Chapter 233 May the prince always smile

With a buzzing sound, the court suddenly started to be in trouble. The officials looked at each other, unable to hide their horror. It was not because the case itself, which was worth laughing at - what does Prince Jian's life and death have to do with them, but because of the simple and violent nature contained in the arson murder that made them feel naked threats.

Suddenly, countless fearful, puzzled, and even angry eyes gathered on the young prince sitting under the imperial stairs. The unspoken rules and official affairs for thousands of years should be solved by official methods, rather than fighting and killing like thugs, otherwise the official will become a slaughterhouse! The unarmed civil servants were instinctively disgusted with such unruly atrocities, and the original favorable feelings for the prince who turned the tide in the south suddenly disappeared without a trace.

He was coldly faced by hundreds of people, but Qin Lei's expression did not change at all. He was still as bright as the spring sunshine. Only the murderous aura flashed between his eyes opening and closing reminded all officials under the imperial stairs that those who had reverse scales died.

Everyone felt that the smiling murderous gaze was staring at him, and they couldn't help feeling a chill behind their backs. They shrank their necks and lowered their heads and dared not look at him. Only Prince Zhe, who was standing opposite Qin Lei, could see his right hand hidden under the sleeve of the robe, clenched into a fist, and the blue veins were exposed.

Emperor Zhaowu on the imperial throne was also a little unhappy. He pondered for a while, but just nodded and said in a deep voice: "Go Aiqing Qu, I will do this strictly." His Royal Highness under the dragon throne was slightly disappointed.

Qu Yan bowed and retreated, but the right censor Yi Weiluo was still present, as if he was dissatisfied with being ignored. He bowed and shouted: "Your Majesty, the case of Prince Jian is as strong as a mountain. The three officials have already made a conclusion. Everyone in the world knows that even if the evidence is burned, the conclusion is beyond doubt. I beg Dali Temple to pronounce the verdict as usual." The Censor of the Qin Dynasty has never been convicted for his remarks, so he is very strong.

Qin Lei was displeased, and coughed gently, signaling Prince Zhe to speak on the side. The third brother was quite anxious and nodded, bowing to Emperor Zhaowu: "Father, Yi Weiluo is corrupt and abused the law, bullying men and women, being disrespectful to elders, being arrogant and uncontradictory. It is already anger of heaven and people. If you don't kill, you won't be able to calm the anger of the public, and if you don't kill, you won't be able to show the sun and the moon!"

The ministers knew that the Third Highness was going to stand up for his younger brother, but this excuse was really funny. Who wouldn't know that although the Censor of the Censorate was of high rank, he was weak and had no power and power, and he was also doing the job of catching people. Everyone avoided it, for fear that the gifts he gave would become stolen goods used to impeach him in a blink of an eye. Therefore, there was no stolen to be greedy and could not be waived. Prince Zhe said this so naturally, and naturally had a teasing intention. All officials couldn't help but smile and waited for the counterattack of Yi's Censor Yi with a smile. The censors who rely on their words to make a living are the most skilled in verbal lawsuits.

But the young Censor Yi was obviously still very fresh and young. I don’t know how the two Censors planned to do it, so I sent him out to serve the plate. The handsome face of the Censor Yi suddenly turned red, and he pressed his anger and said, “Your Majesty, don’t swear by others, otherwise I will accuse you of false accusations!”

After hearing this, Qin Lin looked at him with a sarcastic look on his face and laughed jokingly: "Yi Jingshi is a little calm, the Lone King has evidence."

"Ah?" Yi Weiluo couldn't believe his ears and kowtowed to Emperor Zhaowu excitedly and said, "Emperor, I am wronged. Prince Zhe has ulterior motives. I am innocent."

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and looked at the third brother and said, "Qin Lin, what evidence do you have?"

Qin Lin spread his hands and said with regret: "It was originally there, but it was accidentally burned last night. However, since there was evidence, we could naturally be convicted."

All the officials sneered and laughed, thinking that the third prince is good at making excuses.

Only then did Yi Weiluo realize that Prince Zhe was teasing him. Huo De looked up at Qin Lin, and hissed with a red face: "You... are you false accusations!"

"Hmph!" Qin Lin sneered, "Then you are also false accusations!" Before he could answer, Qin Lin sneered, "You are a censor, and you only have the right to impeach the matter. What qualifications are you qualified to interfere with the court's promotion and punishment? If you dare to speak nonsense, you will be considered as your transcendent crime!" Originally, the censor impeached the ministers to provide evidence, but the late emperor gave the Censorate the right to "report and discuss matters". As long as there are rumors, he can be taken to the court to talk about the matter.

Everyone comes out to be officials, who can compare with whom? As long as they are caught and discussed, nothing will happen. Therefore, the capital is extremely afraid of the censor of the Censorate and has always said that "I would rather provoke the King of Hell than the Two Kings." The two kings are the two chiefs of the Censorate.

The more others are afraid of it, the better the Censorate feels. Gradually, it is necessary to get into trouble with everything. Whether it is the finance of the Ministry of Revenue, the scientific examination of the Ministry of Rites, or the budget of the Ministry of Works, they are not just asking or placing it. If it weren't for this, Wen Yanbo and Tian Minnong would not be overwhelmed, so they had to rely on embezzlement of the Censorate to escape the entanglement of the Censorate.

Wen Yanbo also scratched his head very much about the Censorate, the mad dog that bites people from time to time. However, under the influence of the Two Kings, these censors fanatically believed in Wen Di's advice and did not take his coercion and temptation at all. This time, Wen Yanbo threw out Prince Jian's case, in addition to venting his anger, a great reason was to divert the attention of these mad dogs to free up time and space for himself to make small moves.

Therefore, Qin Lin's "passing crime" was thrown out, which immediately resonated with all officials. They were already annoyed by the Censorate, so someone wanted to go out to meet. The two big men of the Censorate cursed in their hearts, and the right censor Wang Biyan took the lead and said, "You retreat..."

Yi Weiluo wanted to argue a few words, but saw his own adult's face turned pale and had to retreat back to the train.

Wang Piyan bowed to Qin Lin and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The Third Highness wants to sue the Censorate for the transgression. Let's just continue. However, the Wei-Minist also wants to participate in the Third Highness's transaction of population, embezzle public funds, bribe and accept bribes, and take human life without hesitation!" As he said to Qu Yan, who was still sad, he said: "Mr. Qu, please accept this case." Qu Yan hummed, as if he was vague, but it seemed that he could not spit out his throat.

Qin Lin could not have imagined that this old guy was so shameless and could not afford to lose, so he started to pour dirty water on himself. Just as he was about to retort, he heard Qin Lei sitting on the Jindun say: "What do you call this Lord Wang? What is the king?"

"When you come back to Prince Long, your humble minister, Wang Piyan." The Censor of the King bowed and replied.

Qin Lei nodded and smiled and said, "Brother Piyan, can Gu call you that?"

"It's the honor of the empress." Although it sounded a little awkward, Lord Wang still answered respectfully.

Qin Lei nodded and said, "Brother Piyan, Gu Wang thinks your move is very inappropriate."

‘Puchi,’ many people below heard Qin Lei’s insults and began to sneer.

Wang Piyan's face suddenly turned red, but although Qin Lei's name was indecent... or indecent, there was nothing wrong with it. He could only suffer the loss of this mute and asked in a mute voice: "What's wrong with the prince?"

Qin Lei put his right hand on his knee and tapped him gently, saying slowly: "Piyan..."

"Prince, can you not call Weichen's name every word?" Lord Wang is also a bloody person, just like the eunuch in Jinyu Palace.

Qin Lei smiled and nodded and said, "I just heard from Piyan, but if you don't let Gu call you Piyan, what should Gu call you? Ah, Piyan, tell me."

Wang Piyan said depressedly: "Please call the old minister the name of the word "官网"

Qin Lei smiled and said, "Okay, the words are written on the word..." The ministers were already laughing so hard that they leaned back and forth, thinking, this is really a scholar who met a soldier, and it is hard to explain clearly.

Wang Piyan's old face was as swollen as an eggplant, and he said in a hoarse voice: "The name is Yue Wei..."

Seeing that Qin Lei had made trouble, Wang Piyan was no longer arrogant, so he stopped teasing him and asked with a cold face: "I'll ask you, what is the power of your Censorate?"

"Inspecting all officials, the matter is discussed." Although Wang Biyan didn't know Qin Lei's intention, he still answered honestly.

Qin Lei had a sword eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "The supervision and discussion, that is to say, you can only see the discussion, why do you ask the Dali Temple to file a case? Why do you ask the Kyoto Prefecture to investigate strictly? Is it too lenient to manage it? Is it abolished all three governments and six ministries, and just keep your entire Censorate."

Wang Piyan was humiliated by Qin Lei and had long been in a state of silence. He didn't want to stand in the hall anymore and was attacked by the poisonous tongue. But when he heard that Qin Lei made an excuse and criticized the authority of the Censorate, he did not dare to take a step back. He said with a tough bullet: "I have always been the rule of the Qin Dynasty, and I don't think there is anything wrong with it."

Qin Lei shook his head and said, "Master Wang, has it really been like this all the time? Why did the Lone King hear that Emperor Gaozu did not stipulate this?" Seeing that his opponent was in chaos, he didn't say anything about Brother Piyan.

Wang Piyan's face tightened and said in a solemn voice: "Although there was no such rule at the time of Emperor Gaozu, it has been like this since the late emperor." As he said that, he looked up at Qin Lei and said with a hissing: "Does your highness think that the late emperor is wrong?"

Qin Lei did not think it was offensive and smiled faintly, "Does Lord Wang think that the ancestors and clans were wrong?"

Wang Piyan said angrily: "Your Majesty is a rude argument!"

Qin Lei scratched his nose and sneered: "Sir, this is unreasonable!"

The two of them faced each other for a moment, and Emperor Zhaowu finally came out to smooth things over. He smiled and said, "This kind of thing is right, and you two can't explain it until dawn." He said, "It's better to do this. Please trouble the Prime Minister to draw up a charter to determine the authority of the Censorate, so as to avoid harsh people like Yutian."

Wen Yanbo laughed and said, "It should be so, I obey the order." As he talked and laughed, he pinched the neck of the Censorate in his hand.

Wang Piyan looked at Wen Yanbo with disbelief, then looked back at his Shangguan Wang Fusheng. Seeing that he was also incredible, he realized that he had been fooled. These big guys must have reached a behind-the-scenes reconciliation, but they still let the Censorate come out and jump. This is not obvious that he can't stand the Censorate's authority too much and wants to take the opportunity to cut power.

The two of them all turned their eyes to the Prince's Highness standing on the imperial stairs, hoping that he could stand up and say a few fair words. Unfortunately, the Prince seemed to be asleep, standing with his eyes looking at his nose and nose, and he didn't see the begging gazes of the two.

Wang Fu was about to come out to speak when the new Ministry of Personnel Wen Yantao stood up and held the tablet in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I have a copy." This Lord Wen was transferred back from the south by his brother before the war. Not only was he not unlucky, he was also promoted to the level of office and became the real fat man of the Minister of Personnel.

Emperor Zhaowu said, "Please speak with my dear friend Wen."

Wen Yantao began to talk nonstop, leaving the two Lords Wang aside and couldn't interrupt. Both Lords Wang could see the desolation in each other's eyes, but they couldn't do it, so they had to return to the class and stick like wooden stakes.

Not mentioning the two Lords Wang, just talking about the content reported by Wen Yantao was actually a question of the candidate for the governor of Jiangbei and Shannan. He only heard him say solemnly: "The two provinces are in chaos and are in chaos. All the people are in trouble. We should select talents and talents. Only a few great talents from the country can take on this important task."

Qin Lei frowned slightly. He didn't expect Wen Yanbo's offensive to come so violently. He first put him on the Dali Temple incident, and then he wanted to cut off his left and right arm.

Emperor Zhaowu glanced at Qin Lei lightly and said in a deep voice: "Yutian, you were the imperial envoy of two provinces and have the most say in the affairs of the south. What do you think?" He pointed out that Qin Lei had the most say in order to make Qin Lei's speech bring authoritative color.

Qin Lei bowed and said, "When I say my father, I think the chaos in the south is settled, and the government affairs of the two provinces are complicated and have a long way to go. Therefore, the personnel are mainly stable and not major changes." Faced with the sudden attack of the Wen family, Qin Lei did not panic at all and talked freely: "My son-in-law thinks that Qu Yanwu, Zhuo Wenzheng, Qiao Yuanshan and Xu Dancheng have been wrongly punished, but they reacted quickly and handled properly after the incident. Whether it was assisting in suppressing the rebellion or post-war reconstruction, they all made great contributions, which was enough to make up for the merits."

Emperor Zhaowu said without comment: "Yutian means to restore his posts to several of them?"

Before Qin Lei answered, Wen Yantao took the lead and said, "Your Majesty must not be. If it weren't for the dereliction of duty by Qu, Zhuo, Qiao and Xu, how could Jiangbei be angry and resentful? How could the Maitreya Cult take advantage of the situation? If these four people are not strictly dealt with, the laws of nature will not tolerate it! The millions of people in the south will not tolerate it!"

Dozens of civil servants came out to echo: "I'm going to discuss it!" The momentum was quite huge.

Qin Lei rubbed his eyebrows and muttered to Qin Lin softly: "How naive my thoughts are."

Qin Lin was stunned for a while before he realized that Qin Lei was talking about what he didn't want to go to court early, and couldn't help but smile.

Qin Lei's eyes swept across the steps until he saw them furrowed, then raised his eyebrows and said quietly: "There is also a case here, but the evidence has not been lost and has not been burned. I wonder if Lord Wen is interested in referring to it?"

Wen Yantao said 'Oh' and laughed: "It's all right."

Qin Lei nodded and said calmly: "When I was in the south, I received a complaint, which was Zhuang Dieer, a daughter of Zhuang Zhiwu, the former Xiangyang Prefecture...."

Wen Yantao never dreamed that this was the case, and suddenly panicked and said in a low voice: "I remember that the daughter of the criminal was already a lowly person. Why do you have the power to hand over a lawsuit?" This is a major atrocity in the Qin Dynasty. People with low status such as musicians, prostitutes, tenants, servants, etc. have no basic human rights. They cannot take the imperial examinations, nor have the right to hand over a lawsuit.

Qin Lei finally smiled brightly, as if he had cleared the first ray of sunshine of the fog, and said warmly: "The Lone King turned over the laws of the Qin Dynasty and found that it was said that the government had the right to not accept the lawsuits of the untouchables, but it was not that it was unacceptable."

The third brother read poetry and books since he was a child and knew more classics and regulations than Qin Lei. He heard this and said, "It is true. There were many examples of slaves seeking justice for the master in the previous dynasty, and most of the governments took it. Therefore, it was up to my fifth brother to decide whether to take this case or not."

Qin Lei nodded and smiled, "It's still the third brother who knows a lot," and said, turning his head to look at Wen Yantao, jokingly, "Master Wen hopes he will be alone or not?"

Wen Yantao saw sweat on his forehead. He never knew that the prince was so difficult. He secretly looked at his elder brother. He saw Wen Yanbo pinching his beard and blinking his eyelids. Wen Yantao then breathed a sigh of relief: "The prince must have not answered it."

Qin Lei chuckled and said, "Mr. Wen is so smart. The Lone King really didn't accept it. But I can't say that one day I feel bad, I will accept it."

Wen Yantao smiled dryly and said, "I hope the prince will always smile and smile."
Chapter completed!