The people were dissatisfied when they heard Ru Yu's last words: Even if the interrogation cannot be completed today, at least you can explain it to the next public trial! What does it mean to leave such a small tail at the end of the case!
But everyone dared to shout "beat him to death" at the criminal, but they didn't dare to speak like this to the officials present. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment is already a high-ranking official. Most people will never see a second-rank official once in their life, so how dare they
Raise an objection before him?
But even if the last little tail is not solved, what I saw today is already quite surprising. I can definitely brag with the people who were not able to squeeze in to hear the trial today, so after everyone dispersed, they immediately started chatting with others in high spirits.
"It turns out that the art of witchcraft requires the use of these things to create strange-shaped corpses, and there are many things I have never seen before. Today I have learned a lot." "Why are you staring at these? I didn't even look at them twice.
I dare to watch it, for fear of having nightmares at night!"
"It turns out that the Tianfang cultists are really treating people who don't believe in their religion so badly. They want to kill them all, but they can't do it now. From now on, we have to be careful about the lustful people in the country. People from the foreign country can't come in.
, the people in the country are indispensable." "I can kill all the lustful people in the country, and then demote the women to slaves, and it will be over."
"Although the Samarkand spy named Singh today is very hateful, he can still be regarded as a man. Although I have hundreds of dock coolies under my command, and people in the world respect me as a man, I am better than him.
It's still far behind. That person named Su Dongli is too pustular. It would be fine if he could survive, but he is still dead after being pustified for a long time, which is just a joke."
Someone else talked about the gentry. "Old Sun, who do you think the other gentry are who are connected with them?" "How dare I say this? I don't dare to talk nonsense at this juncture."
"Tch, you're timid." "You're not timid, tell me!" "I don't know, how should I say it?"
Following the flow, Bai Wenyu and his second uncle Bai Jingshuang walked out slowly, surrounded by servants, and walked towards their yard.
While walking, Bai Jingshuang muttered: "I don't know who the other families are who are colluding with the spies of Samarkand. Will our family be implicated?"
He muttered this several times, and suddenly, Bai Wenyu, who had been frowning at the side, said: "Second uncle, I finally understand why His Majesty the Emperor wants to hold a public trial." He lowered his voice in the second half of the sentence.
"Why?" Seeing him like this, Bai Jingshuang also asked in a low voice.
Bai Wenyu did not answer his question immediately. He went to the place where his carriage was parked, got on the carriage and the driver let the horse run. Then he said to Bai Jingshuang: "The emperor's intention is to rectify the gentry in Guangdong.
As for the war with the country of Samarkand, it is all a trivial incident."
"Not long after His Majesty arrived in Guangdong, the Emperor was not satisfied with this after hearing from the Chief Envoy Yang that the gentry family in Guangdong was very powerful and the locals and guests fought fiercely. It seemed that he wanted to punish us.
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"But rashly punishing the gentry of a place is not what a monarch can do? Your Majesty can only think of other ways to solve the matter, instead of rashly punishing them."
"But these cases have given His Majesty an opportunity." Bai Jingshuang is not a fool, and he has already understood after hearing these words from Bai Wenyu: "Since ancient times, the establishment of a large prison has been the only way to punish powerful people. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty
Taizong's several major cases were widely implicated, and the purpose was to punish local powerful people."
"Exactly." Bai Wenyu sneered: "As long as the emperor still cherishes his reputation, the prison cannot be implemented just for any reason. Besides, local officials may still be dissatisfied. But the evidence in these two cases is solid, and they involve the emperor." No one in office can say anything against it."
"The emperor first aroused the anger of the people with the case of cutting off children and the case of witchcraft, and then used the spies of the Samarkand State spy case to lead out the involvement of Guangdong gentry in this case, so that the people not only had no doubt about it, but also the people of Guangdong. And I feel very resentful towards such people.”
"The clans in Guangdong are very powerful. If Your Majesty only interrogates the officials and reports the case to the people afterwards, although Your Majesty can also punish the gentry, the people will be dubious about the matter. There will also be gentry who incite the people to fight against the government. It takes a lot of effort to achieve this; but after the public trial, the people are not only convinced that the gentry is colluding with the spies of the Samarkand Kingdom, but also are very disgusted. The gentry cannot incite the people at all, and the government can easily achieve its goal."
"As for which company is connected to the Kingdom of Samarkand, it's not a matter of a word from the government?" Bai Wenyu ended with this sentence.
Afterwards, the two of them sat in the carriage without saying anything for a long time. After a long time, Bai Jingshuang asked: "Well, Wen Yu, how should our family deal with this matter?"
Bai Wenyu was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then said: "There is no other way but to find ways to prevent our family from becoming a target of the government."
They saw through Yunxi's thoughts, and not only them, but many gentry families who sent people to watch and question the case today were able to see through his thoughts, but what's the use? Yunxi used an upright conspiracy, and they couldn't possibly be a family. One household goes to explain to the people, and even if it is explained, it is still unclear whether the people will accept it. As for confronting the government alone with one's own family, it is a fool's behavior to attack the stone with an egg. Originally, the government may just want to impose a slight punishment on your family, but this is tantamount to wanting to The entire clan was exiled. Now that Annan has just been conquered, the court must hope that many people will go to Annan to settle down.
"Using our family's connections in Guangzhou official circles, we must try our best to prevent our family from being included in the list. Our family is related to the Hua family, and the Hua family is also favored by His Majesty, so he asked the Hua family to help smooth things over. Don't be afraid to spend gold and silver. If you are punished this time, you may be moved to Annan with your family, and then everything will be over."
"If it doesn't work out, I will sacrifice a few heads of my house and take the initiative to ask the government to go to Annan. The government is worried about this matter, and suddenly a sleepy person comes to give me a pillow. Wouldn't you be happy? Seeing that our family is so well-informed and knowledgeable, they will let the others go. .As for these houses, subsidize them with more money, and ask the Hua family to help take care of them in Annan. The Huagang Huazi Stone is in Annan, and I heard Hua Rong talk about it when I chatted with him last time. It may fall in Annan, please he can take care of it."
Finally, Bai Wenyu said: "We must pay attention to this matter day and night these days to prevent our family from being punished by the court."
