Chapter 542 Dark Pressure

"I know that many of you look down on Xuan Qingwei. You call them black skins, lackeys, and loyal dogs. You also think that they act outside the law, which is very harmful to the country, and lack of supervision. If things go on like this, they will easily get stuck.

But how long has Xuanqing Guard been established? It's about the same time as the founding of the country, right? When will the tail be too big to fall off?

On the contrary, there are some people who occupy a high position in the temple and live on their salary, but do nothing, and even wantonly use their power to collect money outside, making their family prosperous and prosperous.

But how many deals are there that really dare to put it on the table of you and my monarch and ministers like this Wuliangye? I'm afraid most of them are hiding it for fear of being known by me, right? "

The emperor's words fell into the ears of Ye Lansheng and others on the right, but it was not easy. This is watching them talking, and using the case of Xuanqingwei and Wuliangye as an example to compare, which sounds very wrong!

However, the emperor had no intention of asking Ye Lansheng and others to explain. He interrupted the few people who were about to get up, and continued: "Before, there were arms smugglers, and then official shops from all over the country colluded in smuggling. Now the family of the right servant of the household department can be called He is extremely rich, and the children of the family even racked their brains to cling to the roots of the country to absorb nutrients, and even deliberately plotted to stir up trouble. It really is unexpected."

The emperor raised his hand, and several eunuchs filed in from outside the hall, each holding a newly rubbed dossier in both hands, placed it on the table of Ye Lansheng and the others and Wen Mingju, and then retreated. Then there was the urgent sound of flipping files in the hall.

The scene fell silent. The emperor picked up the wine bowl and wanted to drink it, but when it reached his mouth, he just took a sip and put it down after smelling it. He looked at Ye Lansheng and the others on the right with an interested expression.

On the left, Pang Ban sits at the table with his hands on his knees, looking at his nose, nose, and heart, like a statue, with a blank face, no one knows what he is thinking quietly.

After a while, the dossier was very thick, and it was unrealistic to read it in such a short time. When Pang Ban had an audience with him before, he also talked while Yang Jian read it, so he quickly understood the general idea. Now it is impossible for Yang Jian to wait for Ye Lansheng and the others to watch slowly.

So Yang Jian said: "The queen doesn't know that a junior she has always liked is so vicious. If she knows, she might not know how angry she will be."

No name was mentioned, but anyone who read the dossier knew who the emperor was talking about.

Ye Lansheng's hand holding the file trembled slightly. Not frightened, but angry. If he hadn't endured it forcefully, his teeth would probably be gnashing loudly at this moment. And the other people beside them also had bad looks on their faces, and they all knew that they were afraid of losing this match.

They all thought they were chess players, but now it seems that the flag is themselves. It's ridiculous to boast of being clever, but being played by a woman in the palm of her hand.

This made Ye Lansheng and the others feel more ashamed than being pressed on the ground by Pang Ban. For a while, each of them gritted their teeth but didn't know how to deal with the emperor's words. When the mind is messed up, it loses its previous sense of propriety.

"Designed to frame Xuan Qingwei's deputy Qianhu, and provoked conflicts between Xuan Qingwei and the Ministry of Justice. Finally, in order to conceal the truth, he poisoned his own younger brother and tried to frame the blame on Shou Wang, who helped Xuan Qingwei carry out the trap. Tsk tsk, Ma Xuanlin, you are the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, what crime should you say?"

Ma Xuanlin's face couldn't hold back any longer, his brows twitched wildly, all caused by rage, when he heard the emperor's question, he quickly stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Return to Your Majesty, if there is evidence for such a serious crime, it is a capital crime and should be cut in half. And the guilty family traveled thousands of miles outside the pass to die."

"Then what if this person is a remnant of a great crime? How should the person who provides him with shelter deal with it?"

"According to the law, those who shelter criminals and do evil will be punished as the same crime."

"Very good. In this way, this dossier is considered to be the end of your impeachment of Xuan Qingwei?" Yang Jian asked with a smile.

There was a moment of silence. In the end, Ye Lansheng had no choice but to say: "It's over. The ministers and others wrongly blamed Pang Daren and Xuan Qingwei. Not only did things go wrong, but they were also deceived by the illusion designed by others. I implore Your Majesty to punish."

Ye Lansheng started, and the five ministers around him got up from their chairs and knelt down to plead guilty.

Not only Yang Jian raised his eyelids slightly. Even Pang Ban and Wen Mingju, who were sitting on the left watching the excitement, raised their brows. Psychology is the same idea: it is very simple to admit mistakes.

However, if this matter were to be serious, it would have stopped abruptly only by relying on Qin Wenhe. It was impossible for Ye Lansheng and others to be blamed because of the previous impeachment. The so-called ignorance and deception in the event can only be regarded as "mistakes" and "miscalculations" in the final analysis, not crimes. This kneeling, once admitting his mistake, can easily expose the matter.

As the saying goes: If you start a rumor with your mouth, you will lose your legs if you refute it.

However, Ye Lansheng had something else to say next: "To make up for this omission, I implore Your Majesty to hand Qin Wenhe and others over to the Ministry of Punishment for public execution so that we can see and hear."

"Oh? Make up for the omissions?" The emperor paused: "It can also restore the reputation without damaging the atmosphere. It is not bad to kill many in one fell swoop. How about this, I will let Xuan Qingwei hand over to you, and let Zhao Kailai take charge of the public execution."

Yang Jian unhurriedly seemed to agree with Ye Lansheng's proposal.

Handing over the members of the Qin family to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and then the Ministry of Criminal Justice will publicly execute and advertise to the world. This is to remove the shadow of Xuan Qingwei and make the whole case look more like a self-cleaning within the yamen system. A typical bug-catching posture. Maybe the reputation outside is not only harmless, but also can take advantage of the trend to rise.

How else can we say that there are many literati? A moment ago, he was a colleague, but now he immediately became a victim of his own reputation. As for the life and death of the Qin family, who cares? Not as good as Xuan Qingwei's killers. Killers at least know that they are responsible for accidents, and rarely push others to prevent disasters.

However, Emperor Yang Jian suddenly mentioned a name, Zhao Kai, which made Ye Lansheng and the others look very unhappy. In particular, Ma Xuanlin, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, hesitated to speak several times, and finally refrained himself from speaking.

Pang Ban next to him remained expressionless, while Wen Mingju sitting next to him had the corners of his mouth raised. Zhao Kai? He is familiar with it! Because Zhao Kai, like him, was also the emperor's guard. It's just that Wen Ming is in the Ministry of War and Zhao Kai is in the Ministry of Punishment. They were also right servants before.

Wen Mingju got his position because Xu Hong was slaughtered. But now it seems that Zhao Kai is about to take the top position.

"What Your Majesty said is true. It is indeed most appropriate for Zhao Kailai to preside over the public execution." Ye Lansheng nodded in agreement with the emperor's words. A trace of pain flashed in his eyes. He knew that Zhao Kai was the price offered by the emperor, the kind that could not be refused.

After Ye Lansheng opened his mouth, Ma Xuanlin, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, could only say yes. He knew better that once Zhao Kai presided over such a major event of advertising the world and rectifying the name of the civil official group, his reputation and prestige would completely surpass the original Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Justice. . At that time, if the emperor pushes again, it is not impossible for the left and right servants to switch.

Big loss!