.口　　There is no problem for the New Year in the yamen, but that is usually the case. Now that the emperor's will and the instructions of the little cabinet master, He Bin could only drag a cadre out of his home and let them arrest people and interrogate them.
According to the imperial edict, the torture and intimidation of confessions, especially the interrogation of officials, was the specialty of the Dongchang Jinyiwei. The Ministry of Justice lacked the experience in interrogation of political cases and had always been convicted according to the opinions of the factory guards. However, this time the emperor asked the factory guards to stand aside and asked them to investigate. He could only bite the bullet and go on.
What’s even more depressing is that two of the three people who had the accident this time were the head of the Ministry of Justice, which makes people even more difficult. If you don’t talk about the sensibility, you should investigate and deal with it strictly. It will make your subordinates feel cold, and the people below may not be willing to cooperate. But if you talk about sensibility, the emperor and the little cabinet master cannot explain it.
In a dilemma, the three officials of the Ministry of Justice, He Bin, the Minister of Justice, Zhao Dajie, the Left Assistant, and Zhou Wu, the Right Assistant, did not want to be the master. The three of them pushed me and let me go, and finally the job fell on Chen Tong, the head of the Qing official of Henan Province.
Chen Tong could not retreat anymore, so he had to lead a few tragic officials to the prison. After thinking about it, he usually had a good relationship with Dong Chuance and Zhang Qing, so he should try outsiders first. But even if he was only Wu Shilai, who was not from the Ministry of Justice, was a clerk in the Criminal Department. He looked up all day and looked down and saw him, and everyone was familiar with him. This is the biggest disadvantage for officials to examine officials. Everyone is inevitably worried about his colleagues, so it is better to let the eunuchs or military officers take the lead in the trial.
Chen Tong asked Wu Shilai to sit in front of him and said with a sincere look: "Brother Wuzhai, let your brother come to ask you what you want. Just say it quickly, I'll go back and work, you'll suffer less, and I feel better." He is usually a tough person, but when he encounters this job, he has tied his hands and feet. Because he knows that Wu Shilai was impeached by the impeachment of the people and has become famous in the scholars. If he can go out alive in the future, it will definitely be a rich political capital. Even if he is unfortunately addicted to death in prison, he can still be famous in history and be praised by historians in later generations. He is praised by ignorant scholars, and can be said to be suffering for one day and benefit for life.
But for Chen Tong, it was a great disadvantage, because he was standing opposite others to investigate the case. Although he had the upper hand in power, he was at a disadvantage in public discussion and could not be treated fairly. If he was not dealt with properly, he would be called a "thug, a thug, or a thug, or something, and became a public enemy of Shilin.
That's why the three officials of the church avoided it and threw this errand to themselves.
He sighed inwardly, put away his complaints, and Chen Tong asked Wu Shilai, "Who was instructed by you to write this book?"
"Whoever instructs me, no one." Wu Shilai looked at Chen Tong and the officials of the Ministry of Justice and said, "You think about it; the officials who impeached Yan Song had a good result? I am a Jinshi of two lists, and I am in my thirty years. Who can still instruct me to seek death except myself?" He said, "You are kind to me, and I will tell you the truth. I wrote this time to death. Even if I write a letter, I will die. Even if I am in the dark, it has nothing to do with everyone."
"Since that's the case, why did Zhang No and Dong Chuance come on the same day: "If it's a coincidence, it would be too coincidental, right?"
Wu Shilai had already thought of the words and said with a smile: "When it rains, why do every household collect clothes? It's the Chinese New Year. Why do every household clean the house? Does Lord Shen also think this is a coincidence?"
"Of course it's not Shen Tongdao: "That's done according to the times, so people will go together."
"We also act according to the times!" Wu Shilai's tone changed and said excitedly: "The strict party deceives the king and the emperor. He harms the people, and the government and the people are angry. All righteous people are heartbroken. They want to sleep with their skin, alas! Now they are only two fellows, and I still think there are fewer ones!"
"Okay, even if you have to put on a test," Chen Tong asked again: "It's impossible for everyone to think of using the New Year's Day congratulations to make a fuss, right?"
"Because the Tongzheng Department is controlled by the strict party, the normal channels cannot reach the heavenly hearing, so I can only make this bad decision and said, "The lower official had submitted a memorial before, but there was no news. Lord Shen might as well check this first."
It turned out that Wu Shi was very eloquent. The soldiers and generals came to block the water and soil. Chen Tong took turns to fight and did not ask any useful questions.
The first day of the interrogation ended helplessly. Chen Tong went back to report to He Butang, and naturally he could not help but scold him. He Bin warned him: "If you don't need to be tortured tomorrow, I will think you are his accomplice. Let's go to the patience. No matter what the future discussion will be, let's pass the moment in front of you first.
"Pa" The whip stained with water hit Wu Shilai's body, and in a few strokes, his skin and flesh burst out and blood flowed. The pain made the scholar who had never suffered a sin almost faint.
Chen Tong counted and called for a stop until ten times. He sighed at Wu Shilai, who was pale and sweating beads, and said, "Brother, even the Iron Man will be crippled under the torture. You are still so young. There will be a long life in the future. Why should you give Qingqing's life in vain for a moment of indignation?"
Wu Shilai smiled and said, "I'm telling the truth."
"Fight again!" Chen Tong browed with a brow
Wu Shilai felt like a mirror in his heart. If he had acted according to their ideas, his life would be completely ruined. Even if he survived, he would not be able to wash his labels of corrupt bodies. He would go anywhere he would be stinking against the wind. He would abandon him with both humans and gods. Life was better than death.
So you must not be able to deal with it, otherwise you will turn from a hero into a joke,
So he took the initiative and let him beat him up. He was knocked out and then woke up again. He was knocked out and then woke up again. He repeated the truth several times. He finally couldn't stand it anymore and said, "I wish to help."
Chen Tong was overjoyed. He ordered the man to stop and drink water and apply medicine to him. He said with an apology: "It is not my intention to beat you like this, brother, you are just trying to call on someone you instruct. I will immediately release the doctor and postpone the doctor."
Wu Shilai smiled and said with a smirk: "The Emperor Taizu set up a censor to impeach illegally and to make the ancestral robbery. The censors can be heard and not be punished for their remarks. On the contrary, during their tenure, there was no impeachment or investigation, and they had to be dismissed from their posts and investigated, and they had to be punished! So as a clerk in the Criminal Department, I impeached Yan Song in a natural way. If I had to ask who was the envoy, I could only be Emperor Taizu's spirit in heaven!"
"Boat me!" Naturally, another torture hit Wu Shilai completely unconscious.
Seeing that Chen Tong was so angry that he lost his mind, the official next to him whispered: "You can't fight anymore. If someone dies, how can we bear it?"
Chen Tong then came to his senses and nodded and said, "Forget it, let's treat his injuries first, let's go and ask others first."
The other two tricks were very happy, but Dong Chuance said: "I have read the books of sages since I was a child. Confucius taught me that I must be loyal as a minister, and that loyalty should be known. If you ask me who was instructed by me, then I will tell you that it was Confucius' instructed me.
Zhang Tong also said that: "The nature of a gentleman is a kind of loyal and righteous nature. If you know everything, you will speak without saying anything. If you have to say who is just, then it is God." No matter how you ask the official how to coerce and induce him or torture him or torture him or torture him or not, it is not said that he was instructed by Xu Jie.
He Bin said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry for my incompetence. The Ministry of Justice cannot investigate this case. I beg to transfer the three people to the Dongjishi Factory. I believe that the torture masters of the Dongjian Factory will pry open their mouths."
"I just wanted to give up the ball after just a few days?" Jiajing threw the file back to him and said, "If you can't do it, just change the couplet. Minister of Justice."
"No, no, no, no," He Bin waved his hand and said, "Weichen will go back and step up the investigation, but will never give up until they cut out their ox, yellow and horse treasures!"
"Well, Jiajing nodded and said, "Go,"
He Bin knelt down and was about to go out, but he heard the emperor say, "Don't use any more torture. If one of those three people dies, you go home and farm."
"Yes" He Bin responded dizzyly, and almost tripped by the threshold when he went out. He was so eager to cry without tears. It is said that Emperor Jiajing was hard to serve. Today he saw that he had to ask for confessions and not allow torture. Isn't this asking for horses to not eat grass and to run fast?
But the emperor's words were golden rules. He was not familiar with Jiajing so much that he could be a Shangshu, so he had to go back and figure out the ways in it himself. "What he wondered most was that with the close relationship between the three of them and Xu Jie, even if there was no evidence, Jiajing could deal with the three of them and Xu Jie. There was no need for the people below to make trouble. But why did the people below still have to waste their efforts?
Just as he was walking out with concern, he saw two eunuchs carrying their chariots and coming from the palace gate. He Bin knew that the only one who received such treatment was his godfather, and he quickly ran over there. He saw that it was indeed the old Yan Song, and there was a escort from the side of the family Shifan. He hurriedly saluted his godfather and brother.
Yan Song sat on his waist, staring at the sky, and ignored him at all. Instead, Yan Shifan looked at him and said, "Did you go to see the emperor?"
"Yes." He Bin said.
"How is the emperor feeling?" Yan Shifan couldn't ask him what he was doing, but just asked, "Are you practicing?"
"The emperor just finished his merits and was in a good mood." He Bin tried his best to reveal Jiajing's information to him and said, "The emperor must surrender. The emperor asked me to investigate the case."
"Oh? How did your case be investigated?" Yan Shifan said helplessly: "My father made those three villains have to make trouble. If he is in such a bad health, he has to go to the palace to defend himself."
"Oh. There is no progress." He Bin shook his head and said, "The emperor is not allowed to use any further punishment, so he is worried about his subordinates." He said, clasped his fists and said, "The subordinates retreat."
"I should go in too." Yan Shifan nodded and quickly caught up with the yuyu who was walking in front of him, and said in a mess: "Although the emperor acted like this, he arrested and imprisoned the three of them, but he could not ask for confessions but was not allowed to be tortured. This is not a good thing!" He knew that Jiajing was cautious in using his temper. If he wanted to deal with Xu Jie, he would just find someone and leave for the first time, without any evidence.
As smart as Yan Shifan, he knew that this was a dangerous signal. It meant that Xu Jie's status in the emperor's heart improved. Although the emperor still protected their Yan family, when Xu Jie showed such a big flaw, Jiajing also protected Xu Jie.
“It seems
Yan Shifan secretly thought that he could count on the emperor, and he was so bad that he came from another place. Yan Donglou, who was eager for quick success and instant benefits, only saw the surface of the truth, but ignored its true meaning.
Jiajing has been a critically ill old man several times. He has no ambitions. "It is not about national affairs. He has never had that thing before, but ambitions such as practicing immortality and immortality.
This emperor, who has a lot of power and is good at conspiracy, no longer likes to watch the fights below. Just like all the old man in his twilight years, he only wants to spend a few years of stable life and enjoy the last sunset. As for the country, the court, just live by the way. When the time comes, leave the mess to worry for his children and grandchildren.”
Yan Shifan did not feel this change because he always looked at people with his old eyes. Silence felt this change, so he reminded Xu Jie that not fighting is fighting.
Compared with the two, brother will make a judgment. The emperor will not tell you his thoughts. If you guess wrong, you can only make mistakes and make mistakes to the end.
After the notice, Jiajing asked Yan Song to go in by himself. As for Yan Shifan, he would stay wherever he was cool. The emperor was afraid that he would see him and could not help but close the door and let the dog go.
With a nervous mood, Old Yan Song, with the support of two eunuchs, entered the Jinshen Monastery. When he passed the threshold, he was almost carried in by two eunuchs.
But what surprised him was that after seeing the emperor, Jiajing's attitude was extremely gentle. He expressed his deep condolences and sincere condolences to Mrs. Yan's death, which moved Yan Song very much.
But what was even more touching was still behind. Seeing that he was trembling, Jiajing asked Huang Jin to bring a chair to Yan Song and replace the Jin Dun. This means that Master Yan can finally sit on a chair with a backrest in front of him. It is definitely a great honor! Looking around for five thousand years, I have never heard of anyone receiving such treatment!
This kind of extraordinary favor, like a magic medicine for rejuvenation, made Yan Ge Lao no longer feel sore, his legs no longer hurt, his eyes regained their spirits, and he burst into tears in excitement: "My, my minister, I thank the Lord for his kindness." It turned out that he was originally as haggard. In addition to the blow of his wife's death, it was more because he felt that he had been disliked by the emperor and was about to withdraw from the stage of history; but now seeing Jiajing's courtesy, his heart suddenly became alive.
"The 83-year-old Lao Chengxiang is really not found except Jiang Ziya." Jiajing smiled and looked at Yan Song with deep meaning and said, "Our king and minister have written a good story, but you must start and end well."
But Yan Song was still immersed in the happiness of "the strode turns into a chair, and did not hear the advice in the emperor's tone. He only understood it as the emperor hoped that he would continue to vent his remaining energy and stand in the last shift for him. He patted his chest and said, "I am in good health, and it will not be a problem to serve the emperor for ten or eight years!"
Jiajing's original intention is to take care of yourself and restrain yourself. We all start and end well, but we are not going to let him work for a few more years. I thought to myself, damn, do you still want to go to Jiang Ziya? I laughed dryly and said, "That's good. That's good." The originally enthusiastic atmosphere suddenly became a little cold.
Yan Song was indeed old and could not move his mind. He was still thinking about himself: "But Weichen is indeed old and can no longer leave people around him, so he dared to ask the emperor to escort his eldest grandson to return home. As for Yan Shifan, let him stay in Beijing to take care of Weichen."
When Jiajing heard this, he thought to himself, "What, I want your son to regain his love?" He said, "If that happens, it will be too much to deal with Yan Shifan's reputation, and the alliance will probably ruin him." This is really a good word. Unfortunately, the authorities are confused. Yan Shifan only thought about how to stay, but never thought about the consequences of staying.
Old Yan Song couldn't turn his mind at all, and he still asked for it: "The old minister is already used to the service of the dog. Please ask the emperor to be kind and let him stay."
"You are a fool," Jiajing cursed inwardly, waved his sleeves irritably and said, "As long as you two are willing, the alliance will certainly not stop you."
"Thank you, Emperor" Yan Song stood up tremblingly and kowtowed, "The old minister thanked the emperor on behalf of his son.
Jiajing looked at his old look and suddenly sighed and said in a low voice: "You must be killed by that dog in your life.
"What?" Yan Song turned his ears and didn't hear clearly. He asked, "I dare to ask what the emperor is saying.
"I didn't say anything." Jiajing said: "If you have funeral at home, you won't leave it to dinner. If you have nothing else, just go back and rest.
Yan Song had only one task here, which was to let Yan Shifan stay. Now that the task was completed, he was satisfied. He bowed and said, "I have nothing else to do, I will leave for the time being." He had made up his mind and waited for the 15th day, and the yamen began to work, and then returned to the cabinet to take charge.
"Go" Yan Song was happy, but Jiajing's good mood disappeared.
Chapter completed!