Compared with Li Xian's half-baked political IQ, Prince Li Hong's political skills were obviously much better. Before Li Xian could express anything, he had sent Wang Dequan secretly to Li Xian overnight to send a large stack of ballot papers.
Document, (transfer order issued by the left and right prime ministers - according to Tang law, the transfer of officials from the fourth rank or below only requires the prime minister's proposal, and after being submitted to the Political Affairs Hall for review, the Ministry of Personnel can issue the transfer order. As for the imperial examination, it is just a report.
Just prepare it.) Although these draft documents have not been signed by the imperial watch and do not have full legal effect, at least the cooperative attitude is full. Under the mercy of others, Li Xian naturally also
You have to brace yourself and prepare to solve the case.
Although Helan Minzhi was a person whom he hated personally, before his downfall, he was the out-and-out favorite of Empress Wu in the eyes of the world. Therefore, there were countless people who fawned over him. Not to mention others, he was the one who handed over
There are more than 150 officials, big and small, involved in that account book, ranging from senior officials of the fourth rank in the court to low-ranking officials in various ministries. They are not only the backbone of Empress Wu's party, but also many people.
The composition of the people who follow the trend can be said to be extremely complicated. It is obviously not easy to examine them one by one. According to conventional methods, it will be impossible to sort out a clue in less than a few months.
, Obviously, Li Xian could not have such a long time to squander. As a result, surprise tactics became Li Xian's only choice. Just like that, on July 10, all those involved in the case were informed.
The summons issued by the British Royal Palace ordered everyone to wait until midnight the next day to go to Dali Temple for a hearing. They were not allowed to be absent. Violators were responsible for the consequences!
Over the years, the ministers have seen a lot of Li Xian's ruthless tactics. Now that he has issued the summons, no one dares to disobey him. They all arrived at the Dali Temple Yamen dutifully early in the morning.
As soon as we arrived at the place, we realized that something was wrong - Li Xian himself had not yet shown up, but the whole hall was filled with the Royal Guards who were armed to the teeth. They were all fierce and murderous. In addition, the rows in the hall were full of murderous intent.
The array of ghastly instruments of torture was really terrifying. All the officials who were summoned were shocked into silence. Hundreds of people gathered together, but there was no sound, only heavy breathing.
The sound came one after another.
After a fake cough, Li Xian, who was dressed in royal uniform, came out of the back hall. The royal guards who were standing upright immediately moved their legs together and shouted in unison like a tsunami.
He shouted: "See you, Your Highness!" The sound was so loud that the frightened offending officials were all frightened. I don't know how many people's legs were so weak that they were trembling.
"Ascending to the Hall!"
Li Xian ignored the frightened officials down the hall, walked slowly behind the desk, sat down, picked up the gavel, slapped it hard, and drank.
"mighty……"
Li Xian gave an order, and the big drum placed at the entrance of the hall immediately started beating loudly. At the same time, dozens of royal guards shouted in unison, filled with unconcealable murderous intent. In just a moment, the people in the hall were stunned.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"Bring someone to commit the crime!"
Before the shout of authority had subsided, Li Xian slapped the gavel tree again and let out a loud roar, which was as loud as thunder. All the officials who were already frightened and uneasy were shocked and stretched their necks involuntarily.
They wanted to see which unlucky guy was interrogated first, and at the same time they also wanted to see how Li Xian planned to pass the interrogation. It didn’t matter. Everyone was so shocked that their faces turned pale, just because they were beaten by two big and round men.
The person who came to the hall from the royal guards of the British Palace was none other than Hou Shanye, the minister of Dali Temple. But when he saw Hou Shanye, who was dressed in prison uniform and begging for help, he was in a state of embarrassment. God knows how much he had suffered in the past few days.
"Gulu, Gulu..."
The criminal officials gathered in the hall looked at Hou Shanye's unlucky appearance. They were dumbfounded and swallowed from time to time. They were all frightened and felt very worried. You must know that Hou Shanye was a close confidant of Empress Wu, and he was in court.
A high-ranking official, whose status is much higher than all the offending officials present, has been tortured into this state by Li Xian before the imperial edict has clearly punished him. It is conceivable that
How will everyone be treated?
"Kneel down!"
The two royal guards who escorted Hou Shanye to the court did not pay any attention to what the offending officials thought. After carrying Hou Shanye to the court, they unceremoniously kicked Hou Shanye's legs hard, causing him to suffer.
He kicked him until he fell down in front of the copywriter, causing him to scream in pain.
"Who is kneeling in the hall?"
Li Xian ignored Hou Shanye's cry and asked in a deep voice with a straight face.
"Your Highness, you can't do this. Hou is a member of the imperial court. Without an imperial decree, you can't..."
Hou Shanye was ruthless by nature. Although he had experienced "kind treatment" from the royal guards in the past few days, he had no intention of surrendering to Li Xian. When he heard Li Xian shouting questions from above, he immediately endured the pain in his legs and knelt straight.
He stood up and protested loudly.
"I have been ordered to judge cases and have arbitrary power. Why can't I say that I can't say it? It seems that if you don't want to be punished, you are going to fight to the end. Well, I will do it for you. Come and give the prisoner a toothpick.
!" Before Hou Shanye could finish his words, Li Xian had already cut off his words, took out a stick from the stick on the document, threw it on the ground, and ordered the execution without mercy.
"promise!"
Now that Li Xian had given the order, several royal guards immediately agreed and stepped forward. Without any explanation, they picked up the struggling Hou Shanye, dragged him to the entrance of the hall, and pushed him down among the offending officials.
In front of them, two people suppressed Hou Shanye's body. One of them forcibly lifted Hou Shanye's left hand and straightened his fingers. One of the guards picked up a toothpick and inserted it into Hou Shanye's nails, and another one tapped it with a small hammer.
Hold the top of the toothpick and insert the toothpick deep into the nail.
"Ah, ah ah..."
Inserting bamboo sticks is one of the tortures in Dali Temple. In the past, Hou Shanye often used this torture to extract confessions. This time, it was his turn to enjoy the torture. With his fingers connected to his heart, he immediately felt pain.
He was dying and crying, but the sound of howling was extremely cruel. Unfortunately, no matter how loud he screamed, it was useless. Those royal guards were all people who were beaten out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. How could they have the slightest mercy?
Without hesitation, he inserted bamboo sticks into all five fingers of Hou Shanye's left hand. The pain caused Hou Shanye to faint several times and wake up from the pain several times.
"Who is kneeling in the hall?"
After the torture was over, Hou Shanye, who was already exhausted, was carried away by two royal guards and thrown in front of the copywriting again. Li Xian didn't care how sadly he moaned and asked the same question again in a cold and cold voice.
"Your Highness, you can't, you can't, Hou Mou, Hou Mou..."
Hou Shanye is worthy of being a person who has been in court for a long time. Even if he has reached such a situation, he is unwilling to give in and refuses to follow Li Xian's pace life and death.
"No? Hey, it seems you haven't been tortured enough yet? Very good, I will accompany you to the end. Come on, drag me down and wash yourself!" Li Xian sneered, took out a stick again, and threw it on the ground.
"No, I don't want it. Your Majesty, Lord Shanye, please don't do it!"
Grooming is not dressing up in the ordinary sense. It involves using an iron brush to brush off the flesh of a person's body. This is a more terrifying punishment than Ling Chi. Hou Shanye himself rarely dares to use such cruel and inhumane methods when interrogating cases.
Punishment. When he heard that Li Xian was going to treat him with this punishment, he immediately became frightened. Regardless of the pain, he waved his hands indiscriminately and began to plead.
"Yes!" Li Xian waved his hand and said softly, signaling the guards who had rushed forward to step back temporarily. After looking at Hou Shanye coldly for a while, he said slowly.
: "Hou Shanye, do you know your sin, huh?"
"If Your Highness wants to punish the lower official, he must let the lower official die before he can understand?"
Hou Shanye's ability in interrogation is not bad, and his ability to resist interrogation is also not bad. This time he escaped the punishment of grooming, and his mind immediately became active again. He gritted his teeth and answered in a evasive manner.
"Hey, don't you know the crime you committed? It doesn't matter. I'll help you freshen up and recall it. Come on, let's punish him!" Li Xian understood Hou Shanye's plan as soon as he heard it. How could he possibly punish him?
When he got the chance to pass the test, he smiled coldly and drank loudly. Several royal guards rushed forward again, picked up Hou Shanye and dragged him down the hall.
"Your Highness, spare your life, I'm going to recruit you, I'm going to recruit you!"
Although Hou Shanye was ruthless, when he saw that Li Xian was even more ruthless than him, he immediately couldn't hold on anymore. He thought that he was not guilty of capital punishment, so how could he be tortured to death by Li Xian, so he hurriedly shouted loudly
.
"Drag it back!"
What Li Xian wanted was a confession, and he had no intention of taking Hou Shanye's life in court. When he heard that he was about to confess, he got off the donkey on the slope, snorted coldly, raised his hand, and signaled to the royal guards to
Hou Shanye dragged him back to the hall.
"Hou Shanye, this king asked you, on the second day of the first lunar month of the third year of Xianqing's reign, you sent a bottle of golden Buddha to Wu Minzhi, worth three hundred guan; on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the third year of Xianqing's reign, you also sent ten pieces of silk and two ivory carvings.
Two gold bracelets; in the fourth year of Xianqing's reign, he gave away 300 guan of money... In the past eight years, he has given a total of more than 8,210 guan of property to Wu Minzhi. Is it true? Tell me!" Li Xian picked up the money that was placed on the copy.
Account book, he read it according to the script, his tone was stiff and cold.
"It's true."
Firstly, Hou Shanye was afraid that Li Xian would punish him again. Secondly, he also knew that Wu Minzhi had confessed and the evidence was there, so it was difficult not to admit the matter. Thirdly, he also knew that even if he confessed to these bad debts, it would not be a capital crime.
, since he refused to be tortured to death by Li Xian for nothing, he simply accepted the matter.
Demo, why don't you stop pretending to be confused and start the beginning, the ending is not up to you! When Hou Shanye admitted, Li Xian's mouth curved, revealing a weird smile that was so light that it was almost invisible...