my wife is mulan

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the wine glass: "Pour the wine!"

Wan Yutong rolled his eyes at him, put down his chopsticks, picked up the jug and poured him a glass of wine.

Zhao Junsheng drank a glass of wine and said: "This case is like this. The murderer is a policeman. His name is Wang Chengming. This Wang Chengming and Yin Yu, the former magistrate of Jing County, were neighbors 20 years ago. At that time, Yin Yu was just a county government official. A small official, and Wang Chengming was only 13 years old. One day, there was a little dispute between the two families, and a big fight broke out. During the fight, Yin Yu beat Wang Chengming's grandfather to death. It was commonplace, Yin Yu spent some money to buy off the officials who were handling the case at the time, the government ordered a manslaughter, and the cause of the incident was not entirely Yin Yu's fault, so he was sentenced to three thousand li, but on the way he happened to meet Our army attacked the Wei army, and the Wei Guoya servant who escorted him ran away. He then signed up to join our army and made some contributions in the army. Later, he retired and returned home. The government asked him to be a headhunter!

Wang Chengming never forgot the revenge of killing his father. Later, Yin Yu was seen by Wang Chengming when he went back to his hometown to visit his relatives. The official hated him even more, so he tried every means to get close to Yin Yu, hiding by his side and waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. This time, Yin Yu was about to be beheaded when he was dismissed from office. Wang Chengming was worried that Yin Yu's death at the hands of the executioner would prevent him from taking revenge with his own hands, so He entered the prison with his identity as a police officer, and killed him while no one was looking, and he didn't run away, and surrendered himself! "

Wan Yutong said: "This case is indeed difficult to judge. Although there has been a saying in ancient times that murder pays for life, and the laws of all dynasties have also stipulated this, but what Wang Chengming killed was a death row prisoner, and he still avenged his father. Those officials and common people who are deeply influenced by Confucius and Mencius think that his behavior is an act of loyalty and filial piety, right?"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Yes! The current county magistrate Zhang Tiandu sentenced Wang Chengming to beheaded after hearing the case. After the file was sent to the prefect's mansion, the new prefect Yang Baonian disagreed with Zhang Tiandu's sentence and sent the case back to Jing county. For the retrial, Zhang Tiandu thinks his verdict is fine, according to the law, what Wang Chengming committed was an intentional homicide case, and it was deliberately planned for many years, the nature is extremely bad, and the impact is extremely bad, so he directly sent someone to send this case to me!"

Wan Yutong said: "Although I am not an official, Zhang Tiandu's actions seem to be against the rules, right? Even if he, as a county magistrate, has the right to bypass the prefect's mansion and directly submit this case, he should first hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Punishment Send someone to review, confirm that it is correct, and then report to you, the emperor, for instructions after giving your opinion? This time he not only bypassed the prefect's mansion, but also bypassed the Ministry of Punishment!"

Zhao Junsheng said while eating the dishes: "It can be seen that Zhang Tiandu is greatly influenced by the Legalists, and what he did was too much!"

Wan Yutong asked, "Then how do you plan to handle this case?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Of course it will be handled according to the regulations. First send this case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and then simply make this case public, which will cause a wide range of discussions among officials and people. Let's see what the Ministry of Criminal Justice thinks first!"

In the early morning of the next day, in an inn in the city, Zhao Ping booked the inn, and all the officers and officers of the imperial city he brought lived in this inn.

Zhao Ping had just got up and had breakfast after washing, when a dusty official from the imperial city came to the door of the inn on horseback, saw Zhao Ping and others, immediately got off his horse and ran in and said, "See Your Highness, the villain came from Chang'an to Xingyang, and from Chang'an to Xingyang, Xing Yang rushed here to finally find His Highness!"

my wife is mulan

Chapter 942

Zhao Ping asked the shop waiter to bring more food, and asked the official to sit down, poured him a glass of water, and asked, "Why did you return from Chang'an so quickly, how did the king ask you to investigate? "

The officer drank water and replied: "I found out, the villain was worried that His Highness was in a hurry, so he rushed back day and night! That Zou Fugui is the cousin of Zou Ruhai's family, the minister of punishment, and he only runs errands for Zou Ruhai on weekdays!"

Zhao Ping frowned: "Zou Ruhai, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment? Why did his cousin appear in Xingyang?"

After thinking about it, Zhao Ping didn't have any clue, so Zhao Ping asked another arrester: "How did you find out about the person Cui Yanze mentioned on Thursday before he died?"

The head catcher replied: "Your Highness, there are too many people called Thursday, not to mention other counties, there are more than 20 in Xingyang City, and the subordinates have checked them one by one, and they all fought against Cui Yanze." No, they are not very skilled people, they are either fishing or pulling carts, they are all ordinary people!"

At this time, another arrester suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said to Zhao Ping: "Your Highness, could they have misheard the words Cui Yanze said before he died? Could they have misunderstood Zou as Zhou? Turn the waiters into four? If Cui Yanze wants to talk about Zou Shilang, this is connected with Zou Fugui being killed by the water! You see, let’s assume that the big man behind Cui Yanze’s gang is Zou Ruhai. Knowing that Cui Yanze and others were imprisoned for investigation, he became anxious, so he sent an assassin to kill them, and Zou Fugui was the person who contacted the assassin, so this can also explain why Zou Fugui appeared in Xingyang!"

Zhao Ping's eyes gradually brightened up when he heard it. Hearing the head catcher's analysis, it seems that there is a possibility. After all, it makes sense logically, but he frowned and said, "If the assassin is Zou Ru Hai sent, so why did he kill Zou Fugui, his contact person?"

The head catcher thought for a while and said, "Maybe there was some conflict between them, maybe the price didn't agree, or maybe the assassin asked for more money, or maybe the assassin did it on purpose!"

"Deliberately? The assassin killed the employer on purpose?" Zhao Ping touched his chin as he spoke, "It is indeed possible. We found out that Cui Yanze and others were killed. The direction of the investigation must be to track down the assassin. The assassin may have had a relationship with the employer. What contradiction, then kill Zou Fugui, and lead the thread to Zou Ruhai, so that he can escape calmly, and all our targets will be on Zou Ruhai, after all, Zou Ruhai is the big fish, who is the most important thing for our Imperial City Secretary The target of the investigation, as for the assassin, it’s just a knife!”

The head catcher asked: "His Royal Highness, are we going to investigate Zou Ruhai? If we investigate him, the movement will definitely not be small. After all, he is the No. [-] figure in the first episode, a real important minister of the court!"

Zhao Ping thought about it for a while, and soon made a decision. He said firmly, "Check, since there are clues pointing to him, wouldn't it be irresponsible for us not to check?"

Zhao Ping took a risk in making this decision. First of all, whether Cui Yanze's last words refer to Zou Ruhai is just their guess. With the precious time of the case, the mastermind behind the scenes has enough time to erase other evidence!

And the second point, if the direction of the investigation is wrong, then it will be discovered that Zou Ruhai is not the instigator behind the scenes, but there will be a big commotion. , when the time comes, he, the prince, is afraid that he will not be able to withstand the pressure.

"How does your Highness check?" an officer asked.

Zhao Ping thought for a while, and told the head catcher: "Well, you take two people back to Chang'an and report this matter to Si Cheng, and let Si Cheng preside over the investigation of Zou Ruhai's matter, but you must tell him, before there is certain evidence You can only investigate secretly, and Zou Ruhai must not find anything! This king will report to the royal father, and make a report first to obtain the support of the royal father!"

Catching his head and cupping his fists, he agreed: "Yes!"

After sending off the headhunter and the two detectives, Zhao Ping immediately rushed to see Zhao Junsheng. When he got to the palace, he knew that his brother Zhao Dong had returned from Shanyang County, and the father and son were talking.

There was no one else in the lobby, except for the eunuch Yuan Huan, there were only Zhao Junsheng and Zhao Dong and his son. Zhao Ping walked in and saluted: "I greet my father and my elder brother!"

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the seat on the right: "Sit down!"

"Thank you, Father!"

Zhao Junsheng said to Zhao Dong: "Go on, how is the situation in Shanyang County?"

Zhao Dong replied: "The disaster in Shanyang County is relatively light. After some criminal officials were investigated and dealt with, the officials in Hanoi's counties have become clear, and the officials have become more active and energetic. After a while, a large number of new houses for the victims have been built, and only a few victims have not yet been assigned new houses!"

"I heard that you led the officials and people to fight for farming in Shanyang County?"

"Yes, the weather is not too cold right now. It should be possible to catch up with the season by plowing the land and spreading wheat seeds! At present, [-]% of the land in Shanyang County has been cultivated! Erchen is back this time. It is to arrange for other matters to rush to plow and sow seeds!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Very well, yesterday I heard from the officials of the prefect's mansion that Hanoi County is still short of about 30 shi of grain for the winter this year, but also short of money, so I allocated 300 million guan of the money sealed in the treasury for you to use. For disaster relief, the confiscated houses, fields and shops of those prisoners will also be sold to your Taishoufu, and all the money will be used for post-disaster reconstruction and production recovery!"

Zhao Dong got up immediately: "On behalf of the people of the whole county, I thank the emperor for his kindness!"

Zhao Junsheng smiled: "It's a bit like a parent's official, okay, you can go to your own business, there is no need to come again, I will leave tomorrow, and I will go back after I go around Hebei!"

"Then... Erchen will leave!" Zhao Dong said and retreated.

"Brother, go slowly!" Zhao Ping waved his hand.

Zhao Junsheng turned to look at Zhao Ping, "What's the matter with you?"

Zhao Pingdao: "Father, those criminals in Hanoi have been locked in prison all the time. Are these people executed locally like Xingyang County? Or are they escorted to Chang'an for execution?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Such a serious disaster was caused by these moths. The people are bitter and angry, but they are helpless. They are holding back their hearts. They need to vent their pain and anger. If you don't let them vent, sooner or later there will be problems! Let's refer to the disposal method in Xingyang County and execute all these criminals!"

"promise!"

Zhao Junsheng saw Zhao Ping's hesitant expression, "What else do you have to say, why are you hesitating?"

Zhao Ping had no choice but to say: "As for the backing of those criminals in the court, I already have some clues, but they are only speculations, and there is no actual evidence. I am worried that if the investigation does not find any real evidence, the emperor will be imprisoned." Chengsi is on the cusp!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Who do you suspect is behind those criminals?"

"Father, it's Zou Ruhai, the Minister of Criminal Justice!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned: "Zou Ruhai? Although he is a high official in the imperial court, his energy is probably not enough to cover up the series of problems that the officials of the two places have been corrupting the funds for the Mohe River improvement project for so many years? But this is hard to say, maybe He's just a pawn in the front! How about this, you guys investigate secretly, don't make too much noise!"

"Yes!"

In the next five or six days, Zhao Junsheng's team toured around Hanoi County. He inspected post-disaster reconstruction and production restoration in various places. He was satisfied with the progress of each county. Buy food and clothing and distribute them to the people, so that the people can live a stable year

After the early winter, there was a snowfall. Zhao Junsheng planned to go to Youzhou, but the snow in this early winter prevented him from making the trip, and it also made him more worried about the post-disaster reconstruction and production recovery of the victims. The purpose and effect of the tour have been achieved.

In mid-November, Zhao Junsheng set off to return to Chang'an, stayed in Luoyang for two days after crossing the Yellow River, then set off westward, and returned to Chang'an at the beginning of the second ten days.

After Zhao Junsheng personally presided over the disaster relief in the Heluo area and killed a large number of corrupt officials and officials who failed to provide disaster relief with thunder, the news quickly spread to the court and Chang'an City.

There was a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition. Many people and many officials commented that the killing was good and timely, and not killing these people would not be enough to anger the common people. There were also many important court officials and officials who said that it was too cruel to kill so many officials at once. .

No, as soon as Zhao Junsheng returned to the palace, before the cushions were warmed up, Liang Ji wrote a letter bluntly stating his faults and scolding him for being cruel and inhumane. Probably he was the only one who could rely on his elders to accuse Zhao Junsheng of his faults. Absolutely not.