Early the next morning, the morning court was held as scheduled in the magnificent Chinese Palace. Yang Guang, wearing a crown, sat on a dragon chair and discussed national affairs with hundreds of civil and military officials.

The ice and snow in Guanzhong have melted, and the upcoming spring plowing has become the top priority of the court during this period. After all, agriculture is the foundation of a country, so for the Sui Dynasty with a population of more than 55 million, spring plowing every year is nothing less than a

If spring plowing is delayed and grain production is reduced, it will affect one year's harvest, one year's taxes, and one or two years' living standards of the people.

Yang Guang also attached great importance to this and repeatedly told the ministers and ministers of agriculture and agriculture to seize their livelihood, actively expand fields, and encourage people to produce. Many ministers also proposed many policies that benefit the country and the people. If Yang Ji thinks it is reasonable, he will

He followed the instructions one by one. Even if he had objections, he did not rely on subjective judgment. Instead, he discussed with the ministers and pooled the wisdom of everyone to solve the existing problems.

In front of this group of wise men, all difficulties were overcome one by one, and there was almost no problem that remained unresolved.

The entire court presented a peaceful atmosphere.

Yang Ji knelt down on the cushions and listened with interest to the discussions between the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty. Although he was the son of a farmer in his previous life, he was not an official and did not make a living by farming, so he didn't know much about agriculture. But he listened to most of it.

Not only have I benefited a lot, but I personally feel that ancient high-level officials definitely paid more attention to agriculture than previous generations, and the mature solutions were also better than previous generations.

On the one hand, the Sui Dynasty had a single industry, and the whole country relied on the sky and agriculture to maintain the country's stability. Therefore, the court was studying agricultural issues every year. On the other hand, all policies and systems related to agriculture were

Attracted by all dynasties,

In addition, the quality of the harvest has always been an important criterion for assessing the performance of local officials. Therefore, from the emperor to the county magistrate, agriculture has been valued. After generations of research, improvement, and summary, in terms of agriculture, there have long been

A proven and proven solution.

In the previous life, the problem of food and clothing was no longer a problem, and having enough food and clothing was no longer the pursuit of most people. Therefore, fewer and fewer people engaged in agriculture, fewer and fewer people understood agriculture, and officials at all levels also

The focus shifted from agriculture to the popular commerce, so officials and people were definitely not as familiar with agriculture as the Sui Dynasty officials who were dealing with agriculture year after year.

It is not clear which one is better and which one is worse. I can only say that different eras have different needs and their priorities are also different.

After arranging the spring plowing, Yang Guang took a memorandum from the imperial court and presented it to the civil and military ministers: "Let's discuss the second matter today, which is to consider the murder case of someone who was not drunk and did not return to the wine shop. Zhang Yushi will preside over this matter.

Please follow me and listen to the case."

As soon as Yang Guang said this, he immediately caused an uproar in the whole hall, and the sound of discussion resounded throughout the hall.

This case was originally just a small and inconspicuous case. The civil and military officials present at first paid a little attention to it because the two parties involved in the case were well-connected. Until yesterday afternoon, it was rumored that Yu Wenshu manipulated the martial arts and Yu Shiji "crossed the line" to interfere in the affairs of the Shangshu Province.

Only then did people take the case seriously. But no one expected that Yang Guang would bring this small case to the morning court for trial. Such a trial process made people even more imaginative.

I remember that the last time such a case was tried was related to Yang Ji. He turned He Ruohuailiang into a eunuch. He Ruobi complained to the court, and the late emperor had to go to the court for trial. That time, because Yang Guang, who was the prince at the time, helped,

As a result, all the He Ruo clan met a miserable end. Except for the He Ruobi clan, all the rest were killed.

This time, Yang Ji is no longer the young playboy he was before, and Yu Wenshu is no longer the He Ruobi who lost his favor. They are all the "big celebrities" of the current dynasty who are favored by the saints. I really don't know who will win in the end and who will lose?

And some people who were prepared began to look forward to it with excitement.

"I obey the order!" Zhang Heng, the censor doctor, stood up and responded to the order. He suddenly received the order to hear the case yesterday afternoon, but his focus was not on the case itself, but on whether the process was in violation of the rules. This was also the censor's responsibility.

Responsibilities.

He urgently issued an order to summon all the important witnesses involved in the case to the Yushitai, including not only the entourage of both parties, the wine shopkeepers, servants and diners, but also the county magistrate Dou Qing, the county prime minister Qu Tugai, and the minister of punishment Liang Kun... Now...

Except for Yang Ji, Yu Wenshu, Liang Kun, Dou Qing, and Qu Tugai who were in the main hall, the rest were waiting outside the hall.

Zhang Heng knew that the emperor was not just because both parties were his confidants, but actually had a deeper meaning.

The facts were just as Zhang Heng expected. After Yang Guang agreed to Yuwen Shu's court to hear the case yesterday, he specially summoned Dou Qing for questioning. When he understood the whole process, he knew that Yang Ji was on the passive side in the case, while Yuwen Shu was on the other side.

What a fuss.

Although Yuwen Zhiji was blind and seemed to be mute, judging from Yang Ji's reaction when he casually picked up the casserole and threw it over, it was a human instinct reaction; the dead domestic slave was even more to blame for himself, after all, he was the first to chop it down.

Yang Ji stabbed Yang Ji, and as a prince, Yang Ji was almost killed by an animal-like domestic slave. Shouldn't he be allowed to resist? Counter-kill?

This is unreasonable!

As for the statement in the confession that Yu Wenzhiji did not know Yang Ji, Yang Guang had the same preconceptions as Dou Qing and Qu Tugai. He felt that both parties were relatives and also playboys. It was impossible for Yu Wenzhiji not to know Yang Ji. The so-called "no"

"Knowing him" was nothing more than a poor excuse to cover up his clumsy reason for slashing the prince with his sword. Of course, if he kept pretending that he didn't know him, there would be nothing anyone could do to him.

But regardless of whether Yang Ji is a prince or an ordinary citizen, Yu Wen Zhiji's sudden attack with a sword does not violate the law. If Yang Ji does not know martial arts, or if he is replaced by an ordinary person who does not know martial arts, wouldn't it be in vain?

Dead?

However, Yang Guang was also curious about what Yang Ji took away. What was it that was so precious that it made Yuwen Zhiji go crazy and want to kill a prince.

But Yuwenshu's performance made Yang Guang even more strange. From the current point of view, Yuwen Zhiji was the wrong party in provoking Yang Ji, but Yuwenshu was aggressive and hard on Yang Ji without any reason.

.There is only one explanation for his unusual behavior, which is that Yu Wenshu wanted to use this case to achieve some purpose.

Seeing that Zhang Heng was waiting for his order, Yang Guang said, "Zhang Yushi, you can start."

"Yes!" Zhang Heng cast his gaze on Dou Qing, who stepped forward voluntarily, and asked Dou Qing loudly, "What does County Magistrate Dou think of this case?"

Dou Qing bowed to Yang Guang and Zhang Heng respectively, and said unhurriedly: "This case is actually very simple. Because the shop owner reported the case in advance when he was not drunk, so soon after the death, the humble official and the Qutu County Magistrate

We rushed to the scene. We arrived in time and took both the fighting parties and the diners to the county government office.

The confessions were interrogated in isolation when the confessions were taken, and the confessions obtained were very similar. Therefore, there was no need to alert the Ministry of Punishment to this case. However, what we can't figure out is that Mr. Liang, the Minister of Punishment, hurried to the county yesterday afternoon for unknown reasons.

The Yamen, without even reading the confession, overturned everything and intended to try it again."

Zhang Heng saw Liang Kun standing up and wanted to speak, so he waved his hand to stop him, and asked Dou Qing: "Please tell Dou County Magistrate the cause and effect to the saint and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty!"

"Yes!" Dou Qing saluted and continued: "King Wei and several friends who participated in the martial arts were drinking and eating when they were not drunk or returning. Yuwen Sanlang came up to force Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, and Huang Junhan to be Yuwen's fake son, and the condition is'

"First hand over 30% of the family property, and then pay tribute to a thousand taels of gold every year." However, none of the three candidates agreed, so Yuwen Sanlang threatened, "If you don't comply, you will be punished."

Not only are you dogs in danger, but your little ones can’t even hope to live another day.’ Later, King Wei came forward to communicate with Yuwen Sanlang, and King Wei seemed to have taken some letters, so Yuwen Sanlang drew his sword and struck at King Wei. As a result, something happened

The conflict between the two parties broke out. In the melee, Yu Wen Liao, a servant of the Yuwen family, slashed King Wei with a knife. King Wei almost died on the spot. In his panic, he accidentally killed Yu Wen Liao."

"King Wei!" Zhang Heng bowed to Yang Ji and said, "Where are your clothes?"

Yang Ji replied: "As evidence at the county government office! Magistrate Dou should have brought it, right?"

"Bring it here!" Dou Qing took the bundle from Qu Tugai and handed it to Yang Ji, saying, "As long as King Wei puts it on, everyone will know how dangerous it was at that time."

"Okay!" Yang Ji took off his court clothes and gave them to Qu Tu, and then put on the brocade robe. When everyone looked at the upper body of the clothes, they knew they were Yang Ji's clothes, but after he walked back and forth, everyone was stunned.

Everyone exclaimed, and they saw that the front of the dress had a foot-long hole cut from top to bottom.

Yang Guang was expressionless as he sat on the dragon chair, but his face became a little gloomier. He was also a strong man with strong martial arts skills. At a glance, he could tell from the width and depth of the opening that the knife struck Yang Ji from the side.

In other words, that Yu Wenliao attacked Yang Ji from the side. It was really thrilling for Yang Ji to avoid this knife in the melee.

He was lucky enough to have been stabbed like this. In panic, he couldn't do anything extraordinary. Otherwise, why not just wait for the other party to stab him again?

"King Wei, are you sure this dress belongs to you?" Zhang Heng asked.

"Exactly!" Yang Ji smiled slightly: "This dress was made by my wife herself. She usually embroiders the word 'ying' on the vest, which means that no matter where I, Yang Ji, am, she, Xiao Ying, is always there.

The silent support behind her back also means not to cheat on her behind her back!"

"puff!"

"Ha ha!"

The hall suddenly burst into laughter, and all the important civil and military officials burst out laughing.

Yang Guang couldn't help but laugh. The former meaning was normal, but the latter meaning... well, it was also normal in their old Yang family.

"Would you like to take it apart and take a look?" Yang Ji asked Zhang Heng.

"If possible, it's best to do this!" Zhang Heng said, "This will make people more convinced!"

"Okay!" Yang Ji took off the robe again and put on the court clothes. When he tore open the inner layer, Zhang Heng saw the word 'ying' embroidered on the middle layer! He said: "This dress

, it is indeed the clothes that King Wei wore that day!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Heng asked Dou Qing: "Since the case is so simple, why didn't Magistrate Dou hand over the judgment document to the Ministry of Punishment? Are you trying to shirk your responsibility?"

Dou Qing said angrily: "The humble officials and others are not shirking their responsibilities, but after we compiled the confessions, Minister Liang of the Criminal Department hurriedly went to the county government to transfer the case. The official document from the Criminal Department also had the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which the Criminal Department clearly used.

The Minister of Internal Affairs is forcing us to hand over the case, but we can’t do it even if we don’t obey.”

"Do you have the seals of Shangshu Province and Menxia Province?"

"No!"

There was an uproar in the hall again. Such a simple and clear case unexpectedly involved the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Minister of Criminal Affairs. What is even more exaggerated is that there is no seal of the Ministry of Finance.

What does this mean?

It shows that the Minister of Criminal Affairs of the Shangshu Province actually acted on the orders of the Minister of Internal Affairs, but the Minister of Internal Affairs' hands were too long, and he actually reached out to the Minister of Finance. Such an overstep of authority like what Yu Shiji, the Minister of Internal Affairs, did

Veteran officials such as Li Delin, Yu Qingze, Yang Xiong, Gao Jun, Yang Su, and Su Wei have never done it.

There were two in the previous dynasty. They were Yu Wenhu and Yang Jian. The former was a powerful minister, and the latter was the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty who usurped the power of the Zhou Dynasty.

What Yu Shiji did is really intriguing! Did he want to be a powerful minister? Or was he the founding emperor?

And this case is becoming more and more interesting.

Yu Shiji looked at Yang Guang, who was in charge, and felt a little nervous. In fact, this kind of interference is the norm in official circles. Everyone's butt is dirty, so no one will speak publicly without real evidence. However,

What he never expected was that the case would actually be tried in court, which would add many variables. If Yuwenshu couldn't win the case, he might be in trouble too.

But at this moment, he couldn't say anything and didn't dare to say anything.

There was a smile in Zhang Heng's eyes. After hearing the rumors yesterday that "Yu Shiji 'crossed the line' and interfered in the affairs of the Shangshu Province," he spent the whole night studying the case, but there was no sign of Yu Shiji's interference in the case. But Dou Qing today

Yu Shiji was exposed, so he deliberately guided him. Dou Qing was really angry and exposed the core issues of the case.

The power struggle among ministers has always been about killing people without blood. There are many ministers who are jealous of the front position and want to replace the person in front of the court. However, Yu Shiji was unknown before, and he only relied on the emperor's trust to ascend to high positions, and he rose to the top in one step.

Although being in a high position is very prestigious, it is also doomed to not have a stable foundation. Once such a person falls, it will be difficult to get up.

Therefore, there were many people staring at Yu Shiji. Among them was Zhang Heng.
To be continued...