Section 96: Major Cases in the Examination (5 Endings)

On November 27, Bai Zi and others were tied to Caishikou for the execution of the Ming Dynasty - this was the first time since the founding of the Qing Dynasty that the official position of prime minister was sentenced to publicly beheaded. From the morning hours, people have surrounded Caishikou, all of whom wanted to find the best place to observe the punishment.

There was no idea where the news came out that on the evening of November 25, the emperor went to the prison of the Ministry of Justice in a vain and visited Bai Li in person. The emperor and his ministers burst into tears. The emperor then had a kind heart and sentenced Bai Li’s death penalty to the death penalty and sent it to the Urumqi army to serve. Some people said that the death penalty was not exempted, but it was changed to giving silk and was executed in prison. Some people said that the Empress Feng personally visited the emperor's bedroom and pleaded for Bai Li in person, imitating the precedent of begging for the soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Guangwu Army in the seventh year of Xianfeng. There were various rumors.

At the time of Si, a blue rear-grid car gradually drove in. Seeing that such things happened, the people in the capital knew that the prison officer had arrived. Sure enough, the carriage stopped steadily, and the deceased opened the curtain. Prince Zheng Duanhua, Prince Yi, the imperial minister, and the military minister Zai Yuan were behind. They got out of the carriage and entered the mat shed beside the prison officer. The deceased officer served the tea and served the refreshments. The two kings seemed to be in no mood, their faces were gloomy, and they waved their hands and waved their hands to retreat, and each sat there silently.

After a while, the prison car drove one by one, and the one in the lead was Bai Wei! Behind them were Pu'an, Li Heling, Pingling, Luo Hongsi, Jin Xiang, Xie Senxi, Cheng Bingcai, Pan Zutong, Li Danhua, Chen Jingyan, Hu Sheng and others, and eleven people,

This time, the twelve most respected statuses were respected. Although there was no need to be afraid of evil things like robbing the law field, once the people gathered to disturb the people and delayed the work, no one could afford to be guilty. Therefore, Shuntian Prefecture, Daxing and Wanping counties were also ready. All three squads and six wings were dispatched, and officials from the Nine City Military and Horses Office sent by the rich and honest people were present to suppress the order. Therefore, although there were many people watching, the scene was very quiet and there was no noise.

The prison car was parked, and two servants from the Ministry of Justice held one, and brought it to the mat shed on the other side, waiting for the arrival of the driver.

After a while, eight horses opened the road, and a rear-speed car drove in. Some people thought they were getting on and whispered, "Look, look, this is going to be a surgery!"

In addition, some people know the story of Chaozhang, look at the sky, and curl their lips disdainfully. How could they come with the order just after Chen? This must be someone who came to say goodbye to the criminal this time.

Sure enough, the vehicle was parked, Yi, Zeng Guofan was in front, Weng Xin existed, got out of the car and went straight into the mat where the prison officer was located. I didn't know what he said to Duan Hua. Duan Hua nodded and pointed out.

The officer of the Ministry of Justice went to the mattress on the other side, raised the pine tree alone, untied the rope on his body, allowed him to move his hands and feet, and led him to the front of the east, "The culprit..."

After saying only two words, Yi snatched it up first and held Bai Qie, "Duke Tao! Don't do this." The young man's eyes turned red, "Come on, please sit inside, sit inside."

"I dare not take the blame." Bai Wei did not look at the great disaster of life and death, but was in a vast and unbearable state. You Yi helped him, sat down aside, looked down at the blue clothes on his body, and couldn't help but say, "I will meet again today, I will just wait for my next life. Thank you, my princes, brother Erming, and brother Disheng for seeing him off."

Zeng Guofan sighed. Since November, several people from the Military Affairs Office have discussed several times. No one mentioned that they always have to save Bai Qi's life. Unexpectedly, before going to court on the 23rd, Xu Geng, who was on duty last night, told Xu Tong about the visit to Xu Tong when he accompanied the emperor to the Ministry of Justice to visit Bai Qi, Yi stomped his feet hard: "I can't save it at last!"

Everyone naturally understood that the emperor's artificiality completely blocked everyone's words back. If the resolution was overturned at this time, the people around him would definitely think that the emperor's words were worthless. They had visited Bai Wei in prison, and said the words to kill him in a golden and jade manner, but they were actually blocked by several ministers. What else would it be?

However, although he was unable to die and could not escape the death, President Yi still had to do some personnel. He specially called the Qiushi Department of the Ministry of Justice and the prison department of the prison department and told them that although the saint's order cannot be violated, there is a big secret between his actions. He only had one requirement, which was to ensure that Bai Wei would not end up in a different way! Therefore, the top talents in the prison hall were to "serve" the old middle hall.

The Ministry of Justice naturally made a promise and went down to find eight executioners and asked them who could "serve" this job? The eight people were a little stunned. There had never been such rules. They had always had a fortune. They were all the days when these few people made money. But even if the prisoners' families were willing to use money, they were only benefiting such as tying them up, hiding their heads, or executing them in lingchi. No one could guarantee that they could be broken after a knife.

The head of the Duty Department naturally refused to do it, "I can tell your brothers that you have to respond to this job, and you have to respond to it if you don't! If Prince Gong explains, who dares to return the ticket? Stop talking nonsense and find a way to go!"

The superiors and subordinates were in charge, and several executioners had no choice but to find a solution themselves. Finally, they came up with a solution. However, with the thickness of the neck of the Lord Zhongtang, a horizontal bar was welded on the knife. When the knife entered the neck, there was a horizontal bar blocking it, and the blade could not be penetrated again, so it was ensured that it would not enter too deep.

Yi naturally would not ask about such a thing. When he called out today, the emperor's face was also very bad. He discussed a few things quickly and was about to go. After Yi and his men retreated, Zaiyuan went to do the job. These men cleaned up and took a bus to the entrance of the Caishi.

After a while, the Tingmao sent out in advance came back. He brought a large food box and opened it in the shed, took out a few side dishes, such as winter melon bird's nest, oyster yellow mullet and egg custard, and prepared a little wine.

Bai Wei estimated that the time was limited, so she did not politely with everyone. She chewed the case, wiped the juice from the corner of her mouth with a hot hand towel, and bowed and smiled, "Thank you for your virtue of food! Princess, sir, I'll go first!" After that, he turned around and came out of the shed, cut his arms back, and signaled to tie it again.

Yi shook his head, "No need to tie it up."

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In the Old Summer Palace, the emperor was wandering around the room. Zheng Zuo Xing, who was kneeling on the ground, did not dare to say a word, and even dared to raise his head. He just followed the emperor's footsteps and turned back and forth.

The imperial case is an imperial edict with a bright yellow satin cover, which states the list of criminals to be dealt with in this major case of the imperial court. As long as the emperor picks up his pen, and makes a note, he can use a seal to bring the order to the Caishikou, which is a metaphor for surgery. Because it is necessary for the right minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Censor of the Gyeonggi Province to arrive on horseback, it is called a Jiatou.

When the matter was about to come, the emperor really couldn't bear to write it. He didn't even look at the two people kneeling on the ground, and walked a few steps back and forth, "Liufu, what time is it now?"

"Reply to the emperor's words, there is still a quarter of an hour before noon."

The emperor nodded vigorously, no longer hesitated, walked to the imperial desk, picked up the red pen, rated a few words, and then used the seal and handed it to the next.

Zheng Dunjin held it with both hands, bowed and took a few steps back, and turned around before he left the hall. The moment he left the hall, Liufu clearly heard him sob!

All the way to Caishikou, the officials in charge of the prison checked the car, went on stage in public, and read the edict, "... The imperial examination is a ceremony for talent-based training, traffic fraud, and the rules are strictly determined, and the imperial examinations are conducted. No ministers of all sizes dare to test the law with their own body. Those who violated the criminal rules lightly did not expect that Bai Feng was a first-rank official and despised the law. As for this, Bai Feng served as a Grand Secretary and a Minister of Internal Affairs for a long time. He served as a minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Military Affairs, and was from the Academic College. He did not know that the rules were determined in the imperial examination? He even changed the test papers when his family asked for it. It was understandable that the law was difficult to forgive. At this point, he couldn't help crying."

"...Bai Feng followed the king, and the ministers planned to be executed immediately. Prince Zheng Duanhua and Prince Yi Zaiyuan went to the city to monitor the execution. Cheng Tinggui, deputy censor of the Left Capital, Cheng Bingcai, candidate doctor of the Ministry of Industry, editor Pu An, juren Luo Hongsi, chief manager Li Heling, tribute student Li Danhua, alternate doctor of the Ministry of War, Chen Jingyan, shuji, Pan Zutong, student Xie Senxi, student Wang Jinglin, student Xiong Yuanpei, student age, student age, student Jin Xiang, senior citizen of Bai Feng Mansion, and member of Chen Jingyan, and other fourteen people were all executed as usual, with Zhao Jiong's warning."

"......After the examination ceremony, those who adhere to the ritual should be clean and humble, and prevent them from asking for advice. The scholars who take the exam should also establish their own character and love themselves, and do not follow the mistakes of their fate. They are the best to maintain the atmosphere. The ministers in the court should be able to silence my heart. I admire this!"

After reading the mail, thirteen people including Bai Wei met and thanked him, only one Cheng Bingcai whimpered and cried endlessly, and even the simplest words, "The criminals received the order to thank him."

Cheng Tinggui was begged far away from his son. He listened to his son's crying and felt like a knife cut in his heart! It turned out that there was another sad thing between him and his father and son: Cheng Bingcai was his son, but it was not the child who accompanied him to die in front of him - but his eldest son Cheng Binghou!

Cheng Bingcai is his second son. He is very young and has even more frivolous in his work. After taking the *** handed over by Li Danhua to his father Li Qingfeng, he handed it over to his father. When the matter started, Cheng Tinggui was afraid that Cheng Bingcai would say something wrong in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, so he asked his eldest son Cheng Binghou to report to the hall instead of his younger brother. Unexpectedly, the emperor's attitude towards this matter was so fierce. If he regretted it in the hall, not only would the father and son not be able to escape, but he would also have a disaster in the family! Therefore, he has been tolerant until now.

Duan Hua was impatient to wait, closed the imperial edict, and looked at Cheng Bingcai, "Don't you thank the official Cheng Bingcai?"

Cheng Bingcai sobbed and glanced at his father for help. Cheng Tinggui quickly shook his head and signaled that he would never dare to reveal the truth! He had no choice but to cry and thank him.

Duan Hua returned to the shed and discussed with Zaiyuan for a few words, and concluded that no future life would come. Then he shouted, "The time has come, and the official is executed!"

It was noon on the sun, and the executioners stood behind the prisoner who was about to be tortured, slapped hard, pushed the blade horizontally, dragged it hard, and kicked it up. At the same time, he shouted like a thunderous cry in his throat, "Hey!"

Eight executioners all went into battle, but there were fifteen criminals, and there were inevitably first and last. After one knife, there were seven people left, including Bai Feng, Cheng Bingcai, Pu An, Luo Hongsi, Li Heling, Li Danhua, Chen Jingyan, etc., before the execution, the executioner did not stop. He arrived behind each other. The person responsible for "serving" Bai Feng was a strong man who took a specially made big sword from the hands of the earl and came to Bai Feng. He first landed on one knee and bowed, "Please ascend to heaven."

Bai Wei nodded and smiled, "Terrible, more labor!"

Just as we were about to take action, we suddenly heard a stern shout, "It's unfair!" The Caishikou, which surrounded the pits and valleys, suddenly became in chaos!

Duan Hua, who was stabbed by the Taiwan mouth, was so scared that he was so scared! He turned to look over, Yi, Weng Xincun, Zeng Guofan and his face also changed color, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

It turned out that Cheng Binghou's pity for his younger brother could not resist the hope of survival. Seeing that his father was killed, he lost his taboo and even came to him with the executioner. He was about to be in a different place, and finally couldn't help but shout for justice.

The biggest taboo at this moment is to shout for justice on the spot! The court has a system, and the prison sentence is to prevent similar situations from happening. Once it occurs, the person who shouts for justice must postpone the execution and then take it back to the Ministry of Justice for retrial. Regardless of whether there is any injustice or not, the original punishment must be added to show punishment. For example, if Cheng Bingcai finds out that he is shouting randomly afterwards, just to delay a few days of life, the waiting will be Ling Chi to be executed!

Duan Hua calmed down for a moment and looked at Yi and a few people below the stage. These people were here to lay other things for Bai Wei. If you were not a prison official, you would naturally not be able to go to the stage to observe the punishment. If such a big special situation occurs, you will only be anxious in the audience and will not be able to use your strength.

Duan Hua stepped forward a few steps and arrived in front of Cheng Bingcai, "Are you calling for justice?"

"Yes, if the official is so wronged, he will report to the emperor in person."

Duan Hua gritted his teeth with hatred. Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there have never been any prisoners who were sentenced to injustice on the spot, but they just made him catch up. He glared at Cheng Bingcai, "You are also a court official. Although you have never served in the Ministry of Justice, you always understand the rules, huh?"

"Yes, the criminal understands it."

"Okay, just know." Duan Hua waved his hand, "Come on, take him down and wait for the disposal!" He shouted loudly, "What are you waiting for?"

Bai Wei sighed, closed her eyes slightly, and felt the man beside her get up and retreat. Then, in order to take a slap on her shoulder, her body couldn't help but grow up, and then a cold came from the back of her neck. She knew nothing about what happened next.

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Fourteen officials were executed, each with their families as burying the bodies. Some families even found a cobbler in advance and sewed the head of a knife and two-point cut onto the body. There was only one cypress, which left the entire body. Chang Hua took the servants from the mansion to put it in a pre-prepared coffin and took it home to attend the funeral - there was no need to detail this.

Duan Hua and Zaiyuan rushed down the slash and arrived at the mattress in the west. "Cheng Bingcai, I want to go back to the garden to reply to the emperor. Now I ask you, what are your grievances?"

"If you want to go back to the prince, the offender is not Cheng Bingcai, but Cheng Binghou, and Cheng Bingcai is my younger brother."

Duan Hua was shocked and shook his head in disbelief, "Bastard, I think you are looking for trouble yourself! Want to taste the bitterness of Lingchi! You are not Cheng Bingcai? Where is Cheng Bingcai now? You said you are not Cheng Bingcai. Did he keep him in a jar since he was a child? As a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, no colleague can recognize the difference between you and the two of you? Let your brothers, Li Dai Taozhuan replace each other's identities?"

Duan Hua was so smart that he was rare. Zeng Guofan listened on the side, nodded secretly, and asked in a reasonable manner! Cheng Binghou was not panicked, and replied after hearing this, "It was Cheng Binghou, not Cheng Bingcai, but my brother is seventy-sixth-century like me, and my father... from the side to the present."

Duan Hua was smart for a while, but became confused again. He looked at Yi for help, "Prince, what do you think you should do?"

"Temporarily take Cheng Binghou back to the Ministry of Justice, and then go to the garden to return the imperial edict."

"Oh, yes, yes." Duan Hua woke up from his dream and asked Zheng Dunjin to take his men to escort Cheng Binghou back to the prison of the Ministry of Justice. He and Zaiyuan rode a sedan chair and rushed back to the garden, handing over the sign and asking for a reply.

The emperor didn't know that such a strange peak would emerge on the execution ground. Seeing that time passed little by little, he wanted to write a pardon edict several times, but he was present with someone, but he really didn't want to let it go. By the time he saw the time, Bai Wei had been executed, and he felt very uncomfortable. He didn't even feel lunch. He leaned obliquely on the bright yellow pillow, and was extremely depressed.

At this time, Duan Hua and his two men came back. After entering the palace to meet, Duan Hua said first, "I am not good at doing things well, please punish the emperor."

The emperor was stunned and sat upright, "What's wrong? But is there anything unexpected?"

"Yes." Duan Hua said that Cheng Binghou had been complaining about his crimes in the face of punishment and asked for confessions in the mattress. The emperor suddenly remembered that he had seen this incident in the notes and records of later generations, but he turned it over and did not care about it. This time, he secretly slandered the matter of Bai Wei, and forgot about Cheng Tinggui's eldest son's replacement. He did not expect that Cheng Binghou was afraid of death and complained about justice in the face of punishment and brought it up again.

The emperor was furious at first, but then he was overjoyed! All the Bai Wei who was reluctant to kill were killed. Is there anything else left who could not do anything? He gave a cold command, "Liu Fu, go ahead and see who is there in the Military Affairs Office and the Cabinet, and they all came to the hall."

Liu Fu agreed and ran out quickly. After a while, Yi and other military ministers, Xu Naizhao and other cabinet ministers arrived in the hall and finished their salutes. The emperor asked, "Have you heard about what you have seen in the execution ground today?"

If Yi didn't mention it, Xu Naizhao and others also knew it. After hearing this, they met, "Yes, I have heard of it a little."

"It's really strange. Are the Cheng brothers all the daughters who never leave the door? Or are the officials of all departments in the central Beijing blind, deaf, and paralyzed? I don't know in this deep palace and cannot escape the supervision. What about the people next to me? Don't you know that Cheng Bingcai and Cheng Binghou are not the same person? Or have they taken the benefits of the Cheng family and are unwilling to reveal the truth?"

The emperor suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Yuan Jiasan, you are the Zuodu Censor, Cheng Tinggui is in Baitai, and you are your deputy. Do you know how many descendants are there in his mansion? Which one is which one?"

Yuan Jiasan complained in his heart. Cheng Tinggui is the deputy censor of Zuodu. He often meets with official affairs and free time in politics. If he says he doesn't know, he really can't deceive him. In fact, he really doesn't know.

After the crime in the imperial examination, Bai Wei did not mention it, Cheng Tinggui and Zhu Guangbiao immediately asked for dismissal, and then it became more and more intense. Cheng Tinggui, Cheng Bingcai and his son were both imprisoned. He knew that there was an impostor. But now, what should he say?

After thinking for a while, he had to avoid the important and choose some remarkable answers, "Reply to the emperor's words, I know that Cheng Tinggui has three sons and two daughters, the eldest son Binghou, the second son Bingcai, and the third son Bingai. Except for the three sons who are still young and have not yet entered the official position, the other two sons are all officials in the court. Among them, Cheng Bingcai is a candidate doctor in the Ministry of Works and has not officially joined the position, so there are not many people who know it."

"What about Cheng Binghou? He is a bachelor of lecturer in the Hanlin Academy. Has no one known him? It has been nearly a month since the incident happened and has not been in office for many days. Can the boss and colleagues even ask questions?"

Without waiting for someone to answer, he said to himself, "This shows how cruel the atmosphere of such a tired and secretive atmosphere in the capital is! Military Affairs Office?"

"exist."

"Immediately draft the decree. The six halls of the Ministry of Justice were ordered to handle the orders, but they could not even distinguish the criminals' bodies. It can be seen how careless Zhao Guang, Zheng Dunjin and others were all demoted to the third level for the crime of negligence of work!" He said, "The matter of Cheng Binghou impersonation must be thoroughly investigated. If anyone knows it in advance but does not report it, I will give them two days to submit it to the officials of the department. I will deal with it depending on the severity of the circumstances. If I am lucky and think I can pass the test, I will take it all out and be imprisoned when I find out!"

"Yes, I have all recorded it."

"Also, Zhou Zupei, Weng Xincun, Duan Hua, Zaiyuan, as the king of the case handling major cases, the minister, was careless when encountering problems, and refused to conduct multiple investigations. They were also reduced to three levels of use, and each was fined for one year." The emperor knocked on the imperial case a few times, and said, "Also, no matter where Cheng Bingcai is hiding, he must find out as soon as possible and be brought to justice as soon as possible! The admiral of the Nine Gate and the two places in Shuntian Prefecture were carefully searched. If such a fierce case occurs again, I will definitely not be spared!"

Yi sighed. The major case in the imperial examination caused panic. After finally seeing the stone, who knew that such a fault occurred again? It seems that another political wave is about to happen. I just don’t know how many people the emperor will use to deal with before he is satisfied?
Chapter completed!