Datang: Stop pretending, you are a peerless expert

"Lu Guogong, I'm going to see the emperor, you can find a place to hide yourself."

Li Jing still has urgent matters, so he can't talk nonsense with Cheng Yaojin.

"It's okay, you go, I'm familiar with Cheng, find a place to squat for a while."

Cheng Yaojin swaggered and found a place to sleep in the palace.

Li Jing walked to the imperial study, just as Eunuch Gao came out.

"Duke Wei, is there something wrong?"

Eunuch Gao asked.

"It's urgent."

Li Jing stopped in his footsteps, and the imperial study room was not allowed to rush indiscriminately.

"Come with me."

Eunuch Gao pushed the door open and went in, saying, "Your Majesty, Duke Wei is here."

Li Shimin hid the account book under the book, got up and asked, "Duke Wei is here, what's the matter?"

Ever since he and Su Yu jointly opened a health care pharmacy and made a lot of money every day, Li Shimin added a new hobby: hiding in the imperial study and reading the books.

"Your Majesty, something happened to Yang Ji."

Li Jing took out Yang Ji's letter from his sleeve.

The old servant delivered the letter to Changsun Wuji.

When the elder Sun Wuji was in Youzhou, he and Yang Ji had a little friendship.

So Yang Ji asked the old servant to deliver the letter to Changsun Wuji.

After Changsun Wuji read it, he felt that it was not appropriate to hand him over to the emperor.

So it was transferred to Li Jing.

Because Li Jing is the minister of the Ministry of War, it is reasonable for him to send him in.

It also saves the ministers of the DPRK and China from saying that Changsun Wuji formed a party for personal gain.

Li Shimin was startled: something happened to Yang Ji?Could it be that Ganzhou City was attacked?
Li Shimin felt incredible as he quickly opened the letter.

How could such a bizarre thing happen.

"Yang Ji and Zhao Guogong have old feelings. This letter was originally sent to Zhao Guogong."

"He was afraid that the court would discuss it, so he asked Wei Chen to send it in."

Li Jing explained.

Li Shimin was frowning, he had finally promoted a third-rank general from a humble family, but such an accident happened.

"Yang Ji is a third-rank official, the magistrate of Guangwu County is not qualified to interrogate him."

"Based on the time, we should arrive at Chang'an City tomorrow."

"It will definitely be an interrogation at Dali Temple."

Li Shimin shook his head and sighed.

Li Jing understands Li Shimin's worries.

The Minister of Dali Temple is Zheng Hao from the Zheng family of Xingyang, he never shows mercy to the poor family children in the court.

If he entered Dali Temple, Yang Ji would definitely be convicted.

"This is a headache."

Li Shimin sighed.

"Your Majesty, why don't you stop Yang Ji and not return to Beijing?"

Li Jing suggested.

Li Shimin shook his head: "Hmph, you underestimate those great families. They have eyes and ears, and this happened. I'm afraid they have already written the memorial to impeach Yang Ji."

The children of poor families have no crimes, but they still fabricate crimes.

Yang Ji couldn't say anything about this matter, it's no wonder they didn't suppress it to death.

The eyeliner of these people was all over the place, and several of them were found around Li Shimin.

That's why Li Shimin only brought Shangguan Yun with him when he went to Sujiazhuang.

"These big families should also be dealt with."

Li Jing said it smoothly.

After he finished speaking, he felt abrupt. This is not something that a courtier should say.

"My minister made a slip of the tongue, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin waved his hands and said, "You are my servant, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"For Yang Ji's matter, you should think of a way. How could he, a general of the third rank, rob and kill the shopkeeper of a village shop?"

No one will believe it.

"The minister obeys the order."

Li Jing withdrew from the imperial study and hurriedly consulted with Zhangsun Wuji.

Li Shimin was in the imperial study, holding the ledger, and suddenly felt dull.

It was hard to promote a poor general, but this happened.

Eunuch Gao knew that Li Shimin was upset and couldn't speak.

Morning the next day.

Li Shimin sat on it, and the aristocratic families below whispered to each other from the moment they entered the door, as if they were colluding.

Cheng Yaojin's ears are a little red today.

Qin Qiong laughed and said: "Zhijie, I heard that you were chased into the palace by your younger siblings yesterday?"

"Hey? Did Pharmacist Li tell you? Why is your mouth so loose?"

Cheng Yaojin felt ashamed.

"All the soldiers from Chengtianmen have seen it, so I don't know. Your younger siblings must have pulled your ears."

Qin Qiong laughed.

Cheng Yaojin covered his ears and turned around: "No, it was bitten by a mosquito last night."

"Isn't floral wine repelling mosquitoes? Why are you still being bitten by mosquitoes?"

Qin Qiong joked.

Cheng Yaojin pretended not to hear.

In fact, there is nothing to be ashamed of. It has been done several times, and it is no surprise.

"The emperor has a decree. If there is something to do, he will play it, and if there is nothing to do, he will retreat from the court."

Eunuch Gao shouted.

Start early.

Dali Temple Minister Zheng Hao stood up and reported: "Qi Zuo Emperor, the champion general Yang Ji, on the way to Ganzhou, murdered people and robbed wealth. The evidence is convincing. He is now detained in Dali Temple."

"Last night, Wei Chen interrogated overnight, and witnesses and physical evidence confirmed that Yang Ji murdered and robbed money."

"My minister thought that according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Ji should be executed."

Li Shimin had already guessed the result.

These aristocratic families can't wait to kill all the poor families in the court.

Li Jing refuted Zheng Hao, saying: "Your Majesty, Yang Ji is a general of the third rank, there is no imperial decree, no Minister of War is present, how can you interrogate him overnight?"

Zheng Hao sneered and said: "Li Shangshu, Yang Ji is a great general in the court. The victim is a commoner in Shengdou. If the Ministry of War is present, I'm afraid it will distort the laws of the Tang Dynasty and condone the law."

Li Jing and Zheng Hao talked to each other, and the quarrel was very fierce.

Li Shimin knew that Yang Ji was impossible.

The other ministers of the DPRK and China are not aware of the situation, so it is not easy to intervene.

Changsun Wuji came out and said: "Your Majesty, there are many doubts in this case, and a third judge is needed."

"Yang Ji, as a general in the court, has no reason to rob a country inn."

"Besides, Yang Jizheng is a third-rank general, how can the Dali Temple family have the final say."

The three judges are a trial system in the Tang Dynasty when trying major cases.

The three divisions are talking about: Yushitai, Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple
The judges of the three divisions were jointly tried by Dali Temple Qing, Minister of Criminal Affairs, and Yushi Zhongcheng.

In the Tang Dynasty, Dali Temple was used as the highest judicial organ in the central government to hear cases involving crimes committed by officials in the central government and those sentenced to imprisonment in the capital, as well as suspected cases of death penalty transferred from the local government.

The one who committed the crime this time was Yang Ji, a third grader, and it was true that he was transferred to Dali Temple.

But at the same time, if the Ministry of Criminal Justice finds doubts, it can dismiss the retrial.

Yushitai is the highest supervisory organ of the central government, responsible for supervising the judicial activities of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and also participating in the trial of certain cases.

It is equivalent to supervising the fairness and justice of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"Zhao Guogong and Yang Ji have old feelings, and it is understandable to favor Yang Ji."

"But Yang Ji's murder is true, and the law cannot be violated."

Zheng Hao said coldly.

Changsun Wuji was speechless.

He has a good relationship with Yang Ji, so he became a handle at this time.

Such a big case must have three judges.

Li Shimin hesitated because the servant of the Ministry of punishment was also a man of five surnames and Qiwang.

Then only Yushi Zhongcheng Zhang Xuansu is a fair person.

Li Shimin asked Zhang Xuansu: "What do Yushi Zhongcheng think?"

Zhang Xuansu said: "I thought Yang Ji was a member of the imperial court, and this case is another life lawsuit. It should be judged by the third judge."

"The private interrogation by Zheng Hao, Minister of Dali Temple, is invalid."

The ministers of the imperial court knew that Zhang Xuansu was just in enforcing the law, so they didn't want to say much.

"Okay, then the third judge."

Li Shimin made the final decision.