On the 10th day of November in the 13th year of Hongzhi, in the city of Beijing. twvod.

It has been snowing heavily for two days, and it is still falling one after another, and there is no intention of stopping.

Forbidden City Cabinet Duty.

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, put down the wolf hair in his hand, picked up a cup of hot tea and held it in his hand, and suddenly the general warm current spread from his hands to the cold whole body. He slowly drank the cup of hot tea, a warm current from his mouth to his stomach, and his whole body seemed to be revived.

He couldn't help but lament in his heart, because he was getting older and his body was not as good as before. I saw that the charcoal in the furnace in front of the desk was dark red and was about to be extinguished. He called a handyman and told him to add a few more pieces of charcoal to the stove. The handyman added a few pieces of charcoal to stir up the fire, and after a while, the small room gradually warmed up again.

The handyman looked at Liu Ge Lao's cold blue face and said, "Ge Lao, this year's charcoal was ordered early, and it is much cheaper than in previous years, so you can use it." Don't save anymore, your body is important. ”

Liu Ge rubbed his hands together and sighed and replied, "Hey, there are many places for the imperial court to use money, so save some if you can." It's a cold day! It's getting colder every year. ”

Then he asked the handyman, "What time is the beginning of the year?" ”

The handyman replied respectfully: "It's the tenth day of the first month, and it's been two days since the heavy snow season, and it's time to get cold." ”

"Has the snow stopped outside?"

"No, it's going to rain bigger than it was in the morning."

Liu Ge Lao sighed, thinking in his heart, on such a cold day, many cattle and sheep will definitely freeze to death on the grassland. Silanda and the little prince on the northern steppe must also have a hard time, they can't get by, they will invade the border again, and after some time, the border will be unstable again.

In Liu Ge's old contemplation room, the door of the duty room was pushed open, and a cold wind blew into the duty room. Then a thin man in a red cloak walked in.

Liu Ge Lao saw that the man was none other than Li Dongyang, a cabinet minister. Liu Ge got up and said, "Binzhi, on such a cold day, why did I come to my room in the snow?" Come, drink a cup of hot tea to get rid of the cold. ”

The handyman took the cloak that Li Dongyang had taken off and hung it up, and then poured a cup of tea for Li Gelao. He knew that when Li Ge Lao came at this time, he must have something to discuss, so he retreated with interest.

Li Dongyang picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea before he spoke: "Lord Shoufu, today I was planning to play the fold of the ticket on duty, and I found that there was something strange about what was played on this fold. So I took it, please help me with the details. ”

As he spoke, he took out a fold from his sleeve and handed it over. Liu Ge Lao took the fold, put on his reading glasses, opened the fold and looked at it carefully.

This is a twist and turn between the Huai'an Branch of the Huai'an Branch of the Two Huai Salt Transportation Divisions and Yue Bingqian, and the twist and turn roughly means that the last case of smuggling salt by a grain ship in Juzhou has now been clarified. It was caused by the gangsters secretly hiding the smuggled salt in the grain ship in Juzhou, and the misunderstanding has now been resolved, and the people and the grain ship have all been allowed to go to Yunyun.

Liu Ge Lao closed the fold, looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Hehe, this hasn't been checked by the Imperial History of Salt Patrol, and the case is closed?" It's really weird. ”

Li Dongyang also smiled and said, "Lord Shoufu also sees something strange? I remember that last month, Yue Bingqian went to an excerpt to impeach Liang Wensheng, the governor of Juzhou, and insisted that his subordinates secretly sold illicit salt under the pretext of going to Jiangnan to buy grain, and the officials of the Huai'an branch seized three packets of illicit salt from his grain ship. He played

impeached Sheng Wensheng for the crime of laxity under the royal court, and even insinuated his crime of colluding with his subordinates to sell illicit salt. ”

Liu Ge's veteran stroked his beard and recalled: "I also remember that fold, I thought it was a little strange at the time, since there are only three packs of illicit salt for sale, and only three packs of illicit salt are smuggled for thousands of miles, is this a crime?" It is even more nonsense to say that Liang Wensheng colluded with his subordinates to sell illicit salt, Liang Wensheng is in the emperor's heart, and the saint has just issued a decree to praise him, how can he not put a good future and do this kind of thing? ”

In the dark table, after Yue Bingqian's recital reached the cabinet at that time, the three cabinet elders all read it, and everyone agreed that the content of this recital was pure. This must be that Yue Bingqian and Liang Wensheng have some kind of holiday, so they are talking about this. There were many twists and turns in the impeachment of the Ming Dynasty, and the impeachment could be played for a big matter, so the three of them didn't take it seriously. If there is no ticket, it will be sent directly to Emperor Hongzhi, because the emperor said before that all the folds related to Juzhou will be given to him as soon as possible.

After the emperor saw the folds, he just smiled and stayed.

Obviously, the emperor did not believe that Liang Wensheng would collude with his subordinates to sell illicit salt. It didn't take long for him to ask for an edict to ask the two Huai Patrol Salt Imperial History to pay attention to the case.

After Li Dongyang put down two cups of tea, his face was a little ruddy, and his eyes shimmered again, and he thought about it: "The emperor left Yue Bingqian's share of the badge, and soon ordered the two Huai Patrol Salt Imperial History to pay attention to this case, which shows that the emperor does not believe that the grain ship smuggling case is true. According to the calculation of time, before the emperor's will reached Yangzhou, the case in Huai'an was closed. So it's a little strange to say that this twist and turn now, Yue Bingqian likes to slap himself in the face so much? In the last compromise, Liang Wensheng was impeached conclusively, but this time he made a big U-turn, saying that it was a pure misunderstanding? ”

Liu Ge is such a shrewd person, he heard the meaning of Li Dongyang's words, so he said: "If Bin Zhi has any ideas, just say it directly." ”

Li Dongyang took the teapot and refilled the tea for Liu Gelao, then poured himself a cup, and then said: "It is precisely because I think this twist and turn is strange, so I asked Shoufu to discuss it." I think the reason why Yue Bingqian is like this is nothing more than two reasons, first, he learned in advance that the emperor ordered Su Yushi to pay attention to the case, and he couldn't do it well, for fear that Su Yushi would pay attention to the case and find out that there was something else hidden, so he hurriedly closed the case and released the boat. Second, Juzhou gave them unbearable pressure, so they had to give up. In short, it is not as simple as the smugglers who are stealing illicit salt on their grain ships, as it is said in the fold. ”

Liu Ge Lao nodded and said, "Binzhi's analysis is reasonable. There is another thing that the old man also finds a little strange. Soon after the emperor ordered Su Yushi to pay attention to the case, several Kedao Yushi and the matter were impeached by Su Yushi, who was young and inexperienced, and the official style was not right, etc., and asked Su Yushi to resign and apologize, and the reasons for impeachment were also very far-fetched. ”

Li Dongyang heard Liu Ge Lao say this, and nodded incessantly and said: "If these two things are considered together, Yue Bingqian's move of the Huai'an Branch is even more weird. It was obvious that these people were trying to prevent Su Yushi from investigating the matter. ”

Liu Ge stroked his beard and closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened his eyes and said: "The more afraid the Huai'an branch is to investigate, the more it proves that they are in trouble." He wanted to close the case in a hurry and release the people and the boat, so as to calm the matter, and the more it was proved that they had problems. The Lianghuai Salt Division is an important source of tax revenue for the imperial court, and there is no room for error, and this matter must be known to the emperor as soon as possible. What about Yu Qiao? Invite him to come to us

Let's see the emperor together. ”

At the same time, in the Dongnuan Pavilion, Mu Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was reporting to Emperor Hongzhi what the Jinyi Guard had heard.

Mu Bin stood in front of the imperial case and said to Emperor Hongzhi, who was reviewing the folds in the case: "Emperor Qiqi, according to the investigation, there is no festival between the governor of Juzhou and the two Huai Salt Divisions, and there are no grievances between even private individuals. However, two months ago, the son of Lu Jie, a salt merchant in Yangzhou, did not get the land as he wished at the land auction in Hejia Town, Juzhou, and had a grudge with the son of Liang Wensheng, the governor of Juzhou, to bid for a glass mirror, and later spent 100,000 taels of silver to buy back the glass mirror and smashed it in front of the door of Zhouji Department Store. Since then, the Lu family has formed hatred with the Liang family, the Zhou family, and the He family. ”

Emperor Hongzhi raised his head and said, "Well, I heard the eunuch Fu Ning talk about this matter. You go on to say. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Mu Bin agreed, and then said: "And the Lu family has a great relationship with many officials of the Lianghuai Salt Division. Therefore, it is inferred that the Lu family probably spent money to buy off Yue Bingqian, a fellow acquaintance of the Huai'an Branch, and Yue Bingqian designed to frame the officials who escorted the grain in Juzhou, in order to vent the anger of the Lu family. ”

Emperor Hongzhi didn't look up, still holding a pen to review the folds, but he heard Mu Bin's words clearly, and he asked Mu Bin: "Is there any evidence?" ”

Mu Bin replied respectfully: "Emperor Qiqi, there is no evidence yet, just a lowly speculation." However, Huai'an Jinyiwei found out that a warden of Huai'an Mansion had drunk twice with He Zhiyuan from Juzhou. According to the warden's confession, He Zhiyuan asked him about the grain case, and according to his confession, Yue Tongzhi, who was in charge of the Huai'an Branch, twice asked for an extension of the trial of the case, but it was obvious that he wanted to drag it out and not try it, and somehow twice informed the Huai'an government that the trial was immediately concluded, and asked for the release of the people and the ship. ”

Speaking of this, Mu Bin stopped and said no more.

Emperor Hongzhi raised his head and asked, "That's all?" ”

Mu Bin showed an embarrassed expression on his face, and said hesitantly: "There is still it, but I dare not say it." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face sank and asked, "What don't you dare to say?" ”

Mu Bin knelt on his knees and said, "Please forgive the emperor for his humble duties first, and only then will he dare to say it." ”

"Forgive you for your innocence, just say it."

"Your Majesty, according to the warden's confession, He Zhiyuan seems to be very interested in the case of Yu Sheng, the magistrate of Yancheng County eight years ago, and he once talked to his warden about wine. The warden once said to He Zhiyuan that when he copied Yu Zhixian's house, he only copied out a few hundred taels of silver. ”

Emperor Hongzhi put down his pen and asked Mu Bin: "A few hundred taels?" I remember that the report was tens of thousands of taels back then. What's going on? ”

Mu Bin hesitated for a while and finally said: "Your Majesty, according to the confession of the warden, the case in Yuzhi County back then was an unjust case!" ”

"Unjust case?!" Emperor Hongzhi asked rhetorically, and then he understood, and he was rarely angry, and his face showed anger.

When Mu Bin saw that the emperor was angry, he quickly fell to his knees again. Emperor Hongzhi looked at Mu Bin who was kneeling on the ground: "This matter has nothing to do with Mu Ai, you get up." ”

"Emperor Xie!" Mu Bin said respectfully.

Then Emperor Hongzhi leaned back, leaned on the back of the chair and rubbed his temples with the thumb of his opponent for a while, and said weakly to Mu Bin: "You go back first, let me think about it." ”

(End of chapter)

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