Chapter 53 Cut first and play later

Now the court meeting of the Song Dynasty has actually become a process. In fact, all the matters that need to be decided in the court have been decided by the officials at the bottom, and it is just a message at the court meeting. As for the emperor, he just nodded and made a look on the political affairs that the ministers had passed.

So this dynasty has been in turmoil for decades, and no one pays much attention to it. However, the Korean meeting on the first day of September greatly surprised everyone and completely disrupted everyone's rhythm because of a person's sudden trouble.

Originally, this ten-day dynasty was no different from usual. The courtiers came out one by one and said some suggestions that were already established facts, and the emperor also nodded and allowed it. When the chamberlain on the side finally asked, he had something to play again and retreat from the court. When everyone was about to leave, Xu Jinghong, who had been standing behind the ministers, came out and saluted the high emperor and said, "Xu Jinghong has something to play!"

In the Great Dynasty, officials below the fifth grade could not enter the Middle Pole Hall and could only wait outside. Naturally, it was impossible to make any suggestions. However, Xu Jinghong, the capital of Guoan, is just five grades, which is qualified to go to the hall, which gives him a chance to speak. And a low-ranking official like him has never had the courage to speak in the hall, which naturally makes others feel unprepared.

Other officials were stunned, but the emperor did not, because as early as last night, he had received a report that Xu Jinghong would take action at today's court meeting. Therefore, as soon as the emperor's words fell and the others looked stunned, they had already said, "If there is anything to play, Xu Qing just say it."

In this way, the courtiers can't stop it any more. After all, this is in the palace, and now it is the time of the Great Dynasty. The emperor spoke. How can they not obey as ministers? Even in this era of extreme decline of imperial power, it is necessary to be convicted if you do not obey the emperor's order in public, because officials always have enemies, and such obvious mistakes are always fatal.

"I complied with the order." Xu Jinghong took a few steps forward and began to say, "On that day, Your Majesty asked me to set up a national security division in order to protect the safety of the people in Daliang City and protect them from evil people, and I did so.

"However, because those young people in the previous episode have been arrested by the government, I have nothing urgent to do for a while. Unexpectedly, something happened in the past few days, so that I didn't dare to neglect it and began to investigate carefully.

"Oh, but what's the matter?" The emperor asked cooperatively.

"Some people who have suffered from thieves have come to our government to complain that after the government took down all the small things, their stolen property and land have not been returned. At this point, I was also puzzled. I was worried that it was caused by the self-theft by the people in the capital, so I also went to Lufu Yin's office to inquire. I didn't want to ask that there were not many gold, silver and other belongings in the thief's nests raided by the Gyeonggi Province, far less than the number of ordinary people robbed by them. And the more surprising ones, even the more difficult land deeds to hide, are not there, which is really strange.

Many officials in the temple changed their look when they heard this. Naturally, they know where these things have gone. Seven out of ten, eight out of them have taken the property taken by the underworld by extraordinary means. This can be said to be a well-known secret, and no one will investigate it at all. But I didn't expect that Xu Jinghong would pull out this matter. What does he want to do?

"In the sense of thinking of the people, I sent my men to conduct an unannounced visit. Under this investigation, I heard some incredible news from some businessmen who were originally entangled with the underworld. Xu Jinghong paused when he said this, and then said in a louder voice, "I didn't expect that there was a bigger black hand hidden behind those thieves. Most of the property and land they seized were acquired by the black hand!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of many of the ministers in the palace changed into red, white and black. Being told about their illegal activities in public is like letting these officials stand in front of everyone. How can they stand it? But at this time, it is difficult for them to stop them, otherwise they will automatically jump out and say that they are such a person. This feeling of boredom made these officials hate Xu Jinghong. They stared at him one by one with murderous eyes and wanted to kill him with their eyes.

Unfortunately, the eyes did not have such power after all. Xu Jinghong did not take these hateful eyes as a matter, but still continued his topic: "After a detailed questioning by the minister, the origin of these black hands has also been exposed. It is the three families of Cao, Li and Liang who are now important ministers of the imperial court!"

The last sentence made many officials who were eager to try and wanted to jump out and point out. There were only three families, and Xu Jinghong did not make a big blow, which made the officials who had their hearts beat their throats feel like riding a roller coaster and made their next move impossible.

But this does not mean that no one is against it. At least the three families named by Xu Jinghong will not ignore it. The first to come out was the head of the Li family. Now Li Hang, the servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies: "Bold Xu Jinghong, dares to make a lot of words on the court meeting and frame the court officials. Do you think there is any substance evidence that my family has to do with the people in the underworld?"

The owners of the other two families also stood up at this time, pointing to the sky and earth and saying that they were innocent, and on the other hand, they said bluntly that Xu Jinghong was bloody and bloody, and there was no such thing at all.

After that, other courtiers who had a good relationship with these three also joined their camp and began to attack Xu Jinghong, saying that he only wanted to defect to make such a ridiculous conclusion, and the court should severely punish him. As for those who have some conflicts with the three families, they are silent at this time. They are not clean and don't want to trap themselves.

In the face of the accusations of so many officials who are much higher than his own level, Xu Jinghong did not mean to panic at all, but looked at them calmly. Under his calm eyes, the voices of those people became lower and lower, and finally became inaudible. In terms of momentum, the officials who had ghosts in their hearts were completely overwhelmed by Xu Jinghong.

At this time, the emperor said again, "Lv Xiang, what do you think of this?"

Lv Zhonghe and other real powerful ministers have not participated in the dispute since the incident. At this time, as soon as the emperor asked, he must have an attitude: "Your Majesty, I don't understand the inside story of this matter, and it's really difficult to give opinions. However, these adults also have reason to say that if Xu Dusi has no substantial evidence, he will be framed. Although he remained neutral, his words were still a little biased towards those officials. After all, the identities of these people are not comparable to Xu Jinghong.

"In this case, Xu Qing, do you have any substantial evidence?" The emperor turned his eyes back to Xu Jinghong.

"If there is no evidence, I dare not openly accuse these three adults at the court meeting." Xu Jinghong replied without thinking, "I have obtained accurate confessions and evidence from those merchants, which can prove that they are indeed related to the underworld." With that, Xu Jinghong put his hand in his arms and lit up the notes and three tokens: "These are the vouchers left by the three merchants when they let those merchants pass on messages to the underworld people!"

Once these things were taken out, the originally aggressive Cao, Li and Liang families could not refute them. They did not expect that the notes and other things that they had strictly ordered to be destroyed were still retained, on which there were many handwritings of the stewards, and those tokens were the waist cards of the three families, and it was even more likely to be imitated.

"Three Aiqing, do you have anything to say about this?" The emperor's face darkened and he began to ask the three people in a suspicious tone.

And those officials who wanted to stand by their side also retreated one after another, and no one came out again. They didn't want to help others, so they finally put themselves in. In an instant, the three masters were isolated.

"This..." Under the pressure of the emperor and the ministers, the three of them began to be nervous. In the end, Li Hang reacted the fastest and argued: "I really don't know about this matter... Maybe this matter was done by the bold servants in my family. These notes are not in the hands of ministers, and the waist cards are only owned by ordinary deacons, so..."

The other two also quickly gave the same reason and put the blame on the person below. In this way, although they still have a certain responsibility, they have become very light, just a charge of lax discipline.

"Your Majesty, I also think that the three families must have done such things without their superiors. They should be ordered to go back to rectify the door, and don't let these thieves who harm the people continue to be free!" Immediately, some officials began to excuse them according to their wishes.

At this time, according to the past practice of the court, the three families have been hit this time, and their status in the court will also be affected. There is really no need to chase and fight fiercely. After all, the fight in the court must be moderate, otherwise what's the difference from the gangsters on the street?

However, Xu Jinghong is not a good-hearted person. Naturally, he was very dissatisfied when he saw that the three people were going to fool around like this, and immediately said, "I don't think so! These domestic slaves of rich families are bold and dare not show off in the name of their masters. After all, this is not a trivial matter, and it is not once or twice. Those underworld people can't believe it because of these domestic slaves' words. There must be enough people to protect them!"

Xu Jinghong's words made the situation tense again. At this time, Fang Yuanshan, who had been watching silently, could no longer stand it. At the beginning of Xu Jinghong's sudden trouble, he had a faint premonition. This was Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, which was intended by Pei Gong. Judging from his hatred with him and recent events, it is understandable that he wants to attack the Fang family. And these three families have a close relationship with the Fang family. Obviously, he intends to indirectly attack each other through the three families, which he doesn't want to see.

Originally, Fang Yuanshan thought that the power of the words of the officials in the court could suppress Xu Jinghong's anger, but now it seems that this son is too bold to be suppressed by ordinary words. So he only came out in person. After coughing, he said, "Xu Dusi, what you said is to kill your heart. Why do you say that this must be related to the three owners? There is only a little evidence in your hand. Maybe these are fabricated by people. How can you insist? You know, Cao, Li and Liang are also the gates of important ministers in the court. There is really no reason to do so.

"Yes, it's just the testimony of a few humble businessmen. How can it be used to testify to our court officials?"

"I think Xu Dusi is crazy about making contributions. He just wants to be in the limelight, regardless of whether things are true or false!" ... Immediately, some sarcastic voices that hit Xu Jinghong quickly appeared. They all had a close relationship with the Fang family and jumped out after seeing Fang Yuanshan's words.

Xu Jinghong saw that the other party was so powerful, and he also used this identity-only rhetoric to deny himself. Although he was calm as usual, he was very angry in his heart. At the same time, I am also a little lucky. If it hadn't been for Sun Zaiyuan's obstruction, he would have used the testimony of those thieves to testify to the three families during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the effect would have been worse.

For good, Xu Jinghong still has another preparation. Although this practice was a little risky, he decided to let it go, because he had sufficient confidence in himself. In the rebuke of the crowd, Xu Jinghong suddenly shouted, "I still have evidence to prove that what I said is true!"

The shout was very loud, which suppressed everyone's voice at once, and then attracted everyone's attention to him. The Fang family and others were surprised. I don't know what evidence he has.

"Since Xu Qing still has evidence, let's take it out." The emperor resisted his disgust with these ministers and said slowly in a peaceful voice.

"This evidence is the report of my brothers. After careful investigation, they found that there were hundreds of land deeds taken from the people and various treasures hidden among the three families. If you don't believe it, you can go to these three to search.

"This... Xu, your words are too childish, isn't it? We are all court officials, representing the face of the court. How can we let people search and inspect them casually? Li Hang immediately denied it. Other people's reaction is the same, and it is naturally impossible to agree with this practice.

But Xu Jinghong laughed and said, "Guys, you are talking about the innocence of the witness, but when the simplest witness is innocent, you retreated again. Why is that? Aren't you covering up?

"Hmm, boy is so bold! How can you give up the decentness of my court in these few words? Fang Yuanshan immediately said disdainfully, "You are just a false word, so you want to search the house. Is there any law in my court in the future?"

"I gave evidence, but you said he was not. Now I take out another one, and you don't want to do it. What is this? Xu Jinghong replied tit-for-tat, and then smiled mysteriously: "However, you are not the only one who can do this."

"What do you mean by you?" Everyone suddenly had a bad feeling, especially Fang Yuanshan. Thinking of the bloodshed case he had done in Lingzhou, more than 20 people had been killed by him recently. This young man was really brave and didn't know what bold he would do.

"Our country's Ansi has the responsibility to find out the traitors, so I have sent my men to these three families before I entered the palace to attend the court meeting. Now, they should have begun to copy and inspect the three families. Xu Jinghong said lightly. This is the reason why he has always been full of confidence. It turns out that he has been cut first and then played.

Xu Jinghong did this as a helpless choice, because he knew that in this way, he had no way out, and he became hostile to the major forces in the court. After all, this completely torn face behavior is not recognized. But he still decided to do so because of the current situation.

After coming to the capital, Xu Jinghong felt the difficulty of doing things, which made it difficult for him to completely let go of his hands and feet. And the Fang family is so powerful that they have many means to deal with themselves. If they can't hit their arrogance as soon as possible and let them keep plotting, I'm afraid that even if they and Sun Zaiyuan are careful, they will be defeated.

So today, when he decided to go to war head-on, he resisted the opposition of others and must immediately conduct a strong search for these three families. As long as these three families are found to have problems, they will win and successfully hit the Fang family. Once these three families fall into his hands, they can also involve the Fang family and take revenge.

After Xu Jinghong's words, the ministers in the palace fell into a short circuit. Even the emperor also looked at Xu Jinghong with the eyes of the monster. This young man's courage is no longer a big word to describe. By doing so, he completely tore up all the disguises that were covered outside, that is, to fight with people to the end.

"Xu Jinghong, how dare you act like this, this...this..." Li Hang could no longer speak this time, because he knew that this time it was really over. He did hide those things. As long as they were found, it was solid evidence. Li Shilang, who was anxious, couldn't come up in one breath and fell on the hall at that time...

Seeing his appearance, all the princes and ministers in the palace can guess the result. However, many people still have resentment and fear of Xu Jinghong. This son is really too unreasonable. He even dares to kill such a search and inspection of court officials. What else is there that he dares not do?

The emperor sitting on the throne was secretly happy in his heart. The chaos he hoped to see was finally created by the teenager's action. Next, more chaos is bound to occur, so as to eradicate the power of the family little by little!