Jinyiwei's Killing God System

Chapter 317 Yan Long's Cruel Move ([-])
On December [-]st of the fourth year of Tianqi, Jiang Wei, the governor of Beizhen, wrote a letter suddenly.

He exercised the power of Beizhen Fusi to play directly before the imperial court, bypassing the two commanders of Jinyiwei, Tongzhi, and reported the investigation of Lu Yantong's baby-eating case to Emperor Tianqi.

In the memorial, it is explained in detail how Lu Yantong colluded with Mengcheng, the presiding officer of Hongluo Temple, how he conspired to kidnap and kill seven infants and children during the second year of Tianqi, and how a group of officials in Beijing conspired to establish the cult Yuanying Sect. The fact that officials of various ministries were bewitched to conspire against others.

In the memorial, he also wrote down the whole case in detail, and pointed the finger at Liu Qiao, the commander of Jinyiwei at that time.

The memorial said: "In the same year, Lu Yantong was reported by his servants, the incident was revealed, and he was imprisoned in Jinyiwei. Mengcheng bribed Jiao Daping, a thousand households of Jinyiwei's former prison department, through the relationship of Zeng Gande, the doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and then through Jiao Daping's They managed to win over Meng Heliang, the head banner of the Jinyiwei Criminal Prison Bureau, who directly manages Lu Yantong's prison, and helped Lu Yantong escape successfully by giving the prisoners a chance to relax."

"Afterwards, Zhang Yang, the former envoy of Jinyiwei North Township, was ordered to thoroughly investigate the case, and found Jiao Daping and Meng Heliang. In order not to reveal the matter, Mengcheng bribed Zhang Yang with a lot of money. Zhang Yang accepted the bribe and used Meng Heliang as a scapegoat to cover up the case. Facts, closed the case in a hurry, and in the closing statement, forged evidence, tampered with the testimony, deceived the upper and lower, and used it as a cover for Meng Cheng."

"Now Mengcheng has been arrested and brought to justice. According to his confession, other members of the Yuanying Cult who were involved in serious crimes such as infanticide and bribery of court officials include the following people: Lang Zhong Zeng Gande, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Guan Mingke, a member of the Ministry of Officials, The Criminal Department..."

"Officials who accepted bribes from the Yuanying Sect and did not report them include the following people: Tian Ergeng, the right servant of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household..."

The list is very long, involving dozens of officials, the most notable of which is Tian Ergeng, the right servant of the Ministry of War!

Tian Ergeng was a member of Wei Changgong and was placed in the Ministry of War as an eyeliner to monitor Sun Chengzong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.Now something happened!

After Jiang Wei listed a long list of names, at the end of the memorial, he focused on Mengcheng’s confession about bribing Zhang Yang: “At that time, Zhang Yang, the governor of Beizhen, first asked me for 53 taels of bribes, and later added more 30 taels, according to him, is to bribe the superior to open up various joints. As for who the immediate superior is, Zhang Yang never mentioned it."

These eye-catching words are really poisonous!

In fact, Mengcheng’s confession at the time was as follows: “Zhang Yang asked me for 53 taels of bribes at the time, and later added an additional 30 taels, saying that he wanted to cover everyone’s mouths.” Did not say anything to the immediate superior.

However, Jiang Wei did not explicitly say who Zhang Yang's immediate boss was at the time, and the rest will be left to the emperor to guess.

After the memorial was handed over, the emperor was furious.

Zhang Yang, a dead person, can still get involved in so many things, which shows how many shameful deeds these sanctimonious officials have done behind my back.

This matter must be investigated firmly.

necessary.

Who can I ask to check?

Liu Qiao is obviously suspected of being involved in the case, and it is definitely not appropriate to ask him to investigate.

Wei Zhongxian's Dongchang?

Tian Ergeng, godson of Mr. Wei Chang, one of the "five giants", was among the people involved in the case, and he came to Dongchang to investigate. Isn't it just using a tiger for skin?

Not at all.

Regarding the court situation and everything around him, Tianqi knew it well.

A person who is an emperor can be lazy (for example, not going to court), brutal (for example, exterminating people and ten clans), and licentious (for example, he can kill women by messing with women), but he is absolutely not It's okay to do nothing.

Being an emperor is a high-risk industry, and doing nothing means not dying.

Tian Qi has always cherished his life like gold. He seems to be indifferent, but in fact he is worried about the court situation.He decided to find a new face to investigate the matter.

Judging from the recent performance, Yan Long is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate no matter whether you look at it horizontally or vertically.

——Genzheng Miaohong (the son of Yan Xue'an), high ideological awareness (sacrificing his life to save the prince in distress), and strong action (one of the few people with profound strength).

Based on these points, Xing can be entrusted with a heavy responsibility.

Therefore, appointed by the emperor, Prince Shaobao and Jin Yiwei Commander Tongzhi Yanlong took office to investigate the case thoroughly.The emperor's strict decree: Be sure to investigate to the end. Anyone involved in the case, no matter how old the official is or how high his status is, will never be tolerated.

Yan Long was waiting for this imperial decree.

For this imperial decree, he has been pretending to be a "harmless creature" who has nothing to do with the world for a long time.

Now is the time to bare your fangs!
After Yan Long received the order, he began to take over the control of Beizhen Fusi, and arrested people one by one according to the names on the list.

With his current popularity, coupled with his titles of Crown Prince Shaobao and Jinyiwei Commander Tongzhi, with the emperor's imperial decree, not to mention just arresting some officials from the Six Ministries, even if he is arresting cabinet ministers, he can pass without hindrance .

Within two days, all the people on the list were arrested, and some officials who were out of Beijing on business were hunted down by Jin Yiwei at the place of business trip.

Facing Jin Yiwei's sudden arrest, the capital fell into panic.This kind of panic is somewhat similar to the scene where Dongchang used the Illusory Demon Palace case to promote unjust imprisonment.

It's just that Yan Long is not Wei Zhongxian, he has no interest in purging Donglin Party members on a large scale. In fact, he only wants to get rid of two people.

Yan Long wanted to bring down two people in this case, namely Tian Ergeng and Liu Qiao.

Bringing down Liu Qiao was a plan made early on, but as for Tian Ergeng, it was delivered to him later.

The Ministry of War is a department that Yan Long will encroach on next.Holding military power is always the most important step in the process of seizing power and seizing the world.

The eunuchs are too arrogant in the Ministry of War, and have installed countless cronies. If the Ministry of War is not supported by Sun Chengzong, I am afraid that it will become Wei Zhongxian's family.

If Yan Long wants to place personnel in the Ministry of War in the future, it is very necessary to attack the power of the Eunuch Party.

However, his primary goal now is to settle Liu Qiao first.

……

Liu Qiao knew that it was not too late for Fusi Beizhen to thoroughly investigate Lu Yantong's case behind his back, and he still had a lot of eyeliners in Fusi Beizhen.

At that time, the investigation had just begun, and Jiang Wei hadn't summarized the case and submitted it to Emperor Tianqi!

So Liu Qiao went directly to Jiang Wei.

In the face of Liu Qiao's furious scolding, Jiang Wei was silent for a long time, and then said: "This subordinate is just looking into the unsolved case of Jinyiwei, and I didn't want to hide your intentions from the commander-in-chief. But...but I can't think of it. Now, the entanglement is so extensive."

Liu Qiao said with a gloomy face, "Bo Yue, this case is about Jinyiwei's face, and it turns out that not only the Criminal and Prison Department, but also other departments will be implicated. Do you want to drag the entire Jinyiwei into this case? !"

After Jiang Wei heard this, he asked Liu Qiao for advice on how to deal with the aftermath "with sincerity and fear".

Liu Qiao softened his tone and said to him, "Don't investigate any more, close the case as soon as possible."

Jiang Wei seemed a little embarrassed and said: "But Meng Cheng, the abbot of Hongluo Temple, has been arrested and brought to justice. The matter has become a bit big. How should it end?"

Liu Qiao said at the time: "Get rid of him secretly, do you still need me to teach you these things?"

Jiang Wei immediately agreed obediently.

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(End of this chapter)