Rebirth of the eldest daughter

Chapter 1343 Court trial confrontation ()

Fan Zhongqian's eyes fell on Zhang Jingkun.

The eyes of the people also fell on Zhang Jingkun.

They were all waiting for Zhang Jingkun's answer.

Bai Ming clasped his hands slightly and looked at Fan Zhongqian's back quietly.

The fact that Shilang Zhang came with the decree was quite secretive. If the Queen Mother had not sent a letter to tell him, she would not have received the news.

Fan Zhongqian has been detained in a cell and has been closely guarded.

But Fan Zhongqian not only learned that Zhang Jingkun had an imperial edict in his hands, but even knew its contents.

The winding roads here are quite intriguing.

After a moment of silence, Fan Zhongqian raised his eyebrows.

His triumphant smile looked very distracting.

At this moment, Zhang Jingkun spoke up: "I have indeed come here with an imperial decree."

Fan Zhongqian immediately asked, "Why not announce the decree?"

The people watching loudly echoed: "Declaration! What's so shameful? Declaration!"

Facing this battle, Zhang Jingkun suddenly laughed.

He smiled lowly, but his smile was superficial.

The laughter was creepy and made people shudder.

Finally, he said: "When the imperial edict was announced and what it contained, I cannot see it."

Fan Zhongqian sneered: "As expected!"

Zhang Jingkun explained unhurriedly: "Fan Zhongqian, you are so brave! You actually falsely claimed that the emperor's holy opinion was not respected. You are disrespectful!"

Fan Zhongqian's heart tightened and he spoke quickly: "The official said that your Excellency cannot see the light, but it does not mean that the imperial edict cannot be seen in the light. Your Excellency, please do not confuse the situation and frame the official."

Because Fan Zhongqian had not named anyone who was shady before, Zhang Jingkun did not dwell too much on this matter.

He glanced at the people outside the hall and spoke loudly: "This is a secret decree. No one except His Highness is allowed to pry into its contents."

"If you and Fan Zhongqian join forces again to force me to announce the edict in public, then I will kill everyone who hears the content of the edict without mercy according to law!"

At this point, his volume rose again: "Do you want to listen?!"

After the words fell, the guards on the left and right drew their sabers.

The cold light of the blade stabbed everyone so hard that no one dared to open their eyes.

The answer is obvious.

The people watching were just standing up for Lord Zhizhou, but if Shilang Zhang read out the imperial edict, even Fan Zhizhou would be beheaded.

This imperial edict cannot be declared!

However, the people did not know the content of the imperial edict, but Fan Zhongqian knew it clearly.

He was unwilling to give in and asked again: "Oh? Why hasn't Minister Zhang announced the edict to His Highness until now? Is it because it can't be announced now?"

Zhang Jingkun was still smiling: "I don't know how you can find out the news that comes with the decree, but I can tell you clearly that when His Majesty handed over the decree to me, he did not ask me to The decree will be announced immediately. I would like to announce it tomorrow. Do you have any objections?"

Fan Zhongqian was silent, he would not dare to have any opinions.

To have an opinion on this whole matter is to say nothing. He was also extremely disappointed with the failure to use imperial edicts to resolve the current predicament.

However, when he heard that the decree would be announced tomorrow, he immediately felt relieved.

Because he can be sure that before tomorrow, there will still be no evidence to convict him.

After walking along the river for so many years, he knew how to avoid getting his shoes wet.

Liu Yao and others were destined to make a futile effort.

As for him, he just needs to survive the period before the decree is announced.

Thinking of this, he put his hands in front of him, knelt straight, and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Ninth Prince, I don't have any questions."

His attitude was completely unlike that of a person with a guilty conscience. His overriding pride showed that he felt he had a solid chance of winning.

Despite these frustrating episodes, Liu Yao remained patient.

He sat in the hall, picked up the gavel and patted it down: "The trial of Fan Zhongqian's dereliction of duty, acceptance of bribes, and violation of multiple laws and regulations during his tenure has officially begun."

Fan Zhongqian knelt with an arrogant look on his face, waiting for Liu Yao and others to take action.

Bai Ming raised her lips slightly, and she seemed more patient.

At this moment, Liu Yao spoke: "First of all, let's go to trial for the alleged crime of dereliction of duty during your tenure."

"During your tenure, you were involved in dozens of cases of dereliction of duty, abuse of power, and favoritism and fraud. Due to the large number and complexity of the cases, I will pick three of the most representative cases and confront you with them."

"First, ten years ago, there was a case of the orphan girl Qing Qing being violated by Fu'an Salesian Bureau. As the magistrate of Jiangbei Province, you not only failed to accept the case, but instead caused the orphan girl Qing Qing to be violated again in the state government office by merchants Gong Ming, Wu Guan and others."

"The impact of this incident is not only that the orphan girl Qingqing was destroyed, but also that some traitors and thieves seized the business opportunity and turned a charitable place like Fu'an Salesian Bureau into a prostitution den, killing young children, teenagers and girls. A total of three hundred and eighty-one."

"Secondly, after the Jiangbei disaster, corruption prevailed. Countless silverfish embezzled and ate away at the life-saving supplies for the refugees. As the head of a Jiangbei state, you unfavorably supervised your subordinates and allowed the situation to develop, which ultimately led to the death of thousands of refugees."

"Third, after the disaster, some merchants took the opportunity to hoard scarce supplies such as grain and medicinal materials. These merchants joined forces to drive up prices, causing the prices of grain and medicinal materials to increase twenty-fold."

"However, due to the opening of social warehouses and the formulation of relevant strategies to prevent and control epidemics during this disaster relief, the goods hoarded by merchants could not be sold, so some merchants quietly abducted the homeless people and imprisoned them, with the intention of cultivating the plague. Let Jiangbei fall into disaster again and seek benefits."

At this point, Liu Yao took another shot: "Fan Zhongqian, as the head of a state in the north of the Yangtze River, you are responsible for hunting and hunting on behalf of the sky, so you should be kind to the people."

"But because of your dereliction of duty, which led to such a serious situation, I think you have committed the crime of dereliction of duty. Do you agree?!"

Liu Yao's words made Fan Zhongqian silent for a long time.

He didn't say anything immediately because he wasn't sure.

For these three incidents, he can clearly be accused of being the mastermind behind the scenes, but why are he only accused of malfeasance in his duties?
If he were to conclude the crime of being the mastermind, these three things alone would be enough to make his whole family lose their heads.

If it is just a crime of dereliction of duty, according to the law, at most he will be dismissed or demoted.

This has no impact on him at all. As long as the limelight is over and he works a little, he can get back everything he lost.

Faced with his silence, Liu Yao asked again in a cold voice: "Fan Zhongqian, do you agree?!"

Fan Zhongqian glanced at Zhang Jingkun and Bai Yu, but couldn't see anything strange in their expressions.

So he acted cautiously and refused to admit it, so as not to fall into a trap.

He spoke loudly: "I don't admit any of the crimes your Highness has accused you of. I just have nothing to do with these things, so I would like to ask Your Highness to clarify."

Liu Yao looked serious: "It's irrelevant? What's the proof?"

(End of this chapter)