I am the king of the dead

Chapter 628 The Tragedy of the Times

Emperor Ming was especially good at greed, and anyone who played chess with His Majesty would be aware of this.

Yu Qian, Wang Ao and the others were a little confused as to where His Majesty got so many messy intestines.

Zhu Qiyu asked Xing'an to put away the chessboard, took out a memorial book from his sleeve and said, "Yang Han has already gone to investigate the case that Wang Ao handed over."

"In Rugao, Yangzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, there was such a case that the Baoyuan Bureau was defrauded of 60 imperial silver coins."

"This man's name is Yuan Yingjie. He was originally a clerk in Zhenjiang Prefecture. He did a good job. Seeing that others made a fortune, he opened a workshop specializing in shipbuilding. He couldn't make three-masted ships, but two-masted boats and sampans could still be built. Make it."

"Yuan Yingjie, a civil official with a criminal name, actually knows how to build a ship, and everyone is supernatural."

"Yuan Yingjie spent five or six years in Jingtai, under the guise of Longjiang Shipyard, bought the shipbuilding business in Yangzhou Prefecture, and borrowed 60 silver coins from Baoyuan Bureau three times. In two years, the shipyard has not dug any pits. come out."

"It's a coincidence that Yuan Yingjie and Chen Huang, the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture, the current Suzhou Zuo Buzheng Zhu Yu, Suzhou Chief Secretary You Tongzheng Jiang Tinggui, and Suzhou Inspector Wang Zhen were classmates of Yuelu Academy."

Zhu Qiyu finished talking about this case. This is the second case after Wang Ao supervised the Anti-Corruption Office recently. It is a typical case of cleverly setting up a name to defraud Baoyuan Bureau of investment, and it is also a big case, which is brought before the emperor.

After Zhu Qiyu handed the memorandum to Yu Qian, he said with a lot of emotion: "Du Mu's "A Fang Gong Fu" said in the past: "How can I take all the pennies and use them like sand!"

"Today looks at the past, and the future looks at the present."

"Baoyuan Bureau always counts pennies and pennies, and every tenth of silver has to be clear in the accounts, for fear of being audited by the Ministry of Finance. It is so cautious, so cautious, and such a thing was found out of the cesspit."

The case is not complicated. The Yangzhou government cleverly set up a plan to build a shipyard, and bought it to Yuan Yingjie. Yuan Yingjie borrowed 60 imperial silver coins from the Baoyuan Bureau. In the end, he didn't even dig out a pit. After three years, Yuan Yingjie finally couldn't carry it. The money is gone.

Otherwise, Yuan Yingjie was unlucky, Yuan Yingjie went to sea and fled to Naha port in Ryukyu.

Yuan Yingjie did have a little bit of an inch. When Li Binyan personally presided over the transformation of Ryukyu prefectures and led the Daming Navy to show off his might in Ryukyu, Yuan Yingjie hit the muzzle of the gun and was caught by Li Binyan.

But of the 60 silver coins, Yuan Yingjie only took [-], and the rest disappeared.

The case has been handed over to Yang Han, the right governor of Nanzhen Fusi, to investigate and deal with. Yang Han is the emperor's Tiqi, and he is merciless.

After reading the memorial in his hand, Yu Qian looked thoughtful, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I think Xu Youzhen doesn't know about this matter, and it's better to wait for the Jin Yiwei to investigate clearly before making a decision."

In Wang Ao's memorial, there are two names, Zhu Yu and Jiang Tinggui. For Yu Qian, who can keep the list of previous Jinshi in mind, it is not surprising to know these two people.

The special thing is that these two people are Xu Youzhen's son-in-law.

Chen Xun didn't say a word, he was an old man in the court, there was a gap between Yu Qian and Xu Youzhen, and then in the battle of the capital, Yu Qian led the battle to defend the capital, and Xu Youzhen advocated going south.

Yu Qian and Xu Youzhen are political enemies. His Majesty took out this memorandum and asked Yu Qian for his opinion. The meaning could not be more clear. If Yu Qian had the slightest intention to attack dissidents, Xu Youzhen should return to Beijing to accept the investigation.

But after thinking about it, Yu Qian still picked Xu Youzhen first.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian and said nothing. For a while, it was quite quiet in the imperial study room, only the whistling wind outside Juxian Pavilion.

Xing'an accepted the memorabilia handed over by Yu Qian, and smiled without saying a word.

In fact, Your Majesty is very similar to Yu Shaobao, they are both Ding and Ding, and Mao is Mao.

Zhu Qiyu picked up the teacup, nodded and said: "Well, Yu Shaobao's words are reasonable. Xu Youzhen first controlled the water in Zhangqiu, and then opened the canal in Jing'an. He has been dredging the Wujiang River in Guizhou for the past three years, and now he is opening the canal in the Yangtze River."

"Just take away two miraculous cards from me, and check first to see if Xu Youzhen can save his son-in-law."

Xu Youzhen and Chen Yi are two big men who pick their feet. When Jing'an opened Jingtai'an Minqu, they were able to face each other and have a friendship.

Chen Yi had a nickname in Zhang Qiu and Jing'an, Grandpa Smiling Face. Chen Yi was originally kind-hearted, but in Zhang Qiu and Jing'an's water control, he didn't have the gentleness of a scholar at all. The local children called Chen Yi Grandpa Smiling Mian.

Xu Youzhen has many nicknames, Shui Bo, Tianwu, Erlang Zhenjun, Xu Youzhen has many shrines for living people, and even the statues enshrined in the temples are different.

A person may take the wrong name, but the nickname is correct.

Yu Qian thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that Xu Youzhen would not write a letter to make love. Now the dredging of 150 miles has already started. Xu Youzhen carries the water control of more than [-] million silver coins per year approved by His Majesty Zhu. It should be because he has no time to pay attention to his son-in-law."

"It's not that Xu Youzhen is disregarding the friendship with relatives. As far as I know, Xu Youzhen has been too busy recently. When I have time to deal with this matter, the case will probably be closed."

The cost of the 150-mile waterway to Xu Youzhen from the imperial court was [-] million silver coins per year for a period of five years.

Seeing Yu Qian's determined face, Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "It's not interesting, it's nothing more than Yu Shaobao's refusal to add insult to injury. I'm here to intercede with Xu Youzhen."

Yu Qian bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Xu Youzhen was so busy that he vomited blood a few days ago. After resting in bed for three days, he went on a boat to check the water conditions. They said it was a dry season survey. The doctor over there said that Xu Youzhen's disease is It’s a stomach bug from Jing’an.”

"Oh? Is it serious?" Zhu Qiyu was also taken aback. He didn't know that Xu Youzhen was working so hard. If Yu Qian hadn't said that Xu Youzhen was vomiting blood, Zhu Qiyu would have thought that Xu Youzhen was playing the bitter card.

Xu Youzhen was so busy that her stomach bleeds, she didn't care about three meals a day, she ate irregularly, and often went into the water, which made her stomach suffer.

Yu Qian has been in charge of the local area for 25 years. He has done all the locust control, flood control, and relief work by himself. Yu Qian also suffered from phlegm disease because of this. Xu Youzhen's old stomach disease even caused stomach bleeding and vomiting blood.

At the beginning, Jin Lian also suffered from stomach problems, so he almost starved to death.

"It's okay." When Yu Qian returned to His Majesty's question, he gave an ambiguous answer. This illness has to be taken care of. If Xu Youzhen is so busy, this illness may not be cured.

Of course Zhu Qiyu knew the meaning of these ambiguous words, he nodded and said: "This Xu Youzhen is not good at court matters, so he can control the water in the local area with peace of mind, he is not in the capital, and he does not hang around in front of me. he."

Yu Qian and Chen Xun hurriedly bowed their heads and said, "Your Majesty, benevolent."

An emperor is dissatisfied with a courtier, how should the courtier be frightened?Today, Yu Qian begged for mercy, and Xu Youzhen finally got a word from His Majesty, which can be regarded as a reward for his work.

Yu Qian pleaded today, but he actually saw that His Majesty was fishing for this case in Jiangsu, and the only catch, with a clear target, was Xu Youzhen.

Once Xu Youzhen played the role of romance for the two sons-in-law, Xu Youzhen would have to lose her skin even if she didn't die.

His Majesty never concealed his dissatisfaction with Xu Youzhen.

Zhu Qiyu settled down. In the original historical line, Xu Youzhen was an accomplice in the murder of Yu Qian. Knowing that Yu Qian did not intend to embarrass Xu Youzhen too much, he had to give up his fishing thoughts.

Zhu Qiyu knocked on the table and said: "Wang Wen and Xue Xuan's matter of Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds, how long will it last? I heard that the two of them have pinched each other very hard recently. If they continue to pinch each other, they will go to Xingdusi in Shaanxi alone. Go to Yunnan alone."

"I'm also upset to see it."

Zhu Qiyu didn't say this to Yu Qian, but to Chen Xun.

Because Xue Xuan and Wang Wen had a quarrel again, which had something to do with Chen Xun.

Xue Xuan is the Minister of Dali Temple. Xue Xuan himself is a well-known master of Confucianism. He is known as the foundation of Daoism.

In the sixth year of Zhengtong, Xue Xuan served as Minister of Dali Temple, supervising the case of Yang An, a loyal and avant-garde hundred households.

The case is intricate.

The wife of Baihu Yang An's wife, Yue Shi, is beautiful. After marrying Yang An, she kept herself safe. Tiqi school captain Ma Yang fell in love with Yang An's wife, Yue Shi. After the death of Baihu Yang An, the school captain Ma Yang forced Yue Shi to be a concubine , Yue Shi refused to follow.

The school captain Ma Yang falsely accused Yang An's widow, Yue Shi, of having an affair with Yang An's father.

As the Minister of Dali Temple, Xue Xuan reviewed the case and found that it was the lieutenant Ma Yang who made a false accusation. Naturally, after repeated investigations, Yang An's wife, Yue Shi, finally found out.

For the death penalty case, the orthodox emperor naturally wanted to read the case Zong Zhu's commentary. He was furious when he saw it, and released the widow and other four criminals.

Paying a fine is a minor matter, but losing face is a major matter.

The most important thing is that Ma Yang, the captain of the Tiqi School, who fell in love with Yang An's wife, Yue Shi, and falsely accused Yang An of having an affair with his wife, is the nephew of Ma Shun, the commander of Jin Yiwei.

Ma Shun, the commander of Jinyiwei, was the commander of Jinyiwei who was beaten to death by civil servants when Zhu Qiyu was in charge of the country for the first time on August 14, [-]th orthodox year.

Although it is outrageous that a Jinyiwei commander was beaten to death by literati in Fengtian Temple, before King Jili was captured, Ma Shun was a loyal henchman of eunuch Wang Zhen.

Seeing that the false accusation case had been overturned, Ma Shun teamed up with Wang Zhen, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Ministry, and Shuntian Mansion to find out the truth about Xue Xuan and overturn the case again.

Wang Zhen was the eldest son of Jili King Zhu Qizhen. With these few words, Jili King issued another imperial decree to execute Yang An's widow, Yue Shi.

Seventeen officials from Dali Temple were convicted, and Xue Xuan himself was dismissed and thrown into a prison for capital punishment.

The person who presided over Xue Xuan at that time was Wang Wen, the current Wenyuan Pavilion scholar.

No matter how stupid King Jili was, he was not so stupid that he could not see that Xue Xuan was wronged. In the spirit of peace, King Jili made another imperial decree to demote Xue Xuan from an official to a citizen and drive him out of the capital.

Xue Xuan and Wang Wen's Liangzi were forged during the two overturns in the orthodox six years.

In this new dynasty and new weather, Xue Xuan has served as Dali Temple minister again for more than seven years.

Xue Xuan was quite a man, and after he became Minister of Dali Temple again, he uncovered the case of Yang An, who was a hundred households, and rectified the name of Yang An's wife, Yue Shi, in the first year of Jingtai.

But it was too late.

Yang Anben died; the Yue family was beheaded for disobedience to women; Yang An's father was sentenced to exile in the sixth year of Zhengtong, and died on the road to exile; .

The culprits who caused this tragedy were King Jili, Wang Zhen, Ma Shun, Ma Yang, etc. who ignored the laws of the country; those who contributed to the flames were officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment who lost face and were fined with their salaries; The tragedy is a small epitome of the darkness and indifference of the court in the 14th year of Zhengtong.

Xue Xuan adopted Yang An's grandson to raise him under his knees, and even quarreled with Wang Wen.

A few days ago, Chen Xun's son and Wang Wen's son took part in the provincial examination under false names, and Xue Xuan caught Wang Wen's fault.

There was a mistake in the documents in a case in Dali Temple, and Wang Wen also caught Xue Xuan's fault.

Recently, Xue Xuan and Wang Wen have torn their faces, and the city is full of trouble.

"I'll let the two sit down and talk when I get back." Chen Xun hurriedly bowed his head to answer.

"Huanyu Tongzhi" is about to be completed, and Chen Xun is the first author of this chronicle. Although it was compiled by the imperial court, Chen Xun himself has been compiling it for more than [-] years. Chen Xun wrote it himself.

Zhu Qiyu did not intend to deprive Chen Xun of the opportunity to write a book and make a name in history, this is Chen Xun.But when Chen Xun was called back to the court, he couldn't leave his teacher without a name, and he had to have a reason for it to be justified.

Speaking of Xue Xuan and Wang Wen, Chen Xun can come back naturally after finishing the business.

"The ministers will leave." Chen Xun and Yu Qian saw that the discussion was over, and left the imperial study.

Chen Xun walked out of Juxian Pavilion, walked a few steps, and caught up with Yu Qian. He said respectfully: "Yu Shaobao, I have not been in court for a long time. Xue Sizheng and Wang Xueshi probably won't betray my face. Please Yu Shaobao mediate one or two."

Yu Qian glanced at Chen Xun, and said very calmly: "I've never been involved in this kind of thing, I'm afraid I can't help much, so leave."

It is true that Chen Xun is not in the court, but some time ago, in the court hall and in Fengtian Hall, someone pleaded for Chen Xun and talked around the corner, which offended His Majesty.

Talking about Xue Xuan and Wang Wen, how could he use Yu Qian's help?

Yu Qian is not a person with long sleeves and good dancers, but he is very humane. Before Chen Xun said anything, Yu Qian knew what Chen Xun wanted to do.

Chen Xun's remarks were just to seek a good relationship with Yu Qian.

Yu Qian has never followed suit.

Chen Xun understood it and walked out of the martial arts hall.

Xue Xuan is the minister of Dali Temple, and Wang Wen is the envoy of Tongzheng and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. Both of them are important ministers of the third rank. It is not an easy task to persuade the two to reconcile.

But the next day, Xue Xuan and Wang Wen actually shook hands and made peace.

Chen Xun returned to Juxian Pavilion to return to his life, and when he came out again, he resumed his official status. Although it was an insignificant idle job, it was enough to leave his name in "Huan Yu Tong Zhi".

The courtiers who were waiting to watch the excitement were dumbfounded. Xue Xuan and Wang Wen, who were fighting to the death yesterday, actually stopped like this?
Chen Xun gave Xue Xuan a memorial. It was the sixth year of Zhengtong. After Wang Zhen, Ma Shun and others overturned the case, Xue Xuan was imprisoned. .

This memorial was also the main reason why Wang Wen was later sent to Shaanxi as governor.

In the old case back then, Wang Wen did not feel sorry for Chen Xun, nor did he join forces with him. However, King Jili was blinded, deaf, and heartbroken, which led to the tragedy of Yang An's family.

What Chen Xun gave Wang Wen were three dossiers, the confessions that Yue had repeatedly retracted twice back then.

This three-point confession is tricky. The first and third confessions are not bad word for word. How can the confession made in this interrogation be word for word?It's just a trick of torture.

Wang Wen has always had doubts about Yang An's case. At that time, the case was handled with solid evidence. Xue Xuan was suspected of being famous for his death. Wang Wen believed that Xue Xuan was trying to gain fame, especially after he was reinstated as an official, he adopted a hundred families of Yang An. grandson.

Wang Wen was quite disdainful of Xue Xuan, the leader of the Hedong School, and he did not confirm that it was indeed an unjust case until he read the two confessions.

The two people who had been arguing for several years finally untied their original knot.

"This Chen Xun is good at making peace." Zhu Qiyu didn't expect Chen Xun to solve the problem so quickly.

Xing'an was holding a pile of memorials, took out a copy from his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, there is news about Wang Fu."

Zhu Qiyu loved and hated Wang Fu, and teasingly said: "Is Wang Fu still alive?"

　Ask for a monthly pass, ┗|｀O′|┛哩~~!Woo! ! ! !It's a little late today, I just wrote it.The conflict between Wang Wen and Xue Xuan is based on historical data. In the first year of Tianshun, the memorial to the execution of Wang Wen by Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was sent by Xue Xuan himself.

　　
　
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