Chapter 388: The Governor's Suspicions
Wang Chonggu is a little skeptical, besides, do you really want to dump the blame on his back? not only put the responsibility for the disappearance of the two officials on him, but also wanted to start with the border army generals and completely bring him down.
Besides, if he knew that things would develop to this point, he would definitely have to cry out for injustice, but it's a pity that he is too big an official now to shout injustice to others.
Why did Wang Chonggu believe Li Zhipeng's words? The first is that he himself has a weak heart, who has no enemies in officialdom? When an official achieves the position of governor, of course, he cannot face a festive situation of being friends and the unity of officialdom.
To put it simply, there are too many people who want to seek his position, and the wrench fingers can't be counted, and it is estimated that adding the toes and multiplying it by ten can barely be calculated. These people may not all have a grudge against him, you are not necessarily clear about what you are doing in the way, and I am afraid that people will not tell you in person if they want to eradicate you.
The officialdom of you and I fight for the king Chonggu understands, but this time the officials in the diplomatic corps did not have any entanglement with him, but it does not mean that they will not be instructed by others to frame him.
"Then why did Rong Zhongjun assassinate Xiao Liao in the court trial hall again? This is also a conspiracy of others? Wang Chonggu asked rhetorically.
"Of course it's their conspiracy, they killed Liao Bingxun, and there is no proof of death, no matter what you say, in the end, this crime has to be borne by us border army generals, and then these responsibilities are all yours. Rong Zhongjun just stopped them from poisoning Xiao Liao, so they even wiped out Rong Zhongjun. The words that Rong Zhongjun shouted before he died were for me, and for you to tell the truth of the case, as well as the wolf ambitions they harbored. You still don't understand this, my lord of the Governor. ”
Li Zhipeng really entered the play, and his acting was extremely real and touching, as if what happened was really what he said.
Wang Chonggu fell into deep thought, and his suspicions about this matter became more and more great.
Rong Zhongjun was a certain person at that time, and he shouted those words not to exonerate himself, but to tell the truth?
He was not at the scene at that time, and Fang Fengshi did not attend the three-session hearing, and the witnesses at the scene were all officials of the mission, can they believe their words? Besides, can the explanation be believed after the fact?
There may be a huge conspiracy hidden here, that is, there is really a big man in the court who wants to get rid of him, and these officials are used by that big man, and they unanimously target the border army against him.
Logically speaking, he is more willing to believe Rong Zhongjun's words, and things are more reasonable in this way, otherwise he will not be able to explain the words that Rong Zhongjun shouted before he died.
But if you can make the two Imperial Historians and other officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate obey the order, who should this person be? Then only the big people in the cabinet, even fools would think of this.
Could it be Zhang Juzheng?
Besides, the relationship with Zhang Juzheng is known to everyone in the officialdom, but Zhang Juzheng is not bad to him, through a few letters, he also visited Zhang Juzheng in the capital, Zhang Juzheng is basically satisfied with him, and has never shown the slightest disgust.
It's not Zhang Xiang, is it Xu Xiang?
It's impossible, Xu Jie's person who is about to become a scholar can't have such a lot of energy, and there is no need to treat him like this.
Then it must be a high arch.
If it is the meaning of Gao Gong, then what else is he resisting, this guy is half a son of heaven at all, and he should be the premier prime minister of the dynasty.
But only in this way can he explain why he is willing to work hard, he knows that he is an unruly little overlord, in the capital it is said that in addition to the emperor is Zhang Juzheng, he is willing to listen, and he has to discount a little, even if he discounts the order of the high arch, he has to obey it.
What's even more terrifying is that this will be what the emperor meant?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and leaned weakly on the back of the Taishi chair, the official uniform on his body was already soaked in cold sweat.
No, if Gao Gong wants to rectify him, he doesn't have to work so hard at all, he can leave his job immediately in one sentence, and then go to a poor place to be a petty official.
Thinking of this, his already sluggish spirit improved a little.
Don't say that Gao Gong rectifies him, even if Zhang Juzheng wants him to go down, it is also a matter of one sentence, the front foot asked him to go to Beijing to report on his work, and the back foot sent another governor to occupy his position, and he will only have the share of being idle at home after he goes back.
Although the governor has great power, he is not a permanent official position, but is sent by the imperial court when there is something to do, and of course he can be recalled to the capital at any time. If you want to dismiss a political envoy or an envoy, you must go through the procedures of the ministry and the cabinet, and then be approved by the emperor before it can be officially taken.
Since it is not Gao, Zhang, and Xu, who will it be?
He was confused, and he really couldn't find such a person for a while, and the person who could make all the members of the mission obey his orders could be counted on one hand.
Is there some misunderstanding here? Or someone deliberately framed the border army in order to rectify him, but he used clever tactics to deceive the members of the mission.
He was full of suspicions, but he couldn't find a reasonable explanation.
"Lord Governor, Rong Zhongjun is not blind to death, he desperately shouted the truth of the incident for us, just to let the Lord Governor make the decision for him and avenge his grievances."
Li Zhipeng looked at Wang Chonggu's expression, and knew that the fire was still not ready, and he had to continue to arch the fire.
"What kind of injustice, there is no evidence to prove Rong Zhongjun's words." Wang Chonggu sighed weakly.
"Of course there is no evidence, who are these guys, Jinyiwei's, and the three law divisions, Jin Yiwei is actually in cahoots with the three law divisions, and they are complicit. This shows that they have a great plan, and they are obviously coming for you, the governor, and I, the commander-in-chief, are not yet in the eyes of the people. ”
"If you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense." Wang Chonggu's heart was indeed out of order.
"What kind of evidence do you need here, they have even hidden the corpses of Liao Bingxun and Rong Zhongjun, what do they say about preserving evidence, it is clearly hiding evidence, if you don't believe it, you can find a person to test it, and ensure that the injuries on Liao Bingxun's body were caused by Jinyiwei's people, not to mention Rong Zhongjun."
Wang Chonggu stood up tencently, yes, it is said that Rong Zhongjun assassinated Liao Bingxun, but this needs to be examined, if Liao Bingxun was really killed by Jinyiwei's people, Rong Zhongjun's words have credibility.
"But how do you know that?" He became suspicious again.
He was still in the Qincha Office at the time, and Li Zhipeng had been in the barracks, how could he know so much?
"Of course, it's speculation, there can't be a problem with Rong Zhongjun, he was ordered by me to supervise the interrogation process, why did he want to kill his own subordinates. It can only be the people of the Three Divisions or the people of the Jinyi Guard who let those executioners do it. Poor Xiaorong, you died too unjustly, not only did you not die, but you also couldn't go into the ground for peace, big brother is sorry for you. Li Zhipeng suddenly ran to Rong Zhongjun's tablet, knelt down and kowtowed.
He is Rong Zhongjun's boss and eldest brother, even if a person dies, he will not kowtow to Rong Zhongjun, this is a sign of reparation, and he can't come forward for Rong Zhongjun and Liao Bingxun.
Wang Chonggu was also suspicious in his heart, besides, if he asked people to seal the bodies of Liao Bingxun and Rong Zhongjun and then send them to Beijing, did he really want to annihilate the evidence?
No, he must take the fatal wound on Liao Bingxun's body to personally examine whether it was caused by Rong Zhongjun or Jinyiwei's murder weapon.
The embroidered spring knives worn by the Jinyi guards have a unique style, and the wounds caused are naturally different from other knives, which only need to be carefully examined.
"Okay, I'll go back and apply to Lord Qincha for Liao Bingxun's injury, and before that, you are not allowed to move around, nor are you allowed to make noise." He stood up and said.
"Okay, the last general is all arranged by the governor, and it is up to you to give us these border army generals who are raised by our mothers, who makes us not the Beijing army, and the people are our own sons." Li Zhipeng cried with snot and tears again.
"General Li Bing, don't talk nonsense about these words that affect unity and affect the morale of the army, you are the chief military officer, and tens of thousands of people below are looking at you, what is the matter of this matter, this officer will find out clearly." Wang Chonggu was angry and reluctantly comforted.
Li Zhipeng nodded sadly excessively, his sadness was really not pretended, he would rather cut off one of his arms now, as long as he could get Rong Zhongjun back alive.
Wang Chonggu came back in a sedan chair and did not go directly to the Qincha Office, because it was too dangerous to confront him directly, so he planned to go to the governor's yamen first to find Fang Feng to discuss countermeasures.
If the imperial court sets up a governor at the same time, it is to let the governor contain the governor and prevent him from having too much power and being suspected of abusing his power.
Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi are naturally not exempt from vulgarity, the friendship between the two of them is much less than entanglement, but when it comes to them, their goals and interests are highly consistent.
They represent the local power, and they represent the imperial court, and the local government has always been both obedient and resistant to the imperial court, and these relationships are perfectly reflected in their relationship with these people.
He came to Fang Fengshi because he thought that if he was going to be unlucky in this matter, Fang Fengshi would not be better, the governor would step down, and the governor would have to slip away, so he had to discuss his suspicions with Fang Fengshi, he didn't believe that Fang Fengshi was really convinced.
Fang Fengshi was indeed thinking about the strangeness of this case, but he didn't have the authority of the governor, so he didn't worry too much. The spearhead of this incident was mainly aimed at the border army, and he had little contact with the military direction, and his relationship was loose, so he had no intention of asking about it.
Hearing that the governor Wang Chonggu personally visited, he roughly guessed the purpose of the visitor, opened the middle door at the moment, and then hurriedly put on his official uniform and led the servants to greet him outside the door.
"I don't know if the Governor himself is here, what do you have to say?"
After the two came to the official hall and sat down, Fang Feng asked straight to the point.