After the whistleblowing movement flourished, it needed a strong case-handling executive, and the gentle Confucian scholars could not take on it, and only the ruthless and ruthless evil spirits could take on the heavy responsibility, so the cool officials began to appear on the stage of history.

The whistleblowing movement gave birth to the cool officials, who in turn contributed to the whistleblowing movement, which evolved into false accusations.

Liu Yizhi, a scholar from the North Gate, once appeared in Helan Min's chapter, when he was a writer and was very friendly with He Lanminzhi. His sister is a medicine in the harem Shangshi Bureau, and she once diagnosed Mrs. Rongguo.

His elder brother, Liu Yizhi, served as a member of the ministry. His father, Liu Ziyi, a bachelor of Hongwen Pavilion, is a famous filial son, with a gentle demeanor, and his descendants are famous for his filial piety and friendship in the township party.

During the Yifeng period, Liu Yizhi served as the Sima of the Yu Palace, managed the affairs of the Yu Palace, and tutored Li Dan in his studies. Later, he worshiped the scholars of Zhongshu, served as the prime minister's palace Sima, and continued to tutor Li Dan's studies.

Li Zhi said to him: "Li Dan, the king of Xiang, is my beloved son, because Qing is from a family of loyalty and filial piety, I want to rely on Qing's noble character to serve as the teacher of King Xiang, so as to receive the good effect of Basil being born in sesame seeds, not supporting oneself." ”

Liu Yizhi generously accepted the order and tried his best to tutor Li Dan. He served as the Sima of the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time, tutored Li Dan in reading and writing, and established a deep relationship with Li Dan.

In the first year of the heir saint, Liu Yizhi, who was then the Zhongshu squire, and Zhongshu Ling Pei Yan participated in the action of deposing the emperor Li Zhe together, and put their student Li Dan, the king of Yu, on the throne of the emperor.

Subsequently, the Yangzhou Rebellion broke out, and Pei Yan persuaded Wu to return to Li Dan, but was killed. Fengge squire Liu Yizhi has a good relationship with Pei Yan of the Inner History, and his inner thoughts are the same as Pei Yan's, but he does not dare to openly contradict Empress Wu, so he can only choose to be silent.

After the Yangzhou Rebellion was pacified, as time went by, Empress Wu did not retreat into the background and let Emperor Li Dan personally govern. The Li Tang clan and some courtiers were unwilling to be ruled by women and were a little resentful.

Empress Wu issued an edict in the first month of the second year of the vertical arch to return the government to the emperor Li Dan, which is a good move for her to retreat! Zhizi is like a mother, she has already guessed the result, so she dares to make such a bold move.

Li Dan lived in another hall at that time, and he could not interfere in state affairs, nor could he meet with the ministers to discuss countermeasures, so he could only figure it out by himself.

Liu Yizhi and Nayan Wei Xuantong both hoped that Li Dan would be able to push the boat down the river and agree to the request of Empress Wu to return to power, so that once Li Dan became pro-government, the two of them would do their best to assist Li Dan and reproduce the style of Zhenguan.

Liu Yizhi and Wei Xuan walked under the moon at night, looking at the bright moon in the sky, clasping their hands together, and praying silently, hoping that Li Dan would accept the edict of Empress Wu and bravely start to govern in person!

In the palace, Li Dan also walked in the bright moonlight, thinking about the issue of returning the edict. He thought: Ah Niang's public edict must be a test of him, not out of sincerity, if he rashly accepts it, it will definitely hurt Ah Niang's heart!

In addition, he is under house arrest, isolated from his advisers and generals, and there is no one to discuss, even if he accepts A-Niang's request and governs himself, how to govern is a big problem? Is he a puppet or not, and it is a big matter to delay the governance of the country, in that case, the beloved Aya and Aung will not forgive him!

Thinking of this, Li Dan waved his pen to draft the seal, stamped it with a jade seal, and asked A-Niang to continue to govern.

Empress Wu was very happy when she received her son Li Dan's invitation to give a stamp, praised her son, and added a chicken leg to him at noon.

Then, Empress Wu publicized Li Dan's invitation seal in the court, indicating that he accepted the emperor's request and still called the system. This time, the emperor took the initiative to cede power, so that Empress Wu's ruling was justified, and if those clans and courtiers had any more grievances, it would be unreasonable, and Empress Wu could justifiably suppress and sanction them!

Liu Yizhi and Wei Xuan, courtiers and other courtiers were disappointed, sighed, and had to continue to serve Empress Wu. Liu Yizhi is an official personally promoted by Empress Wu, and he should be loyal to Empress Wu according to common sense, but the Confucian feudal moral thought he learned told him that he could not serve the heroine, so although he did not dare to make a sound, he always agreed with Pei Yan's approach in his heart.

When you think about something, sometimes it will come out naturally, and then it will cause the consequences of the disaster!

On a certain day in the early summer of the third year of the vertical arch, the officials of Zhongshu Province went to the restaurant to have a working meal together after getting off work, and the conversation was harmonious and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Liu Yizhi said the sincere words that had been pent up in his heart for a long time, he said: "Since the Queen Mother has abolished the faint monarch and established the Ming monarch, there is no need to weigh the dynasty at all!" It's better to return to politics to Mingjun Li Dan to calm the hearts of the people in the world! ”

At that time, the whistle-blowing movement had become popular both inside and outside the court, and Jia Dayin, a member of the Fengge House, wrote down Liu Yizhi's words, wanting to bring down the boss through whistleblowing so that he could replace him.

Jia Dayin took advantage of the opportunity of drafting the edict to quietly report to the Empress Wu and tell Liu Yizhi's words and disinformation.

Empress Wu's face suddenly became gloomy, and she said: "Yizhi is the person I picked up with one hand, and he is one of the scholars of the North Gate, and now he has the intention of betrayal, where will he care about my kindness to him?" It seems that hardcore fans don't have to be hardcore! ”

From then on, Empress Wu no longer trusted Liu Yizhi, the squire of Fengge, and had a grudge against him.

Soon, someone whistleblower, claiming that Liu Yizhi accepted gold and silver bribes from Sun Wanrong, the assassin of Guichengzhou, and also had an affair with Xu Jingzong's concubine. Empress Wu ordered Liu Yizhi to be sent to prison.

Liu Yizhi was in prison and once appealed. Li Dan heard the news of his teacher's imprisonment from Fan Nei's servant, and also defended him and asked for leniency.

Liu Yizhi's relatives and friends were very happy to learn that the emperor interceded for him, and congratulated him when he visited the prison, saying: "His Majesty the emperor personally intercedes for you, and you will see you, congratulations!" He will be released from prison soon. ”

Liu Yizhi sighed and said, "Hey, I'm going to die!" The queen mother is in charge of the system, arbitrary, and the blessing is all up to her own will, and the emperor is on the table, but it is just to accelerate my disaster in vain. ”

After Empress Wu learned that the emperor was on the table, she specially ordered the Suzhou assassin Wang Benli to try the case.

Wang Benli read out the edict of the Empress Wu to Liu Yizhi, and Liu Yizhi said: "How can you be called an edict without the signature of Fengge Luantai?" When Empress Wu heard about it, she was furious and died at home for the crime of resisting the messenger of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Yizhi returned home from prison under the escort of the guards, took a bath, looked calm, and said to his son Liu Daming: "When you meet people, you only say three points, and you can't throw away all your hearts!" Go and pick up the Four Treasures of the Study and draft a thank you form! ”

The Son of Heaven killed you, and you have to thank her, because she did not let you die in prison, but let you die at home, so you have to write a thank you letter to thank the Son of Heaven for his grace. This is the effect of the power reaching its extreme!

Liu Daming was so grief-stricken that he couldn't write. The prisoners kept urging Liu Yizhi to go to Huangquan early, and Liu Yizhi picked up his pen and waved his pen on the yellow paper, writing in one go, and the words were sincere.

Then, Liu Yi hanged himself. Lintailang Guo Han and Prince Literature Zhou Sijun both praised Liu Yizhi's Xie Biao for his good writing and literary brilliance.

When Empress Wu heard about it, she was very unhappy, and moved Guo Han to Wuzhou as the judicial officer, and Zhou Sijun as the Sicang of Banzhou.

In April of the fourth year of the Vertical Gong, Empress Wu received a whistleblower letter from Tongkuang, in which he said that Hao Xiangxian, the grandson of Hao Chujun, had rebelled. Empress Wu was very happy and said, "Haha, I didn't expect wow, those who have opposed me, retribution has arrived!" ”

What's going on? It turned out that in the second year of the last century, the emperor had been ill for a long time and wanted to make the queen of heaven know about the state affairs, but he was stopped by Hao Chujun, a Chinese scholar.

At that time, the queen of heaven also sat behind the curtain to listen to the government, although she did not yell at Hao Chujun like Chu Suiliang on the spot, but she has always been obsessed with this matter.

Hao Chujun died of illness in the first year of Kaiyao at the age of seventy-five, which can be regarded as the end of his life. The feud between him and Empress Wu should have ended, but something went wrong with the feng shui of Hao Chujun's grave.

When a Xiucai passed by Hao Chujun's grave, he stopped here, inspected the feng shui here by the way, and said to the villagers: "This tomb has bad feng shui, it happens to be pressed on the dragon's horns, and the coffin inside will definitely be dug up and cut down in the future!" ”

Hao Chujun's son, Si Zhilang Hao Beisuo, laughed when he heard it, thinking that the scholar's words were a big fuss, and he didn't have to take it seriously.

Hao Beisuo's son is called Hao Xiangxian, who looks a bit like a girl, handsome but weak, and has been favored by his parents since he was a child.

The friends who played with him felt that he did not have the wildness of a boy, so they nicknamed him "Pet Zhi", which means that they have to pet him and coax him to play together.

The friends also called him "pet" in front of Hao Beisuo, and called him "seed" in the local dialect. Hao Beisuo said to Hao Xiangxian: "Son, your friend is a bad friend, and the nickname given to you is really ugly, you go and invite them to eat at home, I will persuade them!" ”

Hao Xiangxian called all his friends to the house, Hao Beisuo arched his hand and said: "Friends, my son is a little gentle, not boyish, you just ridicule me, don't hurt him Ah Weng!" ”

Saying that, Hao Beisuo actually started crying, and the friends felt that the joke was too big, so they left one after another.

After Hao Xiangxian grew up, he looked like a talent, smart and clever, and served as the prince's general secretary and served the prince Li Chengqi.

Hao Chujun and Hao Beisuo passed away one after another, and the Empress Wu was still angry and angry, and now she suddenly received a secret report, saying that Hao Xiangxian had rebelled, how could she not be overjoyed?

Empress Wu immediately ordered Zhou Xing, the governor of Shangshu Province, to take charge of the trial of Hao Xiangxian's case. Zhou Xing has studied law since he was a child, but he is narrow-minded, good at rectifying people, and is a cool official with very old qualifications.

After Zhou Xing took over the case, of course he understood what Empress Wu meant, arrested Hao Xiangxian and imprisoned him, tortured him in every way, and then sent his subordinates to falsely accuse Hao Xiangxian of the crime of exterminating the clan, and planned to make the Hao family cut off their children and grandchildren.

Hao Xiangxian's family filed a lawsuit against Ren Xuanzhuo, who admired Hao Chujun's personality and expressed deep sympathy for the Hao family's misfortune.

Ren Xuanzhu said: "Hao Xiangxian is just a scholar who has no power to restrain the chicken, how can he rebel? After the investigation of this official, Hao Xiangxian has no evidence of rebellion! ”

Empress Wu was very unhappy and dismissed Ren Xuanzhuo's official, and the other superintendents were too frightened to speak.

On the way to the execution ground, the weak Hao Xiangxian kept shouting loudly, and there was no lack of men's blood. After arriving at the execution ground, when Hao Xiangxian understood that it was useless to shout and cut his throat, he scolded the Queen Mother, exposed the privacy of the palace, and grabbed the firewood stick of the city to attack the executioner, and was killed by Jin Wubing.

After listening to the prisoner's colorful description, Empress Wu was furious and sent someone to dig up the ancestral graves of Hao Xiangxian's family, and Hao Chujun was also cut off and destroyed.

From then on, in order to silence the prisoner and stop talking nonsense before death, the judge had to stuff a wooden pellet into the prisoner's mouth every time he carried out a murder.

Zhou Xing was promoted to the position of Punishment Shaoqing because he was able to deeply understand the meaning of the above. Zhou Xinghao, the criminal Shaoqing, was so unhappy that he made persistent efforts and continued to tell the truth.

In the first year of Yongchang, Zhou Xing told the Holy Mother and Emperor again, saying: "Wei Xuantong and Pei Yan, the waiters of Luantai, are unswerving iron buddies, and the people of the time call them long-lasting friends!" Wei Xuantong once said: The Queen Mother is old, and the time for the dynasty to weigh the system will not be long, and it is still necessary to return to the government as soon as possible to give the heir Li Danda! ”

The Holy Mother was very vigilant and ordered Zhou Xing to try the case. Why should Zhou Xing be unable to get along with Wei Xuan?

When he was young, Zhou Xing was smart and studious, familiar with legal knowledge, and had a good reputation when he served as the magistrate of Heyang County, Mengzhou. Li Zhi heard that Heyang County was talented, so he summoned Zhou Xing and prepared to promote him.

Zhou Xing patiently waited for the news of the official appointment in the capital, but he did not expect to be opposed by the Neiliu Palace.

The Neiliu Palace refers to the officials who started from the children of the nobles of the ministers, doctors, and nobles, and the outflow officials are the officials who started from ordinary people, and Zhou Xing belongs to the outflow officials. Because of the opposition of the Neiliu Palace, Li Zhi did not insist on promoting Zhou Xing.

So the promotion of Zhou Xing came to an end, this is an unspoken rule in officialdom, and no one has to tell Zhou Xing the news clearly. Zhou Xing has lived in the capital for a long time, and he is almost exhausted.

Wei Xuantong said to Zhou Xing: "Zhou Mingfu should go back to the county, it is useless to continue to stay in the capital!" This was originally the truth, but Zhou Xing was very suspicious, suspecting that Wei Xuantong was obstructing him and opposing his promotion.

From then on, Zhou Xing resented Wei Xuantong and wanted to take revenge on him, while declaring war on those introductory officials who looked down on him.

After Zhou Xing served as the chief criminal secretary, he worked hard to assist the Holy Mother and Emperor to crack down on internal officials and political enemies, and used the prison system to arrest and imprison Dr. Luantai Shilang and Yin Qingguanglu and Wei Xuantong, the inspector Nayan, and force him to confess.

When the prison sentence Fang Ji visited the prison, he persuaded Wei Xuantong to sue Zhou Xing to protect himself, saying: "Why didn't the prime minister tell the truth? You can take this opportunity to be summoned by the Holy Mother of God, and then present it in person, and you can redress your grievances. ”

Wei Xuantong let out a long sigh and said, "Hey, people are going to die sooner or later, what is the difference between human killing and ghost killing?" A gentleman must die upright, how can he be a whistleblower? ”

Wei Xuantong was finally given to die at home at the age of seventy-three, just like Liu Yizhi.