"Old man, are you sure I hit you?" The emperor slammed his palm on the table.
"It's Your Majesty."
"It's your Majesty!"
"Oh my god, the person the old guy framed this time turned out to be His Majesty!"
"It is absolutely impossible for Your Majesty to hit someone and still not admit it."
"Yes, this old guy is making false accusations again."
"This time she really doesn't get the good news!"
Only then did the people react.
Sitting in the courtroom was actually the emperor himself.
Everyone immediately knelt on the ground and saluted the emperor.
The emperor waved his hand to signal everyone to stand up, staring intently at Wang Hao and the old woman kneeling on the ground.
The emperor never imagined that his officials would dare to collude with criminals right here in the courtroom.
He even slandered himself as the emperor.
One can imagine what the situation would be like in other places.
Swear on the lives of your family?
If I don't let this old woman and her entire family die today, wouldn't I be letting her look down upon her?
But the emperor now wants to deal with Wang Hao first.
This bastard, if it weren't for him, how could he be like this?
The wrongful conviction was made at the beginning, and today he even dared to conspire with the criminal in front of him.
As an emperor, he obviously only had good intentions to help the people, but in the end he was beaten up and turned into a bully.
If this continues, Datang will die from the inside first without waiting for other forces to attack.
"Wang Hao, what did you whisper to her just now? Now tell me everything."
"If you dare to tell a lie, I will destroy all nine of your clans!" The emperor's eyes were as wide as sharp swords.
Wang Hao trembled all over.
He just thought that he could continue to quibble, but he never thought that the emperor wanted to destroy his nine tribes.
Wang Hao felt regretful.
If he had known that the person the old guy was cheating on was the emperor, he would rather admit his fault and be dismissed from his post than to conspire with the old guy again.
Now it's fine, Pengci has touched the emperor.
Their lives may be lost.
The old guy sat on the ground and realized that the person he touched yesterday was actually the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Thick fear arose from the bottom of his heart, making the old guy's whole body tremble uncontrollably.
He looked at the emperor sitting in the court with fear on his face.
Big beads of sweat broke out.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I am guilty!" Wang Hao hit his forehead heavily on the floor.
"Just now she asked me to insist that someone hit her, otherwise she would reveal that I wrongly judged the case before. I had no choice but to agree to her."
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong."
"Your Majesty, please spare my life." Wang Hao lay on the ground, exhausted from fear.
There is no more leisurely strolling like before.
"Is it enough to admit your mistake?" The emperor clenched his fists.
Wang Hao's words made the entire Chang'an City people afraid to help the fallen people.
The old guy could convince the onlookers that she was the victim just by swearing on the lives of her whole family.
If this continues, how long can the morality and etiquette of the Tang Dynasty still exist?
The destruction of the Tang Dynasty is probably not far away.
"Come here, please convey my order. Wang Hao, the chief registrar of Dali Temple, will be deprived of all his official positions. He will be granted an imperial title and be sent to Lingnan. He will never be allowed to return to the capital." The emperor gave the order in a cold voice.
"Your Majesty, spare your life, I know I was wrong!"
"Your Majesty!" Wang Hao was pushed to the ground by the officer. Even though he was still calling for help, he was dragged down by the officer.
Lingnan is full of miasma, and most of the prisoners sent to Lingnan will die there.
The remaining 10% will die on the way to Lingnan.
Wang Hao was sent to Lingnan, which meant that he had no chance of survival.
After dealing with Wang Hao, all that's left is the old guy.
Seeing the emperor deal with Wang Hao so resolutely, the old guy was so frightened that his face turned pale.
It’s just that the officials who perjured her testimony had no chance of survival. How could she, the chief culprit of the scandal, have any chance of survival?
"Your Majesty, the old woman realizes her mistake."
"Your Majesty, the old woman realizes her mistake!"
"Your Majesty..." The old guy suddenly woke up and kowtowed to the ground.
His head was smashed, but he didn't get a look of sympathy from anyone.
If they hadn't bumped into the emperor today, if it had been someone else, it would have been another unjust case.
What if this person were ordinary people like them?
How do they fight these bastards?
This kind of person deserves to die!
"Your Majesty, the common people have something to say." One of the people suddenly spoke.
The emperor looked over and waved for him to continue.
"Your Majesty, this incident of touching porcelain is extremely detrimental to the benevolence and morality of the Tang Dynasty. Just because of her alone, for half a year, the people of Chang'an have not dared to help anyone who fell, for fear of being wronged."
"Good-hearted people dare not do good deeds, and the country will regress, and etiquette and justice will regress."
"The common people beg your Majesty to kill this man."
"Yes, kill this guy."
"Your Majesty, you must kill her!"
"Not killing her is not enough for the people to be angry!"
Someone took the lead, and the rest of the people also spoke up, demanding that this old guy be dealt with.
The emperor's eyes were cold, and he would never let go of the old guy in front of him.
"Send an order to publicly execute the criminals in Dongshi at noon tomorrow. At the same time, everyone in the world will be informed that all those who maliciously touch porcelain will be executed regardless of the reason."
"Anyone who helps someone who has fallen with good intentions but is falsely accused will be endorsed by the local government."
"Those who conspire with the government and those who touch porcelain will sit down together."
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"Brother, my father is very angry now."
"After leaving the court, I didn't say a word and didn't even take a sip of tea." In the backyard of the government office, Li Ke sat next to Zhao Chen and whispered about the emperor's situation.
Can the emperor not be angry?
The devil is in the details.
Although it is just a small case of touching porcelain, it reflects the moral issues of society.
In the past two years, Datang has made great progress, and many of the simple lives of its people have become a thing of the past.
Many people are desperate for money.
Money has become the standard by which everything is measured.
There are inherent problems in such a society.
The contradictions among the people will become more and more serious, and over time, this kind of contradiction will become the contradiction between the people and the court.
At what point will the Tang Dynasty be in turmoil?
The emperor doesn't eat or drink now because he is worried about the future of the Tang Dynasty.
However, this matter cannot be solved so easily.
Morality cannot keep up with social development, and this is inevitable.
"I'm afraid we will have something to do again." Zhao Chen turned over on the recliner and said slowly.
"Anything else to do?"
"What's going on?" Li Ke didn't know what was going on. He turned around and looked at Zhao Chen, only to see the emperor slowly walking towards this side from the entrance of the courtyard.
"Boy Chen, I have something I need you to do." The emperor stood in front of Zhao Chen with a firm expression.
Li Ke opened his mouth. He didn't even think about it. Why did the emperor really say that he had something for them to do?