Chronicle of Emperor Jing

Emperor Jing casually said that night that he wanted to build a new Marquis of Yongning for Wei Yan. In fact, it was not a lie to deceive him. The Ministry of Internal Affairs received the order to build a new Marquis the next day.

However, because of Emperor Jing's nitpicking, the progress of this matter was very slow. After three full months, the site selection alone had not been finalized, let alone other matters.

Wei Yan was very interested in this matter at the beginning, and seriously discussed with the emperor where his new residence should be located, and at the emperor's instigation, he slipped out of the palace with the emperor for field inspections in his spare time. , but after being rejected by the emperor for this reason and overturned for that reason many times, his enthusiasm quickly faded. After three months, he basically had no opinion at all. He only asked the emperor to make a decision early, at least Decide on the place first, at least let him see the possibility of breaking ground.

Throughout the spring, the two monarchs and ministers spent time in various assumptions about Xinhou's Mansion. For the two of them, the days passed slowly and leisurely.

The late spring of Tianxi's seventh year was the beginning of disaster for many people.

At the end of spring, the imperial court received news that there was a remnant of King You in Jingzhou who was in trouble.

In fact, the scope of this turmoil was not widespread. Because it was discovered early, the government where the turmoil broke out responded quickly, and quickly dispatched troops to suppress it.However, the consequences of this turmoil had a far-reaching impact. In the following years, courtiers were implicated one after another, and the heads cut off in the end may not be much less than those at the beginning of the "Against the King Case".

The one who bears the brunt of this matter is the magistrate of Jingzhou.You Wang's remnants hid in Jingzhou for several years, recruited troops, won people's hearts, and committed chaos. The governor of Jingzhou didn't notice any abnormality beforehand, and he failed to catch all the rebels afterwards. No matter what, he couldn't escape being punished by the court for dereliction of duty.Officials below the Zhizhou level were quickly implicated for various reasons.

Although this case caused quite a stir, it has nothing to do with Wei Yan or the Wei family, so Wei Yan's life is still as usual, trivial and ordinary.

After the fall of that year, Wei Yan was once again driven by the emperor to the Xishan Palace to recuperate.

Wei Yan's job is no longer idle. If he disappears for several months like before, the people under him will probably mess up, so he firmly disagrees with the emperor's approach.After all he talked about, the emperor finally gave in and let him live for ten and a half months, which meant nothing.

Wei Yan met Fang Mingsheng in the Xishan Palace.

Fang Mingsheng is not a big shot, he is just a poor scholar in Long'an County, Hefeng Prefecture, Jingzhou.It is not easy for a commoner to enter the imperial forbidden area and get close to the majestic Marquis of Yongning, but when accompanied by the nephew of the Wei family, it becomes easier.

On the night when he met Fang Mingsheng, Wei Yan didn't close his eyes all night.On the second day, he returned to the capital.

"Why did you come back so soon?" Emperor Jing was a little surprised when he saw him. According to their original agreement, Wei Yan would have to live in the Xishan Palace for at least ten days before returning. He was a little confused, Wei Yan Why did he suddenly return to Beijing, "Could it be that you miss me?"

When the emperor said this, there was a faint teasing taste in his voice.

"I have received a petition from the people and presented it to His Majesty for review." Wei Yan did not smile, but presented a brocade silk respectfully.

Emperor Jing shook his head helplessly and sighed at the person who was kneeling below, holding the brocade silk in his hand above his head.After so many years, Wei Yan still doesn't understand the amorous feelings, nor does he understand his intentions, there is really nothing he can do about it.He could only get up and walk to Wei Yan, took the brocade from his hand, and helped him up.

"Bring it to me. It's good that you're back. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has just sent you a drawing of the new mansion. Come and take a look at it with me." Soon, the conversation between the two was induced by Emperor Jing and began to revolve around the new mansion. .

On the second day, after Wei Yan returned to the palace on a mission, he asked about the Wanmin Book, and Emperor Jing replied that he was "reading it".

On the third day, Wei Yan asked again, and Emperor Jing replied "still watching".

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I don't know how many days passed, Wei Yan asked again, Jingdi finally replied that he "read it", and then there was no more text, and he turned to other topics to talk about it.

"Your Majesty." Wei Yan didn't think that doing nothing was the emperor's decision after reading the Wanmin Book. He couldn't afford to kneel in front of the emperor. "I implore Your Majesty to order a thorough investigation of this matter."

"Wei Yan, this matter has nothing to do with you or your Wei family. You have done your best by presenting it in front of me. Why should you pursue this matter?" It has long been a foregone conclusion that Jingzhou will report to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for review, Dali Temple will review, and finally submit to Emperor Jing's case for imperial approval.

Even if Emperor Jing knew that there was a grievance, he didn't want to bring up the matter again. If he really wanted to investigate thoroughly, the series of officials who handled the case would probably be in trouble.

"I always thought you hated him, so I sent him far away. I didn't expect you to fight with me because of him." Emperor Jing couldn't get Wei Yan to get up, so he had to squat in front of him and talk to him, "Listen In my words, you have done your best in this matter, don't worry about it any more."

The case actually started out as a petty malfeasance case.The criminal in this case is Sun Ke, the magistrate of Long'an County, Hefeng Prefecture, Jingzhou.Sun Ke was the No. [-] scholar in the second year of Tianxi. He was originally appreciated by Emperor Jing, but he was transferred to the Zhongshu sect as a counselor after Xinke and his second degree. It can be said that his future is limitless.

Later, for some reason, Emperor Jing saw that he was getting more and more disliked, and one day he found a reason to let him go far away.

Back then, the proud student of Zhongshu was dispatched to a small county in the southernmost part of Jingzhou to serve as a county magistrate.After experiencing such ups and downs in his life, the grandson's life did not stop there. Instead, after learning from the pain, he began to work conscientiously as a parent officer in that barren small county.

Under his careful management, this small county town, which has to ask the imperial court for relief every year, quickly became prosperous, and it can be regarded as worthy of the evaluation of "being an official and benefiting one side".

However, due to a certain reason many years ago, those officials in the official department were very good at trying to figure out the holy will. Although his performance evaluation was excellent every year, he was always hopeless for promotion.Three years later and three years later, he finally understood this point, so he gave up the idea of ​​promotion, and settled down in the small county where he worked.

But being an official is mostly about hello, me, everyone. If you are too nice, wouldn't it appear that others are very bad, so although County magistrate Sun is famous for being clean and diligent, he is very popular among the subordinates of the Hefeng Mansion. crowded out by other colleagues.

In May, just as King You's remnants were put down, Sun Ke was accused of dereliction of duty.Because it was vaguely mentioned in the reference book that the remnants of King You escaped from Long'an County and hid in the deep mountains and dense forests, they could no longer be tracked down. With the help of the imperial court's thorough investigation of the remnants of You Wang, the trial speed of this case of dereliction of duty was extremely fast. He was sentenced by the government and reported to the magistrate of Jingzhou, then reviewed by the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment, and finally submitted to Emperor Jing's case, and executed after the imperial approval.

The water in the officialdom is very deep, and if you are not careful, you will drown and die.But the common people have their own scales in their hearts, and they don't care about the countless conflicts of interest. For them, Sun Ke is honest and diligent, loves the people like a son, and truly deserves the term "parent official".

After Sun Ke was wronged and imprisoned, the people of Long'an County spontaneously went to Hefeng Mansion to appeal for his grievances.Later, after the case was sentenced, they went all the way north, and soon arrived at Yuqian. The scholars in Long'an County who were entrusted by Wanmin to plead Sun Ke's grievances also went all the way north. The plan to go to the imperial court.

It is impossible for common people to sue before the imperial court. Before they get close to the palace gate, they will be driven away by the generals guarding the palace gate. After going through all kinds of hardships and being instructed by others, they finally found Wei Yan. I begged him to present the book of Wanmin to the imperial court.

Why didn't Wei Yan know that there were so many entanglements involved in this case. This case was tried again and again, and finally got to the imperial court. There must be countless tricks in private, but after seeing the Wanmin Book full of bloody handprints, he thought about it all night and still couldn't stay out of it.His conscience does not allow him to ignore such grievances. If he pretends that there is no such thing today, he will regret it in the future.

"Your Majesty, I think that as a king, one should be generous and kind, love the people like a son, and be just and impartial like a mirror." Wei Yan couldn't allow himself to stay out of the matter, and he couldn't bear the emperor's plan to make mistakes and make mistakes to the end. Putting his head on the ground, he begged again, "I implore Your Majesty, to order a thorough investigation of this case."

"Wei Yan, don't you still understand? I have never been the king you expected. The person you mentioned is just a fantasy in your heart, and I will never be that kind of person." Emperor Jing was silent for a long time before answering , "Get up, this matter is over, don't make me angry."

Wei Yan remained silent and refused to get up.

In the long autumn night, Emperor Jing and Wei Yan, the monarch and his ministers were in the hall and outside the hall, secretly competing with each other while counting the more leaky voices.

Generous and benevolent, love the people like a son, and have a heart like a mirror, just, rational and unbiased?Emperor Jing never knew that in Wei Yan's mind he was such a person, or it should be said that Wei Yan wanted him to be such a person.

However, he was not such a person before, and he will not be able to become such a person in the future.So, is Wei Yan going to force him if something doesn't go his way in the future?Use his love and love for Wei Yan to force him to give in?

If you let him succeed the first time, the same thing will happen countless times in the future, so you should be ruthless the first time and refuse his unnecessary request.

Emperor Jing thought this rationally, but in his heart he couldn't remain indifferent.When the cool autumn night comes, will he freeze, will his knees hurt after kneeling for a long time, and dinner will be useless, will he be hungry?It's okay not to think about it, but when he thinks about it this way, he worries more and more.

"Get up, you've won." In the end, Emperor Jing found that he still couldn't calm down, and fought hard with Wei Yan to the end, and finally bowed his head to him, "I will order a thorough investigation tomorrow."

At the end of October in the seventh year of Tianxi, Emperor Jing ordered a thorough investigation into the case of Sun Ke's dereliction of duty in Long'an County, Hefeng Prefecture, Jingzhou.This imperial decree, on the surface, is the beginning of countless killings in the future.In fact, some things have already begun to emerge many years ago.At this point, it's just a matter of course, and finally found the right opportunity to explode.