Chapter 176 Shi Jia is not guilty, Xia Song is involved in the case
Su Lin frowned: "Armor is armor."
"Then what is armor?" Zhuge Qingshan asked.
Su Lin looked at Wei Yun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry: "This needs an explanation from the Ministry of Industry."
The officials looked at this scene and suddenly felt that this case would involve many people.
"Chen Weiyun..."
Wei Yun was helpless. The Ministry of Works just had endless work to do, and now it had to get involved in these messes.
"Wei Shangshu, ordnance is made by the Ministry of Industry. Please tell me what kind of armor is the armor that is strictly forbidden to be made privately in the Great Xia Law." Zhuge Qingshan said calmly.
Su Lin suddenly paused, understood what Zhuge Qingshan meant, and nodded slowly.
He didn't want to target anyone, he just wanted to uphold the law, which was different from Xia Song's deliberate intention, so he took a half-step back with peace of mind.
But Xia Song felt something was wrong and said: "Armor is armor, and no armor is allowed to be cast privately!"
"Wrong." Wei Yun shook his head.
He said: "Armors made of different materials have different manufacturing difficulties, different costs, and different defensive capabilities."
Wei Yun looked at Su Lin.
Su Lin then said: "In Great Xia, I forbid the private casting and hiding of a single piece of iron armor. Casting one armor will lead to beheading, and three armors will kill the whole family. They are all talking about iron armor."
"But rattan armor, cloth armor, paper armor... are different."
"But private casting of any armor is a capital crime, right?" Xia Song said calmly.
Zhuge Qingshan looked at him sideways, wondering why this person suddenly jumped out to target Fang Jue. This Xia Song used to be a bastard.
How come a person who is just waiting for retirement to be favored suddenly becomes active?
Su Lin asked again: "The armor made by the young master is made of iron or what kind of material?"
"Different materials carry different responsibilities."
Xiao Pingsi said calmly: "What the young master uses is a brand-new material that has never been used before."
"Oh?" Wei Yun was a little interested, "Young Master, do you still understand this?"
In any era, there is material science.
The materials research in Daxia is carried out by the Ministry of Industry. It costs a lot every year, but it is difficult to come up with materials that have any effect.
Xia Song also said: "It seems to be something similar to lime. The armor made of it is called [Jiang Jia], which can be completely equivalent to stone armor."
Stone armor is a very ancient type of armor.
It mainly uses a piece of stone that is tough enough, hollows it out and carves holes that can be worn, or wraps and weaves the stone pieces into the shape of armor.
In short, this is a very backward type of armor.
Because it is too easy to wear out and too heavy, it is not practical. Only the indigenous people in some relatively primitive places use it.
"Shijia...how should I judge?" Xiao Pingsi looked at Su Lin.
Su Lin raised his eyebrows slightly, then smiled: "Your Majesty... Shijia is not prohibited by law..."
"What?"
Xia Song couldn't believe it.
Zhuge Qingshan and Yan Lanfeng both breathed a sigh of relief.
"How is this possible?" someone muttered.
Su Lin said lightly: "Shijia is too backward and has too low practicality. No country counts stone armor as armor."
"In my Daxia regulations, privately made armors are prohibited, including iron armor, leather armor, zhao armor, cotton armor, bamboo armor, bone armor... all types of armor in history, except stone armor, which is not included."
"What?" Xia Song couldn't help gritting his teeth.
Why, so many armors are included in the "Daxia Criminal Code", why not include stone armors!
"There is such a detailed explanation..."
"Who can remember this..."
"As expected of the Minister of Justice, Mr. Su is really familiar with the laws."
"Xia Song's scheming was in vain this time, hehe..."
All the officials watched this wonderful show, and many mourned for Xia Song.
Su Lin said: "Your Majesty, not only I, Daxia, but also the six countries do not prohibit the private manufacture of stone armor."
"That's natural. The six countries follow the laws of Daxia." Zhuge Qingshan said matter-of-factly.
Everyone nodded in agreement, and there was still a sense of pride.
Xiao Pingsi stretched his eyebrows and said: "Then according to Su Qing's opinion, what the young master did did not violate the national law?"
"Exactly." Su Lin held his hand and stepped back.
Zhuge Qingshan also retreated.
As for Xia Song, he seemed to be standing alone in the middle.
"Then it seems that Xia Qing's charge of impeaching the young master cannot be established." Xiao Pingsi said calmly.
Xia Song had no choice but to say: "I just want to tell the truth. I don't want to impeach the young master. I just want to know whether his move is wrong."
After saying that, he returned to the military headquarters.
He finally understood.
To be an official in the imperial court, one must have discernment, and the most important thing is to look at the emperor's face.
Whoever your Majesty wants to protect will definitely not be able to be convicted unless he takes action to the end.
To put it bluntly, even if he is convicted, the emperor can still pardon him.
"hehe."
Seeing that Xia Song was no longer entangled, Xiao Pingsi said: "Dear ladies, does anyone else have a copy of the memorial?"
"..."
"Then retreat."
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After the dispersion of the dynasty, the only swordmaster of the Xuanjian Division who remained in the capital was announced to the imperial study.
"I would like to thank you for seeing your Majesty."
Beside the royal case, Xiao Pingsi sat upright and said: "Get back on your feet."
"Your Majesty summoned his ministers to see you, but I don't know what your purpose is." Xie Qi stood up and said.
Xiao Pingsi pointed at Fengtian Palace: "You should know what happened in today's morning court, right?"
Hearing this, Xie Qi understood somewhat and nodded.
"Xia Song is a little unusual today. He has no old grudges or political disputes with the young master, but he suddenly gets angry. This shows that there must be something hidden."
Xiao Pingsi said: "Who has Xia Song been in contact with recently?"
All officials in Beijing are under the supervision of the Xuanjian Division, even the chief minister of the cabinet.
So when Xiao Pingsi asked this question, he wasn't worried that Xie Qi couldn't answer it. If he really couldn't answer it, he would be derelict in his duty.
Xie Qi said: "Back to Your Majesty, Xia Shangshu has been communicating with Ganzhou recently."
"Ganzhou?" Xiao Pingsi suddenly thought of something and said, "Young Master went to Ganzhou to adjust grains. Did something happen?"
"Your Majesty, this is a letter between Xia Shangshu, the deputy general of the Ganzhou camp, and the Ganzhou government station... The Xuanjian Division intercepted and copied a copy without disturbing anyone."
Xie Qi calmly took out a letter from his sleeve.
Xiao Pingsi smiled and said, "You are already prepared."
Xie Qi lowered his head.
What happened in the morning court today was revealed, and His Majesty announced his arrival immediately. If Xie Qi could not guess this, he would not be worthy of being a qualified sword wielder.
The secret letter was only a hand away from Xiao Pingsi, but Wang Feng still went to get it, opened it and handed it to him.
With just two glances, Xiao Pingsi knew something was wrong in Ganzhou.
There were no detailed rules in the letter, but Xia Song was asked to suppress Fang Jue, saying that Fang Jue had broken some old rules.
The specific old rules are not written down, only some symbols, which should only be understood by the recipient of the letter.
"His Majesty……"
A familiar voice came from outside the imperial study room, and only he could speak directly without waiting for the eunuch's notification.
"Master Chief Assistant?" Wang Feng heard the voice and looked at His Majesty.
Xiao Pingsi nodded.
"Xuan Zhuge is the first assistant." Wang Feng shouted at the top of his voice.
Zhuge Qingshan pushed the door open and closed it skillfully. Xie Qi, who was standing beside him, also consciously made some room to give Zhuge the first assistant a place to stand.
"Give me a seat for the boss," Xiao Pingsi said.
"Give me a seat." Wang Feng shouted, and then he realized that he was the only one in the imperial study, so he personally brought the chair over.
Zhuge Qingshan cupped his hands: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xie Qi: "..."
As soon as he sat down, Zhuge Qingshan said: "Your Majesty, the young master has a secret report. He went to the capital last night. The steward of Fangjiazhuang sent it this morning when he saw that it was too late. I only got it after I went to court."
"oh?"
Xiao Pingsi said: "Come and take a look."
Zhuge Qingshan handed over a letter.
This time the letter was a bit long. It was pieced together from several pieces of letter paper, and the words "young and old" were written on it. It seemed at first glance that a lot of carrier pigeons were used.
"Young Master rarely plays such a long secret piece..."
"Let me see."
Xiao Pingsi spread it out, placed it on the imperial desk, and looked at it clearly.
"Bang!"
Without any warning, Xiao Pingsi slammed the table, causing the case to crack.
Fortunately, the material was tough enough so it didn't explode immediately.
Xie Qi was startled, but Zhuge Qingshan was not surprised and was not frightened.
"Your Majesty, calm down..."
Zhuge Qingshan sighed: "When I first saw it, I was very angry."
Xie Qi was suddenly curious, but he didn't dare to peek into the secret, so he could only lower his head and turn a deaf ear.
But I heard His Majesty say:
"Ganzhou? How could there be such a coincidence... Humph, it seems that Xia Song is also involved in this matter!"
Zhuge Qingshan: "I also have doubts. I didn't expect that Xia Shangshu, who has always been idle and wild, would be so secretive."
"Where did the young master come from with so much money to be able to advance 380,000 taels..."
Xiao Pingsi did not doubt it, and said: "The old masters of the Emperor's Pavilion all regard the Young Master as their nephew. It is said that they even wanted to pass the Emperor's Pavilion to him. The Young Master can naturally use the money of the Emperor's Pavilion."
"Oh, it's okay then. I'm just worried that the young master will be criticized for this." Zhuge Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that the young man was getting too close to Yan Lanfeng, so he couldn't help but reach out to the household department.
"Xie Qi!" Xiao Pingsi suddenly shouted.
Xie Qi bowed and held his hands in his hands: "I'm here."
"Go to the residence of the Secretary of the Ministry of War and search everything for me to find out the evidence that he is connected with those evildoers in Ganzhou." Xiao Pingsi said coldly.
"According to the order." After hearing this, Xie Qi understood that the Minister of War was about to be replaced.
When walking out of the imperial study, Xie Qi sighed.
We are about to land safely, Xia Shangshu, what kind of mess did you say you did to the Mingtang... Now the evening festival is not guaranteed, right?
