Governor Chang got up early today, because there were still several court officials living in the west wing, so he had to get up early to go and say hello.
Because last night was very unpleasant, Chang Yinglin didn't ask anyone to go to bed. When the sky was dimming, his close servants who had been instructed in advance woke him up. His two favorite concubines came to help him wash and dress.
Chang Zhifu was wearing a small coat and was brushing his teeth and gargling with green salt. The door opened with a bang. Yu Shiji, neatly dressed in official uniform, appeared at the door. Chang Zhifu raised his head and said "Ahhhh"
While rinsing his mouth, he turned around and saw Yu Shiji. A mouthful of salt water spurted out with a "pop" and he swallowed half of it.
Magistrate Chang coughed several times and then said in surprise: "Ah! Mr. Yu, what are you...?"
Yu Shiji smiled solemnly and said: "Master Futai, I'm sorry. I have found out the news. Yesterday, Miss Huancai Pavilion was accused of practicing silk. At present, half of it has been implemented. Please follow me.
Let’s go.”
Chang Yinglin was shocked and changed his expression: "Where are you taking me? You... you are an envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, why should you arrest me, a fifth-rank official!"
Yu Shiji snorted, and said with a serious face: "I don't have that power, but the disaster relief imperial envoy, Duke Fu, does. I don't want to arrest you, but I want to ask you to argue for justice in front of Duke Fu! Someone, come here.
, please invite Master Chang Yinglin!"
Immediately behind Yu Shiji, two police officers wearing the uniforms of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's arrest officers rushed up and pushed the two beauties away, holding Chang Yinglin firmly in their arms.
Is this a request? It's obviously an arrest.
Yu Shiji turned around and left, followed closely by two men holding Chang Yinglin, whose feet were not touching the ground, followed by four or five guards holding knives, who never left.
Xia Xun also got up. He punched twice in the morning and practiced sword skills several times before asking his servants to wash up.
Yu Shiji climbed the wall and came back from the main entrance. He didn't report to him first, so he didn't need to report. When Yu Shiji caught Chang Yinglin and took him to his residence, Xia Xun didn't know yet.
He washed himself, changed into Yanju's regular clothes, and was getting ready to have breakfast.
Breakfast is relatively simple, a bowl of Bijing fragrant rice porridge, a plate of small steamed buns with fruit fillings, a few plates of light pickles, and four slices of Gaoyou salted duck eggs, which are sizzling with oil, which makes Xia Xun's appetite whet his appetite.
, he sat down at the table, and as soon as he picked up his chopsticks, Yu Shiji arrived escorting Chang Yinglin.
"Huh? Yu Shi, what are you doing? Mr. Futai...does he suffer from foot disease?"
Xia Xun pretended to be stupid and took a break from the busy work. He even stuffed a small steamed bun with fruit filling in his mouth.
Yu Shiji's nose was almost out of breath and crooked. I have been busy all night..., don't you know? But how could he have the courage to expose Xia Xun's tricks? He immediately handed over to Xia Xun and said sternly: "Report to the Duke, I will interrogate you at night."
Miss Xi Si, following the clues provided by Miss Xi Si, rushed to the Huzhou treasury and saw a group of grain gentry urgently transporting their grain to the treasury. The subordinate officials seized their stolen goods and seized them. After interrogation, the truth was revealed! "
"Oh? What truth?"
Xia Xun seized the opportunity and cut out another piece of egg yolk with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. Tsk! It smells so good!
Yu Shiji swallowed his saliva and said: "The treasury was as empty as a field, with no grains of rice at all. It was completely inconsistent with the account of the 600,000 loads of grain that should have been collected. The treasury ambassador was also present.
, was captured on the spot by a lower official. According to his confession, the grain and rice in the government treasury had long been divided and sold by Chang Yinglin, the prefect of Huzhou, together with those profiteers.
The subordinate followed the map and searched the houses of these unscrupulous merchants, and seized a large number of evidences such as account books and grain. In order to ensure safety, a group of people were now escorted into the imperial guard camp. The subordinate thought that, let alone other charges, only
This incident is enough to convict Chang Yinglin. Therefore, I asked the Duke to order: first, to detain Chang Yinglin to await his punishment; second, to appoint another official to temporarily take charge of Huzhou's government affairs; third, to urgently mobilize officers and soldiers from nearby guard stations to Huzhou.
Ensure the safety of the imperial envoy’s journey!”
Chang Yinglin was so frightened that he seemed to be sieving chaff. When he saw that Xia Xun didn't seem to know what Yu Shiji had done, he quickly shouted injustice: "My lord, I'm wronged! I'm wronged! This is Yu Shiji's revenge. Lord Guo."
It’s clear, the Duke of the country is aware of it!”
Xia Xun asked curiously: "Yu Yushi retaliated? Where do you start talking about this? Are the two adults old acquaintances?"
Chang Yinglin glared at Yu Shiji fiercely and said: "The lower official doesn't recognize him! But the lower official knows that he is the imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he is Chen Ying's person. Chen Ying has always been at odds with Lord Jin Yiwei Ji. This matter
Who doesn’t know this in the officialdom? Yu Shiji knows that Lord Ji is the younger brother-in-law of the lower official, and this is Xiangzhuang’s sword dance, meant for Pei Gong, Lord!”
Xia Xun's lips curved upward. He quickly suppressed his smile and looked at Yu Shiji. Yu Shiji had been busy all night and his face was gray. Chang Yinglin was angry, but suddenly his face became red. He said loudly:
: "My lord, Yu Shiji has captured thieves for the country. The witnesses, physical evidence, and the oral confessions of all the prisoners are all there. He cannot be allowed to quibble. As soon as the evidence is provided, the lord can check it at any time!"
"Is this so..."
Xia Xun looked at Chang Yinglin with some embarrassment: "Since Yu Yu said so, Chang Futai, I have to aggrieve you first. Don't worry, if my father-in-law checks that the evidence is false, he will definitely give you justice. Not only will he pay you back immediately,
You are free, but you still have to report to the emperor and severely impeach Yu Shiji!"
After hearing this, Chang Yinglin suddenly felt like he had been trapped again, but now Xia Xun was the only straw he could grasp. Chang Yinglin hurriedly begged: "My lord, the evidence of the crime is unclear, so we cannot detain him."
Official, Duke..."
At this time, Xia Yuanji ran over after hearing the news. When he heard this, he interrupted: "Master Futai, why should you panic? I am restricting your freedom for the time being just to demonstrate the fairness of justice. Don't worry, as long as the evidence of the crime is untrue, the Duke of Guo will definitely
I will give you your freedom."
As he said this, he glanced at Yu Shiji. Yu Shiji understood it and immediately shouted: "I will temporarily use my bedroom as Chang Yinglin's prison cell and escort him there!"
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"Your Majesty, you hate evil and are loyal to state affairs. This is right, but you are too reckless!"
After Chang Yinglin, who had been complaining all the way, was taken away, Xia Xun ate breakfast slowly and taught Yu Shiji a lesson.
"Uh..., I am a stupid official and don't quite understand the Duke's instructions!"
Xia Xun said: "You have evidence of Chang Yinglin's crime. In order to prevent him from colluding with others and destroying the evidence, it is enough to control him for the time being. However, the truth has not yet been revealed. Everyone in Huzhou Prefecture still doesn't know what happened.
You brazenly ransacked the homes of those grain gentry, once it caused shock to the Huzhou government and caused unnecessary trouble, what should you do? It’s reckless! It’s too reckless! You should know that going too far is never enough!”
Yu Shiji said unconvinced: "My lord, this is Huzhou Prefecture, and Chang Yinglin is the local leader here. We dragons crossing the river must not resort to extreme measures. As long as we give them a little breathing space, many people will testify, and the physical evidence will disappear invisible."
I have been handling cases in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for many years, and I know the methods very well. No matter how careful you are, in those places where corrupt officials have been operating for many years, you will always be half a step behind them in everything. For just this half step, you have to work a hundred times harder.
Only then will it be possible to find out the truth! Searching the traitorous gentry’s house overnight, the lower officials had no choice but to do so!”
Xia Xun sighed and said: "We have already done everything, what else can we do? Right now, you have to come up with conclusive and detailed evidence as soon as possible to make this case solid, otherwise if someone accuses you of intruding on people,
, my father-in-law can’t protect you!”
"Damn it, I'm included in this trap!"
Yu Shiji cursed secretly in his heart, but he could do nothing about it. He was the vanguard in this matter, so he had to take the lead all the way. Besides, he was willing to do this trick. It was rare to find a chance to attack Ji Gang. You
He refused to stand up even if asked. Yu Shiji had no choice but to hold his nose and agree and continue to be the vanguard.
Xia Yuanji snickered secretly on the sidelines. He, a discerning person, could naturally see clearly the intrigue between Xia Xun and Yu Shiji.
Putting aside official matters, speaking from a private aspect, the ongoing conflict between the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jinyiwei is also a powerful motivation for Yu Shiji to spare no effort to attack the forces that are related to Jinyiwei as long as he seizes the opportunity. Although Xia Xun let
Yu Shiji took the lead, but from his words and deeds, Xia Yuanji at least saw that Xia Xun also wanted to deal with Ji Gang, which made him very happy.
Xia Yuanji is also an official of the Prince Faction, but being in the same faction does not mean that he is a close comrade-in-arms. Within a faction, there are many hills, and Ji Gang is an independent hill.
The arrogance and domineering behavior of the Jinyiwei back then is still fearful, but today's discipline has become more and more like the commanders of the Jinyiwei Mao Xiang and Jiang Zhen. The Jinyiwei's special function of supervising hundreds of officials has made the officials inherently antagonistic to them.
, all these things made Ji Gang suffer from ostracism in the prince sect, and he couldn't even think about standing on his own.
Now that the prince's status has been corrected, foreign enemies are vulnerable. Most of the prince's officials are civil servants. As a former powerful supporter of the prince, Ji Gang has begun to become a thorn in the side of the prince's officials. Xia Yuanji is also happy with Xia Xun's performance.
To put it bluntly, they want Ji Gang to collapse.
Xia Xun turned to Xia Yuanji and interrupted his contemplation: "Shilang Xia, what Yu Shi did was certainly a bit reckless, but after all, it was because he was concerned about state affairs. You have to clean up this mess. Yu Shi continued to pursue the case,
To find more evidence of crime, Shi Lang Xia is responsible for convening Huzhou officials and gentry to explain the situation and appease people. At the same time, he can also mobilize the gentry and common people to report evidence of crime, which I believe will also be a help to Yu Shi! "
Xia Yuanji quickly bowed and agreed.
Xia Xun's face sank slightly, and then said: "If what Miss Xi Si said is true..., Mr. Xia, we must immediately start to call back the refugees who are living in all directions, provide relief and resettle them, and we must not let them suffer anymore."
The pain of displacement!”
"I obey my orders!"
Xia Xun breathed a sigh of relief and said: "You guys...go get your work done seriously. I can't just sit here and wait for the outcome. I will bring some relief food and go directly to the villages and towns to distribute food for disaster relief and visit the victims!"
Xia Yuanji and Yu Shiji hurriedly agreed, and Xia Yuanji asked again: "Please also ask the Duke to inform you of the itinerary and the time of return. If there is anything important, I can send someone to inform you."
Xia Xun pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go to Wucheng today. I'll go to Nanxun for a walk!"
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