"Are you the one named Feng?" Wei Chong glanced at him and gently put down the roster, "You soldiers are really hard to take care of."
Captain Feng saw that he was full of resentment and did not dare to reply to him. He swallowed his saliva nervously.
"Let me tell you, Mr. Wei is now in charge of the matter of abolishing redundant officials. If you commit any crime on a daily basis, don't blame me for what I say." Wei Chong's attitude became increasingly bad, and every word was full of threats.
Captain Feng finally couldn't bear it anymore. He knelt down on the ground and shouted to Wei Chong: "I have been innocent all my life. I have never done anything wrong to others. I hope Wei Shuban will forgive me!"
Wei Chong sneered and continued to flip through the roster: "Listen carefully, if you can write a confession, or give an oral confession, and finally put your fingerprints on it, you will be safe. I want you to confess someone close to Ma Si.
, and the pro-Party people around him, to create evidence that he was supporting his confidants; also, it must be said that Ma Si oppressed the countryside and levied excessive taxes on the people... Are you willing to truthfully explain all the crimes?"
Captain Feng wiped his sweat, rolled his eyes hesitantly three times, and said cowardly: "I will obey your orders."
"Come, Jiang is inspecting, sit down."
Ye Yongjia pressed Jiang Tian on the chair and asked straight to the point: "Wei Chong has been checking on your people recently. I asked him what was going on, and he said, 'You need to be careful when cutting redundancies, so you call for them one by one.
Come and ask, this must be nonsense. Do you know anything about this matter?"
Jiang Tian sighed heavily and looked at him helplessly: "I already understand eighty-nine. Wei Chong wanted to take revenge on us, so he asked the horse catcher to do the surgery. The horse catcher refused to admit his crime, so he called for more than a dozen
I went there personally, intending to commit perjury, intending to remove him from office and even put him in jail."
"Can you bear it?" Ye Yongjia was indignant.
"The problem is..." Jiang Tian slapped his thigh, "Wei Chong now holds great power and has tens of thousands of people behind him. The two parties on the mainland and the mainland are standing together. No matter how many soldiers his subordinates have, they can't control it. If he forcibly stops that guy, I won't matter.
, but brothers, and you, will inevitably encounter some trouble."
"What do you mean, let the horse catcher die in vain?" Ye Yongjia shook his head unbearably, "He is your subordinate! You just promoted him..."
"Alas..." Inspector Jiang didn't know what to say, so he grabbed a tea bowl and took a gulp of it.
"You don't need to worry about this matter," Ye Yongjia's face darkened, "His things will eventually be handed over to me for approval."
Jiang Tian gave a wry smile and slowly left the study. The only sentence he left behind was: "For the stability of Nanjing City, Ma Chao... can't be guaranteed."
The frustrated Captain Feng was kicked by the clerk and slipped out of the yamen in disgrace. Wei Chong leisurely folded his confession, asked the clerk to lead the way, and went for a formality - to report to Ye Yongjia.
Ye Yongjia hadn't felt pressure from Wei Chong for a long time. When he saw the confession in Wei Chong's hand, he bit his finger nervously.
"What is this?" Ye Yongjia pointed to the pile of documents.
"This is the confession submitted by a policeman named Feng from the Inspection Department, which confessed the evil deeds of his colleague Ma Si." Wei Chong said through gritted teeth.
"I don't have the patience to read it. Let's talk about it in detail." Ye Yongjia pushed the document aside.
Wei Chong felt very satisfied when he saw that he had made Magistrate Ye so angry, and he was quite happy to waste some words: "The man surnamed Feng said that Ma Si has many friends, four of whom are Mao from the inspection department.
Servant, Cai from the military room
He is a scribe, Liu Yamen of the Yamen, Wang Liangguan of the granary. His younger brother Ma Wu has nothing to do on weekdays. He uses his brother's name to exploit the people and harm his neighbors for a living. Those he is close to all have official positions, and they have a lot of support for each other.
, suspicion of becoming a clique.”
"Secondly, Ma Si stood guard at the city gate and often asked for money during interrogation. If he was not satisfied, he would beat and scold him. Although the two crimes still need to be proven, the truth has almost been revealed."
"How many people will be saved?" Ye Yongjia hoped that he would give him a number that he could accept.
"There are seven or eight people. But the crime committed by Ma Si is so serious that not killing him will not be enough to anger the people. Of course, the case needs to be deepened. Maybe more people will be killed and more officials will be dismissed..." Wei Chong smiled grimly.
After a moment, the voice was full of sinister flavor.
The prefect was shocked. He might have watched the heads of nearly ten or even ten more people fall to the ground without having to bear any price. If the reason for joining Liu's party was to "sit down and endure hardships", what's the point of "stabilizing Nanjing" now? It's all in vain.
He has always been prevaricating about his great ambitions, which seems to be a bit self-deceptive. Is he still standing on piles of bones, standing in the sleepless night?
Ye Yongjia wants to crush those innocent bones with righteousness, which is a method he has always despised, even though it is one of the methods he has been using. Ye Yongjia is very doubtful about the path he is taking. If this continues, will the country be able to win?
Welcome the dawn?
This was the only way he could live to execute it, so he tried his best to broaden his vision, and it seemed that he could become a person who sees the overall situation and would no longer sympathize with cold numbers.
"Okay... let you do it." Ye Yongjia brought himself back to reality. After saying it, it seemed that all the pressure had disappeared.
Wei Chong began to take a crucial step. With the confession in his arms, he led them into the official office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
"I pay homage to Master Hu." Wei Chong bowed.
Hu Qi, however, looked particularly indifferent. He stood up slowly and waved his hand: "No need. Wei Chong, why are you here today?"
"Hu Shangshu, I have a confession here, which is written about a captor named Ma Si." Wei Chong opened the confession one by one, "Look, this man has committed many crimes and cannot be kept."
Hu Qi didn't want to follow his wishes, but when he saw the seal of the prefect above, he couldn't say anything.
"The prefect approved it?"
"Yes, approved." Wei Chong said with a smile.
"Okay then," Hu Qi tugged at his beard, "Do you want the officials to help you arrest people?"
"Yes," Wei Chong said, "but it's more than that."
"Say." Hu Qi lowered his head and read through the confession.
"Please help me take a look, see if Ma Si and his relatives and friends... have done anything illegal?"
The sound of turning pages of books stopped suddenly.
"I'll arrange for someone to do it."
"That's good," Wei Chong was overjoyed, "but please help me catch the person first."
It was midnight, and Ma Si was still snoring like thunder in his house. The torch outside the door lit up a large area, surrounding the house.
"Ma Si, you bastard, come out!" Some officers and soldiers shouted.
"Get out!" Several more people shouted one after another, but there was no response.
"What do you mean, just kick him away," Wei Chong kicked the soldier's legs angrily, "Get up quickly, or I will treat you like a redundant!"