Nine hundred and ninetieth chapters must be severely punished
After returning to his role as an actor, Li Qi's acting skills were superb. Seeing his panic, Cai Jing was convinced of him and hurriedly said: "Don't be anxious, everything about this matter is not clear yet, even if it goes to the emperor."
, I’m sure there won’t be any trouble.”
Gao Qiu said cautiously: "Master, you can't be careless now!"
Li Qi hurriedly asked: "Captain, how do you say this?"
Gao Qiu frowned and said: "You usually don't go to the morning court, and you don't know anything about what happened in the court. Ever since you proposed the anti-corruption campaign, those officials have gone crazy, biting whoever they catch.
Even the emperor was not spared. If this matter alarmed them, they would work tirelessly to collect evidence and then go to death to impeach you. You must know that this matter was obviously done deliberately. I don’t think it will be so easy.
You got away with it."
Wang Zhongling, a cautious old man, trembled all over when he heard Yan Guan's words. He looked around and felt very anxious, but he couldn't think of anything to do.
Cai Jing nodded and said: "Yes. I am indeed a little careless. It seems that someone is behind this matter, and it is for you, Li Qi. It will definitely cause trouble in the court. You have offended so many people before.
, they will definitely attack in groups, and at that time, even if the emperor wants to protect you, I am afraid he will be unable to do anything."
Li Qi asked anxiously: "What should we do?"
After all, Cai Jing is a person who has experienced big storms. He raised his hand and said: "I'm afraid it's impossible to get through this matter safely, but if I want to hit you right now, it's absolutely impossible. As long as the new law
If you don't lose it, you won't suffer too much punishment."
Gao Qiu hummed and said, "What the Grand Master said makes sense. Li Qi now holds many positions and has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats. The Emperor will never severely punish Li Qi for this matter. However, we cannot be careless because of this.
Because everything is just smoke and mirrors."
Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something and said: "Li Qi, you don't seem to be like you today?"
Li Qi blinked blankly and said: "What---what am I not like me?"
Gao Qiu looked at him suspiciously and said: "This happened at this critical moment. Although it is not a small matter, it is much lighter than the difficulties you encountered before. But I have never seen you so panicked before."
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When Cai Jing heard what he said, he seemed to find it a little strange.
Damn, I was so caught up in the drama that I forgot that I was still a tough guy who was not afraid of honor or disgrace! Li Qi was complaining in his heart, and he laughed and said: "Captain, at this time, don't make fun of me anymore."
, I can’t stand the slightest fright anymore---.”
While he was talking, his mind was running rapidly, and he continued: "Yes, I have encountered more serious things than this before, but this thing is different from the previous things. Because it has already involved my **
"Obviously, every move I make is being monitored by others. How can I not panic? I believe it would be the same for anyone else."
Gao Qiu raised his eyebrows, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. Maybe I'm overthinking it."
Cai Jing no longer had any doubts and said: "I'm afraid it won't help to think here now. Let's go back first to see what happened and then discuss countermeasures." Li Qi is his most valued friend.
I really don’t want to see anything happen to Li Qi.
The same was true for Gao Qiu! They said a few more words, and then hurriedly left the box. Before Wang Zhongling left, he glanced at Li Qi complicatedly, with a lot of confusion in his eyes!
Li Qiquan saw it and smiled to himself, you old man, you don't want to regret it, this is good, it will save everyone trouble.
After they all went out, Li Qi stood up, and suddenly an evil smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, thinking to himself, the fun has just begun.
Before he could leave the box, Mrs. Qin and Li Qingzhao walked in.
Li Qingzhao asked hurriedly: "Li Qi, did something happen?"
Li Qi forced out a smile and said, "Sister Qingzhao, don't worry, it's just a trivial matter."
"A trivial matter?" Mrs. Qin frowned and said, "But from the look on my father's face, it doesn't seem like a trivial matter!"
Li Qi said angrily: "Madam, don't you know your father well? He is always like this about big things. In this regard, your father and daughter are really alike."
Li Qingzhao said: "They are also worried about you. How can you say such things about your sister?"
Li Qi said hey: "Sister Qingzhao said that." After a pause, he said to Mrs. Qin: "Madam, I now solemnly declare to you that I take back what I just said."
Mrs. Qin would never care about this, otherwise she would have been so angry that she said calmly: "That's not necessary, but I hope you understand that thousands of people in Zuixianju are implicated in you. If something happens,
I hope you won’t hide it from me.”
Li Qi asked: "Madam, if something really happened? What would you do?"
"I---!"
Mrs. Qin was stunned and didn't know how to answer. You must know that Li Qi is a third-grade official, not to mention several grades higher than her father. If something happens to Li Qi, just because she is a woman, let alone help.
, it’s hard not to be held back!
Seeing Mrs. Qin's embarrassed expression, Li Qi didn't want to continue teasing her, and said with a smile: "Okay! This is indeed not a big deal, just don't worry. But, madam, you can't tell the red slave about this!"
Mrs. Qin nodded lightly.
"I'm going to go out first to see how the market is going, excuse me."
After Li Qi said that, he left and came downstairs. Many people came up to ask. Except for the heartless Gao Yanei, Hong Tianjiu and his arch-enemy Song Yuchen and other talented people, everyone else asked with concern.
Li Qi smiled and said that he was fine, but he did not stop and left Zuixianju quickly.
After leaving Zuixianju, Li Qi and Ma Qiao walked along Bianhe Street, only to see passers-by pointing and whispering at him.
Ma Qiao was an upright man. He couldn't stand this kind of suspicious look and said depressedly: "Shuai Bu, what are you doing? I have never seen anyone report himself for taking bribes."
Li Qi rolled his eyes at him and said: "Can you speak? How did you know that this is what is written in the newspaper? And can this be called corruption and bribery? I call this social etiquette. Haven't you ever given your junior sister a gift?
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Ma Qiao said: "How can these two be compared?"
Li Qidao: "Isn't this the same thing? Rich people are certainly more generous in giving gifts, but it's just because of the amount."
Ma Qiao asked curiously: "But Bu Shuai, why did you do this?"
Li Qi said with a smile: "There has to be a leader in everything, and it would be perfect for me to be the leader in this matter. I do it voluntarily. Forget it, you are such an upright person, even if I tell you, you don't understand.
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When Ma Qiao heard this, he felt that this was also the case. He was indeed an upright person, so he didn't ask any more questions. Suddenly, he glanced to the side from the corner of his eye and whispered: "Commander Bu, someone seems to be following us?"
"Yeah?"
"You can't be wrong. There's more than one. How about I catch one and ask."
"No need, let them do it." Li Qi chuckled, "I didn't expect them to do it so quickly."
Ma Qiao said: "Do you know who Bu Shuai is?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Of course I know, they want to take advantage of my panic to catch me alone and take the stolen goods. They are looking down on me. Even if I really take bribes, I will never do such stupid things. However,
, since they are so cooperative, then I have to make this play more realistic. Let’s go to the western suburbs manor.”
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On this day, Banana Daily swept the entire capital with Li Qi's revelations, and the attention naturally surpassed the Song Dynasty Times Magazine, which had just re-published the Condor Heroes.
There is no way. Li Qi has been the most popular figure in recent years. His every move is under the attention of the people. Now that such a big thing has happened, the people will naturally be very concerned about it. If "People" existed these days
magazine, Li Qi will definitely be on the cover.
In just one day, dozens of opinions were circulated about this news, some were to add insult to injury, and some were to whitewash Li Qi. Anyway, there are two sides to everything. Wherever there are people, there will be debates.
, most of them argue for the sake of arguing.
However, what attracted more attention than Li Qilai was the Banana Daily. The people immediately rushed to dig out the source of the Banana Daily. However, the Banana Daily seemed to have fallen from the sky, and there was no way to investigate it. Even though
Cai Jing and others have no clue.
This makes Banana Daily seem more mysterious and attract more attention.
For a time, Tokyo fell into restlessness again. After a long period of calm, the people finally found a new topic. Even in the hut, two people next to each other were talking about this matter. I must thank Li Qi and Banana Daily.
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However, since all this has not yet been clarified, the people can only wait patiently. They believe that it will not be long before the truth comes to light. At that time, they hoped that there would be a turnaround. After all, if it ended all at once, then
It's too boring.
The person involved, Li Qi, has become a turtle again. Since he entered the western suburbs manor, he has never come out. However, there are many strange faces around the western suburbs manor. No matter what their eyes are looking at,
Whether looking east or west, the lingering light never leaves this manor.
Unfortunately, two hours passed and there was no movement in front of the door.
It was not until the evening that Liang Shicheng led a group of people to the Xijiao Manor. The purpose of his visit was very simple, which was to publicize the oral order and let Li Qi go to the morning court tomorrow.
Of course, he couldn't help but gossip, and Li Qi told him the truth, because Li Qi knew that Liang Shicheng was definitely on his side. Although the two had no romantic relationship, they had a lot of cooperation.
After Liang Shicheng learned the truth, he was helpless because Song Huizong had been confused by those officials recently. Li Qi was pointing the gun at him! In line with the principle of protecting himself, he just blamed Li Qi for a few words that were too disrespectful.
He was careful and left immediately without saying much.
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The next day!
Li Qi came to the court early. When his colleagues saw him coming, they all stayed away. Some were watching the theater, some were gloating, some were adding insult to injury, and some were deaf to what was happening outside the window. Only Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others
People chatted with him for a few words, because they didn't know who was behind the scenes for the time being, so now they could only decide based on tactics. The key was to see Song Huizong's views on the matter.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
A high-pitched voice suddenly sounded. The ministers quickly took their places. When Song Huizong came out, they all saluted and said: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"Everyone loves you for your peace of mind."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After some corny dialogue.
Song Huizong glanced at the ministers and said calmly: "Yesterday there seemed to be some unrest in our capital! I received dozens of memorials in one day."
Wow! So many? Okay. Let’s take note of you people first, and count them one by one when you have free time! Although Li Qi was prepared, he was still surprised when he heard it!
Song Huizong paused, glanced at Li Qi, and continued: "Not only that, these dozens of memorials impeached one person. I believe all you dear friends also know who this person is, right?"
Everyone stood with their heads bowed, and no one answered.
Song Huizong sneered and said, "Is the economic envoy here?"
"Wei Chen is here."
Li Qi quickly stood up.
Song Huizong asked: "Do you know who it is?"
Li Qi replied neatly: "I don't know."
"very good!"
Song Huizong nodded and said: "Chiang Yushi."
Jiang Daoyan hurriedly stood up and said: "Wei Chen is here."
Song Huizong asked again: "If I remember correctly, you also issued a memorial. Who are you impeaching?"
Jiang Daoyan said: "It is the economic envoy Li Qi who was impeached by the minister."
Li Qi let out a cry and said: "Brother Yan---oh no, Jiang Yushi, I have no enmity or enmity with you, why did you cheat me?"
Jiang Daoyan's face did not change and he said: "I am just reporting based on the facts. I am not targeting anyone."
Sure enough, you make a living by speaking. This official accent can be written into a textbook! Li Qi secretly laughed in his heart and did not cry out for injustice at this time. He would wait for a while and said: "Your Majesty---."
"Shut up first."
As soon as he shouted one word, he was interrupted by Song Huizong.
No, although this is just an act, you still have to save some face for me, at least let me shout out the second word! Li Qi was depressed and obediently stepped aside.
Song Huizong said again: "Chiang Yushi, why are you impeaching the economic envoy?"
Jiang Dao said: "The weak official impeached the economic envoy for accepting bribes."
Song Huizong snorted and said, "How did you know that?"
Jiang Daoyan said: "Reporting to the emperor, a newspaper called Banana Daily suddenly appeared in the city yesterday. It published all the crimes of the economic envoy. The records were very detailed. When the minister saw it, it didn't seem to be fabricated, so he immediately sent someone to go there.
investigation."
When Song Huizong heard about Banana Daily, the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously, but then he restored his majestic expression and said: "Banana Daily? Who is this from?"
Jiang Daoyan said: "This little minister has not yet been identified."
Song Huizong said: "Then have you found any evidence?"
Jiang Daoyan replied: "We have found several witnesses. They saw with their own eyes that Japanese, Dashi, Byzantine and other envoys transported donkey carts filled with gifts to the economic envoy's manor in the western suburbs.
There were a total of twenty vehicles together, and although those people didn’t know what they contained, the number was very consistent with the number written by Banana Daily.”
Li Qi snorted: "Jiang Yushi, you are not a witness, right? What do thirty donkey carts mean? What if it is wheat, what if it is stone, can it be considered that I have accepted a bribe?
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Cai You hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is very simple to confirm whether this matter is true or false. You only need to send someone to search the Economic Envoy's residence, and you will know everything."
Just scream! Just wait until a few days pass and cry. Li Qi glanced at Cai You, a smile flashed in his eyes.
"What you said makes sense." Song Huizong nodded and said to Li Qi: "Li Qi, do you want to confess on your own, or do you want me to send someone to search."
"this---."
Li Qi went from confident to speechless in an instant.
Cai You's hands were trembling with excitement. It was really not easy to catch this kid and make him confess his crime! Heaven! Earth! You finally opened your eyes.
Song Huizong snorted: "What the hell, why don't we recruit people from the real situation?"
"Yes!" Li Qi lowered his head and said, "Wei Chen did accept the gifts from those envoys."
Song Huizong picked up a memorial and threw it in front of Li Qi, saying: "Look carefully to see if the gift you received matches what is written on it."
Li Qi picked it up and looked at it for a long time, but remained silent. Song Huizong said: "What? Have you forgotten how many gifts you received?"
Li Qi swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice: "Go back to the emperor, this is about the same amount." But then he immediately raised his head and said, "But Wei Chen refuses to accept the charge of accepting bribes.
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Cai You shouted: "The evidence is irrefutable, you still dare to quibble!" He said and cupped his hands towards Song Huizong and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to request that Li Qi be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor and neglecting his superiors."
Damn it! For this little charge, you want to kill me. It shows that you are like this. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. I will teach you a lesson and let you know what it means to add insult to injury. Li Qi argued
He said: "What is the ironclad proof? When envoys come to visit me, they naturally have to bring gifts. This is human nature and reasonable. What's the crime?"
Cai You hummed, "Then let me ask you why they don't give me gifts."
Li Qidao: "You have poor interpersonal relationships."
"Presumptuous." Cai You said: "I am also your superior, how dare you speak rudely to me." As he said this, he cupped his hands towards Song Huizong and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to request that Li Qitiao be convicted of contempt of court.
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Song Huizong waved his hands and said, "Let's put this matter aside for now and let's talk about business first."
Cai You was depressed. He sang and said to Li Qi: "There are so many ministers in the DPRK and China. They don't give gifts to others, but they give them to you. It's obvious. Because you are the economic envoy, you have a heavy responsibility in this negotiation.
Of course they want to find you, because they want something from you. And since you accepted the gift, there must be something illegal between you."
Song Moquan also stood up and said: "What the British government said is true. If you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing yourself. As an economic officer, if you have done something that harms the country, I advise you to call the police as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will be found out and you are guilty."
Add one more."
Many of Li Qi's enemies stood up and questioned Li Qi.
Li Qi let them talk, but silently wrote down their names, thinking, well, except for Cai You's son, I haven't found anyone to attack originally, but now I have. After they finished speaking, Li Qi said:
"Everyone, this seems to be just your one-sided statement. Yes, I accepted the gift, and they did ask for something from me, but I promised what I should, and I didn't agree at all."
Song Huizong snorted and said: "What you said is strange. Then I ask you, what does it mean to agree and what does it mean to not agree?"
Li Qidao: "Anyone who harms our interests in the Song Dynasty should not agree. And all the ministers have agreed to the conditions that have been planned for a long time. For example, the Dashi envoys and the Byzantine envoys came to give me gifts and communicate with me.
This negotiation has nothing to do with it at all. They just want to get the secret recipe of my Zui Xianju canned food, and they even pay a lot of money and an island. The emperor can send people to find evidence on this matter, but Wei Chen did not agree. As we all know,
Canned food is a perfect compensation for those who have been floating on the sea for a long time. For the navy, its importance is self-evident. The purpose of getting canned food is to dominate the sea. This is very important to my big brother.
Song's domination of the sea would be very harmful, so even though the money they promised me was unimaginable, I never agreed, because as a citizen of the Song Dynasty, I must not do anything that harms the country.
thing."
What he said was categorical and unquestionable. After a pause, he continued: "As for the Goryeo envoys, they gave me gifts in the hope of strengthening ties with the Song Dynasty and mediating their relationship with the Jin Kingdom.
I thought that our Song Dynasty, as a big country in the Central Plains, should step in to mediate the disputes between neighboring countries. If this were not the case, then our Song Dynasty would have no sense of existence. But even so, I still did not agree to them. I just said that it would depend on the situation.
Besides, because we are also allies with the Jin Kingdom, and we are not very clear about the disputes between them, we cannot make a decision until we find out. The envoys from Dali and Japan are seeking help from the Song Dynasty.
At this point, Your Majesty, you should know that Wei Chen has never made a decision without authorization. Also, the Japanese brought ten young girls and wanted to borrow seeds from Wei Chen. Wei Chen was not tempted and sternly refused.
, Weichen will never give them the opportunity to train thousands of economic envoys to make money from me. Of course, they were scolded by Weichen and felt very guilty, so they sent the ten girls to Weichen.
I became a servant to make up for the damage they had done to Wei Chen's spirit and character. Wei Chen refused, so I reluctantly accepted. Now those ten girls are still sweeping the floor in my house, and I haven't even touched them.
, If the British Duke doesn’t believe it, he can go and get himself tested.”
Cultivate tens of thousands of economic envoys? This person must regard this as his own family! The officials just wanted to laugh when they heard this.
Cai You subconsciously said: "How to test this?"
Li Qidao: "The British Lord is too modest, isn't he? You have experienced hundreds of battles, how can you not know how to experience it?"
Many ministers couldn't bear it anymore and snickered.
Cai You was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, pointed at Li Qi and said: "You--you slandered me."
Li Qidao: "But I don't know that my words slandered the British public, and I would like to ask the British to point it out."
Zhao Huan suddenly stood up and said: "I would like to inform my father, I can prove that everything Li Qi said is true."
Song Huizong said: "Say."
Zhao Huandao: "Concerning this negotiation, Erchen has always been in charge, and the economic envoy assisted. Regarding the content of the negotiation, Erchen and the economic envoy have discussed it countless times. In other words, the main content of this negotiation is
It had been decided long ago. At that time, the envoys from various countries had not yet come to Beijing. If Li Qi agreed to any of the envoys' requests, then Li Qi would definitely come to discuss with his ministers and make corresponding changes. But in fact, Li Qi
From beginning to end, Qi never showed up, let alone anything else, and the negotiations have been proceeding according to the plan we agreed on, without any surprises."
Song Huizong nodded frequently when he heard this.
Is this going to be reversed?
Cai Jing and Gao Qiu looked at each other with confused expressions.
Jiang Daoyan frowned and said: "The words of His Highness and the Economic Envoy can only prove that the Economic Envoy did not agree to the other party's request, but there is no evidence that the Economic Envoy's move was not an act of accepting bribes. The so-called bribery refers to taking advantage of one's authority.
, seeking ill-gotten gains. If Li Qi was not the economic envoy and had nothing to do with this negotiation, would those envoys still give them gifts? Obviously not. Not only that, the economic envoy did agree to the other party's request,
Regardless of whether it should be agreed or not, regardless of whether it harms the interests of the Song Dynasty, this should be regarded as bribery. If it is not severely punished today, other corrupt officials can also use these remarks to justify themselves in the future. By then, everyone will be beaten
If you carry the banner of accepting gifts but not doing anything, then where is the royal law?"
Cai You immediately added: "Your Majesty, the economic envoy proposed the anti-corruption campaign at the beginning. Now he says one thing and does another. He really despises the Holy One and deceives the superiors and conceals the truth from the inferiors. This is an added crime."
When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty heard the words "anti-corruption and promotion of integrity", his heart boiled with anger and he was furious. He slammed the table and said decisively: "Yes, this matter must not be tolerated. Otherwise, if everyone is like this, where is the power of God? King."
Where is the law?"
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