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Chapter 88: War of the Powerful Officials

The sound of gongs outside the door was then one after another, and the sound of gongs was connected. The people outside the Kaifeng Prefecture government office looked out when they heard the sound of gongs.

A child in the crowd shouted, "Wow, so many officials are coming!" There were even sighs in the crowd. After a moment, a large number of yamen runners pushed the people crowded in front of Kaifeng Prefecture's yamen to both sides.[]

After the crowd was pushed away, Bao Zheng looked out of Kaifeng, but saw more than twenty official sedan chairs parked outside the yamen. Bao Zheng could not help but be a little shocked when he saw this scene.

After a while, more than twenty officials came down from the official sedan chair, each with black gauze on his head and jade belts on his waist. Bao Zheng glanced over and said that the lowest among the group was the fifth-rank fifth-rank, and the highest one even had the first-rank. They were coming in full force, and it was determined that they were going to repair Bao Zheng, the seventh-rank sesame official!

Bao Zheng sat upright after the Sanfoot Case, but he had no intention of greeting him. Since the group of people came, they must be all enemies, not friends, and Bao Zheng was not in the mood to take pictures of the enemy's horses.

I saw the Kaifeng government yamen runners on the market, but someone exclaimed: "This time the Kaifeng government yamen is lively, and Lord Ding, the subordinate of the Secretariat, has come. Also accompanying him are Lin Te, the Minister of Justice, and Liu Chenggui, the Minister of Works, and Chen Pengnian, the Minister of War! These are all popular figures in the dynasty!"

At this moment, more than 20 officials all squeezed into the Kaifeng Prefecture Court. The originally crowded court seemed even more crowded at this time. When the officials in the hall saw that Bao Zheng was still sitting in the hall, they didn't even come to greet him, everyone looked unkind.

A tall and thin official came out and said at the top of his voice: "Bao Zheng! As the local magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, why are you intercepting the important criminals who are being taken to the Ministry of Justice for no reason? Could it be that you want to rebel?"

The official directly put a big hat on the wrong one. Bao Zheng didn't care about him and replied coldly: "I am going to care about this matter today, and I have to care about this matter. You don't know that I should have dealt with this matter, Bao Zheng, but I want to ask your Ministry of Justice why it is a quarrel!"

When Bao Zheng said this, many officials were in a turmoil. None of these officials were of high status and power? Bao Zheng, a seventh-rank official, dared to be so rude, how could these noble people bear it?

A slightly fat old-bearded official walked out and said with a stern anger: "Bao Zheng, the case of Shunchang Prefecture should be taken care of by our Ministry of Justice. You sent someone to arrest the yamen runners of the Ministry of Justice and intercepted the important criminals of the Ministry of Justice. According to the laws and regulations of the Song Dynasty, you should be dismissed,,,,"

Before he could finish his words, Bao Zheng said angrily: "Bao Zheng, as the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, was personally conferred by the emperor's imperial pen. You are very powerful, and you have surpassed the emperor and are arrogant and want to dismiss me. You are so despised by the emperor, and you will not take the emperor seriously in the future."

Bao Zheng suppressed the fat official in one sentence.

The fat old man had a pale face and replied, "I am Linte, the Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice,"

Before he could finish speaking, Bao Zheng said sternly: "I care about what kind of Shangshu you are. This is the Kaifeng Prefecture Office. In this court, except for the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, I am the biggest. Since you, the group of officials, have not received the emperor's order to participate in this case, they are here to listen. Since they are here to listen, they will all go aside and let me continue to investigate the case."

After hearing Bao Zheng's arrogant words, one of the leaders of the group of officials said: "Bao Zheng, I am a fellow disciple of the Secretariat, Pingzhang Ding Wei. Since I am here, I should be tried for this case. As a prime minister, I should be in charge of all the big and small things in the Song Dynasty."

When Bao Zheng saw Ding Wei's eyes look like a torch, a domineering pressure came. If his aura became weak, he would be occupied by this person in an instant. Bao Zheng could not admit defeat. He promised that the tens of thousands of people in Shunchang Mansion would severely punish the evildoers Liu Jiwen and Lu Zhanyuan. He must do what he said.

Bao Zheng took out a yellow roll from his sleeve, which was the emperor's personal imperial edict. This was Bao Zheng's last support! After Bao Zheng unfolded the imperial edict, he walked to many officials with the imperial edict and shook the imperial edict in front of them.

After Bao Zheng walked around, all the officials looked at each other, not knowing what the hell was selling in Bao Zheng’s gourd. Bao Zheng angrily said with the imperial edict: “I have the emperor’s imperial edict in my hand. The emperor personally ordered me to try the case of Liu Jiwen of Shunchang Mansion. You openly gathered again and entrenched in the court to resist the imperial edict! I took out the imperial edict, not only did you have no respect, but you were also indifferent in the hall, and you were despising the imperial power! Master Ding, you even wanted to take Bao Zheng and replace him to try this case, and it was even more openly against the emperor’s will. Do you want Bao Zheng to drive you out?”

Bao Zheng's words were deafening, which shocked all the officials present. These people were originally invited by Liu Chenggui to help the boxing. I thought Bao Zheng, a sesame official, would not be able to withstand the coercion, so I obeyed, but I didn't expect that now all of them were all led by Bao Zheng, and even Ding Wei, who was the most powerful minister, could not be spared.

Bao Zheng yelled with the imperial edict: "What are you officials standing here at this time? If you listen, all of them will go aside."

Ding Wei and others were full of anger from Bao Zheng, but they dared not speak out. They immediately let them go aside in anger. Bao Zheng was soaked in sweat at this time, and the words that shocked the court just now were all done in one go. Bao Zheng was just a gamble, and he wanted to shock these powerful ministers. If he did not succeed, he was afraid that it would be possible to be crushed to pieces.

When the people outside Kaifeng Prefecture saw Bao Zheng showing his power in the court, they finally forced all the more than 20 important officials in the court to retreat. In an instant, thunderous applause burst out from the crowd, some cheering and some shouting for good people. These people were originally mobilized by Bao Zheng to be hostile to Liu Jiwen. At this time, these officials were coming to rescue Liu Jiwen, and they were obviously hated by the people.

The noisy people outside the venue made Ding Wei and others even more unable to hold their faces. Ding Wei immediately waved his sleeves, glared at Bao Zheng, snorted, and walked out with a cold face.

After Ding Wei's departure, the momentum of the officials became even weaker.

Bao Zheng immediately returned to the Sanfoot case with the imperial edict, and slapped heavily with a groan in his hand: "The evidence in the Liu Jiwen case is conclusive. The criminals Liu Jiwen, Lu Zhanyuan and others have extremely evil crimes, and the public is very resentful. Given the serious case, this official announced the verdict, and all the criminals were asked to be executed in the afternoon three days later! The imperial edict is again, this official announced the verdict to be concluded, and no one can reverse the case!"

As soon as Bao Zheng was sentenced, the people outside the venue did burst into a shocking cheer, and some people even shouted that Bao Zheng was the master of Qingtian! One of the officials had a long beard and softened his body at this time. Lin Te, the Minister of Justice next to him, quickly supported him and said, "Mr. Liu! What's wrong with you? With Master Ding here, there must be a chance to turn around."

Bao Zheng looked at the long bearded official and knew that he was Liu Jiwen's biological father, Liu Chenggui, Minister of Works. Bao Zheng ignored the group of officials, but threw the Sanfrost case into the order and ordered: "The whole group of criminals will be taken to the Kaifeng Prefecture prison in three days. In this case, I will be executed by myself."

Seeing Bao Zheng's decisive behavior, the yamen runners dared not disobey his orders, so they immediately dragged Liu Jiwen and others down with their faces ashen.

Bao Zheng looked at the yamen runners of the Ministry of Justice in the hall, and immediately threw a sign of orders out and said angrily: "The government obeyed the orders, and the yamen runners of the Ministry of Justice obstructed the official from implementing the imperial order, and even drew their swords to conflict with the official's imperial guards. They made decisions without authorization, and were deemed to be indiscriminate. This official announced the verdict that each yamen runner beat fifty boards to show warning."

When the yamen runners in the hall heard that Bao Zheng was going to beat the board, they all looked as if they were ashen. These yamen runners always beat others. When was it time to be beaten? The yamen runners in Kaifeng Prefecture knew that Bao Zheng was powerful at this time, and they were not afraid of offending others. They pressed the yamen runners of the Ministry of Justice to the ground and started beating them.

Seeing that they beat a few beats, Bao Zheng hurriedly walked out of the hall, snatched a fire dragon stick from a yamen runner's hand, and said angrily: "You group of yamen runners, can't even beat a board? You are tickling them with ease!"

Bao Zheng immediately swung the fire dragon stick and rolled down fiercely, making the yamen runner howl like a pig. Bao Zheng turned around and said to the yamen runners, "See, you fight as you do. If you don't show the might of Kaifeng Mansion, I will let someone come and beat you."

As soon as Bao Zheng said this, the yamen runners dared not hold back. They beat him hard. The yamen runners were all pampered and could not bear it. They were beaten to howl and howl and their skin was blooming.

When Liu Chenggui, Lin Te and others in the hall saw that the group of yamen runners were beaten badly, their faces turned pale. Many officials did not stay for a long time and left the court, intending to go back and reconsider. When these officials passed by the officials, there were waves of curses among the people.

Bao Zheng looked at the group of officials, all retreating like a tide, and immediately let out a bite. It took only half an hour to play chess in the court, and Bao Zheng seemed to have passed a year. At this time, the group of yamen runners of the Ministry of Justice were beaten to a fifty boards, and they seemed to be unable to climb! Bao Zheng asked the yamen runners to pull them all back to the Ministry of Justice with a car.

Bao Zheng shouted to the people outside the hall: "My fellow villagers, Bao Zheng will kill these evil people in three days. The evil people will be punished for the people's pleasure. You can all go to watch it. Kaifeng Prefecture starts by himself and breaks through the door. If you have any grievances, you can come in and make a decision directly for you. I will definitely make the decision for you!" Bao Zheng knew very well that if it weren't for this group of angry people here today, Ding Wei and others would have swallowed themselves alive. How could he endure it and let Bao Zheng show the limelight.

Bao Zheng's words made all the people even more excited. Bao Zheng was already classified as the first honest official in the capital who was not afraid of the powerful.

All the people ran around and told Bao Zheng to try Liu Jiwen's affairs, and passed it to him ten thousand times. After a long time, the crowd outside the Kaifeng Prefecture Office dispersed.

When the people were all gone, Gongsun Ce, who was standing beside him, clasped his fists and said to Bao Zheng: "Brother Bao, today is really majestic. I am a model for the people to punish evil and eliminate evil."
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