Zhao Xi blew the cinnabar fork gently, as if he was anxious to let it dry so that his husband could take it away quickly.
Just that scarlet cross character was very dazzling, just like a painted face... Han Qi really regretted following Wang Jiefu to Chui Gong Hall at this time.
He also calmed down this time. Now that the matter is over, the last thing he should do is continue to dwell on the matter. Instead, he should consider how to deal with the bored ministers at Yushitai... Impeaching the husband is their favorite thing to do.
"Chen Changzhi is in Bianliang now... Let's cooperate with the Kaifeng Prefecture in the investigation... Well, according to the laws of the country, what crime should be committed by those who sell illegal salt?"
Zhao Xi seemed to have accidentally picked up the report on Chen Changzhi's case again, and said thoughtfully, then changed his tone and asked about the regulations again.
It's like he really doesn't remember.
"Officials and dynasties do not kill scholar-bureaucrats!"
"Oh, Sima Xianggang admitted that Chen Chang's crime is enough to warrant beheading, isn't it?"
I'm also worried that no one will talk to me... This old man Sima is so cute.
Han Qi probably had the intention to cover Sima Guang’s mouth and drag him out!
Why are you making fun of me? The officials asked Yousi to cooperate with Kaifeng Mansion in the investigation. No matter how unkind Wang Gongchen of Kaifeng Mansion was, he would still be lenient in treating civil servants.
But you, Sima Junshi, are talking to the officials like this. This is letting the officials set the tone for the case.
"Officials and Taizu have sworn that the government shall not kill scholar-bureaucrats unless it is a major crime of rebellion. Regardless of whether Chen Changzhi is guilty enough to die, he cannot be killed!"
"Oh, Sima Xianggong, everyone, I have always wanted to know, when the ancestral oath is contrary to the "Song Xingtong", which one should the courtiers abide by?"
Zhao Xi is not bullying an honest person, he really wants to know.
In fact, Zhao Xi can probably guess which one will be followed: it depends on the identity of the offender.
"Of course..."
"Sima Xianggong..."
"In the official family, the "Song Xingtong" applies to the subjects, while the Taizu Oath is a royal oath and is used to bind the king. There is no conflict between the two."
Wen Yanbo's words are very clear. "Song Xingtong" can convict scholar-bureaucrats, but it is the official's decision whether to kill or not to kill.
Killing... violates Taizu's oath, and not killing violates the "Song Xingtong".
"Of course, the official's golden words can forgive all the sins in the world."
You've said it inside and out, what else can I say?
Zhao Xi has been interested in Wen Yanbo since that exercise when he was young. As expected, Lao Wen solved this embarrassing situation.
"Oh, it seems that the court should be the court's court, and the king should be the king. Forget it, let's deal with it this way."
How to deal with it? How to deal with it? What did you explain?
Is it possible that Chen Changzhi's crime was really clearly proven? In the end, the officials pardoned him? What's going on?
Not only Han Qi had complaints against Sima Guang, he seemed a little unhappy...
"Knowing a person's face but not his heart, it is difficult to paint a dragon or a tiger. People have their good and bad. Your husband is a human being, and your courtiers are also human beings."
"Xiangong Han, the matter of Chen Changzhi has nothing to do with Prime Minister Han. Han is in Bianliang, Chen Changzhi is in Qinzhou, thousands and five hundred miles away. Although he wants to teach him, he is beyond his reach."
"It's hard to take care of your children, and you're just a low-ranking official whom you value? State affairs are the most important thing, so Prime Minister Han shouldn't make things difficult for him."
It's better not to say anything.
Han Qi had already retreated. He came into Chui Gong Hall without saying a word, just to avoid Chen Changzhi's matter.
Unexpectedly, the official had to point it out! It seemed like comfort, but more like telling Han Qi: Old Han, this is your person, right? I know.
The key point is that Han Qicai argued with the officials over the recommendation.
Han Qi's face was alternately black and white, and he was extremely burned.
Wang Gongchen knew the whole story of the incident.
After wandering for many years, I finally returned to Bianliang. Not long after I took over the Kaifeng Mansion, I encountered this incident. What a bad luck.
Speaking of this, Wang Gongchen can be regarded as the number one figure. In the eighth year of Tiansheng, he was the same year as Ouyang Xiu, and finally defeated Ouyang Xiu to win the first place. Later, because of his opposition to the Qingli New Deal, he fell out with Ouyang Xiu, who was in the same year and was his brother-in-law.
Later, when they returned to the court several times, the official careers of the two brothers-in-law were quite bumpy. Over the years, perhaps because they got older, their relationship has eased a lot.
As a minister in the same palace, Ouyang Xiu informed him of the matter in detail.
Whether it's the uncle or the uncle, they are all relatives, and they should know about him. As for what to do, that is his own business. Don't end up offending both parties.
(Wang Gongchen and Ouyang Xiu were both Xue Kui's sons-in-law. Later, Ouyang Xiu married Xue Kui's daughter after his wife died. Wang Gongchen added a couplet: the old son-in-law is the new son-in-law, and the eldest uncle is the younger uncle.)
Wang Gongchen had no choice. At this time, he could only act impartially to make everyone speechless.
At this level of officialdom, everyone is discerning.
Since everyone is paying attention, only Zhanli can gain a firm foothold.
Qin Feng Road specially sent a new army from the capital, arranged a rail carriage, and sent all the people related to the Chen Chang case to Bianliang.
There is no other way, as there are seventy or eighty people involved in the case.
The Kaifeng Mansion presided over the trial, the Criminal Division, the Yushitai, the Punishment Department, the Personnel Department, and the Imperial City Division... I forgot when it started. In all cases that the officials paid attention to, the Imperial City Division was involved. The entire court
Tangya accepted it in a daze.
The trial court is indeed just a pretense of the trial court, but if you look at the files... there is no need to review it again.
The witnesses, physical evidence, including the confessions of each participant, are absolutely irrefutable evidence.
Chen Changzhixiu!
The process was still going on, no questioning, no torture, just like a normal chat, and all the criminals were confessed, exactly as recorded in the files.
This is the state of these criminals... How much crime must they have suffered to become like this? It seems that they are all eager to die.
Chen Changzhi is not bad, but he will not die anyway. I am afraid that the private salt business will definitely not be successful.
"By the way, I'll tell Prime Minister Han the truth later. I, Chen Changzhi, can't help him and let him down."
He confessed to the crime...there was no way he could deny it.
In the end, he shamelessly showed off his relationship with Mr. Han in front of the court!
He may not know that Xianggong Han really wanted him to die at this time.
"Since the facts of the case are clear, why doesn't the Kaifeng government draw a conclusion?"
"Going back to the officials, there has never been such a precedent in the country, and I dare not act rashly. I also ask the officials to make a decision with all of you."
Wang Gongchen is telling the truth, not shirk. "Song Xingtong" is "Song Xingtong", but Chen Changzhi is a civil servant, or a civil servant with a Jinshi background.
"Anyone who sells 40 kilograms of smuggled salt shall be punished by death... Chen Changzhi sold more than 200 kilograms of smuggled salt..."
Zhao Xi muttered quietly.
"Official family, Taizu's oath..."
This time it's not Sima Guang, it's Han Jiang. He is really worried that the officials will kill him. The officials are really brave, and he knows it.
Once the officials do that, there will be endless impeachments, and even lead to a break between the courtiers and the officials.
"I didn't say I wanted to kill him. Let's do this: confiscate his private property, strip him of his fame, and make him a common man!"
Is this...is this different from killing?
"Officials and scholars can be killed but not humiliated!"
"Is this an insult? Then Sima Xianggong, tell me, what does it mean to trample on the laws of the country and take bribes and bend the law?"
"You can't kill, you can't move? Are you demoted? Are you satisfied, am I satisfied or not? Are the people of the world satisfied or not?"
Zhao Xi didn't want to raise his voice at first, but when he said the last few words, he still spoke loudly.