Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 371 Pei Sees Through

On Fang Yanqian's side, Yang Ming also greeted him. It is true that the official department does not have a file for someone like Wei Zheng, so we can see that the current Wei Zheng is not liked by the official department at all.

Wei Zheng in history, who made his fortune in Wagangzhai, was excavated by Li Mi, so he can be regarded as Wei Zheng's bole.

Whenever Wagangzhai is mentioned, everyone will think of the peasant uprising, and feel that the people here are all farmers.

Not Li Mi, nor Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng's grandfather was the governor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and his father was the county magistrate of the Northern Qi Dynasty. This family is also a family of officials, but they are not officials of the Sui Dynasty after all, so they can be called a poor family.

Fang Yanqian cleaned up the ancestors of the Wei family, and after getting a general understanding, he began to prepare files for Wei Zheng, and also praised him appropriately, to the effect that this person is talented, straightforward, and suitable for admonition minister.

Yushitai, this department is very interesting, there are very few people from aristocratic families, and even if there are, they are all people who are very unhappy in the family.

Because the duty of this department is to be loyal to the emperor alone and report the affairs of hundreds of officials. If the background is too good, there is no guarantee that its stand will be firm.

Yang Guang is very smart, so the people in Yushitai are all from poor families and noble families, and they dare to sue.

A few days later, Yang Ming received a report that Lai Hu'er had taken You Yiwei to Jinyang first.

Then Pei Shuying should also make preparations and leave the capital with King Xingyang.

Yang Jin is going to see his grandfather who is full of hearts and minds.

The tune of the Wangfu Department allocated 1000 people to escort Pei Shuying to Hedong, and then Xiao Mahe from Hedong would dispatch [-] elite cavalry troops to send Pei Shuying and King Xingyang all the way to Jinyang, the capital of Taiyuan County.

Another son is going out, so Wang Tong doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

Since she was going to leave home, Pei Shuying was definitely reluctant to part with Yang Ming, so playing a few games of poker was also a must. She was different from others, as long as Yang Ming slept on her bed, she didn't care whether she played poker or not, how often she played .

She only cares about whether Yang Ming is by her side, can hold her and talk to her. Pei Shuying is also the only one among Yang Ming's women who will chat with you during the poker game. She doesn't focus on poker itself at all.

It can be seen that her feelings for Yang Ming are entirely psychological.

At the beginning of August, Pei Shuying set off and left with her son. Outside the palace, as soon as the carriage started, she kept opening the curtain to look back at Yang Ming's figure.

She only had Yang Ming in her eyes.

There are many prisons in Daxing, including the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, and Yushitai Prison, as well as Jingzhao Prison, and county prisons in Chang’an County and Wannian County.

The Great Prison of the Ministry of Punishment is located in the imperial city. Unlike the movies and TV dramas, the prison of the Sui Dynasty is not the kind of deep underground prison with rows of wooden fences, but an open-air prison surrounded by brick houses. a circle.

There are twelve rooms in a circle, where prisoners are detained according to grade and crime size, and the small square in the middle is a place to let the wind out.

Slandering the prince is not a small crime, no jailer dares to punish Wei Zheng privately, and those who dare to lynch are all minor crimes.

As soon as Du Yan took office, he greeted the jailer and ordered some punishment. It looked miserable, but it couldn't hurt the bones.

The prison wardens are all masters of execution, and they have a good grasp of the timing and timing.

Gradually, everyone in the Ministry of Punishments knew that there was an awesome man in the prison, who dared to point at King Qin's nose and curse.

The Ministry of Punishments then spread to other yamen in the imperial city, and other yamen spread it to the outside world. Gradually, many people knew that there was such a thing.

"What is the origin of this person? You are not small," Wei Yue took the initiative to find his cousin Wei Jin and asked Wei Zheng about his origin.

Wei Jin is in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he is in charge of the household registration, which can be found out at once. Wei Jin has also seen the archives of the Ministry of Officials.

"He's really a strong man!" Wei Jin stroked his beard and said with a smile: "A humble scholar has such courage, it can be seen that this man has a strong body and is an upright person."

Wei Yue said with a smile: "An upright person dies quickly. This is the first time King Qin has suffered bad luck. I heard that this person directly satirized Qi and King Qin in front of many people. This person is either looking for death, or It’s just another plan.”

Wei Jin looked through Wei Zheng's files again, and said:

"Born from an aristocratic family, he shouldn't be so stupid. Although King Qin has a good reputation for benevolence and righteousness, no one in the world knows, and he doesn't blink when he kills people. Confused about his claim, he traveled thousands of miles to Hedong and joined Wang Tong's school, so we can see that he is an ambitious person."

"I heard from here that the King of Qin intends to kill this man," Wei Yue said in a low voice, "Do you think we should turn a blind eye or take advantage of it?"

Wei Jin frowned and said, "It's not easy to protect someone from the King of Qin, isn't it? If we make it clear, we will provoke the King of Qin, and the gain outweighs the loss."

"It's a rare opportunity," Wei Yue said, "now that Yu Wenshu and Lai Hu'er have been dispatched to Hebei and Shanxi, and the canal is about to be completed. A fight, this situation where two tigers are fighting each other, shouldn't we add a handful of firewood?"

Wei Jin pondered for a while, and said: "It's a little risky, we still have to see what the Crown Princess and others think. If everyone thinks this person should be protected, then we will protect it."

Wei Yue nodded and said: "As for Hebei affairs, King Qi's reputation has been rotten, and it is basically difficult to change the situation. At that time, King Qin will dominate. We must either carry shoes for others, or wait for them to come to clean up. After leaving the East Palace, everything will be over by then. This Wei Zheng is right about one thing. The King of Qin must have stood by and watched the matter in Hebei. He deliberately made the King of Qi rotten. Stepping in to make a name for yourself, but look what he's doing? He just can't sleep."

"According to you, after His Majesty returns to Beijing this time, it's time to settle the accounts for Hebei?" Wei Jin said.

Wei Yue couldn't help but said: "My brother, don't you see it? Who will be the crown prince? It's time for a decisive battle. This is King Qin's best chance. He will definitely find a way to do it in one fell swoop. Destroy King Qi, if we don't make a move, the Crown Princess has to honestly bring her three children to kneel and kowtow to King Qin."

As he said that, Wei Yue smiled wryly and said, "We only have this chance. If we can't take advantage of the chaos in Hebei to drag the King of Qin into the water, we have to quickly abandon the Crown Princess and go to the King of Qin. But at that time, the Crown Princess and her Whether the three sons can save their lives is uncertain, and which one of our Wei family will the King of Qin attack? It is also impossible to predict, but there must be you and me among them."

"It's not easy to drag someone into the water?" Wei Jin also realized the seriousness of the matter, and sighed: "He just stood by and watched, what reason do you have to implicate him?"

Wei Yue said: "Then we have to rely on Wei Zheng. You have also read the confession of Wei Zheng interrogated by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He regards the people as worthless and abandons all the people. He turns a blind eye when he sees the king of Qi doing evil. He doesn't care about the people and doesn't love the people. He is in vain for the clan. , How can we inherit the country and the country?"

After speaking, Wei Yue continued: "It can be seen that even a poor family like Wei Zheng thinks that the King of Qin should inherit the crown prince."

"The more you say that, the more afraid I am to protect this person," Wei Jin said, "It's already scolding him like this. Once we intervene, we will make King Qin anxious. The consequences are unpredictable. For such a big matter, We have to discuss it with people in the clan, but they are not in Beijing right now, the Crown Princess is a girl after all, and she cannot make decisions on major matters."

Wei Yue shook his head and sighed, folded his arms and said, "You really have no guts, since that's the case, then let's do this, find a way to delay, so that the King of Qin can't kill people, when His Majesty returns to Beijing, there will definitely be someone at Yushitai to report In this matter, we will observe the situation and make arrangements.”

"This is the safest way," Wei Jin nodded and said, "Slandering the prince is a serious crime, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice alone cannot convict or kill anyone. You have to come back from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice to discuss the crime together."

After that, Wei Jin picked up the tea and took a sip. Suddenly, his whole body was shocked, and he slammed the teacup on the table.

"Something's wrong! There's something wrong with this."

Wei Yue was stunned: "What's the problem?"

Wei Jin's eyes were wide open, and he said without blinking, "King Qin wanted to kill someone, why didn't he kill him outside, but threw him into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice? What is he trying to do?"

Wei Yue frowned and said, "Perhaps it's not easy to strike in front of so many people? After all, killing him on the spot makes him seem immeasurable?"

"Fart!" Wei Jin slapped the table and stood up: "He is counting us in, good guy, almost fell for him."

Wei Yue also stood up and said, "I don't understand, please explain clearly."

Wei Jin blew his beard and stared: "A scholar, he opened his mouth and scolded the two princes. The King of Qin didn't kill people on the spot, and he didn't detain them privately. Instead, he threw them to the Ministry of Punishment. Why? Because he just wanted to use this man's mouth to make money. Destroy King Qi."

Wei Yue came to his senses, his whole body felt cold instantly, and his hairs stood on end.

Wei Zheng’s confession indeed scolded King Qin and King Qi, but the scolding can be serious. He scolded Yang Hao even more harshly.

And he thought too simply, thinking that this person could pour shit on the faces of the two princes at the same time, so that King Qin's reputation would be bad for them, which would be beneficial to them, but now, after being reminded by his cousin Wei Jin, King Qin has vicious intentions ah.

"Is he trying to lure our guarantor on purpose?" Wei Yue was dumbfounded and said, "When the time comes, so that King Qi can turn against us? Killing two birds with one stone, what a vicious plan."

Wei Jin said angrily: "He must have a backup waiting for us. Wei Zheng's cursing is an unexpected emergency. He can make a decision in an instant and choose to kill with a knife. This person's scheming is too terrible .”

Wei Yue sat back to his seat with a dejected face, shook his head and sighed:
"Second Sage cultivated it with his own hands. It's really amazing. You and I have spent decades of salt for nothing, but he played with it in the palm of your hand. It can be seen that Shang Wei's side was also arranged by others early on. I was careless."

"I told you a long time ago that any important matter should not be entrusted to women," Wei Jin said after sitting down, "Fortunately, I saw through it in time and was almost killed by you."

"My fault, my fault," Wei Yue blushed.

(End of this chapter)