Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 173 Only punish scapegoats?

The main hall of Yongshou Palace.

Emperor Jiajing in the green gauze tent was looking at Xue Yang's confession.

He Liu and Lao Hu were kneeling in the hall.

After half a stick of incense, a dragon roar came from inside the green gauze tent: "You are bullying the sky!" Afterwards, the confession was thrown out of the green gauze tent.

Emperor Jiajing opened the green gauze curtain and said to He Liu, "He Liu, you should wait outside the hall first."

He Liu exited the hall.

In the main hall, only Lao Hu and Emperor Jiajing were left.

Emperor Jiajing walked up to Lao Hu: "Old Hu, you have been my shadow commander in Jinyiwei for 35 years, and you have always been so mature and prudent in handling things. Why are you so impatient this time?"

Old Hu kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, I am getting old. These days, I am always afraid that I may ride a crane to the west one day. I have never done a few decent things in my life. I want to do something before I die. One thing is to be worthy of the common people in the world, and to let myself be worthy of myself."

Emperor Jiajing stared at the white clouds and dogs outside the hall, and sighed: "How can I not know the greed and treachery of Yan Song and his son? But now I can't move the Yan Party! The overall situation in the southeast must be presided over by Hu Zongxian of the Yan Party. More than half of the important towns on the Nine Borders are guarded by the generals of the strict party...Although Yan Song is greedy, he knows how to employ people. The people he uses, such as Hu Zongxian, I also want to use! It is not yet time to liquidate the strict party time!"

Old Hu kowtowed and said, "I thought that cutting flesh with a blunt knife would only make the cut more painful. Some things are better cut with a sharp knife."

Emperor Jiajing smiled wryly, and shook his head: "You don't know the difficulty of governing the Kyushu Wanfang! It would be great if it was really as simple as you said."

Emperor Jiajing yelled out of the hall: "Broadcast to Lu Bing! He Liu!"

"There is a decree, pass it on to Lu Bing and He Liu!" The little eunuch outside the palace gate shouted loudly.

Emperor Jiajing looked down at Lao Hu: "The identity of your shadow commander has been leaked. Now I want to take back the Jinyi order in your hand. Your mission has been completed. Over the years, you have lived up to the expectations of me, Yang Ting and the old chief assistant. Don't worry, I will find you a pension position."

Lu Bing and He Liu entered the hall.

Emperor Jiajing asked Lu Bing: "The left and right commanders of Jinyiwei are Tongzhi; who is responsible for the left and right commanders?"

In Jinyiwei, there are four vacant positions under the command envoy: the left and right commander Tongzhi, and the left and right commander Qianshi.These four empty positions have always been held by the royal relatives, and they don't care about things.Jin Yiwei is really in charge of affairs, only the Commander, the Nanbei Zhen Fushi, and the Thirteenth Taibao.

Lu Bing replied: "The commander of Zuo Tongzhi is Zhu Yanhuai, the son of King Rui; the commander of You Tongzhi is the uncle of the country and Ningyuan Marquis Tang Tan; the commander of Zuoqin is Zhu Yanzun, the general of Zhenguo, and the commander of Youqin is the assistant. General Zhu Bingren."

Emperor Jiajing said: "These people took a share of Jinyiwei's salary for nothing, and did not contribute half a cent for the imperial court. It is in line with the folk saying: occupying the latrine is not shit. Let Liu Da, the governor of Beizhen, also serve as the commander of the left. Tongzhi and He Tianang, the Governor of Nanzhen, also served as the commander of You Tongzhi. Hu Ping served in Jinyiwei for 40 years, and he worked very hard, so he was the commander of Zuoqian."

Lu Bing asked: "May I ask the emperor, who should take over the position of commanding Youqin?"

He Liu's heart skipped a beat.If you want to find out the truth about the case of ghost soldiers in the ghost house, you have to take the position of commander.Commanding the right-hander is much closer to the commanding officer's seat than checking hundreds of households.Will the emperor let me. . . .

Emperor Jiajing's answer disappointed He Liu.

Emperor Jiajing said: "Lu Bing, your eldest son Lu Yi's alias Shao Ying has been practicing in Jinyiwei for three or four years, right? In my opinion, let him change his real name back and take charge of commanding Youqian. By the way, Fourth Taibao Jiang Yan died for his country during the Battle of Hengyu. The seat of the fourth child is also held by Lu Yi."

He Liu and Lao Hu were greatly surprised.

People in Jinyiwei were very surprised why Lu Bing took so much care of the little general flag Shao Ying.Some people even suspect that the commander has the habit of Long Yang, and Shao Ying is his face.

It turned out that Shao Ying was just a pseudonym!His real identity is Lu Bing's eldest son, Lu Yi!

Now Lu Bing is sickly.Could it be that the emperor made an exception to promote Lu Yi because he wanted him to succeed his father as the next commander?

Emperor Jiajing said to Lu Bing again: "Sending shadow commanders to Jinyiwei is a rule set by Lord Wu. It's not that I don't trust you. If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't let you lead Jinyiwei for more than 20 years."

Lu Bing kowtowed and said: "The emperor's kindness to my minister is as great as a mountain. Thunder, rain and dew are the grace of heaven. I dare not think otherwise."

Emperor Jiajing nodded in satisfaction: "Hu Ping has been ordered by me to serve as a shadow commander for decades. Now that his identity is public, don't make things difficult for him in the future."

Lu Bing kowtowed again and said, "I dare not."

Emperor Jiajing pointed to Xue Yang's confession on the ground, turned his head and said to He Liu, "Xue Yang is greedy for ink and food for disaster relief, and makes random accusations against his superiors. He is guilty of unforgivable crimes, and he will be executed! This matter is up to you!"

He Liu was stunned!Lao Hu was stunned!Lu Bing was stunned!
What is framing the boss?Isn't Xue Yang's boss Yan Shifan?Since the emperor said it was a false accusation, it means that the emperor said that Yan Shifan was innocent!It seems that the emperor still has not made up his mind to liquidate Yan Song and his son!The emperor's intention was to let Xue Yang be the scapegoat for Yan Song and his son!
He Liu didn't answer.

Emperor Jiajing said coldly: "Why, He Liu, are you going to resist the edict?"

He Liu hurriedly kowtowed: "I don't dare. I accept the order."

Emperor Jiajing said: "I'm tired, let's all step down."

But Lao Hu said: "Report to the emperor, I still have something to say."

Emperor Jiajing asked, "What's the matter?"

Old Hu said: "Yang Lian, the magistrate of Daxing County, loves the people like a son. For the sake of the lives of tens of thousands of victims in Daxing County, he opened an official warehouse in Daxing County to help the victims. He is now detained in the Prison Division of the Ministry of Criminal Justice... "

Emperor Jiajing said: "Oh, since the official storehouse was opened privately for the livelihood of the people, I will not hold him accountable anymore. After a while, you will go to the prison to deliver my oral order to release that Yang Lian. Huh? Why is the name Yang Lian so familiar? "

He Liu reminded Emperor Jiajing: "Report to the Emperor, it was Yang Lian who participated in the impeachment of General Qiu Luan!"

Emperor Jiajing thought for a while and said: "I remember it. Twelve years ago, he was imprisoned for impeaching Qiu Luan. Two years later, Qiu Luan was tortured and he was reinstated. How can I remember that he was the sixth rank of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Yushi? How come ten years later, he became a seventh-rank county magistrate?"

He Liu took the opportunity to speak good words for Yang Lian: "My Majesty, Mr. Yang is upright. He has offended many superiors and suffered from exclusion. Others' officials are getting bigger and bigger, but his officials are getting smaller and smaller."

Emperor Jiajing said: "So that's how it is. Since I am a good official, I have to promote him. If there is a vacancy in the Imperial Censor of Youqian in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, let Yang Lian fill it in."

In the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there are left and right capital censors, left and right deputy capital censors, and left and right capital censors.Youqian Capital Censor ranks sixth in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and is the fourth rank.

Yang Lian has jumped from a seventh-rank county magistrate to a fourth-rank official, which is considered an exceptional promotion.

"My emperor is holy! Long live, long live, long live!" He Liu, Lao Hu, and Lu Bing shouted.

(End of this chapter)