marquis of jingan

In Zhao's study.

Zhao Changping, who was promoted to Minister of the Household Department, has indeed had a lot of leisure these days.

First, because it was not the end of the new year, the household department was not so busy, and the autumn grain had already been harvested, so there was no big problem, so the household department naturally became idle.

The second is indeed like what Zhao Er said, after being promoted to Shangshu, there is no need to be in charge of specific affairs, as long as you grasp the general direction of the household department, and occasionally go to the meeting hall or go to the palace for a meeting. Now, other things can be handed over to the two servants and a few doctors.

Therefore, when Shen Yi arrived at Zhao's study, Zhao Shangshu was rarely at work, but was flipping through a miscellaneous book.

After Shen Yi knocked on the door and came in, Zhao Shangshu pointed to the chair opposite and said with a faint smile, "Sit and talk."

Shen Yi nodded, sat down obediently, and said, "Master, what do you want me to do?"

"Ah."

Zhao Shangshu put down the miscellaneous books in his hand, and said with a smile: "Today's court meeting, Fan Yu's position as servant of the Ministry of Punishment cannot be kept."

Shen Yi heaved a sigh of relief and asked, "Then Fan Chu..."

"Several prime ministers were arguing endlessly this morning, arguing whether to transfer him to Guangdong and Guangxi as an inspector, or to arrange for him to be a magistrate in a nearby province."

The procurator is also a third-rank official, equal to the minister, and holds the criminal name of a province, but the gold content of the local official is naturally different from that of the Beijing official. , and it is a very direct demotion.

However, if he was transferred to the procurator, it would save some face for Fan Shilang. After all, it was regarded as a flat transfer in name, which meant driving him out of the center of power.

And if it was the prefect of Ren, even if it was a prefect of a wealthy state, then Fan Shilang would lose all face.

Fan Chu is also in his fifties this year.

In any case, after this transfer, even if he had the opportunity to return to Jiankang Capital in the future, he would definitely lose the opportunity to go further.

Shen Yi digested the news, thought for a while, and asked: "Master, except for Fan Shilang, the rest of the punishment department..."

"Anyone who participates in this matter will be punished."

Zhao Changping looked calm.

Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

If Fan Chu was the only one who was punished and transferred away from Jiankang, then although some people took the principle of cooling the tea, they would not cool it down too quickly. Those people in the Ministry of Punishment might give him a little face in a short time and replace him. He does something.

And if all those who did things with Fan Shilang were punished, then Fan Shilang's foundation in the Ministry of Punishment over the years would be completely destroyed.

That is to say, no one will work for Fan Chu anymore, and there will be no one from the Ministry of Punishment to mess with Shen Yi again.

A smile appeared on Shen Yi's face: "Uncle, in this way, no one should make a fuss about Yan Mingli. My nephew has been terrified these days, for fear that because my nephew is alone, the academy will be ruined for a hundred years." Qing Yu, this little nephew will be guilty of a great crime."

"Yi An wrote to me."

Zhao Changping narrowed his eyes, and said calmly: "There are indeed people in Jiangdu who are investigating Yan Mingli's affairs, and most of them have already found out, but they just haven't announced it."

"But it's a trivial matter."

Zhao Changping said flatly: "Jiangdu county government has erased all records of this matter, even if someone makes an argument about this matter later, the academy can deny it categorically. As for this Yan Mingli..."

"Yi'an said that their family has also moved out of Jiangdu and settled in other places."

"You can rest assured about the matter of strict etiquette, but the Fan family is a noble family in Jiangdu, but they only want to destroy the roots of our academy..."

Speaking of this, although Zhao Changping didn't have any expression on his face, Shen Yi could clearly feel that the spokesperson of Ganquan Academy's interests in the court, the Minister of the Household Department of Hong Dechao, was angry.

He looked calm.

"The academy can't give no response at all, otherwise others will think of plastering the academy's face in the future."

These words fit Shen Yi's mind.

He bowed his head and said: "Master, my nephew is already investigating the affairs of the Fan family in Jiangdu. The Fan family in Jiangdu has occupied Jiangdu for decades and has done countless evil things. It was said that Shilang Fan protected them in the court. As long as there is no With this layer of asylum, it couldn't be easier to get evidence against their family."

Zhao Shangshu didn't say much.

Big people are like this, they will not clearly express their specific views, because as long as they do not have specific views, they will never make mistakes.

"Jizhong once told me about you, Ziheng, during the few months in Jiankang. At that time, Fan Dongcheng from the Fan family, together with a few villains from Jiangdu, beat and killed Chen Qing, a student of our academy, and planted Ziheng. Heng on your head, so that Ziheng almost died in prison."

"For such a crime, the criminals are no longer allowed to go unpunished."

Zhao Shangshu looked at Shen Yi, and said: "Song Ying has a friend from the same town as the same year. Now he is the supervisor of Nanjing Ji, and he can inspect Jiangdu. When the time comes, let him go to Jiangdu for a walk, maybe he will find some wronged people. Wrong case."

After all, he looked at Shen Yi meaningfully.

What Zhao Shangshu said was very clear.

In theory, the supervisory censor of Yushitai can only investigate officials, and cannot control local unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, but if he finds that the case is wrong, he can file a letter to the court.

This is the power of the censor.

After the imperial court receives the memorial, it can order the department to handle these cases, that is, the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple.

The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple either personally sent people down to inspect, or wrote a document to the local government to ask the local government to re-trial.

anyway...

The original case of Chen Qing can be retried.

Shen Yi stood up from his chair. He was stunned for a while, then knelt down in front of Zhao Changping, kowtowed and said: "My old friend died with hatred, and my nephew also suffered years of injustice. Now I finally see the dawn of justice. My nephew, on behalf of my old friend Chen Qing, please thank Master."

Zhao Changping stretched out his hand to help Shen Yi up, shook his head slightly and said, "When Jizhong was in Jiankang and mentioned this matter to me, I thought that one day, the traitors of the Fan family must be brought to justice, but that At that time, Fan Chu was in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and this matter will still fall on the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the end, so it is useless to talk about it."

"Now, finally, the day has come."

He reached out and patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and said with a slight smile: "Since you are investigating the Fan family, Ziheng, then at that time, you can get to know Song Ying's same-year-old man, and tell him about the Fan family."

"Um…"

Shen Yi took a deep breath, bowed his head slightly and said: "Uncle, when the evidence in my nephew's hand is ready, I will hand it over to the censor..."

"Ah."

Zhao Changping smiled and said: "Song Ying has been in the imperial court for these years, and he has some roots. The two of you can also be regarded as brothers. When you are free, you can get closer together and communicate more."

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of the two sons at home, and sighed: "Don't hang out with Jizhou every day, he has nothing to do every day, so as not to spoil you."

Shen Yi smiled and shook his head: "Master, the second brother is not a bad person, he has helped my nephew a lot in the past two years, and my nephew likes to associate with him very much."

No one dislikes their son, and Zhao Changping is no exception.

All he said were kind words.

His two sons are not promising, of course he hopes that the two sons will make more promising friends.

In this way, a hundred years from now, the two sons of the Zhao family will not only be taken care of by their son-in-law Song Ying, maybe this Shen Qilang in front of him can also take care of the Zhao family for him.

So hearing Shen Yi's words, Zhao Shangshu beamed.

He pulled Shen Yi's sleeve and said with a smile.

"Don't leave this afternoon, stay at the house to play chess with the uncle, and stay at home for dinner tonight. After your teacher left, the uncle became much more lonely."

Shen Yi smiled and nodded.

"I also ask Master Master to be merciful."