prosperous age

Chapter 568 Chapter 567
In the capital city, the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice opened for trial again today.

When Yan Shifan was escorted into the lobby by the yamen servants, after glancing at the people sitting in the lobby, he saw Zhu Xixiao at a glance.

Yan Shifan knew in his heart that this might be the last interrogation. Emperor Jiajing sent Zhu Xixiao here just to see if he really pleaded guilty.

To say plead guilty, he is definitely not willing.

It's just that people have to bow their heads under the eaves.

All the crimes were committed by him alone, and had nothing to do with the rest of the family.

In Yan Song's place, although there is a fault of lax discipline, he should be safe for his life, even if he suffers from the youngest in the family, he will be implicated by himself, and I am afraid that he will also end up being exiled and sent to the army.

If you continue to resist
Thinking of this, Yan Shifan was slightly stunned, thinking about the gains and losses.

Ever since Yan Shifan was escorted into the lobby, he just glanced at them and closed his eyes without speaking, appearing very arrogant.

However, most of the people in the room have had a lot of contact with Yan Shifan, so it's not surprising. If Yan Shifan is low-key and small at this time, then he is not the Yan Shifan in their impression.

In the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, there was an eerie silence.

For a while, Yan Shifan's eyelids moved slightly, as if he had made a decision.

In fact, at this time, there are not many charges that Yan Shifan can deny, and corruption and perverting the law cannot escape, not to mention the personal evidence produced by Lin Run and the others, when the house was ransacked, the physical evidence also came out.

Such a large piece of fat, with Yan Shifan's conduct towards the Daming civil official group, it would be a ghost if he could hold back at this time.

As for the traffic pirates, Yan Shifan felt a little wronged, and it was also the root cause of his death, but Luo Longwen had already bitten him to death for the sake of his family's bloodline, and he knew it, but he couldn't help it.

As for the other crimes, what is the difference between having them or not?

Thinking of his life savings in more than a dozen cellars at home, Yan Shifan couldn't help feeling a little heartbroken.

At the beginning, he once brought his old father Yan Song to visit the cellar of the mansion in the capital, that was to show off.

His father worked hard for the imperial court all his life, but in the end he did not earn as much money as his disappointing son.

"Who is in the hall, report your name."

At this time, Huang Guangsheng's majestic voice came from above
Xiyuan.

"Your Majesty, we have already found out that Yan Shifan has all the evidence of the Japanese pirates' traffic through Luo Longwen, but there is not enough evidence for the conspiracy of treason, which is mostly explained by Luo Longwen."

Huang Jin reported to Emperor Jiajing in a low voice. He knew what the emperor wanted to hear.

Corruption and perverting the law were not enough for the emperor to punish Yan Shifan, because the leizhou government had already punished Yan Shifan.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, one crime cannot be punished twice.

"Why did he traffic Japanese pirates?"

Emperor Jiajing put down the book in his hand, and there were four large regular script characters of "Yongle Dadian" written in red.

"make money."

Huang Jin bowed his head and said, "According to his account, the Japanese invasion has been going on for a long time, and the price of our Chinese products overseas has become more expensive. He wants to make huge profits, so..."

Although Huang Jin lowered his head, out of the corner of his eye, he could still see Emperor Jiajing sitting up straight at this time.

"Those silver coins can't satisfy his appetite, how dare you."

Emperor Jiajing had already spoken, and he seemed to have understood that maybe it was not only Yan Song's lax discipline, but also his connivance was the reason why Yan Shifan got worse.

Since it's a dog that can't get enough to eat, naturally it can't stay. It will only be a disaster for such a person to live.

Reaching out his hand to pick up the memorial on the imperial book case that was handed over by Zhu Xixiao, the commander of Jin Yiwei, he read it carefully. As for the memorial next to it, which was played by the Ministry of Punishment, and reexamined Yan Shifan's traffic with Japanese captives and conspiracy to rebel, he is Not even a glance.

"Let's be popular."

Putting down Zhu Xixiao's memorandum, Emperor Jiajing said: "Since you can ask the truth, Shifan Longwen will be executed immediately, and the embezzlement of official silver, goods and family property will order all the ministers to strictly arrest the second criminal relatives, and chase them all into officials. Do not let relatives and staff invade and hide, and those who violate the entrustment shall be arrested and punished immediately.

Yan Song was afraid that his son would bully the king, and he would be a big loser to his family, and his grandson saw that any civil and military officials were demoted to serve the people, and the rest of the party went against the evil to do their best to govern, so as not to cause trouble to the rest, it was as planned. "

Originally, Huang Jin wanted to remind Emperor Jiajing that Huang Guangsheng and others added a line of words at the end of the re-examination memorial, "The previous drafting is not complete, and I ask for the canonical punishment to vent the anger of the world", but since Emperor Jiajing has already ordered The decree clarifies the canonical punishment, so naturally there is no need to do more.

But Huang Jin always felt that Emperor Jiajing seemed to have noticed something about this matter, but he didn't say anything.

After bowing his head and writing the emperor's comments on the back of Huang Guangsheng's memorandum, the memorandum was put away and handed over to the servants outside to deliver the seal of the supervisor of ceremonies, the voice of Emperor Jiajing came again.

"Let Xu Jie enter the palace to have an audience."

"According to the order."

Huang Jin hurriedly held the play in his hand and answered with a bow.

Not long after, Xu Jie hurried from the cabinet to Yongshou Palace.

"I heard that Maozhong has not been in the cabinet for a few days due to illness."

Emperor Jiajing called Xu Jie to come, of course, because it was a matter of the court, "Have you checked to see what's going on?"

"It should be due to working hard for days, so I became sick from overwork. According to the imperial doctor, I need to rest."

When Emperor Jiajing asked about Yuan Wei, Xu Jie said hastily.

Now there are only two cabinet ministers in the cabinet, he and Yuan Wei.

Now that Yuan Wei has no choice but to take the lead in the cabinet alone, it is still a bit difficult.

"If you want to keep in good health, you and Weizhong are good, not like Maozhong, who fell ill in bed at a young age."

Emperor Jiajing knew Yuan Wei's illness was real and not a fake one, and the imperial physician had recorded it after seeing it.

"It's all thanks to His Majesty's blessing that the old minister and Weizhong are fortunate to be able to accompany His Majesty, and with a little fairy spirit, it is enough for me to live a long life."

Xu Jie said hastily.

He is four years older than Yuan Wei, but his body is still strong, without him, Xu Jie has always attached great importance to his diet and daily life in order to survive Yan Song.

"Ha ha."

Emperor Jiajing smiled, and said again: "Sanfasi and Jinyiwei all reported the crime of Shifan, have you ever re-examined the truth?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister has also noticed the crimes of the world. After all, there is only such a son in Weizhong, and the two families are also related by marriage. It's just, alas."

Xu Jie let out a sigh, as if he couldn't bear to continue talking.

Emperor Jiajing stared at Xu Jie for a moment, and then continued: "Since it is true, you can take the memorial from the Supervisor of Rituals back to the cabinet to deal with it when you go back."

"Yes."

Xu Jie answered with a bow, and then heard Emperor Jiajing continue.

"In my early years, I lived deep in the west, worshiping things and cultivating profound things, and no longer connected with the outer court. Therefore, I concealed my cleverness and stole my power, and even exhausted the country's money and the people's anointing, not enough to fill the ravines. It is against the law of heaven to block justice. It is useless to be afraid.

Run Nai refers to it as conspiracy, and the judiciary also intends to seek a verdict, which is not the correct law. "

Hearing what Emperor Jiajing said, Xu Jie's heart skipped a beat, but he remained silent, not daring to say more.

"Strict family crimes, crimes in the world, don't involve others."

After finishing the last sentence, Xu Jie hurriedly knelt down and bowed to the ground, no matter whether he was sincere or not, he shouted loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for being considerate of the old minister."

Compassionate veteran?

Who?
Xu Jie didn't dare to say it, only Emperor Jiajing knew it in his heart.

However, he understood that this matter was settled with the emperor.

Now that Emperor Jiajing has acquiesced in their handling method, it is better sooner rather than later. Who knows if the emperor will suddenly change course in the end.

After taking back the sealed memorial from the Supervisor of Rituals, Xu Jie sent someone to inform Huang Guangsheng and Prince Yu's Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment. The decapitation was naturally decided by the Ministry of Punishment.

Waiting for Huang Guangsheng's arrival in the cabinet, Xu Jie handed him the drafted decree and asked him to go to the Criminal Division to apply the seal in person, and then asked the Ministry of Criminal Justice when it planned to execute Yan Shifan and Luo Longwen.

"Old Xu Ge, the imperial court has long established a custom to behead criminals here, and it should be after the fall."

"No."

Xu Jie directly interrupted Huang Guangsheng, "Today, His Majesty told me in Xiyuan, 'The Judiciary intends to conspire to judge an unjust law'."

Hearing Xu Jie's words, Huang Guangsheng was immediately stunned. Apparently, Emperor Jiajing understood the case, but he still approved it in the end.

"I understand."

Immediately, Huang Guangsheng knew what Xu Jie meant, that this matter could not be delayed, maybe the emperor suddenly changed his mind.

"The sooner the better."

When Huang Guangsheng took over the document, Xu Jie added.

Regarding the purpose of Yan Shifan's trial, the six divisions reviewed it very quickly. Huang Guangsheng was able to use the seal not long after he passed, and the rest was for the Ministry of Punishment to pronounce the sentence and choose a date for execution.

The news quickly spread from the Sixth Division to all parts of the court. In order to prevent accidents, the entire trial process of the case was kept strictly confidential, allowing the outside world to speculate. Now it can finally be confirmed.

death penalty.

In an instant, not only the officials celebrated with each other, but also invited them to drink and celebrate together. The news spread to the people, and the people heard about it very quickly.

Perhaps because there were too few entertainment activities in ancient times, beheading was also regarded as a pastime by the common people, at least in Wei Guangde's view, it was incomprehensible.

Officials drink to celebrate, and common people take pleasure in watching beheadings. This may be the difference between officials and civilians.

When Wei Guangde heard the news in the school record hall, he just sighed lightly and didn't say anything.

After leaving the office, Wei Guangde went home directly, instead of going to a feast with his colleagues.

When he arrived at the door, Wei Guangde saw Yang Yusun and Fan Weipi waiting outside.

Wei Guangde got off the carriage, and the two of them had already approached hand in hand.

"Master Yang, Lord Fan."

Wei Guangde clasped his hands in a bow.

"Shan Loan, the matter of Yan Dong Lou, is it really irreversible?"

Yang Yusun asked directly.

"Did Mr. Xu Ge ever accept the gift you were waiting for?"

Wei Guangde didn't answer directly, but asked.

Both of them shook their heads in unison.

"Oh, the palace has already nodded, it's too late to say anything, I can only blame Brother Donglou for narrowing the road and offending everyone, how can he not die."

Wei Guangde said in a low voice.

Yan Shifan was arrested and went to Beijing, so it was impossible for Yan Song to do nothing.

These Yang and Fan were the lobbyists invited by Yan Song, and they traveled around the various mansions in the capital during the trial of Yan Shifan's case.

Yang Yusun was the same year as Xu Ge's old Xu Jie, and he was still a fellow villager. Although Fan Weipi was a small official who had just entered his official career, his ancestor had a great reputation, and he was Fan Zhongyan in the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, one of them is senior and the other has a rich ancestor, and they still have a lot of face in the one-third of an acre of land in Beijing.

It's just that this time, Yan Shifan offended too many people, too big, to the extent that no one dared to protect him.

If Xu Jie alone wanted Yan Shifan to die, there might be room for change, but there was King Yu behind him, who would offend the future emperor.

This is also doomed that the two have run into walls in the capital these days, and they are not stupid, knowing that the key to this matter lies in the two places of Elder Xu Ge and Prince Yu's Mansion.

After Wei Guangde entered the house, the two had no choice but to find a place to discuss.

Wei Guangde's place is the place where they think they are most likely to get in touch with Prince Yu's Mansion. As for other people in the mansion, they almost don't think too much about it.

On March 44th, 24th year of Jiajing, Xinyou, Yan Shifan and Luo Longwen were escorted to Xishi for execution. They were beheaded in Chunri, which is rare.

For a time, the people in the capital flocked to watch, and the public spread widely about Yan Shifan's evil deeds. It has long been impossible to tell whether it is true or not, but the public opinion is like this, and the people have long regarded Yan Shifan as a traitor in the dynasty. , all thought to kill them quickly.

The momentum that day was even higher than that of Fan Yingqi's number one scholar boasting officials a few days ago. It can only be said that Yan Shifan robbed the limelight of the Jinshi in this session of the imperial examination.

But no matter what, there are 390 four new Jinshi in the officialdom of the capital, and they will soon enter the official career after completing the assignment of the imperial examination, becoming the fresh blood of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Cheng Shoujie, the censor of Jiangxi Province, was ordered to go south to Jiangxi to search the Yan family's property.

With the heads of Yan Shifan and Luo Longwen falling, and Yan Shaoting and others being sentenced to exile, the Yan family has completely fallen, and it will no longer be the same as it used to be.

But at this moment, another piece of news that shocked the government and the public came out.

On March 25, Yuan Wei, the great scholar of Jianji Hall, the Shaofu and Taizi Taifu's household secretary, went to beg for return.

Yuan Wei's illness has lasted for two months. People in the court and at home had already expected his request to return to his hometown to recuperate, but they didn't expect it to come so soon.

Emperor Jiajing readily agreed to Yuan Wei's request, including Yuan Wei's request to give his nephew Shang Baocheng a large round of soup and medicine for his leave, and ordered the post to pass it back.

Yuan Wei resigned, leaving only Xu Jie in the cabinet of the Jiajing Dynasty again. Although he could still manage to maintain it, according to the usual practice, Xu Jie still played on the second day of Yuan Wei's resignation, asking for cabinet ministers.

University scholar Xu Jie ranked the first grade for nine years and six years after the completion of the rank. Emperor Jiajing sent envoys to send gold unicorns, rice silk, platinum, precious banknotes, delicacies, and sheep wine. He still gave awards and special awards In the Kingdom of Zhu, it was ordered that Yin's son be the Prime Minister of Shang Baosi, and he would give a banquet to the Ministry of Rites.

Xu Jie pleaded as usual, not daring to accept orders.

Prince Yu's Mansion.

"Qing is loyal and fair, cares about the people of the country, has assisted the government for many years, and has written honorably and generously. The performance and grace of the Yi Code are not beyond the reading. , the four appearances of the color pot, and the rest should be ordered, and I will thank you for your loyalty and dedication with my deputy."

Zhang Juzheng was holding the transcript in his hand, Emperor Jiajing's comments to his teacher Xu Jie, although his face was not happy, but the slight twitching of the corners of his mouth also showed that Zhang Juzheng was in a happy mood at this time.

Officials who have achieved six departments and nine ministers will generally be praised by the emperor after three, six or nine years.

Wei Guangde understood the meaning of Emperor Jiajing's withdrawal of the "Zhu Kingdom" title, in fact, it was to wait for him to give it to him when he became an official, so that Xu Jie could be regarded as Dzogchen.

"Didn't Mr. Xu Ge say who His Majesty prefers to join the cabinet?"

Wei Guangde asked.

In fact, he also asked King Yu who was sitting on top of him to ask these words. At this time, King Yu was also staring at Zhang Juzheng, hoping to get accurate information from him.

(End of this chapter)