Lord Shangshu, who had looked calm just now, felt a little weak when he saw Xia Shang's eyes that were like evil spirits, and his voice was trembling: "I don't know much about what happened last night, so naturally... I don't know...
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"Master Shangshu, you don't know? Let me ask which of the adults present knows? Why did our Imperial Inspectorate directly lose more than 400 people in one night?"
Xia Shang's question caused a complete silence in the audience, except for some heavy breathing.
"Xia Shang, this is the Jinluan Palace! There is a lot of noise in front of the palace and contempt for the imperial power!" Li Xiangyang spoke up and pointed at Xia Shang.
Xia Shang immediately clasped his fists and bowed deeply: "What the Second Highness said is absolutely true. There was a noise in front of the official palace. There is a crime here. Please convict the Queen!"
"You!" Li Xiangyang was stunned.
But the queen smiled, thinking to herself that this man was really cunning, and the court, which seemed so dangerous, really didn't need her help when he was dealing with it.
The queen looked at Li Xiangyang with a smile: "Second Prince, do you want to convict him?"
Li Xiangyang frowned: "Master Xia is an important minister of the country. There is no need to worry about making noise in front of the palace as long as we don't do it again."
This Xia Shang was carrying countless serious crimes, how could he just make a noise in front of the palace and be done with it?
Xia Shang saluted Li Xiangyang again: "Thank you, Your Highness, for being generous."
After speaking, he turned to the place where he was just now, raised his voice and said: "Since the Second Highness does not blame the official for having a loud voice, then the official will let it go. If you, sir, want to continue to pester me one by one, then I will
Should the more than 400 people in the Procuratorate be held accountable one by one to see why they died? Our Procuratorate is acting according to the order, but officials big and small like this in Kyoto are obstructing it in every possible way. To say it in a small way, this is
Obstructing official duties is called blatant disobedience.
Moreover, some people here not only resisted the decree, but also used violence to resist. Many yamen secretly hid killers, which caused heavy losses to our Procuratorate. Those who were killed were those who defied the decree and openly resisted.
Those who were arrested have been interrogated overnight in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and there are already many interesting contents on their way to the palace. By then, the crimes of those officials will be clearly laid out in front of you. I don’t know everyone present.
Do you still have the guts to have a one-on-one confrontation in this golden palace?"
The officials arrested were of all kinds. Who knows if the people inside may be involved with a high-ranking official in the court?
Who knows what they will say under torture?
How can those confessions be made public in front of the palace? I don’t know when the time comes.
What trouble will it cause?
Everyone knows very well that no matter what force they are in, not a single person standing here has a clean ass, and no one will be able to get away with it when the time comes.
This kind of thing is turned a blind eye both internally and externally, as long as it is not excessive. If it were explained before our eyes, it would make it impossible for anyone to step down, and it would make the court even more chaotic.
This matter cannot be done, and the queen cannot watch such a thing happen. She frowned: "You need to make nonsense! The interrogation is a matter of the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and your procuratorate. How can it be placed in the court?
Say? If the officials of various ministries are really guilty of serious crimes, they should be sorted out and presented in the form of memorials at a time."
"But if we don't confront you in front of the palace, I really can't give you an explanation."
All the older ministers were so angry at Xia Shang's words that they said to themselves that this guy was so shameless that they refused to go down even if they were given the steps.
Li Xiangyang spoke again: "I don't care whether what Mr. Xia did was in compliance with the rules, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate caused a storm in the city last night, making people in the capital panic. The people in the capital did not dare to go out, and the officials did not dare to hold their posts. The capital was almost paralyzed.
This is an indisputable crime of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there has never been such a scene."
Xia Shang's eyes changed, and he knew that the second prince was trying to use people's hearts to put pressure on him.
Xia Shang knew the second prince's plan earlier, so how could he not respond and was about to speak.
The queen suddenly said: "What the second prince said is true. Even if the Metropolitan Procuratorate had His Majesty's oral instructions, some considerations were not taken into consideration when doing things. Now the whole city is in trouble, which is a failure in doing things. There is no need to defend this crime of dereliction of duty."
"Why don't you argue?" Xia Shangke was not convinced.
But the queen took two steps forward to Xia Shang and whispered: "Okay, don't argue. For such a big matter, do you still want to make yourself blameless with a few words? So what if you are cleared of guilt? Then
It's just adding salt to the wounds of officials, which will be detrimental in the long run. So what if you admit to the crime of dereliction of duty?"
Xia Shang took a deep breath. If these words had not come from the Queen's mouth, he would never have let go.
After thinking for a while, he cupped his hands and tilted his head, looking like an angry and resentful woman: "I did not do things well and did not do my duty."
"This is not just a dereliction of duty! Can one dereliction of duty lead to abandoning the people's support?"
Li Xiangyang was also dissatisfied. The charge of dereliction of duty was too small.
The queen continued: "It was a dereliction of duty, indeed not an ordinary dereliction of duty, which caused unprecedented losses. As for how to convict, I believe that it will take a while.
We can't come up with a deal. Let's remove him from his position in the Metropolitan Procuratorate first and hand him over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for imprisonment. The sentence will be announced after the penalty is agreed upon."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
The crime of dereliction of duty is minor, but the penalty of removal from office is not minor, and the person must be imprisoned and require further punishment.
For hundreds of officials, although there was no direct execution, it was still the most serious punishment besides the death penalty.
Li Xiangyang was also surprised and looked at the queen.
The Queen smiled: "Your Highness, are you satisfied?"
Li Xiangyang said nothing and quickly withdrew his gaze.
Xia Shang was also calm, without any expression.
The Queen glanced at him and shouted: "Come here, send him to the torture department."
Xia Shang did not resist at all and was taken away and escorted to the Ministry of Punishment.
Seeing that Xia Shang had left the main hall, the officials felt that everything had ended too quickly.
Considering how arrogant Mr.
It's already noon, and today's morning morning session really took too much time.
The queen was a little tired and waved her hand: "Okay, today's major issues have been solved. Leave the follow-up matters and other matters for tomorrow, let's go..."
"One more thing." Li Xiangyang interrupted, "The first post of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is now vacant. Does the Empress have a favorite candidate?"
"This position is no small matter. Let's recommend it to you some other time."
"But the positions of the chief procuratorates are all appointed by the previous chief, and are not even controlled by the emperor's order."
"Rules are made and broken by people. This time, the leader will be appointed by this palace."
After saying that, the queen walked up the steps and without looking back, went behind the silk curtain on the back of the dragon chair.
"you are happy!"
Chunjiao looked at the queen and said calmly.
The Queen nodded and added: "I am so happy as never before."
"Is it because you are one step closer to what you planned in your heart?"
"He knelt down in front of me! He has never bowed to me before, but this time he knelt down... Do you think this man is strange? Who else in the world can guess his heart?"
"He was forced by the situation, not sincere."
"You are wrong. His kneeling had nothing to do with anything else. He was sincere. Let's go to the Criminal Department to see him."