Chapter 0266 Behead! (Sorry, it's a little late to go home today)
Zhongshu Sheren was ordered to write and sit in front of a desk.
Seeing that everything was ready, Li Zhaoliang began to slowly tell the story of how he led the Datong Army, Gande Army, and Yongxing Army to march north to Xixia at Kou Zhun's signal.
Let’s talk about it bit by bit from the time the troops left Xixia to the capture of Longzhou, Yinzhou and other places.
Although the officials and the common people already knew the process of Li Zhaoliang leading his troops to attack Xixia, they had a different feeling when listening to Li Zhaoliang's explanation.
Li Zhaoliang personally experienced wars, large and small, so the wars he talked about seemed to come alive.
The officials and common people could not help but be absorbed in the words he told, as if they had transformed into a soldier attacking Xixia, following Li Zhaoliang to conquer Xixia.
When Li Zhaoliang talked about how he led his army to capture the Great Wall and repelled the Xixia attacks again and again.
The common people clenched their fists one by one and cheered excitedly.
However, the people's excited cheers did not last long and turned into expressions of sadness and indignation.
Because Li Zhaoliang talked about Ding Wei seizing power, talking about Ding Wei leading hundreds of thousands of generals and soldiers into Huaizhou, and talking about when Ding Wei met Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu outside Huaizhou City and wanted to plot against Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.
He also talked about the scene of Ding Wei running away in the face of the iron hoofs of the Liao army.
After listening to Li Zhaoliang's story, the people looked in disbelief.
They did not attack Ding Wei with righteous indignation.
It's not that they don't resent Ding Wei's actions.
But among Ding Wei and Li Zhaoliang, it was Ding Wei who arrived in Bianjing first and told the story that the failure of the conquest of Huaizhou was Li Zhaoliang's fault.
Therefore, the people preconceivedly believed that this was Li Zhaoliang's fault.
Now that Li Zhaoliang has come out with a different result, the people do not blindly follow him, but consider the truth or falsehood of Li Zhaoliang's words with suspicion.
At the same time, they are also waiting for the court to give a result and for Zhao Zhen to give a fair ruling.
After Li Zhaoliang finished describing Ding Wei's crimes, he raised his hands to Kou Zhun and said: "My minister, Li Zhaoliang, has Ding Wei's personal letters as evidence. Officials and imperial masters can consult them."
Kou Zhun squinted his eyes, sat upright on the chair, and said with no trace of emotion or anger: "I have already read the letter. It is indeed a letter written by Ding Wei himself."
Kou Zhun waved to the eunuch and ordered: "Get the letter and let the officials and the Eighth Prince check it."
The eunuch respectfully handed the bloody letter handed over by Li Zhaoliang to Zhao Zhen and Zhao Yuanyan.
Zhao Zhen pushed the letter in front of Zhao Yuanyan. Zhao Yuanyan pushed it back and said softly: "The official is the king, and the little king is the minister. He should be the official first."
Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment and wanted to be polite to Zhao Yuanyan, but when he heard Kou Zhun cough slightly, he stopped refusing and picked up the letter.
Read it carefully.
When Zhao Zhen finished reading the letter, his face no longer had the humble look just now, but instead looked ashen.
He held the letter and slapped the desk in front of him angrily, "Ding Wei, you are really brave!"
When the officials and common people heard Zhao Zhen's words, they instantly knew the answer they wanted.
The real guilty person is not Li Zhaoliang, but Ding Wei.
It was Ding who said that the evildoers complained first, causing them to unjustly accuse a good man.
Suddenly, the people looked at Li Zhaoliang with a hint of guilt, and looked at Ding Wei with a hint of anger.
Zhao Yuanyan bowed his hand to Zhao Zhen and took the letter from Zhao Zhen. After reading it, his eyes fell on Ding Wei and said faintly: "You framed tens of thousands of soldiers to defeat Huaizhou. Not only did you not know your mistakes,
, but also falsely accuse others.
It's really shameless.
I have never seen anyone as shameless as you."
Ding Wei saw everyone staring at him with anger in their eyes, and he was also afraid in his heart.
But he did not give up easily, but argued forcefully: "There are countless people in this world who can imitate other people's handwriting. Who knows whether Li Zhaoliang's letter was a forgery."
"Bang!"
Kou Zhun slammed the table and stood up, shouting: "The letter can be forged, but can the seal on it also be forged?"
"That's not impossible..."
Ding Wei said bravely.
Kou Zhun said angrily: "Shut up! Now that things have happened, both the witnesses and the material evidence are there, you are still arguing here. Do you think that the civil and military officials of the dynasty are blind, or do you think that all the people in the world are blind?"
"I..."
"Shut up! How dare you call yourself me in the hall when you are facing sin?!"
Kou Zhun glared at Ding Wei fiercely, turned around and cupped his hands to Zhao Zhen and said: "Guan family, Ding Wei killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and defeated Huaizhou, and used this to bite Li Zhaoliang and frame Zhongliang.
Now that the witnesses and material evidence are all there, let the officials make a decision."
After a pause, Kou Zhun raised his hands to Zhao Yuanyan again and said, "Please correct me, Dazong."
Zhao Yuanyan returned the gift with his hand.
Zhao Zhen said with a straight face and gritted his teeth: "Everything is decided by the Grand Master. I hope that the Grand Master will not let go of this evil man who has harmed hundreds of thousands of soldiers, let alone this thief who falsely accused Zhongliang."
Hearing this, Kou Zhun nodded solemnly.
Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Zhen said coldly: "If you don't kill, the people will not be angry."
"Kill Ding Wei! Execute the sycophant!"
"Kill Ding Wei! Execute the sycophant!"
"..."
I don’t know who took the lead in shouting after Zhao Zhen finished speaking, and the people followed up and shouted.
They surged forward excitedly.
If the imperial guard hadn't stopped him, they might have rushed forward and killed Ding Wei alive.
When all the officials saw this, they were shocked.
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, no one has ever been convicted of participating in political affairs and was executed.
It is precisely because of this that some civil servants were exempted from death penalty after being convicted.
Gradually, words such as "You can't punish a doctor" spread among officials.
Although this statement was not made public when Zhao Heng was in power, Zhao Heng's actions seemed to acquiesce to this statement.
This made the officials vaguely regard this as an ancestral system and a kind of talisman to maintain.
Now, the young Zhao Zhen wants to kill Ding Wei.
It completely shocked the civil and military officials of the entire court.
If Zhao Zhen had killed a political advisor, it would have set a precedent.
From now on, no one will ever say anything like "You can't punish a doctor".
Kou Zhun didn't say anything about this, but immediately some censors jumped out to object to the matter.
He threatened that the imperial court had no precedent of punishing political officials and that this case could not be made.
He also said that even though Ding was guilty, his crime would not lead to death.
You can demote, exile, or marry someone in accordance with customary practices.
As the censor spoke, other civil servants also spoke one after another.
When Ding Wei saw this, he was so excited that he couldn't help but rush forward and hug Zhao Zhen for a kiss.
If Zhao Zhen hadn't said that impulsively, the civil servants wouldn't have gone out of work to save his life.
Seeing the civil servants in the court standing up to object one by one, Zhao Zhen was also a little embarrassed.
He realized that he had said the wrong thing, but he didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him.
He pondered over and over again and decided to take back his words, "I..."
But, he just said one word.
Cao Wei slowly stepped out of the queue, took off his official hat, put it on the ground, and said loudly: "Like Ding said, thieves who harm hundreds of thousands of soldiers, traitors who prey on virtuous ministers and good generals, officials
If I spare his life, then I will beg for his bones."
Gao Chugong slowly stepped out of the queue, took off his official hat, put it on the ground like Cao Wei, and shouted: "The same is true for me..."
"I second the proposal!"
"I also second the proposal!"
"..."
In an instant, the warriors came out one after another, gambling with their titles and titles on Ding Wei's life.
A joint trial involving Ding Wei turned into a civil and military struggle.
Zhao Zhen's face turned red when he saw that the civil and military officials in the dynasty did not take their titles seriously.
Thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness.
This is the principle of being a king that Zhao Zhen has learned from Zhao Heng since he was a child.
In Zhao Zhen's eyes, the titles bestowed by the imperial court are the emperor's favor.
Nowadays, a group of ministers are treating the emperor's kindness as if it were child's play. This is something he cannot tolerate.
He was angry and angry in his heart.
But it didn't come out.
He knew that in this kind of situation, he couldn't act on impulse.
He couldn't handle the situation in front of him, so he could only look at Kou Zhun as if asking for help.
Kou Zhun saw Zhao Zhen's embarrassment. He nodded slightly to Zhao Zhen and signaled Zhao Zhen not to be impatient. He had his own way of dealing with it.
Zhao Zhen felt relieved when he saw Kou Zhun's gesture.
In Zhao Zhen's eyes, Kou Zhun was the only person in the court who could control the civil and military affairs of the entire court.
Even his eldest wife Liu E couldn't do this.
If Liu E wanted to gain a foothold in the court, he had to win over a group of people and attack a group of people among the civil and military forces.
She can't fight together like Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun stared at the civil and military officials of the court and snorted coldly: "Have you had enough noise? What do you think this is? Is it your residence? There are officials above and people below, how can you behave so noisily here?"
As a minister, there is nothing like a minister; as a parent-official, there is nothing like a parent-official.
Isn’t it embarrassing?”
"Grand Master, we are not fooling around, but since the founding of our country, there has never been a precedent of killing a political official. If the officials start killing today, there is no guarantee that more people will not be killed in the future."
"..."
The civil servants were talking in a flurry of words.
Kou Zhun said with cold eyes: "What decision the officials want to make is their business. What? Do you want to take care of things for the officials? Or do you want to make the decision for the officials?"
"As human ministers, we should advise the king."
"..."
Kou Zhun sneered and said: "Human ministers? A group of human ministers who treat the titles awarded by the imperial court as a trifle and as a bet?"
When the civil servants heard this, they looked at the official hats in front of them with a little embarrassment on their faces.
Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "Within three breaths, pick up the official hat for me and put it on securely. Anyone who refuses to obey will stop wearing the official hat in the future and go back to farming."
Kou Zhun looked at the officials and sneered: "I have added three years of encore. I don't mind adding another three years of encore."
As Kou Zhun's words fell to the ground, the civil servants put on their official hats without any hesitation.
They are not strong people.
A truly strong person either wears the same pants as Kou Zhun, or has been kicked out of the court by Kou Zhun a long time ago.
After dealing with the noisy civil servants, Kou Zhun looked at the martial arts officers again.
"You have just established some meritorious deeds, do you want to use this to cause trouble with the court?"
"If you were asked to establish some meritorious deeds, wouldn't you even want to sit on the imperial throne?"
"..."
As soon as Kou Zhun said this.
Cao Wei and others said with ugly expressions: "We have absolutely no intention of doing this..."
"That's not your intention? Why do I see you so powerful?"
Kou Zhun sneered and said: "The warriors are so united and so majestic. How dare you persecute the court and the officials?"
Cao Wei and others looked at Kou Zhun awkwardly.
Kou Zhun cursed loudly: "A dog can't keep two ounces of oil in its belly. Do you really think that you are ruling the roost in Xixia? That's your ability? If the Liao people hadn't attacked Xixia and let you take advantage of it, how could you have done it?"
Establishing meritorious service so smoothly?
If Zhong Shiheng hadn't written a letter proposing to unite other tribes to attack Xixia, how could you have defended the city in the hands of Li Deming and Li Yuanhao?
Do you really think you are awesome?
If you are really powerful, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun should not be in the hands of the Liao people.
I, the Song Dynasty, should not give new year coins to the Liao people.
All of them only know how to exploit the poor people, but they don’t think about opening up new territories for the country, so they have the nerve to act recklessly here."
Kou Zhun pointed at Cao Wei and scolded: "Take your official hats and get out of the way. Ding Wei is also a member of the political affairs committee. How to deal with him is the exclusive power of the official family, not you."
"
When Cao Wei heard this, he was slightly startled, then he picked up his official hat and stepped aside.
Kou Zhun looked at the civil and military officials of the court and snorted: "How to deal with political affairs is the exclusive power of the official family. I am not qualified to make irresponsible remarks. What qualifications do you have to talk nonsense here?
If the officials say to kill him, then kill him.
I am familiar with the laws and regulations of the Song Dynasty, but I have never heard of a provision that prohibits officials from participating in political affairs?"
The civil servants stared at Kou Zhun in disbelief.
They didn't understand why Kou Zhun spoke to Wu Xun.
"You can't punish a doctor", Kou Zhun, you are also one of the beneficiaries!
How did they know that Kou Zhun didn't care at all about things like "You can't be punished as a doctor".
Although Kou Zhun had used these words to inspire Kou Ji before, it did not mean that he agreed with them.
Seeing that Kou Zhun favored Wu Xun, the censors gritted their teeth and said, "Since the Grand Master has said that it is only the officials who have the final say on how to punish Ding Wei by participating in political affairs, then let the officials personally determine Ding Wei's guilt."
Kou Zhun said calmly: "Of course..."
Kou Zhun looked at Zhao Zhen, cupped his hands and said, "Please ask the officials to determine Ding Wei's crime."
Zhao Zhen was a little confused.
I finally kicked the sepak takraw ball out. Why did it come back to my feet after kicking it in a circle?
Zhao Zhen looked left and right in a dilemma, not knowing how to make a decision.
He just said that he wanted to kill Ding Wei, but all the civil servants in the court opposed it.
If he didn't kill Ding Wei, Manchu Wu Xun would object.
It doesn't matter if you kill, it doesn't matter if you don't kill.
He really didn't know how to choose.
Zhao Zhen sat on the dragon chair and pondered for a long time, then suddenly froze and grinned.
Then under the gaze of all the officials, Zhao Zhen said calmly: "I... listen to the Grand Master..."
A faint smile appeared on Kou Zhun's lips, and he said faintly: "Ding said he should be executed for his crimes!"