Chapter 158: Gou Qingtian
Huaguo Imperial Palace, the meeting hall of the early dynasty.
Tong Qing's doppelganger, the Ninety-Five, wears a crown and a royal robe, majestic and majestic, sitting on the throne, not angry and self-assured.
"If there is something to do, play early, and if there is nothing to retreat from!" the chief eunuch Lu Hu shouted loudly in a thin voice.
"The minister has his own music. Prime Minister He Jitang hurriedly walked out, "Your Majesty, there are more than 500 unkempt people who have fled from Luzhou Mansion today. The common people with yellow faces and thin muscles, crying and grabbing the ground, flocked to the capital, and jointly sued the prefect of Luzhou to Wenchang to take the lead in embezzling the 500,000 taels of silver allocated by the imperial court for disaster relief”。
Hearing the report, Tong Qing (clone) Long Yan was furious, and said angrily: "The imperial court has repeatedly ordered and reaffirmed, anti-corruption and honesty, all officials must be clean and self-loving, live in the mud without staining, be honest and honest, fulfill their duties, serve as an official for one term, and benefit one party, however, the wind of greed for ink has been repeatedly prohibited, to what extent has it developed?" The prefect of Luzhou Xiang Wenchang, wolf-hearted, bold, he dared to lead a group of local corrupt officials of all sizes in Luzhou Mansion to disobey the yin and yang, and put the evil black hand into the special silver two middle schools that I allocated to Luzhou Mansion to help the people, so that the people had no way to live. This matter, the degree of vileness, is bound to have reached the point of uproar, the impact is particularly bad, it must be thoroughly investigated and dealt with, severely cracked down, I will never allow the tolerating of adultery, mercy to my subordinates, suffering my good people, cold the people of the world, Prime Minister He, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there can be a suitable candidate, recommend one to come out, canonized as the minister of the Imperial Mission, take the sword of Shang Fang given by me, go to Luzhou Mansion for Lianlian, conduct a thorough inspection, investigate and collect evidence to Wenchang and other corrupt officials and corrupt officials, special affairs, after the investigation is carried out accurately, I promise to use privileges, allow the first cut and then play, appease the people, kill a hundred people, and set an example!”
"If you go back to the emperor, there is indeed such a young man in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, his name is Gou Lin, he is an honest official, upright, and famous.
Not long ago, Long Live Lord let the ministers in the local officials assessment performance indicators in the selection of meritocracy, supplement the court members, Gou Lin is honest and honest, clean and self-ponely, love the people like a son, for the official one, for the benefit of one party, remarkable political achievements, the people support, the assessment indicators, among the best, stand out, was reported by the minister to the approval of the Long Live Lord, entered the work of the Imperial Inspectorate, the minister recommended Gou Lin, to take on this important task. Prime Minister He Jitang said.
"The prime minister recommends, even with me, where is Gou Lin?" Tong Qing (clone) shouted.
I saw a young official hurriedly walk out, knelt on the ground, and said: "Weichen Gou Lin, bow to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"Flat, stand up and talk back!"
"Emperor Xie!"
"Gou Lin, I now give you the sword of Shang Fang, instead of me to inspect the Luzhou Mansion Supervision Imperial Envoy, I have transferred a hundred soldiers of your Imperial Forest Army, accompanied by the whole process, listen to your dispatch, and set off immediately, along the way, by the way, see if there is corruption among the local officials in other prefectures, you only find one, just strike one for me, you must not take it lightly, be soft-hearted, in the investigation and evidence collection of evidence Luzhou prefect to Wenchang and other officials of all sizes embezzled the money of the Moxi Imperial Court for disaster relief, we must investigate and secretly visit, grasp the conclusive evidence, surprise the surprise, strike hard, kill the chicken and set an example for the monkey, in order to set an exampleGo ahead, don't live up to my ardent expectations for you, and wish you all the best in advance!"
Receiving the sword of Shang Fang from the chief eunuch Lu Rover with both hands, Gou Lin said categorically: "Weichen must live up to the emperor's trust, fight corruption and promote honesty, clean and self-love, punish evil and promote good, and benefit the people of Li!"
"Let's go! The road ahead is dangerous, you must be cautious and return safely!"
"Emperor Xie, Weichen is upright, charming, he doesn't dare to get close at all, the stakes are very important, there is no delay, Weichen is leaving, and he will leave Luzhou Mansion immediately, the emperor is waiting to hear the good news of Weichen! Goodbye, Emperor! Goodbye, colleagues!" After Gou Lin finished speaking, he immediately turned around, took a big stride, hurriedly left the hall of the early dynasty meeting, and joined the hundred soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army appointed by the imperial court.
Gou Lin, who patrolled the heavens along the way, punished the evil and promoted the good, investigated and dealt with the Qingzhou Mansion as an official who did not make the people's decisions, and the local dark forces were in a nest of snakes and rats, colluding with each other, and acting in embarrassment for the vicious cases of corruption and oppression of the people.
Gou Lin led a hundred soldiers of the Royal Forest Army to destroy the dark man's cave that colluded with local officials to harm the people, captured 88 bandits, and successfully rescued 12 daughters of ordinary people who were raped and plundered up the mountain by this gang of bandits, and let them go home to reunite with their families.
Gou Lin received many complaints from the people against this gang of bandits, listing the crimes, appalling, outrageous, and difficult to write, and the people were extremely indignant, and Gou Lin, who was full of righteous indignation, sentenced all the "demons" in the world who were heinous and had plagued the local people for a long time to be "beheaded and executed", escorted the vegetable market, and showed the head to the public, pulling out this big "tumor" for the people of Qingzhou. ”
Tong Qing (clone) Bingzhu read the song sent by Gou Lin to the Qingzhou Mansion to kill corrupt officials, encircle and suppress bandits, ask the imperial court to settle new officials in the Qingzhou Mansion, and appease the people, and shouted: "What a good Gou Lin who lives up to my hopes, and he has killed him well! I am really happy! I immediately issued a holy decree and arranged for the local officials of the Qingzhou Mansion to be in place!"
Tong Qing (doppelganger) summoned the ministers of the imperial court to the palace overnight to discuss the matter, and after finalizing it, he issued a holy decree and appointed a list of new local officials in Qingzhou Prefecture.
Bidding farewell to the people of Li who helped the old and the young to be sent to Qingzhou Mansion for ten miles, Gou Lin and his party stayed overnight, traveled tens of thousands of miles, and finally stepped into the boundary of Luzhou Mansion.
Gou Lin asked the 100 soldiers of the Royal Forest Army who accompanied him to quietly take off their official uniforms, collectively disguised themselves, and went to the private service with him for a private visit to the private service, questionnaires, and had already mastered the information of many officials of Luzhou Mansion who were collectively greedy for the imperial court's disaster relief funds, so as to avoid startling the grass and snakes, and ruining the big thing.
Outside the city of the residence of the Luzhou Mansion, the prefect Xiang Wenchang had already received a message from the spy Feige, reporting that Gou Lin had come to the Luzhou Mansion at the correct time, and led a group of 29 local officials in the Luzhou Mansion in advance to welcome the arrival of the minister Gou Lin and his party.
A group of officers and soldiers with the signs of "quiet" and "avoidance" came from afar, and it was Gou Lin and his party who did it on purpose.
Coming to the front of the city tower of Luzhou Mansion, Gou Lin signaled the sedan chair man to get off the sedan chair, and he walked out of the official sedan chair.
Seeing Gou Lin out of the official sedan chair, the prefect of Luzhou was happy with Wenchang, hurriedly greeted him, and said with a sneer: "Lord Gou came from afar, hard work!"
Gou Lin said lukewarmly: "Lord Xiang, this is wrong, Gou is a courtier, hunting for the sky, where is his duty, why is it hard?"
The words were wrong, and Xiang Wenchang hurriedly changed his words and said: "Master Gou is conscientious and hardworking, and he is really a model for me and other local officials to learn collectively! Everyone said, isn't it?"
"Yes!" the officials nodded in unison.
Xiang Wenchang glanced approvingly at the officials under him, and said: "Lord Gou is tired of traveling and driving, presumably he is already hungry, I will prepare a banquet for Lord Gou, and I hope Lord Gou will appreciate it!"
Hearing this, Gou Lin was furious: "What are you talking about? Luzhou Mansion has been in drought for many years, locusts are raging, and there is no harvest of grains, and along the way, everywhere you pass, there are starvation all over the wilderness, and the people of Li are living in dire straits.
"Yes, yes, yes, do it immediately, let them remove the banquet, and distribute the food to the refugees, Master Gou, don't be angry, don't eat the banquet, you must eat some coarse tea and light rice!" said Xiang Wenchang.
"Lord Xiang, don't worry, you lead the way in front, and the other officials follow, let's go into the city together, first go to observe the people's feelings, pay attention to the suffering of the people, and then talk about personal dinner. Gou Lin touched the ash of Xiang Wenchang's nose again.
"Okay then, Lord Gou, please!"
The group walked into the gate tower of Luzhou Mansion.
Walked through the streets and alleys into the field farm.
Along the way, I saw that the people were yellow and thin, the land was gone, and there was almost no water in the rivers and canals.
Gou Lin sighed and said: "The drought has reached this point, how can the people make a living? Xiang Lord, can the disaster relief money drawn by the imperial court be distributed to the hands of the people of Limin?"
"Send it down, it's a drop in the bucket, it's useless!" Xiang Wenchang said with a weak heart.
"Is that so? Lord Xiang, don't fool me, the consequences are serious, you know?"
"What did Lord Gou say? How dare you fool your lord?"
"It's not early, let's go back to the city for dinner, and continue to observe the people's situation tomorrow!"
"Okay! Go back to the city and eat. ”
After a coarse dinner, Gou Lin refused to propose to Wenchang to live in his private mansion, but stubbornly lived in the already overwhelmed and dilapidated post station, and said before leaving: "Lord Xiang, I will instruct you to go down and send me the relevant information on the use of the disaster relief money and silver issued by the imperial court to the post station over the years, and I will review it." ”
"Yes, Master Gou will take the first step, and the lower officials will arrive later!" said Xiang Wenchangpi with a smile.
In the post station, Gou Lin ordered a hundred soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army to come to Wenchang and those local officials in Luzhou Mansion to visit him, and not to stop any of them, all of them hid aside, and showed you a good show.
Just after the arrangements were made, I suddenly heard a soldier of the Royal Forest Army come in and report: "My lord, the prefect of Luzhou is coming to Wenchang!"
"Let him in!"
"Yes, sir!"
Xiang Wenchang held a piece of paperwork in his arms, walked into the room where Gou Lin stayed at the post station, and behind him, two officials followed, carefully carrying a large box.
After greeting each other for a few words, Xiang Wenchang said straight to the point: "Lord Gou, this is a record of the use of the silver used by the imperial court to distribute disaster relief funds to Luzhou Mansion over the years, please take a look at it." In addition, Xiaguan has heard that Lord Gou likes to collect antique calligraphy and paintings, just right, Xiaguan's family, there are some antique treasures handed down from ancestors, Xiaguan knows nothing about antiques, and is not interested. As he spoke, he gave a look to the two servants who had come with him. The two officials had a good heart, and they hurriedly opened the big box they had carried in, and it was full of treasures of antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
"Lord Xiang, what do you mean by this? Are you openly bribing this official? Who do you think of this official?" Gou Lin's face deliberately showed an angry look.
"Lord Gou, I misunderstood, Xia Guan has heard that Lord Gou is clear and honest, how can he do something stupid, Xia Guan really admires Lord Gou's personality and wants to make you a friend, so it doesn't mean anything else to dare to give these useless objects at home to Lord Gou. Xiang Wenchang said hurriedly.
"Hey, Lord Xiang wants to make friends with the official, it's not a bribe, then it's another matter, since that's the case, the official is disrespectful, and he won't be polite to you, come on, take this box and carry it down to the master. ”
Seeing that Gou Lin accepted his bribe, Xiang Wenchang was secretly happy, and scolded in his heart: What is honest and honest? What is spotless? It's all bullshit, and in his heart, Gou Lin has been labeled as a "sanctimonious hypocrite".
The goal was achieved, and he quickly flashed people, secretly glanced at Gou Lin meaningfully at Wenchang, and then took his leave.
After leaving to Wenchang, Gou Lin immediately asked a hundred soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army to take care of the box carefully, affix the seal of the imperial court, and don't touch it casually, these things are usually obtained from the people's fat and ointment from Wenchang, and it is the blood and sweat of the people of Limin, it can be used as direct evidence to bribe the ministers of the imperial court to Wenchang, and when necessary, they can directly put Wenchang to death. Explain to everyone again and again, you must keep your mouth shut.
"Yes, my lord, we remember!"
That night, after the prefect of Luzhou sent Wenchang, all the local officials in the Luzhou Prefecture came to the post station one by one to bribe Gou Lin.
No matter how cunning the fox is, it can't escape the muzzle of the hunter.
Gou Lin pretended to accept bribes, put a long line to catch big fish, let a corrupt official and corrupt officials, and showed his feet without self-confession, he knew that Xiang Wenchang replaced the use of the imperial court disaster relief money and silver to record a fake account book, that is, deliberately did not say that it was broken, only said that it had been read, the record was detailed, the head was the road, the disaster relief money could be on the number, and no problem was found, saying that Xiang Wenchang and the local officials were good parents and officials of the people of Luzhou Mansion, on behalf of the big backer of the Sky Patrol Hunting as their "umbrella", there will definitely be no accidents, absolutely turn evil into good fortune, turn danger into relief, everything is fine, they can rest assured, sit back and relax.
Gou Lin is simply terrible, he secretly arrested Li Kun, the master of the Yamen of Luzhou Mansion who was responsible for managing the account book records, and under the threat and intimidation, the timid Lizi obediently handed over a detailed record of Xiang Wenchang and the officials of Luzhou Mansion who collectively embezzled the disaster relief money of the imperial court.
"It's time to close the net! Come on, act tonight!" Gou Lin gave an order, and a hundred soldiers of the Royal Forest Army raided all the local officials in Luzhou Mansion in the middle of the night.
Xiang Wenchang and the local officials in the Luzhou Prefecture, one by one, were lifted out of the bed and arrested in a daze.
Sweating coldly, Xiang Wenchang and other officials in the Luzhou Mansion only now knew how stupid they were, and rushed to send Gou Lin direct evidence of bribing the ministers.
After dawn, Gou Lin openly tried the Tongtian case of Xiang Wenchang and other 29 local officials of Luzhou Prefecture who collectively embezzled the money and money from the imperial court for disaster relief, as well as another case of their collective crime of bribing the ministers of the Qincha.
Xiang Wenchang, the former prefect of Luzhou, who was greedy for the disaster relief money of the Mo imperial court, and other 29 criminals were identified as identities and escorted to a crowded place to be beheaded.
Thousands of people empty the alley, running to tell each other, cheering.
The seizure of the property of Xiang Wenchang and other twenty-nine criminals surprised Gou Lin and a hundred soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army, from the homes of these people, the total amount of silver copied exceeded 10 million taels of silver, which was equivalent to the silver taels in the treasury of the Huaguo Imperial Palace, not to mention, what is even more infuriating is that these hateful corrupt officials and corrupt officials have filled their pockets, and the food in their homes has piled up, and even many have begun to mold.
"What a bunch of bastards, who's looting the people's fat and ointment! They are full of evil, and they are innocent! Everyone immediately distributed the grain to the hungry refugees, and then the fields of these twenty-nine people. The real estate was confiscated and distributed to those poor families to live in and have land to cultivate, and the families of these scoundrels, regardless of men and women, were all confiscated as official slaves, and escorted to Beijing.
"Yes, according to the instructions of the adults, we will proceed one by one in an orderly manner. ”
Gou Lin did everything resolutely, immediately started the Fa, faced the sky, and shouted: "Where is the rain master?" suddenly saw an auspicious cloud falling from the sky, and there was a god standing in the cloud, saluting Gou Lin and saying: "The rain master is pouring, go in to see Lord Gou, I don't know the call, what is the matter?"
Gou Lin said: "There has been a drought in Luzhou Mansion for three years, and all the people are waiting to die. ”
"Lord Gou, this is wrong, it's not that the little god doesn't save it, but because of this, the rain butterfly drove the drought demon to abuse, and the little god can't fight it, so he can't do his duty, please understand. Feng Yi said.
Gou Lin said: "The god is a god in the sky, and the drought demon is no more than a demon in the mountains and forests, so why can't he be an enemy?"
"Only he can do him, so it becomes a disaster, if his enemy can beat him, it will not become a disaster, Yu Die'er is reborn from the fire, and becomes the queen of the four worlds of demons and monsters, the drought demon is a demon god she carefully created, compared to the female wolf, there is nothing more, the former rain master Wu Lei, met this drought demon, two fighting methods, Wu Lei is invincible, he dies in a different place, his soul is scattered, and the ashes are gone, the little god succeeds him, how dare he fight against the drought demon? I'm really embarrassed, the little god can't do anything!" Feng Yu said.
"In this case, the god does not need to say, now, I am ordered by the Son of Heaven to do the way for the heavens, to save the people of Li from fire and water, upright, spotless, this rain butterfly sent over the drought demon wreaked havoc in Luzhou Mansion, scourge the common people, I hold the sword of the Son of Heaven to Shang Fang, in charge of the power of life and death, I am thinking that he will meet him, a demon who does not know whether to live or die, and kill it, hope to respect God, do not have to be timid, although the rain is. ”
"Since Master Gou said so, Rong Xiaoshen joined Master Yun Huaihua and Master Feng to follow the rules to serve. Feng Yu said, go to the sky.
After a while, I was only frightened by the sound of the wind whirring in the air, and in the blink of an eye, black clouds and white clouds were piled up, as if there was a tendency of heavy rain to pour.
Gou Lin raised his eyes and looked at it, only to see the three immortals in the sky, Feng Yuan, Huaihua, and Xungui, each leading their subordinates, standing in the clouds, showing off their spirits, and the raindrops had fallen like beans.
"Look, Gou Qingtian, he asked for heavy rain for us!"
Heavy rain was falling.
And all the nations were overjoyed, and fell down together in the rain, and wept for joy and for joy.