The government is now blocked from entering and exiting four gates.

A team of officers and soldiers directly seized the house.

The shock came so suddenly that the officials did not know what was going on for a while, such as several general judges, high-ranking officials such as the magistrate had heard about the struggle in the court, and they still knew a little more.

But the rest of the low-level officials such as Zhaoma and the school inspector, as well as the scribes and soap officials in the government office, did not know what was going on.

It wasn't until Zeng Qianheng pointed out that the officials knew that such a big battle was coming against Lin Yanchao.

Under the eyes of everyone, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but say indignantly when he saw this: "According to the court, if you check the government like this, whether you are guilty or not, don't the officials and people below think that I, Lin Yanchao, am guilty of corruption." ”

"This official has been an official for many years, and although he thinks that he has not made great contributions to the court, he also has a clear name, how can you be allowed to slander him in front of him. This official wants to report this matter to the Imperial History of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court, and let the Imperial Court administer justice for me. ”

After Lin Yanchao finished speaking, He Tong, who was good friends with him, and Ma Tuiguan and the two officials were also the first to say: "According to the court, since the prefect of Lin Sima's office, he has always been trembling and diligent in serving his duties, and the officials of our government have seen this matter. ”

"Although the river yard was burned this time, it is not entirely Lin Sima's responsibility, so I implore the court to investigate."

He Tong judged, Ma Tuiguan and the two dared to take risks, and at this time of heavy pressure, they could stand up and speak for Lin Yanchao. This made Lin Yanchao feel warm in his heart, and He Tong's sentence was over. This Ma Tuiguan doesn't have a deep relationship with him on weekdays, but he actually came forward to say a few fair words for him, which is really unexpected.

The common people also said: "Master Qincha, Lin Sima is a good official and a clean official." ”

"We, the common people, are looking forward to it, and it is easy to look forward to such a good official. You can't wronged him! ”

Officials and ordinary people spoke out one after another, complaining for Lin Yanchao.

Under the trend of public opinion, Zeng Qianheng smiled calmly and said: "Lin Sima, don't provoke public criticism to coerce the official, colleagues, people, you might as well wait for a while, the official will give you an explanation immediately, and he will not wronged Lin Sima." ”

Sure enough, after a while, I saw an official being escorted into the palace by two officers and soldiers on the left and right.

When Lin Yanchao saw this official, he couldn't help but get up and ask Zeng Qianheng: "According to the court, this is the Huangfu Sutra of this mansion, what do you do with him?" ”

The person who was detained was Huang Yue.

Huang Yue also struggled and said: "Back to Sima, the lower officials are supervising the civil service by the river, and these officials are indiscriminate, so they bring the lower officials." ”

Zeng Qianheng looked at Huang Yue and said, "This official took you, and he asked about the burning of the river yard. ”

"Huangfujing, you said that a few days ago, the river engineering material yard entered nearly 30,000 taels worth of river engineering materials, as well as the willow reeds requisitioned by the people, you personally passed the purpose, right?"

Huang Yue said: "Exactly." ”

Zeng Qianheng said: "Did the material merchant give you two hundred taels of silver and ten jars of Shanxi rice wine, hoping that you can pass the customs in confusion and let their materials and goods be shoddy?" ”

Huang Yue hurriedly said: "Wronged, wronged, the lower official is entrusted by Sima to take charge of the river work, how dare he do such a thing." Yes, the merchant gave me two hundred taels of silver and ten jars of rice wine. ”

But they were afraid that the lower officials would make things difficult, so they deliberately provoked thorns, so they sent money and wine to make the lower officials accommodating. But the lower official said, I do things for the imperial court and build embankments for the 300,000 people of Guide, and I have no selfishness in my heart. Take back the money and wine, and the officials will not take anything from them. ”

Zeng Qianheng asked rhetorically: "Do you really have to go back?" Nothing left? ”

Huang Yue was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "This ......"

"Tell me the truth!" Zeng Qianheng shouted.

Huang Yue said: "At that time, they were very sincere, but it was difficult for the officials to be gracious, and it was for the sake of face. The silver was returned, but the wine left three jars! ”

Zeng Qianheng patted the case and said: "Three altars, this is not ordinary Shanxi rice wine, they are all ten years old, and the altar is worth ten taels of silver." Three altars are thirty taels, which is worth most of your half a year. ”

Huang Yue said: "The lower officials didn't notice it for a while, thinking it was ordinary wine, but ...... However, the lower officials can admit their guilt when they receive alcohol, but the lower officials can guarantee that the river workers who entered the river industry are by no means shoddy. ”

Zeng Qianheng sneered: "Now that the goods have been burned, you can say whatever you want." ”

Lin Yanchao said: "According to the court, do you mean that this official accepted bribes from the river material merchants, let them be shoddy, and burned the river material yard by himself?" Do you have evidence? ”

Zeng Qianheng did not answer.

"If there is no evidence, it is slander!"

Zeng Qianheng said: "Sima Lin, at this moment, you are still a dead duck with a hard mouth, it seems that if the official does not come up with evidence, you will not be convinced." But don't rush your business right now. ”

Zeng Qianheng looked at Huang Yue and said: "You accepted bribes, the evidence is conclusive, this official is going to take you down now!" Come! ”

As the governor of the imperial history Zeng Qianheng, he had the power to arrest officials below the sixth rank on the spot, and then asked the court for power.

Not to mention that Huang Yue is an eight-grade official, it is a six-grade general judgment, and Zeng Qianheng also said that he would take it.

The two officers and soldiers pulled off Huang Yue's official uniform, knocked down his black gauze hat, and made him kneel on the spot.

This scene made Lin Yanchao furious in his heart, Huang Yue was his person, which undoubtedly swept his face.

After Huang Yue was taken, at this time, the two bookkeepers looked humane: "Qiyu according to the courtyard, we have already cleared the accounts, and the government has allocated 50,000 taels of river silver, and now there are less than 1,000 taels left in the account, excluding the expenses of 11,000 taels, not counting the 28,363 taels of river materials owed on credit." ”

"There are a total of 38,000 taels on the books, and I don't know where to go."

After Zeng Qianheng picked up the account book and looked at it, he said in his hand: "If this is the case, Lin Sima, you will explain one or two to this official." Where did the 38,000 taels go? ”

"The imperial court gave you 50,000 taels to repair the embankment, why can't you even take out a tael of silver after the river yard was burned, where are the 38,000 taels?"

After speaking, Zeng Qianheng threw the account book on the ground in front of Lin Yanchao.

When all the officials saw this scene, they all knew that Lin Yanchao was finished. The onlookers also covered their mouths with a look of disbelief.

What did Lin Yanchao do with 38,000 taels?

"Lin Sima, you are from Qingliu, and you are the third yuan and the first, hand-picked for Your Majesty's Golden Palace, how do you repay Your Majesty's holy grace?"

Speaking of this, Zeng Qianheng walked to the hall and said to the common people: "Colleagues, all the people, these 38,000 taels of silver were originally the river silver that the imperial court gave to our people to repair the embankment. ”

"As a result, it was embezzled by Lin Sima, deposited in this farmer's bank, and used your people's money as seedling money and then lent it to the people, and then put the interest into his pocket. Thirty-eight thousand taels, two into five percent of the interest, that year was nine thousand five hundred taels of silver. ”

Hearing nine thousand five hundred taels, the common people all gasped. That's a lot of money.

Zeng Qianheng sneered again and again: "You can see clearly with your eyes that this is the Qing official in your eyes, a good official, who secretly took the money of the imperial court to lend, and privately embezzled the official money, so that the account was empty, and when the river yard was burned down and the lives of the people were at stake, they couldn't take out a tael of silver." ”

Zeng Qianheng's sentences were like knives and axes, and the hearts of the people were already shaken. If it weren't for Lin Yanchao's status in their hearts before, I'm afraid they would have stood up and scolded at this time.

The officials thought to themselves, Lin Yanchao was guilty of killing his head.

Why?

Because the river yard was burned, Lin Yanchao's supervision was not strict, and at most he was demoted and retained.

As for the embezzlement of official money, or even the embezzlement of ink interest, it is not serious, and at most he will be dismissed.

But embezzlement of official money, embezzlement of interest, so that when the river yard was burned, could not take out a tael of silver for emergency, this is a serious crime, if the Son of Heaven is angry, it will be killed.

As soon as Zeng Qianheng's evidence came out, everyone knew that Lin Yanchao was gone.

Inevitably, there is a heart of people pushing the wall of life.

Zhou Tongju, who was in charge of grain capture, came forward and said: "According to the court, this move really clears the clouds and sees the sun, and the Ming Dynasty is a mess, the sun and the moon are clear, if it is not for the court to expose the adultererous, how can we find Lin Sima's treacherous face." ”

"This person is really treacherous and loyal, he usually says that he is for the people and the country, and even people who have been officials for many years such as the lower officials have been deceived by his loyal face. Only by being so sharp-eyed can we identify loyalty and traitors, eliminate evil and promote good. Bow to the lower officials! ”

After hearing Zhou Tong's sentence, all the officials scolded in their hearts, and after Lin Yanchao temporarily signed the government, as the first person in the three general judgments, he flattered Lin Yanchao a lot, and slapped his horse all day long. And Lin Yanchao also reciprocated, and did not interfere in the matter of grain arrest, and handed it over to Zhou Tong for a one-person verdict.

And now that Lin Yanchao is down, you can't wait to come forward to draw a line with him, and you still fall into the ground, isn't it shameless?

But some officials thought to themselves that Zhou Tongju had been an official for a long time, and he was too old to be promoted. But this time, if you can contribute to the defeat of Lin Yanchao, Zeng Qianheng will be helped.

Then Zeng Qianheng will inevitably promote him in the future, you must know that the governor of the imperial history is the right to protect the officials, this is the recommendation of the officialdom. If he can get Zeng Qianheng's words, Zhou Tong's sentence will be the end of the past ten years, not to mention the promotion of officials by two levels, stepping on Lin Yanchao to take the position, and being promoted to the governor of the government.

Wu Tongju and other officials wanted to speak and stopped, they wanted to help Lin Yanchao speak, but they embezzled official money to lend, so that after the river yard was burned, the Tongzhi Department could not come up with a tael of silver, the evidence was conclusive, and Lin Yanchao was at a loss.

Looking forward to the left and right, Zeng Qianheng saw that no one spoke for Lin Yanchao anymore. This time, he not only wants to get Lin Yanchao, but the important thing is that he wants to stink Lin Yanchao and make him ruined. This kind of thing spread to the Jingshi and to the ears of the Son of Heaven.

As we all know, Lin Yanchao is Shen Shixing's protégé. The protégés are like this, so what about Shen Shixing?

The Son of Heaven may have lost trust in Shen Shixing because of this. Even if the Son of Heaven still trusts Shen Shixing, but overthrowing Lin Yanchao is also a general who has eliminated a member of the Shen Party, which is a victory for Yantai.

Seeing that the victory was in hand, Zeng Qianheng said to Lin Yanchao: "Lin Sima, read it for the sake of you and me who were officials in Beijing and the same dynasty in the past. This official advises you to save face for yourself. ”

Lin Yanchao asked, "What do you want me to do according to the hospital?" ”

Zeng Qianheng wondered why Lin Yanchao was so calm, but he still said: "I handed over the government seal and was suspended and impeached." ”

In fact, Lin Yanchao was a fifth-grade official, and Zeng Qianheng had no way to remove him from office, so he could only ask the imperial court for reference.

But as you come and go, you consume a lot on the road.

Zeng Qianheng thought that since he had already brought down Lin Yanchao, he would immediately take it down and control it, so as not to have too many dreams at night. So he wanted to force Lin Yanchao to take the initiative to resign.

Lin Yanchao smiled and said: "The burning of the river material yard has involved so many things, looking at the people behind the court and you, not only to bring down the official, but also to make a stink, smart, really smart." ”

Zeng Qianheng shook his head and said, "The matter has come to this point, and you are still stubborn. The official has no prejudice against Lin Sima, but when he first read 'The world is a public sparse', he still admired it very much. But when everyone makes mistakes, you go back to Beijing and explain a thing or two to the Son of Heaven, not necessarily ...... Forget it, this hospital still wants Lin Sima to take care of himself. Someone came, sent Lin Sima back to the room to rest, and then seized the farmer's bank, and all the people involved were taken down, and no one was allowed to leave. ”

The officials were shocked when they heard this, even if Zeng Qianheng took Lin Yanchao, this would be a big prison, implicate others in this, and make it a big case, an iron case!

Huang Yue and the others are all like ashes.

At this moment, I saw someone suddenly laughing.

Everyone looked at Lin Yanchao.

But seeing Lin Yanchao hearing this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "There is no word for the crime you want to add." According to the court, report to the public privately, and come openly against a certain person in my forest, and don't involve unrelated people. ”

Zeng Qianheng heard this: "I really don't cry when I don't see the coffin, I still want to leave you a little dignity, but I can't take care of it, come here, Lin Sima lost his heart and went crazy, took him down and sent him to the room to take care of him." ”

"Who dare!" Lin Yanchao broke off.

At this moment, gongs and drums rang out outside the yamen, and everyone wondered which official had arrived.

At this time, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate hurriedly came to report. Before he could speak, Zeng Qianheng said categorically: "No matter who comes, they will all be blocked out of the door, it is the domain, and the platform is no exception." I'm going to see who can stop my official from handling the case today. ”

Zeng Qianheng finished speaking, but the officer and soldier still did not leave.

Zeng Qianheng said angrily: "What are you still doing in a daze? ”

The officer and soldier said in a hurry: "Qiqi according to the court, it is not the political envoy who came, nor the envoy according to the inspector, but the Lord Qincha, who is now inspecting the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Henan, Yushiqiu Duxian!" ”

Zeng Qianheng's face was suddenly very wonderful when he heard this, he was not afraid of the third division of the local government, but the second-in-command of the Imperial Shiqiu Imperial Procuratorate of the Right Capital, the second-in-command of the second-rank officer, his boss.

This time, among the officials who were ordered to inspect Henan, he was the first. In the face of this official who even dared to copy Zhang Juzheng's family, he was in three points.

Zeng Qianheng straightened his official hat and said calmly: "It's just right, Du Xian is here, and this official just tells Du Xian about the matter here." Take care of a cadre, and the official will personally greet him. ”

Just when Zeng Qianheng was about to walk out of the door, he heard the outside say: "No need to go out to greet you!" ”

This order was given, but dozens of brocade guards wearing flying fish suits were seen entering in a row.

Zhao Da and Zhang Wu were in the ranks, and all the officials and soldiers saw Jinyiwei, like mice seeing cats, and retreated to the side.

Zeng Qianheng was at a loss and stood in place when a sedan chair fell under the platform of the mansion.

As soon as the sedan curtain was lifted, a military attache fell off the sedan chair.

Zeng Qianheng saw that it was not Qiu Hu, and he was immediately furious, when did the military attache dare to sit in a sedan chair, or enter the government openly.

But Zeng Qianheng looked at the other party's clothes, and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's the commander of the envoy!" ”

The person who came was Cao Yingkui, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, what is the situation?