"Your Majesty forgive me, I don't know what's going on! Your Majesty! I'm completely unaware..." Zhang Zongheng fought with teeth and kept hitting his forehead on the ground.

"Come! Beat me! Beat me! Beat me! Beat these three people! Beat me all! Beat me until they say it!"

Several Jinyiwei stepped forward.

Zhang Zongheng, Yang Hao, and Liu Tongquan pressed them to the ground, dragged them out, and then picked up the bricks on the ground and smashed them.

These bricks are shoddy projects, but they still hurt when they hit people's flesh and blood.

I saw the three of them being pressed to the ground and their hands were pressed down.

The Jinyiwei attacked, and the brick hit the back of his hand, causing several people to scream like a pig, and the flesh was blurred.

Zhang Zongheng still shouted loudly: "Your Majesty! I am wronged! Your Majesty, I am wronged!"

Yang Hao's mouth on the other side also won the ruthlessness and shouted: "Your Majesty, I am completely unaware of it! Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty! It's Governor Zhang, it's Governor Zhang who embezzled the military funds allocated by the court. It's Governor Zhang!" Liu Tongquan couldn't help it, and he shouted loudly.

"stop!"

The Jinyiwei stopped immediately, and the bricks in his hand were still bleeding.

The whole body of several people was shaking, especially their hands, which were completely uncontrollable, and the pain was so cold sweaty on their foreheads.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It's Governor Zhang! It's Governor Zhang who embezzled the money for the construction of Datong Town in the second year of Chongzhen. He also embezzled military pay. He embezzled the military pay for the year and distributed the military pay from the court to all the officials in Datong Town every year!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Zhang Zongheng suddenly rushed towards Liu Tongquan. At this time, Zhang Zongheng's potential was realized and his movements were very fast, and even the Jinyiwei did not react.

He threw Liu Tongquan to the ground like a crazy wild dog, and grabbed Liu Tongquan's neck with both hands.

Gritting his teeth, Liu Tongquan seemed to have killed his whole family.

The two Jinyiwei pried Zhang Zongheng's hand away from Liu Tongquan's neck.

It would be nice if Governor Zhang had such strength when he killed the enemy, but on weekdays, his heart trembled when he heard the Mongolians, and when he heard the Eight Banners, his legs were even more trembling, which was not what he was now.

"His Majesty……"

As soon as he spoke, Luo Yangxing walked over in two steps and punched Zhang Zongheng in his face, which directly stunned him and said nothing.

Liu Tongquan got up from the ground, tears and snot mixed together, and cried in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty! Governor Zhang bribed all the officials of Datong Town. In the second year of Chongzhen, Li Zeqing, the newly appointed magistrate of Huairen County, was unwilling to collect his money, so he called Li Zeqing to Datong City for a while, and then sent someone to repair Li Zeqing's house forcibly, using precious wood!"

"That's it, Zhang Zongheng covered the sky with his hands in Datong Town!"

"Oh! It's Wei Zhongyun! It's Wei Zhongyun, the former Minister of War, supported Zhang Zongheng in the court! Yes! Wei Zhongyun was sent to Datong Town by His Majesty. He was originally going to be sent to the Great Wall to guard the border. He was in Datong City, but he did not go to the Great Wall. He stayed in Datong City, with good wine and meat!"

Speaking of this, Liu Tongquan was already crying so hard that his expression was distorted: "Your Majesty, I am helpless. Why don't I be willing to serve the country with loyalty to the emperor, but I can't even guarantee my official position, and I will even go to prison!"

Yang Hao, who was on the side, saw that the shit basin had successfully begun to be pressed on Zhang Zongheng, also hurried out and said, "Your Majesty, this is all Zhang Zongheng's persecutors, etc. I am preparing to report to Your Majesty..."

Chongzhen suddenly drew his sword and said angrily: "Shut up! Didn't I give you civil servants a chance? I have already issued the secret reporting system! What are you doing!"

Yang Hao was so scared that he stayed there and didn't dare to move, and he didn't dare to say anything, and his forehead was sweating like a waterfall.

"I have been giving you a chance! You have never given me a chance!" Chongzhen lowered his voice, and he held the sword in his hand tightly, "Forcing me to kill someone!"

"Cao Huachun!"

"I'm here."

"Drag Zhang Zongheng down and Ling Chi to death, I must cut three thousand swords. If one less sword, I will cut you one!"

Eunuch Cao suddenly felt nervous and said quickly: "Yes, I will make arrangements now."

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... I am wronged..." Zhang Zongheng was dragged down.

"And Yang Hao, let him go and behead him and show him!"

"Your Majesty, I was forced by Governor Zhang, and I was forced by Zhang Zongheng..."

Yang Hao was dragged down.

Liu Tongquan knelt there and his whole body was shaking, and his back was wet with cold sweat.

"Liu Tongquan was imprisoned."

"yes!"

Liu Tongquan saved his life, his heart calmed down, and he collapsed on the ground.

Why didn't Liu Tongquan kill?

The logic of frankness and lenientness is to speed up the trial of the case.

Now the judicial organs of the Ming Dynasty are following the logic formulated by Chongzhen.

To be honest, the purpose of interrogating a prisoner is not to kill or torture the prisoner, but to interrogate what is behind it.

Speeding up the interrogation can improve efficiency. Improved efficiency means that more criminals can be arrested quickly and avoid some people running away with bedding.

Since this is the logic, the emperor himself must abide by it and set an example for everyone here.

Besides, Liu Tongquan must also know which officials were involved in the embezzlement. Chongzhen was too lazy to ask about the next list and the more detailed questions, so he left it to the Jinyiwei to handle.

But then again, the Jinyiwei didn’t notice it because the embezzlement in Datong Town was so corruption?

First of all, the Jinyiwei is a human being, not a machine that can't get any feelings when you are on the clock.

When people do business, they will weigh the trade-offs, especially officials within the system.

To find out such a corrupt official, one requires courage, and the top leader of the judicial department needs to be able to take on the matter and interfere with offending interest groups.

And there is another very important thing: no compromise!

These three words are easy to say, but very difficult to do. A normal person can't get up at six o'clock every day and run for an hour, let alone stand against corrupt officials in the world and never compromise.

The intuitive meaning of uncompromising is that I went to check a group of people, and these people might not be able to find out things, but I sent another group and kept sending it.

During this process, there will be resistance from all sides. For example, if Li Zicheng comes to do this, as long as he sends a second group of people, countless people will start attacking him, saying that he has already checked why he still needs to check it. This is an extreme distrust of local officials.

Besides, the transportation facilities in the agricultural society are backward and it is difficult to transmit information.

In ancient times, only officials could ride horses, and rich people could only ride donkeys or mules even if they had money.

Once information is difficult to transmit, local corruption will be more serious.

This is also determined by productivity.

Therefore, in ancient times, the central government was unable to mobilize grassroots people immediately, which was also determined by productivity.

Don’t naively think that having an Jinyiwei can control everything in the world.

If it were so simple, why did corrupt officials wait until the development of mobile Internet was gradually under strict control?

Why?

Because of the information technology revolution, information dissemination becomes very fast, and evidence can be left in many places, reporting becomes more convenient, and feedback above is also faster.

These are not available in the agricultural era.

Then again, corrupt officials were so difficult to punish in ancient times, what should I do?

Will there be no punishment next?

Need to punish.

Punishment is a means, a means after being caught.

What’s more important is how to check and balance, how to reduce it, or if you get some money, as long as things are done well, I can turn a blind eye.

However, you are greedy and have done things badly.

I'm sorry, I won't kill you, keep it for the New Year?

Therefore, the use of power and the governance of the state are a very complex issue, not a simple issue of good and evil.

The next day, Bu Shitu ran wildly in Datong Town with his escaped personal guards.

"Taiji, we have escaped the Ming army's pursuit!"

"Hurry! Retreat the Great Wall towards Datong Right Guard and go back!" Bu Shitu was still in shock.
Chapter completed!