Chapter 496 494 Imprisoned and Executed on a Chosen Day

Chapter 496 494. Imprisoned and executed on a chosen day

The aura of these lieutenants was so fierce that the people watching and listening immediately retreated and made way.

"Who is so arrogant?"

Governor Yue Lang couldn't help but frown when he saw this.

Standing outside the hall, Chen Ming, who heard the movement behind him and turned his head to look, was so scared that he trembled all over! His legs couldn't help but become a little weak.

Whether it was the sharp and gorgeous black robe or the night cat token hanging on his body, those who knew the business could recognize at a glance that these people were the notorious Night Cat Organization!

Just by hearing the name, you can tell that this organization is a spy organization hidden in the dark. It represents the authority of the king both internally and externally. It's like a sharp sword and a pair of wise eyes in the hands of the king, killing foreign enemies externally and monitoring the people of the world internally.

The lieutenants of this terrifying organization came here, which means that the king already knows what happened here.

The obese Yue Lang leaned forward and finally saw who the group of people were. He couldn't help but tremble all over, and took two steps back with the fat on his body shaking.

Human joys and sorrows are not the same, and Meng Jin and Qiao Minshan were shocked and relaxed when they saw this. The pressure imposed on them by Chen Ming dissipated.

When a handsome man in black clothes walked in, Qiao Minshan and Meng Jin opened their mouths at once, and couldn't believe their eyes.

This person is too familiar.

But how could he appear here?

How is this possible?

"My king!"

Qiao Minshan was the first to react, and rushed out of the ceremonial gate at a trot, ran to the small courtyard, bent his knees and was about to kneel down.

"No need to be polite."

Ren Pingsheng, who walked in with a square step, gave him a false support.

Before coming to Chujiang Province, Qiao Minshan was the prefect of Qingzhou County. As a local official, he had few opportunities to meet the king and did not know the king's personality. When the king spoke, he immediately stopped kneeling and bowed deeply with his hands clasped together.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you!"

Ren Pingsheng walked forward. Chen Ming and Yue Lang also arrived at the entrance of the lobby and knelt on the ground with very firm knees.

Ren Pingsheng ignored the two of them and walked directly to the plaque hanging high above the mirror and sat on the official hat chair.

The guards who accompanied him had changed into black clothes. They were all strong and powerful, standing on both sides of the lobby. The whole lobby suddenly presented a solemn atmosphere.

Even the drowsy Chen Xun regained some reason at this time, but he was tied to the bench and wanted to kneel but couldn't.

Chen Ming and the others quickly adjusted their direction and continued to kneel on the ground.

At this time, the onlookers were already stunned.

They thought it was just an ordinary afternoon, and they were called to see an ordinary case. Who would have thought that the high officials came one after another, and finally the king from Qidu came!

Someone took a sneak peek and found that it looked very similar to the portrait of the King of Qi at the train station. Moreover, the latest banknote with the largest value of 100 Wen has begun to use Ren Pingsheng's half-length portrait.

It is really the king without a doubt!

The king who could only be seen from the statues in the square and on the banknotes in the past actually appeared in front of them.

This scene strongly impacted their minds, and many people knelt on the ground subconsciously.

"Come here."

Ren Pingsheng waved to Qiao Minshan and Meng Jin, and the two of them hurried over.

"King!"

Qiao Minshan and Meng Jin stood on the left and right below with excited expressions.

In this way, the situation on the scene became very clear.

The panic on the faces of Chen Ming and Yue Lang, who were kneeling on the ground, could no longer be concealed.

Those guards of Chen Ming, standing in the lobby, were at a loss and looked confused. How could they have expected that things would take a sudden turn for the worse, and change so rapidly that they were at a loss for a moment, not knowing where to go.

But soon, these irrelevant people were kicked out.

It was still the plaque with a bright mirror hanging high, the background of the picture of the peaceful sea and the peaceful river, and the simple mahogany table, but with Ren Pingsheng sitting here, everything was different.

All the fights were put to rest.

Chen Ming and Yue Lang knelt on the ground, waiting for the final judgment.

"Continue."

Ren Pingsheng gestured to Miss Yuhuan to continue.

Miss Yuhuan, who was kneeling on the ground, raised her head, and her pretty face turned red.

Could it be that she was impressed by my handsomeness?

Ren Pingsheng saw her appearance and couldn't help wondering in his heart.

"That, Your Highness, Miss Yuhuan is not a spiritual person, but a thunder person."

Meng Jin said in a low voice with some embarrassment.

Yue Lang, who was kneeling on the ground, also heard Meng Jin's words and suddenly reacted.

The spiritual person was fake, and these two people had set up this trap for them from the beginning! By publicly trying Chen Xun in the lobby, they set him up and exposed the people behind Chen Xun.

Qiao Minshan said: "Your Highness, we have guessed the identity of this organization. Chen Xun and Yue Lang are both from Xinpan Province. We are publicly trying Chen Xun here, and secretly sent people to capture another key figure - Zhang Kun from the Provincial Administration Office.

This person is a close confidant of Governor Yue and is also from Xinpan Province. He usually has close contacts with Chen Xun and Yue Lang."

Chen Ming and Yue Lang, who were kneeling in the hall, saw the two men singing the same tune, as if they were already convicted criminals. Although they had already seen that the situation was not good and the situation was not favorable to them, Chen Ming cried out in injustice: "My king, the green fruit is poisonous. Your king has repeatedly warned us. How could we not know? We, the old ministers, are grateful for your kindness and will never do such a thing!"

The sudden appearance of the king broke all their arrangements.

The calves of the two men were trembling, and their fate had slid into the unpredictable dark abyss, but before falling into the abyss, they still wanted to struggle.

Ren Pingsheng sat on the official hat chair, not saying a word, looking at the two senior officials of Chujiang Province kneeling in the hall with a smile.

Let them act here.

He knew the right and wrong better than everyone present.

Whether it was Yue Lang or Chen Ming, whether it was Chen Shan or Zhang Kun, all of this was under his observation. All the people affected by this case were under his observation. Now that he had a comprehensive grasp of the case and it was time to close the net, he stood up.

Chen Ming and the other two were frightened by the king's half-smiley expression. They knelt uncomfortably, the pressure in their hearts gradually increased, and their blood pressure rose rapidly. They felt that the blood rushed to their brains. If they had poor psychological quality, they might be scared to death under such pressure.

Soon, there was another commotion outside the ceremonial gate.

The melons that the people ate today were bigger than what they had heard and seen in their lives.

At this time, they saw teams of lieutenants embroidered with gold patterns, escorting many people in. Some of them were still wearing official robes, and they were obviously caught directly from the duty room of the government office.

There were too many people, and there was not even enough space in the lobby.

When Chen Ming and the other two saw these people, their eyes swept across their dusty faces one by one, and they could no longer support their bodies. They fell to the ground with weakness, and their faces quickly became pale and gray.

"Zhang Kun, the Left Counselor of the Provincial Administration, Liu Nan, the Deputy Envoy of the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner, Ma Fenglin, the Assistant Commissioner, Li Yuhu, the Commander-in-Chief..."

The names were read one by one, and there were a total of 19 people!

There were seven people above the department level, and the rest were also above the division level, including the Governor's Office of Chujiang Province, the Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office, the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner's Office, and the Commander-in-Chief's Office, forming an extremely powerful power network.

"Correspondence, rosters, account books, witnesses and evidence, the evidence is conclusive, Chen Ming, Yue Lang, the silver searched from your two houses alone is 1.25 million taels!

What else do you two have to say?"

Huang Wenguang waved his hand, and someone brought up a box with rosters, account books, letters and other items in it.

Chen Ming and Yue Lang looked very familiar.

These items that they had hidden so deeply actually appeared in the courtroom in such a dignified manner. Thinking of the past, they felt their hair stand on end, as if a pair of invisible eyes were staring at them all the time, and a huge sense of fear came over them.

"Great, great king, I dare not spend a penny!"

Chen Ming wailed, and finally regained some strength. He knelt on the ground and knocked his head on the floor.

One million and two hundred and fifty thousand taels, according to the current purchasing power for grain, is equivalent to 1.25 billion!

Nowadays, paper money has become popular, and spending silver directly will arouse suspicion. Because this money is black money, they dare not deposit it in the bank in their own name, so they hide so much silver in the mansion.

"You have also spent less. The cash found in your mansion is more than 5 million. Dare you say this is your salary?"

Huang Wenguang scolded.

"Your Majesty, we have to survive too!"

Yue Lang cried, "We are all officials from the north, unlike those officials from the south, who have land and ancestral property to rely on.

Our land, house, property, and clansmen have all been occupied by the barbarians. As an official in Chujiang Province, we have to maintain the dignity of our mansion. How can we maintain it with just salary?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

More than a dozen officials behind him also cried and echoed.

Ren Pingsheng listened to these people's complaints. When they finished speaking, they cried and became hoarse, and their ugly appearances were exposed.

"Take off their black hats!"

Ren Pingsheng said.

"Yes!"

The captain immediately stepped forward, took off their black hats, stripped off their official uniforms, and took back the official badges and seals hanging around their waists.

Each of them wore their inner clothes and had sad faces, as if the most precious thing in their lives had been taken away.

"The court salary, the monthly salary of the department-level officials in Chujiang Province is more than 32,000 wen, and the monthly salary of the department-level officials is more than 45,000 wen. This is 16 times and 22 times that of ordinary workers, and more than 30 times the income of ordinary people from farming.

Is it too little?"

Ren Pingsheng asked.

The people below were silent.

"I know some of you are dissatisfied, because many of you own huge mansions and support dozens or hundreds of servants.

Of course you think the salary is not enough to spend."

Ren Pingsheng's eyes swept across the faces of these people and saw that some of them showed expressions of deep agreement.

"So, is this the reason for your crimes? Your salary, your salary, is the fat of the people. Where does your salary come from? Who are your parents who feed and clothe you? Is this how you give back to the people under your rule? Keeping criminal organizations in captivity and committing crimes? Becoming an official just for a life of luxury?

Are you still an official of Qi State? Where do you place your court? Where do you people put them? I don't expect all of you to be a moral example, but I didn't expect that you don't have the slightest bottom line!

The king has repeatedly issued orders that the poison of the green fruit must be eradicated, but he never thought that the officials under my rule would take the lead in buying and selling these things.

If you don’t die, you will be lonely and uneasy! "

Ren Pingsheng's words were not intense and his voice was not high-pitched, but anyone could hear the anger in his tone.

"Your Majesty, spare your life!"

Yue Lang kowtowed and cried.

"Press them all down and kill them at the right time."

Ren Ping waved his hand in low spirits.

Immediately, the school captains pulled all of these people down who were crying.

"Although this dynasty does not prohibit hiring servants, these things need to be done according to one's ability. The king does not require that all of you are moral models, but being an official requires a bottom-line thinking. Once a landlord's official is bad, he will be corrupted. In the land, if one of the chief officials is broken, the world will be corrupted.

Water can carry a boat but also capsize it. Without the hearts of all people in the world, we are like duckweeds without roots, water without a source, and trees without roots. "

Ren Pingsheng said to Qiao Minshan and Meng Jin.

"That's what His Highness taught you."

The two said quickly.

"sit down."

Ren Pingsheng said.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The two sat down on the left and right sides, but they only dared to sit halfway up, straightening their backs, as if they were students.

"This case also involves a military factory under the Manufacturing Bureau. This case has been transferred to the Ministry of Industry for processing, so you don't have to worry."

Ren Pingsheng said: "Next, we will use this case to rectify issues such as officials and noble families in Chujiang Province."

The case has been concluded. Using this case to achieve greater goals is what Ren is thinking about now.

Now, the cases committed by more than 20 Northland officials represented by Chen Ming and Yue Lang provide an excuse for this.

"Jinshan County is the southern capital of Jiujing, and the officialdom here is particularly complicated. Last year, one was to fight the war and maintain local stability, and the other was because of insufficient preparations and insufficient backing officials, leaving a large number of Jiujing officials behind. Now these There were many problems among the old officials, many of whom were not adapted to the new system.

One is conservative and stubborn in thinking, and does not understand and support Qi's ideology, politics, economy, culture, etc.

The second is lack of ability, insufficient knowledge, no experience in systematic education, no exposure to new knowledge systems, and complacency, and unscientific decision-making.

The three work styles are floating, lax and unreliable, and there is a lot of corruption. They will not stop after the new dynasty.

Now that domestic politics has stabilized, it is time to manage these officials. "

Ren Pingsheng looked at Qiao Minshan and the two and said.

I drank a bottle of coffee today and felt that there was something wrong with the coffee. My hands were shaking, my brain was very excited, my body was floating, and I was particularly uncomfortable. As a result, I was in a bad state and couldn't write anymore. I have been writing this chapter until now, so I will post it first. , everyone, take a look, if there is a bug, or if you don’t like it, you can leave a message and I will modify it tomorrow! Thanks(ω)