Chapter 373 What do you mean?

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 373 What do you mean?

There were three sounds of banging clappers and three gongs in the street. It was already the third watch, and the chief and deputy officials of the Sixth Department of the Cabinet and the Three Law Departments were summoned. At the first watch of the day, the Tiqi were everywhere, trampling through the sky.

Many people heard the sound of horse hooves in the street at home, and now they know what happened.

The family of Liu Xiyao, the deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and a third-rank official, was taken to the imperial prison, and now they have been moved to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

on charges of treason.

After learning about this, everyone was in an uproar, wondering where the accusation of rebellion came from. What was in front of them was a report.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, three cabinet ministers, stood in the middle of the major case, looking at the memorial on the major case.

A group of officials from the Sixth Department and the Three Law Departments stood in front of the remaining desks, on which were also copied reports, and everyone looked at the words recorded on the reports.

For those who saw quickly, their expressions changed. Now they finally knew where the accusation of rebellion came from.

Some people subconsciously wanted to say something, but considering the presence of Xiao Jing and the eunuchs from Ouchi who were standing in the hall, they all kept silent.

After about Zhuxiang's time, a memorial was read by the officials present. Xiao Jing, who had been standing beside him, said at this time: "There is a decree, the emperor asked our family to ask the three pavilion elders

My lords, what do you think after reading this memorial, and how should you convict criminals like Liu Xiyao?"

Hearing this, the people from the Sixth Department and the Third Law Department went to see the three pavilion elders. Xie Qian turned to look at Liu Jian, and Li Dongyang also looked at Liu Jian, but Liu Jian lowered his head and stared at the memorial, as if he hadn't seen it yet.

After reading it, he just kept repeating softly: "It's incredible, it's incredible."

Xiao Jing's eyes suddenly turned away and he raised his chin, "Mr. Liu Ge, if you have anything to say, you might as well tell me, what is it that makes you feel incredible? Is it that the capture of the rebellious criminal officer makes you feel incredible? Or is it the emperor's decree?

Do you think this is unbelievable? Please speak more clearly so that we can go back and reply."

Only then did Liu Jian raise his head, "I have been looking at this memorial just now. What makes me unbelievable is the content of this memorial."

"Oh? What about the report makes you feel weird?"

"There are so many incredible places, should I tell you all of them?"

"If there is a decree, Mr. Liu Ge must inform it."

"If there is a decree, then I will say it." Liu Jian raised his tone, "There are four incredible things. One is that Wu Qingyan, who was reported in the report, colluded with his uncle; the other is the amount of hidden land between the Liu family and the Zhou family;

Third, the two families are bold enough to resist the law; fourth, Wang Shouren is a man who hides his secrets."

Not getting the answer he wanted, Xiao Jing continued to ask: "How deep is it hidden? Then Mr. Liu Ge was praising him, saying that Wang Shouren handled it very well, right?"

Liu Jian was silent after hearing this, he was about to express his stance. He could feel many pairs of eyes focusing on him, and the other people present were looking at him, wanting to see how he would express his stance, whether he would be condescending or generous.

In terms of.

After a moment, he slowly shook his head and said: "What I mean by hiding something deep is that he seems to be gentle and kind, but in reality he is cruel and cruel, which makes people's hair stand on end and their hearts trembling with fear."

"That means you're doing something wrong, right?"

"yes."

Xiao Jing's face looked a little ugly, and he used the eunuch's usual sinister tone, "Then what Mr. Liu Ge means is that His Majesty's handling of this matter is also wrong?"

"That's not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?"

"I don't think this can be considered a rebellion."

"Those two families dared to resist the law and gathered people to cause chaos. This is not rebellion. What is rebellion?"

Liu Jian said slowly: "Those two families were brave enough to resist the law, but they were not really rebelling."

"My family doesn't understand. In Mr. Liu Ge's place, do rebellions have to be divided into real ones and fake ones?"

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Liu Jian fell silent, and the others were also silent. Although they were all silent, this silent attitude seemed to say that this matter was not a rebellion.

Seeing that this group of people were still silent, Xiao Jing's face became even more gloomy. Based on this, naturally he could not go back to reply. Moreover, none of these people made a noise. If they didn't make a noise, there would be no reason.

If you say more, you will be wrong. If you say less, you will be wrong. If you don't say it, it will be right. Use this silence to express a silent protest.

His eyes were fixed on Liu Jian, and he glanced at the officials in the hall one by one, "Mr. Liu Ge, what do you mean if you don't speak now? What do you mean if you don't speak? You have nothing to say? You still don't want to.

Tell our family?"

"That's fine. Our family is here on purpose. If you don't tell me, I will ask them one by one and you can answer them. Mr. Liu Ge!"

Liu Jian spoke up and said: "Eunuch Xiao, why are you so loud? If you have anything to say, just ask, I will just answer you as ordered."

"Is Liu Xiyao guilty or not?"

"guilty."

"What crime?"

"His family members gathered together to resist the law. I am guilty of lax supervision and the crime of rebellion prescribed by His Majesty."

Xiao Jing stared at him closely, "Rebellion?"

Liu Jian looked directly at his aggressive gaze, but did not say anything like yes or no, he just said: "Is it a rebellion?"

"What about his family?"

"no."

Xiao Jing was almost laughed out of anger. He felt that his brain was not working well at this moment. "Now let's ask Mr. Liu Ge again, why is Liu Xiyao a rebel? His family is not a rebel. Mr. Liu Ge will treat you like a rebel."

Straighten your tongue before answering."

"My tongue is very straight, and my words are very clear. Since Eunuch Xiao doesn't understand, I will explain it again.

Although the crime committed by Liu Xiyao's family was serious, it was not the crime of rebellion. Although Wang Shouren's execution of them was too cruel, it was not wrong to punish them in a canonical manner, but the conviction of the crime was really unfair.

In the laws of the Ming Dynasty, rebellions were treated only as to how to execute them, but there was no definition of what constituted rebellion. Let’s compare it with past rebellions. Liu Xiyao’s family gathered a crowd to resist the law this time, which is different from it. Therefore,

It's not really a rebellion.

But although his family is not a rebel, Liu Xiyao is."

Liu Jian said a lot in one breath, but in summary he only had one idea: Wang Shouren was right to kill them, at least they couldn't make a mistake, and more importantly, they didn't need to argue about this, it had nothing to do with them.

What they want to argue about is the crime, and the crime of rebellion is wrong.

His family is not a rebel.

And Liu Xiyao was a rebel.

"Now Liu Xiyao has been ordered by the Emperor to be sent to the Ministry of Criminal Prison on the charge of rebellion. This crime was set by the Emperor and was determined by the Emperor in accordance with Wang Shouren's disposition.

Now that you are saying that Wang Shouren has wrongly convicted those two families, you are blatantly saying that the emperor's decree was wrong and that the emperor did something wrong. You"

At this point, he was interrupted by Liu Jian, "Mr. Xiao, please don't misunderstand me. I don't mean this."

"Then what do you mean!"

Xiao Jing's voice became high and sharp, "Aren't you going to go around in circles with me? Think about what you said for yourself and see if it's self-contradictory?

You kept saying that Wang Shouren was wrongly convicted, and that the emperor recognized the crime and convicted Liu Xiyao accordingly. We are here to ask you if you mean that the emperor did something wrong, but you said that you didn't mean it. You

Tell me, what exactly do you mean!"

Xiao Jing's tone was very high, but Liu Jian still looked calm and answered again unhurriedly: "What I mean is that Liu Xiyao's family is not a rebel, Liu Xiyao is a rebel."
Chapter completed!