Sixteen people died, and the official careers of Miao Jiwen and Zhang Xing, the former magistrate of Wuxian County, came to an end.
According to the regulations of the imperial court, if a major murder occurs within the county's jurisdiction, regardless of whether it is related to the county magistrate or the chief registrar, both of them must bear responsibility. There is only one result, and that is to resign.
As for whether the county magistrate will be transferred to another place, go to jail, or resign and go home, it depends on the results of the court's investigation.
Quancha's decree has long been spread to the north and south of the Yangtze River, and Yuan Wu is naturally among them.
During this period, officials were pretending to be grandsons and pitiful people. No one dared to take the lead easily and make big moves. They were afraid that the official uniforms they had put on after decades of hard work would be stripped off.
Miao Jiwen and Zhang Xing sat paralyzed in the Yamen lobby, trembling all over as they looked at Yu Xin in the hall.
Yu Xin said with a gloomy face: "Sixteen people were killed, and for seven days no one noticed anything. They allowed the corpses to rot and be eaten by crows. The chief did not patrol, the county magistrate did not ask, and the bookkeeper did not inspect. Then what do you do? What are the officials? According to the imperial court's comprehensive inspection regulations, the two of you need to be suspended for review. The former magistrate of Wuxian County will be temporarily handed over to Song Li. "
Song Li was a little surprised when he heard this.
Yu Xin stood up and walked out, sitting on the left side and looking at Song Li.
Song Li did not refuse. After thanking Yu Xin, he sat in the magistrate's hall. He slapped the hall with surprise and shouted sharply: "Two squads of Yamen servants!"
After hearing this, the officials on both sides quickly turned to look at Song Li and shouted in unison: "My subordinates are here."
Song Li glanced at Yu Xin, and when he saw that Yu Xin made no move, he said: "Thoroughly investigate Yuanwu. All locals of Yuanwu who are not immigrants from Hongwu twenty-four years ago will be searched for, including their family members." Take it to the county government office, I need to intervene."
"I will obey your orders."
the officer shouted.
Song Li waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
As for the county magistrate and chief registrar, Song Li didn't care. They were no longer officials and there was no need to waste a word on them.
Yu Xin proposed a memorial, arranged for the Security Bureau to deliver it to the capital, and then sat in Yuanwu, waiting for the Security Bureau's investigation results.
Whether Guo Luan is the murderous double swordsman, we need to find this person first.
But these people have been dead for seven days. Even if Guo Luan is the murderer, he may have fled without a trace. Therefore, if you want to find Guo Luan, you need to check Guo Luan's information from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
And this takes a lot of time.
In the evening, Yu Xin was discussing Yuan Wu's murder case with Ren Yi, Jing Qing and others. The old boatman shouted outside: "Old Yu Ge, this clearly shows that someone killed someone and silenced him. We need to arrest the King of Zhou immediately."
After hearing this, Yu Xin's expression suddenly changed, he stood up and said coldly: "Xiong Wucheng, lock up this nonsense person!"
After Xiong Wucheng heard this, he walked out.
Ren Yi stared at the door. Two people held the old boatman's arms and dragged him outside.
He actually said he wanted to arrest King Zhou?
Could it be that this old boatman really knew a lot of inside information?
"You can't lock me up, Yu Xin, Yu Pifu, these sixteen people were all killed by you!"
The old boatman shouted loudly.
Yu Xin's eyes trembled several times and shouted to Xiong Wucheng: "Bring him here!"
Xiong Wucheng had no choice but to bring the old boatman to the lobby.
"Tell me, why did I kill them?"
Yu Xin asked sharply.
The old boatman broke away from the guard, looked at Yu Xin angrily, and shouted: "You know that once you enter Kaifeng City, King Zhou will definitely know the news and will kill everyone who knows it.
Even so, you entered Kaifeng City regardless of everything. Now that someone is dead, if it wasn't you who killed him, who is it? "
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Song Li shouted quickly.
So what about cabinet ministers? They are not members of the royal family. When entering the territory of the feudal king, they must pay homage. This is the rule set by Taizu.
It is not appropriate to link Yu Xin's entry into Kaifeng City with the murder case.
Yu Xin raised his hand, stopped Song Li, and said to the old boatman: "I think you killed them! I have repeatedly warned you not to reveal your identity, let alone mention the name Yuan Wu, but what about you?"
The old boatman was immediately speechless.
At that time, I was also panicked. When I saw someone coming to question me, I thought that if the officials were protecting me, I would definitely die, so I shouted out.
"That's because you didn't protect me well! You said you won't let outsiders contact me, but what about the end?"
the old boatman shouted angrily.
Yu Xin fell silent.
Xiong Wucheng was even more uncomfortable, looking at the ground with a gloomy face.
Improper protection by the Security Bureau was the key to the identity of the old boatman being revealed. This is an undeniable fact. If these people were really silenced, it was most likely related to this matter.
When the old boatman saw that Yu Xin was silent, he shouted: "You can't make decisions for the people at all, and you can't avenge the people of Yuanwu. I can't stay here anymore. If I stay, I will definitely die."
"You can't leave. You are the only witness to the dam collapse in Heiyang Mountain."
Gao Wei took a step forward and shouted sharply.
As soon as these words came out, Yu Xin frowned, and even Xiong Wucheng looked at Gao Wei with some surprise. This guy actually said such confidential words in front of Ren Yi?
Ren Yi looked at the old boatman with a somewhat strange and eerie look.
The only witness!
Ren Yi glanced at Gao Wei thoughtfully. This man seemed to want to let the old boatman die. His words did not seem like a momentary slip of the tongue, but rather like a long-planned execution.
No matter what Gao Wei thinks, the old boatman cannot be kept.
If he dies, then he will be safe, the officials of all sizes in Kaifeng Mansion will be safe, and the King of Zhou will also be safe.
Kill one person and everyone will be safe.
Ren Yi withdrew his gaze and made secret calculations.
Yu Xin glared at Gao Wei fiercely and said to Xiong Wucheng: "You must protect him and never allow any strangers to touch him. Otherwise, even if I fight for the official position, you, Xiong Wucheng, will never be able to stay in the Security Bureau." !”
Xiong Wucheng felt cold all over. He could see that Yu Xin was really angry and took the old boatman away by force. Silence fell into the lobby again. Yu Xin arranged: "No one is allowed to leak the information to the outside world. Once the old boatman comes out, If it’s an accident, everyone present will not be able to live in peace.”
Ren Yi and others nodded in agreement.
After walking out of the lobby, Gao Wei took a few steps, caught up with Ren Yi, and whispered: "If anything happens to King Zhou, find a way to deal with the old boatman."
Before Ren Yi could react, he saw Gao Wei walking over quickly.
At night, Ren Yi sat in his room, meditating on the relationship between Gao Wei and King Zhou.
As a person whom the King of Zhou relied on, Ren Yi took over the imperial court and controlled the Kaifeng government officials. His status and importance were self-evident. However, in Ren Yi's knowledge, there was no such person as Gao Wei under the King of Zhou.
"Gao Wei, the Governor's Mansion has settled matters. The Governor's Mansion..."
Ren Yi murmured, thinking about the power game behind Gao Wei.
In the Dudu Mansion, there were not a few people who had connections with the King of Zhou, for two reasons.
First, Zhou Wang Zhu Ji is the biological brother of Yan Wang
My brother, King Yan was also a general who commanded the army. He went to the north of the fortress several times to attack the Mongolian tribes and made outstanding achievements. As the younger brother of King Yan, the head of the vassal kings in the mainland, and the fifth son of Taizu, his status is certainly not simple.
Second, Zhou Wang Zhu Ji was the son-in-law of Song Guogong Feng Sheng.
Feng Sheng was the true founding general. Many soldiers who had followed Feng Sheng on the expedition had received his favor. They were filled with anger that Feng Sheng was killed without guilt. If Zhu Ju, his son-in-law, was questioned by the court, he might not come out. say.
But what made Ren Yi a little confused was that Gao Wei was not from the military and was not Feng Sheng's old subordinate. He should have no reason to help the King of Zhou.
After thinking about it, Ren Yi was not sure whether Gao Wei was a trap thrown by Yu Xin, but one thing was certain, the old boatman was a person who knew the inside story, and this person must die.
Ren Yi wrote a secret letter and hid the letter in his room. After leaving the county office with Yu Xin the next day, a government servant quietly walked into the room where Ren Yi lived and took out the secret letter...
Capital, Dongchang.
The factory owner Wang Yue was reviewing the impeachment memorials, classifying them into categories, and asking about the progress.
Since the implementation of the Quancha, the number of memorials for impeachment of officials inside and outside the imperial court has decreased by one-third. The reason is very simple. The imperial court does not allow officials to "report on hearsay" and does not allow "hearsay" to be used as a basis for criticism.
Without the freedom to say what they want, officials must consider the authenticity and context of the matter before impeachment, and cannot always listen to gossip from roadside social media.
Without the roadside club, impeachment officials need to find other ways, such as acting as paparazzi, spies, or following idiots...and these require time and luck.
Therefore, Dongchang has not been busy recently, and there are not many memorials in the backlog.
However, in recent days, there has been a sudden increase in the number of memorials to impeach officials in Kaifeng, Henan. At first, Dongchang did not pay attention to it. He only thought it was an ordinary local impeachment and prepared to cooperate with the Security Bureau to investigate and verify.
But when Sun Xun, the inspector of Qianhu, read a memorial to Wang Yue, Wang Yue's expression suddenly changed.
The memorial was written by Henan Yushi Zhou Wubei. The target of the impeachment was Wang Wentao, a fellow magistrate of Kaifeng. The content of the impeachment was that Wang Wentao, a fellow magistrate of Kaifeng, had frequent visits to the Zhou palace and had a close relationship with him.
The impeachment of a local official’s friendship with the feudal lord is no small matter. There is only one logic behind it:
Control the place and fight against the imperial court.
Wang Yue received Zhou Wubei's memorial and quickly entered the palace to see Zhu Yunwen.
Dongchang does not have the authority to handle this kind of memorial directly related to the vassal king. It must be submitted to the emperor as soon as possible. Only after obtaining the emperor's consent and instructions can the next step be arranged.
Wuying Palace.
Chen Di, the Minister of Rites, solemnly said: "Your Majesty, the envoys of the Champa Kingdom have entered Tianjie Temple to study etiquette. The Emperor still needs to decide when they will be allowed to appear."
Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said: "This matter should not be postponed. The situation of the occupation of the city is unknown. Although there has been a report before, it is not detailed. I want to ask Yejia Sengyuan personally and check the credentials of the king of Champa, Luo Aai. If possible, We can let him see you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.”
Chen Di nodded in agreement and said, "In that case, let's allow him to appear in court tomorrow."
Zhu Yunwen agreed. As soon as Chen Di left the hall, he saw Prince Yue of Dongchangchang hurriedly asking for an audience. He was about to ask, but unexpectedly Wang Yue looked ugly. He just saluted and hurriedly entered the hall.
Chen Di felt deeply uneasy, but didn't know why, so he had to leave.
Wang Yue took out the memorial and reported it to Zhu Yunwen, saying: "Your Majesty, there is a censor impeaching Wang Wentao, a fellow magistrate of Kaifeng, for befriending the King of Zhou and having evil intentions."
