"That's all we can do, Chengfeng, let Ziying do her best." Ye Xianggao couldn't help but sigh: "The national affairs are difficult, everyone must work hard."
Qi Yongtai frowned, but finally nodded, "I will write a letter. Ziying must also know the general situation. If possible, he will not stand idly by. By the way, Daofu, Dali Temple has recently been sentenced to people involved in Jiangnan conspiracy. There are quite a lot of people involved in the reverse case, and the impact is not small."
Division of labor in the cabinet. Because Li Tingji retired due to illness, there are now only four ministers in the cabinet. The first assistant, Ye Xianggao, is in charge of the overall affairs. He is also in charge of the General Affairs Department and Zhongshu Department. The second assistant, Fang Congzhe, is in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Commerce. The Ministry of Industry, plus the Salt Envoy Department, the Shipping Department, the Qi Yongtai Administration Department, the Ministry of Rites, the Zongren Mansion, the Zhanshi Mansion, the Hanlin Academy, the Imperial College, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple, Li The three talents were in charge of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, Taipu Temple, and the Xingren Department. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Six Sections were independent. The first assistant Ye Xianggao directly intervened.
Because Emperor Yonglong was unconscious and unable to see things, Long Jinwei actually directly contacted the chief assistant Ye Xianggao. "The delay has been going on for a long time, and it really can't be delayed any longer. Long Jinwei's prison, Dali Temple, the Penal Department Prison and even the Shuntian Palace Prison are all overcrowded. Everyone below is urging them to be released as soon as possible or to pronounce the sentence as soon as possible. This delay There is no way to go down, so we can only sentence a batch of people first and release some on bail."
Li Sancai was also troubled by this matter.
The Jiangnan conspiracy case involves too much. Prince Yitada has been in Beijing for decades. Who can say that he has nothing to do with him, whether it is the palace, the clan, military honors, or civil and military officials in the central government? It is said everywhere that many things cannot be investigated in depth, but if you don't investigate what is clearly stated on the surface, it is difficult to explain to the people of the world.
Just one martial arts king, four princes, eight princes, twelve princes, almost all of them are involved, but the dozens of families that followed Taizu to conquer the world have spread out from Long Xungui, and their branches have spread out into countless families. Among them, the relationship with Prince Yohitada varied in depth. Some were purely courtesy exchanges, while others were actually involved. It was very difficult to identify the relationship within it, and many of them were unable to be described in the end. To sum it up, we can only deal with it in general terms with a stroke of a pen.
Moreover, most of these people are related by marriage to the civil and military officials of the DPRK and China. The civil servants are better, and there are relatively few marriages with Wu Xun. However, if many military generals from various places themselves are from Wu Xun, such marriages are more common, so in Disposal also needs to be carefully screened. Some people have to deal with it, but it cannot be too heavy.
There are also some people who consider that they can still play a role in regaining Jiangnan in the future, so they don't take it lightly or put it aside first. All in all, it is too complicated. The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple also find it very difficult to deal with it, so they reported it to Li All three of them felt that their heads were extremely heavy.
"Well, that's all it can do." Qi Yongtai just asked. He knew that Feng Ziying had a close relationship with the Jia family in Eight Gongs due to marriage. Now the Jia family is temporarily out on bail, but there are still some relatives who have been exiled. , so I asked one more question.
Li Sancai understood the purpose of Qi Yongtai's question, and smiled and said: "Most of the people who are exiled this time are going to the border areas of Shaanxi. How exactly will they be exiled? Because Shaanxi is still a war-torn area, the inspectors there will do it." That’s the specific arrangement.”
Qi Yongtai stroked his beard and nodded. Li Sancai was also a very transparent person and understood how to arrange things without having to explain.
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Only when Feng Ziying received the letter did she know that Shi Xiangyun, Qin Keqing and others were already on the road to exile. It was estimated that they had all crossed the Yellow River and entered the Fugu and Jiazhou lines.
It is said that the number of people in this group of exiles exceeds a hundred, and most of them are the family members of the criminals in the Jiangnan rebellion. They were originally going to go on the road one after another to Shaanxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and Liaodong, but later they were simply merged together. All are distributed to Shaanxi.
Compared with Liaodong and Yunnan-Guizhou, Shaanxi is quite good. Especially for northerners, Yunnan-Guizhou is really too difficult to accept. Most of them will not be able to save their lives. Although Shaanxi is a little barren, at least it has a good climate and terroir. acceptable.
"Generally speaking, how are the arrangements for prisoners who come to Beijing to be exiled?" Feng Ziying put away the letter and asked Wang Wenyan.
Wang Wenyan was a prison officer and was very clear about the matters of the Ministry of Punishment. "Not necessarily. As far as I know, like here in Shaanxi, the basic
They were originally sent to Suzhou and Ganzhou, where they were handed over to the military for custody and used for labor, such as farming, herding horses and sheep, or doing chores such as laundry. "
"Suzhou and Ganzhou?" Feng Ziying raised her eyebrows in surprise, "So far?
"Sir, this is an exile. They are all criminals and their families. How can they be kept in Xi'an city and fed and raised? Can it be called an exile?" Wang Wenyan still didn't understand the reason why Feng Ziying suddenly asked this question. What's the meaning. "Hmm." Feng Ziying rubbed her forehead and asked again: "Are there no other places of exile? Or can we only go to those places? Can't they be used for labor anywhere?"
Wang Wenyan blinked and seemed to understand something, "Sir, this place of exile is usually designated by the Inspector General. In theory, it can be used for labor. It makes sense anywhere. But before, it was usually to Suzhou. It’s just Ganzhou.”
"In other words, where will the inspector decide to go?" Feng Ziying touched her chin, "Now the Four Guards in Xi'an are going to be rebuilt, and it involves the production of robes. I think it requires a large number of people to work, so it can be done in Xi'an City. ,...Wang Wenyan laughed, "Of course. Dusi originally had a special craftsman's workshop and a clothing workshop, and it does require a large number of manpower. Sir, is there someone from the Jia family who was exiled?"
"Well, we are still women. After being exiled for thousands of miles, we are really going to be thrown into Suzhou and Ganzhou. I don't know how long I can survive." Feng Ziying said absently: "I don't know how many martial artists were involved in this Jiangnan conspiracy. People, there are at least a thousand people in the capital city who have been imprisoned for this, Prince Yohitada has done a lot of harm to people."
"That's not all. Once the imperial army goes south to capture Jinling, I don't know how many people in Nanjing will be involved. I guess the Jiangnan gentry will be wiped out." Wang Wenyan was also filled with emotion.
"Not necessarily, Wen Yan. The Jiangnan gentry are all cunning people. It is normal to hedge their bets. If there is any trouble, they will look for an escape route first. I estimate that the court has received many letters of nomination." Feng Ziying sneer. Wang Wenyan also laughed, "This is inevitable. If such a big family doesn't use this kind of method, how can they survive the whole family? These gentry and noble families have been passed down for hundreds of years, and they have no survival wisdom. They have long been annihilated in the war. It's over." While Feng Ziying and Wang Wenyan were talking, Shi Xiangyun, Qin Keqing and others had just crossed the Yellow River and entered Shaanxi.
There were no less than a hundred people in their group, old, young, women, and children. Since they were all prisoners or family members of prisoners, the court didn't feel too embarrassed. They also got them ten or twenty donkey carts, so that seven or eight people could squeeze together in one cart. , just like this.
The carriage shook three times, making people dizzy. If it had been before, neither Shi Xiangyun nor Qin Keqing would have been able to bear it. However, after being in prison for more than half a year, their spirits have been tortured by the dark life. It made them feel that their lives were worse than the walking dead, so when they learned that they were being exiled, they even breathed a sigh of relief. There was finally a result.
Starting from the capital city and heading west, they took the same route as Feng Ziying and his party had taken. However, after passing Datong, they still headed west, crossing the Yellow River from Laoniu Bay and preparing to go south via Yan'an Prefecture to Xi'an.
Along the way, everyone was vomiting all over the place before, but after three or five days, everyone gradually adapted to it. Cold steamed cakes with pickles are what they should do, so it was the Feng family who said hello. With the money stuffed in, the situation is better. I can eat some hot cooking cakes, and occasionally add some meat.
After all, he is a criminal. If he is reported for being too ostentatious, he will inevitably face trouble again. If he goes to the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there will definitely be another turmoil. This team of hundreds of people will blame others and hate others. The mentality of being rich is ubiquitous. Why can you do better than us when everyone is in trouble?
"I heard that Fugu County is just ahead." Shi Xiangyun said quietly, "This is considered to be the realm of Shaanxi. Isn't it not far from Xi'an City?" asked a woman sitting next to Qin Keqing.
"It's still far away. I heard that the south and north of Shaanxi are too far apart. I'm afraid it's not as close as the capital city to here. It's at least more than a thousand miles away." Shi Xiangyun had inquired about it before. He shook his head and said, "Besides, it's not the same place when we get to Xi'an. I heard that the place where we were sent to exile was on the Suzhou side of Ganzhou. From Xi'an to the Suzhou side of Ganzhou, I'm afraid it's not the same as Xi'an."
It’s almost a long way to the capital city. If you walk this way, you may not be able to reach it in three months.
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The women on the donkey cart all took a breath, feeling that Xi'an was already far away. Unexpectedly, the place of exile was actually farther from Xi'an than the capital to Xi'an. Wasn't this already on the edge of the horizon?
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Another woman sitting on Shi Xiangyun's right hand couldn't help but trembled, "Sister Yun, is Suzhou, Ganzhou still part of the Zhou Dynasty?"
"Why not? It's just that it's close to the Western Territory. You've heard the story about Ban Chao's mission to the Western Region before. It's said that he passed there." Shi Xiangyun glanced at Qin Keqing and said, "Keqing, you turned out to be my mother-in-law's sister. , Second Sister You, Third Sister You, originally lived in Ganzhou, did you know?"
Qin Keqing sighed leisurely and nodded: "I've heard that they are both concubines to Uncle Feng now. Maybe they haven't seen each other for a long time, but my former mother-in-law seems to go to Feng's house very frequently now. .”
