When Wu Sangui made a promise to Mu Tianbo, the Prime Minister Xia, who was listening, smiled a little unnaturally. When Mu Tianbo said goodbye, King Pingxi enthusiastically sent him to the door of the palace. After returning to the living room, Prime Minister Xia, kneeled down on the ground with a thud: "Your Majesty, we can't agree to this matter!"

"What are you afraid of? I didn't say I want to attack Li Dingguo." Wu Sangui chuckled.

"Don't attack Li Dingguo?" Xia Guoxiang felt that jumping out to attack Li Dingguo at this time was purely seeking death. Although King Pingxi had two provinces, compared with Yunnan supported by Sichuan, both food and pay and weapons were far inferior. Now the turmoil in the southeast has been suppressed by Sichuan. Maybe Wu Sangui had not yet killed the border, and Sichuan reinforcements drove over. At that time, the unreliable guy Shang Kexi might come to assist Gui again. If Wu Sangui was not in power, maybe Zhang Changgeng would also come to support Gui. Xia Guoxiang rolled his eyes and asked hesitantly: "Is it going to attack Annan?"

When the Xiying collapsed in the 12th year of Yongli, Annan changed from being neutral to being neutral in the Ming army; in the 13th year of Yongli, the Ming Emperor abandoned the country, and Annan began to change to being neutral in the Qing court; and after Deng Ming made a big fuss in Kunming, Jiangnan and Gaoyou Lake, Annan's attitude began to shift from the Ming army again. However, because Guangxi has always been in the hands of Sun Yanling and Wu Sangui, Annan still maintained the superficial disagreement.

After the sixth year of Kangxi, the monarchs and ministers of Annan generally concluded that the Qing court was not going to work. However, with the lessons of the internal strife of the three kings of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Annan still paid tribute to the Qing court, and opened the ports to Deng Ming's trade fleet. He also sent the Ming army that fled into Annan eight years ago to Siam to Siam. In the fifth year of Kangxi, King Nalai personally went to Sichuan to meet the general Deng Ming. The diplomatic agreement signed by the two sides stipulated that from the fifth year of Kangxi, either Siam or China was invaded, and the other side had the obligation to declare war. If a certain country took the initiative to launch a war, the other side also had the obligation to open the border to the other side and provide the required ports and roads. The treaty also stipulated that Sichuan provided instructors to help Siam reorganize the troops in a comprehensive manner, and all the equipment of the Siam army was purchased from Sichuan.

"It's still not possible," Xia Guoxiang calculated for a moment and said anxiously to Wu Sangui: "It's not easy to fight Annan, and even if we finish Annan, we still have to fight Siam... This won't work."

"Not to mention that I can't catch Annan for a while, not to mention that after I capture Annan, I have to transport grain thousands of miles to reach Siam. Not to mention that after I catch Siam, I'm still far from Myanmar." The neighbors around saw that Wu Sangui was a bad neighbor, and Wu Sangui saw that they were also bad neighbors? The King of Pingxi laughed: "If nothing unexpected happens, we have not defeated Annan yet. All the troops to serve the kings and attack the troops, and the troops to aid Guizhou should come to Guilin. That's what you mean?"

"The king is wise."

"Have you heard of the Battle of the Carriage Gorge?" Wu Sangui asked.

"Carriage Gorge?" Xia Guoxiang Prime Minister was slightly stunned and nodded, "I heard that Chen Qiyu surrounded Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and more than a dozen rebels in the carriage Gorge. As a result, Chen Qiyu misunderstood the words of the bandits. He could have killed them all, but he released them without any reorganization. Not only did he let them go, but he also let them take away their armor and weapons, but he turned them back in two days."

Wu Sangui looked at Xia Guoxiang for a while and said, "Don't you find it strange after you finish speaking?"

After thinking for a moment, Prime Minister Xia Guoming felt that this matter seemed strange everywhere, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

"Before Chen Qiyu reported that the bandits surrounded the gangs in the gang, no one had heard of this place name; after Chen Qiyu, the fame of the gangs was greatly improved, but no one knew where it was. Some people said that Qinglong Gorge is the gangs, and some people said that it was other places, but no matter what it said, it was different from what Chen Qiyu wrote in the memorial. For example, Qinglong Gorge, I thought it was impossible. Chen Qiyu said that the officers and soldiers were chasing the bandits in the back, and the bandits accidentally entered the gangs in a hurry. Zhang Xianzhong of Qinglong Gorge had walked at least four or five times before, so where could he read it wrong?" Wu Sangui said calmly.

In fact, not only was no one able to find where the carriage gorge in the late Ming Dynasty, but it was still impossible to find even in the era of Deng Ming. Even on satellites, there was no place that fits Chen Qiyu's description. Many scholars argued about this. Some people found Henan all the way from Hubei, and their hair turned white, but they still couldn't find the carriage gorge: "If Chen Qiyu made a hurry to report, it might have been wrong. But after he surrounded the bandits for dozens of days, he solemnly asked the emperor to agree to his revenge. How could he not understand the place name at this time? If it was Qinglong Gorge or something else, why would Chen Qiyu not use the real place name, but instead gave a new name to the battlefield? This is one of the things that I don't understand."

After a pause, Wu Sangui continued, "Chen Qiyu described the process of this battle as the fact that six or seventy thousand bandits were chased by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers. When he saw the entrance of the carriage gorge, he admitted that he had misunderstood and plunged into Qinglong Gorge, such as Qinglong Gorge, which was connected to both ends. After discovering something wrong, the thieves behind rushed in and blocked the retreat, but no one ran out. It was more than a dozen bandits, tens of thousands of people, and they all plunged into the two horses wide and tens of miles long canyon. When these bandits were chased by the officers and soldiers, they could still line up in dense formations and drive into the canyon neatly? Haven't you seen the scene of defeated and fleeing? When can tens of thousands of people march neatly? Is this still a bandit? If the bandits can have such a strict army, then why are they running away? Is Chen Qiyu still dare to chase them? This is the second one of the kings."

Hearing this, Prime Minister Xia's eyes suddenly widened. He had guessed what Wu Sangui wanted to say, but Wu Sangui still had the following: "What I am even more puzzled is that the scale of this battle is comparable to Songshan and Zhuxian Town, but there is no name for meritorious people - they surrounded so many bandits. Who was chasing the front, who intercepted the bandits on the flank, and who blocked the bandits and broke through the siege? Why was there no name for anyone? Could it be that the local people helped the officers and soldiers throw stones and surrounded the bandits to death? Why did no one ask for me for rewards for such a great achievement? This is the three who are confused about this."

Even if Chen Qiyu made a mistake in his future, he would not reduce the achievements of these generals, because Chen Qiyu was stupid. However, he had been besieging so many anti-kings before, but he had the real qualifications and achievements of the generals responsible for pursuing and intercepting them. Generally speaking, Ming generals had to kill good people without encountering bandits, but Chexiangxia became humble and claimed that they had nothing to do with such great achievements.

"Originally, Chen Qiyu said that he only surrounded Zhang Xianzhong, which was a great achievement; but later others said it, but Li Zicheng was also inside. If it were really there at the beginning, why didn't Chen Qiyu mention it? In a few days, someone discovered that Luo Rucai was actually in the carriage gorge... Then there was a scorpion block... Lao Huihui... Later, he found that Chen Qiyu lived far more than one Zhang Xianzhong, and almost all the giant bandits who wandered in Henan and Huguang were in the carriage gorge. This is the fourth person I don't understand, and there are more other small questions."

"Yes, yes." Xia Guoxiang murmured: "Everyone said that this matter was true. At that time, civil and military officials in Huguang and Henan said that it was true."

"It's just a talk. Chen Qiyu has the final say in all the process. No one even wants to get involved in this matter. No one said he was also on the scene to confirm that every sentence in Chen Qiyu's memorial was true." Wu Sangui smiled slightly: "If I assume that the truth is not like this, but Chen Qiyu met Zhang Xianzhong and found that he could not beat him at all. So Chen Qiyu and Zhang Xianzhong said, "Don't make trouble, and if the official's head is not guaranteed again, I will not protect you. So, I will invite you to ask the court for a place to stay well. How about it? Although Zhang Xianzhong agreed, if the emperor saw that the reason for Chen Qiyu's recruitment was because he could not beat him, then his head would still not be guaranteed. So Chen Qiyu said that he surrounded Zhang Xianzhong in the carriage gorge, and Zhang Xianzhong was already at the end of his way, and Chen Qiyu asked the emperor to see that the bandits were also the court's Chi, so Chen Qiyu asked the emperor to see that the bandits were also the court's Chi. So Chen Qiyu said that he surrounded Zhang Xianzhong in the carriage. Zhang Xianzhong was already at the end of the way. Chen Qiyu asked the emperor to see that the bandits were also the court's Chi.

In the case of the son, they would be invited to help them, so that the emperor's face would be saved. As for the location, of course, they would have to make up a carriage and go out so that there would be no evidence to die. If a real place name is mentioned, what if the court asked a few gentry from the local area to ask about the war process? There were no military generals who had made meritorious service, and there were no gentry who led the township braves to assist the officers and soldiers! Of course, there was no, because this battle was simply false. Zhang Xianzhong was very fierce, and no one could defeat him, and he didn't know whether Chen Qiyu could end next. Since the situation was so dangerous, no one would rashly take action before seeing the changes in the situation. And it would be even more normal for Zhang Xianzhong to come out with armor and weapons. No matter how stupid Chen Qiyu was, he should know that he would break up the surrendered bandits, but he did not let the bandits hand over their armor and weapons at all."

Because Zhang Xianzhong was not forced to surrender because he was still strong, the local officials were afraid of him and no one could control him, so they did not dare to let the Xiying army enter the city as Chen Qiyu asked. Fengxiang guards also killed all the envoys sent by Zhang Xianzhong; in Zhang Xianzhong's view, this was Chen Qiyu's breaking the contract, and the recruitment failed.

The more and more bandit leaders surrounded by the carriage gorge, which seemed more natural to Wu Sangui. When everyone saw Chen Qiyu messing around, they suddenly realized that this was a good excuse to shirk their disadvantages in suppressing bandits: Emperor, it was not that I was not that I was not that I was in my position to suppress Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng was not at my side a few days ago, but was surrounded by Chen Qiyu, and then Chen Qiyu released Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong together. I was also careless because Chen Qiyu announced his revenge - I was also wrong, but the culprit was Chen Qiyu, the emperor. It was all Chen Qiyu, the idiot, who not only released the bandits with armor and weapons, but also did not send officers and soldiers to follow and monitor.

"If Chen Qiyu wants to refute the black water that others have poured over, he has to admit to the emperor that the carriage is pure nonsense and that he cannot let the bandits put down his weapons at all. But can he? Since it cannot, others follow suit. Anyone who is not good at doing things will say that the bandits in his place were also released by Chen Qiyu, but not all the big bandits are in the carriage gorge. You see, if this assumption is used, then there is no strangeness in the whole thing, right?" Wu Sangui asked with a smile: "Officers and soldiers, more than 100,000 bandits have fought fiercely for two months. Such a big battle can't even be found in the battlefield, but why no one said to Emperor Chongzhen? Because everyone involved needs to have this battle, everyone said there is. Maybe hundreds of years later, there will be people wondering why they can't find this place."

At this time, the Prime Minister Xia had already reacted: "The fact that Emperor Yongli voluntarily stayed in Myanmar and did not come back is the same as Chen Qiyu's carriage gorge. It is beneficial to everyone, so no one wants anyone to break the matter, saying that Yongli actually wants to come back, and he also sent Mu Tianbo back to the country to bring reinforcements. It's like if someone told Emperor Chongzhen that the carriage gorge battle was fake, then everyone would feel uncomfortable all over."

Wu Sangui smiled and said, "That's right! Mu Tianbo was full of resentment. I must treat him well and let him write down Li Dingguo regardless of the emperor, Yang was framed by the emperor, and Deng Ming was the lord of all this. At the same time, I announced that I would lead the army to follow the road in Yunnan to serve the king, and asked the King of Jin to lend me the way and provide me with food and supplies."

Wu Sangui would not send a single army into Yunnan territory, nor would he expect Li Dingguo to agree to join forces with him to serve the king, but Li Dingguo could not openly oppose Wu Sangui's plan. Wu Sangui would launch a wave of propaganda offensive that Yongli was greatly humiliated in Myanmar. As long as Li Dingguo nodded, Wu Sangui would be willing to fight for the thief. Sichuan and Yunnan could certainly turn a deaf ear, but this behavior would still be a serious blow to the reputation of Li Dingguo and Deng Ming. As long as Wu Sangui shouted loudly and long enough, there would always be people in the world who began to believe that Wu Sangui was sincere, and Li Dingguo was essentially a bandit. Not only did he not care about Yongli, who had conferred him the king, but he also wanted to stop Wu Sangui from going to rescue.

"Although I am anyway, I have never taken the initiative to attack any princes. I just expressed my willingness to serve the king under the command of King Jin, and even willing to hand over part of the army to the King Jin command. If King Jin goes to rescue the emperor, I can even provide him with some food and grass. In this way, Sichuan will never find a reason to attack me, right? The governors and governors of all provinces will watch, suspecting that Sichuan will take the opportunity to kill all the people." Besides, Wu Sangui still has 100,000 troops in his hand. He felt that as long as he was strictly guarded and defended, Sichuan and Yunnan would not do anything to him. Moreover, if the people in the world saw that Wu Sangui was about to go to serve the king, he was beaten by Sichuan and Yunnan in a joint battle? Although the emperor was like that for the princes, it still had a certain appeal to the people. If it weren't for the fear of Yongli's appeal to the gentry and ordinary people, the Sichuan Academy would not object to his return to China.

"If the Sichuan Army dares to attack the king, it will probably confirm Deng Ming. Li Dingguo will join forces to usurp the rebellion. Anyone who dares to say a fair word for the overseas emperors will fight against Deng Ming and Li Dingguo. At that time, the king could still make Mu Tianbo's words public... Even if Sichuan is strong now, I don't dare to put Deng Ming on the fire like this."

"I keep calling for the king, and no one from the Ming army likes to listen. They definitely hope that I will calm down as soon as possible. They will come to bribe me and let me say that this is not the case at all. Emperor Yongli is actually unwilling to return to the country, and Mu Tianbo did not come to me for help," Wu Sangui replied confidently: "And I am very willing to be bribed."

"What is the king going to want?"

"I don't want Hunan anymore. As long as Sichuan admits that I am Deng Xiang's person, I want Sichuan to help persuade Zhang Changgeng to give me more food and grass. As long as I agree to my king's attack on Guangdong, I will dedicate Guizhou to Deng Xiang, and Li Dingguo doesn't want it anyway. I am willing to fight for Deng Xiang in the south and north, and devote all the territory they have captured to Deng Xiang, and I will never ask for a price like other princes." Wu Sangui felt that Deng Ming had no reason to refuse his conditions: "If Deng Xiang nodded and entrust the Northeast, which originally belonged to the Tartars outside the pass, I would also like to grant him the fiefdom of the original land. In the middle, the king did not want an inch of land. Anything that Deng Xiang was embarrassed to do on his own will be done for him."

...

While Wu Sangui was thinking about how to get involved in the imperial camp, Ren Tang arrived in Chongming and met with Zhang Huangyan, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty. This trip was made by Ren Tang as a special envoy of the Council, to welcome Zhang Huangyan to leave Chongming and go to Sichuan to serve as the highest criminal officer of the Empire. This was also supported by Wen Anzhi - the old supervisor was basically in charge of the affairs, but he nodded this time. As the importance of the highest criminal officer increased day by day, He Daoning finally gave up the idea of ​​resigning from the position of the chief criminal officer to find an administrative position. The Council felt that He Daoning had too great power and needed someone to balance it urgently, so he started to debate and find a second suitable candidate, and the Zhejiang Group was determined to win this.

The Zhejiang faction has a great influence in the imperial team, because Deng Ming's initial army was almost all adapted from the Zhejiang army, but the Zhejiang faction was much worse in administration. Liu Jinge and Yuan Xiang were both in the camp, and Gong Yan left behind aides and officials from the Sichuan Governor's Office, needless to say, belonged to the camp. The Qingcheng faction is the largest force in the courtyard, with many wealthy businessmen support. Even Xiong Lan, Qin Xiucai, and Pu Fan also formed an alliance with the Qingcheng faction, and kept saying "our old Sichuan people" and how about it.

Let’s look at the Xiying Jin Clan, which finally moved closer to the imperial system, now that Li Siye has served as the prefect of Jianchang, so the people of Zhejiang cannot help but be in a hurry. If the Institute still disagrees with the inclusion of East Zhejiang into the system and let Zhang Huangyan take office immediately, some people will suggest that Ren Tang resign from his military position and join the political circle. Fortunately, the Institute is not as stubborn as before, but believes that the time to merge East Zhejiang is ripe.

"In the rules set by Admiral Deng, the rights of the Supreme Criminal Officer are boundless." Zhang Huangyan once studied Sichuan's code very seriously, because the latter hinted that he thought Zhang Huangyan was very suitable for this position. The more he studied it, the more Zhang Huangyan discovered that the highest Criminal Officer in the imperial system had almost no restrictions: lifelong system, and had the right to interpret the constitution.

"It is true. The admiral has always liked to decentralize power. All matters are decided by votes, but there is only the highest criminal prosecutor. The admiral envisions the extension of the highest criminal prosecutor to at least five or nine people in the future, and he will also vote on the judgment. However, the opinions of only nine people can declare the resolution of the Council illegal... Even the admiral himself must obey the resolution of the Council unconditionally." Ren Tang was also a little confused about this.

"Admiral Deng is unwilling to act arbitrarily because he believes that this is very efficient and that only by learning from others can the government be improved." Zhang Huangyan has his understanding of this issue: "Admiral Deng also believes that the only advantage of arbitrarily autocracy is his strong ability at all costs."

Zhang Huangyan remembers that Deng Ming mentioned the matter of Emperor Lie many times. In order to impose a tax of one tael of silver, he starved a dozen people to death. He used so many lives to exchange for such a small amount of taxes. Of course, the efficiency was very low, but the emperor could not care about this price.

"The Emperor Lie was able to collect taxes at any cost. In order to restore Liao, he would let tens of millions of people in the mainland die in a bad life. He claimed to be trying to fight the Tartars, but the people killed by the officers and soldiers were ten times more than those killed by the Liao people. Admiral Deng probably felt unforgettable about Jiashen's pain, so he established the system of the Academy. If that happens again, the emperor regards human life as a mustard and plans to fulfill his ambitions at the cost of tens of millions of people, the Academy would be able to stop him." Zhang Huangyan knew that the independent dictatorship system was still implemented in Deng Ming's army, because for the army, the ability at any cost was more important than efficiency: "Admiral Deng also said that the criminal officer must uphold justice. Perhaps Admiral Deng believed that justice cannot be measured completely by the pros and cons, but should be protected at any cost."

...

Many years later, Chengdu Criminal Department.

The person Deng Ming came to look for today was not Chen Yati's criminal officer, but a colleague of Chen Ti's criminal officer. While waiting for the person to arrive, Deng Ming chatted with Chen Ya about the recent case: "I heard that the complaints between the queen and the prince are under your responsibility?"

"Yes." Chen Ya nodded. Emperor Yongli's efforts to return to China failed several times, and all attempts to win Chinese nationality in Queen Wang and the prince also failed. The official in charge of this matter told the queen and the prince that this was the resolution of the Council and clearly stated that the emperor's family's nationality should not be given. At the beginning of the year, the queen and the prince changed their strategy and no longer made a big fuss at the embassy in Myanmar. Instead, they entrusted domestic lawyers to sue the imperial government in court with a complaint, demanding that the Criminal Department preside over justice.

The resolution of the Imperial Council was made in Chengdu, so the lawyer did not go to the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but sent it to the yamen of the Ministry of Education. The file was distributed to the Criminal Officer Chen Ti. Looking at Deng Ming's look of wanting to speak but stopping, Chen Ya asked with a smile: "Prime Minister, are you curious about how I will sentence me?"

"Yes, very curious." Deng Ming nodded: "I don't know if it's appropriate or not."

"It's okay to tell the Prime Minister, because this case is too simple. Any official who raises the prison will come to the same view as me as me with just a glance. The empress and the prince pointed out that all the descendants of the other Emperor Taizu can obtain Chinese nationality, but only the emperor's family cannot do it. This is discrimination against the emperor; and the descendants of the prince cannot obtain Chinese nationality, which is undoubtedly a conjunction strictly prohibited by the Constitution; if the emperor selects heirs from other royal families, the Council also requires that the selected person must declare in writing that he would give up the inheritance right or give up the Chinese nationality within thirty days; if the declaration is not made within the deadline, the Council's resolution will automatically instruct the government to change the person to a stateless person and mark his occupation as the crown prince - this has no legal basis. The Constitution does not force the Council to deprive others of the right to inheritance or nationality."

"Ah." Deng Ming sighed: "So Chen Ti's Criminal Council ruled that the resolutions of the Senate and the Imperial Parliament were illegal, and the emperor and his family could return to their country."

"Yes." Chen Ya nodded again: "If the prerequisites are met, this is an inevitable ruling."

“What are the prerequisites?”

"I asked the plaintiff's lawyer to give me a statement signed by the emperor, declaring that he acknowledged that he and the royal family were under the jurisdiction of imperial laws." Chen Ya said in a tone of his own right, "If the emperor does not recognize that I have jurisdiction over him, how can I preside over justice for him?"

"Are the Prime Minister looking for me?" A loud voice sounded behind Deng Ming. This was Xu Chaoyu, a provincial criminal prosecutor in Jiangnan. He recently came to Chengdu to collect files.

"Yes." Deng Ming and Xu Chaoyu walked to an office without anyone else. After closing the door, Deng Ming said straight to the point: "Prime Minister Xu Ti, I just learned that you sentenced Liang Huafeng to life imprisonment and Jiang Guozhu to death."

"The jurors unanimously found their murder charges. Jiang Guozhu was accomplice and Liang Huafeng was accomplice. I made a judgment according to law." Xu Chaoyu replied calmly: "If the Prime Minister has questions, I can send the attachment of the file to the Prime Minister."

"No, I have not questioned whether the evidence is conclusive, I believe it must be very conclusive." Deng Ming smiled bitterly: "Prime Minister Xu Ti, I have pardoned Jiang Guozhu three times and Liang Huafeng twice. I just want to know how many times I need to pardon them."

Xu Chaoyu looked at Deng Ming deeply: "Jiang Guozhu has more than 1,800 murders, kidnappings and abuses. I think most of them will be established and convicted; Liang Huafeng is less, but there must be four or five hundred cases."

"Although the two rivers were unified and Wu Sangui was cut off, our country was not unified yet." Deng Ming said to Xu Chaoyu seriously: "Several northern provinces are watching us. If Xu Ti's criminal officer can understand the case of Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng as soon as possible, the imperial government will be much more calm."

"What the Prime Minister said is, I agree very much." Xu Chaoyu seemed to have been prepared and replied without thinking: "If Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng admitted all their crimes and signed and promised not to accept the amnesty, I think it would be acceptable for them to be one of them to have a life."

"This is unacceptable." Deng Ming flatly retorted: "I hope that the Criminal Officer Xu Ti can combine all their crimes to prosecute."

"Then give the prime minister a chance to pardon and write off these crimes?" Xu Chaoyu's rhetoric sounded a little sarcastic.

"Yes, that's what I plan." Deng Ming seemed to have no idea: "If the governors from the north and the Qing Dynasty in Beijing were sad, they would resist stubbornly, and the empire would need to engage in more wars and spend more money to make more soldiers die on the battlefield."

Xu Chaoyu was silent for a moment, and slowly said in response to Deng Ming's gaze: "I ask myself, if I am in the position of prime minister, I will hope to win the whole country with a smaller cost and more efficient method. But I am not. I am the judicial officer. Zhang Qizheng has taught us how to weigh the pros and cons is the matter of the imperial government and the court, and our responsibility is to make justice work. Moreover, I think the minister has interfered with me too much."

Deng Ming shook his head slightly, still trying to convince Xu Chaoyu.

But Xu Chaoyu said before Deng Ming: "Prime Minister, during every case trial, I can legally lock them in jail; after conviction, I can legally delay them for ten days before the sentence is announced, and during this period they still have to live in the prison; and before the Prime Minister's amnesty order is sent, they also have to stay in jail. After taking the first step of being released from prison, they will be arrested and the next lawsuit will begin - so no matter how many times the Prime Minister issues amnesty, they will never be able to get out of this life. The Prime Minister's amnesty can only protect them from death, and I never thought of taking their lives, as long as they are willing to sign a confession. In fact, there is no difference from now, and it will save you from being able to pass the court."

Seeing that Deng Ming seemed to want to argue something, Xu Chaoyu hurriedly shouted: "Prime Minister, I haven't finished it yet. We know that sometimes the imperial government needs to give extra law, so the Prime Minister has the right to pardon. However, everyone hopes to use this right to pardon for those who deserve pardon, such as those who make mistakes due to impulse and then sincerely repent. Now the Prime Minister uses it to pardon Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng, and I guess there will be many villains in the future. In the end, the Prime Minister's desk will be filled with applications for pardons from these scumbags, and the people will see that the government pardons day after day, but they cannot let them get away with the law. They are just surviving in prison. This damage is not

It is just the prestige of the government, the people's trust in the judiciary and the expectations for justice. One day, the Prime Minister will feel tired, and then he will find that the people no longer believe that the Criminal Department can uphold justice and no longer believe that the world will be punished by evil. Prime Minister, your duty is to weigh the pros and cons for the empire. Do you think such a proxy value is worth it? And when the Prime Minister finally found that the loss is not worth it, I hope the Prime Minister can still remember--Today, until now, I thought the Prime Minister was a person who distinguished right from wrong and understood the truth." After a brief pause, Xu Chaoyu emphasized again and said: "Prime Minister, take advantage of this opportunity of pardon to exchange for them to confess their guilt and persuade them."

...

When the Qing court reached its end, the call for a complete resolution of warlord separatism in the court meeting was also rising. Deng Ming, then the prime minister of the empire, also promised in the court meeting that he would discuss this issue seriously with the King of Jin. However, in fact, Deng Ming only asked the other party a question softly when he was visiting Li Dingguo in Kunming. Although the voice was not loud, Deng Ming knew that Li Dingguo must have heard it clearly. When he left Kunming and returned to Nanjing, Deng Ming told the court meeting to wait patiently.

Deng Ming's conversation seemed to have worked. King Jin implemented a thorough reform in the southwest, abandoning all the rights he once had, and helping the empire to fully implement the laws and systems. However, King Jin never finally gave up his right to appoint Yunnan personnel. In theory, King Jin could overturn his own reforms at any time and reappoint candidates for officials in every position.

Many people speculate that this is because the King of Jin has seen many government officials since he was a child, so despite Deng Ming's promise, he still cannot make King of Jin feel completely at ease, so he stubbornly wanted to keep such a corner of the safe zone for the Xiying. If there was a day when the imperial government would still go back on his word and pursue the past of the officers and soldiers of the Xiying, then King of Jin would still resist to the end. King of Jin was born a fighter, and even after many years of peaceful life, he would never be slaughtered.

Shortly after the New Year, King Jin took care of his flower garden as usual. Li Dingguo, who was 98 years old, was still able to water his garden and turn over the soil. During the breaks of work, he often sat next to the plants for a while. This time, King Jin rested for too long. When his family realized that there was a problem, he saw Li Dingguo put his cheek on his hands, and his expression was as peaceful as if he was sleeping soundly.

The eldest grandson of Li Dingguo read out the will of King Jin to the media. Like Duke Lin, he gave up his title and salary in his will, and handed over these and the territory he once had to the imperial government for free.

"An era is over." The front page of Chengdu Daily commented on the death of King Jin. Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan and Li Laiheng are considered to be the four most important military defenders of the stormy Nanming. Among them, Li Dingguo is the oldest, but he is the last to leave, even later than Deng Ming, who took over the flags of their four people.

(The book is over)

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The author’s note: There will be more at the end of the year, and tomorrow will be a few consecutive days of meetings from the Municipal Writers Association. The author thinks that it is not good to stop the matter, so it’s better to end it.

This book "Fa Qing" is a small three million words, which is equivalent to the sum of the author's first two works. Frankly speaking, by November last year, I was very tired and felt like I was struggling to move forward. I wanted to end my despicable work more than once, but I didn't have the energy to create a ** plot to end. I will attend the event tomorrow, and today I finally made up my mind to come to an end. Thinking about it carefully, this book has expressed most of what I want to express, and there is no regret.

After coming back from the meeting, I will talk to you more, and then I will have plenty of time.
Chapter completed!