"Boyuan, I...I was indeed...a little scared when you asked me that question, so...so I lied to you and said that nothing happened that day, but that day..." Liu Fenggao thought about what would happen if he didn't

If I told the truth, I was afraid that it would continue to implicate Ruan Yuan, so I had to say to him: "That day, I had some disputes with Zhou Shilang about the question, but he was the examiner after all, and I couldn't speak to him.

, I felt a little angry, so I asked my servant to bring back some wine. I drank a lot that day. Later, it seemed that there was indeed such a person for beating people, and...that was when someone came to me.

, said that his young master had an article and wanted me to read it, so I... But I have never done this so-called serial number thing." Thinking about the origin of this matter, I was jealous of Ruan Yuan for no reason, so

How could he clearly state the cause? In desperation, Liu Fenggao had no choice but to make up an excuse for the cause. As long as Ruan Yuan didn't go to Zhou Zhaoji to ask, most likely Ruan Yuan would believe it. But everything else from then on would be the truth.

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But even so, when Ruan Yuan heard this, his hands were trembling, and cold sweat gradually formed on his forehead. Regardless of whether Liu Fenggao had a serial number or not, he drank and beat people when he came to prison, and changed articles for outsiders. It seems that these

They are all facts, but when he reported the situation in the examination room, he told Jiaqing that Liu Fenggao had not cheated by drinking. In other words, regardless of whether Liu Fenggao was guilty of dereliction of duty or consecutive numbers, he could not be wrong in his own investigation. According to the majority,

Qing Lulu, if he had such oversight errors, he would naturally not be able to retain his position as governor of Zhejiang.

"Kinmen, Kinmen, you...how can you be so confused? This matter of imprisonment is the most important. How...how can you still drink in the examination room?" Ruan Yuan looked at Liu Fenggao's look of regret and couldn't help but

Jue scolded him a few words. But not long after, Ruan Yuan also remembered that Liu Fenggao's previous words were not enough to make him admit to such a serious crime as serial numbers, so he asked again: "Also, I told you about Ren Ze before

You insist that you don't know both Xu Bu'ao and Xu Bu'ao. Is this true or false? If you don't know them, then the emperor won't believe such consecutive confessions?"

"Boyuan, don't you know who Ren Zehe is?" Liu Fenggao suddenly asked.

"I...to be honest, when I came to Hangzhou this time, my first priority was to rectify the coastal defense. As for the government affairs, now I think there are indeed some oversights. I didn't have time to ask these prefecture and county officials one by one.

Yes, Ren Zehe may have given me gifts, but our hospital refuses to accept gifts from outsiders. Maybe I have really forgotten this. But even so, I... I really don’t know that Ren Zehe

Have you ever known me before?" Ruan Yuan asked Liu Fenggao.

"Bo Yuan, I didn't believe this before, but Lu... Lu Shaoqing told me that Ren Ze and him... were also Jinshis in the same discipline as our Jiyou Department? At that time, I saw that they even got the Jinshi of that year.

Come over and list the title, this matter can't be wrong?" After Liu Fenggao said these words, Ruan Yuan was also shocked. It turned out that Ruan Yuan went south to inspect Zhejiang this time, and he was really eager to improve the coastal defense and fight Cai Qian to the death. In terms of political affairs,

Compared with the first time I was the governor of Zhejiang, the details are not even the slightest bit negligent. Although the "Records of the Jinshen" in the past two years were sent to the Fuyuan, I have not read them. If I had read the "Records of the Jinshen", I should naturally

She knew where Ren Zehe was from and what his resume was, but at this time, he had completely forgotten all the things he had carefully prepared. Looking back, he felt ashamed.

If Ren Zehe is indeed his fellow Jinshi, then from Jiaqing's point of view, it is logical that he and Liu Fenggao colluded. In this way, as long as Tuojin and Lu Yinpu report Liu Fenggao's serial confession to Jiaqing, Liu Fenggao will

, it’s really hard to escape.

But even so, thinking that Liu Fenggao was forced to confess, there will always be one or two flaws. As long as Liu Fenggao is willing to retract his confession, even if he cannot escape his guilt, the punishment may be reduced. Thinking of this, Ruan Yuan also said to Liu Fenggao: "Kinmen, I too

I don’t know what happened to Brother Nanshi. He was an old friend of Hanlin in the past. How can he say that he will be punished immediately? But even so, don’t worry. As long as you come in front of the emperor, you will tell the emperor the truth. The emperor has always been aware of it.

I will definitely not punish you for the crime of serial numbers. When the time comes, I think, you...how can you get a reduced sentence?"

"Bo Yuan, you...you don't have to think about my matter anymore. It's...impossible to overturn this matter..." Listening to Liu Fenggao's words, Ruan Yuan was also shocked. He didn't know what Liu Fenggao actually was.

Why did he give up this opportunity before he even went to Jiaqing to plead his case?

"Bo Yuan, you...if you don't believe it, go back to your house first and take a look at the recent Di newspaper..." Seeing Ruan Yuan's confusion, Liu Fenggao took the initiative to say to him: "In the recent Di newspaper, there is a

There is another one about Li Yuchang, the alternate magistrate of Jiangsu Province, involving Gao Tianfeng, the clerk of the Tongzhou Granary. If you have read those two newspapers, you will understand that the emperor... the emperor will not believe you or me. What's more, even if I plead guilty truthfully

, so what can we do? Now the emperor is probably out of anger. I am afraid that in the eyes of the emperor, these changes and serial numbers are just ordinary things. You..."

Thinking that once this matter was known to Jiaqing, Jiaqing would probably be angry with Ruan Yuan. Liu Fenggao felt regretful, but did not want Ruan Yuan to be implicated again, so he said to Ruan Yuan: "Bo Yuan, my matter, you... don't do it anymore."

Never mind, the top priority is your own business? After all this, the emperor will probably not believe you anymore. You...you must find a way out. Don't...don't do it because of my fault.

Have you missed your own future?"

"Brother Jinmen, this..." Ruan Yuan looked at Liu Fenggao's expression and felt that his eyes were full of despair. He was afraid that there was something important in these two reports. In desperation, Ruan Yuan had no choice but to comfort him.

After passing Liu Fenggao, when it comes to the serial number matter, if there is no bribery, it will not be a matter of death. No matter what else, protecting Liu Fenggao's life is the most important thing. After persuading Liu Fenggao, Ruan Yuan left the prison immediately.

Returning to Fuyuan, I began to look for recent newspapers.

After reading two Di newspapers, Ruan Yuan finally understood everything. It seemed that whether Liu Fenggao took the initiative to overturn the case or defended him again, it would probably only add fuel to the fire, and what he could do was

Maybe I can only protect myself...

At this time, Jiaqing was indeed furious about these two things.

"Do you know who Li Yuchang is? He was the Jinshi appointed by me last year and the county magistrate appointed by me personally! Who gave Wang Shenhan such courage to do such a heinous and unethical thing? So sad.

As a conscientious man, even if he died a hundred times, he would not be able to relieve the hatred in my heart! And that Wang Boss dared to accept bribes and cooperate with others to deceive such a big matter. Such a foolish person will deserve to die! Dong

Hey, when will the report from Shanyang County arrive?" Looking at Jiaqing's appearance, he could no longer hide the anger in his heart, and could not help but question the great scholars and military ministers.

"Your Majesty, I received the report from Shanyang County today. According to what is said above, Wang Shenhan, Wang Hub, and the traitorous servants of Li Yuchang's family have all committed suicide in Shanyang." Dong Gao told Jiaqing.

Reporting.

"It's not enough! How could a mere prefect like Wang Hub have covered up such a big event if he hadn't been deceived by Jiangsu officials? Where's Tiebao? Where's Wang Rizhang? Have they got their secrets yet?! Also, Fei Chun, Tongzhou's accounts have been cleared up

Is it gone? How much imperial food is missing?" Jiaqing still couldn't relieve his anger.

"Back to the emperor, we have found out that there is a total grain shortage of 130,000 shi in the west and middle warehouses of Tongzhou. In addition, the rice that has become moldy and the rice that has leaked with medicine are still being checked one by one in Tongzhou warehouse. Now Gao Tianfeng recognizes the number of leaks.

, the two warehouses each have 40,000 shi, and the remaining 50,000 shi are still being questioned." Fei Chun reported to Jiaqing.

"One hundred and thirty thousand stones, is this what Li Junjian did as the Cangchang Minister?!" Jiaqing became even more angry after listening to Fei Chun's report, and said: "You will issue an edict today to make Li Junjian the Cangchang Minister.

He must be dismissed! Gao Tianfeng stole the imperial rations, and he was so unaware of it that he colluded with Gao Tianfeng, and he will not be punished!"

"Your Majesty, I... obey your order." Seeing Jiaqing's furious appearance, Fei Chun did not dare to say another word.

It turned out that at the same time as Liu Fenggao's case, two major cases occurred in and outside the imperial court. In the autumn of the 13th year of Jiaqing, Li Yuchang, a new scholar appointed by Jiaqing, was appointed as an alternate county magistrate and went to Huai'an to carry out disaster relief.

Only a few days later, news came out in Huai'an that Li Yuchang had died of illness. At that time, no one outside noticed it, but after Li Yuchang's family examined the body, they found that there were many purple and blue stains on Li Yuchang's body. It seemed that he was not dead from illness, but was poisoned.

The Li family members were dissatisfied with the government's statement that he died of illness, and appealed to the Huai'an Prefecture, the governor of Jiangsu, and the Governor-General of Liangjiang one after another, but were ignored every time. Until the spring of this year, the Li family saw no hope of appealing in Jiangsu, so they had to go to Beijing to file a complaint. Jiaqing saw

After hearing the Li family's complaint, they were also confused for a moment, so they sent an imperial envoy to Huai'an to investigate the case. Unexpectedly, a shocking case broke out.

It turned out that when Li Yuchang first came to Huai'an Prefecture to govern Shanyang County, he was told by Wang Shenhan, the magistrate of Shanyang County, that he could increase the amount of disaster relief food by one-third, so that the excess disaster relief food money could be used for two

Li Yuchang was an honest and upright man. After hearing what Wang Shenhan said, he immediately sternly refused. Wang Shenhan asked for help many times, but was ruthlessly rejected by Li Yuchang. In desperation, Wang Shenhan actually committed suicide in order to embezzle public funds.

He bribed Li Yuchang's family and poisoned his food, causing Li Yuchang to die suddenly overnight. Afterwards, Wang Shenhan was afraid of being pursued by the Li family, so he bribed Wang Hub, the prefect of Huai'an, and asked him to help conceal the matter.

When the Li family went to Huai'an Mansion to question, Wang Hub immediately turned away the Li family. At this time, Tie Bao, the governor of Liangjiang, and Wang Rizhang, the governor of Jiangsu, also believed that Wang Hub and Li Yuchang were not related and could not shield the murderer without reason.

, so faced with the Li family's defense, they chose to ignore it. It was not until Jiaqing personally investigated the case that these inside stories came to light.

At the same time as the Li Yuchang case broke out, a major case also occurred in Tongzhou Granary. After investigation by the imperial court, it was found that Gao Tianfeng, a scribe in Tongzhou, used his long-term care of Tongzhou Granary to leak a large amount of grain. Moreover, in order to conceal it,

For several years, Gao Tianfeng had done everything he could to steal grain. He sold the newly-stocked high-quality rice at a high price, purchased low-quality old rice from the market to replenish the warehouse, and exchanged the rice for the imperial grain.

He would mark the coupons and give preferential treatment to his cronies when they received the rice. In order to cover up his theft of the rice, he would not hesitate to buy a large amount of potion and sprinkle it on the rice to make the rice grains swell and give the illusion that the warehouse was full.
Chapter completed!