Han Jian did not directly "tempt confession" nor forced these officials to confess that the corruption case was related to Ma Jining and others. He adopted a gradual process, which was to let these officials explain it. If he didn't think that being beaten would turn into a crime of shelter, he could only pick what others didn't say. Then gradually, the case would be relied on Ma Jining and others.

As a result, nine out of the thirteen were beaten, and only four were spared. While these four were glad, they were also worried. Now that the case was explained to the King of Dong, it was equivalent to betraying the boss and being retaliated afterwards. What should we do? But they don’t care about this now, and keeping their butts first will not bloom.

After the first batch of officials asked, Han Jian took the confession and looked at it. The progress was still not good, and he had not yet touched Ma Jining's head. However, the last official said that the corruption case of Kushima might be related to the "top" people in Kushima. Han Jian originally wanted to induce confession to ask which "top" it was, but he felt that it was inappropriate. After all, there were many eyes watching next to him.

"Okay, let's take it down and replace the second group of people." Han Jian said.

Lin Zhan first received the order, but suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Young Master, those people outside..."

Only then did Han Jian remember that there were nine unlucky people outside.

"In this way, it's not good to be beaten to death. If someone is disabled, others say that I abused lynching. From now on, I will hit twenty boards. After the beating, I will find a doctor to show them the injuries. Sima, go and invite a doctor back." Han Jian said.

"Me?" Sima Yi was a little embarrassed, "Young Master. I don't know any doctor in Luoyang City. Why don't you call the doctor from our Dongwang Mansion?"

Lin Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "It's better to send someone to invite him."

Han Jian smiled and said, "Brother Laulin."

Lin Zhan was a little ashamed. Han Jian is now addicted to beating people. He beat nine of them in a group of people, and he saw that the second group was going to be unlucky. He was beaten and even asked the doctor to show them the injuries. Isn’t this clearly a pastimer?

Soon, the second batch of twelve officials were escorted into the Tingwei Mansion Court by the Tingwei Mansion Office and the palace guards. When these officials came, they saw nine unlucky guys lying outside, humming half-dead, and probably knew their situation. Therefore, they came in one by one, and none of them shouted at Han Jian. Instead, they were very conscious and stood there, waiting for interrogation.

Han Jian went to the back hall to rest for a while, mainly to highlight the momentum of suppressing people when he came out and to disintegrate the psychological defenses of the stubborn officials. Han Jian took a cup of tea and prepared for a while, and was about to go out. Yang Xi hesitated and stepped forward and said, "Brother Han, isn't this bad?"

"You mean I abused lynching?" Han Jian asked.

"Yeah." Yang Xi nodded, but she was not confident enough.

"Then I ask you, did I wrong those people?" Han Jian asked.

"...this..." Yang Xi was not easy to say. He originally wanted to say that even if he was a prisoner, he could not be punished casually. Moreover, there were some suspects, and there were probably many of them that had nothing to do with the case.

Han Jian sighed and said, "Young Master Yang, it is right to have a kind heart. But benevolence must also have a limit, benevolence in everything. It will only make people feel that you are easy to bully. Have you heard of the truth that people are good and are bullied?"

"But even if we get the evidence like this, they can go back on their word afterwards, saying that they were forced to question by Brother Han."

Han Jian smiled and patted Yang Xi on the shoulder and said, "These officials, even if they are not the main culprits, are also accomplices. They receive hundreds or even hundreds or thousands of taels of salary every year. Do you know how many ordinary well-off people's families are enough to support? These should be the treasury of the court, used for the expenses of the court. Now they beat them up, just to remind them to restrain themselves in the future, and to be alert. Is there any inappropriate relationship?"

When Yang Xi heard Han Jian say this, he stopped talking.

At the beginning, he was very dissatisfied with Han Jian's abuse of lynching, but when he knew that those people had more or less benefited, and was "instructed" by Han Jian, he also felt that Han Jian's words made some sense. He did nothing wrong, and others would not do anything to them. Following the crowd is not an excuse to join the crowd.

"Let's go and examine the second batch of officials and see what their confessions will be."

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After an overnight interrogation, Han Jian first interrogated three groups of prisoners. These three groups of prisoners were the smallest minor officials in the tutelage, each with more than 100 taels of pay per year. Their confessions basically pointed the finger at their superiors, that is, the middle-level officials in the tutelage.

In the second half of the night, Han Jian focused on interrogating middle-level officials in the Cuban Department. This time, Han Jian was not so easy to talk to because these people were no longer just small characters who were receiving salaries and following the crowd. Many of them were involved in corruption and defiance, and even faked accounts and deceived their superiors and subordinates. With the confessions of lower-level officials, Han Jian directly punished them and did not ask them for questions and beat them.

When Han Jian interrogated these people, he asked the group of lower-level officials who had honestly explained to him to watch from the side, which was equivalent to letting them stand completely against the officials of the Treasury Department. By the way, Han Jian also asked them to testify as witnesses. Even if the lower-level officials had time to speak vernacularly to avoid slapping the board, now facing these middle-level officials, they had to grit their teeth and make full use of evidence. They knew that if Han Jian knew that they made fake confessions, the fate would be very miserable.

By the fourth day of the year, Han Jian was also a little tired. At this time, the middle-level officials had concluded the trial. He had obtained evidence of Ma Jining, Lian Zhongru and Yang Qi, together with officials from the Ministry of Revenue, deceiving superiors and subordinates for corruption and bribery. Although Han Jian also knew that many of the confessions were just a traitor.

Taking advantage of the time when the prisoner was being interrogated, Han Jian asked Zhang Xing: "Has Ma Jining been caught yet?"

"Young Master, we sent people to search everywhere, but we couldn't find him. Will he hide?"

Han Jian said: "It doesn't matter anymore. He hides, which proves that he is guilty. It is difficult for him to fly even if he has wings. How many prisoners have not been tried?"

Lin Zhan replied: "Young Master, the only ones who have not been reviewed are the leaders of the Ku Si Ling Lian Zhongru and Yang Qi."

"These two will not be investigated for now. Now we can send someone to search the house. The speed should be fast, and we will also check these secret warehouses. I really don't know if it was the group of people who made up for themselves or if it was true."

In the explanation of the middle-level officials of the Treasury Department, it has been clearly stated that the corruption and bribery case of Treasury Department was led by Ma Jining and others, and many officials from the Treasury Department were involved. These people took the money and grain from the Treasury Department, either in a deficit way, or in a way that replaced the new, and transported the money and grain home for their own use, or secretly transported it to some secret warehouses in the city for reserve.

Sima Yi volunteered, "Young Master, I'll go too."

"Yes." Han Jian nodded, asked Sima Yi to go with Zhang Xing and take the guards to search the residences and secret warehouses of these officials.

After everyone left, the lobby became quiet. Han Jian rubbed his eyes, and Yang Xi next to him looked a little lost.

"Young Master Yang, if you are sleepy, go to rest first. The case has been almost finished. When the exact evidence is copied, we will go to the palace to see Your Majesty."

Yang Xi looked at Han Jian in a little confused and asked, "Brother Han, why did my sister have been looking for so long before without any clues? You only took one day to find out the case?"

Han Jian smiled and didn't explain much. He still couldn't say anything clearly.

Previously, the Empress sent someone to investigate the Cuban Department and the Ministry of Revenue, but found nothing. The main reason was that these people could only follow the right path to find evidence. They dared not play "yin" for their career. However, Han Jian was different. He was the Eastern King with a high power. He used some conspiracy to bring severe torture and forced confession. Those officials could not take him. Even if he could not get evidence of the crime under severe torture, no one dared to hold him accountable afterwards.

In cases like this kind of corruption and deficit cases, the criminals are generally very careful. If others want to obtain the evidence of crime and then investigate it, the evidence of crime may be destroyed. Han Jian just does the opposite, first accusing you, completely controlling you, and then looking for evidence. In addition, when Han Jian asked the criminals, he used a step-by-step approach from bottom to top, so that those lower-level officials could only report it layer by layer in order to protect themselves. In the end, the evidence of crime was found. Ma Jining thought that the unbreakable line of defense was disintegrated by Han Jian.

If it is not black, it will not be cured.

Soon, Zhang Xing sent someone back to report that he had found two secret warehouses in the city, which contained a lot of gold and silver. He even found a secret grain storage warehouse in the city, which were all new grains that had just been collected this year. Later, more news came over, and a large amount of gold, silver and jade were found during the process of searching the residences of the official officials of the warehouse department.

"Young Master Yang, now I want to ask you to go there and get people from the Ministry of Revenue." Han Jian looked at Yang Xi and said.

"I'll go?" Yang Xi was a little confused.

"Yes, you need to experience it. Remember to have the demeanor of a prince in front of these rebel ministers who are harming the country and the people. Let them know that you are the representative of your sister and arrest them for your sister."

When talking about the queen, Yang Xi's eyes became much more firm.

"I will definitely finish it." Yang Xi took the guards to the residence of the Ministry of Revenue officials involved in the case to capture people.

Han Jian could take a break from his busy schedule and continue to rest in the lobby of Tingwei Mansion.

By dawn, people who went out to search the official residences of the treasury department and the secret warehouse came back one after another, and they had a lot of harvest. Although the trees were still counting, Han Jian had already vaguely felt that the money found this time was at least the treasury income of the Wei Dynasty for more than half a year.

"Young Master, you don't know that when we went to the house of Ma, the boxes we copied were full of gold and silver. I don't know how much this bastard has embezzled on weekdays. It's not an exaggeration to kill him with one knife." Sima borrowed it back and told Han Jian, all of which were "experiences" that they saw at the homes of those officials. Some of these officials liked to keep gold, silver and jewelry, some like jade, some kept a dozen wives and concubines in the golden house, and some liked antiques, calligraphy and paintings. This time they were all confiscated.

Han Jian sighed: "This is just a treasury. It's so squandering. How many such corrupt officials are there in the entire Wei Dynasty? Now, we must first bring Ma Jining to justice. When Mr. Yang comes back, we will go to the palace to meet the saint together."

Sima Yi smiled and asked, "Can I meet the saint this time?"

"Well. Of course, the meritorious ministers have to go together." Han Jian smiled, "But if your Majesty doesn't see you, that's another matter."
Chapter completed!