"Can you plead guilty?"

Facing Su Shi's faint, but majestic, unquestionable voice, Cai Jing lowered his head and said, "I plead guilty......"

"Just confess!" Su Shi said lightly, "Whip him twenty first, and then sign and draw!" ”

Immediately, a servant stepped forward and pushed Cai Jing to the ground.

The word flogging has two meanings, one is to whip, to be beaten with a whip; The second is to hit with a cane, with a board.

There is a way to specialize in the art industry, and the unique skill of the government servant to play the board has been practiced since he was a teenager and has been practicing for more than ten years. There are two tricks to practice, one is called "light on the outside and heavy on the inside", and the other is called "heavy on the outside and light on the inside".

The first trick is to wrap a thick stone slab with clothes, and after the fight, the clothes are intact, but the stone slab inside must be broken into gravel. According to this method, within twenty strokes, the prisoner's pelvis and even internal organs were shattered, but there was no damage visible from the outside, and in fact he was either dead or disabled.

The latter trick is to wrap a stack of papers in clothes, and after the request is finished, the clothes are tattered, but the paper inside is unscathed. According to this style of play, it looks like the skin is open and the flesh is open, but in fact, the skin is not hurt, let alone the bones, and there is no danger.

If the officials are skilled in these two hands, they can play countless tricks in order to be competent for the very lucrative errand of the officials. It is not false to say that it is very "rich", for example, Bi Cheng, the prime minister of the former dynasty, was born in a humble background, and his uncle was a soap officer in the yamen of Taihu County, and he became rich by making money from the cane. After Bi Cheng became noble, he wanted to find an official position for his uncle, but his uncle insisted on refusing, saying, "I do this business, and I can get 60 taels of money every year just for example, and I am undefeated and prosperous for life, I don't know what official position you want to seek for me?" "By implication, is there a better errand in the world than a walking staff?

Sixty is sixty runs, which is equivalent to a county order and a county lieutenant, and the sum of the first and second leaders in the county, no wonder Bi Cheng and his old uncle resolutely don't want to be an official......

Of course, in this year, not to mention the servants, even the officials and masters are difficult to make money, and this unique skill seems to be useless.

However, being able to cooperate with the criminal department in the trial of the case has a bright future. Now a government official is regarded as a ten-rank official, although he does not have a monthly income of sixty yuan, but he also has twenty silver coins, and his life is worry-free.

With Su Shi's care, these twenty cane blows seemed to have beaten Cai Jing's back into a bloody blur, but in fact it was just a skin injury, which was called "heavy on the outside and light on the inside". Such a boss, with perfect skills, broke his skin and beat him out of blood, but he didn't hurt him at all. It doesn't take two days, and it's still alive.

It's a pity that Cai Jing's whole person is groggy, thinking that his future is gloomy, and he has long been discouraged, where can he still feel the weight of the board?

After twenty boards in a hurry, Cai Jing was pulled up by the official again, and handed him a confession: "As an official, you should be literate, right?" Sign it off! ”

Cai Jing glanced at it, hey, he didn't seem to say how to sentence him.

"Could it be that Su Zizhan intends to let me go?"

Cai Jing rekindled a glimmer of hope, trembled with a brush, and signed his name.

"Cai Jing, you go back to the prison and wait, as for how to judge, this official still has to show His Majesty!"

Su Shi's words confirmed Cai Jing's speculation. If it were according to the law, Cai Jing would definitely be dismissed from office, and his family property would have to be confiscated. But hearing this, it seems that the emperor is not ready to sentence him heavily. This is also the disadvantage of the rule of man, and the severity of the sentence depends entirely on one sentence. Say that you are guilty, and you must confess; If you think that the sentence is too heavy, you can only bear it. If the sentence is too light, you have to go home and burn incense.

Thinking of this, Cai Jing couldn't help but continue to think about it: "In the entire Dashun, I am not the only official and businessman like me. Other officials and businessmen are more or less short of money and use their power for personal gain. Yes, yes, the emperor is trying to make an example of chickens and monkeys, take me as a model! ”

Cai Jing is not stupid, he figured this out at once.

His current life is completely pinned on others. If those officials and businessmen don't know the interests and don't know how to ask for their own crimes, I'm afraid that exile is inevitable. In case the emperor was ruthless and cut off their heads one by one, the people would not feel that the sentence was too heavy. After all, what they have done over the years has indeed gone a little too far.

Cai Jing was pulled up, put on a cart, and under the release of the arresters, he went to the prison. He was thinking about this question all the way, what signal did the emperor want to show through this incident?

Rectifying the market atmosphere is just a matter on the surface. Lu Chengqi has always liked to kill two birds with one stone, or even kill three birds with one stone, it can't be so simple.

"Your Majesty, is this trying to make the whole officialdom a smash? This...... It can't be, right? When the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no fugitives. If there is no hob meat in the officialdom, can Your Majesty employ people safely? Cai Jing thought it was incredible. You must know that if an official does not seek wealth or lust, then he must seek power and fame. In case one day the "merit is high and the lord is shaken", how will Lu Chengqi be crowned? An official with no shortcomings, it seems that only Lu Chengqi dares to use it!

Cai Jing was puzzled: "Is Your Majesty really not afraid of the separation of civil and official powers?" Your Majesty really thinks that a mere cabinet can control the prime minister's power? ”

It's not that Cai Jing doesn't understand, it's just that he can't see the political situation in a thousand years.

As long as the military and the government are separated, civilian officials will not be afraid even if the sky is turned upside down!

Why did Lu Chengqi dare to use an official with no shortcomings?

He wants fame, Lu Chengqi gave him fame, and even let him go down in history. He wants power, and Lu Chengqi also gives him full power. Of course, you can't get over, and you can't reach out to the army. You can only use the power in your hands to serve the people.

seems to be as upright as Su Shi, Lu Chengqi uses it very easily. Why? Because Su Shi is conscious, he will only act within the scope of his authority, and there is no confusion in judging the case, such a courtier can use it with ease! Although he sometimes "meddles in things" and cooperates with Yushitai to impeach this and impeach that, but with talent, Lu Chengqi feels that Su Shi is still suitable to be a character like Bao Zheng in order to keep him.

Inside the yamen of the Criminal Department, Su Shi turned in and said respectfully: "Your Majesty thinks that this case, how did the minister decide?" ”

There is this person sitting in the back hall, and it is Lu Chengqi, the son of today's Dashun Heaven.

"It's not bad, the punishment is also punished, the beating is also beaten, and the house is raided, so forget it. As for Cai Jing, let him introspect and introspect in the prison, and finally demote the official Annan Prefecture. As for the other unjudicial businessmen, I want to see if they will turn themselves in! Lu Chengqi put down the teacup and said slowly.

Su Shi also knew that this was Cai Jing's best fate, and immediately said: "Your Majesty is fair, and you will obey!" ”

"Su Zizhan, you have also learned to pat on the back!" Lu Chengqi laughed and said, "Have you written poems recently?" I remember that you published a book of poems a few years ago......"

"Your Majesty, poetry is just a little Doyle, not enough to worry about, not enough to worry about!" Su Shi hurriedly said modestly.

Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "If you want to talk about this Dashun, I'm afraid the most famous person is not me, but you Su Zizhan!" I've read your poetry collection. Yes, if it's interested, just keep writing, don't miss the affairs of the Criminal Department. ”

"Teachable!" Su Shi immediately said with sincere fear. (To be continued.) )