Zhu Yong was young and energetic, so he took the tax collector and left directly to arrest people.
But the remaining people were all in shock.
Huang Xiaoru's hands were trembling, and he slumped on the chair, motionless. He was not calm and composed, but simply scared, and was so frightened that he lost his mind.
If you just offend a few officials, with Xu Jingchang's backing and being able to hold on to the truth, even if it's a little dangerous, you won't despair.
But when Fang Xiaoru and Jianwen Yudang are implicated, even a fool knows how deep the water is behind this!
Let alone a small county magistrate, even Xu Jingchang, can he control it?
Huang Xiaoru opened his mouth, trying to persuade Xu Jingchang to stop, but he found that he just opened his mouth and no sound came out.
He hurriedly twisted his stiff body and coughed slightly, "Dong Guo, go, go to the second hall to have a rest."
Xu Jingchang sat there. To be honest, he knew that this kind of human trafficking would definitely involve powerful people, there was no doubt about it. He allowed Huang Xiaoru to pursue the investigation, and he was sure that he could do it.
No matter how reasonable it is to seize power, in the end, it is just a matter of butt.
It's really not a good feeling to wait for death.
Xu Jingchang asked sternly, but Liao Yong couldn't resist. His legs went weak and he collapsed on the ground.
"What you said just now is seen by all the people in the hall and in the hall. Please say it again!"
Liao Yong raised his head and looked at Xu Jingchang with disdain, as if he was ready to die as a defender of morality.
So he pushed the note to Xie Jin, squinted his eyes, and fell into deep thought.
When things have reached this stage, as long as they back off, it will be reduced to the public saying that the public is right and the mother-in-law is right, and it will no longer be clear... And according to Xu Jingchang's assessment, this matter may not damage Zhu Di's reputation. The key is to see how
operate.
It turns out that he is also afraid.
"There are no unbroken eggs when a nest is overturned. Ever since I collected the body of my mentor, I knew that this day would happen."
Liao Yong once studied under Fang Xiaoru and reached the position of governor.
Liao Yong gritted his teeth, "Yes, but I am doing it for national affairs..."
Liao Yong's expression changed. Although Jianwen had been overthrown, he was still an emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If a minister framed his father, the consequences would still be terrible.
After Zhu Di entered the capital, Liao Yong, as an old minister of the former dynasty, was left aside, but at least no one bothered them, and they just lived in peace.
until today!
Not even His Highness the Crown Prince could persuade Duke Ding, let alone others.
These eight words are very powerful, and you can see Zhu Gaochi's anxiety.
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "Okay, since they didn't give you an order, it means you opened a brothel privately and forced girls into prostitution?"
Xu Jingchang sat there, slowly opened his eyes, and smiled slightly, "Zheng Shangshu, there is no stipulation that the authority of your Criminal Department is higher than that of the Jinyiwei. We, the Three Law Departments, have discussed and drafted the document to the General Affairs Department, and then the General Affairs Department will hand it over to His Majesty.
It just so happens that Jie Tongzheng is here, you can tell him."
Liao Yong gritted his teeth and suddenly said angrily: "Xu Jingchang, we were all masters at the beginning. I helped Emperor Jianwen to spy on the military situation. You have a grudge against me, so you can't interrogate me. I want you to avoid suspicion!"
The Liao family still exists, but they have lost their hereditary title.
Xu Jingchang was slightly startled. It wasn't that he was just confused. Is this person so tough?
Are you afraid that I will show mercy?
Xu Jingchang sneered, "Liao Yong, we are old acquaintances... I invite you to come over. I just want to ask one thing, do you know about this prostitution business?"
Fang Xiaoru was also a famous minister of Jianwen, and the Liao family collecting the body for Zhongliang was a moral and defensible matter. If there was a quarrel, it was Zhu Di Shengming who was injured.
It's a pity that he, the Minister of Punishment, really couldn't stand up to the superior Duke, especially Xu Jingchang, who had also served as the general envoy.
Xu Jingchang smiled slightly and said, "Liao Yong, you have to understand one thing. Since your Majesty ascended the throne, he has swept away all decadence. The King of Han broke the law and paid fines, and there was no mercy outside the law. Emperor Yongle established the principles and disciplines, and restored the integrity of the people.
Everyone knows. No matter what you say, it is completely unreasonable to harm the people and force girls into prostitution."
Zheng Ci's face turned dark instantly. "Xu, you don't know what's good or bad!"
At first, everyone thought they were arresting Liao Yong, but they didn't know that the person who came was actually Zheng Ci, the Minister of Punishment.
Zheng Ci was stunned for a moment. He wanted to take over just now, but Xu Jingchang had already asked to this point. Zheng Ci couldn't be stupid and pretended not to hear.
Xu Jingchang sneered and said: "Call the big flower insect over."
"Shut up!" Xu Jingchang shouted angrily: "Did Emperor Jianwen ask you to harm the people and force good girls into prostitution?"
Liao Yong was startled for a moment and hummed: "I don't know what you mean?"
"Ding Guogong, the case is serious and we need to be cautious!"
Xu Jingchang stood up, walked towards Liao Yong step by step, and sneered: "You just thought that I didn't dare to talk about Jingnan, right? I tell you, there is nothing hard to say, the people of the world are here. Whoever takes away their children,
The evidence of forcing a good girl into prostitution is conclusive and cannot be denied! A person like this who harms the people still wants to put rouge and powder on his face and pretend to be a good person. Are you thinking that everyone in the world is blind?"
"You!" Liao Yong hesitated and became more and more embarrassed. He wanted to talk to Jianwen Chao, but Xu Jingchang didn't give him a chance.
Time passed by minute by minute, and suddenly there was chaos outside the lobby.
Liao Yong's grandfather, Liao Yongzhong, was a famous general who founded the country, but he was sentenced to death by Zhu Yuanzhang because he exceeded the etiquette system. It was not the bloody late Hongwu period, so although Liao Yongzhong died, his descendants were not implicated.
Time passed by, and suddenly someone came out from the side and handed Xie Jin a note.
Xu Jingchang owed his buttocks and wanted to stand up, but the moment he raised his buttocks, Xu Jingchang sat down again.
Xu Jingchang laughed instantly. Liao Yong was quite smart. He went to Jianwen to lead him as soon as he came up. He was not seeking death, but wanted to force Xu Jingchang to retreat. This kid was notoriously difficult to deal with, and was not as easy to deal with as some civil servants.
"Mencius once said that the people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. This statement is very appropriate today. The most important thing in the world is the common people! Look back and see that it is all the living beings outside this hall! What do you mean?
The Emperor Jianwen who spoke of you, whether he gave it to you or he didn’t know it, you figured it out... Do you have the nerve to sit on the dragon throne after you harm the people like this? It is natural for your majesty to grant peace to you!"
I came here this time to save you, but I have implicated Fang Xiaoru. If you do something wrong, your majesty's sage will be damaged and the foundation of this dynasty will be shaken. The consequences are not something you can bear.
In the end, even if Xu Jingchang's neck is hard and cannot be cut with a knife, he will still gain a lifetime of fame.
Xu Jingchang could feel Fatty Zhu's anxiety and understood his intention, but after thinking about it again and again, Xu Jingchang picked up the pen and drew a cross on it.
"Liao Yong, did you hear clearly?"
Maybe he will lose his head and his body.
He could only pull up the chair angrily and sit down next to him.
Xu Dianli dragged the flower insect to the hall.
This note was written by Zhu Gaochi... It is implicated in a reverse case and will be retried at a later date.
"I asked you whether you know or not?"
"You are talking nonsense!" Liao Yong was furious, "My master is a great scholar of the time, with a good character and is known to the world. If he disobeys Your Majesty, he must die. But you cannot slander my master's posthumous reputation! I won't agree!"
So the best way is to delay it...
Liao Yong took a breath and said in a deep voice: "So this is what happened? I was once ordered to spy on the news and find out the insider, so I planted an informant..."
Even with my own identity, it is difficult to escape unscathed.
It happened that at this time, Huang Xiaoru asked him to go to the second hall to rest.
"Also, your teacher, what good things has he done? I think he has brought disaster to the country and the people, corrupted the country's laws, and is simply a monster who has brought chaos to the country... Who is it that makes him famous? Is it the common people outside, or you guys with ulterior motives?
You have colluded together to ruin the prosperous age of Hongwu. You have caused chaos in the world. It is all up to Your Majesty to clarify the situation and restore peace to the people."
"Shut up!" Xu Jingchang interrupted him, "Liao Yong, do you know that she runs a brothel?"
But now it involves Fang Xiaoru and Jianwen Yudang... This is the biggest taboo in the entire Yongle Dynasty. If it is not handled well, the world may fall apart.
"No, no."
This dignified head of the three judicial departments and the main hall of the Criminal Department went directly to the Shangyuan County Yamen Hall and met Xu Jingchang.
But Xu Jingchang didn't want to get involved with this at all, "Liao Yong, you instigated people to run secret prostitutes, and you used girls from good families and forced them into prostitution. I want to ask you, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, how should you deal with it? Do I need to avoid suspicion in this matter?"
Xu Jingchang hummed: "Since there is no decree, then it was your teacher Fang Xiaoru who gave it?"
Just when Zheng Cigang sat down, there was a louder noise outside, and Zhu Yong came with Liao Yong in custody.
"I'm so busy, so I don't know the details..."
Liao Yong had no choice but to turn his head and look at Zheng Ci, "Zheng Shangshu, my case is unusual. The Shangyuan County Government cannot try me."
Thanks to Xu Jingchang's advice, both Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi understood that they must try their best to downplay the old affairs of Jianwen and not mention them.
Liao Yong took a deep breath and said, "Xu Jingchang, I am following the order of Emperor Jianwen..."
There was no other way, Xu Jingchang was unwilling to give in.
"No need to talk nonsense!" Xu Jingchang interrupted again, "Just answer whatever I ask you. This woman forced young girls into prostitution and abducted many good-natured girls who were living in exile. Did you know that?"
He was really afraid that something terrible would come out of the trial next moment and it would not end well.
Xie Jin saw this and kept calm, picked up the teapot, poured tea for Xu Jingchang, and handed a note to Xu Jingchang.
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "Okay, please ask Zheng Shangshu to submit the official documents according to the court procedures and ask for the imperial edict. I will definitely act in accordance with the edict. But before the edict comes, I must follow the case handling procedures and find out the culprit who abducted and trafficked girls from good families.
.No matter who is involved, I have to give an explanation to the people of the world. Especially when so many people are separated from their wives and children, and their flesh and blood are separated. If it is simply attributed to the chaos and continuous war, do we have to fight each other fifty times? That's the way it is.
Is it very right or wrong?"
Zheng Ci was stunned. He looked at Xu Jingchang in disbelief. You are crazy!
It is impossible to explain this kind of thing clearly. No matter what the conclusion is, His Majesty will not look good.
"Mr. Ding Guo, the three judicial departments have just discussed, please hand over the case and let us handle it."
Although Huang Xiaoru was frightened and uneasy, he did not dare to disobey Xu Jingchang's wishes. He could only sit there, like a wood carving and clay sculpture.
Hua Da Chong changed his expression, feeling frightened and uneasy, but he did not dare to lie in public, so he could only tell the story once.
"This case hasn't been tried yet. Everyone is here to watch. It's hard for us to leave. Magistrate Huang, just wait with me!"
Xu Jingchang, who had always been confident, smelled a hint of fear.
You are seeking death!
"Your father betrayed the emperor, betrayed his military intelligence, and ended up with his head missing... Now you still haven't woken up and continue to harm Zhongliang. Aren't you afraid that one day it will bring harm to the whole family?"
Xie Jin had no choice but to quietly put away the note, carry the kettle back, and have someone return it to Zhu Gaochi.
At the same time, a man was walking quickly from the second hall. When he heard Xu Jingchang's words, his eyes were red and tears almost came out.
This person is none other than Zhu Di!
It turned out that Fang Xiaoru and the Liao family were involved. Zhu Di was afraid that some messy things would come out in the trial, so he hurried over to listen in person, and happened to hear Xu Jingchang's eloquent remarks.
What a good child, these words are so comforting...
