The incident on Hebei Road finally spread in the court. Now everyone has begun to understand the official's intentions. The intricacies of side affairs cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. Everyone knows that the Liao people

It was difficult to deal with him, so he was vague about Sun Miao's behavior and said nothing.

As long as the officials did not kill Sun Miao, no one would stand up and say anything. After all, it was a taboo for the officials to liaise with foreign countries to secretly store grain in Changping warehouse. If he got into trouble, he would be seeking death.

But Sun Mian was still a fourth-grade official. According to the past, the most punishment was to be transferred to another military state. If the official did not relieve his anger, he would never be hired. This was a very serious punishment for a scholar-bureaucrat.

In the Daqing Palace, Sun Miao was dressed in prison clothes and kneeling on the ground with his hair disheveled. His former colleagues pointed at him from time to time, making him feel ashamed. After all, literati who were deeply influenced by Confucianism valued character very seriously. The so-called character was not

What you see internally is what you see in front of outsiders.

Even if you are dirty behind the scenes, it doesn't matter as long as there is no one. Many gentlemen are open-minded on the outside, but inside they are full of male thieves and female prostitutes. This is the dark side of human beings. Even great Confucians cannot guarantee that there is nothing shameful in private.

But all this filthiness must be hidden, and once it is exposed to others, it will be over.

Zhao Zhen didn't even want to look at Sun Miao. He glanced at him slightly and said, "If I remember correctly, you were a Jinshi in the third year of Tianxi.

Feiran was appointed as the transfer envoy of Hexi Road by the late Emperor. How many years did the late Emperor pass away? I am very disappointed that you have become such a virtuous person..."

Sun Mian said with a tearful voice: "I am going to report to the officials, but the criminals are helpless. Hebei West Road is close to the Liao Dynasty, and it is very cold this winter. If we cannot use the food from Changpingcang to appease the Khitan people, I am afraid that more people will die in the threshing grass."

the people!"

Zhao Zhen ignored his explanation. Wrong is wrong. There is no such and such explanation. It is a small matter for the people to starve to death, but it is a big matter for the Khitans to thresh grain and grass? After hearing this ridiculous theory, Zhao Zhen really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh.

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After seeing the expressions of the officials, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty began to worry. Sun Mian was a fourth-grade Zhongfeng doctor, a dignified transfer envoy of Hebei West Road, and the highest chief executive of the road. If even he was punished and exiled by the officials, many people began to shudder.

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Officials like to exile people to Salmon Island. As long as they go to Salmon Island, it is almost the same as being sentenced to death!

Zhao Zhen cleared his throat and said: "I understand that you were promoted by the late emperor, and you have served in the court for many years and have made great achievements. You have also learned about military affairs on Hebei West Road. You are considered a rare talent."

After hearing what the officials said, Sun Miao and a group of courtiers finally felt relieved.

"I'll leave you with a whole body, and I'll be beheaded or hanged, and commit suicide in the house!"

Wow...

The civil servants in the court immediately started talking, and Sun Miao collapsed softly on the ground as if dead. He didn't expect that the officials would still kill him!

Wang Zeng came out and said: "Your Majesty, although Sun Miao has done something illegal, your Majesty also knows the hidden secrets. Is it right to sentence him to hanging..."

A memorial with blue floral flowers was thrown out by Zhao Zhen, scattered in the air, and hit the hall with a bang.

"See for yourselves! You will know what kind of person Sun Miao is. If I sentence him to hanging, it is an extrajudicial mercy. For such a crime, his head should be thrown to the ground, and his body should be discarded in the market.

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Wang Zeng picked up the memorial from the ground. As soon as he read the first few sentences, he became so angry that he stopped talking and started blowing the bellows with a roar in his throat.

Ding Wei and Cao Li glanced curiously and turned their heads away, staring straight at Sun Miao, who was on the ground like mud, with expressions on their faces that they had done something wrong.

Now the civil servants behind him were even more curious, what kind of thing could allow an official to kill a fourth-grade Zhongfeng doctor at his command?

"Ms. Wang, I think you should read out what you are holding in your hands loudly, otherwise it will not be enough to convince all the civil and military officials in the court!"

Wang Zeng smiled bitterly and said: "Reciting such evil deeds in the Huanghuang Hall is just dirtying your ears! I obey your Majesty's will. Sun Mian's crime is unpardonable. He is sentenced to death because of the mercy of the officials!"

Ding Wei and Cao Wei looked at each other and then left the class and said: "I second the proposal!"

After the court meeting dispersed, Wang Zeng, Dingwei and Cao Wei were surrounded by ministers. What was in that mysterious memorial that made the ministers stop arguing?

Wang Zeng was a good-tempered husband, and Cao Wei was a general who had never wanted to get involved in such things. Ding Wei was even more eager to make the contents of the memorial public to the public, and took it from Wang Zeng with a smile: "This is Liu Zhuangyuan's collection.

The evidence of Sun Miao's crime is so heinous that you should not read it!"

Wang Zeng smiled bitterly and shook his head. Ding said that this was obviously trying to get at it. Under such a provocation, how could those young courtiers hold back?

Sure enough, Ouyang Xiu reached out and took the memorial and read it in public: "In the fifth year of Tianxi, Sun Mian was appointed as the magistrate of Xiaoshan County. He avenged his private vendetta, which led to the death of the merchant Zheng Man's family. In the first year of Qianxing, when he was appointed to Hangzhou, he cleverly robbed several pearls from the jewelry merchant Xu Ming's store, causing his death.

Xu Ming committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam. In the same year, he repeatedly took away wives and forced them to have sex with him..."

Following Ouyang Xiu's voice, all the officials were excited. This was not something done by a dignified envoy. He was simply a hypocrite, a male thief and a female prostitute.

In the eyes of civil servants, it is inevitable to have flaws in character, but this kind of thing of taking someone's money and humiliating their wives and daughters is so dirty that no wonder even the officials are reluctant to mention it in court.

Just when everyone was criticizing Sun Mian, Sancai walked out from the porch of Daqing Hall.

"His Majesty's word!"

The ministers immediately arranged their official uniforms and bowed slightly: "I will listen to the holy edict!"

"Everyone in the family has seen that people like Sun Miao not only lose their own face, but also lose my face and the court's face! I will kill as many such people as possible, and I will show no mercy!

Losing one's face is a small matter, but I will never allow anyone to smear the court, and I will never allow anyone to smear me. What will the people think when they know Sun Miao's character? Will they say that I am a fatuous official?! Hope you guys

Your Majesty, please reflect!"

"I respectfully obey His Majesty's instructions!"

After the ministers finished speaking, they saw several guards in armor dragging Sun Miao, who was like a dead dog, towards the palace gate. Needless to say, these guards went to Sun Miao's house to help him "commit suicide"!

Everyone looked at Sun Miao who collapsed, and then at Kong Wu's powerful bodyguards, and couldn't help but feel chills. It seemed that the officials hated officials like Sun Miao to the bone.

After these things, the courtiers no longer had any thoughts about running errands. Except for those who had to be on duty in the Yamen, everyone else left the palace. Today is a holiday. In addition to attending court meetings, some officials can go home to rest.

Ouyang Xiu looked at Ding Du and Zeng Gongliang and said: "Sun Mian is really a disgrace to our generation. The officials' sentence to hang him is too merciful. In my opinion, such a person should be beheaded and abandoned in the market, so that we can set the record straight and give the people justice."

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Ding Du smiled and said: "Brother Yongshu has gone too far. Your Majesty also wants to save face. It's enough to spread this matter among the courtiers. Why do you need to let the common people know?"

Zeng Gongliang shook his head slightly: "Brother Gongya, what you said is wrong. Your Majesty is giving face to us civil servants! If Sun Miao is sentenced to be beheaded and abandon the market, where will we put the face of our civil servants?"

Ouyang Xiu shook his head and said with a smile: "That's right, a mouse excrement ruins a pot of porridge. Let's not mention it! I heard that Xia Shenzheng and Cai's concubine are going to Japan today as envoys. Should we go to see them off?"

Ding Du smiled and said: "Go, we are definitely going. Even Mr. Wang and Mr. Ding are going. It makes no sense for us not to go!"

Zeng Gongliang smiled and said: "The reason I went this time was actually to see what the ships of the Song Dynasty looked like."

"What you said is wrong. Sea-going ships cannot pass through the West Water Gate in Tokyo City. Aren't you in the Armed Forces Department? Haven't you ever seen a sea-going ship?"

Ouyang Xiu's ridicule made Zeng Gongliang blush, and he said: "I have seen it before, but it's a pity that it's all on the drawings. The officials ordered me, the Armed Forces Department, to design better ships for future use..."

"So that's it. This court meeting opened my eyes. I didn't expect that there are so many gold and silver treasures in that country. In the future, we should build bigger ships and transport more goods in exchange for more wealth."
Chapter completed!