palace garden
After receiving the order, King Zhongshun was very worried. He followed Xu Luan, the chief eunuch of Chonghua Palace, to the Tihe Hall.
King Zhongshun looked at the palace in front of him and had no choice but to bite the bullet. Under the eyes of everyone, he followed the eunuch into the palace and moved into the bedroom. Before he got close, he knelt down and faced the old man's knees on the bed. stick in
He left and cried: "Father, the Gongling Mausoleum has collapsed. I am guilty. I am guilty..."
I cried so hard that it really saddened everyone who heard it and shed tears when I saw it.
The eldest princess of Jinyang was not far away from Queen Song at the moment, staring at the figure kneeling on the ground, with a little joy flashing through her heart, hmm, today too?
Empress Song was instructing the maids to remove the dishes from the table and looked at King Zhongshun indifferently.
In fact, even if Empress Song did not have much favorable impression of King Zhongshun, if King Zhongshun could not take charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, perhaps her relatives or sons would have the opportunity to take over.
"You actually still remember me as your father, cough..."
Emperor Longzhi's face was as dark as water. He looked coldly at King Zhongshun who was approaching on his knees. He said in a cold voice, and then coughed violently.
Feng Taiqi quickly stroked the Queen's back and sighed secretly.
King Zhongshun wiped his tears with his sleeves and cried: "My son was frightened, the earth dragon was stirring, and Gongling Mausoleum was robbed. My son was also horrified when he heard about it, so he immediately entered the palace to report to his younger brother... I supervised the construction." The imperial mausoleum is ineffective:
Please punish me father! "
This statement naturally attributes the collapse of the mausoleum to natural disasters rather than man-made disasters.
"Disaster?" Emperor Longzhi sneered, stared at King Zhongshun, and said sarcastically: "In the palace confinement, with the power of Mengdilong's churning, not all the palaces were destroyed. My mausoleum has been repaired for several years, but yet Yixun
collapse! Are you saying that I have failed in all directions and committed sins in the world, so I deserve this retribution? "
"My son, I dare not." King Zhongshun cried loudly, his heart was awe-inspiring, and he secretly thought that something was not going well. Sure enough, he said this, "I", violently knocked on the gold brick, clasped the Mingyu Jade King's hat on his forehead, and paused
A trace of bright red blood appeared, and Lao Bo's body kept trembling, crying: "Father, the people below must have deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates. I will go back to investigate carefully and give an explanation to my father!"
Now that things have come to this, I have to lose a few heads to take on this matter before I can give up.
The Supreme Emperor looked up at the sky and stared blankly at the beams on the palace. He said indifferently: "Strict investigation? No need. I have selected another person to investigate the culprits. You can stay in the palace and wait for the results of the investigation." ,"
He has been the emperor for decades and has been at war with his ministers all his life. Once a seed of doubt is planted in his heart, it will immediately take root and grow into a towering tree. How could it be possible for King Zhongshun to defeat him perfunctorily?
It would be fine if he didn't get involved in this matter. If he was involved in the case, there's no way he would...
When King Zhongshun heard this, his old body covered in python dragon robes became suffocating. He kowtowed like garlic and cried bitterly: "Father, my son and I have been unjustly accused, unjustly accused."
As he spoke, he suddenly looked at Emperor Chongping, who was standing aside with a cold face. King Zhongshun's gray-haired face showed eagerness, and he cried: "Your Majesty, although there is something fishy about the collapse of the imperial mausoleum, my brother doesn't know about it. Now send someone
The people from the Criminal Division are conducting a strict investigation and must get to the bottom of it! "
Emperor Chongping stared at King Zhongshun with cold eyes, feeling extremely disappointed. No matter how arrogant his brother Gu was, he could still tolerate it, but if he tampered with the mausoleum, where would he be, the emperor?
After pondering for a moment, he said in a hot voice: "The safety of the mausoleum is extremely serious. Now it collapsed due to smoke and so many people were buried. We have to investigate the source. He is the chief supervisor of the construction, so there is no doubt. It is appropriate." Self-examination.
King Zhongshun is like a thunderbolt, because I noticed some good signs, I am not suspicious?
Does that mean you want to give up on me?
After gathering his thoughts, he asked loudly: "Your Majesty, do you know who is going to investigate this matter?"
"Jinyi Mansion, the internal police factory," Emperor Chongping said with a face as iron as iron, in a hot voice,
Like a bolt from the blue, King Zhongshun felt a chill from early spring coming from all directions, and his heart trembled.
By asking Dai Quan, who is in charge of Jinyi Mansion, to investigate, am I just... making matters worse! ?
His Majesty interrupted King Zhongshun's complicated thoughts: "Take me up and kneel at the entrance of the palace until the Jinyi Mansion and the inner guards find out the truth!"
King Zhongshun felt nervous and opened his mouth to say something.
Xu Luan, the chief eunuch, approached and said loudly: "Your Majesty, let's go."
As he spoke, he winked at the two eunuchs:
King Zhongshun felt that his hands and feet were weak, and he was dragged into the palace with the support of two chief eunuchs.
At this moment, the rain curtain in the palace is deep, like curtains and fog, the small palace garden is a vast expanse, the wind and rain are like darkness, the rainwater gathering under the tiles is like broken pearls, washing away the dust that the queen of the palace has soaked in the ground. ,
However, the sky above Your Highness was filled with dark clouds. The big beast under the roof had its neck and eyes soaked by the rain. It was a nearby willow tree with new branches and leaves. It was also in the early spring of July. follow suit
Shaking, verdant and full of greenery.
Ministry of Internal Affairs
In that yamen with red doors and copper rings and red walls and black tiles, a small group of guards from the Jinyi Mansion rushed out of the government office and ended the search for Zhou Changshi, a doctor in the Construction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and his subordinate Shangguan Geng.
Because it was raining, Dai Quan and Bo Qi, surrounded by a group of royal guards, retreated through the small door, the Jingyi Gate, and entered the official hall. Because it was a clear rainy day, the light was dim but bright, and the guards had already lit many candles. ,three
During this time, the lights illuminated the scattered and tidy official hall.
At this moment, the official hall was crowded with people and noisy. The bright candlelight shook the panicked faces on the black hats. They were the guards of the Eighth House of the Internal Affairs Bureau.
In fact, when the guards of the House of Internal Affairs and the Jinyi Mansion were confronting each other behind the door, the staff of the House of Internal Affairs were all worried and worried.
The Jinyi Mansion sent people to arrest Zhou Changshi, the construction manager. Was there something going on?
However, Empress Song, the official historian of the Zhongshun Palace who was in charge of the affairs of the palace, actually ordered all the officials in the government office to settle down in their respective positions. She acted rashly and even ordered the guards to gather troops to resist the guards in Jinyi who entered the government office to take away people.
Therefore, although all the officials were as slow as ants in a cold pot, they had no choice but to do nothing.
Along with Dai Quan, Jia Heng and a group of internal guards, white people poured into the hall.
The guards from the Internal Affairs Office who were originally surrounded by eighty-seven and chatty people all looked over in panic.
"quiet!"
The guards of the Jinyi Mansion who were accompanying them on the right and left opened their mouths and shouted loudly, as if spring thunder exploded in the official hall, making everyone's hearts tremble, and the noise suddenly stopped,
"Eunuch, please sit down." Bo Qi looked at the case in the main hall of the official hall and invited him,
Bo Qi smiled and said: "Dudu Jia is the presiding judge of this case. He will sit down now."
Seeing this, Dai Quan did not retreat from the case. Instead, he sat down under the chair on the right side of the case. He glanced at the officials and saw the panicked officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is not a small ministry and yamen. Each of the doctors is responsible for the secretary, and the Yuanlilang is the second assistant. The chief minister and the book historian are busy doing things.
"The governor, Zhou Shun, the chief historian of the King of Loyalty and Shun, Xie Shan, the doctor of the Kuaiji Division, and Du Jing, the doctor of the Shenxing Division, have all been captured!" At that time, a member of the Jinyi Mansion, a hundred households, retreated into the official hall with small steps, clasped his hands in fists, and reported
said,
Bo Qi condensed his thoughts and said in a hot voice: "Bring everyone over here, I want to question you."
The hundred households in brocade clothes made a promise, turned around and called to the corridor: "Bring the criminal over here."
Following a burst of scoldings and quarrels about "Be honest, slow down", Empress Song and two officials wearing seventh-grade blue robes and white black banknotes retreated into the official hall. staggering,
The official hat is crooked,
The scolding and pushing clearly came from a tall, pale-skinned middle-aged official.
When several people arrived at the official hall, one after another looked at the eight people.
Dai Quan looked at Bo Qidi with his stern eyebrows and said, "Bo Qidi, are you feeling well?"
Bo Qidi raised her head and looked at Cricket Man, who was sitting under the chair. His face was as bright as iron, and he hummed warmly, which seemed to be a conversation.
Bo Qi paid no more attention and asked in a deep voice: "Where is Mr. Zhou Zhou, the director of the construction department?"
At that time, a man from a hundred households in brocade clothes said loudly: "Little man, those two are Xie Shan, the doctor in the Kuaiji Department, Du Jing, the doctor in the Shenxing Department, and Zhou Changshi is among them."
Dai Quan nodded, looked at Empress Song again, and said in a deep voice: "Empress Song, I asked him, if the guards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs resisted arrest, is it his intention or the intention of King Zhongshun?"
Empress Song's heart was frightened, she looked at Dai Quan and said enthusiastically: "Since we have an edict, who knows whether it is a false edict? The prince is worried about the safety of the secrets of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he has to allow the people in Jinyi Mansion to retreat from the government.
rash! "
"The Imperial Guards are the emperor's personal soldiers, and there are no internal guards to accompany them. The oral orders are believed to be doubtful. You are the emperor's servant, but you are defiant and resist arrest. You are resisting the decree or obeying it, and you are harming the prestige of the emperor. Now you can see the traces of it."
Lu, you still dare to talk sophistry! Bo Qi said hotly and shouted: "Kneel down and slap your mouth!" "
The Jinyi captain who was pressing Empress Song's shoulders first kicked Bo Qidi hard in the crook of her leg, causing her to kneel to the ground. Then, a man from Baihu rolled up his sleeves, rounded his arms, and moved towards Empress Song's cheek
Slap him hard,
"1 bang bang one..."
After being slapped several times, Empress Song immediately let out a groan of pain. Her cheek, which was originally fistulaed, swelled up to half her fingertips, and a little blood seeped out from the corners of her mouth, dripping on her beard and the back of her official robe, but the prince's
The historian has stared at this cricket with resentful eyes for many years,
All the historians in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were frightened.
That was the official historian of Prince Zhongshun, who was beaten and humiliated in public!
Du Jing, the doctor of the Shenxing Division who was still struggling, stopped struggling and raised his head slightly.
Seeing this, Jia Heng nodded secretly.
He was obviously here to concoct the rest, but he was trying to reason with him, confronting the guards of the Jinyi Mansion, causing the guards to fight with each other. How does it feel in the eyes of the people here?
Using words from the previous life, the image of the royal family was tarnished in a very small way and the emperor's prestige was shaken!
Rather, whether he is the Minister of Internal Affairs or the Chief of the Zhongshun Prince's Palace, he is considered an official of the lower court, and he has nothing to do with the "Two Lists of Retired Scholars" Shilin.
At that time, Qu Lang retreated from the official hall, cupped his hands and said: "Captain, when I first came to this humble post, Luo Langzhong was hung from the beam by several of Empress Song's retinues and strangled him unconscious."
The retinue of Empress Song was obviously stupid. They would strangle the person first and then hang him from the beam. Instead, he would just gag the person and hang him from the beam. This would create the illusion of "suicide out of fear of crime".
When Queen Song heard this, her pupils shrank sharply and her heart sank to the bottom of her heart.
Dai Quan said in a deep voice: "You are so brave to kill and silence prisoners of the imperial court!"
Bo Qidi's complexion changed completely, and despair struck her heart.
Dai Quan said solemnly: "In order to destroy evidence of crime, kill people, silence their comrades, and kill their comrades, the eight of you are all members of Zhou Changshi's party. Someone came and locked all the eight animals in the prison car, took them to the imperial prison, and tortured them severely!"
"yes!"
As a group of Jinyi Mansion captains responded to their orders, Empress Song, Du Jing, and Xie Shan all had their hands cut behind their backs and were escorted to the Jinyi Mansion Prison.
Dai Quan turned to look at the other seven ministers and the junior historian of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. His eyes scanned the faces of young and old one by one.
Everyone raised their heads, their eyes were evasive, their faces were pale, and they dared to look at him.
"I have received the emperor's order to investigate the real culprit in the collapse of the imperial mausoleum. Since the imperial mausoleum was supervised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Works, the Seventh Yamen should not be suspected! All officials related to the Ministry of Works have been imprisoned for questioning. The Ministry of Internal Affairs construction manager q
Bo Qidi, as the officer in charge, is guilty of all sorts of crimes, and Xie Shan, the doctor in the Kuaiji Division, who is in charge of the money and food expenditure, may not be aware of it. If you don't know anything about this case, you can tell the truth. If there is no evidence of concealment, knowing it is Lift
, one well is guilty of the same crime! "
The seven officers behind me are all good and honest officials, but they all have nothing to do with the Imperial Mausoleum case.
Because there are few people and many people talk, it is extremely difficult for the beach to leak rumors.
At present, two officials from the Ministry of Industry are involved in the case. Bo Qidi, a doctor from the Construction Department, is the direct handler from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Xie Shan, a doctor from the Metropolitan Inspectorate Department, may have done some assisting work. As for the rest of the internal affairs department,
The government officials knew something secret, but they pretended to know it.
When the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs heard what Quan Zhi had said for many years, their expressions changed, and they all responded bravely.
Dai Quan ordered to go through Si's experience and bring the officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Baoga one by one for questioning.
After doing that, Dai Quan turned to Heng and said, "Eunuch Dai, now that a new member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is involved in the case, and the affairs of the Yamen Office and Zhugu have come to a standstill, I still need my father-in-law to inquire about His Majesty's will."
As a small sheltered agency, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will inevitably have to be replaced by someone else after this incident. Although I want Li'er to take charge of it, I can't make any plans... I can only let nature take its course.
Bo Qi said with a smile: "We will go back and report it to His Majesty. Of course, when Ziyu presents the case in front of him, he can withdraw from it."
As mentioned one after another, Jia Heng really positioned himself in the role of assisting Dai Quan.
Dai Quan looked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and responded to the official update. He patiently sat under the chair and waited for a while, then ordered: "Seal the lost account books of the Construction Department and the recorded account books of the Kuaiji Department and move them to the north."
Fusi, check it out, it’s correct! "
That time, since we had to pull out the dream divination and bring out the mud, we should also check the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Ji Yu, who was in charge of punishing thousands of households, handed over his hands and said yes, and then led others to the case library of Kuaiji Department and Construction Department to search for account books and official documents.
Although... all of them are fake accounts.
Just when the official hall of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was enveloped by an atmosphere as solemn as ice, a guard from the Jinyi Mansion came slowly from the corridor, cupped his hands and said: "Captain, Bo Qidi, the doctor of the Construction Department, has woken up."
"Bluff?" Dai Quan looked slightly anxious when he heard this and asked, "Where is he?"
"Captain, we have been brought to the corridor." The guard of Jinyi Mansion responded,
Dai Quan said to Bo Qi on the side: "Eunuch Dai, why don't we meet together and see what I say?"
Jia Heng nodded and said, "It would be nice to meet you,"
"Bring them back!" Bo Qi paused slightly and shouted in a deep voice,
Bo Qidi's confession must have been lost. Then I "followed the clues" to search the Zhongshun Prince's Mansion, and then uncovered all the incriminating evidence. The process of me obtaining the account books one after another became more natural and would cause some problems.
Zi's suspicion of "pre-review",
When I was young, several captains in golden robes held up Zhou Changshi, a doctor in the construction department, and walked back into the official hall. At that time, Zhou Changshi's official robe was messy, and under his fair cheeks, there were still traces of the pig liver-colored "marks" that had not yet been soaked in Liang's face.
, but my mental state seems to be fine,
Dai Quan waved his hand, indicating to Captain Jinyi that he was forcing him to kneel down, and asked, "Mr. Luo, how does it feel to be behind the scenes of death?"
Bo Qidi stood still, looked at Nuanian across from him, and said without trembling in her voice, "But Mr. Jia in person?"
Compared to how much Bo Qidi had interacted with Dai Quan, Zhou Changshi, who served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, had actually met Bo Qi, but he often heard King Zhongshun and Queen Song scolding him in front of him, saying, "Dai Quan's eldest son" and so on.
Dai Quan said: "Mr. Luo, he was betrayed by someone else, and I am going around in circles. Gongling collapsed and something strange happened. There must have been no corruption cases. As the official in charge, he should know the details. Yu Soya
You have to hide what you see and tell the truth! "
However, Zhou Changshi closed his eyes and said: "Shangguan knew what the villain Jia was talking about. Gongling silver was allocated to withdraw materials. Neither the Ministry of Industry nor the Ministry of Internal Affairs had any account books for record. The villain knew it as soon as he checked."
When Dai Quan heard this, he took a look at Zhou Changshi and realized that it was exactly the same as what I had thought about Xiao Wei. King Zhongshun was supposed to get rid of this person. At that time, should he switch sides and attack him?
Maybe he knew he was going to die, but did he accept death in order to keep his family safe?
If a corruption case occurs under the supervision of the Imperial Mausoleum, there is no doubt that the whole family will be killed.
I am sure that if I pour beans through a bamboo tube, I am afraid that I will also escape the fate of the barbarians.
In a flash of thought, Bo Qi grasped his thoughts and said to Heng on the side: "Eunuch Dai, how about taking him back to the imperial prison first and then making a fuss?"
Jia Heng acted like a repeater and said, "I'll take him back to prison for questioning."
Bo Qi was not here to supervise Dai Quan's handling of the case. In fact, even if the case was handed over to the Eighth Law Division for joint trial, Xiao Nei would send someone to accompany him to investigate and observe the handling of the case for supervision.
Bo Qi also said little. He waved his hand and said, "Push him over."
Since then, in addition to Prince Zhongshun and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who were involved in the construction of the mausoleum, have all been arrested and interrogated.
"Not yet a land, not a household..." Dai Quan thought for a moment, thinking,
The Imperial Tomb Project only involves the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but not the Ministry of Household Affairs.
To sort out the construction process of Gongling Tomb, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development did not allocate funds. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs jointly undertook the construction. A prince of the country was in charge of the affairs and coordinated the various ministries and offices.
As the party who allocated the money, the Ministry of Revenue was already responsible for the whereabouts of the money. According to Qi Guaner, Liang Yuan, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was involved in the case.
However, His Majesty's decree did not mention the Ministry of Household Affairs, which is also an abnormal phenomenon, because it directly targets anyone.
