scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 92

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After making up his mind to get rid of his political enemies for his son-in-law, Jie Shu left Prince Kang's mansion with Li Suzu's second memorial that afternoon, and went all the way to the Donghua Gate to hand out a sign to see him.It was also a coincidence that the guard standing outside the Donghua Gate today happened to be Li Xu, one of Xiao Mazi's confidantes, who was very familiar with Jie Shu, so as soon as Jie Shu stood in front of the Donghua Gate, Li Xu came over immediately Daqian said flatteringly: "Slave Li Xu, send greetings to Prince Kang, the prince is auspicious."

"Li Xu? Please hurry up, there is no need to be so polite." Jieshu knew that Li Xu was Xiao Mazi's confidant, so he didn't dare to put on airs, so he quickly helped Li Xu himself, and asked curiously: "My lord, if I remember correctly , you seem to have been on duty at the Hall of Mental Cultivation and the Palace of Qianqing, right? Why did you get transferred to Donghuamen?"

"My lord, don't mention it." It's good that Jie Shu didn't mention it, but as soon as he mentioned it, tears flickered in Li Xu's eyes, and he said with a mournful face: "I don't know that god damn villain is jealous and jealous that the slave is favored by the emperor. , just spread a rumor that the slave set up a spirit memorial ceremony for the slave's grandfather in the background, and this word somehow reached the ears of Lord Gabraga, the minister of the chief guard, and it happened that the guard shift in the palace was adjusted, and the slave was adjusted to the east. Huamen is here."

"It's a good thing that you set up a memorial ceremony for your grandfather? What's the matter?" Jie Shu was confused.

"My lord doesn't know something, but this servant's grandfather is not very up-to-date." Li Xu was a little twitchy, but he still blushed and said honestly: "My surname is Jiang, my ancestral home is Changyi, Shandong, and my grandfather's name is Jiang Yan. In the seventh year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty (1642), the Qing soldiers besieged Changyi. The grandfather of the slave not only did not follow the heavens to welcome the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty into the city, but led the whole family to help Changyi County Magistrate Li Cuixiu defend the city. The eight-day confrontation killed many soldiers of our Qing Dynasty, and they deserve death!"

Speaking of this, Li Xu was even more coy, "After the city was broken, the slave's grandfather still refused to surrender, and committed suicide by burning himself to death. One of the slave's uncles and three uncles were also obsessed with obsession and vowed not to surrender. They were executed by our Qing army. , only the slave's father surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and worshiped Li Xiquan, the leader of the Zhengbai Banner of the Qing Han Army, as his father. The whole family changed their surname to Li, and expelled the grandfather from the genealogy....My lord, now you should understand why my lord is doing this Do you care about the slave setting up a spiritual sacrifice for the grandfather? But the slave is indeed wronged, the slave hates the grandfather who has acted against the sky, how can he offer incense and kneel down to him?"

"So that's how it is." Jie Shu laughed dumbfounded, and said, "This Kabula is really, his ancestors were disgraceful, he didn't know the current affairs and acted against the heavens, what does it matter to future generations? According to his conviction, the court should be punished." How many officials can there be? Forget it, let’s not talk about this matter, Li Shiwei, please pass the sign to the king, the king has an urgent matter to enter the palace, and tomorrow the king will have the opportunity to see Kabula and call for grievances on your behalf. "

"Thank you, my lord, that's really the case. My lord, you are the slave's reborn parents." Li Xu was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed—working in the Donghua Gate, which is far away from Xiao Mazi, is not only far less prestigious than working in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and the Palace of Qianqing. The chances of going outside are even more pitifully slim.

After kowtowing, Li Xu took Jieshu's badge and was about to enter the palace. He never thought that another official would come over quickly from a distance, and shouted from a distance: "Guard Li is waiting, and I have to hand over the badge to enter the palace, please. By the way, bring my signboard." Li Xu and Jie Shu looked back together, only to see that the person who came was Nala Mingzhu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and a Bachelor of Hongwen Academy.

"Master Ming is here too." Li Xu hurriedly stopped, stepped forward to salute Ming Zhu, and raised his hands to receive Ming Zhu's waist card.On the other side, Mingzhu handed over the waist card, and greeted Jieshu, saying: "Master Kang, it's rare, you handed the card to enter the palace too? The reason why you came to the palace today is not for your adopted sons Li Suzu and Lu. Is it about Yifeng impeaching each other?"

"How did Ming Zhongtang know?" Jie Shu asked in surprise.

"Sure enough, I guessed it right." Mingzhu said helplessly: "In the past few days, the General Secretary has received several memorials about this matter. Li led his ancestors to impeach Lin Tianqing and Lu Yifeng, and Lu Yifeng again He joined hands with Lin Tianqing to impeach Li Shizu, but Bian Sanyuan made excuses to shirk and did not dare to join in, and the officials of Zhengbaiqi added fuel to the fire, helping Li Shizu to impeach Lin Tianqing and Lu Yifeng, and the fight was fraught. I know Li Shizu is your adopted son , seeing that you will enter the palace now, I guessed that it is rare for you to enter the palace this time, and nine out of ten it is because of this."

"Lu Yifeng?" Evil comes with evil. Hearing this disgusting name, Li Xu, one of the victims, immediately pricked up his ears, and his heart was filled with anger—if it wasn't for what Fatty Lu said in the restaurant What nonsense, can I, who has won Xiao Mazi's favor, be overthrown by others?How dare Kabula casually transfer himself from the Hall of Mental Cultivation and come to Donghuamen to do errands?

"Mingxiang really deserves to have three eyes. Seeing the subtleties, he is really powerful." Jie Shu smiled and said calmly: "That's right, this king asked to see the emperor today, it is indeed for this matter. But that Lu Yifeng is indeed making too much noise Let’s just say, relying on a small backer, he is domineering, lawless, oppressing good people, and doing a lot of evil in Qujing! These things are not counted, my godson Li Suzu is his boss, he not only does not follow the etiquette of his subordinates, but treats Li Suzu The ancestor uttered evil words, swear words and insults! Seeing that he knows a little bit, can such a person treat the emperor and the court with the courtesy of a minister?"

"Not necessarily. I have met Lu Yifeng. He is a very good person. He is a man who says good things and does good things with good intentions. He is nicknamed Lu Sanhao. I believe that he contradicts his boss, but he insults his boss for no reason. I’m the first to believe.” Mingzhu shook her head, and then said kindly: “Lord Kang, don’t be angry if this servant says something that doesn’t appeal to you—this servant dares to persuade you, it’s best not to get involved in this matter, to you No good."

"Why?" Jie Shu asked in surprise, "Ming Zhongtang, you seem to be on Lu Yifeng's side?"

"My lord misunderstood. This slave is not on his side, let alone trying to cover him." Mingzhu continued to shake her head, and said in a very mysterious way: "The slave is for your lord's good. That fat man Lu's luck is very evil. Anyone who has sex with him That's right, there is no one who is not bad luck, bad luck! People like Tu Hai, Fu Honglie, Si Gege and Monk Zhixiao are all proof, just because they went against him, they all suffered a big loss in a daze! Big bad luck! There was Wang Xu, who had an extremely bad attitude towards Fatty Lu at the beginning, and ended up in prison in a daze. When his attitude towards Fatty Lu changed, he was immediately released from prison and returned to his post. So the slave thought, if you don’t want to suffer bad luck, my lord Luckily, it’s best not to get involved in this matter.”

"Nonsense!" Jie Shu didn't believe it, and said with a sneer: "There is such a wicked thing in the world? I firmly don't believe it! Not only will I try it today, but I will also accuse him of Fatty Lu. Send him to the prison, to the sky prison!"

"Believe it or not, it's up to you, my lord, anyway, I believe it." Mingzhu said helplessly: "Anyway, my slave will not get involved in this case, and will not touch Fatty Lu's bad luck."

After a few gossips, Mingzhu and Jieshu urged Li Xu to enter the palace and hand over a card to see him. Although Li Xu had been afraid to intervene and express his opinions, he couldn't help but use his little brain to calculate Lu Fatty, don't you think your pearl is biased towards Fatty Lu?I don’t want to hand over your signboard and Lord Kang’s sign to the emperor together, and don’t let the emperor summon you and Lord Kang together, and don’t give you a chance to speak for Fatty Lu!
Thinking for sure, Li Xu immediately rushed to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, intentionally sending Jie Shu's badge into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, until Xiao Mazi ordered Jie Shu to be summoned.After a while, Li Xu handed the Pearl's sign into the Hall of Mental Cultivation. In this way, Xiao Mazi summoned Jie Shu alone first, and Mingzhu, who was more inclined to Fatty Lu, naturally had to wait. Always say good things for Fatty Lu.

Relying on Li Xu's deliberate help, Jieshu entered the palace alone, and also entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and met his cousin Emperor Xiaomazi who was talking to Suo'etu in the hall.Seeing Jie Shu come in and kowtow to salute, Xiao Mazi was very happy, and hurriedly said: "Brother Wang is flat, give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jie Shu kowtowed to thank him, and sat down on the chair brought by Cao Yin.

"Brother Wang, you are a rare visitor here." Xiao Mazi smiled affectionately and asked, "Is there something you want to do when you enter the palace today? Are you planning to invite me to shoot rabbits in the suburbs?"

"Your Majesty misunderstood me. This servant is not here to invite the Emperor out of the city to shoot and hunt." Jie Shu shook his head without any hesitation, and said straight to the point: "This servant dare not lie to the Emperor. This servant is entering the palace today for the sake of the prefect Li of Qujing. The matter of Li Suzu came about. Li Suzu's wife is a subordinate of the servant, and she also worshiped the servant as a godfather. He was bullied and involved in the case. The servant had to take care of it. Of course, if The blame lies with Li Suzu, and the servants will not cover up and show favoritism, and will definitely support the emperor to punish him severely."

"It's for this matter." Xiao Mazi smiled and said: "Actually, if Brother Wang doesn't talk about this matter, I will take time to talk to you about it. In the past few days, I have received several Regarding the memorial about this matter, Li Suizu sued Lu Yifeng for committing crimes and slandering his superiors, and sued Lin Tianqing, the new governor of Yunnan, for accepting Lu Yifeng's bribes and covering up favoritism; ; Lu Yifeng accused Li Suzu of harming his neighbors, taking bribes, and condoning his wife and uncle to do harm to one side; Zhengbaiqi's Zhang Xu, Cao Zhenyan and Yuan Wenbi helped Li Suzu, and the above table demanded that I severely punish Lu Yifeng; but the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Bian Sanyuan, went up again Zhezi, said that he had old grievances with Li Shizu, and old friendship with Lin Tianqing, and asked to avoid suspicion. The sky was dark and the sky was dark, and I was almost annoyed to death."

"It's the slave's fault to annoy the master." Jie Shu knelt down to plead guilty, and then said cautiously: "However, judging from the crying of Li Suzu's wife, that Lu Yifeng did too much. Li Suzu's His brother-in-law Ren Xinglai is obviously a law-abiding businessman, but Lu Yifeng failed to ask for bribes, so he deliberately slandered him and seized the people's farmland, forced Ren Xinglai into prison, and instigated a lot of unscrupulous people to make false accusations, intending to put Ren Xinglai to death. occupy his property."

"Also, in order to avoid suspicion, Li Shizu didn't use his identity as prefect to force Lu Yifeng, but negotiated with Lu Yifeng in private and asked him to handle the case fairly. Xinglai, of course Li Shizu would not give it. Lu Yifeng, relying on the two backers of Pingxi Palace and Lin Tianqing behind him, actually insulted Li Shizu, and bought many unscrupulous people to frame him. OK, appalling, unheard of!"

Speaking of this, Jie Shu added angrily, "That's not counting, that Lu Yifeng didn't even look down on the slaves, not only threatened that even if the slaves intervened, he would continue to deal with Li Suzu, but also To insult the servant, saying that Li Suizu's son is actually the servant's... In short, if Lu Yifeng is not severely punished, the law of the country will be difficult to be corrected, and the people's grievances will be difficult to appease, and the slave will also find it difficult to appease the anger in his heart."

"Brother Wang, there are no outsiders here." Xiao Mazi said with a smile: "Suo'etu is also a relative of our Aixinjueluo family, so I will just say what the family said-the relationship between you and Li Shizu's wife that Lu Yifeng mentioned Is the romantic affair a fake?"

"Your Majesty, do you know everything?" Jie Shu blushed and asked a little embarrassedly.

"My lord, what can we hide from the emperor who is illuminated by the holy candle?" Suo Etu interjected with a smile: "The emperor actually knew about this matter a long time ago, but it is harmless, and it is also a good talk, so the emperor has not made a fuss about it. .”

"The slave is absurd, please punish the emperor." Jie Shu blushed even more, and hurriedly kowtowed to plead guilty - but Aixinjueluo's family has always been like this, Jie Shu's grandfather Dai Shan had openly committed adultery with his stepmother, so Jie Shu was not shy or worried go there.

"Forget it, let's forget about the past, Fatty Lu is a bit too much, how can you beat someone so badly?" Xiao Mazi smiled generously, and then said seriously: "However, Brother Wang, I think you still prefer to listen to me." Partial belief—I can believe Li Suzu’s accusation of impeaching Lu Yifeng, and I can send people to investigate, but I don’t believe in impeaching Lu Yifeng for taking bribes! The Empress Dowager Lafayette also doesn’t believe it!”

"Why?" Jie Shu looked up in surprise.

"Lu Aiqing is not a greedy person." Xiao Mazi shook his head, and said more seriously: "Brother Wang, let me tell you the truth, before Lu Aiqing went to Qujing to take office, I and Obai actually planned to send the Lianghuai patrol to the number one in the world." He was rewarded with fat and short, but he resolutely refused in order to secretly monitor Wu Sangui for me. He asked himself to start from the Qipin county magistrate of Qujing in a remote area, and he wanted to exchange political achievements for the rewards I gave him step by step! Tell me, like this Officials, might they lose their careers for money?"

Jie Shu was dumbfounded, only then did he realize that Fatty Lu still had such a wonderful performance in front of his cousin, and he began to regret rashly standing up for his old lover. The memorial of Li Suzu said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I don't have much contact with Lu Yifeng. I don't know if his behavior is from the heart. But if the emperor reads the second memorial of Li Suzu, Maybe you can guess Lu Yifeng's real purpose one or two."

"Li Suzu's second memorial? Why didn't he hand it over to the Tongzheng Envoy? Can I trouble you to forward it to me?" Xiao Mazi asked in surprise.

"Return to the emperor, because in the second memorial, there is a passage that is really inconvenient for outsiders to know." Jie Shu replied darkly.

Xiao Mazi stopped talking, and pouted at Zhang Wanqiang who was next to him. Zhang Wanqiang hurried forward, took the memorial from Jie Shu, and presented it to Xiao Mazi.Xiao Mazi took it, opened it and looked at it for a moment, Xiao Mazi was speechless, then his pockmarked face flushed suddenly, and he yelled in his heart: "Could it be that I was really deceived by that fat man Lu in the matter of discussing wages a while ago?" Did you fall into the tricks of old Wu Sangui? Fatty Lu was so complacent that he spread the word when he returned to Qujing?!"

The three became tigers, Tu Hai, Kong Sizhen and others had previously suspected that Fatty Lu was Wu Sangui's villain, Xiao Mazi felt that they were jealous of Fatty Lu for being favored by him, and would not believe anything they said.The old hag of Xiaozhuang was also a little suspicious of Fatty Lu's true position, Xiao Mazi was skeptical, and Xiaozhuang's own position was the first to waver, Xiao Mazi was even less convinced that Fatty Lu was actually Wu Sangui's opposite.But now, Li Shizu, who has never been involved in the dispute over the salary, said the same thing, and pointed out that Fatty Lu said these words under complacency, so Xiao Mazi couldn't help being shaken.

"Your majesty, this slave also knows that Li Suzu has many faults, but his loyalty to the emperor and the court is unquestionable." Jieshu observed his words and saw Xiao Mazi wavering, so he took the opportunity to fan the flames and said: "In the first year of Kangxi, Li Sui's loyalty to the court is beyond doubt." The ancestor was not afraid of Wu Sangui's despotic power, and resolutely dedicated the former Ming traitor Zha Rulong to the court, regardless of Wu Sangui's threats and temptations. This is enough to prove his loyalty to the emperor and the court. And that Lu Yifeng was originally Wu Sangui Who is more loyal to the emperor, or more loyal to Wu Sangui, who was born as a Western election official in the direct line of his family, no one can say."

Xiao Mazi became more shaken and furious, and threw the memorial in front of Suo'etu, who was probing his head, got up and spun around the Hall of Mental Cultivation with his hands behind his back.Jie Shu has heard about Xiao Mazi's habits, and knows that Xiao Mazi likes to think in circles when he is angry, and the faster he turns, the more furious he is. Slave, thanks to you blowing up Lu Yifeng's luck so badly, how is it now? This king has already opposed him, why don't I see the bad luck he brought me?"

Our Prince Kang seemed to be too happy too early. Suo Etu, who was next to him, quickly read Li Suzu's second memorial, and suddenly said: "Master, please calm down first. What Li Suzu said is the whole story. The report has no real evidence, and the possibility of planting and slandering cannot be ruled out."

——By the way, Lu Sanhao, the fat man who we say good things, do good deeds, and have good intentions, sold a huge favor to Suo Etu at the last moment when he was about to leave the capital to officially take office.

"Slandering and slandering?" Xiao Mazi stopped, gritted his sallow teeth, and squeezed out a sentence, "At that time, Li led his ancestors far away in Yunnan, so he didn't know what happened in the capital, so he could fabricate such words to frame and slander ?”

"Back to the master, what if someone gives advice? Otherwise, why didn't Li Suzu mention this matter in the first memorial, but why did he mention it in the second memorial?" Suo'etu bit the bullet and asked again One sentence, and then I added in my heart, "Fatty Lu, with just these two sentences, I have already paid off the favor I owe you! Next, if the emperor still grabs you, I don't care, I can't take myself Guarantee your wealth and life for you?"

It's really wrong, Suo'etu's words not only hit the truth, but also woke up Xiao Mazi, who was always cunning and suspicious, and turned his eyes to Jie Shu.Jie Shu was a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Back to the emperor, I dare to vouch for it with my head. I have never pointed out a word to Li Suzu, and I don't even understand how Lu Yifeng used countermeasures against the emperor."

Xiao Mazi didn't speak, and continued to stare at Jie Shu until Jie Shu trembled and sweated profusely, then Xiao Mazi turned his eyes away, and said in a slow tone: "Brother Wang, get up, I don't doubt you, and Li Suzu's The two memorials are separated by less than ten days, even if you want to give him advice, there will be too little time."

"Thank you for your majesty's investigation." Jie Shu heaved a sigh of relief, then got up, and said: "The emperor's lesson, I secretly think that no one dares to point Li Suzu to deceive the king, and no one can point Li The only possibility for Li Suzu to deceive the emperor so much is that Li Suzu reported the truth."

"Really?" Xiao Mazi began to waver again.

"Your Majesty, think about it." Jie Shu said darkly: "Only people in the capital know about Lu Yifeng, and Li Suzu has been in Yunnan all the time. It was only reported to the capital less than ten days ago. Even if the people in the capital wanted to point out Li Shizu to slander and frame him, there would be too little time? Could it be said that the people in Yunnan could know these inside stories and give Li Shizu such an inside story? Advice? People in Guizhou and Guangxi can know such an inside story, and give Li Suzu such... "

"Wait!" Suddenly, Suo'etu's heart moved, he interrupted Jieshu and asked, "Master Kang, what is your last sentence?"

"Lord Suo, why are you asking this?" Jie Shu was confused, "I just said that it is impossible for people in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi to know such inside stories, and it is impossible to give Li Suzu such advice."

"Guangxi!" Xiao Mazi and Suo'etu yelled in unison, and quickly looked at each other, a charming and lecherous shadow emerged in their hearts - she had countless previous convictions in setting up Fatty Lu. More ability with time and motivation!

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with Guangxi?" Jie Shu didn't know that his unintentional words had ruined his and Li Shizu's previous efforts, and asked in confusion.

"It's nothing." Xiao Mazi shook his head, he didn't want his cousin to know about Kong Sizhen and Fatty Lu's nasty things, he just ordered: "Brother Wang, kneel down, I accept this memorial, and I will definitely give you an answer. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor." Jie Shu, who originally wanted to continue to give Fatty Lu some bad medicine, reluctantly agreed, kowtowed and left obediently.

Jieshu withdrew, and Mingzhu finally appeared on the stage. After entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Mingzhu saw Xiao Mazi reading Li Suzu's second memorial carefully at the first sight. did not hear.Mingzhu was very curious, and hurriedly asked Suo'etu for the reason, but Suo'etu hadn't started fighting Mingzhu to the death. After hesitating for a while, Suo'etu still whispered what happened just now Again, he asked again: "Ming Zhongtang, you are the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment and have rich experience in handling cases. How reliable do you think Li Suzu's memorial is?"

"Unable to judge." Mingzhu shook her head, and replied in a low voice: "Li Suzu and Lu Yifeng are both reported, and neither has produced key evidence. Who of them lied."

"In your opinion, should Bian Sanyuan be ordered to conduct a detailed investigation? Or should the imperial envoy be sent to Yunnan for a detailed investigation?" Xiao Mazi suddenly asked.

"Master heard it?" Mingzhu was a little embarrassed, and quickly replied: "Back to the emperor, the slave thinks that it is better to send a reliable imperial envoy to Yunnan for a detailed investigation. Because the emperor also knows that Bian Sanyuan is from Wu Sangui. He has also known Li Shizu for many years, and has friendship with both sides. This time he took the initiative to ask to avoid suspicion, which is enough to prove that he has not dared to get involved in this matter. If he is ordered to investigate this case, I am afraid that he will submit a report , it will only be the result of the pressure from Prince Pingxi’s mansion or the pressure from Lord Kang and Zhengbaiqi, and will not be the truth of the matter.”

"That makes sense." Xiao Mazi nodded, and asked again: "In your opinion, who should be appointed as the imperial envoy?"

"This one is more difficult to find." Mingzhu said mournfully: "If the master must know the truth of the matter, then this person must have rich experience in handling cases and be fearless, neither afraid of the pressure of the Pingxi Palace, nor The pressure exerted by Lord Kang and Zhengbaiqi—to put it bluntly, this person must be a stunned young man who is invulnerable to fire and water, and oil and salt, but he must not be too stupid to avoid being confused by illusions..."

Speaking of this, Mingzhu suddenly had an idea, hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, this servant recommends someone who will definitely take on this important task and will not be influenced by any external pressure. Break through the fog and find out the truth."

"Master, this slave also thinks of someone." Suo'etu also came to his senses, kowtowed and said, "I can guarantee that sending this person to investigate this case will neither wrong Zhongliang nor cover up Lu Yifeng and Li Shi Any one of them!"

"Oh, who are you recommending?" Xiao Mazi asked curiously, then Xiao Mazi slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "I see, you two slaves actually recommended the same person! Send him to be the imperial envoy , I am also relieved!"

(End of this chapter)