In the imperial capital of Yongchang at the beginning of June, the sun was covered by thick shade, and the pomegranate was victorious. The lotus flowers of Yanshan Manor are in full bloom, ten miles of fragrance, and the green lotus leaves reflect the blue sky and white clouds, so that the princes and grandsons and the scholars come in an endless stream to avoid the lotus and recite poems.

The sunset sprinkled on the lotus pond of Biyi Garden, the lotus leaves are as green as jade, the lotus flowers are as bright as the clouds, the water pavilion is full of friends, and the king of Chu'an is enjoying the lotus banquet. King Chu'an's white thin shirt, long hair is scattered, simply tied up with a golden hoop, a yellow ribbon is tied around his waist, and he is holding an ivory folding fan, with a delicate demeanor and a friendly smile.

Most of the people who went to the banquet were famous people in Beijing, Dr. Miao Qingqing of Guozi, Secretary Lang Zhuo Chengxun, Ding Chu, a member of the Ministry of Rites, and Bao Liming, a pawn officer, were all the top three in the imperial examination and the people of the year in Shilin, but today's host and guest are the top three in today's department: champion Xu Sheng, Bangyan Fang Zhiyi, and Tanhua Shi Jiayu.

Shi Chongjie raised his glass and said with a smile: "All the princes are well-educated people, how can there be no poetry in this beautiful scenery on this good day, the singers in the house are already looking forward to it, please drink this cup of poetry wine." This king will make a stereotyped book for the princes, so that all the people in the world can read it, and the poems of the princes will surely be passed down through the ages. ”

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As the uncle of King Chu'an, Huang Jike was promoted from Sinong Cheng to the position of Sinong Shaoqing in four years, and the nephew of King Chu'an contributed a lot. King Chu'an's authority is getting heavier, the Son of Heaven often praises, and there are rumors that he will succeed King Ning in the future to take charge of the Longwei Secret Guard, and the officials of the six departments and Jiuqing are naturally as satisfied as possible with King Chu'an's greetings.

Under the intentional arrangement of the Son of Heaven, the strength of the Huang family in the court has increased greatly, and the corresponding Huang family has spared no effort to support King Chu'an. Huang Jike's son, Huang Wenxiang, who had been taught by Xinfei back then, married Wei Libo's daughter Wei Yinqin, Wei Libo was promoted to Qingzhou Sima under the operation of the Huang family, and Huang Wenxiang also joined the army in the palace of Chu'an.

Seeing that there are maids in the pool singing a little song while collecting lotus flowers, he touched the spirit and took the lead in chanting: "The lotus leaf Luo skirt is cut in one color, and the hibiscus is open to both sides of the face." I can't see it when I enter the pool, and I feel that someone is coming when I hear the song. ”

"Good poems", the admiration is endless, although it is inevitable that Fang Zhiyi will take the lead and be a little uncomfortable, but all the people here are readers, and the poems are really good, and they can't say bad with their conscience. Shi Chongjie stood up, came to Fang Zhiyi with two golden cups, and said with a smile: "Wonderful poetry, Biyi Garden will be famous all over the world because of your poems." Zhiyi, this king toasts you with a cup. ”

Fang Zhiyi took the wine, his face was full of spring breeze, he glanced at the people around him, and raised his glass triumphantly to drink. The singers danced in, dancing and singing in the sound of silk and bamboo: "Lotus Leaf Luo Skirt ......"

Miao Qingqing's Guozijian Dr. Guozi is on the fifth grade, he has a close relationship with King Chu'an is hoping to be promoted to the position of Guozijian in the hope of using his strength to promote the position of Guozijian Division, he is older among the people present, and he can be regarded as a success, disdainful of competing with the group of young people in front of him, and suggested with a smile: "Lord, this poem is in the foreground, it is better to let people hold up the fishing boat and sing in the depths of the lotus leaves, and we will enjoy the scenery and listen to the music." ”

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The Yamen of Dali Temple is located next to the Shunyi Gate of the Imperial City, and is in the west of the Imperial City together with the Yamen of the Criminal Department, the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the Zhuwei Mansion. Different from the bustle of other yamen, the front of Dali Temple has always been cold, and occasionally the cars and horses passing here are far away to the other side of the avenue, lest they be contaminated with bad luck.

Although the directors of the Yushitai, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department in the "Three Law Divisions" are all positive three products, those who are officials in Beijing can distinguish the subtle differences. Yushitai is the most noble, and the court has heard rumors and impeached hundreds of officials, which can be called rampant; Dali Temple is in charge of the trial of major cases of criminal prisons, and the prison that the people say is located in Dali Temple; The Criminal Department is in charge of the penal decree and has the right to review the case of Dali Temple, and if the two disagree, the Holy Court will be adjudicated. The six departments of Jiuqing are ranked before Jiuqing, and in the cognition of everyone, the criminal department is virtually ranked before Dali Temple.

In the third year of Jianwu, Huang Shengzhishi, the former secretary of Dali Temple, and Lu Liangzhen, the assassin of the state, took over. In the official assessment of the Ministry of Officials, Lu Liangzhen's resume is clearly recorded: Xiangqing was born in the imperial examination in the 20th year, and was ranked 45th in the second class, at the age of 25; Successively served as the third-level county order, Sima, Changshi, don't drive, assassin history and other positions, this Lu Daren's performance is mostly in the middle and upper, not very good, but he is a particularly lucky person, every time the performance can be promoted upward, in the past 30 years, from the seventh grade of the county order to the third grade of Dali Siqing, is a rare smooth sailing figure in the officialdom. You must know that most of his fellow subjects back then were still grinding on five or six grades.

He is a close confidant of the Son of Heaven, when today's son is the prince, Lu Liangzhen is lucky to get acquainted, which is similar to Duan Cizong, the secretary of the ministry, with this noble person taking care of him behind his back, Lu Liangzhen can rise to the top step by step, soar up, and do what most officials can't do. Lu Liangzhen has always been filling the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, and the gloomy resignation of Zhu Zipu, the governor of Anxi, also has his secret credit.

During this time, Lu Liang's real head was as big as a fight, and the Son of Heaven ordered Dali Temple to try the case of the Yamen fraud of the Jiangnan Transfer Division, and Chang Yuchao and others had already arrived at the case and had already tried the second hall. According to the usual practice, it is Dali Temple Cheng who specifically hears the case, and when the case is heard clearly, it will be reported to Shaoqing for review, and finally submitted to him, and he only needs to sign it on it to approve the verdict. However, this case was hand-picked by the Son of Heaven, and Lu Liangzhen tried it personally, and he did not dare to be careless, for fear that the Son of Heaven would feel that he was perfunctory.

The facts of the case are very clear, there are the private accounts of Li Yubo as the pawn of the Jiangnan Transit Division, the confession of the bandit leader Ye Yanguang, and the testimony of Xiong Yi'an. In this case, the assassin Yu Shusen led out the transfer division yamen to hire a murderer, Ye Yanguang absconded when he heard the news, and then caused the Zhongshanzhai thieves to go down the mountain, causing chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, and more than 10,000 people died.

The Dali Temple trial case is not allowed to be spread outside, and the Jiangnan transfer case is a Qin case, and Lu Liangzhen strictly ordered that all the personnel involved in the trial are not allowed to go home, eat and live in the yamen; Qin Chalu Congming also temporarily lived in Dali Temple, and was allowed to return home only after the case was finalized; Chang Yuchao and the others naturally stayed in prison, and even Xiong Yi'an obediently squatted in prison. After the first class, someone came to inquire: the words are very lively, the prince is very concerned about the case, if the princess's brother is involved in the case, he does not have to look at the situation, and he will be punished strictly according to the law; Yushitai asked if Lord Chenglu had violated the law, why did Dali Temple detain people; The Ministry of Industry asked Dali Temple to inform the interrogation so that it could rectify the water supervision ......

Although Lu Liangzhen has been an official for 30 years, he still belongs to Xinding in the capital, all kinds of characters and various backgrounds form a huge pressure on him, Lu Liangzhen feels that his toothache is on fire, and he can't sleep well, and I am afraid that there will be more people who come to inquire in a few more days, Lu Liangzhen decided to play the Son of Heaven first, and ask the Son of Heaven to decide.

In the imperial study, Shi Fangzhen saw Lu Liangzhen's performance, and said angrily: "The river work yamen has eroded so much, it is really shocking. Chang Yuchao and others failed to live up to the grace of the saint, it is really not a pity to die. The Jiangnan transshipment envoy is so unbearable, and it is not much better to come to the Huanhe transshipment envoy, and a month has passed, why has Yushitai not replied. It seems that the government of Hegong has made great efforts to rectify it, otherwise there will be several more incidents like the Duanzhou thieves coercing the victims, and I am afraid that my Jiangshan Society will not be protected. ”

As a confidant of the Son of Heaven, he naturally knows the temperament of the Son of Heaven very well, Lu Liangzhen said: "In the process of trying the case, the minister found out that Yuan Decheng, the county commander of Linhua County, the transfer department Yamen Dushui joined the army, Xiong Yi'an, the pawn Li Yubo, Duanzhou Longweizhou Tongji Datao and others are all loyal ministers who are sincere to the country, and there are many righteous men who stand up and fight hard in the face of danger, and most of the officials and people in the world are still loyal to the monarch and patriotic. ”

What Lu Liangzhen said he understood in the twists and turns that were transferred one after another, especially Jiang Anyi's twists and turns, Shi Fangzhen's face turned mellow, and he said in a deep voice: "Traitors and thieves must be punished severely, and loyal ministers and righteous people must be praised, so that they can go to evil and promote good." ”

Feng Zhong also appeared at the door of the hall with the wooden box, Shi Fangzhen saw it, and said, "Feng Zhong, I asked you to find out if the family property of Chang Yuchao and others is located." ”

"Long live, it's been ascertained." Feng Zhong quickly stepped into the hall, put the wooden box in his hand on the table, and then took out a report from his bosom and handed it to the Son of Heaven.

It is very clear in the report that Chang Yuchao's family property in Lingzhou's hometown is not abundant, but in Huaiyuan County, Pingzhou, he secretly set up a foreign house, married three concubines and had ten children, 136 hectares of land, 34 shops in his home, and confiscated more than 270,000 taels of silver for gold, silver, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and Duan Shuang, Wan Huaixing and others all found more than 50,000 taels of family wealth.

Shi Fangzhen slapped the report on the table and scolded: "All the money I pulled out to the river workers yamen let them get into their own homes, shoddy, less than more, deduct wages, what else do they dare not do?" The crimes of Chang Yuchao and others are unforgivable, if they hadn't filled their pockets, the Yuanhua River would not have burst its embankment, and those innocent victims would not have lost their lives, and it would not have been enough for the people to be angry if they didn't kill them. ”

"Lu Liangzhen, tomorrow you will conclude this case with Yushitai and the Criminal Department, and punish Chang Yuchao and others with my intentions." Shi Fangzhen said angrily.

His eyes fell on Feng Zhong, and Shi Fangzhen said again: "Feng Zhong, the secret guard has done a good job this time, and the officials of the Huanhe Transshipment Department have also sent people to investigate, and these people will not be afraid if they don't lose some heads." By the way, tomorrow the Dali Temple will be decided, you send someone to listen to it, and report it to me as soon as you return to the palace. ”

Feng Zhong replied "yes". Lu Liangzhen frowned secretly, the Son of Heaven trusted the internal supervisor more and more, and let the secret guard interfere in political affairs, I am afraid that there will be trouble in the future.