Chapter 200 Beheading
Mr. Liang Ge won two Jinshi rankings and became the magistrate of Yuanxi County, and the Liang family slowly began to live a better life.
With his meager salary, Mr. Liang not only supported dozens of members of the Liang family, but also supported more than a hundred people in the three branches of the Liang family. As a result, the Liang family gradually grew. In less than thirty years, , established a firm foothold in the capital and became one of the aristocratic families in the capital.
And Mr. Liang Ge's family property also went from having nothing left to having a fortune of tens of millions.
One can imagine how much people's support and support there is in this.
If we just count the salary of a pavilion elder for thirty years, even if he doesn't eat, drink or spend money, it will be enough to buy a house with a salary of five yuan.
But today, a house of precious antiques, dozens of ancient paintings by famous artists, hundreds of original copies, more than 300,000 taels of silver, millions of taels of silver notes, and 20,000 taels of gold were found in Liangge's hometown.
There are also various rare medicinal materials, expensive furniture, etc. I won’t list them one by one.
The most eye-catching thing is that under the name of Mr. Liang Ge, there are eleven houses in the capital alone, more than thirty prosperous shops in the capital, and twenty-eight farms in the outer city...
Such a large amount of wealth can't help but amaze people.
According to Mr. Yuan Ge's investigation, half of the original calligraphy and painting copies were given by others, and the other half were collected by Mr. Liang Ge himself. Most of those priceless antiques and so on were given by people who bought official property through the back door. A small number of them were given by others. It was given as a gift when the Liang family held a banquet to please Mr. Liang Ge.
Most of the houses and shops were owned by Mr. Liang Er, who took a fancy to them and forced them to sell them half and half give them away.
Of course, the ones that Mr. Liang is interested in are those from his employer who have little power. Those who are powerful will not be bullied by the Liang family.
And the same is true for Grange.
Most of them were occupied by people who colluded with the local government.
In the imperial court, there were more than forty officials involved in Liang Ge Lao's case, and there were more than twenty in Beijing, including Mr. Fang Ge, the Minister of Punishment.
The emperor punished them all according to the severity of the crime, either arresting the whole family and ransacking the house, or just ransacking the house without harming the family, or arresting only one minister, and some who committed minor crimes only removed their official hats.
Mr. Fang Ge bent the law for personal gain. After Mr. Liang forced the girl to death, the girl's family went to the Yamen to complain to the officials. The case was transferred to the Ministry of Punishment. Mr. Fang Ge, who was the minister of the Ministry of Punishment at the time, suppressed the case at the request of Mr. Liang Ge. Go down.
Not only that, Mr. Liang Ge also sent people to beat the girl's family and drive them out of the capital.
This time, the people sent by Yuange Lao to investigate happened to meet the girl's family, and the girl's family complained on the spot.
With the certification, Fang Ge couldn't quibble even if he wanted to.
However, the crime he committed was not the same as that of Liangge boss. The emperor only sentenced him to return to his farmland and his hometown, and his family property was confiscated.
It can be regarded as saving the lives of the whole family.
For a time, the entire court was panicked and frightened, especially the one who had an affair with Liang Ge. When he went to court in the morning and saw the emperor, his legs were trembling.
In just ten days, the emperor wiped out all the old people in Liangge.
Liang Ge Lao and the three ministers who committed the most serious crimes were sentenced to be executed after three days, and their families were all exiled for three thousand miles.
The emperor personally issued the order, and no one in the entire court dared to stand up and plead for Mr. Liang Ge.
At this time, it is too late for anyone to protect themselves, and no one dares to come forward to intercede for others.
Whoever pleads for mercy will have an affair with Liang Ge, and the emperor will investigate whoever it is. Once the investigation reveals something, no one can bear it.
Mr. Liang Ge is a good example.
Duke Lu Guo stood in the court and sighed heavily.
When Mr. Liang Ge fell down, the Lu family felt as if they had lost an arm. All the people who had relied on Mr. Liang Ge in the court in the past few years were taken away by the emperor's words. All the hard work of the Lu family over the past few years were all wiped out. In vain.
The Lu family's current power is worse than before Chu Gelao died.
However, this time the cards in the court were shuffled, and a lot of positions were vacated. As long as you plan well, you will always be able to insert a few of your own people.
It's just a pity that with the death of Mr. Liang Ge and Mr. Fang Ge, the people in the Sixth Department of the Cabinet will lose their own people.
Lu Guogong sighed deeply in his heart again.
After Xia Zihan learned the news that Mr. Liang Ge had been beheaded, he was very happy. He immediately sent Chu Cong to Chu's house and called Chu Jingqi to come over.
This was the first time that Xia Zihan took the initiative to find Chu Jingqi. Chu Jingqi's coke was broken and he rushed to Chu's house on horseback after a while.
After getting off the horse, he went straight to Xia Zihan's yard.
As soon as he entered the door, he muttered, "Ayu, have you heard about Mr. Liang Ge?"
"Well, I called you here because I want to discuss something with you." Xia Zihan said with a smile.
"What happened?"
Chu Jingqi sat down next to Xia Zihan. Xia Zihan dismissed the people in the room, poured a cup of tea for Chu Jingqi with his own hands, and then said astonishingly, "I want to bring Pei Yajing and Lu Shizi together."
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When Chu Jingqi heard this, her face suddenly turned gloomy, and the look she glared at her also contained a stormy look, "Why are you meddling in other people's affairs? Are you worried that Pei Yajing will rob Song Huai?"
Is she so nervous about Song Huai, so nervous that she eliminates all the women who come close to him?
"Why are you so angry? Can you listen to my reasons first?" Xia Zihan also glared at him.
Huh, I really don't like this brat's bad temper, which is sometimes yin and sometimes yang.
If it weren't for the fact that her people's martial arts were low and they didn't dare to let them break into Duke Lu's mansion, she wouldn't have asked him. Chu Jingqi took a deep breath to calm down, "Okay, tell me your reasons."
Xia Zihan said, "I discovered something. The Song family is on Concubine Lu's side."
"What did you say?" Chu Jingqi was shocked, stood up and grabbed her arm, "Are you telling the truth?"
Don't blame Chu Jingqi for losing his composure.
You know, the Song family is the in-laws of the Chu family, and the emperor has always regarded the Song family as his own, so he arranged for Song Boqing to work in Yinlin Guard.
The Yin Lin Guards and the Jin Lin Guards are the emperor's personal guards, and the people inside are all the emperor's cronies.
But once a spy is involved, the consequences will be disastrous.
Although Chu Jingqi is young, she has listened to her father and grandfather a lot, and she understands some of the disputes between the imperial parties.
Besides, he and that guy are still good friends.
The more you listen to bitter stories, the more you will understand, and the more you will understand the intrigues in the court.
Seeing Xia Zihan nodding, Chu Jingqi asked anxiously, "Do you have any evidence?"
"No, just a guess."
If she had evidence, she would have brought it out long ago and put the Song family on the hook in one fell swoop. With the help of the Lu family, the Song family would become so big that she would not be able to pry it away when she wanted to take revenge.
"I heard my grandmother say that she did not use the remaining influence left by my grandfather to seek an official position for Song Boqing. So it is not the Chu family's credit that Song Boqing was able to enter the Yinlin Guard."
If it's not the Chu family's credit, it's the credit of someone else. And if this someone can easily get Song Baiqing into Yinlin Guard, then he's not an ordinary person.
"Maybe I bought the official?"
Even Chu Jingqi himself found this reason untenable.
If the Song family could buy an official, they would have bought it a long time ago. How could they wait until today? Besides, the position of Yinlin Guard cannot be bought casually.
"The emperor has not thought of Song Baiqing in the past three years, but he thought of him a month ago. Do you think someone deliberately mentioned Song Baiqing in front of the emperor, and specifically mentioned the relationship between Song Baiqing and the Chu family?" Xia Zihan said calmly analyzed.
Chu Jingqi's eyebrows were slightly twisted, her little face tightened, "You mean, someone deliberately dragged Song Boqing into the Yinlin Guard, and this person is definitely very familiar with the emperor."
The only people who knew the emperor well enough to chat casually with him, except Prince Yi and his grandfather, were the empress dowager and a group of concubines.
The Queen and the Queen Mother can be excluded, because the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother never care about political affairs, let alone mention an insignificant foreign man in front of the Emperor.
Then, only Concubine Lu is left.
If it was really Concubine Lu who proposed Song Baiqing before the emperor, then the Song family... might have secretly gotten along with the Lu family.
Chu Jingqi has a very smart mind. After turning the whole thing around in his mind for a few times, he guessed it very well.
He decided to tell his father about the incident after returning home and ask his father to check it out.
If it is really confirmed that the Song family has defected to the Lu family, then Song Baiqing may not be able to stay in Yinlin Guard any longer.
After thinking about it, Chu Jingqi understood why Xia Zihan wanted to bring Pei Yajing and Lu Shizi together.
The Pei family are in-laws of the Song family, and they are on the same boat as the Song family. On the surface, they are all related to the emperor.
But once the Pei family and the Lu family become in-laws, the emperor will definitely be wary of the Pei family and the Song family.
This is tantamount to putting the Song family's dark chess on the bright side.
Perhaps...the Lu family's previous rejection of the Pei family's suggestion of a marriage was also due to this reason.
Because the utilization value of a dark chess piece is more than ten times higher than that of an open chess piece.
This hidden weapon of the Song family must have been obtained with great difficulty by the Lu family. Of course, the Lu family would not be stupid enough to let the hidden weapon of the Song family be ruined because of a girl from the Pei family.
Besides, Duke Pei's mansion has gone downhill in recent years, and the Lu family does look down on the Pei family's legitimate daughter.
Chu Jingqi slapped the table and thought this was a good idea, "If the Song family really betrayed your grandfather and the emperor, and we have no evidence, and we want the emperor to be wary of the Song family, then we can only openly push the Song family onto the Lu family's boat Go.”
Even if there is evidence, but the other party is Concubine Lu, I am afraid that the emperor will not believe it, and will even defend her shortcomings and accuse the accuser of sowing discord.
"Well, the good things about Pei Yajing and Lu Shizi will be left to you." Xia Zihan was very satisfied with his reaction.
She took out a pack of medicine noodles from her purse and said, "This is that medicine. It only takes one fingernail to cause an attack."
Then he told him uneasily, "Don't do it too much, otherwise someone will die."
"Yes, I know." Chu Jingqi carefully put the medicine bag away, chatted with Xia Zihan for a while, and then returned to Chu's house happily holding the underwear that Xia Zihan had made for him.
Chu Jingqi went to find Duke Chu Guo. The father and son hid in the study and talked for more than an hour before the door of the study opened.
When the two of them walked out, their faces were a little solemn.
(End of chapter)