Gongqing bone

Chapter 24
On the second day, Zhou Yan was in place quickly, and he carefully checked the files all night.

Facing the room full of kneeling officials from the Ministry of Punishment, he first asked all the adults if they would like to have breakfast, and after getting all affirmative answers, all the adults were invited to sit down one by one.

Zhou Yan took out the dossier from last night, and asked preemptively, "Where are Langzhong and Yuanwailang who are in charge of Guizhou's clean officials?"

"The subordinate is here."

People of two statures, one tall and one short, came out and tried to kneel, but Zhou Yan stopped him, "Just sit down and answer."

Lang Zhong and Yuan Wai Lang looked at each other, it seemed that the Tenth Prince was really easy to talk to as rumored.

Zhou Yan rummaged around, and soon found the file he wanted, and he took out one:
"On the thirteenth day of the winter month in the 45th year of Longqing, in a remote town in Sansui, a wealthy gentry recruited many children as apprentices. According to local sources, when recruiting, boys who are only six to 13 years old should be recruited at the age of ten. Under the age of [-], a handsome appearance is preferred;
The local magistrate sentenced the gentry to the crime of 'rape' and fined the gentry to give each pair of parents of those boys a hundred cash, right? "

"Back to His Royal Highness, yes."

"This dossier outlines the ages of the children in detail, but there was no word about whether those children returned home, or even how many children the gentry bought.

One hundred pennies is far less than a consistent one. Is this one hundred pennies used as compensation for the 'crime of adultery' or is this money used to buy a child's life and death? "

"..."

Zhou Yan seemed to know that those in the Guizhou Cleaning Department couldn't answer, so he didn't continue to ask, and smiled like a spring breeze, looking for the next file.

"On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the same year, it was a bad day. Liping came to report that there was a case of bandits shooting flowers:

Someone abducted 50 boys and disappeared in Liping. It is said that the gang appeared near Wuling Mountain in Tongren later. "

Speaking of this, it seemed that Yuanwailang was in the middle of his arms. He said that the official had written a letter to the admiral of Guizhou;

And he has already reported to Lord Shangshu, hoping that Lord Shangshu will advise the Holy One to join forces with the admiral of Sichuan to suppress the bandits Yunyun.

That Yuanwailang didn't think there was anything wrong, especially after seeing the Tenth Prince who seemed to be smiling with satisfaction.

The old Shangshu on the other side really felt that something was wrong, at that time he could only let it sit on the case, wondering if this well-known idle prince could hear the way.

Before the old Shangshu could figure out why, Zhou Yan continued to say in his clear voice with a little childishness:
"In the spring of the 46th year of Longqing, a vicious case occurred in Anshun where bandits disguised themselves as officers and soldiers and robbed more than a hundred boys. So the issue of suppressing bandits was put on the agenda again, isn't it?"

Now, those people from Guizhou Qingli Department and a minister and two servants completely kneel down, and the doctor, headed by the doctor, began to kowtow to apologize:
"I hope that His Royal Highness will explain the cause and effect to His Majesty on behalf of the ministers and others, and Fu Wei begs for sins!
If the minister hadn't been busy with the case all day long, and wrote a letter to suppress the bandits as soon as possible, there would never have been such appalling and insane cases happening in Guizhou, and it would never have happened..."

"That's enough! Stop putting money on your silverfish's face!"

Zhou Yan stood up abruptly, and the chair creaked so painfully.

The officials were horrified, and looked up at Zhou Yan without knowing why.

At this time, Zhou Yan's awe-inspiring and inviolable appearance made the people kneeling below couldn't help but think:
When did the Tenth Prince become more noble than his starling?

Looking at the appearance, the man at the top is like a jade mountain, and the light shines on him.With the appearance of frowning tightly, the whole person is majestic and unapproachable.

The people kneeling on the ground gave each other winks. Their faces were submissive, but their bodies were very relaxed.

Zhou Yan sneered, he didn't take me seriously!

"The lower officials really don't understand what the tenth master said, and the lower officials do not want to discern if they have committed the crime of negligence;
But after all, we are all loyal to the emperor, although I dare not say that it is a long-cherished night, but it can be regarded as trembling..."

"Hehe~"

The person who had been talking non-stop just now couldn't say a word when he heard the light laughter for some reason.

"What a long-cherished night sleeps, what a bright candle!

Let me ask you, Wuling Mountain is located in the north of Guizhou, and the mountainous area is huge. It is distributed in Hunan, Sichuan, Hubei and other places. What did you tell me to bring the children from the east of Guizhou to the mountainous area in the north of Guizhou!
Did a large team go straight to Tongren Wuling Mountain without anyone noticing it?

What's more interesting is that it's still in the future. Even if you want to suppress the bandits, if you don't write a letter first, it is suggested that the emperor ask the admiral of Lianghu to order the suppression of the bandits, and what to do with the officials and soldiers in Sichuan if they are far away!
I think I can only interpret such an act of quenching near-thirst as stupidity, or pure evil!

After Laba is the new year, I just feel sorry for those children, who were kidnapped from their parents when the new year is approaching. I don’t know if they have survived that winter! "

The cold sweat on the old Shangshu's forehead was almost like a spring.

The evil was done by the Guizhou Cleaning Officials Department, but if you turn a blind eye, you can't avoid a crime of negligence!If it is not done well, it will be late for the festival!

Such aggression, although not directed at himself, is enough to make people speechless.

Old Shangshu did not expect that His Highness Zhou Yan's next question would make him want to die of shame.

"Anshun is known as 'the belly of Guizhou, the throat of Yunnan, and the lips and teeth of Sichuan and Guangdong'. It has the most flat and open terrain, a large population, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Just ask the state capital with such terrain and location, there will be majestic robbers pretending to be officials. matter?

Even if there were, where would those gangsters flee with a hundred or so children?Cross half of Guizhou and then go to Wuling Mountain?
There are more and more children in these cases and the nature is getting worse every time. You just turn a blind eye again and again.

You should plead guilty to the emperor and use your life to redeem it! "

After all, Zhou Yan left the dossier he had just selected from Wenshan Huihai with a cold expression.

The kneeling Langzhong and Yuanwailang felt that the handwriting on the files in front of them was beginning to blur, and their minds were in confusion.

"Your Majesty, the minister refuses to accept! Even if the lowly officials are guilty of negligence, the first ones to bear the brunt of this case are Mr. Fei Lufei and Guizhou's Chengxuan Zhengshi, Biansi Yamen and Fansi Yamen!

Don't you think it's unfair that you are so avoiding the important and humiliating us Beijing officials who are thousands of miles away?

And what does this have to do with Lao Shangshu?He is old and his legs and feet are inconvenient. He kneels with the lowly officials, and the lowly officials really can't bear it;
Even though Ba Ye felt sorry for his subordinates in Guizhou and wanted to put it down gently, but the lowly officials also felt sorry for Old Shangshu!

If His Royal Highness wants to inquire about crimes, all he needs to do is take the owner of the Guizhou Cleaning Department!Don't involve the innocent! "

The doctor of the Guizhou Cleaning Department spoke impassionedly, but he kept thinking in his heart.

(End of this chapter)