Section 94 Major Cases in the Examination (3)

On the ninth day of November, Jin Xiang was taken to the capital and was imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice for interrogation the next day. Unexpectedly, that night, Jin Xiang tied his belt to the window of the cell and wanted to commit suicide. Fortunately, he gave a visitor to the Ministry of Justice officials who came to inspect at night and hurriedly called for treatment. Fang Shi was not seriously injured - he also shocked Zhao Guang and Zheng Dunjin and others. For such a murder case, a person as important as Jin Xiang must not be "killed" or "death" or "death" by himself. Shuanggang was sent to pay attention at any time. On the other side, the two people asked for punishment, and the emperor stayed at the end of the imperial examination.

Everyone knew very well that Jin Xiang was determined to die just to protect his master. If he had been delayed for a long time, he would not know what would happen again. He stopped hesitating and brought Jin Xiang to the hall and began to ask questions.

Jin Xiang was born with beautiful eyebrows and handsome appearance, kneeling in the hall in a regular manner, giving Weng Xincun, Zhou Zupei and Zhao Guang kowtowed and bowed a few times, straightening his back, waiting for a question, "Jin Xiang, where are you? How old are you this year? Whose mansion is in?"

"The youngest ancestors were all Baoyi slaves under the Zhenglan Banner of Mongolia. They were born in the second year of Daoguang and were 38 years old this year. They were used at the mansion of my master and military minister, Mr. Bai Huijia, who was the mansion of Lord Bai."

"This year, your elders were appointed by the emperor to take on the position of the chief examination for the examination. You also entered the examination with you, but?" Weng Xincun asked, "According to the former Japanese official's investigation of this case, Cheng Tinggui, the deputy chief examiner of this examination, said that when the paper was engraved, it was also copied by him, you, and Zhu Guangbiao, who was the other deputy chief examiner, who was also copied together?"

"What Master Cheng said in the classroom is not true. After receiving the paper on the eighth day of the lunar month, my master said that the paper is always strict in its printing. It is better not to copy it by the official, but to copy it by my master, Cheng and Zhu. Both adults agreed. Later, after the paper was written, my master said that his handwriting was ugly and ordered the villain to write another one." Jin Xiang's voice was clear and his narrative was organized. He talked happily in the classroom, "The above are all facts, please observe it clearly."

"Usuan confessed that he was asked to secretly pass the joints and asked you to recommend the examiner of the test paper of the 12th House of Gong. Bai Wei thought it was inappropriate and ordered you to find Usuan to replace it. Is there any such section?"

"Some. The master in the villain's mansion is old. He always checks the papers in the room, registers the number of the registration number, and copies the papers, and works by the villain. The text of the test papers recommended by Pu An is unclear, and there are many mistakes and omissions. The younger one asks Lord Pu to change one. He told the younger one that there are no other documents in the room, and he asks me to pay more responsibility." Jin Xiang said, "After the younger one returns to the room, he told my master that there are no more papers in the room, and the recommendation of the room exam is written with the words "As the youngest one is good, Meng Yi is good," and the error in the text is probably caused by the erroneous transcription. It is not a big deal. My master nodded and agreed and did not discard the paper."

Zhou Zupei suddenly interrupted, "According to your words, the exam paper of the age can pass the digital examination, and the chief examiner's eyes are entirely what you, a sect, can connect with it?"

Zhou Zupei's words were quite bad. It probably means that he did not believe that Jin Xiang had such ability. The implication was that he asked him to give up Bai Jing. How could Jin Xiang do it? He raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhou Zupei sitting on it. "This adult, the villain dares not lie in front of being a master. Every sentence above is true and dares not be obscure. Moreover, he should not commit crimes because of his humble status."

Zhou Zupei has been in charge of Qiu Cao for a long time. What kind of person has never seen? What kind of words can't be heard? But if he argues with him in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, he will lose his face. He sneered and continued to ask, "What about later?"

"After the three exams, Ura An met and gave the villain sixteen taels of silver. Because this has always been the case, the villain took it down."

Weng Xincun suddenly asked, "Pu An confessed that the 16 taels of silver were given to the chief examiner Bai Wei. What he gave you was only an eight taels of silver. Why did he say that he gave you 16 taels of silver?"

Jin Xiang hesitated for a moment, as if he was recalling his previous love. Zhou Zupei was not waiting for this moment, "Jin Xiang, you must be honest in offering sacrifices. If not, I will pass the official to the hall and Luo Hongsi to the hall and confront you. The truth will naturally be understood, and you will still suffer in your flesh!"

Jin Xiang ignored him and thought for a moment and said, "Yes, what the adult in the hall said was that the villain remembered this wrongly. However, Pu'an and Luo Hongsi came here, one was to worship the adults, and the other was to knock on the door by the disciple. It was reasonable to have some respect."

"Is it natural that you cannot say it!" Zhou Zupei rebuked sternly, "Jin Xiang, answer whatever you ask, and you can't use it to give me some advice."

Jin Xiang nodded, "I understand the little one."

After asking Jin Xiang in detail, he still took him back to the cell. Weng Xincun and several others went to the Old Summer Palace to hand in the signs and asked him to get them. The emperor immediately passed him on, "How are you asking?"

Zhao Guang said the story and finally said, "I think that although Jin Xiang confessed that he was recruiting all kinds of crimes and intending to protect Shangguan, Bai Qi, as the chief examiner, was finally the entrustment. I did not just listen to the entrustment. I did not know the traffic joints and did not know how to separate the crimes. I have never handled such a case. I thought I should follow the traffic order to bribe the joints and buy them? Please tell me."

The emperor pondered without saying a word, never expressing his opinion. This silence itself is a statement of dissatisfaction with Zhao Guang's reply! Zhou Zupei thought about it, walked a few steps forward, and replied, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"Did you say it?"

"Yes." Zhou Zupei agreed and said, "I think if Bai Wei was just to cheat in the talent ceremony and Gu En defies the law, he had lost his duty as a first-rank official. Not to mention that the emperor has repeatedly issued an edict on the scientific examination for several years since he ascended the throne. On New Year's Day this year, he even gave a face-to-face admonition to Bai Wei, thinking that even if the officer does not care about himself, he will be a senior student. He is familiar with the prescribed rules of the imperial court. He should be careful to accept his orders and do the job steadily. Now he is negligent, Gu En defies the law, so he is so careless! Where is the scholars in the world? Where is the emperor's sacred edict? Therefore, I think that the case of Bai Wei should be treated with a very disrespectful example!"

Weng was shocked! If the two charges of bribery and buying joints were put into practice, Bai Wei's life would not be saved. It was just that he had been in the court for many years and had made merits for a long time, and the people around him always had room to save them. Now Zhou Zupei is going to add a charge of disrespect for Bai Wei? If the emperor opens his mouth and wants to save them, he will definitely reach the top. So before the emperor can express his feelings, he will speak first, "Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

"Don't talk for now." The emperor waved his hand and interrupted Weng Xincun's words. He stood up from behind the imperial case, walked around the room for a few steps, and his brows were locked tightly, as if he was very suspicious about Zhou Zupei's words.

"Your Majesty, please tell me, the old minister, you want to say; if you don't let me say, the old minister, you still want to say!" Weng Xincun knelt on the ground, turned around sadly, and looked at the young emperor, "Your Majesty, Bai Wei has indeed had it, but it is just a crime of not being strict in the control and being inattentive. If you deal with it with great disrespect now, I am afraid that the people of the world..."

The emperor felt so frustrated! He waved his sleeves hard, "What do you want to say? I want to say that I have dealt with Bai Yao. Do people in the world think I am the cruel king like Jie and Zhou?"

"I dare not, I dare not! I must not."

"Look at it yourself, take a look!" The emperor strode back to the imperial case and picked up the memorial submitted by Yuan Xizu and Guo Songtao. "In total, only more than 300 people stood out in the provincial examination, among which more than fifty people had misunderstandings in the original volume - go and ask those serious students who have been taught by themselves, have been fed through the iron inkstone for ten years. Is this a saying? What else can I do if I continue this? What effort does it take? There are so many fellow villagers in the court, and in the same year, colleagues, and the joints were opened during the provincial examination, and they could be on the list without any effort! With that time of hard study, it would be better to dig out your mind and find their own ways!"

The emperor angrily rebuked, "And all this is for Bai Wei! As a chief examiner, a first-rank official in the court actually took the words of a humble slave in the mansion as a standard of conduct. Don't think that the entrusted entrusted by the king and father is so important that he will be punished!" He gasped and slapped a heavy blow on the imperial case, "We must make a verdict, a verdict!"

The thunderous anger was so scared that Weng Xincun dared not say anything more. He met again and again. The emperor was still angry, but his heart became more and more angry. "Also, this year, Shuntian Provincial Examination, all supervisors, surveillance, specialize in inspections and internal and external curtain deacons, and searched for the king and ministers. They all asked the Ministry of Rites to find out what the matter is in charge of each officer in accordance with the regulations of the imperial examination. All the officials should be investigated. They will be listed and reported. And..." He said, "Bai Wei will be dismissed immediately and wait for the inquiries!"

The imperial edict was issued, and Bai Wei met in the Military Affairs Office, and then told the official affairs he was in charge and his colleagues. He was accompanied by his servants in the mansion and left the palace gate in disgrace.

Yi and the others saw it, and felt very uncomfortable! If they were to end up like this for the benefit of tens of thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver, it would be worth losing his reputation as the "Zhongtang Master". Now, it is just because of the mercy. The last thing they got was the sixteen taels of silver offered by Ura An. - Thinking about it for him, it is really the biggest injustice in the world!

After pondering for a moment, Yi turned around and smiled helplessly at Zeng Guofan and others, "Brother Disheng?"

Zeng Guofan's face, which was already slightly narrow and long, was even longer. As a military minister, he knew everything in the inner court. Zhou Zupei's attack on the wrong side was really cold! The imperial edict issued, and he was about to hand over the sign to ask for it, but the teacher said that the emperor was in a very bad mood. If he rashly advised at this time, he would probably not get any effect. Why not wait for a few days?

Listening to Yi's call, Zeng Guofan nodded reluctantly, "Prince? What's the point of seeing you?"

"I think I have to do my best to Mr. Tao. I want to hand over the sign separately. What do I think Brother Disheng?"

"One person is short-sighted, two are long-sighted. If the prince does not think it is vulgar, Guofan is willing to advance and retreat with the prince."

Yi bowed his hand gratefully and said with a smile, "I really want to ask for it."

So, the two of them ordered Sula to hand over the sign. Of course, the emperor knew why they came and passed it directly. When they entered Wan Fang'anhe, they finished their salute and let the two of them stand up, "Are they here to plead for Bai Wei?"

"My brother can't hide this little thought from the Holy Lord." Yi said with apologies, "Emperor, Bai Wei is 64 years old. Since Emperor Rui (this is Jiaqing), he has entered the court to accompany the emperor. He has been generous and cautious for more than 40 years. People have seen it. Now, there is a difference in thought. In the evening, I think Bai Wei is not safe. I think Bai Wei is inexplicably regretful..." He knelt down again, touched his head heavily, and said, "I would like to ask the emperor to do good deeds outside the law to save Bai Wei from his sins?"

"Is he exempted his sin?" The emperor was so happy to say that he said, "You said it so relaxed! I let Bai Wei go today. What future will it be? Which provincial examination, the chief and deputy chief examiner of the palace examination have not been in the court for many years and have made many contributions to the late emperor. Is it my dear? If you say this, which official of the government has committed such crimes and has to handle it with this, do you still have to do the grand event of the imperial court's talent selection?"

Yi said something wrong, and he was speechless when he asked the emperor, and he couldn't speak. Zeng Guofan looked at it on the side and took the initiative to answer again and again, "The emperor, I think what the prince said was just a momentary negligence, not to allow such destructive things to remain in the world and ignore them."

"Yes, yes, yes. That's what I mean." Yi hurriedly followed Zeng Guofan's words, "What I mean is that even though Bai Wei had, he did not seek bribes from it, and he never received any bribes from anyone. I don't know how much better than those greedy officials..."

He still said that Zeng Guofan was not good at secretly saying that he was talking about it! He just mentioned Bai Wei and pulled the person next to him. What did he do? He secretly pulled the corner of his clothes and signaled him not to continue talking. Yi suddenly woke up and stopped explaining.

Even so, Yi's words still made the emperor angry! What he said was clearly Sushun! Unexpectedly, he had confiscated Sushun's house and demoted him thousands of miles away from Shanxi, but it was still the words of these people. He turned around and stared at Yi, "What did you want to say just now? I don't know how much better than those greedy officials? Is it better than those officials? Let's continue!"

Yi dared not say anything again? He stammered for a long time, and knelt down with a thud, "I'm not saying anything!"

Without any help, Zeng Guofan had to kneel down with him and save the scene again. "Your Majesty, I think the prince means that Lord Bai is innocent and has been proven over the years. In the major cases of the imperial examination, he only wanted to be instigated and did not accept *** or traffic. Moreover, from the entrance to the examination on the seventh day of the eighth month to the opening on the twenty-sixth of September, the officer has been diligent and never had any measures to find. The Ministry of Rites, Shuntian Prefecture, and Daxing Wanping County are also paying attention to it. The emperor, I am not saying that Bai Wei is not guilty, but he will not die in the end!"

"Did you think I have never thought about such a thing? To be honest, since Meng Chuanjin submitted an impeachment and the crime broke out, other people are not worth mentioning. There is only one Bai Wei. I really don't want to see him in my heart, and I also took it in!" The emperor sighed long and sat down on the embroidery pedestal on the side. "What you said makes sense. Bai Wei is diligent and cautious, and he stands in court with a gentleman's manner. Even if I am such a person, I dare not be disrespectful. But it was him, this time he committed such a big crime - how do you want me to forgive me?"
Chapter completed!