Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Fu Yuanheng and Zou Qing came to Yinchuan, and before them were dozens of confessions.

The Ningxia Governor-General and the Inspectorate no longer dared to take on the case, and they took the initiative to ask the censor to try it together.

Moreover, when trying cases, the censor takes the lead and the local authorities take the supplementary role.

Fu Yuanheng quickly browsed through more than ten confessions: "I will preside over the cases involving military attachés. The rest will be left to Zou Yushi. I will accompany the trial when necessary."

When Zou Qing saw Qin Hui's name, he swallowed subconsciously and said, "Let the Xuanzhou case be settled as soon as possible. As for the foreign officials Yang Yuan confessed to, they are everywhere and must be reported to the Inspectorate. I guess the Ministry of Punishment We and Dali Temple will also be dispatched, and I don’t know how many people will fall to the ground this time.”

Regarding the fight against corruption, we are doing it every year.

Looking across the country, officials are dismissed almost every month, which does not mean that they only go to war every few years.

But generally, officials below the fourth rank are investigated.

It is very difficult to check if it is above the fourth grade. Not only will it alert the emperor, but at least the cabinet will be alerted.

If a third-rank official is found, the emperor must be alerted.

Qin Hui's official position belongs to the second rank, but he also has the rank of first rank!

For such an important minister, not to mention that the Supervisory Office did not dare to investigate, even the cabinet did not have the power. The emperor had to give his own nod before he could make any move.

Fu Yuanheng asked: "Have you found out where the stolen money went?"

Zhao Ding said: "According to the confessions of the perpetrators, they sold the stolen goods through merchants. Some of the stolen goods were trafficked to the Western Regions, and some of the stolen goods were transported to Shaanxi for sale. Almost all the merchants who helped sell the stolen goods were from Shaanxi."

"We have to jointly handle the case with Shaanxi." Zou Qing had a headache.

Fu Yuanheng sighed: "Let's continue the trial."

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Fu Yuanheng went to interrogate the generals of Xuanzhou on his own, while Zou Qing interrogated the officials of Xuanzhou together with the inspector.

If both the civil and military parties have a role, then they can join hands in the trial.

The whole big case was divided into many small cases, and each small case was investigated in detail.

If the investigation was not carried out in such detail, and if the witnesses and material evidence were not complete, it would be easy for the case to be brought back for retrial when reported to the central government for review.

At the same time, Zhao Ding sent a deputy envoy to Shaanxi with his subordinates on Pegasus. Request the Shaanxi Procuratorate to assist in handling the case, help arrest the merchants involved, and jointly interrogate and trace the whereabouts of the stolen goods.

As for Yang Yuan, he was protected by two hundred cavalry and escorted to Luoyang as soon as possible.

Afraid of any accidents along the way, Zhao Ding specifically asked a general who was not involved to take charge - Xiao Heda, a relic of the Liao Kingdom and a traitor to Xixia.

Xiao Heda made great contributions in the war to exterminate Xia, and also dispersed his family's property when he rebelled against Xia. This kind of situation must be established as a model, and a count was directly created and temporarily stayed in Ningxia to lead troops.

During the escorting process, Xiao Heda even ate and slept with Yang Yuan.

When he received the mission, he was completely confused. I am just a newcomer who has just joined the Ming Dynasty. Why do I suddenly have to escort the criminal who reported the Minister of Household Affairs?

If this person commits suicide, how will I bear the consequences?

Lanzhou.

Xiao Heda personally escorted Yang Yuan into the post station, and two hundred cavalrymen inspected the inside and outside of the post station.

Even the official servants who temporarily lived in the inn were invited out by Xiao Heda, including a distinguished official.

Xiao Heda bowed to everyone: "I have offended you all. The criminals I am escorting are too important, and there really cannot be any mistakes, otherwise everyone will not be able to keep their official titles."

The officials and servants looked at each other, dissatisfied and extremely curious at the same time.

The official asked, "I wonder who the general is escorting? What serious crime has he committed?"

Xiao Heda shook his head: "You can't ask about Tongtian's case."

As soon as the word "Tongtian" was spoken, no one asked again, and everyone just went to find another place to live.

At night, the door is closed.

Yang Yuan slept with his hands and feet tied, and his mouth was stuffed with rags. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He was shaking all over and couldn't sleep.

What a piece of shit this guy is, you will know if you tell him what he did in history.

Qin Hui sneezed at the banquet, and the situation was a bit embarrassing. Yang Yuan immediately burst out laughing, attracting the attention of the audience. Then by telling jokes, he successfully diverted everyone's attention and made the guests forget about Qin Hui's sneezing.

Qin Hui and Wan Qixi were biting dogs, so Yang Yuan criticized Wan Qixi. Zhao Gou failed to save his life, so Yang Yuan impeached him again and again, and finally dismissed Wan Qixi from office.

As his official position became larger and larger, Yang Yuan became more and more complacent and publicized his achievements everywhere, which made Qin Hui very unhappy.

Therefore, Qin Hui threw Yang Yuan to be the magistrate of the state and stayed away from the capital out of sight.

It happened that his cousin Wang Yan (not Lu You's boss Wang Yan) passed by Yang Yuan's post. After being drunk, Wang Yan claimed credit and said: "You wrote a letter to Prime Minister Lu (Lu Yihao) and said bad things about Qin Hui. Do you remember it? Fortunately, I was a subordinate in Prime Minister Lu's house and I secretly intercepted that letter. ”

Yang Yuan was so frightened that he forced his cousin Wang Yan to stay under house arrest for two years!

Wang Yan took advantage of Yang Yuan's banquet and escaped overnight when the guards were lax.

In fact, Wang Yan did not go to Qin Hui to complain, but the more Yang Yuan thought about it, the more he was afraid of scaring himself to death.

At this moment, Yang Yuan was scaring himself.

Qin Hui was a good friend of the same age as the emperor, and he held a high position and was in the emperor's heart. Is it possible that by reporting Qin Hui like this, he might make the emperor unhappy? Is it possible that when he arrived in Luoyang, the emperor secretly sent someone to kill him and silence him?

Or maybe the emperor didn't have time to know that Qin Hui was so powerful in Luoyang that he would bribe the jailer to kill him?

The more I think about it, the more likely it is!

Yang Yuan began to become mentally confused and was awakened by nightmares every night.

Xiao Heda thought he was pretending to be sick at first, but gradually found something wrong. When they arrived in Chang'an, Yang Yuan was already haggard and mentally depressed due to severe lack of sleep.

Xiao Heda hurriedly found a doctor.

After the diagnosis, Xiao Heda pulled the doctor outside the house: "What's wrong with this man?"

The doctor said: "Heart disease. Has he not slept for a long time?"

Xiao Heda nodded: "He has nightmares every night. I pulled the rag out of his mouth, and he shouted in his dream, "Spare my life" and "Don't kill me". He couldn't fall asleep after being awakened by nightmares. He tossed and turned all night, and I couldn't sleep."

The doctor said: "I can only prescribe some medicine to help sleep."

The doctor prescribed the medicine and left. Xiao Heda watched the soldiers boil the medicine with his own eyes, and then personally brought it to Yang Yuan to take.

Xiao Heda pulled open the rag stuffed in his mouth and said, "The doctor said you have a heart disease, and you will get better if you take medicine."

Yang Yuan looked at the dark medicine soup, suddenly showed a look of shock, and cried and begged: "General, spare my life, General, spare my life, what I confessed before was all lies."

Xiao Heda was extremely depressed: "Why should I spare your life? I will just escort you to Luoyang."

Yang Yuan believed that there was poison in front of him, turned his face away and clenched his teeth without saying a word.

Xiao Heda ordered: "Come, pry open his teeth and pour the medicine in!"

As several soldiers entered the room, Yang Yuan was already extremely frightened and began to struggle frantically to avoid it.

But he was still held down tightly, and his mouth was violently pried open. Xiao Heda personally took the bowl and poured the medicine in.

While pouring, Xiao Heda suddenly stopped and wondered: "Why is this man not moving?"

But Yang Yuan's mouth was wide open, his eyes were wide open, and he lay on the bed without any reaction.

A soldier stretched out his finger to feel Yang Yuan's breath, and said in a trembling voice: "No...no breath."

Xiao Heda was stunned.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I going to do?

After a long while, Xiao Heda suddenly shouted: "Quickly find the doctor to testify, and don't move anything in this house!"

Then Xiao Heda ran to the stable and rode straight to the Shaanxi Provincial Administration and the Censorate.

That evening, all the officials of the three Shaanxi departments came, and brought the provincial, prefectural and county level coroners to jointly perform the autopsy.

Based on the autopsy results and the information provided by Xiao Heda and the doctor, the coroners unanimously believed that Yang Yuan was scared to death.

Everyone looked at each other, and even felt a little bit amused.

The chief officer of the three Shaanxi departments, as well as the provincial, prefectural and county level coroners, all wrote a relevant report truthfully under Xiao Heda's pleading.

They already knew the inside story, and watched Xiao Heda carry the corpse away, each of them showing sympathy.

This guy is too unlucky!

Xiao Heda arrived in Luoyang in a daze, went straight to the Inspectorate to explain the situation, and then asked to enter the palace to see the emperor.

The palace reacted quickly, and Xiao Heda was taken away by the eunuch that day.

"Your Majesty, Yang Yuan was really scared to death!" Xiao Heda knelt down and kowtowed to explain when he met him.

Zhu Ming was also a little speechless: "Stand up, what does it look like to cry? Give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Heda sat down carefully, and then told the details of the journey, and said that the officials of the three divisions in Shaanxi could testify for him.

"This is not General Xiao's fault," Zhu Ming said, "The remnants of the Western Xia have been suppressed, and General Xiao happened to return to Beijing, so he stayed in the Privy Council. You are also over 50 years old, and you should enjoy your old age in a prosperous place."

Xiao Heda didn't care about being stripped of his military power, and he didn't think he could continue to command the army.

A Liao remnant who rebelled against Xixia could become an earl in the Ming Dynasty and hold an idle position in the Privy Council. This was a perfect ending.

Xiao Heda thanked him again.

Zhu Ming encouraged him again. The conversation was almost over, and Xiao Heda bowed and left.

He walked out of the palace and felt happy and swept away the sorrow of the past few days.

The Holy Emperor was so kind and generous that he did not hold him accountable and even gave him a mansion in the capital.

In the Chuigong Palace, Zhu Ming was speechless.

A very critical whistleblower was scared to death.

"Bai Sheng." Zhu Ming shouted.

"Here!" Bai Sheng walked into the palace quickly.

Zhu Ming said: "You personally lead the guards to surround Qin Hui's house. No one is allowed to enter or leave at will. Especially the small house he secretly purchased, carefully search for evidence of corruption!"

Qin Hui had no idea that he had always been in the emperor's heart, and someone had been watching him in recent years.

Even when he was in Kaifeng, he secretly kept a mistress without telling his wife. The emperor knew about this.

It was just a lack of a reason to investigate him.

After all, Qin Hui was a minister, and it was not convenient for the emperor to send people to search his private residence, and it was a small courtyard that he bought secretly.

If this matter were spread, it would have a bad impact, and it would make all the important officials in the court feel insecure, and even give rise to the mentality of "the rabbit dies and the fox mourns" - the emperor knew about Qin Hui's secret private residence, so was he being monitored by the emperor?

Spy politics can only be carried out under special circumstances, and it is not a long-term and healthy means of governance.