The days when I fished in Daming

Chapter 280 Shelving
Lao Zhu sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, watching the two of His Highness tearing each other up, and was not in a hurry to strike up a conversation.

Zheng Shiyuan received an affirmative reply from the Minister of War, and asked Lao Zhu for instructions.

"Your Majesty, I ask for instructions to bring up the witnesses, and please allow your Majesty to agree."

"allow."

When the witnesses were brought up, and the moment their eyes met, the Minister of the Ministry of War's expression obviously became a little more flustered.

Although trying to cover it up, as long as someone pays attention, it can still be discovered.

After the witnesses shouted long live three times, Zheng Shiyuan took a document, handed it to the visitor, and said to him.

"Look at this, it's the document you reported."

The witness just took the document, looked through it twice, and said in confirmation.

"Yes, this is the book. If Your Majesty and the adults don't believe it, you can find the letter from the lower official's house and compare it."

This is a bit rigorous. Having said that, the verification can be put aside later to save time.

Lao Zhu said directly.

"The matter of verification can be discussed later. You don't need to worry about whether it is a false accusation or not. Now you just need to explain the matter clearly to us, and that's it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"In the first month of the fifth year, the army attacked Mobei, and the Ministry of War mobilized war horses from all over the border to replenish the border and replenish the army."

"The lower officials are in charge of reviewing one batch of war horses. That batch of war horses were originally good horses, but for some reason, they are very ordinary, and most of them can't meet the standards of good horses."

"The lower officials reported to the higher authorities, but the reply they received was that the matter was urgent, and everything should be done in order, so they should be dispatched first."

"Although the lower official has doubts, he has to let go."

"Afterwards, although the subordinate officials felt that something was wrong and the battle was urgent, they had to send ordinary horses as good horses, but if they delay the battle, there is no excuse for the crime."

"Let's sort out this matter, write it in a letter, and send it to Lord Shangshu for a decision."

"Afterwards, Master Shangshu received the subordinate officials and inquired about the matter in detail, which seemed to mean a thorough investigation."

"Then there is no more. The matter is left alone. Lord Shang Shu reported it to the lower officials for demerit because there is no evidence for it."

"There are two other people who also had the same experience as Xiaguan, but they reported it, but they didn't continue to report it to Lord Shangshu."

"The lower officials have been doing paperwork in the Ministry of War since then, and the other two have had much better experiences than the lower officials. Now they have been promoted."

"It's just such a thing, what the next official said, everything is true, if there is something untrue, I am willing to be punished."

The matter has already been explained in great detail, and there are written documents supporting evidence, personal evidence plus physical evidence, no matter how much you justify it, it is useless.

If you still don't believe me, then continue to summon!See who spent who.

The direction of this matter has completely gone in an uncontrollable direction.

It is useless for the Minister of the Ministry of War to say whether he knows or not, but because of a wrong sentence, he fell into a passive state.

There is no good way, if you are stubborn, then continue to be stubborn!
"I have committed the crime of negligence. I plead guilty. I will definitely return all the money I received. However, I really don't know about the matter of the report, and I don't know when this document arrived at the minister's office. This minister is really wronged."

With snot and tears, the expression of Minister of War is like this. Those who don't know it can really be confused by this performance.

But when things got to this point, the right servant Liu Qian had conclusive evidence of corruption and was hopeless.

As Liu Qian's boss, Minister of the Ministry of War must not escape the crime of negligence.

Hard-talking is hard-talking, and there is evidence. In front of the evidence, everyone naturally chose to be wise and protect themselves. Before the matter became clear, they did not intercede with the Minister of the Ministry of War.

In the field, only Shangshu of the Ministry of War was performing his own one-man show.

Only then did Lao Zhu speak.

"Enough, if you say you don't know, you don't know! We won't touch you without conclusive evidence."

"Now, let me wrong you first, stay in the prison for a few days, and make a decision after the truth comes out. Are you satisfied?"

The Minister of the Ministry of War was confused for a while, including the courtiers, so he was thrown into prison so lightly.

For such an obvious matter, it depends on how you judge, what are you waiting for, isn't it superfluous?

"I'm guilty of a crime, I should go to jail, it's all up to His Majesty to order."

Old Zhu grinned and said.

"Bring us the Shangshu of the Ministry of War."

This process is very familiar, and the Minister of the Ministry of War was quickly taken away.

Seeing people leave, Lao Zhu looked at Mao Xiang and Zheng Shiyuan and continued talking.

"Is there convincing evidence for what Liu Qian and the head of the driving department committed? Are there any omissions or secrets?"

"It is confirmed that the gift money alone exceeds the salary he received, and the money found in his mansion is as much as tens of thousands."

"In addition to his participation in the operation of the gambling house and his profits from it, there is also Wan Guan's silver that was obtained through corruption from the Ministry of War."

"Because of the sudden departure, all the ledgers are there."

"There is also a clear record from the head of the driving department."

Lao Zhu nodded his head. Regarding the death penalty, Lao Zhu is still very strict.

One of the things Dali Temple does is to review the crimes of the condemned criminals to see if there is any wrongdoing.

Lao Zhu hated corrupt people deeply, but he would not wrong a good person.

After getting a clear answer, he said.

"Drag Liu Qian to the official robe, and the head of the driving department will also be taken outside the hall for us."

"Everyone, come with me and go to the palace for punishment outside."

The efficiency this time is quite high, I didn't ask any questions, and I went straight to the punishment. Although the evidence is convincing, the efficiency is high!

Such a matter also has a great reference value, and everyone is guessing what punishment will be imposed.

At noon that day, although the winter weather was cold, the sun was too big, and it was uncomfortable to stay for a long time.

Seeing a group of high-level officials coming out of the hall, the officials lined up stood up one after another, as if they were waiting for inspection.

Lao Zhu walked outside the hall, but he didn't step down from the high platform, but asked someone to move a chair under the eaves.

The ministers who came out lined up one by one under the eaves, forming two rows on the left and right.

The bound Liu Qian and the head of the driving department were tied up in a place in the square under the eyes of everyone.

Lao Zhu looked at the crowd of civil and military personnel, and lamented inexplicably in his heart. After finding out a military department, it turned out that it was almost rotten from top to bottom.

Thinking about it carefully, I don’t know how many places, without my knowledge, there are various corruptions happening.

It didn't feel like this kind of thing hadn't been discovered. Once discovered, Lao Zhu had an impulse, just wanting to do something special to frighten these people.

Only then can this trend of corruption be stopped.

Throughout the dynasties, those who can effectively curb this trend do not have much to learn from.

In addition to supervision, it is reporting, otherwise it is brought out by party struggle.

Lao Zhu started from a bowl to his current position. He is eager to learn, but he also has his own way of doing things.

(End of this chapter)