Chapter 109 History of the Palace Outside the Qing Dynasty (13-2)

"Originally there are two purposes, one is to punish the crime according to the law, and the other is to aggravate it. Please ask King Dun to make a decision. Now that the first one doesn't work, the second one is naturally implemented. There is no need to ask King Dun for instructions." This is a natural and inevitable method, but Zhang Zhiwan dared not make a decision, he said hesitantly: "I think, after thinking about it, I still need to invite all the officials to discuss it." The more I say it, the more wrong I am, for such a clear truth, I still have to "think about it, think about it"!Xue Yunsheng thought to himself, Zhang Zhiwan only wanted the position of the elder, as long as it didn't hinder his future, he could do things freely.Therefore, he retreated, and he didn't need to discuss with Yan Jingming and others, he directly confessed to the judge, weighed the crimes of love, considered the aggravation, roughly should be reduced by two grades, and all were reduced by one grade.

Before the appointment, there was another procedure for painting a confession.Xue Yunsheng visited the ministers of the meeting separately, explained why he had to increase the conviction, and agreed to gather at the Ministry of Criminal Justice for "interrogation" on May 19th, so he invited King Dun to discuss the case again at the Ministry of Criminal Justice. At noon that day, the five ministers of the conference had all arrived, the official case in the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment had been removed, and there were five grand master chairs lined up side by side. When they were about to take their seats, someone rushed to report that it was King Dun who had arrived.

It turned out that the appointment with him had not yet been discussed, and I didn't want to advance an hour, so did he also want to participate in the interrogation?In the Daqing Huidian, there seems to have never been such a case.But at this time there is no time to investigate, so I can only pick it up first and then say: The prince's etiquette system is noble, and he is in the Yamen, so he naturally acts according to the etiquette.Zhang Zhiwan and Xue Yunsheng are the hall officials of the main department, they are on duty outside the gate, and the rest are on duty at the second gate.As soon as King Dun's sedan chair was carried in, he rushed to the steps of the lobby, stood up to meet each other, stopped the sedan chair and opened the curtain, only to see that King Dun was wearing a public uniform, stepping out of the sedan chair, cupping his hands all the way, and said repeatedly: "Young Li , Shaoli."

According to the rules at the beginning of the founding of the country, first-rank officials would kneel twice and kowtow six times when they saw the prince. Afterwards, the number of etiquette was slightly reduced, but they still had to kowtow.However, King Dun's nature is simple and he doesn't like to make a fuss, so according to his intention, the five ministers only half-kneeled to pay their respects. "This is the first time for me to come to the Ministry of Criminal Justice." He looked around and asked, "Is this Lu Bing's 'Jinyiwei Hall'?" The "Jinyiwei Hall" mentioned by King Dun is probably a saying in the play, but Lu Bing was the commander of the Jinyiwei, and the Ministry of Punishment was indeed the Jinyiwei of the former Ming Dynasty, which is not bad, so Zhang Zhiwan agreed: "Yes!"

"And what about the 'Tenfu Division'? Where is it?" Zhang Zhiwan turned around and pointed to the southwest and northwest directions: "It is the current 'South Suo' and 'North Suo'." "There is a locust tree planted in Yangjiao Mountain in Fusi of Beizhen. Is it still there? Let me have a look!" After saying that, King Dun was about to move. Zhang Zhiwan was taken aback. The North and South Institutes, also known as "South Prison" and "North Prison", were dark places, how could the Prince see them?Moreover, since King Gong became ill in July last year, King Dun has been rather unwilling to leave idle. The Yunnan reimbursement case in front of him advocates strict handling and entanglements are a ready-made example.If you see all kinds of unbearable situations in the prison and find any troubles, you can just "can't eat and walk around".

Therefore, I had no choice but to stop, "Return to the prince," he said with a knee, "Punishment is an ominous place. The prince has golden branches and jade leaves, and he should never go to such a place. Besides, the old locust tree planted by Yang Jiaoshan has long been I don’t know if it died in that year and was burned as firewood.” It's not that King Dun showed compassion and sympathy for the prisoner. He was just curious. He had never seen what a prison looks like. He wanted to open his eyes. Since Zhang Zhiwan said so, he couldn't insist on it, so he just smiled and gave up. .

However, Zhang Zhiwan was still in a dilemma.Do you want to invite King Dun to participate in the painting confession?If you think about it a little more, you will know that it is not feasible if it does not conform to customization.But if he is not invited to participate, where will he be placed?If he is not sitting in the lobby, he has to be invited to the Baiyun Pavilion where the hall officials gather to do business.Unfortunately, the Ministry of Punishment has the lowest terrain, and even the nearby Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple often suffer from floods, which is known as the "Flooding of the Three Law Departments".Now in May, it rains continuously, Baiyun Pavilion is "like in the middle of the water", and several tables are used to form bridges for entering and exiting, so how can you invite King Dun to sit there?

Just when he was hesitating, King Dun had already seen the clue.Shout out: "Young man!" "Yes! Zhiwan is here." Zhang Zhiwan replied respectfully. "You go to court." He pointed to the east and said, "I'll just sit there for a while, you don't need to bother me, just go about your business." "This, this is condescending to the prince." "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Just be the common people I'm watching." Everyone listened to this sentence and became wary. It seemed that King Dun came to see the court specially, so we had to be careful not to make any mistakes and let him catch him.

"Dan Weng," Zhang Zhiwan said in a low voice, "King Dun is here, shouldn't we sit facing the south?" "That's true." "I think it looks like this. Let's sit on two sides, with an empty space in the middle. Danweng sees this regulation, so why not?" "It's quite appropriate." Yan Jingming looked around the same column and said, "Let's just sit down! It's getting late." So they had to be modest again, and finally they were divided according to the name of the department, Yan Jingming was the first, and sat first in the east.

The first person in the west was Zhang Zhiwan, followed by Lin Shu, Weng Tonghe, and Xue Yunsheng. They sat down one by one.The judge summoned the criminals to the hall one by one according to the roster, according to the severity of the crimes. The first was Sun Jiamu, and the second was Zhou Ruiqing. More than 20 people took two hours to finish the work. Then, he asked King Dun to sit in the middle and propose charges. Xue Yunsheng presented a list, and King Dun took it and read softly: "Sun Jiamu, the head of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was the chief editor of the manuscript. How should I clean myself and serve my duties? Because of the reimbursement in the province, I got 7,000 taels of stolen silver. The law is not in vain, after all it is greed and dereliction of duty. According to: if a person who has a salary does not break the law and steals more than 122 taels, the crime should be hanged. According to the reformer, the stolen goods will be fully handed over. If it is completed within one year according to the regulations, the reduction A second-class crime is a light indulgence, and Sun Jiamu should go on the three-year rule of reducing the stolen goods and waiting for a three-year apprenticeship..."

After reading this, he stopped and asked loudly, "How can the death penalty be reduced to three years in prison?" "Yes!" Xue Yunsheng replied: "The death penalty is reduced by one degree, which is exile, and exile is reduced by one degree of imprisonment. Imprisonment is divided into five degrees, with a minimum of one year and a maximum of three years." "That's not too cheap for him?" "Yes." Xue Yunsheng said: "So I plan to reduce the second class according to the situation, and increase the first class according to the discretion. I will fight for a hundred and travel two thousand miles." King Dun said nothing, and then looked down: "Although Zhou Ruiqing, Minister of Taichang Temple, has not arranged for reimbursement or distribution of spoils, but as a third-rank official, he entered Zhishuyuan, and dared to negotiate with Long Jidong to negotiate with Sun Jiamu, and Yi Guo paid the silver. It is absurd. The beneficiary Sun’s family, Mu Yejing, decided to add a first-class crime in order to reduce the second-class crime for the loss of stolen goods. Zhou Ruiqing and Yiyi’s “Said that the money is the first, and the beneficiary is the same.” King Dun put down the list, and said in an almost angry voice, "You don't need to read any more. I just want to ask: the case involves a lot of things, is it a case-by-case report, or is it all described in one book?" When asked about this, Weng Tonghe, who was sent together with King Dun, should reply, "I want to make a reply together." He said, "All people should be punished. Of course, use memorials, and in addition, use clips." "How many clips are used?" "I want to use three." "The three?" Such a one-stop question after another is quite aggressive.Weng Tonghe couldn't help feeling threatened, but he was used to speaking calmly, so he couldn't hear it on the surface, so he replied calmly: "The first one is to reply to Hong Liangpin, Can Jinglian and Wang Wenshao; Chen Qitai went to the governor of Yunnan to bribe the Taoist government, and was reimbursed by the office; the third one, the officials of the Ministry of household and the Ministry of industry, including mere districts, cannot escape the blame of oversight, and should be referred to the Ministry for discussion. King Dun listened and didn't make a sound, blinking his eyes and thinking, the hall was silent and the air was stuffy.After a while, I heard him ask: "Cui Zunyi came to Beijing to apply for reimbursement, and the governor of Yunnan said he didn't know about it. Think about it, everyone, does it make sense?" "It doesn't make sense and there is no other way." Yan Jingming said slowly, "I can only hope that it will be rectified in the future." "Speaking of it this way, the governor of Yunnan, isn't he guilty at all? Wouldn't that be quite outrageous?" There are sins. Weng Tonghe replied: "It's just a 'public crime'." " The law of the Qing Dynasty stipulates that although officials make mistakes, they are not involved in private affairs, which is called "public crime".It should be handed over to the Ministry of Officials for discussion and has nothing to do with the Ministry of Punishment.So Xue Yunsheng went on to say: "There are two public crimes committed by the governor of Yunnan: First, what Cui Zunyi used was the 'Pingyu' of the Donation Bureau, which is the same as the 'fire consumption' of money and food in prefectures and counties. It is public funds, and more than 100,000 taels have been used, the governor of the province should not be unreasonable. Secondly, Cui Zunyi's misdeeds are notorious, and the governor of the province listed him as "excellent" and sent him to the Ministry for introduction. .” "Zhuo Yi?" King Dun laughed loudly, "There are Zhuo Yi officials like this in Yunnan, no wonder there are troubles on the Yunnan-Vietnam border!" This was his off-topic complaint, and no one answered him.Xue Yunsheng brought the topic back, he said: "This case can only be submitted to the Ministry for discussion by the prince." This sentence is very weighty, and everyone secretly admires it.King Dun had touched a soft nail invisibly, so he had to let the governor of Yunnan go, and mentioned Jing Lian and Wang Wenshao, especially Wang Wenshao, whom he had been thinking about. "What about the more than 30,000 silver that hasn't fallen?" Mentioning this again, the five ministers of the meeting all had a headache, looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one answered. "Also," King Dun seemed to suddenly think: "Then, what about the 30,000 taels?" The amount agreed with Sun Jiamu was 80,000 taels, 50,000 taels had been paid, and 30,000 taels were to be paid. What King Dun was referring to was the 30,000 taels. After the case is closed, Shun Tianxiang will naturally be ordered to pay the treasury." "I can't figure it out now. Since it is said to be 80,000, why is it canceled after paying 50,000?" King Dun asked, "Why do you keep the 30,000? Could it be that Sun Jiamu didn't dare to take the money because he was afraid that the money would be hot?" As far as the case is concerned, this is the most unreasonable point.However, Weng Tonghe had a saying: "Probably because he is afraid that Dan Weng will be upright, it is important to close the case as soon as possible, and the 30,000 taels will be ignored." "Accept the award, accept the award!" Yan Jingming clasped his hands and replied, "This is an unexpected honor." "Hmph!" King Dun sneered, "I'm afraid it wasn't Sun Jiamu who didn't dare to ask for it?" Everyone understood what he meant, which meant that the 30,000 taels of silver were originally reserved for Jing Lian and Wang Wenshao, and they were only for Chen Qitai's performance, which caused waves on the ground, so Jing and Wang dared not ask for the money. The matter is ambiguous and cannot be discussed in depth, so Lin Shu said: "If you go back to the prince, the case will be done at this stage. If nothing else, at least hundreds of thousands of stolen money will be recovered, and the loss of the public will be limited. Moreover, , This stolen money should not have entered the official treasury." So what you say, what I say, is nothing more than reasonable and balanced, to persuade King Dun not to insist, and to say that France is using troops in Vietnam, the Yunnan-Vietnam border is tight, and the Empress Dowager Cixi is worried all night, so it is not appropriate to worry about this case again. It is advisable to close the case early, so that we can work together to deal with foreign aggression. No matter how capable King Dun was, he couldn't deal with five people, and his reasoning was not very clear, and his eloquence was even more beyond his ability, so he had to leave without words. But from the next day, King Dun successively "passed signs" asking for summons.According to the news from the palace: He played to the Empress Dowager Cixi, insisting on strict punishment, saying that he would punish the five ministers, and there was favoritism.However, when the Empress Dowager Cixi asked: How should we deal with it strictly, what is the factual evidence of favoritism?But he couldn't say a reason. In this way, on the fourth day, the five ministers of the Yunnan Reimbursement Committee were summoned, and King Dun was of course included.According to the pre-arranged agreement, among the five ministers, neither Weng Tonghe, Minister of Military Affairs, nor Zhang Zhiwan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, but Yan Jingming took the lead in giving the speech. "In the case, one person dare not relax, outside the case, one person dare not get involved." The Empress Dowager Cixi greatly appreciated Yan Jingming's two words: "There should be no injustice, and there is no need to be involved outside the case." She paused and said: "What about the charges in this case?" So Yan Jingming took out a list, starting with Sun Jiamu and Zhou Ruiqing, and listed the charges of the officials in the case one by one.Upon hearing that so many people were involved, Empress Dowager Cixi's expression became heavy. "The country is so old, and the emperor is still underage. People who enforce the law dare to cheat like this. Are you taking it too lightly?" The Empress Dowager Cixi said again: "Prince Dun! You can say whatever you want." This seems to be a bit unexpected, and the five ministers were all a little troubled, but King Dun was full of energy and echoed loudly: "Before Pan Zuyin and Dingyou returned to the south, they made a regulation of 'consuming stolen goods and reducing crimes', and privately instructed everyone. , and now he is convicted according to Pan Zuyin's regulations." This is a public accusation, and of course it needs to be answered, but Weng Tonghe had promised to deal with King Dun, so he was obliged to speak on behalf of everyone. "Pan Zuyin has already resigned. If he is not in his position, he will not seek his own government. Even if he does not go, it is not Pan who can preside over the whole case." "This case is about morality." King Dun's tone was very stubborn, "It must be handled strictly according to the order." There was a loophole in this sentence, and Weng Tonghe confronted him tit-for-tat: "I have issued an edict repeatedly, instructing to handle it impartially, so that the facts of the case will come to light. So far, no strict decree has been issued. Even if there is a strict decree, it should be handled in accordance with the law." , How can it be too light or too heavy? The law is the law of the ancestors, the country's charter. And the old rules seem to be reduced to one level, and the second level was only reduced during the Jiaqing period. It’s just for the sake of extenuating the law.” "Bringing the law and not breaking the law, how do you tell the difference?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "Let me listen to Weng Tong tell you." "Yes!" Weng Tonghe replied: "As far as the reimbursement case is concerned, it is a violation of the law to cancel what should not be canceled if bribery is accepted. It’s a violation of the law. The reimbursement case in Yunnan has been checked by the Ministry of Household Affairs, but there are discrepancies in the cited cases. In the final analysis, it’s all the money that should be reimbursed, so it’s not a violation of the law.” This said, the Empress Dowager Cixi was relieved.But King Dun had something else to say, he said: "Now the queen mother is doing things behind the curtain, if she is not indulged, there will be discussions when the emperor is in charge in the future." This was very inappropriate, and of course the Empress Dowager Cixi found it difficult to hear. Weng Tonghe seized the opportunity again and retorted: "Prince Dun made a mistake! The Empress Dowager has been hanging for a long time, and she is upright in everything. Take this case as an example. , Repeatedly face-to-face: You must consider it properly. How will it cause controversy in the future? " This is the proper way to speak. On the one hand, it has the meaning of Spring and Autumn to blame the sages, and on the other hand, it praises the sage of the Empress Dowager Cixi.She nodded deeply, "I don't intend to severely punish the crime. However," because King Dun had always ignored the laws in the previous two interviews, she emphasized her meaning and said: "To govern the country, one must follow the law." example." "Reply to the Empress Dowager's words," Yan Jingming replied, "There is not a single word that is inconsistent with the law." Seeing that King Dun was about to speak again, Weng Tonghe thought to himself, if he offends his relatives, he would be offended anyway, so why not take this opportunity and fight for a result, otherwise it would not be worthwhile, so he rushed to say: "What I mean, this is what I mean. I want to reduce the second-class conviction according to the law, but now I reduce it to one class, from three years in prison to two thousand miles in the army, it is already more serious, if it is too light, do you want to kill two people?" Speaking of this, Weng Tonghe was a little excited, citing an allusion that both Empress Dowager Cixi and King Dun knew.The story of Zhang Shizhi, the "Ting Wei" who enforced the law for Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty: Someone stole a jade ring from the Gaozu Temple.Zhang Shizhi fought hard, thinking that stealing a jade ring from the Gaozu Temple would be punishable by the family, so if someone steals the Gaozu Changling, what crime will be punished? In the same way, "If not breaking the law is a capital crime, what crime is breaking the law?" Weng Tonghe said again: "The ministers are waiting in the study, explaining to the emperor every day, but a word of benevolence and a word of righteousness. If you say something, you can't do it." , Is it to guide the king? This is definitely not the original intention of Prince Dun, let alone the original intention of the Empress Dowager." These remarks quoted the past and the present, and also brought out the big hat of "sacred learning", which was quite thorough.Empress Dowager Cixi decided to obey, but she didn't want to embarrass King Dun, so she looked at King Dun in the tone of her sister-in-law admonishing her uncle and said, "You might as well read the regulations carefully, ask someone to explain them clearly, and discuss it with the five of them. " King Dun didn't understand at all. This was the Empress Dowager Cixi looking for an excuse for him to close the tent, and she still tried her best, "The minister's meaning should be discussed in front of the empress dowager at this moment. Otherwise, how can I be against the five of them alone?" ?” As he spoke, he kowtowed his head, begging for kindness. The Empress Dowager Cixi was a little dumbfounded.People kept talking about the laws and regulations, and there was not a single word that was unreasonable, but he made such childish words, which were not only unreasonable, but also inappropriate, so he could only smile wryly. When the bell was untied, it was Weng Tonghe who turned around and said, "Prince Dun is not familiar with the laws and regulations. I will punish everyone and sign out the laws cited one by one. Prince Dun will understand." "That's also good." King Dun said, "I'll take out all the regulations first, and ask the empress dowager to read them. The quotations are good. I will formally issue the memorandum later." "That's a word." Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Just do it like this." No matter how rough King Dun was, he could still understand the sentence "This is a sentence", which means that what he said before was not sensible.Although the Empress Dowager Cixi did not criticize, it sounded very unpleasant to him. When he retreated, King Dun hit Weng Tonghe again.He went to discuss with Weng Tonghe whether Sun Jiamu and Zhou Ruiqing could be charged with other crimes, such as fines, if they lived two thousand miles away.Weng Tonghe said very bluntly that he didn't know anything about the laws and regulations, and if he violated the law, he would make the world laugh at him. King Dun pretended to be angry, but he was honest, and promised to "draw the draft" the next day. Therefore, Weng Tonghe immediately wrote to Xue Yunsheng to tell Xue Yunsheng that according to the decision made in front of the imperial court, he would find out the sources of the laws and regulations quoted in the conviction one by one, and affix a floating lottery on the manuscript.It was originally said that it would be submitted to the Empress Dowager Cixi for review, but in fact, it is enough to send it to King Dun for a review. Early the next morning, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment took the prepared documents and went straight to the court room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.King Dun’s offices in the palace, except for the military aircraft office, can rest there, but he often sits in the court room of the House of Internal Affairs, because first, the court room of the House of Internal Affairs has the most thoughtful supply and the most comfortable sitting. Secondly, King Dun He likes to inquire about trivia in the market, and if he has nothing to do, he can talk to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and chat in a pen-and-post style.All ministries often have officials sent by the inner court, and they all know this situation, so they all come here if they want to see King Dun. When I arrived at the court room of the House of Internal Affairs, I saw that King Dun was only wearing a beige Ge shirt, sitting on a bamboo couch with a big horse, a large bowl of soybean juice in one hand, and a pickled cucumber in the other. He drank soybean juice for a while and took two bites of pickled cucumber , "Xilihulu" and "Gabeng, Gabeng" sounded alternately, drinking soybean juice was very lively. When the drink was finished, the servant took the empty bowl and handed over a steaming towel handle. King Dun took it and shook it away, took a couple of breaths, and then wiped it carelessly. "It's such a pleasure!" He threw down the hot towel, glanced at the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and asked, "Did you come to see me?" "Yes!" The officer of the Ministry of Punishment rushed forward, asking for "Shuangan", and then holding up the file, "Please draw the manuscript!" "Okay! Just draw. I'll take a look first." There are four manuscripts in total, one folded into three pieces.He didn't look at the bottom, but looked at the first clip first, which was exactly the one he wanted to see: "The courtiers and others investigated the censor Hong Liangpin's memorial, please stop and reprimand the fraudulent ministers. First, the minister Yijian, the minister Weng Tonghe Zunzhi inquired about Hong Liangpin in detail, and played back according to the facts; according to the order: 'This case must be Cui Zunyi and Pan Yingzhang. The case was confronted face to face with Zhou Ruiqing, the responsible secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the scribes and merchants. Due to other circumstances. According to the decree: "Prince Tian sent Prince Dun and Weng Tonghe to investigate together" and other causes are on the record. On February 25th of the ninth year of Guangxu, Pan Yingzhang was sent to the Ministry of Punishment, and the ministers and others immediately gathered Pan Yingzhang, Zhou Ruiqing and the department of the household department together, and checked the posts of Hong Liangpin, concerned about bribery and entrustment, and studied them layer by layer . According to Zhou Ruiqing's confession: Zhangjing, an Iraqi military aircraft, has been in value for more than ten years.The incidents undertaken by this office were approved by the court officials in the public office, and never went to the private house.Regarding the reimbursement case in Yunnan, Yi and Pan Yingzhang asked Long Jidong to discuss it with the clerk who undertook it. It was true, but they did not tell the official. According to Pan Yingzhang's confession: Yihuijing reimbursed one item, of which 50,000 taels have been paid, and 30,000 taels have not been paid: it is a subsidy for the department's contractors and scribes, and there is no distribution of tens of thousands of money to Jing Lian and Wang Wenshao. . According to Sun Jiamu's confession: the hall officials of this department really have no use of this paragraph to use various language.The scribes responsible for the quality and the merchants of the name are all confessed and unaware.The second general, Shun Tianxiang, and Qian Hengsheng No. 2 account books were examined in detail, and there was no donation from Pan Yingzhang and others to Jing Lian and Wang Wenshao.The officials and others researched and questioned again and again, checked everywhere, and found that all the sections in the reimbursement case of the former ministers of Kedao were found to be nothing. " Seeing this, King Dun stopped. He always felt that Jing Lian and Wang Wenshao had been washed so clean. He was really unwilling. He wanted to pick up a pen to change a few words, but he couldn't think of a suitable word for a while, so he put it down first. Look further down: "However, the reimbursement of money, food, and military supplies in each province is completely different from the annual regulations. Because of the military affairs of the province, the general reimbursement of the two items was originally an expedient measure. Now that the military affairs have been leveled, it should not be handled together. It is really negligence that the Shangshu and others have not been found out; moreover, Sun Jiamu, a member of the department, and Wai Lang Fuzhi, a first-class member of the Jingchao, who have received the stolen goods of the law, are not aware of it, and it is difficult to abdicate. Please request the order Check Jing Lian, Wang Wenshao and their respective hall officials for their titles, and hand them over to the Ministry for Discussion." Seeing this, King Dun calmed down a lot, because Jing Lian and Wang Wenshao's "public crimes" were heavily worded, and "each should be a court official" also included Zhang Zhiwan, the former minister of the Ministry of War, and Weng Tonghe, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. , Invisibly, it is tantamount to asking for punishment, which is finally aboveboard. In such a flash of thought, and when he was feeling refreshed and in high spirits, he picked up a pen and drew two vertical strokes, which was a cursive "Xing" character, and then he only signed the title "Prince Dun" according to the rules.In addition, I folded two pieces, and it was judged that it was okay. I threw the pen and said loudly: "Okay, take it away!" The officer of the Ministry of Punishment was overjoyed.I thought this mission must be extremely troublesome, and King Dun would have to ask a lot of questions, even if he could answer them one by one, he might not be willing to agree readily, and he always had to go back and forth two or three times to finish the message.On such a hot day, Shazi came out, so I had to accept my fate. Who knew that without talking or waiting, they made promises. This promise is worth more than a thousand dollars?I have done such a beautiful errand, and the appreciation is not limited to the officials of the Ministry, it is really a matter of pride! So he greeted with a smile first, took the file into his hand, and then greeted another, and said, "Thank you, my lord!" This thank you turned into a snake's foot, and King Dun immediately asked: "It's strange, why do you want to thank me?" The man was also very quick-witted, and he replied, "Thank you, my lord, for your compassion. Under the bright sun, don't teach the officer to run more." "Oh," King Dun said bluntly, "I didn't think I should sympathize with you and let you avoid a trip. That's it! You go back." The officer of the Ministry of Punishment energetically folded three pieces and sent them to the meeting. The five ministers in charge made judgments respectively, and then issued copies and submitted them.The next day they gathered in the court room to wait for the decree, but the Empress Dowager Cixi did not call out. After inquiring, they realized that the booklet was too long and had to be read carefully.This is reasonable, but on the third day, there was no news, and when Weng Tong and the Israeli military planes came to meet as usual, the "superior" did not mention this case, so it is very strange. The most anxious one, of course, was Wang Qingjun, the eldest son of Wang Wenshao, who was in Beijing to inquire about news under his father's order.It is an old servant of his family who has been to many places following Wang Wenshao's official career. He is well-informed and skilled in human relations. "Eldest young master, don't worry! Set your mind to think about it and you will know. The book led by King Dun has already cleaned up the master. Could it be that the queen mother insisted on turning the words on regardless of the face of the prince and so many red tops?" ,Will not." "I'm afraid that King Dun is acting the same way on the surface, and acting the same way in the dark. When he meets the Queen Mother face to face, there will be a lot of speculation. "That's not the case. The 'Gongmen Chao' in the past two days has not been 'started' by King Dun." "Ah, ah!" Wang Qingjun felt that this was a good sign. "Besides, there is still Manager Li talking inside, so it must be fine." Hearing this explanation, Wang Qingjun felt a little relieved.Sure enough, at the end of the month, the Yunnan reimbursement case finally came to an end, and the punishment was completely based on the replay.Jing Lian and Wang Wenshao "Separate Discussion Office of the Ministry of Communications".With the result of this case, the way of speaking was considered to be unsatisfactory, so they stopped talking, and the case was roughly considered a foregone conclusion.Of course, there is still a tail left: the first is to recover stolen goods; the second is to deal with officials. As usual, cases like this would last at most three days, and there would be a replay, but this case was delayed for many days, because Li Hongzao and Guangshou, Ministers of the Ministry of Officials, felt that they should protect their integrity.Tried many ways to study the gaps in the laws and regulations, but they were seamless, so I had to deal with them according to the laws and play them back. The papers were not handed in. When the Empress Dowager Cixi summoned the military aircraft, she said in a regretful tone: "No one else will be sorry for the punishment of this case. Only Jing Lian, who has always been very cautious in his duties and has military merits, has worked a lot in the frontier." It is too much. However, Wang Wenshao is actually downgraded by two levels. If he is kind to Jing Lian, he will be punished for the same crime. It seems that it is not enough to show the intention of the court. You see , is there any way to get rid of Jing Lian?" So Li Hongzao played again: "The Empress Dowager is a sage! The officials and others checked the old case. In the tenth year of Xianfeng, they had served a vermilion pen and dared not break the law." Then he played the whole story of the old case. In the first month of the tenth year of Xianfeng, Ruichang, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, was punished by "downgrading to one level and staying in office" because of an error in the review during the autumn trial. Warranty first class.The first-class Jingcha can be promoted immediately, so it is a very solemn matter. The court official is not true, and according to the law, "demotion to the second level is not allowed to offset". At that time, Wen Zong made a special decree to change the downgrade to stay in office, but Zhu Bi specially instructed: "In the future, if there are such people, they will be downgraded." Jing Lian mistakenly protected his fortune. Dare to violate. Of course, it was inconvenient for the Empress Dowager Cixi to disobey Wenzong's Zhu Yu, so she had to announce: "In this case, according to the proposal of the Ministry of Officials, we will actually demote to two levels, but we will still walk with the Prime Minister's Office in the military plane." "Yes!" Bao Jun agreed, and praised again: "The empress dowager is wise." "What's missing in the servants of each department, can Jing Lian be placed?" Since after being downgraded, he is still on the military plane, there is no need to rush to make up the servants, and in this case, although there are many downgraded servants, most of them can be offset, and there is no shortage to fill for a while, so Bao Jun suggested that Jing Lian should be demoted. Transferred to the cabinet bachelor, Empress Dowager Cixi agreed. "Then, what about Jing Lian's Yuan Que?" Jing Lian is the secretary of the household department. Because of the turmoil of the reimbursement case in Yunnan, he had to find someone with particularly good morals to fill the vacancy.In the same year when Li Hongzao recommended him, Elehebu, who was born with the inlaid blue flag, was nicknamed "Waist-tied Battle Skirt", which was a ruthless match with "Elehebu".This man is taciturn, and has no other strengths except integrity. In addition, of course there are other bad luck. The first one is Kui Run, the former servant of the household department who has been transferred to the left servant of the Ministry of officials. Like Jing Lian, he was demoted two levels.The second is Du Ruilian, the governor of Yunnan, who overprotected Cui Zunyi with a great plan, allowed his subordinates to embezzle public funds, and was actually demoted to three levels.The governor of Yunnan was promoted by Tang Jiong, a vassal, which was a rather noteworthy appointment.Because the Sino-French-Vietnamese negotiations were getting serious, Tang Jiong had once led troops in Sichuan, and he never retreated before the battle. He was nicknamed "Tang Desperately". Using him to make up for Du Ruilian's vacancy meant that he did not hesitate to negotiate with France. The meaning of using force.And one of the measures that can best express the intention of the imperial court is also the most surprising: the special decree "Prince Paijiu Yizheng will discuss the affairs of the law and Vietnam".The "Seventh Master", who had been idle for nearly ten years, finally came out to take care of things.