Road to Shunzhi

The cause of the matter is not great.There was a well-to-do family named Huang in Wujiang who raised silkworms for a living. They worked diligently and saved some wealth. Then they moved to the county town and started a food business.

The Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas have always been prosperous, and the curfew time is late. The weather is warmer, and many people like to go to the night market and buy some snacks.The fried tofu sold by Huang's family is delicious, and the business is very good. Their whole family went to battle, and the children who had just turned one year old were not taken care of, so they brought them out together and put them on the side of the stall.

As a result, something went wrong one night.Zhang Yulin, the youngest son of Zhang Rongfu, the magistrate of Wujiang County, likes to wander around on weekdays, and he must go to the night market almost every day.Looking at the tofu stall of Lao Huang's house from a distance, there are many people around. When the glutton came up, he ordered people to buy it and eat it.The dried tofu was fried until it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it was delicious. Once Zhang Yulin ate it, he couldn't stop. He ate more than a dozen yuan, wiped his mouth, and left.

Lao Huang is a countryman, and he doesn't know the yamen of the county magistrate, so he hurriedly approached him and asked him for money.With a wave of Zhang Yulin's hand, he pushed Lao Huang staggeringly, and just hit the frying pan of fried tofu, and the hot oil poured all over Lao Huang's one-year-old grandson.

The child was scalded to death on the spot, beyond recognition.Dou Shi, Lao Huang's daughter-in-law, screamed in pain and rushed forward to tear Zhang Yulin apart.Zhang Yulin was also frightened by the tragedy, unable to dodge in time, several bloodstains were scratched on his face.Zhang Yulin looks quite good, he can be called Yushu Linfeng, and he also pays attention to his appearance. Naturally, he was not happy when his face was scratched and pushed Dou away, but his beloved son died tragically, and Dou had lost it long ago. Feeling rational, Zhang Yulin rushed over again waving his hands. Zhang Yulin became impatient, and at the command, all his subordinates rushed up and beat him up.Huang Dalang was protecting his wife, but also felt sorry for his son's tragic death, so he rushed up to fight those servants, and even Lao Huang joined the battle group tremblingly on a bench.

Both Lao Huang and Huang Dalang were beaten to death alive, and only the seriously injured Dou was alive.Zhang Yulin walked away, and the surrounding merchants saw that she was pitiful, so they collected some money and sent her to the hospital.Dou was an ordinary peasant woman who could not read. Fortunately, she was strong. After recovering from her injuries, she handled the funerals of her father-in-law, husband and son by herself. Looking at the empty home, she gritted her teeth and decided to sue.

She had also inquired these days. Zhang Yulin was the son of the county magistrate. It would be useless to find the county magistrate. She asked someone to write a pleading paper, hid it close to her body, and sold it to Suzhou.She belonged to a leapfrog appeal, and Ge Ping, the prefect of Suzhou, ignored her at all. Instead, he sent someone to scold her and beat her out with sticks.

Dou had no way to appeal, so he went to a restaurant to wash the dishes and asked around, and learned that the students in Suzhou would regularly gather in Huqiu to recite poems and fight against each other.Mrs. Dou prepared for a long time. One day in advance, she cleaned herself up and went to Huqiu. She spent the night in the wild. Then when the students gathered, she said she was wronged and rushed over.

The students were all passionate. Dou and his party cried and said that everyone was shocked by this tragedy, and they all patted their chests and said they would fight for her.When the students went out, the natural effect was different than before. Ge Ping received them politely, saying that he would give Dou some justice, and fooled the students back.And that night, Mrs. Dou was killed in the rented hut, and her things were rummaged everywhere. Ge Ping came forward to search and finally came to the conclusion that the robbers had killed people.

Now the students exploded.They held a vigorous parade, and continued to write proclamations. In order to suppress the matter, Ge Ping sent people to arrest Zhang Yulin, saying that he was murdering for his life, and put him in death row.A few days later, it was said that Zhang Yulin fell ill in prison and died.The students were skeptical, and the matter had come to an end. Unexpectedly, less than a month later, someone discovered that Zhang Yulin was still domineering in Wujiang, and whoever died in the prison was unknown.

It's okay to be cheated once, but also cheated a second time.The students were completely outraged.They found a connection between Zhang Rongfu and Ge Ping - Zhang Rongfu's wife was Ge Ping's niece.Then, they found evidence that the two men were in collusion, and they were going to sue the governor of Jiangsu vigorously.

Ge Ping and Zhang Rongfu panicked, sent a lot of money to Zhu Guozhi, and went up and down again.Zhu Guozhi wanted to shoot these two useless people to death.Suzhou and Wujiang are both fat and vacancies. Ge Ping is naturally his confidant, and he sends a lot of filial piety every year, but this kind of thing happened.In his opinion, if someone is killed, he should act more swiftly. The Dou family shouldn't have left Wujiang at all.Even if Zhang Rongfu is too stupid, why is Ge Ping also stupid?Dou's first complaint should have killed her.When things got serious, the woman couldn't move, but Ge Ping did the opposite and made a big mistake.

Of course, Zhu Guozhi didn't want to hinder his future because of these two idiots—everyone knows that the emperor attaches great importance to the students, not to mention that many of these students have good backgrounds and cannot be killed—so, Thinking of sending these two people out to bear the anger of the people, unexpectedly, in a hurry, Ge Ping threatened Zhu Guozhi with evidence of bribery.

Afterwards, the incident became more and more troublesome, and it finally reached Fulin's ears.Shuo Sai was ordered to handle the case, but he was also shocked.Originally, this case involved four lives, so it was considered a major case, but the further the investigation was conducted, the more shocking the facts became.In Zhang Rongfu’s fish and meat township, his family property is as high as 10 taels, and he is only a county magistrate;

Shuo Sai sealed the evidence. This is no longer an ordinary homicide or corruption case. It is beyond his authority and must be handed over to the emperor.

Fulin was very angry.This case involved almost half of the officialdom in Jiangsu, and everyone was dirty.Zhang Rongfu and Ge Ping ransacked their homes, and Zhang Yulin directly executed them. The men of the two families were exiled, the women were not enslaved by officials, and imperial examinations were not allowed for generations.Zhu Guozhi was ordered to die, and his family was confiscated. Except for his old mother, all the female relatives were sold, and the males were exiled to Ningguta as slaves.

Some people had doubts about this sentence, and they all thought that the sentence was too heavy. Dang Chongya wrote a letter, thinking that the culprit was Zhang Rongfu, and Zhu Guozhi was only negligence and corruption, and the crime did not deserve death.

Fulin specially issued an edict on the court, stating that if such a similar case happens again, the immediate superior of the offending official will definitely be implicated.As a boss, if a subordinate neglects his duty, the boss is also responsible. Don't think that if you push things away, it's none of your business!In this major case in Jiangsu, even the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs was implicated, let alone others. Fulin even failed to manage the situation well for himself, and failed to know the grievances of the people in the first place. He punished himself as a vegetarian for one month and ordered He performed Buddhist rituals for the Huang family.

The emperor's move is too ruthless!No one dared to say anything more.After all, the emperor himself punished himself, so you guys still have the nerve to nag?What's more, after Zhu Guozhi died, the fat vacancy of governor of Jiangsu was vacated. Although no one dared to embezzle at this juncture, Jiangsu is a place where political achievements are easy to make. Many people stared at this position with red eyes.

At this juncture, the courtiers of the Manchu and Han Dynasties consciously silenced their flags and drums, and did not dare to make the slightest move.Fulin ordered Sangji to be the governor of Jiangsu, which made everyone lose their glasses.Sangji is the emperor's companion, capable, but he was expelled from the house, and now he has become a local official. Some say he is lucky, some scold him for relying on the backstage, and so on.

"I want you to find out the details of all the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang." Fulin looked at Sangji in front of him, "You are young, so you should take care of yourself. If you have any difficulties, don't waste the secret reading rights I gave you."

Sanji bowed his head and agreed.He has been working for Fulin for a long time, and he is also in charge of a secret team, doing a lot of things that are considered outrageous to others.However, thinking of his father and family who had abandoned him like a shoestring and begged him to return to the family every day, Sangji felt better and became more loyal to the emperor.

He knew Fulin very well, and understood that the position of governor of Jiangsu was just a vanguard, and what the emperor wanted to move was salt, iron and ports.He will make the sword in the emperor's hand well, first find out the bottom line, and then talk about other things.

July is the Queen's Qianqiu, not her birthday, but it cannot be ignored.The imperial court was in a dilemma.The emperor has just severely cracked down on officialdom in Jiangsu and strictly curbed corruption. Who dares to give too precious a gift at this juncture? Isn’t this telling the emperor clearly: My family is corrupt, my family has money, come and check me Bar!

However, the empress was very favored by the emperor, she had a son and a daughter, and her status was stable, so being friendly with her would be of great benefit and no harm.What's more, the emperor personally gave the queen a long list of gifts to celebrate her birthday, and it would be unreasonable not to give something nice.

As a result, the nobles and officials were all entangled.Every year on the birthdays of the emperor, empress dowager, empress, and regent, gift shops in the capital will welcome a small business jjj, but this year it has calmed down strangely. Anyway, there is still time, and everyone waits to see other people's actions.

At this time, Wu Sangui's gift was very eye-catching, it can be said to be too eye-catching, he gave five elephants.

Who has seen an elephant in the capital? On the day the elephant entered Beijing, the streets and alleys were crowded.These five elephants have been trained and can dance to the music. They are covered with colorful brocades and decorated with various gemstones. The leader is even a rare white elephant, which amazed all the onlookers.

"It's so big!"

"Little old man is seventy this year, and this is the first time I've seen such a thing!"

"It's so big, how did it get here?"

"There is such a beast in King Pingxi's territory."

The common people whispered, and the civil and military officials were also stunned by the huge monster in front of them.In his previous life, Fulin was devoted to revenge and work, and he had no intention of going to the zoo. This was the first time he saw an elephant with his own eyes.Wu Sangui had no purpose and could not enter Beijing. The person who came was his nephew Wu Yingqi.

Children are very fond of this kind of rare thing. Coral is so courageous that someone even hugged it and touched the elephant's trunk, proudly showing off to the brothers: "It's thick and warm."

However, Fulin became interested in Wu Sangui's letters.Nanming did not involve more energy from the imperial court, and San Francisco did not play an overly important role as in history, so the imperial court did not pay much attention to them.The imperial court did not distribute enough military expenses, so Wu Sangui managed to go outside, and Myanmar was one of his pockets.But the Burmese are not easy to mess with. Their elephant team made Wu Sangui suffer a lot. This time the elephants were sent to please the queen. More importantly, he wanted to remind Fulin: This disobedient country only reads the words of the former Ming Dynasty, so don't be shy, let's fight!

The author has something to say:

In fact, there are still many things: shipping (customs), San Francisco, external expansion, etc., being an emperor is very busy.