Xia Jiang dug up Konglin, and in just three days the news spread throughout a hundred miles of Qufu, and in seven days it spread to most of Shandong.
The impact of this incident caused many great Confucians and Confucian scholars to gather in Qufu. In addition to the people from Yan Shenggong's mansion deliberately spreading the word, the significance of Konglin's 100,000 acres was too great.
Before the trial officially started, the lobby of the county government office was already crowded. Teahouses and taverns throughout the city were filled with scholars waiting for news. They began to talk loudly, saying that thieves should be castrated and executed at all times.
Prince Zhongshun Liu Ke, who had changed into the attire of a wealthy businessman, was sitting in an elegant room of a teahouse near the county government office. He sneered, "If you want these people to be the chief judges, you don't need to judge anymore. Just chop that guy Xia Jiang into pieces and feed them to the dogs!"
"So, they can't be officials, let alone the chief judge."
Fubao, the chief steward of the palace, came to Shandong to deliver a message on the order of his mistress, Princess Cui. However, he was dragged to Qufu County by his master.
An old man in his fifties, his words are full of wisdom. The little old man Fubao simply summarized the information collected by his soldiers and reported them to Liu Ke one by one.
"Sir, the people of the Kong family have been selling miserably, but after selling too much, many people are tired of it. Zeng Cheng, a scholar from Yishui Academy in Qingzhou, yesterday publicly opposed the Kong family's incitement of scholars to interfere with the court's justice. There is also Taishan Maling Daru, the dean of the academy, had the same idea. He scolded the Confucius family in person, saying that if they had any grievances, they would beat the drum and encourage students to cause trouble. This disturbed the Shandong officials and prevented them from studying. It was a crime to delay the students' studies."
Ha~
"Isn't this normal? We are all not fools. If we have a grievance, we don't go to the yamen to complain. Instead, we encourage students to fight against the government. Do you really think that Yan Shenggong's palace can dominate Shandong with one hand?"
Liu Ke listened to the high-pitched talk outside the private room gradually turned into a fierce argument, and sneered: "In this world, whatever the Kong family says is whatever it is. The common people have their own scales in their hearts, and what is right or wrong must ultimately be made clear. Come here to judge.”
"According to your opinion, Xia Jiang can't die?"
"You can't die in Qufu..."
Liu Ke waved Fu Bao to come forward to speak, and then whispered: "Go and make arrangements so that Xia Jiang will not get seriously ill on the way back to Beijing."
Dong dong dong dong...
After the three drums were completed, Chen Baoliang, the Shandong Procuratorate and Procuratorate who was in charge of the trial, slapped the alarm tree, and the whistle stick in the hands of the imperial guards banged on the ground, and the inside and outside of the lobby instantly became quiet.
"Come here, bring someone to invade Xia Jiang!"
For more than ten days since Xia Jiang was caught by the Kong family in Kong Lin, he had always believed that nothing would happen to him. He dug several graves in Kong Lin, but he found something extraordinary in the graves. The square seal alone was enough to send the nine clans of the Kong family on their way.
He has been whipped for the country, he has been in jail for the country, he has done great service to the country, and the emperor will definitely not let anything happen to him!
Thinking of what he had dug from Kong Lin and the suffering he had suffered these days, Xia Jiang felt more and more that his hard work had made great achievements and he had endured humiliation and humiliation.
Facing the people sitting high in the lobby, Xia Jiang just nodded slightly after entering, which made the presiding judges Chen Baoliang and Song Zhaolin look sullen.
Snapped!
The thunderbolt clapped, and Chen Baoliang shouted: "How dare you despise the court!"
"This gentleman is really good at joking. Has our family ever done anything to despise the court?" Xia Jiang asked in return, brushing his sleeves.
Chen Baoliang originally did not intend to embarrass Xia Jiang, but at this time he was angered by Xia Jiang's arrogant attitude.
"You are an eunuch who digs forests, digs graves, and disturbs holy tombs. As the inspector of Shandong Province, I am ordered to hear the case. When you go to the court and see me, I should kneel down and admit my guilt. I don't want to be so wanton. Come on. Ah, drag him down and kill him with twenty strokes of the rod to show off his majesty!"
Pa da~
A decree was thrown at Xia Jiang's feet by Chen Baoliang, but the imperial guards on the left and right who acted as government officials showed no reaction.
Xia Jiang thought that the imperial army was sent by the emperor to support him. When he saw that they did not obey the orders of the presiding officer, he couldn't help laughing arrogantly.
"Sir Chen, the provincial inspector-general is only of the third rank. Our family is also a third-rank internal officer, with orders to supervise the internal affairs department. According to rank,
You and I are at the same level; according to official positions, you are punished and inspected, and our family is in charge of the internal affairs department, all of which are doing errands for the emperor. Our family was ordered to investigate the case and had no choice but to disturb Kong Lin's purity. Even if I was really guilty, it wouldn't be your turn as a third-grade inspector to try me. If you want to go to trial, let the emperor issue an order and let the third division come. "
Xia Jiang's arrogance made Chen Baoliang suddenly furious. Song Zhaolin, the censor of Shandong Province, also looked sulky and opened his mouth to scold him.
Only Song Zhaolin scolded: "Bold Xia Jiang, I am trying this case with Mr. Chen. It was requested by Mr. Jia, the deputy imperial envoy, and reported to the Holy Emperor for permission. In this court today, there is no chief of the internal affairs department, only the criminal. Xia Jiang."
Xia Jiang was not afraid. Instead, he sneered: "But the emperor has not deprived our family of their official status. We are wearing official clothes. You dare to torture our family?"
"Arrogant! Arrogant! Arrogant!"
Chen Baoliang shouted arrogant three times in a row. He was proficient in criminal law and of course knew that what Xia Jiang said was true.
But he just couldn't swallow this breath. He, a third-rank inspector, couldn't beat a third-rank official, but there was someone in the court who could.
He turned his gaze to Jia Cong, who was sitting next to him, and said with cupped hands: "Deputy Ambassador Jia, can you request an imperial order to strip these evil slaves of their official clothes? If not, how will this case be tried?"
Several great scholars sitting in the hall stopped scolding and followed Chen Baoliang's gaze to look at Jia Cong.
Xia Jiang secretly smiled in his heart: Mr. Xiao Jia is my ally, Xia Jiang, how could he help you deal with me...
"good!"
Jia Cong said a good word lightly, and then took off the imperial order from his waist. Panlong's eyes widened and he looked majestic.
He stood up and raised the imperial order: "Here is the golden order given by you. Seeing the order is like seeing Your Majesty."
Chen Baoliang, Song Zhaolin, Kong Xiang'an and others came to the hall one after another and bowed down: "I respectfully send you your holy greetings, long live long live long live!"
The crowd of onlookers also followed him, bowing their heads and worshiping the Lord: "Students (minor people) respectfully greet the Holy Father, long live long live long live!"
On the contrary, the royal servant Xia Jiang was the slowest to react. He opened his eyes wide and did not believe this scene. He reluctantly knelt down after Jia Cong snorted coldly: "My slave Xia Jiang, I respectfully wish your Majesty's blessing!"
Jia Cong ignored the resentment that suddenly flashed in Xia Jiang's eyes when he knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "According to the order, I will co-trial Xia Jiang's case. I am now temporarily seizing Xia Jiang's position as the head of the Internal Affairs Bureau, stripping off his official clothes, and handing him over to a senior official." interrogation."
"Long live Long live Long live!"
Chen Baoliang and others paid their respects again, secretly thinking that Jia Cong was worthy of being a student of Xu Qingteng, and he still supported my Confucian school.
Everything is back on track, and Chen Bao's conscience is settled.
He originally thought that Jia Cong would protect Xia Jiang when he came here, but he didn't expect Jia Cong to help him...
"Come here, drag the eunuch down and give him a good beating..."
Chen Baoliang hadn't even thrown out the order in his hand when he heard a faint blocking sound coming from the next place: "Wait a minute, the plaintiff hasn't come to court yet, and he hasn't even asked a question about the case. Mr. Chen is going to punish Xia Jiang with a stick. Isn't it a case of subjugation?" Suspicion?"
Jia Cong gently touched the dragon pattern on the imperial order and added casually: "If Mr. Chen is going to surrender, I will have to talk to the adults."
"We should first let the plaintiff go to court and ask for the facts of the case..."
Song Zhaolin was quite alert, and he had figured out something unusual at this moment.
He is different from Chen Baoliang, who has been involved in Shandong officialdom for more than 20 years, but he, Song Zhaolin, is an outsider sent by the Yushitai in Beijing to patrol Shandong.
It's one thing to dislike eunuchs, but it's another thing to want him to side with the Kong family.
Those who are the direct descendants of Yan Sheng Gong's Mansion are not here, and those who are sick are sick. Today, the person taking the place of Yan Sheng Gong's Mansion is Kong Renqiao, a member of the direct branch of Yan Sheng Gong's Mansion and a younger brother of Kong Renxuan's clan.
Kong Renxuan, wearing a wide robe and long sleeves and a Confucian uniform, bowed to the main hall as soon as he entered the lobby, and then stepped aside to wait for questioning.
The interrogation of the case went smoothly, but Xia Jiang didn't know how to restrain himself. That day, he openly rushed into Konglin with dozens of minions from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, started digging people's graves with hoes, and was caught red-handed. .
Almost every day, Confucian scholars from all over the world came to visit Confucius.
If we only focus on Xia Jiang's crime of digging forests and digging graves to disturb the holy mausoleum, with all the witnesses and material evidence, he really can't escape.
But today is not just about trying Xia Jiang's crime, Jia Cong has prepared a big gift for Duke Yan Sheng's Mansion.
Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!
It only took Chen Baoliang less than two-quarters of an hour to finish Xia Jiang's case. The gavel rang three times and Chen Baoliang announced condescendingly: "The criminal Xia Jiang robbed the tomb of Confucius and disturbed the tomb of Confucius. All the witnesses and material evidence are there." According to the Daxia Code, he will be hanged and will be executed after approval by the Ministry of Punishment."
"Da Xia Code" has a system: Those who have laid the tomb will be sentenced to labor; those who have opened the coffin will be hanged; those who have not finished it will be sentenced to three years.
Xia Jiang dug up several tombs of Confucius and opened a museum to search them. Don't expect that group of rude men from the Internal Affairs Bureau to treat the corpse in the coffin gently. It's already pretty good if it's not trampled to pieces.
Punishment is severe according to the law, and hanging is considered fair and just.
When Xia Jiang saw that Jia Cong was still refusing to speak for him, and wanted him to sign the verdict after the verdict was passed, Xia Jiang immediately became anxious: "Our family is acting according to the order. The affairs of the Kong family in Qufu involve private maritime activities, smuggling of maritime trade, and collusion with the Zhen family for occupation." The army stationed people's fields, raised thugs to harm the countryside, and organized pirates outside and Lian Bailian bandits inside... As deputy imperial envoys, our family dug up Kong Lin's tomb just to investigate the case and search for evidence..."
boom!
As if a bomb had been dropped, Qufu County Government was suddenly in an uproar.
In fact, more or less everyone knew about the dirty things Yanshenggong Mansion had done over the years, but no one could have imagined that the Kong family would be so bold.
Smuggling sea trade is nothing. Who in the south of the Yangtze River does not have private sea borders?
But they really dare not think about things like invading military and civilian fields and colluding with pirates and bandits.
"Xia Jiang, do you know what you are talking about?"
Chen Baoliang's expression suddenly became solemn. He had asked someone to ask Yan Shenggong's Mansion before, but Yan Shenggong's Mansion did not say what case Xia Jiang was digging in the woods and graves to investigate.
And Xia Jiang never said this when he was interrogated in prison. This is not only a case within a case, but also a major case that shakes the world.
Chen Baoliang and Song Zhaolin looked at each other, both of them were inexplicably horrified.
Song Zhaolin asked coldly: "Have you found any evidence?"
As for Xia Jiang, he no longer cared about digging a hole for Jia Cong at this time: "Of course we found incredible evidence, but we gave those things to Deputy Ambassador Jia Cong."
Kong Renqiao's heart began to pound with excitement. On the day Xia Jiang was arrested, he specifically checked the place where his things were stored and found no trace of being opened.
But Xia Jiang's words were true. Could it be that someone really sneaked in and took something?
No, I have to contact my cousin quickly to get the key to open the mechanism and take a look...
Jia Cong carefully observed the expression of this direct descendant of the Kong family. When Xia Jiang mentioned the evidence, he was obviously a little panicked, so he must know a lot.
His delay in protecting Xia Jianggou's life today was not for the sake of Confucian dignity. But when this guy handed the evidence to Jia Shiyi, his words were not completely true and he must have concealed something.
As luck would have it, the evidence this guy handed over happened to involve his mortal enemies, the Zhen family and Prince Zhongxin's palace, including the Fang Chuanguo Jade Seal and the account books. These things were so directional that Jia Cong had to be more vigilant.
Who does Fang Chuanguo's jade seal belong to? People from the Kong family are destined not to be emperors, let alone follow the path of the dragon. Which dynasty and generation of emperors have not been kind to the Qufu Kong family?
Since it is not the Kong family, the owner of this Fang Seal needs to be discussed.
Xia Jiang, Xia Jiang, I want to push me, Jia Cong, to the front of the stage to fight for you, dream!
"Ahem..."
Jia Cong didn't speak for a long time, so Chen Baoliang had to cough twice and remind him: "Deputy Ambassador Jia, I wonder if the evidence Xia Jiang said is true?"
"There is such a thing..."
Bang, Chen Baoliang and others were okay, Kong Renqiao felt excited.
Jia Cong waved, and Jia Shiyi came over with a baggage in his hand and placed it directly in front of Chen Baoliang and Song Zhaolin.
"There are several account books inside.
, all record the income and expenditure of Yanshenggong Mansion from the 30th year of Zhaowu to the present. There are also several letters, mostly about the transactions between families in Jiangnan, Henan, and Liaodong, and the previous generation Yan Shenggong and the contemporary Yan Shenggong. Of course, a piece of letter does not mean that these things are true. After all, Yanshenggong Mansion is a descendant of Confucius. It is the most holy place in the world. How can it do such dirty things. "
As Jia Cong recounted his ideals one by one, the Confucian scholars watching from the outside of the lobby turned from whispers into heated arguments.
The word "Yanshenggongfu" has a very special meaning in the hearts of many scholars. As Jia Cong said, it is the holiest place in the world, how could you do such dirty things...
But there are still a minority of naive people, and some people are already leaning towards the theory of guilt. Yan Shenggong's Mansion owns a large amount of fertile farmland in Jinan, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou, which can be said to be a continuum of land.
Every time there is a natural or man-made disaster, the area that suffers the most is always close to the Kong family farm. After the disaster, the Yanshenggong Mansion always had a lot more farmland. What a coincidence!
"quiet!"
Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!
Chen Baoliang actually believed what was said in the letter. He had been an official in Shandong for twenty years and held important judicial positions such as the Prosecution and Prosecution Department. His understanding of Duke Yansheng's mansion could be said to be better than anyone else's.
What are the crimes represented by these things? If we really get to the bottom of it, there will probably be a new group of people who burn paper money for the old man Kong Sheng.
Chen Baoliang stopped making noise in front of the hall and asked someone to deliver the baggage to Xia Jiang: "Look, the evidence you said is these things?"
When Xia Jiang saw it, his expression immediately changed and he hurriedly looked through them one by one.
No, after the people under his command found the evidence, he specially selected a few of them to put in the baggage. Each item was chosen by himself, and he remembered it clearly.
What about the Fang Chuanguo Jade Seal? What about the letter involving Prince Zhongxin’s palace? What about the joint letter that provoked the Confucius family to support the petition to establish the fourteenth prince as the crown prince?
With just these few things left, it is impossible for him to drag the Jia family into trouble, let alone bring down the Zhen family and Prince Zhongxin's palace. Wasn't his beating in vain, and his imprisonment in this sentence was in vain? He was also charged with being hanged in prison...
Xia Jiang looked at Jia Cong bitterly, and when he saw Jia Cong leisurely crossing his legs and smiling at him, he couldn't help but feel angry.
If that's the case, don't even think about it!
"Lord Chen, this is not the only thing our family gave to Deputy Ambassador Jia. Our family found many extraordinary things. For example, there is a square with a diameter of four inches, five dragons on the upper button, and the inscription on the front is 'If you are ordered by heaven, you will live forever. The seal of Yongchang eight seal characters..."
thump!
Chen Baoliang fell directly off the chair and almost everyone exclaimed: "What? I was ordered by heaven to live a long life? How is it possible? Isn't the jade seal passed down to the country in the palace?"
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