Chapter 136                                                             

The emperor was furious about Gao Dongyuan colluding with the eunuchs and interfering in the affairs of the government. He first led troops to the palace by the nine-sect admirals, and took all the family property and the servants in the palace, and temporarily detained them in the fire room of the Ministry of Justice. After Su and his men took Li Lianying, An Dehai, Liu Fu and others to Beijing, they could officially start the trial.

Zheng Dunjin, the Minister of Justice, was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Daoguang. He was in the same position as Zeng Guofan. After the court was distributed, he was assigned to the Ministry of Justice. He has been in charge of Qiu Cao for decades. He is familiar with the laws and regulations and is upright. He has been respected by the ministry for many years. This time, the Minister of Justice, the Left Censor of the Censorate, Quan Qing, the Minister of the Dali Temple, and Bian Baodi, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, and the case involved Li Lianying, An Dehai, Liu Fu and other people who were walking in the ban, so the Minister of the Interior Sushun came forward to jointly hear the case that attracted national attention.

On the first day of Sushun's arrival in Beijing, he first presented the emperor's edict, "... Check the new and old circumstances of this case, raise the evidence of the crime, study it one by one, do not be ruthless, and do not let it go. The total love and crime should be true, and everything should be kept equal, and no vagueness should be done, and the intention should be accommodated." He coughed and read again, "Sushun, Zheng Dunjin, Quanqing, and Bian Baodi jointly tried this case, and strived to make a detailed confession, analyses, and a final report."

Everyone was stunned. Why didn’t they remember the name of Hokkien Shouci? They met randomly and saluted, "I will receive the order, thank you."

When everyone got up and stood up, Su Shun put away the imperial edict and looked flat, "Congratulations to Shouci, the emperor has something to ask you."

He Shouci hurriedly knelt down again and touched the ground with his head, "I, He Shouci, respectfully receive the Hadith."

"On July 11th this year, Gao Dongyuan's transportation eunuchs formed bandits and interfered with the court's plan to investigate the details. After you heard the news in the capital, you made a big fuss between the Binchouguang seats, 'How can you check such a thing? I'm afraid that all the officials in the world will be in panic all day long'! How can you say this?"

"This..." He Shouci was shocked!

This is not what he said, but what he said when he chose the emperor as one of the 18th House Examination for the Northern Examination in the third year of Xianfeng, a Guizhou student named Ding Baozhen said. July 12th is Qianqiu Festival - the queen's birthday - the night before was the day of the "warm birthday" commonly known as the folk. People who stayed in Beijing to gather for friendship or visit fellow villagers were always very lively.

On that day, Ding Baozhen and several Wang Zuofu, Zhao Changye and others who were in the same subject went to Heshouci Mansion together. After Ding Baozhen was disbanded for three years, he was assigned to the Ministry of Revenue and became a doctor in the Fujian Department, known as one of the "Four Major Divisions". The Fujian Department was in charge of the distribution of money and grain from Shuntian Prefecture and Zhili. It was difficult to say that the heavy workload was very complicated - but it was also quite fat. Because of this, Ding Baozhen's career was the most prosperous among the students who were in Heshouci.

When he arrived at the teacher's mansion, he bowed to the teacher and his wife and presented gifts. The junior brothers sat down and talked, and after a few words, he brought the topic to the big event that happened in Rehe. "Students, Yu Ming is really not good at it. What a big event is the introduction? Why are he talking nonsense in front of the emperor? Besides, the cooked duck flew out of thin air, and there are naturally ghosts in it. From my perspective, he found this "ghost" himself and couldn't blame anyone. If you don't talk about it, his tens of thousands of silver deserves to be lost in vain."

Congratulations to Shou Ci is no longer as honest as he did not want to be a "Mumen" in the toilet, but rather is not very strict and greedy. Although he did not think much about Ding Baozhen's words, he was not very good at saying because of the rich gifts and the past few years, and the whole mansion only talked about how kind he treated him, and never put on an adult's airs, so he didn't say much, "Well, Zhihuang's words are not harsh. Yuming was troubled this time, and he was ignorant of his own humiliation."

"Brother Zhihuang's words are not unanimous." Wang Zuofu, who came to visit the teacher's mansion with Ding Baozhen, was very angry. He worked in the Ministry of Justice and was a member of the Zhejiang Department. Zhejiang Department is the largest department of the Ministry of Justice. In terms of the word "powerfulness", he is still better than Ding Baozhen's Fujian Department of the Ministry of Revenue. In addition to the case files reported by the provincial administration office, he also manages all the clerks and censors of the Ministry of Justice and the Nancheng Censor. In addition, the responsibilities in charge include the responsibilities of the Ministry of Justice and the Censor of the Nancheng District. In addition, the responsibilities in charge also include

The crimes committed by the Ministry of Justice must be interrogated by the Zhejiang Department; finally, if an incident of "dead criminals in prison" occurs, it needs to be reviewed and reported by the department - it is equivalent to the immediate boss of the Tiguan Department. In this case to be handled, the emperor's edict was written very clearly. If someone is afraid that Gao Dongyuan would reveal the truth in prison and cause a half-way murder, which makes the case impossible to be clear, no matter how he died, he would first kill everyone in the Tiguan Department!

This kind of act of venting anger on others is not very clever, but it can also be seen how the emperor was really angry about this matter. Therefore, such an edict scared the Ministry of Justice torture. After Gao Dongyuan arrested him, he followed Zheng Dunjin and stayed up day and night, and was restless in his dreams, and he was afraid that something would happen during the days when he was imprisoned and waiting for interrogation.

Wang Zuofu is the doctor of the Zhejiang Department and is in charge of the Lunar Division. Moreover, although they are both officials, their ranks are different. The doctor of the department is a fifth-rank official, while the Lunar Division has always been given additional personnel, so it is even more inferior. Although he said that, Wang never despised him because he was from a regular background. He worked for several years and had a very good relationship with the Lunar Division.

This time, when Ding Baozhen and He Shouci sang together, the implication was that Yu Ming was in trouble, and Gao Dongyuan was in trouble. All of them were disturbed by mediocre people. What did this mean? Could it be that Yu Gao Dongyuan colluded with an eunuch and used the famous national instruments as a way to sell them? As long as he was facing the emperor's reprimand, he would be more careful and clever when answering? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? After listening to the old friend's words, Ding Baozhen and the court debated on the spot. None of the two could convince each other, and finally parted in a bad mood. But he didn't expect that it would actually reach the emperor's ears?

"This is not the words of the empress, this is what I... I was the disciple Ding Baozhen said when I was in the third year of Xianfeng. "He Shouci hurriedly distinguished it and said again, "And I think that Ding Baozhen has received a deep grace from the emperor, so I must not dare to have the unjust intentions as Wang Chunou said. I have been with Ding Baozhen for many years and are willing to guarantee his 61-day life for the He Mansion."

Because it was Dai Tian’s question, as long as he brought the words, he would report to the emperor truthfully in the future. Su Shun asked a few questions, stopped talking more, and smiled and stepped forward to help He Shouci up, "My elder, since it is not the elder who said disrespectful words, with the emperor's wise candle, there will be nothing wrong."

He Shouci was so scared that he trembled. He smiled reluctantly after hearing this, "Yes, what the lord said is, what the lord said is."

There was such a small episode. Everyone sat down, and after giving in a few words, Su Shun sat in the first seat, "Brother Xiaoshan, you are the master of your crime, not Director Su. This time, he was appointed by the emperor to handle the case of internal and external transportation in Gaodongyuan, but he was just a mess and was just a lie. When the inmate was brought to the hall in the future, I would like to ask Brother Xiaoshan and Master Xiaoshan to work hard!"

Zheng Dunjin naturally said a few polite words, and then asked, "Duke Ting, this trial is not as good as in the past. Li Lianying, An Dehai,... Liu Fu and others have special identities. We dare not have any special skills. Please let Lord Su make it clear!"

How could Sushun not know what Zheng Dunjin was afraid of? He said, "Master Zheng, you are too worried. This time when I left Rehe, the emperor explained clearly that Gao Dongyuan had been entrenched in the West Mountain for many years, and he colluded with the upper and lower levels in the capital, and went into the royal court, as if no one had entered. I don't know how many people had benefited from him, and I don't know how many officials were released by him. It would be fine if the emperor didn't know, but now I know. With the emperor's temper, you can

Is it a waste of such a bastard who doesn't know the etiquette and disrespect the emperor? As for Li Lianying and others, as slaves, colluding with outsiders, bullying the masters in their palaces, and causing trouble to the court, they are even more guilty and they cannot be forgiven. Therefore, this time, no matter which case is found, no matter who is found, no matter who is found, they will immediately dismiss the official position and be imprisoned. And all of this will be opened from Gao Dongyuan, Li Lianying and others!"

Speaking of this, Su Shun smiled at Zheng Dunjin, "Sir, do you understand this time?"

"I understand, I understand." Zheng Dunjin immediately said, "If you can break the situation, the clan can naturally be established."

"My man's words are just to the point."

Shuntian Prefecture Bian Baodi suddenly pondered on the side, saying, "But, sir, you must have a chance. You can't break up with them for no reason, right?"

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On the second day, Gao Dongyuan, Li Lianying, An Dehai, and Liufu were mentioned to the hall and started to ask questions. After asking several people's names and hometowns and confirmed that they were the person in the case, Zheng Dunjin asked An Dehai, "An Dehai, how did you know that Yuming spent money to impress Gao Dongyuan and Li Lianying and others as the shopkeeper of Guanglong Woodworks Factory, and sought a position in Shanghai?"

"This, I just listened to people's gossip in the palace. At that time, I didn't know the truth or the fake, so I wanted to take the opportunity to deceive someone Yu into taking the bait and get a few taels of silver to make me relax. As for seeking a post as a Shanghai Road, I heard Yu Ming later, and then I agreed and coaxed him to play."

"You pushed it clean!" Su Shun slapped the table hard on it and said loudly, "An Dehai, please let it go. This is the lobby of the Ministry of Justice. We have been ordered by the emperor to come here to try you, but you cannot tolerate any lie and deny! What does it mean to coax him to play? Coax him to play, why do you need to persuade the Empress Yunzhuer to speak out on the emperor and ask Yuming to be the Shanghai Road?"

"This is not the words of the villain. This is what Yu Ming taught to the villain word by word, and asked the villain to say in front of the concubine Yun. The villain has been in the palace for many years and knows what he can say and what he cannot say, but only promises a lot of money for Yu Ming. The villain thought again that even if the villain said such words, it was just a statement to his master, the concubine. If it cannot be transmitted outside, there would be no serious consequences. So I just did such an unjust thing. All the above is the truth and there is no falsehood. Please let all the great masters in the hall observe it clearly."

An Dehai said nothing, and Zheng Dunjin and others nodded secretly. It could be heard that An Dehai intends to take all the cases on his own and use the method of abandoning the car to protect the coach. As long as he can pass this level, he is not afraid that Li Lianying will not be able to recover his blessings. One of these two people can survive this disaster and will not suffer too much in the future.

With this understanding, Zheng Dunjin stopped asking more questions and asked Gao Dongyuan again, "Gao Dongyuan, according to the official of the Internal Affairs Office, Enfeng, Yuming came to your mansion to meet you through his introduction and offered 90,000 taels of silver to obtain the position of Shanghai Road, but?"

"This is a matter, but that's just the nonsense that the villain is profitable and is greedy for his money. I think the villain is just the abbot of the Taoist temple in Xishan and has never been an official in the court. How can he find a real lack of it for others? Besides, privately seeking official positions as a gateway to accept bribes, since the emperor ascended the throne, it has long been banned. The villain has not had two heads, so how dare he ignore the national laws and do such a rebellious thing?"

"You shirk it so easily! I thought that as long as you escaped the crime of using famous court instruments and privately granting each other, even if you proved that you cheated money, you would not be able to take your life, right?" Quan Qing asked loudly, "Don't make a mistake in your plan. If you don't follow the truth, you can't get by."

"The sir, I don't understand what the saying is the truth. How can I say 'I don't make offerings according to the truth'?"

Quan Qing sneered a few times, "Since that's the case, I won't say much to you. Come and bring Enfeng, Yuming!"

Enfeng and Yuming came to the hall and asked Yuming first. He told the truth. After he made money by becoming a great craftsman in the Old Summer Palace, he followed Enfeng's instigation and intended to find a job and glorify his ancestors. Through Enfeng's introduction, he asked Gao Dongyuan's disciples to offer tens of thousands of taels of silver. After that, he brought An Dehai, who was beside Yunpin, as an insider. However, this time he learned his lesson and said that he would wait until the matter was done before taking the money. But when he saw that the matter was successful, he unexpectedly made a big mistake when he introduced him and made a confession truthfully.

Next, I asked Enfeng, who was the number one lackey under Gao Dongyuan and was also the closest minion. Not only did he follow Gao Dongyuan for the longest time, but he was also the officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In many cases, Gao Dongyuan had to contact Li Lianying and others to achieve it through Enfeng, so he knew the most about his secrets.

When Quanqing asked him, Enfeng nodded generously, "The Lord in the hall said it well. I did discuss with Master Dao to seize Yu Ming's money. As for the real lack of Taoist slaughter, he would be listed as an adult. After a year of Shanghai Dao, he would earn no less than tens of thousands of taels of silver. If the villain and Master Dao really can be as said as others, why should I not do it myself? Isn't it better to use such a good errand?"

"Bastard! If you say this, the emperor ordered us to investigate the case. Is it just to find out that you have used fraudulent means to coax others in other people's money for many years? Did the emperor tell the story of Yuming that he saw when he was released from the provinces on the sixth day of the seventh month that he was listed on the list through the two of you?"

"That has nothing to do with the villain, and the villain doesn't know."

Zheng Dunjin sat upright on it and heard it clearly. It was obvious that Gao Dongyuan and others had already made up their plans. They might as well recognize the fraud. They would not admit that they had bribed the inner court, contacted the upper and lower levels, and sought official positions for others. They did not know when they had a confession they had intersected. When they arrived in the hall, they were so consistent and answered in a sensible manner. If they asked again, they would not have any effect. It would be better to end it. When the discussion was correct, they would do a good job tomorrow?

Just as he was thinking, he heard the Shuntian Prefecture Prime Minister Bian Baodi suddenly asked Li Lianying who was kneeling, "Li Lianying, my official was ordered to confiscate Gao Dongyuan's property, including four flowers, mountains, and rice bowls, Qinglong Six-Pinyin Bottles, etc., and you took them out of the palace and bribed Gao Dongyuan, right?"

Li Lianying was about to speak, when Gao Dongyuan shouted loudly, "No, sir, that's not..."

"I asked, why did you tell me randomly? The person comes, slap your mouth!"

With a crackling slap, Gao Dongyuan's mouth bleeded, his cheeks were swollen and he felt so high. He was lying wherever he was yelling, but he didn't dare to make a random voice anymore. Quan Qing pointed his hand at Li Lianying, "Li Lianying, have you heard it?"

Li Lianying looked up coldly, "My lord is so small that he doesn't understand what you said. What you are all imperial objects. How dare I, a slave, steal the forbidden area and give it to others? They were all those who asked the order of the master and the empress, and then received it as a reward and brought it to his mansion. If the master doesn't believe it, there is another file in the palace, and you will know it once you check it."

Quan Qing was stunned and wanted to continue talking. Sushun coughed at the right time and gave Zheng Dunjin a wink, "Let's get here today. Take all the prisoners down first, and wait for tomorrow morning to ask for an inquiry!"

On the first day of the trial, he left the house in a unclear way. Quan Qing and his men felt like they were starting to lose their heads and ended up feeling even more dissatisfied.

Back in the second hall, he changed into casual clothes, and his respective listeners presented the prepared watermelons with Jingshui, twisted the hand towel to wipe the sweat of his master. Su Shun was fat and afraid of heat. He took off his big hat and put it aside, and sweated hard, "Hey! Such weather really makes people have no place to hide."

A few people in the hall were resting for a while, Bian Baodi said, "According to the post, the plans made by Gao Dongyuan, Enfeng and others are not worth laughing at, and they are just four words to avoid the important and light. As long as we can escape this disaster, we will not be afraid of the officials and officials from various provinces who are sent to the provinces in the future without giving them a memorial." He said hatefully, "According to me, when the case is asked, there is no need to ask more questions, just ask the order. Within three years, all the new officials who are actually short of the Taoist dynasty will be brought back to Beijing. I don't believe that they have all such iron mouths and steel teeth, and they will bite them?"

Before he finished speaking, Zheng Dunjin shook his head, "It is natural that Songchen has the determination to hate evil. But it is too bizarre and too incredible to do this! Think about it, in the past three years, how many officials at the provincial level at the provincial level who have been resigned from the imperial court in the past three years? There are no less than 300 people. Should they pass all these people back to the capital and reply to the Ministry of Justice? Don't mention whether it can be done or not. But in this way, if you don't mention harm, what will happen if you lose work and just talk about the emperor's face?"

This kind of words left Bian Baodi speechless, "Then, what should I do? Will Gao Dongyuan, Enfeng and others escape?"
Chapter completed!