"Someone is here, put Weng Yanguo on death row and be executed on another day!"

Immediately outside the palace, Ban Zhi, the prefect of the palace, came in, took off Weng Yanguo's official hat, and dragged him out.

Weng Yanguo didn't resist, didn't even say a word, and even had a hint of relief at the corner of his mouth.

Wang Zhongheng, Wang Shuxun and Li Qing were taken down one after another.

Dead silence returned to the hall.

Zhao Ning glanced around and said, "You don't even want to speak anymore?"

The Huaixi case is actually an extremely complex case.

On the surface, only four people were arrested today, and the oldest one was also arrested.

But the information revealed throughout the process is chilling.

This is the real point.

What is a Weng Yanguo?

What is Wang Zhongheng?

Only solving them is treating the symptoms.

If you send another transshipment envoy to Huaixi, the tax next year may still be very small.

Why?

The process speaks for itself!

There is a powerful and intricate local force behind this.

They were composed of local officials, country gentry, landowners, and wealthy businessmen.

They controlled most of the land in Huaixi, monopolized Huaixi's connections, businesses, and turned most of the free farmers into prostituted tenants.

If it were in the past, there would have been huge rifts between these forces, and they would have fought against each other in order to compete for better resources.

As for why some people in Huaixi are uniting now, everyone knows the reason.

Solving the essence of the Huaixi problem is what Zhao Ning wants.

This is also the reason why Zhao Ning spent so much effort to move Weng Yanguo today, and why Zhao Ning just kept emphasizing "convincing the public".

The real meaning of serving the public here is to publish the entire process of the Huaixi case in front of the courtiers.

Let the conservatives have nothing to say on the Huaixi issue, so that we can reach consensus, enhance our own strength, and reduce mutual losses.

"Li Chunyou."

"Your Majesty... is here."

"How do you deal with it?"

Li Chunyou was slightly startled and stammered: "Your Majesty has sentenced Weng Yanguo to death. I second your opinion."

"I'm asking you what to do next?"

Follow-up?

Li Chunyou thought for a while and said: "The Ministry of Punishment will immediately arrest the murderer who assaulted the imperial official and bring him to justice!"

"Is this the end?"

"I am stupid..."

"I don't think you are stupid, but you dare not say it!"

Li Chunyou knelt down, and Zhao Ning continued: "Didn't you just say that you wanted to rectify the discipline?"

Li Chunyou was forced to have no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The Ministry of Revenue and the Su Provincial People's Court will continue to investigate Huaixi."

Zhao Guanjia said coldly: "This is what you said. From now on, let your people restrain themselves, do you understand?"

Li Chunyou said nervously: "Reporting to your Majesty, there are no ministers. The Song Dynasty is all your Majesty's ministers and they are all serving your Majesty."

Zhao Ning did not continue to debate with him on this issue. Now that he had taken the opportunity to intimidate Li Chunyou, some of Li Chunyou's people in Huaixi would not dare to be arrogant anymore. The Ministry of Household Accounts and the Provincial Yuan's anti-corruption campaign would be smoother.

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Of course, this is not enough.

"Cai Mao!"

Cai Mao, who had been silent for a long time, felt his heart tremble. He stepped out of the queue and said, "I am here."

"Come and give me a summary about Huaixi."

Other officials took a look at Cai Mao.

Everyone knows that Weng Yanguo is actually Cai Mao's man. If Weng Yanguo did such a thing, did Cai Mao receive any money from Weng Yanguo?

Who knows?

But our Zhao Guan family likes to kill people and kill people, and they also like to use political means to kill people who are unwilling to cooperate with them.

Cai Mao said: "The Huaixi case is indeed a shocking and major case, and it involves several points."

"First, there are serious problems with taxation. There may be problems with the tax accounts from the transfer envoys to the local yamen, and they need to be strictly investigated."

"Second, officials colluded with local forces to seize fertile farmland from the people and then sell it at high prices, disturbing and harming the people."

"Third, there are also major flaws in the registration of fertile land, which need to be re-examined."

The hall fell into silence again.

Zhao Guanjia said: "No more?"

"I'm stupid, this is all I can think of." Cai Mao's palms were sweating. To be honest, this generation of Zhao Guan's family is really difficult to serve.

Zhao Guanjia said: "I'm here to ask you, what are the responsibilities of the general judge?"

Cai Mao said: "In charge of grain transportation, farmland, water conservancy, litigation and other matters, he has the responsibility to supervise the governor of the state capital."

"But Wang Zhongheng colluded with Weng Yanguo to deceive the court. What is this?" Zhao Ning stared at Cai Mao, "This is the failure of supervisory officials and the corruption of supervisory power!"

"Also, Huaixi, please tell me about the prison officials. What do they do for food? Such a big thing happened and they didn't even send me a letter. Is it because they don't know, or they don't want to know?"

Silence again.

"Cai Qing, answer me."

"Your Majesty is wise, I have thought improperly, and the supervisory power of Huaixi officials has collapsed. Officials are colluding with each other. They are superfluous and do not perform their duties."

"Where are you?" Zhao Guanjia glanced around, "Do you agree with what Governor Cai said?"

Everyone immediately said: "I second my opinion."

There is a supervisory power, an administrative power, and a financial power. These points mentioned by Cai Mao basically cover them.

Zhao Ning said: "Since everyone agrees, and I also agree with what Cai Qing said, how about Cai Qing being responsible for the next rectification of Huaixi?"

Cai Mao did not dare to say anything else, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "I accept the decree."

In fact, the mention of letting Cai Mao be in charge of Huaixi has already stated that the Zhao Guan family will not touch Cai Mao. Regardless of whether Weng Yanguo's subsequent confession involves Cai Mao or not, Cai Mao will be safe for the time being.

Everyone knows that this time Huaixi prevented the Ministry of Revenue from auditing the accounts and inspecting the fields. Most of them were conservative officials, including people from Li Chunyou, and of course Cai Mao.

Now Zhao Ning asked Cai Mao to state the problem, and then asked Cai Mao to investigate.

The purpose is also very simple, let Cai Maolai take charge, and then suppress the Huaixi old school.

You, Cai Mao, talked about these problems in front of everyone in the court. If these problems are not solved, it will be your fault!

In this way, the New Dealers and the conservatives have temporarily reached a consensus on the Huaixi matter, and the resistance will naturally become much smaller.

"You want to take a trip to Huaixi yourself and take a walk down there, do you understand?"

"I accept the decree."

The first stage of the Huaixi case started with Weng Yanguo being imprisoned and asked to be executed.

This incident was undoubtedly a major event in the fourth year of Jingkang. No one expected that Weng Yanguo, who was so famous just a few days ago, would become a death row prisoner overnight.

What the Weng family was waiting for was a house raid. Under the influence of Weng Yanguo and Li Qing, the Li family, which had just established a foothold in Tokyo, was also ransacked.

The president of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce steps down.

On this day, in addition to Cai Mao taking the lead in handling the Huaixi case, the Ministry of Punishment also increased its personnel investment in Huaixi.

A large number of memorials were reported to the Yushi Taida University, and both the criminal and prison envoys in Huaixi and the Changping envoy were impeached.

A big storm in Huaixi has just begun.
Chapter completed!