Chapter 730: The butcher is famous
PS: It's painful to end up, come with some monthly pass encouragement!
Meng Yan became famous,
This time, his reputation as an "officialdom butcher" was transferred from the capital to the border town of Datong, and the surrounding towns and cities also spread.
All of a sudden, the limelight overshadowed Yu Tingyi, the governor of Xuanda, who vigorously investigated and dealt with smuggling in the Xuanfu.
Speaking of which, the two of them seem to have tacitly acknowledged, and they are lively here, and they are not to be outdone there.
Yu Tingyi is not an old-fashioned person, compared to his living habits, it is indeed a bit old-fashioned, but in terms of governing the party for officials, he is an official who is good at learning and discovering.
No rigidity, no dogmatism.
Meng Yan also learned the method of interviewing, and the effect was very good, and the Xuanfu suddenly let him control the situation.
Meng Yan's wanton interviews and arrests naturally aroused dissatisfaction and even resentment among some people in the DPRK and China.
Wang Zhen was naturally the first to bear the brunt, and Meng Yan almost wiped out all his and Guo Jing's interests in Datong, which can be said to be a heavy loss.
This participation in Meng Yan's performance poured into the General Administration Department like snowflakes!
Anything is charged!
Xing a big prison, strict punishment and strict law, torture to extort confessions, wanton fabrication of charges, and make things out of nothing, so Meng Yan is about to be said to be a cool official like Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing!
It's just that these people have forgotten, they haven't gone to Datong, and they haven't seen how Meng Yan handled the case with their own eyes, how did they know that Meng Yan used torture to extract confessions and fabricate charges?
The emperor received an urgent briefing of 600 li from Meng Yan from Datong every day, and every day he made a report to the emperor on every detail.
The emperor is not a fool, who to trust and who not to believe, he still has a mental idea.
It's just that there are too many people scolding Meng Yan. The emperor can't block his words, he can only listen and watch, but he doesn't express his position.
The emperor doesn't express his position, this is actually an attitude, and some officials don't have any skills. will follow.
And these people are the most knowledgeable about the wind and rudder, and at first glance, the emperor doesn't seem to have the intention of punishing Meng Yan.
This part of the people soon died down, their arms couldn't twist their thighs, and the emperor himself was unwilling to punish them, so you had to force the emperor to change his mind.
If the emperor holds a grudge, he will definitely give you small shoes next time.
Wang Zhen saw that the momentum was so huge, the emperor was not moved, and thought of another way to find the Empress Dowager Sun.
Empress Dowager Sun really wanted to deal with Meng Yan. But she has already returned to the emperor, and if she interferes too much, the courtiers are unwilling.
You must know that there are still a large number of courtiers in the court who are on Meng Yan's side and support him.
This is a rare thing!
What these civil officials don't like the most is a spy agency like Jinyiwei, the emperor's eagle claw, monitor this, monitor that. Arrest people and send them to prison at every turn.
It can be said that the civil official group is inherently incompatible with Jinyiwei.
But only Meng Yan. Those honest and honest civil officials wrote letters one by one to support Meng Yan's actions in Datong.
The Hanlin Academy, as well as Guozijian, have a large number of Meng Yan's supporters.
The Hanlin Academy was the cradle of the great officials of the national dynasty, and seventy or eighty percent of the senior officials of the four grades and above who stood in the court had sat on the bench in the Hanlin Academy.
Needless to say, it is the cultivation of talents by the national dynasty. Where the officials are reserved, the people here will be the pillars of the imperial court in the future.
The attitude of these people also represents a kind of human heart.
Even the retired Yang Ge Lao specially wrote to the emperor to protect officials like Meng Yan who were willing to work for the imperial court.
Even if he did it, he didn't seek personal gain for himself. It's all for the sake of the court, if such a person has to be punished, then who will do things for the court?
The situation in the northwest is a little dangerous, and some officials in the imperial court are a little bit of a friend or foe, so it's time to rectify it with heavy codes.
In the imperial court, almost half of those who support and oppose Meng Yan are the birthplace of the case, but Datong is a strange calm.
It is rumored that Zhu Mian, the chief soldier of Datong, not only did not stop the Qincha Lord from arresting him, but also issued an order that bureaucrats at all levels must wait for an interview afterwards.
If there is disobedience, arrest on the spot.
There was such an order, and Meng Yan's interviews and arrests became surprisingly smooth, and he basically sent someone to send a notice of interview, and the people obediently opened the inspection yamen.
Zhu Mian personally came to the door to explain the misunderstanding, and Meng Yan was relieved, the people in the General Soldier's Mansion were not under command, which was a great shame for Zhu Mian, the Chief Soldier.
If this is really a big problem, it can't be explained clearly in three or two sentences.
Fortunately, Meng Yan maintained restraint and waited for Zhu Mian's explanation, otherwise, this would really cause a fierce conflict.
When the time comes, it will be difficult to end.
The emperor has no will, Meng Yan has arrested people again, if he clearly opposes it, then there will be news a long time ago.
So there is no will, but there is a will!
What Meng Yan has to do is to confirm the charges of these people in the shortest possible time, and the evidence is ironclad, and the outcome is naturally doomed.
Tang Wei's case is already very clear, he was designed by someone, Guo Jing does not have this IQ, and the specific operators are Fang Jun and the household servant, who participated in politics and Shen Gu.
When they found out that Tang Wei secretly asked the people of the Fuwei Dart Bureau to investigate the trend of the resale of military rations, they did not act immediately, but remained quiet, and united with the people who took off the money to set up a pocket for Lu Sheng.
All of them were arrested, and then Lu Sheng and others became traitors under the threat of the crime of killing their heads, but they continued to collect evidence for Tang Chun.
Tang Chu didn't know that Lu Sheng and the others had betrayed him under the coercion of Fang Junhe, Shen Gu and others, but he still trusted them very much.
Then, Fang Junhe and the others asked Lu Sheng and others to smuggle strategic materials such as salt and iron, making a lot of profits, and then corrected Tang Jun in turn, saying that he had asked him to do it.
Tang Chu instructed Lu Sheng and others to investigate the smuggling of military rations, but he had no way to defend himself, and thought that Lu Sheng and others had done the wrong thing to make Zhi Ling faint.
remorseful in his heart, pulled them in, and refused to defend himself, and the result was such a big injustice.
Drive!
"Boss, the mountain pass in front of you is the mouth of the white sheep!"
"Well, what are we here for, you know?" Zhang Chong sat on the horse's back and asked loudly.
"Yes!"
"Sun Shoubei of Baiyangkou may already know some rumors, let's go this time. He can only be secretly arrested, and he must not be allowed to escape to the grassland, understand! ”
"Understood!"
"Let's go!"
Aries Mouth Military Fort.
"Lord Garrison, it's time to take your medicine." The old servant put the medicinal soup in front of Sun Shoubei's bed and called in a low voice.
"Got it, drink it later." Sun Shoubei was weak and weak. He was not lightly ill, and he could not afford to be sick from the moment he heard the news that the minister had been intercepted and killed by a group of Tatars wearing the clothes of the Ming border army.
I don't think about tea and dinner, and I talk nonsense every day.
The military affairs on this fort were also handed over to the deputy, and he hid in his nest for more than ten days.
The man gradually lost weight, and the deputy invited Lang Zhong to show him medicine, and the old servant boiled medicine for him every day and waited for him to drink it.
"Sir. Otherwise, you go to the commander to turn himself in, which can reduce the guilt, but now like this, when Naqin sends someone to pass you on, it will be different. The old servant sighed.
"You don't understand."
"The villain doesn't understand, but it's better than waiting for death here." The old servant said.
"Hey......" Sun Shoubei sighed, his family was not at the border. It's still hundreds of miles away in Shanxi.
If he runs away, or defects to the steppe. The family must be implicated, but if he voluntarily surrenders, then he will definitely die.
It was a difficult choice, so he couldn't afford to get sick, and for a few years. What he did for those people, even if there was a plot to turn himself in, I am afraid it would be difficult to save his life.
"Count the time, it's time for people to arrive, you go out and watch a little. As soon as there is news, come and sue me immediately. Sun Shoubei commanded.
"Hey, I said, sir, what are you doing?" The old servant shook his head and sighed, and came out of the room.
Sigh Rhythm ......
The sound of a war horse chirping, listening to the sound is very loud, not like the cry of the war horse of the military fort, is it the horse team outside?
The old servant was just about to open the door, when he saw the wooden door being slammed open with a "bang", and rushed into several brocade guards with knives.
Oh no, it was the Jinyi guard who came to arrest Sun Shoubei, and the old servant hurriedly ran back in fright: "Master, master, no, Jinyiwei is here......"
"Lord Zhang, please come here, this is the courtyard where Sun Shoubei lives." A general who always accompanied Zhang Chong with a smiling face welcomed him in.
"Sun Shoubei, Sun Youdao ......"
"Mr. Liu, even if my grandson Youdao is guilty, he is still on guard now, and it is not your turn to call the name of this official, do you still have dignity and humility?" Sun Shoubei walked out with the support of the old servant.
Although the voice is not loud, it has the momentum of a tiger that will not fall.
"You are Sun Youdao Sun Shoubei?" Zhang Chong was a little surprised, when he entered the door, he heard that Sun Shoubei was sick, and he had been sick for several days, and he thought that this guy was afraid of heart disease.
This look, it's quite stanceal, could it be that he was pretending to be sick before?
There's no need, is he pretending to be sick or is he really sick, and he won't have to go to prison in the end?
"This official is exact, what is the errand?" Sun Shoubei clenched his fists.
"Zhang Chong, the deputy captain of the guard team is driven by the inspection envoy of Datong, and Zhang Chong of the Jinyi Guard is trying a hundred households!" Zhang Chong also clenched his fists and replied.
"It turned out to be Lord Zhang of Jinyiwei." Sun Shoubei asked, "I don't know why Lord Zhang came to my Baiyangkou Military Fort?" ”
"I'm here to deliver an interview notice to Sun Shoubei." Zhang Chong stretched out his hand and escaped from his arms, and handed over an envelope.
"Notice of Interview?" Sun Shoubei took it and took out a piece of letterhead from it.
"This, this is not here to arrest me?" Sun Shoubei asked in surprise.
"Before confirming the facts of the crime and mastering the evidence of the crime, Sun Shoubei is not a prisoner, clean up and go to Datong with us early tomorrow morning." Zhang Chongdao.
"May I take my old servant with me?"
"Yes!"
"Thank you!" Sun Shoubei was grateful.
"From now on, anyone in this courtyard can approach at will, Mr. Liu, please prepare dinner and forage for the horses for us!" Zhang Chong took out a silver ingot and handed it over.
"Ouch, Master Zhang, this can't be helped, this can't be helped!"
"This is the rule set by Lord Chincha, and we will eat and drink Lazar outside at our own expense." Zhang Chong stuffed the silver ingot into Mr. Liu's hand.
"Thank you, Lord Zhang!" Liu took it happily, and there were ten taels of silver for this ingot, even if he supplied these brocade guards with food and fodder for horses, there was still some surplus.
Early the next morning, I saw Sun Shoubei and the old servant each carrying a burden and going out.
"Sun Shoubei, you are the last person to be interviewed, and when you arrive, our lord's case will be closed." Zhang Chongdao.
"Am I the last?"
"Yes, you are the last one, let's go, from here to Datong, it will take a day." Zhang Chong got on the horse and greeted, "Brothers, go!" ”
After this trip, I finally saw the dawn of completion, although I was a little tired, and there were many brothers who would never see it.
But this trip out, the life is called wonderful, the edge of life and death, ups and downs, and when I go back, I can brag about my wife and children's family. (To be continued......)