Chapter 1423 The Foolish Empress 46
After lunch, Xi Ning went to Qinzheng Hall in high spirits.
Entering the hall, a group of ministers were reviewing the papers just like yesterday. The place has been moved from the outside to the inside. Although the memorials are still piled up, there is obviously no clutter like yesterday.
With a day's experience under their belt, everyone continued in an orderly and leisurely manner.
There are a total of 20 people here, hundreds of copies of papers. Basically three people check and review a paper. So one person basically needs to go through more than fifteen copies of papers, plus the current month's papers that were not completed yesterday, the workload is Still quite big.
King Duan sat in the innermost position of all the seats. According to the way of school and examination, he faced the door, while the positions of the ministers were placed five on each side.
Seeing the empress coming, everyone put down their zhazi and knelt down to salute.
Xining said no courtesy and walked to King Duan's seat. The ministers and servants all stood up, sat back down, and continued to read Zazi.
He casually picked up an approved copy on the table and opened it, looking at it roughly: "Brother Emperor is tired."
"It is my unshirkable duty to share your Majesty's worries." Prince Duan's voice was weak, because there were about ten of the most important daily notes, which seemed small, but they were all tiring and tiring.
After Xining looked at this, he nodded. This was a good deal. He took another copy and read it, and then said softly: "Brother Emperor, this cannot be done like this."
This matter was handed over by the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture. The Lin family, a local squire in Heyuan County, sued the only son of the Zhao family, Zhao Qian, for seeing the Lin family's daughter looking beautiful and sending a matchmaker there. The Lin family felt that Zhao Qian had a bad reputation and was frivolous in his behavior, so he refused to agree to the marriage.
Zhao Qian then kidnapped the Lin family's daughter back to his house halfway. On the day of the forced marriage, the Lin family's daughter inserted a gold hairpin into his chest and committed suicide.
The Lin family went to the county government to file a lawsuit, but the Zhao family all denied it. As a result, the county government was afraid of the Zhao family's power and ruled against the Lin family.
The Lin family refused to accept it, so Zhao Qian sent someone to ambush them on the road. On the way to appeal, the elder man of the Lin family had one of his legs broken. The head of the family was so angry that his daughter died and his son's leg was broken again. He vomited blood in anger.
The Lin family later tried their best to sneak to Shuntian Mansion and then filed a lawsuit.
Now Shuntian Prefecture Yin has concluded the matter. Taking into account the special nature of the Zhao family, he reported the truth and asked the Tian family to make a decision.
Xining handed the zazi to King Duan, and King Duan looked at it: "Your Majesty, please make it clear."
She asked: "Brother, does the emperor know which family this Zhao Qian family is?"
King Duan responded: "She is the mother concubine of the King of Thailand and the descendant of Princess Zhao."
Xining nodded: "Exactly! Concubine Zhao is just a nephew, the younger brother of Concubine Zhao, who had a son in her later years. Only if she is pampered too much in daily life will she become domineering in the local area and bully men and women."
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King Duan didn't understand: "Because of this, Zhao Qian should be executed. The prince committed the same crime as the common people, let alone a relative."
Xining smiled and shook his head: "Brother, think about it, if Zhao Qian is sentenced to death, and Mrs. Zhao goes to the King of Thailand to cry and complain, will the King of Thailand help her mother-in-law? Even if the King of Thailand doesn't care, Mrs. Zhao will go to the imperial mausoleum. Crying and being angry can lead to something. You must know that things in the world are volatile. If the Zhao family finds a good lawyer or makes some false testimony and the case is overturned, it will be a problem. ”
After King Duan thought for a while, he saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, please make your decision."
Xining thought for a while, picked up a cinnabar pen and started writing on it, while King Duan looked on.
After writing the backend, Wang couldn't help but read out: "The daughter of the Lin family entered the Zhao family's ancestral grave and was buried as a head wife; half of the Zhao family's wealth belongs to the Lin family."
Xining explained: "The Lin family just needs an explanation. The person is dead and the injured are injured. Even if Zhao Gan is sentenced to death, the Lin family will not only take a breath of relief, but they will still have to live in the future. Punishment instead of killing, In this way, the Zhao family and the Lin family have equal financial resources, and the Zhao family cannot touch the Lin family. In addition, Mrs. Zhao has an explanation, and at least her nephew's life can be saved."
After King Duan praised it, he was worried: "What if the Lin family refuses?" Unless the Lin family doesn't want money and just wants to vent their anger, then this matter will be troublesome.
Xining put Zha Zi aside for review: "Then Zhao Qian will be sentenced to execution in the autumn. When the Queen Mother celebrates her birthday, and the autumn period is over, it will be time for a general amnesty. Zhao Qian will be sentenced to be exiled to Taizhou."
Taizhou is a fiefdom of the King of Thailand. If the nephew of Princess Zhao is sent to live or die in the future, the empress cannot be blamed.
King Duan smiled at this time. Although Zhan Li Jue could build authority and please people's hearts, this method was indeed much better than directly giving him a Zhan Li Jue.
He bowed: "Your Majesty is wise, and I am ashamed of myself. I will leave Beijing soon. The ministers are quite complaining about my assistant in government, but I still..."
I have been exhausted for half the day today; if this state affairs is not handled well, it will be a big deal. Let's take advantage of this opportunity to hand over this matter.
Xining sniffed, and his eyes were porphyrin-like like a kitten: "Brother Emperor, don't you want me anymore? I'm not in good health yet. Brother Emperor, please help me before you leave Beijing."
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Come on, if you quit, who will I find?
He also reached out to pull Prince Duan's sleeve, pinched it with two fingers, and pulled: "Brother Emperor, are you okay? Brother Emperor..."
Anyway, when the empress left happily, Prince Duan had not yet come to his senses and was still confused.
When I came back to my senses, I thought about it, how could this empress be more whiny than those beautiful concubines who were rewarded, and she was fooled into it again this time.
After sighing, I picked up the note and continued reading.
On the second day when King Duan was assisting the government, four more ministers took their own cars to sit in the prison. Now there were seven ministers in the prison.
The Empress has decreed that if officials of the sixth rank and above want to go to jail, they can go. Not just anyone who wants to go to jail can go to jail, but a Beijing official with official rank is also needed.
The governor of Jingzhao personally helped them arrange cells, one for each person, and each cell was far apart. The door is unlocked, but you cannot leave the cell, otherwise you will be thrown directly into the prison.
Since you are going to jail, the cell door is open, but you cannot wander around and disturb the order in the sky jail.
Those seven ministers were quite tough at first, but soon they felt that they were a joke.
Family members are not allowed to visit the prison, they are provided with two meals a day and toilet buckets are collected every three days.
On weekdays, someone will clean the toilet at home, even twice a day. Now I only pour it once every three days without brushing it, and the stench is overwhelming.
And the ground here is not paved with straw mats, but with straw. There was a torn cotton quilt, and the white cotton had turned black, giving off a sour odor. Fortunately, summer is almost here, otherwise it will freeze to death if it is not covered, and it will stink to death if it is covered.
From time to time there are half-foot-long mice running around. They are not afraid of people and even compete with people for food. You should also be careful when sleeping at night to prevent your ears and toes from being bitten by them.
The two meals a day were served with either moldy thick buns or rancid multigrain rice noodles. Even the vegetables are boiled, vegetable skins and roots without much salt.
The ministers have never suffered like this before, and they start to complain.
The prison head in the cell said with a smile: "Oh, sir, you are a noble man, so of course you don't know that the prison food here is not delicious. We can't treat prisoners like ancestors." Come on. This is a place where you live and eat for free. If you don’t get used to it, just leave, the door will be kept open for you!”
(End of chapter)