Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 275

In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the city gate was opened, the government servants from the soldiers and horses were seen galloping into the capital, chasing Jia Ying before he reached the Fengtian Gate.

"My lord, the warehouse at Tongzhou Wharf caught fire last night, and all the prisoners held in it were buried in the flames."

"What? Are you a bunch of trash? I have repeatedly asked Haosheng to be detained. Is this what you have told me?"

Jia Ying stood up on the horse, looking desperate.

Along the street, there were many officials who went to Fengtian Hall to attend the court meeting, but these people were all riding sedan chairs, except for Jia Ying.At this moment, from time to time, officials passing by opened the curtain and looked over here. Everyone was curious about what happened, which made Jia Ying lose his composure once in a while. This was a scene they had never seen before.

Jia Ying was about to reprimand her a few more words, when Xi'er at the side saw someone watching, she reminded: "Second Master, the court meeting is important."

"Hmph, who is in charge of the guard over there? Let him go to the yamen and wait for the official to come down, and then ask him to settle the score later."

When he got to Fengtian Gate, Jia Ying still had a dark face, as if someone owed him money, and he didn't talk to his familiar colleagues, he found his own train and waited for the opening of the dynasty.

Someone saw this scene, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Inside Fengtian Temple.

"Your Majesty, I have impeached Jia Ying, the governor of the Wucheng army and horses, and Liu Yunlong, the head of the Ministry of Industry, for privately robbing grain. Hexi Wuchaoguan has mentioned it as evidence. I ask your majesty to punish Jia Ying for his crimes." Take the lead in attacking Jia Ying.

As soon as the words fell, Jia Yingye had already left the class to play: "Your Majesty Qizuo, a few days ago, the king of Li County sent a letter saying that the official food destined for the capital was robbed in Xuzhou. Part of this batch of food was used for disaster relief, and the other part How could it be allocated to the Ministry of Industry to dredge the river? After receiving the news, the minister immediately negotiated with Mr. Liu to send people along the canal to investigate secretly in an attempt to recover the robbed grain.

Yesterday, a group of thieves pretended to be people from the Water Transport Yamen and tried to pass through the Chaoguan. Only then did the minister and Mr. Liu send troops to seize the stolen goods. Approved disaster relief grain and river grain. "

"Jia Ying, don't make excuses. The men and horses responsible for escorting the grain are all under the banner of the grain transport yamen, and there is no shortage of official documents. How come you become the thief in your mouth? I think you are clearly ignorant and rely on Being favored and proud, betraying His Majesty's trust in you, and seeking personal gain, you have the audacity to get the attention of the Great Water Transport, and you should be punished for your crime."

At this time, another person stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Jia Ying. Your Majesty entrusted Jia Ying with the heavy responsibility of disaster relief, but he sent all the disaster victims near the capital to the river construction site, and let those who have nothing to eat The hungry victims went to dig canals, and they were severely punished and exploited. Under the heavy pressure, countless people froze to death. The disaster relief standards stipulated by the imperial court were not implemented by Jia Ying, and many people could barely eat gruel.

These are my subjects, Your Majesty has a heart of benevolence, but courtiers like Jia Ying do not respect the king's law, cannot educate, and affect the prestige of the Holy Son of Heaven. He was dismissed from office and handed over to a supervisor for questioning. "

Jia Ying sneered, even a small censor patrolling the city dared to jump out and criticize him, who gave him the courage.

"Can this matter, Jia Ying, do you have something to say?" Jia De asked solemnly.

Jia Ying first bowed in the direction of Jin Zuo, and then looked at the Xuncheng Yushi who followed suit and asked: "Didn't Yang Yushi hear the method of using work for relief? Prosperity, since you are hungry, and benefit the people because of it', why can't I follow suit now, you are ignorant, ignorant and incompetent, but you are doing it the other way around."

"You said I was fooling the people with gruel, but do you know how much food the Ministry of Household allocated to Bing Masi? There were tens of thousands of victims inside and outside the capital, and the daily consumption of food was nearly a thousand stones. The food is only five thousand shi, what do you ask me to give the people to eat thick food."

"Your Majesty, because of the lack of food in the capital, I had no choice but to ask Li County King to allocate part of the food used for the river workers to the minister for disaster relief. Those victims are also good laborers. I thought that since the river workers need people, why It is impossible to transfer these victims to the past, so as to solve the problem of food relief, the Ministry of Industry and the River Workers do not have to forcefully conscript the people, and they can save some food for the court, which is a way to achieve both. He was robbed by thieves before reaching the capital, so I and Master Yang led people to chase after the thieves."

"Thanks to the protection of the Holy Emperor, the robbed grains were recovered by the ministers one by one."

Jia Ying raised her chest and raised her head, staring angrily at the minister of household affairs and said, "As for Zhou Shilang's slander about the private robbery of grain by the lower official, the lower official would like to ask Zhou Shilang, the [-] shi of grain intercepted by the lower official was clearly printed with 'disaster relief' on the sack. How did the sign of 'river course' become grain grain? If Zhou Shilang insisted that it was grain grain, where would the grain transported to the capital by the king of Li Jun go?"

Yang Yi was just behind a few cabinet ministers. Hearing Jia Ying's debate, his brows frowned slightly, and he couldn't help cursing inwardly. Yuan Maolin, an idiot, didn't know how to replace all the food bags, or Change those marks to water transport?Actually left such a handle to the other party.

However, he still made up his mind. Yesterday those people played under the banner of the Water Transport Yamen, and everyone near the money pass saw it. Huai'an is his territory. Can't find out what's wrong.

Right now, it depends on how Zhou Shilang responds.

I saw Zhou Shilang sneer and said: "According to the usual practice, there is a special mark on the grain, but it is put into the warehouse. The grain collected by the Ministry of Households in the south of the Yangtze River this time was originally used for disaster relief and water conservancy, and the mark was temporarily replaced. , there is nothing wrong with it."

"As for the king of Li Jun to adjust grain to the north, that is just your one-sided statement. My household department has not received any documents from the customs office. Moreover, even if what you said is true, you should go to those who robbed the grain. Bandits, instead of sending troops to plunder grain, Jia Ying, you are really daring."

Zhou Shilang suddenly turned to the emperor and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I also received complaints from dozens of grain companies in the capital last night, suing Jia Ying for the name of chasing grain and suppressing thieves, pretending to be good and pretending to be good, and deporting dozens of grain companies. The shopkeeper and the buddies slandered them as thieves, and also seized the grain they went south to buy for public benefit.

Your Majesty, right now there is a shortage of food in Beijing, and it is the food that is needed to save the lives of the victims, but it has all gone into Jia Ying's private pockets. Although merchants are lowly in business, they are also working hard for my people. There is no reason for that According to the principle of arresting people.Your Majesty, please punish Jia Ying for his crime. "

All the officials in the hall began to discuss in low voices. Some accused Jia Ying of disrespecting the king's law, and some followed suit. Everyone could see that this was a sniper attack against Jia Ying. The servant, one is the Xuncheng Yushi who holds the right to play the solo, and the testimony of Hexi Wuchaoguan. No matter how you look at it, it is difficult for Jia Ying to stand up. Feng Hengshi, who is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, is silent. Do you want your students to be besieged by everyone?

People's hearts are the most complicated thing. Even if the officials in the palace have no enmity with Jia Ying, they still feel jealous. Who made Jia Ying have a smooth journey since he became an official, and the jump is too high.

A smile flashed in Zhou Shilang's eyes, this was just the beginning, when the imperial court asked Jia Ying for someone, he couldn't call out any one, that was the lore they were preparing for.

If you want to fight a snake without dying, if you want to make trouble, you must not give the enemy a chance to breathe, especially if you are a young man like Jia Ying who was born in the imperial examination. This is the experience Zhou Mo has summed up over the past ten years as an official.

Feng Hengshi noticed that some officials were looking at him, probably guessing why he didn't come forward to save his favorite student.

It's just that Feng Hengshi didn't realize all of this.

Fu Donglai had already said something beforehand, and he was impartial about it.Yang Jing was still paddling, as if he had taken over Li Endi's big stick. With the presence of the old god, no one could see what he was thinking.

Gu Chunting looked at Zhou Shilang, seemed to have thought of something, and stood up with a nod.

Ye Baichuan was expressionless, and in the end he simply closed his eyes. Some people always regard other people's strength as luck, which is really ridiculous.

"So, Mr. Zhou has decided that Cao Liang was the one who robbed the officials?" Jia Ying asked calmly, without any panic at the moment.

"It was originally the grain collected by the Ministry of Households from the south of the Yangtze River. How could this official not know about it. Besides, every time the Water Transport Yamen transports grain into Beijing, it must be submitted to the Ministry of Households for recordation in advance. This official is not in the mood to joke with you here."

While Zhou Shilang was speaking, his heart suddenly felt for no reason, why the other party was still acting so calm at this moment, this is not normal.

"Is there something missing?"

"It shouldn't be, one of Wei'er's loopholes has been plugged by him, and the rest are the people who keep the food, but last night"

Zhou Shilang shook his head secretly, thinking: "It should be because I think too much, and I am not fully sure, the prince will not let me make a move."

Just when he was in doubt, Jia Ying took out a notebook from his bosom and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, the minister interrogated those who pretended to be the Water Transport Yamen overnight. This is the confession recorded by the minister. Please read it."

Dai Quan took the notebook and presented it to Jiade.

confession?Where did the confession come from? Not all people have been
Zhou Shilang looked towards the front of the train in a panic, but got no response.

I just heard Jia Ying continue to say: "Your Majesty, Zhou Shilang identified those people as officers and soldiers protecting the canal, but after being interrogated by the ministers, among those people, only the leader was the supervisor of the canal transport yamen, with official certificates as evidence, and the rest But they are all from Xuzhou Mansion, they are domestic servants supported by Yuan Maolin, the magistrate, except for the transport supervisor, there is no one who is an officer and soldier of water transport."

"Besides, they don't have the corresponding documents for transporting grain. I would like to ask Zhou Shilang, when did the servant of the prefect of Xuzhou become a member of the grain transport yamen? Is it time to borrow the hands of outsiders?"

"impossible!"

Zhou Shilang said categorically that those people were dead men, and they were already dead, leaving no one alive.

"Your Majesty, due to the large number of thieves and bandits, I can only temporarily place them in the warehouse of Tongzhou Wharf. However, before I can question them carefully, a fire broke out in the warehouse of Tongzhou Wharf. Fortunately, I took the leader of the bandits, Wu Zhengyou, etc. More than a dozen thieves were detained separately, and only then was the truth discovered."

"As for those merchants, I just brought them back to investigate the truth, and after verifying their identities, I let them go."

Among these people, except for Wu Zhengyou and Yuan Maolin's confidantes, the rest are all grooms recruited from the banks of the canal in the name of the Water Transport Yamen. This is also the routine operation of the Water Transport Yamen. The rest are people temporarily transferred from various places. These people always think that what they are escorting is grain.

As for Wu Zhengyou and Yuan Maolin's confidantes, they didn't say anything at first, until they saw the warehouse engulfed by the fire with their own eyes, and they realized that they had become abandoned children.

Zhou Mo was obviously panicked at this time, and froze on the spot, not knowing how to refute, and met the warning eyes from the front, he could only shut up and let himself be dumb, the atmosphere in the hall seemed a bit depressed.

Feng Hengshi's beard trembled slightly, and his heart was full of disdain for these tricks.

Things are so rough, and he wants to use this to deal with his favorite student, who does he look down on.

Jiade's eyes swept over the officials, and finally fell on Zhou Mo.

Before Jiade could speak, Zhou Mo was already kneeling on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly: "Your Majesty, I'm guilty, I deserve to die."

Jia De showed disgust, waved his hand and said: "Take him down and send him to prison."

Jiade didn't bother to ask any more questions. Jia Ying's book made everything clear. Wu Zhengyou explained that they originally wanted to withhold this batch of grain in the name of the Ministry of Households. The official document issued by Zhou Mo was Then it will be transported to the north under the banner of water transport. As for where it will be transported, he does not know. Moreover, this is not the first time. Unfortunately, this time they robbed Jia Ying and Yang Bi of food.

Of course, it is impossible for them to be the only two of them in this chain of interests, at least Yuan Maolin is involved in it.

As for the rest, after arriving at the imperial prison, someone will naturally go to torture them.

When such a scandal happened, Jiade could not avoid the fault of the household department, and even Yang Yi was reprimanded in court.

At this moment, Yang Yi's heart was full of luck. Fortunately, because of his caution, he hadn't submitted the memorial he prepared last night.

"Let's leave the court, King Zhao stays."

In Huagai Hall, there are only father and son at this time.

"Are you involved in Zhou Mo's matter?" Jia De stared at his son and asked in a deep voice.

Before Yang Yi could speak, Jia De said again: "Zhen, you must listen to the truth."

At this moment, father and son become monarchs and ministers.

Yang Yi took a deep breath, stepped into the hall, and knelt down.

"Father asks, son-in-law dare not tell the truth."

"My minister knew about Zhou Mo's impeachment of Jia Ying. Even after hearing that Cao Liang was robbed, my minister drew up a scripture, but I haven't had time to present it to my father."

"So, you were also involved in the Caoliang case?"

(End of this chapter)