On the tenth day of October, Luoyang City, Imperial City Department.

Li Ling sat in a quiet small courtyard, drinking tea leisurely, as if she was at her own home.

But in fact, this is a place of imprisonment that many officials in the capital are terrified of, and it belongs directly to the emperor's Imperial City Secret Prison.

Yes, Li Ling has now changed from a lieutenant who came to Beijing to report his duties to a prisoner. It was just because he interrupted the execution with Sun Bi and others on the day of Qiu Jue, and exposed the inside story of the Ministry of Justice killing Aries and killing innocent people.

At that time, the case was already clear. Prince Yong, Sun Lin, who was the Minister of Justice, could only kneel down and kowtow, saying that he was not aware of the inside story and wanted to take him out. But before Li Ling could react, the emperor next to him suddenly breathed and gasped after a angrily scolding, and then he fainted.

Although the current emperor Sun Yong has experienced countless storms, he is already old now. In addition, this matter is so involved, he has brought his son whom he values ​​most. So he was shocked and angry. The old man, who is nearly 70 years old, finally couldn't bear the constant changes in his emotions and fell into a coma.

Now, the ministers were scared to death, and they didn't care about continuing to investigate the right and wrong of the case. So they quickly passed the imperial physician to treat the emperor. After a long time of hard work, it was not until the third anniversary that the emperor's condition stabilized and the man slowly woke up.

Then, there is a series of arrangements for relevant people - those death row prisoners will be transferred to Dali Temple first, reviewed again, and then dealt with. Those who are wronged must find out their identity and specific situation, and then send them back to their original place, and at the same time, the real prisoners who spend money to escape from the crime will be arrested. As for those real prisoners, they can avoid the third year of junior high school, but they will still not be able to escape the next autumn final.

Then all the officials of the Ministry of Justice were caught in one go, including Zhang Qiu, who were imprisoned in the prison of the Censorate. What awaited them would be the most severe trial, and they would have to explain everything. By the way, the specifications of their trial this time were not small. Not only did the Three Divisions conduct trials—the original Ministry of Justice was replaced by the Imperial City Division—and two princes in Beijing attended the trial, so as to be absolutely fair and not have any official protection.

These successive changes have long been well known to everyone inside and outside the capital, and various statements have become rampant. For their own prestige, the imperial court has spent a lot of effort during this period. The imperial list was released one by one, and Luoyang Prefecture and other people-friendly yamen directly sent officials to go along the streets and alleys to preach the truth to the people, just to restore some reputation.

Perhaps because of this, the three departments' trials were much faster than in any previous case. In just six or seven days, many of their crimes had been asked about by the officials of the Ministry of Justice. From seeking someone to punish them, to being sentenced to minor sentences to serious offenders, to letting some powerful criminals go... It can be said that the Ministry of Justice had long been a pool of mud and smelly. Before, no one had investigated, but now once the lid was opened and the dirt inside was stirred up, everyone was shocked.

The only person in the Ministry of Justice who has not been accused of accepting bribes and using his power for personal gain is the Minister of Justice, Yong Wang Sun Lin. In fact, this matter is unspeakable and strange. The entire Ministry of Justice is ruined. Why are you, the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice, but you are the Minister of Justice

However, his identity is here, so naturally no one dares to question it. Anyway, all the sins fell on Zhang Qiu and other ministers. There is even a saying that His Highness Yong is so rich and powerful, how could he be moved by mere gold and silver to do such an unwise act? This must be what the corrupt officials under his command did without him.

Well, a typical emperor is a wise ruler, and the arguments of corrupt officials are wrong...

When Li Ling learned about this news, he couldn't help but laughed in anger: "These guys can really open their eyes and tell lies. Do you think this statement can deceive the eyes of all the people in the world? Can you really think that everyone is a fool?"

Lu Zhen in front of him looked at him helplessly, but he was not easy to answer: It doesn’t matter if you are giving up now, I dare not discuss the royal affairs behind my back...

Oh, by the way, the arrangements of Li Ling and the others seemed particularly entangled for the court.

Judging from the results, Li Ling and the others naturally made contributions, but if they really care about it, they actually made a big mistake. Not to mention anything else, the matter of the Qiu Jue court would be a big mistake in the court.

Since you have found many clues, you can report them early so that the court can find out the case smoothly, and there will be less troubles in the future. Now, you have become heroes, but have put the court on fire, which is a great sin.

Of course, the bureaucrats in the court easily ignored the biggest possibility. If they reported the matter a few days earlier, they would probably cover up the matter completely with the habits of the monarchs and ministers of the court. In the end, those who deserve to die or not, who are wronged or not will have to die! In fact, if Li Ling had not made the matter completely big, even the emperor would not have been able to rehabilitate those scapegoats, because in the eyes of these big figures, the lives of several common people were completely worth mentioning.

Therefore, in the eyes of the monarch and ministers in the court, Li Ling and his men had made great contributions and made great mistakes, and the emperor did not think about how to deal with it for a while, so he had to deal with it in the end - all those with official positions were suspended and those who had closed their doors and reflected on themselves.

Sun Bi and Xiao Chengzhi were placed under house arrest in their mansion, and Xu Cang was also implicated and was not allowed to go out for the time being. As for Li Ling and Wan Shenji, they were simply imprisoned in the Imperial City Secretariat. They waited for the emperor to make the final decision and then saw what to do with them.

If an ordinary official is imprisoned in the Imperial City Department, he will have to peel off even if he does not die. However, Li Ling is completely different. He said he is imprisoned, but he is not even house arrest here. He lives in a quiet courtyard with delicious food and drinks. He can also know the news outside at any time, and he doesn't have to spend money, so he doesn't feel too comfortable. The only disadvantage is that he cannot leave the Imperial City Department, and he can only wait for the emperor to finally determine it.

And Lu Zhen told his people about the outside world, and the relationship between the two is really like a friend now.

Seeing him disapprovingly, Lu Zhen didn't know how to react. After a while, he said curiously: "Aren't you worried about your situation?"

"Worried, this time the matter was so big that once Your Majesty is really angry, I will be completely finished." The guy said, took another sip of tea and shook his head, "Your tea is not as good as I did when I was in Yangzhou. I will bring you some good next time."

Do you seem to be worried? Lu Zhen was speechless and didn't feel at ease about this matter. But he could understand that at present, everything was not subject to Li Ling's will, so it was a waste of ease and regret. It would be better to live it easily.

"By the way, what is the saying about King Yong now?" Li Ling finally mentioned a reliable question.

Lu Zhen frowned: "Yong Wang was naturally banned, and this time it has a great blow to him. The Ministry of Justice has been taken down by the blame, and his followers are naturally very damaged. And it seems that it is unlikely that he will take on any actual errands in the future."

This is reasonable, Li Ling nodded. The emperor's disappointment with him was one aspect, and more importantly, his reputation as a wise king was completely ruined. Some things are easy to fool on the surface, but there are too many smart people inside and outside the officialdom. Who doesn't know that King Yong will get most of the benefits in this matter. If such a guy holds real power, it will be a crime against the court and the people.

Such a result was exactly what he wanted to see. I could even say that this time he took action so desperately, and he also saved the purpose of bringing down King Yong!

The grudge between Li Ling and King Yong began a few years ago. At that time, he was just a small head of the Ministry of Revenue. He had just been an official for less than a year. King Yong first deliberately wanted to win over him, and then wanted to use his guilt to bring the prince's party into the quagmire of party struggles.

Under that situation, a young man like Li Ling would probably be crushed to pieces by these two major forces, but he broke free from the dispute at the cost of offending both sides. Then, it was Zhang Hefeng's case, under the instructions of the emperor, he saved Zhang Ru, an old man from the East Palace, and thus completely stood on the opposite side of King Yong.

Then, facing the liquidation counterattack of King Yong, Li Ling had to leave the capital and go to southern Yunnan to fight for his life. Finally, he returned, and even fought back to kill King Yong's important chess piece in the Ministry of Revenue, the Minister of the Minister Bian Xuedao.

Later, Li Ling released Jiangnan as an official, and King Yong was out of reach, and he really couldn't do anything to him. Until more than a year ago, as the situation in Jiangnan stabilized, the court sent officials to serve in Yangzhou Prefecture.

One magistrate and the other magistrate, they were all from King Yong, and their purpose to Yangzhou was to undermine Li Ling, the prefect, and then collect evidence of his crime of corruption and abuse of power in the local area, causing him to lose his post and dismiss his post. These were all asked from them after controlling these two people.

It was that more than a year ago, Li Ling had fought with the Yongwang Party again, and this time he won the great victory. In Yangzhou City, he, the prefect, had already won the respect of everyone and took over the power. Two guys who thought they had the Yongwang as their backer broke into his territory. They had just had some contact with some people. After some thought, the matter had already been reported to Li Ling.

Li Ling, who was fighting at home, turned his hand and suppressed these two subordinates who were blind.

It was from these two people that Li Ling realized that King Yong had always been deeply hostile to him. Once he found an opportunity, he would definitely attack this.
Chapter completed!