Li Zhi looked at the Li family officials below, paused and said, "What makes me happy today is that more than a hundred officials of the Li family are celebrating the New Year in Fanjiazhuang and Tianjin, but only a dozen of you are here to make trouble."
Hearing the word Li Zhi "making trouble", everyone secretly thought something was wrong. Li Zhi had already characterized everyone's actions as negative behaviors, and he was obviously not prepared to compromise with the Li family.
If more than a hundred Li family officials all jumped out to force the palace, maybe Li Yousheng could fight with Li Zhi. But obviously the other hundreds of Li family members are afraid of Li Zhi and are unwilling to come forward with Li Zhenpin's matter. In this way, as long as Li Zhi comes out,
The dozen or so officials who came to "make trouble" were dealt with ruthlessly, and these dozen or so people could not cause any trouble at all.
Li Yousheng was so anxious that he was sweating. He glared at Li Zhi's second uncle Li Dao and motioned for the Jilin governor to come up and speak.
Li Yousheng is Li Dao's uncle. It was Li Yousheng who took Li Dao to Li Zhi's house to talk, which made Li Dao become Li Zhi's second subordinate. Now that his uncle's grandson is in trouble, Li Dao can't say anything no matter what.
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Li Dao took a step forward helplessly and said: "The Duke Li Zhenpin is the child I watched grow up." With Li Zhi's gaze, Li Dao couldn't continue talking. From the bottom of his heart,
Li Dao probably also felt that Li Zhenpin was responsible for the collapse of the factory. Under the pressure from Li Zhi, he did not dare to say nonsense: "There is something wrong with this child. More than 30 people died in the collapse of the factory, and the impact was extremely bad. Tianjin and Fanjiazhuang
The people are talking a lot. If we don’t investigate the case clearly and get to the bottom of it, I’m afraid”
Li Yousheng heard Li Dao's words getting more and more crooked, and finally he just followed Li Zhi's train of thought, and his eyes widened in anger. He coughed violently, interrupting Li Dao's nonsense.
Li Dao was a little ashamed when his words were interrupted by Li Yousheng's cough. He looked at Li Zhi, then at Li Yousheng, and finally his face turned blood red, and he gritted his teeth and walked out of the hall.
Since Li Zhi had determined that this matter was a "trouble", Li Dao finally did not dare to confront Li Zhi and waved his sleeves away.
Seeing that Li Dao was gone, Li Yousheng, who had lost his strong support, felt even more anxious. Li Zhenpin was his only grandson, and he felt that he was losing this sole child little by little. He took another step forward and said loudly:
"Cui Changwu arrested Li Zhenpin without any evidence. If he surrenders, not only the Li family but also the people in the town and four provinces will be dissatisfied. The Duke of the country talks about the rule of law every day. Can the disciplinary inspection team and the secret guards be above the rule of law?
And above the evidence?”
Li Zhi looked at Li Yousheng, his face turned cold: "Of course we must rule by law, and of course there will be evidence."
Li Zhi said loudly: "Before the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, I will make the evidence public. At that time, everyone can decide whether Li Zhenpin should be punished or not."
Those who had not escaped at this time were all Li Yousheng's best friends. More than a dozen people looked at each other for a while, with some disbelief on their faces.
If Li Zhenpin hadn't done it, there would naturally be no evidence. If Li Zhenpin was responsible for this, Li Yousheng would have destroyed all the evidence long ago. Where would Li Zhi go to find the evidence?
The prefect of Hejian Prefecture resisted Li Zhi's pressure and said: "Master Guo, we have made an agreement! If we can't find evidence on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we will let Li Zhenpin go."
Li Zhi looked at the magistrate of Hejian Prefecture and vaguely remembered that this middle-aged man was his distant cousin, one of the first relatives recommended to him by Li Yousheng. More than ten years later, the original soap workshop employees were already from the same prefecture.
Parent Officer.
Li Zhi sneered and said: "Okay! If there is no evidence on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Zhenpin will be released."
After a pause, Li Zhi said: "But before I came up with the evidence, I suspected that Li Yousheng committed murder. Someone came and captured Li Yousheng and handed it over to the disciplinary inspection team for interrogation. Let Cui Changwu search Li Yousheng's house and check all of Li Yousheng's property.
Take the servant’s fingerprints to see if Liu Yiyi was killed by Li Yousheng.”
In Li Yousheng's extreme surprise, the guards around Li Zhi rushed forward and grabbed Li Yousheng.
Li Yousheng finally understood the seriousness of the matter, and his face turned pale. He trembled and said: "Li Zhi, you detain your second grandfather without evidence, you stupid prince! You are being instigated!"
Li Zhi frowned and said: "If it is found out that you were not the one who sent someone to kill Liu Yiyi, I will naturally let you go!"
Seeing Li Zhi detaining Li Yousheng, the officials in the three palaces suddenly panicked.
Li Zhi looked at the other frightened Li family officials in the three halls and snorted coldly: "I promoted you to be officials because I hope you will benefit the people, not for you to protect each other. The thirteen of you have made me proud.
Very disappointed.”
"All 13 people were relieved of their duties on the spot, and went to middle school to study public ethics courses for three years."
"After three years, whether you will be demoted or demoted to civilians depends on your performance in middle school!"
The thirteen people who stayed until the end in the three palaces were stunned when they heard Li Zhi's thunderous treatment. Unexpectedly, Li Zhi dismissed his official position on the spot in a snap and had to go to the middle school to study with the common people.
Public ethics course, what a shame.
All thirteen people were stunned. You looked at me and I looked at you, speechless.
Li Zhi snorted coldly and stopped paying attention to these bureaucrats. He shook off the front of his official robe, stood up, and walked back to the Qinzhengyuan behind the third hall.
In Qinzhengyuan, Li Xing and Li Laosi had been waiting there for a long time.
The two division commanders of the Li family knew Li Zhi's temper and did not dare to force Li Zhi to marry him. After receiving Li Yousheng's call, they did not respond to the second grandfather's call, but rushed to Qinzhengyuan to tell the news to him.
Li Zhi.
Seeing Li Zhi frowning and walking into the Qinzhengyuan, Li Xing and Li Laosi looked at each other for a while, and they both understood that Li Zhi had severely dealt with the troublemaking Li family bureaucrats.
Li Zhi took a breath, sat back behind his desk, and looked at the official documents on the table without saying a word.
Li Xing thought for a while and said: "Brother, after all, the Li family is the most loyal group of people to my eldest brother. There are more than a hundred Li family bureaucrats spread everywhere. If Li Zhenpin is killed without evidence this time, I am afraid that the Li family will all
If you want to say that the eldest brother has a soft ear and is alienated by others, it would be in vain to kill the Li family."
Li Zhi looked at Li Xing and nodded.
Although Han Jinxin mentioned Li Zhenpin's daily indiscretions, it was naturally inappropriate to kill Li Zhenpin just based on Han Jinxin's words, which would cause great material controversy.
And without evidence, Li Zhi couldn't believe that he had killed the right person. If it was really the southern gentry who designed to drive a wedge between Li Zhi and his bureaucrats, Li Zhi would regret it beyond words.
Li Zhi wants to provide evidence, and it is solid evidence.
Waving to the bodyguard beside him, Li Zhi said: "Go and call Cui Changwu, give him a set of equipment for collecting fingerprints, and let him collect evidence."
