Chapter 844: Case Closed
What Qiu Hu played immediately spread throughout the government and the opposition.
The truth is that Lu Yuchang, the imperial historian sent by the imperial court, found out the corruption case of river workers in the Guide Mansion, and was killed by the government Tongzhi who bought off his subordinates, and the Governor of the Guide Mansion ordered him to fake his suicide, and reported to the court with this conclusion.
As for others, there are officials who do not report their knowledge and have committed crimes against the Industrial and Commercial Bank of the River.
Among them, there are officials who served in the river yamen, the political department, the judicial department, and the imperial history, and the officials who were transferred from Henan to other places after November of the tenth year of Wanli.
A total of 125 officials were implicated.
Among them, there are two officials above the second grade, Li Zihua, the governor of the river, and Dong Ruhan, the current political envoy of the right cloth.
There are three officials above the third grade, the former Henan according to the inspection envoy (has been Zhishi), Henan Province participated in politics, and Daliang Road participated in politics.
There are 39 officials from the fourth to seventh grades, and most of the officials from the prefectures and counties along the river in Henan, and even the supervision officials.
The Son of Heaven was furious from the initial stage, and after learning that so many officials were involved, he became confused.
So the Son of Heaven ordered Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department (Pan Jitao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was impeached and returned home) to preside over the case, and two days later, Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department complained of illness.
The Son of Heaven ordered Dali Temple to assist in the case, and Dali Temple Qing told Shi in old age.
The Son of Heaven was furious when he heard this, there is no royal law left, and everyone is afraid of offending people and does not dare to take responsibility.
The Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Three Law Divisions are left with only one Yushitai.
The old and serious officials in the imperial history platform have shirked one after another, but there are a group of stunned people who keep saying that they want to kill all the corrupt officials and clean up the officialdom, but they say this, but they dare not hand over the case to them.
The Son of Heaven was angry at the moment, and the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai were all shirking, and no official dared to come forward.
Okay, then I'll work with you! No one is allowed to escape.
So the Son of Heaven ordered the three law divisions to be tried!
In this way, the case was handled, but the officials of the three divisions got together and tried it for a month, but there was still no result.
The Son of Heaven wanted them to think together and come up with a decision, but it became a place for officials to pass the buck.
During this period, countless people either came forward or asked for help to intercede for others at the officials of the Three Law Divisions.
At the same time, Qiu Huan's reputation also changed one day and one place. When Qiu Huan's recital was first published, the scholars were applauded, thinking that he had a strong backbone, and he deserved to be a good official who was jealous and hateful, and his eyes could not be mixed with sand.
But the direction of the wind immediately changed later, such as the officials impeached by Qiu Hu before, and many people cried out at this time.
In particular, he presided over the trial of Zhang Juzheng's case, and the matter of not having a Zhang family was taken out to say. He forced Zhang Jingxiu to death, and insulted the women of the Zhang family, and bullied orphans and widows.
The most important thing is that he said conclusively that Zhang Juzheng embezzled 2 million, but in the end he only got 200,000 taels of money, and even the homes of three officials including Zeng Xingwu who sent dirty copies were copied, and the result was less than 250,000 taels of silver.
But Qiu Hu still felt that he was right, not only did he not take the responsibility on himself, but blamed the Huguang officials at that time for conniving and covering up, so that the Zhang family calmly transferred property.
This matter was discussed in the streets and alleys, and then some officials said that Qiu Hu was copying what Zhang Juzheng's house had done, and questioned Qiu Hu being such a cool official, so is he really too harsh in handling the case in Henan?
On this table, Li Zhi and other imperial historians who had impeached Zhang Dang couldn't sit still, and played a chapter on the spot to defend Qiu Huan.
So the court played chapters and became a war of scolding. But this time, public opinion is not on the side of Li Zhi and other imperial historians who presided over the liquidation of the Zhang Party.
Investigating the original Qiu Hu's copy of the Zhang family's recitals was endless, and formed a scolding war with Li Zhi and other imperial historians.
Shen Shixing's mansion was full of cars and horses for a while, and the officials came to the door to beg Shen Shixing to come forward and protect the Henan officials in front of the Son of Heaven.
At this moment, Lin Yanchao's recital arrived in Beijing.
Lin Yanchao played a chapter to impeach the former prefect of the Defu Prefecture, and the Tongzhi masterminded the assassination of Yushi, and the supervision of the river yamen was not conducive to the perfunctory work of the river workers, except for these two places, other officials in Henan Province did not mention a word, which is equivalent to saving these officials.
As soon as Lin Yanchao played the chapter, the triage officials of the Three Law Division, who had been grinding for more than a month, were immediately in good spirits and immediately came to a conclusion. Returned to the prefect of Defu, Tongzhi was the first offender, but although the river yamen and the rest of the officials were derelict in their duties, it was not a major crime.
So the Son of Heaven summoned the three auxiliary ministers to discuss the matter, and finally discussed the case.
At that time, the discussion was unknown to outsiders, but it was only glimpsed in the articles written by Shen Shixing in later generations.
The Son of Heaven summoned the three auxiliary ministers to the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace and asked: "The disaster in Henan, the small people are not allowed to live in peace, is their crime about the cheats of the officials, or is it not cultivated?" ”
Shen Shi walked the right way, and the ministers and others saw that in recent years, it was not a place in Henan, and disasters and injuries were reported everywhere, such as the drought in Shaanxi, the great water in the south of the Yangtze River, and the locusts in the north of the Yangtze River. However, the Yellow River in Henan Province broke through, and the disaster was heavy. Emperor Shengde Fanglong, how should there be this? This is due to the failure of the ministers to perform their duties. The ministers should repair the province and rectify the malpractices of the officials. ”
The Son of Heaven said with a slightly wider complexion: "Qiu Huan impeached the river officials for being greedy for ink and not caring for the people. What should be done with these officials? ”
Shen Shi is right: There is a division for the people's parents, if it is corrupt and corrupt the law, the people will not be able to live in peace, and they should be held accountable. At present, the people of Henan are in dire straits, and severely punishing corrupt officials is not the way to cure the root cause. ”
The Son of Heaven said: "The Queen Mother said that Master Hanshan has said that since I ascended the throne, although the world is peaceful, but the punishment of officials is inevitably too heavy. I have reflected again and again, and I intend to appease the world. ”
Shen Shixing said: "The saint is wise and deeply aware of the evils of the times. The ministers were overwhelmed. Rong Chen and others drafted a handwritten edict and asked the Holy Judgment to implement it. ”
The Son of Heaven said: "Yes." ”
So Shen Shixing drew up a decree after retreating, and the Son of Heaven announced it to the world after the imperial view.
The murder of the three servants of the imperial history Lu Yuchang and the forgery of false certificates were all beheaded after the autumn.
The original person who instructed the murder was known to the German government and ordered him to commit suicide.
The prefect of Guide Prefecture, who harbored and connived, had no family wealth, and was exiled to Liaodong, and was pardoned but not pardoned.
Dong Ruhan, the right-hand political envoy, was transferred to the right-hand political envoy of Guangdong.
The governor of the river, Li Zihua, and other other officials were all fined.
The slain Yu Shi Lu Yuchang was posthumously given the title of political participation, and was buried with the gift of a third-grade official, and the imperial court commended his loyalty in his hometown.
Qiu Huan made meritorious contributions to solving the case, increasing his rank, and Lin Yanchao was meritorious in the case, and he was given a hundred taels of silver.
In the end, the Son of Heaven reiterated that he was not allowed to talk about Zhang Juzheng's case again, and Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, and Yang Li could wait for a year to be fined.
But the gains and losses of officials are not so simple, this time Shen Shixing and Yandao clashed, and in the end, Yandao was defeated, and Shen Shixing won a complete victory. Shen Shixing kept his position, won the trust of the Son of Heaven, and won the name of leniency.
Although Qiu Hu was commended by the Son of Heaven, he was impeached by the officials, his name was ruined, and he asked the Son of Heaven to resign.
The Son of Heaven granted Zhishi.
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