From the time Yang Junlin ran to Xue Lun again to "report" Gao Kewei, time passed like this.
There are many problems facing Xue Lun.
Which of the deputy envoys and ministers of the Ministry of Justice have problems and which ones have no problems?
Can Yang Junlin continue to take care of the affairs of the Chief Envoy now?
Not to mention that Xue Lun does not have the power to deal with this matter. No matter how he handles it now, it is difficult to predict the consequences.
The five hundred cavalrymen from the Chengdu guards hurried northward, and the people in the city were already uneasy.
Including Xue Lun himself, this kind of behavior may be understood as Xue Lun's thoughts on His Majesty's will.
Someone has been sent to find Fei Hong with people from the Governor's Yamen, but it will take at least several days until Fei Hong comes back. What will happen to Sichuan's normal official business during this period?
Now Xue Lun is looking forward to two things the most. One is that the leader of the secret force sent by His Majesty in Sichuan can directly contact him, and the other is that His Majesty has already found out in Beijing that Zhang Wei's matter has a lot to do with Sichuan and the imperial edict. Already on the way.
But what he was looking forward to first was the three pieces of evidence and a piece of news that Guo Zan sent back.
The old imperial edicts and forged fake tokens of the Zhengde Dynasty were okay, but they couldn't stand the test anyway. But that official document really made Xue Lun's hands tremble: How many such official documents had he forged? Could this have been prepared in a hurry today?
How would the Fuzhou and counties under Sichuan react if they saw such an official document?
The news was: Your Majesty sent another Jin Yiwei Chen Yin who was born in Qiandi to take charge of the Yang family. This prevented the Yang family from being massacred.
The half-information was what Xue Lun had already thought of: Gao Kewei really wanted to escape, but the people he sent to the Yang family all had Cantonese accents!
No wonder Gao Kewei had prepared those things a long time ago. It turned out that he had also taken in some of the remnants of the previous Guangdong Fu executions.
"Master Hou, you absolutely must not do this!"
Seeing the resolute look on Xue Lun's face after hearing the report, Pan Min, his teacher who had been with him for more than thirty years, stepped forward and grabbed him anxiously, but then stopped talking.
"...You guys go down first." Xue Lun waved his hand first, and then asked, "Shaoxian, do you know what I want to do?"
Pan Min then said: "Be patient! Fei Dutai will be back in a few days! Since His Majesty has already convicted Zhang Wei and others of treason, how can he hold back and not torture his accomplices? Since Gao Kewei is deeply involved in the matter, His Majesty will pay attention to Sichuan, and Mr. Yang Ge cannot help but worry! With the methods of Jinyiwei, although the matter in Sichuan has not yet been reported to the capital, it is very likely that His Majesty knows that Sichuan is in urgent need of suppression, and the imperial edict must be on the way!"
He advised earnestly: "But since Your Majesty knows that there are rebels and accomplices in Sichuan, the Marquis is at the center of suspicion! Your Majesty ordered the princes and relatives of the world to enter the capital before the Longevity Festival, but the Marquis temporarily took charge of the vassal without obeying the order. The matter of the Secretary. Although there is a reason for the incident now, even if it is later proven that the Marquis is loyal, this precedent will ruin the overall situation! "
"...Precedent?" Xue Lun didn't understand.
Pan Min nodded solemnly: "That's right! Are there few people in the provinces who are dissatisfied with the new law? The Marquis is loyal, and are all the relatives who serve in the army in each province the same? If the precedent of the Marquis is cited, some in the other provinces may have evil intentions. So what if people pretend to be traitors and comrades and take over political affairs? Once we have soldiers and food, then the world will be in real chaos and the fear of separatism will arise!"
Xue Lun was horrified when he heard this, and then had to admit that Pan Min was right.
But what if Sichuan really breaks into chaos?
"Master Hou, there is no need to worry about the chaos in Sichuan!" Pan Min has followed him for so many years and knows what he is thinking.
"First, the official documents of the feudal lord should not be processed quickly. It is common for them to be left alone for ten days and a half."
"Secondly, Jin Yiwei and the inner factory dare not act rashly now, it must be because they have not yet received the order, but they have a heavier burden than the Marquis, and they will definitely keep an eye on the few people arranged by Gao Kewei."
"Third, to put it ten thousand steps back, if some prefectures and prefectures in Sichuan are really in chaos because of this, how can they prevent the king's division from clearing them out in the future?"
Pan Min said cautiously: "The Marquis acted in accordance with the order. Without the order, he only first suppressed the overall situation of Chengdu Prefecture. This is a merit but no fault! At present, it is only confirmed that Gao Kewei is an accomplice of the traitor. There is no previous arrangement, and Cheng Anbo is also I have gone to pursue it, and that is enough! Lord Marquis, your Majesty's previous decree was to see which of the feudal kings and relatives in the world were obedient and which were disobedient! You must not make decisions without authorization!"
Xue Lun was a little dejected by what he said and remained silent.
Pan Min sighed with him again: "I know that if some prefectures and prefectures are really in chaos, how can the people be blamed? But Lord Marquis, you have to think about it, if you take the decision without permission, there will be another province or even several provinces in the future. Worry about separatist rule, which crime is greater or lesser?"
Xue Lun asked: "If we just keep the overall situation of Chengdu Prefecture under control, what will Yang Junlin do now? Now that everyone has left Chengdu Prefecture according to the inspection and inspection, what should we do with him?"
"The vassal is easy to handle. Now the Marquis is sending two soldiers to serve as Yang Junlin's followers. Let him report his illness and rest at home for a few days, and then the vassal affairs can be handled as usual. As for the vassal..."
Pan Min sighed softly: "Without the experience, the governor, the director, the school inspector, and the warden, there is indeed no one to deal with many affairs." It is impossible for so many people to leave the city at the same time. There is no explanation, and people are uneasy.
"Master Marquis, why don't we send a message to the Governor's Yamen and the eunuch of the main town first? The Marquis will send me, the eunuch of the main town will send one person, and the Governor's Yamen will send one person to take charge first. As for the remaining officials, we will just put them in peace first. Please let them just collect official documents in the past few days and not dispose of them."
"Are you familiar with the affairs of the company?" Xue Lun looked at him.
Pan Min smiled and shook his head: "I'm not familiar with it, but they all know the seriousness of this matter. There is no need to hide it, and we can't hide it. We were not directors of Gao Kewei's rebellion in the past, we just waited for Fei Dutai to return to Chengdu. .”
Xue Lun thought for a while and then nodded: "Then let's do it!"
Not long after the official document was written and sent out, another notification came: "Master General, there is a scholar at the yamen gate who wants to see you. He says he is Mr. Yang Ge's nephew."
Xue Lun's eyes narrowed: "Please come in."
After a while, Yang Tingzhong's son Yang Zhi came to Xue Lun.
After a while, Marquis Yang Wu and Young Master Yang stared at each other.
Xue Lun thought he had something urgent coming over.
Yang Zhi was nervously afraid that Xue Lun would ask where he had just gone to deliver the letter.
After all, Chen Yin had told him not to tell anyone about this, at least until he told himself that he could.
Yang Zhi had no idea where he would put the letter and who would receive it.
"...If that's the case, then Young Master Yang should come and stay in my house first."
Arrangements were made for him to be escorted to his home first. Xue Lun felt very tired.
He is really old, but now he is in a dilemma.
This problem in Sichuan was only due to a decision made by the emperor.
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Since the Tang Dynasty, the printing industry in Meizhou has gradually flourished and it has become a city of "books and periodicals".
This also made Meizhou's academic style flourish. Not only did it produce a total of 886 Jinshi during the two Song Dynasties, but it also produced figures such as Sansu who are famous throughout the ages.
At this time, Meizhou was the Zhili Prefecture of Sichuan Chief Envoy.
Zhang Jing has stayed in Meizhou for six days.
He was a Jinshi in the twelfth year of Zhengde. After becoming a Jinshi, he was awarded the title of magistrate of Jiaxing County. After Zhu Houcong ascended the throne, he was dismissed because of a large number of public officials, so he made up for the engineering subjects.
Although the rank has not changed, the local official has become a capital official, and he is the first official in a department, which is considered a big promotion.
Now, it is because of this cleanup of water conservancy issues that he has been appointed as the Sichuan Water Patrol Censor.
After taking on this mission, he was undoubtedly a member of the new party.
Because of Fei Hong, Sichuan is one of the strongholds of the old party.
Zhang Jinglai had expected that it would be difficult to do things in Sichuan, but he did not expect to face such a situation now.
The real jailer Wanqing of the Nasi Yamen led twelve real jailers and stood in front of him. He shook the official document in his hand and said arrogantly: "If Zhang Yushi feels that he is wronged, please report to Mr. Dutai and Nai." The Taiwanese people are just redressing their grievances. I was ordered to go on an errand and take him away!"
Zhang Jing was furious: "Wait a minute!"
With this roar, the officials who were about to rush forward stopped and looked at Wan Qing.
Zhang Jing, who had been the chief official of a party, had seen many officials and soldiers, and at this moment, he shouted angrily, which showed his long-standing official authority.
Before Wan Qing could urge him with dissatisfaction, Zhang Jing said, "You are so courageous that you dare to do such things as confiscate your family and exterminate your clan?"
"Don't be afraid of him!" Wan Qing raised his head, "I've made it very clear, this is His Majesty's secret order, and Master Dutai and the Third Division have used their seals to capture you, with merit and no guilt!"
The officials came around again, but Zhang Jing only looked at Cheng Wende, the magistrate of Meizhou, who was standing aside: "Zhizhou Cheng, you have to think clearly. If anything happens to me in Meizhou, you are the one to blame! I am the censor sent from outside. , Sichuan people, how dare you humiliate me like this? They said that there was a secret decree from His Majesty to appoint the imperial censor, but no one announced the decree, and only sent a ninth-grade prisoner? "
Cheng Wende suddenly heard about such a big event, and everyone was in a state of confusion.
Hearing what Zhang Jing said, he also felt that this matter was too strange and too contemptuous.
If it is true that Yang Tinghe has the power of Cao Cao in the court, and His Majesty has a secret decree, then Fei Hong and the Third Division are coming to capture Zhang Jing. How can they just let the Chief Prisoner of the Si Yamen come with twelve jailers?
Zhang Jing turned to look at Wan Qing again: "You are already dead without knowing it! Fei Dutai left the city on the same day as me to go to the tea class. Where did the governor's seal on your official document come from? If If it is true that Mr. Yang Ge wants to rebel, and His Majesty has secretly ordered King Qin of Sichuan, how can he not spread the word to all directions at this moment and send all the guards to prepare for it? Wan Siyuan, you have to think clearly. If the rebel is Gao Kewei, who gave you the order, then you He is an accomplice!”
After saying that, he reminded Cheng Wende categorically again: "If Cheng Zhizhou doesn't understand the situation, he will inevitably be suspected of being an accomplice in the future!"
Although Cheng Wende felt very troubled by Zhang Jing's inspection of water conservancy in Meizhou these days, he couldn't help but ask Wan Qing: "Wan Siyuan, what Zhang Yushi said makes sense. Zhang Yushi was sent by the imperial government to In Sichuan, even Fei Dutai has no power to deal with Zhang Yushi and can only impeach him. If there is really a decree, he should announce it in person."
If this official document is false, then it is really treason.
A ninth-rank official in Wanqing could not understand these things. Wouldn’t he, a fifth-rank magistrate, not understand it either?
Unless several big guys in Sichuan have really conspired to do big things together.
But even so, it still requires these big guys to personally win over people's hearts and eliminate dissidents.
Wan Qing is just a person who got promoted by flattering Gao Kewei. I heard Gao Kewei say it was a secret decree yesterday, and I still have the official document in hand. Where can I think of more?
He thought in his heart that this was a meritorious service for His Majesty, so he set off with his people in great excitement.
Along the way, he didn't tell his subordinates where he was going. After all, Gao Kewei had told him that the Holy Will would not be publicized until the other four people handed it over to the deputy envoy and the three ministers.
But when he arrived in front of Zhang Jing, who didn't take his official document seriously and looked at him rather unfairly, Wan Qing still said what Gao Kewei said in anger.
As a result, Zhang Jing now said that this official document must be fake because Fei Hong was not in Chengdu at all.
Wan Qing retorted angrily: "Since it is a secret decree, how can I let you, a traitor to the Party, know when I arrived in Chengdu? Since there is a secret decree, why do I need to announce it to you? The secret decree is not for you, a traitor to the Party!"
Zhang Jing sneered: "If the secret decree is that Fei Dutai will arrive before leaving Chengdu, even if it takes a few days to plan, why not make an excuse to keep me in Chengdu for a few more days? Then why bother you to go so far again? Now Even Cheng Zhizhou is suspicious and worried. Is this the way to carry out King Qin’s important mission according to a secret order?”
After saying that, he pointed at Cheng Wende: "You can't trust me as a capital official, Cheng Zhizhou, you should trust me, right? Ask Cheng Zhizhou, is this matter a big violation of common sense? I would like to advise you, don't make a mistake or be harmed by others. If you don’t realize it, it will lead to a serious crime that is irreversible!”
Wan Qing couldn't help but glance at Cheng Wende.
Anger was trying to save face, and now he was doubting it in his heart.
Conspiracy and serving the king are two different things. If I don't have the courage, it's impossible for Gao Zhengtai to have the courage, right?
Cheng Wende smiled bitterly and said, "Wan Siyu, this matter... is indeed against common sense."
After saying that, he asked with trembling fear: "When Wan Siyuan was ordered to do so, was it only Gao Zhentai who was in front of him, or were both Marquis Yangwu and Yang Fantai in front of him?"
Wan Qing only hesitated for a moment, but Cheng Wende suddenly changed his face and shouted in an extremely majestic tone: "Come on! Protect Zhang Yushi and capture the traitor's accomplices!"
The government officials in Meizhou suddenly became energetic. Some stood in front of the two to protect them, and some also surrounded the officials in the past.
Wan Qing did not expect that the situation would take a turn for the worse. Cheng Wende, who had been in a dilemma just now, suddenly changed his face.
Zhang Jing couldn't help but glance at Cheng Wende, who looked upright.
Do you have to see the flaw in the momentum of the person who came here before you ask some serious questions, and then suddenly appear to "make meritorious service"?
After all, Jisi's people haven't really taken him down yet, and now he, Cheng Wende, has been judged as an accomplice of the traitor.
"Who dares? I'm the supervisor of the Prosecution Commission!" Wan Qing was shocked and angry.
"Why don't I dare?" Cheng Wende's face was full of official authority, "Left and right! Take it down first! If I have offended you, I will apologize to Wan Si Prison later. I also ask Wan Si Prison to condescend to stay in Meizhou for now! The place is so close to Chengdu Mansion, you can know the truth in an instant! If Zhang Yushi is really the person His Majesty secretly wants to deal with, I will guard him first! Zhang Yushi, I have been offended, what do you think?"
Zhang Jing looked at him deeply: In this case, the inspection of water conservancy will be put on hold for now.
But he bowed and saluted: "That's how it should be. I will stay in the yamen of Meizhou Prefecture for a few days, waiting for news from Chengdu Prefecture."
After saying this, he could not hide the worry between his brows.
Why did Gao Kewei dare to act like this? Or was it that the important officials in Sichuan had already colluded with each other, and this act was just entrusted to someone else?
He didn't know that what Gao Kewei wanted was to create more chaos first to distract Xue Lun and prevent him from pursuing him with all his strength.
But not only was there a Jinyiwei Baihu who had been lurking for a long time in the Yang Mansion, but the water patrol censor was not an easy person to handle either.
Normally, if a civil servant suddenly hears about such a big thing, he may face a disaster, so how can he not make a scene?
But Zhang Jing not only remained calm, but also pointed out the key points in a few words and analyzed possible situations.
When Zhu Houcong, the Holy Judge and others, gave the list of water patrol censors, Zhang Jing was named in Sichuan.
Just because Zhang Jing was an anti-Japanese hero and Minister of the Ministry of War who was eventually unjustly killed by another Jiajing.
