To The Land of Nevernight

Xingzhou is located in the southwest of Song Dynasty and borders Bagan.

In the early morning, Fang Wei, the imperial historian, listed the seven crimes against Liu Ji, Yin of Xingzhou Prefecture, and his words were powerful and shocking.Immediately, Zhao Fu ordered to send someone to thoroughly investigate the matter.And then sent officials to Xingzhou to arrest Liu Ji and bring him to justice.

For a while, all the officials in the court were silent and did not dare to speak.

It was not until the morning court was over and the court was over that the officials dared to discuss what happened just now.Li Yude, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, was walking with Tang Shen, but he didn't talk about what happened in the Zichen Palace just now, but said: "I heard that Mr. Tang sent someone to transfer that Ji Mengwen back to Shengjing a few days ago?"

"It's happening."

Li Yude smiled and said: "As an official of the Ministry of Industry, if Mr. Tang needs help from an official, you can talk about it."

Tang Shen made a bow and said, "Thank you, Master Li."

"Master Tang is too serious."

After the early court was over, in the Hall of Qinzheng, Yu Chaosheng, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, thought over and over again, and finally knocked on the door of his teacher's room.

Xu Yan said softly, "Come in", and Yu Chaosheng walked into the room.He made a long bow, saluted, and said, "Student has seen Mr."

Xu Wei gestured for him to sit down and made him a cup of tea himself.Yu Chaosheng immediately took the teacup with both hands in fear.

Xu Yan smiled gently: "But you are worried about Liu Jie's situation?"

Yu Chaosheng: "Naturally, I can't hide it from you, sir. Ten years ago, the student was sent out and served as an official in Xingzhou for a year. He had some encounters with Liu Ji. Xingzhou is located in the southwest, and Pupu is further south. Gan. Just now at the Zichen Palace, the other party said that Liu Jie was corrupt and violated the law, and took bribes. I am afraid it is true. The border between the two countries has too many places to make profits."

"Then why are you worried about him?"

Yu Chaosheng was silent for a moment, and said: "The student is thinking, why is Liu Ji, who has been governor of Xingzhou for so many years, suddenly impeached by others?"

Xu Wei: "There are no coincidences in this world, and your worries are not without reason. Then think about it, who can benefit from driving Liu Wei out?"

After a long time, Yu Chao was startled and said: "What they are planning is Xingzhou?"

Xu Wu: "Exactly. There is Youzhou Yinyin Division in the northwest, Shengjing Yinyin Division in the northeast, and Jiangnan Yinyin Division in the southeast. And what about the southwest? Xingzhou is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed!"

Yu Chaosheng suddenly realized, he only felt that he saw the blue sky through the clouds and mist: "Student, thank you for your teaching."

The teacher and the student drank some tea again, and Xu Wei asked, "Are you sure that you have nothing to do with that Liu Wei?"

Yu Chaosheng: "Of course it's irrelevant. When the student was an official in Xingzhou, Liu Ji was a low-rank official. I heard his name because I met him at banquets several times. He looks strange, so I remember it. Heart. How can students have anything to do with him."

Xu Yan smiled leisurely: "Then you can watch from the sidelines, let them go."

Not only Yu Chaosheng, but also many officials in the court are also wondering, why is this Emperor Liu Jishan Gao Yuan, who has spent more than ten years in Xingzhou, suddenly impeached by the censor and committed a serious crime?

What is the reason behind this?

Most people couldn't figure out who Liu Jie had offended to get where he is today.

There are also very few ministers who have set their sights on Xu Dang and Wang Dang.There is no doubt that these two parties must have done it, but who did it and why it is really puzzling.

Two months later, in August of the 35th year of Kaiping, Jin Wuwei escorted Liu Ji and returned to Shengjing from Xingzhou.

Liu Jiben was a fat man, less than five feet tall, but as wide as three people.Yu Chaosheng can remember him because he is astonishingly fat, he doesn't look like a scholar, but like a businessman full of fat.However, in the past two months, Liu Jie has been unable to sleep at night and has no intention of eating. He has lost more than 40 catties due to starvation, and his eyes have sunken deeply. He looks like a lonely ghost and has lost his home.

After arriving in Shengjing, he was immediately put into the sky prison of Dali Temple.

In a few days, Shaoqing of Dali Temple was ordered to review the case.Therefore, a lot of money was involved in the case, and Zhao Fu believed that he had been in charge of the government for many years, and he didn't completely want his courtiers to be poor and clean officials.But what Liu Jie did has already touched his bottom line.Zhao Fu strictly ordered a thorough investigation, and the officials of Dali Temple dared to neglect it.In less than a month, Liu Ji was beaten until he confessed, and the case was tried clearly.

In October, Liu Jie was imprisoned in the sky prison, his family property was confiscated, and his children and relatives were demoted to slavery.

However, half a month later, another official from Yushitai presented a memorial and impeached a person to the emperor.

This person is called Sun Shangde, and he is now a dispatcher in the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion.The censor impeached him in August of the 19th year of Kaiping for bribing Liu Ji, who was the Shaoyin of Xingzhou at the time. More than [-] people.

As soon as this letter came out, all the officials were shocked.

On the Zichen Hall, the Prime Minister on the left, Xu Wei, tightly held the jade wat in his hand, his cloudy and old eyes were swaying.He slowly raised his head and looked at Wang Quan, the prime minister standing on his right, as if he wanted to see what was going on in his heart from his calm face.And Zhao Fu was also stunned.

There is a severe drought in Xingzhou, and this matter is no small matter.

In the 20th year of Kaiping, Zhao Fu was obsessed with cultivating immortals and was building Dengxiantai.But suddenly, there was no rain in the southwest in March, which led to severe drought in Xingzhou, Cangzhou, and Mengzhou.At that time, Zhao Fu was so frightened that there were rumors in the court and among the people, saying that it was because of his large-scale construction and construction of Dengxiantai that he wasted money and people, which caused a catastrophe.

For this matter, Zhao Fu also specially went to the Temple of Heaven to pray for blessings for a month, eating fast to ask for God's blessing.

Natural disasters will definitely kill people, it's just a matter of how many people die and how few people die.The drought in Xingzhou that year caused more than [-] deaths and injuries. Zhao Fu thought it was too much, but the drought that year was really serious. After Zhao Fu removed the black hats of some officials, he didn't care about it.But now someone actually said that before the drought that year, there was no grain in the warehouse in Xingzhou!

Zhao Fu's heart was shaking endlessly, but at the same time, he lowered his head in a trance, looking at the courtiers standing in the Zichen Palace and standing below him.

After a long time, Zhao Fu picked up the paper of impeachment and threw it on the ground forcefully.

"Investigate! Give me a thorough investigation! I want to see how many corrupt officials with corpses and vegetarian meals are still running amok in my court!"

In the winter of the 35th year of Kaiping, Zhao Fu did not suffer from headaches again, he was in high spirits, but in the entire court, all the officials were silent.

In January of the following year, Sun Shangde was imprisoned in the sky prison of Dali Temple, and the case was remanded for retrial.

In Zuo Xiang's mansion, Xu Wei stood in the study, behind him was a incense cage with white smoke curling up, and in front of him was the heavy snow like goose feathers in the north outside the window.The backbone of Xu's party is now all seated in the room.

Xu Wei looked out of the window silently, and the officials in the room also bowed their heads, not knowing what to say.

After a long time, Xu Wei said: "Using Liu Wei as a guide, Sun Shangde was involved, and then all the officials of Xingzhou during the 19 years of Kaiping were involved. This move has a far-reaching layout and long-term thinking. The old man is beyond the reach of the dust. I am willing to bow down. Until now , Xianzhi, do you know where all this came from?"

Yu Chaosheng blushed. He stood up and said, "During the severe drought in Xingzhou, the students had already been transferred to Jinling. But during the 19 years of Kaiping, the students were in Xingzhou. However, officials of Xingzhou, big and small, worked together to embezzle the warehouse. The students really don’t know! All these twists and turns, so everything came for me! It’s easy to hide the open spear, but hard to guard against the hidden arrow. This time, I, Yu Xianzhi, was careless!”