Section 95 Major Cases in the Examination (4)

The matter involved in Mongolian nobles and first-rank officials. According to the laws of the court, Weng Xincun and Zhou Zupei had no right to hear the case. The emperor issued another edict, including Prince Jian Zheng Duanhua, Prince Li Shiduo, Prince Huimu and Prince Mianyu, jointly handled it together with the Ministry of Justice, Zongren Mansion, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is necessary to specify all illegal activities of Bai Wei in the major case of the Wuwu year, and report the memorial.

After the interrogation, there was no new idea. More things were consistent with the testimony made by Jin Xiang, Pu An and others. Duan Hua saw that it was almost the same and ordered people to take Bai Qi back temporarily and continue to be detained. On this side, they jointly discussed with the various halls of the Ministry of Justice and the Military Affairs Department of the Military Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice to discuss the crime.

Because the emperor's edict contains the words "Bai Feng is carrying my admonitions many times, and the ministers are disrespectful, don't think it', when sentencing, the first thing that must be correct is Bai Feng's great disrespectful crime. Based on this point, the only way to deal with it is death penalty. As for other instructions and traffic fraud, although the laws and regulations also contain death penalty, compared with the former, there is a lot of room for compatibility.

However, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there has never been a precedent in the street where a prime minister-level official was founded. It was a decent plan for the court and a first-rank official's honor. It was expected that if the court had a complaint, there would always be a good deed. Not to mention that the court had an eight-party discussion system. With the first-rank official of Baihu and the Mongolian noble, it could be called the word "noble". Therefore, no matter Duanhua or the princes in charge of the case, or Baihu himself, they were not afraid, and believed that the death penalty would be avoided.

Unexpectedly, the emperor insisted on killing Bai Zi - not entirely for the purpose of cheating in the imperial examination, but for the purpose of further implementing the new policy in the future and eradicating the decadent and greedy style among officials in the court and in other provinces - even if he couldn't bear it, he had to sacrifice Bai Zi.

Therefore, Chen Ying came over to see the punishment rules drawn up by the Ministry of Justice. Except for Bai Wei, the other Pu An, Li Heling, Pingling, Luo Hongsi, and Jin Xiang were all sentenced to death. However, the other people, such as Xie Senxi, Cheng Bingcai, Pan Zutong, Li Danhua, Wang Jinglin, Chen Jingyan, Chen family members Hu Sheng, etc., were sentenced or demoted according to the rules, and all escaped death.

He glanced a few times, lowered his head and asked, "Since he is a member of the same case, why are there any other differences in the judgment?"

"That is, I think that Cheng Bingcai, Pan Zutong, Li Danhua, and Chen Jingyan are not interested in the people. After the incident, they either sent a message through others or delivered by their parents to the department to surrender, so they were delayed."

The emperor immediately shook his head, "No!" He said, "Cheng Bingcai and his men, as sons of court officials, are all from Yinsheng Juren. Don't you know the prescribed rules for the imperial examination? Before the exam, you ask for fraud. Even if you don't cause any bad consequences, you will not be forgiven! Remember, the ministers should be punished for their crimes in their actions, and should not be weighed by public or not!"

As he spoke, he handed the note to the next, "Take it back and re-written it!"

Even if such a rebuttal finally set the tone for the matter, Duanhua and others brought back the memorials and returned to the court room, re-arguing not to mention it.

The season has entered October, and the night is very cool. The emperor has used dinner so fast that he didn't even look at the signs brought by the eunuch in Jingshifang, so he sent it, "Liufu, what time is it now?"

"Reply to the emperor, it's already past You hour."

The emperor looked out, and the dark sky was dark and quiet. He stayed in this far-reaching and quiet palace. He listened to the whistling north wind, and his body was filled with cold for no reason. "It's still time," he murmured to himself, "Liu Fu? Instruct your forehead to sweat and prepare for a sedan chair. I'm going to the Ministry of Justice."

Liufu was stunned. In such a weather, at such a time, go to the Ministry of Justice? It's very far away! After turning back and coming back, I'm afraid it's going to be over tomorrow's hour! I'm determined to persuade him, and he knew that the emperor's temper was not only ineffective, but he was afraid that he would be scolded. He had to bite the bullet and agree and quickly step out of the palace.

It was too late, and the cabinet and the office had already retreated to the court. There was only someone on duty in the military office's hut. There was a candlelight in the room. Go forward to knock on the door. Two military officers on duty inside came out of the door. One was younger and the other was Xu Geng, and the other was older. Xu Tong. Seeing that it was him, Xu Geng was stunned, "Eunuch Lu, is there something wrong with the master?"

"Isn't this? The master suddenly rose and was about to go to the Ministry of Justice to ask the slave to urge the two escorts!"

"Ah, yes. Please wait for a while and wait for me to change my court uniform." Xu Geng and Xu Tong returned to the house, changed into court uniforms, put on warm hats, and were worried that the night would be breeze, so they each took a big cloak and tied it to their shoulders before leaving the door.

Waiting for a while at the gate of the second palace, I saw that it was almost Xu hour, and the palace lanterns flashed in the distance. Several Qianqing Palace guards carried a sedan chair and arrived at the gate of the palace quickly and steadily. The Han and Liufu in the forehead followed each other, and their eyes kept looking around.

The two of them did not dare to neglect, so they knelt down first and reported their names and names, "My minister Xu Geng (slave Xu Tong), and I will bow to the emperor."

"Get up." The emperor's voice came from the sedan chair. The sedan chair kept coming out of the Second Palace Gate and headed out of the outside world.

The Old Summer Palace is not close to the Ministry of Justice outside the Qing Dynasty Gate, so it is naturally difficult to travel by relying solely on the official sedan chair. Erri Khan ordered people to prepare several rear-range carriages at the main entrance of the Old Summer Palace. The emperor was accompanied by Liu Fu, and Erri Khan took one with four guards personally, and the other was taken by two military aircraft Zhangjing.

I had nothing to say all the way. When I arrived at the Ministry of Justice, the various halls of the Ministry of Justice had already retreated to their posts. However, the officer on duty was the deputy chief of the prison department. His responsibilities were named Zhao Jian. I heard that the Imperial Master arrived at this time, and this shock was really extraordinary. "Master Xi... Do you dare to joke with the villain?"

Xi Ling'a spat at him, "I'm overeating? I'm here to joke with you if you have nothing to do? Stop talking nonsense! The emperor wants to see Bai Wei! Go and arrange it quickly."

"Hey, hey!" Director Ren agreed repeatedly, turned around and ran away, calling Xilinga again, "What are you doing?"

"Small... I'll go down and get the tickets to bring Lord Bai to the hall."

"No need to be so troublesome. The master has an oral order to go to the 'huofang' to see him personally. I ask you, can you take good care of your daily life and diet?"

"Everything is good, everything is good." Director Ren replied, "It's just that the disease on the adult's legs has been violated these days, and it's very inconvenient to move, which is not good."

"Aren't there a few servants around the old Zhongtang? They also came to the fire room to serve them. Where are these people?"

“Everyone is there too.”

"Send them out first. Don't talk nonsense, and it will anger the emperor. You won't have any good fruits to eat at that time."

"Hey, hey!" Director Ren agreed and ran away.

The sweat of my forehead deliberately stopped for a moment, thinking that he had almost finished cleaning in the fire room, Fang Shi went outside the door, "Master, the slave came to return the order."

Liufu raised the curtain of the car, and the emperor looked gloomy and stood on the ground with a sweaty back in his forehead, "Are you ready?"

Xi Ling'a blushed and dared not lie, "Reply to the master's words, the land of the fire room... is filthy. The slave may have insulted his master Longmu, so he knew the master's affairs."

The emperor smiled with a rare tooth, "I have been serving as the admiral of the Nine Gate for three years. I don't know what the other side is. But this conversation is much more elegant than in previous years!" After saying that, he waved his hand and "lead the way forward."

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The emperor repeatedly issued edicts in major cases in the imperial examinations, and Bai Wei also saw them. He had figured it out that the death penalty was inevitable and there was no reason to be lucky. However, the edict stated that his crime was to be convicted according to the crime of "great disrespect". If this is the case, even if the emperor surrendered his kindness, he would be executed. Even if the emperor surrendered his kindness and reduced it to a higher level, he would be executed. How to eliminate the crime of being a knife, and the crime of being a different person in his body and head? When the prime minister of a country was tied to Caishikou, the people were even more chilling.

I kept thinking that when I had a lamp at night, Bai Wei finally made a decision and submitted a memorial to ask for silk! So I called the fire room and listened to a servant named Chang Hua, arrange a pen and inkstone, and started to start. I just wrote a sentence, "Bai Wei..." and heard the sound of peeling the door. Chang Hua went over to open the door, and the head of the army stood at the door.

"Mr. Zhongtang, it's the second update. The master told me, please turn off the lights and rest?"

At night in the prison, only a few lights of beans in the corridor were barely used for lighting. The cell was also pitch black. Although the fire room was different from the prison room, it was unreasonable to not turn off the lights so late. However, Bai Wei was very popular in the court and could not save his life. However, people were reminded of the food and daily life in the fire room, just like the title of "Master of the Central Hall" by the head of the chief, which had never been changed.

"Okay, OK!" Bai Wei quickly agreed, "I'll go to bed right away."

After sending him to serve as the chief officer, Bai Wei suddenly became interested in poetry. Taking advantage of Chang Hua's time to sort out the bedding, he wrote on the paper, "The moon is bright like water, and I am deeply trapped. My life is a dream. I have been in vain for 30 years. The house is dark and it is hard to stop the dawn. The wall is high and the spring is not seen. The stars and the cold moon are crying in the lonely minister."

Another poem is, "What is it today? Winter is coming and spring comes. I feel sorry for this bright moon, which is particularly sad. I am sad about the scenery and have lost my life. I have no more money to live up to my grace."

After writing, the lights went out and lay on the bed, not knowing what it felt like. When he was tossing and turning, Director Ren turned around again, "Master Zhongtang? Master Zhongtang? The Emperor is here!"

Bai Wei was startled, "What?"

"The emperor is here. I want to see the master." Director Ren said, "Please get up quickly and welcome the master."

"Oh, oh." Bai Wei agreed randomly, but Chang Hua was still serving him, changing the court uniform, and trying to sort out his braids. It was too late to finish the time, so he had to see him with disheveled makeup and wait for a while before you apologize.

After waiting in the room for a while, the steps outside were messy. Chang Hua opened the door and saw that the headman was the servant who was on the night of life and lit up the lights in the corridor. After a while, the light was illuminated like daytime.

After waiting for a while, the outside became quiet, followed by the sound of everyone gently slapping the horse's hooves and kneeling down to pay homage, "I respectfully invite the Emperor and the Holy Lord, long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long

The emperor ignored it and walked inward. When he arrived at the door of Bai Zi's room, Xilinga opened the door. Bai Zi was supported by Chang Hua and slowly knelt to the ground, "Bai Zi, the criminal, kowtow to the emperor."

The emperor took off the cloak tied on his shoulder and handed it to Liufu to hold it. He slowly walked down the steps and arrived in the fire room, looking around with his eyes.

The so-called fire room is for the purpose of the officials who are guilty but have not yet been finalized. It is equivalent to finding another place in the imperial prison where the criminal can bring his servants and make fires here to cook, so he is named.

In fact, not only is he a servant, but if he is a servant, he can also send him in to serve the concubines - he is just a fool of himself and not hide his subordinates.

The structure here is bright and dark. There is a main hall in the middle, a study room on the west side, and a bedroom on the east side. It is decorated quite elegantly. It is a bucket of wood ice-patterned floor-to-ceiling room. One room is first laid with a wooden kang, four small landscape screens, and a self-tone bell on the kang table. There is a square table and a few chairs, a large copper coal stove in the middle, a pair of silk paper on the wall above, and a bed next to it is paved with royal blue satin.

The emperor walked around and returned to the main hall again. The room was quiet, with only the ignition of candles ringing constantly, "You... get up first."

"Yes." Bai Wei touched her head on the spot, supported by Chang Hua, and stood up.

"Your legs, I heard... your legs, rheumatism patients are starting to attack again, right?"

"Yes, the old minister was ashamed of the emperor's questioning, and he had some inconvenience in his body, and now he is used to it."

The emperor sighed sadly, lowered his head and looked at the table. The manuscript with poems was placed there, picked it up, and recited it silently in his heart. His eyes suddenly turned red. He said with a forced smile, "These two poems may not be very good. The first poem is the word moon is heavy; the second poem is the word "honor". If you get the imperial examination, you will probably have to post it with these two poems!"

Bai Wei smiled reluctantly, "Old slave... was just a talented person. Meng Xianhuang, the emperor picked up and pulled him many times, and he was burdened with the country's kindness. He is now absurd and acted without reason. He did not rely on the emperor's sage. Instead, he used a lowly slave in the mansion to instruct and ask for traffic fraud. It is really unforgivable!"

The emperor waved his hand and continued, "I still remember that when I was studying in the study room, you were also one of the professors. At that time, I was naughty and always made fun of you masters... One of you, the other one, the other is Du, and I never touched me. Every time I taught me earnestly, I realized what I did... Looking back now, it seems that time never has to move forward. How good would it be for me to stay at that time?"

The emperor raised his head, waved his hands to the people standing at the door, signaling them to retreat, and then sat down slowly, looking at Bai Qi, "Bai Qi, if you talk about my personal affair with you, forgive your death penalty, it is just a mere metaphor. But I said back then that the country is a public weapon. Even I cannot give it to you privately. Therefore, no matter how pity I feel in my heart, I cannot deal with it... Don't blame me for being ruthless."

Bai Feng knelt down, "I am confused and let down the emperor's high hopes. Even if I am clear about the punishment of the canon, I will never dare to have any resentment. The emperor visited the old slave late at night, and the king and his ministers are in love with each other. If the servant is in the nine springs, he should be grateful to the holy grace!"

The young emperor shed tears on his face, and looked at the old man kneeling at his feet, and his heart was inspiring. He really wanted to forgive his death sentence. He forced himself to bite his teeth and refused to speak. His hands tightly grasped the armrests of the seat, and his knuckles turned white. "Bai Jia, after you die, I will protect your family. You don't have to worry about anything!"

"I am guilty of my sin, and the emperor asked questions again. I care for my family. I will wait for the family and thank the emperor!"

"I have a rare opportunity to come out once. What else do you have to do after you... I want to say it. At this moment, I will definitely agree to you if I can do it for you."
Chapter completed!