Li Qing was slightly startled, feeling that the name seemed familiar. Then his pupils suddenly trembled and he blurted out:
"The Ming God of War?!"
Li Jinglong was also stunned. He quickly came to his senses and smiled at the corners of his swollen mouth. It seemed that everyone knew about his "knowledge of soldiers".
He suddenly didn't hate Li Qing so much, even though he got a few big mouths.
"It's good to know." Li Jinglong said proudly, "Why don't you let me go quickly?"
Li Qing had a strange look on his face. He had never thought that he would become associated with the Ming God of War in this way.
"Stop talking nonsense, the Ming Dynasty Law contains clear words, those who use force to coerce and bind people will be punished by eighty sticks."
"Fart..." Li Jinglong was furious, but when he saw Li Qing raised his palm, his momentum weakened again, "When did I tie someone up?"
Li Qing shook his head and said: "I stopped you in time to prevent you from succeeding, but you did not stop it on your own initiative, so you still have to be punished.
Since it has not caused any adverse effects, I will impose a penalty of 20 pieces, are you convinced?"
"Haha...you dare to hit me?"
Li Jinglong said disdainfully, "Have you thought clearly? My father is the Duke of the country and the current emperor is my uncle. Why don't you try hitting me?"
Li Qing didn't tolerate him, so he stepped forward and untied the rope from his body, picked up the board and started beating him.
"Pa bang..."
It wasn't until he felt a burning pain in his butt that Li Jinglong finally believed that the man in front of him was not threatened at all, and that he had gained incredible courage.
He wanted to resist, but was poked several times by Li Qing and couldn't muster any strength. He lay on the ground unable to move.
"Don't regret it...Oh...I'll be your uncle."
"Call, no one will come to save you even if you call Broken Throat." Li Qing chuckled, and the guy in his hands was busy with things.
"stop!"
More than a dozen burly men with distinctive armor came forward. One of them said, "This general is from Cao Guogong..."
"We'll talk about it later." Li Qing kept holding the board in his hand, "Didn't you see that I'm busy with official duties?"
"Li Hu, get this bastard from me." Li Jinglong howled.
Li Hu took a deep look at Li Qing, with a hint of anger on his face, "I told you to stop!"
"The laws of the Ming Dynasty clearly state that those who obstruct official duties and shield criminals will be guilty of the same crime as the criminals." Li Qing wrote on the board and warned: "Jinyi Zhao Prison will not tolerate your impudence."
"You..." Li Hu choked and didn't know how to refute for a moment.
Li Jinglong was angry and in pain, and cursed loudly: "Thief Sun, if you have the guts, please report your name!"
"Thousands of households in brocade clothes, Li Qing."
After Li Qing finished typing, he said to the people outside the prison door, "Are you following the emperor's orders when you broke into Zhao Prison at night?"
Another oversized hat was pulled down, and most of the arrogance of the dozen or so people suddenly disappeared.
Li Hu cupped his hand and said, "This general is following the order of Cao Guogong."
"Cao Guogong has the power to control Jin Yiwei?" Li Qing asked.
"...Of course not."
Li Hu was furious for a while, but he didn't dare to be arrogant. The thousands of households in front of him were definitely not good people. On the left was a law of the Ming Dynasty, and on the right was an emperor's order. A bad answer would leave clues and bring disaster to the Duke.
disaster.
The rest of the people dared not speak out in anger, but just waited for Li Qing viciously.
Li Qing didn't take it to heart at all, and said calmly: "Since I was not following the emperor's orders, breaking into Zhao Prison that night was a serious crime. Li Yu, tie them up for me."
"grown ups……"
"Tied!"
"Yes." Li Yu said bravely, "Someone came and tied them up and took them to prison."
"Who dares?"
Li Hu is really popular. In the past, he followed the Duke and the emperor conquered the world. He has never seen anything like this, and he has never been so angry.
The dozen or so soldiers of the Duke's Mansion behind him also had furious expressions on their faces, and their right hands were already holding the handles of their swords.
Li Qing glanced at the group of people and said calmly: "You must think carefully, once the knife is pulled out, there will be no room for turning things around."
He is not afraid of offending people now. Anyway, Lao Zhu has pushed him to be on the opposite side of the officials. Even if he wants to be like Guang, he has no chance.
Even if he dies, he will not die. If Queen Ma is here, he will be there.
The worst he could do was to be deposed, but he wouldn't care if he had thousands of households in fine clothes!
Li Qing has no desires but is strong. No matter who you are, if you make me unhappy, you won't get better.
Furthermore, he enforced it according to Ming law. Even if these people were extremely angry, they would not dare to actually start a war with the Jin Yiwei.
Sure enough, Li Hu and his party really didn't dare.
Once the sword is drawn, the nature will change. When the time comes, even the Duke of the country may not be able to protect them.
Li Jinglong watched helplessly as the reinforcements were disarmed one by one and taken to prison. He was angry but also frightened at the same time.
He found that this Li Qing seemed to be fearless, and if he messed with him, there would be no good consequences.
I didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, I just lay down on the ground and didn't dare to fart.
Li Yu pulled Li Qing aside and whispered, "Sir, we are in big trouble this time. Cao Guogong is the emperor's nephew!"
"It's not us, it's me."
Li Qing comforted him and said, "The Ming Dynasty Law contains clear language that doing things under orders is a public crime and will not be held accountable."
Li Yu felt warm in his heart and smiled dryly: "My lord, your understanding of the Ming Law is really...detailed!"
"That's right, I carried it for a whole day and night." Li Qing chuckled and said, "You can go back and rest. I'll be here to watch."
"grown ups……"
A group of people were inexplicably moved. Li Yu said, "Your Excellency enforces the law impartially and will not be implicated. However, following my advice, Your Excellency... don't do this again in the future."
Li Qing asked: "Are the Jinyi Guards capable of arresting the emperor's relatives at the top, and the civil servants and generals at the bottom?"
"Yes." Li Yu nodded, "But if you really do this..."
"That's it." Li Qing said, "Since you have this right, what's the point of fear?"
Little did he know that the Jin Yiwei at this stage was far from being comparable to the Jin Yiwei in history.
The real reputation of the Jinyiwei for its ferocity was in the late Hongwu period, when Zhu Yuanzhang massacred heroes and truly reached the pinnacle of power, even the emperor's relatives and ministers took advantage of him.
Nowadays, Jin Yiwei's main job is to investigate official corruption and spy on military intelligence, and his face was exposed in the Hu Weiyong case.
But as long as they are not involved in the Hu Weiyong case, Jin Yiwei will not take the initiative to investigate.
After all, the holy will was unknown, and Mao Xiang did not dare to use chicken feathers as a command arrow. The emperor did not take the initiative to let the investigation be carried out. If he forced the investigation, his future would be lost.
Those are all people who have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. It is not wise to investigate them.
Everyone does things by trying to figure out the Holy Will.
Li Qing acted so unconventionally, and in Li Yu's opinion, this was simply self-destructive.
"Let's all go back, I know what's going on."
Li Qing sent Li Yu and others away, leaned on his chair, took out the "Great Edict" and began to study it.
…
Early in the morning.
Li Wenzhong stood up with red eyes. The soldiers had not returned all night, and he had roughly guessed the truth.
Could it be that the emperor is going to take action against the nobles... Li Wenzhong looked worried, sighed deeply, stood up, tied the bundled thorns around his body, and left the Duke's Mansion.
…
Qianqing Palace.
Li Qing came a little late today and was a little surprised to see Princess Anqing there.
"I pay my respects to the Queen, Your Highness the Princess."
"No courtesy." Queen Ma was in a very good mood and said to Anqing, "Let's talk after acupuncture."
"Okay." An Qing nodded with a smile, "Sorry to trouble you, Mr. Li."
Li Qingqian smiled and said, "Your Highness, Princess, it is the duty of a minister to be polite."
He said to himself: I wonder if you will still be so polite after the evidence of your man's crime is found.
Two quarters of an hour later, Li Qing put away the silver needle and was about to give some instructions to Queen Ma when he saw the little eunuch in front of Zhu Yuanzhang hurried in.
"Mr. Li, the Emperor has ordered you to go to the Imperial Study Room immediately after your diagnosis and treatment."
Li Qing's heart moved and he nodded: "I'll go right away."
An Qing rolled his eyes, took Queen Ma's arm, and said coquettishly, "Mother, my daughter hasn't seen my father for a long time, please come with me!"
I'm going alone because I'm afraid my father will blame me for running around."
"okay."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
~
Royal study room.
As soon as Li Qing came in, he saw a burly man with a thorn stick on his back, and he couldn't help but think of Lian Po.
"Long live my emperor, my humble minister, and a thousand lives for your prince." After a pause, "I am humble enough to meet you, the Commander-in-Chief."
Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, but Zhu Biao said:
"Plain body."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Li Qing stood up and heard Zhu Biao continue, "Li Qing, this is Cao Guogong."
"I met Cao Guogong in my humble position."
Li Qing crossed his fists, feeling somewhat clear in his heart.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of tea and asked, "I heard that you arrested Li Jinglong?"
Li Qing was about to talk when Princess Anqing walked in with Queen Ma on her arm and said with a smile: "Father, my daughter misses you."
"Why are you here, girl?" Zhu Yuanzhang said displeased, "Why are you running around all day long?"
"Is it wrong that my daughter misses you?" Queen Ma asked angrily.
"That's right." An Qing said with a smile, "An Qing pays homage to father, brother."
Zhu Biao stepped forward to help her up and said gently: "Why would a family do this?"
"Don't break the rules." An Qing said with a smile.
Seeing Li Wenzhong, she pretended to be surprised and said, "Cousin, you are here too. What are you...?"