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There is an order in Daxuan that officials in the court who embezzle more than 100 taels of silver will be demoted; those who embezzle more than 300 taels of silver will be dismissed; --------And Liang Yenian was embezzled with 1000 taels. This is only the stolen money that has been found out. If those who have not been found out, if they are added together, they may be over one million. According to the law, It's almost a thousand cuts.

Fan An felt that Liang Yenian was going to die.

When Fan An got the news, Xu Tong was sitting at the desk next to him to instruct the criminal case. This person received a yellow book a few days ago and came here to take over the criminal case temporarily.Hearing Mr. Bo talking about Liang Yenian's imprisonment, he only looked up, and then lowered his head to do things.

At first, Fan An thought that this person wanted to compete with him for a job, but after spending a few days with him, he found that this person was simple and honest, even more honest than himself. I will take the initiative to serve tea and pour water.Fan An once said: "Master Xu is diligent in his work. I feel inferior to him. I will continue to do it in the future. I will resign from the Holy Majesty and go home to farm."

Xu Tong heheed a few times, saying that your lord is making a joke when you take down the official. My job is the Zhongcheng of Dali Temple, and I have been doing it for 30 years. How can I stay in the Ministry of Punishment.The emperor's decree said that the next official will take over for two months, and when the time comes, the next official will leave.During this period of time, I have no choice but to walk around in front of the adults, as long as the adults don't mind bothering me.

Fan An smiled when he heard the words, and asked Xu Tong: "What do you think about Liang Yenian's imprisonment?"

"However, for corruption and bribery, it is common for adults to receive such punishment every day." Xu Tongjian wrote lightly, "It's not a big deal."

"But Mr. Liang accepted 70 taels! I have been in criminal affairs for so long, and I have never heard of anyone who can steal so much money." Fan An was quite surprised and said, "Isn't Mr. Liang your teacher? You are quite calm and calm. By the way, when you came to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to take over my criminal duties, it was Mr. Liang who asked the Holy Majesty for an order on your behalf."

"Wherever I serve, I follow the emperor's orders. What does it have to do with Mr. Liang?" Xu Tong said, "As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Mr. Liang has the same power as the prime minister, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. Which one is not his student."

This man was really impeccable in his speech, no wonder Fan An admired him for being a high official for so long.

Liang Yenian went to prison when he was in prison. Before noon, the imperial decree for investigation was sent to the Ministry of Punishment. Fan An and Xu Tong accepted the decree together. They sent away the eunuch who announced the decree. Fan An proposed to interrogate Liang Yenian immediately.

The Prison of the Ministry of Punishment is located in the southwest corner of the imperial city, and it is not in the same place as the official hall of the Ministry of Punishment.Xu Tong accepted the documents, but stopped Fan An, saying that the evidence of Mr. Liang's corruption is still in Yushitai, and it will be delivered in the afternoon. You go now, sir, what can you find out.He said that he sat down before the case as if nothing happened, and said that Mr. Liang has just been imprisoned, so there is no rush, let him take a breath before the trial.

At the moment, Xu Tong is in charge of the criminal department. If Xu Tong does not go, Fan An has no right to interrogate. "I'm very anxious about Mr. Liang's imprisonment. I don't know what will happen to him. If the jailer in the prison doesn't confess, maybe Mr. Liang will be violent." Fan An said, "Look at that Li Jianbi, who was a doctor of imperial censors before he was imprisoned, was beaten like that after only one day in."

"How can this be the same? My lord is completely overwhelmed." Xu Dao said, "My lord will not think that this crime of corruption can really do anything to Mr. Liang, right? Just wait and see, within a few months, Mr. Liang will still be Mr. Liang." grown ups."

Fan An was taken aback when he heard this. "What does Mr. Xu mean? The 70 taels of stolen silver is enough to be executed according to the law." Seeing his calm appearance, Fan An felt a little worried. He walked over and sat next to Xu Tong, and said with a smile, " I have been in office for less than a year, but you have been in Dali Temple for 30 years, you must have seen things more clearly than me, but the evidence of Liang Yenian's embezzlement of 70 taels is solid, and I really don't believe you when you say that nothing will happen to him."

Xu Tong glanced at him, and said with a smile that adults don't believe it, so just wait and see?

Fan An was furious in his heart, wishing to pick up Xu Tong and slap him a few times, but he calmed down and smiled, and moved closer to Xu Tong: "Tell me what is the reason, just as a teacher." me."

"This truth couldn't be simpler to say." Xu Tong dipped his ink and wrote Zhu Zhu, and asked: "My lord, do you know Tang Jinglong, the governor of the five armies?"Xu Tong asked again: "Do you think Mr. Tang is a clean and honest official?"

Fan An groaned and said, "This...it's hard to say, I'm not familiar with him."

"There's nothing wrong with that, everyone in the court knows that he is not clean." Xu Tong laughed, "When I was the Zhongcheng of Dali Temple, he was still the commander of the local army, all the way from the local to the commander of the five armies in the capital. When he was in the local area, he was greedy for taxes, and he was greedy for military pay in the army. All civil and military officials knew that he was a corrupt official, so what? It didn't hinder the Holy Majesty's respect in the slightest."

Xu Tongdao: "When Pizhou rebelled, 17 members of the Fifth Army's Ministry of War volunteered to petition for redress, but Tang Jinglong was hit with a single finger. Tang Jinglong returned after two months of peace. During the period, the imperial court allocated 200 million military salaries. Someone embezzled 30 taels of silver. You think the Holy Majesty doesn’t know about this, but the Holy Majesty knows it very well, but the next year when the border chaos was quelled, didn’t you still send him?”

Xu Tong said with a smile: "Does your lord know? Corruption and bribery are not a big deal in the eyes of the Holy Majesty. As long as you are capable and successful, what is 70 taels of silver? The Holy Majesty will not pay attention to several million Yes. Now the Holy Majesty was furious, and sent Liang Yenian to prison for investigation. After ten days and a half months, the decision letter was handed over, but it was just demoted. Half of the high-ranking officials in the Manchu Dynasty were Lord Liang's cronies. In a few years, he would be able to sit back and look back The auxiliary position."

Fan An looked at him in surprise. "As an official, one should serve the country and the people. Liang Yenian's 70 taels of stolen silver, half of which was food relief funds from various places. If he plucked out a single hair, the disaster area would starve to death. The Holy One loves the people like a son, How can we tolerate such corrupt officials working in the court!"

"Eating the king's salary and being loyal to the king has been the principle for thousands of years. 'Be an official and love the people', but there are four big words in the scriptures. If you don't feed the officials, big and small, how can they have the heart to love the people?" Xu Xu Tongdao, "The Son of Heaven loves the people like his son, but treats his ministers like his life."

Since such absurd words come from the mouth of Zhong Cheng of Dali Temple, is there no good official and no king's law in this world? Hearing what he said, Fan An almost opened his mouth wide. He hecked twice and said, "Your Excellency is very right. Listening to what you said today is better than reading ten years of books..."

"In fact, not every emperor is so magnanimous. The former emperor Liu Jing was the most tolerant of corrupt officials and history. If he corrupted 70 taels, no matter how big an official is, he will surely die." Xu Dao said: "It's just that Mr. Liang has been in office for 20 years. Shoufu, you have already figured out the temper of the Holy Majesty."

This is the difference between being an official for one year and being an official for 30 years. Fan An's brains are by no means worse than Liang Yenian's, but he loses in seniority. As the saying goes, Jiang is still old and spicy. Year, you can't accept it.

While the two of them were talking, the officer from Yushitai had already come to deliver Liang Yenian's criminal evidence.Fan An took it over with his own hands. Li Jianbi spent several years collecting the stacks of confession books. Fan An once thought that with these evidences, Liang Yenian would be able to sue Liang Yenian forever. I'm sure.

Xu Tongdao: "Now that we have evidence of the crime, let's go to the prison to see Mr. Liang. If everything goes well, the trial may be over in one day."

Fan An wanted to laugh: there are so many copies, you may not be able to finish the interrogation in seven days, do you think Liang Yenian is stupid, you will confess obediently.But it would be better for him not to confess, but it gave him an excuse to torture the Ministry of Punishment.

When the two arrived at the prison, Fan An saw the Minister of the Ministry of History at the entrance of the prison. The man ran towards him, stretched out his hand to hold the hands of Fan An and Xu Tong, and cried bitterly: "My lords, Mr. Liang is an upright official. Lian Ming, this imprison must have been slandered by Yu Shitai, you must make decisions for Mr. Liang!"

Fan An rolled his eyes in his heart, took a deep breath, and said with grief: "I know! I know! As long as I am alive, I will definitely investigate and find out. I will never dare to wrong Mr. Liang!" He rubbed Wiping away tears, he said, but we are ordered to investigate and deal with it, and we dare not neglect, you go back first, and I will let you know the result.

The Secretary of the Ministry of History nodded, thanked Fan An three times, and left.

Liang Yenian's cell was located at the innermost part of the prison, separated from the common prisoners outside by a thick wall. Fan An passed through the noisy prisoners, stepped into the torture room, and saw Liang Yenian in the prison.Fan An thought he would see Liang Yenian sitting on the prison floor with shackles and unkempt hair.Unexpectedly, when he glanced over, he saw Liang Yenian drinking.

Fan An froze for a moment, thought for a moment that he had gone to the wrong place in a dream, and stopped at the door.

This court corruption criminal was actually drinking in his prison!Since when did there be more pear flower table chairs in this cell, when did it get cleaned up so cleanly, where the hell did all the food and wine on the table come from? !Did he run an inn in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice? !

Fan An glared at the prison next to him, and asked softly, "What's going on?!"

The prison was chilled by his stare, and he choked and said: "When Mr. Liang came over in the morning, some colleagues from the cabinet came to see him and brought him something." Fan An interrupted: "What are you doing?" Food! Don’t you know that the prison is a place where outsiders are not allowed to enter easily!”

"I'm so sorry, my lord!" The jailer was about to cry, "But the leader is the cabinet secretary, Mr. Xu, I dare not stop him!" Fan An was so angry that he reached out to hit him, but was caught Xu Yong grabbed his wrist: "My lord, calm down, don't care about these details, what's the use." He walked towards Liang Yenian and called, "Master Liang!"

Liang Yenian turned his face when he heard the words, the dungeon was dark, and the backlight could not see the faces clearly, he stood up after recognizing a few times, and said: "Ouch, Mr. Xu!"

Fan An almost lost his breath when he heard the intimacy between the two!Where is Dudang Prison, Huajian Winery? !While he was gritting his teeth, Liang Yenian also saw him and called out, "Oh, Mr. Fan is here too?"

Fan An quickly ran forward with a smile and said yes, I heard that you have been imprisoned, so I came to see you immediately.He motioned to the prison head beside him to open the iron lock, and walked into the prison together with Xu Yong.

Liang Yenian hastily put down the wine glass in his hand. "I'm sorry, my lords. A few students from my cabinet came to see me just now, but they couldn't stop them. They were afraid that I would suffer in it, so they insisted on sending me these things. I made you laugh." He said, "I I didn't eat breakfast when I came here, and I was hungry."

Fan An wished he could stab him three times and six holes on the spot, thinking that I didn't even eat!You are a sinful prisoner and eat it before us!He smiled and said it's all right, but we have been ordered to come for interrogation, Mr. Liang, I'm sorry, please go with us to the torture room.

"No need. I'm one year old, no younger than Xiao Xiao, and I can't stand any punishment. I admit to all the corruption charges that Yushitai sued me." Liang Yenian looked at Fan An, took another sip from his glass , said, "I admit it all, you bring the charges, and I will charge you now. "

Fan An couldn't help but chuckled twice, thinking: Fuck you.