I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 221 According to Han law, he should be sentenced to death by hanging!
Then Su Wen noticed it again.

There were still a few scattered bamboo slips on the ground of the Xuanshi Hall. Some of them had broken threads, and some bamboo pieces had fallen out and landed in further places...

Su Wen suddenly felt that the problem was becoming more serious.

Just looking at Liu Che's current expression, he didn't seem to be too angry, at least he was much calmer than he had imagined, which made him even more confused about the situation, so he could only bow nervously:
"His Majesty……"

Liu Che didn't know what Su Wen was thinking, so he just asked calmly:
"If I remember correctly, Li Qing'er and Li Yannian have an elder brother, I think his name is Li Guangli. Where is he now?"

"To reply to your majesty, it should still be in the Jianzhang Cavalry Camp."

Su Wen recalled for a moment before bowing and answering,
"A few days ago, the Jianzhang Supervisor reported that this person had requested to leave the Jianzhang Cavalry Camp and return to the market on the grounds that he could not adapt to the training. When Your Majesty learned of this, he did not allow it and ordered the envoy to go to the Jianzhang Cavalry Camp and reprimand him for not knowing what was good for him. Since then, the Jianzhang Supervisor has not reported any news about this person."

"Go and summon him to see me now, and summon Li Yannian as well."

Liu Che nodded without comment and gave the order.

"promise."

Su Wen responded and breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that no matter what happened in the Xuanshi Hall just now, Liu Che did not take it to heart, and there was no follow-up, so he did not have to be caught in the middle.

"By the way, how was Liu Ju when he went out?"

Liu Che asked again.

Su Wen's heart immediately lifted again, and he said cautiously:

"I noticed that His Highness seemed to be walking unsteadily, so I asked a few palace maids to help him and escort him out of the palace."

"Does he have any complaints against me?"

"I didn't dare to ask more questions, and His Highness just said that I was baptized by my father's love, and told me not to make a fuss."

Su Wen quietly omitted Liu Ju's last words which could be interpreted as a slight criticism, and bowed in reply.

"The baptism of fatherly love... Why does this rebellious son have so many tricks?"

Liu Che just nodded slightly, indicating that Su Wen should go and do the work.
"Okay, go ahead."

After Su Wen left.

Liu Che stopped reviewing the memorials, stood up and returned to the back hall, but he was still thinking about what Liu Ju had said today.

"Haha, what a great saying, 'He who can tell stories rules the world.'"

"I really underestimated this rebellious son before. He could actually say something so profound and thoughtful. Even I was stunned when I heard his explanation."

"It seems that this rebellious son does have extraordinary talents."

"And there's Zhao Guo."

"Sang Hongyang also believed that Zhao Guo was capable of taking on the responsibility of promoting agriculture and agreed with his Daitian Law, so he was probably right... This rebellious son really has the ability to judge people. I underestimated him in this matter."

"..."

After a long silence, Liu Che suddenly realized another problem:
"wrong!"

"Although it seems that I taught this rebellious son a lesson today, the final result is that I was influenced by him and am acting in accordance with his ideas."

"So, in the end, it was he who educated me?"

……

Bowang Garden.

After Liu Ju lay down and slept for two days, his injuries finally recovered.

There are still a few purple marks on the buttocks, and it will probably take some time for this thing to disappear completely.

Now that things have come to this point, naturally there is nothing for him to do.

Since Emperor Wu of Han had appointed Zhao Guo to an official position and ordered Sang Hongyang to guide the promotion of agriculture, there was no need for him to worry about anything.

At most, when he was bored occasionally, he would give him some ideas like the dragon-bone waterwheel and let him study them himself... Liu Ju believed in Zhao Guo's ability. What Zhao Guo lacked was vision, not intelligence and hands-on ability. As long as he had a direction, he should be able to figure it out in no time.

As for Emperor Liu Che's shift in national policy to "respecting Confucianism alone".

Liu Ju also felt that it was enough for him to stop there. With the abilities of Liu Che and his capable ministers, as long as they were aware of the problem and determined to solve it, they would be able to do it brilliantly.

What is this called?
This is called trusting the wisdom of our parents.

All he needs to do is to lie back and be a hands-off boss, and not use his half-baked level to do micro-management, lest he ruin a good thing due to his ignorance and naivety.

However, there is a saying that goes, the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop.

half a month later.

The tranquility and peace of Bowang Garden was broken by the newly appointed Jingzhao Yin.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. This matter is really serious. I beg Your Highness to make it convenient for me to take the suspect away."

The newly appointed Jingzhao Yin was named Yang Chu, an old man in his fifties. He had previously been the prefect of Runan County and was promoted by Emperor Wu of Han just after his predecessor Fan Yuan was executed. As for his background and family, Liu Ju was not sure for the time being and had no intention to study it. Anyway, it was impossible for his background and family to be greater than his.

Although Yang Chu came to Bowang Garden with a group of soldiers and clerks at this moment, he did not dare to act rashly in front of Liu Ju. He could only leave the soldiers and clerks outside the mansion and go into the mansion alone to negotiate with Liu Ju.

"I didn't hear you clearly just now. Who did you say you wanted to arrest?"

Liu Ju thought he had heard it wrong, so he picked his ears and confirmed it again.

Yang Chu replied awkwardly:

"It's Yishuo, your Highness's personal physician."

"Are you mistaken? Tell me in detail what exactly did Yishuo do wrong?" Liu Ju still refused to believe that Yishuo would do anything that violated Han law.

He and Yishuo had known each other for about a year. During this year, Yishuo had almost always been his personal physician. They rode in the same carriage when he went out on official business. After returning to Chang'an, she also stayed in Bowang Garden most of the time. Although they were not together day and night, he believed that they had gotten to know each other well enough.

"This……"

According to the rules, the content of the case should not be disclosed to irrelevant people during the investigation. However, Liu Ju is not an irrelevant person. He is the prince. Therefore, Yang Chu hesitated for a moment and said helplessly,
"Your Highness, you may not know that yesterday, the Jingzhao Yin Department received an anonymous report."

"It is said that recently we have entered the autumn killing season, and the imperial court has begun to execute the prisoners on death row in prison. Some people bribed the execution officials to steal the bodies of some unclaimed prisoners on death row, and then secretly destroyed and insulted the bodies."

"When I learned of this, I immediately ordered people to search the location specified in the report letter."

"I didn't expect that several bodies were found in a house in a courtyard. These bodies were horrible to look at. Some had their limbs removed, some had their stomachs ripped open, bones and flesh separated, and all kinds of organs were taken out and placed separately. Even if I would rather die, I would never have thought that someone could do such a cruel and inhumane thing."

"Later, I visited and inquired around the area, and only then did I learn that this courtyard belonged to Yishuo, and that Yishuo was now the personal physician of His Highness."

"I had no choice but to come here to take him away."

"After all, keeping such a vicious person by your side as a personal physician is not only a potential safety hazard, but also a detriment to your reputation. Therefore, I beg you to be kind and hand this person over to me for investigation."

"..."

After hearing what Yang Chu said, Liu Ju didn't say anything, but Guo Zhen was the first to show a look of surprise and doubt.

Could it be a mistake?

Or is someone deliberately framing Yishuo?

In his impression, Yi Shuo was a very simple person. He spoke very gently, did things politely, and did not have those messy friends. The only thing he was passionate about on weekdays was studying medicine. Even in Bowang Garden, whenever he had nothing to do, he would stay in his room full of medicinal materials to prepare prescriptions.

Therefore, in his opinion, it was impossible for Yi Shuo to commit such a crime, let alone something that could truly be described as inhumane and insane.

Therefore, there is most likely some misunderstanding in this matter, and someone must have framed him!
But Yishuo is such a simple person, why would anyone frame her?

Guo Zhen felt that there was only one reason - Liu Ju.

Guo Zhen knew it in his heart, and so did the officials in Bowang Garden. Ever since Liu Ju promoted and participated in the state-run salt and iron reforms, especially after he proposed the crime of "huge amounts of property of unknown origin," it not only affected the interests of the salt and iron merchants, but also affected the perceptions of many officials towards him.

Even if they used their toes, they could imagine that there must be many officials who did not want Liu Ju to succeed to the throne.

Because Liu Ju's style of behavior had caused great shock to many officials, they inevitably worried that it would be unfavorable to them after Liu Ju succeeded to the throne.

There are also those Confucian scholars and virtuous writers in the Imperial Academy.

After the "debate on deposing and enthroning the crown prince" a few days ago, these people also did not want Liu Ju to succeed to the throne, because Liu Ju also showed disdain and malice towards them.

After all, in this incident, not only the Confucian scholars and virtuous writers of the Imperial Academy who participated in the "debate and enthronement of the crown prince" were thrown into prison, but some people who had previously submitted memorials to impeach Liu Ju were also held accountable.

Although the order was given by Liu Che, the blame should be placed on Liu Ju.

Naturally, someone would seize every opportunity to frame Liu Ju and remove him from the position of crown prince.

When various forces were unable to find a breakthrough from Liu Ju, they would naturally turn their attention to the people around Liu Ju, such as the officials, followers, and servants around him... Yi Shuo was naturally one of them. As long as anyone or anything could cause a blow to Liu Ju, it would count.

However, Liu Ju did not react much at this moment, but just nodded:

"Guo Zhen, is Yishuo at home now?"

"exist."

Guo Zhen came to his senses and thought that Liu Ju was going to hand over Yi Shuo to Yang Chu, so he quickly advised,

"Your Highness, I think there may be something else going on here."

"Doctor Yi doesn't seem like such a bad person, so I dare to ask Your Highness to give her a chance to explain herself and not to listen to one side of the story, lest Doctor Yi be framed by villains and suffer an unjust injustice."

"I know what's going on. Go get Yishuo over here."

Liu Ju just remained noncommittal.

In his heart, he did not rule out the possibility that Yi Shuo would do such a thing, because the more devoted a person is to medicine, the more curious he is about the structure of the human body, and the more likely he is to take this step. This is almost an inevitable result.

And through Yang Chu’s description just now.

It is not difficult to see that this person is not without principles: he only steals the bodies of unclaimed death row prisoners.

People who have such principles are usually not cruel perverts who enjoy destroying and humiliating corpses. It is very likely that they are doing it to achieve some non-perverted goals.

With this analysis, Yi Shuo does meet many of the requirements...

Also.

As a time traveler, Liu Ju also understood such behavior. After all, which medical school in the future could do without cadaver teachers to assist in teaching? And how many medical students in related majors had not dissected cadavers?

Even in Liu Ju's view, if Yi Shuo really did such a thing, it would be a progress worthy of encouragement.

The only problem right now is.

People of this era attached great importance to corpses, and regarded the destruction and insult of corpses as subversion of human ethics.

Even if there was no precedent before, according to the nature of "Spring and Autumn Judgment", it would most likely be treated as the same crime as tomb robbery, and sentenced to death by hanging according to Han law!

If this is true.

If he chooses to protect Yishuo, it will definitely cause considerable controversy.

And we can't rule out the possibility that this incident may seem to be directed at Yishuo, but in fact it is directed at him. If that's the case...

That’s a perfect match for your profession!

(End of this chapter)