Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 70 What is the crime of falsely accusing a superior?
Chapter 70 What is the crime of falsely accusing a superior?
"The governor's mansion is mortgaged!"
"Since my time, three governors have died mysteriously in a row!"
"Since the three censors have arrived in Liaozhou, let's investigate these two incidents and get to the bottom of it."
Fang Yuan continued.
It doesn’t matter whether Wei Ting and the other three are friends or foes.
Since it represents the arrival of the supervisory censor.
If anything happens in Liaozhou, they have to investigate.
It’s time to cry when I heard about Pei’s family, Liu’s family in Jie County, and Xue’s family in Fenyin.
At this time, Pei Yonghui did not cry, but stared at Fang Yuan with cold eyes.
"This matter... I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly!"
"What evidence can you provide?"
Wei Ting sat down, unable to calm down, frightened and angry.
I'm surprised that such a horrific case happened in Liaozhou.
What makes me angry is who is so bold as to cause the three governors to die mysteriously.
This matter concerns the face of the imperial court and the dignity of their censorship station!
In fact, the imperial court once sent people from Dali Temple to investigate.
But because the official positions of Wei Ting and the others were too low, they were not exposed to some things.
So I only found out now when I heard Fang Yuan mention it.
"There is a mortgage deed, but I don't have it with me."
Fang Yuan sat down again and said calmly.
The mortgage deed was originally at Sanxing Yahang.
After capturing Qin Liangcai, the jailer searched his body and was kept by Fang Yuan in Fang Mansion.
"Okay, okay."
Wei Ting is still a little absent-minded.
Based on his intuition, he felt that he could not intervene in this matter.
But now it’s hard to get off the tiger, and Fang Yuan can’t be refused even in the full view of the public.
Moreover, it was about the face of the imperial court and the dignity of Yushitai, so he had to take it regardless.
"Back to the topic!"
"Has the county magistrate from Yushe County and Hepingcheng County not arrived yet?"
Tang Lin's tone trembled slightly, and he looked out the door and said.
The common people also turned around, but no other county magistrates appeared outside the door.
"It's almost time. Please wait a moment for the three censors."
Lin Yangbo said respectfully.
When he mentioned the two county magistrates, he calmed down again.
Fang Yuan shocked everyone by bringing up the mysterious deaths of the three governors.
But as long as the other two county magistrates arrive to testify, Fang Yuan's official career will be over.
For a commoner who is not the governor, it would be easier to crush him to death than crushing an ant to death.
Pei Yonghui also sneered, looking at Xian Fang Yuan as if he were looking at a dead person.
Wei Ting was silent, seeming to be thinking about whether to continue waiting.
At this moment, shouting came from outside the door.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, the magistrate of Yushe County (Pingcheng County) is coming."
Soon, the people moved out of the way.
Two governors wearing official uniforms walked in quickly.
"Yushe County Magistrate Zhao Minda (Pingcheng County Magistrate Luo Yuansi) met three censors."
Zhao Minda and the two saluted.
"No gifts!"
"Do the two county magistrates already know what they were summoned to do?"
Wei Ting held up his right hand and did not stand up.
Now the three countries are sitting in court. They are the biggest ones on the scene, so they don’t need to return the favor.
"Already known."
"My official, Yushe County Magistrate Zhao Minda, everything I said in the official hall is true."
"On the sixth day of September in the second year of Zhenguan, Governor Fang summoned the Governor Shi and the magistrates of the three counties to discuss the resumption of farming."
"At the meeting, Governor Fang asked the magistrates of our three counties to resume farming at all costs, even if it means enslaving the people."
"The magistrates of our three counties refused at first, but Governor Fang forced us to suspend our duties again. We can only obey the order obediently. The magistrates of the other two counties can testify about this matter."
Zhao Minda spoke first.
Then Luo Yuansi almost repeated his words.
What the two said was exactly the same as what Lin Yangbo said at the beginning.
"Prefect Fang, witnesses and evidence are gathered together, what else do you have to say?"
Tang Lin scolded Fang Yuan again.
Three county magistrates made corrections at the same time, and the villagers of Sanjia Village also suffered.
If Fang Yuan has no other evidence to prove his innocence, he can be convicted.
"I..."
Fang Yuan's face looked a little ugly and he lowered his head slightly.
When Lin Yangbo, Xie Wenyu and others saw this, their eyes became brighter.
In such a situation, it can be seen that Fang Yuan has no evidence to prove himself, and he is dead.
Pei Yonghui also smiled outside the court. He was so confident that he never regarded Fang Yuan as an opponent.
He has been telling Lin Yangbo and others that Fang Yuan is not enough evidence, and now he has fallen into his trap, and there is no possibility of prosperity anymore.
The one who might be really worried about Fang Yuan in the field is Du Miaoyan.
At this time, her palms were sweating and she looked at Fang Yuan nervously.
The minutes of the meeting were burned, and three county magistrates jointly framed him. I am afraid that if it is difficult to turn over, he may be deprived of his official position and sent to the frontier.
"My beautiful face, don't be afraid."
Wang Shiyu comforted her.
Hold Du Miaoyan's hand tightly with your right hand and cross your fingers.
"Brother Wei, let's judge."
Tang Lin urged in a low voice.
He couldn't help but want to sentence Fang Yuan.
"Prince Fang, you have abused your power, enslaved the people to resume farming, treated human life as nothing, and hurt the poor people of Sanjia Village. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, I will deprive you of your position as governor and sentence..." p>
Wei Ting said in a deep voice.
The power of supervising the censor is so great.
If they have evidence, they can pass judgment on local officials.
This is why both central and local officials are extremely wary of it.
But they are not arbitrary, and they have to send evidence and judgments back to the Yushitai and the Ministry of Officials.
Only after review and confirmation by the Yushitai and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will the real document be issued, and the local officials' judgment will take effect.
Everyone looked at it with different expressions, and the people once again moved out of the way.
"Zun Zhou, I am late for your official appointment, so you have been wronged!"
Zhang San, run in quickly.
Salute respectfully in front of Fang Yuan.
He was panting and his face was pale.
"It's not too late, it's just the right time."
"Give the evidence to the three censors."
Fang Yuan raised his head and showed a victorious smile.
"Yes!"
Zhang San shouted yes!
Walk towards the three censors on the stage.
Lin Yangbo and others were shocked and looked at each other, but they couldn't think of any other evidence that Fang Yuan had.
"This...this is the meeting minutes?!"
Wei Ting took Zhang San's evidence and said uncertainly.
As soon as the words fell, the faces of the three county magistrates Lin Yangbo turned pale.
"Not bad!"
"This is exactly the meeting record."
Fang Yuan stood up and smiled calmly.
"Impossible!"
"You just said it was burned!"
Lin Yangbo shouted in panic.
If there are minutes of the meeting, it will prove that the three of them gave false evidence in court.
For slandering the governor and collaborating to give false evidence, at least he will be deprived of his official position and may also face jail time.
Wei Ting looked at the meeting minutes and then at the house listing, his brows furrowed into a frown. He also remembered that Fang Yuan just said that the meeting minutes were burned.
The testimonies before and after were wrong, and Fang Yuan also lied in court?
"I had the foresight and asked someone to submit a copy to the Ministry of Civil Affairs at noon yesterday for filing."
Fang Yuan chuckled.
There was a fire in the archives office of the Governor's Mansion last night, which made Fang Yuan feel that things were not that simple.
So Zhang San was asked to hurry up and catch up with the messenger who set off at noon.
The road from Liaozhou to Chang'an City is more than 500 kilometers. It takes two or three days to ride a horse normally, but one day is enough if you need to rush.
The messenger was not in a hurry to deliver the letter, so he naturally took his time on the road, and the resting place was also a court inn.
Zhang San has an express service of hundreds of miles, and it is convenient to find the inn at night, and the round trip time is just enough.
Everyone was in an uproar, shocked by this reversal.
"You, you, you..."
The three county magistrates of Linyangbo pointed at Fang Yuan and were speechless.
They had specially asked people to burn down the archives office, but they didn't expect Fang Yuan to have such a back-up plan.
"Three censors, what is the crime of falsely accusing their superiors?"
Fang Yuan raised the corners of his mouth, glanced at them from the corner of his eyes, and asked Wei Ting and the others.