Chapter 1576 It’s over, it’s over, it’s all over
Hai Rui was not demoted to serve the people, and was not beaten with a royal stick. Hai Rui was only fined one year’s salary and was found to be incompetent in the annual performance appraisal. This was enough for everyone in the hall. A group of officials took a shot in the arm.
All the officials in the hall couldn't help but have hope in their hearts. They all had this idea in their minds. Hai Rui can do it, and so can we.
However, their hopes were shattered in the next second.
“Shi Ning, a member of the Huizhou Guards, who was cowardly and fearful of fighting, led his troops to guard the Huizhou Pass. When the Japanese invaders knocked on the pass, Shi Ning was the first to abandon the pass and escape without firing an arrow or a musket. They all fled, allowing the Japanese pirates to easily enter Huizhou and rob Jixi. They betrayed the emperor's favor and had no common people. The crime cannot be pardoned. They will be escorted to Beijing and asked to be executed in the autumn!"
Chen Hong twitched the corners of his mouth, looked at Weizhou Wei Qianhu Shi Ning, and read slowly.
"Spare your life, spare your life, my father-in-law, please forgive me, your Majesty, please forgive me. Please say a few kind words to the Holy One and forgive me for this time." Shi Ning, a Qianhu of Huizhou Wei, suddenly collapsed to the ground and begged loudly for mercy. .
"General Shi, it's useless for you to shout for mercy to the Zajia family. You can wait until you get to the capital before shouting. However, the Zajia family still advises you not to waste your efforts. This imperial edict is for the cabinet and the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice and other yamen mutually agreed upon , approved by the Holy Spirit, it’s useless even if you shout to death, don’t make the same mistakes in this life again in the next life.”
Chen Hong raised his orchid fingers, shook his head with a sinister smile, and waved his hand to the factory guard. Put it down.
Suddenly, the factory guards on the side pounced on Shi Ning like wolves and tigers. They ignored Shi Ning's plea for mercy and went up to pick him up. Then he dragged him outside the palace, put on the shackles and shackles that had been prepared, and pushed him into a room. In a prison car.
This was a capital punishment, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense and suffocating.
"The magistrate of Jixi County reduced his position to serve the people"
"The magistrate of Weng County. Fined him a salary of one year to see the effect."
"The magistrate of Ningguo Prefecture fined him a salary of one year In the year, he was incompetent in the annual performance evaluation to see the consequences. "
"Jingxian County Magistrate Qiu Shiyong was punished with a one-year salary and was demoted to the county magistrate on the spot to see the consequences. "
"The magistrate of Nanling County was cowardly and afraid of fighting, so he fled without fighting. He was escorted to Beijing and asked to be executed after the fall."
"Hu Guangyao, the magistrate of Nanling County, reduced his position to serve the people and fled three thousand miles away."< br>
"Jianyang Guard Finger He was incompetent in using his seal to suppress the Japanese, and was defeated repeatedly in battles. He also bribed officials to cover up his defeats. Thinking that although he was defeated repeatedly, he was able to fight repeatedly, and was incompetent but not timid to fight. He was punished with a hundred sticks, fined for three years, and demoted to a hundred households. To see the effect."
"Wu. Thousands of households under the Imperial Envoy of Hudu once feared that the Japanese were incompetent. They were punished with a hundred sticks and a fine of one year to see the effect. "
Every time Chen Hong finished reading a section of the imperial edict, an official came to greet him. One's own destiny, cutting one's job to serve the people is like mourning The concubine was pulled out, the one who was escorted to Beijing was shackled and put into a prison car, and the one who was fined and demoted couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, his political life and physical life were finally saved.
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Finally, Chen Hong finished reading out the punishments of local officials from various places along the way, and it was Yingtian's turn to accompany the capital.
The pressure is on Yingtian officials.
Under the tension of all the Yingtian officials, Chen Hong continued to read: "When the Japanese invaders came to Yingtian, Hu Zongxian, the censor of Zhejiang Province, took the initiative to ask for military leave, led the troops out of the city, and sniped at the Japanese pirates in the cherry orchard. , dig We were waiting in deep trenches, but due to lax military management and lack of vigilance, our soldiers took off their armor and warmed up, which was taken advantage of by the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates disguised themselves as beggars and made a surprise attack. Hu Zongxian's troops were driven into a deep trench and suffered heavy losses. Thinking that he took the initiative to ask for a tassel, he was locked up. He stepped forward at the critical moment and was given a lighter punishment, with a one-year fine and incompetence in the annual performance evaluation to see the consequences."
Hu Zongxian was the first official of the Yingtian clan to be punished, considering Hu Zongxian's personal status. for Zhejiang Patrolling and supervising the censor, the soldiers did not have the responsibility to lead the troops to suppress the Japanese pirates, but they could take the initiative to come forward when the Japanese pirates came to the city. They were spared and given a lenient sentence. They were only fined for one year and annual performance evaluation. Punishment without punishment.
Of course, the relationship network behind Hu Zongxian must have played a big role. Hu Zongxian was born in Jinyiwei during the era of his family, and he has a lot of energy. Moreover, after Hu Zongxian became a Jinshi, he watched politics in the Ministry of Punishment and had many connections in the Ministry of Punishment. In recent years, he has taken the censorship route, and he also has many connections in the censorship circle.
Zhu Ping'an noticed that Hu Zongxian didn't look surprised after hearing Chen Hong read out the punishment against him. He seemed to have known about the punishment for a long time.
"The guilty minister accepts the order to express his gratitude. Long live our emperor. The guilty minister must remember this lesson, know his shame and then be brave, and live up to the mighty emperor's grace." Hu Zongxian knelt on the ground to receive the order to thank the emperor, firmly Take a stand.
After Hu Zongxian, Chen Hong continued to read out the imperial edict. Following Hu Zongxian was Zhang Qianchi, the commander of the Zhenwei Battalion who followed Hu Zongxian in the attack, and other officers dispatched from the Beijing camp. Compared with Hu Zongxian, they were punished. To be more serious, they were all demoted one level, fined one year's salary, and sentenced to fifty with a cane.
It's the Yingtian Military Department's turn.
Zhu Ping'an thought in his heart, and sure enough, Chen Hong began to read out in the next second: "Shi Pengfei, the right minister of the Yingtian Ministry of War, assistant to the Ministry of War, responsible for guarding the capital, ignored Si Qian, the prosecutor of Zhejiang Zhu Ping'an reported to Shangyu a warning that Japanese pirates were attacking Yingtian, and ignored Zhang Jing, the Minister of War. He was asked to pay attention to and arrange to study the instructions of the nearby Beijing camp to be careful and respond, but he regarded it as a joke and laughed about it at the dinner table; he accepted a bribe from Miao Yin, the commander of Jianyang Guards, to cover up his failure. The bribe of 2,500 taels was confiscated and confiscated. All family wealth should be used for the benefit of the people and never used as a warning to others! ”
Two thousand five hundred taels of bribes were collected, all family property was confiscated, and his position was reduced to the people and will never be used again.
When Shi Pengfei, the right minister of Yingtian's Ministry of War, heard this, his face turned ashen instantly, and his body seemed to have no bones. Collapsed to the ground.
This not only ended his powerful political career and reduced him to a commoner who could be slaughtered, with no possibility of recovery, but also the huge bribes he had accepted with fear and fear were taken back, and all his family property was also taken away. After being fined, his heart was not only bleeding, it was broken.
"It's over, it's over, it's all over." Shi Pengfei cried bitterly on the ground as if he were mourning for his heir.
The factory guard on the side stepped forward unceremoniously and picked up Shi Pengfei, who was crying bitterly. He took off his black gauze hat and official uniform, and dragged him out of the hall.
If he had known this, why would he have done it in the first place? Seeing this scene, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but twitch his lips.
When the commander himself reported the urgent military situation that Yu Japanese pirates would attack Yingtian, Shi Pengfei was the one who ridiculed and objected most actively. He regarded his reminder as a joke and ignored it. After listening to the imperial edict read by Chen Hong, It turns out that Shi Pengfei accepted bribes from Miao Yin to modify Miao Yin's defeat. Such an official, who holds such a key position as the right minister of the Ministry of War, is a pig leader who is worse than his pig teammates! At this time, Shi Pengfei was demoted from his post to serve as a civilian, which was a good thing and a great joy for the overall situation of fighting against the Japanese. (End of this chapter)