Han Shizu

Chapter 414 Puzhou Case (2)

Two groups of people, Yushi and Wu Desi, went to Juancheng, Puzhou to investigate, but on the Tokyo side, because of this incident, there were gradually disturbances.The courtiers and bureaucrats discussed this in groups, mainly focusing on two places, one Chongzheng Hall and one Guofu.

And the discussion was even more raging when Guo Rong returned to Tokyo three days later. Guo Rong returned with prison uniform and shackles.When he arrived in Tokyo, he was not received by the emperor, but he was sent directly to prison, saying that he would be a district office after the investigation results were clear.

As a result, some bold rumors began to emerge in the court, saying that the Guo family was about to collapse.Among the founding patriarchs, only Guo Wei was left as an auxiliary official appointed by Gaozu. The fact that Guo Wei has been ill at home for more than a month now, and Guo Rong's crime happened again, further supports this guess.

If it was in the past, Liu Chengyou would definitely stop it strictly if such a situation happened.But this time, he didn't express his attitude on this, but Ren Yichao's development and the emperor's ambiguous attitude made the courtiers even more suspicious.

During this period of time, while waiting for the results of Juancheng's investigation, Liu Chengyou also secretly observed Guo Wei's response.

He was not only surprised, but also expected that Guo Wei was very calm. He only "dragged his sick body" into the palace as soon as he heard the news, and pleaded guilty to Liu Chengyou, so that Liu Chengyou only had to deal with it according to the national law.

Then he went back to the mansion, closed the door and closed the house, and declined visitors.Feeling the turbulent public opinion in the court, many former members of the Guo family and old officials couldn't help but visit them at home, but Guo Wei refused to see anyone.

Guo Wei's performance made Liu Chengyou a little confused about his thoughts, but he had to admire his cautious approach so that people could not catch the slightest clue.Liu Chengyou even thought, whether to sentence Guo Rong to death, and see how Guo Wei reacted. Of course, it was just an idea, and Liu Chengyou couldn't bear it.

On the contrary, Li Ye, the envoy of Xuanhui, the uncle of the country, jumped up and down in this turmoil, without any vision, gathered a group of courtiers, and played Liu Chengyou, and must severely punish Guo Rong, as if he wanted to put him to death.

Regarding this, Liu Chengyou was actually very dissatisfied in his heart, because Li Ye made him feel a sense of oppression, although the feeling of oppression was not too strong, and it was even difficult to affect him at all.It's just that Liu Chengyou was a little upset. The reason why Li Ye dared to do this was because of his status, and where did his confidence come from, from the queen mother in the harem.

As for why Li Ye was so active in this matter, Wu Desi's investigation gave Liu Chengyou an explanation.

First, Li Ye did have contacts with Zhang Jianxiong, the governor of Puzhou who was killed.Li Ye was the envoy of Xuanhui, and one of his responsibilities was to inspect famous objects that were consecrated inside and outside. As early as the beginning of the second year of Qianyou, when Zhang Jianxiong paid tribute to Tokyo, the two parties got in touch.Since then, we have kept in touch, and exchange of gifts is indispensable during the holidays.

Second, Li Ye targeted the Guo family in this way because of old grievances with Guo Wei.When Guo Wei was in charge of the Privy Council, Li Ye once sought an official position from Guo Wei for his part, but Guo Wei refused. Later, some military officers who were friends with Li Ye broke the law, and Li Ye approached Guo Wei to intercede, but Guo Wei still didn't give face.With these two things, Li Ye hated Guo Wei deeply, and now that his son Guo Rong committed a crime, how could he not seize the opportunity.

Thirdly, it is just a rumor. Recently, Li Ye hosted guests at his residence, and while drinking, he chatted with his left and right.I have great ambitions, but I can't stretch them out. There are many people in the court who don't respect or even despise others. This time, he wants to take the opportunity to rectify the Guo family and let the courtiers see the majesty of Uncle Li Guo.

Receiving such a report relieved part of the doubts in Liu Chengyou's mind, but his sense of this uncle was even worse.

Compared with his uncles Li Hongxin and Li Hongyin, Li Ye's personal ability may be stronger, but sometimes, his talents do not match his aspirations, and he likes to intervene randomly, showing his sense of presence, and the results are often worse.As for Li Ye, he seemed to be a pretentious master with a heart higher than the sky.

Ten days later, Zhao Li and Wang Jingchong returned from Puzhou successively, brought back their investigation results, and returned to Chongzheng.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are in Puzhou, asking the relevant officials, servants, officers and soldiers, and the common people about Guo Shijun's killing of the assassin Zhang Jianxiong. The results have been obtained, and the witnesses and confessions are all there!" Zhao Li presented a case file and said Li said:

"On the second day of February, Guo Shijun led a trilogy to inspect the spring plowing in Fan County, Puzhou, and found that the people were uneasy about reclamation, but the government was inactive, and opposed miscellaneous donations. Guo Shijun was angry and went to the state to govern Juancheng. Under Juancheng's rule, just like Fan County. Some people blocked the road to appeal, saying that the governor Zhang Jianxiong invaded the land and persecuted him innocently. The state government questioned him, but Zhang Jianxiong was very negligent. Later, there was a conflict in the government hall, and Zhang Jianxiong resisted with the state soldiers. During the fierce battle, Zhang Jianxiong died!"

Zhao Li briefly introduced the situation, but from his verbal description, he could feel a certain bias, and he already had the intention of making excuses for Guo Rong.Liu Chengyou couldn't help but cast a glance at Zhao Li. It was precisely because he was upright and did not shy away from the powerful that he came into Liu Chengyou's sight by speaking out and admonishing him.Just within three years, he has been promoted many times, to the important position of Yushi Zhongcheng.

But this time, Liu Chengyou didn't know whether he was jealous of the Guo family, or because he speculated to cater to the emperor's mind, he had this bias.

While Liu Chengyou was reviewing the case files, Zhao Li took out another copy and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, after investigation by the ministers, there are other violations of national laws during the tenure of Puzhou Inspector Zhang Jianxiong. First, ignoring the authority of the court. , None of the new policies promulgated have been implemented in place, His Majesty's policy of benefiting the people, the reduced taxes, the reduced taxes, all enriched oneself and went into private pockets."

"Secondly, in the name of providing taxes and taxes to the court, the above-mentioned arbitrarily apportioned and plundered the people under the rule. Private checkpoints were set up to extort money from scholars, civilians, and businesses."

"Thirdly, accepting bribes and covering up lawlessness, so that the villains are rampant in Puzhou."

"Fourth, indulge relatives and servants, invade the land, run amok in the countryside, and send jackals to intercept those who complain."

"Fifth, do not abide by the "Xing Tong", and use torture indiscriminately in every marriage case."

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"In this way, there are so many crimes and evil policies, it is too difficult to record, please learn from your majesty!" Zhao Li said.

Hearing the report, Liu Chengyou digested it for a while, and said: "Listening to what Zhao Qing said, is this Jianxiong the one who should be killed?"

Zhao Li paused for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "If you do what you do, you will not be able to atone for your sins even if you die!"

When the emperor's eyes fell on him, Wang Jingchong also moved, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, according to my investigation, there has been a quarrel between Guo Rong and Zhang Jianxiong for the sake of governance. Guo Rong was in Chan In the past three years, Chanzhou has been governed in harmony, and all industries have been revived, while Puzhou is also under the rule of the Zhenning Army, and has become a whole. Zhang Jianxiong has always rejected and ignored Guo Rong's government. The accumulation of conflicts between the two parties is no longer a day. Gong, this outbreak just happened at the right time!"

"Zhao Zhongcheng reported that Zhang Jianxiong was in office in Puzhou, and the crimes he committed, the investigations of the ministers, there are almost no omissions!"

After listening to Wang Jingchong's report, Liu Chengyou mused and did not speak for a while.His head was still buried in the two file files.

After a long time, Liu Chengyou raised his head and asked the two, "How far is Puzhou from Tokyo?"

When asked, both Zhao and Wang were taken aback, not knowing what to do.It was still Zhao Li who replied: "Your Majesty, Juan City in Puzhou Prefecture is less than three hundred miles away from Tokyo."

"With a distance of only three hundred miles, you can close your eyes and listen to it, so far?" Liu Chengyou suddenly broke out, threw the two files on the imperial case, and said coldly: "That Zhang Jianxiong practiced his evil government in Puzhou and corrupted him. Why do I never hear about the reputation of the imperial court? What about the censor in Henan? What about the Wude detective in Kinki? En?"

"The territory of the Han Dynasty is more than a thousand miles away, and what is the situation a thousand miles away. I am really getting chills down my spine right now!" Liu Chengyou's voice was not high-pitched, but it echoed in the Chongzheng Palace, which made people intuitively feel the anger , Dangerous and terrifying.

Zhao Li and Wang Jingchong, almost at the same place, knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty is punished for your ineffective supervision!"

(End of this chapter)