Other people Yang Qiuchi don't know, he still knows this Xu Da, but most of what he knows comes from Jin Yong's martial arts novels, most of which are fictional, so he doesn't know what kind of person he may be who will be his opponent.

Master Jin continued: "During the Battle of Jingjing, although Xu Zengshou had been in Jianwen's capital, he tried every means to quietly report the situation in Jianwen to the emperor, and made great contributions to the emperor's invasion of the capital. It's a pity that when Jianwen was about to be breached in Nanjing, he finally found out that Xu Zengshou secretly helped the emperor and beheaded him under the sword with his own hands. ”

After the emperor entered the city, he hugged Xu Zengshou's corpse and cried bitterly, and then posthumously named him the Duke of Dingguo, and he was loyal. Let his son Xu Jingchang inherit the title, and Xu Jingchang is the current Duke of Dingguo. ”

Yang Qiuchi was dumbfounded at this moment, it turned out that there was such a big backer outside of this rice member, no wonder he was so arrogant. Then I remembered Luo Qianhu's expression, this old fox is a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and he must know everything about the big people in his jurisdiction, of course he knows that there is such a tough backstage outside the rice member, he can't afford to provoke it, just because he came out stupidly, and he was so happy that someone was on the top of the tank, and deliberately pretended not to know.

Master Jin said in a low voice: "Fortunately, Empress Xu has died of illness in Yongle for five years, and the power of the Xu family is not as strong as before, but it should not be underestimated. ”

Yang Qiuchi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and it was still unclear whether Xu Jingchang, the backer of Dingguo, who was outside the rice staff, knew that he had embezzled disaster relief grain and instigated the hungry people to grab grain and riot. If you know, I don't know what to do, but I pulled out the rice staff, no matter how they deal with it in the future, this big backstage will not be grateful to themselves, maybe they will have to give themselves small shoes to wear. What can I do?

Song Yuner was also stunned, he didn't know anything else, but Queen Xu knew best, Xu not only made outstanding contributions to Ming Chengzu's seizure of the throne, but also read poetry and books, and personally compiled 20 articles of "Internal Training" that women must read after the Ming Dynasty, and a "Book of Persuasion", which was promulgated all over the world.

In addition, Xu also wrote the preface to the scripture "Dream Feeling Buddha Said the First Xi has Great Merit Sutra", this scripture together with its preface, not only promulgated the world, but also quickly entered Tibet, was listed as one of the Buddhist scriptures, the world's monks and nuns and good men and women all recited their hearts, this scripture was not officially proposed as a "pseudo-scripture" until 30 years after Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, so as to be excluded from the Buddhist scriptures.

Therefore, Ming Chengzu has a lot of respect for this queen, so Yongle five years, that is, two years before Yang Qiuchi crossed to the Ming Dynasty, Queen Xu died of illness, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was very sad, "The emperor mourns, in order to recommend Lent in Linggu and Tianxi Temple, listen to the ministers to sacrifice, and Guanglu is the object." And since then there has been no queen.

Although Empress Xu died of illness, Yu Wei is still there, and the relationship between the emperor and the Xu family, it is really difficult to predict how this case will be handled in the end.

Therefore, on the one hand, the emperor Ming Chengzu, and on the other hand, the queen Xu's nephew, Xu Jingchang, the prince of Dingguo, Yang Qiuchi complained bitterly in his heart, no matter what the result of this struggle is, both sides will not be grateful to him Yang Qiuchi.

Seeing Yang Qiuchi's sad face, Master Jin said in a low voice: "My lord, although this Mi Yuanwai has a bent relationship with the queen, although the family of Dingguo Gong Xu Zengshou and Queen Xu are sisters and brothers, the relationship is very delicate. ”

When the emperor named Xu Zengshou as the Duke of Dingguo, and let Xu Jingchang inherit the title, Queen Xu was strongly opposed during her lifetime, she thought that although her brother helped herself, but betrayed Jianwen, was disloyal, and in general speaking, it violated the name of her father Xu Da's loyalty. Empress Xu has always refused to recognize Xu Jingchang's title of Duke of Dingguo. ”

When Yang Qiuchi heard this, he immediately became happy: "Their sister and brother are incompatible? ”

Master Jin nodded: "The crime committed by this rice member this time is the collusion of officials and businessmen, embezzling disaster relief grain, and inciting the hungry people to rob grain and rebel, although I don't know if there is Jianwen Yu Party behind the mastermind, just these few articles that the emperor hates the most, are enough for him to drink a pot of rice outside!" ”

"Emperor Taizu hated corrupt officials the most, and once ordered to set up a leather temple on the left side of the yamen in various prefectures and counties, where the skin of corrupt officials was peeled off, straw was stuffed, and placed next to the yamen public hall to warn the successor officials."

When Master Jin said this, Yang Qiuchi interjected excitedly: "Yes, yes, I've also heard of this thing, it seems to be called 'peeling and grass', right?" ”

Master Jin nodded: "Exactly, today's emperor, like Emperor Taizu, also hates corrupt officials. As soon as the emperor ascended the throne, he ordered the Beijing officials to rank more than seven grades, and the foreign officials and county officials to raise one person each, and the number of people who were recommended was promoted. Therefore, the emperor will definitely not tolerate the annihilation. ”

"In addition, Queen Xu has passed away, and the only backer outside the rice is Dingguo Gong, although the emperor regrets that Dingguo Gong sacrificed his life for the country, but he will never be soft on those who dare to rebel, not to mention that this rice member is only the father of a concubine of Dingguo Gong."

Master Jin's words made Yang Qiuchi nod again and again, his heart was settled, and a smile appeared on his face. Master Jin continued: "Besides, it is also the duty of the emperor to investigate this case, which is to act according to orders, in order to protect the emperor's country, no matter who is found in the rebellion case, he will be iron-faced and selfless, so as to win the emperor's further trust." ”

Yang Qiuchi touched his chin, as if he felt a little bit of an iron bread man, and was a little proud, but when he looked back about this case, he didn't know how to deal with it, and asked, "Mr. Jin, what should I do with this case?" How about pushing it to Jinyi Wei Luo Qianhu? ”

"Not good!" Master Jin shook his head, "In that case, all the credit of the adults will be robbed by others." ”

"Yes, yes!" Yang Qiuchi nodded, "Then what should I do?" ”

Song Yun'er listened to her head big, it was so complicated, she liked to do things simply and simply, and suggested at the moment: "Don't think about it, anyway, Queen Xu has passed away, and the Duke of Dingguo must not know, let's pretend not to know the relationship between this Mi Yuanwai and the Xu family, and click this dwarf winter melon, everyone is clean!" You have the power to cut first and then play, what do you need to do with this power? Whoever told him to embezzle disaster relief food and incite rebellion, everyone will be punished! ”

Yang Qiuchi's heart moved, and said: "What Yun'er said is an idea, if it makes a big fuss, it will make trouble for the emperor, anyway, it is just the father of a concubine of the son of the Duke of Dingguo, this concubine is not even a wife, and her father is nothing, if she kills it, she will kill it, who will not be able to stand out for a concubine?" ”

Master Jin shook his head: "This move is too risky, there is no need for adults to take risks." Although it is not clear whether Dingguo Gong knows about the affairs of Mi Yuan, I don't know if he will help Mi Yuan go out, but the so-called dog beating still depends on the owner, if the adult will cut Mi Yuan outside first, it is not to give Guogong's face, but also not to give the face of Queen Xu, who died immortal, Dingguo Gong does not say it at the moment, and he can't guarantee that there is a gap in his heart. ”

"Besides, Xu Zengshou was originally a relative of the emperor, and he died for the emperor, he was a meritorious hero of the emperor, and committed a crime against the relatives of the emperor's relatives and relatives of meritorious heroes, although whether it belongs to the category of 'eight discussions' remains to be considered, and according to the convention, people who have committed heinous crimes such as rebellion, even if they belong to the scope of the eight discussions, cannot get special care for discussion, invitation, and reduction, but do not look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, the emperor looks at the situation of Xu Zengshou, the prince of Dingguo, who died tragically in order to help himself, and the extrajudicial grace is not known. Therefore, it is not possible to be reckless. ”

Master Jin said that "eight discussions" is one of the typical manifestations of inequality before the law in ancient China, which refers to the system in which the general judicial organs have no right to judge the eight types of crimes committed by law, and must petition the emperor for ruling, and the emperor will reduce the punishment according to his identity and specific circumstances.

These eight types of people are relatives, deceased, virtuous, capable, meritorious, noble, diligent, and guest, including the emperor's relatives and relatives, the emperor's old and old, people with high moral integrity, people with outstanding ruling ability, people who have made great contributions to the country, upper-class nobles and bureaucrats, people who have served the country diligently and made great contributions, and nobles and their descendants of previous dynasties.

The "Eight Discussions" system originated from the "Eight Discussions" of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and is a concrete embodiment of the etiquette principle of "not punishing the doctor" in the application of criminal punishment. It became an important system in the legal codes of later generations, and it lasted for more than 1,600 years until the fall of the Qing Dynasty. However, if a person who belongs to the "Eight Deliberations" commits a heinous felony, he is generally not entitled to the privileges of the Eight Deliberations according to the regulations.

Although the "discussion of relatives" and "discussion of merit" in the Eight Deliberations system mainly refer to the emperor's relatives or the national meritorious person himself, but his family members who commit crimes are often also classified into the scope of the "Eight Discussions", as for whether the father of the concubine of the "pro" and "meritorious" belongs to this range, no one can say, the meaning of Master Jin's words just now is that it is best to be decided by the emperor, so it is the safest, in case the emperor says yes, and wants to reduce the punishment, Yang Qiuchi beheaded him first and then played, it is inappropriate.

Master Jin continued: "My lord, you have made three great achievements in a row tonight: to resolve the hungry people's riots that are about to break out in Wuchang Mansion in a timely manner, and to successfully realize the relief of grain and the relief of the hungry people, which is the first achievement; Detecting the collusion between the political envoy of Quan Bu, the prefect of Tan, and foreign officials and foreign officials to privately swallow disaster relief grain, this is the second achievement; It is the third achievement to detect the domestic slaves instructed by the rice workers and incite the hungry people to rob grain and rebel. Adults have already made three great achievements, and there is no need to be greedy for merit and risk it now, otherwise not only will the previous achievements be wasted, but if you don't get it right, you will get into trouble. ”

Yang Qiuchi's heart sank, he had done it before, and he had solved the case of Jianwen Yudang's attempt to kidnap the emperor's concubine, what a great merit it was, but because he was hot-headed, he released the mud doll Song Qing without thinking about it. We can't afford to make the same mistake again.

This Master Jin is worthy of being a long-standing officialdom, and he knows the stakes very well, after he said this, even Song Yun'er herself felt that her idea was not very clever, stuck out her tongue, and said to Master Jin: "Hey, don't go around the corner, what to do, you can say it directly." ”

(To be continued)