Green tea was read, the villain's family begged me to be happy

The two men started arguing in the court on the spot, and civil officials and military generals came out to help. Suddenly, the majestic Guangming Hall became a mess, like a duck bath.

The emperor frowned and felt a severe headache.

He waved his hand, and Ruan De beside him immediately stepped out and flicked his whisk.

"quiet!"

"Do you really treat my Guangming Palace as a pork stall? What can the quarrel lead to? Report to me immediately on how the Dali Temple has investigated the Wei family's crimes!" the emperor said unhappily.

The Junior Official of the Dali Temple immediately stepped forward and began to report: "Your Majesty, the Wei family has committed hundreds of crimes, big or small, including serious crimes. They have forced the people to death in order to seize good farmland, coerced and bribed people to issue high interest loans, forced people to sell their children, and forced women into prostitution, causing hundreds of poor families to be broken up. In addition, Lord Wei was jealous of talented people and deliberately ruined their future, resulting in the loss of many talents..."

As soon as the declaration of condemnation came out yesterday, the officials of the Dali Temple knew that this matter would not end well, and they worked almost all night to investigate the case, interrogating the Wei family members and extracting many charges from them.

In addition, when taking over that day, Cen Ying had already interrogated a lot of people and even found the evidence, which saved a lot of trouble, so she was able to sort out many files overnight.

The Shaoqing of the Dali Temple read for a long time, and it was shocking until the end. Wei Xian was obviously only a fifth-rank official, but he committed so many crimes and countless lives were lost because of him.

There was a dull thud. The emperor could no longer bear it and slammed the handle of the dragon throne, his face as dark as frost.

"The Wei family is so small, but it's actually a den of thieves. It's too light for the Loyalty Marquis to beat him up, why didn't he just beat him to death! Listen to these crimes, they are not what human beings do, they are worse than animals. What the Loyalty Marquis said is very right, are you guys in league with the Wei family for personal gain, otherwise why are you speaking up for him so much?"

The emperor was furious and questioned him immediately, pointing his hand in the direction of the civil official.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. We are innocent!"

Instantly, several civil officials knelt down, all of them with pale faces. They were all the people who had kept submitting memorials in order to drag the Jiang family into trouble, but now they regretted it.

"Your Majesty, we are not aware of the crimes committed by the Wei family. Wei Xian is an official appointed by the court. No matter what mistakes he made, it should be left to Your Majesty and the government to decide. It should not be a place for someone to vent his personal anger and directly use private soldiers." Yu Jingxuan was still calm and explained directly.

The Marquis of Loyalty spoke up immediately, "Your Majesty, Lord Yu is lying. When I led the guards to surround the Wei family, I left many guests behind to be witnesses in order to prevent someone from saying that I had tortured the Wei family into confessing. The crimes committed by the Wei family have been spread everywhere. How could you gentlemen not know about it? Moreover, two days have passed. Even a rat on the street should have heard a few words. Are you gentlemen really deaf and blind?"

"Even if you really don't know, as an official appointed by the court, you should have a better understanding of the people's sentiments than ordinary people. If you are not even as good as the children on the street, can you really fulfill your duties for the Great Li Dynasty?"

He struck while the iron was hot and gave the civil officials no room to fight back.

Sure enough, after he said this, the Emperor's expression became even uglier.

“All the ministers who have submitted memorials to me, criticizing the Marquis of Loyalty, should go back and write another memorial to explain clearly where they went wrong. If I am not satisfied, they will be demoted and investigated!” The emperor gave the order immediately.

In an instant, the faces of the civil officials all looked extremely ugly, and each one of them was as pale as paper. Some old officials even shook their bodies and seemed to be about to faint at any time. It was obvious that they had suffered a fatal blow.

These literati are the most shameless and have always looked down on military generals.

Even though the military generals risked their lives, many civil officials thought that they were just simple-minded, strong-limbed reckless men. If they wanted to stabilize the country, they still had to rely on people like them who read the books of sages.

Now the emperor ordered them to write a memorial to the emperor's petition. Although the memorial was for the emperor to read, it actually asked them to admit their mistakes to Jiang Yiping. It was a great shame and humiliation to be suppressed by such a vulgar and brutal man.

"Your Majesty!" An old minister knelt down and seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by the emperor before he could open his mouth.

"Why, if you think the punishment is too light, I can increase the severity!"

As soon as these words were spoken, no one dared to speak and they all bowed their heads and obeyed the order.

"Dismiss the court." Ruan De's shrill voice came, and the emperor waved his sleeves and left.

The quiet atmosphere in the hall gradually faded away, and the adults gathered in twos and threes and began to talk.

"The Marquis has become more eloquent now. It seems that someone in the mansion has taught him in advance." Yu Jingxuan did not leave, and said in a rather sarcastic tone.

The Loyalty Marquis curled his lips and said with disdain: "It's just a matter of talking, do you need someone to teach you? As long as people are not dumb, they can speak. If Lord Yu can't speak, I can teach you!"

"Oh, the Marquis does have a good method. He used the fact that the Wei family bullied the people to counter your contempt for the law and use of lynching. You can shut up your colleagues, but you can't shut up the public. You broke into the Wei Mansion and treated the Wei family like servants of your Jiang family. The people will not let you go!" Yu Jingxuan narrowed his eyes and continued to threaten.

Obviously, the declaration of condemnation that he had people distribute yesterday was to prevent what happened today.

The Jiang family is now at its peak, and the emperor values ​​them very much and will not easily punish them. Furthermore, the Wei family made the mistake first and their guilt is serious, so the emperor will inevitably be biased towards them.

But it doesn't mean that the matter can be resolved smoothly just because of the emperor's favoritism. At least the denunciation document distributed yesterday has been spread by countless scholars, and the people will inevitably be aroused, fearing that they will also be targeted by the Loyalty Marquis' Mansion. The sentiment against the Jiang family must be very intense.

"Don't worry about that, sir. The fun isn't over yet, so don't worry!"

Marquis Zhongyi did not take his threat seriously at all. He just said something and turned away.

At noon that day, several articles of denunciation were circulated in Wangjing.

"Wei Xian is a coward. He was born in a poor family. He studied hard for thirteen years before he was ranked last in the list. He tried to curry favor with his superiors, competed for the credit of his subordinates, and finally became a fifth-rank official after years of humiliation. He was so ambitious that he secretly swapped his legitimate son with the youngest son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness and raised them for fifteen years. He deserves death. The Wei family is full of cowards. They lent money at high interest rates to harm the people, coerced and bribed students, and ruined the future of several talented people, and even killed them.

The Marquis of Loyalty surrounded the Wei family, found out the truth, and handed all the villains over to the Dali Temple and put them in jail. He is truly a man of justice..."

"Yu Jingxuan, a man from the north of the city, was born in poverty and was known for his talent. He won the first place as the top scholar, but although he was talented, he had no moral integrity. He married the daughter of his teacher and relied on his father-in-law to promote him. He rose to prominence all the way. It is said that it is better to be a son-in-law of a rich family than to study hard for ten years.

He was well aware of Wei Xian's crimes and that he had implicated many talented people, including countless scholars from his hometown, but he still did not care and was only concerned about pleading for Wei Xian.

He has a beautiful wife and concubines, children and grandchildren around him, and enjoys a high position and generous salary, but he has completely forgotten the hardships of being a scholar. Mr. Yu, I have three questions for you today.

When asked how much bribe he had received from Wei Xian, he asked why he was pleading for him like this?

Second question: If someone like Wei Xian had tried to stop you from taking the imperial examination, would you have hated him to the core or would you have pleaded for him?

I want to ride on this road to heaven, too!"