Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 69

After a moment of silence, the door opened, a book office held a stack of confession papers on a wooden tray, an inkstone box and a pen came out like ghosts, closed the side door, and stood there Looking at Hai Rui.

Hai Rui pointed to the big case where the presiding officer was sitting, "You just sit there and record."

The book office hesitated: "Sir, this is against the rules..."

"There are so many rules." Hai Rui waved his hand, "Sit down and record."

The book office had no choice but to go to the big case, dragged the chair to the side, sat down with buttocks next to each other, and picked up the pen.

Only then did Hai Rui sit down facing Zheng Bichang.

Zheng Bichang was a Jinshi in the 21st year of Jiajing. It has been 20 years since he was released from the Hanlin Academy to the county magistrate, and then promoted to the magistrate of the prefecture.What rules and secrets in the officialdom does he not know?At this time, I thought that being interrogated by Hai Rui would be a thunderous reprimand, but I didn't expect that the county magistrate who dared to stand up to him when he was a subordinate at that time, now he is an imperial envoy, but now he treats him with such courtesy, and everything is in the clear, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable. It feels unnatural to sit there.

Only then did Hai Rui look at him firmly: "You are a dismissal member, and I can no longer call it a position. You have been awarded a Jinshi, but I have only passed a Juren, and I can't be called a senior friend. I am not good if I have not been convicted. Call him by his first name. I won’t call you when I ask you next time.”

Zheng Michang immediately felt the righteousness emanating from this person, and immediately realized that righteousness is just a word for "true"!At this time, he was really touched, and replied: "Okay."

——Holding his breath, the prison chief bowed and led the panting Yang Jinshui and the two guards quietly into the dark room.

Yang Jinshui's gaze immediately turned to the side door leading to the interrogation room, and the cell boss quickly walked over and gently pushed the door latch.

After closing the door, the cell boss looked at Yang Jinshui and the two Jin Yiwei again.

At this time, Hai Rui's questioning voice came faintly from the interrogation room: "Before the imperial decree came down, you copied Shen Yishi's family property. How much property does he have in total?"

Yang Jinshui's face immediately became gloomy, and he went straight to the chair next to the desk where the confession was recorded by the side door, sat down, and listened attentively.Zheng Michang's answer from over there was indeed much clearer: "Shen Yishi's home was copied by Gao Hanwen, I'm not sure."

Seeing the two Jin Yiwei still standing there, the prison chief hurried to the wall, picked up a chair and walked towards Yang Jinshui, but the Jin Yiwei waved his hand, and the prison chief put the chair back to its original place and then quietly retreated. go out.Jin Yiwei sat down by the wall, and the other Jin Yiwei went to close the door and sat down by the wall.

Yang Jinshui was the only one sitting by the side door of the interrogation room.

——Hai Rui saw Zheng Michang's first sentence, and forced to shirk it, and didn't get angry, and only said to the book: "It's on record."

The secretary took notes quickly.

Hai Rui: "Who ordered Gao Hanwen to raid Shen Yishi's house?"

Zheng Michang: "Of course it is the order of the governor's office and the inspector's office."

Hai Rui: "Record."

The book office recorded it immediately.

Hai Rui: "Gao Hanwen ransacked his home and didn't report the result to the governor's office and the inspector's office?"

Zheng Bichang was silent.

Hai Rui: "Talk back."

Zheng Bichang: "I have reported it."

Hai Rui: "Is it an oral report or a written report?"

Zheng Bichang: "It's an oral report."

Hai Rui: "Did you report it to the governor and the inspector?"

Zheng Michang's voice was much lower: "Yes."

Hai Rui: "Speak up."

Zheng Bichang: "Yes."

Hai Rui: "Record."

The book office has been recording.

Hai Rui: "Gao Hanwen has reported the confiscation of Shen Yishi's family property to you and the inspector, why didn't you explain it clearly just now?"

Zheng Michang: "Because it was an oral report, what he said is not clear at all."

"Why did you steal Shen Yishi's family property!" Hai Rui raised his voice.

Zheng Bichang: "Imperial decree."

"According to the order to seize the house, don't you want to answer the court! Could it be that the emperor asked you the result of the house raid, and you can't tell me!" Hai Rui finally became strict, and then said to the secretary, "Record my question in the case!"

——Yang Jinshui sat up straight, listening to Zheng Michang's reply.

The two Jin Yiwei looked at each other at this moment, apparently paying attention to Hai Rui's question next door.

——Zheng Michang slowly looked at Hai Rui: "Master Hai asked such a question, and the guards naturally had nothing to say. But the truth was like this at the time. It's been such a long time, and I'm getting old, so I can't remember."

Hai Rui: "Do you remember what happened six days ago? Do you remember what you talked to him personally?"

Zheng Michang was startled and did not reply.

Hai Rui: "Call me back!"

Zheng Bichang: "That should be remembered."

Hai Rui: "It's on record."

The secretary immediately remembered it.

Hai Rui: "Six days ago, you and He Maocai sold Shen Yishi's family property to Huizhou merchants. How much was Shen Yishi's family property at that time? How did you sell it to those Huizhou merchants? Record it!"

Zheng Michang didn't panic: "Lord Hai, the imperial decree didn't ask me about this, right?"

At this time, Hai Rui stared closely at Zheng Michang, and his eyes slowly flashed: "You mean the emperor asked you to sell Shen Yishi's family property to Huizhou merchants!"

——Yang Jinshui's face immediately looked uglier than a dead person, he stood up abruptly, and looked at the two Jin Yiwei.

The two Jin Yiwei were very calm at this time, sitting there without moving.

Zheng Michang's voice came from next door: "I didn't say that."

Yang Jinshui stood there also motionless.

——Hai Rui: "Then how could there be such a decree in the imperial decree! The imperial decree told us to confiscate Shen Yishi's family property and put it into the national treasury, but you sold Shen Yishi's family property to others. The emperor knew in advance that you dare to act so boldly." !"

Zheng Michang: "Of course the emperor doesn't know about it. But we didn't take the money from selling Shen Yishi's property to our own home."

Hai Rui: "Where did you go?"

Zheng Michang: "I'm already a revolutionary, Mr. Hai should ask the next governor now."

Hai Rui: "The imperial decree is asking me to ask you now! Every penny of Shen Yishi's family property will be remitted to the national treasury! But you sold it, and if you can't hand it over, I can go to the imperial court right now and order the magistrate to copy you." Your hometown. You bought such a large house and so many fields in your hometown, and the family property that sank Yishi would be charged to the national treasury."

Zheng Michang: "I didn't take a penny of Shen Yishi's family property, the imperial court made a clear decision."

Hai Rui: "That's good. Then I'll go to the imperial court, and at the same time write a letter to the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so that all the court officials and yamen can give me a clear decision on whether Shen Yishi's family property should be recovered and returned to the national treasury."

——It wasn't fear, it was probably due to the heat from the outside and the fire from the inside. Suddenly, Yang Jinshui's eyes went dark, and he swayed as he stood there.Jin Yiwei was so agile, he jumped over silently with one stride, and grabbed him.

Yang Jinshui's face was as white as paper, and it was so hot without a drop of sweat.Jin Yiwei immediately stretched out his thumb to pinch him.Yang Jinshui's eyes slowly opened.Jin Yiwei motioned for him to leave.

Yang Jinshui raised one hand, forced himself to be calm, and slowly sat down again.

Jin Yiwei gave another Jin Yiwei a wink, that Jin Yiwei brought a chair and put it beside Yang Jinshui, and Jin Yiwei sat down next to him.

—— Zheng Bichang's face was also pale at this moment, dripping with sweat: "Lord Hai..."

Hai Rui: "I won't ask you any more. Bring me the statement and let him sign it."

Zheng Bichang: "I still have something to say..."

Hai Rui only looked at him.

Zheng Michang: "I didn't take a penny from selling Shen Yishi's property..."

Hai Rui: "There is no need to record this sentence. Draw it!"

The book office took the confession and handed over the pen to Zheng Michang.

Zheng Bichang didn't answer.

Hai Rui's eyes finally showed a murderous look: "Article [-] of Paragraph [-] of the "Law of the Great Ming Dynasty", if the criminal is not in the confession, the detainee shall stand forty!"

Zheng Michang took the pen and drew on the confession, but he couldn't use his hand.

Hai Rui said to the bookkeeper, "Help him to the case to draw a deposit."

——When did Yang Jinshui suffer from this kind of crime? In the dog days, the doors and windows were closed, and his heart was churning again, but he didn’t sweat. Someone fanned him, so there was no fan.

Jin Yiwei, who was sitting next to him, saw that they were also people without fans. It wasn't that someone fanned them for them, but they were always resistant to cold and heat. At this moment, he grabbed the hem of the knee-covering short robe with his right hand and fanned it up and down. When I got up, the wind was actually stronger than a fan.Yang Jinshui gave him a look of thanks.

Hai Rui's voice came from next door again: "There is no seat for you here, remove the chair."

Yang Jinshui knew that this was the interrogation of He Maocai.

——Hai Rui had already sat back in front of the big case, and the book office moved to the side of the big case to take notes.

He Maocai stuck there like a tree branch, and suddenly burst into anger: "Master Hai, I have a chair for Zhao Zhongcheng's trial. Just now Zheng Michang also had a chair. In the same case, why do you let me stand for trial?"

Hai Rui: "You have done a lot of evil, and you are full of evil!"

He Maocai's face changed: "The imperial decree didn't say that about me, what evidence does Mr. Hai have to slander me like that?"

Hai Rui: "Let me ask you, how did the embankments in nine counties of the Xin'an River burst at the same time in May this year!"

He Maocai was surprised, but he quickly gritted his teeth: "At that time, there were governors, governors and chief envoys, and the river yamen was not under my control. How would I know?"

Hai Rui: "But before the embankment broke, the entire embankment was filled with soldiers from your office! How do you explain it? It's on record."

The book office took notes quickly.

He Maocai was stopped by the question, and after a while, he immediately argued: "The higher-ups asked me to send troops, of course I will send troops."

Hai Rui: "Who are you talking about?"

He Maocai was questioned again.

Hai Rui: "Call me back!"

He Maocai couldn't escape, and replied: "Whoever manages the river yamen is in charge of it."

Hai Rui: "The supervision of the Hedao Yamen is Li Xuan sent by the palace, and Li Xuan is temporarily under the management of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. Is this the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau you mentioned? It's on record."

——This time not only Yang Jinshui's face changed, but also the faces of the two Jin Yiwei.

Yang Jinshui couldn't hold back anymore, he was about to stand up while holding on to the handle of the chair, when Jin Yiwei gently held him down.

Yang Jinshui made a gesture to ask them to intervene, Jin Yiwei approached his ear and said in a breathy voice: "He has an imperial edict."

Yang Jinshui's gaze went blank all of a sudden, and he sat there in a daze.

——How could He Maocai dare to answer this, and stood there with his head down, silent.

Hai Rui: "You don't dare to answer?" Then he turned to the secretary office: "Then record what I said."

The secretary had been holding the pen all the time, and now he focused.

Hai Rui: "According to investigations, Ma Ningyuan, the former prefect of Hangzhou, Chang Boxi, the former prefect of Chun'an County, and Zhang Zhiliang, the former magistrate of Jiande County, took your officers and soldiers from the yamen to guard every gate in the nine counties before the Dragon Boat Festival arrived. The three flood tides rose, and nine gates broke the embankment at the same time. All your officers and soldiers withdrew overnight. The officers and soldiers of Hu Butang and Qi Jiguang rushed to the embankment at this time to divert the flood in Chun'an and Jiande. Overnight, the entire Chun'an An half of Jiande was in the flood, more than [-] people died, and more than [-] were homeless! Your sins, the sins of those behind you, are like a flood! I will not judge you, and the court will not judge you You, God will accept you too! Accept those people behind you!"

Speaking of this, Hai Rui's voice from his chest was like Huang Zhong Dalu, buzzing and echoing throughout the room!
(End of this chapter)