[Read the full text] On the official road not far away, the imperial censor Jia Simao was riding a pony, leading a small group of procuratorate officials along the road to look for the refugees who had come to Beijing to complain. His brows were furrowed and he just thought With such an idea (tomato-xiao-said
In fact, Jia Simao doesn't like riding horses. He is used to riding in sedans. After all, he is nearly fifty years old. His physical strength has declined and his energy is not as good as before. Even a pony is too bumpy for Jia Simao.
But Jia Simao couldn't care less about all the hard work now. Thinking of the various instructions given by Lu Chunxiao, the right inspector of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, before he left the capital, Jia Simao couldn't help but feel that he had a heavy responsibility.
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At that time, it was just after midnight and half of the ugly hour. Not long after Jia Simao fell asleep, Lu Chunxiao secretly came to visit Jia Simao's house.
Seeing Lu Chunxiao's sudden visit at this time, Jia Simao did not dare to neglect and quickly got up to greet him.
Welcoming Lu Chunxiao to the room, they sat down together, and then turned away from Uyu. Before Jia Simao could ask, Lu Chunxiao said with a serious look: "Master Jia, I came here late at night, but I was entrusted by His Highness to have something important. I have to ask you to do it.”
Jia Simao said quickly: "I wonder what His Majesty's orders are? Mr. Lu, it's okay to just say it!"
Lu Chunxiao said slowly: "Master Jia, in recent days, His Highness and we have been in a disadvantageous situation. I think you are also aware of it."
Jia Simao nodded and said: "Indeed, all the comments made by the government and the public these days are not very beneficial to us."
Lu Chunxiao first sighed, then frowned and said: "That day, the refugees from Heze came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to file a complaint. I hesitated for a moment because of the preparations for the southern tour. The refugees were instigated by someone with good intentions, and finally broke up unhappy. This has triggered countless rumors. Not only has our Procuratorate lost its justice in the hearts of the people, but His Highness’s reputation has also become less virtuous than before.”
Seeing Lu Chunxiao's sad expression, Jia Simao quickly comforted him and said: "Master Lu, please be at ease. As the saying goes, the pure will become pure and the turbid will become turbid. There are indeed many rumors in recent days, but as long as we have a clear conscience and can act upright, , sooner or later the world will understand what is going on."
Lu Chunxiao shook his head and smiled bitterly and said: "How can things be so simple? There have been such big mistakes in the preparations for the southern tour, which has caused such great public resentment. Once the hostile forces in the DPRK and China are caught tightly, even His Highness, I am afraid that It’s also a whole lot of trouble, not to mention we’re all under the procuratorate.”
Jia Simao hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, won't you just ignore it?"
Lu Chunxiao's wry smile grew thicker and said: "Your Majesty, he will naturally protect His Highness, but he may not necessarily protect our Metropolitan Procuratorate. The Metropolitan Procuratorate refused to accept the Heze refugee case, which directly triggered all kinds of rumors today. If this situation were like this Being pursued and beaten by Zhou Shangjing, Zhao Junchen and others, even with His Majesty's protection and forcibly suppressing the matter, His Highness's reputation will still be greatly damaged. As for our Procuratorate, in order to calm down the impact, I'm afraid that There needs to be a purge! By then, many of your like-minded colleagues will probably be forced to resign."
Jia Simao was stunned. He had obviously never thought about this. He was secretly shocked and couldn't help but ask: "But I saw that neither Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, nor Shen Changmao and Zhao Junchen mentioned anything in the morning court these days. Tomato-Xiao-said that as long as this matter is delayed for a while, and the impact of this matter gradually fades away, even if they use this matter to impeach us, I'm afraid it won't have much effect?"
Lu Chunxiao sneered: "These treacherous ministers and corrupt officials have always been hostile to us. How can they be so kind and not take the opportunity to suppress us? Your Highness has just received the news that the refugees who came to Beijing to complain are not just Heze, Shandong. When the time comes, Refugees from other places are coming to the capital one after another to complain, and this matter will only get bigger and bigger. Zhou Shangjing, Zhao Junchen and the others are waiting for the right time to take action."
Jia Simao's body was shocked and he asked in a shocked voice: "Are there any other refugees who want to go to Beijing to complain?"
Lu Chunxiao nodded calmly
Jia Simao couldn't help but panic and asked, "Then what should we do?"
Lu Chunxiao sighed again and said: "Originally, according to Mrs. Xiao's instructions before her death, Mr. Li Chengru should take the initiative to take responsibility. Mr. Li is the head of our Metropolitan Procuratorate. If he takes over Responsibility, our Metropolitan Procuratorate can also be fully taken care of. As for the Tai, His Majesty is protecting him, there will be no serious problems. In this way, although His Highness and our Metropolitan Procuratorate will inevitably have their reputations damaged, this matter can be ignored. It has calmed down.”
Hearing what Lu Chunxiao said, Jia Simao couldn't help but look sad. He wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he just sighed.
Since Li Chengru came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he has been kind and humble to others, and has been deeply respected by everyone in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Now that he heard that Li Chengru would be blamed, Jia Simao was naturally sad, but since he had no other choice, he could only sigh.
However, Lu Chunxiao changed the topic and continued: "However, although Mr. Li Chengru agreed to this method and was willing to sacrifice himself to protect everyone, Mrs. Zhou was not willing, and she only reserved it as a last resort. Now If the method that His Highness has thought of can be successful, not only will Mr. Li Chengru be saved, but the reputation of our Procuratorate will also improve accordingly, and the disaster of purge and rectification will be avoided!"
Jia Simao was shocked and asked quickly: "I don't know what to do?"
Lu Chunxiao said: "That is to take the refugees who are going to Beijing to file complaints first and get them into the hands of our Metropolitan Procuratorate! In this way, we can not only show our determination to handle the case to the government and the public, but also get rid of the suspicion that we are protecting Tai, and can handle the next step. The changes in the situation are in our own hands. If everything goes well and we can handle it properly, we might be able to help Tai restore his reputation!"
Hearing what Lu Chunxiao said, Jia Simao's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said loudly: "That's great! Mr. Lu, please rest assured. When the city gate opens tomorrow, the lower officials will lead the officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to guard there. They must first In one step, we can control the refugees who come to Beijing to file complaints in the hands of our Metropolitan Procuratorate!"
Lu Chunxiao's expression became more cautious and he shook his head and said: "Standing back and waiting is no good. According to the information he received from His Highness, the Punishment Department and Dali Temple now have the same plan. The Punishment Department is Shen Changmao's power, and the Dali Temple Yamen obeys Zhou Shangjing's orders. From now on, we may not be able to win against them.”
Jia Simao hesitated and said, "Mr. Lu, you mean...?"
Lu Chunxiao waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "We can only take the initiative to go out to the capital to search, and we can first control the refugees who come to the capital to complain! This is what His Highness meant!"
As he said that, Lu Chunxiao's expression became more cautious, and he warned Jia Simao: "Originally, I planned to take responsibility for this matter personally. As far as I know, the refugees who are going to Beijing to file a complaint will already enter Shuntian Prefecture. However, I have to go to court tomorrow after all, but I can’t be separated. Among the censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I trust you, so I want to hand over such an important task to you. When the city gate opens tomorrow, you will Leading a team of government officials to search south, we must take the refugees who came to Beijing to complain into our own hands. Only in this way can we reverse the current unfavorable situation!"
Hearing that he had a heavy responsibility, Jia Simao stood up and said repeatedly: "Don't worry, Master Lu. I will go find some trusted officials and wait at the city gate. Once the city gate opens, I will take them to search for it." , we will definitely take the refugees into our hands before the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple!"
Lu Chunxiao nodded vigorously, with a look of trust in his eyes, and said slowly: "It's a very important matter, I'll leave everything to Master Jia!"
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"We must be the first to take the first step and take the refugees who come to Beijing to complain into the hands of our Metropolitan Procuratorate!"
Recalling the previous scenes, Jia Simao's expression became more determined. Regardless of the hard work of riding a horse, he turned to the government officials behind him and urged: "Go ahead and don't delay. Once we find the refugees who came to Beijing to complain, everyone will be punished after we go back." There is a silver reward”
Hearing Jia Simao's shouts, these government officials who had been summoned by Jia Simao all night and waited at the city gate all night finally started to talk a little more and walked a little faster.
"Master Yushi, what do you think is going on in front of you? There are too many people to see the qīnhu, but the refugees you are looking for seem to be there."
Suddenly, the officer who was holding Jia Simao's horse pointed not far ahead and reminded him.
Jia Simao was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked up
Jia Simao was sitting on the horse. He was taller and looked more closely. Not far in front of them, next to the official road, there was a stall selling refreshments and food. This stall was now surrounded by a group of pedestrians. They were watching the excitement, and among the people, there were dozens of ragged people who looked like refugees, and they were discussing something with each other with angry expressions.
Seeing this scene, Jia Simao was shocked and shouted quickly: "Go to a few people and ask them if they are the refugees who came to Beijing to complain. If they are, bring them to me!"
After hearing Jia Simao's instructions, several government servants hurriedly walked towards the stall.
"Give way! Give way!"
The leader of the government office shouted, while pushing through the people watching the excitement, and finally came to the pavement. Seeing the exhaustion and misery of the refugees in front of him, he felt a little more sure, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
At this time, these refugees were surrounding a man in his thirties, asking questions one after another. His expressions were full of trust, but the government official did not pay attention to this. He just shouted loudly: "Fellow folks, come to Beijing." Complaining? If so, come with me. I am from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. There are countless Qingtians in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. One of them, Qingtian, has come to pick you up personally. He will make the decision for you!"
However, something unexpected happened
After hearing his shouts, the people who were watching the excitement around the refugees in front of them were all stunned. Then they looked at them and the government servants with strange expressions, and then they gradually showed horror.
The man who was being questioned by the refugees saw a sneer flashing across his face when he saw the appearance of these government officials, and then suddenly shouted loudly: "Fellows, run, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is here to drive away and arrest you." Got it!"
As the man's words rang out, the surrounding refugees and the crowd of people watching the excitement finally came to their senses, shouted loudly, and fled in all directions.
And the person who shouted was none other than Wang Hong!
After his propaganda and instigation just now, everyone here has been convinced that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Tai Lang are colluding. Now that they see people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate coming, they naturally have no intention of welcoming them.
Therefore, they could only flee in all directions, for fear that the Metropolitan Procuratorate would catch them.
Among them, the refugees were driven away or arrested by the Metropolitan Procuratorate in order to protect the wife, while other ordinary people watching the excitement were themselves arrested for spreading rumors.
Hundreds of people were shouting and running away like animals and birds scattering, so the situation was chaotic.
When Wang Hong saw such a chaotic scene, he sneered again, but took advantage of the chaos and left calmly.
On the other side, the government officials looked blankly at the civilians and refugees around them. They ran away in fear as if seeing evil ghosts. They didn't know what happened.
On the contrary, Jia Simao, who was not far away, reacted first. After seeing such a scene, although he didn't know what happened, he still shouted eagerly to the government officials: "Don't let them run away! Stop them!"
However, his words further confirmed the fears in the hearts of the refugees and the people. They escaped, and the situation became more chaotic!
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The government officials were strong and strong. Although they encountered a lot of resistance, they finally stopped many refugees who came to Beijing to complain.
However, because the refugees resisted, they inevitably used some violent methods
And all of this is in the eyes of the surrounding pedestrians!
Therefore, although Jia Simao's trip was barely completed, it was completely contrary to what the Taiyi Party expected. Not only did the reputation of the Metropolitan Procuratorate not improve, but on the contrary, all the previous rumors and rumors had not faded away. "The Metropolitan Procuratorate" Not long after, the rumor that refugees were beaten and arrested along the way to protect them began to spread in the capital.
As a result, the reputation of both the Imperial Court Yamen and Taizhu and Yu became even more tarnished after this incident!
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