The morning fog is heavy, and the winter is faint.On the day of the public trial, hundreds of ordinary people gathered under the imperial city.In the open-air public court, dragon chairs were added, and the old emperor personally sat in the hearing.Li Yanbai mobilized 5,000 soldiers from the Gyeonggi battalion to escort and maintain the scene.In order to avoid accidents, a group of prisoners uniformly dressed in prison uniforms, wearing black cloth covers, riding in a prisoner car made by Xuantie, and the three law divisions each dispatched elite arrests to jointly escort the prisoners, and Zhongli hid in the shadows, accompanying him all the way from the prison to the public court.However, when the trial began, the old emperor, the chief judge of the three divisions, the jurors, the inquisitors, the chief bookkeeper, and the prisoners should all be in place, but the dragon star map was missing!
The four chief judges sat side by side under the dragon chair, their eight eyes looking in all directions, and their hearts were anxious.Li Yanzhou's face was full of doubts, "Lord Du, didn't the star map come with you?"
”"Nope."
Du Mingcheng suppressed his voice and explained, "Before leaving, Zhong Chu came to tell me that at dawn, Long Xingtu received an anonymous letter asking her to meet at the right time, so Xingtu went to deal with it first. ”Li Yanzhou frowned immediately, "Where will we meet?"
What does the letter say?
”"I don't know."
After Du Mingcheng finished speaking, seeing that Li Yanzhou's face changed, he hurriedly comforted, "You are in a hurry, the star map said that it will be fine, she is sure." ”At this time, Bai Zheng leaned over sideways and whispered, "Is the Dragon Star Map coming soon?"
The time has come, the emperor and the people are waiting, what should I do?
Continue to wait, or ......"
Du Mingcheng said: "There is a temporary change, and the star map still needs time to come."
Let's try the group of officials in Yuzhou first, and the Xia Zhihuai case is postponed. ”Bai Zheng asked Lin Qimiao, Lin Qimiao said that he had no objection, and the four of them asked the old emperor for a trial.A few months ago, the three judicial divisions formed a joint investigation team to go to Yuzhou, from top to bottom, investigated and dealt with 23 officials, large and small, all of whom were below the seventh grade and whose crimes did not lead to death, and after the public trial on the same day, a verdict was rendered, or the officials were reduced, or exiled, or served sentences, and the remaining 12 people were escorted to Beijing in batches to await trial.Among them, Qian Qingmin was the most involved in the case, Zhou Tong, Zhao Ping, and Luo Jiawu were all involved in the murder case, Li Yanzhou took him out alone and put them in the criminal case, and the other eight people were taken to the court one by one and knelt at the feet of the Son of Heaven!
This is the strictest investigation and handling of the imperial court since the founding of the Xia Dynasty, and the largest earthquake in the officialdom, almost all the officials in the territory of Yuzhou!
The old emperor sat on the dragon chair and quietly listened to the presiding judge's announcement of everyone's charges and incriminating evidence, and the confessions of the convicts, crying and repentance, and could not help but feel deeply remorseful.Over the years, he sat on the throne for a long time, and gradually forgot his original intention and ambition for the monarch, he closed his ears and closed his eyes, becoming a deaf and blind marionette, at the mercy of the ministers.Today, we know that the Great Xia Dynasty, which was once rich and strong, has been infested with moths, and looking at the whole country with one state, how many corrupt officials and corrupt officials are still deceiving the king and the people?
It took an hour, and the final review was over.Before the verdict, Li Yanzhou admonished: "Your Majesty, the minister advocates strict and severe punishment to set an example!"
”"The minister seconded the proposal!"
Du Mingcheng immediately said.Lin Qimiao and Bai Zhengyi said: "The ministers seconded the proposal!"
”The old emperor said earnestly: "All the ministers, all the people, as the saying goes, the stick beats the first bird, but Yuzhou is not only the first bird, but also a warning precedent, I want to take Yuzhou as an example to clean up the country's officialdom cancer, and return my Great Xia Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty and the prosperous world!"
”As soon as these words came out, the people suddenly boiled, and the mountains shouted long live!