long live the queen

Chapter 112

When Xing Shoudao heard about this, the Mianyang Commander had already been arrested by Jin Yiwei, so he hurried to see Wei Yunqing and asked what the Commander did to get arrested.

Wei Yunqing didn't say much, and threw a thick document to Xing Shoudao.Xing Shoudao browsed through it a few times, his face turned pale.

The commander of the Mianyang capital is also bold. His crimes include recruiting and raising private soldiers, soliciting bribes, and perverting the law for personal gain. The sum of the thirteen crimes can wipe out his nine clans.

"Where... where did you get this?" Xing Shoudao was sweating.

Wei Yunqing said: "I can't say it."

"what?"

Wei Yunqing said: "I promised to keep the secret for him."

"Him?" Xing Shoudao was taken aback.

"An upright whistleblower." Wei Yunqing said with a smile.

The matter started when Wei Yunqing moved into Luoying City.

Wei Yunqing lived in Luoying City in a mansion temporarily borrowed by a wealthy businessman. Afraid that the mansion would be forcibly confiscated by the officials, she asked the wealthy businessman's family to continue living in it on the grounds that she did not want to disturb the people too much, and she borrowed a few courtyard.The house was so big that there was still room for hundreds of them to live in.After moving in, Wei Yunqing invited the wealthy businessman's family to have a chat, and it could be seen that they were indeed willing to lend the house, so he was relieved.

For this family, being able to let the current queen live in their home is simply a blessing in their previous life. They really wish they could pay her to live in their house. Therefore, after Wei Yunqing moved in, the wealthy businessman also prepared all kinds of rare treasures, The delicacies of mountains and seas should be tasted by the Queen and his party.Wei Yunqing didn't want to take advantage of the people, and didn't want to waste the money allocated to her by the household department, so she politely refused.

There is a daughter in this rich businessman, who is in her young age, and the rich businessman is looking for a good son-in-law for her. In order to improve his daughter's style, he begged Wei Yunqing with an old face to send his daughter a letter or say a few words to praise her.Living in someone else's house, Wei Yunqing is naturally willing to help with such a small matter, but her handwriting is not good enough in this era, so she borrowed poems and prose to praise the daughter, saying that she "seems like the moon covered by light clouds, fluttering... It's like the returning snow of the flowing wind." This sentence in "Luo Shen Fu" has not yet appeared in this superficial society. As a result, wealthy businessmen who have read the book were greatly surprised when they heard it, and praised Wei Yunqing's brilliant literary talent.

Wei Yunqing silently accepted the words of extraordinary literary talent, and did not refute anything. Anyway, the focus of the publicity would only be how good his own daughter is, which made the queen full of praise.Wei Yunqing met the daughter of his family and had a few words with her. Although the wealthy businessman is a businessman himself, he has always raised his daughter as a lady. According to him, he is planning to apply for a knighthood recently. In this way, even if his daughter marries an official as his legal wife, she is not considered high-ranking.

It's just that this wealthy businessman's daughter is also interesting. Maybe she has studied for a few years, and she seems to prefer educated scholars.At that time, Wei Yunqing was discussing with Concubine Zhuang about the women's academy, and the daughter-in-law ran to ask for help, saying that a wealthy businessman was going to beat a scholar to death.Wei Yunqing hastily asked someone to stop him, and after questioning the servant girl carefully, he realized that it was the scholar who had the courage to have a tryst with the daughter in the mansion, but was discovered by the rich businessman, and he was so angry that he was arrested on the spot A beating.

Fortunately, Wei Yunqing lives in the mansion, otherwise the book might be beaten to death, and there is no way to explain it.This girl who sneaks into other people's homes to hook up with others is untenable in this era.There is a rule in Daliang law, if you break into someone's house and steal and get killed by mistake, you will die in vain. When a rich businessman beats someone to death, he will say it was a manslaughter, and if you spend some money to atone for your sins, you don't even have to go to jail.

A group of people were brought to Wei Yunqing, and the matter was simple, Qianjin and the scholar were in love, but Qianjin knew that her father would not allow her to be with the scholar, so she had to secretly associate with him.

Wei Yunqing said to the rich merchant: "Your daughter is in love with others. A father should be happy. How can he beat mandarin ducks? You see, he is going to take the imperial examination. What will happen in the future is uncertain."

The rich businessman sighed and remained silent.

Wei Yunqing said again to the scholar with bruised nose and swollen face: "Since you really like her, why did you have a tryst with her secretly, to make her father angry and ruin her reputation?"

Seeing that the scholar raised his hand and wanted to say something, Wei Yunqing said again: "You want to say that her father dislikes the poor and loves the rich, and looks down on you, so you can only come up with this bad plan?"

The scholar stopped talking.

Wei Yunqing said: "Whoever's daughter is raised pampered, how can you be willing to suffer for your own daughter? If you really like her, you should work hard to study, come back to marry her after passing the exam, instead of having a secret tryst. You have nothing now, it's hard If not, still want to marry her and be raised by her father? Where does the dignity of a scholar go? Oh, maybe you say you have a backbone and won’t ask your father-in-law for a penny, but you are willing to see the woman you like with you Suffering together? Whether she is willing is one thing, but whether you can provide her with a good and comfortable family is another."

The scholar was speechless, but the wealthy businessman repeatedly nodded in agreement and said, "Your Majesty is right! I only have this one daughter, how can I see her suffer? I also do it for her own good!"

Wei Yunqing waved his hand: "I know, I feel sorry for the parents of the world. But you should also pay attention, if you really kill someone, I won't favor you just because I live in your house. I suffered a lot."

As Wei Yunqing spoke, he looked back at a row of people standing aside, and asked, "If he beats someone to death, how should he be sentenced?"

Wei Yunqing was originally discussing with Concubine Zhuang about the Women's Academy, and he brought twenty excellent candidates from the harem who passed the law examination, and now he used real cases to test them.

A group of people were not reserved, they discussed in a hurry, and quarreled from time to time.Wei Yunqing observed them secretly, adding another layer of judgment to each person's ability.

They had a heated discussion here, but the rich businessman was frightened, and his forehead was sweating non-stop. Seeing Wei Yunqing looking back, he immediately nodded and said: "I know now, I will definitely not be confused again in the future, thank you for reminding me!"

It was over when the matter went like this, and the three wealthy businessmen left one after another, while Wei Yunqing assigned a task to the people on his side, asking them to write down how the case should be judged if it really happened.After arriving in Luoying City, Wei Yunqing forcibly asked Xing Shoudao to copy the case file he received so that it could be used as a case study for his own people to study. After comparison, if the results are consistent, everyone is very happy. If they are not consistent, they will fight against the officials headed by Xing Shoudao with the support of Wei Yunqing. Everyone has cited Daliang Law and related edicts, as well as previous The case depends on who can convince whom.

The people on Wei Yunqing's side were talents cultivated by her using the legal concepts and experience summed up by later generations. Although they are immature, their theoretical knowledge is quite solid, but sometimes they argue with too modern concepts, which are dismissed by officials as fallacies.The so-called "studying a pit and gaining wisdom", Wei Yun reminded them early in the morning, they remembered it deeply in practice, and they will no longer make such low-level mistakes. take.The officials of the Ministry of Punishment must be much better than Wei Yunqing's people in the study of Confucianism. It can even be said that Wei Yunqing's people are a bunch of illiterates in that respect. But they are not weaker than the officials of the Ministry of Punishment. It is the so-called specialization in art.

What Wei Yunqing didn't expect was that someone came to visit the next day.The person who came was the scholar from yesterday, and he brought a companion with him, so he asked for an excuse to speak as soon as he came.

Wei Yunqing was a little curious about what this scholar was here for, so he asked everyone around him to retreat, leaving only the most trustworthy Lan Tian to serve him.

Seeing this, the scholar knew that Lan Tian was Wei Yunqing's confidant, and he no longer asked even Lan Tian to go out. Instead, he took a step back and let his companions come forward.The man took out a stack of papers from his arms and handed them over respectfully, his trembling hands revealed his nervousness at the moment.

"Your Majesty, the next official is Li Mingyang, the governor of the procuratorate, who risked his life to expose the thirteen crimes committed by Mianyang Metropolitan Commander Ji Bai!"

It turned out that Li Mingyang was a small eighth-rank official in the Judiciary in charge of justice among the three local divisions. He and the scholar were from the same hometown, and they were also close friends.The scholar got his life back by Wei Yunqing at the rich merchant's place, and he talked about it with his friends after returning home. As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener does. A vague impression of Wei Yunqing's character has formed in Li Mingyang's mind, so he decided to After taking a risk, he came with the scholar in disguise.

The crime in Li Mingyang's hands could not be collected overnight. According to him, it took him and another friend three years in total. However, when his friend reported it to his superiors, he was imprisoned instead, and finally died unjustly in prison for no reason. middle.That friend didn't reveal his name, which allowed him to escape, but he didn't give up collecting evidence against the commander, but he became more cautious. Even though his immediate boss had changed, he didn't dare to report it easily .

Now that Wei Yunqing is on tour for the Son of Heaven, it is an opportunity for him. It is only because of the matter of the scholar that he thinks that Wei Yunqing, the empress, may be trustworthy, so he gambles.

Wei Yunqing couldn't help sighing, this person's luck is also good, this bet is really a bet on the right person.She is a loner and has no factional struggles, so naturally she will not show any favoritism to the commanders.If Li Mingyang went to Xing Shoudao, what would happen is unknown.

After studying the evidence presented by Li Mingyang and confirming that he was not forging, Wei Yunqing asked Jin Yiwei to arrest him.The commander of the capital is in charge of the military of a province. In modern times, he can be regarded as the commander of a military region. He has soldiers under his command. Fortunately, his soldiers are not in the city. Wei Yunqing has soldiers outside the city and Jinyiwei in the city. He is not afraid of him, and he is also the one who takes people. Crisp and neat.Just because he was afraid that some of his accomplices would retaliate, Wei Yunqing also agreed to Li Mingyang and would not reveal his name to others.She can understand his "cowardice". It is a very brave act for him to insist on collecting criminal evidence and exposing him, but he always thinks about his own life, his family and friends, such prudence On the contrary, she appreciated it.After the matter is over, she will always think of a reason to promote him. It's too wasteful for such a talent to stay at the grassroots level.

No matter who the commander of the denunciation is, the criminal evidence in front of him is solid evidence that cannot be refuted.

Xing Shoudao was sweating coldly, the day before he was chatting and laughing with the commander Ji Bai, drinking and having fun, he never thought that this person is so daring without showing his face.But before he found out, he was almost deceived by the other party. Even if he was punished for a crime of dereliction of duty, he would not be wronged at all!
Xing Shoudao quietly raised his head and glanced at Wei Yunqing, shocked.He really underestimated the empress in the past. Why did they, a group of officials, think so firmly in the past that the empress is only relying on the emperor's favor to be so unscrupulous?Obviously at that time outside the Qianqing Palace, she stopped the court battle and confronted the officials with one person, which has long revealed that she is different from ordinary women and even surpasses men in courage!

Xing Shou Dao was enlightened, sobered up in an instant, and asked respectfully, "Your Majesty, what do you think about this Ji Bai?" contradiction.

Wei Yunqing smiled and said: "This matter is of great importance, so naturally it has to be handed over to the emperor. However, before handing it over to the court, you can discuss it and give an opinion on how to deal with it, which can also be used as a reference for the emperor's decision. Here," She nodded to the row of energetic people behind her, turned her head slightly, and smiled all over her face, "Master Xing still remembers them? They can't wait to have a good discussion with you, Master Xing."

Dozens of people smiled in unison, and Xing Shoudao's spine shivered when he saw that weird smile, and he subconsciously took a half step back.He quickly calmed down, and thought happily, with these people who are proficient in the principles of the law that the empress somehow found, they saved a lot of energy...

(End of this chapter)