Awaken Chapter 98

Among the Ministry of Justice.

Xu Qingnian has already fought against twenty-seven officials in the Department of Justice, twenty battles of punishment no one can escape.

Although this group of civil servants use medicinal food to regulate their bodies and occasionally practice martial arts, they are completely inadequate in front of a ninth-grade martial artist whose strength can compete with an eighth-grade martial artist.

The twenty-seven officials in charge of the judicial cases of the Ministry of Justice in the twenty-seven counties of Great Wei are all heavenly officials outside the Ministry of Justice, yet in the Ministry of Justice, they are like dogs in a funeral home, being hung and beaten by Xu Qingnian.

This scene really shocked the entire capital’s powerful and noble people, knowing that Xu Qingnian was crazy, but such a tactic was simply appalling.

Even the Duke and the King would not have dared to be so domineering, fighting against the 27 officials of the Department of Justice, it was really the first time since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty.

But what shocked the crowd the most was that Xu Qingnian’s gaze fell on the Minister of Penalties and the Minister of Penalties at this moment.

If the Minister of Penalty and the Minister of Penalty were to be beaten up, it would be a real stab in the dark.

The Minister of Penalties is a dignified figure in Great Wei anyway, and to put it bluntly, unless the Minister of Penalties is looking for death, even His Majesty would have to think twice before acting.

Feeling Xu Qingnian’s gaze, the Minister of Punishment did not show any fear, but instead his eyes were filled with coldness.

He did not believe that Xu Qingnian dared to touch him.

“Lord Li.”

Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and his gaze fell on Li Yuan, the Minister of Punishment, who was so angry that his beard twisted and he looked at Xu Qingnian and said, “Do you know what the consequences of fighting against me are?”

Li Yuan’s hands were trembling with anger, he was a Servant of the Ministry of Penalty, a serious third-ranking official, third-ranking, he was the biggest in the Ministry of Penalty, except for the Left Servant and the Minister of Penalty, of course, leaving aside the Capital Inspection Court.

If Xu Qingnian really dares to make a move, he will definitely not let Xu Qingnian off the hook.

“Lord Li, are you threatening me?”

“According to the laws of Great Wei, if someone dares to threaten a court official when the Ministry of Criminal Affairs is handling a case, it is not a minor crime.”

Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and said so.

“Xu Qingnian, don’t take a chicken feather as an arrow.”

“When has this official ever threatened you? When did this official break the law.”

Li Yuan said angrily.

“Your Excellency did not threaten me just now? Furthermore, when did Your Excellency break the law?”

“Do I need to remind you of that?”

Xu Qingnian said so, the latter instantly looked a little toothache, he looked at Xu Qingnian, really did not know what to say.

“You approached this official, this official did not refuse to award the case, this official was dealing with other matters at the time and did not care to take the case, is this also wrong?”

Li Yuan still wanted to struggle a bit and explain for this matter.

However, when he said this, he was right in Xu Qingnian’s face.

“Good, what Lord Li means is that he is not unwilling to take up the case, but he is targeting me, Xu, right?”

Xu Qingnian took a step forward and asked this, a cold intent in his eyes.

“No.”

Li Yuan instantly heard the meaning of Xu Qingnian’s words and shook his head, directly rejecting the question.

“Since there is no target on Xu, then may I ask Lord Li, when the subordinate officer reported the case, why did Lord Li tell the subordinate officer to get lost?”

“Even if something is really wrong, a sentence about being busy with official business is sufficient, or if not, just make up a reason and send the official away.”

“Dare I ask Lord Li, if the person who came to see you today was a certain county king, or a certain state duke, or even His Majesty, would Lord Li also say the word “go”?”

Xu Qingnian asked coldly.

Even if the people up and down the Ministry of Justice were unwilling to deal with themselves, they would not be so harsh. This Li Yuan, relying on the fact that he was the Minister of Justice, had used the word roll to draw ridicule from everyone in the Ministry of Justice.

Would Xu Qingnian forget?

“How dare you! This official has absolutely no such intention, and would never dare to humiliate His Majesty.”

Hearing Xu Qingnian’s words, Li Yuan’s face changed, and then immediately spoke out to explain, which, if not explained, would be insulting His Majesty.

“If you don’t dare to humiliate His Majesty, you can humiliate your subordinate? Lord Li, you still say that you are not targeting Mister Xu?”

Xu Qingnian angrily rebuked.

And the latter’s face changed, and for a moment, he didn’t know how to reply.

After all, it was all his fault that he liked to play the bleep and had to find trouble with Xu Qingnian and embarra*s him, just as Xu Qingnian had said, if he had just found a reason to send Xu Qingnian off.

If he had just found a reason to send Xu Qingnian away, he might not have encountered such trouble, but this was purely a hole he had dug for himself.

The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.

After all, it’s okay to give subordinates small shoes in the department, but you can’t say it openly, if you say it openly then you are abusing your personal power.

Thinking about this, Li Yuan really felt bad, if he had known this, he would not have provoked Xu Qingnian.

Hell knows this guy was so lawless and unscrupulous.

“Lord Li, why aren’t you talking anymore?”

Xu Qingnian took another step forward, his gaze cold.

Now there were only two choices before Li Yuan, the first was to admit that he had refused the case and receive twenty strokes of the board, the second was to reject his refusal, but it would be tacitly accepting that he had targeted Xu Qingnian.

Either way, he was a bit uncomfortable and really didn’t know how to answer ah.

“Lord Li, if you don’t answer, the subordinate official will acquiesce that you are refusing the case, twenty boards only, it’s much better than abusing your personal power.”

Xu Qingnian took another step forward, and this sense of oppression made Li Yuan very uncomfortable.

“Lord Li.”

“Lord Li.”

Xu Qingnian took one step and shouted, Li Yuan’s spirit was somewhat broken, first he was deprived of his talent, and now he was facing the punishment of twenty big slabs, or abusing his personal power and being reprimanded by His Majesty.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said.

“Xu Qingnian, this official has indeed been somewhat negligent in this case, this matter ends here, from now on, this official can guarantee that you can work in the Ministry of Justice without any hindrance, how about that?”

In the end, Li Yuan compromised.

He hoped to settle this grudge in this way, otherwise, he couldn’t afford twenty big slabs.

“Since Lord Li admits to refusing the case, the subordinate officer will have to deal with it in a fair manner.”

Xu Qingnian had hoped that Li Yuan would admit to not refusing the case, but unfortunately, such old foxes could still tell which was more important and which was less important.

But in the face of Li Yuan’s show of weakness, Xu Qingnian did not agree.

He would guarantee that the Ministry of Justice would not trip up on him?

Is this not nonsense? If you make such a fuss today, who will dare to find trouble with you? Are you really not afraid of death?

Maybe if we just take the easy way out at this point, we can still win the other side’s goodwill, and then there is a chance of resolving the grudge, but Xu Qingnian doesn’t think so.

But Xu Qingnian didn’t think so. He had brought the matter to this point and then just ended it hastily?

To put it bluntly, what is the best thing that a court full of civil servants can do? Isn’t it intrigue and trickery?

And the only way to break a conspiracy is to be mang.

I don’t care if you have rules, as long as you dare to provoke me, I’ll screw you all to death, the big deal is to die together and see who is unlucky.

As long as you still have a breath of air, they won’t dare to bother you at all.

Otherwise, if you take it easy, they won’t bother you for a short while, but once they regain their strength, they will screw you to death.

The actual fact is that you can find the opportunity to bite down and bite hard, never let go of a bite, let them eat a big loss, so that even if they still want to trouble you, they have to weigh up, is it worth it, can not do.

There are no permanent enemies in the official world, and there are no permanent enemies.

The first thing that the truly great do is to weigh the pros and cons when they do something, and to pay a great price just to vent their anger is something only a fool would do.

The first thing you need to do is to weigh the pros and cons of a matter, just to vent your anger but at a great cost, only a fool would do it. Similar to the likes of the Huai Ping County King, who is completely brainless.

So Xu Qingnian wasn’t afraid of offending them, instead she was worried that she wasn’t ruthless enough and hadn’t left them with a deep memory.

“Xu Qingnian, you dare!”

Looking at Xu Qingnian, who was walking towards him, Li Yuan yelled, and before he could continue speaking, Xu Qingnian had already grabbed Li Yuan and slightly moved his hand, hitting his numb tendons, followed by a stick down.

Slap.

“Ohhhhhhhhhhh!”

A miserable scream rang out, Li Yuan’s miserable scream was a bit odd, everyone else was ah screaming, he was oh screaming, for a moment it made Xu Qingnian frown.

This scream was too odd.

Slap.

The second blow.

Slap!

The third time.

Xu Qingnian had made sure that the strength of each blow was proportionate, so it was not possible to kill him, but the flesh and blood pain was inevitable.

The only thing that Xu Qingnian admired was that Li Yuan didn’t look like a coward, but he didn’t scream again except for the first blow.

After the twenty battles, Xu Qingnian admired Li Yuan even more for having the backbone of a civil servant.

However, when he looked down, Xu Qingnian understood.

This guy had already pa*sed out after the first blow, so he was really useless.

After the Squire had been dealt with, the last person to be dealt with was the Minister of Justice.

At this moment, the Minister of Punishment was standing in front of the door of the room, facing Xu Qingnian’s atrocity, he was already silent.

As for being afraid of Xu Qingnian?

To be more serious, he was afraid, but what he was afraid of was not Xu Qingnian, but the stick in Xu Qingnian’s hand.

What he was more afraid of was that if Xu Qingnian really tortured himself, then he would really lose face in the capital.

If the 20 battles were to be punished, it would be impossible for him to go to court within a month.

“Xu Qingnian!”

“Let’s stop here.”

“This matter, the person who was at fault, has also been punished, what else do you want?”

Minister of Justice Zhang Jing took a deep breath, he looked calm and stood in front of Xu Qingnian.

It was impossible not to be calm, even if he begged for forgiveness, I believe Xu Qingnian would be even less likely to spare himself.

“Shang Shu Zhang is joking, there is still one more to go for you, how can it end here?”

Xu Qingnian had already given up, today he was going to break a precedent and fight the Minister of Justice.

 

“The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.

Zhang Jing spoke with emotion and reason, saying that all he meant was not to hit him.

Xu Qingnian, however, shook his head, took a step forward and looked at Zhang Jing.

“The Ministry of Punishment is unjust! Your Excellency, as a Shang Shu, should rightly add another twenty battles to the sentence, but for the sake of your Excellency’s advanced age, my humble servant will not add them, these twenty battles, the Shang Shu must take them even if he does not.”

When he said this, Xu Qingnian took a step forward and was about to reach out and grab Zhang Jing.

In an instant, Zhang Jing’s face became incomparably ugly, and a hint of fear flashed across his eyes.

How strong was Xu Qingnian’s hand? Could he not know? Even in the courtroom, if His Majesty had punished himself with twenty sticks, the imperial guards would not dare to deal with him even though he was the Minister of Punishment.

But Xu Qingnian was different, he really dared to do it.

But at that moment, a voice rang out.

“His Majesty has decreed that the Minister of Punishment, Zhang Jing, be proclaimed to the palace, and Xu Qingnian be proclaimed to the palace.”

As the voice rang out, the face of the Minister of Punishment, Zhang Jing, suddenly eased for a long time, and many officials among the six ministries were completely relieved.

If Xu Qingnian had really moved the Minister of Justice, then the matter would have been completely troublesome and might have involved the six ministries, not to say a major earthquake, but definitely a matter that would have shaken the world.

It’s a good thing that His Majesty stepped in at the critical moment!

Otherwise, there is no telling what kind of trouble would have been caused.

“Xu Qingnian, I will not argue with you here, go to the palace to see His Majesty and let Him judge.”

At this moment, Zhang Jing spoke directly, and his pace was extremely fast as he walked directly towards the outside of the Ministry of Punishment.

Seeing this scene, Xu Qingnian couldn’t help but sigh, it was just one last step away, if it had been earlier, perhaps he could have really done it.

But soon, Xu Qingnian shook her head and vetoed her idea.

The decree from the palace, which did not come early and did not come late, appeared at this time, obviously deliberately by the empress.

It seemed that Her Majesty was using herself to intentionally hammer the Ministry of Punishment.

Xu Qingnian instantly understood.

After all, if he had made such a big fuss, the palace would have already known about it, and if he wanted to stop it, he could have announced someone to enter the palace at the first opportunity, but he did so at this time, didn’t he want to hammer the Ministry of Justice?

The only thing he knows is that he has to go into the palace.

Outside the palace.

Many dignitaries were already waiting here, looking at the extremely fast paced Minister of Justice Zhang Jing, which even drew some voices.

“Isn’t this the Minister of Punishment, Lord Zhang? Why is he walking so fast? Slow down, slow down!”

“Master Zhang, slow down, there’s no tiger behind you, why are you walking so fast?”

“Master Zhang, be careful, don’t fall, why are you running?”

It was the voices of the military officials, who had come over deliberately just to watch the fun.

When they saw Zhang Jing panicking, they naturally couldn’t help but ostracize him a few times, as you usually fight with me in the courtroom, and now when they see you suffer such a big loss, this will not only come up to mock and taunt?

After all, it won’t be so good next time.

With a cold face, Zhang Jing walked towards the palace, while Xu Qingnian walked without haste.

“Elder brother Xu, fierce!”

“Elder brother Xu, unrestrained.”

“Older brother, when you get out of the palace later, come and find us for a drink.”

“Hahahahaha, yes, yes, yes, come drink and drink.”

The crowd spoke, praising Xu Qingnian’s prowess and also inviting him to their home for a drink.

Xu Qingnian didn’t say anything, just nodded towards them and walked into the palace.

The eunuch who led the way kept his head down, Zhang Jing’s face was gloomy and not very nice, while Xu Qingnian looked calm.

In the palace, everything seemed very quiet, and the previous vision had completely dissipated.

The two rows of guards, however, all looked at Xu Qingnian with a strange look.

Eventually, the two waited outside the palace.

“Proclaim! Minister of Penalties Zhang Jing, Chief Minister of Penalties Xu Qingnian, enter the hall.”

As the eunuch’s voice rang out, Xu Qingnian and Zhang Jing walked up the steps, though Zhang Jing obviously quickened his steps and walked directly into the main hall before kneeling on the ground, his voice incomparably sorrowful as he said.

“Your Majesty!”

“Xu Qingnian wants to rebel! He has made a scene at the Ministry of Punishment, causing the Ministry to be laughed at by the world, and he has even tortured all the officials above the Ministry of Punishment, using cruel methods.

“Your Majesty, the old minister’s life, reserved career, not to say ……”

As soon as he entered the main hall, Zhang Jing began to complain and rebuke Xu Qingnian, his eyes were sad and he looked extremely aggrieved.

But before he could finish his sentence, the empress’s voice rang out.

“Shut up!”

The voice was cold, and two words revealed an extremely terrifying domineering aura.

The temperature in the hall instantly chilled down, Zhang Jing did not dare to speak, while Xu Qingnian just worshipped the Empress and then also remained silent.

It was also at this moment that the voice of the eunuch outside the palace rang out.

“Your Majesty, the Minister of Officials, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Works, the Minister of Rites, and the Minister of War, are outside the palace to seek an audience.”

As the voices rang out, the empress soon gave her reply.

“Tell them to wait outside the palace, no words are allowed.”

The Empress was very domineering, she knew what the purpose of the six ministers’ visit was, it was nothing but a quarrel, but she only needed them to stand outside the palace today and listen, no words were allowed to be spoken.

“As ordered.”

The eunuch spoke and in about less than half a quarter of an hour, the five ministers hurriedly came outside the hall, but knew from each other that they could not speak at this time and had to wait honestly.

“Ridiculous!”

“Ridiculous!”

“Ridiculous!”

After the six ministers had arrived.

On top of the dragon chair, the empress uttered three absurd sounds, saying that Zhang Jing showed fear, while Xu Qingnian watched his eyes and nose, and was silent.

“The titular Ministry of Punishment! One of the six ministries of the Great Wei, to make such an absurdity, the people of the world will only laugh at the Great Wei.”

“Xu Qingnian, you have acted too absurdly and recklessly.”

The Empress’s voice rang out as she sat on top of the dragon chair, and opened by reprimanding Xu Qingnian, accusing him of acting recklessly.

“Your Majesty has taught me a lesson.”

“But Your Majesty, I am trying to redress the grievances of my subordinates, but the entire Ministry of Justice has refused the case.

“But I think that if I hadn’t made a fuss today, what would have been damaged would not be the state of Great Wei, but the foundation of Great Wei.”

Xu Qingnian said.

Yes, this kind of fuss has indeed tarnished the image of the Ministry of Justice, but who is more important, the image or the foundation of the state?

One is face, the other is practical.

“Xu Qingnian, you are talking nonsense.”

Zhang Jing was the first to speak up, angrily rebuking Xu Qingnian.

“I told you to shut up, didn’t you hear me?”

However, the empress coldly looked away, and in an instant Zhang Jing shut his mouth, no matter how unwilling he was in his heart, he had to shut up honestly.

“Xu Qingnian, you can tell me how a damage to the foundation of the Great Wei?”

The empress said in a cold tone.

Your Highness, Xu Qingnian made a salute and said.

“Your Majesty, perhaps after this matter has spread, the world will think that I am making a big deal out of it, but the reason why I am doing this is that I may even think that I have anger in my heart and am doing it on purpose.”

“However, I do have anger in my heart, and I did do it deliberately.”

“I think that no matter how big or small the case is, as long as there is an injustice, then the Ministry of Justice must accept it and find out the truth, so as to give justice to the people.”

“But if the officials of the Ministry of Justice think that a small matter does not need to be dealt with by the Ministry of Justice, then may I ask Your Majesty, is it really that kind of big crime that can only be taken seriously? What is the purpose of the law then?”

“In that case, the people of the world, as long as they do not kill or set fire, the rest is not a crime?”

“Therefore, I am angry with the officials of the Ministry of Justice for their inaction, and I intend to do this so that the world can see the Ministry of Justice make a fool of itself, so that the next time something like this happens, the Ministry of Justice will remember and will not dare to act recklessly.”

“Even if I were to be branded as a madman because of this, even if I were to suffer the cold eyes of the world, even if I were to be targeted by the court, I would still do this.”

“Because I am the head of the Ministry of Penalty, an official of the Ministry of Penalty, so I have the obligation, the responsibility, to make the Ministry of Penalty better.”

Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, and spoke with such great righteousness that he was on the verge of tears himself.

But in the eyes of Zhang Jing and the other officials outside, Xu Qingnian’s words were simply hypocritical to the extreme.

He was clearly venting his personal anger, but he was described as being so great? This is simply without shame.

But there was really no other way, who made the Ministry of Justice unlucky? What was there to say about being caught in the crosshairs of Xu Qingnian, who had to give him small shoes?

On the dragon chair, the empress listened quietly to Xu Qingnian’s words of great righteousness. After Xu Qingnian had finished, the empress did not change her expression, but looked at Zhang Jing and said.

“Speak.”

Just one word, with a cold attitude.

“Your Majesty!”

“Xu Qingnian has a personal grudge, a few days ago, Xu Qingnian came to the Ministry of Punishment and took over the dossier, however, because the Ministry was busy, resulting in the dossier not being handed over to Xu Qingnian in the first place, he became resentful.”

“And it was also because the Ministry of Justice was in charge of the treasury, which was indeed a bit busy, plus the treasurer was in a bad mood that day, so he had an argument with Xu Qingnian’s subordinates and was later punished with twenty battles.”

“Xu Qingnian used this as a reason to make a scene at the Ministry of Justice, which caused a lot of unrest in the Ministry of Justice, and I believe that Xu Qingnian was full of benevolence and morality, but in reality it was all selfish.

“Otherwise, the entire Ministry of Justice will not be convinced.”

When Zhang Jing said this, he really did not know what to say.

The main thing was that Xu Qingnian was really justified in this matter, but everyone with a clear eye knew that Xu Qingnian was just holding a personal grudge, but he was justified.

But you say just let it go? If he didn’t punish Xu Qingnian, he would lose half of his weight as the Minister of Justice in the hearts of the people.

The empress did not reply, but merely turned her gaze towards Xu Qingnian.

“Your Majesty, what Shang Shu Zhang said is exactly right.”

“That is to say, it has dragged my minister for seventeen days.”

“That is, twenty battles of sticks that nearly killed the man and forged a letter of resignation, trying to deceive me.”

“That is to say, when I sought redress for my subordinate, none of the above-mentioned chiefs of the Ministry of Justice accepted the case, and even told me to get lost.”

“I was thinking about one thing, Qing night is a minister of Great Wei, working for His Majesty, working for Great Wei, no matter how big or small, one heart for Great Wei, one small thing for the people of the world, gathered together is a big thing for Great Wei.”

“I do great things for Great Wei, the Minister of Penalty told me to get lost, and the Minister of Penalty asked himself if he had made enough trouble.”

“So now I would like to ask a question, when the Minister of Penalty Li Yuan told me to get lost, did he mean to tell His Majesty to get lost? Is the Minister of Punishment asking himself if he has made enough of a fuss? Is it asking if His Majesty has made enough of a scene?”

Xu Qingnian’s clever tongue was like a reed, and his words made Zhang Jing tremble.

“Xu Qingnian, you must not spout blood!”

“You are slandering, slandering, slandering!”

“Your Majesty, I have no such intention whatsoever, I am loyal to the Great Wei, and I am loyal to Your Majesty.”

Zhang Jing really wanted to curse, this broken mouth of Xu Qingnian was simply lawless, before facing the Huai Ping County King, he directly said that people wanted to rebel.

Now that he was talking about this matter, he directly said that he was cursing His Majesty and told Him to get lost?

If such treacherous words were said, it would not be enough to chop off his head ten times.

This Xu Qingnian’s ability to put hats on people was too strong.

“That’s enough.”

In the next moment, the empress’ voice rang out, extremely calm.

She did not have any anger.

Instead, she turned her gaze back towards Zhang Jingdao.

“A dossier that delays seventeen days?”

She asked in a calm tone.

“Your Majesty, it is not that the Ministry of Justice is targeting Xu Qingnian, but this dossier is indeed difficult to find, seventeen days is a bit long, but it is reasonable, ah, and even if Xu Qingnian is given the appropriate information, I am afraid that Xu Qingnian will not be able to investigate the results, dozens of people have taken over this case, but there is no follow-up progress!

“The first thing I did was to give Xu Qingnian a new copy of the file, but I didn’t know that Xu Qingnian would make a scene today.

“I hope Your Majesty will understand.”

Zhang Jing replied, the matter has come to this point, he can only shake off the pot, after all, dragged on for seventeen days, is difficult to take advantage of, do not force to pull over, this matter is definitely not finished.

“Awesome, Lord Shang Shu can actually recognize people at a glance, with such a skill, being a Shang Shu is really a commission for Lord.”

When Xu Qingnian heard this, he couldn’t help but sneer at the moment.

“Xu Qingnian, you don’t have to be shady here, this official is right, you can’t take this case, the Ministry of Justice has been working on this case for decades, dozens of people have been replaced before and after, but there is no progress.”

“You have just joined the Ministry of Justice, how can you possibly solve this case?”

Zhang Jing spoke coldly.

“Then why did you give me this case?” Xu Qingnian said coldly.

“You have just joined the Ministry of Justice, so naturally you need to familiarise yourself with the Ministry’s environment and its procedures, not really handing this case over to you.

“You have made a scene at the Ministry of Punishment, your crime is unforgivable.”

Zhang Jing finally thought of how to solve this trouble, he seized this point and said it even with a hard head, anyway, you can’t handle this case, the Ministry of Punishment although it is true that some delay you, but it is not a big fault.

“Understood, your majesty, I understand, then I hereby congratulate your majesty, the great Wei actually has such a capable person.”

“Minister Zhang, at a glance you can tell who is a capable minister and who is not, what cases can be solved and what cases cannot be solved.”

“Since this is the case, I have the audacity to ask Your Majesty to give Minister Zhang the responsibility of inspecting, Minister Zhang, from now on, don’t sit in the Ministry of Justice, just keep watch at the mouth of the capital, and if you find a capable minister, come and report to Your Majesty.”

“All the files of cases above and below the Ministry of Punishment will be moved to Your Excellency’s home, and the files will be entrusted to whoever feels that they can solve the case, my Great Wei is blessed, my Great Wei will never again have unjust and suspicious cases.”

“My lord, you are trying to become a saint.”

Xu Qingnian stood by the side, his words were incomparably complimentary, but his tone and attitude were full of ridicule.

“Xu Qingnian!”

“You shame people too much.”

Zhang Jing trembled, Xu Qingnian’s words were too damaging, they were clearly a compliment, but every word was like a sword, stabbing him in the heart.

“Minister Zhang, is it that I have deceived you too much, or is it that Minister Zhang’s reason is far-fetched?”

Xu Qingnian spoke coldly.

Anyway, it has come to this point, if I can’t beat you up, I will still be angry with you?

“Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to deprive Xu Qingnian of his post and arrest him and put him in jail, otherwise I dare to a*sert that Xu Qingnian will continue to harm other departments in the future.”

Zhang Jing knelt on the ground, without any more nonsense, and directly pleaded with the empress to punish Xu Qingnian.

“Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty, let Minister Zhang take up the post of inspector, select talents from all over the country for Great Wei, and give Great Wei a clear and clear sky, if this is the case, I would rather go to jail, as long as there are no more cases in Great Wei, I will have no regrets even if I die.”

Zhang Jing was disgusted with himself, and Xu Qingnian was also disgusted.

On top of the dragon chair, the empress had no emotions other than her previous anger.

Both of them asked for their orders.

The empress just looked at the two men quietly, she seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, the empress’ voice rang out.

“Xu Qingnian, you messed up the Ministry of Justice, but the reason is not sufficient, but I can give you a reason, Zhang Jingdao you can not solve the case, as long as you can within a month, crack the case file in hand, this matter I forgive you not guilty, but if you can not solve the case file in hand, that Zhang Shang Shu said, is not unreasonable, you messed up the Ministry of Justice, should be severely punished, how?”

The empress spoke up, she did not accuse anyone anymore, but also did not favor anyone, directly the root cause of the problem to find out.

Zhang Jing said you could not solve this case, but you think Zhang Jing spoke too full, then simply you will solve this case.

In this way, wouldn’t Zhang Jing have nothing to say?

When the empress said this, Xu Qingnian was somewhat silent.

Outside the palace, the five officials also listened to this, and a strange look flashed in the eyes of Chen Zhengru, the left chancellor and minister of mandarins, but it quickly narrowed down.

Inside the hall, however, Zhang Jing frowned and said, “Your Majesty, this is not a good idea.”

But as soon as the words were spoken, the Empress’ gaze, filled with a cold aura.

“Your matter, I will deal with it later.”

The voice rang out, and Zhang Jing shut up once again.

“My servant, accept the decree.”

After weighing his options, Xu Qingnian did not have any choice and directly chose to accept the decree.

He himself did not have any choice, making a fuss about the Ministry of Punishment, no matter how good his reasons were, actually counted as causing the country to lose face, the words of the party, just listen to them, whoever took them seriously was a fool.

Now that the empress has given herself a step to take, Xu Qingnian can only go on, even if this step is difficult to take, but it is better than nothing.

Originally Xu Qingnian wanted to say a word about what to do if he cracked it, when he thought about it, he didn’t say it, there was no need to bargain with the emperor, this would attract His Majesty’s resentment instead.

“Zhang Jing! You are the Minister of Justice, yet you do not care about the affairs of your subordinates, so that you have caused this kind of right and wrong.”

“Xu Qingnian’s words just now were well said, no matter how big or small the matter is, the Ministry of Penalty cannot turn a blind eye to it, I will fine the head of the Ministry of Penalty for half a year’s salary and record a major demerit.

The next moment, the empress’ voice continued to ring out, and Zhang Jing’s face turned ugly as she spoke.

The punishment of half a year’s salary was hard to bear, but what was even harder to bear was to be given a major demerit.

Once every three years, anyone who was given a major demerit would be barred from promotion for six years, and if he committed another mistake, even a minor demerit, he would be barred from promotion for life, and if another major demerit was given, he would be dismissed on the spot.

He himself is a little better, but his own power in the Ministry of Penalty is greatly reduced, and in future everyone must be cautious and cautious again in what they say and do, because there is no more chance of making mistakes.

“Minister, receive the decree.”

Zhang Jing suffocated ah, is really incomparable suffocation, he hard to want to cry, but in front of the empress, he can not cry out ah.

“In addition, the four foreigners in the Ministry of Penalty are dismissed, the treasurer is dismissed, the Minister of Works came to me the other day and said that the Ministry of Works has recently arrived some people, there are enough people, I will let the Minister of Works pick some people from the Ministry of Works to serve, but in the future, this kind of thing, don’t happen again.”

The empress spoke again, and with a single sentence, dismissed the four officials.

But these words made Zhang Jing’s face turn ugly, and the faces of the five Shang Shu outside also changed greatly, with a look of shock in their eyes.

To put it bluntly, even the dismissal of the Squire was not a big deal, because he could just replace a group of his own people from the Ministry of Officials.

He could have just replaced a group of his own people from the Ministry of Justice, but His Majesty had asked the Ministry of Works to send a few people to serve.

The Minister of Works is not a minister, and a group of officials from the Ministry of Penalties who do not belong to his own forces would be extremely detrimental to the control of the Ministry of Penalties.

But the problem is that the four foreign ministers can know a lot of things about the Ministry of Justice, and some of these things alone can be communicated to the Minister of Works.

This is tantamount to placing four people in the Ministry of Justice to supervise them.

This is the reason why Zhang Jing’s face changed so much.

Xu Qingnian could not help but smack his lips in his heart, for a matter like this, His Majesty had become the biggest beneficiary.

The Ministry of Justice has been the power of the Dongming Society for so many years, and when he made such a fuss, his majesty was able to insert people from the Ministry of Works to suppress the unity of the Ministry of Justice.

The emperor’s art.

It is as terrifying as this.

Xu Qingnian also understood why His Majesty had interrupted himself at this time, after all, if he really beat up the Minister of Justice, then this matter could not be arranged.

And by beating up the Squire and the others himself, it was His Majesty giving Zhang Jing a warning, deliberately letting things come to this point and stepping in at a crucial moment to make the Ministry of Justice suffer a huge loss.

In contrast, what Xu Qingnian had done was nothing more than making a scene and making people lose face, while His Majesty’s tactics had made the Ministry of Justice suffer a great loss.

No, not the Ministry of Justice, but the Dongming Society suffered a big loss, more than ten years or even decades of layout, in this moment instantly broke the balance of which.

The government’s officials inside and outside the hall, which is not a human being, instantly knew that the Ministry of Justice had really suffered a big loss this time.

Especially the forces of the Dongming Society, their faces went down cold.

“Your Majesty!”

Zhang Jing’s voice was all a little bitter as he opened his mouth, and Xu Qingnian at the side was a little happy, this would be fun if Zhang Jing still didn’t grow eyes and wouldn’t accept it.

However, Zhang Jing did not mention this matter, instead he looked at Xu Qingnian and said.

“Your Majesty, I fully agree with this matter, but there is one thing that I must let Xu Qingnian be punished for.”

He opened his mouth, still wanting Xu Qingnian to be punished even at this moment, when it was really not human.

“What is it?”

The empress opened her mouth and asked calmly.

“Xu Qingnian made a scene at the Ministry of Punishment, so that the decency of the Ministry of Punishment has been compromised, affecting the fortunes of the country.

“Instead of tossing and quarrelling in the courtroom tomorrow, it would be better to punish it today, the national fortune, the impact of which, the old minister would rather die than impeach.”

Zhang Jing spoke out.

This was his request, he himself had suffered such a big loss, but on the contrary, Xu Qingnian had nothing to do with it, it was just to let Xu Qingnian investigate a case.

If you can find it, you’ll be fine, if you can’t, you’ll be punished.

But if you really can’t find out, how far can you go to punish? It is difficult to kill Xu Qingnian? Or to dismiss Xu Qingnian?

The case itself was very difficult, and it was not a minor case.

The case is not a minor case, so Zhang Jing is convinced that His Majesty is being biased towards Xu Qingnian, deliberately talking about the severity of the case, but in reality, nothing will be done.

And after such a big loss for his own Ministry of Penalty, if he didn’t get Xu Qingnian, he wouldn’t be convinced, definitely not the Ministry of Penalty, not the Ministry of Officials, not the Dongming Society either.

And Zhang Jing was right.

Unless His Majesty punishes Xu Qingnian, the Dongming Society will not be able to swallow this anger, and the Confucian officials will definitely not be able to give up.

The country’s qi, even if it’s just a tiny bit, being affected is a huge matter, because he involves everyone in Great Wei.

Speaking of this, Zhang Jing looked straight at the empress with a very resolute attitude.

Xu Qingnian must be punished severely, must, must, must!

As soon as the words were spoken, the faces of the Shang Shu outside gradually changed, the Minister of War frowned while the Minister of Officials, Chen Zhengru, looked calm.

This move by Zhang Jing was indeed ruthless.

The voice rang out.

The Empress’ gaze was somewhat contemplative.

And Zhang Jing’s gaze fell on Xu Qingnian again, his eyes filled with cold intent.

He hated that Xu Qingnian could not wait to die right now.

It was just a pity that he also knew that there was no way that His Majesty could this could let Xu Qingnian go to her death, even if it involved the fate of the country.

But you can’t get away with a heavy punishment, can you?

Xu Qingnian, Xu Qingnian, do you think that nothing has happened to you?

I’m going to give you a taste of what happens when you offend me today.

Zhang Jing’s heart raged, he had lost half his life today, once the Ministry of Works came, he was half dead.

“Xu Qingnian, do you know your crime?”

At that moment, the empress’ voice rang out as she asked Xu Qingnian if he knew his sin.

“Your Majesty, I know my sin, but not the sin that Shang Shu said, but I did act somewhat recklessly, even if Lord Shang Shu is no longer able to distinguish between right and wrong, I cannot not distinguish between right and wrong.”

“But, I am willing to make up for my mistake.”

Xu Qingnian admitted to this crime, but not the crime Zhang Jing had said, disgusting him by the way.

Zhang Jing snorted coldly in his heart, but it didn’t matter.

“How can you make up for it? The country’s luck has pa*sed, and this can make up for it?”

Zhang Jing laughed coldly, will make up for his mistakes, also have to make up ah, the national luck of the country such a thing, is Xu Qingnian can make up for it?

Zhang Jing sneered, some of the five Shang Shu outside were curious, while others sneered.

At this point, even the empress was a little curious as to how Xu Qingnian would make up for his mistakes.

Sensing the empress’ gaze, Xu Qingnian took a deep breath before slowly speaking.

“Since I have caused a fuss at the Ministry of Punishment and caused it to lose face, I will help the Ministry of Punishment to regain its face and restore the fortunes of Great Wei.

Xu Qingnian asked.

But when he said this, Zhang Jing almost laughed out loud.

With you?

How can you possibly make up for the national luck, which involves everyone?

How can you make up for it by writing a masterpiece? That would only make up for the other national fortunes, the national fortunes lost by the Ministry of Punishment, must be recovered from the Ministry of Punishment, how could Xu Qingnian do that?

“Count.”

The empress opened her mouth and answered Xu Qingnian with one word.

“Can Your Majesty give me half an hour!”

Xu Qingnian spoke.

“I will allow it!”

The empress continued to speak, she was also a little curious as to how Xu Qingnian would make up for it.

“Then will Shang Shu Zhang allow it?”

Xu Qingnian glanced at Zhang Jing again, and the latter was instantly sickened by these words.

His Majesty had allowed it, and he dared not allow it himself?

“His Majesty has allowed it, how dare this official not allow it, Xu Qingnian, you must not speak nonsense here.”

Zhang Jing scolded, really disgusted.

“Thank you, Your Majesty, for your tolerance, and thank you, Minister Zhang, for your tolerance too.”

“Mister Xu goes too.”

After Xu Qingnian said these words, he walked straight towards the outside of the main hall.

And Zhang Jing frowned a little and said.

“Xu Qingnian, what are you doing there?”

He was puzzled and did not know what Xu Qingnian was going to do.

And Xu Qingnian, who walked out of the hall, slowly came out with a voice.

“To add to the national luck of Great Wei.”

With one sentence, Zhang Jing was silent, and the five ministers were all a little silent.

This Xu Qingnian, crazy! He was really crazy!