Chapter 444: The Qing Officials of the Ming Dynasty
"On the road to the east, go to fifty more people, no matter how you block people, there must be no one on the side of the Criminal Department now." Xu Da pulled his throat and issued orders to his subordinates.
There were so many people at the scene that all kinds of voices rang out. If you don't have to speak with the greatest strength, it will be difficult for the machine to hear the sound.
Originally, Xu Da thought that by dispatching two or three hundred people, he could firmly control the area around the prison of the Criminal Department.
But now that I look at it, it's impossible to be a good guy. Outside the yamen of the Criminal Department, it is relatively spacious.
But I can't stand it, there are too many people here today. As far as the eye can see, the black pressure is all the head.
Xu Da estimated that at least tens of thousands of people were crowded around. Moreover, there are people who keep gathering here, and there are everyone who helps the old and the young.
Many people's feet have not even touched the ground, and they are completely pushed forward by other crowds. With such a dense crowd, it's really no joke.
When something goes wrong, it doesn't even need to be done by anyone. The riot of the panicked crowd alone can cause an unprecedented disaster.
In this case, Xu Da didn't dare to be careless. Immediately sent people to pull all the 3,200 people of the entire Black Cavalry Army over.
One thousand of them stood around the yamen of the Criminal Department, ready to guard against possible riots. The rest of the people were dispatched by Xu Da to various intersections to block other ordinary people who still wanted to enter.
Some other black cavalry soldiers all rode war horses, and kept patrolling within half a mile of the yamen of the criminal department, strictly checking all kinds of suspicious people.
Although the emotions of the common people are very excited, they are obviously still a little afraid of the army.
Especially the majesty of the black cavalry when it entered the city, many people have seen it with their own eyes, and they dare not provoke it.
The most important thing is that the soldiers of the Black Cavalry, although they do not wear spears, each of them wears helmets and armor and holds steel knives, and they look armed to the teeth.
Just looking at it makes many people feel frightened. Therefore, after the whole army of the Black Cavalry began to guard around the yamen of the criminal department, the chaotic situation finally calmed down a little.
However, the people of Yanjing still have a lot of complaints.
"Why can't we go over? We also want to see those corrupt officials beheaded. ”
"Master Jun, you're okay, let's go over."
"Didn't the people in front of me all pass, just turn a blind eye and let me go too."
"Hmph, what kind of public trial, I think it's just a show, and I don't plan to let us go in and see it." When there are many people, there are all kinds of strange ideas, and there are all kinds of strange things.
At this critical time, you can see how strong the military discipline of the Black Cavalry is. No matter what the people said, the soldiers of the Black Cavalry turned a deaf ear.
is meticulous, executing Xu Da's military orders. Originally, the public trial meeting was prepared to start in the morning.
However, this time there were many people who came unexpectedly. Even Zhu Han didn't expect so many people to come.
Obviously, an announcement was released yesterday. In this era, communication is basically based on roaring, so it shouldn't be known to everyone in one night, right?
But Zhu Han now feels as if all the people of Yanjing have come. In this case, even Zhu Han didn't dare to mess around.
If something happens, it's definitely not a joke. So all morning, it was the Black Cavalry who maintained order.
After finally controlling the scene, Xu Da dragged his tired body back to the yamen of the criminal department. By this time, his clothes were soaking wet.
Now Xu Da feels very lucky, fortunately he didn't wear armor, otherwise Fei Heat would have died. Seeing Xu Da coming back, Zhu Han hurriedly and eagerly sent herbal tea: "Brother Xu drinks tea." He was glad that he had managed to bring in the Black Cavalry as a strong man.
Otherwise. As for those officials in Jingzhao Mansion...... Don't expect them to control the scene, they don't put themselves in it and burn high incense.
Xu Da turned the teacup, Gu Dong Gu Dong drank a large cup of tea cleanly, and handed the teacup to Zhu Han.
Zhu Han was very eye-catching, and gave Xu a cup of tea. Xu Da drank it dry again, and then he felt that there were a lot of pairs: "Okay, you are a seven-five, you kid is holding back the bad water and wants to pit me, right?" ”
"I can see it, this stinky boy's money is not easy to earn." Zhu Han hurriedly laughed: "Brother Xu, you really misunderstood, I didn't expect so many people to come." ”
"The brothers of the Black Cavalry have worked hard. I will make the decision and give each brother an extra silver tael in compensation. Xu Da's stomach was full of complaints, and he disappeared without a trace, and he could make more money, everything was easy to say.
Although maintaining law and order was much harder than they expected. But no matter how you look at it, it's better than going to the battlefield and dying desperately, isn't it?
"What kind of public trial, when will it start?" Xu Da asked. Zhu Han looked up at the sky, and in half an hour, it would be noon.
Although the sun is getting hotter and hotter now, it does not affect the nature of the public trial in the slightest.
"Without further ado, now that the scene has stabilized, let's start now." As he spoke, Zhu Han hugged his fist slightly at an official in his fifties next to him: "This public trial will trouble Lord Liu." The official who was called Lord Liu by Zhu Han nodded without humility or arrogance: "This is the duty of the lower officials, and I dare not slack off." Even in the face of Zhu Han, there was not much emotion on the official's face.
Standing up without hurry, Shi Shiran saluted Zhu Han and turned to leave. Seeing his appearance, Xu Da snorted dissatisfiedly: "This Liu Song is too crazy to even pay attention to us." ”
"Why did you write to Your Majesty and transfer Liu Song over." Zhu Han shook his head with a smile and didn't explain too much: "Brother Xu, some things still need special people to do after all. In Yanjing's matter, Liu Song is the most suitable person. "Speaking of the most famous official of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it must be Hai Rui Hai Qingtian.
Because Hai Jui's character is so strong, even his political enemies can't discredit him. So simply do the opposite.
It is said that Hai Rui's daughter starved to death because she accepted someone else's piece of bread, and after she was discovered, she starved her daughter to death on the grounds that starvation to death was a small matter and a big loss of moderation.
But anyone who makes up this rumor has a long brain, or a person who listens to the rumor, knows that this kind of thing will never happen.
Hai Rui is not one of those noble Hanlin scholars, who knows all day long to immerse himself in his studies and ignore what is going on outside the window.
He once served as the magistrate of Chun'an County and Xingguo County. Not to mention the various virtues and policies implemented by Hai Rui, just the fact that Hai Rui has rehabilitated many unjust, false and wrong, we know that Hai Rui is definitely not a stubborn and old-fashioned person who does not know how to be flexible.
Would such a person starve his daughter to death for a piece of bread, or something else?
And in the Ming Dynasty, there were not a few iron-clad people like Hai Rui. It's just that most of them are not as famous as Hai Jui.
And Liu Song is such a person comparable to Hai Ruidi. Like many honest officials, Liu Song was also born poor.
After becoming an official, he never took advantage of his position to seek any benefits for himself. Liu Song is a person who once served as a secretary of the ministry, a heavenly official among heavenly officials.
Just look at the Yanjing Ministry of Officials, and the other books of the Ministry of Officials will all bow their heads in front of the Ministry of Officials.
In this position, even if you don't take the initiative to do anything, just the annual personal contacts can fill your pocket.
But after Liu Song's death, the combined property of his three brothers was only 50 acres of fertile land and a house.
If it's just incorruptibility, it's nothing. Liu Song's temper is also notoriously upright.
Just to what extent? In the original world, the thirteenth year of Hongwu was struck by lightning. Limited by the reasons of this era, the Ming Dynasty also admired the Confucian system of heaven and man.
This kind of thing happened, for the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, it was not a natural phenomenon, but a warning from heaven.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to slack off, and immediately convened his cronies and ministers to discuss. As a result, Liu Song came to say: "Cultivate virtue and practice benevolence." Originally, this sentence was nothing, after all, according to the Confucian point of view, if this kind of thing happened, something was wrong with the emperor.
There is no problem with this sentence in other dynasties, and even in the later Ming Dynasty. Don't forget, the emperor in front of Liu Song is Zhu Yuanzhang.
He's not one of those soft-hearted emperors. When Liu Song said this, it happened to be after Hu Weiyong, and the blood stains in the Fengtian Temple had not dried yet.
The other ministers had to consider every word they didn't say, for fear that if they said the wrong word, they would anger Zhu Yuanzhang and burn himself.
Liu Song dared to point at Zhu Yuanzhang's nose and say that he lacked morality. Although in the end, Liu Song, who was furious, was directly dismissed from his post and went home to farm.
However, Lao Zhu still didn't kill Liu Song after all. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang is quite polite to Liu Song.
Everything that happened on Yanjing's side, although it seemed to be just Yanjing's problem. But in fact, Zhu Han's heart is like a mirror, and there are definitely a lot of forces involved.
Therefore, he must find someone who is capable and responsible. Liu Song, a person who even dared to scold Lao Zhu, naturally entered Zhu Han's sight at once.
As for Liu Song's attitude towards him, Zhu Han didn't care. Who can have a little temper if they have the ability?
What's more, he tossed the descendants of the Kong family a lot...... If a traditional literati like Liu Song is too attentive to him, then it is called a problem.
Zhu Han believes that people like Liu Song can clearly distinguish what should be done and what should not be done. will not drop the chain in the face of such a major right and wrong.
In front of the yamen of the Criminal Department, a high platform has already been erected here, and the officials of the Criminal Department have surrounded this place.
and shut all the people of the surrounding land from the high platform. Liu Song took square steps, not in a hurry, and walked to the high platform and sat down in front of the table.
Zhu Han couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Xu, you see that Lord Liu has taken these few steps, and he is full of official authority." Compared with others, we are really not good. Xu Da said angrily: "What's the use of walking well, if you have the ability to let him go to the battlefield, see if he can still shake it in one step and three times?" ”
"Before he could go to the battlefield, the enemy had already made seventeen or eighteen holes in him." Listening to Xu Dana's sour tone, Zhu Han also snickered in his heart: "You can't say that, don't you think these few steps of Lord Liu are very effective now?" As Zhu Han said, after Liu Song appeared, the voices of the surrounding people gradually calmed down.
There were so many people around the criminal department, and only the faint sound of breathing could be heard. Liu Song didn't talk much nonsense, and directly patted the shocked wood: "Bring someone to commit a crime!" The officials on both sides soon dragged up a prisoner in a white uniform.
This person is the head of the Department of Officials of the Ministry of Finance. The head of the Qing Bureau, when he suddenly saw so many people, he was so nervous that he even had some difficulty breathing.
The official had just let go of his arm, and the head of the Cleaning Division had no support, and his legs were weak and he knelt on the floor of the high platform.
Seeing the other party's appearance, Liu Song suddenly frowned dissatisfied, and said coldly: "Get up!" ”
"My generation of scholars should be proud. This official is just your superior, neither the son of today, nor your parents and elders, what are you doing kneeling? When the head of the Ministry of Finance heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and a glimmer of hope immediately rose.
In officialdom, they didn't say a word, and they couldn't just listen to the superficial meaning. This seemingly ordinary sentence is likely to be a hint.
The adult in front of him, Liang Ji, the director of the Qing Officials Department of the Ministry of Finance of Yanjing, did not know him. But on such an important occasion, the backbone of the person who reads the book is not only allowed to stand up.
Isn't this a clear implication that he is on the side of his own people? Originally, Liang Ji thought that they were going to die this time.
Officials in this era are absolutely unforgiving. As long as you start investigating, you will definitely be able to find a lot of problems.
As for the investigation, whether it is innocent or damned. It's never the evidence that I'm looking at, it's the game of the big bosses behind them.
But now it seems that you can't respond to what happened to Tianfu, and not everyone is on the side of the British king?
At the moment, the head of the Qing Officials Division, his waist is no longer sore, his legs are no longer painful, and he has strength to stand.
The back of the crest, which had been bent, was as straight as a mountain. The presiding judge is his own person, so what is there to be afraid of?
It's just that this change on the high platform suddenly aroused the disgust of many people in the Ming Dynasty. Quite a few people began to whisper.
"What's going on, it doesn't feel right."
"The one being interrogated now is not the official who committed a crime, how do you think he looks fearless?"
"Hey, I originally thought that His Royal Highness was giving us justice, but I didn't expect the world to be as black as a crow." In the Criminal Department, Xu Da, who saw this scene, was also anxious: "Seventy-five, what is going on with this Liu Song, could it be that he has colluded with those people?" ”