Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

This kind of price, Li Shimin and the people of the entire Tang Dynasty, cannot afford...

Finally, Li Shimin suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked coldly: "Then where is Li Qiu now?"

Someone from the Ministry of War immediately replied, saying that Qin Qiong and Feng Li were escorting Li Qiu back.

Currently near the Golden Light Gate in the west of Chang'an City.

Hearing his words, how could Li Shimin fail to guess Qin Qiong and Feng Li's intentions.

So he sighed softly, "Pass on my order, let the two of them take Li Qiu back to Furong Garden."

"Until the matter has a result, you are not allowed to come in and out at will."

"In addition, Feng Li led the forbidden army to guard the surroundings of the Furong Garden throughout the entire process, so as not to allow anyone to escape."

Upon hearing Li Shimin's will, all the officials present were angry.

Then Feng Li has a good relationship with Li Qiu, a life-threatening friendship.

If you asked Feng Li to guard the Furong Garden, it would be useless!

Can't tell when Li Qiu inside will fly away? !

"Your Majesty! Then Li Qiu committed a serious crime."

"Even if His Majesty does not execute him immediately, he must be imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple according to the law?"

"That's right, Your Majesty, Feng Li and Li Qiu have always been selfish, so how can they not avoid suspicion and take on this important task?"

"Please, Your Majesty, think twice!"

——There is another chapter later——

Chapter 235

Li Shimin acted as if he didn't see the requests of this group of people.

Immediately afterwards, he said: "I pass on my decree, ordering Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zheng to lead Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and Yushitai to conduct a joint trial."

"Try the case of Changze County King Li Qiu."

"During the trial of the case, I will never forgive anyone who engages in malpractice for personal gain and avenges personal revenge in public."

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin was so angry that he tossed his sleeves and left directly.

As soon as the emperor left, the officials below started discussing one after another.

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

"Isn't this obviously covering up that Li Qiu?!"

"This Wei Zheng, like that Feng Li, is Li Qiu's best friend. There's no way to avoid suspicion!"

"That's right, that Li Qiu committed such a heinous crime that he didn't even go to jail for committing such a wrong thing?!"

"This, taking the lives of our gentry, isn't it too serious?!"

While everyone was discussing, many important ministers, such as Dai Zhou, Xiao Yu and others, approached Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling one after another.

"I'm talking about Mr. Grandson, Mr. Fang."

"We also know that the two of you usually have some contacts with that Li Qiu."

"But now, in the face of such a great deal of right and wrong, the two of you are also from the noble families of the world."

"Don't make everyone feel cold!"

Fang Xuanling has always been cautious in speaking and doing things, and never leaks.

At this time, he bowed his hands to everyone, "Everyone, the emperor has already said it just now."

"This case is of great importance, and three courts are specially ordered to try it."

"I believe that there will be no acts of malpractice, malfeasance, etc."

"As for me, I will definitely investigate the case strictly, so as to give you the truth of the matter."

Everyone was very dissatisfied with his answer.

Do they want the truth of the matter?

What they want is the final victory, and they want Li Qiu to be severely punished!

For someone with Fang Xuanling's personality, they also knew that it would be useless to talk too much, so they all surrounded Changsun Wuji.

"Master grandson!"

"You are a benchmark figure in the Guanlong lineage."

"This time the three sessions of the joint trial, Fang Xiang probably can't count on it, and it's all up to you to deal with Wei Zheng!"

Hearing what they said, Changsun Wuji squeezed out a kind smile that couldn't be more fake on his skinny face.

"I'm talking about you guys, didn't Mr. Fang already said everything just now?"

"This is the joint trial of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai."

"In the face of solid evidence, no one can turn the sky over."

"If you want me to say, you guys, just do what you should do first."

"Look, let you make such a fuss, in the three provinces and six departments of the imperial city, where are there still people working on errands?"

……

On the other side, after receiving Li Shimin's will, Qin Qiong and Feng Li breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately brought Li Qiu, Luo Kexin and others back to Furong Garden.

After watching Li Qiu go in, Feng Li yelled, "Send me an order to seal off the entire area around the Furong Garden."

"Without my order, no one is allowed to approach or enter."

"Even if the opponent is holding a soldier talisman, it won't work!"

His words were obviously intended for Hou Junji not far away.

Seeing that Li Qiu was protected by Feng Li's army in disguise, Hou Junji was furious, and went directly to Chang'an City, looking for Li Shimin to judge him.

After seeing Li Shimin, he was full of grievances and anger.

"His Majesty!"

"The king of Changze County, Li Qiu, broke into the county office privately, hijacked the prison, and beheaded the county magistrate Guo Zhang, as well as several officials."

"You're covering him like this now?!"

"Wouldn't it make the world chill?!"

"To tell you the truth, Your Majesty, the county magistrate Guo Zhang who died tragically at the hands of Li Qiu was the minister's brother-in-law."

"Your Majesty is also invited to be the master of the minister!"

After seeing him, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Qiang cheered up and comforted him very patiently.

"Oh, Junji, I know how you feel right now."

"However, before you come back, I have sent the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai to conduct a joint interrogation."

"At that time, after the truth comes out, I will definitely give you justice."

"It's getting late now, you should go back first..."

……

In the next few days, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zheng's third division interrogated them overnight, and the progress was very fast.

This was not a very complicated case in the first place, but soon the truth came to light, and the truth came to light.

Because the people in the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai are basically composed of gentry.

During the interrogation, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others discovered that someone was trying to cheat and falsify evidence.

Immediately, Lei Ting made a move, played the original Li Shimin, and punished him severely.

After killing chickens and monkeys several times, these people really calmed down, and they didn't dare to move again.

In the past few days, Fang Xuanling has already been dedicated enough to do everything by herself, without missing a single detail.

As for Wei Zheng, he was several times stricter than Fang Xuanling.

He simply lived directly in Dali Temple, the place where the trial was conducted.

The big eyes stare like street lights, but anyone who wants to play tricks can't escape Wei Zheng's eyes.

As for Changsun Wuji, the method is even tougher.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he directly replaced all the officials in Dali Temple who were in charge of guarding, signing prisoners and witnesses with his absolute confidantes.

And ordered to go on, be sure to do your duty.

In this way, with a multi-pronged approach, those people's thoughts of perjury will be eliminated.

On the third day of the case trial, Fang Xuanling personally handed over the case documents and related testimony and evidence to Li Shimin.

After reading this document, Li Shimin was furious on the spot, and went up against the crime.

"These bastards are devoid of conscience!"

"Those refugees have gone through such hardships, and they were rescued by the court and Li Qiu with great difficulty, and survived until the coming spring."

"Why are they so heartless to snatch people's rations that are less than half a bucket?!"

"Can they still be considered human?!"

"There are also these prefectures and counties below, and the officials. Could it be that the parents, officials, and servants of the Tang Dynasty are all such a group of people?!"

Hearing Li Shimin's scolding, Fang Xuanling sighed softly, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I have also learned something about this matter."

"After the imperial court's decree on the establishment of Yicang was issued, the states and counties in other places were fine."

"Although similar situations have occurred, they are by no means as serious and intensified as those around Chang'an City."

Hearing his words, Li Shimin raised his head with eyes full of anger.

"Oh, what?"

"Could it be that the officials in Chang'an City, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and under the eyes of Zhen Tiantian, can't catch up with other remote counties and regions?"

Fang Xuanling hastily explained, "That's not true."

"Your Majesty, all you can see under your nose are at least officials of the fifth rank or above."

"But you can't see the officials and officials around Chang'an City."

"Most of them are relatives of the emperor and the children of noble families."

"When you act, you have no fear, and under the protection of officials, you don't fear the severe punishment of the law."

"Then Hou Junji's brother-in-law, the son-in-law of the noble Guo family, a small county magistrate, Guo Zhang, dared to order a county king to be shot and killed."

"In the hearts of these gentry, why have they ever cared about the life and death and gains and losses of the people?"

"When Zhang Yungu was the Governor of Jingzhao, he loved the people like a son, was selfless, refused to enter oil and salt, and was as stubborn as a rock."

"These people have scruples in their hearts."

"But once this piece of Yungu left, it was replaced by one of their own people who took this position..."

Fang Xuanling only spoke half of what he said, and Li Shimin who was on the side directly slammed his fist on the table.

"Borers!"

"These people are a group of moths that erode my Tang Dynasty all the time!"

Chapter 236

In the dossier submitted by Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zheng, the process of the case and the division of responsibilities have been described in great detail.

Li Qiu had it, but it was only a minor one, it was nothing more than choosing to protect himself at a critical moment of life and death.

Like Guo Zhang and those conscientious officials, they are completely to blame.