The Mei family's charges were very clear. They colluded to frame important officials of the imperial court, insulted their relatives with arbitrary words and deeds, and formed a clique secretly to accept bribes.
The first two are, at most, dismissal, seizing the position, being demoted and returning home, but the last one is more interesting.
The crime of forming a clique was like something Liu Ke had specially brought to bear, and he insisted on dragging the Mei family father and son under the guillotine.
This kind of thing has been common in all dynasties. Generally speaking, when the same party opposes the opposite party, the accusation of forming a party for personal gain is used to drive the opponent out of the court, and the situation of killing the opponent is relatively rare.
However, this crime does not have an exact punishment mechanism in the law. To put it mildly, it means forming a party for personal gain. It is not very harmful and can only be dismissed from office.
But if you put it more seriously and add two words at the end, such as disloyalty and disobedience, then it will be a big deal. It ranges from confiscating the home and being exiled, to the most severe, the whole family goes to the market entrance neatly.
No, the Thirteenth Master, who wanted to be the Grand Master of Qingtian, was already flushed with excitement, and he yelled for someone to bring out three guillotines that shone with cold light.
Lifting up the red cloth covering the tiger head guillotine, he pointed at Mei Xinyi, whose face was pale, and shouted.
"Here come, fire~~~~~the guillotine~~~~~~"
crazy! crazy!
Cai Quan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, no longer cared about eating melons and watching the show. He instantly got up from the Grand Master's chair and rushed over, stopping the palace soldiers who were dragging Mei Xinyi.
"Everyone, stop it! Without being convicted by a judge, who dares to kill an official of the imperial court? Why don't you stand down!"
The power of Mr. Qiuguan is still very powerful, at least the soldiers of the palace dare not offend him.
Liu Ke was unhappy. The play had gone so far that he had finally convicted the Mei family, but he had beaten "Chen Shimei" because he had no idea.
"Sir, Master Cai, isn't the charge clear enough?"
Liu Ke pointed at the Mei family father and son with dissatisfaction, and started to curse: "You are an ungrateful, unfaithful and unfaithful piece of shit. You will give them an advantage if you cut them with a knife. You are such an ignorant old man. Do you want to imitate the Queen Mother in that play?" , I must stop this Qingtian from doing harm to the people and kill 'Chen Shimei'..."
"King Zhongshun, I am the Minister of Punishment. If you want to kill him, that is my business. It is not your turn to take care of it!"
Cai Quan was very angry at Liu Ke's unscrupulous behavior, so he retorted directly, flicked his sleeves, and shouted to several officials from the Ministry of Justice: "You are still hiding aside to watch the show? Go and call someone to bring the Mei family father and son." Take you to the prison of the Criminal Department. If you wait a little longer, your work will be finished by someone!"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm so angry. Mr. Cai Quan, you want to go against me, don't you?"
Liu Ke was also so angry that the two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and he threw a cup as a signal: "I am going to go crazy! Come here, stop an official from the Ministry of Punishment, drag the Mei family father and son over, and start guillotining~~~~~"
The soldiers who gathered around were dilly-dallying, and Cai Quan frowned, glanced around and shouted angrily: "If you dare to come forward, you will all be taken to the Criminal Department to await trial!"
Liu Ke was aroused by Cai Quan and rolled up his sleeves to fuck him, but someone grabbed him tightly around the waist.
"Father, calm down and stop making trouble. Mr. Cai is right. If you really want to convict the Mei family, that is also the matter of the Sanfa Department. Why are you joining in the fun..."
The eldest son, Liu Chong, struggled to hold his father's waist and drag him back, winking at a few cousins along the way.
He is tired of good intentions, but his father is unreliable. He is not like a son, but he is always ready to clean up his father's mess.
"King Loyalty and Submission, please learn more and respect the Crown Prince. He is still acting stupid at such an old age. No wonder he will be hung from a tree and whipped by a saint every few days!"
Cai Quan is also a man who never waits for revenge. Liu Ke, who clamored to smash the punishment department, was a complete loss.
Liu Ke, who was stabbed in the lung tube, was really angry this time. He gestured with his hands and feet at Cai Quan, and even cursed in his mouth: "Damn it, Cai Quan, you bullied people too much. I am doing harm to the people, and you are in the way." What's wrong with you? You *****, come on, come forward if you can, and see if I don't beat you out... Wuwuwuwu..."
Liu Chong used a hand to cover his father's blabbering mouth, and apologized with a wry smile: "Forgive me, Mr. Cai, but my father is guilty again. Don't take it to heart. The younger generation will definitely come to the door one day to apologize to Mr. Cai."
"Woooooooo..."
Although Liu Ke's mouth was covered by his son, the whine was clearly full of motherly content.
Cai Quan glared back at Liu Ke, who was glaring at him, and waved his hands indifferently: "I know very well what kind of temper King Zhongshun is. Prince Chong should take him back quickly and hand him over to the princess. If the trouble continues, I don't know what kind of trouble it will cause. Come."
The play was almost done, and he was almost done watching it. He quickly dragged this bastard away. If he continued to play, he would be betrayed.
As a minister of the Ministry of Justice, it is already very good for him to cooperate with the bastard in acting. We can't really let this mess up the laws and regulations of the country.
"Junior, please take your father away now. I will trouble Mr. Cai about the matters here. Cui Changshi, please entertain all the gentlemen."
As the whining gradually weakened, Liu Chongzhen simply dragged his father, who was gagged and unable to speak, away. The group of royal soldiers did not step forward to stop him from helping his prince. Except for the four people who were guarding the Mei family and his son, Yu The person skillfully concealed his figure and retreated.
What a sin, the prince is careless, His Royal Highness is really in trouble!
Fortunately, there is a princess...
"Hey, where is Master Thirteen?"
Xia Shouzhong, who came to convey the order, came down from the high pavilion and did not see Liu Ke in the front yard.
He bowed to all the central leaders and asked Zhou Jiong, the highest-ranking chief minister of the cabinet, "Mr. Ge, there is a decree. Where is the prince?"
The courtyard was really lively just now. Zhou Jiong was sitting firmly on the master's chair and watching the show with a smile. Even when Old Thirteen tried to slay someone, he didn't say a word.
Hearing this, Mr. Zhou Ge was still calm and calm, and said towards the direction of the inner courtyard: "Just now, King Zhongshun was about to get angry. He had a fight with Mr. Cai Ge and was dragged to the inner courtyard by Prince Chong."
this……
Xia Shouzhong could imagine the situation just now and sighed before resigning.
"Don't leave in a hurry. You are already here, so His Majesty must be here too."
Cai Quan grabbed Xia Shouzhong's sleeve: "The emperor is not sitting in danger, why did your majesty run out of the palace again? Why don't you take me there quickly..."
What kind of decree is this? It’s more important to run away quickly!
Xia Shouzhong was stunned. He subconsciously looked towards the high pavilion in the distance. Cai Quan and others also looked over. The emperor, who was watching the show with a telescope, suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.
Um? Is this to set yourself on fire?
He picked up Liu Shuo, who was still eating melon, and asked the prince and Jia Cong to run away.
He knows his own affairs well. Since Tienwangshan was assassinated three years ago, the most unsightly thing among the officials under his rule is that the emperor took a few people to sneak out of the palace and wander around.
"It's over. These old men are coming to scold me again. Let's go quickly. If it's too late, we'll be stuck here!"
…
The emperor succeeded in running away, but the ministers still did not let him go.
The next day during the court meeting, Liu Heng was blocked in the Fengtian Palace and had a good time. Fortunately, he had already taken precautions. When the palace took the Mei family father and son out, everyone's firepower immediately turned their guns and turned Tumo Xingzi to Mei Xinyi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy.
Mei Xinyi is still scratching for lice in the Ministry of Punishment right now. The Mei family has been imprisoned, and he is waiting for Sanfa Temple to go through the process and sentence him.
Of course, there are also those officials who secretly gathered with Mei Xinyi and formed cliques for personal gain.
Liu Ke, who sang a big show, was well prepared. As soon as a list he had written long ago was released, the Dragon Guards began to arrest people all over the city.
Including General He Baoshan of Fengguo, Xu Xiuqun, left counselor of the General Affairs Department, Guo Shifeng, the chief minister of Taipu Temple, Wai Lang Lu Zhixun, the member of the Department of Rites and Qing officials, as well as 17 wealthy businessmen in Beijing. , were all arrested by the Long Jin Guards and thrown into prison.
The situation changed overnight. The Xilin Party members in Jiangnan and the wealthy businessmen in the southeast had less than 20% of their original spokesmen in the court, and their losses were not insignificant.
After going to court, the secret messages secretly intercepted by the Dragon Guard agents were several times more than before, and the secret guards outside the city even ate up the flying pigeons.
Following Cao Dudu's instructions, Long Jinwei copied the letter and sent it to the palace, and then returned the original envelope to its original place to avoid alerting the enemy.
"I didn't expect that catching Mei Xinyi would disturb so many rats."
The emperor flipped through several copied letters and sneered after reading them.
The Xilin Party members were a little too courageous, and even tried to control the Shipping Department and monopolize maritime trade.
They even put their hands into his harem, hoping to fill it with people in next year's draft...
Thinking that his harem was being targeted, Liu Heng felt uncomfortable all over. He picked up the list sent by the Dragon Guard, glanced at it and snorted.
"Jia Cong, go and discuss with Jiang Chengye. Pick ten fools with high enough status but little ability and let him use them to gain the trust of those people."
Jia Cong, who was discussing acting skills with Liu Ke, was suddenly called by name and hurriedly stepped forward to take over the list: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do it properly. By the way, Your Majesty, when is the appropriate time to send the appointment to Jiang Chengye?"
"Chengyang Bojiang Chengye? Fourth brother wants to appoint him to a real position?"
Liu Ke thought of Jiang Huan, the son of Jiang Chengye, who had colluded with Mei Xinyi, and muttered: "Fourth brother, Jiang Huan, the son of Jiang Chengye, is not a good person~"
Jia Cong explained to him: "Thirteenth Master, Jiang Chengye is now our internal agent in the south. When you go to Jinling, you will have to work with him!"
What the hell? When did I say that I was going to Jinling?
"Thirteenth brother, I didn't have time to tell you yesterday. I plan to ask you to patrol the southeast and keep an eye on those bureaus in the south for me..."
Before the emperor finished speaking, Liu Ke had a look of horror on his face: "If you don't go, I won't go. Even if you kill me, I won't go. Fourth brother, I am staying well in the capital. Why are you always tormenting me? I don't want to go." Go, don’t go, find someone else... I think Jia Lian is good, if not, just throw Jia Xiaosan over!"
ha? Old Thirteen, don't go too far, don't mistake the big orange cat for a tiger, be careful if I scratch your paw with my bared teeth!
"Jia She went south to fight for me, and there are only one or two big cats and kittens left in the Rongguo Mansion. Can you leave two people for the Jia family who can stand upright?"
The emperor glared angrily at Lao Shisan, who was about to throw a tantrum, and was too lazy to pay attention to this guy anymore. He asked Xia Shouzhong to get an imperial edict and stuff it into his arms.
"Don't you want to be the Great Master of Qingtian in Daxia? It just so happens that Xu Qingteng is advancing the matter of clearing his father's land in the south, and he will definitely conflict with those wealthy families. Take the three guillotines and patrol the southeastern provinces. Give the guillotine that needs to be struck. Xu Qingteng opens a way out."
As soon as these words came out, the old man who was about to lie down and wallow immediately stood up, holding the imperial edict tightly and grinning.
"Fourth brother should have said this earlier. Look at my brother, I almost fell to the ground!"
This scoundrel...
The Emperor was annoyed when he saw the shameless Old Thirteen. He waved his hands angrily and said: "Ganggun, don't be an eyesore here. Father asked you to go to Longshou Palace, you go now!"
Lao Shisan, who had fulfilled his dream of blue sky, bowed playfully and said, "Okay, I won't bother my fourth brother anymore, and I will go and pay my respects to my father."
Liu Ke winked at Jia Cong, raised the imperial edict in his hand and left the Qinzheng Hall.
After leaving the palace gate, he put the imperial edict in his arms and walked quickly outside the palace.
Go to Longshou Palace to meet the old man? The fool will pass now. It must be Old Man Cai who has gone to complain. His final destination is to be hung on a tree. I am not stupid.
"Your Majesty, the Thirteenth Master ran away and did not go to Longshou Palace."
The emperor was not surprised at all when he heard Xia Shouzhong's report. He twitched the corner of his mouth and cursed: "This bastard...forget it, I will accompany you to the cabinet and let the cabinet draw up the decree. The loyal and obedient king Liu Ke secretly set up a court to disturb the judiciary and insult the country. I am an important minister and will be fined for one year. I will also send some medicinal materials and cloth to Cai Quan's house, and I, as the elder brother, will make amends for him."
After arranging these, the emperor discussed Jiang Chengye's matter with Jia Cong again.
The emperor thought for a while and then said: "We have to find a reasonable excuse before making the appointment. The Jiang family has been idle for a long time. If you make an appointment suddenly, those people will definitely be suspicious."
"Your Majesty is wise, I think so too. It's just that it's hard to find an excuse. The Chengyang residence has been silent for many years, and Jiang Chengye has no merit..."
Jia Cong suddenly slapped his head: "Your Majesty, why don't we use the trick and let those in the south come up with this excuse themselves, and then follow the current and send Jiang Chengye to Jinling."
…
The old dandy is going to be the master of Qingtian, and our cat master can't be idle either. It's time to show off his claws.
Even though he was thousands of miles away, Jia Cong was ready to start attacking those princes in the south.
Jiang Ling, who had put on a disguise, was invited into the private room of Miaoyinfang, where Jia Cong had already been waiting for him.
"I'm going to pay my respects to my uncle..."
Jia Cong followed the babbling music on the stage and pointed to the empty chair next to him: "You're welcome, sit down."
Jiang Ling thanked Jia Cong respectfully, and after sitting down, he asked, "Uncle, I asked the official to come over. What's the matter?"
Jia Cong did not directly respond to Jiang Ling's question. Instead, he pointed at the "Guillotine Case" being played on the stage, and asked as if he was referring to it: "Jiang Qianhu, tell me, how can this Baolongtu withstand the situation?" Did the pressure from the Queen Mother and the Princess kill Chen Shimei?"
Jiang Ling was stunned when he heard this, and then replied: "The lower official thought that Bao Longtu could successfully defeat Chen Shimei to redress the injustice of the people. First, Bao Longtu was selfless and unafraid of power. Second, he had Gongsun Ce, Zhan Zhao, and Chao Chao under his command. Ma Han and other capable generals will assist us.”
Jia Cong turned his head and looked at Jiang Ling carefully.
This guy guessed the answer he wanted. He is indeed a smart man.
He stared at Jiang Ling for a long time, until Jiang Ling was so stared at that he almost broke into a cold sweat, and then he slowly said: "Jiang Qianhu, there is something you need to do. It is related to your grandfather's future and your Jiang family." s future."
Jiang Ling didn't hesitate at all. He stood up and bowed down and said, "Uncle, please tell me. Jiang Ling will die to complete the mission."
Jia Cong smiled: "It's not that exaggerated. Sit, sit..."
After Jiang Ling sat down again, Jia Cong took out an appointment decree drafted by the emperor, unfolded it and placed it on the table.
"Secretary envoy to the right of Southern Zhili, this is the only opportunity for the Jiang family. To seize this opportunity, your grandfather needs a reasonable excuse to get this commission. In order to prevent the gang in the south from getting suspicious, you can use this excuse. Let’s think of a way, it’s best to let the people in the south take the initiative.”
Jiang Ling was excited after seeing the imperial edict, but frowned after Jia Cong's words.
The Jiang family has been silent for too long and is not favored by the Second Saint. This is a matter known to both the government and the public. In the colorful world of South Zhili, the chief envoy is like a piece of fat. Everyone wants it? If you want to get such an appointment, you have to find a reasonable reason so that people in the south will not be suspicious.
After a long while, Jiang Ling stood up, clasped his fists, and said to Jia Cong: "I understand, uncle. Please rest assured. I will go back to discuss with my grandfather right away. I will definitely let people from the south take the initiative to help my grandfather get this appointment smoothly."
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