Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 86 Fearing Sternness
Che Ming and Hu Qiheng got Nian Gengyao's handwritten letter, and they were naturally proud of it. With Nian Gengyao's prestige, they stomped their feet and shook the eleven provinces. Stand up.As soon as Tian Wenjing was released and detained in the yamen, Chao Liu's case would immediately become another suspicious case with no clear explanation.Even if he couldn't bring down this invulnerable second-rate governor in one fell swoop, Tian Wenjing would never be able to stand firm in Henan from now on.The two of them rushed out of the Old Town God's Temple in Zhengzhou, and they didn't take a sedan chair that night, but took a dozen or so entourages and rode back to Kaifeng during the starry night.The two of them negotiated and decided that Hu Qiheng would not go back to the Naisi Yamen, but would rest for a while in the study of Che Ming Yamen, and then they would pay a visit to Tian Wenjing together.Unexpectedly, before he could sit still, Wan Zuming, Che Ming's Master Qian Liang, barged in. Before he could salute, he stomped his feet and complained:

"Che Weng, one step late, one step late!"

Che Ming's feet were still soaking in the hot water basin, rubbing each other comfortably. Hearing this, he couldn't help being startled. He glanced at Hu Qiheng who was drinking tea, and asked, "What's 'late'? It's worth being so angry Wan Zuming frowned, sat down next to Hu Qiheng, and said, "The case of Chao Liu has been concluded. Yao Jie and the others came the night before yesterday, saying that Tian Zhongcheng had a big job today. Wang ordered the banner to rectify the Dharma of the monk of the Calabash Temple and the nun of the Baiyi Nunnery together - told us to try our best, and the two adults both went to Zhengzhou. Zhang Zhang... Now that the trouble has reached this point, I can't cover it anymore, but how can it end?" Che Ming paused for a moment, then sneered and said, "Maybe who can't close the scene! Go, tell them all to come, later Let's go to the governor's yamen together." Master Wan said anxiously: "If they can come, why should I be so anxious? Tell Tian Zhongcheng to detain them!"

"What!?" Hu Qiheng was shocked, "The man surnamed Tian actually arrested all the masters of the feudal government office! Why?" Wan Zuming shook his head and said, "I don't know about the details. It was agreed when the feudal stage didn't leave. However, I paid tens of thousands of silver to buy Chao Liu’s house and withdraw the original lawsuit. There is no one who suffers, and everything will be fine. Maybe Chao Liu’s family will not pay, or the guards have no way to go through. In short, there is no reply. , went to another one and didn't come back. In the end, I asked Lao Li to go, and agreed not to return after Youshi. There must be a big event, so we should prepare here. This night passed again, and there was no sound, so it was not a big event. ? It must be the shrew Chao Liu who sold us!" After saying that, he stumbled and sighed.Hu Qiheng said coldly: "Anyway, you are the masters of Shaoxing, and you don't understand the laws of the Qing Dynasty! You should ask about the number of old criminal names in my yamen! This kind of case is not a case of disobedience, housework, or theft. It can be settled privately. Human life is at stake, and Chao Liu's withdrawal of the lawsuit against Tian Wenjing will stop?"

Che Ming had calmed down, wiped his feet and put on his boots, and said with a giggle, "It's fine if you don't know, old man. I just need to withdraw the case of kidnapping Chao's son. I don't know what's going on at the governor's office. Don't let this matter get messed up." Fang Cun. Let's pay homage to Tian Wenjing, and we'll see."

When the two arrived at the Governor's Yamen, it was just dawn, and there were two lines along the street, three steps, one post, five steps and one post, all of which were police stations arranged by Ma Jiahua of Kaifeng Prefecture. Forbidding scene.In front of the screen wall of the empty yamen, dozens of officials were already standing beside the Yimen, discussing unsteadily in private, seeing the two of them getting off their official sedan chairs, they hurriedly moved out of the way.Che Ming got off the sedan chair, looked around, and seeing Ma Jiahua was there, he beckoned over and asked, "Have you seen Zhong Cheng?"

"Back to Fantai, I just met Tian Zhongcheng, and today Zhongcheng is going on a big job. The prisoner has been released—"

"I know. Where is Zhongcheng now?"

"In the signing room, talk to the five masters."

"Well." Che Ming smiled subtly, pointed to a pile of firewood the size of a wheat field on the empty field and asked, "What is that for?" Ma Jiahua turned his head to look at Chaishan, and said: "I don't know about the lowly position. It was ordered by Zhong Cheng at night." Che Ming didn't say anything more, looked at the group of officials, all of them were above the seventh rank in the provincial capital, and turned to Hu Qiheng and said, "Let's go in."

So the two of them walked into the Yamen with full clothes and went straight to the signing room. Sure enough, they heard Tian Wenjing talking in the study from a distance: "Henan is different from Jiangnan, and the method can't be the same. Li Wei likes to squeeze oil from whores, and I am in Kaifeng." Open a Chunxiang Building, comparable to the Qinhuai River in the golden powder of the Six Dynasties? Brother Che and Brother Hu are here, please come in." Che Ming and Hu Qiheng bent down and let the fish enter the signing room, but Tian Wenjing's crown was neat and his hair was full. Wearing a flowered coral top, a nine-python five-claw robe over a golden pheasant patch, and black satin official boots, sitting in front of the desk, next to the four masters Wu Fengge, Bi Zhenyuan, Zhang Yuncheng, and Yao Jie, seeing them come in, Everyone stood up to greet him, only Wu Sidao sat alone in front of the screen, playing with the folding fan in his hand and muttering silently.

"You guys came back just in time." Tian Wenjing waited to get up, and then sat down again, "The case of Chao Liu was concluded six days ago, and my brother reported the case directly to the study. Instruction—please take a look at it, both of you." As he spoke, he handed over a brochure with a yellow silk cover on the case.Che Ming said in the middle of his mouth: "Master Zhongcheng has acted vigorously and resolutely. It is admirable to settle the accumulated cases for several years!" When Zhu criticized, he couldn't help shaking his whole body, and his face changed color.When Hu Qiheng came over to look at it, he couldn't help being surprised, and saw that it read:

I am so astonished that such things happened under the daylight in the Qingping and prosperous times!I recalled that when the Holy Patriarch visited the south, the incident of the Third Prince Zhu in the Pilu Temple was like a thieves' den.Although these thieves, monks, and nuns are worthless, what are they worth?It is ordered that the caregiver does not have to strictly abide by the precepts, but should be sentenced to death quickly based on the principle of clearing the sky and pleasuring people's hearts.With such a huge crime happening under the majestic provincial capital, what does the judicial yamen do on weekdays?Hu Qiheng understands the answer!Chao Liu's complaint has been filed for three years, how can the provincial officials not know the reason?That is to say, Tian Wenjing announced that all officials in the provincial capital would be demoted to the second level and fined for half a year.This!The cinnabar handwriting is dripping with cursive, and the word "Qin this" behind it is no longer very obvious. It can be seen that Yongzheng wrote it in one go under the fury of Yongzheng.When Hu Qiheng saw his name mentioned, his heart skipped a beat, and his face immediately turned pale. He held the zhezi back to Tian Wenjing with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Please give me an introduction, and Qi Heng is guilty. But there are many reasons behind it. Rong Qi Heng Juzhe played it in detail to know the Holy One."

Che Ming didn't expect that Tian Wenjing would be a stalker when they met. He was stunned for a while before he realized that if Tian was intimidated by him, he would take advantage of it and do something.After thinking about it, he regained his composure, then leaned back and said: "Although the vassal office doesn't deal with lawsuits, the former and current governor of Kaifeng was appointed by me. I have heard about this case a long time ago. I thought it was an ordinary murder case. It was dealt with by the Judiciary Yamen, and I didn't expect it to be so horrifying because of the vine entanglement. Since Long live has decreed, I must take the blame for my humble position. But—" He rolled his eyelids and glanced at Tian Wenjing, and said with a wry smile: "But this case It has been delayed for a long time, and many officials may be involved. Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds are roiled, and there will be an uproar in the official circles in Henan. So this time I have an audience with General Nian, and the General is also very concerned. Law and order is enough, and he specially asked us to bring a warrant, please take a look at it." Then he handed over the warrant written by Nian Gengyao with both hands.

Tian Wenjing took it and looked at it, passed it to Wu Fengge and others casually, and sipped the tea ceremony: "General Nian controls the military and government of eleven provinces, and has no intention to intervene in judicial and civil affairs. The case has reached this point, I can only follow the principles of heaven." Follow the king's law. The 23 people in the yamen are not arrested for a long time, but they are arrested on the night of my permit. There is neither my constitution nor the ticket of the Kaifeng government. It is suspicious, so I want to be one Capture and deal with the case, Ji Heng, since you are here today, I would like to ask, are these people secretly going to take Chao Liu, is it the ticket issued by the old man?" When Hu Qiheng saw Yongzheng's handwriting, his heart was already timid, and he thought He was planning to take on the matter but hesitated again. If he couldn't make up with these yamen servants, maybe even himself would be "jointly dealt with" at this moment.With a dry laugh, he said: "Issuing tickets and arresting people is a matter of the police department. You only need to reply to my master. Sometimes there are more than a dozen cases a day. How can I manage these trivial matters? They only return after the governor's office detains people." I know." Tian Wenjing let out a "huh" and said, "That's good, the case is closed today, and I have a few words from my confidant to tell you frankly. I am a special official of the imperial court, and I have to report the case due to my deep gratitude. No matter which official is implicated, I will deal with him impartially and in accordance with the law. This is one. These 23 conscription confessions have been taken, which is indeed favoritism. They don't even have a ticket from the patrol office, so they can't be lightly indulged. There is a saying. The general will not accept the orders of the emperor, not to mention that my brother, Mu Yu, is only responsible to the court! If the general Nian has committed a crime, the brother will accept it. For more than a month, the governor's yamen has only done two things. Let's not talk about it, the whole yamen is used to torture this group of monks and nuns, some things are related to the officialdom, it is really disgustingly ugly. I really want to shake it all out—" He glanced at Che Ming , actually let out a deep sigh.

Che Ming's body was half numb. In fact, he didn't have much to do with this murder case. The reason why he tried his best to cover it up was because his concubines and nuns in Baiyi Nunnery had a close relationship in the past. , decades of Taoist faces have no place to rest, and now hearing Tian Wenjing say the word "guizi", I suddenly feel cold and sweaty, but I don't dare to ask.

"So my masters and I have thought over and over again, and we still want to complete the official status of our colleagues," Tian Wenjing said sincerely, "This lawsuit did not invite the two and other officials to a public trial, because as few people as possible know about it, the better. I have ordered that all the cases of nuns and monks' dealings with the family members of the gentry and eunuchs, regardless of whether they are obscene or related to human relations, will be deleted. It is inconvenient to declare this article clearly. I would like to ask the two brothers to privately convey it to the various officials of your yamen. Let everyone still handle things with peace of mind." At this point, Che Ming finally let go of his heart.But Hu Qiheng didn't care about that, he bowed and said, "Since it's going to be fulfilled, the face of the senior general is also important, can you please release the ordinary servants and let the humble officials handle it themselves?"

Tian Wenjing finished listening with a dumb smile, without answering, stood up and nodded slightly to Wu Sidao, and said to Wu Fengge and others: "It's time to be promoted." Then everyone got up one after another, Yao Jie came out first, and rushed to Ermen Geshi Ha Gao said: "Fire the cannon! Tanaka Cheng has been promoted!" Hu Qiheng suddenly felt that he had been betrayed by Che Ming, so he couldn't help but stare at Che Ming with resentment, and had no choice but to get up.Che Ming quietly pulled him to the end, and said in a low voice, "He's determined to eat the weights, so what's the use of fighting? We'll see how he settles the case later, if he really can't come down, I'll tell you, Mr. Qian, to bite his four masters out." !"

"Yeah." Hu Qiheng's eyes flashed like ghost fire, "There's Zhang Qiu!"

"Master Zhongcheng is promoted!"

With the sound of three cannon shots, the main hall door of the governor's yamen, which is usually locked and locked, opened. The judge, accompanied by Che Ming and Hu Qiheng, came over, "Oh—" the geese walked out of the hall one by one with a low growl, and stood still according to their positions. Sitting under the "High Hanging" plaque, Che Ming and Hu Qiheng on the two sides of the public case also took their seats. For a while, only clothes were heard in the hall, and there was no sound of coughing.

This is a major case that has been dragged on for three years. It involves a nunnery, a temple, monks and nuns, and more than a dozen lives. It is more sensational than the Guangdong case of nine lives.I heard that the Futai Yamen closed the case today, and the people of Kaifeng rushed to tell each other, and almost came here all over the city. Who would not care about this?It was the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, the sky was already falling, and it was the golden and flowing fire weather. The sky was clear and there were no clouds, and a round of blazing sun shone down, scorching the earth scorching hot. Thousands of people stood far outside the big screen wall. He looked at the lobby desperately, but was stopped by the officials of the Kaifeng government office from a distance.Ma Jiahua wanted to guard the criminals while maintaining order. He was so hot that he was sweating through his heavy clothes. He heard the sound of the drum over there, and said in his mouth: "Stop people for me. Anyone who has crossed the lime line can only be whipped with a whip!" He rushed into the lobby, saluted Tian Wenjing, and said, "There are too many people outside, and some of them fainted from the sun. It's hard to maintain. I can't stand here for a humble job."

"It's hard for you." Tian Wenjing smiled slightly, turned his face quickly, slapped the wood with a "slap", and shouted: "Lead people into crime!"

"tie!"

(End of this chapter)