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On March 18, the 14th year of Jinghan, after Qin Siyuan was imprisoned, everything unexpectedly took a turn for the worse!
The changes in the wind were staggeringly fast, and even though they had been prepared to be beaten before, when several key points suddenly appeared, Ning Yi and other talents really smelled the ominous clues.
On the 18th day of the third month, when Qin Siyuan was imprisoned in the name of self-innocence, there was a case that was picked up in a small place that no one had noticed yet.
It dates back to more than two years ago, in the winter of Jinghan's eleventh year, when Tang Peiya, the magistrate of Hengshan County, Jingnan Road, perverted the law and accepted bribes. At this time, Tang Peiya was handing over to the Ministry of Officials, and he was interrogated immediately after the arrest. The process is not shown. On March 19, the case was extended to Yao Jiyuan, the eldest son of Yao Zunian.
Yao Zunian was a famous residence in the capital, and he was also a great family in the Bianliang area. He was immersed in the officialdom for many years. From the eighteenth to the nineteenth, he has been in charge of clarifying the Qin Siyuan case. On the morning of the 19th, when the yamen sent someone to Yao's house to invite Yao Jiyuan, they were quite polite, and only said that they would let him come back after a little questioning. By the time Yaozu knew about this, it was already the night of the nineteenth day.
The old man immediately noticed something was wrong, and he hurriedly summoned his eldest son, who had been released home, to ask what happened. At the same time, the choice informed Jue Ming, Ji Kun, and Ning Yi. At this time, Yao Zunian and Jue Ming had the most relations in high-level officialdom, Ji Kun had the most control over the prime minister's residence, and Ning Yi had the most tentacles and eyes in the market and officials.
Before that, everyone was estimating the scope of the emperor's swordsmanship. In theory, they are now in the air of rewarding merit, and they have to give all officials a way to live and an example. worst outcome. Of course, how to stroke it has a name. But when this happened, the nature was different.
Several people immediately sought connections and reached out to the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Officials. At the same time, Tang Peiya committed suicide in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. A blood book was left behind. And the official article has been connected to the Qin family because of Yao Jiyuan.
A simple thread has been connected, and things go back to the disaster relief two years ago. Qin Siyuan maintained the trade routes with the power of the government. Dispel the obstruction of local forces, so that food can enter various disaster areas. It is impossible to say that there are no traces of party formation. Tang Peiya committed suicide by leaving a letter that night. To say that the evidence is not enough, but on the morning of March 20th. There are already seven compendiums involved in this matter, and two have produced certain evidence, and vaguely, a huge criminal network has begun to appear.
At this time, there were three people in Beijing who were in charge of the same trial of Qin Siyuan's case: Zheng Sinan, an officer in the Criminal Department, Tang Gu, who was sentenced to the Dali Temple, and Tian Yuqing from the Censor Desk. Zheng Sinan was originally Qin Siyuan's old subordinate, Tang Ji also had an old relationship with the Qin family, and Tian Yuqing worked under Qin Hui's, so he was supposed to be his own family, because of this. Going to prison, Qin Siyuan and everyone thought it was just a passing game. After the trial, even if they were guilty, they could take it lightly. At most, the emperor didn't want Qin Siyuan to be the right minister again. Qin Siyuan, at the same time, skillfully entered both Zheng Sinan and Tang Gu.
Some are chasing the shadows, and some bring half a set of evidence, although the seven books are from different people. It is quite cleverly combined. On March 20, the atmosphere in the Golden Palace was chilling. Many ministers finally realized that something was wrong. There were also some ministers who really stood up and tried to rationally analyze these books. Tang Ke was one of them: the blood book is suspicious. Several memorials appear to be linked together, Qin Siyuan has made great contributions to the court, and he should not make the hero feel cold. Zhou Zhe sat on the dragon chair, looked at Tang Ke calmly, and was quite satisfied with him.
"Tang Qing is worthy of being the pillar of the country and is selfless. In the past, there were disputes between the Qing family and Qin Xiang, but at this time Tang Qing stood up and spoke for Qin Xiang. Qin Xiang is loyal and straight, I don't know, I don't need to be so cautious, the disaster of Jurchen. , I have already issued an edict. This time, there is a problem, we must find out, and give justice to everyone in the world. No problem, we must give justice to Prime Minister Qin... Well, Zheng Qing and Tang Qing might as well avoid suspicion first, Prime Minister Qin I will send two other people to deal with this matter. This matter is very important, and I have to send someone with a well-known name to deal with it, so let's go... Yanzheng Yanqing's family, you are temporarily acting on this matter for Tang Qing, and there is another person, Tang Qing, since you believe in Prime Minister Qin the most, and I also believe in you, you will handle this matter for Zheng Qing and me..."
This afternoon, Zhou Zhe summoned Qin Hui.
"For the matter of the right prime minister, the three divisions are on the same trial. Originally, the Censor Taiqing family was the most suitable. In these years, the Qing family has been the Censor Zhongcheng, and they are loyal and straight. I didn't send you this errand, do you know why?"
"The minister must avoid suspicion." Qin Hui replied frankly.
"Yes, Qing must avoid suspicion." Zhou Zhe, who was behind the long table in the imperial study, raised his head, "But it is not the way the Qing family thought to avoid suspicion."
"I don't understand."
"The Censor's Office is involved in impeaching the world's officials and eliminating the governance of the officials. You are the chief of the Censor. What you want is to be selfless. Let's not say that the right minister is not your true family. If you don't protect your head early, how can everyone be the Censor?"
Qin Hui bowed and saluted, neither humble nor arrogant: "I thank Your Majesty for your trust."
"I trust you because I trust you because of what you did. I said that I wanted you to avoid suspicion because the right minister retreated, and I replaced you, so I want to avoid suspicion here. It's not good that you just finished the trial of the right chancellor, and your seat will be changed. Let you take it, right?"
Qin Hui hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty, Qin Xiang has always been an upright official, and the minister believes that he is innocent..."
Zhou Zhe waved his hand and said, "Don't give me sloppy eyes on official affairs. I don't know who the right minister is. He is knowledgeable and upright. Of course, in this trial, I will only be impartial, the Minister of the Right has nothing to do, and the great fortune of the country, if something happens, I would like to choose between you and Tan Zhen."
"The Jurchen has just invaded south, and my first priority should be to strengthen the military. Master Tan used to be in charge of military affairs and can be the right minister."
"I know who can be the right minister." Zhou Zhe glanced at him, "You are fine, let's go."
After the news of the change of the chief judge came to the prime minister's mansion, Ji Kun, Wen Renbuer and others in the right prime minister's mansion were still a little optimistic: Qin Hui of the Censor's Office was loyal and straight, and if Tang Ke was added, the two-to-one ratio might be a bit more. Turnaround. Yao Zunian was not optimistic. He knew more about Qin Hui, but he lacked confidence. Among the three, Tang Ke is honest and upright, but frankly speaking, the Lord Harmony faction has been suppressed over the years. Tang Ke's department is basically a piece of sand, and apart from clearing his name in the court, he basically has no substantial influence. Jue Ming is running for the royal family. Tried to reverse his mind, but never came.
"This is to kill them all." Only Ning Yi was stunned for a while, and whispered this sentence, and some people who were lucky enough to look at him, all fell silent.
Like the emperor's new clothes. The clues of this incident have been revealed so much, many things, everyone has already made extremely bad guesses, and they have the last fluke, but it is normal. Ning Yi's words broke this point. At this time, someone from outside came to report that six gate arrestors entered Yao's house and formally arrested Yao Jiyuan. Yao Zunian frowned: "Let him bear it." He said to the crowd, "I'm going to see Lao Qin in prison. Let's do the worst possible." The crowd dispersed immediately.
The resistance and activities of the Right Prime Minister's Office. It was only at this time that it was raised to the level of only wanting to save lives, but it was already too late. The huge changes that have swept the capital, driven by Zhou Zhe, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Wang Hao, have been rolled out in an all-round way, thanks to the positive spirit of rewarding merit and punishment in the capital and re-energizing.
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People who often come to Fanlou suddenly changed a lot.
This is often the case when the capital is in a state of turmoil. The changes in the people who came to the Land of Wind and Moon often meant a change in the core of the capital's power. This transformation took place amid a wave of good and positive praise, with some beating Jie and brother, while others were filled with righteous indignation.
"... I really didn't expect it. Then the Prime Minister to the Right is such a traitor!"
"... The court has not yet concluded this matter, so don't talk nonsense!"
"There's no nonsense. Who are the people who go to jail every day? Do you need me to say..."
"The eldest son of the Qin family is a righteous man in Taiyuan's death festival"
"Taiyuan City is surrounded by iron barrels, so it's true that you can't escape. What's more, even if it is a family, it is difficult to protect the loyal and traitor. Look at the master and son. It's not the same way."
"The storyteller downstairs used to talk about the eldest son of the Qin family every day, but for the past two days, it's not like he didn't talk about it."
"The right party is not inferior to Taishi Cai, and this time defending the city, he rushed people to the city wall, and he had no way to command, so that all the righteous men were buried on it. After that, he burned all the corpses without saying a word, you said. , who has ever used a person as a person?”
"Speaking of these seven tigers, I see, he and... No, he is the biggest harming tiger"
Recently, when the teacher was in the Fanlou, I heard such words every day.
She has now figured out the general trend of Beijing's development, and the lineage of the Right Prime Minister has been pryed up from its foundation and has begun to collapse. The tree fell and the hozen was scattered, the wall fell and there were people pushing it. The officials of the right and the prime minister were frequently imprisoned. On the side of the three-division joint trial, the involvement of the case was getting bigger every day. In this situation, there is no way things can escape, it's just the size of the final conviction.
Public opinion began to turn to have something to do with the rumors of the imperial court, and the storytellers of Zhuji seemed to be under pressure and stopped talking about the affairs of the prime minister. Two days ago, it seemed that the storyteller was beaten and arrested, and Zhuji's business began to go wrong. This is not unusual news in the business community.
But the bottom line seems to be still fighting against the top. It is said that several Zhuji shopkeepers were involved in the aftermath of these incidents, entered the prison in Kaifeng Mansion, and were later dug out. The teacher knew that it was Ning Yi who was running behind his back. She went to find him once, but couldn't find it. Ning Yi was too busy.
Every time Mama Li talked about this, she sighed, "Why is there always such a thing..." The teacher was complicated, she knew that the business on Ning Yi's side was collapsing. I was thinking about when he would come to say goodbye, but Ning Yi never came.
It was March 27th. In the fan building, everyone was discussing the matter of Li Gang's ban and Qin Siyuan's case. The teacher fell in the building and found a man in a blue shirt. , looks thin, seems to be injured, coughs from time to time, the teacher has some impressions of him, vaguely remember that this person was originally an aide of the prime minister, called Cheng Zhouhai, he probably invited someone to come to Fanlou to talk about things, Maybe also running for the Xiangfu. Not long after the teacher discovered him, someone hurried over and said a few words with Cheng Zhouhai, and Cheng Zhouhai hurried out.
Later, someone also told the teacher something: "A big event has happened, a big event has happened..."
"What's the big deal?"
"There is something going on in the mansion of the right prime minister. The Ministry of Punishment is going to take the second son of the Qin family and put him in jail for questioning. The old lady of the Qin family blocks him and is not allowed to take it. There is a commotion on both sides, and something big is going to happen..."
The teacher's face turned pale: "Don't leave one? This can be done... This can be done... After all, the Qin family has made great contributions to the country... "
"Hey, I still don't know the merits and demerits..."
After the man reported the letter, he went to watch the fun. The teacher thought for a while, and quickly ordered someone to drive to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. When they got there, there were already many people gathered around. This time, Qin Shaoqian was involved in another case. The old lady was blocking the door. At this time, many children of the Qin family, relatives and friends were called to block the door. Cheng Zhouhai had already rushed over. The two sides were talking and negotiating. .
In the past, the Qin Mansion was so important, but if there was a problem, it would be solved by just a few words. At this time, it was like this, and it gave people the feeling of only the desolation of being separated from power. Even though Qin Siyuan hadn't been convicted, the sense of depression had already come out. In the Qin mansion, Qin Shaoqian seemed to be making a fuss about coming out. The old lady who blocked the door beat him with a cane: "Go back to me, go back to me, and I'll die immediately when you come out"
The general catcher Tie Tianying shouted from outside: "Old lady, this is the law of the country, you can resist it if you don't do it like this"
Some of the arresters in the periphery whispered: "Hmph, if you're used to the general situation, it doesn't make sense..."
Then there were people in the crowd who were so indignant and whispering. On the other side of the mansion gate, the crowd was a little shoving and shoving, and Cheng Zhouhai stood in front and said, "Qin Shao and Qin Gongzi were killed by golden dogs in Taiyuan. Da Po Renjun is not only a hero, but also the only bloodline of Xiangye. Cheng Mou lived in Taiyuan, and he just came back. If you want to destroy a lot of heroes, you might as well step on Cheng Mou. "
That Tie Tianying said: "Gong is merit and demerit and demerit, how can they be confused. This time, I only asked Qin Gongzi to distinguish him clearly, and he would be convicted without saying it. Is it a guilty conscience that you are so obstructive? Moreover, Qin Shao and Lord Qin died in Taiyuan, Taiyuan was massacred by Jurchen, almost no one survived, how did you come back, you are greedy for life and afraid of death..."
"Fear of life and fear of death!" Cheng Zhouhai shouted loudly, and tore off his shirt. There were still bandages on his thin body. He tore the bandages out, "You know what the situation is in Taiyuan, and there is no help on all sides! There is not enough food and grass! When the Jurchen stormed, I waited to kill the enemy, and the food was only given to the soldiers. I am an official, and the bran powder I eat every day is halved. greedy for life and fear of death"
Chengzhouhai's actions outside the Right Prime Minister's Mansion made Tie Tianying a little speechless, but Li Shishi understood that if Qin Shaoqian was a different case, it might not be a big deal. There are always some officials in Beijing who can Intervening, the people of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion must be running around at this time, trying to suppress this case, but I don't know when they will come and whether they will be effective... (.)