Chapter Twenty-Seven: The General Talks from Wen Chengmei
Yushitai is also known as Lantai and Xiantai, and since the Qin and Han dynasties, Yushi has been an indispensable and important position in the court. It is the central administrative supervision organ and one of the central judicial organs, responsible for picketing, impeaching officials, and enforcing discipline. Just like the Jinyiwei of later generations, the only difference is that the current Yushitai has no judicial power, and cannot independently try cases like the Criminal Department and Dali Temple.
But no one dares to underestimate offending the Imperial Historical Observatory, because the weight range of the Imperial Historical Observatory's recital is too large, and it has the power to rumor.
In other words, if you hear a madman on the street saying that someone is going to rebel, the Imperial Observatory has the right to report the matter to the emperor and impeach this person who wants to "rebel". And this "rebel" person will unconditionally accept the review of Dali Temple or the Criminal Department, and find out a qiē. Guilt is naturally the credit of the imperial history, but the innocent is not to blame the imperial history, this is the power of the imperial history.
Because of this, sometimes in the court, I would rather offend a prime minister than offend a royal history. offend the prime minister, the prime minister will give you small shoes at most in terms of authority. If you are not in his charge. He can't help you for a while. But offend the imperial history, the imperial history can make you squatting in the cell today for rebellion, and tomorrow you will be investigated by Dali Temple for corruption.
The Imperial Historian is the head of the Imperial History, the core of the Imperial History Observatory, responsible for supervising the dereliction of duty and illegal acts of the imperial court and princes, and is also responsible for keeping the archives of the imperial court, second only to the prime minister of the current dynasty.
As such a special department, the top and bottom of the Imperial History Observatory have the honor to do their best to supervise hundreds of officials within the scope of their authority. Flattered.
But on this day, Yushitai was provoked by the Criminal Department.
The fierce soldiers of the criminal department blocked the gate of the Yushitai, and the fierce gods and evil gods captured the first leader of the Yushitai, Du Yan, with the arrest order. Sent to the prison of the Criminal Department.
This incident caused a sensation in the court, and it was the first time that Yushitai had encountered this situation since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the impeachment of Luo Shixin's abuse of criminal law was like a snowflake, which could cover the entire imperial table, and even shocked Li Yuan, who had retreated to the background for leisure.
But it is obvious that Li Yuan and Li Shimin are on Luo Shixin's side, and with the support of these two, all the snowflakes will dissipate by themselves as if they have met the sun. Finally disappear invisible.
But because the Criminal Department is so high-profile, almost everyone in Chang'an is watching every move of the Criminal Department, thinking about what happened.
With Wang Junkuo's arrival in Beijing. The reason for this was made public in a short period of time.
Luo Shixin did things with a military atmosphere, never dragged mud and water, and vigorously launched the trial against Wang Junkuo.
Wang Junkuo opened and read the secret music without authorization, and there was a witness to kill people and kill people. Cui Dunli also changed his previous attitude of supporting Wang Junkuo. became one of the witnesses against Wang Junkuo. With Wang Junkuo's arrest, the things he conspired against have also come out of the mouths of some henchmen, and there is no way to deny it. In the face of Du Yan's cutting of grass and roots, Wang Junkuo, a villain, knew that he would definitely die, so he naturally showed his personal despicable character without hesitation, and pulled Du Yan off the horse.
Not only that, Du Yan's henchman Wei Jun, who was the middle-aged man who instigated Wang Junkuo to escape, confessed the evidence of Du Yan's embezzlement of ink in recent years.
Du Yan's poor style is well known, and even Li Shimin knows that Du Yan's character is indeed flawed. But no one thought that his petty greed would reach a terrible number under the accumulation of a small number of people. And according to the interrogation. Luo Shixin also found out that Du Yanzheng was extremely ambitious and had the intention of forming a gang and forming his own party. He did not hesitate to help Wang Junkuo so much, not simply greedy for "Famous Ji Ti". Instead, he had the intention to form a political alliance with Wang Junkuo, and at the same time, the "Famous Ji Post" that he begged for was not kept for his own collection, but was intended to be presented to Li Shimin when Li Shimin ascended the throne to please him.
Du Yan, as a doctor of imperial history, is only one step away from the position of prime minister.
This Li Shimin is about to become a great treasure and become the new master of the Tang Dynasty. The succession of this new lord to the throne will inevitably promote close ministers to form a new political group. However, in order to maintain the stability of the court, the original political groups cannot be abandoned, and the number of promotions will not be too much. Li Shimin is good at employing people, and he has a lot of henchmen: Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, not to mention the right-hand men, as well as the eldest grandson Wuji, Gao Shilian, Wen Yanbo, these characters all have the potential to be promising.
Du Yan's advantage in the face of these people is not very great, and it is more likely to be brushed down.
Du Yan was originally a strategist who was good at crooked and evil ways, and this moved his mind to fight, and his means should not be fair, and he did not take into account the interests of the country for his own selfish interests.
In the end, with the fall of Luo Shixin, judicial judgments were made against Wang Junkuo and Du Yan respectively.
Wang Junkuo instigated the rebellion of Li Ming, the king of Lujiang, and killed his father-in-law with sinister intentions, ignoring his own selfish intentions and the peace of the country. As a judicial officer, Du Yan disregarded the law and discipline, accepted bribes, did illegal things, and even formed a party for personal gain, and went to the official to exile Shanzhou.
The result of this trial was discussed by Luo Shixin and officials from all levels of the Criminal Department, but what he really adopted was the opinions of Ma Zhou and Liu Yanke.
Wang Junkuo and Du Yan are Peng Guogong, the governor of Youzhou, and the other is the imperial historian of the current dynasty, who are all extremely noble figures, and Luo Shixin's judgment in accordance with the law of the Tang Dynasty also needs to be reviewed by Li Shimin, and the results will be uploaded to Zhongshu Province and handed over to the prince of the prison country for approval.
Li Shimin did not have any objections to the trial, and gave instructions to the Criminal Department.
According to the judicial process, the criminal department should analyze whether the trial of the case is fair according to the facts of the case, but this case was investigated and handled by the criminal department, and the criminal department did not understand its own case, and the final review was carried out without any suspense.
Wang Junkuo suffered on his own and paid the price of his life. Du Yan had ill intentions and intended to form a party for personal gain, and he also received the retribution he deserved.
This incident caused a lot of turmoil in the Tang Dynasty, Luo Shixin also saw Li Shimin's courage in the political field, in the face of Du Yan's control of the Yushitai, he did not hesitate to transfer Du Yan's remaining henchmen to the transfer of the derogatory punishment, the Yushitai came to a big purge. Then he arranged for Gao Shilian to be the imperial historian and reorganize the imperial history platform. Cui Shanwei, the secretary of the Dali Temple, did not dare to investigate in depth because of the "Mingzhe self-preservation", and removed the position of the secretary of the Dali temple and reappointed him as the assassin of Qinzhou, and the new secretary of the Dali temple was appointed by the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. More or less the officials who were not involved in the previous Li Ying rebellion case were sentenced to a reduced sentence, and some were even acquitted.
A series of actions were dizzying, and when everyone came to their senses, they found that this political storm had passed, and Li Shimin used lightning speed to minimize the damage caused to Datang by the big case of instigating and conspiring against bribery and forming a party for personal gain.
The operation of the Tang Dynasty did not stop because of the lack of Du Yan, the lack of Cui Shanwei, and the lack of Wang Junkuo. On the contrary, because of this case, it gave a warning to all the ministers of civil and military affairs, but anyone who violated the criminal law, even if it was the future emperor's confidant, would be treated accordingly.
Especially now that the Criminal Department has an upright Luo Shixin.
In this serious case, Luo Shixin enforced the law impartially, and in the face of various pressures, he picketed to the end without hesitation, and finally found out Wang Junkuo, the mastermind behind the scenes, and arrested Du Yan.
This has been a good story for literati throughout the ages to write and achieve a career from Rong. Now Luo Shixin has gone to the weapon to engage in politics, and in less than half a year, he has solved a big case and achieved such remarkable results, which has become a kind of beautiful talk for a while, and is praised by the world.
Li Ying was rehabilitated in the rebellion case, and the individual who was acquitted also sent a gold-lettered plaque to Luo Shixin to show his gratitude.
After this answer, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military no longer doubted whether Luo Shixin could take charge of the Criminal Department. The whole of the Criminal Department was very happy with the raised eyebrows of the Criminal Department in this case, and they were very happy with the newly appointed Lord Shangshu, and they were convinced by Luo Shixin's achievements. Liu Dewei, the waiter of the Criminal Department, is no longer able to shake Luo Shixin's seat.
Tanguo Mansion!
Luo Shixin set up a banquet in the house to thank Pei Qingyi for his kindness.
Pei Qingyi Cheng can be said to have made great contributions this time, not only captured Wang Junkuo and saved his life, but also captured Wei Jun, Du Yan's henchman, and forced Wei Jun to tell the truth what he knew, and testified against Du Yan. If it weren't for Wei Jun's betrayal, he pointed out that the mountain of ironclad evidence made Du Yan's argument irrefutable, and Du Yan's means might not have allowed the strong man to break his wrist to avoid him.
Du Yan is a doctor of the imperial history, he can't be defeated for a while, and the next person to suffer is even his criminal department secretary.
"Come, I'll toast the girl in Tsing Yi! You've done me a great favor again, and there's nothing to be done here...... Do it first! ”
The ancients drank wine, the more refreshing they were, the more sincere they became, and without waiting for Pei Qingyi to speak, a full cup of wine went down first.
Pei Qingyi drank all the wine in the cup with a smile, looked left and right, and saw Pingyang's figure, so he couldn't help asking, "What about Her Royal Highness the Princess?" ”
"Pingyang's body is a little strange, I can't drink, I was afraid of ruining the fun, so I didn't follow." Luo Shixin said with a little joy that the geranium in Pingyang has not come, obviously it is not due to various reasons that menstruation is late, it is very likely that she is pregnant. He felt happy when he mentioned this, and because of this, Pingyang has recently begun to learn to abstain from taking supplements and not eat irritating foods.
Pei Qingyi's expression changed suddenly, and he was worried, but when he saw Luo Shixin so happy, he was also suddenly, and there was a little envy in his heart: "Congratulations!" ”
"Thank you, thank you!" Luo Shixin smiled happily, drank a few glasses to vent his happiness, calmed down, and then asked: "Actually, I've always been curious, if the girl talks about Wei Jun, he is honest like a mud ball, how to pinch it." (To be continued......)