Chapter 089: Rivalry

In the lobby, the officials of the three divisions headed by Liu Weisi and the prefect of Hangzhou were all sitting on chairs, waiting for Chen Cao to give an answer.

"Lord Liu, how should we deal with Uncle Dingwu's move?" Peng Chun arched his hand towards Liu Weisi.

Liu Weisi stroked his beard, smiling rather than smiling: "As soon as Lord Qincha arrives in Zhejiang, he is on official business, and this matter must also be done on official business, after all, he is the daughter of a colleague in the officialdom, and Qi Zhixian is also from a Jinshi." ”

Wu Chun has been sitting in the first seat, and his task is to drag down this group of people, after all, it was Wei Zhongxian who followed Chen Cao's confession: "Our family has to warn your lords, let the people go alone, and attack the Qin Mission, but it is a big crime to rebel..."

Liu Weisi was not afraid of Wu Chun at all, so he said: "This official has already informed the general army yamen, and the soldiers of the political envoy are also outside, and now the people are still few, and they can control it, if there are more, I really don't know if there are enough people." ”

"What, you also want the people to kill my Qincha team?" Chen Cao strode into the lobby with Zhao Xin, and there were many brocade guards behind him, staring at the officials present with solemn eyes: "Then come a law that does not blame the public?" ”

Liu Weisi stood up and arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "Uncle Dingwu, even if you are a Qincha, you can't do anything wrong, Qi Zhixian is from Jinshi, how can you be insulted like this?" ”

Chen Cao had already had a plan in his heart, stared at Liu Weisi, and sneered: "Lord Liu has to make it clear, how did Ben Bo insult Qi Zhi County?" ”

Peng Chun arched his hand: "Uncle Dingwu, your private visit is a business matter, and we can understand it, but you have been wronged and beaten with a stick, and that is also a matter of the Qiantang County Ya, you killed two jailers of the Qiantang County Ya, and sentenced Zhao San and Ban Tou to death, which is somewhat suspected of personal vendettas." ”

"Presumptuous..."Zhao Xin angrily scolded Peng Chun: "You are a prefect, what qualifications do you have to talk to your uncle?" ”

Liu Weisi interjected: "Lord Zhao, Lord Peng also speaks according to reason. ”

Peng Chun was not afraid of Zhao Xin's scolding, and then deliberately said: "Uncle Dingwu, it doesn't matter how much you have to do with this, you actually use this as a coercion to take 100,000 taels of silver from Qi Zhixian, it's not that the lower officials disobey the upper officials, Ding Wubo, he is just a Zhixian County, and he doesn't have this 100,000 taels for ten years, but you... You can't blackmail someone else to pay off your daughter..."

'If that's the case...,' Chen Cao thought silently in his heart.

Chen Cao didn't speak, and Peng Chun gave up his hand again: "These things were only known after Dingwu Bo sent someone to leave Qi Zhixian's daughter, and Qi Zhixian came to sue the lower officials. ”

Chen Cao nodded expressionlessly: "It makes sense, what about the people of Qizhi County?" ”

Peng Chun said: "Qi Zhixian realized that my prefect's yamen had no choice, and he had already sued the governor's yamen." ”

"Then Lord Liu can deal with it?" Chen Cao looked at Liu Weisi.

Liu Weisi arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "This matter is very important, there are so many people who support, the lower officials dare not hide it, they have already reported to the eunuch and the governor yamen, and also sent an urgent report to the Beijing division in the morning." ”

"Well," Chen Cao nodded: "Lord Liu is businesslike, and Ben Bo admires and admires it very much." ”

"Don't dare," Liu Weisi arched his hand: "But Ding Wubo still wants to think about how to solve the current matter." ”

"Okay..."Chen Cao sat on the first seat with a golden sword, and then said: "Zhao Xin, immediately send me an order to send a message to Wei Guogong, please transfer the Nanjing garrison to Zhejiang to suppress the civil unrest." ”

The people in the hall were shocked.

"Yes..."

"Slow..."Liu Weisi stopped Zhao Xin, who was about to leave, and then stared at Chen Cao with a black face: "Uncle Dingwu, the outside is to support the people of Qizhi County, not some chaotic people, such an order, it's a bit of child's play, right?" ”

Chen Cao was not angry, and looked at Liu Weisi with a smile: "Lord Liu, this uncle respects your old age, and he is a political envoy, so he doesn't want to sweep your face, but this official matter is what you Lord Liu said, and this uncle will not be polite to you." ”

Saying that, Chen Cao pointed to the people in the hall one by one: "My lords, Ben Bo has decided to start investigating the killing of Jinyiwei, this matter is very important, and it must not be good, you and others as the person in charge of Hangzhou, naturally you can't run away," and stared at Zhao Xin as he spoke: "Also, send a letter to Jingshi, report all the things that happened here, take Benbo's warrant, and first transfer the Nanjing Right Guard to suppress it, Zhejiang Maitreya is very popular, and it is also the tax center of my Ming Dynasty, and there must be no chaos." ”

"Yes..."

"Oh yes," Chen Cao stopped Zhao Xin, who had already turned around: "Send a message to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies in Nanjing, the people in Zhejiang are in turmoil, and the Yamen of the Metropolitan Division has done nothing, please ask Huang Chongtao, the commander of the Revolutionary Capital, and transfer others to come." ”

"Brother Yunsheng, your plan is too ruthless." Xia Yunyi whispered.

Huang Chunyao stared at the people in the hall with cold eyes: "All of them are corpse vegetarian guys, where are they worthy of being the chief officer of the third division." ”

"Uncle..."Huang Chongtao got up anxiously: "The last general did not make a mistake, why is Uncle like this?" ”

Liu Weisi sneered and comforted: "Commander Huang, don't be in a hurry, I and other officials of the three divisions will jointly write a letter to protect you, Ding Wubo, you abuse your power so much, this official must join you." ”

"Oh..."Chen Cao turned his head to look at Liu Weisi: "Okay, you can participate, Zhao Xin, send another 800 miles urgent official document to Jingshi, Zhejiang is in turmoil, the political envoy sits idly by, let it develop, and the relatives of the political envoy Liu Weisi are involved, and the thief has been captured alive, please make a decision." ”

"Nonsense..."Where did Liu Weisi not know that Liu Youwei was arrested by Chen Cao: "Uncle Dingwu, you don't want to deliberately paint things black." ”

Chen Cao looked at the people in the hall with a smile, and whispered: "Don't think that if you frame Ben Bo Ben Bo will be at your mercy, if those people from outside do not disperse within two hours, Ben Bo will designate them as Maitreya mobs, and one of you will be counted as one and dealt with one by one." ”

After speaking, Chen Cao stood upright and shouted, "Zhang Fengnian." ”

"Uncle..."Zhang Fengnian stood outside the hall and responded.

"Bring the musket team to the gate of the line to stand guard, if the mob dares to storm the line, it will be killed." Chen Cao said word by word.

Huang Chongtao hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Uncle, the next official will order the soldiers and horses of the capital to come and disperse." ”

Huang Chongtao is not stupid, he has always been in the army, once something happens after attaching himself to the civilian official, he is a scapegoat.

"Jinyiwei, all the adults in the hall are inevitably suspicious, and they are not allowed to leave until the mob disperses, you can discuss it, and Benbo will go to the backyard to rest."

"Yes..."

A group of brocade guards responded, and Liu Weisi was about to move to stop him, but the two brocade guards blocked in front of him, and said coldly: "Lord Liu sit down for a while, if you have any requirements, just mention it." ”

"You..."

"Hey, it's really Sven sweeping the floor..."

Chen Cao went to the side courtyard of the middle hall first, he wanted to meet last night's heroine, Qi Shangwen's daughter Qi Yuanxiang.

Xu Ling was by her side, and after Chen Cao entered the house, he let Xu Ling out, and then sat at the table, staring at Qi Yuanxiang who was curled up in his clothes, and his fingers kept tapping on the table...

Da Da... Da Da...

After a long time, Qi Yuanxiang raised his eyes and glanced at Chen Cao, then lowered his head and said nothing, and slowly shed tears.

"Ben Bo has no grievances with your father, Miss Qi, you should know how powerful this is..."Chen Cao spoke first, but in exchange for Qi Yuanxiang's silence.

Chen Cao said again: "In the thirty-second year of Wanli, your father was a Jinshi, and in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, he was released to Yuhang Zhi County, Hangzhou Prefecture, and in the thirty-seventh year, he was transferred to Renhe Zhi County, and in the second year of Tianqi, he was transferred to Qiantang Zhi County...

Your father, it stands to reason that there is no chance that he can be transferred to Qiantang County to be the magistrate, so the only explanation is that he took refuge in the Donglin Party, and then spent a lot of money to buy off the imperial history of the political envoy Yamen and Jingcha. ”

"No..."Qi Yuanxiang finally spoke: "No, my father is not a corrupt official. ”

"What you said doesn't count..."The voice was very good, Chen Cao actually liked Qi Yuanxiang's tone: "Ben Bo said that he would be corrupt if he was corrupt, otherwise..."

"You officialdom are all so bad, my father is a good official, he was forced..."Qi Yuanxiang shouted.

Chen Cao waved his hand, and then shook his head: "Yesterday, your father gave me 100,000 taels of silver tickets and jewels worth about 10,000 taels, I don't know if he told you?" ”

"You are talking nonsense..."Qi Yuanxiang retorted: "Father doesn't have that much money at all. ”

"Hey..."Chen Cao sighed, it was obvious that Qi Yuanxiang was a person who didn't know anything: "Ben Bo asked you, who instructed you to come to my backyard?" ”

"Didn't you ask someone to bring me here?" Qi Yuanxiang glared at Chen Cao.

Chen Cao was startled, rolled his eyes, and then walked straight out of the door.

Outside the door, Zhao Xin has been waiting: "Uncle, what's wrong?" ”

"Immediately check the entire line, and not a single one is allowed to be missed." Chen Cao said sternly.

"My subordinates will arrange this, uncle, do you want to go and see Liu Youwei?" Zhao Xin asked.

After Liu Youwei was arrested, he had not been tortured by Jinyiwei, but after receiving Chen Cao's instructions, Liu Youwei was already covered in bruises at this moment.

"Uncle... The lower officials are wronged... I beg my uncle to spare my life..."Liu Youwei saw Chen Cao walk into the house, and hurriedly cried and begged for mercy.

Chen Cao sat on the stool, looked at Liu Youwei with interest, and then said: "As the old saying goes, people are dying and their words are good, an old fritter like you will never tell the truth when you don't feel that your life is threatened, and you won't cooperate... Come on, let Liu Patrol taste the torture of the latest invention of the Fusi of Beizhen. ”

Zhao Xinyi stepped forward and pulled Liu Youwei's hair: "Have you heard of shaving your head?" It's to scrape off your entire scalp with a peeling knife and sprinkle it with salt..."

"Ah..." Liu Youwei trembled, and his lower body was actually scared out of urine: "Spare your life, sir... Uncle... Spare your life... The lower officials cooperated... The subordinate cooperates..."

Chen Cao glanced at Messenger Zhao, and then called the clerk: "Liu Youwei, do you know about the killing of Jinyiwei this time." ”

"Listen... I've heard of..."Liu Youwei's trembling appearance made Chen Cao understand that this guy certainly knew the inside story.

"Document, write down, Liu Youwei, deputy inspector of Qiantang County, instructed the mob to attack Qincha, who instructed him, waiting for torture."

"Uncle..."Liu Youwei was shocked, these words wanted his life: "Uncle, you can't do this..."

Chen Cao stood up: "Let's use the torture..."

"Yes..."

Zhao Xin was about to step forward, but Liu Youwei shouted: "Uncle, the lower officials cooperate, absolutely cooperate..."

Chen Cao turned around at this time: "Sign and draw..."

Liu Youwei personally wrote his name, and then pressed a bloody handprint, Chen Cao glanced at it, and then said: "Liu Youwei, this time this time Ben Bo came to Zhejiang, Liu Weisi is undoubtedly down, and you, as his relative, will be implicated." ”

Liu Youwei's eyelids jumped, and he stared at Chen Cao: "Uncle..."

"Ben Bo will give you a chance, as long as you cooperate well, Ben Bo will ensure that you will be promoted to seventeen levels in a row, and then let you be the commander of the first guard, and glorify your sect, how about it?" Chen Cao threw out a carrot.

Liu Youwei's eyes lit up, with his identity, even if he caught up with Liu Weisi, a relative of the political envoy, he only set up a deputy inspection in Qiantang County, where can he do it at the level of a third-grade commander.

Seeing this, Chen Cao said: "If you don't cooperate, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries will not be able to shine on the lintel, and Ben Bo can ensure that your whole family is full of beheading." ”

Liu Youwei trembled, and then said urgently: "The lower officials are willing to cooperate, willing to cooperate." ”

"Clerk, every word he says has to be recorded." Chen Cao instructed, and then began to ask: "Ben Bo asked you, how much do you know about the killing of Jinyiwei?" ”

Liu Youwei also let go, and said in a heart: "That day, the official of the world just received an order to let his subordinate inspectors dress up as ordinary people to make up the number. ”

"That's it?" Chen Cao frowned: "Tens of thousands of people gathered is not a small number. ”

"Among them, there are many local untouchables, as well as the families and gangs of various wealthy merchants in Hangzhou, as well as various Qingpi gangs in the city." Liu Youwei said carefully.

"Write this down and ask him to sign it," Chen Cao said, and was about to ask another question when a lieutenant walked into the room and whispered to Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin nodded and let him go down before he said to Chen Cao: "Uncle, it has been found out, two people from the kitchen in the line went to the Yamen of the Political Envoy to surrender, saying that they were threatened by the uncle and tied up Miss Qi, which is reasonable and well-founded. ”

Chen Cao frowned: "Didn't I let you find out if it wasn't ours when I settled in?" ”

"The subordinates have checked it, and these two people should have been mixed in by delivering food later. Subordinates neglected. Zhao Xin clenched his fist towards Chen Cao.

"Okay, I know," Chen Cao said and walked into the room again: "Ben Bo was framed, how much do you know?" ”

Liu Youwei made a bitter face: "The lower officials really don't know, Uncle Mingjian..."

Liu Youwei probably really didn't know, Chen Cao walked out of the door and stood in the courtyard, Huang Chunyao and Xia Yunyi walked over, Chen Cao looked at it, and said: "Now two things, Liu Youwei surrendered, we are sure that Jinyiwei was killed, and the rest is about Qi Shangwen's daughter, two subordinates framed Benbo, what do you think, how to deal with it?" ”

Xia Yunyi thought for a while: "Uncle, since you have torn your face, it is better not to do it twice..."

Huang Chunyao nodded: "Uncle, the student has a plan..."