In March of the fourth year of Jingyou's reign, a small boat sailed into Hangzhou.
Yang Riyan was only temporarily dismissed from his post for dereliction of duty, and was not imprisoned by Zhao Jun.
So on the night of his dismissal, he had already sent his cronies to Hangzhou to report the news.
In the spring of March, above the West Lake, the sun was shining brightly, the oars were singing melodiously, and the romantic singing of twenty-eight-year-old girls came from afar, beautiful and charming.
There are green willows and pink flowers on the shore, and ancient temples are densely forested.
With whitewashed walls and black tiles, curling smoke, and spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, there is nothing better than the beautiful scenery of the West Lake.
On a beautifully painted boat, Sun Miao took several women to swim in the lake. He was about forty years old, with a thin build, a clean face, and a goatee on his lower chin.
At this moment, he was lying on his back in the beauty's arms, hugging her waist, feeling the warmth, admiring the spring and the colors.
The beauties around Sun Mian were all the former wives of several wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou.
Among them was White Peony, who was once an oiran from the West Lake and was bought by a wealthy businessman. However, Sun Mian saw it when he was traveling to the West Lake and snatched it away from him.
There are also Jin's and Zhao's daughters, both of whom are wives. They are all arranged by him to go to the state house, lie down and eat, and do all kinds of things.
Sun Miao often feasted on women and neglected government affairs, causing complaints from the local people.
But he has always been arrogant and arrogant, and he never takes these things to heart. He always goes his own way, which is quite a thief.
The boat sailed slowly by, and there were faint ripples on the lake. The warm March sun shone on it, reflecting the sparkling waves.
The scent of peach blossoms blooming on the shore comes to your nostrils, and visitors seem to be looking at a beautiful landscape painting.
The warm breeze makes tourists drunk, and the beautiful scenery of West Lake is even more beautiful than Bianliang.
At this time, a small boat approached quickly. There was a man on the boat. He climbed onto the boat and said with a flattering smile: "Sister-in-law, my little brother is here to see you."
Sun Mian kicked him over, almost knocking the man off the boat, and asked, "What are you doing here to harm me again?"
This person is Bian Xun, Sun Miao's brother-in-law.
Sun Miao was serving as an official in a different place, and he never dared to take his wife with him. This was because he was always lecherous, and his wife was quite fierce. His wife's natal family was Bian Su, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the transport envoy of Fujian Road, so she was not easy to mess with.
Therefore, if Sun Mian wanted to attract women when he was an official in other places, he naturally had to stay away from his wife's family.
But Bian Xun was not a good person. He always followed his brother-in-law to enjoy the good life, so he told his family every time that he wanted to supervise his brother-in-law. In fact, he just came to join in the trouble.
At the beginning of last year, when Sun Mian was transferred to Hangzhou, Bian Xun followed him and used his brother-in-law's power to forcefully purchase one hundred luminous pearls from the wealthy businessman Xu Ming for 33,000 yuan.
In the future, when Sun Miao was transferred to the north and served as the magistrate of Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Linzhou and other places, and was in charge of military supplies in northern Xinjiang, his brother-in-law would be his right-hand man, selling military supplies for him.
At this moment, Bian Xun crawled back to the boat and said with a flattering smile: "How can my sister-in-law have more fun here on Fujian Road? Being with my sister-in-law is much better than being with my elder sister."
"go."
Sun Mian waved his hand and motioned for all the beauties around him to enter the inner room of the boat.
After everyone left, he stood up from the bow board, smiled and cursed at the other side: "Last year, I wiped your shit about Xu Ming, and this guy came to harm me."
Bian Xun shouted: "How can my sister-in-law say it's all my fault? Doesn't my sister-in-law also covet the "Eagle Picture" painted by Guo Qianhui in Xu Ming's collection?"
"alright."
When his brother-in-law exposed the scandal, Sun Miao interrupted: "Tell me, why are you here with me again this time?"
Bian Xun immediately said: "Sister-in-law, do you know that Li Jianzhi, the newly appointed Liang Zhejiang prisoner, suddenly interrogated the prisoners today, and Xu Ming actually pulled out the officer's knife in the court and cut off one of his arms?"
"Is there such a thing?"
Sun Mian was shocked. He didn't expect Xu Ming to be so strong.
"yes."
Bian Xun said: "I just found out about it, so I immediately came over to look for my sister-in-law."
"Oops, Xu Ming didn't send him to prison earlier or execute him secretly. He actually made him wait for the opportunity to interrogate the prisoners in the two Zhejiang prisons."
Sun Mian immediately frowned and said: "The Zhiyuan Zhiyuan's southern tour has arrived in Huainan. It is said that Guo Chengyou, the Zhizhou Zhizhou, was executed by him for corruption and perverting the law. If this matter becomes serious, Xu Ming or Li Jianzhi will report it. If we go to the hospital, something big will happen."
"What should we do?"
When Bian Xun heard this, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
Sun Mian thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back."
At that moment, he put away his intention to continue leisurely strolling around the West Lake and ordered the boatman to swing the boat back to the shore.
The carriages and horses accompanying them on the shore had been waiting for a long time. Sun Mian and Bian Wen got on the carriage and returned to their residence in Hangzhou without stopping.
After arriving home, Sun Miao immediately started thinking about countermeasures.
When he engages in corruption, his routine is actually a bit the same, that is, he follows the route of unjust, false, and wrongful convictions.
Historically, he served as the magistrate of Hangzhou for three years and assigned more than 100 cases, many of which were artificially created by others with only one purpose - to embezzle the other party's property.
But in fact, none of these cases can withstand scrutiny. Many of them are based on forcibly and unjustly accusing others to achieve their goals. If superior officials investigate, it will be easy to find out the flaws.
In addition, it is forced buying and selling, and tampering with the ledgers.
For example, he wanted to buy a batch of silk from Xiaoshan businessman Zheng Min, but Zheng Min refused to sell it.
So Sun Mian used the excuse of tax inspection to tamper with Zheng Min's account books, saying that he had not paid taxes. On the grounds of tax evasion, Zheng Min was exiled and all the Zheng family's property was confiscated (put into his pocket).
The story of the Xu family was similar. Xu Ming was childless in middle age, but finally had a son, so he gave his son the nickname "Da Wanger". When Sun Ming heard about it, he arrested Xu Ming for treason.
Xu Ming was dissatisfied and wanted to appeal. Sun Miao gave a simple reason: your son is called "Da Wang'er", so aren't you the king? This is the ironclad proof that you want to be king and emperor.
So in summary, Sun Miao mainly used "false accusations" to create unjust, false and wrong cases through government means.
Such methods are bound to be interrogated by the government and will leave traces in the government.
For example, each government office has retained documents for case interrogation.
Once the superior department investigates, clues can be found through these documents.
So how to solve this problem?
Sun Miao quickly thought of a way, which was to steal the official case documents stored in the county offices of Qiantang County and Renhe County.
Although he is the magistrate of Hangzhou, and Qiantang County and Renhe County are also two major counties under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou, Sun Mian is still limited by the mobility of officials, and Sun Mian cannot join the flow of every magistrate.
Therefore, Sun Miao could only destroy the official documents stored in his prefectural government office, steal the official filing documents from Qiantang County and Renhe County, and dispose of all documents related to the case.
In this way, without original materials, it means there is no proof. There is no evidence, even the superiors and the prison department can do nothing to him.
After thinking of this solution, Sun Miao immediately took action.
That night, he ordered his confidants to send people to Qiantang County Yamen to steal all the official documents of the case.
No fire was used.
Setting a fire was a last resort. Once a fire broke out in the county government office and the commotion became loud, it might attract the attention of the court, and he, the magistrate, would also be responsible.
The method of theft was much quieter. He only had to hide his case documents among a large number of stolen documents. In order to avoid responsibility, the magistrates of Qiantang County and Renhe County had to help him cover the cover.
It has to be said that Sun Miao is born to do bad things. After figuring out how to deal with it, it would be beneficial to him, and it would also take into account people's hearts.
At the end of the Chou period, with the sound of the watchman banging the clappers in Hangzhou City, the door of Sun Mansion's back house quietly opened. Bian Xun stood at the door and saw someone coming outside, and said softly: "Have you taken everything out?"
"Take it out."
"Okay, leave it all to me."
"yes."
"With these gold and silver, remember to be strict with your words and don't let anything slip, otherwise the prefect will not let you off lightly."
"Don't worry, I will leave soon and never return to Hangzhou."
"good."
Bian Xun glanced at the large number of case files and official documents on the floor. After sending away the thieves sent out to steal, he immediately asked the servants in the mansion to move all the case files back and burn them.
Soon he arrived at the door of Sun Miao's study, knocked on the door, and then walked in and said: "Sister-in-law, everything is done."
In fact, Sun Mian is still under a lot of pressure. In addition to some prison sentences in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, the most important thing is that the governor of the Constitutional Yuan is now in Huainan, not far from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Moreover, he was not sure about the path of this magistrate. As soon as he took office, he was the magistrate of the Imperial City. Immediately after the imperial court established the Constitutional Yuan, this person became the head of a hundred officials overnight, with one person under ten thousand people. above.
What's more important is that this magistrate really killed scholar-bureaucrats. Even if he killed middle- and lower-level officials, a magistrate had already died in his hands, and Sun Miao still had to be on guard.
At this moment, when I heard Bian Xun said that he had succeeded, he felt relieved and said quickly: "Where are those official documents? Have they all been stolen?"
Bian Xun said with a smile: "They have all been stolen, along with many other official documents. There must be thousands of volumes. The cases that my sister-in-law judged are all among them. I have already asked people to burn all the official documents. Let's forget it now. I couldn’t find anything from the higher authorities.”
"Ha ha ha ha."
Sun Mian stroked the goat's beard, nodded with satisfaction, and laughed: "Not bad, well done."
Bian Xun smiled and said, "Now I can always be by my sister-in-law's side."
Last year, Sun Mian had just been transferred to Hangzhou. While he was inquiring about the pearls he coveted in other people's homes, he used his brother-in-law's name to kill them.
After this incident got serious, Bian Xun was kicked out of Hangzhou. When he came back this time, he naturally wanted to continue to dominate his brother-in-law, which was at least much more comfortable than having his sister and parents at home.
"OK."
Sun Mian thought for a while, and then warned: "But only we and I know what's going on here. You can't tell your sister."
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, you don't know what I say? When did you let it slip?"
Bian Xun said with a smile.
"Fine."
Sun Mian waved his hand: "It's late at night, let's go and rest first."
With that said, he was about to leave the study and go to the inner room. He had not yet made out with the beauties at home because of stealing official documents tonight.
Now that I am relieved, I naturally want to go back to the inner room in the backyard to have a good time with many beauties.
But just as they left the study and reached the corridor, a servant hurriedly came over and said, "Master, Yang Zhuanshi from Huainan West Road has sent someone to find the government office."
Yang Riyan?
When Sun Miao heard the slave's words, his heart suddenly tightened. Then he turned around and entered the study, and said to the slave: "Bring him here."
"yes."
The servant then went outside to bring the man in.
The confidant sent by Yang Riyan was his cousin Yang Rixuan. At this time, only family members were reliable.
After Yang Rixuan came in, Sun Miao naturally recognized him and frowned: "This is the wise brother Zizhai. Why do you come to my mansion in the middle of the night?"
"Brother Yuangui!"
Yang Rixuan said hurriedly: "Something big happened. I had already entered Hangzhou during the day, but I didn't dare to come rashly, so I bothered you in the middle of the night."
"What happened?"
Sun Mian asked hurriedly. In fact, he already had a vague guess in his heart.
Sure enough, Yang Rixuan said: "Zhao Jun, the Governor of the Political Academy, inspected Shouzhou and sent people to search various places in Shouzhou. He found that Huoqiu Ding Shao was poor. When he asked, he found out that the court's disaster relief food had been embezzled, and most of the people in Huoqiu were killed and injured as a result. Zhao Jun is furious and is now investigating."
"What?"
Sun Mian felt bitter in his heart. He had just filled in one hole, but he had forgotten the other one.
It is also his fault that the drought in Huainan happened the year before last, and that he was greedy for food and grass at the beginning of the year before last. He did too many bad things. After two or three years, it is normal for him to forget for a while.
But he quickly calmed down and said, "Brother Chui Xun, is there nothing you can do?"
Yang Rixuan smiled bitterly and said: "After Zhao Jun learned about this, he temporarily suspended my brother from his position for dereliction of duty. Now he has occupied the Yamen of the Huainan Transfer Envoy's Office and is investigating the matter thoroughly. My brother is worried that he will not be able to hide it for long. "
"The most urgent thing is to think of a solution."
Yang Rixuan then said: "The current Huoqiu County Magistrate has committed suicide in fear of crime. My brother means that if the people below can be silenced and the responsibility is passed to those county magistrates, maybe we can hide it."
"Even so, if the case continues to be investigated, I'm afraid I won't be able to get much benefit from this court judge's methods."
Sun Mian looked ugly.
He was the magistrate of Shouzhou when the corruption case occurred. Even if he found a scapegoat and pushed the blame away, and Zhao Jun insisted on punishing him, he could still use dereliction of duty as an excuse.
Just like he always framed others with little or no reason at all, ransacked the homes of wealthy businessmen and exiled them, thus enriching himself.
Whether in officialdom or among the people, people are crushed to death step by step. When Sun Miao was the local magistrate, he covered the sky with one hand and was a dark cloud over the people. Isn't Zhao Jun the sword of justice hanging above his head?
"I'll take care of this."
After a long silence, Sun Mian finally said: "I will deal with it as soon as possible."
"I'll leave everything to Brother Yuangui."
Yang Rixuan said: "If you can get through this, my brother says he owes you a favor."
Yang Riyan was actually bribed by Sun Miao and others and was dragged into the situation, but now he said that if Sun Miao could handle this matter properly, he owed Sun Miao a favor.
In the final analysis, Zhao Jun put too much pressure on Yang Riyan, forcing him to do everything possible to grab a life-saving straw. Otherwise, Zhao Jun would really dare to kill someone else.
"rest assured."
Sun Mian nodded.
At that moment, Sun Mian sent Yang Rixuan away in person, and began to think about countermeasures overnight and make arrangements.
I had allergic rhinitis caused by a cold. I bought sprays and nasal drops, and now my condition is a little better. In fact, there is also an advantage, that is, in the past, I often had to code part of the next day's words, and then I usually went to bed at 2-3 o'clock in the middle of the night. Now I sit in front of the computer for a whole day and can barely finish coding more than 4,000 words. I finish my work around 10-11 pm and then go to sleep directly. Moreover, because of my dizziness and brain swelling, I fall asleep very quickly. When I woke up at 8 a.m. the next morning, my routine had actually improved to a much healthier state.
The situation is much better today, I will resume the second update, keep up the good work!
(End of chapter)
