Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 27 Four Questions
Lu Bing, the commander of Jinyiwei, personally picked up a pen and wrote a confession for the criminal.

Ding Wang told his secrets one by one, and the confession changed from one page to two pages, and then another stack. . . .

Two hours later, Lu Bing's palms were sweating profusely.

Lu Bing has handled many major cases in the past 30 years.Such a weird and appalling case - involving a wide range of officials and a lot of money, is simply the first case in the Jiajing Dynasty!
A trace of fear flashed across Lu Bing's heart.

He thought of one person—the first commander of Jin Yiwei, Mao Xiang.

In the Hongwu Dynasty, Mao Xiang handled the Lanyu case, the Kongyin case, and the Hu Weiyong case.The three major cases led to the killing of half of the officials in the world who were registered in the Ministry of Officials!

The cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks.In these three major cases, Mao Xiang killed tens of thousands of officials for Lord Hongwu, causing public outrage.In the end, even Lord Hongwu couldn't keep him - Commander Mao, who was in power for a while, was dismissed from office and executed.

From the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the present, the emperors have eagles and dogs who specialize in secret affairs.The eagle dog has killed too many people, and the owner will naturally think that the bloody smell on the eagle dog is heavy-kick it away regardless of life or death.

As far as what Ding Wang has confessed to now - the officials involved are all over the ruling and opposition parties.The wrath of the emperor, bloodshed!If the current emperor is angry, a big case is set off.Lu Bing didn't know how much blood was going to be on his hands!

At that time, he, Lu Bing, will be Mao Xiang of the Jiajing Dynasty!

Lu Bing raised his head and looked at Ding Wang: "You have recruited so many, I have four questions for you."

Ding Wang said: "As long as I don't give me nine kinds of punishment, I will answer whatever you ask."

Lu Bing asked: "The first question. According to your statement, two years ago you started to control officials for personal gain. Two years ago, your wealth was no less than 500 million taels! Now it has reached 500 taels." 300 million taels. But for the past two years, you and Wan Anliang have been stealing silver from the Shenli treasury every day—[-] taels a day. Since you are already extremely rich, why do you still do petty theft?"

Ding Wang said: "Commander Lu, you were born rich and honored, and you were born to be a nobleman in the emperor's hidden residence. You don't know the suffering of not having money, so naturally you don't understand: money is something, the more the better, no one thinks too much The silver doesn’t bite the hand. More than 300 taels of silver every day is always better than less than 300 taels of silver.”

Lu Bing nodded: "Well, your answer is reasonable. The second question, you have confessed the names of more than a dozen officials above the third rank and above under your control. It is strange that among these officials, seven or eight They are all famous Qingliu in the court. Could it be that these people, like Wan Anliang, are corrupt officials in the guise of honest officials?"

Ding Wang laughed loudly: "No! For example, the old pedant Yang Ming, Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He has a clear reputation and a clearer personality! Every time I do something for me, I ask Zhou Zigao to put the banknotes on his behalf. He always refuses!"

Lu Bingdao: "That's strange. Since he is an upright official, he must be extremely cautious in his conduct and actions. How could you pinch him into a shortcoming?"

Ding Wang said proudly: "Among the more than 800 officials who have served me, there are too many honest officials like Yang Ming. More than two years ago, I also had a headache. I didn't expect that there are really officials in this world who don't work for money. If they are not greedy for money, I will not be able to grasp their shortcomings. This made me extremely distressed, and it was not until Wan Anliang and Wan Anliang stole money in the treasury one time and he told me a story that I suddenly understood."

Lu Bing asked, "What story?"

Ding Wangdao: "Wan Anliang said that Grandpa Cheng led all his ministers to swim in the West Lake. Ask the courtiers: How many boats do you see on the West Lake? None of the ministers can answer. Only Monk Daoyan said: two boats. Grandfather Cheng and All the courtiers were puzzled. Monk Daoyan explained: There are two boats in total, one is called "name" and the other is called "profit". Commander Lu, people in the world are either greedy for fame or profit. It's more important than their own lives. They themselves walk upright and sit upright, but they can't guarantee that their family members are all innocent!"

Lu Bingdao: "Oh? Just talk about Yang Ming, the censor of the Zuodu. How did you control him, an upright official?"

Ding Wang said: "Yang Ming has an incompetent son named Yang Zhili. Yang Ming named him 'Zhili' because he wanted his son to be educated and reasonable, and to be a moral gentleman. It's a pity that Yang Zhili is not only ignorant of etiquette , but proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. I did four things. The first one was to redeem Xiao Meixian, Yang Zhili’s concubine in Yihonglou. The third thing is to pay Yang Zhili back the 3000 taels of silver he owed to Qinghe Gambling House. The fourth thing is to give Xiao Meixian’s redemption deed, the house deed of the courtyard house, and the IOU of Qinghe Gambling House. Yang Ming!"

Lu Bing sighed: "Great! Yang Ming is afraid that his son's bad reputation for eating, drinking, whoring and gambling will spread. Let me make a comment about how to teach his son well-how can a real leader of the Qing Dynasty, a gentleman of morality, teach his son helplessly? He can only obey your orders. ,Right?"

Ding Wang said: "Commander Lu will be able to see through it at a glance."

Lu Bing continued to ask: "The third question. You confessed just now that you found more than 20 substitutes in shopping malls in two capitals and thirteen provinces. So, Zhou Zigao, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, is your official substitute. ?”

Ding Wang said: "That's right. It took me two years to promote Zhou Zigao as Governor of Shuntian Prefecture. If it wasn't for your Jin Yiwei's intrusion, there would be no accidents, and it would take a few more years to promote him into the cabinet. He It is my substitute in the officialdom."

Lu Bing asked: "Since you have the means to bring him into the cabinet from a nine-rank Zhima official, why don't you enter the officialdom yourself? So far, you are still a small soldier in the public eye?"

Ding Wang smiled wryly: "Since ancient times, how many people with high positions and powers have ended well? Not to mention the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, but our Ming Dynasty. Hu Weiyong, Lan Yu... all the way to Xia Yan in this dynasty, which one didn't die? I I would rather be a behind-the-scenes manipulator than jump to the foreground, and once I get to the foreground, I will become a marionette from a manipulator.”

Lu Bing couldn't help giving his thumbs up: "Control the overall situation with a commoner body. Heh, smart, smart. The last question: the illegal affairs of more than 800 officials should be as numerous as a cow's hair. It's all in your mind, Or did you secretly keep a ledger?"

Ding Wang suddenly fell silent.

Lu Bing sternly said, "Criminal, answer!"

He Liu walked up to Ding Wang, probed his breath, cupped his hands and said, "Commander, Ding Wang has passed out."

Lu Bing ordered Zhao Ci: "Old Twelve, think of a way to wake him up. He won't do this last thing. Today's case is like a trial for nothing!"

Zhao Ci came in front of Ding Wang, lit the thumb-thick incense stick, and smoked it in front of Ding Wang's nose.

Ding Wang woke up.

Lu Bing told He Liu, "Give him a bowl of tea."

He Liu shook the teapot, and saw that the teapot was empty.He carried the teapot, walked to the truth room, and told a warrior: "You, go outside and make a pot of tea."

After a while, Lishi took the teapot into the truth room, and Lu Bing told Lishi, "Go down."

He Liu gave Ding Wangsheng a bowl of tea, and took the tea bowl to He Liu's side: "Gudong Gudong" poured it down for him.

Ding Wang raised his head and glanced at He Liu: "He Baihu, thank you. This bowl of tea is better than fine nectar and jade dew to me now. As a reward, I will tell you something. This is something you have been trying to figure out for a long time. Yes. The method of hiding silver in the pillars was told by an old military household when I was serving as Junqiu Ba of the guard station in the south of the Yangtze River more than ten years ago. The old military household said that he learned it from a book called "Jubao Yaoshu". This method is known in ancient books."

(End of this chapter)