In February of the 10th year of Wanli, Hai Rui went against the norm and stayed in Hangzhou for a long time. Wang Jieru led Hong Yingming and Ma Junxian to stay at Hai Ruixingyuan and cooperated with Zhang Wenxi in investigating the murder of Ma Wenying.
Although Hai Rui did not overstep his authority or offside, when Zhang Wenxi asked him for advice on how to investigate and handle the case, he still reminded him: "Zhang Xun doesn't have to worry about the murder case of Ma Wenying. This time is all outside the poem." Zhang Wenxi understood it. An idea immediately came to mind.
Zhang Xunxian first wrote to Hangzhou and Qiantang and reviewed all the files on Ma Wenying's case. This is the fair and honest way - if you are brave enough, just create a false record and try it. I am worried that I have no clues.
In any game of investigation and counter-investigation, the subjects under investigation are all very similar: unless major links are involved, they all give the most limited truthful explanation. Fraud is the easiest gap in the fortress to break through. As long as one piece of fraud is discovered, the entire dam will collapse in an instant.
Zhang Wenxi is also an old censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so of course he also understands the dirty tricks of investigators: documents are sent late and materials are needed urgently. According to the new time standards promulgated by the empire, the off-duty time is at 17 new hours, which is the end of Shen Dynasty. Zhang Wenxi was stuck and arranged for people to send letters requesting various documents to Hangzhou Prefecture and Qiantang County on the 16th New Year. The scope of the request was very wide - let the government and county government deliver them before 18th New Year.
In just two hours, the ink was not even dry when it was fake, let alone old. Moreover, the scope of Zhang Xun's request is quite wide. Who knows which document can tie into the main thread of his investigation? Therefore, the person under investigation can only tell the truth. As for whether the loopholes can be found, they can only leave it to fate.
Of course, the premise for this kind of game to occur is that someone or something is involved in the case in Hangzhou Prefecture or Qiantang County. If the two levels of government are honest and can tell everyone everything, then Zhang Wenxi can investigate it at will. However, Zhang Wenxi can pat his own thin chest and say that there is no government in the world that cannot find faults - this is of course the truth.
After ten days of open investigation and covert investigation, the first breakthrough was the problems existing in Ma Wenying's files. When the patrol inspector was reviewing the files of military transfers to civilians in Qiantang County, an investigator under Zhang Wenxi who was particularly sensitive to handwriting discovered that the handwriting of a self-report written by a man named Ma Wenqing in Liangzhu was exactly the same as Ma Wenying's own handwriting.
Zhang Wenxi suddenly became more energetic - he has continuously used this trick over the years, and has been ranked as excellent in all the evaluations of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, because there are so many such cases. To put it simply, this method is that military households in the past took advantage of the loopholes in the local registration transfer policy during the reform period, concealed their military experience, and used bribes to create a civilian household file under a pseudonym.
The result of completing the file is that there were two Ma Wenyings in the Ming Dynasty. One was receiving military pay in the Hangzhou camp and waiting for the ration fields when he retired; the other was named Ma Wenqing in Liangzhu Town and had become a civilian household during the period of military conversion. One acre of upper field, two acres of middle field, and two acres of lower field are all under the name of "Ma Wenqing".
If there is a loophole, patrol can tear the opening. According to the reform edict, concealing one's household registration and falsely increasing one's registration are both capital crimes. Qiantang County Magistrate Liu Ziqian's head has now been chopped off by one-third - to see if he was intentional. If not, a charge of negligence is, at the very least, just a crime in exchange for merit.
As for the head of the Civil Affairs Section of Qiantang County, half of his head has been chopped off. Regarding the relevant security chief and armor chief, there should be some skin left on the melon seeds on the head connected to the neck. If there is no strong evidence to prove that such concealment is completely fabricated by Ma Wenying, his head will definitely be killed.
You must prove your innocence for this. The director of the A where the Ma family is located first submitted proof: Ma Wenying’s paddy field is not in the A, which fully proves that I didn’t know anything about it. If I knew this, why would I go to such trouble to separate his father and son's fields from each other, dozens of miles apart. Please understand, Lord Inspector, why do the neighbors allocate their fields to the people in Waijia when they divide their fields?
The neighborhood security chief also followed suit and testified: It is true that I allocated six acres and three-thirds of the land, but this was the ration land left by the martyr Ma Wenying to his younger brother Ma Wenqing. Ma Wenqing is a foreigner. Although he lived with Ben A's widow Liu three years ago, he does not have a share in Ben A's land.
But who would have thought that his brother Ma Wenying could die in Myanmar. "Ma Wenqing" took the martyrdom document of his brother "Ma Wenying" and advocated for his guaranteed ration fields. Who could not comply? Of course, you have to go through the procedures of transferring farmland to civilian farmland.
So the gap was suddenly opened, and the letter from the inspector went directly to the governor's office. Please provide a complete set of documents and files of martyr Ma Wenying. This inspection will compare it with the Ministry of War as needed to see who this martyr Ma Wenying is?
After checking here, the murder case of Ma Wenying has not yet been found, and Wu Shanyan is already covered in shit and it is difficult to wipe it off. At this time, if he wanted to kill people again, he would have to kill too many people - this idiot killed Hong Yingming and Ma Junxian in a completely wrong direction. If he didn't make such a big move, the patrol might not be able to investigate the murder case from corruption. . Otherwise, if we only investigate murder cases, headless corpses, and gossip files, what can Zhang Wenxi find out?
But this stupid move was just a momentary mistake. After all, the governor is the highest military and political officer of a province, and the chief secretary and the commander-in-chief are all under his jurisdiction. Is it possible for a third-grade official to be like this?
Counterattacks followed. At the end of February in the tenth year of Wanli, there was a stir in the Hangzhou camp. All the troops were spreading rumors that Wu Shanyan, the governor's imperial censor, would propose to reduce the salary by one-third to six cents per month on the grounds of "insufficient money and food." The soldiers complained a lot about this. At nine o'clock in the morning on the second day of March, battalion soldier Liu Tingyong and others led some soldiers to appeal to the censor Zhang Wenxi.
Zhang Wenxi had never seen this battle before. Even though he knew that his investigation had provoked Wu Shanyan's counterattack, he was still almost scared to death.
He was blocked in the yard of Yi Zheng Hotel and could not escape. He could only meet with the camp representative Liu Tingyong and others. Liu Tingyong asked Zhang Xunyan to immediately impeach Wu Shanyan for cutting military pay and failing to control the army. This is definitely a legitimate request, but Zhang Wenxi knows very well that if Wu Shanyan is dismissed from office, it will be too easy for him.
But Liu Tingyong had already flashed the bright knife just now, and Zhang Xunyan had no good solution. If this memorial is carried out, it will easily turn into a quarrel between the inspector and the governor. Governor Wu can make a political statement that he will not cooperate with the investigation, and he will have a lot of time to make up for the loopholes.
After Wu Shanyan had filled up all the loopholes, even if the court punished him for arbitrarily reducing pay and causing soldiers to leave the camp without permission, as long as the soldiers did not mutiny and harm the people, the most severe case for Wu Shanyan would be to be dismissed from office, and there was little chance that he would never be re-employed.
This is certainly a severe punishment for Wu Shanyan, but Zhang Wenxi has just touched this big fish, so why would he be willing to let him get away like this?
He repeatedly tested Liu Tingyong and others in his words, but he really didn't feel that they were Wu Shanyan's people. This is especially true because Liu Tingyong seemed to be really dissatisfied with the governor and came to the patrol station to complain.
Zhang Wenxi had no choice but to use Tai Chi Kung Fu. He first supported the soldiers' righteous claims with righteous indignation, and then said that the inspector would conduct a serious investigation to find out Wu Shanyan's chaotic life. Then he would be expelled, and the previous mistakes would inevitably be corrected. At that time, the new governor may repay all the arrears to everyone at once - this period of time is equivalent to the court saving money for everyone, right?
This statement made sense. Although the soldiers felt that the new governor might not be so kind, the salary of one penny a month was tight and it was enough to spend. There was no need to make it bloody, so they wanted to withdraw to the camp at that time.
Unexpectedly, before Zhang Wenxi sent Liu Tingyong and others to the carriage, he heard a loud shout from outside: "Master Wu, the governor of Zhejiang Province, is here!"
Zhang Wenxi burst into tears at that time. Sure enough, following the registration call, Liu Tingyong pulled out the knife and put it on Zhang Wenxi's neck.
Zhang Wenxi trembled and said: "Brother, is your knife fast?"
Liu Ting stared with big eyes and said: "Not happy! What's the matter? I can cut off your head with three or five cuts. It would be even easier to kill you, just pull it."
"Then you'd better stay away from my neck. If you cut my skin and flesh, it won't be considered a complaint, but a mutiny. If it is classified as a mutiny, even if you are extremely unjust, you, the leader, will inevitably be exiled. If If you accidentally kill me, it will be considered as a rebellion by killing an official, and you will be punished by the Nine Clans."
Liu Ting said with a soldier beside him: "Brother Liu, we have all learned this method. What the patrol officer said makes sense. You'd better put the back of your sword against his neck to avoid losing your hand. Let's fight for three points." Yinzi was killed by nine tribes."
Liu Tingyong didn't have the idea or courage to mutiny or rebel, so he turned the knife over when he heard this, and Zhang Wenxi's heart, which was pressing in his throat, fell into his cavity.
Wu Shanyan has a dignified appearance, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a Chinese character face, and the appearance of a gentleman. Surrounded by his own soldiers, he entered the courtyard and shouted loudly: "You want to rebel, but there are so many people leaving the camp without authorization and coming to seek misfortune on you, sir. Who gives you the courage!"
Zhang Wenxi was almost furious and cursed: "Master Wu, these soldiers are not looking for trouble with me, they are here to sue you! If you hadn't come, nothing would have happened here!"
The muscles on Wu Shanyan's face twitched twice, as if he was an actor in a play, and he continued to speak righteously: "Zhang Xunjian, this knife is on your neck, what are you talking about! Haha."
Then he shouted, "Don't panic, they won't dare to hurt you if you give them the courage!"
Zhang Wenxi: "Fuck your mother! If I hurt a hair, I'll tell you Governor Wu, their crimes have changed, and your crimes have also changed! You are running the army absurdly and triggering a mutiny - you will lose your head." Save!"
The muscles on Wu Shanyan's face twitched violently, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes. But he immediately entered that "selfless" state again, and shouted to Liu Tingyong and others: "Let me tell you! The reduction of pay has been decided. I have asked the Nanjing Ministry of War for instructions. Those who do not want to be soldiers will listen to it." Home farmer!”
"Now you put down your weapons to me, and I will give you a way to make a new start! If you hurt Mr. Zhang even a little bit, I will kill you without mercy! Humph." After saying that, he glanced at Zhang Wenxi in a very subtle way. .
Zhang Wenxi saw the unkind look in his eyes, and suddenly thought of Wu Shanyan's other way to escape guilt: to trigger a mutiny first, and then put it out immediately. In this way, the function is not enough, and although the third-grade official position cannot be maintained, it is almost enough to be demoted to three levels - at most it will be dismissed from office.
At that time, even if the imperial court posthumously conferred on me the eighth generation of Zhang's ancestors, would it be of any use? And Wu Shanyan must have committed a shocking crime, otherwise, he would not take such a risk!
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