Chapter 45: Procrastination

One monk has water to drink, two monks carry water to drink, and three monks have no water to drink, this is the simplest truth. Although the triage of the three legal divisions seems to be fair, open, and just, it is also necessary to distinguish who the person being tried is.

If there is a connection with the person who tried the case, then the case will not be tried, even if the evidence is conclusive, there will still be partiality. Everyone is an intellectual, who is not a pair of sharp teeth, can turn the dead into life, just rely on this to eat? What's more, Li Chaohai's gang is not completely fair, they are bent on nailing Wei Guangwei to death, and the hall is naturally more "luàn". For quarrels, the officials of the Ming Dynasty have always been not afraid, and in the Jinluan Palace, they dare to make a big noise in front of the emperor, not to mention that the emperor is not there now.

At the end of the day, there was no result, which was really normal, and after the point, the officials of the three law divisions went home and prepared to fight again tomorrow. Anyway, the big guys also know that such a big case cannot be concluded in a day or two, and it is necessary to prepare for a war.

After retreating, Zhou Yingqiu, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, did not go home, but immediately rushed to the mansion of Gonggong Wei, came to the mansion, and parked a lot of sedan chairs outside the mansion. Zhou Yingqiu handed over the post on Mén, and Mén went in the same room, and it didn't take much effort, and there was a word inside, and my father-in-law was invited.

Zhou Yingqiu went straight to the huā hall under the guidance of the mén room, and when he walked to the corridor, there were many officials sitting there, and the big guys were drinking tea, but they all looked worried. When the officials saw that Zhou Yingqiu had arrived, they hurriedly got up and said, "Lord Zhou, you are here." ”……

Zhou Yingqiu returned the salute and asked, "Everyone, why are you all sitting here, Dugong?" ”

"The Governor is talking to Gu Shoufu inside, let me wait here first." An official said.

Ying Qiu nodded. I thought I was waiting here. But then he listened to the mén room and said, "Lord Zhou, please follow me to the huā hall." ”

"、......" Zhou Yingqiu arched his hand to the other officials, "I lost my company first." ”

When passing through the corridor, Zhou Yingqiu looked very proud, after all, so many people were waiting outside, and as soon as he came, the governor invited him in, and his status was clearly higher than others.

When he came to the huā hall, Zhou Yingqiu first saluted Gonggong Wei and Gu Bingqian, and glanced at the people sitting inside. There were very few people in the huā hall, in addition to Wei Zhongxian and Gu Bingqian, there were three people, one was Zhou Rupan, one was Huang Liji, and the other was Tian Ergeng. When he arrived at these few people in the hall, Zhou Yingqiu was inevitably proud again, you must know that in addition to the cabinet members present, there was only Tian Ergeng, the first confidant of Gonggong Wei.

"Ying Qiu, you are here, hurry up and sit inside." Wei Zhongxian greeted Yan Zhou Yingqiu, very politely.

"Thank you, Duke." Zhou Yingqiu sat down with his hands down, and as soon as his butt stuck to the chair, he heard Gu Bingqian ask, "Lord Zhou, what is the trial like today?" ”

Li Chaohai's posture is obviously to nail Wei Cifu and Feng Shangshu. However, the lower officials did not give them a chance to take advantage of it, and delayed as much as possible. It's just that the evidence in this case is conclusive, so much silver is there, and the emperor is urging it, so it can't be delayed for a few days. Zhou Yingqiu said truthfully.

Gu Bingqian nodded, and said to Wei Zhongxian: "Dugong, now that this case is not tried, Lord Wei and they are in prison, it is not a matter, you must find a way to fish them out." ”

The so-called chún is cold, everyone belongs to ***, today is the second assistant Wei Guangwei has an accident, if you can't keep it, the next turn is very likely to be his first assistant. Gu Bingqian couldn't understand this truth very well, so he insisted that these people must be rescued. Especially Wei Guangwei, who can also reinstate him as an official. No matter what, if the second assistant doesn't fall, his first assistant can sit firmly.

Yue Su didn't write the names of all the main members of the eunuch party, because he knew that once Gu Bingqian and the other two cabinet members were on the list, the case would be too big, and the first assistant and the second assistant would be dismissed at the same time, shaking the world, and it would be impossible to clean it up. It is enough to take Wei Guangwei and a few of them to operate. It is completely able to achieve the effect of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, which makes Wei Zhongxian hurt fiercely.

Sure enough, the eunuchs panicked, Gu Bingqian was the most afraid, Yue Su entered the cabinet, Wei Guangwei saw that he was about to fall, Zhou Rupan and Huang Li were not worth mentioning, they could be driven away casually, and when the time came, Fang Congzhe and Yue Su came from behind, and the method they used to drive away Ye Xianggao and others was almost the same.

Wei Zhongxian looked very calm, and said: "What are you worried about, Wei Guangwei, Zhu Yanxi, Ding Shaoshi, they can't die, looking at the world, there are not many emperors who will kill the cabinet ministers, I want Xu Jie to bring down Yan Song back then, didn't he also leave him a life." Now that Yue Su has the upper hand, if we rashly go to catch Wei Guangwei and them, we will not fall into Yue Su's trap. Didn't you arrive, Yue Su didn't dare to come out to try the case because he was sick, I guess he was just waiting for us to make a move. Let's respond to all changes with the same is the perfect policy. Ying Qiu, you continue to drag it here, can't he Yue Su pretend to be dead, there will be a day, wait for him, let him continue the trial. ”

"Governor...... Li Chaohai and the others will definitely close the case, and the lower officials are afraid that it will not drag on for a few days. Zhou Yingqiu said in his heart.

"Then try Ruan Zhenmei first. You are bluffing to beat him to death, Li Chaohai and they will not sit idly by, take advantage of this, and continue to drag it out. Wei Zhongxian said fiercely.

"Yes, Governor. Xia Guan went all out. ”

"Also, I just heard that Wei Guangwei and them are in court, isn't the silver in their family earned by relatives doing business, and it is temporarily stored in their house. Just tell their relatives that if they go to court, they will do the same. As long as Yue Su does not interrogate, it is not impossible to fish them out. If the case can't be closed within a month, the emperor's anger should be eliminated at that time, and then I will come forward, and whoever I can bail out, I will bail out whom! ”

Father-in-law Wei's house is like a city, and the same is true of Yuesu's mansion. The officials of the three parties, led by Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao, rushed to Shuntianfu one after another. They are above board, "Lord Yue is sick, I will come to visit now." ”

The emperor has come to Lord Yue in person, as a colleague, how can there be any reason not to visit.

Lord Yue is not as big as Gonggong Wei, and all the officials who come to visit the sick are invited to the dormitory and say two sentences, but in the end, the three main characters of Fang Congzhe, Qi Shijiao, and Li Chaohai are still left.

"Bingyan, the case has passed today, and nothing has been tried. According to my estimates, it will be absolutely difficult to conclude the case within three to five days. Especially in the case of Lord Ruan, Jinyiwei has already gone to Jizhen to raise people, and within a few days, Sun Zushou, the chief soldier of Jizhen, and Wu Ying, the eunuch of the supervising army, will come to Beijing and confront him in the court, and it is inevitable that the evidence will be ironclad. Lord Ruan, this is the crime of bullying the king, don't 'xìng' your life is not guaranteed, and your family members are afraid that they will be implicated. The emperor may be able to open up and not add a plant in terms of being strict with you, but it is not so easy to protect his life. ”

Fang Congzhe's words are very objective, Ruan Zhenmei's case is not only bribery, but also concealing the military situation in the border town and bullying the king. Bribery can be lightly started, and bullying the king is full of mén copying, no matter how light it is, you have to see some blood. Compared with him, Wei Guangwei and those people just had improper income, but because there was no other evidence of committing a "jiān" crime, they could only be sentenced to bribery and pull out a few bribes. The three legal divisions are tried at the same time, and there are eunuch party officials among them, and it is not easy to make accusations against others.

"Lord Yue, Fang Ge is right, Zhou Yingqiu is staring there, it is a little difficult to nail Wei Guangwei and them to death, Lord Ruan's case, in the end, I am afraid that the lower officials will not be able to do it." Li Chaohai was quite embarrassed.

His purpose is to crucify Wei Guangwei and Feng Quan to death, and at the very least, he has to let them lose their official positions and resign, and honestly go home to retire. But Ruan Zhenmei's lawsuit, because of the ironclad evidence, can't run away if you want to, just accepting bribes, you can be dismissed, what to do if you bully the king.

What they meant, Yue Su, who was lying on the chuáng, also understood that he was now weak, but his consciousness was very clear. Said: "Close the case as soon as possible, give the file to the emperor, and ask the emperor to send it." ”

Ruan Zhenmei's crime is really unconvictable, and Yue Su can only pray that the emperor can open up. If you handle it quickly, you don't want to get involved in it, and if you are in a high position, you have to think about more things than before.

The next day, the three legal divisions held another hearing. Zhou Yingqiu, in accordance with Wei's father-in-law's wishes, requested that Ruan Zhenmei be interrogated first, but the co-defendants in Ruan Zhenmei's case have not yet appeared in court, so what is the use of bringing it up, it is just a formality. However, Li Chaohai is cautious of Yuesu's words, and he must close the case as soon as possible, and force Ruan Zhenmei to admit his guilt. As soon as Zhou Yingqiu arrived at Li Chaohai, he was a big "luàn", because his purpose was to "bī" Ruan Zhenmei to confess his guilt. In desperation, he only helped to shirk it, saying that the criminals in Jizhen had not yet been taken in, and the case could not be hastily decided, otherwise it would be inconsistent with the law. In this way, Ruan Zhenmei was pulled down again.

Next, Wei Guangwei and others were interrogated again, but no one was in charge of the court and two sentences were not tried, and the officials of the two families began to argue again. Guy, after the trial this day, nothing has been decided, and when it is time to get off work, Zuo Shilang of the old man's criminal department slapped the wood in shock, "Retreat!" ”

When the trial began on the third day, Li Chaohai changed his policy and began to interrogate Wei Guangwei and Feng Quan, their relatives who were engaged in business.

The relatives of the officials do it, in vain, they help the officials to do it, and they earn tens of thousands of taels a year, which is about the same, but Wei Guangwei and they all have a family property of one million taels, and they have no perennial accumulation, so they can earn so much by doing anything. But those relatives and friends are all talking nonsense with their eyes open, for example, a cousin of Feng Quan's family runs a restaurant, and he is prosperous every day all year round, and he may be able to get tens of thousands of taels of silver. But this guy dares to shout, and when he opens his mouth, he earns 300,000 taels a year. Paste nòng ghosts are not so mushy nòng.

These words, all of which were brought by Father-in-law Wei, even overnight, even the accounts were done, and when you arrived in the hall, it was like this, even if the omission was big, someone would help you make up for it.

Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, your net income of 300,000 taels of silver a year, this is not, at the end of a day, at least a net income of more than 800 taels of silver, then how much money you have to sell a day, and robbing is about the same. But with the account in hand, if you go up, who cares if you believe it or not. If Li Chaohai asked "bī" and intended to be punished, Zhou Yingqiu would inevitably stop him, and the officials of the two families would argue again, and there were foaming stars everywhere in the lobby.

Chapter 45: Procrastination

Chapter 45 Delay, Arrival