The Jiangnan imperial examination case, on the surface, does not care about Lan Ying and Yinzhen at all, but in fact it has a very big relationship, because this can be said to be the fuse of the second prince.

Regarding the matter of the emperor's second abolition of the crown prince, the fuse has always been a matter of different opinions.

Some people say that it is because the emperor did not intend to reinstate the prince, but because the power of the prince threatened the emperor's rule and status, in order to prevent the prince from further forcing the palace, so the prince was reinstated.

This statement can only fool people who don't know, after all, everyone looked at the abolition of the prince in the previous life, and the civil and military officials recommended the Eight Belle Yinxi, which can be described as huge, but in fact, the military power has always been in the hands of the emperor, so the emperor can abolish the Yinxi who has the support of the civil and military officials in a few words.

It can be seen from the means of the elder brother to seize the heir, except for the crown prince Yinren, who used force for a while, everyone else took the route of letting the emperor take advantage of himself, and if he wanted to die, Yinren was really so powerful, he could learn from Li Shimin to come to a Xuanwumen mutiny, why play these.

This news is unreliable, but there is a little more reliable, that is, after the crown prince Yinren was reinstated, not only did he not reflect on what he had done before, but used the power in his hands to suppress those who had caused him to be deposed before, and those who chose someone else to be the prince. And Yinren seemed to know that he would not sit on the throne of the prince for a long time, so he did not hide it at all, but retaliated openly, because there were too many people who attacked, the attack was too wide, and no one knew about it, so it aroused the anger of the public, and the emperor was forced to abolish the prince Yinren again due to the situation.

It is true that the crown prince Yinren retaliated against people after his reinstatement, but the problem is that it is impossible for the emperor to be forced to abolish the prince due to the situation, and there is more than one person who has complained to the emperor for so many years, but the emperor does not speak, and others say that no matter how much it is, it is in vain.

The matter of abolishing the prince is naturally impossible to be the emperor's whim, so Yinren was abolished, and there is still a reason, and this reason is the Jiangnan imperial examination case.

On the surface, the Jiangnan Imperial Examination Case has nothing to do with Yinren, and in fact it does not have anything to do with it, but the key is that Yinren received the silver from Kali, of course, it is unknown whether the source of the silver is the Jiangnan Imperial Examination Case, but there is no doubt that if this matter is exposed, it will definitely explode.

This is why the emperor defined bribery and corruption cases as mutual participation cases.

Zhang Penghui was so perfunctory, and he also got a hint from the emperor that he wanted to turn a big thing into a small thing. That's why Zhang Peng did that, his abacus was still very good, but he didn't expect that within a few days, the key witness Chen Tianli, the magistrate of Jing County, suddenly hanged himself. After he hanged himself, he was found by the guards and rescued in time, so he didn't die. The next day, the guards reported the situation to Zhang Pengpian and He Shou.

Zhang Peng said perfunctorily: "Chen Tianli is just scaring people, don't pay attention to him." ”

As a result, three days later, at the fifth watch, Chen Tianli died in bed. Zhang Pengpian and He Shou also sent a document to Liang Shixun, the governor of Anhui, asking him to investigate the cause of Chen Tianli's death. Chen Tianli's family resolutely reported that they paid because of illness, and no one forced them to stop talking. Another important witness, Li Qi, was sentenced to be immediately conscripted into Xinjiang, and died of illness during the escort, as evidenced by documents from the local county government.

Regardless of whether Chen Tianli committed suicide or homicide, or whether Li Qi died of illness or was killed, the most direct result was that there was no proof of death, and all evidence against Kali was eliminated. But the people of Jiangnan were not convinced and began to gather people to make trouble. Some people sang songs in praise of Zhang Boxing in the downtown area, posted posters everywhere, and submitted submissions to various yamen, demanding that Zhang Boxing stay in office. Others posted articles about the Kali's grievances, and blocked the Kali gate with bricks and stones, forbidding him to return the governor's seal. Supporters on both sides come and go, and it's very lively.

After Cao Yin secretly told the emperor about Chen Tianli's suicide, the emperor Zhu criticized: "The public opinions cannot be hidden, and the Beijing has also discussed it, thinking it is a joke." The trial is not judged in this way, but Jiangnan Province is very boring, presumably Manchuria is eager to leave this errand. So he secretly ordered Liang Shixun, the governor of Anhui, to secretly investigate the cause of Chen Tianli's death. A few days later, Liang Shixun, the governor of Anhui Province, reported that the officials of the Jiangnan Prison, from a certain department to the prefecture and county, were all close associates of Kali, and the news of the blockade was impenetrable, and the cause of the death of the witness Chen Tianli was difficult to ascertain. It has already been implied that the Kali had nothing to do with the death of the witness.

Soon after, the results of the second trial of Zhang Pengpian and He Shou came out: In the case of the science field, the deputy chief examiner Zhao Jin, together with the examiners Wang Yueyu, Fang Ming, and the scholars Wu Mi and Cheng Guangkui, who were bribed and sold, should be punished according to the law of fraud in the science field; Zhang Boxing was suspicious by nature and casually "falsely accused" Kali, causing the hearts of the people in Jiangnan to fluctuate, and he should be removed from his post and be redeemed in vain; Kali and Zhang Boxing "participated in each other's affairs", which was out of character, and should be demoted by one level to remain in office.

This investigation result is completely consistent with the emperor's previous tone, except for Zhang Boxing who is a little harsh, the rest of the treatment is almost exactly what the emperor wants.

However, just as he was about to order the case to be closed, something suddenly happened. When the emperor went to the harem to greet the queen mother, he happened to meet his nursing mother, who was Kali's biological mother.

It can be seen from the fact that the Cao and Li families have controlled the three major weaving and salt politics in Jiangnan for decades, and how Kali corruption has not been sued, it can be seen that the emperor has been gracious and indulgent to several of his own nurses. Seeing that the nurse was here with the queen mother, the emperor naturally wanted to say a few words to the nurse, and as he spoke, he sighed for a moment and asked Kali what personal grievances he had with Zhang Boxing.

Originally, the emperor gave grace to Kali, asking the nurse to say good things to Kali in front of the emperor, saying that she didn't even need to be demoted before. Unexpectedly, the nurse understood the righteousness, not only exposed Kali's corruption and bribery, but also took the initiative to defend Zhang Boxing. The attitude of the nurse had a decisive impact on the emperor's attitude, and he later said with great emotion: "His (Kali) mother is still ashamed of her deeds, and her crime cannot be punished." ”

At this time, Cao Yin's secret recital was sent again, saying that "this case is also not proper, and people's hearts cannot be convinced", Zhang Pengpian was so sloppy that his reputation in Jiangnan was greatly damaged, and everyone said that he was confused and selfish, and he did not wait for the case to be concluded, and he had already set off for Fujian, which caused the people of Yangzhou to be unstable and discussed.

The emperor felt that if the case was concluded according to the conclusion of the second trial, especially if he only dealt with Zhang Boxing, who was not known outside the country, and allowed Kali to do misdeeds, it would be really difficult to explain to the people of Jiangnan, so he issued an edict to reprimand Zhang Pengpian and others for "covering up reconciliation and consulting and making a decision", and ordered Zhang Pengpian and Heshou to be replaced, and sent Mu Helun, the secretary of the household department, and Zhang Tingshu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to Jiangnan, so that they must be strictly examined.

By this time, the focus of the investigation of the Qin mission to Jiangnan was no longer the Kechang case, but the case of mutual participation between the superintendents and the Fufu. The emperor's original intention was that as long as Zhang Boxing was preserved, Kali would be roughly punished, and the hearts of the people in Jiangnan would be stabilized.

However, Mu Helun and Zhang Tingshu did not understand the "holy will", and they did not want to offend Kali and the two predecessors of the Qincha. As soon as the two arrived in Jiangnan, not only did they not immediately inquire about the case, but they also immediately sent people to Zhang Boxing to make peace, and persuaded him to bow to Kali on the grounds that he was "a member of the party." But Zhang Boxing still insisted on his opinion and gave the two Xinqin a big nail.

The two Xinqin sent to discuss and discuss, and finally decided to make a big superficial statement—for more than ten days, they took turns to interrogate the criminals in the case, which was very lively, and there was a great intention to see what was going on and uphold justice.

Such a gesture is naturally contrary to the emperor's intentions, although the emperor did not immediately remove the two people, but still let people investigate the matter in secret, and it turned out that there were traces of the crown prince Yinren. At this time, the emperor was instinctively defensive against the crown prince Yinren, thinking that after he warned him, Yinren would still intervene in this matter when he didn't know, which made the emperor creepy.

In addition, after the restoration of the crown prince Yinren, those things that came out, such as the case of Shen Tiansheng, the head of the household department, colluding with the household department member Wailang Yiersai and others to cover the case of the lake beach and the river, and the contradiction between the emperor and the prince finally developed to the point of irreconcilability.

The emperor decided to abolish the crown prince again, and on September 30, the day the emperor returned to Beijing from his inspection of the outside of the country, he announced to everyone: "Since the restoration of the crown prince Yinren, the previous arrogance has not been eliminated, so that he has been greatly disappointed, and the inheritance of the ancestors can never be entrusted to him." I have reported it to the Queen Mother, and now I want to detain Yinren and guard it. "On November 16, Emperor Kangxi sent officials to abolish the crown prince and sue the heavens and earth, Taimiao, and Sheji.

The crown prince Yinren was deposed again, which not only had a far-reaching impact on the ministers of the court, but also affected the attitude of Mu Helun and Zhang Tingshu in investigating the case, so as soon as the results came out, it was still a big disappointment.

On the fifth day of October in the 51st year of Kangxi, one year after the Kechang case, Mu Helun and Zhang Tingshu played the conclusion of the third trial: the chief examiner, Zuo Bifan, connived at fraud and was dismissed from his post for investigation; Zhao Jin, the deputy chief examiner, and the same examiners Wang Yueyu and Fang Ming were sentenced to be sentenced for accepting bribes; Cheng Guangkui, Wu Mi and other students bribed examiners, defrauded fame, and planned to hang or shackle respectively; The governor of Liangjiang, Kali, has no trace of his actions, but the trial is not effective, and he should be held responsible; Zhang Boxing, the governor of Jiangsu, chased the wind and caught the shadows, slandered the important ministers of the imperial court, and was dismissed; Kali Shen Zhang Boxing's various paragraphs are "substantial" and free of discussion.

The result this time can be described as painstaking, and the surface has done enough to make a good article, and openly disposed of Zhao Jin, Wang Riyu, Fang Ming and other examiners and people who have solid evidence, and breathed a sigh of relief for Jiangnan Shizi. It seems that it is much more powerful than that of their predecessor Qincha, but in the cross-reference case, as their predecessor Zhang Pengpian played, they said that the Kali had nothing to do with the fraud case, and that all the sections of the Kali that Zhang Boxing participated in were "all false".

Zhang Boxing, who has been dismissed, is still fearless, and he made another twist and turn, saying: "Fraud in the field only punishes accomplices, not the first evil, and it is difficult to appease the hearts of the people in Jiangnan." If the law of the court is not cured, the law of the Qing Dynasty will exist in name only. My Zhang Boxing's dismissal ministry is small, and the safety of the court is at stake, so I ask Your Majesty to send a virtuous minister to retry the case. ”

After reading the conclusion of the third trial and Zhang Boxing's recital, the emperor sighed very much, and said, "Zhang Boxing is an upright official, and everyone in the world knows everything, and he is allowed to be called an honest official, but he is not as good as guarding, and he is incompetent." Although Kali is more than talented, he is sensitive and skillful, and he likes many things, and he has not heard of the name of righteousness. It is shameful that the cases involving Iraq and others all originated from private quarrels and were caused by listening to people's words. ”

But he also knew that by this time, the Kechang case had completely become a dispute between the Manchu and Han ministers, and even if it was pursued again, there would be no result, so he did not send a Qin cha to try it again at the request of Zhang Boxing, but only ordered Jiuqing, Zhan Shi, and Kedao to discuss the results of the trial of Mu Helun and others, which was the so-called fourth trial.

Before the fourth trial, the emperor specially summoned the relevant officials and said: "The officials of Boxing are honest and honest, and the Kali Ethics Union cannot be trusted." If there is no uncle, Jiangnan will be cut by half. In this cross-reference case, the first official was sent to the trial, which was made by the Kali, so that it could not be cleared; Sending the officer to the trial again is no different from before. If you can protect the intention of the Qing officials, so that the righteous people have no doubts, then Haiyu will be peaceful. ”

However, the result of the deliberations was that Kali and Zhang Boxing did not want to be in harmony with each other, and they were all dismissed because they lost their ministerial dignity. In the end, it was the emperor's decree that Kali should be dismissed from his post and exempted from strict investigation and investigation, and that He Shou, the governor of Qianyun, would take over as the governor of Liangjiang; Zhang Boxing would be dismissed from his post but would remain as governor of Jiangsu. In this way, this sensational Jiangnan Kechang case was finally concluded with mutual reference.

He was angry that his mother had spoken for Zhang Boxing in front of the emperor, and colluded with his younger brother Seleqi and his son Gan to secretly poison his mother's food and wanted to kill his mother. After the East Window incident, he was ordered by the angry emperor to hang himself, and Seleqi and Gandu were also beheaded.

Legend has it that Kali bribed the hanger when he committed suicide, so he was put down and put in a coffin before he could get out of breath. Kali lay in the coffin and waited for a long time, not knowing the time, and he was really impatient, so he asked, "Can I come out?" Who knew that the hanger had not yet left, and there were still some people around the coffin, and they were all shocked to see Kali suddenly sit up. The overseer was afraid that the bribes would be revealed, so he stepped forward and knocked down the Kari with an axe and burned it along with the coffin.

On the 26th day of the first month of the 52nd year of Kangxi, the final disposition results in the Jiangnan Kechang case were issued. Related figures: Ye Jiusi, the governor of Anhui, has died; Zhao Jin, the deputy chief examiner, and the examiner Jurong Zhi County Wang Riyu and Shanyang Zhi County Fang Ming made a decision; Wu Mi and Cheng Guangkui, and the conspirator Yu Jizu were hanged and imprisoned, and they were executed after the autumn; The chief examiner, Zuo Bifan, was dismissed for negligence; Ask someone to write on behalf of Xu Zongshi, and Xi Jianzhao, the cheating person, and blame them together.

However, the wonder is not over yet. On the first day of Zhao Jin's execution, he suddenly fell ill and died in prison. For a time, rumors spread. Some people say that Zhao Jin hanged himself; Some people say that Zhao Jin's friend Wang Shidan killed a beggar, hid the body in his shoulder, stole beams and changed pillars during prison visits, and used the dead beggar to pretend to be Zhao Jin, while Zhao Jin himself climbed the rope to escape from the prison; Some people also said that the corpse was Wang Shidan's servant Zhang Da. 21010