Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 620 Start Assigning Homework——Arrest Ming Zunjiao
Kaifeng government office.

Humming a ditty, Ding Run greeted each colleague with a smile, until he came to the front of the house where Wu Juhou lived, then he restrained his smile, straightened his official robes, and walked in with a serious face.

An old man in purple robes was kneeling in front of the table, looking at the documents. Ding Run came to him and knelt down without disturbing him. He just waited silently, watching the ups and downs in his eyes. .

Wu Juhou, a scholar of Longtuge, is also the prefect of Kaifeng, and Fan Chunli, the previous magistrate, belongs to two factions, and they also have two completely different styles of doing things.

As for Wu Juhou, the backbone of the old party, Fan Zuyu, an important assistant of Sima Guangxiu's "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", once said: "Wu Juhou practiced the method of iron metallurgy in Jingdong, Wang Zijing practiced tea method in Fujian, and Jian Zhoufu practiced salt. The law is in Jiangxi... the people of all the roads are sad and complaining, and they are more troubled than their houses."

If this is likely to be an attack by the old party on the new party, then Zhang Dun also said that "the labor law can be changed slowly, not like the Jingdong Iron Horse and Fujian Tea Salt. If you don't change it for a day, you will be harmed for a day." If the party opposes it together, the possibility of it being true is extremely high.

In fact, Wu Juhou’s Jingdong iron-smelting method, Wang Zijing’s Fujian tea method, and Jian Zhoufu’s Jiangxi salt method provided important financial support for the continuous border expansion strategy during the Shenzong dynasty, but the people did not suffer. It was forced to have no way out, and the people's resentment boiled to the point of rebellion again and again, so after Shenzong's death, the new party and the old party thought it could not continue, so they immediately stopped.

The courtiers who implemented these policies were all recognized at that time as "póu ministers". The meaning of "póu" was to collect wealth with exorbitant taxes. Wu Juhou was a typical example of him. He expanded monopoly and strengthened collection, and was repeatedly criticized by the court. award.

In the eyes of the emperor, this man was an absolutely good official, "There is no better minister of internal and external financial management." Shenzong liked him very much, and specifically pointed out that even if Wu Juhou was at fault, the right to punish was limited to the emperor himself.

On the contrary, the officials impeached many people, "profits and harm to the people are well-known", "the collection of profits is urgent, but the envy of the rest, and rewards for merit" "creating iron and metallurgy to take the people unrighteously, one side complains, voices Mobilizing the government and the public", thinking that this person's tyranny caused strong dissatisfaction among the people.

The fact is that at that time there was a peasant uprising army of thousands of people in Jingdong. The banner was to capture Wu Juhou, throw him into an iron furnace and burn him to death. In the end, even Zhang Dun, who once admired Wu Juhou very much and was also a member of the New Party, couldn't stand it anymore. : "People in Jingdong hate to eat their meat. Is this statement true?"

Therefore, upon Shenzong's death, Wu Juhou became the first court official to be demoted for the reason that he "had no heart for the public". Compared with Shenzong's praise of "going to the public at night", it has to be said that it is quite ironic.

But when Zhezong came to power, Wu Juhou was promoted again. The common people didn't like this kind of talent, but the emperor liked it very much. Later, the official fortune was prosperous, and it was not the first time, but the second time to know Kaifeng Mansion as a scholar of Longtuge. .

Therefore, Ding Run was far more careful about this boss than Fan Chunli. He went to the academy to ask for his advice yesterday, so he sat in front of him only after he knew what he knew.

Just as he was thinking about it, Wu Juhou raised his head suddenly, his sharp eyes pierced Ding Run's body: "Judge Ding, Zhu Wu, the suspect in the Taixue case, hasn't been convicted yet?"

Ding Run calmly said: "Although this person is suspected, there is no evidence to prove that he is related to the murder of the seven imperial students. This case is currently concerned by the government and the public. The lower officials dare not act rashly to avoid being imprisoned by the censor. The judge charged an unjust and innocent crime..."

Wu Juhou's pale brows raised slightly: "Judge Ding's words are mature and prudent. Yushitai is building a prison, and many people are implicated. I really can't get hold of it by the Kaifeng government office!"

Ding Run clasped his fists together: "Wu Longtu is wise!"

Wu Juhou and Yushitai have always been at odds, and now Zhao Tingzhi, the prime minister of Yushi, is very famous, and he is a popular candidate for the position of prime minister, and Wu Juhou is also qualified to compete for prime minister. Shitai is definitely a very wise method.

But Wu Juhou is not so easy to fool: "Although there is no actual evidence of Zhu Wu's murder, it has been proved that Chen Yu, the student who was wrongly sued and unfortunately killed, is a close friend from the same hometown. His motives are clear. He should be put in prison for trial. You propose him. Are you not afraid of the censor's censure?"

Ding Run said in a low voice: "The lower officials dare not hide anything from Wu Longtu. They proposed Zhu Wu. They have the intention to follow the clues and find out the murderer behind him. This person is most likely related to Mingzun Sect."

Wu Juhou's expression changed slightly: "Ming Zunjiao? That cult that has been banned repeatedly...Are you sure?"

Ding Run's tone was firm: "It's absolutely true that Lu Shinang, a former imperial student, is a member of Mingzun's sect, and several students who came out of Shezhou with him are also very suspicious, and they were expelled because they discovered the fraud in the Imperial Academy. "

Wu Juhou immediately felt that something was wrong: "You will be expelled from school after discovering cheating?"

Ding Run reproduced his reasoning: "Wu Longtu is really aware of the details, and the lower officials have thought for a long time before they reacted. Let me ask you, there was a major fraud case in Taixue 20 years ago. The consequences were serious and the lessons were profound. Tried every means to appease, but the result is that all seven people were expelled, there must be something strange, the official suspects that it is Ming Zun's sect members who are behind the scenes to fuel the flames, intending to make the case worse and make the people in Beijing resentful!"

The corners of Wu Juhou's eyes twitched slightly. He couldn't understand what it was like to see people's grievances boil, and his expression became more and more fierce: "These cults are bewitching the people with their evil words, they should be killed!"

Ding Run thought that if it weren't for you people who forced the people to suffer too much, there would be no room for sects such as Mingzun's Maitreya Sect to survive. The real culprit in this case is a member of this cult, but Yu Shitai is catching teachers and students fraudulently, causing panic among the people, relatives and enemies, hurry up!"

Wu Juhou stroked his beard and pondered, nodded slowly: "What you said is not without reason!"

Zhu Wu is a little-known little person. As the murderer of the Taixue case, the government and the public will not pay attention to this kind of person at all. It would be a big loss of face if he was foolishly caught in the trap, but they were the ones in the Kaifeng government who were aware of the details and made a big splash, which would naturally be of great benefit to him in his fight for position.

Thinking of this, he looked at Ding Runda with admiration, but did not express his opinion clearly: "This old man has not been fully familiar with government affairs since he took office not long ago. Since Judge Ding has this idea, then do as you ask!"

This is to push the blame cleanly. Of course, when he really deserves credit, he, the magistrate, is indispensable. Ding Run did not lose the gratitude of his subordinates on the surface. So what? As Mr. Lin expected, he doesn't seek the truth, but only seeks benefits, and if he finds out the context, he can hold it!"

In fact, after these days of investigation, it is basically a fact that Zhu Wu killed seven Tai students under the guise of "Zuo Ming" in order to avenge his close friends from his hometown, but this kind of truth does not meet political needs. I also felt that those people died well, so I tried a little bit and found that the crime was easily thrown at the head of Ming Zun.

He clicked his tongue, told his subordinates to prepare their horses, left the Kaifeng government office, and headed towards the east of the city.

The crime can be transferred, but the murderer has to be caught. If he still can't catch the people taught by Mingzun, Zhu Wu will be taken in the end and given to Taixue to explain.

So he came to find reinforcements again.

At the gate of the academy, he walked in briskly all the way: "Mr. Lin, if you can go out, you will be safe. At that time, I will get the credit, Zhu Wu will avenge me, and then I will kill Ming Zun's thief. Everyone will be happy!"

After walking not far, I saw a thin man sweeping the floor tremblingly. Just as Ding Run approached, the man immediately put on a defensive posture.

Ding Run smiled and said, "It's pretty similar. I'm Ding Run, the magistrate of the Kaifeng government office. Where's your A-Lang?"

Li Gu said in a daze: "I am Lu Langjun's housekeeper... the officials are looking for my family, Alang... to go to the backyard..."

Ding Run nodded, and then took a strange look at him, looking at the young man, how could he look like this?

Of course, this is Lu Junyi's housekeeper, he won't meddle in other's business, he passed the lecture room with loud books and came to the backyard along the way.

From a distance, Li Yan was at the top of the podium, and the men sitting on the futons, Lu Junyi, Zhu Wu and others were all listening to the lecture.

Ding Run went up to listen, and found that Li Yan happened to be talking about Mingzun:
"...Looking at sects such as Mingzunjiao, which were introduced from the West, they pay attention to opposing ideas, either black or white. If they are believers, they are brothers and sisters. If they don't believe in religion, they are all potential enemies, or they can extract value. , or be eliminated directly.”

"This kind of core idea remains unchanged. No matter how much Buddhist and Taoist culture is incorporated, it is still a cult method, which is extremely harmful..."

Ding Run seemed to understand, but he couldn't help being a little surprised. He himself had difficulty understanding. For this group of men who practiced martial arts all day long, he probably played the piano like a cow, right?

But when he changed the angle and observed the expressions of the students below, he was surprised to find that the eyes of these burly men were full of thinking and pondering, even Lu Junyi was like this!

At this time, Li Yan also stopped giving lectures, turned his gaze, and said with a smile, "What is Judge Ding doing?"

Ding Run stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Wu Longtu was persuaded by me to believe that Ming Zunjiao was more suspected of being the murderer of the Taixue case, but these thieves are cunning and have disappeared, and I hope Mr. Lin will help me a little bit. "

Li Yan nodded, and turned his gaze back down: "It's the same in both civil and martial arts if you just talk about it without practicing fake moves. You all have the experience of working hard to achieve enlightenment. Next, you will use Mingzun to accept the results. This is the first time I give The homework you assigned."

(End of this chapter)