Chapter 406: Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment
"Your Highness, would you like me to go with you?"
Su Zhenting also realized the seriousness of the situation and asked.
Shaking his head, Li Chen said: "No need, the burden on you is already heavy enough now, let's take care of the things at hand first."
After hearing this, Su Zhenting stopped insisting and stood up to escort Li Chen out of the general's mansion.
Seeing Li Chen go back, Su Zhenting felt more and more uncomfortable on the way back.
Anyone with a discerning eye will know that what happened to Xu Changqing is something that is unfounded.
But precisely because it was unnecessary, it was easy to make a solid case. Someone deliberately wanted to put Xu Changqing to death and cut off one of Donggong's fingers.
Returning to his study, Su Zhenting breathed a sigh of relief. He decided not to interfere more in this matter. He would do whatever the prince arranged.
Even though he and the prince are currently in a close alliance, after all, the prince is the master and he is the second, so it would be unwise to interfere too much.
But at this point, after Li Chen returned to the East Palace, sure enough, the official document from the Ministry of Punishment had been sent over.
Li Chen only glanced at it for a few times, then threw it in front of Sanbao and sneered: "What a mountain of ironclad evidence. From the time someone reported it to the search for evidence of crime, and then immediately arrested Xu Changqing and put him in jail, it took half a day to get the official documents delivered.
effort!"
"If the Ministry of Punishment could always operate with such efficiency, no one in the Qin Empire would dare to break the law!"
Sanbao knelt down, picked up the official document, and respectfully sent it to Li Chen's case. He smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a deliberate frame-up. They have no intention of hiding it from Your Highness. No matter how many arrangements are made, it will not be possible."
After all, there is a loophole, so we simply dealt with it openly and quickly. What we want is to take away the chess piece Xu Changqing."
"What matters now is how to deal with it."
"Is it an abandonment or an exchange?"
In one sentence, Sanbao pointed out the core.
Li Chen sat in his seat with an expression as cold as ice.
After only thinking for a moment, he said: "Go and summon Qian Shiyan."
Qian Shiyan, the newly appointed Minister of Justice, was an accomplice of Zhao Xuanji, but he also had another identity, that is, he was a student of Wang Tenghuan, who was demoted to the governor of the capital by Li Chen.
In the imperial court, personal relationships were complicated.
Zhao Xuanji and several people in the cabinet have been working hard for so many years. The key positions in many departments and the middle-level positions in the central government agencies are almost all their disciples. The power and foundation are so great that the current East Palace is completely unmatched.
And these are the fundamental reasons why powerful ministers can resist the imperial power after they expand to a certain extent.
Not even Emperor Daxing could eradicate it completely, let alone Li Chen now.
Just like this Ministry of Punishment, the previous Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Teng Huaiyi, had Li Chen beheaded, but so what, Zhao Xuanji and others could easily pick someone up, while Dong Palace, after finally fighting for several positions, still had to worry about giving up.
Who goes.
There is really a shortage of people.
This shortcoming is undoubtedly exposed at this time.
Soon, Qian Shiyan was brought over.
"The humble minister Qian Shiyan has met His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
Qian Shiyan seemed to have expected that Li Chen would be summoned, so he took his time and was confident.
Li Chen raised his eyes and looked at Qian Shiyan, and said slowly: "Forgive me."
After Qian Shiyan stood up straight, Li Chen said: "Does Mr. Qian know the inside story of Xu Changqing's case?"
Qian Shiyan replied calmly: "Because this matter involves a court official, a high-ranking official of the third rank, and Xu Changqing has been in charge of household affairs for a long time. The humble minister did not dare to neglect, and personally inquired. After finding out that there was irrefutable evidence, he personally ordered the arrest.
The person who was arrested, therefore, Wei Chen knows all the inside information."
