A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 387

Wu Huaiyu followed Zhang Liang to the prison.

In the prison with six doors.

Du Jingai was lying on a door panel, his eyes were wide open and protruding, there was a deep strangle mark on his neck, and his tongue was still sticking out.

The dead can't die anymore.

The dignified Duke of Anji, the eldest son of Du Xiangguo with a direct bachelor's degree from the Hongwen Museum, just died in the dark and damp underground prison.

"As soon as the person was sent in, this guy was hanged to death with his belt."

"Suicide?" Wu Huaiyu asked coldly.

"It was indeed a suicide."

Wu Huaiyu swept through several jailers, this matter is by no means so simple, because Du Jingai is the son of the former prime minister Du Yan, he has the title of county duke, and his cousin is also the current prime minister Du Ruhui.

With such an identity and being a prisoner, someone must watch him when he is sent in. It is impossible for him to hang himself so easily.

"Take down all the guards on duty and interrogate them separately." Wu Huaiyu glanced at them coldly.

Zhang Liang was a little embarrassed, "It doesn't need to be like this, does it?"

Huaiyu leaned in front of him and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that Mr. Zhang has some private agreement with the Du family?"

Zhang Liang pulled Wu Huaiyu aside, "Mr. Yi, to be honest, no one wants to see Du Jingai alive, and Du Jingai doesn't want to live either."

"Really, but the court hasn't judged him yet, Mr. Zhang and I will explain to His Majesty again."

Zhang Liang pulled Huaiyu, "It's a good result for this matter now, Mr. Yi, do you still want to continue to investigate and overthrow the Du family? It's impossible,"

Wu Huaiyu narrowed his eyes and looked directly at him.

"You Pushe said hello to me," Zhang Liang admitted.

Du Ruhui had a grudge against his uncle Du Yan, this is a well-known fact, Du Yan and Du Ruhui's father are half-brothers, Du Ruhui's father is a legitimate son, Du Yan is actually a legitimate son, but his mother, Guo Shi, is the son of the continuation wife.

Although the Guo family also came from the famous Taiyuan Guo family, the Du Yan brothers have been at odds since childhood. In the mansion gate, the half-brothers are actually prone to conflicts, especially Du Yan's mother is a continuation rather than a concubine, so it is easier to get out. contradiction.

Anyway, the ex-wife and son look down on the continuation wife and son. This kind of conflict is too big to be reconciled, just like the eldest grandson Wuji's half-brother who drove their mother and son out of the house after their father died.

It is said that Du Ruhui's father was also very rude to Du Yan's mother and son in the early years, and wanted to drive them out of the house several times. Du Yan's mother and son had suffered a lot of oppression at home before. He was an enemy, so later when Du Yan was serving as Minister of the Ministry of Officials under Wang Shichong, he also took the opportunity to avenge his personal revenge by directly killing Du Ruhui's elder brother and imprisoning Du Ruhui's younger brother Du Chuke, who almost starved to death.

If Du Ruhui hadn't helped Li Shimin take Luoyang, Du Chuke would have starved to death.

Anyway, after rescuing his younger brother, did Du Ruhui ask Li Shimin to kill his uncle Du Yan, or did Du Chuke force him to die, saying that his family should stop fighting among themselves like this.

Du Ruhui was not as grand as Du Chuke.

All these years, he and Du Yan are still strangers, even if they are ministers in the same palace, even if they are both prime ministers, they are still enemies.

Du drowned, and it is said that Du Ruhui drank to celebrate and got very drunk.

Now that Du Jing'ai committed a crime and was sent to prison, and even committed such a serious crime, Du Ruhui also went to Zhang Liang directly, hoping that Du Jing'ai would die directly in prison.

This is not only revenge, but also to protect the Du family from being implicated by Du Jing'ai.

Du Ruhui is the prime minister, Zhang Liang has to give him face.

So after Zhang Liang put Du Jing'ai in prison, he said a few words to Du Jing'ai alone, conveyed what his cousin Du Ruhui said, and finally sent away the jailer, giving Du Jing'ai a chance to hang himself.

Otherwise, Du Jing'ai would have no chance of hanging himself in this prison.

"Mr. Yi, it was Du Jing'ai who murdered you. Now that Du Jing'ai is dead, you have avenged yourself."

Wu Huaiyu was very annoyed when he heard Zhang Liang's confession, but he didn't entangle him too much. He suspected that not only was Du Ruhui greeting him, but also that Du Jing'ai might have committed suicide, and the emperor's order.

After all, it is Jingzhao Du family, a Du family with two prime ministers.

If this matter gets bigger, the consequences will be serious.

In particular, Du Yan made a lot of contributions. Now that he has just died, and Du Ruhui is still the prime minister and the emperor's confidant, it will not end well if this matter is pursued.

It's better to kill this dog thing directly, and it's all done.

It's even possible that the emperor didn't plan to disclose Du Jing'ai's crimes, and announced that Du Jing'ai died of illness, and then let his younger brother Du Jingtong succeed him, and the matter was just covered up.

"Mr. Feng, this case involves a lot of people. Before it is cleared up, you will let Du Jing love him to death." Huaiyu looked directly into Zhang Liang's eyes.

"Mr. Yi, don't worry, this case will definitely continue to be investigated, and no one will escape. It doesn't matter whether Du Jing's love is dead or alive." Zhang Liang laughed awkwardly.

After they finished talking, Qiu Xinggong came.

Seeing the hanged ghost spit in disdain, "Unlucky."

"We can't let him die so easily, the Du family must compensate Duke Yi this time."

Inform Du Jingai's younger brother Du Jingtong to come to collect the corpse.

Qiu Xinggong came forward to discuss conditions with Du Jingtong, and Lao Qiu threatened Du Jingtong very bluntly. Compared with the sick Du Jingai, this second son of Du is a good-looking talent. The future is very good.

He really didn't participate in Du Jingai's conspiracies. He has a very different personality from his brother, and he is very opposed to those sinister things done by his brother.

Of course, the rumors about Du Jingai taking virgins for joy every year, and even making these virgins pregnant and taking them by caesarean section for medicine are actually nonsense.

After all, Du Jing'ai is the son of the prime minister, a son of a famous family, and not the head of some demon sect, and Du Yan would not allow this kind of thing to happen.

There is indeed such a thing as Chongxi, taking a few concubines a year is not a big deal in a wealthy family, except for one or two of those concubines who died of illness, the rest are living well in the Du family, but Du Jingai is born sick and weak , Marrying a wife and taking concubines is actually just a decoration.

He has no ability to make his wife and concubines pregnant, let alone take a caesarean section after pregnancy to make medicine and eat it.

It is true that Du Jing's favorite medicines include deer fetuses and purple river carts, but it is pure rumors that he eats human fetuses, and he did not raise desperate villains in ghost caves, kidnapping and robbing people for him, but Du Jing It is true that Jingai has a lot of interests in the ghost city.

Du Jing'ai is a sick child. Although he has a direct bachelor's degree, it is impossible for him to have any future in official career with his body, so Du Yan focused on training his second son very early on.

Du Jing'ai likes to make some friends in the world, and Chai Lun has a good relationship with him. He also likes intrigue and tricks, and he inherited his father in this regard.

Du Jing's love for Wu Huaiyu is probably related to Nanshi and Bilong Chai Lun.

Only now people are dead.

Although Du Ruhui had a feud with Du Yan's house, he didn't want Du Jing'ai to implicate the entire Du family.

Qiu Xinggong was not as polite as Du Jingtong.

At this time, Du Jingtong also just wanted to calm things down as soon as possible. After all, not only Du Jing'ai's body was there, but also the evil he did. If the investigation is carried out, the Du family will be in danger, at least his house will be destroyed.

There are two villages in Gyeonggi with [-] mu of land, a courtyard in Chang'an City, a villa in Lishan, Wugong, and Lantian, plus [-] yuan, [-] slaves and [-] horses.

Qiu Xinggong asked for a high price, but Du Jingtong didn't bargain much, and showed enough sincerity to compensate Wu Huaiyu.

The Du family is willing to exchange these for Wu Huaiyu's understanding.

Du Jingtong hoped that his brother's death would preserve some dignity, and it would also give the Du family some dignity.

Qiu Xinggong didn't pay attention to this, the dignity they wanted was given by the Holy Son of Heaven.

Du Jingtong took Du Jingai's body away, and sent the house deed, land deed, money and slave horses to the Wu family on the same day.

Even Du Ruhui visited the Wu family in person that day and had a pot of tea with Wu Huaiyu.

Du Ruhui apologized to Wu Huaiyu, but also hoped that Wu Huaiyu would hold his hand high.

Things began to develop towards clarity, which was more and more beneficial to Wu Huaiyu. At least now the emperor no longer believed in the so-called prophecy of Li Xing on behalf of Wu, and believed that it was a rumor concocted by Du Jingai.

The charlatan was taken to the vegetable market and beheaded, and his head was hung on the top of the city for public display.

Yongzhou Yamen, Chang'an Wannian County Yamen, the left and right Wuhouwei, Liufanmen, etc. were dispatched together, and many such quacks, witches and witches were captured and beheaded.

The rumors of Li Xing's heroine Chang in the Wu Dynasty also disappeared for a while.

Whoever dares to be a criminal and spread rumors will be exiled to the frontier if caught.

Things are fermenting, but they are all in the right direction.

Under Du Ruhui's operation, Du Jingai's death was silent, and in the end Li Shimin still kept the Du family's face.

Du Jingai passed away due to illness, and because he had no heirs, the emperor decreed that his younger brother Du Jingtong should inherit the title of Duke of Dongyang County and be demoted to a first class.

The emperor also acquiesced in the Du family's compensation to Wu Huaiyu.

However, although the emperor did not disclose Du Jingai's crimes, he finally issued a secret decree to reward all the concubines and servants under Du Jingai's house to Wu Huaiyu.

early morning.

Above the Golden Temple.

Tong Shisheren read out the imperial edict.

"Bachelor of Chongxianguan, Champion General, Shangzhu Kingdom, Yongzhou Biejia, Prince Xima Wu Huaiyu, concurrently Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Pan Duzhi, and concurrently governing books and serving Yushi."

"General You Xiaowei, Chai Shao, Huo Guogong, changed his title to Qiao Guogong, and removed the post of General You Xiaowei."

"The servant of the Yellow Gate, Cui Gan, the Duke of Boling County, demoted the governor of Songzhou and took the title."

"Qizhou Inspector Zheng Shanguo, Duke of Xingyang County, was demoted to Jiangzhou Inspector and won the title."

"General Zuo Wuhou, Hong Luqing, and Shen Guogong Zheng Yuanxuan were demoted to the governor of Yizhou and seized the title."

"Wei Siqi, magistrate of Chang'an County and Duke of Henan County, demoted Sima of Hongzhou and took the title."

"Zheng Shiji, the magistrate of Jiyang County, demoted the magistrate of Xunyang County."

"Master Cui Ren, the censor in the palace, demoted Dengzhou to join the army."

"Qian Niu prepares himself for Chai Zhewei, and demotes the Moli Army in Guazhou to suppress Cao Shen's army."

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A series of personnel appointments.

But except for Wu Huaiyu, who added the two important part-time jobs of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Shi Yushi, the rest were dismissed or demoted, and won the title.

A total of eight people, two generals, three county princes, two county magistrates, one censor, one Qianniu Beishen, including the Cui family of Boling, the Zheng family of Xingyang, and the son-in-law Chai Shao and his son.

These changes made many ministers in the palace a little puzzled.

However, there are also some smart and sensitive ones. After combining the prophecy of Li Xing in the previous Wu Dynasty, Wu Huaiyu was dismissed from the four important part-time jobs of the left leader general, the minister of punishment, the right guard rate of the prince, and the owner of the Chongxian Hall within a day.
And now that Wu Huaiyu has added two important part-time jobs, and the prophecy has suddenly disappeared recently, someone has already guessed something.

Since Wu Huaiyu is fine, these people who have troubles probably have something to do with it.

But the emperor just issued an edict to demote them, but he didn't say what they had committed. He only said that they failed the examination and evaluation, and they were demoted and dismissed according to the system.

Everyone looked at Wu Huaiyu with a bit of magic.

One person knocked down so many people?
As for his two new and part-time jobs, it goes without saying that the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs judges Duzhi, and the Minister of Finance who manages the money bag must also rank first among the two ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, with extremely powerful power.

As for serving the censor in charge of the book, it sounds like there is no difference between serving the censor in the palace, but in fact, this official position used to be called the censor Zhongcheng, and it was the deputy chief of the censor platform. Shitai affairs, responsible for supervising hundreds of officials.

Wen Yanbo, the doctor of the censor, also served as the assistant minister of Zhongshu, presided over the affairs of the Zhongshu province, and was also the prime minister, so the two censors who governed the book and served the censor actually presided over the Yushitai, which was actually extremely powerful.

Biejia in Yongzhou is also the assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Judgment Branch, and the secretary and censor. Although he does not have the title of participating in political affairs, he is called the first half of the prime minister.

On the contrary, Zheng Shanguo, who was once called a half-prime minister, was beaten to Jiangxi with a stick.

Even Chai Shao was dismissed.

No one knows that the series of personnel adjustments made by the emperor are all because Yuan Tiangang has been brought back to Beijing by Kuai Ma to meet the saint. face interception,
Then as soon as they arrived in Beijing, Chai Lun, the second son of Chai, was hanged to death in the prison with six doors.

Chai Shao personally went to retrieve the body of the second child, and then announced that Chai Er died of a sudden illness.

The case of Li Xing's heroine Chang Chenyu in the entire Wu Dynasty has been found out. Chai Lun and Du Jing'ai were the masterminds, and Chai Zhewei, Wei Siqi, Zheng Shiji and others participated to varying degrees.

Although Zheng Shanguo, Zheng Yuanxuan, Chai Shao, Cui Gan, and Cui Renshi were not directly involved, they were implicated by their nephews, and they were also repaired by Li Shimin this time.

Anyway, these Cui Zheng and Li Shimin have always looked down upon them, and if they have the opportunity to suppress them, they naturally cannot let them go. Only Cui Dunli was not implicated this time, because Cui Dunli played a role in Li Yuan's rebellion, and later served as General Zuo Weilang and Zhongshu Sheren performed extremely well, and this son of the five surnames is now also the emperor's confidant.

If it weren't for the fact that Chai Zhewei was the eldest son of Princess Pingyang Zhao, the emperor's nephew, and his sister had passed away, Li Shimin didn't intend to let Chai Zhewei go so easily this time, but in the end he was only demoted to Guazhou as a soldier Cao Junjun .

Chai Shao's resignation and the title change from Huo Guogong to Qiao Guogong are also serious warnings.

When the truth came to light, Li Chunfeng was actually being used. It was Du Jingai who pretended to be Yuan Tiangang's identity, connected Bai Ritian with the secret record, and tricked Li Chunfeng into revealing the conclusion to the emperor. Then report Yuan to the Chang'an county government.

When Wu Huaiyu took office in Yongzhou, don't drive, let Wei Siqi stab the Yuan family case in front of him again, Wu Huaiyu intervened in the investigation, and then fell into a trap, throwing the Wu family into the pit.

Almost, Wu Huaiyu and the Wu family are doomed.

Fortunately, the mastermind was finally found.

Li Chunfeng was taken advantage of, Yuan Tiangang didn't write those things to him at all, and he didn't pay him back the money. When Yuan Tiangang came to Chang'an and confronted him face to face, it became clear.

Fortunately, it was found out that he was indeed deceived, so Li Shimin finally let Li Chunfeng go without killing him, but he still only retained the general Shilang Sanguan from the ninth rank, and continued to teach students in the Taishi Bureau. The post of doctor is gone.

However, the emperor also made a Taoist decree, even if Du Jingai Chai Lun helped him repay the five hundred strings of debt, even if it was cancelled, the emperor also gave him a hundred bolts of silk, hoping that he would do a good job in the future.

Yuan Tiangang was also retained by the emperor and awarded him a doctor of astronomy.

Wei Siqi almost picked up a fifth-rank Chang'an County Magistrate, but in the end, if it wasn't because his sister was Zhaoyi and his cousin was a noble concubine, he would have almost died violently this time.

In the end, he was demoted to Hongzhou Sima, and he was demoted from the fifth to the sixth. However, he was originally a seventh-rank Yongzhou military officer and joined the army. In fact, he was promoted. This can be regarded as Li Shimin's face for the two Websters in the palace, but it would be a big loss if the title of Duke of Henan was lost, even if it was just a false title, he was still Duke of the county after all.

Wu Huaiyu's daughter was engaged to Concubine Wei's son, but now she has lost her cousin's title of viscount. This can be regarded as offending the Wei family, but Wu Huaiyu doesn't care anymore. He was stabbed by Wei Siqi first, even though Wei Siqi didn't fully participate in it. Du Jingai and Chai Lun's conspiracy, just listened to Du Jingai's lies and pawned a knife for them.

But after all, Wu Huaiyu was stabbed by him first.

Although Wu Huaiyu retreated completely this time, but because of this, he and Chai Shao, as well as Cui Zheng, Weidu and the four famous families formed a relationship, but still the same sentence, others have stabbed you with knives, why do you hesitate, just stab back up.

Regardless of his five surnames and seven families, Guanlong's six surnames, he is still a great general.

It is estimated that Li Shimin was the happiest in this incident. He took the opportunity to beat Cui Zhengweidu, and even cleaned up his brother-in-law Chai Shao.

It is a good thing for the emperor that the upstart Wu family and Cui Zhengweidu are married. If the courtiers are all monolithic, the emperor will not be able to sleep.

retreat.

Chai Shao stopped Wu Huaiyu.

This person will not be eligible to go to court tomorrow, because he has no official position like Changsun Wuji.

"Duke Yi, can you do me a favor and have a cup of tea together?"

"The two bastards in my family were so disrespectful to Lord Yi this time, I am deeply sorry, and I hope Lord Yi will give me a chance to apologize and make compensation."

Brother Chai Er died, his son was demoted to Guazhou, and he himself was dismissed, but Chai Shao remained calm, just like when he faced the attack from Turkic and Tuyuhun in Longyou, Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his face .

Huaiyu actually didn't want to deal with Chai Shao. He was used as bait by Chai Shao at the beginning, but he has a deep memory.

"Your Majesty has already dealt with it. Duke Qiao doesn't need to compensate me."

"If you make a mistake, you should admit it. The Chai family will definitely give Duke Yi a satisfactory compensation."

"How about going to the Feresta Winery in the West City, where the dragon paste wine and salamander are good."

"it is good."

The two walked out of the palace side by side, silent all the way.

It is estimated that Chai Shao could not have imagined that the ninth-rank military doctor in Longyou was now on an equal footing with him, and he had to bow his head to apologize or even pay compensation.

What a formidable young man, Chai Shao almost gritted his back molars when thinking of his rebellious son, and even felt that his brother's death was entirely his own fault.

The same young people, how can there be such a big difference?
(End of this chapter)