Volume 4 Chapter 42 Chess Pieces
Yang Cong's case was tried, it seems to be a bit too reluctant, what kind of human and physical evidence are a bit far-fetched, with the reasons he listed, to punish a current Zhengsanpin official, it is really a bit reluctant.
At least, several old oilmen of officialdom present can see that he is deliberately cleaning up Tu Dashan or Ningbo Tu's family, from the perspective of human and physical evidence, except for the section of Longjiang Shipyard, the others are really not very convincing.
They all know that the maritime tycoon, the Ningbo Tu family, is indeed involved in pirates and pirates, but the evidence listed by Yang Cong is really not enough to convict others.
So, what does Yang Cong think?
He caught Xie Shixian in such a hurry and interrogated him, and then took the opportunity to grab Tu Dashan and ask, is it just to disgust Yan Song?
Of course not, he is really ready to clean up the Yuyao Xie clan and the Ningbo Tu clan.
As for human evidence, physical evidence, confessions, etc., it is really full of loopholes and far-fetched.
However, he thinks that this is enough!
Because these things are not for these old oilmen in officialdom, but for Jiajing,
There are many things, these old oilmen in the officialdom can see the greasy in them at a glance, but Jiajing can't see it.
For example, Xie Shixian's confession, from the eyes of these old oilers in the officialdom, it can be seen at a glance that his purpose is not to judge Xie Shixian, but to implicate Tu Dashan.
You guy, what you did is too obvious, you just asked a few words about Xie Shixian's own crimes, and then pulled Tu Dashan, what do you mean?
Are you judging Xie Shixian or Tu Dashan?
Didn't you make it clear that you wanted to implicate Tu Dashan?
However, what Jiajing saw was different.
Xie Shixian, what is it?
What's the matter if it's just a grass farmer?
Is Tu Dashan, the governor of Yingtian, a court official, good or not, can Jiajing have Xie Shixian, a "grass people", in his eyes, he will definitely subconsciously think that Xie Shixian is just a witness, and Tu Dashan is the main culprit.
In this way, the nature is different, since Xie Shixian is just a witness, and Tu Dashan is the main culprit, then, when Xie Shixian is tried, it is natural to focus on the problem of Tu Dashan, as for Xie Shixian, the "grass people", what has he committed, just punish the crime, what is there to pay attention to.
To put it bluntly, this is a matter of concern, the jury officials present may all think that Xie Shixian and Tu Dashan are the successors of Yuyao Xie's family, and the other is the successor of Ningbo Tu's family, although their status is different, their identities are almost the same, and in Jiajing's eyes, Xie Shixian is a grass people, Tu Dashan is a member of the court of Zhengsanpin, can his identity and status be the same?
The focus of Jiajing's attention must be Tu Dashan, a member of the court who is a third-grade court, as for Xie Shixian, the second ancestor, in Jiajing's eyes, it is estimated that there is no concept of the second ancestor, can people pay attention to this Xie Shixian?
Yang Cong started from Jiajing's vision or opinion, and used Xie Shixian, an inconsequential second ancestor, to implicate the big fish behind Tu Dashan.
This kind of implication method is indeed a bit far-fetched in the eyes of the old oilman in the officialdom, but in the eyes of Jiajing, an emperor who does not understand the world, it is very normal.
Yang Cong not only wanted to use this matter to clean up Yuyao Xie and Ningbo Tu, but also wanted to implicate Yan Song in this matter!
Even if Tu Dashan doesn't say it, he will lead Yan Song next.
At this moment, Tu Dashan actually brought out Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, just right!
Yang Cong pretended to be annoyed and angry: "What do you mean by being the head of the cabinet, Lord Yan?" Could it be that you bribed Lord Yan Songyan? You say, how much did Lord Yan charge you, why did he stand up for you? ”
Damn, did you talk like that?
As soon as he said this, not only Tu Dashan was stunned, but also several jury officials.
Yan Song's acceptance of bribes is not a secret in officialdom, but everyone just talks about it in private, who will talk about it in court.
People are the head of the cabinet, there is no evidence, you say that people accept bribes, and people don't clean you up!
This Governor-General seems to be on the same page as the head of the cabinet, Lord Yan.
This is a battle on the top floor of the Ming Dynasty, and a few people dare to participate in it.
Several jury officials were dumbfounded, that is the first assistant of the cabinet, that is Yan Song, who will be revenged, Lord Governor, don't you want to be like this, we can't bear it!
Tu Dashan was also dumbfounded, this Yang Cong didn't deal with Lord Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, of course he knew, but he didn't think that this guy would come here to call Yan Song, Nima, directly said that Yan Song accepted bribes, this is the rhythm of tearing his face!
Only then did he realize that he had been involved in the battle at the top of the imperial court, and what people were fighting for was not a couple in the southeast, but the whole world, and he, the head snake on the ground in the southeast, was at best a chess piece.
This chess piece can't be deserved, if you don't do it well, you will be broken all over your body!
He hurriedly shook his head and said, "My lord, I didn't bribe Lord Yan, I just said that Lord Yan would uphold justice." ”
Yang Cong pretended to be curious and said, "Don't you know what you have done?" Is it a trivial matter to connive at and instruct the pirates to plunder the place? For no reason, why did Lord Yan stand up for you? Do you have any secret between you? In other words, this matter was instructed by Yan Song! ”
Damn, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes.
This matter was indeed instructed by Yan Song, but Yan Song also instructed Zhao Wenhua, the former governor of Zhejiang, not Tu Dashan, who should be the governor of the sky.
This kind of thing, naturally, the less people know about it, the better, how could Yan Song directly instruct Tu Dashan.
Therefore, even Tu Dashan didn't know that the mastermind behind this matter was Yan Song.
He only knew that this Governor did have the strength to argue with his backer Yan Song, and the two sides seemed to be fighting head-to-head again, and he seemed to have become a pawn in the confrontation between the two sides!
He has also played chess, so he naturally knows the fate of the chess pieces, Ying Tian Governor, Nanjing Military Department Squire, is indeed a big official, and he is enough to call the wind and rain and control the overall situation locally, but compared with those high-level officials in the imperial court, it is nothing at all.
If people want to really fight, Nanjing's six Shangshu, and even the Beijing's Liubu Shangshu are just chess pieces, he is a Nanjing Liubu squire, it's a fart!
Zhao Wenhua is an obvious example, the dignified governor of Zhejiang, the entire Ming Dynasty has a number of feudal officials, in front of others, is just a chess piece, when it comes to the need to abandon the car to protect the handsome, the only choice is to decide on his own to ensure the safety of his family.
He originally thought that this matter would end with Zhao Wenhua's death, after all, Zhao Wenhua was dead, and the governor of Zhejiang was also replaced, and the other party had already won.
He originally thought that this Yang Cong just wanted to give him a dismissal, after all, it was already a common practice in officialdom for a new official to take office three times, and it was not surprising that the new governor would clean him up.
But he never thought that this game of chess was not over yet, and he fell into the chess game unconsciously.
At this time, his fate is no longer under his control, he can only wait silently, waiting for the result of the game between the two sides, waiting for the judgment of fate!