Ministry of Punishment.

Li Jing was sitting in the yamen, with a pot of tea and a book, so comfortable. The setting sun shone in through the window lattice and fell on the ground, swaying in the wind like golden butterflies. It was quiet and warm.

The Imperial College Health Officer was brought back and thrown directly into the sky jail without any trial at all, waiting for the people behind him to come to the door.

"Zi——"

A cup of tea enters the throat, and the bitterness and sweetness reveal it, making people recall it, just like this world.

"This tea-making method has been simplified, which is very interesting." Li Jing couldn't help but sigh. After a bag of tea came back from Qin Huaidao, Li Jing learned how to brew tea from Qin Huaidao. During this time, he became addicted.

"Sir, Kong Jijiu is here to visit." An attendant came in to report.

"Please." Li Jing said with a smile, what was supposed to come finally came.

Not long after, Kong Yingda hurried in with a dark face and was not polite at all. After sitting down, he said bluntly: "Sir Li, the Ministry of Punishment is so prestigious. The members of our Imperial College are petitioning for the people. Why is it wrong? I won't give you an explanation today.

I don’t mind mobilizing all Confucian scholars to denounce it.”

Kong Yingda is a descendant of the Holy Sect, a great Confucian of the generation, and his influence is very great. He only needs to ascend to the top and make a call, and his followers will be like a cloud. Scholars all over the world will respond. No one can afford this consequence, but Li Jing is not afraid and asks indifferently: "Confucius Sacrifice"

Is the wine meant to threaten the imperial officials?"

"Don't tell me this, let me go immediately." Kong Yingda said dissatisfied.

"What if I don't let you go?" Li Jing asked coldly.

"How dare you!" Kong Yingda became even more angry and said coldly: "Aren't you afraid that all the students in the Imperial College will strike out and go to the streets to ask for orders? Aren't you afraid that all the Confucian scholars in the world will strike out and write letters of impeachment?"

"You can try it and see whether you Confucian scholars are quicker with your words or I am quicker with my sword."

"You want to make an enemy of the Confucian scholars in the world? The holy science is in panic, there are so many Confucian scholars, and there is no shortage of defenders. How could you have cut off this good man's head in advance?" Kong Yingda became furious and stood up, trembling with anger.

Li Jing was a military strategist. He didn't care what the Holy Society was like or who was a great scholar in the Holy Science. He said coldly: "The Holy Science is not as great as the Zhenguan Law. It's not up to me to chop off your head or not. The Zhenguan Law will decide.

Now I want to ask you something, did you instigate the Imperial College Supervisor to smash up the shop in the Duke Protector's house?"

"I am a man who respects etiquette and respects benevolence and righteousness. How could he do such a thing?" Kong Yingda angrily rebuked.

Li Jing knew something about the person in front of him. He had an irritable and old-fashioned personality, a bookworm, a self-denial, and respected his reputation more than his life. The possibility of instigating him was not high, so he said: "Even if you didn't instigate me, as a sacrificial wine,

, how do you educate the students?"

"They are petitioning for the people. They are the pride of the Holy Sect. I am very pleased. You don't need to make irresponsible remarks about how to teach. Instead, they are protecting the country and using public grain to make wine. They simply ignore the hunger of the people in the world. They are indifferent and have no thoughts.

With compassion, such a person is worthy of being the protector of the country. It is simply a shame to our Tang Dynasty. Release him immediately, otherwise don’t blame me for being unkind." Kong Yingda said angrily.

"You dare to humiliate the Lord Protector of the imperial court, have you learned your ethics into the dog's belly? This is how the saint teaches you how to behave? This kind of sacred knowledge is worthy of being rampant in the world, it is simply ridiculous."

"You dare to insult my sacred knowledge?" Kong Yingda stared at his old eyes, looking like he was about to go berserk.

Li Jing said unceremoniously: "I'm scolding you lightly. There are so many liquor sellers in Chang'an City, and I don't see anyone's shop being smashed by you. Why are you suddenly causing trouble for the Lord Protector?"

"This is called petitioning for the people. We should set an example by protecting the country. How can we do the despicable things of merchants and waste food? Do you know how many people in the world are hungry?" Kong Yingda said angrily.

"Then do you know that Lord Protector did not use grain to make wine?"

Kong Yingda's face froze as he spoke, and he immediately sneered: "Master Li, are you kidding me that I don't know how to make wine? How can you make wine without using grain? It's a joke."

"What to brew is the protector's business secret. I know a thing or two, but I can't reveal it. What I can tell you is that not a grain of grain is used, and your people are not petitioning for the people, but are willing to be

It is a heinous crime to take advantage of others and slander the Lord Protector. Are you sure you want to wade into this muddy water?"

Kong Yingda also understood Li Jing's character and would never deceive himself with nonsense, but he still asked in disbelief: "Is it true that no grain is used to make wine?"

"Do I need to trick you?"

Kong Yingda's face changed drastically. If he didn't use grain to make wine, suing the Duke for wasting grain and petitioning for the people would be a joke. The ones who were wronged were the Imperial College Supervisors. If the problem got bigger, Confucianism would be humiliated. This was something Kong Yingda never wanted to see.

His old face was so hot that he was too embarrassed to stay any longer. He tossed his sleeves and turned around to leave.

Li Jing didn't stop him. He won the first round and it was time for the second step.

Not long after, Li Jing came to the dungeon, walked through the long corridor to a dungeon door, and signaled the jailer to open the cell door. When the prisoner who was locked saw that it was Li Jing, he got excited and wanted to say something. Li Jing didn't want to hear everyone.

Hum, he was the first to speak and scolded: "Who is the instigator?"

"No one takes the lead, we all do it voluntarily."

"Petitions for the people, sacred teachings and righteousness, do not need anyone to take the lead."

One by one, they rushed to speak, with excitement and the posture of a protector.

Li Jing observed everyone, his eyes as sharp as knives, which made everyone feel scared. They gradually became quiet, and Li Jing suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Listen up, everyone."

One sentence frightened everyone inexplicably and made them nervous.

Li Jing continued to scold: "According to the investigation, the Duke Protector's brewing did not use a grain of grain. There is no such thing as waste. You insulted the Protector and smashed private belongings. You are punished for both crimes. You should be expelled from the Imperial Academy and serve as a third-in-command."

Year."

"What, this is impossible?"

“How can it be possible to make wine without using grain?”

"No, we are petitioning for the people and protecting the world. Your Excellency cannot expel us from school."

"We want to see Kong and offer wine, and we want to see the Holy One."

Suddenly, the crowd was excited and panicked.

Li Jing, a master of the art of war, had considerable experience in interrogation. Seeing that the results were good, he continued to scold: "Shut up, everyone. Now I am giving you a chance to atone for your crimes. Who is the instigator?"

At this moment, everyone no longer fought like before, their faces were full of fear and panic, and they all looked at one of them, who also looked pale, no longer as self-righteous as before.

"Tell me, who asked you to do this?" Li Jing stared at the other party.

The other person's throat was crawling, his eyes were uneasy, and he didn't dare to speak.

Li Jing said coldly: "It doesn't matter if you don't say it. Then it will be treated as if all of you volunteered to serve as border guards. As for your family members, you will also be relegated to slavery. If you dare to frame the imperial protector, you will have to suffer the consequences."

"No, it can't be like this, we were wrong." One person yelled in panic, staring at the leader, his eyes turned red for a moment, and continued: "Tell me, who told you to do this? Do you want to kill all of us?

Thanks to us for trusting you so much and following you, you are simply not a son of a human being."

"You actually took advantage of us..."

"You are so cruel..."

"Tell me, who is it?"

One by one, they glared angrily at the person in charge and started asking questions.

Seeing that Li Jing had successfully provoked internal strife among the people, he was not anxious and stared coldly at the instigator without saying a word.

The leader looked at the people around him and knew that the situation was over. If he didn't say anything, he would definitely be beaten to death by everyone. He was completely panicked. He knelt down with a bang, burst into tears, and shouted mournfully: "Sir, please spare your life, it's me, lard."

I took away a thousand taels of silver from Lu Jiansheng, the Lu family of Fan Yang, because he asked me to do it."

"Is there any proof?" Li Jing was overjoyed and asked.

"No...no proof. We only know each other once in Wanhualou."

"Who else was there?"

"nobody else."

Li Jing was greatly disappointed when he heard this, and asked unwillingly: "In other words, there is no human witness or physical evidence. Why should I believe you? What if you frame Fan Yanglu's family?"

"No, I didn't. It was really him who instigated it."

One-sided words are meaningless. Even if it was really Lu Jiansheng's instigation, he would not be able to convict him. Li Jing was so angry that he turned livid and turned to leave. He warned: "Put this man in solitary confinement. Write down a confession and send it to him. Don't die. Record it all to me."

Come on, if one word of this is leaked, you will be done in just a few days."

"Here!" the jailer agreed quickly.

After leaving the prison, Li Jing returned to the government office and began to think deeply. With the influence of the Fan Yang Lu family in the court, Lu Jiansheng could only be arrested for questioning, but there was nothing that could be done. It was of little significance. It was better not to alert the snake first and wait until Qin Huaidao came back.

Decide.

After thinking for a moment, Li Jing headed towards the palace. The matter was of great importance and could not be concealed.

…

Yang County.

In a village surrounded by green trees and rivers.

The breeze blew the dead leaves down and rolled around on the ground. The air was mixed with the fragrance of flowers, which was refreshing. Qin Huaidao stood in the square in the center of Zhuangzi, watching the carriages coming slowly, with piles of people in the carriages.

Gypsum exudes a charming luster in the sun.

Black smoke curled up from the mountains not far away, and the cement firing in the first kiln began.

Stimulated by the high wages, a large number of young people in the two counties rushed to sign up and worked hard for fear of being suspected of being lazy and being fired. The work efficiency was very high, and the progress in a few days was unexpectedly good.

The carriage was approaching. A strong horse shook its head, snorted, and looked impatient. The driver hurried forward and handed over a handful of fodder. The horse was more important to the driver than his life, so he had to be careful.

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Someone immediately stepped forward to guide and led the convoy to the warehouse that had long been vacated to unload the goods. After unloading the goods, they went directly to the side to make change. They were distributed on the spot without default. People from the patrol department were there to maintain order and everything was in order.

With the experience of Qinjiazhuang, the technicians brought here know exactly what we should do.

Cheng Chumo came from nowhere, stood side by side with Qin Huaidao, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that so many people are not chaotic at all, the efficiency is extremely high, brother, I am convinced."

"They have done it in Qinjiazhuang. They know it well and there will be no chaos. Things have been rolled out in an orderly manner. Just proceed according to the construction plan. If you have no problem, Baolin, I, and Luo Zhang will go back first."

Cheng Chu thought for a while and said: "As long as they are responsible for the technology, I am sure of other things. You may as well go back first. If that doesn't work, we can exchange letters. It won't delay us for a few days."
To be continued...