Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 136 King Zhongshun’s counterattack
On the first day that Jia Qiong took office, he swiftly investigated and dealt with the local slut Huang Xian Cheng, but lightly let other subordinate officials go.

The combination of kindness and power made all the officials and subordinates in Chang'an County fear the new county magistrate, and no one dared to slack off in the slightest.

Therefore, Jia Qiong's work can quickly get on track.

As the saying goes, the magistrate who confiscates the family is the governor who destroys the family.

Although the county magistrate is just a small official and does not have the right to directly kill people, he still has the right to raid homes.

After Huang Bian confessed, Jia Qiong was unambiguous and had his home ransacked.

Jia Qiong’s original words are as follows: “The county’s accounts have a huge deficit, and there are many deficiencies in the three warehouses.

This time the Huang family is inspected, and I want to make up for all the shortfalls.

If there is too much, it will be turned over to the treasury. If there is too little, whoever among you is greedy will have to make up for it. "

Even after Jia Qiong's words were released, the people in the county still didn't work hard enough to raid the house.

The situation can be described as locusts passing through the border, leaving no grass growing.

Huang Bian's house, farm, and shop, as well as the hidden outhouse, were all identified by the people in the county government.

Then the ground was dug up and everything was looted.

Huang Bian's ancestor was a landlord in Chang'an, and his family was very wealthy before he became the county magistrate.

After becoming the county magistrate, relying on his loyalty to the palace, he tried every means to make money.

This time they were all scooped out, and there was really a lot of oil and water.

In the end, the stolen goods, roughly calculated from various industries, amounted to 28 taels.

Jia Qiong was shocked by this number. He knew that Huang Bian's family had a lot of wealth, but he didn't expect it to be so much.

This much money can not only cover all the deficits in the county, but also generate an extra 20 taels.

As for how much of this is his ancestral property and how much is illegal income, Jia Qiong has no control over it.

Jia Qiong first gave Emperor Longqing a note to report the situation, and then began to sell Huangbian's various properties.

He planned to use this money to fill the deficit in Chang'an County, and then withhold part of it as public funds, and then hand over the remaining money in full.

Just one day after taking office, Jia Qiong made up for the deficit of Chang'an County over the years and generated more than [-] taels of revenue for the court.

For Emperor Longqing, who was very short of money, this felt like pie in the sky.

Jia Qiong acted too quickly. By the time King Zhongshun received the news two days later, Huang Bian had already been transferred to Dali Temple.

This case was handled cleanly by Jia Qiong, with all the witnesses and material evidence. It had been turned into a solid case, and he couldn't turn it over even if he wanted to.

King Zhongshun was furious when he found out. As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog.

Jia Qiong arrested his "father-in-law" without even saying hello and ransacked his home.

He was still worried about the advantage of his father-in-law's family wealth, but now it was Jia Qiong's advantage.

Jia Qiong didn't give him any face. Prince Zhongshun and the Jia family's ancestors were a bit dirty. Now he even hated Jia Qiong.

King Zhongshun broke off the relationship privately and asked people to go to the prison of Dali Temple to find Huang Bian and inquire about the situation.

He heard that Jia Qiong not only brought the royal guards to the court, but also brought an Emperor's Sword with him.

How could Jia Qiong have the Emperor's Sword? He was immediately excited.

He immediately decided to attend tomorrow's morning meeting and read Jia Qiong's book severely, even if he didn't die, he would have his skin peeled off!
Da Chu's morning court is held on the first, eleventh and 21st of each month.

Those who are eligible to participate are only nobles of the clan, civil servants of the fourth rank and above in Beijing, and military generals of the second rank and above.

Of course, many nobles of the clan are too lazy to attend the Chang Dynasty, such as Prince Gong.

He is now on an errand as the Zongren Mansion's Zong Ling and the Pro-Army Commander, but unless there is something important, he usually does not attend the Chang Dynasty.

So in the morning court the next day, Emperor Longqing saw King Zhongshun in the front row at a glance and knew that he must have something to do during the morning court today.

King Zhongshun only works as an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and usually does not bother to attend court meetings.

So Emperor Longqing asked directly: "Yongyan, what are you talking about in court today?"

King Zhongshun immediately came out and said: "I will play the role of Jia Qiong, the magistrate of Chang'an.

He behaves erratically and has no law to control. In order to make money, he willfully framed the court officials. "

When Emperor Longqing heard that this was the reason, he felt unhappy.

He has already read Huang Bian's case files, and in his opinion, Jia Qiong's handling was not inappropriate.

King Zhongshun came to speak for Huang Bian at this time, maybe he wanted to reverse the case.

Do you still want him to return the 20 taels of silver?

Before Emperor Longqing could speak, among the civil servants, Di Zhisun, the minister of Dali Temple, had already gone out to refute.

"Your Majesty, the evidence in Huang Bian's case is solid, and the criminal confessed, so how can there be any false accusations?"

King Zhongshun snorted coldly and said: "What evidence there is, it's just the chief bookkeeper's words.

Jia Qiong arbitrarily decided the case without verification and regarded the court's laws as child's play.The king believes that he must have colluded with the chief clerk and conspired to slander Huang Bian, and should be investigated strictly. "

Di Zhisun asked: "Excuse me, Your Majesty, if it was a slander and Magistrate Jia did not impose punishment, why did Huang Bian plead guilty?"

King Zhongshun immediately said excitedly: "This is the most hateful thing about Jia Qiong.

He actually dared to command the Jin Yiwei at will, and even used the Emperor's Sword to intimidate his subordinates.

Pretending to use the power of God is a heinous crime!Not killing is not enough to make the people angry, so please ask the emperor to judge! "

Emperor Long Qing frowned when he heard this. He expected that Jia Qiong would use that sword to cause trouble.

But what was going on with the Jinyiwei? He couldn't help but turn his head and look at Ji Hongzhang, the commander of the Jinyiwei.

Ji Hongzhang was also cursing in his heart at this time.

When Jia Qiong borrowed someone, he said that he felt like there were always people peeking into his house recently, and wanted to find some guards to protect his safety, and also to deter Xiaoxiao.

Ji Hongzhang knew that Emperor Longqing attached great importance to Jia Qiong, and he didn't want to offend him over this trivial matter, so he reluctantly agreed.

But he just borrowed a few royal guards to be his bodyguards for a few days. Why did this guy take them to the court to intimidate his subordinates!

But at this point, he can't say that he was deceived by Jia Qiong. If so, he would be responsible for negligence.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Jia belongs to a thousand households in Jinyi. As a rule, you can bring a few Jinyi guards to protect his safety."

Only then did Emperor Longqing remember that Jia Qiong also had the title of Jinyiwei Qianhu.

However, no one dared to use the Jinyiwei Qianhu who only had an additional title but no real differences.

This kid Jia Qiong is really bold. It seems that he must be warned.

Otherwise, it won't be long before he has to go to the house to reveal the tiles.

Emperor Longqing thought of this and said with a straight face: "I did give Jia Qiong a sword, but it was not the Emperor's Sword.

Jia Qiong acted carelessly and misunderstood others, so he was punished by being sentenced to one year.

The evidence in the Huang Bian case is conclusive and no further discussion is needed. "

King Zhongshun was stunned after hearing this. He dared to love Jia Qiong and he really had the Emperor's Sword!

He suddenly felt that he had made a mistake and knew that Emperor Long Qing must value that boy very much.

He didn't dare to say anything else, so he just returned to the morning class.

It's a pity that he wanted to retreat, but someone refused to let him retreat.

Someone immediately walked out of the censor's team, it was Jia Qiong's senior brother Yu Jie.

He said: "May I ask, Lord Zhongshun, what does Huang Bian have to do with you? Why do you want to defend the guilty minister?"

King Zhongshun turned around and glared at him, and said angrily: "Huang Bian has nothing to do with me."

Yu Jie said, "As far as I know, Huang Bian is the father of the prince's concubine. Is it true?"

King Zhongshun argued: "How could I take him seriously as the father of a mere concubine?

I just couldn't stand Jia Qiong's behavior and just spoke up. "

Yu Jie did not back down and said: "What a clever word.

Yu Jie, the imperial censor, impeached King Zhongshun for his misconduct and shielding his relatives and friends, and asked the emperor to judge him. "

Immediately afterwards, someone else came out and said: "King Zhongshun is a member of the royal family, and his relatives and friends violate the criminal law without thinking of admonishing them. Instead, they help him do evil.

Yuan Qing, the imperial censor, impeached King Zhongshun for confusing right and wrong and slandering the imperial officials! "

"The Minister of Literary Affairs has asked Chen Guofeng to take part in the matter..."

Kedao Yanguan, all of them make a living by trolling people. They usually find something to show their presence when they have nothing to do.

Now that such a big prince is coming to their door, how can they be so polite?

Several of Jia Qiong's senior brothers took the lead, and they all pointed their fingers at him, using all their firepower and scolding him bloody.

King Zhongshun now knew how big a hornet's nest he had stirred.

Don't talk back, he was sprayed so hard that he couldn't even lift his head.

In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore and had to kneel down to apologize.

Emperor Longqing took advantage of the situation and said: "King Zhongshun behaved improperly, confusing right and wrong, and shielding the guilty officials.

He was sentenced to one year in prison and three months of shut-in to reflect on his past as a punishment! "

"The minister leads the decree..."

King Zhongshun felt regretful at this moment. He filed a lawsuit against Jia Qiong, and as a result, he and Jia Qiong were fined for one year.

However, his annual salary as a prince is just as much as that of Jia Qiong, a captain of light carriages. He really lost money this time.

(End of this chapter)