The majestic sister-in-law of the Red Chamber

Situ Meng's sonorous and forceful voice slowly sounded in the hall, and every word and every sentence was heard clearly in the ears of everyone present.

Without waiting for the ministers to react, Situ Meng took the lead in opening the box in his hand, and directly began to show all the evidence represented by each of the crimes he mentioned just now, then picked up an account book, and began to carry out detailed investigations. instruction of.

Behind every piece of evidence, every piece of evidence was so bloody that the listeners were deafened and dizzy. For a moment, in the huge hall, except for Situ Meng, who hadn't changed his voice, he still had some The immature voice kept ringing, and every sound was heard.

In this small-looking box, there are a lot of things such as account books and confessions, but these do not include the many physical evidences that are relatively large or occupy a lot of space and are inconvenient to carry around.

However, when Situ Meng described the details of each crime, he would still mention the physical evidence one by one. Even if he didn't show it directly, he explained it very carefully so that everyone present could understand it.

Although the emperor had a general understanding of what the Duke of Qi did after listening to Situ Meng's narration, it was just because of the tight time just now, so he didn't inquire carefully. The ministers were all shocked by the numerous crimes committed by Duke Qi.

Even though, many of them don't care about gambling with prostitutes, colluding with officials to win lawsuits, robbing civilian women, forcing women into prostitution, usurious exploitation, private usury, forming parties for personal gain...etc. Selling illegal salt, reselling tea outside the customs, and illegally opening iron mines are the most serious accusations.

You must know that salt, iron, and tea have always been sold by officials. For the emperor of any dynasty, these are important things related to the lifeline of the country, especially when Situ Meng took out the conclusive After the evidence, the faces of many officials in the court changed drastically. Without him, it was because these people more or less participated in the same or various of his three items, and had unclear ties with Qi Guogong. connect.

Regarding the changes in the expressions of these ministers, Situ Meng seemed to have not noticed at all, and he was still explaining in detail one by one account books and one piece of evidence, without any intention of stopping.

Situ Meng talked non-stop for more than two hours, although he basically explained the crimes he mentioned at the beginning.

But seeing that there was still about half of the evidence in the box, everyone couldn't help frowning.Among them, a small number of people are already pale and sweating coldly, fearing that Situ Meng will take out a book related to themselves from the evidence in the next moment, and there are even those with weaker psychological quality, whose bodies are already light. He shook slightly, as if he was about to faint in the next second.

Situ Meng felt that his mouth was parched at the moment because of the long time of non-stop talking, but his spirit was extremely excited, and he continued to talk incessantly in his already somewhat hoarse voice.

"Ahem..." The emperor who was sitting on the high platform suddenly coughed, interrupted Situ Meng's words, and ordered to the chief eunuch beside him, "Go get the prince a cup of tea to moisten his throat!"

Then he said to Situ Meng below: "Xiao Shiwu, it's ok, take a break first, and let all the ministers express their opinions on this matter! The rest, for the time being Don't worry, wait a while and talk slowly."

"Thank you, brother!" Situ Meng saluted the emperor respectfully, but in his heart he shouted for his strength.

Indeed, although there is still a lot of evidence in the box, those things seem to be what many people present are worried about. Those things are evidence of ministers, noble families, etc. who have colluded with Duke Qi, so even if The emperor didn't stop, and Situ Meng didn't plan to continue talking.

After all, the purpose of their wing-breaking operation this time is to shoot Qi Guogong to death, to achieve the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, not to clean up all the ministers with problems at once. After all, if you really want to do that, let alone Now that the emperor is here, even adding the Supreme Emperor may not be able to suppress the earthquake.

The main reason is that the founding of the Dayong Dynasty of the Situ family is only the third generation in their generation, and it has been passed down for less than a hundred years. Many laws are not perfect, and the court system also has many loopholes. That's why these 'smart people' have found various loopholes, so that everyone can use them for personal gain.

Moreover, the most important thing now is that the matter of the kings with different surnames has not been completely resolved. If these officials and the nobles of the aristocratic families are really pushed into a hurry, and they simply turn to several kings with different surnames, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Even if Situ Meng is confident that with his, Lin Tian's, and Death Squad's abilities, he can easily suppress these officials in the capital, but even so, the entire imperial court will suffer a devastating blow, so the gains outweigh the losses.

It's better to kill chickens and monkeys first, temporarily deter those aristocrats and veterans of the family, and then slowly clean up their minions, and cultivate more Jinshi from poor families who obey the emperor's orders as soon as possible, so as to gradually change the internal structure of the entire court. In order to strengthen the emperor's control over the court from top to bottom, and wait for the complete eradication of those queens with different surnames, he will slowly clean up these little moths in the court.

"My loves, what do you think about what Prince Zhongshun said just now? Everyone can speak freely!" the emperor said in a deep voice.

After the emperor finished speaking, all the ministers looked at each other secretly and communicated with their eyes. Although they all looked different, and many of them were depressed, but no one wanted to be such an early bird. Be the first to jump out and say something.

So, for a while, apart from the sound of Situ Meng drinking tea, there was no other sound heard in the whole hall.

Many ministers who were doing illegal activities with the Duke of Qi in private were very anxious at the moment, and secretly peeped at the many evidences still in Situ Meng's box many times.Although they really wanted to discuss it with their companions in private, but under the solemn atmosphere in this quiet hall, no one dared to speak easily.

This suppressed anger lasted until after Situ Meng drank a cup of tea, but there was still no relief.

Situ Meng returned the teacup to the little eunuch who was waiting on the side, and then looked around with his eyes, focusing on the faces of several ministers who had a deep collusion with Duke Qi, and deeply remembered their appearance at the moment, As for which person is easy to deal with and which person is more difficult to deal with, he already has a rough judgment in his mind.

"What? Doesn't anyone want to say something?" The emperor's cold voice sounded again in the hall:

"Duke Qi! After the founding father of the country, the Duke of Chaopin is so unbearable in private! I feel ashamed to hear all these crimes. I don't know that all the people present stand with him every day. What kind of feelings do the love ministers feel in their hearts at the moment when they are officials in the same dynasty!

I think that since the establishment of my Dayong Dynasty, no matter whether it is the Taizu Emperor or the Taishang Emperor, they have all worked hard and dedicated themselves to serving the people. They have also treated ministers and noble families generously and preferentially. day!

Who knew that the good intentions of several generations of emperors would be taken advantage of by some people and shamelessly used!Let’s not talk about salt, tea, and iron being resold by him privately, just talk about other things, tsk tsk, colluding with officials to take on lawsuits, usurious exploitation, and private usury... Which one is not eating the meat of the people, drinking The blood of the people! "

Speaking of this, the emperor even slapped the royal case in front of him heavily to vent his dissatisfaction.

"What the emperor said is very true. If such a vile person is not killed, it will not be enough to anger the people, and if he is not severely punished, it will not be enough to shock the court!" Situ Meng immediately answered.

"Wait! Fifteenth brother, you are wrong to say that!" Situ Yong stood up proudly amidst the expectations of many courtiers, and interjected.

"Why? Does Prince An still want to cover up such a heinous person? Will Prince An be completely indifferent after hearing and reading the bloody evidence I gave just now? Or is it about his shady business with Duke Qi? Among them, you, Prince An, have a share?" Situ Meng said in a bad manner.

"Fifteenth brother, you are wrong to say that! These so-called crimes are all you talking to yourself there alone. Although you have produced these shocking evidence and confessed, who knows you? Is the evidence true or false, and how did it come about?"

Situ Yong said angrily: "Maybe some of the adults present don't know about it! Our Prince Zhongshun has a deep personal grievance with the Duke of Qi!

Before, he secretly contacted the Duke of Qi through the King of Beijing, and wanted to marry the daughter of the Duke of Qi as his side concubine, but was politely rejected by the Duke of Qi. That's why he became angry and tried every means to use his power to fabricate these so-called crimes. , I just want to go to Qi Guogong and die!

snort!Don't think that the emperor gave you the title of imperial envoy and Shang Fang's sword, so you can do whatever you want!As far as this king knows, you led people to surround Qi Guogong overnight last night, and arrested Qi Guogong and his family!

These confessions are basically obtained by you under torture, and you can't count them!Moreover, there is no written order from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, no imperial decree from the emperor, why did you, Situ Meng, lead someone to raid the home of a super-grade Duke!Do you still have the laws and systems of the imperial court in your eyes!

It is said that Qi Guogong did those things that violated the law and discipline, so what did you do last night?Compared with Qi Guogong, these are probably even worse! "