Wang Zhizheng stood up and sat down at the desk, and the chief officer of the third division hurriedly stood opposite him, unfolding the file and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Wang Zhizheng took the file, carefully examined it, thought about it, sometimes took a pen to mark, sometimes wrote hard, and seemed to be very familiar with the case.

After about an hour, the documents for the draft verdict were finally drafted.

Wang Zhizheng handed the undried document to Tanaka Jia and said with a smile: "Tian Shangshu, come and see if what Benhou has drawn up is appropriate!"

Tanaka Jia is an old fox in officialdom, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Hou Ye, the lower officials don't have to look at it, Hou Ye ruling, I just wait for the signature?"

Wang Zhizheng laughed and said: "What an old fox! Just look at it, it will scare you like this! Okay, don't make such a fuss, the signature is mainly me!"

Then he beckoned to the staff next to him: "Come here!"

The staff department hurriedly walked over, and Wang Zhizheng handed over the document and said, "Nian Nian!"

The staff secretary is a young official in his early thirties, who seems to have just entered politics, and he is quite nervous when he sees Wang Zhizheng.

He hurriedly picked up the document respectfully, and carefully read it in Jinling official dialect:

After investigation, the ancient texts conspiracy case, a total of 1,447 people were involved in the rebellion, the minister and the Dali Temple Qing Mao Yilu, the criminal department Shangshu Tian Zhongjia, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate Shen Shaoxian, the draft judgment of the people involved in the case is as follows:

Six main offenders:

Department of ancient texts, Bai Ji Gui, Bai Pu Gui, Xun Zongzhang, Sun Lianshuo, Liu Weifang

Proposed: Ling Chi. Zhu Jiu clan. The woman was not an official prostitute.

Twenty-six accomplices:

Department of ancient poetry, ancient classics, ancient Songtao (father of ancient classics), Gu Baishi, Gu Meishi.

Xun Yi Zhang, Xun Fa Zhang, Xun Nan Zhang, Xun Yuan Zhang, Xun Mu Zhang, Xun Yuxi, Xun Yulong.

Bai Enzhuo, Bai Rong Rose, Bai Xia Rose, Bai Furen, Bai Fuye, Bai Fugui

Department of Sun Lianshi, Sun Lianyue, Sun Weixi, Sun Wenbo,

Department Liu Weilan, Liu Weiyuan, Liu Weiqing, Liu Weizheng,

Proposed: Cut in half. Zhu Jiu clan. The woman was not an official prostitute.

Sixty-nine coerced conspirators,

Proposed: Beheading. Zhu three tribes.

1,319 who took part in the rebellion,

Proposed: Exile.

Among the above-mentioned offenders:

The ancient texts died in the anger of the people, and the bones were gone.

Xun Zongzhang, committed suicide in prison.

Bai Pu rose, the battlefield ambush.

Ancient Poetry Dictionary, Xun Fa Zhang, Xun Nan Zhang, Xun Yuan Zhang died in torture.

Gu Songtao, Liu Weifang, died of illness.

The rest are in prison.

The ministers petitioned the Holy Lord to review the ruling.

After the staff secretary finished reading, the three senior officials of the three divisions glanced at each other, and thought: Is it a bit heavy, coercion and rebellion, is it too much to punish the three clans, and the more than 1,000 people who participated in the rebellion were all exiled, is it also a little ruthless.

Wang Zhizheng smiled and said, "Do you think that the sentence imposed by Ben Hou is a bit heavy?"

None of the three said it directly. Noncommittal.

Wang Zhizheng smiled coldly: "It's not heavy." The crime of treason, killing a few hundred people is not too much, let alone in Nanzhili! This Nanzhili is the rear of our Celestial Empire, and it is not good to say, if the Central Plains is in turmoil in Nanping and the situation is not good, this Jinling is the great rear. Governing the troubled times with heavy codes"

Mao Yilu held his white beard and said: "What the Hou Ye has set is not heavy, it can only be said that it is according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no grace." ”

Wang Zhizheng nodded and said, "That's right, leave a room for grace to the saint." ”

Wang Zhizheng pointed out the window, the autumn wind swept away the leaves, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and he said meaningfully: "After the chaos, there is an urgent need for great governance." The great governance of Jinling City depends on the princes. ”

After saying that, he patted Tanaka on the shoulder, and then turned to leave.

Shen Shaoxian and Mao Yilu glanced at each other, and Mao Yilu said in a low voice: "What Hou Ye said, we must take it to heart! I will immediately send someone to submit the draft document to the Shengshang! Alas! Hou Ye is in Jinling, I really don't have to worry about it! If Hou Ye returns to Beijing, we don't know how much we have to work harder to reach Hou Ye's level!"

Shen Shaoxian smiled and said: "Master Hou is a vertical arch, and I can't compare with this life in my life." ”

Wang Zhizheng lifted the weight lightly, and easily drafted the sentence for the perpetrators of this rebellion case, and personally assumed the responsibility for the proposed sentence, took up this problem himself, and solved a major problem for those cronies who had just arrived in Jinling City and had an unstable foothold.

After Wang Zhizheng solved these messy things, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and in the blink of an eye, it was August, the autumn was high and cool, the autumn wind swept away the leaves, and the weather was gradually cool.

For more than half a year, I was so tired that my heart was broken. Now it's finally time to take a break.

Wang Zhizheng suddenly remembered that he should come back immediately to deal with a few things.

One is the ninth aunt of the ancient texts who is kind to him and has made great contributions to helping him crack the ancient texts, and she needs to be given a clear score.

Rather, it is a good choice for his godson, and a good choice for his eldest son.

The last one is to re-establish the company.

Although the gentlemen of the Restoration Society did not get involved in their own affairs, when they obviously dealt with the ancient texts, they gave too much unhappiness to the brothers of the Restoration Society. Bai Pugui and Zhang Pu are in-laws, and the two families have a baby parent, and Gu Shidian and Wu Meicun are nephews and uncles, that is, Chen Zilong, who followed him to the east and west, and Gu Xuedian is the relationship between brother-in-law and brother-in-law. is so intertwined, for this verdict, it will inevitably hurt their feelings, and they also need to be appeased.

Wang Zhizheng asked Zheng Lie and Huang Zongxi to study the matter of rebuilding the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, and Chen Zilong and Zhou Cheng continued to implement the new commercial tax policy in the Commercial Tax Department, counted the autumn commercial tax collection, and prepared to report the report.

Only let Zhou Gong accompany him and walk back to Wuku Lane.

Wang Zhizheng held the folding fan in his hand and walked in front of him with his hands behind his back, and Zhou Gong followed behind him.

Wang Zhizheng smiled and said: "Gong, now I suddenly found that the idlers in Jinling City are the only two of us. ”

Zhou Gong smiled and said: "Hou Ye has been tired for the past six months, it's time to rest and rest, what's wrong with the idler?

Wang Zhizheng nodded, then turned to stare at Zhou Gong, who had just grown a little beard, and asked: "Gong, do you regret staying in the mortal world with me?" Fighting and killing all day long, you can't be clean, Tai Bai Xing's warning is good, staying in the mortal world is not to enjoy the rolling red dust, but to do it yourself!"

Zhou Gong smiled and said: "Master, for me and Zhou Cheng, it doesn't matter if we stay in the heavenly court or the mortal world, as long as we follow the master, it doesn't matter where you are, we have been serving you for more than two thousand years, we still care about this!"

Wang Zhizheng laughed, patted Zhou Gong's shoulder and said: "There is no chance, mortal lifespan, but just a few decades, you see, it's only five years, my sideburns have Huafa! Assuming that I live to be seventy years old, I will only have forty years! I am thirty years old, you two are twenty years old, and when I die, hehe, you will have to be in the mortal world for more than ten years!"

Zhou Gong frowned and said, "Master, I really haven't thought about this question, when the time comes, when I die, I will enter the six realms of reincarnation in the next life, maybe ...... We can't be together!"

Zhou Gong spoke quite sadly, Wang Zhizheng patted Zhou Gong's shoulder and said open-mindedly: "If you have fun in this life, who cares about him in the next life?!"