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The right Yushi is an official of the fourth grade, and the two levels of the third rank official can have their own official residence, so among the officials living in the public rental housing, the fourth rank is already considered a high-ranking official, so Jiang Botao's assigned courtyard is naturally not small.

But at this time, this not too small courtyard looks a little cluttered.

Because Jiang Botao was directing his family to clean up their things, many things that were originally placed in the house were put in the yard, so the yard looked a little messy.

His wife watched him toss like this, and couldn't help asking, "Why is it upside down like this?" Is the master planning to abandon his official position and return to his hometown? ”

Jiang Botao said: "That's not it, it's just that I suddenly feel homesick and want to go home to see my parents, and my father-in-law." ”

"As for these things, take them home by the way, and they won't be kept in the capital."

Finally, Jiang Botao finally packed up all these things, packed up all the things he was going to take home, put all the things he didn't bring back into the house, and was about to set off.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Jiang Botao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is knocking on the door?" "If you are an acquaintance, you should tell me where you came from when you knock on the door.

A voice came from outside the door: "Lord Jiang, I am Xiao Su, the little official in the courtyard, it was Lord Zuodu Yushi who called you over." ”

Jiang Botao heard that the voice outside the door was indeed Xiao Su, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered: "Didn't I already tell Zuodu Imperial Historian Kui that I was going back to my hometown today, why did you still call me to go to the courtyard." "I opened the door to my house.

But after he opened the door, he found that something was wrong, there was no Xiao Su outside the door at all, but a few big men who had never met at all stood outside, and immediately held the door with their hands after seeing him open the door.

Jiang Botao already had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still forced himself to calm down and said, "Who are you?" ”

At this time, a person outside the door took out a square thing from his pocket, shook it in front of him, and then said: "We are the people of the town division, and in the next week, Junchen, I was ordered to ask Lord Jiang to come with us." ”

Jiang Botao said: "Even if it is the town secretary, he is not qualified to treat my dignified fourth-grade official!" ”

Zhou Junchen took out another thing and said: "Lord Jiang misunderstood, it was the Criminal Department that wanted to summon the Lord over, this is the order of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department, but the Criminal Department is short of manpower, so we will summon Lord Jiang." ”

Jiang Botao took the things they handed over and looked at them carefully, it was indeed an order from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department.

His body was already a little paralyzed at this time, but he still grabbed the last straw and said: "I am a dignified and fourth-grade civil official, and without His Majesty's will, even the Criminal Department has no right to arrest me." ”

Zhou Junchen said softly: "Yesterday, Your Majesty has issued an order that all those who the Criminal Department believes are related to the case of rebellion can be detained by the Criminal Department before reporting to Your Majesty. ”

Then this person said before Jiang Botao spoke again: "Master Jiang, we don't talk darkly, what's the use of you quibbling?" ”

Jiang Botao completely lost his spirit after hearing his words, and his body was unstable on his feet, and he was about to collapse to the ground.

However, Zhou Junchen grabbed him on the other side, and then said to the people in the courtyard who were already frightened: "You can continue to go home, but the master of your family can't go back with you." ”

After saying this, the man turned around and left with Jiang Botao, who was no longer able to walk.

……

The same situation also happened in the homes of Pan Ren and Deng Fu of Ying Tianfu Tong, who were sentenced to death by Tobu Shan Se Shilang, and these people were all taken away by the people of the town division who held the order of the criminal department.

After they were taken away, their relatives and servants scattered out to inform their master's friends and fellow villagers.

……

Pan Ren was slightly relieved when he was brought to his destination, because he found that he had indeed been taken to the Criminal Department, not some cold and remote prison belonging to the Zhensi or Jinyiwei.

Since it is in the criminal department, even if the punishment is not too harsh, it will definitely be able to survive. Not a single word can be uttered. Pan Ren thought so.

Although the person who came to interrogate him later was not an official of the Criminal Department that he had met, he didn't care about it and didn't say a word in the face of questioning.

But what happened after that made him very strange. The person in front of him who inquired about Pan Ren saw that he didn't speak at all, and said something to the person standing behind him, and then said to him: "Master Pan, since you don't speak, we can only torture you to speak." ”

Then the man suddenly pulled a cloth out of his pocket and shoved it into his mouth before he could react.

Pan Ren made a "whine" sound and stared at the person with his eyes. This person explained very seriously: "Master Pan, I didn't mean to insult the adult, but I was afraid that the adult would not be able to bear the punishment and commit suicide. Just now, Lord Deng had already committed suicide by biting his tongue in response to Tianfu's general judgment, and we were afraid that the adults would follow in his footsteps. ”

At this moment, a middle-aged strong man walked in with a whip.

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In the public rental housing area of the Liuqipin civil official, a young official walked to a big tree seemingly casually, and then returned to his house.

Suddenly, a small paper ball appeared in his palm, he frowned and opened it to look at it, then took a pen and wrote a paragraph on the paper, and then walked out of the house, past another large tree, and then left the place.

……

An hour later, in the mansion of the Ministry of Industry, Yan Zhenzhi opened the crumpled paper and looked at it for a while, and then ordered: "Since the matter has come to this point, Your Majesty openly detained Pan Ren and others, and forced Deng Fu to death, let's not be too forbearing, and seek justice from Your Majesty!" ”

"But don't do anything else, Your Majesty is still mostly startling, and you must not leave evidence for Your Majesty."

……

Listening to the earth-shattering knock on the door outside, the housekeeper said to his master: "Master, really don't open the door?" ”

Ru Yu said helplessly: "How can I open the door!" Do you agree to their request, or be sprayed in the face by their spitting stars? ”

"Your Majesty and the people of the five prefectures of Jiangsu and Zhejiang borrowed the method of fighting with the criminal department, and I was caught in the middle and was angry, so I won't leave the house these days, stay in the house."

The old butler said boldly: "Master, it is indeed unreasonable for Your Majesty to arrest several officials when he is not charged with any crime this time. ”

Ru Yu sneered and said, "Even you think so? You have all forgotten how the first emperor handled Guo Huan's case back then. At that time, His Majesty ordered Jinyiwei to arrest six or seventy percent of the officials of the six departments overnight, don't you think it is unreasonable? ”

"The rules of the Ming Dynasty were set by the first emperor, the so-called monarch called the ministers to die, and the ministers had to die, and His Majesty has only arrested them now, what is it? Not to mention that Deng Fu committed suicide by himself, that is, he was really tortured to death, does Your Majesty still need to give them an explanation? ”

"It's all because Your Majesty has been too lenient with them since the last years of Hongwu, making them think that the court was opened by them."

"I think Your Majesty is not only going to punish the people in the five prefectures of Jiangsu and Zhejiang this time, but also to beat these officials who have forgotten their surnames."

"However, there is still one thing I don't understand, now that Your Majesty has evidence that Yan Zhenzhi can be arrested, why don't you arrest him?"

……

At the same time, Guo Hongtao was also asking Yun Xi this question: "Your Majesty, although there is no evidence that Yan Zhenzhi is involved in rebellion, but he has obtained a confession of his illegal deeds from Pan Ren, Jiang Botao and others, why don't you arrest him?" ”

Not only him, but Qin Song and the others also looked at Yun Xi.

Yun Xi said: "No, now it's just some confessions, and there is no conclusive evidence, so I will take down a high-ranking official of the second grade of the imperial court, I'm afraid that the hundred officials will not accept it." I'm afraid of breaking the rules. ”

The most important thing is that Yun Xi is afraid of breaking the rules. If there is a confession from Yan Zhen who is directly attached to the rebellion, it is not an exaggeration to deal with the case of suspected rebellion, but in ordinary cases, the second-rank members of the imperial court are won only by confessions, and Yunxi feels that such rules are not good.

Yun Xi was not worried about when he was still there, he was afraid that in the future, if the emperor was deceived and used by traitorous ministers in the party dispute, it would cause serious consequences. The reason why he used Jinyiwei and Zhensi to try the case, but everything was still done in the name of the Criminal Department, was also out of a similar consideration: to maintain a proper rule.

"And I can't be sure if Yan Zhenzhi is the real leader among them, in case he lets go of the real mastermind behind the scenes, it won't be good."

Guo Hongtao and Qin Song didn't know if they understood what Yun Xi meant, but after listening to his words, they didn't say anything more and withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.

Yun Xi frowned, not knowing what he was thinking, but he glanced back at the place where he had been reviewing the folds on weekdays.

……

Qin Song asked Guo Hongtao, "What should we do next?" ”

Guo Hongtao said: "Of course, it is 'looking' for evidence. Didn't Your Majesty say that it is not appropriate to rely on confessions alone, then we will just find evidence. ”

"I'm afraid my town secretary can't do it, and I have to get someone from the brocade guard to do it."

Then Guo Hongtao whispered a few words to Qin Song. After listening to his whisper, Qin Song said in some surprise: "That's not good. ’

Guo Hongtao said: "What are we doing? It is a knife used by His Majesty in the shadows, the purpose is to do everything possible to complete His Majesty's orders, and there is nothing good or bad. What I just said didn't violate His Majesty's rules, did it? ”

Qin Song couldn't argue, and thought of the grace he had received from Yun Xi, gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's do it." ”

Guo Hongtao said: "And in fact, it is not difficult to do, Your Majesty is shocked, not only those officials who have not yet been arrested, but also those who will not be paid much attention to on weekdays." ”