Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 193 Interrogation
Li Ke originally thought that the commander of the guards did not allow the woman to file a complaint because the commander of the World Health Organization found it troublesome.

Therefore, it is only necessary to rectify the commander of the guards.

But as I went deeper, I found that it was very likely that the woman's husband had been wronged in this matter.

But now after understanding, Li Ke realized that this matter is far from as simple as he imagined.

A factory supervisor in charge of a gunpowder factory actually offered 1 taels of silver to bribe the leader of the guards.

The purpose of bribing him was just to let him prevent people who were involved in the gunpowder factory case from coming to the palace to sue.

Just don't want others to sue, so you take out 1 taels of silver as a bribe?

As you can imagine, things are really big here.

At least, two problems have been explained!

One, the supervisor of the gunpowder factory was afraid that someone would sue him.

Second, the supervisor of the gunpowder factory is very rich.

Combining these two points, the factory supervisor of the gunpowder factory has a big problem.

Thinking of this, Li Ke sighed, in order to prevent what happened to this important department of the gunpowder factory.

After careful consideration, Li Ke let an eunuch take charge of the gunpowder factory.

Its purpose is very simple, eunuchs do not have that ability, so they have no children and no family.

He must be absolutely loyal to the emperor.

In this way, trust is guaranteed.

In addition, since eunuchs have no children, it doesn't make much sense for them to ask for more money.

So it can be very effective in avoiding corruption to a certain extent.

Li Ke once suspected corruption of the Salt and Sugar Division, and also suspected corruption of the Iron and Steel Division.

But he never thought that such a situation might exist in the gunpowder factory, which he has always been more at ease with.

This irritated him greatly.

I saw him with a calm face, and said lightly:

"Come here, bring me the supervisor of the gunpowder factory."

The guards quickly left the imperial study room!

The atmosphere became more and more oppressive.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice also realized that the problem might be very serious, and Dali Siqing was also very worried, fearing that these things would involve them.

The guard commander knelt on the ground and kept trembling. He knew that he might have been tricked by the supervisor of the gunpowder factory.

At first, I thought it was just a small matter, and I could get 1 taels of silver from it, thinking that I had made a lot of money.

But I didn't expect that the matter was exposed now, and it seemed to be very serious.

It's useless to regret now, I just hope Li Ke can spare his life.

While waiting, Li Ke looked at Dali Siqing and Xingbu Shangshu,

Immediately he opened his mouth and said coldly:

"You two, as the top officials of the two judicial departments, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Dali Temple, when faced with some cases, you did not investigate in depth at all. I am very disappointed in you."

Dali Siqing hurriedly lowered his head and said:
"Your Majesty, this matter is due to the incompetence of the ministers, please forgive me..."

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice also hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty, the minister and the Minister of Dali Temple really did not expect that there are such deep factors involved. This matter is indeed rash. Please forgive me..."

Li Ke snorted and said:
"Both of you will be fined for three years. Learn a lesson, and if you handle cases like this again in the future, you won't need to be in this position."

Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Minister of Dali Temple hurriedly wiped off their cold sweat, knelt on the ground to thank them.

As for the guard commander, Li Ke just said lightly:

"As for you, hand it over to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

Although this sentence did not directly punish the commander of the guards, the actions of the commander of the guards have obviously seriously violated the court's laws and regulations.

The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple will inevitably deal with it very strictly. Even if he does not die, the crime will not be small.

The commander of the guards didn't dare to say anything, but knelt quietly on the ground, extremely regretful.

And during this time, the factory supervisor of the gunpowder factory has also arrived.

The factory supervisor was a 40-year-old eunuch. After entering the imperial study room, he immediately knelt down on the ground.

Although I don't know exactly what happened, but there are speculations along the way, especially when I arrived in the imperial study room, and saw the tense atmosphere in the imperial study room, and after the guard commander and the woman passed by, I became very worried and knelt down He opened his mouth on the ground and said:

"Slave greets His Majesty!"

Li Ke looked gloomy, snorted and said:
"Dog slave, you are such a brave dog."

The factory superintendent's expression changed, and he quickly kowtowed and said:
"The slave is guilty!"

Li Ke said:
"Convicted? Tell me, what is your crime?"

The factory governor rolled his eyes and said:
"For the explosion at the gunpowder factory, I cannot escape the responsibility of the minister. Your Majesty, please condemn me."

Li Ke's eyes narrowed, only then did he realize that the eunuch was a bit of a playboy.

Obviously, the eunuch hadn't realized where the problem was.

So he only talked about the explosion of the gunpowder factory, and some deeper things, but never mentioned it.

Li Ke stared at the eunuch and asked:
"What's your purpose in bribing the commander of the palace gate guards to stop those who come to the palace to sue the gunpowder factory?"

The eunuch thumped in his heart, thinking:

Sure enough, this matter was exposed.

So hasten to say:
"The slave did this because he didn't want His Majesty and the Empress to feel bad about the slave.

After all, the explosion of the gunpowder factory is all the responsibility of the slave, and the slave can only deal with it with all his strength and solve it in a positive way.

But I absolutely dare not let these things disturb Your Majesty and the Empress Empress, so I spent a lot of money to do such a stupid thing, please forgive me, Your Majesty! "

See, this is how smart people make excuses.

Everything is for the sake of the master, but I am very proactive in admitting my mistakes.

If it were an emperor with an average IQ, he might be a little touched when he heard this, thinking that the eunuch was thinking about the emperor.

For example, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and Minister of Dali Temple, they nodded slightly, obviously, they believed it.

But who is Li Ke?How could his IQ be fooled so easily?

So he snorted coldly and shouted angrily:

"What nonsense!"

The eunuch trembled with fright, and heard Li Ke say:
"Do you think I'm so easy to be fooled by a three-year-old kid? If you handled the explosion at the gunpowder factory properly, how could people come to sue you?
So, you make an appointment in advance, and when they come back to sue, that is to say, you didn't plan to deal with it properly from the beginning.

You would rather take 1 taels of silver than deal with the matter of the gunpowder factory. Tell me, what is the secret of the gunpowder factory?
Also, where did you get so much money, the price is 1 taels? "

Li Ke asked a few questions, which directly forced out doubts.

Dali Siqing and Minister of the Ministry of Justice were amazed after listening to it, and they had to admire Li Ke's thoughtfulness.

Looking at the eunuch again, his face was really ugly.

Facing Li Ke's critical questions, he didn't know how to make excuses for a while.

Li Ke narrowed his eyes: "Answer my question!"

(End of this chapter)