A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 566: Attacking Linzi and Qingzhou’s revival, Li Yan, the censor of the horse-riding case

Bai Wenxian's rebellion failed and was discovered by the court. Emperor Xia Bai Qian deprived him of his status as a royal child, demoted him to a commoner, and beheaded him according to the law.

After handling the Bai Wenxian case, Bai Qian began to go to the imperial mausoleum to observe mourning and supervise the construction of the Gaozong Temple on the side of the imperial mausoleum.

During the period of mourning, the Xia Kingdom was not very peaceful.

First, Ran Min, the governor of Qingzhou, wrote a letter requesting to seize the entire territory of Qingzhou while the Qin and Jin Dynasties were fighting and the Jin and Qin countries were unable to go north.

In the end, Xia Ting agreed to Ran Min's memorial and appointed him as the general in charge of the war in Qingzhou.

In June of the first year of Jingping, Qin and Jin were still confronting each other in Kaifeng.

Ran Min has led an army of 30,000 people and arrived at Linzi City.

The puppet emperor Duan Qin in the city only had more than 10,000 people in his hands.

However, relying on the strength of the city, it was still difficult to block Ran Min's attack.

The siege lasted for more than a month. Ran Min sent the governor Yuan Jie and Yamen general An Xin, leading eight thousand troops, to bypass Linzi and capture Dongguan, Beihai, Donglai and other counties behind.

In October, Yuanjie captured Dongguan County, and Anxin captured Beihai County. Bai Ting and Zhang Zan, who then separatized Donglai and Changguang, submitted a surrender form directly to Ran Min.

However, Kong Rongzhi, the governor of Chengyang County, was unwilling to surrender to the Xia Kingdom, so he brought Lu County, Zhu County, and Dongwu County to the Jin Kingdom.

Xia State only had time to take over Gumu, Gaomi and other counties.

On October 23rd, Xia Governor Yuan Jie led five thousand soldiers to fight Kong Rong in Lou Township.

Kong Rong's troops were outnumbered by Yuan Jie's elite troops and were defeated.

With only more than a thousand remaining soldiers, he retreated to Dongwu.

Haransuke besieged Tobu for several days.

On the 28th, Sima Daozhi, Prime Minister of Langya State of Jin, led 5,000 troops to help.

After the deduction, Yuansuke knew that staying any longer would be useless, so he retreated to Gaomi and sent thousands of troops to Gumu to build a defense line.

Since then, the Xia State officially bordered the Jin State.

November 5th

Linzi City, which had been besieged for several months and was besieged internally and externally, could no longer hold on. It was short of military rations and unsustainable.

Duan Qin ordered the people in the city to be plundered to use as food for the army.

It was night on the sixth day. Tian Xi, a big householder in the city who could not bear the intrusion of the barbarian soldiers, contacted several big clans in the city and took his own guards and more than 500 clan members.

He desperately opened the east gate of Linzi.

Ran Min, who was well prepared, personally led Qingqi to break through the east gate and Linzi was defeated.

After entering the city, Ran Min ordered to suppress the military chaos in the city. Anyone who robbed the people would be killed without mercy.

They also ordered the captive Duan Qin and more than 5,000 Hu soldiers to be brought up, and they were all killed on a five-mile slope outside the city.

In December, Ran Min moved the state government from Gaowan to Linzi.

In the above table, Yuan Jie is appointed as the prefect of Chengyang and An Xin is appointed as the prefect of Dongguan, respectively guarding the Langya State of Jin and the Taishan County of Qin.

The imperial court adopted them all.

In February of the next year (the second year of Jingping), Ran Min received a letter of surrender from Yuan Zhen, the governor of Jinyu Prefecture.

After verification by several parties, it was finally decided to send troops to accept it.

Then he took Yuan Jie, the prefect of Chengyang, as his guardian and led six thousand troops to attack Langya County, preparing to enter Pei State from Langya County and then reach Shouchun.

But ultimately failed.

In September of the same year, another major incident occurred in the court.

The sons of several noble princes and marquises rode into the capital drunkenly, resulting in the death and injury of dozens of people in Qiyang.

Although Zhijinwu quickly sent out government officials to capture him and put him in prison.

However, due to constant pressure from the top management, he was finally allowed to compensate a small amount of money and let the matter rest.

Since the emperor was performing filial piety in the imperial mausoleum at that time, the prince Bai Ran, who was in charge of the country, happened to be in the plain, holding down the battle for Ran Min's army and supplying food and grass.

Because most of these children are the children of generals in the frontline army and disciples of aristocratic families.

Several important officials in the central committee all agreed that this incident could not ruin the war on the front line, so they suppressed the incident.

Unexpectedly, one of the few people who died was a relative of the censor at the censor station.

I originally thought that the court would soon seek justice for the family of the deceased, but unexpectedly, the matter has never been resolved.

Censor Li Yan was confused and asked Zhijinwufu, who was responsible for Qiyang's security, and was told that the case had been closed.

Li Yan was shocked and quickly asked for the results.

I learned that the criminal brother was pardoned and only some property was compensated.

Moreover, the families of the deceased and injured were asked to settle the matter, otherwise they would suffer retaliation.

Those who can become censors have strong bones. Li Yan, who is upright and upright, is very angry and thinks that they are destroying the cornerstone of the country.

So I wanted to write an impeachment memorial directly to heaven.

Because Li Yan knew that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, every emperor has attached great importance to the construction of rule of law.

In addition, the Bai family's influence in the country is very important. Unlike the Jin State, the face of the aristocratic family is not very important.

It is also different from the barbarian countries, which do not need to indulge the barbarians.

The righteousness of its founding of the country can be compared with that of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, in the past, when such vicious incidents occurred, they were usually dealt with impartially. However, the family of the criminal, fearing that his children would undermine the family's reputation, cooperated to the point of expelling him from the family tree.

But this is not an example without cover.

Back then, there was a son of a family who committed a crime, and for the first time, powerful officials helped him. His family also worked behind the scenes, hoping to help the criminal escape punishment. So the powerful officials relied on their power to suppress the case.

But the consequence was that he was brought to the Emperor's case by Yushitai.

The final result was that the powerful official who was one of the Nine Qings at that time was dismissed from his post and exiled to six towns, and the brother who committed the crime was executed.

The family of criminals who helped escape the crime were demoted multiple times in the Zhongzheng Quality Review Book by the Zhongzheng government.
As a result, many officials from this family were demoted in the second year because of their low reputation.

As a result, the name of this clan disappeared from the eyes of the world for a time, apparently losing power.

The upright and upright seventh-grade censor relied on this case to rise to the top.

First, he was appointed as the fifth-grade prefect by the imperial court. Later, due to his excellent conduct, his official career skyrocketed.

In the end, he begged for bones as the chief official (rank 4) of a certain central church, which became a popular story.

Just when Li Yan thought that this matter would eventually anger the court, he sent a special envoy to thoroughly inspect the forces behind the case, and then arrested the criminal, and the matter ended perfectly.

But by the end of the second year of Jingping, all his memorials were like a pile of mud and there was no reply at all.

Unwilling to do so, Li Yan had to ask Cai Fang, a classmate and friend who worked in the palace, to find out more.

Knowing that Li Yan wanted to inquire about last year's horse riding case in the capital, Cai Fang immediately stopped him and said:

"Brother Li, if you believe this little brother, it's better not to inquire about this matter anymore."

"Why?"

Cai Fang looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he whispered to Li Yan:

"This matter was suppressed by several important officials of the Central Committee. We did not go to the Secretariat Department at all. If we inquire further, I am afraid that your life will be in danger."

"Snapped!"

Li Yan felt that his faith had been shattered, so he got up and said angrily:

"How dare they? Block Zhongting. This is chaos in government."

"Quiet, quiet."

The frightened Cai Fang quickly covered Li Yan's mouth and looked around to see if anyone was paying attention to the two of them.

Seeing that everyone in the restaurant was not surprised by this kind of thing, they thought he was drunk and went crazy and ignored him.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief.

After finally calming down Li Yan's mood, Cai Fang asked instinctively:
"How did you get involved with this?"

Li Yan, who was drinking wine, said decadently:

"Cai Jun didn't know that one of the people who died in this case was my nephew, who just graduated from school this year.

He came from Taiyuan to enter the Bai School. According to his talent, he would be able to enter the Bai School soon. "

Cai Fang, who was also from a poor family and came from Bai Xue, felt the same way. He knew how difficult it was for children from a poor family and sighed:

Alas, Daxia has missed another good talent. "

"Bang!" Li Yan threw the wine glass down and said with a decisive look on his face:

"No, this matter cannot be settled like this. Not to mention my duties as a censor, if I just let it go, the officialdom of Daxia will be ruined."

Cai Fang still wanted to persuade him, but he knew that what Li Yan said was right, so he had to drink alone.

When Li Yan returned home, he immediately took out the memorial, thought for a moment, and wrote another impeachment essay eloquently.

Among them, he not only reported that Zhijinwu, the chief of the Zhijinwu Mansion, knew the law and violated the law and treated human life with care, but also reported that there were treacherous people in the court and obstructed the hearing of heaven. This is a disaster.

After writing the memorial, Li Yan will be sent to the palace through the Yushitai route on the next day.

Unexpectedly, at noon, his immediate superior, Yushi Zhongcheng Baifu, called him over, threw his memorial in front of him, and asked him if he was going to die.

Then he told him that the case was personally supervised by several officials from Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province. The case had been closed and asked him not to cause trouble again.

But Li Yan was unmoved and determined to submit the book.

Bai Fu tried to persuade him for a long time, but he was very helpless, because he had no way of persuading him to stop his censor's memorial. If the incident came to light, he would not be able to get anything done.

And this matter has nothing to do with me in the first place.

So after warning Li Yan that he had been cautious recently, he handed it over to the chamberlain who was responsible for delivering the imperial memorial.

Three days later, Li Yan was found to have committed suicide at home and left a suicide note, which mentioned the horse riding case in Beijing.

At this time, the suicide of a censor directly shocked the entire Qiyang.

On the other side, Cai Fang, who was in the Secretary's Department, waited for a long time but did not receive Li Yan's memorial.

So I went to Li Yan's house to inquire, and saw a white silk hanging on the door of Li Yan's house.

A huge anger surged into his heart, and after a moment, he turned around and left.

That night, Cai Fang knocked on the back door of Li Yan's house, informed Li Yan's family of his name, and asked if Li Yan had anything for him.

Li Yan's wife handed him a memorial with red eyes:
"This is what my husband gave me many times before his death, and asked me to hand my body over to you."

Cai Fang took the memorial, saluted Mrs. Li, then turned and left.

After returning home, I looked through the memorial and found that it was indeed written by Li Yan himself. It was the entire horse-length case he investigated, and it was also stamped with his own imperial censor's seal.

After closing the book, Cai Fang suddenly became silent and sat motionless on the chair in the study.

Until dawn, the palace bell rang.

After walking out of the study, Cai Fang did not feel tired, and a fighting spirit burst out from his eyes.

"Come here, get dressed."

A servant quickly held the court clothes and served Cai Fang with another maid, dressing up for the court.

(End of this chapter)