manynovel Chapter 2239: Someone Impeached Li Shen Again
Chapter 2239: Someone Impeached Li Shen Again
At the same time as Li Chengqian received the memorial, each family also received news from the criminal officials in Xizhou.
Everyone in the court, both civil and military officials, knew about it in a short time.
The aristocratic families hated Li Shen to the core.
"Your Highness, I want to impeach Prince Ji for disregarding the law, taking bribes, and killing court officials at random."
During the morning court session, a voice was heard, with a hint of indignation in it.
All the ministers looked over and saw one man standing up and saluting Li Chengqian.
This person is Wei Renyue, the censor of the Censorate, with the courtesy name Siqian.
Everyone was stunned, even Li Chengqian looked stunned.
Isn't Wei Siqian a member of the Wei family? How could he impeach Prince Ji? And if I remember correctly, Wei Siqian was nominated by Prince Ji.
Prince Ji had been very kind to him, so why did he want to impeach Prince Ji?
However, some people think that it is normal for Wei Siqian to do this. Wei Siqian is a man of integrity and uprightness.
No matter who it is, he dares to impeach. So it is not surprising that he is impeaching Prince Ji now.
"Oh? Minister Wei impeached Prince Ji. Do you have any evidence?" Li Chengqian asked.
“Your Highness, when Prince Ji was conducting a strict investigation of officials in Xizhou, he executed more than a dozen Xizhou officials without review by the Ministry of Justice. This is a crime.
Accepting bribes from corrupt officials and committing corruption and abuse of power are two major crimes.
Not acting in accordance with the laws of the court, making judgments on one's own, and disregarding the laws of the country are the third crimes.
I implore His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to investigate this matter thoroughly and severely punish Prince Ji."
Wei Siqian had good reasons and was neither humble nor arrogant, and he seemed determined to punish King Ji.
After hearing this, Li Chengqian was very confused. He didn't know what Wei Siqian meant. He took out the memorial given to him by Li Shen and handed it to Wang Zhong, asking Wang Zhong to read it.
"Today is the case. I just received the memorial from Prince Ji. I might as well show it to you, my dear ministers."
Wang Zhong took the memorial, stood in front and began to read it aloud. It was normal and there was nothing surprising about it.
After all, this was written by Wang Xuance for Li Shen.
After reading it, Li Chengqian asked:
"My dear ministers, do you think that Prince Ji handled the matter inappropriately?"
All the officials looked at each other and no one spoke. It was obvious that there was nothing wrong with the explanation in the memorial.
There was no mention of collecting money in the memorial, and people said that merits and demerits offset each other.
“Your Highness, Prince Ji’s memorial is not true, and it conceals many hidden facts.
I beg Your Highness the Crown Prince to review this case." Wei Siqian bowed again, his face serious.
"Your Highness Wei is wrong. I think that His Royal Highness Prince Ji handled the situation very well.
Law is nothing but human nature, and reason is nothing but human heart. His Royal Highness Prince Ji took into consideration their contributions to the court, so he gave them a break, and their merits and demerits offset each other.
It is reasonable to kill only the most evil people. ” Cui Renzhi stood up and refuted.
“Your Highness, I also think there is nothing wrong with Prince Ji.
Doing so will fully demonstrate your majesty's kindness to meritorious officials." Another Cui family official also stood up and echoed.
Wei Siqian said angrily with a cold face:
"Huang Miao! The law is greater than heaven, there is no order without rules, merits are merits and faults are faults, how can merits and faults offset each other?
Our Tang Dynasty has always enforced the law strictly. If this precedent is set today, how should we deal with it in the future?
Furthermore, how do we explain Prince Ji’s acceptance of bribes?
Therefore, I suggest that this case must be retried.”
Holy shit! All the officials were stunned. Is Wei Siqian crazy? Does he have to fight against Prince Ji?
The point is that it doesn't matter what happened between you and King Ji, but you can re-examine this case and handle it according to the law. Isn't that fatal?
Even if the crimes committed by those officials are not punishable by death, they are at least punishable by exile.
Are you deliberately making things difficult for King Ji, or are you deliberately making things difficult for us?
All the officials from the aristocratic families looked at Wei Siqian with a serious face, wanting to know what Wei Siqian was going to do.
Li Chengqian suddenly understood and said:
“In that case, I will order the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple to jointly investigate this case and get to the bottom of it.
Whoever breaks the law will be punished according to the law.”
"Your Highness, I have a different opinion." Changsun Wuji stood up.
"What is your opinion, Duke Zhao?" Li Chengqian asked politely.
“Your Highness, I think that Your Highness Prince Ji has handled this matter very well, and there is no need to waste manpower and resources to re-examine the case.
Everyone knows that Prince Ji has been intelligent since childhood and hates evil. If a person is extremely evil, Prince Ji will never let him go easily.
Since His Royal Highness Prince Ji chose to offset the merits and demerits, it shows that the crimes committed by these officials were not serious.
His Royal Highness Prince Ji has been given the power to act at His Majesty's discretion, and everything he does represents His Majesty.
This move is enough to show your Majesty's kindness. How can you change your orders overnight?
As for the rumor that His Royal Highness Prince Ji accepted money, I think it is nonsense.
Everyone knows that Prince Ji is as rich as a country, so how could he ruin his reputation for a little money? "
Changsun Wuji slowly expounded his views, and many people nodded frequently.
"Duke Zhao is right. Your Highness Prince Ji is as rich as a country. How could he accept money from others?"
"I second the proposal."
"I also second my opinion."
Suddenly, there were voices of seconding in the motion in the hall, almost all of whom were officials from aristocratic families, while the other officials were just watching the show from the sidelines.
"Whether it is nonsense or not, we can find out by investigating. Why don't you dare to investigate?
Could it be that you have accepted the King Ji's favor and are in collusion with him?"
Wei Siqian glanced at everyone, his tone full of disdain.
I******Everyone started cursing Wei Siqian in their hearts. Isn’t his curse too dirty?
Who is in league with Prince Ji? Isn't this insulting?
Even the mature and steady Changsun Wuji's eyelids twitched twice.
It is impossible for me to be involved in corruption with Prince Ji in this life. My son is still talking nonsense in Luoyang.
"How dare you slander us."
"Your Highness, Censor Wei's remarks are so disrespectful and insulting to us. I want to impeach him."
For a moment, everyone pointed their fingers at Wei Siyan and began to criticize him, and the scene was in chaos.
The offended official Wei Siyan looked calm and indifferent, which made the officials from the aristocratic families so angry that they wanted to beat him up.
"Alright!" Li Chengqian looked at the farce below and shouted impatiently. He blamed his brother who was thousands of miles away.
You're not even in the court, yet you're still able to mess it up like this.
“I think what Duke Zhao said is absolutely right. Censor Wei, Prince Ji handled this matter very properly. He represents your majesty’s kindness to officials, which cannot be changed.
As for the matter of accepting bribes that you mentioned, I will send someone to investigate.
If this is true, I will definitely handle it impartially. What do you think?"
"Everything is up to Your Highness the Crown Prince. I have no objection." Wei Siqian bowed and did not continue to pester.
Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. The shit thrown out by the shit stirrer made everyone sick.
(I found that it really takes a lot of brainstorming. The imaginations of the majority of book lovers are comparable to those of the great authors. I would never think of anything like that in my lifetime.
Currently, most people suggest writing fantasy, but I have to prepare an outline and construct the world framework first, which takes a long time.
I’m so lazy, maybe a year or two)