Chapter seven hundred and seventy second bet on your ass
This kid is really eloquent. As long as he catches a small loophole, he will squeeze out all the benefits of this small hole and will never allow any waste.
Li Qi is a rebel general, and the rest of the people subconsciously said something beautiful. Among them are many of Li Qi's political opponents. After all, since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, this official loves to catch rumors and gossip, and he will kill you for even the most trivial things.
There is no sense of existence, and what is even more disgusting is that once they find the target, they will work day and night until they achieve the goal, and they will not stop until they drive you crazy.
Among the ministers standing in this hall, who has never suffered such a loss?
However, this is the power given to them by the emperor of the Song Dynasty. What they did has advantages and disadvantages. The key lies in how things came about.
Jiang Daoyan said confidently: "I am not lying, I have also produced the certificate. Could it be that we, the Yushitai, just let such a big thing go unchecked? If that were the case, wouldn't the officials of our Yushitai have nothing to do all day long?"
Li Qi chuckled and said: "Jiang Yushi, you are really eloquent. I remember you didn't say that just now. You wanted to punish me as soon as you came up. I thought you had solid evidence, but the fact is
Prove that this is not the case. Since I can refute you, it also proves that your evidence can only be used as supporting evidence, not as ironclad evidence. You come here to slap me with such a big hat with only auxiliary evidence.
He said it very firmly, you are qualified! You are really qualified!" After saying this, he directly gave Jiang Daoyan two thumbs up. The irony was self-evident.
Jiang Daoyan was struck by Li Qi's eloquent and machine-gun-like counterattack. He couldn't help but take a step back, feeling a little panicked.
The rest of the people were secretly glad that Li Qi did not enter the Yushitai, otherwise, they might not be able to survive this day.
Song Huizong saw it all. This was the first time he saw Jiang Daoyan forced to such a point. He smiled secretly in his heart, but said: "Li Qi, what should you do according to what you said?"
Li Qi cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is not an unreasonable person. He can tolerate small things and let them pass. However, this matter concerns Wei Chen's reputation and life. Wei Chen should defend it with his life. Wei Chen is not a leftist.
Looking at him, I just hope that the whole matter can be explained clearly in a fair environment, rather than seeking guilt."
Song Huizong nodded slightly and said: "What you said makes sense, so what kind of fair environment do you want?"
Li Qi pointed domineeringly at Jiang Daoyan and said: "Wei Chen wants to bet with Jiang Yushi on chrysanthemums - oh no, bet on gold."
As soon as these words came out, the officials were shocked and looked at Li Qi with wide eyes.
This is really domineering.
The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and there was silence in the hall.
Everyone was immediately dumbfounded.
After a while, Song Huizong woke up from the shock and said: "Bet---Bet---." He always felt that the word was too indecent and could not say it.
Li Qi said hey: "Your Majesty, this is gambling."
"Ahem, cough, cough, you---what do you mean by that?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "It's very simple. Jiang Yushi accuses me of four counts in total. If one of them is found true, then I will be slapped with ten major accusations. If I win one of the charges, then Jiang Yushi will be slapped with ten major accusations."
This guy is so cunning. Even if he is found guilty of even one crime, why should he beat you? He can just be sent to the army and sent to the army. Cai You cursed in his heart.
Jiang Daoyan fluffed up his sleeves and said: "This is unreasonable, how is this inappropriate?"
Li Qi ignored him and said to Song Huizong: "Your Majesty, you can see that this is a sign of guilty conscience. The humble minister behaves upright, sits upright, and is fearless. But what Jiang Yushi just said
He was so sure, as if the evidence was conclusive, but just the ten big boards made him daunted, which proved that what he just said was not credible at all. In this case, there is no need to argue."
Beautifully said. Cai Jing secretly praised. This was undoubtedly forcing Jiang Daoyan to submit. As long as Jiang Daoyan agreed, he would lose his original advantage and stand on the same starting line as Li Qi.
Sure enough, Jiang Daoyan was riding a tiger and couldn't get off. If he didn't agree, he wouldn't be qualified to question Li Qi. But if he agreed, he would be very worried in view of the outcome of the debate on the first crime.
It was difficult for Song Huizong to answer the question now. If he intervened to stop him, it would inevitably be unfair. After all, Jiang Daoyan was planning to slap Li Qi to death. Every crime was not trivial, so Li Qi had to be punished.
Fair chance.
Li Qi chuckled: "Otherwise, I am a junior after all, so I will give in. If you agree, the punishment for the first crime will be waived. Let's start with the second crime."
Jiang Daoyan saw that Li Qi was about to ride on him and Song Huizong was silent. He knew that he had no choice but to retreat, otherwise the majesty of Yushitai would be lost. He gritted his teeth and said: "Well, I will go with Gambling."
---How do you explain the second crime of these ten major crimes?"
Damn it! Look, I won’t kill you. Li Qi put away his smile and said seriously: "Those people seek wealth and murder, there is irrefutable proof. After repeated discussions with Ji Minren at that time, we decided to allocate their land to the local people."
Common people, please serve as a warning to others. I want to explain one thing here. At that time, I didn’t know that Ji Minren was colluding with Xixia, and he also gave the order. I just gave my own opinion."
Anyway, Ji Minren is dead, so it is not up to him to decide how things will turn out.
Seeking wealth and killing?
Everyone was confused by Li Qi.
Jiang Daoyan snorted: "What? Seeking wealth and killing people? This is really the most ridiculous thing in the world. Don't think that I don't know what you Fengxiang has done. If so many people are trying to make money and kill people together, then there is no need to wait for you to go.
,Are the local government offices just decorations?"
Li Qi hummed: "Jiang Yushi, since you know it, you should also know who I am targeting, right?"
"Isn't it illegal for those big landowners in the counties of Fengxiang Prefecture to be landlords? In that case, I'm afraid economic officials will not be immune."
Li Qi shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course landlords do not break the law, but Jiang Yushi must not forget that every landlord has many contracts with him. He must have many farm laborers, tenant farmers, etc., otherwise he cannot be called
They are landlords. However, when the disaster first occurred in Fengxiang Mansion, these landlords quickly transferred their property and food and ran away with their relatives. This is human nature, and I don’t blame them. But, they
That's the problem with not taking away their farmhands and others. Many contracts state that they have to give the farmhands several meals a day, maybe one, maybe two, as well as wages, but they haven't fulfilled it.
The contract was still in arrears with the farm laborers, and no food was given to them, so that many farm laborers starved to death. What is this but seeking money and killing people? As for the local government, it was even more ridiculous. At that time, many county magistrates in Fengxiang were
If he runs away, who will take care of this matter? It is said that the emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law. On the contrary, the common people are guilty of the same crime as the emperor when they break the law. The county magistrate is the head of a county, but he ran away alone regardless of his own people and neglected his duties.
Should I be punished?"
"Should this kind of magistrate be punished severely?"
Prince Zhao Huan couldn't help but said.
"His Royal Highness, what you said is really good." Li Qi sneered and said: "As the owner of a field, the landlord should be responsible for his farmhands, tenant farmers and others. However, those landlords ignore them.
He only cares about escaping for his own life, and also takes away the food they need to survive. How is this different from those magistrates who fled, and should they be punished?"
The rest of what he said was impassioned and impassioned, as if there was no doubt about it.
When Song Huizong heard this, his face was full of anger, he slapped the table and said: "Okay! What a good punishment! It's really unreasonable. Those magistrates and county officials, as parents, abandoned the people and ignored them at such a critical moment. It really offends me, as well as those big officials."
Landowners, they usually receive favors from the court, but they don't think about repaying them. Instead, when the court encounters difficulties, they only care about themselves, making the people worse. I feel that just confiscating their land, they should all be executed to relieve the pain in my heart.
hatred."
Li Qidao: "Your Majesty, I have received some contracts from farmhands who starved to death, as well as some confessions from common people. I believe that after your Majesty reads it, you will have a more detailed understanding of the whole matter, but the evidence of the crime is still there."
In the military camp, when Taiwei Liang returned to the capital, Wei Chen immediately presented the evidence."
Song Huizong nodded and said: "Of course I believe you."
Jiang Daoyan had calculated everything, but he didn't expect that Li Qi would take advantage of this loophole, use the contract to defend himself, and use the common people as a shield.
In fact, let alone him, no one in the civil or military circles thought that Li Qi would use this trick.
It seemed that my worries were unnecessary. Cai Jing showed a faint smile on his lips and began to close his eyes to rest. Gao Qiu and Bai Shizhong also smiled lightly, and the worries on their faces disappeared.
Li Qi smiled and said: "I wonder if Jiang Yushi still has any doubts?"
Song Huizong said so, and Jiang Daoyan had no choice but to admit defeat.
Li Qi added: "If there is no such thing, then this crime is not established, so you owe me ten pieces of advice. Okay, let's start discussing the third crime. You said that I falsely preached the imperial edict and mobilized the Western Army without authorization.
, do you have the certificate?”
This is also the thing that Song Huizong attaches most importance to. Whether you fight or not is secondary. The key is such a big thing. Your border defense didn't even send a seal notification, and you had to let outsiders tell him that such a thing happened.
This made him feel that he was not the emperor in the hearts of the Zhe Family Army and the Zhong Family Army, and that the imperial authority had been violated. This was actually a taboo for every generation of monarchs.
Cai You suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have learned that a few days ago, the Zhong Family Army in Yan'an Prefecture and the Zhe Family Army in Fuzhou mobilized troops to march towards our university without any notification.
The border between Song Dynasty and Xixia."
For the same reason, he was also angry, because this matter was an opportunity for him, the Privy Councilor, to make achievements. Unfortunately, when he found out, the Xixia army withdrew.
As everyone knows, Li Qi did this to prevent Tong Guan, Cai You and others from suggesting that they send troops to Xixia and ruin his plan.
Jiang Daoyan now didn't care who the other party was, and said hurriedly: "Listen, the evidence is solid and I won't tolerate your quibbles."
Li Qi shrugged and said, "Why should I quibble? This is normal!" (To be continued.