"What Gonggong Feng said, the evidence of the correspondence between Gonggong Meng and that Liu Shan is now here in Weichen," Zhang Fan said, and as he said this, Zhang Fan had already taken out a booklet-like thing from his arms, which was one of the account books that Zhang Fan had obtained from Liu Shan, and what was recorded on it was the part about Meng Chong.

At the moment, the little eunuch beside Longqing was also very colorful, and when he saw that Zhang Fan had already taken out the things, he hurriedly went down to take them and sent them to Longqing respectfully.

After Long Qing took the account book, he didn't rush to open it to read it, but put it on the case in front of him, but his hand was on it and his fingers were crossed, as if he was thinking about something.

"Zhang Aiqing, what is this, where did Aiqing get it," Long Qing asked about this matter.

"Back to Your Majesty," Zhang Fan didn't care why Longqing asked this, he just replied, "This booklet is an account book, which is exactly what Weichen got from the main culprit Liu Shan when he investigated the corruption case in Jiangnan this time, this account book is one of the account books that Liu Shan used to record the amount of his embezzlement and wealth, the distribution of dirty silver, and the account books that he controlled the officials in the land of Jiangnan. The amount of money that was solicited from him, the amount of money he gave each time, and the time when the money was sent, are all clearly recorded."

"Framed, this is framed," Meng Cheng, who was kneeling there, suddenly shouted, his whole body was writhing, and his face was even more distorted to the extreme, "Your Majesty, the slave is wronged, this is definitely a framed ......"

"Come on," Long Qing said suddenly, "Hold down Meng Chong for me, slap me ten times, if he dares to say it without asking, he will give me ten slaps without saying a word,"

Immediately, two palace guards waiting outside the palace gate strode in, one came to Meng Chong's back, not caring that Meng Chong was already a handful of years old now, holding his arms with both hands and locking them firmly behind his back, while the other took out a wooden card and hit Meng Chong's mouth.

It is said that this slap and mouth trip, there are often above the public court among ordinary people, and it is with tokens, but where is there such a thing as a token above this court, and above this court, if the emperor will punish someone, that person is also a courtier, and the courtier violates the law, nothing more than three situations, or nothing; Either they are dragged out of the court staff, and this one will live and die; Either they were directly pulled out and cut something, but this punishment of slapping the mouth is very rare in the court, after all, the object is these civil and military ministers, and treating these literati, even if they make a big mistake, the slap is too insulting.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, many strange things have happened, and this incident of the minister who slapped the mouth of the minister above the court is not unprecedented, but it is only limited to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the two emperors with the word "ancestor" in the temple number, but they still let people use the palm of their flesh to execute, and now this wooden card is made by Zhu Di, for this time, but after Zhu Di made this wooden card, he did not have anyone's mouth, and this wooden card was not mentioned in the next hundred years, but no one mentioned it at the same time, It was kept like this, and now it is rare for Longqing to issue this order, which also makes the ministers above the court know that there is such a thing.

"Smack, smack, slap......"

The wooden card was hit on the face with great force, this sound is absolutely crisp and good, but this scene is really cruel, for these ministers who are now standing above the court, especially the civil officials, are a little uncomfortable, but although they feel that this is very cruel, but none of them stood up and said anything, first, this is the order of the emperor Longqing himself, who dares to come out and disobey; Second, the reason is very simple, because the person being tortured was a eunuch.

Most of the people who didn't react were military generals, as well as Long Qing, who hadn't seen this scene at all, and Zhang Fan and Feng Bao, who had long been immune to this kind of "pediatric" criminal law.

Ten strokes of the palm, and it didn't take long to finish, but this short ten strokes, the scene caused is extraordinary, between Meng Chong's face is already full of blood, the whole mouth is already red, and the large strands of blood are still gushing out, and it is not clear what he is injured now, although Meng Chong has not fainted to death, but looking at his current angry appearance, it is not far from his coma, which shows the superb technique of the executioner, and the accuracy of the power control between the hands, He is definitely a veteran, and with Meng Chong's violent breathing, the fragments of teeth in his mouth also rolled to the ground along with the blood, bringing a trace of blood to the Imperial Palace, which has always revealed a majestic atmosphere, but at this time, no one will care about this matter.

Up and down the court, now except for Meng Chong's violent gasps, there is no other sound, everyone is silent, and I don't know if they were frightened by the scene of Meng Chong's torture just now.

Long Qing, who was sitting on the throne, has now begun to flip through the account book in his hand, the account book handed over by Zhang Fan, although it looks thin, but there are a lot of things recorded in it, what is recorded in this account book is about the handles of those officials that Liu Shan has mastered, and Meng Chong is relatively late in approaching Liu Shan, so the matter about Meng Chong is also recorded by Liu Shan in the last part of the account book, and Long Qing is from the front to read, in this way, It means that there are people in front of them who are related to Liu Shan, and they are all clearly seen by Longqing.

The speed of Longqing's reading was not fast, and the people below did not have the slightest impatience, they didn't dare at all, and Gao Gong, who was still arguing with reason, was now more like a wooden man, standing motionless in place, staring closely at his feet, as if he wanted to count how many threads the official boots he was wearing now were made of.

Meng Chong, who was wheezing violently there, was now gradually despairing, at this moment, he was helpless, he was staring at Gao Gong, as if he wanted to find some hope from him, but Gao Gong didn't even look at him, or Gao Gong had already given up on him at all, and when he found this situation, Meng Chong was completely desperate.

Meng Chong couldn't help but regret it in his heart, but don't be mistaken, he didn't regret that he had done these corrupt things, now is to give him another chance, he will still do it, Meng Chong at this time is regretting, why was he so careless at the beginning, he actually believed like a fool that Liu Shan would not record those things about him, now that he thinks about it, what he did is like sending him to death, but now, it is too late to think about anything.

It didn't take long for Long Qing to close the account book in his hand, but his expression was hesitant, and Xu Jie, who was sitting closest to Long Qing's position, saw Long Qing's appearance, and his thoughts turned slightly to understand Long Qing's thoughts.

At this time, Long Qing didn't think about Meng Chong anymore, after all, the account book in his hand had completely recorded all the correspondence between Meng Chong and Liu Shan, the most important thing was naturally about how much silver Liu Shan gave Meng Chong every time, and when to give it, Liu Shan is really a meticulous person, every money in the account book is accurate to one or two silver, this will never be fake, and even if Meng Chong wants to cheat, it can't work, As long as you casually let Feng Baodong's subordinates or Zhang Fanjinyiwei's subordinates go down to investigate, it will definitely be able to find out.

Long Qing was just thinking about what was recorded in the account books, about other people's things, how to solve them, this kind of thing was very simple, but because this time, the number of officials involved was too much, and Long Qing didn't know what to do for a while, let's pursue it, there are too many people, and it is impossible to investigate only one part, and let the other part of the people not ask; Let's not pursue it, with so many people with the historical stain of corruption sitting in the position of officials, Long Qing was a little unwilling in his heart.

"Your Majesty, can you allow the old man to say a few words," Xu Jie said in a low voice.

"Elder Ge has something to say," Long Qing had something to say one day, so he hurriedly said.

"The old man understands what His Majesty is worried about," Xu Jie said, "It's just that Zhang Fan has already given His Majesty an answer to this matter,"

"Zhang Aiqing has already given me the answer, what is going on," Long Qing didn't understand what Xu Jie meant.

"At the beginning, when Zhang Fan got this account book in Jiangnan, he could have immediately ordered the arrest of these people so that he could add some merits to himself, but he didn't do it, isn't it obvious," Xu Jie said, "What Zhang Fan is worried about is that if they are all arrested, there will inevitably be a disaster when there is a great shortage of officials in Jiangnan,"

"I understand what Elder Ge means, it's just ......" Long Qing didn't know what to say.

"Hehe, Lao Yu understands," Xu Jie didn't embarrass Long Qing, and said, "Actually, Your Majesty can do this, these people will let them stay in their current position, but they must always be monitored, and once there is any more action, they will be dismissed, and Zhang Fan has already told Lao Yu, he suggested that Your Majesty, no matter what kind of political achievements these people make in the future, they can only stay in their current position,"

"That's ......" After listening to Xu Jie's words, Long Qing thought about it for a while, and finally agreed, "Okay, just do it,"

"Come on, put Meng Chong in prison, and after Jinyiwei finds out Meng Chong's assets, obey the fate," Long Qing loudly announced his will, "This matter is settled now, below, Zhang Aiqing, take out that seal,"