Chapter 98: The Word Prison (2)
Section 98 �
On the 19th day of the first lunar month, Wen Xiang, Xu Naizhao, Yan Jingming, Zhao Guang and others entered the Hall of Yangxin. When the emperor's warm sedan chair arrived, they entered the hall one after another, bowed down on the worship mat, and performed a great ceremony for the monarch and ministers. "Since the emperor, long live my emperor!"
The emperor umbrella said lightly, but did not let everyone stand up. "In August of the last year, I went to the north to lead troops, and the major political affairs of the capital will be decided by the queen. I originally thought that there was an empress, and the mother of the world would handle state affairs, and the military affairs department would be the ones who were my confidants for many years. Even if there were occasional dissonance, there would never be any mistakes at the major links. Who knew that after returning to Beijing, I carefully looked up the interrogation and remarks and made major mistakes!"
Wen Xiang didn't know what was going on. He heard the emperor's bad tone and said, "There are big mistakes." What does this sentence mean? "The slave was the leader of the military aircraft and made a big mistake in the face of the ***. The slave was the first to blame. The slave dared to ask the emperor to teach him the heavenly words. In addition to accusing the crime, he would also be very cautious in the future."
"You want to know what's going on?" The emperor grabbed a thick memorial on the imperial case and threw it down, "Go and read it yourself!"
Wen Xiang knelt down a few steps, picked up the memorial, looked through a few pages in a glance, and soon found a passage that used a red pen to criticize the emperor. "Since the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, for more than 300 years, many of the ancestors of all dynasties have eliminated the territory, making the subjects in the world work hard as if they were one family... Thinking of me, although I have never spoken for the sinners since I ascended the throne, I have heard recently that the land of great grammar has spread such disobedient words? I really don't know how selves the selves of the person?"
Looking at the text recorded by the ink pen, Wen Xiang thought about it and knew the reason. Seeing a text prison in front of him, Wen Xiang trembled slightly and handed the manuscript to Xu Naizhao and others to circulate it. He leaned down without anyone's face, "Emperor..."
"Yong Wing returned from overseas, and there were some errors in his words and writing. Xu Naizhao!" The emperor shouted sternly, "As a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, you are well-educated and have been in the officialdom for a year. What should I do with such a great rebellious act?"
"Emperor..." Xu Naizhao was covered in sweat, "Mr. Yuan...Mr. Yuan was negligent for a moment..."
"Bah! You're so light." The emperor spat at him fiercely, "I was negligent for a moment? But I thought that when I saw that I had been polite since I ascended the throne, I thought I was a lord who could be deceived, right? In this way, I always want to be kind in my heart, and it's not okay!"
Listening to the emperor's words of heart-killing words, Wen Xiang and Xu Naizhao met more and more, the emperor was still angry, "What are the other Zhong Junsheng, Lin Pengnian, Ouyang Baoji and others, who are also the disciples of the emperor whom I personally selected. Faced with such crazy words, they refused to think of me and the court, and came forward to show their propositions. Instead, they were the friendship of junior brothers, thinking that they were superior and respected the magnificent code of the court? The Military Affairs Office issued an order, and the doctrine of Peking University was absurd. The Military Affairs Office and the cabinet jointly sealed all the doctrines of the university immediately. All the prisoners involved in the compilation of his articles were closely communicated and ordered the Peking University School to teach, and the former Ministry of Personnel Shangpiao Astronomy!"
The emperor said, Wen Xiang and his wife were shocked. Seeing that there was another major case in which many people fell to the ground, they could not even say a word of comfort. There was also Xu Naizhao, who was not personally involved in the editing and selection of the materials, but he was the chief minister of military affairs, and was unable to escape the relationship. He took off the warm hat on his head and whimpered and held his head soundly. "I am the chief official, and I am responsible for his responsibility. I have committed such a great crime. I am the first to resign and ask the emperor to surrender."
The emperor did not really want to start a culprit of writing, but now it is difficult to close the tent. He glared at Xu Naizhao and said viciously, "Of course you can't escape!" He said, "But, I finally have me in your heart. Last year, I could still go north to serve without my hard work... You don't have to come for the time being..." The emperor was determined to demote him from the Military Affairs Office, but then he felt that such a disposal was too harsh and inconsistent with his original intention. The words he said became, "I have demoted you two levels and are in line with Yan Jingming, are you convinced?"
Although the emperor only said half of the words, everyone could hear them and secretly thanked Xu Naizhao: the crime he committed this time was much worse than Su Shun's report, but he was not directly expelled from the Military Affairs Office like Su Shun. It was still awesome!
But the progress of the matter quickly lost control. The Ministry of Justice sent people to Yuan Jiasan, Zhong Junsheng, Lin Pengnian, Ouyang Baoji and others to search for the apartments in Beijing. It was possible to find some letters and official letters, and Chen Fuen led people to carefully examine them. Soon, a thick memorial was presented to the emperor's desk again, which made the matter escalate in vain.
In this memorial written by Chen Fuen, it was written that Yuan Jiasan was very resentful when he was in the court. There are many examples below: Yuan Jiasan said that "establishing the mind to create slander and committing resentment and slander" to the previous emperor's government, and he often spoke disrespectfully. The reason was that the selection of the museum gradually increased, so he was educated. The prisoners regarded this as the "defense of Tsinghua University"; there were some refusals in the museum, so it was exciting to encourage others, and the person regarded this as "always afraid of the way"; after the court trial, he personally decided on the selection of the museum, which was serious, and Yuan Jiasan regarded this as the "at will be selected at will"; the national calligraphy was not employed, and the Han calligraphy was re-examined, and he wanted to take the lead, and Yuan Jiasan took this as the "spoken selection"; the national calligraphy was not employed, and the Han calligraphy was re-examined, and he wanted to take the lead. However, Yuan Jiasan took this as the "spoken selection";
This is an "extraordinary demand"; compassionate with the common people, the Guanzi and the Yanzi will give him a salary, but Yuan Jiasan thinks that the "yamen are pure and hard, and do everything"; clearing the Hanlin area, the subordinates of the Ministry of Science and Technology were promoted separately, while Yuan Jian thought that the "yamen are crowded and cannot be opened"; the editor, those who can be appointed as Taiyuan in the inspectors can be selected, but the person thinks that "the shame is no greater." It is recommended to note that the day of the old emperor's long life is bright and gentle, and hundreds of millions of subjects cheer and excited, but Yuan Jiasan must remember that the "heat is strong" on that day; it is extremely perverse to remember that the old emperor has a great event, which is extremely unruly, so he also remembers that "the asthma is great", which is unruly and disrespectful.
In addition to disrespect to the previous emperor, his attitude towards the new emperor is also "disrespectful and resentful, cursed". The reason is that on the New Year's Day of the first year of Xianfeng, the dragon flew first, and the scenery was new. The clouds were bright and the sun was blooming, and the country was celebrated. Yuan Jiasan recorded the "strong wind"; since the first year of Xianfeng, the five elements were ordered and the seven politics were auspicious. My emperor personally visited the altar and temple. Whenever the auspicious ceremony was held, the wind would be harmonious and sunny, which was more than normal. The prisoners would always remember the "strong wind, heavy fog, heavy rain, heavy
Hail'; I remember the inner palace to attend the meeting, but I dared to say that there was no one in silence; I remember the Hou Yingsheng's carriage, but I claimed that it was "this day meal"; I copied the imperial edict, and I thought it had been done; I issued the imperial edict, and I dared to remember that it was "unable to do"; I took the imperial examination in the palace, and because of the severe cold, the holy grace was sympathetic, and I gave food first, and waited for warmth before doing things, and I remember that "the emperor's morning commencement"; I misrepresented the "governor, politely, and politely, and there were many offerings in the town, and there were fewer ones.
In the report of the Grand Secretary and Jiuqing, the Nine Ministers concluded the case, "The above documents have evil deeds and are difficult to describe all the crimes. Jia San was a minister of this dynasty, but he dared to ridicule everything and was deeply grateful to the king and father. He was slandered and cursed every day, and was determined to be ruthless, which was really angered by the subjects and was not tolerated by the heaven and the earth. He was unable to promote it, so how could he refuse to die?
When he reported to the imperial court, the emperor still had some forgiveness. He knew that 90% of these confessions were taken out of context and came from the scene. For example, one of them was a crime that Yuan Jiasan gave when he was in Liangjiang's academic and political affairs was not suitable.
In the Qing Dynasty, there were three exams. The first exam was to take the Four Books (three questions) and the Five Classics (each four questions, and each scholar had one classic); the second exam was to discuss (one path), judge (five paths), and present (one path); the third exam was to test classics, history, current affairs (five paths). Among the exam questions given by Yuan Jiasan that year, Jiuqing believed that there were problems were the following questions.
The first title of the Four Books is, "A gentleman does not speak of others, nor does he use his words to destroy others." Chen Fuen and others believe that in the Yao and Shun era, the way of reporting and choosing people is nothing more than this. What's more, now the use of the discipline to select scholars is not to use the words to refer to scholars? Yuan Jiasan's proposition is very contrary to the way of selecting scholars in the country.
Second, the four books and three titles are: "When you use the mountain paths, you can use them to make the road, and if you don't use them, you will be confused." The officials who examined the case believe that if you ask such a question, you don't know what it means or what it does."
Third, there is a saying in the topic of the three rituals that "the king is still in his heart, but his ministers are still in his heart." Everyone believes that "the ancients said that the king is still in his head, and his heart is all in his heart. Now, if you don't call him a head of the head, you don't know that there is a respectful king!"
All of these can be considered as academic rather than political connotations. Moreover, Yuan Jiasan is upright and has offended some people when he is in charge of Taiga. These people are just right for him. So, while he looked at the draft, he thought about how to relieve Yuan Jiasan's death penalty? It's not easy for such a person to lose his head just by saying a few words or writing a few words in the wrong way?
The cabinet, the nine ministers, and the six departments and the military offices were kneeling there with pride. The emperor did not speak, and no one dared to speak first. The emperor put down the memorial and looked down, "Is that all? Is there anyone else?"
"Reply to the emperor, some." Chen Fuen was the first to meet and answer, "I was ordered to search Yuan Jia's three mansions and found a diary that had been recorded for many years from the official's study. There are many arrogant words in it, so I will sort it out a little and ask the emperor to read it."
"Come on." The emperor took a few glances from Yuan Jiasan's diary and his handsome face turned white in an instant!
In his diary, when he was referring to the second year of Xianfeng, when he was in charge of the Rehe Palace with the emperor and served as a scholar in the Nanshufang, Yuan Jiasan mentioned something, "On the second hour of Shenshi on December 28, Empress Dowager Kang Ci was born in a good life. He picked up tassels and became a wardrobe, and cried in front of the spirit. The emperor fainted several times, and his filial piety moved the heavens and the earth, and all the ministers shed tears. However, at that time, he heard that an eunuch had been born in a good life, and he gave his beauty to offer!"
Just this sentence completely angered the emperor. He put the memorials in his hand into a ball and threw them away with force, "Bastard! You... are all bastards!"
Chen Fuen was not surprised but happy! If the emperor was so angry, Yuan Jiasan's life would be unsuccessful! He thought to himself, but he did not reveal any of it, and met repeatedly, apologized for guilt, "I am confused, I am confused."
"You dare to record such words truthfully, and submit them to me? You are accused of being a scholar who claims to be..." The emperor was so angry that his face was pale and his teeth were cursing loudly! He said, "The sage also had the words "Qiu Ye's nature, if you have any mistakes, people will know it." Unexpectedly, Yuan Jiasan was arrogant and a gentleman who was deceived by the secret room, and actually slandered his father in this way!"
Su Shun was confused when he heard it, but others understood it. This was the words in "The Analects of Confucius", which said that a man named Chen Sibai asked Confucius, "Does King Zhao understand etiquette?" and replied, "Understanding etiquette." After Confucius left, Chen Sibai asked Wu Maqi again (this is a student of Confucius), "Is this wrong now that a gentleman is not partial? King Zhao married a woman of the same surname in Wu (ancient view, the same surname does not marry). Why isn't this called rude?
Wu Maqi replied to Confucius, and Confucius said, "I am so lucky. If I make mistakes, others will definitely know."
According to Zhu Xi's explanation of "The Collection of Chapters of the Four Books", this sentence is that Confucius should not say that he is a shame for the king, nor should he marry the same surname as a polite person, so he deliberately took the wrongs without hesitation. The emperor said this at this time, obviously compared with the past and the present, and scolded Yuan Jiasan for exploring the secrets of the palace, the true nature of a villain. However, Chen Fuen knew in his heart that he could not explain it, so he had to wink Su Shun and signaled him to be calm.
In the Ganqing Palace, the emperor left the Sumeru throne, paced back and forth at Jiulong's mouth, and roared continuously, "Hateful! Yuan Jiasan is deeply disappointed by me! It's so hateful. I didn't expect that I had raised a white-eyed wolf by my side for many years. What should I do if Yuan Jiasan has such a big rebellious act?"
Wen Xiang, Xu Naizhao and other military ministers saw the confessions of Wuren, Chen Fuen, Rui Chang, Zhou Zupei, and Chen Huai, and the manuscripts, and knew that Yuan Jiasan would not survive! In the second year of Xianfeng, Empress Dowager Kang Ci died of illness; three days later, the emperor visited Jin Jiashi in the palace of Rehe Summer Resort. This was originally something that could not be hidden from everyone, but due to the name of the emperor, he did not dare to speak out. However, he did not expect that Yuan Jiasan would fall into the pen? Even if he did not ask for all the guilt before, this section would be enough to condemn him! Now, even if he felt unbearable and pity in his heart, he would not dare to ask for him.
Seeing that it was an opportunity, Chen Fuen immediately met and replied, "I think the case of Yuan Jiasan is clear and outrageous. He should be executed by the crime of disrespect. His original origin is in the capital and his residence is in the capital, and all his clans are killed. His nephews over 16 years old will be executed!"
"I think it's inappropriate." Yan Jingming immediately replied Yue Ban. Before he could speak, the emperor waved his hand first, "Shut up! I don't want to listen to you now!"
"………………” Yan Jingming held back all his words and met with great force without giving up. “The emperor asked me to say, I want to say; the emperor did not let me say, I want to say, I want to say, I want to say!"
"Come!" The emperor did not give Yan Jingming a chance to speak at all, and scolded him loudly. The imperial guards outside the Ganqing Palace rushed in, "See the Emperor!"
"Come out Yan Jingming!"
Several guards separated the crowd and pulled out. Yan Jingming was so messy that his clothes were dragged into a mess. He put them on the ground. He opened his mouth and shouted, "Your Majesty, you should not be angry for a moment, hurting the innocent? Your Majesty, Lord Yuan is guilty, he is guilty, and he is the only one, and what does it have to do with his wife and children? The emperor is kind to you..." The guard ignored him, grabbed his collar, and pulled him out of the hall.
The cold wind poured in outside the hall, and the emperor's thoughts became a little clearer. At this moment, he could not take back the order for Yan Jingming's words. He pointed his hand and said loudly, "According to Chen Fuen's case, the nine Yuan clans of Xiangcheng, Henan Province were killed. Going back to three generations, all the corpses were killed. All the property was confiscated. In the clan, men under the age of sixteen and women under the age of fifteen were rewarded as slaves."
"Zhong Junsheng, Lin Pengnian, Ouyang Baoji, took the honor of the Three Ding Jia in the tenth year of Xianfeng, and actually thought that the righteousness of the monarch and ministers was not as good as the junior brothers. The evil deeds of great rebellion and injustice were not slightly reduced than those of Yuan Jiasan! I passed the order and compared these three people with the example of Yuan Jiasan, the three tribes!"
"Also, this time, no one of the ministers who participated in the selection of compilation of teaching materials in Peking University should be spared. They should take off their petals and sweep them home!" The emperor glanced at the Ganqing Palace with a cold look, and finally said, "Chen Fuen has made great contributions to this time, and is rewarded with a fourth-ranked senior, serving as a member of the Ministry of Justice."
Chapter completed!