Zhou Zheng made a decision here, and his people moved quickly.
Regardless of what Qian Qianyi said, the offender, the file, returned to the Criminal Department again, quickly arranged, and prepared to go to court.
Qian Qianyi, Ma Shiying, Kou Huaiyi, and Li Hengbing sit in the lobby to make sure nothing goes wrong.
It was light, and Zhou Zheng was sitting on the Zhengxi Corridor and saw Li Banghua hurried back from everywhere.
Li Banghua looked at the dust, his face was firm, but there was a solemn, uneasy look in his eyes.
Zhou Zheng greeted casually, saying: "Sit down and have a sip of tea."
Li Banghua raised his hand, sat down to drink a cup of hot tea, warmed up, but did not speak.
After a brief talk about tea, Zhou Zheng looked at Li Banghua and said with a smile: "You came back from Sichuan in a hurry, right?"
Li Banghua listened, his expression tightened, and he leaned forward and said: "The official is not disobeying orders and leaving his post without permission, but the emperor has to call him urgently and has to rush back."
Holding a teacup in his hand, Zhou Zheng felt the coldness of the Forbidden City, and said: "Northwestern Premier Lu Xiangsheng doesn't know, I don't know. You also brought three thousand people. Even if the emperor's will, I can cure you. You make sense, right?"
Li Banghua looked dignified, stood up, raised his hand, and said: "Zheng Xibo has said this, the next official also asked desperately, what are you going to do?"
Regarding Zhou Zheng who recovered the capital, most people in the ruling and opposition parties still admired him, even Li Banghua, in honorific terms.
Zhou Zheng looked at Li Banghua with some curiosity, and said, "What would you do if you change places?"
Li Banghua looked straightened and said, "No matter what, the subordinates do not agree with what the adults are doing now. Your Majesty is your Majesty, please think twice."
Zhou Zheng secretly shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it later. Today, the trial will start. Old Qian Ge will lead the trial, Yuan Fu. I will all be on the jury, and the six books will be here."
Li Banghua became more tense, and said: "My lord, how do you want to interrogate? How do you judge?"
"According to the law." Zhou Zhengdao.
Li Banghua's brows were about to bleed, and said: "Sir, there are so many people involved, there are hundreds of people in the clan, nobles, cabinet ministers, hall officials, and ministers. Such a killing method has not been used in the Taizu Taizong years, my lord. Do you really want to change the dynasty?"
Such rumors are becoming more and more prevalent in the capital. Some people even want to promote the matter in order to be the hero of the new dynasty, including Zhou Zheng's people, more or less such thoughts.
Zhou Zheng also frowned, and said in annoyance, "You have something like this. I don't know how many times I have heard it these days. Someone always teaches me how to do it. Tell me, is what you taught me is right? If you do as you said, you will be able to purge the Chao Gang, and Zhongxing Daming?"
Li Banghua raised his hand and said with a solemn expression: "These are available, the next official will ask you again, the next official now just wants to ask the sir, do you have to do this? If it is really irreconcilable between the emperor and the minister, do you want to take that step? "
Zhou Zheng put down his teacup, looked at Li Banghua, and said, "You are a capable minister, and you have always been pragmatic. This is why I have always tolerated you. Otherwise, I should send you away because of your repeated shirk. Truth be told. Let me tell you, I want to do three things with these adversarial cases. The first thing: ask the emperor to rule by doing nothing. The second thing, I want to clean up dissidents and control the court. Third, you should know , I want to reform, these adversarial cases are part of my reform. I will not be polite to anyone who blocks my way, even if I admire you, if you want to block my way, I am not polite."
Zhou Zheng's words are clear and plain.
Li Banghua thought about Zhou Zheng's words, staring at him with scorching eyes, and said: "Is an adult really not a Wang Mang?"
Zhou Zheng said indifferently: "I will do it when I invade Beijing in March. Don't always ask me such no-brainer words."
Li Banghua's expression relaxed, and he raised his hand and worshiped: "If you have these words from an adult, you will be relieved when you leave the official. As long as it helps me, Daming Shiji and thousands of people, the official will help the adult!"
Zhou Zheng looked at him amusedly and said, "Why didn't you help me before?"
Li Banghua's expression moved, and he said, "It's an official ignorance."
Zhou Zheng waved his hand, and there was no need to get angry with Li Banghua, and said: "Okay, go back and rest, and later go to the Criminal Ministry together."
Li Banghua's thin and firm face had a relaxed look, and said, "Yes, I will retire from the government."
Zhou Zheng didn't send him away, so he took a sigh of relief from his teacup, thinking in his heart, and muttered to himself; "The matter of military reform must be stepped up."
For such a big matter, the local military power must be held in hand. If someone really does something on the side of the king and the king, even if Zhou Zheng's side is suppressed, it will become a stain and become a resistance to the reform.
The sky was bright, the martial law of the Ministry of War was lifted, and the capital became more lively, all kinds of strange speeches flooded the capital.
The Ministry of Punishment posted the'public trial announcement', which even alarmed the capital. I don't know how many people came in madly and blocked the gate of the Ministry of Punishment.
The soldiers of the patrol battalion stopped in circles, otherwise the Criminal Department would definitely be demolished.
Qian Qianyi, Ma Shiying and the others determined the order of the court and began to argue about the procedure of the court. In fact, they wanted to delay the time and strive for the result of the judgment.
How could the three of Ma Shiying give in? Zhou Zheng had already decided.
Perhaps because of Qian Qianyi and the changes outside, the prisoners in the Ministry of Criminal Justice were a little strange in their minds. They had given up their minds a long time ago, waiting for the sentence, and there were signs of withdrawing confessions.
The capital of this day, like a big boiling pot, steaming hot, everything in the pot is tumbling violently.
Even if the palace was sealed off, Zhu Cihong still got the news that he could do nothing except swear, and he intentionally sent Xu Wenjue out of the palace to supervise, but he couldn't even clear the door.
Zhou Yanru was neatly dressed, and he was blocked by a group of people as soon as he left the house. They were all well-known old elders, all of them with high morals, and all came to persuade Zhou Yanru to'rule the country with lenient and benevolence, and reduce killing.
Zhou Zheng's side is not getting better either. Some who think they are a little closer to Zhou Zheng, or are close to Zhou Zheng's first line, plus some celebrities and great scholars, appear one after another in the Zhou Mansion and on the way to the Xing Department.
Even before Zhou Zheng entered the Criminal Ministry, he received a letter, a letter from a long-lost person-Wang Zhichen.
Liu Liuzhe rode a horse, walking beside Zhou Zheng, and said in a low voice: "Second Young Master, Liu Zongzhou is here again, just ahead."
Zhou Zheng is looking at Wang Zhichen’s letter. This letter should have been written four or five days ago. It contains some narratives. There is only one sentence that Zhou Zheng thinks is the key and the purpose of this letter: Those in troubled times should be careful and prudence. .
Zhou Zhengzheng took these words, silently received the letter, sighed lightly, and said, "No one is gone."
Liu Liuzhe responded, leading someone to rush, not seeing anyone again.
"Zheng Xibo, I have something to say!"
"Zheng Xibo, I'll wait for something to say, please stay!"
"Zheng Xibo, the Great Penal Prison, it hurts the heavens and peace, it is not for the holy dynasty..."
"Zheng Xibo, God has a good life, so you can't do such a decisive thing..."
The shouts along the way were extremely loud, these were not bad, some unbearable words were drowned in the shouts. (End of this chapter)