After the Qiuyue clan dressed up carefully in the evening, he really saw the father-in-law Cao, and entered the palace through the west gate. Mao Li Zhenchang was sent to the gate of a city called "Xi'an Gate", and he had to go back.

Rows of lanterns hung under the eaves of the castle towers everywhere, and the night scene was much more brilliant than usual. There was also a river in the court, and there were many court ladies playing there along the river.

The wide brick-floor square, the majestic palace dotted with candles, and all kinds of magnificent and beautiful scenes are dizzying to see.

Before that, she had never left the "ancient mountain castle" where she was born, and she had never seen such a large Miyagi, nor had she seen many people together. In Japan, as long as you leave the small walled city with low houses, you will immediately be a wilderness or a rice field village, where can it be compared with the bustle of the imperial city of the Ming Kingdom?

The women were in groups of three or five, some were lighting Kong Ming lanterns, some were putting paper boats into the river, and some were making trouble. No one was there to control them tonight. Qiu Yueshi looked at all kinds of shiny playthings excitedly, and saw that the flying paper lamp was written with a variety of words, including "Guotai Min'an", as well as "beautiful as a flower" and other strange words.

Soon the palace maids noticed her, and the dress of the Qiu Yue clan was not the same as that of the palace maids.

"You're a foreigner, can you understand the official language?" A little girl came up and accosted her.

Akizuki smiled, "I'm from Japan, and my name is Kaori Akizuki. ”

The little palace maid asked again: "It's so good!" Why haven't I seen you, which palace are you from? ”

Akizuki kept smiling, but didn't answer.

"I see that you have a kind face, give you something, fold the paper boat, light the candles, and put it in the river to make a wish, I heard that it is very effective." The little palace maid handed a piece of paper to the Qiu Yue clan and gave her a small candle.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "The Holy One has arrived!" ”

As people watched, they saw a large group of people coming from the north, including three gorgeous palanquins. The palace maids in the vicinity all knelt on the side of the road near the bridge, and the Qiu Yue clan was dragged and knelt on the ground as well.

The eunuchs and palace maids holding yellow umbrella covers, carrying lanterns, and the palanquins hugged by the palace people passed one after another. Qiu Yue glanced up and saw that the curtain of the carriage in front of him seemed to be lifted a little, but he didn't see the people inside.

Some women with status left the team, and joined the crowd of lanterns, surrounded by palace maids. The three sedan chairs went to the south of the castle tower.

After a while, the emperor seemed to sit on the castle tower. Qiu Yue took a look, although there were a lot of lights, but the distance was too far, I really didn't see what the emperor looked like, and could only vaguely see the yellow cover above and the figure on the chair.

At this moment, the light in the sky suddenly brightened, and the sound of fireworks crackling followed. People looked up one after another, and brilliant fireworks burst into the air. Some people burst into joy.

The Akizuki clan also held their hands and happily watched the beautiful colorful night sky. She also found it strange, obviously a strange place, but she was able to get used to it quickly. In such a large city, even at night, there is no loneliness and darkness at all, and the lights give the scenery a wonderful difference from the daytime.

…… When Zhang Sheng searched for the thieves of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he had an unexpected harvest in a pawnshop.

In a nearby pawnshop, he found a bottle from an official kiln in the Song Dynasty, which he felt familiar and confiscated at that time. After two days, Zhang Sheng found out that when he copied Yang Shiqi's house before, he found the same bottle; The comparison between the two hatchbacks is almost the same. He also had the civil servants, who were well versed in antiques, inspect and confirm that the two antiques were porcelain from the same kiln.

So Zhang Sheng arrested the pawnshop shopkeeper, interrogated the source, and found out that the porcelain vase was transported from the pawnshop branch in Jiangxi and was already a dead antique. Jinyiwei immediately sent people to the Jiangxi branch.

Yang Shiqi's only son, Yang Ji, finally showed his feet. A few days later, the messenger of Jinyi Wei rushed from Jiangxi to report that Yang Ji had been arrested.

Yang Shiqi, the former official of the East Palace of the abolished prince, was born in poverty, and he was a well-behaved and humble literati, quite famous; He is insightful and sophisticated, often able to speak out, and has made a lot of pertinent advice for the superiors. He himself has been cautious for most of his life, but his son is completely different.

After the abolished prince "illegally ascended the throne", Yang Shiqi became Gao Chi's confidant and adviser, and his status was honorable. His son Yang Ji also became more and more arrogant and began to do some evil things that bullied men and women.

Yang Shiqi has only one son, and he has endured hardships for half his life, so he tries his best to make his son clothed and fed, and he is reluctant to be heavy-handed when he beats and scolds, and naturally he has to find a way to accommodate his son; Yang Shiqi is indeed very popular, and he can clean up the mess every time. But it made Yang Ji more and more bold.

Once Yang Ji played cockfighting and gambling with others, because his chicken was pecked to death, he had a little quarrel with someone, and even took the family to beat the other party all over the body and beat him to death. Ying Tianfu arrested Yang Ji and brought him to justice, and Yang Ji asked the jailer to eat and drink for him in public, because he would have to go out in a few days.

Sure enough, after Yang Shiqi communicated with Empress Zhang's cronies and eunuchs, Ying Tianfu made clever arrangements and revised the file; The criminal department also pretended not to know about the reconsideration. In less than a month, Yang Ji went home.

And the people of the Wang family, who was the bitter master, received a pension from Yang Shiqi and were forced to reconcile, and were sent back to their hometowns by officials. Unexpectedly, the newly widowed daughter-in-law of the Wang family, Lian, was very persistent, and actually took the "Great Message" book issued by Emperor Taizu back then, all the way to Beijing, and went to the yamen of the Criminal Department to beat drums and shout grievances.

The Criminal Department arrested Lian and put him in prison, neither asking for the crime nor releasing him, and he was released only when Zhu Gaoxu led his troops into Beijing. She still lives in Beijing, and from time to time she holds the "Great Message" sedan chair to shout injustice.

Taizu's decree printed the "Great Message" has a magical function, almost every family in the imperial court has issued a copy, and promised the common people: in the event of officials oppressing the people, unjust cases and other situations, any common people can take this booklet and quote it on the road, go directly to the Beijing to sue the emperor, and the Ming Emperor will be the master of the people (Taizu believes that his descendants are as powerful as him); Pass guards, patrol inspectors and others must not obstruct them.

Ming Taizu hated the bureaucrats who oppressed the poor people and bent the law for bribes, and once skinned and filled an official for a tael of silver. The relief carving outside the county yamen admonishing corrupt officials and the imperial stone tablet text outside the official hall all show Taizu's political and governance thoughts.

However, time has passed, and now it is no longer the period of severe punishment, and only the "Great Message" remains, which still serves as a guide to the complaint like the Constitution.

But even if the new monarch succeeds to the throne, the Criminal Department will not be able to do justice for the Lian family; Because after Yang Shiqi was placed under house arrest, Yang Ji had already run away. There is no need for Lian's family to avenge his grievances, and the people of Jinyiwei and the Three Law Divisions are also searching for Yang Ji.

That Yang Ji hid in a very remote mountain village in Jiangxi, and was sheltered by a friend of Yang Shiqi, and Jinyiwei didn't find it for three years. This time the clues were revealed, purely because Yang Ji himself thought that the rumors had passed and ran to the county town to pawn things. He is a gentleman who is used to living a good life, and it is estimated that it is not easy to endure three years of coarse tea and light food.

When the DPRK and China heard that Yang Ji had been arrested, they immediately sent a letter to the officials of the Central Committee and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, complaining in detail about Yang Ji's violation of more than 30 laws. There are all kinds of things, such as molesting women from good families, fighting, illegally holding swords, destroying public property in state-run houses (old courtyards, 16th floor of Jinling, etc.), galloping horses in the city, and insulting officials...... I really committed everything I could, and the biggest one was homicide.

Then there was an official who impeached Yang Shiqi, mainly for the crime of plotting against the crime, bending the law for personal gain, accepting bribes, and some things that exceeded the system.

Zhu Gaoxu only knew at this time that this Yang Ji had done so many bad things. The subtle thing is that before Yang Ji was arrested, Zhu Gaoxu had never received a recital to impeach the Yang family father and son.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly remembered that once in front of the courtiers, he casually said "Yang Shiqi is virtuous, I can't bear to kill him", which means that he will be activated in a few years; It should have caused a lot of misjudgment of the situation.

Recently, Jinyiwei suddenly mobilized a large number of people, and quickly rushed to Jiangxi to arrest Yang Ji.

During the Hongwu period, some people in the officialdom said that the king of Gaoyang was cunning, and when he looked at it today, the ministers all suddenly realized.

Lu Zhen, Zhang He and other officials during the abolition of the crown prince also hurriedly wrote to Chen Yang Shiqi's crimes, and they were eager to draw a line with him immediately. This made Lü Zhen's reputation in Shilin plummet, because during the Yongle Dynasty, Lü Zhen was also arrested by Taizong and imprisoned for reflection because he was too close to the abolished prince.

Zhu Gaoxu held a stack of impeachment notes against Yang Shiqi, thought about it, and decided to pile them under a pair of shelves in the Rouyi Palace, and leave them for the time being.

The bloody storm in the early years of Yongle and the two large-scale civil wars in the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years only subsided at this time, and Zhu Gaoxu could not easily let the imperial court rise up again.

He had to make the Manchu officials really believe that the previous hatred had passed, and he, Zhu Gaoxu, would definitely not settle accounts after the fall.

The next day, when the imperial gate listened to the government, Zhu Gaoxu said in public: "I already know the crimes of the Yang family's father and son. From now on, no matter how long it takes, the ministers must not mention it again, and the violators will be severely punished! ”

Many officials chanted: "Holy Heaven! Among them, the loudest shouting is the official who actively impeached Yang Shiqi.

Since Zhu Gaoxu came to power, he has read many previous files, and he probably understands that the legislation and judiciary of this dynasty are completely different things. The legislative sentencing is very heavy, as long as Yang Shiqi's matter is made to the surface, the implication will soon expand, and many people who are related to it themselves will be unlucky. Yang Shiqi is a close confidant of the abolished prince, as long as the ministers who have been officials in the Hongxi Dynasty have nothing to do with Yang Shiqi at all?

And this kind of inexplicable rise of the political storm is not beneficial at all.