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Chapter 822 The wicked must grind the wicked (2)

Knowing that he had made a death vengeance with Li Ling, he was never spared. Jiang Guixun seemed much calmer than others. Even when he was taken into the hall, he did not respond much to Li Ling's all kinds of accusations and intimidation. When he saw his subordinates being ugly in fear, he even felt a little funny. Do you think that if you surrender and beg for mercy at this time, Li Ling would let go?

But soon, he couldn't laugh. These guys actually pushed all the mistakes to him in order to excuse him. It seemed that all the evil things were instructed by him, Jiang Guixun. This behavior was too shameless!

At this moment, Jiang Guixun could no longer bear it and suddenly raised his head and shouted, "Stop it! If you want to kill me, just do it directly. If you succeed, the king will fail. This time I fell into your hands, I never thought I could survive. But don't use these methods to disgust me. Although I, Jiang Guixun, are not a good person, I have not been despicable enough to be instructed by anyone for a little money!"

His angry shout really scared the other criminal officials who were still pushing their mistakes to the governor, and also made their old faces blush and looked at Li Ling timidly. But he saw that he only smiled casually, and then he turned his eyes to Jiang Guixun: "Is that so? Didn't you think that Lord Jiang still value his false reputation so much at this time? But I think so, what kind of person do you Governor Jiang? How could you do things for those ordinary businessmen and wealthy families with low status for hundreds or thousands of taels of silver? Your appetite is greater than everyone else. What can make you take action must be a big thing that can bring you great benefits, such as making friends with families from all over the country through famine, and then using them to establish relationships with the princes in the court. I'm right?"

Jiang Guixun's expression suddenly changed: "You... are really coming for this matter!"

"So what? I know what you are thinking. This time you dare to take the risk of sending troops to attack me, but you are sure that someone will speak for you in the court and help you cover up. As long as I get rid of me, I will make a great contribution to the prince. Even if I am going to be punished, some people will come out to plead for you. As long as you save your life, you will be able to return to the court as a hero after a few years. As for the previous corruption and mistakes, they will be forgotten by everyone.

"After all, in this disaster in Huguang and the miserable life, not only those unscrupulous businessmen and big-name merchants, but also many court officials who provided convenience for them and used all their means to deceive their superiors and subordinates. I wonder if what I said was right?"

Jiang Guixun's eyes suddenly flashed, and his own plans were all within the other party's expectations... Li Ling looked at him as young as he was not very experienced, and he did not expect that he knew so well the many methods in the officialdom.

Li Ling continued to stare at him, but his face became more and more gloomy: "So even at this moment, you still have a hint of luck in your heart, thinking that I dare not really take your head here desperately. After all, you are a second-rank official in the court and a rank-level official. Our dynasty has always been favored by literati and officials. As long as you report to the court, if someone from the prince is involved in your relationship with you, it may not be too difficult to save your life.

"Oh by the way, you may even think that although I am an imperial envoy, you must beware of fear. So even if you commit such a serious crime, in order to prevent the court from pursuing any problems afterwards, you are still willing to report to the court first and then deal with you. After all, you are now a prisoner and there is no threat to me. Isn't it?"

Jiang Guixun's fear became deeper. When he met Li Ling's cold eyes, he could not dodge. After a while, he said stiffly: "So what?"

"Just admit it. As long as you can save your life, your relatives and family will naturally not be affected by greater consequences. You are indeed planning to protect yourself, thinking of getting out of here. Even as an opponent, I have to praise you for being far-reaching." Li Ling said, and suddenly looked up and looked at the other officials, "Now do you know that Lord Jiang can still have such a way out? Have you ever thought about what the statement just now means to him? It is betrayal, and whether in officialdom or in the world, the end of the betrayer may not be too good. Not to mention people like Lord Jiang, even ordinary people in the world of Jianghu, they will not show mercy to the traitors."

After a few words, the faces of the officials changed again and their bodies began to tremble violently. Lord Jiang's methods were more familiar to them than Li Ling. As long as he was asked to become an official again in the future, he would suffer the revenge he and others would suffer. Not only himself, but also his relatives and family members would be implicated, and it is possible to exterminate the clan!

At the same time, Jiang Guixun was also the one who changed color. He already understood the real intention of Li Ling to say these. This is the most direct and powerful provocation and disagreement!

If these people were pushing their mistakes to themselves in order to excuse themselves for their own crimes, then these people would have to die for themselves in order to survive. Li Ling is so cruel that he would not even leave this little way out for himself!

Sure enough, Li Ling looked at these people with a stern expression: "At this point, you only have one way to survive, that is, to confirm his Jiang Guixun's crime, and then give him an acceptable crime to be executed immediately. Also, you should know that he has many backers and accomplices in the court, and these people will also become obstacles to whether you can survive. So whether you can survive depends on whether you have the means to pull them into the water."

With such a clear understanding of Li Ling's intention, these people immediately understood Li Ling's intention. They wanted to use their hands and mouth to nail Jiang Guixun and the large number of senior officials in the court behind them. If it were ordinary times, even before, they would not dare to have such thoughts, after all, those people were not something they could provoke.

But now, it is related to the survival of oneself and his relatives, and no matter how dare you, you have to dare!

After some silence, someone immediately shouted: "Mr. Li, the lower official, the lower official has something to say. Over the past six months, the people of Huguang have suffered from disasters and famine. Jiang Xun... Jiang Guixun not only does not want to make decisions for the people, but also together with many local tyrants and court officials, making the people live in misery, which has long caused public resentment. It has caused riots in the city of Wuchang before... If such a crime is not immediately executed, if all the people cannot be punished, it is afraid that the people will be unable to submit, and it may cause greater disasters. So the lower official thinks that Jiang Guixun was executed immediately to calm the public resentment!"

"Well!" Li Ling nodded with satisfaction, and looked at Jiang Guixun, who had a paler complexion, "Is there any?"

"Also, the officials of the Ministry of Works and Ministry of Revenue who came to the court were even more greedy. We have heard of all the secret discussions with Jiang Guixun. We can now say them one by one and send them to the capital as evidence in the court..." With the first to stand up and accusation of his crime, there was a second one, and the finger was pointed directly at those senior officials in the court who had never dared to offend him.

The two of them spoke one after another, which opened up their minds for everyone, and then they were out of control.

They were the initiators and executors of all kinds of incidents after the Huguang disaster, and they did discuss and conspire with Jiang Guixun and others. At this time, they all said conspiracies and crimes that were indeed true. For example, how to continue to collect taxes to make the people even more food-free, how did they send people to the county towns and villages below to collect grain taxes, how many people were injured, and how much resentment it caused...

Although most of the crimes were executed by them by the people below, at this time, all the crimes were pushed to Jiang Guixun and the senior officials in the court who had returned to the capital. They said bluntly that it was their greed and ruthlessness that caused the people to suffer so much pain, which led to this Wuchang Rebellion.

Next, under the instruction of Li Ling, they directly blamed the prince's party for all of this, and rushed to "disclaim" that this was the prince's meaning. It was because he carried out a series of conspiracies through Jiang Guixun in order to obtain more gold, silver, money and grain, and to control the aristocratic families in Huguang...

At the beginning, Jiang Guixun would argue a few more words, but as these crimes became more and more serious, and in the end, he directly involved the prince, he was completely stunned and could not speak. In his eyes when he looked at Li Ling, there was a deeper fear... Is this guy crazy? How could he dare to slander the wronged prince so unscrupulously? And these subordinates of his own, how could they dare to talk nonsense? And they were recorded. If this was to be passed back to the capital, could they have them?

In fact, at this time, these people also realized that the situation was not good, and the more they said that they were more shocked. But at this time, they were already in a difficult position and could only go all the way to the dark.

However, when Li Ling finally asked someone to take these confessions to them and ask them to sign and seal them, the officials hesitated: "Mr. Li... please spare your life..."

"What? Are you saying so many things just now lies? If so, I can only torture you and try again." Li Ling sank his face and forced him to force him. He would never be ruthless to these guys who have harmed the country and the people. His sword has been unsheathed, either achieving his goal or splattering blood on the spot!
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