Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Chapter 154

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The wind was surging outside, and the officials pointed to the Beizhen Fusi like a flake of snow, and even turned in a second assistant, but Xie Ying, who was in the center of the storm, still did what he was supposed to do, and was not affected at all.

Just a few days after entering the wardens, there was another warder, Zhu Yuan, who was in charge of the wardens. If he was not able to enter the house, he would make big changes. He just looked at the files and improved the conditions of the prison.

He remembered what Cui Xie told him, that spirits can heal wounds and the poison of swordsmen. The prison ordered the prison to look at the prisoners' condition, and brought in a few jars of extremely stimulating spirits that even he dared not drink, washed the prisoners with festering wounds in the prison, and asked the prison guards to bring them clean cloth strips. Wrap the wound.

The prison guard felt distressed when he smelled the strong smell of alcohol in the air: "Why can't these good wines be drunk, but they have to wash the wounds of the thieves and prisoners. If they really want to heal their wounds, can't they just pour some strong salt water?"

Even the adults felt distressed when they saw the extremely strong wine, and they persuaded him to keep the wine and drink it, why should it be used by prisoners.

Xie Ying asked someone to bring freshly steamed sorghum wine from home to the Shangguan, and then poured out two colors of wine to compare, and explained to them: "This kind of good wine is brewed by my family, and it is mellow and harmless; those The spirits are all steamed with thin wine bought from outside. Because I often heard that pouring spirits on wounds can eliminate the toxicity of iron tools, so I steamed such two jars of extremely strong. Looking back, we will always keep some in Weili, maybe it will be useful."

Zhu Ji took a sip of the local alcohol, and it was true that there was nothing good except for the spicy taste, so he pushed the cup, smacking the tip of his numb tongue and said, "Try it, if this spirit works, let's buy the medicine for wounds. The money to buy wine is set aside on the account, and I won't tell you to throw money into it in vain."

Zhu Zhenfu had a wider drink than Tongzhi, and insisted on drinking up the glass of alcohol. With a blushing face, he called the prison guards to lecture them, telling them to strictly abide by Xie Ying's regulations and not to steal alcohol.

He was told to clean up the prison, and the prisoners washed their wounds with spirits and wrapped them in new wound cloths. For two or three days in a row, although the prisoners moaned and wailed louder after drinking alcohol, the smell in the prison was better than usual, and the smell of rotting wounds was suppressed by the alcohol pressure.

Even the number of corpses that were carried out from the back door of the imperial prison was less, and only two or three people were carried out in the past few days. People called Zhu Yuan and Lu Xi who had been in the prison for a long time looked strange: "Where is this from Jin Yiwei? Isn’t it true that fewer people have died in the imperial court than in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment!”

These days, Zhu Zhenfu has been pressing down on the Ministry of Punishment in terms of the detection rate, and now there are fewer dead people than them, so he said with a sense of accomplishment: "This is the time to write a book for the sage and those officials to see - let's Jinyiwei It's just a bad reputation, but in terms of practicality, which one is not better than what the literati can do? Since they can't handle cases and can't arrest people, they're embarrassed to denounce us!"

It's just that before he could push Master Tongzhi to submit the book, Liu Cifu went to work. Those in the DPRK who once flew into the cabinet like snowflakes, persuaded the emperor not to employ people for the sake of drama, and overthrown Xie Ying, also gradually decreased.

Gao Baihu was well-informed in the palace. He first heard about Liu Cifu's letter and was reprimanded, so he went to the Zhenfu Division to have a hearty conversation with Xie Ying and others, and reminded him to treat the prison well. Wait for Eunuch Gao to come and check.

The crowd urged him to tell the story of Liu Cifu's recitation several times, asking the emperor to stop using Xie Ying and alienate the villain. As soon as the recitation went up, he told the emperor to see his son's romantic drama with prostitutes. He was so happy when he heard it, he scolded him heavily. Voice: "Yes!"

Their Jinyiwei is the emperor's valet, and the appointment and dismissal should be left to the saint. Those courtiers have also stretched their hands to take care of them, and they have to break their serious future of becoming famous and then being promoted. They are not allowed to get officials because of their reputation. Those civil officials themselves are not "raising hope" in a tricky way. After raising them for 20 years, they are looking forward to returning to the dynasty to become a court official

How come they are only allowed to set fires by their civil servants, and not allowed to light the lights by the Jinyi guards!

When Gao Baihu told them this story, he was even more angry and relieved his hatred - Liu Cifu actually described Gao Su in front of the emperor as a wicked villain who colluded with Jin Yiwei and helped others to invite his name in front of the emperor by performing shows!

Fortunately, God brought the scandal of Liu Gongzi to the front of the imperial court, forcing him to have no face to falsely say goodbye.

Without him, can the emperor still see such a pleasing play

The other guards who were also about to perform in "A Certain Koan", or who played the role of a handsome and handsome young Jin Yiwei in "A Certain Koan" who had to marry a girl, also gathered together and scolded them. After scolding and scolding, someone suddenly remembered: "Isn't it the imperial censor! No one can find a censor who will meet the censor, and we will scold them with a censor!"

Speaking of this, the first thing that everyone thinks of is Ni Zan.

Ni Yushi was the one who offered bird washing medicine to the old man of Wan Ge. It's a pity that his reputation is too bad, to find such a person to be sparse, others don't need to use their brains to know that he was bought by others, and they don't say it for themselves, and they are afraid of his notoriety.

It is also necessary to choose another person with a clean reputation, preferably someone who has previously made a remonstrance to prevent Xie Ying from being promoted.

How can we tell these officials to understand the backsliding of people's hearts, to reform as soon as possible, and not to hinder their way of raising hope and making progress

Is it to arrest them and threaten them, or to buy them with gold and silver, or to give them great favors and move them with true feelings? If it is said that Xie Ying has experience in saving people, the little scholar he saved has now become a prince's companion, and later entered the imperial court and became a high official. Are you afraid of not protecting him

Xie Ying said with a smile, "They are a bit crazy about being a scholar, and they must repay everything they receive. Saving a few more is always useful. Even if they don't report it, our righteous deeds of saving people are arranged in dramas and scripts. Common people, don’t the emperor and the ladies in the palace also like to watch it? There are those who are not reciprocated by others, and they are told to sing and sing in the play, and others know that their hearts are treacherous and slippery, who will support them?”

That's right! They don't want to repay others for saving people, and don't they want the emperor to like it

Master Zhu asked the captain to bring tea and fruit, and everyone gathered around the table to eat and discuss. As they talked, they said that the tea from Zhenfu Division was not as good as the good tea they drank at the "Qingcha" shop when they were patrolling. There is a jasmine fragrance, which is not at all dull.

The taste is pure and pure, just like the jasmine dew from Jinrongtang.

That shack only charged them a few taels of money for tea in a month, and they dared to add flowers and fragrances to the tea. It was really conscientious. And the milk tea that is occasionally added to the water brand is also more fragrant and mellow than other people's, almost the same taste as they drink at the Five Beauty Conference.

It is a pity that such a good thing is sold in the tea shed. If you open a teacup seriously and sell it in a delicate pot, you can get a few coins for a pot.

An Qianhu coughed lightly: "We take our children on patrol in the morning and evening, and we have to go to his house to eat and drink something. If we sell it in the shop, they will definitely have to raise the price, so it's not as convenient for us to stop and eat tea. The shed seems to be made to measure our body, convenient and cheap, I don't know how Sir Xie found his home."

Mr. Xie... There is no need to look for it at all, the owner of that house found it himself.

Xie Ying took a sip of tea and used the teacup to hide the smugness on the corner of his mouth. He said warmly: "His family opened this tea shed to rest for passersby, not trying to make a lot of money. It's not all because of our Jinyiwei patrol. The capital and the rectification of treacherous evildoers are doing good deeds for the benefit of the country and the people, and their good people are sincerely willing to give us a discount."

Zhu Yuan, the envoy of Zhengzheng Fu, sighed: "The people all know that we are for the country and the people, but the court and the princes can't see it."

Xie Ying shook his head slightly and whispered, "Not necessarily." In a few years, Cui Xie will also be a high-ranking official in the imperial court. At that time, there will be at least one person in the court who will know the intention of their Jinyiwei to make progress.

The Zhenfu Secretary was troubled by eating and drinking, and had to send someone to buy a few jasmine tea to cleanse the intestines. Xie Ying, the person who was really called the memorial, was open-minded and calm. He didn't need to drink tea to digest his food, so he went back to read his file.

When eunuch Gao was ordered to inspect the Fusi Division in Beizhen, he saw such a clean and honest side of Jin Yiwei:

The commanders drank the tea that was clear to the bottom, and had nothing but tea leaves. Thousands of households exchanged views on how to patrol the streets more easily to save the scholars who were bullied by the villains. The school captains and wrestlers worked hard without the bosses staring at them. , sweating like rain, practicing a small waist...

Eunuch Gao gave his nephew a satisfied wink, announced the decree from the Holy Spirit, and asked Xie Ying to take him to see the results made in the past two days.

Zhu Ji was not at ease and wanted to accompany them. Eunuch Gao smiled and said, "Sacred Lord Kuanren, how could he convict us people who are useful because of a few unsubstantiated memorials? He is really talented, and he is willing to do things with his heart. That is, even the memorial of the old man will not guide him. Besides, Liu Cifu has also submitted to the book and begged to retire..."

He looked at the adopted son who was serving him, and squinted his eyes: "We serve the Holy Son of Heaven, as long as we do our duty well, serve the Lord faithfully, and manage our own family, are we afraid of impeachment by those ministers?"

He reassured everyone with one word, and only asked Xie Ying to lead him into his duty room, and whispered, "You don't have to look too carefully, let me see what you have taken, and you can go back. To make the emperor happy."

Although Xie Ying has just joined the job, but now she has some achievements in hand, she said that she used spirits to wash the wounds of the prisoners, so that the wounds of the prisoners would improve, and there would be fewer deaths. Ask him to see.

There were nearly a month's worth of case files piled up there, and he had been asked to separate them according to the severity of the crime. On each case file were many long and short notes with his views written on them. There were also some files that were in doubt and asked him to take them out individually. There were more notes on them, and they wrote the suspicious things, the reasons for forgiveness, and the things that could be visited, waiting to be dealt with in the future.

Those notes were all written with graphite pens, so the fonts could be written very little, without taking up any space. Although the handwriting seemed a little unfamiliar, the outlines were clear. Eunuch Gao saw that he was dedicated to his work, so he was willing to take a few more glances. He took a copy from the unbroken case files and opened it to look closely. .

Yu Xiu's confession stated that after he managed Shanchang, he changed the factory's affairs without permission. Instead of sending firewood and charcoal to the prefectures in Beizhili, Shandong, and Shanxi, he allowed the merchants to buy firewood and charcoal from Shanchang and sell them to the provinces. Businessman asking for bribes.

Tan Lun argued that he never asked for bribes because Yu Xiu had been punished by him for making mistakes, and he held a grudge, so he falsely accused him.

In his confession, he stated that the mountain farm has many old drawbacks - such as the extremely high foot price and the loss of transportation, and the money spent by the prefectures often cannot buy enough firewood and charcoal. He allowed merchants from various prefectures to buy and sell firewood and charcoal in the factory, which greatly reduced the price of his feet.

The two confessions were placed in one place, and there were many finger-length notes on the dossier, which were marked "More money was deposited than in previous years, and no deficit was found." "True", "Lun Jian does not recognize", "There is no evidence here", "This number is not true, the confession is a few taels" and so on.

Eunuch Gao didn't look at the case file carefully, but only saw so many labels posted on the case file, and he could see his intentions, so he smiled and said, "You have been able to figure out so many things not long after you entered the Zhenfu Division. Let those who said they shouldn't use you to see it. When we go back to our family, we must repay the saint, and you have done a few beautiful cases, so that the saint will like it."

Xie Ying said respectfully: "Eunuch Gao, rest assured, this case has almost been settled, and I just need to get some testimonies from the charcoal merchants, which will be cleared in a few days."

Eunuch Gao comforted him in a warm voice, and after returning to the palace, he reported to the emperor what he had seen, how honest and upright Jin Yiwei was, and how Xie Ying worked diligently on errands.

Emperor Chenghua was thinking of Liu Cifu's early years as a coach. Hearing him say that Xie Ying did a good job as a zhenfu, he was careful with documents, and he kept the prison clean and refreshing, and he couldn't help but think of Xie Qianhu in that drama. The image of Liu Gongzi reminded him of drunkenly admiring peony.

The emperor compared the actions of Xie Ying and Liu Gongzi in the play, and then recalled Liu Jue's memorial to the heart. .

A few days after Liu Jue left Beijing, the case file on the bribery case against Rensuo was also presented to the emperor's desk.

Emperor Chenghua looked at the detailed and clear evidence above. The citation was appropriate and convicted Yu Xiu of falsely accusing him. Tan Lun nodded lightly and ordered the person who falsely accused to be held outside the Jinyi Wei Yamen. The yoke is full of three months, so that the world can see—

The emperor never promotes a person for a drama, but because that person is an honest and capable official!