Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Of course not," Defang said, "Yuan Xi is also a person who loves talents. Kang Yongjia is a capable official he has been looking for for a long time, but he never thought that Kang Yongjia would use such a severe sentence in the case of killing beggars." , almost killed people, but Xu Wang is the governor of Kaifeng after all, Kang Yongjia has such a thing, he is indeed responsible for lax supervision."

"My lord, the life after Yushi Zhongcheng will be difficult, right?"

"It's not that serious, but because of this matter, His Majesty was really unhappy. He severely reprimanded King Xu and fined him a year's salary. On that day, the lonely king was talking with His Majesty in the Chongzheng Hall. His Majesty reprimanded him for being rude when he opened his mouth, Yuan Xi was also angry at that time, lifted his robe and knelt down and said angrily: "I am His Majesty's son, but I made a small mistake, but now I will be severely punished, please forgive me."

Concubine Di sat in the car and asked, "Then what does His Majesty say?"

"Hearing this, Your Majesty became even angrier, and said to Yuan Xi: So what about the emperor! Even if I have a negligence, the ministers can speak up and advise. As the prefect of Kaifeng, you are in charge of the security and prison of the capital of the Song Dynasty. A small mistake will lead to a catastrophe for the capital! The imperial court has its own laws, who dares to disobey it! I will not change your punishment! No need to say more!"

"Then, my lord, you didn't say anything good to Yuan Xi?"

"Yes, why didn't you say it? You know, because of Yuan Xi's rudeness, His Majesty wanted to beat him twenty times. I voluntarily took the punishment for him in order to protect Yuan Xi, so His Majesty spared him the punishment." , but Dali Temple's interrogation of him was unavoidable. Later, I also suggested to His Majesty that Yuan Xi's original intention was to seek virtue, not to condone torture. I implore His Majesty to punish him lightly. .”

"My lord, you will show your strength." Concubine Di said, "If you offend His Majesty, beat the two of you together and see who you can protect."

Defang looked at Concubine Di and smiled, "It would be nice if I can protect my own butt, hahaha"

[Historical Records: Although Song Taizong punished Yuan Xi, he also dismissed Li Juyuan's censor Zhongcheng not long after, and let him go to Langzhou in the fifth month of the first year of Duangong. 】

"Father, what about the case of the beggar?"

"What should we do?" Defang looked at Weiling, "What can you do with the person your emperor's grandfather killed? This case is of course closed, and the killing of the beggar was not because he yelled at and insulted the owner of the wine shop, but to use this to rectify the crime. Officials, let them be more cautious in doing things in the future, regardless of the size of the case, they must be carefully tried, and they must not be tortured to make people confess because of clearing the case. Once the court finds out that officials abuse lynching and torture again, they will definitely be severely punished."

"What about the owner and the worker of the wine shop?"

"Well, my little princess is still the kindest, I can think of the two of them." Defang nodded, "Xiao Gong's injury was serious, but fortunately after the medical officer's diagnosis and treatment, there was no serious problem, and Ke Lin, the owner of the wine shop, was also released without guilt Prison, the imperial court gave them [-] yuan in compensation, and bought all the wine in the wine shop, so this matter has been settled."

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