Chapter 87: Confession

"Chen Yue Su received the order, long live my emperor, long live long live, long live ......"

When there were still thirty miles away from the city of Beijing, Yue Su met the eunuch who sent the decree, and the eunuch read out the holy decree for Yue Su to strictly try the case.

When they arrived in Beijing, it was already dark and the city gate was closed, but as soon as Lord Yue arrived, the officers and soldiers guarding the city hurriedly opened the city gate and let Yue Su and his party enter the city. Entering the city, Yue Su did not go home directly, but went to the Criminal Department, put the prisoner in the prison, ordered the arrester of the six doors to assist in guarding here, and even arranged for Jin Chan to be in charge of the prison. This is not an ordinary repeat offense, and it is natural that it should be strictly guarded.

It was not early, so Lord Yue didn't go home, he simply lived in the Criminal Department, and all his people lived here.

In front of Yue's mansion, there are many officials waiting at the moment, they are all officials of the Yue Party, just waiting for Lord Yue to come back, but they don't come back until they wait left and right, and then they received news that Lord Yue has been in the capital for a long time, but they have arrived at the Criminal Department. The group of officials hurriedly rushed to the criminal department in a sedan chair, and handed a post in front of the door to ask for a meeting, Yin Zhu came out, saying that Lord Yue had been tired of traveling and driving, and had fallen asleep, and if he wanted to ask for a meeting, he would do it tomorrow.

The case will be tried tomorrow, these officials have all received money from Jin merchants, where are they willing, they are all begging bitterly, grinding hard at the door, there is a kind of posture that if Lord Yue is not seen, we will not leave.

However, Yin Zhu also got a death order, and no one was allowed to come in to disturb him, and when he saw that no one was leaving, he would not accompany him, and entered the yamen by himself. Only the officials outside were left, helplessly waiting, and the officials waited for most of the day, and when they saw that Lord Yue was gone, they had no choice but to go home.

At dawn the next day, when all the officials of the Criminal Department arrived, Yue Su called them to the main hall, read out the will in public, and opened the court to try the case.

Yue Su sat in the middle, the left and right attendants were separated on both sides, and the principal, Lang and other officials were sitting in turn. After the preparations in the hall were completed, Yue Su knocked on the startled wood and said loudly: "The criminals Wang Dayu and Jin Liangyu are the criminals!" ”

"Yes!"

The messenger agreed, went to pick up the people, and after a while, the prisoners were mentioned. As soon as they arrived at the hall, the messenger kicked Wang Dayu and Jin Liangyu to the ground, and then said, "My lord, bring the prisoners!" ”

Yue Su nodded slightly, looked at the two kneeling down, and said: "Wang Dayu and Jin Liangyu, the headquarters is ordered to openly try the case of smuggling military supplies and capturing the enemy in the Criminal Department today. Now that the evidence is conclusive, you still haven't recruited it from the truth! ”

When they were escorted to Beijing yesterday, Wang Dayu and Jin Liangyu had already seen that they were doomed, and the 'King of Yue Yan' really had to ignore it and try it openly. If such a major case is tried publicly, it will not be a dead end.

Now that he is in the lobby of the Criminal Department, it seems that he is really powerless, Yue Suming is not afraid of making things bigger, and no matter how the case ends in the end, it seems that he doesn't care about their business, because they are bound to die.

"Lord Yue...... You know, if we tell the truth, I'm afraid you won't be able to end it then......"

"How to end, no matter what you are waiting for, the headquarters is ordered to try the case, if you two don't confess the truth, then don't blame the headquarters for being unkind to you!"

"Okay......" Jin Liangyu gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Since the adults asked me to wait for the confession, then I will wait for the confession." ”

When Jin Liangyu said this, he coughed twice, cleared his throat, and then said: "These military supplies were escorted out of the customs and given to the Jurchens. We have been doing business with the Jurchens for more than a day or two, and we have been doing business for almost ten years now. At first, it was a normal sale of some daily necessities, and later, it also sold military supplies and the like. Among them, weapons, armor, and food were sold. This time, Tiancong Khan ordered 100,000 sets of weapons and armor, 100 artillery pieces, and 2 million stone of grain from us. I bought the goods separately with Wang Dayu, Fan Yongdou, Tian Shenglan and other eight people. Wang Dayu, Wang Dengku, and Liang were each responsible for 20,000 sets of weapons and armor, and Tian Shenglan was responsible for 100 artillery pieces in addition to 20,000 sets of armor and weapons. Zhai Tang and Huang Yunfa were each responsible for 500,000 stone of grain, and Fan Yongdou was responsible for 1 million stone. Weapons and armor were purchased from Xuanfu, Datong, Henan, Shandong, and Huguang Supervision Forces, and the current batch of ordnance seized by the adults was transported from Xuanfu and Datong. The military supplies of the other three places, because of the long distance, except for Shandong, which has already sent 5,000 sets, the rest have not yet been delivered, but they have also received our silver, if there is no such thing, it is estimated that it will be shipped soon. As for the cannons, Tian Shenglan has already purchased fifty from Xuanfu and Datong, and the remaining fifty are trying to find a way. The grain is all purchased from the south, Zhai Tang has already purchased 300,000 stones, and Huang Yunfa has purchased 500,000 yuan, but it has not yet been delivered. Fan Yongdou is the same, he has purchased 600,000 stones, but he has not yet arrived. ”

At this moment, Jin Liangyu did not hide it and told the truth about it. After saying this, he paused again, and then said: "Over the years, in order to be unimpeded in Zhangjiakou, we have successively bribed many officials in the DPRK and China, and the detailed account books are in the hands of Fan Yongdou, who is on it, Fan Yongdou is almost all clear, and I wait for seven people, and we can only know the whole leopard when we add up." I have given ......"

Jin Liangyu was not ambiguous, and immediately said who he had given the silver to, and how much money he had sent, and said it as it was. After he finished speaking, Wang Dayu also truthfully explained the gifts he had given. They didn't ask the officials in Beijing to do anything, to be honest, that is, for the sake of these officials not to find trouble for themselves, and in addition, if something happens, there are people who can help come forward and suppress the matter. There is a saying that the law does not blame the public, they originally thought that the more officials who take bribes, the more accidents will happen in the future, and the officials investigating the case will be timid, and under pressure, there is a chance that it will not be done.

Their idea is really good, but it's a pity that it is Lord Yue who is trying this case now. The most powerful official in the court, such pressure, for others, may be great, but in front of Lord Yue, it is nothing.

Wang Dayu and Jin Liangyu signed and drew the charge, and then Yue Su ordered them to be escorted, and then passed Tian Shenglan to the court.

Tian Shenglan didn't seem to have the intention of concealing it, because he understood that concealment was useless, he was doomed, and before he died, he pulled a few more pads on his back, which was the true nature of a businessman. What he confessed before was similar to what Jin Liangyu said, they were all military supplies purchased from there, and the current 40,000 sets were actually just a fraction, which were shipped from Xuanfu and Datong respectively, and the remaining 60,000 sets had not yet been sent. The fifty cannons that have been shipped are in the house of his own Xuanfu, and the other fifty have not yet arrived. These fifty cannons were purchased from the border towns under Datong and the border towns under Xuanfu. But it was not bought from Zhangjiakou, because all the military supplies in Zhangjiakou had been robbed, and the replenishment had not yet arrived.

In addition, who he has bribed is also clear, the biggest official here is Bai Yu, even Bai Yu's son is now in the hands of his son, but where they are hiding now, then I don't know.

asked Tian Shenglan to sign and detach, and Yue Su began to pass on the other Jin merchants to the hall and interrogate them one by one. When they were first detained, they were all detained separately, so there was no possibility of collusion, and their confessions were basically the same. The amount of money to bribe an official is said to have a nose and eyes, and it is not like a deliberate frame-up.

The officials of the Criminal Department were also named, and as soon as these officials were called, they didn't even have the courage to quibble, so they quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yue Su to ask for guilt. Yue Su didn't attack on the spot, he just told them to sit back in their places, now you are trying the case, when you will try you, you have to wait for the emperor's decree.

The last person Yue Su brought up was Fan Yongdou. Like the previous seven, as soon as he entered the hall, he was kicked to the bottom of the stairs by the messenger before he could take the initiative to kneel. Even so, Fan Yongdou still straightened his clothes, and then kowtowed and said, "Fan Yongdou, a grass citizen, knocks to see Lord Yue." ”

"Fan Yongdou, do you know." Yue Su said lightly.

"The grass people are guilty." Fan Yongdou said calmly: "If you want to know something, just ask." I think the adults have mastered it almost now, and I should be the last to be brought to the court, after all, I know the most details, and the adults will summarize the previous words from me. ”

It's already noon now, and Yue Su has been interrogating all the way down from the morning, and he hasn't even eaten lunch. At this moment, Fan Yongdou guessed that he was the last, but it was actually reasonable. But his calm energy really impressed Yue Su. The eight Jin merchants, to be honest, all seemed quite calm, but Yue Su could see that they were actually desperate. Only Fan Yongdou knew that he would die, but he didn't see death in his eyes.

"I didn't expect you to be so smart, so when you collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, did you ever think that there would be such a day? Although businessmen seek profits, they can't make any kind of silver, don't you think this silver is hot? Yue Su said lightly.

"My lord, the world is as black as a crow, and when we gave the silver to the officials of the DPRK and China, they smiled happily and did not feel hot at all. The Ming Dynasty is stormy, coupled with natural disasters**, the period of destruction is just around the corner......"

"Bold!" As soon as Fan Yongdou said this, Lu Wenke, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, was angry, and he immediately broke off.

Lü Wen was originally an envoy in Zhejiang, because when Yue Su arrived in Hangzhou, he took the lead in throwing himself under Yue Su's door, vigorously cleaned up the unjust cases, and was promoted to the right attendant of the Criminal Department. Soon after he took office in Beijing, there were also Jin merchants who gave him gifts, and this guy felt that his job was not easy to come by, and he couldn't receive any money, so he turned him away. When I think about it now, I'm glad I do it.

Yue Su waved his hand and said, "Master Lu doesn't need to be angry, let him continue." ”

"Yes, sir." Yue Su spoke, how dare Lu Wen say more.

Fan Yongdou smiled slightly and said, "Lord Yue really has a mind that embraces all rivers, admire, admire." The villain went on to say that compared with the terminally ill Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens were in full swing. The old Khan king Nurhachi raised troops with thirteen pairs of armor, unified the Jurchens, and won a great victory in Sarhu, laying the foundation outside the Guanwai in one fell swoop. Corporal Tiancong Khan Lixian, wise and wise, the Jurchen soldiers and horses are more powerful, and it is not impossible for him to enter the Central Plains one day, but it is just a time. We are just profit-seeking businessmen, I want Lü Buwei to live in the goods and become the prime minister of Qin, I Fan Yongdou don't have such big ambitions, I just want future generations to be rich forever. What is the harm of cooperating with the Jurchens, if the Jurchens really have one day Longxing the Central Plains, we will be heroes, and we will always be rich and noble. If the Jurchen is defeated, we will have nothing to lose, and we will still be our great rich man. ”

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