That night, Liu Zhixing had no sleep.

But early the next morning, he got up as usual, washed up, had breakfast, got on a soft sedan, and went to the palace for work.

As usual.

Recently, the Han Kingdom has been at peace, and even the wars between the navy and the Fuso Navy have stopped a lot and are limited to small-scale conflicts.

The workload of cabinet ministers has been reduced accordingly.

Likewise, today is also the day when the three departments of the Inspectorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple will conduct a joint trial. Zhang Haiping was absent-minded and looked at Liu Zhixing frequently, but stopped talking several times.

Liu Zhixing was the chief minister of the dynasty and had a high prestige. His early deeds were also spread, and some of them were cited as good stories.

For example, he was obviously very smart, but he gave up the imperial examination and learned how to govern the country, run the army, defend the city, etc. Before the fall of Liaodong, Liu Zhixing was a deviant scholar.

But after the fall of Liaodong and the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhixing was definitely wise.

Zhang Haiping also passively received a lot of information and knew that Zhang Chen, Liu Zhixing's teacher, was involved in the case.

The king has said it.

Those who implemented the plan were beheaded, their homes were ransacked, and their families were given rations to officials and served as official maids.

"Master Liu is so calm, as if nothing has happened. This shouldn't be the case. Although Master Liu is calm, he is also a warm-hearted person. He should not be indifferent to his teacher. If he asks the king for help,

Grace, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”

Zhang Haiping thought to himself.

"Master Zhang. Master Zhang." Just when Zhang Haiping was distracted, Liu Zhixing raised his head and called Zhang Haiping. Zhang Haiping didn't respond to the first call, so he frowned and called the second time.

"Master Liu." Zhang Haiping reacted, smiled awkwardly, and said with cupped fists.

"Master Zhang. This is a report from Lu Sheng, the governor of Youyan. He said that the water level of the Han River surged this year and many counties were hit by disasters. This is the list. He asked the court to exempt these counties from taxes and allowed him to open the granary and prepare

Disaster relief.”

Liu Zhixing handed a letter to Zhang Haiping and said in a deep voice.

Zhang Haiping was immediately awe-struck when he heard this. He opened the folder, took a look at it, and said, "Okay."

With Li Yong's consent, Liu Zhixing wrote suggestions on the folding paper with a pen. Then he sent eunuchs to the palace to send this folding paper to the palace together with other important folding papers for Wu Nian to review.

Relieving disasters is like putting out fires, and you must do it quickly.

"The precipitation in Liaodong this year is slightly less. Mild droughts have occurred in various places. Unexpectedly, there were floods on the Han River in Goguryeo. This country is so big that all kinds of strange things happen. The territory of Chu State is so huge, and the court is incompetent.

, no wonder all kinds of problems occur all over the world."

Li Yong took a sip from the teacup, moistened his throat, and sighed.

"Master Li is right. The Han Kingdom is no more than the land of the Nine Prefectures. The Chu Kingdom is ten times the size of ours. All these things are too numerous to imagine." Zhang Haiping nodded and said.

"Everything has pros and cons." Liu Zhixing shook his head and said.

"Oh. What do you mean, Mr. Liu?" Zhang Haiping asked curiously.

"In the past, there was a drought in Liaodong, and the entire territory had no harvest. If it weren't for Kyogoku Yukiri's help, we wouldn't be where we are now. We might have been defeated long ago. The territory is too small, and if there is a food problem, it will be a fatal problem.

Now we have Goguryeo and we can share the risk."

"For example, take the Goguryeo flood this time. If Lu Sheng can solve it by himself, let him solve it by himself. If it is really serious, grain from Liaodong can be allocated to it."

Liu Zhixing said.

"Master Liu is right." Zhang Haiping came to his senses and nodded.

Of course he knew this, but when Liu Zhixing said, "Everything has pros and cons," he didn't think in this direction.

The three of them were working in the Wenhua Hall as usual. They also had some leisure time to drink tea and chat for a while.

As Li Yong got older, he would occasionally lose energy and lie down on the couch to take a nap.

Zhang Haiping, Liu Zhixing, and Wu Nian all acquiesced. From time to time, Wu Nian would send eunuchs to bring delicacies prepared in the royal kitchen in the palace, for fear that the three of them would be hungry.

As for Zhang Haiping's gaze, how could Liu Zhixing not understand it?

His heart was already extremely anxious.

Teacher. What will happen to him?

Great King. Great King.

The Criminal Department Yamen, in the lobby where prisoners are interrogated.

Lu Qian, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Zhu Jianming, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Wang Yushi, the censor of Zuodu of the Supervisory Yuan, jointly reviewed the three departments of the school, and Chen Jiagui of the Imperial City Department assisted.

In the lobby, four official cases are placed.

Wang Youxiao of the Inspectorate was respected, but this was the territory of the Ministry of Punishment after all, so the Minister of Punishment took the chief position.

None of these people came from the imperial examination, but they followed Wu Nian and rose to the top. They helped Liu Zhixing and others handle rear affairs and managed the country in an orderly manner.

But they are also shrewd and capable people who can't help but have trouble in their eyes.

Moreover, there was an overt and covert investigation by the Imperial City Division, and everything came to light.

Lu Qian, the Minister of Punishment, was shocked and ordered the government officials to bring the prisoners up in three batches.

According to Wu Nian’s decision.

Uninformed.

The house was searched but the books were kept. He was sent to Goguryeo and each male was given five acres of land.

Those who knew about it were killed or exiled, and their families were exiled to Goguryeo.

Those who carried out the plan were all executed, and their family members were made servants.

That is, wives and children are made slaves of others.

After being sentenced, all the prisoners turned pale, some had weak legs, some cried loudly, and some argued and begged loudly.

"My lord, please be aware of this. Please be aware of this. I just want to get my ancestral property back. I don't want to shake the imperial court. Please be aware of this, my lord."

Regarding these arguments and pleadings, the four officials all looked calm. Although they were unaware of the situation and were a little unjust, they had to pay the price since they participated in this matter.

For example, Liu Zhixing’s teacher Zhang Chen.

His youngest son Zhang Yong was the one who executed the plan, so Zhang Yong was sentenced to death and the rest of the Zhang family became slaves of others.

This group of people is the smallest.

There were only about ten people in the hall.

When Lu Qian's powerful voice fell, all the prisoners present turned pale and began to struggle crazily.

"My lord. My lord."

They can say anything, but they all don’t want to die, and they don’t want to see their children and grandchildren become other people’s slaves, and their wives and concubines become other people’s playthings.

For these people, the four officials don't even have sympathy.

Zhang Chen, Zhang Zhong, Zhang Yong and his son all had pale faces. Zhang Chen, Zhang Zhong and his son knelt on the ground, crying but did not speak.

Zhang Yong followed those who complained, struggling, shouting, and begging for mercy.

He kowtowed, but no one responded to him.

"It's over. It's all over." Zhang Chen sat on the ground, beating his chest with his fists, crying.

"Can't even Zhixing save us? The King of Han, the eyes of the King of Han really cannot rub sand out of his eyes." Zhang Zhong said in despair.

At this moment, dense footsteps sounded.

Zhang Zhen, surrounded by a large number of imperial guards, entered the lobby holding a bright yellow imperial edict.
Chapter completed!