Chapter 26 Pulling the flag and hugging the thick legs
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Chapter 26 Pulling the flag and hugging the thick legs
While Qin Wei and Fu Chengyi were drinking tea at Mingxin Tea House, Wei Rong, the Minister of Punishment, came to Zhenwu Division.
His son had been detained by the Zhenwu Division for two days and two nights. The mother and wife at home were extremely worried and kept urging him to get his son back.
Therefore, after going to court, he did not return to the Ministry of Punishment, but went directly to the Zhenwu Division.
The person who received him was Pang Yuan.
Although Pang Yuan only belongs to a hundred households, because he is older and has a calm personality, Qin Wei arranged a lot of things for him, such as the work of receiving visitors.
"Master Wei, please take a seat quickly, please take a seat!" Pang Yuan welcomed Wei Rong into the main hall and at the same time ordered the servants next to him to serve tea.
Wei Rong sat in the hall expressionlessly and asked: "Where is His Majesty the County Prince?"
"His Royal Highness the County Prince did not come to the Yamen today. It seems that he went to court." Pang Yuan said.
Wei Rong frowned, "It's been half an hour since I went to court, and he hasn't come back yet?"
"I don't know about this," Pang Yuan said in a low voice.
Wei Rong took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart, "Quan Zi is still in your cell. I don't know when your company will let him out."
"This official can't make the decision. Lord Wei, please wait for a moment and allow me to ask questions," Pang Yuandao said.
Wei Rong gave him a sharp look, but was helpless.
Pang Yuan bowed and exited the lobby, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then turned and walked into Li Ru's study, reporting Wei Rong's visit to Zhenwu Division to Li Ru.
"Sir, what should we do next?" he asked Li Ru.
"Hold it, Wei Huo was imprisoned at the request of His Highness. If His Highness is not around, we can't make the decision." Li Ru said casually.
"Will this cause trouble?" Pang Yuan said worriedly.
He didn't know why Qin Wei imprisoned Wei Huo, but he knew that Wei Rong, the Minister of Punishment, was not easy to offend, and he couldn't afford to offend him anyway.
"It's okay. Even if there is trouble, it is His Highness's trouble. What does it have to do with you." Li Ru said with a smile.
When Pang Yuan thought about it, the worries in his heart immediately dissipated a lot.
"Then don't you go out and see Master Wei?"
Li Ru waved his hand and said: "If I come forward, it will be even more troublesome. Just wait until His Highness comes back to deal with it."
Pang Yuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to entertain Wei Rong.
He could only blame Qin Wei for Wei Huo's matter, saying that Qin Wei had to make the decision in this matter.
Wei Rong was extremely angry about this, but he couldn't take it out on Pang Yuan.
In this way, Wei Rong drank herbal tea in Zhenwu Si for more than an hour, and then Qin Wei slowly returned to Zhenwu Si in a carriage.
"Oh, isn't this Mr. Wei?"
As soon as he entered the main hall, Qin Wei saw Wei Rong.
"I pay homage to His Highness the County Prince!" Wei Rong said with a gloomy expression and cupped his hands.
"Without ceremony, without ceremony, Lord Wei comes to visit. Our Zhenwu Division is really in full bloom!"
Qin Wei said with a smile.
"Pang Baihu, how can you entertain Master Wei with this broken tea? Go quickly and take out the cold mountain tea that I have collected, and entertain Master Wei properly."
"Master Wei is the minister of our Dali Punishment Department, and most people can't see him. Today, Master Wei came to our Zhenwu Division, so he must not lose his etiquette!"
"Master Wei, please sit down, please sit down!"
Qin Wei's words were both passionate and sinister, which made Wei Rong frown even deeper after hearing this.
Pang Yuan immediately arranged for someone to make a pot of cold mountain tea.
When the tea was brought, Qin Wei held the tea bowl and drank sip after sip.
Wei Rong sat next to him, frowning.
"It seems that I have not offended His Highness the Prince, but I was just negligent before. Why is His Highness the Prince so unforgiving?"
Ever since his son was imprisoned by the Zhenwu Division, he had been reflecting on where he had offended Qin Wei.
But after thinking about it for a long time, he never thought of where he had offended Qin Wei.
Qin Wei put the tea bowl on the table and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you offend me, because I am very generous."
"Furthermore, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. You don't look at the monk's face to look at the Buddha's face. With King An here, even if you offend me, I won't care."
"Then why does Your Highness do this?" Wei Rong asked in a deep voice.
Qin Wei shook his head slightly, "You have offended Zhenwu Si!"
"I don't understand!" Wei Rong looked at Qin Wei.
"The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the world's prisons, and the Department of Zhenwu is responsible for shocking the world's martial arts, cracking down on martial arts crimes, and establishing a new order in the martial arts world."
Qin Wei reached out and tapped the armrest of the seat gently, "Do you understand?"
Wei Rong's expression changed slightly, "But the Ministry of Punishment never gets involved in this."
"Wrong, you didn't intervene before because you were escaping, but what about now? You still don't intervene?"
"Are you going to wait until the Zhenwu Division has finished everything before you intervene? Haha, what use will you, the Minister of Punishment, have by then?"
Qin Wei said slowly.
Wei Rong lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
He naturally knew that some of the responsibilities of the Zhenwu Division overlapped with those of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, but he was still unwilling to wade into the muddy waters of the Zhenwu Division.
Because Zhenwu Division has too many enemies.
Although Zhenwusi is doing a great job in Kyoto now, if Zhenwusi wants to shock the world of martial arts, it must go out of Kyoto.
The warrior forces outside Kyoto are far more powerful than those within Kyoto. How difficult is it to deter those warrior forces?
But Qin Wei's words are correct. The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the world's prisons, and any criminal case in Dali must be reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment.
If the Ministry of Punishment does not support the Zhenwu Si, it will be very difficult for the Zhenwu Si, because the Ministry of Punishment can overturn the case tried by the Zhenwu Si.
This is also the reason why Qin Wei clings to Wei Rong.
"What if the Ministry of Justice never intervenes?" Wei Rong suddenly raised his head and looked at Qin Wei.
The corners of Qin Wei's lips curled up slightly, "Then let's change him to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."
"His Royal Highness the County Prince should not have such ability." Wei Rong said.
"But your Majesty does!" Qin Wei looked at him.
"You courtiers are all fans of the authorities. Do you really think that this Zhenwu Division belongs to me?"
"The Zhenwu Division was established by His Majesty. All stumbling blocks that hinder the development of the Zhenwu Division will be removed by His Majesty. Don't say that you are just a minister of the Ministry of Justice. Even the chief minister of the cabinet cannot change His Majesty's will."
"Didn't you notice something strange in the court?"
Qin Wei asked.
"What's weird?" Wei Rong said.
"There has been no movement from the Cabinet or the Fifth Army Governor's Office."
"By the way, there's something you may not know. The Zhenwu Division also imprisoned several people from the Chengguo Palace, but the Chengguo Palace only sent someone to hand over a note and did nothing else."
"Also, isn't the biggest support behind the Fenxiang Pavilion the Prince An's Palace and the Duke Chengguo's Palace?"
"Are they too honest?" Qin Wei looked at Wei Rong with a smile.
There were many people in the court in the past two days participating in his performance, but there was no movement from either the cabinet or the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. Especially those few people who were mature and mature seemed to be pretending to be dead.
What does this mean? It means that Emperor Li has unified his thinking in the cabinet and the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army. They all know that the Zhenwu Division cannot move.
The ones who are really jumping around are those who can't see the situation clearly, such as Wei Rong, those nobles, and those censors of the Inspectorate.
Wei Rong's expression changed again and again, and it took him a long time to calm down his complicated mood.
"It's Meng Lang who is the lower official!" Wei Rong said bitterly.
"It's still too late to wake up now. If it's later, haha~~" Qin Wei picked up the tea and took a sip.
"In his position and in his political affairs, as an important minister of the imperial court, he must have a long-term vision. Although the Zhenwu Si is just a toddler now, in the future the Zhenwu Si will definitely suppress martial arts in the world. Because the person standing behind the Zhenwu Si is His Majesty!"
"Who in Dali can refute His Majesty's will!"
The gentle voice echoed in the lobby, making Wei Rong's heart tremble.
Although Emperor Li is old, his dragon power is getting stronger and stronger.
At this moment, Wei Rong finally understood what he had overlooked. What he had overlooked was the most important thing as an important minister, which was the Sacred Heart.
Qin Wei looked at Wei Rongna looking worried and secretly laughed in his heart.
Pull the flag and hug the thigh.
The biggest flag and thickest leg in Dali is his grandpa.
As long as he hugs these thick thighs tightly, the Zhenwu Division will be safe in Kyoto. As for leaving Kyoto, it depends on Qin Wei's own abilities.
After all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and some martial arts forces are like earthly emperors in the prefectures and counties. If you want to scare them, you must have enough force.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your advice. I understand!" Wei Rong said.
Seeing that Wei Rong was quite sensible, Qin Wei felt a little relieved.
He was afraid that Wei Rong was a stupid person who couldn't even clearly see the situation in the court and would do something that would embarrass the Zhenwu Division.
Although the Zhenwu Division has the support of Emperor Li, it is still very troublesome to change the Minister of Justice. Qin Wei told Wei Rong so much because he does not want to waste time because of these troubles.
"Pang Yuan!" Qin Wei called.
"The official is here!" Pang Yuan, who was standing outside the door, responded quickly.
"Let Sir Wei take Young Master Wei back," Qin Wei ordered.
"Here!" Pang Yuan glanced at Wei Rong, bowed and retreated.
But Wei Rong asked: "If I still don't want to get involved in the affairs of Zhenwu Division, what will your Highness do?"
Qin Wei looked at him with a smile, "I will hand your young master over to the Ministry of Punishment."
Wei Rong was startled, then suddenly realized.
"Your Highness's methods are really brilliant!"
Qin Wei smiled and said no more.
Handing Wei Huo over to the Ministry of Punishment and handing him over to Wei Rong are completely different concepts. Handing Wei Huo over to Wei Rong means Wei Huo is acquitted, but handing him over to the Ministry of Punishment means Wei Huo is a criminal.
Then the question arises, Wei Huo went to the Ministry of Punishment, what should Wei Rong do?
Is it a matter of exterminating relatives for justice or bending the law for personal gain?
He has only one son, and it is definitely impossible for him to destroy his relatives for the sake of justice.
As for bending the law for personal gain, then he, the Minister of Punishment, has reason to replace him.