Chapter 739 The Immortal Wang Chonggu who settled the accounts
Zhu Yijun made the decision to deal with him severely and sent him to Jiejie Hospital.
Now that the emperor has settled the case, it means that the case has entered the process of the death penalty. This process is very fast, and it is obviously expedited.
"Next chapter, Zhangzhou Prefecture, before Tang Zhihan returns to Zhangzhou, appease the desperadoes of the Tang Family Trading Company." Zhu Yijun gave further instructions solemnly, and Zhu Yijun even directly called them desperadoes.
Because some of Tang Zhihan's people were pirates.
This is related to the previous general manager of Yuegang Ocean Trading Company, the old peak leader Li Ruiqi whom Tang Zhihan repeatedly mentioned.
Li Ruiqi is a Penghu pirate, and he and Lin Afeng are on the same path.
In their early years, both of them worshiped Tai Lao of Hailulin as their adoptive father. After Tai Lao's death, Lin Afeng inherited Tai Lao's banner. However, Li Ruiqi lost the battle to become the boss, but did not marry Lin Afeng. After breaking up, everything in the arena is not all about fighting and killing.
Lin Afeng's main business is to Luzon and Manila, while Li Ruiqi's main business is to Japan. There is no conflict, but on the contrary, they complement each other. If there is no fundamental conflict of interest, they will not meet in life or death.
At the end of the first year of Wanli, Lin Afeng surrendered to Yin Zhengmao, who was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at the time, and then followed Yin Zhengmao, Zhang Yuanxun, and Deng Zilong to set foot on Miyan Port in Luzon in the spring of the following year. Lin Afeng led 5,500 troops and bravely By killing the enemy, he gained the opportunity to go ashore and became an important armed force of the Luzon Governor's Mansion.
The Penghu pirates led by Li Ruiqi also surrendered to Fujian general Hu Shouren after Lin Afeng successfully surrendered and landed ashore. In the second year of Wanli, Li Ruiqi led his brothers ashore and became a legal maritime merchant in the Ming Dynasty.
The names of peak masters such as Tai Laoweng, Lin Afeng, Li Ruiqi and others actually came from the canonization in the Ming and Song Dynasties.
The Ming and Song Dynasties are relatively unfamiliar names to everyone. This was the regime established by the pirate Wang Zhi in Songjinpu, Kyushu Island, Japan. He overrodely called himself the Song Dynasty, and named himself King Hui, which was the emblem of Song Huizong, and had an official office. , recruit and surrender pirates from all directions.
At that time, Tai Laoweng became one of the Five Peaks, and Wang Zhi was also known as the Captain of the Five Peaks.
The reason why Hu Zongxian wanted to recruit and surrender Wang Zhi was because Wang Zhi and other pirates were mainly engaged in smuggling business and had many conflicts with Japanese pirates. The decision was made in order to quell the Japanese and divide the strength of the pirates.
Of course, with Wang Zhi being arrested and then executed by Ling Chi, Hu Zongxian was divided, and the strategies to defeat each one were completely in vain.
Moreover, Hu Zongxian promised Wang Zhi to seek refuge with him, but he failed to save Wang Zhi. Instead, Hu Zongxian's reputation plummeted, which almost affected the major event of pacifying the Japanese in the southeast.
The reason why Yin Zhengmao recruited Lin Afeng and Hu Shouren to surrender Li Ruiqi was because these pirates were essentially poor coolies trying to make a living on the sea. They stayed together to keep warm. This is roughly what Yin Zhengmao said in his memorial: Seeking profit in the sea, selling goods to Zhejiang and Fu, and interacting with people. With the same interests, we will defend the country's borders and will never seduce party thieves or interfere with maritime affairs.
After the new emperor ascended the throne and the sea was completely opened, these people finally obtained legal status.
Tang Zhihan is Li Ruiqi's heir. Yuegang Ocean Trading Company has a strong gang flavor. If Tang Zhihan is unjustly killed like Wang Zhi, something will happen. Therefore, Zhangzhou must appease Tang Zhihan before he returns to Zhangzhou.
Li Ruiqi is still a little unclean, but Tang Zhihan is very innocent and has never done anything evil from beginning to end. Back then, Li Ruiqi handed over the banner to Tang Zhihan, a young man, to carry the banner. This was also his plan. A clean business manager, with It is beneficial to the development of Yuegang Ocean Trading Company.
"I have the intention to impeach Wang Chonggu, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the scholar of Dongge University, for three crimes." Hai Rui stood up, took out a memorial, and said very solemnly.
Wang Chonggu was looking at his nose and heart, looking like he was asleep. When he heard Hai Rui say this, he was frightened, jumped up from his chair, and said at a loss: "Your Majesty, I am scared. ! ”
Wang Chonggu was frightened!
If other officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were impeached, Wang Chonggu would not be afraid at all. He would beat and beat them, telling these officials that his methods could not deal with Zhang Juzheng, but they were more than enough to deal with other bureaucrats!
But it was Hai Rui who initiated the impeachment, so this should be taken seriously.
Officials like Hai Rui are the most annoying. Everyone is looking up but not looking down. If you want to impeach, even if you act impartially, you can take a breather or deal with it, but Hai Rui will not let anyone take a breath.
"The first crime is imperial examination fraud. I found out that Wang Chonggu's second son, Wang Qian, hired someone to write for him in the rural examination. There were witnesses, physical evidence, and documentary evidence." Hai Rui talked about the first thing. Wang Qian There was a problem with his identity as a candidate, and it was a huge problem. Wang Qian didn't refer to it at all, but it was the fame that his father helped him get.
"I... take the blame." When Wang Chonggu heard this, he knelt down and admitted directly without struggling.
"That's not right. Wang Qian can take the Imperial Examination. I have seen it all. He is brilliant in literary talent, extremely rigorous in scholarship, and excellent in arithmetic. He almost entered the Royal Academy of Geosciences. How could he have cheated in the imperial examination? It doesn't make sense to be a Jinshi but not a candidate?" Zhu Yijun said immediately.
Tens of thousands of pairs of eyes of the Ming Dynasty were staring at these examinations and palace examinations, but Wang Qian did not do badly at all.
Wang Chonggu bowed again and said a little helplessly: "Your Majesty, it was the fourth year of Longqing. Wang Qian was still in Puzhou. I was confused at the time and was afraid that he would fail the exam, so I did such wrong things."
Zhu Yijun's eyes widened and he said sternly: "Concern leads to chaos, and you love your son so much. Wang Cifu, you are confused! Now I will forgive this matter by forgetting the past, but after this matter is forgiven, how do you want Wang Qian to be promoted? Is he just going to do it? This fourth-level censor of Qiandu will work for the rest of his life!”
What happened in the fourth year of Longqing's reign was dismissed by the emperor. In addition, Wang Qian himself was really ambitious and passed the Jinshi examination because he was truly talented and learned. It was natural that he did not deal with it, and the ministers in the court would not care too much about it.
But this is Wang Qian's stain. He will never be promoted in this life and can only watch his classmates flourish.
"I am guilty." Wang Chonggu worshiped again. Back then, he did some things that were even more excessive than this, such as raising the bandits to respect themselves, such as his daughter's golden imperial edict, etc., all of which were serious crimes such as beheading. It was just cheating in the provincial examination, and there were many A small thing among sins.
Obviously, the official who handled this matter for him was caught by Hai Rui's anti-corruption campaign.
"Is this the reason why Wang Qian has been disobeying you all day?" Zhu Yijun frowned, remembering the special way of getting along with Wang Qian and Wang Chonggu as father and son. They were too kind and filial. The father chased him down several streets with a knife, and Wang Qian returned the favor. It makes the old man angry every time.
"Yes." Wang Chonggu nodded, this was part of the reason.
"I don't even know what to say about you. I'll pardon you if I cut off my hair back then, but Wang Qian, hey." Zhu Yijun sighed. This is because Hai Rui wants to submit a memorial, so he will copy it in the General Affairs Department. It's the big loudspeaker under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village. The Secretary of General Affairs knows about it, which means that all the officials in the capital know about it.
It is impossible not to impeach Hai Rui because of his responsibilities.
"Hai Zongxian, what about the second thing?" Zhu Yijun looked at Hai Rui and asked about the three charges of impeachment.
"The second thing is to cover up illegal acts." Hai Rui said with a frown: "In the fourth year of Wanli, there was a murder case underground in the Xishan Coal Bureau."
As Hai Rui narrated, an underground tragedy that was suppressed by Wang Chonggu slowly unfolded. The matter was not complicated. Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. This kind of evil happens. There are gangsters underground. On the pretext of high salary, Lure a fellow villager into a mine, and after he is hammered to death underground, he uses the name of his fellow villager's relatives and friends to defraud him of the pension from the mine.
Hai Rui said loudly: "One person's pension was only twelve silver, and so many murders were caused, but Wang Cifu did not report the knowledge and completely suppressed the matter. I am impeaching Wang Cifu for harboring the law, and I also want to ask why."
It would be fine if Wang Chonggu was covering up his son's crimes. Hai Rui could understand. It was really weird that Wang Chonggu was covering up a group of ruthless bandits who were disrupting production.
"Wang Cifu, do you want to defend yourself?" Zhu Yijun also asked with a strange look on his face.
Wang Chonggu, who was an old official, actually made such a mistake. Wang Chonggu personally suppressed the matter in the Ministry of Punishment. In the fourth year of Wanli, we cannot let things go by the past.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed true, but I do not plead guilty." Wang Chonggu said quickly: "Your Majesty, all the criminals involved in the case are dead. When they were underground in the well, they encountered water seepage and died. Your Majesty, please forgive me. These ruthless bandits wanted to avoid people. Both eyes and ears choose mines that no one goes to, and these mines are often very dangerous.”
"The person is dead, so the case can naturally be dismissed. They are dead, but their family members are still alive. I have recovered all the arrears and paid all the compensation. I have also introduced additional laws and various means. This matter has been handled appropriately to avoid the possibility of defrauding pension benefits.”
Zhu Yijun sat up straight and said calmly: "Wang Cifu, don't evade the important and take the easy. What I'm asking you is why you want to suppress this case."
The key to the case is naturally these criminals, but the charges for Hai Rui's impeachment are very clear. Wang Chonggu actually knew about it and failed to report it. This is a serious crime worthy of Hai Rui's personal impeachment.
"Your Majesty, there were haze disasters in those years." Wang Chonggu took a deep breath and answered the question.
In those years, the capital would be completely covered with coal smoke in autumn and winter. In recent years, with the restoration of vegetation near the capital and the decree to encourage tree planting, there has been some improvement. Moreover, due to the transformation of the Xishan Coal Bureau, coal mining and burning The focus turned to the coal and steel joint venture, and the industry was upgraded. There is still haze in Jingtang, but it is not serious enough to be impeached.
Wang Chonggu didn't need to elaborate. Everyone in the Wenhua Palace immediately understood that this case would become a sharp knife in the hands of Yan Guan in the fourth year of Wanli.
Public opinion will affect the court's decision-making, and the smog disaster was the most serious in those years. This case was already ten years ago.
"Does Mr. Hai agree with Wang Cifu's remarks?" Zhu Yijun looked at Hai Rui.
"I think there is nothing wrong with it." Hai Rui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Majesty, between the haze disaster and the freezing to death of the people, I choose the haze disaster. In the fourth year of Wanli, the coal output was approaching a critical moment of 600 million kilograms. At that time , there is no Shengzhou Coal Plant, and a supply of 600 million kilograms of coal can allow the people of Jingtang to live and work in peace and contentment.”
"Firewood, rice, oil and salt, firewood is the first word."
Between coal mining and the smog disaster, Wang Chonggu chose coal mining, and Hai Rui also chose coal mining. Whether it was the emperor or the ministers, it was impossible for the meat eaters of the Ming Dynasty to freeze to death, but the poor coolies really could. In the biting cold wind, they froze to death on the roadside.
The wine and meat in Zhumen stinks, and the roads are frozen to death.
"What do you think, sir?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked Zhang Juzheng for his opinion.
Zhang Juzheng said with great certainty: "I think there is nothing wrong with it. Your Majesty, this can burn coal. In the past few years, people had to rely on grass to survive the winter."
Grass is not burned, but is spread under the body and covered with it. The biggest problem with grass as a means of keeping out the cold is that once it is cloudy for a continuous period and there is no drying, it cannot keep warm, and freezing to death becomes the norm.
"Hai Zongxian, what about the third matter?" Zhu Yijun agreed with the ministers' views. It was excusable. Wang Chonggu was not shielding those beasts. He was doing it for the Xishan Coal Bureau. The person died and the case was closed. There are also remedial measures. .
"The third crime is that Wang Cifu is suspected of using the public for personal gain." Hai Rui said with a solemn expression: "Last month, there was a fire in the Yongding Woolen Factory, and worsted wool worth 340,000 silver was burned."
When Wang Chonggu heard this, he immediately became anxious and said loudly: "Hai Zongxian, I don't recognize this!"
"Three hundred and forty thousand silver, is it worth it for me, Wang Chonggu, to invite the fire dragon to settle the account? That's just a tiny bit. Mr. Hai, my family has 1.2 million silver in cash. The Suiyuan in the hands of my son Wang Qian The Chidao ticket is worth 4.8 million silver. Is it worth it for 340,000 silver? Your Majesty’s investment dividends for my family exceed 500,000 silver in one year!”
"Three hundred and forty thousand silver, not worth it!"
He was scolded by Wang Chonggu for being arrogant and domineering and abusing power for personal gain. Wang Chonggu admitted it. He was scolded by Wang Chonggu for not reporting what he knew. This was indeed true. In order to ensure production, Wang Chonggu actually did it.
Call him poor, but he doesn’t admit it!
Apart from the Ming Emperor who is rich, the Wang family is the richest in the world! Even Sun Kehong had to queue at the back!
"So it's just a suspicion that this fire came out of nowhere. Your Majesty, the woolen factory attaches great importance to fire prevention." Hai Rui quickly explained that this third impeachment is mainly to hold accountable the fire in the woolen factory on March 17. .
This fire is so strange. In winter, when the weather is the dryest, there is no fire. But when summer comes, it starts to burn. Moreover, the most valuable worsted wool was burned, and the fire spread so quickly that the entire C library was burned.
The woolen factory has paid special attention to fire prevention since its establishment. It cannot be called a three-step one-post, but it also has very strict construction requirements. The warehouse is not a wooden house, but is made of steel and lime. There are not even windows, and everyone is in the warehouse. , all fire threats must be checked. The most important thing is that there are buckets hanging in the warehouse. Once there is a fire, the bucket will fall, and the water will control the fire, and the copper bell will ring.
Of course it's not foolproof, but if it catches fire, it definitely can't burn the entire C library!
Wang Guoguang said: "Your Majesty, this 340,000 silver worth of worsted woolen cloth is public money, which is the profit from internal and state funds this year."
"I'm still investigating." Wang Chonggu said with great certainty: "Your Majesty, someone must have set the fire. I personally built the warehouse under my watch. After the fire, the warehouse is still there! If I don't find this person, I will have to Responsible for the 340,000 public funds.”
"Your Majesty, I have settled the accounts for so many years. The most important thing for settling the accounts is to settle the accounts in small amounts and many times. This fire comes out of nowhere and is weird. Obviously I can't hide it. I can only take risks and burn a big fire to settle the accounts. In this case, Even if there are no clues at the fire scene, I can find them out.”
Wang Chonggu supervised the major construction projects such as the Woolen Official Factory, Xishan Coal Bureau, the Central Axis of the Imperial Palace, the Ten Kings City, the Royal Institute of Technology, and the Chonggu Chi Road. As long as you work on a project, you will inevitably have to settle the accounts. Wang Chonggu calls himself the Immortal of the Balanced Accounts, and no one Dare to question.
Even the group of accounting clerks maintained by the Ministry of Household Affairs for year-end audits recognized Wang Chonggu's ability to balance accounts.
The first priority in settling accounts is to settle accounts in small amounts and multiple times, but once accounts are settled in small amounts and multiple times, Wang Chonggu will be aware of it.
If this job was left to Wang Chonggu, he would never do it so rough!
"I heard about this matter last month and have been waiting for Wang Cifu to give me an answer." Zhu Yijun did not think that Hai Rui was making a false accusation. Moreover, a month had passed and Wang Chonggu did not give the emperor a preliminary result. He should indeed be questioned. .
"Your Majesty, I already have clues. I will give you an answer before the end of the month." Wang Chonggu issued a military order in front of everyone, giving him a deadline to complete the internal review before the end of the month.
"The censors from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Metropolitan Procuratorate should also intervene together. Wang Cifu will supervise the supervision and focus on internal audits." Zhu Yijun thought about it and made specific arrangements.
Wang Chonggu has a very serious problem. Although he looks energetic and energetic, he is old.
Birth, old age, illness and death are all natural things, and no one can stay young forever. Wang Chonggu's energy is no longer what it used to be, and he can no longer carry the Seven-Star Ring Head Sword and run several streets to chase his son.
As he got older, some people stopped taking him seriously. Yan Song was so powerful that when he got old, his sons even gave him a blow.
Zhu Yijun sent the auditors from the Household Department and the censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to come in, firstly to provide assistance to Wang Chonggu, and secondly, to jointly handle the case with multiple parties, to control each other, and to find out the matter early. Wang Chonggu, who was also in the province, was questioned by the officials.
"I obey the order." Wang Chonggu, Hai Rui and Wang Guoguang accepted the order.
Zhang Juzheng saw that Hai Rui's questioning and impeachment had ended, so he took out the memorial and said: "The Korean War, Your Majesty, do you want to send a censor to Kaicheng?"
"The power of its battle is outside the fortress, which can easily be used as a decoration. The battlefield is not in the hinterland, so it is difficult to monitor. If the enemy enters our territory, we will use the strong wall to clear the country, and wait and see with troops; or even cover up the defeat as a meritorious service, killing good people and pretending to be superior. The cabinet department may be attacked. Being deceived, I thought it would be better to send the censor to Kaicheng to visit. ”
Zhang Juzheng asked the censor to go and check the results of the battle in person. If Kaicheng and Linqing were really recovered, then it would be easy to reward them based on their merits. But if it was a concealment, then the court should be prepared.
Liang Menglong is a direct disciple of Zhang Juzheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and a candidate for the cabinet. If Liang Menglong, the governor of the military affairs, had not gone to North Korea this time, Liang Menglong would have discussed joining the cabinet at this time. Needless to say, Qi Jiguang, three of Feng Guogong Words are enough.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I'm suspicious. The army is fighting outside and I sent a censor to stop the mouths of some cheap scholars." Zhang Juzheng gave his reason.
First, he said he is not suspicious, but in fact he is suspicious. He does not trust Yin Zhengmao, Ling Yunyi, Pan Jixun, his disciple Liang Menglong, and Qi Jiguang. This is the instinct of many years of cruel political struggle. Trust in the officialdom is an extremely luxury. of.
Second, shut up. The provincial official was talking nonsense. He directly sent a few censors to see the real situation.
There is already such a voice in the DPRK, because the battle report given by Qi Jiguang is really beautiful. So far, the number of people killed in the Korean battlefield in the Beijing camp is only eighteen, and including the wounded, it is only more than fifty.
"Then it will be as the gentleman said." Zhu Yijun agreed to Zhang Juzheng's proposal.
At the end of April in the fourteenth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun received a memorial from Wang Chonggu, reporting the specific situation of the fire in the woolen factory. A craftsman of worsted wool took care of this fire dragon settlement.
There was also a great craftsman involved.
In fact, Wang Chonggu has almost completed the investigation. He is supplementing the evidence at the end and recovering the losses. This is money paid to the internal and state funds. Wang Chonggu has to make up for every penny missing, and he owes the emperor money. This kind of thing is really a bit scary.
The money is actually not much, the main thing is that it’s disgusting.
"Great craftsman Wang Guti." Zhu Yijun sighed when he saw this name. There were only twenty-four great craftsmen in the official woolen factory. This was because of this arson case, one was missing.
Wang Guti was a northerner, not a Han. Because he was good at distinguishing the quality of wool and cleaning wool, he was also the number one figure in Bansheng City. He was rescued from prisoner by Wang Chonggu and was entrusted with important tasks in the official factory.
Wang Guti improved the equipment for cleaning wool in the Ming Dynasty. Worsted woolen cloth mainly depends on the fiber length, and the improvement of the cleaning process increased the output of worsted woolen cloth by 20%.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Punishment is going to discuss the matter." Feng Bao reminded His Majesty in a low voice the result of the Ministry of Punishment's discussion.
Wang Guti was a rebel. He, the conference office, and the three treasury ambassadors replaced worsted wool with woolen wool for several years and sold the worsted wool for huge profits. Everyone has selfish desires and is corrupt. Things are simply unavoidable, especially in official factories. It's more or less, it's not a problem.
The problem is that Wang Guti gave a total of 150,000 silver obtained from corruption to the die-hards on the grassland to engage in the great cause of resisting the Ming Dynasty and restoring the Yuan Dynasty. This is not surprising, Anda Khan died only five years ago. In 2000, there were many stubborn people on the grassland.
Wang Guti provided silver to these people and launched more than a dozen extremely evil actions, including assassinations, instigating civil unrest, gathering people to flee, looting, etc.
For example, some time ago, the Tartar officials in Guihua City used clever names to weaken the emperor's prestige, which was also part of the anti-Ming restoration. It was precisely because the imperial court vigorously investigated the clever names in Guihua City that triggered this fire dragon settlement.
Some of the people arrested in Guihua City did not testify against Wang Guti because they did not know who Wang Guti was, but there was a large amount of money of unknown origin.
Wang Chonggu is so shrewd that he will be noticed if he does it a few times many times, so he can only take risks.
Zhu Yijun clicked on the roster and asked with some confusion: "Wu Yingkui will be appointed. In the second year of Wanli, there are ninety-one Jinshi in the top three. He is from Puzhou and a fellow villager of Wang Cifu. Does he also want to be executed? He doesn't know Wang Gu." No matter who he gave his money to, Wang Cifu was really willing to do so.”
Wu Yingkui is a rising star of the Labor Party, extremely capable, and because he is from the same hometown as Wang Chonggu, he can be regarded as a direct descendant of Wang Chonggu. The Labor Party also suffered extremely heavy losses this time, no less than Fan Yingqi who was admitted to the Communist Party of China.
Feng Bao sighed and said: "Wu Yingkui can't find any evidence to prove that he didn't know anything before and that he was not the same person as Wang Guti."
Proving one's own innocence is the most difficult thing.
But he was suspected of committing a major crime of treason, and it was impossible to explain clearly even if his crotch was covered with yellow mud. Although judging from the oral confession and various evidences, Wu Yingkui really did not know what Wang Guti had done, but treason had never been They are all suspected of being guilty, and they would rather kill the wrong person than let them go.
For example, the Xuan clan killed the whole family of their uncle, the Prince of Han, including the aides of the Prince of Han.
Jianwenjun Zhu Yunwen also had a son, Zhu Wengui, who lived into the Tianshun period. Some of his descendants changed their surname to Jian, and their heirs were not cut off. However, the Han king Zhu Gaoxu made great achievements during the Jingnan period, and still could not escape the fate of his entire family being destroyed. All the staff were killed.
Conspiracy to rebel is a heinous crime.
"I will make a decision first, and then check to see if there is any evidence to prove that Wu Yingkui was unaware." Zhu Yijun made a decision.
The death penalty requires three reexaminations, that is, Zhu Yijun must have the virtue of a good life, a rich soil that does not record wronged souls, and a wise king who is benevolent and does not kill indiscriminately. The next chapter requires three reexaminations. Generally, three reexaminations will not change the result. .
But this time, the trio really had an effect! It really gave Wu Yingkui a glimmer of hope.
This time Wang Guti launched the Fire Dragon to settle the accounts for another reason, and that was internal fighting.
Wu Yingkui said that he noticed something strange about Wang Guti. This guy was greedy for so much money, but he couldn't see where the money was spent.
Wu Yingkui said that before the fire dragon burned the warehouse, he wrote a memorial and prepared to report it.
Wu Yingkui wanted to go to Wang Chonggu's door and surrender. As a direct descendant of Wang Chonggu, he would definitely not lose his life if he was greedy for money. Wu Yingkui guessed that Wang Guti, a Tatar, had a big problem with his motives.
Wang Guti noticed that Wu Yingkui was planning to surrender, so he had to launch the fire dragon to settle the account and let Wu Yingkui and him become people in the same boat.
But Wu Yingkui could not find the memorial.
He insisted that the memorial should have fallen into the hands of Wang Guti, but Wang Guti said that he had never seen it.
Wu Yingkui will be able to live if he finds this memorial, which proves that he has indeed broken with Wang Guti, suspected his corruption motives, and was even ready to surrender.
Tiqi found this memorial.
Wu Yingkui's first wife passed away before he passed the imperial examination. After Wu Yingkui passed the imperial examination, he never married a stepmother. He had a sweetheart in a brothel. One time, Wu Yingkui stayed overnight drunk, so he gave the memorial to his sweetheart. Look, say something staccato.
The brothel girl didn't understand this, so she just wanted to serve the good master. She left the memorial under the bed in the brothel without paying attention, and the cleaning maid swept it into the woodshed.
After repeated inspections by Tiqi, Wu Yingkui's whereabouts, handwriting inspection, etc. were confirmed again and again, and it was confirmed that the memorial was indeed written by Wu Yingkui before.
The content of the memorial contains the reasons why he took the initiative to surrender. Corruption is the ultimate punishment, and rebellion is the punishment of the clan. The more Wu Yingkui thought about it, the more he became afraid, so he talked about it with his best friend after drinking.
"Since he is not an accomplice, he will be exiled to Womagang and sober up." Zhu Yijun decided again and asked Tiqi to investigate carefully. A wise king will not kill indiscriminately, but it does not mean that he should let the bad guys go.
Zhu Yijun did not doubt that this was Wang Chonggu's fabricated evidence in order to rescue Wu Yingkui, because it was not worth it.
If you don't want others to know, unless you do nothing, there will be so many flawless things. However, if Tiqi fabricates evidence and is all-pervasive, he is likely to discover anomalies, and Wang Chonggu himself will be in great danger.
At this point in the case, it was too late to hide, and no one would help Wu Yingkui.
(End of chapter)