[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor
Chapter 88
When Eunuch Thrush arrived, he saw a still indifferent Lin Yuanzheng.
He couldn't help feeling relieved.
Sure enough, she would not panic.
This matter is related to the government, not because Eunuch Thrush came to gossip with her on his own initiative, but came here by imperial decree.The emperor Jinkou said: "Go and see how the imperial hospital is doing? It's okay to mess up, and you can take the opportunity to distinguish the turbid and clear. But my imperial hospital can't be messed up at all."
Eunuch Thrush came here according to the order, and he didn't even need to enter the door. He just looked at Lin Jiang who was still leisurely mixing scented tea at the door, and he knew that she was not disturbed.
"Eunuch is here? Please sit down."
Seeing that Mrs. Huamei was about to speak, Lin Jiang smiled: "I have already heard that Wei Ren made some mistakes in the Beijing camp? It is said that there are more than [-] people whose salaries have not been paid after March. Among these people , and half of them are people who were in charge of purchasing Lumi before.”
"Because of the fact that all the lumi was exchanged for salaries, the buyers lost their business. They were naturally dissatisfied and complained about Wei Ren in the camp. They were among the salaries that were not paid this time. Your lord Wang complained. Sue Wei Ren for embezzling military pay and revenge with personal grievances, right?"
Seeing that she knew everything, Mrs. Huamei nodded and said: "My lord Wang suddenly launched an attack in the previous court. The embezzlement of military pay is a big name. This matter has caused a lot of trouble. Naturally, someone will tell you."
Lin Jiang smiled: "My father-in-law came to tell me out of good intentions, but when others told me, it might not be true. I guess he wanted to see me flustered, and I didn't want to talk about the excitement, so I took the opportunity to subdue one or two, and let me be used by others."
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Ke knocked on the door and came in: "Master, the imperial concubine sent the little eunuch to say that she is not feeling well, and asked Master if he is free to go there in person."
Lin Jiang knocked on the case and smiled: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao sent someone here."
The thrush father-in-law drink tea with his eyes closed.
It may be that the imperial concubine is condescending and condescending to her, offering her an olive branch, hoping that she will save her husband and join the concubine's side; or it may be that the imperial concubine still hates her, deliberately causing her to panic and ask for help, and then report to the emperor, Lin The court is seeking help from the harem for her husband's affairs-no matter which one, it is absolutely wrong.
Lin Jiang said to Jiang Que: "I said that when I came back that day. From now on, the imperial concubine's palace will invite imperial physicians according to the rules. Whoever is on duty today will be allowed to go. Unless His Majesty orders, otherwise I will Don’t go to the imperial concubine’s palace again.”
Jiang understood what the master meant, so he hurriedly told the eunuch in the imperial concubine's palace.
The thrush father-in-law gave a approving look.
Sure enough, Lin Yuan was clear that he had nothing to worry about.He sat down and drank a good cup of tea, talked about the follow-up with Lin Jiang, and then went back to Mingzheng Palace to work.
As soon as he arrived at the Mingzheng Palace, the emperor poked his head out from the pile of memorials on the case and asked him: "Is she panicking?"
Eunuch Thrush answered everything truthfully just now - there is no need to speak up for Lin Jiang, what she did was impeccable.
The emperor nodded slightly to express his approval for Lin Jiang, but quickly frowned for his harem: "The imperial concubine has been too restless recently. I see it for the sake of old love and Xiao Shi's poor health. She is already being generous and gentle, but she is getting more and more presumptuous."
Father-in-law Thrush: Oh, the imperial concubine is about to get cold.
He walked back to the place where he used to stand, and waited there for the emperor's order, just like a sculpture.And the emperor was also immersed in government affairs, and for a while, only the slight flipping of books could be heard in the room.
In the imperial hospital, Lin Jiang was peeling and eating mints, while thinking about the follow-up to the court that the thrush father-in-law just mentioned.
She already understood what Wei Ren was going to do.
The Beijing camp is divided into four camps, with nearly 2 soldiers alone, and more than [-] people including various logistics support personnel.
There is no electronic information at this moment, and one-click salary payment.Purely manual work, it is normal to make some mistakes.
There are more than seventy people, three months of military pay, if this is called empty pay, then the top and bottom of the military department don't have to work. As the center of army deployment across the country, they always make small mistakes.Follow Wang Ziteng's labeling method, everyone stop doing it.
Therefore, as soon as Wang Ziteng raised this matter at the court, an official from the Ministry of War stood up and spoke out of righteousness: "Return to Your Majesty, the Wei Jiedu envoy is in charge of major affairs in the Beijing camp, so he can't just stand there and pay the soldiers every month." .Besides, the rules have just been changed in the Beijing camp. Lumi is no longer distributed, only silver taels are distributed. Perhaps the people below have neglected it for a while.”
As soon as this righteous official stepped forward, Lin Ruhai immediately felt bad.
This sounded right, but it was equivalent to putting the blame on the subordinates and giving Wang Ziteng a chance to make further troubles.
Sure enough, Wang Ziteng immediately grasped this sentence, and continued: "The envoy Wei Jiedu is in charge of the Beijing camp, so if something happens, it's just a sentence from the subordinate's negligence and it's over?" "What's more, it's nothing more than a lack of payment. Why did you lose your salary because you were talking behind your back and dissatisfied with General Wei?"
"Could it be that the Beijing camp has changed its surname to Wei? All those who are dissatisfied with General Wei's actions will not even get their salary?"
Lin Ruhai frowned deeply: Sure enough, this is Wang Ziteng's real intention.
In the beginning, he took a big hat, embezzling military pay, it was just a deception.In fact, what matters is the following sentence: "Personal revenge" and the latter sentence "Did Beijing Ying change its surname to Wei".
If the emperor becomes suspicious, it will shake the foundation of Wei Ren.
Wang Ziteng's theory of punishing the heart is quite vicious.
Prince Shao stood in front of Lin Ruhai according to his status and official position. At this moment, he couldn't help turning his head slightly, wanting to see Lin Ruhai's expression.
But... At this time, it is inappropriate for either of them to speak up.
A patriarchal decree and a minister of rites really have nothing to do with military power.
Shao Wang was a little anxious.
At this time, Wei Ren finally stood up: he had been waiting for Wang Ziteng to finish his words.Now, he can make a move.
To the surprise of the courtiers, Wei Ren did not refute a word for himself, he directly pleaded guilty: "The matter of distributing the salary is a change proposed by the minister. One person's fault."
Seeing that he didn't blame the subordinates, the generals in the court all felt a little admiration.
Except for a very few people, who among the generals didn't come up from the bottom, and who didn't take the blame from their superiors?
Seeing that although Wei Ren is young, he can take on the responsibility and refuses to shirk his responsibilities, he feels a little good in his heart.
After Wei Ren admitted his mistake, he changed the subject: "I have made a mistake and I admit it. It's just that Mr. Wang pointed out that I'm using private revenge to suppress dissidents in the Beijing camp. I can't bear this charge. The Beijing camp is His Majesty's Beijing camp, not anyone else's." Beijing camp!"
"Your Excellency Wang is the former envoy of the Beijing Camp. He has made omissions regarding the distribution of salaries. I should take them seriously. Moreover, there are also soldiers in the Beijing Camp who are very dissatisfied with the new salary distribution. They still want to carry out the old practice of half the salary and half the rice. .”
Speaking of this, Wei Ren looked at Wang Ziteng.
Seeing that, Wang Ziteng turned over the hole cards, and now it's his turn.
Just listen to him continue to report to the emperor: "Since that's the case, I implore Your Majesty, the officials of the Ministry of Labor and Household Affairs will calculate the old accounts of the Beijing camp over the past few decades and the prices of grain and rice over the years, and figure out what kind of salary is more appropriate to distribute!"
His voice fell, and there was silence upwards.
Lin Ruhai's brows stretched: I see.
When Wei Ren suddenly wanted to change the salary distribution mode, Lin Ruhai once persuaded the niece and son-in-law: All reforms linked to livelihood silver should be delayed.With such a sudden change, those in the Beijing camp whose interests have been harmed will definitely not let it go.
You should first ask the Ministry of Accounts to calculate, and then use the data to report to His Majesty, and then carry out reforms, so that the whole Beijing camp can be convinced.
At that time Wei Ren only said: "Don't worry, Uncle, Your Majesty knows everything in his heart."
It is hard for Lin Ruhai to say whether military power is involved.But in my heart, I may not feel that this niece and son-in-law are a little impatient and not tactful enough, and I am afraid that they will encounter impeachment in the future.
But it turned out that he was waiting here!
He kept this loophole and waited for someone to jump out.Maybe it's Wang Ziteng, maybe it's someone else, he can always follow the clues.
The emperor sat high on the dragon chair and said: "Salary in the army has always been an important matter. Since such a thing has happened in the court, the Ministry of Households should just go and investigate it!"
Wang Ziteng gritted his teeth beside him: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Wei Jie has already confessed his crime..."
The emperor nodded, and said to Wei Ren: "Once the missing salary is verified, it will be paid out from your salary at three times the amount." You won’t be able to receive the imperial salary.”
After all, the apparent salary of the Jingying Jiedu envoy is not much.
King Shao said at the right time from the side: "Isn't it too heavy to pay a fine of several years? It's an unintentional mistake for the minister to trust the military governor."
The emperor also acted coldly and selflessly: "The punishment should be heavier, let him have a good memory!"
Wei Ren respectfully accepted the order: "The minister leads the decree to thank you, I must go back and reflect on it, and never make such a mistake again!"
As soon as the three of them sang and agreed, the matter was settled, and the rest of the officials watched.
Only Wang Ziteng almost died of anger: What the emperor said is like a heavy punishment!But don't say that Wei Ren has been working in the palace for many years, and he has a lot of property outside, which is not bad for this little money. Let's just say that his father-in-law's family, Lin Changzhou, is as rich as Lin Changzhou.
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Lin Jiangan was sitting in the imperial hospital, and there was a steady stream of news coming in without going out.
It doesn't matter whether the person reporting the letter is with good intentions or with the malice of watching the fun, Lin Jiang's place is a gathering point for information.
The emperor issued an order, and on the second day, more than a dozen professionals in charge of accounting settled in the Beijing camp.
In order to avoid suspicion, Wei Ren even deliberately reported to the emperor, asking the Ministry of Punishments to also dispatch to check whether he had 'embezzled military pay'.
Not bothering the two masters with one thing, he still has meritorious service in solving the case. Cai Shilang, who just solved the Ningguo government, came out to investigate whether Wei Ren, the military governor of the capital, had any corruption problems.
In addition to a servant of the household department loaned by Wei Qian of the household department, two Duzhi chiefs, starting from Wei Ren, they checked the accounts of the military camp over the years.
These confidantes of the emperor actually knew very well in their hearts that the reason why the emperor asked them to enter the barracks was to investigate.
Therefore, when checking Weiren, Cai Shilang said righteously: "Master Wei, please provide the accounts of the Beijing camp over the years for us to compare."
Wei Ren has read many books in the past six months, so he will give priority to providing the books that several people think are problematic.
It can be said that the fabricated accounts in the military can pass the trial, all relying on the superiors to turn a blind eye.Even Wei Ren could see that one or two false accounts were wrong, and in the eyes of a professional household minister (deputy finance minister of the country), it could be said to be fabricated and appalling.
Mr. Assistant Minister held a pen, and he could circle eight doubtful points on one page.
After the officials of the household department circled the people involved in the case, they handed it over to Cai Shilang for trial.
And the collusion and collusion in the Beijing camp, in the eyes of case-handling experts like Cai Shilang, is as ridiculous as children making mistakes and covering each other up.
Cai Shilang found out the defect without any effort, and continued to proceed with the trial, as if he keenly caught a thread and then took apart a sweater.
Wei Ren, as a 'suspect', just stayed in the imperial city obediently, and never went to the Beijing camp these days.
He had known for a long time that those compradors who embezzled Lumi were just small fish and shrimps, and he never wanted to catch these people.
But these people are like ants, gathering in groups to protect the queen. What he has to do is to light a fire and burn the ants outside to expose the queen inside.
Facing Wang Ziteng and the entire Beijing camp that rejected him this time, it was like when he was just learning swordsmanship when he was young and couldn't beat anyone older than him, so he chose to trade injuries for injuries: trade my small injuries for your failure.
That's what he does now.
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Ten days after Wang Ziteng wrote a letter to impeach Wei Ren, the current business governor, Wei Ren wrote a letter to impeach 14 people including the generals, deputy generals, and chief buyers of the Beijing Camp, and embezzled 10 taels of silver from the treasury.
There was an uproar.
Compared with 10 taels of silver, the salary of more than 70 people was short, and it suddenly became a matter of sesame size.
Some officials who had already awakened began to realize that it was because General Wei had admitted his 'little mistake' at the beginning, just to get his name right in front of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Household Affairs, and open up the old account in a fair and honest manner.
Among these awake officials, Wang Ziteng himself was included.
After all, he is a person who has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he was suddenly shocked: Could it be that he has been tricked?
Then he forcibly calmed down again, no, no, Wei Ren is only so old, and without the support of his relatives, even if he came up with this trick, it would only be a waste of his reputation—even with the help of the Ministry of Household and Criminal Affairs, Wang Ziteng also didn't believe that Wei Ren could figure out the accounts of the Beijing camp for the past ten years in just ten days.
After all, the amount that Wei Ren said was not right. With an approximate amount of 10 taels of silver, it can be seen that he was just a scammer and did not catch the real account handle.
Wang Ziteng held his breath and closed his eyes, he wanted to see what Wei Ren had to say.
Amid all the courtiers' attention, Wei Ren said calmly: In order to 'retrace the source of the mistake and save yourself from the mistake', he asked the Criminal Department of the Household Department not only to re-examine the accounts of the past six months, but also to check all the military supplies, Catalog of Grain, Grass and Salary.
Unexpectedly, many large loopholes were found.
"But now, only a few officials with lower military ranks have been contacted. Please allow your Majesty to approve. I am willing to take the blame and make meritorious service. I will thoroughly investigate this matter and report the approval of the accounts of the Beijing camp to Your Majesty."
Wang Ziteng's mouth became a little dry.
Low-level officials... the generals are ranked fourth rank, and they can be regarded as middle-level officials in the capital, but Wei Ren still said that he is not a high-level military officer and is a low-level official involved in the case, so where did he find out?
Wang Ziteng couldn't help but look up, standing in the middle of the court hall, like the emperor's Wei Ren who answered.
Probably because of the angle he was standing at, he was suddenly in a daze, and felt as if he saw the emperor who was still the prince many years ago, standing in this hall, answering the Supreme Emperor who was on the throne.
It's not that the two look alike, but the tone and demeanor of their speech, the resemblance is a little off.
Everyone said that Wei Jiedushi was the emperor's confidant, just like he was with the emperor back then.But Wang Ziteng was not taught by the Supreme Emperor himself. He followed the path of the four major families and relied on the support of his relatives all the way.
Wei Ren does not have a family, but behind him is the current emperor.
Wang Ziteng only felt heavy in his heart.
So far, Wei Ren has only mentioned military officials at the rank of general and below, and some of them have a good personal relationship with Wang Ziteng, so that now someone is secretly looking at Wang Ziteng to see what he has to say.
Wang Ziteng wanted to talk, but this kind of thing can't be said in the open.
On the surface, he was only in control of the nine provinces, and he had already been relieved of his post in the military camp.
How can you speak when the current Jingying Jiedu envoy wants to thoroughly check the accounts?Wouldn't that be self-inflicted?Besides... Wang Ziteng started to have a stomachache after thinking about it, saying that there was a difference in the distribution of salaries in the military camp, pointing out that Wei Ren made an economic mistake, it was Wang Ziteng who brought it up.
Now Wei Ren wants to use this to thoroughly investigate and prove himself, it is really the best time and reason.
Wang Ziteng suddenly changed from the plaintiff to an invisible defendant who was still unable to refute. This mood is not to mention depressing.
"10 taels? There are only about 2 people in the four major battalions in Beijing and Central China, and the annual military supplies are only more than one million taels. There are such account baskets?!" The emperor's eyebrows were filled with fear: "Check, give me a detailed Check! If the Beijing camp under my nose is in chaos, the military forces in various places will be in chaos!"
As soon as this remark came out, the Minister of the Ministry of War hurriedly brought two servants out to plead guilty.
The emperor waved his hands: "You don't have to rush to plead guilty." Before the three officials could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard the emperor say coldly: "When I find out, I will settle the account with you."
The Minister of the Ministry of War trembled.
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"Speaking of which, their husband and wife are quite alike. They are both young and calm."
In the Mingzheng Palace, the emperor was flipping through Wei Ren's booklet, chatting with Eunuch Thrush.
"I remember that she became the director of the hospital that day, and there was no movement in the first half of the year, and she has been stable. It was not until the Longevity Day that she took advantage of this big festival to propose such things as increasing salary and people-the most difficult thing is to keep things organized. It is clear that all the follow-ups have been set up. It can be seen that they have paid attention to it a long time ago and just waited for a good day."
The emperor knocked on Wei Ren's note: "Wei Ren is the same. I gave him a time limit, and asked him to take the Beijing camp into my hands within one year. Seeing that he has not made any big moves before, I thought, he Is it because I have no way to start, wondering if I should help him, who would have expected that the two of them, Weng and son-in-law, would join forces, but the impetuous Wang Ziteng jumped in on his own initiative."
In fact, the emperor was not right about this point. Lin Changzhou and Wei Ren really did not join forces remotely. Lin Changzhou just pissed Wang Ziteng very personally according to his own preferences, and then floated out to sea again.
I can remember writing a letter to my daughter and son-in-law because of the Dragon Boat Festival, when I brought something back, I took it by the way.
Seeing that the emperor was happy, Eunuch Huamei smiled and said, "General Wei is the emperor's rescued child and has been raising him, so he naturally followed the emperor's temperament."
The emperor nodded: "I like people who are stable and know what to do."
As he said that, he approved the word 'quasi' on Wei Ren's booklet, and put it aside: "Since that's the case, let him check this bad debt carefully."
"I also want to know what my Beijing camp has become like under the Jia family and Wang family's self-willed and mutual protection over the past few decades!"
When the emperor was a prince, he heard that there were official amulets everywhere.
The people on the official talisman are all local gentry and local snakes, or the clans in Beijing that are protected by high-ranking officials.Many officials appointed by the imperial court, if they offend them, it will be difficult to move an inch in the local area.
The emperor is not the kind of decisive person, if he wants to kill all connections and gray income with a stick, then no one will work for him.
Therefore, although the emperor may not like the fact that the four major families show off their power in a place like Jinling, their ancestral home, the emperor may not like it, but it is really not necessary to take action to rectify it just for this.
Without these four major families, there are other families.Moreover, not only Jinling is like this, but all provinces in the world are in the same situation.
Sometimes when these big families are in a catastrophe, if they are used well, they can also help stabilize the local people's livelihood.
Such a thing did not touch the fundamental interests of the emperor.
But the emperor also has a bottom line - if a place like the Beijing Camp becomes a place for the four major families to arrange close people, and even connives at the subordinates to eat up money from it and shoddy it, so that the troops in the Beijing Camp are slack, then But the emperor's deathbed.
In case of any changes in the world, the Beijing camp is the last line of defense around him, so how can he lose anything.
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When Wei Ren was young, he went to catch snakes with his martial arts master.
The four words "strike the grass to startle the snake" are really not idioms, but pragmatism.
When a small green snake is lying in the grass, it is difficult to be seen. Even through various signs and crawling traces, it is confirmed that there is a snake in a piece of grass, but as long as the snake hides obediently, it is difficult to see it. Catch unless you plow the field.
Wei Ren was following the master at that time, holding a stick like the master, he kept weeding, and startled the snake out.
Now he does the same thing.
Therefore, in the four major camps in central Beijing and surrounding villages, granaries and other places, there are all kinds of gossip. Today it is: "Have you heard? General Wei sealed the accounts of June three years ago, and he wants to report to the imperial court. It can be seen that Big things happened that month."
Tomorrow is: "General Wei actually met two grooms who raised horses in person. Could it be that they heard some secrets?"
The day after that, it will be: "General Wei has brought the Deputy General Zhao of the third battalion to trial. By the way, Master Wei is the commander of the Imperial Dragon Guard, and he has a very good relationship with the inner prisons. I heard that the father-in-law in charge of the palace has special The interrogation method, General Wei may not be able to do it. It is said that even the hardest man can't stand the punishment in the palace."
Someone who likes to join in the fun said: "Master Wei still uses the method of borrowing the inner prisoner? His wife is the head of the imperial hospital. After taking a sip of poison, he can't ask anything, and he will explain it later."
"Ah, it can't be."
……
All kinds of gossip news are flying all over the Beijing camp.
Those who have a clear conscience and are doing the right thing are watching the excitement carefully, hoping that they will come to the blue sky to solve all kinds of private affairs in the past; those who have newly joined the army in recent years and have not mixed up enough to be corrupt. , I don’t know the seriousness of the situation, and I am most willing to spread the news to watch the excitement; there are also people who work honestly, feel that this matter has nothing to do with them, and still work on errands.
Except for these people, those who have ghosts and big ghosts in their hearts really don't know what to eat and can't sit still.
Piansheng Wei Ren is a loner, even if he wants to get news about him through his relatives!
Apart from his wife, his relatives have only one father-in-law. These two, one sitting in the imperial hospital and the other floating outside the Great Zhou Sea, are out of reach of outsiders.
Even in his house, there were only a few servants, and their relatives were not in Beijing, and all of them were sent back to the Lin family in Jiangnan to see the house, and they were under the care of the Lin family.
So let those people have all kinds of secret operations and inquiring techniques, and they are helpless when they encounter such a lonely boss.
And their nerves became more and more tense in the various news released by Wei Ren, and finally some people collapsed.
But their collapse was not because they surrendered, but because they jumped over the wall in a hurry.
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On this day, Lin Jiang waited for Wei Ren for a long time at night.
Ever since he began to check the accounts of the Beijing camp, Wei Ren sometimes came back late, but he never came home after the curfew time—if he didn’t return all night and stayed in the Beijing camp on the outskirts of Beijing, he would send someone back in advance Say.
It is the end of summer now, and the night wind brings a little coolness.
Lin Jiang stood by the window and suddenly shivered.
Baoshi hurriedly put on her clothes, and seeing the girl's rare expression of worry and anxiety, she couldn't help persuading her, "Don't worry, girl, my uncle must be caught up in some urgent matter."
Lin Jiang turned her head: "Well, I know, at least he is not dead."
Gemstone: ...What are you talking about, girl?
Lin Jiang was telling the truth.
Before that, she opened a pair of [Dragon and Phoenix Ring·Life and Death Edition] in the blind box of the store on the sixth floor.
Originally in Gu Long’s original novel, the dragon and phoenix double rings in Shangguan Jinhong’s hands can attract iron products, which makes them invincible in a fight—your weapon is still yours, and the opponent’s weapon will be sucked by you. The martial arts version of Taishang Laojun, King Kong Zhuo, is specially disarmed.
But the dragon and phoenix double rings that Lin Jiang drew were different.
The system note is: "After the death of Shangguan Jinhong, the double rings of dragon and phoenix evolved and became the version of life and death. These rings are worn separately, and each is its master. When the master dies, it will actively return to the other ring."
When Lin Jiang got the blind box, he felt that the ring was not an evolution, but a degeneration. After all, it became a jade pendant-sized decoration, and it could no longer absorb weapons, nor could it play any protective role. It was only used as an 'obituary'.
But since he got it, Lin Jiang was ready to use it, and made Wei Ren a small jade ring that didn't get in the way on his waist.
But now, Lin Jiang felt that the double rings of dragon and phoenix were still useful: at least she knew that Wei Ren's life was safe.
Dudu seemed to have noticed her worry, meowed around her, and kept rubbing against her.
As soon as Lin Jiang picked it up, there was movement outside, and a servant from the outer court ran in in a panic: "My lord, go to the front yard and have a look, the general is covered in blood! It's the commander of Wucheng Bing Masi." To send the general back."
When Baoshi was shocked, she almost didn't fall down. She quickly collected herself and prepared to help her daughter.
Unexpectedly, Lin Jiang just bent down, put everything on the ground firmly, and then straightened up: "Let's go, go and have a look."
Her heart sank, but she would not despair, nor did she need to despair.
The double rings of dragon and phoenix are still there, as long as Wei Ren still breathes, it doesn't matter when he gets to her.
Afterwards, Lin Jiang felt that the person who reported the letter must be fined for three months' salary.
This talk is too pointless!
Wei Ren is covered in blood, but he is covered in other people's blood!He himself was not hurt at all.
Instead of sending him back, the Commander of the Five Cities Brigade and Horse Commander followed him back, asking all the time, "What happened to General Wei? It's fine if you insist on entering the city on horseback after the curfew, and you'll be covered in blood." —Did you kill someone?"
"We are all neighbors, tell me the truth, and let me prepare to write a note tomorrow to return to His Majesty, don't you lose my official position? You said how good our neighbors are, you have to tell me What a face!"
This commander is still a talker.
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"Are they crazy? They wanted to assassinate you outside the capital?" Lin Jiang thought about all kinds of attacks from the court, but he really didn't expect it to be so brutal and bloody. After all, it was just a few big characters directly above his head: "I have committed a serious crime and wanted to kill people to silence them."
Wei Ren took the handkerchief and wiped away the blood splattered on his face, his eyes were as sharp as a sword: "It means that I have finally found their most painful spot. If this account is found out, they will be exiled at the very least. I guess There must be many people who can be beheaded in one execution ground."
It was precisely because of the threat of death hanging above their heads that they went crazy and did the thing of attacking and killing Wei Ren.
Killing him, without accurate evidence, maybe they can get through this matter at risk.
No matter how angry the emperor is, and sending people to check the barracks, they may not be such recalcitrant bosses, they also have a lot of room for movement.
And the worst result is that the economic crime and the homicide crime were found together, anyway, the head can't be chopped off twice-why not try it out, escape or pull a back.
Lin Jiang walked into the house, and after a short while, took out a golden silk armor.
This is one of the items in her store on the fifth floor: "You can wear this gold silk armor in normal times. It won't show up under the official uniform. It can prevent stabbing people from outside."
Wei Ren looked at it: "Isn't this brought back by my father-in-law? I see that there are Western characters on it."
Lin Jiang: I forgot to switch to the ancient version. There is indeed an English trademark on it.
Wei Ren pushed it to her: "They are so crazy, I am worried about you, you are wearing them."
She shook her head and smiled: "For one thing, there is a strict inspection of knives and weapons inside the capital, and the distance from the palace to my home is very short, and the neighbor is still the commander of the five cities' soldiers and horses. How do they do it?"
In the capital, if you wave a dagger, you will go to the cell for a visit.
"Secondly, those people should also know that it's useless to kill me, it will only irritate you, and they will definitely investigate them to avenge their wife's murder, and even His Majesty will definitely be furious."
Wei Ren held her hand, such a scene made him feel afraid just thinking about it.He is not afraid of swords coming towards him, but he is afraid of swords coming towards Lin Jiang.
He said in a deep voice: "I want you to be absolutely safe, I don't want to listen to the words of revenge for you."
Lin Jiang comforted: "No, the last and most important point is that before this matter is over, I will live in the palace."
Wei Ren was taken aback.
Lin Jiang patted his hand and said: "Only children who can cry can eat sweets. Why, the majestic Jingying Jiedu envoy was intercepted and killed by the 'horse thief' after only two miles out of the capital. Although you were not injured, Could it be that such a thing just passed away? Shouldn’t the ruling and opposition parties be shocked and investigate thoroughly?”
"And I was 'extremely frightened' and deeply felt that my personal safety could not be guaranteed. Tomorrow, I will ask His Majesty for an order to allow me to live in the palace temporarily so as not to lose my life."
Originally embezzlement of military pay and other matters, although with the help of the Criminal Department of the Ministry of Households, it was only the Beijing camp's own affairs after all.What a great opportunity this is now. It is time to make this matter bigger and drag the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai together.
The assassination of an official by the imperial court in the suburbs of Beijing should also be included in the memorabilia of the imperial court this year.
Wei Ren immediately understood what she meant, nodded and said: "Anyway, you also lived in the Empress Dowager's palace before, before the dust is settled, I am relieved that you will stay in the palace and not leave."
Sure enough, in the early morning of the next day, the Jingying Jiedu went out to Beijing to inspect the grain and grass, and was assassinated by a "horse thief" when he returned home at night, which caused an uproar in the court.
Even Prince Zhongshun, who never knew much about government affairs, called it outrageous, saying that this matter was absolutely strange.
The emperor was even more furious and threw away the papers, and even slapped the armrest of the dragon chair angrily: "The horse thief? He actually intercepted and killed the imperial court officer less than two miles away from the south gate of the capital! Then next time, do you want to rush in?" The capital looted the soldiers and horses of the five cities? After that, shouldn't it be time to break into the imperial city and take this dragon chair?"
The officials below, starting from the old princes, knelt down on the ground, daring not to get up because of the anger of the emperor.
"Check! I want all the details and heads of this gang of thieves!"
The Tai Hospital is a relatively special department of the Great Zhou. Even if it is the Dachao Conference, where hundreds of officials gather, the officials of the Tai Hospital never have to go to court.
Therefore, Lin Jiang himself did not go to the court, but when the zhezi arrived, he even said that he was terrified and at a loss, and asked to take refuge in the palace temporarily.
The emperor immediately issued a decree to comfort Lin Jiang in two ways: the first one was directed at the director of the imperial hospital, and the second one was directed at the wife of the second rank imperial envoy Jingying.
After that, Lin Jiang was asked to temporarily live in the Empress Dowager's Palace according to the old practice when the Supreme Emperor was there.
The Empress Dowager also expressed great concern about the 'appalling' incident.
The Queen Mother immediately ordered someone to clean up the house, leaving Lin Jiang to stay.
The queen also brought the concubines to represent the royal family's concern for the 'overly frightened' wife of the Jingying Jiedu envoy. Lin Jiang accepted all the orders, and even shed a few tears in front of everyone.
The emperor even ordered the soldiers and horses of the five cities to allocate 200 people to guard the gate of the guard house day and night.Prince Shao's mansion also selflessly lent out soldiers to help them guard the front yard, but they did not enter the second gate of the inner house - this posture is simply an attitude of protecting rare treasures.
This is also the tacit understanding between Lin Jiang and the emperor and Prince Shao without saying anything.
Since you want to make a big fuss, make a big fuss.
The palace is so solemn, expressing condolences, concern and protection to Lin Jiang with great fanfare, the public opinion outside will sympathize with her even more.
The highest-ranking family members in the capital headed by Princess Shao and Princess Qi Yang, the noble daughters of the boudoir represented by Princess Xiang, and the imperial wives such as Mrs. Wei, Minister of the Household Department, even criticized her in the past, thinking that she came out to be an official. It was the wives who said 'the rooster is not chaste enough', and they finally reached a consensus-this time Lin Yuan is really a standard victim!
Everyone said: Linyuan is just a pitiful person. I heard that Mrs. Wei entered the city gate covered in blood, and was sent into the house by the commander of the five cities' soldiers and horses - she is just a girl under 20 years old. It's a great crime for my husband to appear in front of me like this!
And people always have empathy.
Wei Ren is an official of the second rank, he was ambushed and attacked less than two miles outside the capital, fortunately he was able to protect himself with his high martial arts skills, how could those civil servants not be afraid.
The first person who felt the chill in his neck was Cai Shilang from the Ministry of Criminal Justice who had been handling the case impartially, even ignoring the eldest prince.
He felt that he went to the south of the Yangtze River and came back whole, which was really blessed by his ancestors.
Even for their own sake, the officials in the DPRK and China were very excited and asked the emperor to investigate the matter thoroughly!
And Wang Ziteng, who suddenly heard the news along with the others, was almost pissed off: what kind of idiot is this, who actually wants to assassinate the Jingying Jiedushi.
Yes, Wei Ren likes to be alone, and he seems to be very successful.But can these idiots think about it, they are obviously engaged in an extremely dangerous industry, why do they walk alone without guards?
That's because of absolute confidence in one's own strength, okay?
Sure enough, the person who assassinated Wei Ren not only returned in vain, but also killed two people in vain.
This move also made the officials of the DPRK and China see it, knowing that there must be something tricky in the Beijing camp, or a big trick: otherwise, why would Wei Ren ask for an order to thoroughly investigate the accounts, and he would be assassinated.
And as the incumbent
He couldn't help feeling relieved.
Sure enough, she would not panic.
This matter is related to the government, not because Eunuch Thrush came to gossip with her on his own initiative, but came here by imperial decree.The emperor Jinkou said: "Go and see how the imperial hospital is doing? It's okay to mess up, and you can take the opportunity to distinguish the turbid and clear. But my imperial hospital can't be messed up at all."
Eunuch Thrush came here according to the order, and he didn't even need to enter the door. He just looked at Lin Jiang who was still leisurely mixing scented tea at the door, and he knew that she was not disturbed.
"Eunuch is here? Please sit down."
Seeing that Mrs. Huamei was about to speak, Lin Jiang smiled: "I have already heard that Wei Ren made some mistakes in the Beijing camp? It is said that there are more than [-] people whose salaries have not been paid after March. Among these people , and half of them are people who were in charge of purchasing Lumi before.”
"Because of the fact that all the lumi was exchanged for salaries, the buyers lost their business. They were naturally dissatisfied and complained about Wei Ren in the camp. They were among the salaries that were not paid this time. Your lord Wang complained. Sue Wei Ren for embezzling military pay and revenge with personal grievances, right?"
Seeing that she knew everything, Mrs. Huamei nodded and said: "My lord Wang suddenly launched an attack in the previous court. The embezzlement of military pay is a big name. This matter has caused a lot of trouble. Naturally, someone will tell you."
Lin Jiang smiled: "My father-in-law came to tell me out of good intentions, but when others told me, it might not be true. I guess he wanted to see me flustered, and I didn't want to talk about the excitement, so I took the opportunity to subdue one or two, and let me be used by others."
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Ke knocked on the door and came in: "Master, the imperial concubine sent the little eunuch to say that she is not feeling well, and asked Master if he is free to go there in person."
Lin Jiang knocked on the case and smiled: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao sent someone here."
The thrush father-in-law drink tea with his eyes closed.
It may be that the imperial concubine is condescending and condescending to her, offering her an olive branch, hoping that she will save her husband and join the concubine's side; or it may be that the imperial concubine still hates her, deliberately causing her to panic and ask for help, and then report to the emperor, Lin The court is seeking help from the harem for her husband's affairs-no matter which one, it is absolutely wrong.
Lin Jiang said to Jiang Que: "I said that when I came back that day. From now on, the imperial concubine's palace will invite imperial physicians according to the rules. Whoever is on duty today will be allowed to go. Unless His Majesty orders, otherwise I will Don’t go to the imperial concubine’s palace again.”
Jiang understood what the master meant, so he hurriedly told the eunuch in the imperial concubine's palace.
The thrush father-in-law gave a approving look.
Sure enough, Lin Yuan was clear that he had nothing to worry about.He sat down and drank a good cup of tea, talked about the follow-up with Lin Jiang, and then went back to Mingzheng Palace to work.
As soon as he arrived at the Mingzheng Palace, the emperor poked his head out from the pile of memorials on the case and asked him: "Is she panicking?"
Eunuch Thrush answered everything truthfully just now - there is no need to speak up for Lin Jiang, what she did was impeccable.
The emperor nodded slightly to express his approval for Lin Jiang, but quickly frowned for his harem: "The imperial concubine has been too restless recently. I see it for the sake of old love and Xiao Shi's poor health. She is already being generous and gentle, but she is getting more and more presumptuous."
Father-in-law Thrush: Oh, the imperial concubine is about to get cold.
He walked back to the place where he used to stand, and waited there for the emperor's order, just like a sculpture.And the emperor was also immersed in government affairs, and for a while, only the slight flipping of books could be heard in the room.
In the imperial hospital, Lin Jiang was peeling and eating mints, while thinking about the follow-up to the court that the thrush father-in-law just mentioned.
She already understood what Wei Ren was going to do.
The Beijing camp is divided into four camps, with nearly 2 soldiers alone, and more than [-] people including various logistics support personnel.
There is no electronic information at this moment, and one-click salary payment.Purely manual work, it is normal to make some mistakes.
There are more than seventy people, three months of military pay, if this is called empty pay, then the top and bottom of the military department don't have to work. As the center of army deployment across the country, they always make small mistakes.Follow Wang Ziteng's labeling method, everyone stop doing it.
Therefore, as soon as Wang Ziteng raised this matter at the court, an official from the Ministry of War stood up and spoke out of righteousness: "Return to Your Majesty, the Wei Jiedu envoy is in charge of major affairs in the Beijing camp, so he can't just stand there and pay the soldiers every month." .Besides, the rules have just been changed in the Beijing camp. Lumi is no longer distributed, only silver taels are distributed. Perhaps the people below have neglected it for a while.”
As soon as this righteous official stepped forward, Lin Ruhai immediately felt bad.
This sounded right, but it was equivalent to putting the blame on the subordinates and giving Wang Ziteng a chance to make further troubles.
Sure enough, Wang Ziteng immediately grasped this sentence, and continued: "The envoy Wei Jiedu is in charge of the Beijing camp, so if something happens, it's just a sentence from the subordinate's negligence and it's over?" "What's more, it's nothing more than a lack of payment. Why did you lose your salary because you were talking behind your back and dissatisfied with General Wei?"
"Could it be that the Beijing camp has changed its surname to Wei? All those who are dissatisfied with General Wei's actions will not even get their salary?"
Lin Ruhai frowned deeply: Sure enough, this is Wang Ziteng's real intention.
In the beginning, he took a big hat, embezzling military pay, it was just a deception.In fact, what matters is the following sentence: "Personal revenge" and the latter sentence "Did Beijing Ying change its surname to Wei".
If the emperor becomes suspicious, it will shake the foundation of Wei Ren.
Wang Ziteng's theory of punishing the heart is quite vicious.
Prince Shao stood in front of Lin Ruhai according to his status and official position. At this moment, he couldn't help turning his head slightly, wanting to see Lin Ruhai's expression.
But... At this time, it is inappropriate for either of them to speak up.
A patriarchal decree and a minister of rites really have nothing to do with military power.
Shao Wang was a little anxious.
At this time, Wei Ren finally stood up: he had been waiting for Wang Ziteng to finish his words.Now, he can make a move.
To the surprise of the courtiers, Wei Ren did not refute a word for himself, he directly pleaded guilty: "The matter of distributing the salary is a change proposed by the minister. One person's fault."
Seeing that he didn't blame the subordinates, the generals in the court all felt a little admiration.
Except for a very few people, who among the generals didn't come up from the bottom, and who didn't take the blame from their superiors?
Seeing that although Wei Ren is young, he can take on the responsibility and refuses to shirk his responsibilities, he feels a little good in his heart.
After Wei Ren admitted his mistake, he changed the subject: "I have made a mistake and I admit it. It's just that Mr. Wang pointed out that I'm using private revenge to suppress dissidents in the Beijing camp. I can't bear this charge. The Beijing camp is His Majesty's Beijing camp, not anyone else's." Beijing camp!"
"Your Excellency Wang is the former envoy of the Beijing Camp. He has made omissions regarding the distribution of salaries. I should take them seriously. Moreover, there are also soldiers in the Beijing Camp who are very dissatisfied with the new salary distribution. They still want to carry out the old practice of half the salary and half the rice. .”
Speaking of this, Wei Ren looked at Wang Ziteng.
Seeing that, Wang Ziteng turned over the hole cards, and now it's his turn.
Just listen to him continue to report to the emperor: "Since that's the case, I implore Your Majesty, the officials of the Ministry of Labor and Household Affairs will calculate the old accounts of the Beijing camp over the past few decades and the prices of grain and rice over the years, and figure out what kind of salary is more appropriate to distribute!"
His voice fell, and there was silence upwards.
Lin Ruhai's brows stretched: I see.
When Wei Ren suddenly wanted to change the salary distribution mode, Lin Ruhai once persuaded the niece and son-in-law: All reforms linked to livelihood silver should be delayed.With such a sudden change, those in the Beijing camp whose interests have been harmed will definitely not let it go.
You should first ask the Ministry of Accounts to calculate, and then use the data to report to His Majesty, and then carry out reforms, so that the whole Beijing camp can be convinced.
At that time Wei Ren only said: "Don't worry, Uncle, Your Majesty knows everything in his heart."
It is hard for Lin Ruhai to say whether military power is involved.But in my heart, I may not feel that this niece and son-in-law are a little impatient and not tactful enough, and I am afraid that they will encounter impeachment in the future.
But it turned out that he was waiting here!
He kept this loophole and waited for someone to jump out.Maybe it's Wang Ziteng, maybe it's someone else, he can always follow the clues.
The emperor sat high on the dragon chair and said: "Salary in the army has always been an important matter. Since such a thing has happened in the court, the Ministry of Households should just go and investigate it!"
Wang Ziteng gritted his teeth beside him: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Wei Jie has already confessed his crime..."
The emperor nodded, and said to Wei Ren: "Once the missing salary is verified, it will be paid out from your salary at three times the amount." You won’t be able to receive the imperial salary.”
After all, the apparent salary of the Jingying Jiedu envoy is not much.
King Shao said at the right time from the side: "Isn't it too heavy to pay a fine of several years? It's an unintentional mistake for the minister to trust the military governor."
The emperor also acted coldly and selflessly: "The punishment should be heavier, let him have a good memory!"
Wei Ren respectfully accepted the order: "The minister leads the decree to thank you, I must go back and reflect on it, and never make such a mistake again!"
As soon as the three of them sang and agreed, the matter was settled, and the rest of the officials watched.
Only Wang Ziteng almost died of anger: What the emperor said is like a heavy punishment!But don't say that Wei Ren has been working in the palace for many years, and he has a lot of property outside, which is not bad for this little money. Let's just say that his father-in-law's family, Lin Changzhou, is as rich as Lin Changzhou.
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Lin Jiangan was sitting in the imperial hospital, and there was a steady stream of news coming in without going out.
It doesn't matter whether the person reporting the letter is with good intentions or with the malice of watching the fun, Lin Jiang's place is a gathering point for information.
The emperor issued an order, and on the second day, more than a dozen professionals in charge of accounting settled in the Beijing camp.
In order to avoid suspicion, Wei Ren even deliberately reported to the emperor, asking the Ministry of Punishments to also dispatch to check whether he had 'embezzled military pay'.
Not bothering the two masters with one thing, he still has meritorious service in solving the case. Cai Shilang, who just solved the Ningguo government, came out to investigate whether Wei Ren, the military governor of the capital, had any corruption problems.
In addition to a servant of the household department loaned by Wei Qian of the household department, two Duzhi chiefs, starting from Wei Ren, they checked the accounts of the military camp over the years.
These confidantes of the emperor actually knew very well in their hearts that the reason why the emperor asked them to enter the barracks was to investigate.
Therefore, when checking Weiren, Cai Shilang said righteously: "Master Wei, please provide the accounts of the Beijing camp over the years for us to compare."
Wei Ren has read many books in the past six months, so he will give priority to providing the books that several people think are problematic.
It can be said that the fabricated accounts in the military can pass the trial, all relying on the superiors to turn a blind eye.Even Wei Ren could see that one or two false accounts were wrong, and in the eyes of a professional household minister (deputy finance minister of the country), it could be said to be fabricated and appalling.
Mr. Assistant Minister held a pen, and he could circle eight doubtful points on one page.
After the officials of the household department circled the people involved in the case, they handed it over to Cai Shilang for trial.
And the collusion and collusion in the Beijing camp, in the eyes of case-handling experts like Cai Shilang, is as ridiculous as children making mistakes and covering each other up.
Cai Shilang found out the defect without any effort, and continued to proceed with the trial, as if he keenly caught a thread and then took apart a sweater.
Wei Ren, as a 'suspect', just stayed in the imperial city obediently, and never went to the Beijing camp these days.
He had known for a long time that those compradors who embezzled Lumi were just small fish and shrimps, and he never wanted to catch these people.
But these people are like ants, gathering in groups to protect the queen. What he has to do is to light a fire and burn the ants outside to expose the queen inside.
Facing Wang Ziteng and the entire Beijing camp that rejected him this time, it was like when he was just learning swordsmanship when he was young and couldn't beat anyone older than him, so he chose to trade injuries for injuries: trade my small injuries for your failure.
That's what he does now.
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Ten days after Wang Ziteng wrote a letter to impeach Wei Ren, the current business governor, Wei Ren wrote a letter to impeach 14 people including the generals, deputy generals, and chief buyers of the Beijing Camp, and embezzled 10 taels of silver from the treasury.
There was an uproar.
Compared with 10 taels of silver, the salary of more than 70 people was short, and it suddenly became a matter of sesame size.
Some officials who had already awakened began to realize that it was because General Wei had admitted his 'little mistake' at the beginning, just to get his name right in front of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Household Affairs, and open up the old account in a fair and honest manner.
Among these awake officials, Wang Ziteng himself was included.
After all, he is a person who has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he was suddenly shocked: Could it be that he has been tricked?
Then he forcibly calmed down again, no, no, Wei Ren is only so old, and without the support of his relatives, even if he came up with this trick, it would only be a waste of his reputation—even with the help of the Ministry of Household and Criminal Affairs, Wang Ziteng also didn't believe that Wei Ren could figure out the accounts of the Beijing camp for the past ten years in just ten days.
After all, the amount that Wei Ren said was not right. With an approximate amount of 10 taels of silver, it can be seen that he was just a scammer and did not catch the real account handle.
Wang Ziteng held his breath and closed his eyes, he wanted to see what Wei Ren had to say.
Amid all the courtiers' attention, Wei Ren said calmly: In order to 'retrace the source of the mistake and save yourself from the mistake', he asked the Criminal Department of the Household Department not only to re-examine the accounts of the past six months, but also to check all the military supplies, Catalog of Grain, Grass and Salary.
Unexpectedly, many large loopholes were found.
"But now, only a few officials with lower military ranks have been contacted. Please allow your Majesty to approve. I am willing to take the blame and make meritorious service. I will thoroughly investigate this matter and report the approval of the accounts of the Beijing camp to Your Majesty."
Wang Ziteng's mouth became a little dry.
Low-level officials... the generals are ranked fourth rank, and they can be regarded as middle-level officials in the capital, but Wei Ren still said that he is not a high-level military officer and is a low-level official involved in the case, so where did he find out?
Wang Ziteng couldn't help but look up, standing in the middle of the court hall, like the emperor's Wei Ren who answered.
Probably because of the angle he was standing at, he was suddenly in a daze, and felt as if he saw the emperor who was still the prince many years ago, standing in this hall, answering the Supreme Emperor who was on the throne.
It's not that the two look alike, but the tone and demeanor of their speech, the resemblance is a little off.
Everyone said that Wei Jiedushi was the emperor's confidant, just like he was with the emperor back then.But Wang Ziteng was not taught by the Supreme Emperor himself. He followed the path of the four major families and relied on the support of his relatives all the way.
Wei Ren does not have a family, but behind him is the current emperor.
Wang Ziteng only felt heavy in his heart.
So far, Wei Ren has only mentioned military officials at the rank of general and below, and some of them have a good personal relationship with Wang Ziteng, so that now someone is secretly looking at Wang Ziteng to see what he has to say.
Wang Ziteng wanted to talk, but this kind of thing can't be said in the open.
On the surface, he was only in control of the nine provinces, and he had already been relieved of his post in the military camp.
How can you speak when the current Jingying Jiedu envoy wants to thoroughly check the accounts?Wouldn't that be self-inflicted?Besides... Wang Ziteng started to have a stomachache after thinking about it, saying that there was a difference in the distribution of salaries in the military camp, pointing out that Wei Ren made an economic mistake, it was Wang Ziteng who brought it up.
Now Wei Ren wants to use this to thoroughly investigate and prove himself, it is really the best time and reason.
Wang Ziteng suddenly changed from the plaintiff to an invisible defendant who was still unable to refute. This mood is not to mention depressing.
"10 taels? There are only about 2 people in the four major battalions in Beijing and Central China, and the annual military supplies are only more than one million taels. There are such account baskets?!" The emperor's eyebrows were filled with fear: "Check, give me a detailed Check! If the Beijing camp under my nose is in chaos, the military forces in various places will be in chaos!"
As soon as this remark came out, the Minister of the Ministry of War hurriedly brought two servants out to plead guilty.
The emperor waved his hands: "You don't have to rush to plead guilty." Before the three officials could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard the emperor say coldly: "When I find out, I will settle the account with you."
The Minister of the Ministry of War trembled.
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"Speaking of which, their husband and wife are quite alike. They are both young and calm."
In the Mingzheng Palace, the emperor was flipping through Wei Ren's booklet, chatting with Eunuch Thrush.
"I remember that she became the director of the hospital that day, and there was no movement in the first half of the year, and she has been stable. It was not until the Longevity Day that she took advantage of this big festival to propose such things as increasing salary and people-the most difficult thing is to keep things organized. It is clear that all the follow-ups have been set up. It can be seen that they have paid attention to it a long time ago and just waited for a good day."
The emperor knocked on Wei Ren's note: "Wei Ren is the same. I gave him a time limit, and asked him to take the Beijing camp into my hands within one year. Seeing that he has not made any big moves before, I thought, he Is it because I have no way to start, wondering if I should help him, who would have expected that the two of them, Weng and son-in-law, would join forces, but the impetuous Wang Ziteng jumped in on his own initiative."
In fact, the emperor was not right about this point. Lin Changzhou and Wei Ren really did not join forces remotely. Lin Changzhou just pissed Wang Ziteng very personally according to his own preferences, and then floated out to sea again.
I can remember writing a letter to my daughter and son-in-law because of the Dragon Boat Festival, when I brought something back, I took it by the way.
Seeing that the emperor was happy, Eunuch Huamei smiled and said, "General Wei is the emperor's rescued child and has been raising him, so he naturally followed the emperor's temperament."
The emperor nodded: "I like people who are stable and know what to do."
As he said that, he approved the word 'quasi' on Wei Ren's booklet, and put it aside: "Since that's the case, let him check this bad debt carefully."
"I also want to know what my Beijing camp has become like under the Jia family and Wang family's self-willed and mutual protection over the past few decades!"
When the emperor was a prince, he heard that there were official amulets everywhere.
The people on the official talisman are all local gentry and local snakes, or the clans in Beijing that are protected by high-ranking officials.Many officials appointed by the imperial court, if they offend them, it will be difficult to move an inch in the local area.
The emperor is not the kind of decisive person, if he wants to kill all connections and gray income with a stick, then no one will work for him.
Therefore, although the emperor may not like the fact that the four major families show off their power in a place like Jinling, their ancestral home, the emperor may not like it, but it is really not necessary to take action to rectify it just for this.
Without these four major families, there are other families.Moreover, not only Jinling is like this, but all provinces in the world are in the same situation.
Sometimes when these big families are in a catastrophe, if they are used well, they can also help stabilize the local people's livelihood.
Such a thing did not touch the fundamental interests of the emperor.
But the emperor also has a bottom line - if a place like the Beijing Camp becomes a place for the four major families to arrange close people, and even connives at the subordinates to eat up money from it and shoddy it, so that the troops in the Beijing Camp are slack, then But the emperor's deathbed.
In case of any changes in the world, the Beijing camp is the last line of defense around him, so how can he lose anything.
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When Wei Ren was young, he went to catch snakes with his martial arts master.
The four words "strike the grass to startle the snake" are really not idioms, but pragmatism.
When a small green snake is lying in the grass, it is difficult to be seen. Even through various signs and crawling traces, it is confirmed that there is a snake in a piece of grass, but as long as the snake hides obediently, it is difficult to see it. Catch unless you plow the field.
Wei Ren was following the master at that time, holding a stick like the master, he kept weeding, and startled the snake out.
Now he does the same thing.
Therefore, in the four major camps in central Beijing and surrounding villages, granaries and other places, there are all kinds of gossip. Today it is: "Have you heard? General Wei sealed the accounts of June three years ago, and he wants to report to the imperial court. It can be seen that Big things happened that month."
Tomorrow is: "General Wei actually met two grooms who raised horses in person. Could it be that they heard some secrets?"
The day after that, it will be: "General Wei has brought the Deputy General Zhao of the third battalion to trial. By the way, Master Wei is the commander of the Imperial Dragon Guard, and he has a very good relationship with the inner prisons. I heard that the father-in-law in charge of the palace has special The interrogation method, General Wei may not be able to do it. It is said that even the hardest man can't stand the punishment in the palace."
Someone who likes to join in the fun said: "Master Wei still uses the method of borrowing the inner prisoner? His wife is the head of the imperial hospital. After taking a sip of poison, he can't ask anything, and he will explain it later."
"Ah, it can't be."
……
All kinds of gossip news are flying all over the Beijing camp.
Those who have a clear conscience and are doing the right thing are watching the excitement carefully, hoping that they will come to the blue sky to solve all kinds of private affairs in the past; those who have newly joined the army in recent years and have not mixed up enough to be corrupt. , I don’t know the seriousness of the situation, and I am most willing to spread the news to watch the excitement; there are also people who work honestly, feel that this matter has nothing to do with them, and still work on errands.
Except for these people, those who have ghosts and big ghosts in their hearts really don't know what to eat and can't sit still.
Piansheng Wei Ren is a loner, even if he wants to get news about him through his relatives!
Apart from his wife, his relatives have only one father-in-law. These two, one sitting in the imperial hospital and the other floating outside the Great Zhou Sea, are out of reach of outsiders.
Even in his house, there were only a few servants, and their relatives were not in Beijing, and all of them were sent back to the Lin family in Jiangnan to see the house, and they were under the care of the Lin family.
So let those people have all kinds of secret operations and inquiring techniques, and they are helpless when they encounter such a lonely boss.
And their nerves became more and more tense in the various news released by Wei Ren, and finally some people collapsed.
But their collapse was not because they surrendered, but because they jumped over the wall in a hurry.
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On this day, Lin Jiang waited for Wei Ren for a long time at night.
Ever since he began to check the accounts of the Beijing camp, Wei Ren sometimes came back late, but he never came home after the curfew time—if he didn’t return all night and stayed in the Beijing camp on the outskirts of Beijing, he would send someone back in advance Say.
It is the end of summer now, and the night wind brings a little coolness.
Lin Jiang stood by the window and suddenly shivered.
Baoshi hurriedly put on her clothes, and seeing the girl's rare expression of worry and anxiety, she couldn't help persuading her, "Don't worry, girl, my uncle must be caught up in some urgent matter."
Lin Jiang turned her head: "Well, I know, at least he is not dead."
Gemstone: ...What are you talking about, girl?
Lin Jiang was telling the truth.
Before that, she opened a pair of [Dragon and Phoenix Ring·Life and Death Edition] in the blind box of the store on the sixth floor.
Originally in Gu Long’s original novel, the dragon and phoenix double rings in Shangguan Jinhong’s hands can attract iron products, which makes them invincible in a fight—your weapon is still yours, and the opponent’s weapon will be sucked by you. The martial arts version of Taishang Laojun, King Kong Zhuo, is specially disarmed.
But the dragon and phoenix double rings that Lin Jiang drew were different.
The system note is: "After the death of Shangguan Jinhong, the double rings of dragon and phoenix evolved and became the version of life and death. These rings are worn separately, and each is its master. When the master dies, it will actively return to the other ring."
When Lin Jiang got the blind box, he felt that the ring was not an evolution, but a degeneration. After all, it became a jade pendant-sized decoration, and it could no longer absorb weapons, nor could it play any protective role. It was only used as an 'obituary'.
But since he got it, Lin Jiang was ready to use it, and made Wei Ren a small jade ring that didn't get in the way on his waist.
But now, Lin Jiang felt that the double rings of dragon and phoenix were still useful: at least she knew that Wei Ren's life was safe.
Dudu seemed to have noticed her worry, meowed around her, and kept rubbing against her.
As soon as Lin Jiang picked it up, there was movement outside, and a servant from the outer court ran in in a panic: "My lord, go to the front yard and have a look, the general is covered in blood! It's the commander of Wucheng Bing Masi." To send the general back."
When Baoshi was shocked, she almost didn't fall down. She quickly collected herself and prepared to help her daughter.
Unexpectedly, Lin Jiang just bent down, put everything on the ground firmly, and then straightened up: "Let's go, go and have a look."
Her heart sank, but she would not despair, nor did she need to despair.
The double rings of dragon and phoenix are still there, as long as Wei Ren still breathes, it doesn't matter when he gets to her.
Afterwards, Lin Jiang felt that the person who reported the letter must be fined for three months' salary.
This talk is too pointless!
Wei Ren is covered in blood, but he is covered in other people's blood!He himself was not hurt at all.
Instead of sending him back, the Commander of the Five Cities Brigade and Horse Commander followed him back, asking all the time, "What happened to General Wei? It's fine if you insist on entering the city on horseback after the curfew, and you'll be covered in blood." —Did you kill someone?"
"We are all neighbors, tell me the truth, and let me prepare to write a note tomorrow to return to His Majesty, don't you lose my official position? You said how good our neighbors are, you have to tell me What a face!"
This commander is still a talker.
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"Are they crazy? They wanted to assassinate you outside the capital?" Lin Jiang thought about all kinds of attacks from the court, but he really didn't expect it to be so brutal and bloody. After all, it was just a few big characters directly above his head: "I have committed a serious crime and wanted to kill people to silence them."
Wei Ren took the handkerchief and wiped away the blood splattered on his face, his eyes were as sharp as a sword: "It means that I have finally found their most painful spot. If this account is found out, they will be exiled at the very least. I guess There must be many people who can be beheaded in one execution ground."
It was precisely because of the threat of death hanging above their heads that they went crazy and did the thing of attacking and killing Wei Ren.
Killing him, without accurate evidence, maybe they can get through this matter at risk.
No matter how angry the emperor is, and sending people to check the barracks, they may not be such recalcitrant bosses, they also have a lot of room for movement.
And the worst result is that the economic crime and the homicide crime were found together, anyway, the head can't be chopped off twice-why not try it out, escape or pull a back.
Lin Jiang walked into the house, and after a short while, took out a golden silk armor.
This is one of the items in her store on the fifth floor: "You can wear this gold silk armor in normal times. It won't show up under the official uniform. It can prevent stabbing people from outside."
Wei Ren looked at it: "Isn't this brought back by my father-in-law? I see that there are Western characters on it."
Lin Jiang: I forgot to switch to the ancient version. There is indeed an English trademark on it.
Wei Ren pushed it to her: "They are so crazy, I am worried about you, you are wearing them."
She shook her head and smiled: "For one thing, there is a strict inspection of knives and weapons inside the capital, and the distance from the palace to my home is very short, and the neighbor is still the commander of the five cities' soldiers and horses. How do they do it?"
In the capital, if you wave a dagger, you will go to the cell for a visit.
"Secondly, those people should also know that it's useless to kill me, it will only irritate you, and they will definitely investigate them to avenge their wife's murder, and even His Majesty will definitely be furious."
Wei Ren held her hand, such a scene made him feel afraid just thinking about it.He is not afraid of swords coming towards him, but he is afraid of swords coming towards Lin Jiang.
He said in a deep voice: "I want you to be absolutely safe, I don't want to listen to the words of revenge for you."
Lin Jiang comforted: "No, the last and most important point is that before this matter is over, I will live in the palace."
Wei Ren was taken aback.
Lin Jiang patted his hand and said: "Only children who can cry can eat sweets. Why, the majestic Jingying Jiedu envoy was intercepted and killed by the 'horse thief' after only two miles out of the capital. Although you were not injured, Could it be that such a thing just passed away? Shouldn’t the ruling and opposition parties be shocked and investigate thoroughly?”
"And I was 'extremely frightened' and deeply felt that my personal safety could not be guaranteed. Tomorrow, I will ask His Majesty for an order to allow me to live in the palace temporarily so as not to lose my life."
Originally embezzlement of military pay and other matters, although with the help of the Criminal Department of the Ministry of Households, it was only the Beijing camp's own affairs after all.What a great opportunity this is now. It is time to make this matter bigger and drag the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai together.
The assassination of an official by the imperial court in the suburbs of Beijing should also be included in the memorabilia of the imperial court this year.
Wei Ren immediately understood what she meant, nodded and said: "Anyway, you also lived in the Empress Dowager's palace before, before the dust is settled, I am relieved that you will stay in the palace and not leave."
Sure enough, in the early morning of the next day, the Jingying Jiedu went out to Beijing to inspect the grain and grass, and was assassinated by a "horse thief" when he returned home at night, which caused an uproar in the court.
Even Prince Zhongshun, who never knew much about government affairs, called it outrageous, saying that this matter was absolutely strange.
The emperor was even more furious and threw away the papers, and even slapped the armrest of the dragon chair angrily: "The horse thief? He actually intercepted and killed the imperial court officer less than two miles away from the south gate of the capital! Then next time, do you want to rush in?" The capital looted the soldiers and horses of the five cities? After that, shouldn't it be time to break into the imperial city and take this dragon chair?"
The officials below, starting from the old princes, knelt down on the ground, daring not to get up because of the anger of the emperor.
"Check! I want all the details and heads of this gang of thieves!"
The Tai Hospital is a relatively special department of the Great Zhou. Even if it is the Dachao Conference, where hundreds of officials gather, the officials of the Tai Hospital never have to go to court.
Therefore, Lin Jiang himself did not go to the court, but when the zhezi arrived, he even said that he was terrified and at a loss, and asked to take refuge in the palace temporarily.
The emperor immediately issued a decree to comfort Lin Jiang in two ways: the first one was directed at the director of the imperial hospital, and the second one was directed at the wife of the second rank imperial envoy Jingying.
After that, Lin Jiang was asked to temporarily live in the Empress Dowager's Palace according to the old practice when the Supreme Emperor was there.
The Empress Dowager also expressed great concern about the 'appalling' incident.
The Queen Mother immediately ordered someone to clean up the house, leaving Lin Jiang to stay.
The queen also brought the concubines to represent the royal family's concern for the 'overly frightened' wife of the Jingying Jiedu envoy. Lin Jiang accepted all the orders, and even shed a few tears in front of everyone.
The emperor even ordered the soldiers and horses of the five cities to allocate 200 people to guard the gate of the guard house day and night.Prince Shao's mansion also selflessly lent out soldiers to help them guard the front yard, but they did not enter the second gate of the inner house - this posture is simply an attitude of protecting rare treasures.
This is also the tacit understanding between Lin Jiang and the emperor and Prince Shao without saying anything.
Since you want to make a big fuss, make a big fuss.
The palace is so solemn, expressing condolences, concern and protection to Lin Jiang with great fanfare, the public opinion outside will sympathize with her even more.
The highest-ranking family members in the capital headed by Princess Shao and Princess Qi Yang, the noble daughters of the boudoir represented by Princess Xiang, and the imperial wives such as Mrs. Wei, Minister of the Household Department, even criticized her in the past, thinking that she came out to be an official. It was the wives who said 'the rooster is not chaste enough', and they finally reached a consensus-this time Lin Yuan is really a standard victim!
Everyone said: Linyuan is just a pitiful person. I heard that Mrs. Wei entered the city gate covered in blood, and was sent into the house by the commander of the five cities' soldiers and horses - she is just a girl under 20 years old. It's a great crime for my husband to appear in front of me like this!
And people always have empathy.
Wei Ren is an official of the second rank, he was ambushed and attacked less than two miles outside the capital, fortunately he was able to protect himself with his high martial arts skills, how could those civil servants not be afraid.
The first person who felt the chill in his neck was Cai Shilang from the Ministry of Criminal Justice who had been handling the case impartially, even ignoring the eldest prince.
He felt that he went to the south of the Yangtze River and came back whole, which was really blessed by his ancestors.
Even for their own sake, the officials in the DPRK and China were very excited and asked the emperor to investigate the matter thoroughly!
And Wang Ziteng, who suddenly heard the news along with the others, was almost pissed off: what kind of idiot is this, who actually wants to assassinate the Jingying Jiedushi.
Yes, Wei Ren likes to be alone, and he seems to be very successful.But can these idiots think about it, they are obviously engaged in an extremely dangerous industry, why do they walk alone without guards?
That's because of absolute confidence in one's own strength, okay?
Sure enough, the person who assassinated Wei Ren not only returned in vain, but also killed two people in vain.
This move also made the officials of the DPRK and China see it, knowing that there must be something tricky in the Beijing camp, or a big trick: otherwise, why would Wei Ren ask for an order to thoroughly investigate the accounts, and he would be assassinated.
And as the incumbent
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