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Nightwatcher - Chapter 478

Published at 21st of April 2023 06:45:44 AM


Chapter 478

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Emperor Yuanjing knew that fighting in the imperial court was like cooking a small dish and simmering slowly. Only in this way can a satisfactory taste be produced.

Draw in a group of people, suppress a group of people, the cycle gradually. In the process, we need to give the enemy the opportunity to fight back and vent, and kill each other's spirit and fighting spirit a little bit.

If he, the king of a country, tried his best to exclude public opinions and forcibly convict Wei Yuan, the final result would be a repetition of the situation in which the ministers besieged the Meridian Gate after the death of King Huai.

The reason why the ministers surrounded the Meridian Gate was that he had too much firepower.

The subsequent operation and layout, a little bit to reverse the nature of the Chuzhou case, is perfectly in line with the theory of slow simmering...

Yuan Jingdi walked in the palace and looked up at the far blue sky. It was just that he wanted to keep the balance of Qi and not let it out. Now, what he wants to do is shake his luck.

Since the two countries are so poor, he will do it by himself.

On that day, although the battle could not be determined, there were different voices in the court. This was a very important signal for Beijing officials who had a keen sense of smell and were good at analyzing the situation in the court.

To stand in line, it's time to make a choice.

If you don't stand in line, just shut up and watch.

In the next two days, the great court meeting and the small court meeting held several times. The former Wei party members did not give up. The United King party argued fiercely with Yuan Xiong and Qin Yuandao's party members.

As in the past few decades, Emperor Yuanjing held his throne high and watched the tiger fight.

The most surprising thing is Wang Shoufu, who has been fighting with Wei Yuan for half his life. With an incredible attitude, he stood firmly on the side of the former Wei party members, and did his best to name Wei Yuan and determine the nature of the battle.

...

in front of a small courtyard in the north of the city.

A high-end luxury carriage slowly stopped on the street. The middle-aged man in regular clothes came down from the carriage and knocked on the door of the courtyard surrounded by his retinue.

The door was opened by a pretty daughter-in-law in a cloth skirt. When she saw so many men clubbing at the door, she was startled and quickly closed the door.

The squire put out his hand to block it and said, "don't be rude. Do you know who is standing in front of you?"

The little daughter-in-law couldn't close the door, so she backed back in a panic and called out to the room: "mother, there are guests..."

the silver haired old woman came out of the room with crutches and looked at the unexpected guests warily: "who are you?"

The old woman is also very rich. Just a glance, she can tell from the expensive fabrics of the middle-aged man, the exquisite clothes, and the jade pendant hanging around her waist that the identity of the man is unusual.

This makes the old woman more alert.

Although extortion from the court is very detestable, the target is extortion. What's more, now that the family is destitute and the days are hard, such inhuman running dogs disdain to come again.

What happened to this middle-aged man who must be noble?

Definitely not for the money.

The middle-aged man was standing in the yard, with a few cooing hens in the corner and the faint smell of chicken excrement in the air.

"Are you Lu Zhennan's first wife?" He asked.

Lu Zhennan is the real name of Master Lu.

The old woman suddenly burst out a loud cry. As soon as she dropped her crutches and sat down on the ground, she played the usual tricks of shrews. In a word, it's right to sell miserably first and put herself on the top of morality.

The old woman has never read or can't read. These are all the experiences and principles from the well.

But the middle-aged man's words, let the old woman's cry instantly stuck, like an old hen by the neck.

"Do you want to overturn the case for Lu Zhennan?"

Trafficking in people, raping a good family, or overturning a case? The old woman neither nodded nor refused, but looked at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man smiles and uses the words that can make the market women understand as much as possible:

"the official who exiled your son is Wei Yuan, the head of the watchman's Yamen. He's dead on the battlefield now. Some people, ah, want to overturn the case for those innocent people who were framed by Wei Yuan, and return their innocence and a clear official administration.

"As long as you go to the Meridian Gate to knock on the drum after lunch and Sue Wei Yuan for his extravagance in collecting money and slandering the good people, I can guarantee that your exiled son will come back to join you before the Spring Festival this year."

The old woman's eyes suddenly brightened.

Then he was a little afraid and muttered in a low voice: "the Suiyu shape is going to get the board."

According to the law of Dafeng, those who complain will be punished 50 times.

If you win, you'll be fine. If he failed, he was sentenced to move two thousand miles or even lose his life.

At her age, the old woman was 50 years old, not to mention in a lawsuit. She was reunited with the dead old man on the spot, and both husband and wife gave birth.

The middle-aged man sneered: "don't worry, we'll keep you safe. When you die, aren't we busy for nothing?"

Then he looked at the retinue around him.

The squire dropped a ingot of gold and a petition.The middle-aged man said, "the petition has been written for you. After this, not only will your son come back, but also there will be fifty taels of gold reward, which will be enough for your family to live a good life."

The old lady bit her teeth and said, "thank you for making the decision for the people!"

The middle-aged man nodded with satisfaction: "I'll teach you the process and method of suing the imperial edict now..."

...

on that day, the drum outside the Meridian Gate was loud. An old woman, with her daughter-in-law and little grandson, knocked the dengwen drum outside the Meridian Gate, accusing Wei Yuan of collecting money and slandering the good people.

Emperor Jing of the Yuan Dynasty, who had been negligent for two or eleven years, was enraged and ordered the imperial court to investigate the matter.

The news spread rapidly among the officials in Beijing, and the officialdom in Beijing was turbulent.

The old woman was immediately taken away by the censor of the duchayuan, and she was taken to the interrogation room of the duchayuan, with her head bowed tremblingly.

Market women have a natural fear of the government.

"It's Lu Li's down there?"

After the big case, there came the dignified voice of the chief judge.

"That's the woman of the people." The old woman trembled.

"Look up." Said the majestic voice.

The old woman slowly looked up and saw the appearance of the official who was sitting high after the big case. She was almost surprised to call out. This official is the middle-aged man who visited her recently and taught her to sue the imperial court.

"My official, Yuan Xiong, tell the truth about your grievances."

"What the people and their wives have to say is written in the pleadings."

"Not enough, more details. I ask you, you answer, do not hide, understand

"Is it..."

"does your husband Lu Zhennan sell a little people and plunder good families, children and adult men?"

"There's no such thing. The husband of Min Fu is a small businessman in cloth business. He's a diligent and good citizen. How can he sell people a little?"

"Then why does the Dao master of renyazi organization insist that Lu Zhennan is the leader of the organization?"

"People's wives don't know. People's wives haven't heard of this man at all. Besides, my husband died of illness at that time. It all depends on them to slander and bully the dead. They can't speak."

"Oh, to add sin." Yuan Xiong nodded and asked, "what happened to you after the Lu family was copied?"

"The watchmen come to the house every two days to make trouble and ask for money."

"Oh, extortion, the common people. What else? "

"They also tease my daughter-in-law."

"Oh, you have defiled your daughter-in-law and raped a good family."

Soon, Yuan Xiong took the result of the trial and went to the palace to report it to Emperor Jingdi.

Emperor Yuanjing immediately summoned the princes to hold a small court meeting in the imperial study.

"Bang!"

When Emperor Yuanjing made a violent decision, Long Yan was furious:

"the watchmen have been collecting money and bullying the good people. After their wives and children were separated, they still don't want to let go, beating their bones and sucking their marrow and sullying the women of the people...... the disaster of petty officials has been a long time. I didn't expect that the watchmen, who should have supervised all the officials, have rotted so far. I feel very sad. I am very disappointed with Wei Yuan.

"I treated him as a national, but he was a national thief."

Liu Hong, the censor of Zuo Du, stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, it's about the Duke of Wei. Such a big case should be tried jointly by the three departments. You can't listen to Yuan Xiong alone."

He is Wei Yuan's confidant. In this case, he wants to avoid suspicion. All members of the Wei party have to avoid suspicion and are excluded by Emperor Jing of the Yuan Dynasty.

Yuan Jingdi sneered: "three division joint trial, can you judge the result? In the case of Fu Fei, you tried the prince. What did you find out? It's all about buck passing. "

For a moment, the princes were speechless.

Wang Shoufu stepped out and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this case is very serious. It's against the rules. Please try it jointly by the third division."

Qin Yuandao, the Minister of the Ministry of war, immediately came forward to retort, saying: "during the inspection in Beijing, the watchman's Yamen went up to the golden gong and down to the tonggong, and he was once jailed for corruption. Corruption has a long history. Now that Wei Yuan is dead, these corrupt people have no protection. In my opinion, it's a good time to thoroughly investigate the watchmen and sweep away the heavy burden. "

However, Emperor Yuan Jing stopped looking at him and gazed at Yuan Xiong, saying:

"Yuan Aiqing, I'll give you the watchman's Yamen now. If you have a good investigation, you must sweep away the deep and give me a clean watchman's Yamen."

Yuan Xiong was so overjoyed that he didn't let his emotion flow to the surface and said, "yes!"

When the generals dispersed, the Minister of the Ministry of war rushed to catch up with Wang Shoufu and said in a low voice, "what should I do now, Mr. Shoufu?"

It is obvious that his majesty wants to discredit Wei Gong. When all kinds of "darkness" of the watchman's Yamen come to the surface, where can Wei Yuan, as the leader of the watchman, be clean?

At that time, you can't even think about any loyalty or duke.

Wang Shoufu said, "have you found that more and more people are silent?"The minister's face changed.

Wang Shoufu light way: "look good at your own people, officialdom people go tea cool, for thousands of years to break the truth."

The old man looked back at the palace with a tired face.

...

yuan Xiong left the palace in a carriage. He neither returned to the imperial censor's office nor took office as a new official. He went straight to the watchman's Yamen.

"The one who is most familiar with the watchman must be the watchman. If you want to get things done as soon as possible, you need the help of that man."

Yuan Xiong squints and taps his fingers on his knees.

As the wheels rattled, he went out of the Imperial City, drove in the inner city for half an hour, and arrived at a mansion.

Zhu Fu!

PS: the number of words in this chapter is a little less, and we will make it up tomorrow.




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