Chapter 87 Wu

Kublai Khan was shocked by the changes in Dadu in Shangdu, and he was extremely furious. He immediately ordered the Deputy Privy Envoy Polo to lead the guards of the army to Dadu first, and arrest Zhang Yi, Wang Zhu, the main planners and implementers of the murder. Monk Gao and all the accomplices involved in the murder were executed on the spot.After Polo set off, Kublai discussed with Zhenjin and decided to return the next day. Polo and the guards of the army are riding on the BMW Liangji, which travels thousands of miles a day, and returns to the capital in two days.Contrary to Polo's expectations, there was no riot in the metropolis because of Ahema's death. On the contrary, after the news of Ahema's death came out, the soldiers and civilians in the metropolis competed for wine, sang and drank to celebrate, and Yanjing wine The city was empty for three days, which shocked Polo even more than when he first heard the news of Ahema's death.

He knew that Ahema was unpopular, but he didn't expect the people to hate him so much. Except for the main criminals Zhang Yi, Gao Monk and Wang Zhu who were easily arrested and brought to justice, Polo's pursuit of the other accomplices has come to a deadlock.Most of the common people are not willing to identify these brave and righteous men in their minds. An official from the Ministry of Criminal Justice managed to track down the hiding places of Zhang Yi's daughter Shuiyun and son-in-law Wang Zhuo. Polo immediately led his troops to Jietai Temple, but the one who greeted him was standing alone in front of the wide-open mountain gate with his left hand. Princess Luoluo holding a bow and holding an arrow in her right hand.Polo became Kublai Khan's personal bodyguard when he was young, and he and Luoluo were childhood playmates. How could he not understand the princess's nature and personality? up the horse's head.He looked like he was trying to escape.

Seeing that Kublai Khan would return to Luan in two or three days, Polo and Yin Shangshu, who was in charge of the case, were helpless.They knew that the Great Khan was in a rage, and if they were questioned about their ineffectiveness, it would not only be as simple as losing the black yarn on their heads, but more likely to lose their heads under the black yarn.Yin Shangshu anxiously asked Polo what to do, Polo thought for a long time, and finally came up with a bold plan.He told Yin Shangshu his thoughts, Yin Shangshu was startled at first, and then thought to himself, since it is death if you can’t make a deal with Da Khan, it is also death if the matter is revealed, it is better to take a risk, maybe you can win a glimmer of life .

On the night of the second day, Po Luo and Yin Shangshu proposed eighty death row prisoners approved by the Ministry of Punishment, Zhang Yi, Gao Monk, and Wang Zhu from Xishan Prison, and escorted them to the court for execution.In the memorial drafted by them, they falsely claimed that three main criminals and eighty accomplices had been arrested, and all of them had been executed; the rest, including Zhang Yi's daughter and son-in-law, were under investigation.As for the death row prisoners, because the plague happened to be prevalent in Xishan Prison not long ago, a large number of prisoners died within a few days, and the jailers fled one after another.Although the epidemic was brought under control, Xishan Prison was basically out of control, and the specific death toll was impossible to check. In view of this, Yin Shangshu dared to make such a plan with Polo to hide the truth.

On the second day after Kublai Khan returned to Beijing, he summoned Polo, Yin Shangshu, and civil and military officials in the Daming Hall. Polo and Yin Shangshu presented the memorial, and then retreated respectfully to the side, bowing their heads and waiting for the order.In fact, at this moment, the two felt as if they were standing on the edge of a cliff. Polo's palms and back were covered with sweat, and Yin Shangshu's heart was pounding like a deer, his face turned red and turned white. After reading the memorial, Kublai Khan was full of thoughts.He never expected that among the three people who planned and carried out the murder, two of them were the people he trusted the most.Zhang Yi is an old official of the vassal government who has followed him for many years. Between him and Zhang Yi, they are called monarchs and ministers, and they are like brothers in reality; Favored, promoted to Pingzhang of the Tent Hall, responsible for his daily guards...

"Polo." "The minister is here." "After the death of Ahema, did the people in Dadu really 'compete to buy wine, sing and drink to celebrate, and the Yanjing wine market was empty for three days'?" "Yes, I dare not lie to the Great Khan." "After the death of everyone in Zhang Yi, did the people in Dadu really gather at the side of the road to worship without fear of being implicated?" "Exactly." "Why? I just want to ask why? Since I ascended to the throne, who has guaranteed the huge financial expenditure of the imperial court so that I can concentrate on the subsequent unification war? Of course, I understand and remember it in my heart, and support my wholeheartedly. It is true that it is my subjects, but Ahma also contributed a lot. Without the filling of the national treasury, what will I use to heal the wounds of war, what will I use to build Dadu into the most prosperous and prosperous capital in the world, and what will I use to stop plots to split the country The kings of Haidu? And the people who ensured that the national treasury is filled are Ahema, the political affairs of Pingzhang Ahema. Could it be that Ahema is really unforgivable, so that the courtiers and the people insist on putting him to death? Quick? I don’t understand, tell me! You all tell me, why?”

"Minister—Great Khan, please forgive me for speaking boldly: Ahema is greedy and insidious by nature. Over the years, he has done many outrageous things behind Khan's back by relying on his trust in him." "How do you say that? Is there any evidence?" "When Chen and Yin Shangshu tracked down the main culprit in the case of murdering Ahema, in order to find out the truth, they accidentally discovered many memorials that were privately detained by Ahema during the investigation of Zhongshu Province. These memorials are all to impeach him. .” "really?"

"yes." "You pick the few important ones and read them to me." "Yes. One is that in the twelfth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Ahema was not enough for the country, so he asked the Great Khan to approve the restoration of the Capital Transit Department, and the people he appointed in the Capital Transit Department were all his cronies or bribed officials. In the same year, Dasinong Yao Shu suggested that the imperial court allow the common people to sell salt and medicinal materials, but Ahema secretly ordered his cronies to search and hoard medicinal materials and salt and sell them at high prices in the name of fear of poor management at that time, so as to make huge profits from it.”

"This is one." "In April of the fifteenth year of Zhiyuan (1278), Zhongshu Zuocheng Cui Bin made a statement: Ahema was nepotism, a son of the same family, and an important member of the court. The Great Khan decreed to 'depose him', but Ahema Ma cleverly mediated, but the Great Khan did not hold Ahema accountable. In August of the same year, Cui Bin moved to Zuocheng of the Jianghuai Province. When the crime was punished according to the law, the people in Jianghuai all applauded and applauded, and they all called "Cui Qingtian". Ahema heard the news in Dadu, worried that his crime of colluding with corrupt officials would be profusely reported by Cui Bin, so he secretly detained Cui Bin's memorial, and at the same time stepped up The action first framed Cui Bin for embezzling public funds, put Cui Bin in prison, and then poisoned Cui Bin in prison, and buried the matter hastily. Once Cui Bin died, Hu Xin, A San, the sons of Ahema who were impeached by Cui Bin, etc. People, in November of the same year, all officials were reinstated."

"Is there any more?" "In the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1280), Lian Xixian, the former official of the Great Khan's Mansion, presented the last memorial to the Great Khan when he was seriously ill, and this memorial was also withheld by Ahema." "What did Lian Mengzi say?" "Xi Xian wrote in the memorial: 'There are two ways to govern the world. Use a gentleman to rule, and use a villain to cause chaos. Although the disease of the minister is severe, it is entrusted to the sky. Those who are very worried, the big traitor monopolizes power, and the swarms of evil bees are attached. , harming the country and harming the people, who are seriously ill. Ahema has been in power for a long time, and he has been greedy and arrogant, citing traitors, conspiring to communicate, and specializing in deceiving. Such a corrupt and violent minister is rare in ancient and modern times, and has reached the pinnacle.' Therefore , Xi Xian implores the Great Khan to make up his mind early to eliminate the traitorous party, so as to calm the resentment of the world."

"I really haven't seen the memorial, so that's the case. But I don't know what personal grievances Zhang Yi, Gao Monk, Wang Zhu have with Ahema, so that the three of them joined forces to kill Ahema?" "I know a thing or two about these situations. Zhang Yi's wife, beautiful and charming, was raped by Ahema a few months ago for unknown reasons. Mrs. Zhang committed suicide because of the humiliation. Mrs. Zhang Yi loved her. It is well known among all officials that his beloved wife was raped and died by Ahema, which must have been the reason for Zhang Yimeng to kill Ahema and eliminate harm for the people of the world. Wang Zhu is the son of Wang Ji, a thousand households in Yidu. He and other ministers jointly wrote a letter to His Majesty, impeaching Ahema, "no dissent, Du Sai's loyal words, his feelings are like Qin Zhaogao; private property, coveting non-hope, his feelings are like Han Dong Zhuo; please make an order to kill Ahema." Ma privately withheld the memorial and secretly set up a poisonous plan to frame Wang Ji as Li Fen's remaining party. He was thrown into a big prison, and the jailer was bribed to kill Wang Ji in prison. Although Wang Ji's case was later tried by the prince to defend his injustice, The Great Khan decreed to rehabilitate him, and granted his son Wang Zhu the hereditary title of Yidu Qianhu. But Wang Zhu was pure and filial in nature, and he was an iron-blooded man. Since then, he has been looking for opportunities to assassinate Ahema. Gao The monk is the brother of Zhang Yi's son-in-law Wang Zhuo with a different surname. The two are brothers and sisters, and they swear to live and die together. But Wang Zhuo is already a man with a wife and daughter, and Gao Monk does not want Wang Zhuo to take risks, so he is willing to die for him. Wang Zhuo took revenge." "So that's the case. I've always wondered how the three of them are related? It turns out that the common hatred made them reach the same goal by different routes." "Exactly. Great Khan, I also got a treasure map here, which marked the four secret rooms built by Ahema in the back garden of Yuyuan for privately hiding treasures, east, south, west, north One place each. The Great Khan Enzhunchen, please lead the guards of the army to search the Yuyuan. Before the Khan returns to Luan, the minister has sent the guards of the army to enter the Yuyuan first, to prevent the wives and sons of Ahema from selling the stolen goods." "Is there such a thing? Where did the treasure map come from?" "It was handed over to Wei Chen when Zhang Yi was arrested. He said that Ahema's accumulated wealth over the past twenty years was by no means less than the sum of the national treasury's income. Otherwise, how could he support his many wives and concubines? Children and grandchildren? Another proof of his audacity is that he took for himself a priceless gem that the Semu merchant had offered to the Great Khan." "Are you sure?" "Everything I said is true." "Forget it! Deceive the king, kill the loyal, and be greedy... In this way, it is true that the king wants to kill him! It is my decree: to search Yuyuan immediately and kill Ahema outside the Tongxuan gate. Nephews and nephews who have committed serious crimes will be punished, and all property will be handed over to the state treasury! All the above-mentioned matters will still be handled by Deputy Envoy Polo and Minister Yin." "I obey the order." Polo and Yin Shangshu accepted the order in unison.Yin Shangshu glanced at Polo, and let out a long breath quietly. It's God helping them that things can be handled like this.At this time, Zhenjin said: "Father Khan, since the three Zhang Yi and the eighty accomplices in this case have all been brought to justice, and Ahema has more than culpable death, can Father Khan specifically pardon Zhang Yi's daughter and son-in-law?" Kublai Khan thought for a moment: "Although the prince's performance is merciful, but the ministers of the court secretly form secret parties and kill the ministers, this trend must not last long, and it is unforgivable. Zhang Yi's daughter, son-in-law, and family all If I did not participate in the murder, I am extremely gracious, and I will not even sit down, but I am not allowed to live in the capital again." "Yes. My son's humble opinion is not as far-sighted as father Khan's." "What else does the prince want to play?" "In the Ahema case, Yadai contributed a lot. The treasure map that Zhang Yi presented to Deputy Envoy Polo was drawn after many years of secret investigation by Yadai. If you can find four secret rooms according to the treasure map, please return Father Khan forgives Yadai's crime." "How do you know about this?" "It was mentioned in Luoluo's letter to my son." "Could it be that Luoluo is also involved in this matter?" "No, she just learned something. Besides, Yadai often visits Luoluo in Jietai Temple, and Luoluo loves Yadai very much." "Oh...how is Luoluo?" "She is fine. She said that she will return to the palace to visit her father and mother soon." "Since that's the case, it doesn't matter, as a father, I will play as you want." Kublai Khan was shocked by the results of the decree to search Yuyuan.He never expected that during the 20 years of Ahma's reign, the wealth he accumulated was equivalent to 50 years of taxation for the country, and he also built an extremely luxurious manor that was not inferior to the imperial palace. This fact also made him realize why the government and the public hated Ahema so much, and why Zhang Yi and others must get rid of Ahema and then quickly. Ten days later, among the twenty-five sons of Ahema, Huxin and Ahsan were executed, his eldest wife Hezhe Lingchi was executed, and the other four hundred wives, concubines and children were distributed to others as servants.Seven hundred and fourteen party members were punished according to the law, and they were not allowed to use it again.In addition, after Kublai Khan seized the four secret rooms in Yuyuan according to the treasure map, he kept his promise and specially pardoned Yadai.Yadai chose to stay in Jietai Temple to serve Princess Luoluo.Wang Zhuo and Zhang Shuiyun will go to Yunnan, and Luoluo has written a letter, asking them to bring Qingfeng to take care of her. Princess Luoluo specially prepares a vegetarian banquet table at Jietai Temple as a farewell party for Wang Zhuo's family.Everything in the past is like a passing cloud, they never mention it, and they will never remind themselves again...