high official

Chapter 544 Confession
The case cannot continue here.If the trial continues, it will be against Dudu Ji. Wu Zhong and Li Guan didn't want to offend Ji Gang too much, so they announced their temporary withdrawal and retrial in the future.Wang Xian was not surprised by this result, after all, only the emperor could decide whether Ji Gang was guilty or not.Before the emperor opened his mouth, even the censor of the Ministry of punishment did not have the guts to say that he was guilty...

Being able to completely pick myself out like now, and even slapped Dudu Ji hard, can be regarded as a great help to Hu Guang and Liang Qian, and I can no longer expect too much.

The day's interrogation came to an abrupt end, Liang Qian, Na Ji Yan, and Chen Zhou were all imprisoned, while Ji Gang and Wang Xian went back to their respective yamen.

When Wang Xian walked out of the gate of the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, he saw Ji Gang waiting there with a gloomy expression.

"I've seen the governor." Wang Xian cupped his hands as a salute, so he wanted to get out of the way.

"Master Wang is so good at tricks, he even dared to deceive this official!" Seeing him being so rude, Ji Gang's eyes became more angry, and he said in a hateful voice.

"Your Majesty Ji just said it's the right thing to say." Wang Xian finally stood his ground, looked back at Ji Gang with cold eyes and said, "This time you are the one who is trying to get an official!"

"You!" Ji Gang's usual logic is that I can cheat you, but you can't cheat me, but Wang Xian didn't follow him, and almost got him internally injured, and it took him a long time to say: "Let's wait and see! " Then he took people away angrily.

Wang Xian stood on the steps, looking at Ji Gang's back on the horse with cold eyes, the sneer on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a serious face.

After returning to the yamen, he summoned Zhu Jiu in the inner lottery room, turned around, and Wang Xian told Zhu Jiuye what happened in the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment today.

Zhu Jiuye was amazed when he heard the words: "I didn't expect such a situation. Then Chen Zhou turned against him, but he made a big fool of Ji. Ji is also obsessed with ghosts, and he actually made a fake on this."

"Actually..." Wang Xian hesitated, and Fang said slowly, "Ji Gang didn't make a lie, it was Chen Zhou who lied."

"Ah?!" Zhu Jiuye said in shock: "Then Chen Zhou must have lost his mind? How dare you take such a big shame?!"

"Chen Zhou's parents were coerced by Ji Gang's people. It's true that I ensured the safety of his family." Wang Xian said in a low voice, "And let someone tell him that the consequences of telling the truth will be another disaster." A big prison will rise, and he will be cast aside by scholars all over the world, life would be worse than death."

"So he changed his mind?" Zhu Jiuye said in disbelief.

"That's right. Most of what he said in the lobby was from the bottom of his heart." Wang Xian said lightly, "This case implicates Shi Lin too widely. He is a scholar after all. How could he allow himself to be Ji Gang's tool to harm scholars?"

"So that's how it is..." Zhu Jiuye nodded. He knew that Wang Xian must not be telling the truth. For example, Chen Zhou's parents were very likely to be in the hands of Wang Xian's people.Another example is that he promised Chen Zhou all kinds of things...but he was even more confused about one point: "Why do you want to tell your subordinates these things?"

"Because you are loyal to the emperor..." Wang Xian said softly.

"My lord..." Zhu Jiuye couldn't help but tremble. He still has a secret mission, which is to spy on Wang Xian secretly.This matter is not really a secret. Wang Xian invited him to join the group at the beginning, and he also meant to show his sincerity, but no one has said anything about it before.After pondering for a moment, Zhu Jiuye said in a low voice: "I don't need to report this matter to the emperor." He felt that this was Ji Gang's trick after all, and Wang Xian returned it with an eye for an eye, and there is no need to hide it for him. No.

"You're thinking about it, I asked you to report to the emperor," Wang Xian shook his head firmly and said: "The emperor asked me to be the governor of Beizhen, so I can't lie to the emperor, otherwise I will be disloyal."

Zhu Jiuye looked at Wang Xian with wide eyes, wondering if he was telling the truth, but seeing his frank face, it didn't look like he was telling a lie. "My lord, why bother?"

"The only way to serve the emperor is to be loyal." Wang Xian closed his eyes and said, "This is my way of being loyal to the emperor, so I will report it."

"..." Zhu Jiuye took a deep look at Wang Xian. At this moment, he realized that he really couldn't understand this young adult.After a while, he said in a low voice, "Why don't you report it yourself, my lord?"

"I can't say these words directly to the emperor, it will make the emperor passive." Wang Xian didn't open his eyes, his face was full of loyalty and said: "You don't have to worry about me, the emperor is wise, you won't fail to see me like this!" faithful."

"Yes." Wang Xian had reached the point where Zhu Jiuye had no choice but to answer.

"My lord." As soon as Zhu Jiu left, Wu Wei stepped out, frowning and asked, "Why are you doing this?"

"Thousands of ways, that's the only way to do it." Wang Xian said with a wry smile: "The current case seems to be very unfavorable to Ji Gang, but if you jump out and think about it carefully, you will understand that no matter what method Ji Gang uses, it must be It is what he discovered before that he will be targeted."

Wu Wei thought about it, nodded and said: "Indeed, Ji Gang, Hu Guang and the Jiangxi Gang don't have deep hatred, so it is impossible to frame them for no reason."

"But this case has reached this stage, and Ji Gang has become the culprit." Wang Xian said with a wry smile: "This is certainly to relieve hatred, but the emperor has also become the target of being fooled. If you were the emperor, what would you think?"

"I would think that those civil servants are colluding, and even the adults wear a pair of trousers with them." Wu Wei understood a little bit.

"As you can imagine, the current emperor is the Holy Master with a great name, and no one can fool him." Wang Xian said in a deep voice, "So I can't hide it from the emperor, or else disaster will happen. On the contrary, let the emperor think that I am I am loyal, and my kind of loyalty is different from Ji Gang's. Ji Gang shows his loyalty by harming others, and I express my loyalty by protecting people. Which of these two loyalties is higher and which is lower, I believe the emperor will have a steelyard in his heart .”

"But what if the emperor doesn't think so much and insists on punishing the adults?" Wu Wei asked.

"No." Wang Xian stroked the short beard that grew out of his chin: "This case involves too much and involves too much, and we really need to investigate it. From the head of the cabinet down, one-fifth of the ministers and ministers want to Being implicated, what's the face of the court like that? So the emperor will appreciate it..." He said with a wry smile and said, "Of course I can't even think about it."

"As long as I can pass this level, my lord will be very good." Wu Wei said with a smile: "Is there any greater benefit than this?"

"You're saying that to your heart." Wang Xianbai glanced at him and said, "This official is obviously out of loyalty."

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Beiyuan, the apse of Yitian Hall, the inner palace of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di looked coldly at Zhu Jiu who was kneeling on the ground, and after a while he asked quietly, "Wang Xian really said that?"

"Yes," Zhu Jiuzhong nodded and said, "He said that Chen Zhou would change his confession. Although it violated the court's justice, it must not be hidden from the emperor. Even if the emperor killed his head, he would do that."

There was no expression on Zhu Di's gloomy face at all, and after a while he snorted coldly and said: "Since he is so courageous, why didn't he come to apologize himself, and you want to pass the message?"

"He said that would make the emperor passive. If the slaves report it, the emperor will have more than enough to make a decision." Although Zhu Jiu is loyal to the emperor, he is also grateful to Wang Xian who gave him a chance to turn himself around. Instead of repeating what Wang Xian said, he tried his best to whitewash him: "Judging from the fact that this slave has followed him these days, Wang Zhenfu is indeed loyal and never has the idea of ​​using power for personal gain. It's just that this slave doesn't understand. Why would he rather break the law than help Hu Guang and Liang Qian? As far as the servants know, the Zhejiang people and Jiangxi people in the court are incompatible. Just a few days before the exam, Wang Zhenfu even sent Hu Guang The young master was beaten up and sent to the prison of Yingtian Mansion."

His question is more effective than directly saying that Wang Xian is loyal.Sure enough, seeing a subtle change in the emperor's expression, Zhu Di snorted coldly and said, "He's just a dog picking up a mouse!" He looked at Huang He beside him and said, "You think Wang Xian did this to What?"

Huang He was the trial judge of this case. Hearing the words, his expression froze, and he couldn't help beating his heart. He wanted to stab Wang Xian twice, but he was afraid of saying something wrong and showing his own feet, so he said: "I can't tell... ..."

"Just say what you want!" Zhu Di said impatiently.

"Yes," Huang He had no choice but to weigh and said: "Going back to the emperor, I think he has at least three thoughts in doing this."

"Which three thoughts?" Zhu Di asked immediately.

"First, he is trying to get away with Ji Gang. The two of them had a quarrel in Jinyiwei. He seems to have a strong opinion on Mr. Ji's appointment of him as the inspector of the tribute examination. This move spoiled Mr. Ji's good deeds. It can be seen as a joke. Second, he knows the emperor's famous name, so he must not hide it, so he simply explained it first." Huang He looked at the emperor's face and saw that Zhu Di was still expressionless, so he was relieved and continued: "Third, he I still have a deep affection for the prince, although the relationship with Hu Guang and others is not good, I still have to protect them at this time."

In fact, Huang He guessed Wang Xian's mind all over the place. Unfortunately, although he is more than smart, he lacks real wisdom.In the eyes of truly wise people—for example, Emperor Yongle Zhu Di, the first thing they see is the impact of this case on the court—just as Wang Xian said, if this case is confirmed, the shock to the court will be too great up.At the beginning of this year, the chief assistant just died. If another chief assistant is killed now, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty are really in danger of falling apart.

Although Emperor Yongle won the world immediately, he also knew that scholars should be used to rule the world, but at this time, it was only a few decades before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and only a dozen years before Jingnan. North, the country is almost always at war.The result of this is that the court is full of nobles and heroes. These guys rely on their merits and have soldiers and generals in their hands.

(End of this chapter)