them clapped their hands together.

"Okay, sure."

Li Shimin said calmly,
"These fourteen corrupt officials will be executed after three days, and all the ministers will go to the execution ground to watch the execution."

The hearts of the ministers trembled.

The emperor is trying to scare the chickens to scare the monkeys!They are all monkeys...

"Where is the principal criminal? How to judge."

Li Shimin asked again.

"Return to Your Majesty, the Hou Junji corruption case is the largest and most serious corruption case since the founding of the Tang Dynasty!"

Dai Zhou replied,

"Even if you look through the history books, it is extremely rare!"

"After discussing with Minister of the Ministry of Justice and Zhongcheng Yushi, I agreed that Hou Junji should be copied and executed!"

Kill the whole family!

This was the heaviest punishment, but in the ears of all the officials, no one felt that there was anything wrong with it.

For committing such a heinous crime, he deserved to be beheaded all over his family!What can I say?

Li Shimin raised his eyelids.

"but."

Dai Zhou said again,

"During the interrogation, apart from Hou Junji being a bit uncooperative at the beginning, he was honest about everything afterwards."

"The minister also said that if he can cooperate, His Majesty may give him a lighter sentence, so...the punishment for this person's crime, please Your Majesty to decide."

Here he chose to kick the ball to the emperor.

After all... who knows what the emperor is thinking?

"Let me decide?"

Li Shimin murmured and said,
"Hou Junji has meritorious service, it's true, I remember his contribution."

"Since you promised him a lighter sentence, and I agree, then what do you think—how should I give him a lighter sentence?"

The question was thrown back to Dai Zhou.

"Since Your Majesty has agreed to give you a lighter sentence, I dare to speak out your thoughts."

Dai Zhou said loudly,
"Hou Junji's crime is extremely heinous, and if he is not under the death penalty, he will not be able to appease everyone's hearts. Therefore, he must be executed!"

"However, his family may be saved from death because of His Majesty's kindness."

"I think that Hou Junji's family members should be exiled and sent to Lingnan! In this way, His Majesty is benevolent."

Among the ministers, many people nodded, and many people changed their colors.

"After all, Hou Junji has meritorious service. Dai Zhou's sentence is understandable."

"Yes, although he is evil, his family members are innocent after all... Your Majesty is a benevolent monarch, and he will definitely not want to commit more crimes."

"Nonsense! When he was corrupt, didn't his family enjoy it? It's ridiculous to say that they are innocent! I don't think they can just be forgiven like this. They must be executed so that those who come after them will be vigilant and dare not be corrupt again!"

"That's right! Merits are merits, demerits are demerits, merits and demerits cannot be offset!"

"..."

For a while, there were voices of support and opposition in the political affairs hall, and no one could convince anyone.

Li Shimin helped his forehead.

The two factions are quarreling, but there is one thing they agree on, that is——

Hou Junji must die!

(End of this chapter)