When Du Kefa heard the woman's words, his expression changed drastically. He turned to look at the bailiff beside him and admonished him with a solemn expression,"This is a serious matter, and it is strictly forbidden to spread it. If anyone asks, tell them that the secret scroll of the Supreme Court is strictly forbidden to be leaked. If you speak nonsense without permission and invite the disaster of extermination, don't say that I didn't warn you!”
The bailiffs in charge of the honor guards of the Supreme Court were already scared out of their wits.
The woman blocked the way and actually sued the current emperor. She even scolded Li Shimin for being heartless. This was a great crime that killed three clans!
After they heard Du Kefa's admonition, they nodded repeatedly. Even if the heavens came to pry their mouths open, they would not relent. Otherwise, it would be a disaster!
Du Kefa stared at the woman. She was dressed in white and had a delicate face.
"Leave this place with me. Remember, don't say anything else today.”
Du Kefa ordered the guards of honor to continue to the Supreme Court. He and the woman boarded a small sedan chair and headed to the Fuma's residence.
The bailiffs in charge of the honor guard of the Supreme Court were panicking. They had heard the woman's complaint against Li Shimin clearly.
They also remembered the instructions of the Supreme Court Official Du in their hearts. They worked in the Supreme Court and naturally knew what to say and what not to say.
……
There were the Left and Right Ministers of the Court of Judicial Review, and they were all Du Kefa's subordinates. However, they definitely could not know about this matter.
The matter of this woman blocking the way was no small matter. Before the truth was investigated, Du Kefa would not let her go to the Supreme Court. The fewer people who knew about this matter, the better.
……
There was no one else in the Fuma residence.
Only Du Kefa and the woman were left in the hall.
Du Kefa stared at the woman with his hands behind his back. After a while, he asked,"I will suppress this matter. No one will know about this in a short period of time. However, you can't keep a fire on paper. Sooner or later, this matter will spread like wildfire.”
"Milord, I will never speak nonsense! When my mother was pregnant with me, she was abandoned by the King of Qin, Li Shimin. She died alone five years ago. I came to Chang 'an today to seek justice for my mother!”
"What's your name? Where is my mother's ancestral home? From the beginning…"
Du Kefa made the woman sit down and asked her about the reason.
……
Outside the princess's manor.
Princess Changle sent Li Chengqian out of the mansion.”
Li Chengqian mounted the horse." Sister, go back to your residence. Brother will come to see you tomorrow."”
Princess Changle smiled sweetly as she watched Li Chengbei ride his horse away.
Li Chengqian walked past two streets and said to his personal guard,""Didn't you say that Du Kefa came to the princess's manor? Why hasn't he arrived yet?”
These days, Li Chengqian listened to his uncle Zhangsun Wuji's words and often came to the princess's manor to wait for Du Kefa. However, after waiting for a long time, Du Kefa did not appear.
Today, he finally heard from the guard that Du Kefa was heading towards the Princess's residence. He rushed over but found nothing, which made him very disappointed.
"Your Highness, Du Fuma was originally on his way to the princess's manor, but he was stopped by a girl on the way to complain.”
"Sue? What case?" Li Chengqian asked curiously.
"I don't know. I'll send someone to investigate.”
"Please don't!" Li Chengqian hurriedly stopped the guard.
Inquire about the Supreme Court's case?
Wasn't this sending him to hell?
What kind of place was the Supreme Court?
That was a place that specialized in investigating major cases. If the Crown Prince Manor sent people to investigate the Supreme Court and was caught by Du Kefa, they would definitely be in trouble.
Crown Prince Li Chengqian asked himself, his position in his father's heart was far inferior to meritorious officials like Dang Renhong.
If Du Kefa was involved, then his position as Crown Prince would not be secure.
The guard was Li Chengqian's confidant. He hesitated and asked,""In order to befriend Du Fuma, His Highness has visited the princess's manor continuously. I don't understand. Why didn't Your Highness visit him at the Supreme Court?”
Li Chengqian sighed." When I tried Dang Renhong, I tried to get close to him, but he kept his distance from my good intentions.”
"Uncle said that if we want to convince Du Kefa, we can only make an issue out of kinship and use our true feelings to win him over. Only by winning over the Du family will we be able to rest easy.”
"But Your Highness can't visit the princess's manor every day.”
"Why not?" Li Chengqian encouraged himself," Maybe I will meet Du Kefa tomorrow. I must convince him and make him work for me."”
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Morning court!
All the officials were waiting outside the Xuanwu Gate.
The palanquin stopped and the horse was tied to the stable.
In the Great Tang, civil officials sat in palanquins, generals rode horses, and outside the Xuanwu Gate, they took off their helmets and armor. Other than the Emperor's guards, no foreign official was allowed to bring weapons into the Imperial Palace.
Du Kefa's sedan chair was parked on the left side of the Xuanwu Gate, alongside Wei Zheng's sedan chair.
In the imperial court, the hierarchy was strict.
The palanquin of a first-grade official was side by side with the palanquin of a first-grade official, and the palanquin of a second-grade official was not allowed to be side by side with the palanquin of a first-grade official.
In the court, the heads of the civil officials were naturally Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.
Below them were Zhangsun Wuji and the six ministers.
Further down were the Imperial Censor, the Secretary, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Agriculture, and so on…
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Outside the Xuanwu Gate, Du Kefa held an ivory board in his hand. Secretary Wei Zheng and Minister of Justice Yan Liben stood in front of Du Kefa. The three of them were chatting about the revision of the laws of the Great Tang.
Yan Liben was born in a noble family. His grandfather was Yuwen Yong, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. His mother was Princess Qingdu. His father was Yan Pi, the young supervisor of the Sui Dynasty. When Li Yuan raised his army, Yan Liben was planning in the Qin Mansion.
Yan Li was originally a minister of the Ministry of Punishment, under Zhang Liang, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and his official position was four grades, under Wei Zheng and Du Kefa.
Yan Liben had experienced the nine years of Emperor Gaozong's martial arts, the four years of Zhenguan, and the thirteen years of being an official in the court. Although he did not have outstanding military achievements, he had worked hard.
It had been fourteen years since the Sui Dynasty had fallen, and thirteen years since the Great Tang had been established. Although the Great Tang had also been besieged by the Wei River, Li Jing had led his army to destroy the Turks in the third year of Zhenguan, and Jili Khan had been captured. The Great Tang no longer had any true opponents around it.
Li Shimin was thus honored as the Heavenly Khan by the foreign tribes.
At this moment, the Great Tang Empire was at its peak.
After destroying the Turks, the only countries that could contend with the Great Tang were Goguryeo and Tuyuhun. As for the Nanzhao Kingdom and the kingdoms of the Western Regions, they had already become vassal states in the Sui Dynasty.
……
Outside the Xuanwu Gate, the officials who were on good terms with each other were exchanging greetings.
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Zhangsun Wuji.
Before supervising Dang Renhong, Du Kefa received a calligraphy from Zhangsun Wuji. It was Zhangsun Wuji's calligraphy imitating Wang Xizhi's Orchid Pavilion Poetry.
"Long and long elephant luck, rotation without stop. I don't want to be a pottery master, and I don't want to be a pottery master.”
When Du Kefa first became the Minister of the Supreme Court, Zhangsun Wuji questioned Du Kefa in the court. The questions he asked were sharp and mean. When Du Kefa stabilized his position as the Minister of the Supreme Court, Zhangsun Wuji saw that he could not shake him, so he sent a letter to express his goodwill.
This volume of Lanting Poetry was written clearly.
I don't want to be a pottery master, and I don't want to be a pottery master.
In other words, everything Zhangsun Wuji did in the court was not intentionally directed at Du Kefa. Everything he did was for the Great Tang, not for his own selfish interests. After all, the position of Minister of Justice was extremely important, and if a mediocre person were to occupy it, it would bring an indelible disaster to the Great Tang.
After Du Kefa received Zhangsun Wuji's letter, he sent an invitation back to Zhangsun Wuji, inviting Zhangsun Wuji to the Prince Consort's residence for tea. In the imperial court, there were no eternal enemies. If Du Kefa did not secure his position as the Minister of Justice, then he would be a thorn in Zhangsun Wuji's side.
However, once Du Kefa secured his position as the Head of the Supreme Court, he would become a good friend that Zhangsun Wuji wanted to befriend. All his previous unhappiness and dissatisfaction would vanish into thin air.
……
The matter of Du Kefa supervising the execution of Dang Renhong caused a sensation in Chang 'an.
The entire court had a new opinion of the newly appointed Minister of Justice.
When the court officials mentioned Du Kefa, they would always mention that Du Kefa's elder brother was the current Prime Minister Du Ruhui, and Du Kefa was Du Ruhui's younger brother.
But today, when the officials looked at Du Kefa, they had changed their minds. In their eyes, Du Kefa was no longer Du Ruhui's younger brother, but a high-ranking official of the Supreme Court.
An important official of the court!
Supreme Court!
This was a place that all officials revered. Du Kefa was the Minister of the Supreme Court and had supervised the execution of Dang Renhong, making it even more difficult for people to have any thoughts of committing crimes. Otherwise, they would be invited to the Supreme Court to drink a pot of wine and bear the consequences.
Who was Dang Renhong?
The founding father of the Great Tang was a second-rank Viceroy, overseeing the Nan Ning Prefecture.
However, such a high-ranking official had been overthrown by the newly appointed Minister of Justice. Even though Dang Renhong was under the protection of the Emperor, his head still fell to the ground in the end.
……
The bell and drum sounded.
The gates of Xuanwu Gate opened wide. The officials walked through Xuanwu Gate and headed towards Daxing Palace's Xuanzheng Hall!
Early in the morning, he went to court to discuss state affairs.
All the officials gathered!
Among the civil and military officials, Du Kefa's face was as dark as water. He had already settled the woman who had complained in the Fuma's residence. After yesterday's questioning, he already knew the woman's identity.
When he confirmed the identity of this commoner girl yesterday, Du Kefa was shocked!
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