met free Chapter 299 It's completely over.
Chapter 299 It's completely over.
“Send people to seal up all the county treasuries and all files of all prefectures, states and counties under the jurisdiction of the province, except for Dengzhou and Ningyang County.”
"No official or clerk may leave their place of business."
"The province will send personnel to Dengzhou Prefecture to assist Prince Yang... in reviewing the case files and accounts of various counties and prefectures. Everything will be done according to Prince Yang's arrangements."
After issuing several orders, Wang Guangyang couldn't help but sigh and said to the officials of the provincial government, "I will first write a memorial of apology, and you will all follow suit."
"I'm too lazy to ask if you were involved. If you were, then honestly beg for forgiveness. Whether you can save your own lives or not, at least save the lives of your entire family."
"..."
As Wang Guangyang finished speaking, the assembled provincial officials fell silent, and a hint of despair appeared on many of their faces.
Is there absolutely no chance to salvage the situation?
Just as many officials in the provincial government were in despair, Wang Guangyang glanced at them and said meaningfully, "Remember to tell those officials not to think about ending it all."
"After all, this case involves too many people. It would be better for them to die quickly, but if the prince consort can't find the culprit, who can guarantee that their entire family won't be implicated?"
……
If Wang Guangyang wanted to die, or wanted the officials involved in the case to die with him, then Emperor Zhu wanted all the officials in the Shandong Provincial Government except for Yang Shaofeng to die.
Including Wang Guangyang.
"Someone explain to us what you mean by '30,000 catties of refined iron have vanished into thin air'!"
Emperor Zhu held Yang Shaofeng's memorial in his hand, circling it back and forth while angrily cursing, "Thirty thousand catties of refined iron, that's ten thousand swords and fifteen hundred suits of armor!"
"This is just Dengzhou Prefecture! If we include Laizhou Prefecture, or other prefectures in the same situation, then it's not just 30,000 jin!"
"What exactly are they trying to do?!"
After finishing his rant, Emperor Zhu simply had Chen Zhong hand Yang Shaofeng's memorial to Li Shanchang, and then continued his tirade: "And what about Wang Guangyang? What is he good for?!"
"What are the people in the Censorate and the Imperial Censorate doing?!"
"Damn it, have we forgotten why we rose up in rebellion back then?!"
"Hu Yuan isn't completely finished yet!"
After reading the memorial, Li Shanchang bowed to Emperor Zhu without hesitation and said, "Your Majesty, I request that the imperial banner and the imperial sword be bestowed upon the Prince Consort. At the same time, I request that personnel from the Censorate, the Censorate, the Court of Judicial Review, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Works be dispatched to Zhaoyuan to clarify the plough case as soon as possible and restore justice to the people of Shandong."
The so-called flags and tokens refer to command flags and tokens, with four flags and four tokens in total. The flags were made of blue silk and had the word "command" stamped by the Ministry of War on them. The tokens were made of linden wood and painted with gold lacquer.
As for the Shangfang sword, it refers to the emperor's personal sword that was kept in the Shangfang.
The Shangfang sword, which has been used since the Han Dynasty, has the privilege of "execution first, reporting later," but this privilege only applies to officials below a certain rank and cannot be used to mobilize troops.
While flag bearers cannot act on behalf of local officials without prior authorization, they can mobilize troops, execute deserters or traitors on the battlefield, and conscript local manpower and resources, thus possessing certain powers of discretion.
These two things combined meant that he had the same rights as Emperor Zhu for a short period of time, truly "as if I were personally present".
As for how many officials in Dengzhou will suffer because of this... to hell with it! These bastards are so audacious that they dare to resell plowshares, who cares if they die!
Liu Bowen glanced at Li Shanchang, sighed slightly, and then bowed with his hands clasped, saying, "Your subject seconds the motion."
This time, we're completely finished.
Didn't you hear what Li Shanchang said? He ordered the Censorate, the Censorate, the Court of Judicial Review, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Works to send people to Zhaoyuan.
This is so obvious that the officials of Dengzhou Prefecture don't need to be escorted back to the capital for trial. As long as the evidence is conclusive, they can just have a joint trial by the three judicial departments in Zhaoyuan and then have the flag bearers and imperial swords used to kill them. The people sent by the Ministry of Personnel can be directly transferred to Dengzhou Prefecture as officials on the spot to continue their work.
As for the Ministry of Works...
Who the hell knows what Yang the Madman needs the Ministry of Works' manpower for?
Judging from Yang Dianfeng's past actions in Ningyang County, his request for the Ministry of Works' personnel was most likely to clarify what mineral deposits were in Dengzhou Prefecture, or perhaps to stir up some new trouble in Dengzhou Prefecture.
However, these trivial matters have nothing to do with me anymore.
Since Yang Dianfeng dared to write in his memorial that "merchants from Jiangnan were involved," then there must have been merchants from Jiangnan involved. Among the merchants from Jiangnan, only his fellow townsmen from eastern Zhejiang dared to engage in smuggling at sea.
Therefore, once the flag and the imperial sword arrive in Dengzhou, Yang Dianfeng will investigate thoroughly and eventually find out about his fellow villagers.
Judging from Yang Dianfeng's consistent style of doing things, this matter will definitely be handled into an airtight case, a major case. Forget about whether he can save them, he would be lucky if he could even avoid being implicated by them.
Thinking of this, Liu Bowen couldn't help but sigh to himself again.
Emperor Zhu glanced at Liu Bowen, but directly instructed Yang Xian: "Select two hundred capable men from the Imperial Guards, all of whom must be from Huaixi. Have them go to Dengzhou Prefecture to serve the Imperial Son-in-Law, openly and brazenly."
Immediately afterwards, Emperor Zhu instructed Li Shanchang: "Also, make arrangements for the Censorate, the Censorate, the Court of Judicial Review, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Works. Brother Shanchang, let them select capable and skilled personnel to go to Dengzhou. Do not accept any from coastal areas."
After Yang Xian and Li Shanchang bowed in agreement, Emperor Zhu turned his gaze to Chang Yuchun: "Bo Ren should remain in the capital for now and await our next military orders."
Chang Yuchun bowed and agreed. Emperor Zhu then turned his gaze to Lan Yu: "Take the Leopard Guard and a battalion of naval troops and deliver the flags and the Imperial Sword to the Imperial Son-in-Law. Tell him that anyone who dares to obstruct the investigation will be executed without prior approval by officials of the second rank or below."
"Also, we're giving him the flag and the imperial sword not so that he can investigate a case in Dengzhou alone, but that he can investigate the entire Shandong province. He must investigate the whole case thoroughly for us."
"After we arrive in Dengzhou, you will be in charge of all the troops in Dengzhou and Laizhou, including the Leopard Guard and the naval camp. You will protect the prince consort for us. If anything goes wrong, we will hold you responsible."
Lan Yu immediately followed suit, bowing and saying, "Your Excellency, rest assured, if the Prince Consort suffers even the slightest scratch, I, Lan Yu, will offer my head in retribution!"