I am the king of the dead

The misfortune he suffered, he can't change, the suffering he experienced, he can't do anything, in the past, he could only watch those familiar faces die under the butcher's knife of the thieves, in the past, he could only watch his own The brothers are on the road of no return.

How much he hated at the beginning, now, how loyal he is, because his lord is solving these human tragedies bit by bit.

Luo Chengxin stood up and said in a cold tone: "Wherever His Majesty's sword points, there is our burial place."

"Evidence is needed to investigate the case, but not to suppress the rebellion. We are His Majesty's eagle dogs. If we dare to harass you, we are plotting treason."

The reason why Luo Chengxin repeatedly emphasized that it doesn't matter if you dare to resist shooting is because Luo Chengxin smelled something different. In the process of investigating the case, Luo Chengxin discovered many civil disturbances that were concealed by the Third Division of Shaanxi. At most, there were more than a thousand people who robbed the places in Hanzhong, and all these civil disturbances were vaguely described as bandits by the third division.

Most of these bandits are naturalized Westerners.

Affiliated naturalization refers to foreigners who are attached to the local household registration. Most of these naturalized people are from the Western Regions to Daming. Wu.These naturalized people will suddenly become Daming people.

The largest of these 'bandits' is Wei Jingyang from Qishan County, known as King Jingtai, who galloped through the Guanzhong area to plunder wantonly. The government offices of Qishan and Huayin counties have long existed in name only. It has been three years since he was killed, but during the three years since the magistrate died, the official correspondence has never been interrupted, as if the magistrate is still alive.

In Jinzhou Shixianglu and other places, Chen Keji and many other bandits responded to Wei Jingyang, raised the banner of King Jingtai, and even moved to Yuanqu, Shanxi, Jiyuan, Henan and other places.

What is this Wei Jingyang who dares to use the same word Jingtai as His Majesty?

At this time, Shaanxi's ground officials, inspectors, and commanders were all arrested. There was a rare power vacuum in politics, law, and military. The [-] riders led by him are the pinnacle of Dinghai at the time of power transfer.

Daming recited Emperor Zhenwu's "Zhenwu Jing", not Sharia.

And Luo Chengxin wants to ensure that the "Zhenwu Jing" is recited in the boundary of Shaanxi. This is the mission of Tianzi Tiqi.

But before that, Luo Chengxin still needs to submit a report. After Tianming Festival, Luo Chengxin received the emperor's handwritten imperial letter through Pigeon Road: I am not in the northwest, and the third division is vacant. Command Guangning Bo Liu An.

Luo Chengxin didn't need to ask Guangning Bo Liu An for help. Although there were only 800 Tiqi, they were more than enough to suppress bandits.

Fifteen days is not long, not short. When the switch is switched on again, all the 'bandits' on the ground in Shaanxi have been cleared. Wei Jingyang, King Jingtai, was sent back to Beijing by force. All of them were beheaded for public display, and a dozen wealthy families who supported King Jingtai were ransacked, and the second batch of criminals were escorted back to Beijing.

King Jingtai's success on the ground in Shaanxi is inseparable from the support of these wealthy families.

However, Daming Tiqi only lost three people and injured 12 people during the [-]-day suppression of bandits.

"You are King Jingtai?" Zhu Qiyu came to Beizhen Fusi wearing a big cloak. The capital has been in a cold spring for the past few days. In February, there was a wave of cold in the capital. Zhu Qiyu didn't escape it. It took three to five days to recuperate He recovered from his illness, and King Jingtai has been sent back to Beijing by guns, so of course he wants to see this guy.

Following Zhu Qiyu were Yu Qian, Shi Heng, Zhang Mao, Zhu Yi, Lu Zhong, Yu Shiyue, He Zhang and other legal courtiers.

Wei Jingyang, who was full of flesh, laughed three times. After looking at Zhu Qiyu, he said rather loudly: "If you don't want to change your name or sit down, grandpa is Wei Jingyang, King Jingtai! If you want to kill or cut, listen to your respect, why bother?"

"You, what? Also with the word Jingtai?" Zhu Qiyu sneered, extremely contemptuous.

After the change of seizing the door, Ming Yingzong sat on the dragon chair again and killed Yu Qian. The emperor let his ministers die and his officials had to die, but this does not mean that no one in the court questioned it. , scolders abound.

After Ming Yingzong killed Yu Qian, he abolished the emperor title of his younger brother Ming Daizong, and was reduced to King Yi, with the posthumous title Li. Then Ming Yingzong wanted to define Ming Daizong as a false emperor, not an abolished emperor.

The specific method is to abolish the Jingtai year name and continue to use the orthodox year name.

Just as Ming Taizong Zhu Di abolished the Jianwen reign and continued to use the Hongwu reign.

One yuan per generation is written by Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in the instructions of the emperor and Ming ancestors. There is no Zen, honor, and auspiciousness. A generation of monarchs can only use one year name.

Ming Yingzong desperately hoped to continue to use the orthodox year name, but even Xu Youzhen couldn't do it. In the end, he could only set the word Tianshun. In the Ming Dynasty, only Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was rare, and it was rare to have two year names.

In eight years, Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Qizhen repeatedly defined Zhu Qiyu as a false emperor, erased the traces of Jingtai's reign, demolished temples and monuments, and so on. Even erecting a monument first is not hesitating, and admitting a thief as a father must make oneself appear orthodox.

But Zhu Qiyu, the king of Yanli, even if he usurps the throne, he is still the emperor.

When it came time to compile history, Zhu Qiyu, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was not called King Yili in the history books.

In the "Records of Ming Yingzong", which was written in three years in Chenghua, the name of the Ming dynasty is Emperor Jingtai.

In the third year of Chenghua, Emperor Xianzong Zhu Jianshen of the Ming Dynasty had not yet restored the title of emperor for his uncle. The official political name of the Ming dynasty at that time was "King Lili", but in this "Records of Yingzong of Ming Dynasty", Emperor Jingtai was used impressively. For calligraphy, not for King Yili.

What is Ming Xianzong's attitude?

Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty ordered Yuan Bin to write "The Story of the Northern Expedition" and add it to the "Records of Ming Yingzong".

The title of Jingtai is not a dispensable existence for Daming. Even when Ming Yingzong is restored and wiped out in every possible way, the word Jingtai is still as important as Mount Tai for Daming.

Wei Jingyang is really unworthy.

Zhu Qiyu flipped through the case files in front of him, picked up one and said, "In the spring and March of the tenth year of Jingtai, King Jingtai led thirty bandits to plunder Ba Nu Jing Village, and all 430 and five people in the village were killed by your sword?"

"Yes or no?"

Wei Jingyang poked his neck and said loudly: "Yes! I did it!"

"Xing'an, please write down, 430 five knives." Zhu Qiyu said calmly to Xing'an who was waiting on the side.

"Yes." Xing'an took out the memo and carefully wrote down the words 430.

Zhu Qiyu picked up the second file and asked: "In May of the tenth year of Jingtai, King Jingtai led 150 five bandits to plunder three townships and eight villages in Qishan County, killing 240 dead souls, is it right?"

"Yes!" Wei Jingyang's complexion changed, and he still answered loudly, but his confidence was already lacking.

"One thousand two hundred and forty-six knives." Zhu Qiyu finished calmly, picked up another file, and asked: "In July of the tenth year of Jingtai, King Jingtai led 240 thieves to rob commercial firms on the official road. Escorts, merchants, and strong men 52 people, all died by your sword, is it right or not?"

"Yes." Wei Jingyang's voice was involuntarily weak. He knew that he had killed many people, but counting them one by one still made his mouth dry. He asked suspiciously, "How do you do the counting?" very?"

Zhu Qiyu looked at Wei Jingyang with a gentle smile and said: "The number of knives used when Ling Chi executed you, the teachers and fathers of Xie Jie Yuan are skilled, and there will be no less than one knife. I guarantee that you will not die. If you really can't continue, you can heal your wounds." , Continue to Ling Chi, don’t worry, the teachers and fathers of Xie Jieyuan will let you feel the pain of every knife very clearly.”

Zhu Qiyu picked up another dossier and continued to count Wei Jingyang's crimes. Zhu Qiyu would increase Wei Jingyang's count for each crime.

When Zhu Qiyu counted Wei Jingyang's crimes clearly, Wei Jingyang was so frightened that he feces and peeed, collapsed on the ground, and kept begging for mercy.

"Hmph, how dare you think that you didn't even see Xie Jieyuan, so you're so scared?"

"The coward is angry, but he draws his blade at the weaker, but the coward's ears are nothing." Zhu Qiyu tightened his cloak and stood up.

The cases in the dossier actually do not fully record Wei Jingyang's crimes. Many cases are old accounts, and even Wei Jingyang, the person involved, can't remember them. knife.

This Wei Jingyang was still holding on at the beginning, but after 18 years, he was still as stubborn as a hero, that was just a bluff.

The man with the hardest bones in Daming is the Hou of the pier, that kind of rigidity, which is the rigidity that Sai Yin would be terrified of if he didn't see it.

Zhu Qiyu did not leave Beizhen Fusi's dungeon, but went to another room and stood in front of Liu Jing. Unlike Wei Jingyang, Liu Jing had met Zhu Qiyu and returned to Beijing every three years to report on his duties. Face saint three times.

"The sinner pays homage to Your Majesty, long live your Majesty." Liu Jing knelt on the ground and said tremblingly.

Zhu Qiyu pulled the stool over, looked straight at Liu Jing and said, "In October of the 14th year of Zhengtong, you and your father led [-] soldiers to guard Andingmen. Your father rushed to help Deshengmen and died in battle. , you took over your father's dispatch, led the troops and continued to rush to help, and you died without hesitation."

"I don't understand, where did that Liu Jing who never retreated back then go?"

"If you say you can't help yourself, if you say you were coerced and lured by others, when you return to Beijing to report on your work, tell me whether I can help you? It's not that you can't see me, but you didn't say anything."

"Thinking about it, it's not involuntary, nor is it coercion, so it can only be self-defeating."

Liu Jing wept bitterly and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and muttered: "The guilty minister is ashamed of His Majesty's grace, the guilty minister deserves death."

Zhu Qiyu asked suspiciously: "The one you are most sorry for is you back then. I am very curious, what made you kneel down when the Oirats kept beating your back? Facing all kinds of evil deeds, you hide and do not report them, even Complicity."

"Sinful minister...sinful minister is obsessed with the Three Treasures of Fortune." Liu Jing was silent for a long time before answering His Majesty's question.

Zhu Qiyu rubbed his brows in pain. In the whole case, what Zhu Qiyu couldn't figure out the most was Liu Jing. His father died in the battle, and he went to the battlefield without any hesitation. In order to defend Daming, he even ignored his life Why did the people in the past become what they are now.

He imagined this answer, Liu Jing confirmed his guess.

Shi Heng finally couldn't hold back anymore, stepped forward and grabbed Liu Jing by the collar, looked at Liu Jing with a ferocious expression, and finally said viciously: "Unworthy descendants!"

Liu Jing's father was a general of Shi Heng when he was the chief military officer in Datong. Shi Heng was imprisoned for a crime, and Liu Jing's father was also convicted and imprisoned. Jing's father was also released from prison together. He was also a general of Shi Heng. He was in charge of the right wing of Deshengmen at Andingmen, and died for the country.

Zhu Qiyu stood up and signaled Shi Heng to let go. When he reached the door of the cell, Zhu Qiyu turned his head and said to Liu Jing: "You indulge Wei Jingyang's vicious rebellion, and you don't report it if you know it. family, I can promise you that I will exile the chicken coop instead of sending it to Java."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Liu Jingchang couldn't kneel down, and kowtowed vigorously, thanking the emperor for his mercy.

Zhu Qiyu continued to walk forward, and came to the cell of the instigator of this major case, the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi, Zuo Buzheng Sun Yu.

"Greetings, Your Majesty, Your Majesty bows down." Sun Yu saw the emperor coming, and immediately knelt on the ground and bowed three times and bowed five times.

Among the criminals in the whole case, this Sun Yu is the cleanest one. It seems that everything has nothing to do with him, but he is the dirtiest one, because everything has something to do with him.

Zhu Qiyu patted the case file in his hand, and said indifferently: "Qingwei Wang Chen Mao has been guarding Shaanxi for many years, and all his business operations have been ruined by you."

Sun Yu turned pale with shock, knelt on the ground, and argued loudly: "The guilty minister was only deceived by others and committed the crime of negligence, but the minister has never committed any crimes. Please be aware of it, Your Majesty."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head again and again and said: "Your whole body is probably the toughest mouth. This is the prison of Fusi in Beizhen. You are a dignified second-rank official, a high-ranking official. Without evidence, how could you be arrested? , do you see what this is?"

"Do you still have to quibble about all the letters you exchanged with Boyan Timur?"

Sun Yu raised his head and looked at the two letters unfolded by Xing'an. He was shocked. He thought that his work was flawless, so he was a little confident when he entered this day's prison, but he never expected that His Majesty actually had evidence!

Zhu Qiyu said to Lu Zhong: "Add another one of deceiving the emperor. Anyway, he won't worry about having too many lice, but this crime must be full. When history is written in the future, he will be infamous for thousands of years."

"Let the Xie Jie Yuan Xie Xie to see what kind of wolf-hearted dog lungs it is."

Sun Yu's position as an official is pure and clean. If it weren't for the ironclad evidence, even Lu Zhong would be hard to win. This ironclad evidence was sent back to Daming by Wang Fu from Kangding Flying Pigeon. Once he has the ironclad evidence, he will open it again. It is much easier to check and mend the breakthrough, no matter how deep it is hidden, the Tiqi can find it out by groping.

Chapter 943 The Two People in the Private Seat of Xieyuan Courtyard

On the surface, Sun Yu, a senior official in the feudal territory and a second-rank chief envoy, is clean, but his way of accepting bribes is extraordinarily covert.

In March of the seventh year of Jingtai, all the prefectures in Shaanxi needed to recruit Liufang, officials, Zaoli, catchers, strong squads, etc. This is called Qian Chong in Ming Dynasty, and it is also a long-standing selection of officials. This is divided into two parts One part is to test family law, which is to test the subset of school classics and history, and the other is to write official documents.

Almost all the scholars and candidates participating in the selection will go to a certain school, hand in a copy of the book, and learn the format of the official document, the rules of writing, the places that need to be avoided, various honorific titles, etc. , They all need to be learned. It is not possible to write official documents well after reading the Four Books and Five Classics. This school will also teach Taige style.

And this school, from the inside to the outside, has nothing to do with Sun Yu, and has nothing to do with it.

And the Shuxiu handed over by these scholars is nothing more than a jar of honey.

Zhu Qiyu was surprised at the beginning, a pot of honey is used to make Shuxiu, and it takes such a big circle?

Later, the Tiqis found out that this is not a jar of honey. When you open it, it is full of white gold flowers, silver, and even gold. Writing calculations, servants, etc. in the six rooms.

The school is indeed for learning lessons, but whether this can be used as an official depends on whether the honey is in place.

It's better to manage the county magistrate now, even if you pass the exam, it won't take long to get it back.

And these honeys will not pass through the hands of Master Qingtian. Masters must be upright and honest to be officials, and they must receive umbrellas from the people. How can this stuff of Adu be easily contaminated?The honey will pass through the merchants and become a serious commodity, and after passing through Jiayuguan, it will return to Daming.

Why did this merchant take the honey out of the customs and exchange it for goods without any hindrance, and then bring it back to Daming?How did these honeys become the wealth of merchants in a grandiose manner?

Here is a key point, that is, the Jiayuguan Branch Bureau, which was previously under the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi Third Division. After the establishment of the Gansu Third Division, the circulation of honey was immediately hindered, and Ke Qian was very difficult to speak. The number one scholar, relying on his own merit card, refused to join forces at all.

This is where the interests of the Shaanxi Third Division were damaged in the honey incident, and this 'merchant', known as a broker, comprador, or broker in Daming, was responsible for helping the gentlemen with things that were inconvenient for the masters to contaminate.

For example, raising Wei Jingyang, Wei Jingyang reaped the benefits, so he had to help the old men to do things. Jia Yue, the magistrate of Qishan County, had to write a report and report. Later, Jia Yue died, but Jia Yue was still alive in the eyes of the court, and his official correspondence was as usual. normal.

In any case, it is impossible to implicate these dirty things, such as honey, raising bandits, accepting bribes, and the death of the county magistrate, with Sun Yu. Even if the crime happened, Wei Jingyang is the best scapegoat. Take all the blame.

Regarding the matter of honey, Daming Ti rode the left governor Lu Zhong, and it only took one day to drag Sun Yu out, and immediately led someone to capture Sun Yu.

During the Jingtai period, Jin Yiwei's handling of cases was based on evidence, otherwise the case would be a white paper case. Even if there was an imperial order, it would be just a yellow paper case. It's an iron case that can't be clarified.

Lu Zhong went on a business trip to Shaanxi so smoothly. Part of it was that Tiqi had just arrived, and Liu Jing immediately jumped back and became an inner ghost, and ordered a group of officials. Liu Jing, who was controlled by Fu Lu Sanbao, was in Die alone or die together, choose to die together.

Even without Liu Jing's backlash, Lu Zhong's errand this time would have been a little slower at best, but he could still find out clearly.

Lu Zhong is extremely good at ransacking homes. This kind of proficiency is not just digging three feet to find out all the money. That is not a skill. is the ability.

Li Xian in Yingtian Mansion and Li Binyan in Songjiang Mansion have learned a little about this.

For example, Lu Zhong found a ledger of a merchant, and this black ledger is documentary evidence, and it is not difficult for Jin Yiwei to trace it.

Why do merchants have to do this account? When they are brokers and compradors, they always have some means of self-protection. In case the old men turn their faces and deny people, they themselves have a bit of bargaining chips and fantasies. , Where is the money used? You have to write down the account book to prevent mistakes and omissions.

The physical evidence brought back by Lu Zhong was piled up like a hill in the yamen of Fusi in Beizhen. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple worked hard for three days before sorting it out.

So Liu Jing's counterattack did indeed speed up Lu Zhong's handling of the case, but without Liu Jing's counterattack, Lu Zhong would be more troublesome at best, but it was nothing more than trouble.

Zhu Qiyu forgave Liu Jing's family to send chicken coops instead of Java, mainly because Liu Jing's father died for Daming.

"If you don't want people to know, you have to do nothing. As long as you do it, you will leave thread, and when you pull the thread, it will all be exposed." Zhu Qiyu said quite calmly: "Even if Wang Yue didn't return to Beijing Things, Sun Yu, you won't be able to hide for a few days."

"You dare to support Wei Jingyang's vicious rebellion. With the situation on the ground in Shaanxi, civil uprising will happen in a few months. Can you really hold it back?"

"I want to use Wei Jingyang to settle all the old accounts. Can he bear such a big crime as a bandit?"

"What you have done is mediocre."

Sun Yu thought that what he did was very clean, but what he did was done. For example, Sun Yu raised 36 concubines and more than a dozen children. He could hide it for a while, but he couldn't hide it forever. Wei Jingyang couldn't bear such a big crime for the old account.

Compared with the kind of giant beetle in the later generations who raised thousands of mistresses and their children spent extravagantly overseas with people's fat and cream, what Sun Yu did can only be regarded as an ordinary beetle.

"Your Majesty, forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Sun Yu shuddered. His Majesty guessed all his thoughts. He knelt on the ground and cried out loudly, hoping to get some mercy.

Zhu Qiyu flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the cell, leaving only one sentence: "The funeral."

Sun Yu is still mourning, and the whole Beizhen Fusi is his wailing voice. Zhu Qiyu walked out of this prison. The late spring cold of this February day has finally passed, and the sun is shining in the sky. The warm wind was blowing, and the chill in this cell made people shudder.

"Lu Zhong, those torture instruments of yours look rusty." Zhu Qiyu walked towards Beizhen Fusi Wai with square steps.

Lu Zhong said with a smile: "Now I'm sending you to Xieyuyuan for a tour. In that place, if you go there, your calves will turn around, let alone people with ghosts in their hearts."

When Lu Zhong was correct, his eyes were always patrolling. If there was any sneaky person who wanted to assassinate the king, Lu Zhong would definitely make that person regret coming to the world.