Chapter 1098: Fusion of Earth and Book, Return of Talent
The tenth day.
It was obviously a time limit set for the scholar's poisoning case, but the bad influence of this case was completely overshadowed by the sensation of another old case.
Not to mention the heated discussions among the government and the public, even the emperor and empress in the Zichen Palace did not pay much attention to the poisoned murderer.
However, when Li Yan reported the report, Li Zhi happily asked him to sit down: "Yuanfang, it seems that this case can be successfully solved. Two cases have been solved in ten days, great!"
Li Yandao: "I am guilty. I know the suspects, but I am suffering from insufficient evidence. I am afraid that the case will not be closed within ten days."
Li Zhi was a little surprised.
The cases from six years ago were all cleared, but the evidence from ten days ago could not be found?
He asked directly: "Who was the murderer who poisoned Zhang Shizi?"
Li Yandao: "Yi Chen's current guess is that it is Zhang Shizi himself, and he committed suicide by taking pills."
Li Zhi raised his brows, understood immediately, and sighed: "Only by dying to avenge the injustice can Heaven listen, but the traitors are hidden and deceive my heart!"
Thousands of mistakes were made, and they were all Li Jingxuan’s fault.
Li Yan said: "Zhang Shizi is a native of Runzhou. He is engaged to the daughter of Qi County Magistrate of Dantu County. He must have known about his grievances for a long time, but he was unable to explain it. Fortunately, His Majesty has the wisdom to eradicate evil for the people. I am on the way to court today. Hearing this matter discussed in the streets, I stopped to listen and felt happy in my heart."
When Empress Wu heard about the daughter of County Magistrate Qi, she frowned slightly, while Li Zhi nodded slightly, feeling that Li Yuanfang was more and more pleasing to the eye today.
It is said that he has long been dissatisfied with Li Jingxuan, but he is not wrong, and it is not easy to replace him rashly. This time it is just right to rectify it openly and leave a good reputation. It will be a mark of history, and it can be an example for future generations.
The only thing that is not easy to deal with is the successor.
Li Zhi looked at the ministers at the foot of the stairs again.
If a capable minister like this knows how to share the burden of his superiors, if he is thirty years older and has experience in civil administration serving in the six ministries, it would be a good idea to join the cabinet and become prime minister.
He quickly dismissed his thoughts and asked again: "Since you have no evidence, it is far-fetched to speculate that Zhang Shizi died to avenge his injustice based on the marriage contract between Zhang Shizi and Qi's daughter. Are there any other clues?"
Li Yan handed many evidences to the chamberlain and presented them: "Your Majesty is wise. I first discovered that the subsequent symptoms of the scholar's poisoning were not as serious as imagined, but the murderer brutally killed Zhang Shizi, and there was a conflict between the two."
Li Zhi looked at the diagnosis made by the Imperial Medical Office, especially the full follow-up by Dr. Chen and the two assistant doctors, and confirmed that the scholar had basically recovered.
Thinking that if the murderer was ruthless and followed the example of the Jiangnan case and poisoned everyone in Gongyuan, then the case would really get out of hand, and the bad influence would be difficult to eliminate for a long time, he nodded slightly.
Li Yan added: "I also learned that Li Shouyi, a scholar in the capital, once bullied Zhang Shizi and wanted to take away his elixir. Li Shouyi was Li Shilang's concubine and acted arrogantly, but Zhang Shizi was unwilling to sell it. Dan, he was almost beaten to death trying to protect the medicine. He should have known that the medicine was poisonous."
Hearing Li Shouyi's name, Li Zhi said disgustedly: "You are just a concubine. With such a tutor, from son to father, it is no wonder that Li Shilang collapsed!"
The accusation was really harsh. It was spread that Li Jingxuan had failed to teach his son well, was arrogant and committed evil, and was so ashamed that he collapsed at home.
Notoriety piled up.
However, after hearing that Zhang Yang protected the elixir from being snatched and looked at the confessions of other scholars, Li Zhi was a little puzzled: "Doesn't this person know that Li Sichong was responsible for the Jiangnan case? Why did he take the initiative to take this opportunity of revenge?"
give up?"
Li Yan was silent for a moment and said: "I guess that Zhang Shizi is kind and does not want to harm his family!"
It is clear that the other party's father and brother are enemies, but he does not want to harm his family and instead protects Poison Pill.
Such a scholar finally committed suicide, which made Li Zhi feel a little sad, but he did not express his opinion and continued to listen.
Li Yan said: "The third point, Your Majesty, please look at the bill provided by the Xiao family and Xie family. In addition to paying tribute, Zhang Shizi has been traveling around the country in these years, looking for opportunities to redress his grievances. It is precisely because of these years of experience, when he wants to
When he wants to sell elixirs, many scholars from Jiangnan and Huainan will believe him."
Li Zhi looked at Zhang Yang's walking track, thinking about how this person had been running around all these years, and then contacted those poisoned scholars. He originally thought that they were greedy for the use of the elixir and deserved to be poisoned. Now after hearing this, he also felt that he was very sympathetic.
Excusable.
He changed his mind about this group of people and said: "So based on these clues, you think that Zhang Shizi died to avenge his injustice? This is a pitiful move, but it only hurts others and is also evil!"
Li Yan paused for a moment: "I feel that maybe there are people who know the truth among the scholars."
Li Zhi was startled: "Out of loyalty, we took poison together?"
Li Yan said: "Sage, this is just a possibility. I saw that other scholars were not very hostile to Zhang Shizi after they missed the imperial examination, but were even more resentful of Li Shouyi's bullying, so I made this speculation. There is no reason for this."
Real evidence.”
Behind the curtain, Li Zhi's expression became confused, and he secretly said in his heart: "This is absolutely impossible!"
The imperial examination is a matter of changing one's destiny. To give up one's own future for the sake of others' grievances may be so noble for one or two people, but never for many.
This poisoning involves dozens of people. If only one or two people are willing to commit the crime with Zhang Yang, what's the point, or are they going to poison others?
unless……
He looked at the list of clues compiled by Li Yan, and his eyes quickly moved: "Meiniang, take a look."
Empress Wu took it and quickly thought about it, then suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I understand."
The emperor and empress looked at each other and understood.
I see.
Bitter meat plan.
With the good impression from before, Li Zhi just felt that these scholars were pitifully stupid.
Even if this plan succeeds now, what will happen after becoming an official?
Will you never meet again in the future?
Once there is an intersection, wouldn't everyone hold the other's hand?
When we work together to overcome injustice, we can share hardships. But when we gain power, how can we share wealth and honor?
It's fine now, you don't need to worry, leave all the handle to me!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After counting the number of these Jiangnan scholars and their family backgrounds, Li Zhi's eyes lit up slightly.
Before, I was worried about how to balance the situation between the government and the opposition after Li Jingxuan left. This is actually a completely new idea.
There's just one more problem.
Li Yuanfang sat below, ready to continue investigating the case.
In this kind of thing, everyone can know the truth, but they cannot expose it.
If it is exposed, it is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. If it is not cured, then where is the imperial power?
In the future, if you feel that the imperial examination is unfair and you take pills to protest before the exam, then don't take the exam.
Therefore, this case cannot be investigated further.
Li Zhi changed the topic: "Yuanfang, have you seen the list of scholars in this school?"
As soon as Li Yan heard this, he knew that his guidance was over and it was the other party's turn. He immediately said: "I have read your reply to Your Majesty."
Li Zhi's tone became gentle and somewhat earnest: "You have performed meritorious service as an internal guard and are not subject to the rule of three provinces and six ministries, so you can become an official. But those civil servants who have studied hard for many years still have a hard time!"
He eloquently said: "In the Wude dynasty, the officialdom collapsed. In the first year of Zhenguan, the late emperor asked Fang Gong to streamline the officials. Fang Gong fulfilled his mission and cut the number of court officials to more than 600. The number of scholars for each subject in the court was
Don’t do it indiscriminately…”
This is true. In the Song Dynasty, there were often hundreds of Jinshi. As a result, not only redundant officials were redundant, but also party strife.
Because there are only so many official positions, new candidates are waiting for them every year, and the old ones are not easy to die, so they naturally have to fight for it.
Only when a group of people are defeated can new official positions be vacated for new people to come up.
But this is not completely correct. There were so few Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty. The bigger reason was that the aristocratic families were too prosperous and occupied the places.
Li Zhi actually knew everything about the situation in the DPRK, but he didn't talk about it on weekdays, but now he mentioned a few points, and deliberately added a little more sympathy and hints in his words: "But there are many scholars in the world, especially those from other states, so we need to understand them in words."
It’s not easy to travel to Beijing because of the tiring journey, so I’m considerate of the building of the Gongyuan Academy. You also grew up in Liangzhou, so you should understand this!”
Li Yan blinked: "Your Majesty is kind and virtuous!"
Li Zhi saw that he still didn't understand, so he passed the list on: "Look carefully. If there are suspicions of conspiracy, what are they doing?"
Li Yan, shrouded in the emperor's brilliance, finally revealed his enlightenment: "Could it be that... alas..."
Li Zhi saw the sympathy on his brows and took advantage of the situation and said: "This matter originated from the Jiangnan case. Scholars are not evil, so there is no need to go into details..."
Li Yan was startled, then showed his sincere expression: "Your Majesty is generous and benevolent, I understand!!"
Empress Wu secretly learned the art of controlling her subordinates on the sidelines, and became more and more proficient in it.
Li Zhi smiled and accepted it calmly.
This is everyone's joy.
A batch of new chess pieces were harvested, which strengthened the loyalty of capable ministers and opened up new ideas for balancing the situation.
They're all going to win.
But after glancing at the accusations against Li Shouyi in the confession, Li Zhi showed disgust again.
This kind of villain is still the son of Li Jingxuan, so there is no need to keep him.
Li Zhi asked: "Li Shouyi is in prison, can he be interrogated?"
Li Yan shook his head: "There was no interrogation. He originally concealed a lot of things. I thought he was deeply involved in the case, so I took him down. But now it seems that he has nothing to do with the case."
Li Zhi said coldly: "If you are not guilty, why should you hide it? This case does not need to be tried by the internal guards. Transfer Li Shouyi to the Chang'an County government office and conduct a thorough investigation on Li Shilang's beloved son. He has been doing this all these years.
What are you doing, let’s show it to the public together!”
Li Shouyi is finished.
If we investigate these noble sons of Chang'an, not many of them will be clean.
This kind of concubine has a low self-esteem and a low status at home. When outside, there are people who fawn over him, and it is even more common for him to commit adultery and commit crimes.
When Li Shou's incident happens, it will further prove that Li Jingxuan is evil, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Li Zhi put down the case file.
At this point, the scholar poisoning case that shocked Beijing and the murder case in Qingyang Village in Jiangnan that had not been resolved for six years have come to a complete end.
So.
Just one last thing left.
Li Zhidao: "The Liangzhou Jia thief should have been handed over to the internal guards early, but due to the turmoil in this case, he is still in Dali Temple Prison. After the case is handed over to the internal guards, you must also interrogate quickly to find out the treason behind the Jia thief."
Find out, as long as our Tang Dynasty is peaceful and the people are safe, we don’t have to worry about the little Tubo thieves!"
Li Yan fully agreed with the last sentence: "I accept my order!"
…
Dali Temple Prison.
Deep prison cell.
As the cell door opened, Jia Sibo, who was getting thinner in the darkness, turned his head to avoid the light and shrugged his ears: "Member Song? No, the footsteps are wrong...Li Jiyi?"
Li Yan walked in with his hands behind his back and frowned slightly: "You are not in a good state. You have been tortured again?"
Jia Sibo tilted his head and smiled: "Don't worry about Li Jiyi. You lied to me last time. I figured it out afterward. Is the case solved now? Or are you coming to me again to look for clues?"
Li Yan looked at him and turned around with the hand behind his back, holding something in his hand.