Chapter 266: Sin deserves death
Du Qing only beat the stars and rolled on the ground.
How strong is Li Shimin? His chin is already crooked.
But there were stick marks on his back. When he rolled, the old wounds started to hurt again. At this time, he didn't care about what happened, but let out a shrill wail.
He opened his mouth vaguely to speak, but found that two teeth fell down with blood. Du Qing was shocked and angry... He suddenly realized that he... seemed to be one step closer to death.
The ministers were in an uproar.
Is this the Majesty trying to say that the ministers are their own private slaves and cattle and horses?
I saw this scene today, I am afraid that no one can stay calm.
So people looked at Li Shimin, and some said with a sigh: "Your Majesty..."
"Stop talking!" Li Shimin was angry and said sternly: "Let me finish my words first. Don't you always want to know my intentions? Are you all guessing about Emperor Xin? Do you understand today?"
Li Shimin said, slowly walking to Du Qing on the ground.
Du Qing was squirming on the ground, and at this time he was extremely desolate.
Li Shimin said: "If you do evil, you will die. What Du Qing family said is really right. Then Wu Ming, isn't he doing evil? And what he will end now? Don't you know? Well, I'll tell you that his head and those traitors have been cut down with a short knife and hung in Yangzhou City, and his body has been buried in a chasm. I also want to tell you that his relatives have been ordered, and soon, all three tribes will be punished."
As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar again.
Wu Ming and others had tens of thousands of troops, but their heads were cut off in just a few days?
This is almost the shortest rebellion.
Because whenever the ministers rebel, these people are all among the people and have rich life experience. Once they are determined to rebel, they will often go through careful planning and must be sure to take action calmly.
In other words, at least they will never be as strong as ordinary people, and they will have to fight back when they have no way out. This kind of rebellion is often more powerful and not easy to extinguish.
But Wu Ming...
Du Qing on the ground shivered because he seemed to feel that the situation was worse than he thought. His complacent lies in using Wu Ming's rebellion to prove His Majesty's many unjust behaviors.
Of course... he dare not scold the emperor directly. You can scold the emperor for something irrelevant, but scolding him for doing unjustly isn't this asking for death?
But people like Du Qing have always been very good at it. Since you can't scold Your Majesty, then scold Chen Zhengtai. After all, Chen Zhengtai is a close minister. This time, he is the one who is with him when he goes to Yangzhou. In this way, scolding Chen Zhengtai is equivalent to scolding Your Majesty? Such cursing people not only makes Li Shimin feel pain, but also helpless to him.
But never thought... Wu Ming was so incompetent...
Li Shimin raised the good news in his hand: "What you said is really right. Wu Ming and others have done unrighteous things. Now they are dead. Not only will they die, but I also have to pay the price for his relatives. You said that they do unrighteous things just now, so I will tell you what it means to do unrighteous things."
"Wu Ming lied to report the disaster and took money and food from the court, but did not want to provide relief to the disaster, but hoarded money and food. I come to ask you, he claimed that he had caused heavy rain and the people starved to death, but why did he still want to seize money and food?"
Du Qing could no longer speak. He wriggled his lips hard, but he was just coughing blood foam desperately. The trauma on his back, coupled with Li Shimin's fierce slap, and the sudden attack of his heart, Du Qing was just about to die, but he was twitching on the ground.
"Your Majesty..." Finally someone couldn't see it, and a censor stood up: "I dare to ask, these crimes are conclusive? Wu Ming's rebellion is indeed unforgivable, but I am afraid that someone deliberately frames and frames..."
Li Shimin sneered at the censor.
He glared at the censor, who seemed to be frightened and hurriedly retreated and lowered his head.
Li Shimin said frankly: "Evidence, the food counted in the treasury is not evidence? Who do you think the person who reported Wu Ming was Wang Chen from Yangzhou!"
Wang Chen!
Everyone took a breath.
Wang Chen is recognized by many people in the court. The Wang family of Yangzhou is a very small branch of the Wang family in Yangzhou. However, after all, it originated from the blood of the Wang family of Taiyuan, and there are also some counties. Wang Chen is the best among the Wang family of Yangzhou. He has always been known for his high moral character. Now Wang Chen is here to expose the governor Wu Ming himself. So if he suspects Wang Chen falsely accusation, wouldn’t this be a slap in the face of the Wang family of Yangzhou?
The officials were silent and dared not show off.
Li Shimin sneered again: "You only think that these are the sins."
Li Shimin received the crime after the good news and continued: "There is also a place where Wu Ming was suing Wu Ming for taxes due to the disaster. The tax was collected for the 36th year of Zhenguan. Haha... In the 36th year of Zhenguan, the people felt heavy for even one year of taxes. After paying the tax, the whole family would go hungry. Wu Ming is really amazing. He has collected so many taxes for me, but I want to ask, when will I allow him to collect taxes in advance? There are clear texts here in the three provinces, and there are six divisions?"
All the officials were shocked. They never expected that Wu Ming and others were so brave.
Li Shimin looked at them coldly: "Do you want to see if you have sued this crime? Who wants to see?"
"And..." Li Shimin casually abandoned the previous page of the report to the ground, and then said seriously: "In the second year of Zhenguan, Wu Ming's youngest son argued with someone at the dock and beat the three people to death. These three people were all good people. Because they fought for a ferry with Wu Ming's youngest son, the three people were beaten to death. His family had no way to sue him. His mother was in pain and starved to death outside the government office. But... Can anyone ask about this case? This matter...is not settled..."
"How could it be left unresolved?" Li Shimin changed from accusation against Du Qing to disappointment in the entire court: "I have so many censors, so many ministers like Du Qing, who dare to speak out. You people, even my faults, dare to criticize you all day long. You say that you have read so many scriptures, you should understand the truth, and you should be the ones who care about the world."
Li Shimin was in pain and stepped forward hard. Seeing Du Qing still twitching on the ground, he was furious and stomped on it with a fierce kick.
Click...
Du Qing, who was lying on the ground, suddenly felt his shoulder bones break, so he let out another unconscious cry.
Li Shimin cursed loudly: "Do you know the pain? Since you know the pain, then when the three brothers who were beaten to death did not know the pain? Do you dare to scold me if I treat people like you as a national sage? I ask you again, why... no one is impeached about this matter. Why didn't anyone ask about this case before? Did you not know about it? But... a case of Wu Ming's youngest son, although you can't know about it, then in other cases, is there only one Wu Ming, the other governors, and other officials, all abide by the law, but why... I don't see you asking about these matters?"
When the ministers heard this, they were already worried. Is this the censor guilty of being in a wrongful state of supervision?
What's more... Now that Wu Ming's crime is extremely evil, there is no other reason for this person to rebel, it is nothing more than fear of the crime.
Since I am afraid of the crime, what do you have to do with the killed Deng family?
Li Shimin sneered coldly, "It's really eye-opening. The crimes here are one by one, one by one, from Wu Ming, to Chen Hu, and Deng. Do you want to see them? Then take a good look. If you want to copy them, you will copy them one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand copies. I want to send them to you personally and let you take a good look. You have shown me carefully. What kind of jackals do I raise? What kind of jackals do you still want to use this to relieve him of their crimes. I want to ask you, what are your intentions?"
Even the breathing in the hall was still.
The news came too suddenly, not to mention that Du Qing’s current fate is extremely miserable.
No, Wu Ming clearly has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he is ready to go, so why is he defeated? Then isn’t Chen Zhengtai only a few hundred people?
One against a hundred?
The deeper the thought, the cooler the back of everyone, and some even think that the sky is falling.
Li Shimin immediately delivered the report to Zhang Qianshou who came up and said coldly: "Permit it."
Zhang Qian bowed and bowed, then received the report and gave it to Fang Xuanling first.
Fang Xuanling received the report and glanced at him quickly, but was shocked.
Chen Zhengtai... is so good at fighting? Isn't this just like His Majesty?
No wonder... Chen Zhengtai is His Majesty's disciple. I'm afraid there are few people in the world who can do this.
Wu Ming's rebels now seem to be ridiculous, like a native chicken and a tile dog, so vulnerable...
Fang Xuanling immediately said, "Your Majesty, Wu Ming is against the will of heaven, unfaithful and unrighteous. Now he has received retribution, and even if he dies, he is not worthy of mercy. As for Chen Zhengtai, after hearing that Wu Ming rebelled, although it was in turmoil and in danger of the day, he still decisively suppressed the rebellion, turned the tide after the collapse, supported the building to fall, and made outstanding contributions, and was a minister of the country."
Fang Xuanling then passed the report to Du Ruhui.
Du Qing was Du Ruhui's distant relative. Seeing him like this, he wanted to say a few good words for him to save his life, but now Du Ruhui knew that it was meaningless to save Du Qing. This person... had reached the point where he deserved death. So he read the report silently and was shocked. With this good news and the crime collected by Wu Ming, today's affairs have been settled.
The report was circulated one by one, and the people who read it, except Fang Xuanling made the final judgment, did not speak out.
Li Shimin had already been promoted to the seat and looked around: "Do you guys have nothing else to say?"
"I... the crime of death." Du Ruhui stood up with a look of ashamed.
Li Shimin stared at Du Ruhui: "Where is the sin?"
"Wu Ming and others have a huge crime, but I cannot observe it. This is my fault."
"Is it just your fault? Du Qing is the prime minister. It is understandable that these small matters are not being investigated. So, did the censor of the Third Court have not neglected? Is the Ministry of Personnel not related? In addition, Wu Ming's disciples and his old officials, as well as his old officials, are also ignorant of this?"
When Li Shimin spoke, many people in the court trembled.
Li Shimin said seriously: "But, only Du Qing's family has pleaded guilty. Why are those who deserve to be convicted? If you need to investigate this matter thoroughly, Wu Ming will not know how many people you harmed, how many Wu Mings in my Tang Dynasty? Can all these be fooled? According to my opinion, it is already an urgent task to clarify the administration of officials. To clarify the administration of officials, one is to select officials and supervision. If there are omissions in these two places, then it is not surprising that people like Wu Ming will appear."
"Of course..." Li Shimin suddenly looked at the ministers meaningfully: "Of course I know that if I move on this, many people will definitely feel resentful. But if you don't have to complain, you can just resent. As long as you don't have to follow Wu Ming's rebellion, you can take a step back ten thousand steps. Even if it's a rebellion, what if it's a rebellion? The rebel kings in the world have killed seven or eight out of ten. My disciples have killed all the governors of the rebellion without any effort. If you think you can make a difference with this, you might as well give it a try. I'll wait and see."
These words are so heartless.
It is equivalent to treating many ministers directly as rebels.
But today, everyone was afraid to speak out, but they didn't dare to say anything, just bowing their heads to the ears.
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Chapter completed!