Du Ruhui, Wen Yanbo, and Wei Zheng called Zhao Yunze to the Arsenal Bureau, and the main thing was not to investigate the crime of "squandering national wealth" under Article 6 of his impeachment, but to investigate Hu Jiang's theft and sale of thunderbolts.This also involves Zhao Yunze's impeachment of Article 7 of "suspicion of murder".Wen Yanbo and Wei Zheng had already learned from Du Ruhui that it was not Zhao Yunze who really sent someone to break Hu Jiang's legs, but Cheng Yanjin.And Cheng Yanjin's purpose in doing this was to punish Hu Jiang for stealing and selling thunderbolts.Wen Yanbo and Wei Zheng are both smart people, and they also know that Cheng Yanjin can't say it in the face of what Cheng Yanjin did.Therefore, they simply bypassed Hu Jiang's plot and went straight to the bottom of the matter, investigating Hu Jiang's theft and sale of thunderbolts.Although Wei Zheng likes to make Li Shimin uncomfortable, Comrade Wei is also responsible for advising the doctor, which is originally an errand to look at the emperor's heels.If, because Wei Zheng often commits Li Shimin's straightforward advice, he thinks that Wei Zheng is a tendon, then it is very wrong.If Wei Zheng didn't know how to be flexible and had to express his opinion whenever something unpleasant to the eye was, then he would probably have gone home to farm a long time ago.There is absolutely no fool who can become a high-ranking official.Wei Zheng knew what things he could show in front of Li Shimin and the courtiers, and what things he should choose to be silent.Otherwise, why didn't Wei Zheng be blind about the change in Xuanwu Gate.Wei Zheng's uprightness, like Cheng Biting Jin's pretending to be stupid, is a label deliberately attached to himself, in order to show others.Cheng Biting Jin plotted against Hu Jiang, this is a lynching, and it is said that he will be punished by law.However, Du Ruhui, Wen Yanbo, and Wei Zheng all knew that Li Shimin would not hold Cheng Yanjin accountable, after all, there was a reason for it.So, they all chose not to ask about it.If Wei Zheng was really a tendon, he should have tried Cheng Yanjin's case of plotting against Hu Jiang and Hu Jiang's case of stealing and selling thunderbolts.But Wei Zheng knew that if he really did this, Li Shimin would definitely not like it, and he would also offend the large group of people in the former Qin Palace, including Cheng Yanjin himself.Wei Zheng was originally from the mansion of Li Jiancheng, the king of Xi, and Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji wanted to murder Li Shimin, and Wei Zheng also participated in the plot.Even, he persuaded Li Jiancheng to do it to Li Shimin.Because of this incident, the group of people in the Qin Palace's mansion were quite hostile to Wei Zheng.After the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin did not hold Wei Zheng accountable, but reused him.Wei Zheng also knew that Li Shimin did not really value him, but to show the generosity of the new monarch.finally climbed to a high position, Wei Zheng didn't want to stumble.After all, Wei Renjing is also very self-motivated.Therefore, Wei Zhengcai followed the steps of Du Ruhui and Wen Yanbo.Since the two adults who were higher than themselves chose to ignore Cheng Yanjin's plot against Hu Jiang, Wei Zheng had no choice but to pretend to be deaf and dumb.Speaking of Hu Jiang's theft and sale of thunderbolts, Du Ruhui's brows furrowed."
This matter is not easy to investigate, and the only one who can confront Hu Jiang is Wang Hui.If we can't catch Wang Hui, we won't have any witnesses.If Hu Jiang bites to death and doesn't admit it, we can't do anything about him. ”Du Ruhui stroked his beard and said.Wen Yanbo thought about it, and then asked Zhao Yunze: "Peng Yu, didn't the other people in the arsenal department find any clues about Hu Jiang's theft of thunderbolts" Zhao Yunze said: "Before the arsenal was opened, all the officials and soldiers were educated on secrecy.He has repeatedly stressed that leaking any affairs of the arsenal is a serious crime, and Hu Jiang also knows the seriousness of stealing and selling thunderbolts.So, since he dared to do this, I don't think he would be stupid enough to be discovered by others. ”Du Ruhui was deeply convinced of Zhao Yunze's analysis: "A certain person has asked Su Lie to secretly investigate the internal guard regiment soldiers who were on duty for a few days, and they all said that they did not find any changes in Hu Jiang. ”"How about deceiving Hu Jiang" Wei Zheng suddenly said."
How to deceive" Du Ruhui and Wen Yanbo glanced at each other, and then asked Wei Zheng.Wei Zheng said: "Find a soldier of the Internal Guard Regiment and make a false confession, just say that he found that Hu Jiang had secretly hidden a thunderbolt." ”When Zhao Yunze heard Wei Zheng's words, he was stunned: Wei Renjing, Wei Renjing, you can actually come up with such an idea, which is not very consistent with your identity as a "human mirror".Where are you "Wei Ren Mirror", it is simply a "pseudo-human mirror", "Lord Wei, you can give it a try if you look at this idea." ”Wen Yanbo said, "When trying the case, you should be flexible, and when you should use some means, you can't be too stubborn." ”Du Ruhui looked at Zhao Yunze: "Peng Yu, do you have the right person to make this false confession" Zhao Yunze thought about it, his eyes lit up, and said: "There is really such a person."
This person's name is Zhou Qi, and he is Hu Jiang's original subordinate.But this person couldn't get used to Hu Jiang's actions.When the arsenal was opened, Hu Jiang wanted to make trouble during the military parade, but it was this Zhou Qi who told a certain person and let a certain know about Hu Jiang's conspiracy, so that a certain person responded in advance. ”"Quickly find Zhou Qi," Wei Zheng couldn't wait to order Zhao Yunze.After Zhou Qi came to the main hall, Zhao Yunze told him about making a false confession, and Zhou Qi naturally agreed.So, the three bigwigs who tried the case together with Zhao Yunze taught Zhou Qi to write a confession.Everything else is easy to say, but when it comes to the time when Zhou Qi found out that Hu Jiang stole the thunderbolt, everyone was in trouble.It is precisely because it is a false confession that it is even more important to do it without leakage.If he couldn't even figure out the time when Hu Jiang stole the thunderbolt, then this false confession would not stand up to scrutiny.In the end, it was Zhao Yunze who remembered the approximate time.The thunderbolts manufactured by the Arsenal Administration for ceremonial purposes are produced in small quantities in a single day.Moreover, these thunderbolts were registered and were not found missing.Then, the thunderbolts stolen by Hu Jiang should be the batch made during the preliminary experiment.Because the quality of that batch of thunderbolts was uneven, Zhao Yunze directly handed it over to Su Dingfang and took it to the test site.If Hu Jiang secretly hid thunderbolts, his only chance would be at the test site.Thinking about this, Zhao Yunze called up the work log book of the Arsenal and checked it, and found out the specific date and time of the batch of thunderbolts that were experimented.Fortunately, the Chinese army in later generations had a system of keeping company logs, and the records were also very detailed, and what was done from a few minutes to a few minutes was clearly remembered by the officer on duty.Zhao Yunze moved this system into the management of the Arsenal Administration, and at this time, it played a role.In this way, there is no longer a loophole in Zhou Qi's false confession.Du Ruhui, Wen Yanbo, and Wei Zheng read the official affairs log of the Arsenal Special Administration and praised it.Du Ruhui also took away a diary of government affairs, saying that he was going to give it to Li Shimin for reading, and suggested that this system be promoted in all the yamen of the Tang Dynasty
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