Chapter 294: Triage
Scholar Gu originally thought that even if the Mu family was in a hurry, it would be impossible for him to come after the New Year to propose marriage, and he still had plenty of time to weigh the pros and cons and carefully consider whether to marry the smartest and most beautiful granddaughter to the Anguo Mansion.
However, many times, the plan could not catch up with the changes, and Scholar Gu did not expect that after the sixth year of junior high school, he had already changed his mind. The situation in the DPRK and China has changed, and on the first day of the New Year, Zheng Ying, the king of letters, directly handed over the note. This note is very detailed, Zheng Ying sorted out all the crimes he found in Fengzhou about the former Qin Fenglu's pacification envoy Cui Wenju, and the unjust prison about the middle general of Jueyun Pass was naturally turned over.
Of course Cui Wenju is carrying a huge amount of money involved in the military salary deficit case, and the emperor lost his temper in front of hundreds of civil and military officials for the first time after the New Year.
Zheng Ying's letter not only caught Li Xiang and Wen Chengping off guard, but also put Zheng Jin in an extremely embarrassing situation.
According to Zheng Jin's ability, he went to Zhending Mansion to check on Zhao Zhiliang, and of course he would find out what happened to Zhao Zhiliang. But Zhao Zhiliang is Li Xiang's student after all, in order to save some face for Li Xiang, and in order to keep Zhao Zhiliang, a relatively easy to use chess piece, Zheng Jin didn't do too much in the end.
If he can hide it, he will hide some of it. He originally did a beautiful job, and he wanted to report something to the emperor, Zheng Jin hesitated a lot, and the final result was actually very satisfactory. The crime is not big, it can not only show that he is iron-faced and selfless, but also not so that Zhao Zhiliang will not be able to turn over completely.
Early in the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor met Zheng Jin in the imperial study, and after listening to his report, he was very satisfied with his ability and greatly praised him. As for Zhao Zhiliang, the emperor hesitated for a few days and decided to let him dismiss his post for reflection, and he had already prepared his will, so he waited for the edict after the New Year.
The charges are all on Zhao Zhiliang alone, and Li Xiang is not implicated, and even if it is Zhao Zhiliang, it is only a dismissal and reflection, which proves that there is still a possibility of recovery, which makes him not completely a waste chess.
Zhao Zhiliang is a chess piece, Zheng Jin originally planned to continue to use it.
Zheng Jin's errand was actually beautiful enough, but unfortunately he didn't expect that his fifth emperor brother Zheng Ying really invested enough money this time.
I didn't expect it...... Zheng Jin looked at Zheng Ying and narrowed his eyes slightly. Give him a fake case, and he can make such a big wave......
Yes, that's right, Zheng Jin knew before he set off that Cui Wenju, the imperial historian, was falsely accused of opening the mine privately, so he decisively chose to go to Zhending Mansion. Since it is a false accusation, then this case is just to help Cui Wenju clarify, no matter what he does, he can't make a show, and it is obviously impossible to rely on such a false accusation case to show his face in front of his father.
However, Zheng Jin really never expected that he gave Zheng Ying a fake case, and he actually had the ability to find another way and really dig out a big case on Cui Wenju. The people involved in the injustice of the Jueyun Guan Zhonglang back then have basically been wiped out, and Zheng Ying actually has the ability to turn it over in such a case? Where did he get his news......
Zheng Jin smiled on the surface, and seemed to be very proud of Zheng Ying, but he was both confused and jealous in his heart.
More jealous of Zheng Ying than Zheng Jin is Li Xiang. As soon as Zheng Ying's recital was handed over, Li Xiang knew that they had helped Cui Wenju to settle things back then, and what they had done in Beijing could no longer be hidden.
He quickly made a decision, someone must bear the blame for this matter, either Zhou Shangshu of the Ministry of War, or Wen Chengping, Cui Wenju's sister-in-law.
An old and cunning official oil son Erpin Shangshu, a person whose ability is not outstanding but obedient, and a sister who is a doctor in the fourth rank of the palace, no matter who he leaves, Li Xiang is unwilling, but he must make a decision quickly, because he can't let this fire burn on himself.
Zheng Ying's investigation was enough to cause shock in the government and the opposition, and fortunately, this matter was big enough to make the emperor very cautious, and directly handed over Cui Wenju to the Yushitai, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department for trial, and did not have to pay attention to the rules of the criminal trial before the fifteenth day.
However, even if the emperor hurriedly ordered the third division to open the trial before he could wait for fifteen, it would take some time for such a big case to be tried clearly, which also gave Li Xiang a few respite.
He has actually thought about it, although Zhou Shangshu is shrewd, but he is too slippery, although such a person is easy to use, it does not make him very relieved, but Wen Chengping, after all, is his student, although his ability is not outstanding, but he is in his forties and has a very good future.
What's more, if he chooses to abandon Wen Chengping, it is not impossible for Concubine Wen in the palace to want to make a mess and bite him down.
And Zhou Shangshu ...... Fortunately, he doesn't trust the eight-sided exquisite Zhou Shangshu very much, and fortunately, he has enough heart, and for so many years, he has not left too many handles in Zhou Shangshu's hands.
Li Xiang quickly made a decision, the family of General Zhonglang of Jueyun Pass went to Beijing to complain, after all, it was the sedan chair of the military department Shangshu, not his left minister's sedan chair, he "didn't know", and he didn't ask Zhou Shangshu to send a message to Cui Wenju to do favors.
All this has nothing to do with him, it is Zhou Shangshu himself who colluded with foreign officials to hide such a big case.
Of course, Wen Chengping is also very smart, Zhou Shangshu sent the news to Cui Wenju through him back then, but he insisted that he didn't know.
Wen Chengping understands that Cui Wenju in prison is also a smart person. At the moment, he can't live, and now they are down, even if it is to keep his sister-in-law, and in order to be able to exchange Wen Chengping for his Cui family in the future, Cui Wenju will not take the initiative to bite his sister-in-law Wen Chengping.
Cui Wenju in prison understood what decision Li Xiang and Wen Chengping were going to make, so he cooperated very well to bite Zhou Shangshu and not say anything, and pulled everything on Zhou Shangshu.
It was not the fifteenth day of the first month, but Cui Wenju, who was detained in Ming Torture Prison, had a bad time, the emperor had spoken, and the three chief judges of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Yushitai naturally would not be polite to him, and he was sentenced on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.
However, Cui Wenju never let go no matter what, he was willing to admit what happened to him and did not shirk it. As for the unjust case of General Zhonglang of Jueyun Guan, except for biting Zhou Shangshu, he did not involve anyone else, no matter how many punishments he received, he refused to speak.
On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the three chief judges of the Yushitai, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple frowned, and the three of them were worried about Cui Wenju's eighth confession. Because Xie Xiang greeted him in advance, the three chief judges were really unkind to Cui Wenju, and they were waiting for the big punishment as soon as they came up. However, after so much, this guy is a hard bone, and his confession has not changed a word, but he refuses to say more than half a word, which is really embarrassing.