The convoy of Sanfasi was galloping on the plank road, heading towards Beihai day and night.
On a carriage in the center, three imperial envoys, Zhan Mingfeng, Xu Liang, and Zhang E, sat in the carriage to discuss the case despite the bumps.
"Little Sikou, when I was patrolling Beihai, I heard that Beihai's prosecutor Wan Sitong was very domineering and kept some desperadoes in his house. I'm afraid He Zixiang is in danger," Zhang E said sadly.
Zhang Mingfeng nodded, "I have sent a team of people on fast horses to rush to Beihai in advance, hoping to get ahead of Wan Sitong and save He Zixiang."
"Little Sikou, I think since He Zixiang's confession letter has listed the places of origin of the thirty scholars who pretended to be citizens, we can arrest them as soon as they enter Beihai City. If they have returned to their places of origin, we will send people to arrest them; as for
After all, Wan Sitong is a third-rank imperial official. It is not easy to convict based on He Zixiang's words. You can interrogate those scholars first and collect sufficient evidence, then follow the clues and arrest Wan Sitong." Xu Liang suggested
Tao.
"No, we must immediately control Wan Sitong as soon as we enter Beihai. Only in this way can we deter the traitors and facilitate the handling of the case," said Han Mingfeng, stroking his beard calmly.
"Little Sikou, this person is also a third-grade court official. He has some connections in the court. If he is arrested based on just one letter, I'm afraid it will cause an uproar." Xu Liang was still worried.
Zhang Mingfeng understood what he said. The so-called "some connections in the court" refers to Sun Jinding, the second deputy minister of the cabinet. Everyone knows that Wan Sitong is Sun Jinding's person. If he arrests him without sufficient evidence, I am afraid that
Sun Jinding’s face will not look good.
"The Sanfa Division is a public weapon of the state, not a private pawn. No matter what kind of connections you have, as long as you violate the law, you will be arrested." Zhang Mingfeng stared at Xu Liang closely, Zhang E said, and suddenly slowed down his tone, "
But, don’t use the word arrest to the outside world, just ask him to assist in the investigation."
"I will obey the orders of Xiao Sikou!"
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The world is vast, and the emperor is the greatest. In the Ming Dynasty, there was no species more awesome than the emperor! The Three Law Division handles cases according to orders and represents the supreme imperial power. Which official dares to neglect it?
In the early morning, as soon as the convoy arrived at Beihai City, the city gate opened. Beihai Governor Guan Siqiu, Chief Envoy Zhang Dai, and Inspector Wan Sitong came out of the city with a group of officials to greet them.
"Your Majesty, please wait respectfully to welcome the imperial envoy." All the officials bowed and smiled charmingly.
Zhuan Mingfeng sat on his horse and said calmly: "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. I have been ordered to handle the case, and I cannot accept your greetings. Everyone who has nothing to do with it should step back. Where is Wan Sitong, the prosecutor of Beihai?"
"I'm here," Wan Sitong's heart trembled, and he responded calmly.
"Someone has accused you of collecting bribes privately and instructing He Zixiang to tamper with the household registration of thirty scholars and take the exam under false registration. Please stay with me to assist in the investigation."
"I am the third-ranking official of the imperial court. Without the emperor's order, who dares to arrest me?" Wan Sitong shouted at the top of his voice, like a trapped beast still fighting.
"The holy edict is here, all officials kneel to receive it," Zhan Mingfeng sneered.
As soon as these words came out, Beihai civil and military officials immediately knelt on the ground.
It is said to be an imperial edict, but it is not actually an official edict. It is just a sentence written by the old emperor and stamped with the emperor's personal seal.
Since ancient times, emperors, especially some individual emperors, in addition to having official jade seals, also like to carve some personal seals. For example, Emperor Yongzheng engraved seals such as "It's hard for the king", Emperor Qianlong engraved "Treasure of the Perfect Elder", etc.
Zhang. Zhu Hengjia is also a person with personality. He feels that it is not easy for him to have a country after countless bloody battles! In order not to forget the hardships, he also carved a private seal for himself, called: "The Treasure of the Emperor Immediately".
Although it is the emperor's personal seal, it is a selfless thing for the royal family and its effect is equivalent to the official jade seal.
"A thousand-year plan, education is the foundation. The results of the Beihai Autumn War are really strange. I have the Three Law Departments to investigate for me, and I will investigate carefully! If there are any persons involved, they will be arrested on the spot and escorted back to Beijing." Zhang Mingfeng read out slowly
At the old emperor's edict, all the officials in Beihai fell into silence.
Wan Sitong felt that all his strength had been taken away from him and he fell limply to the ground.
"Take it!"
With these majestic words, the first big tiger was arrested and brought to justice in Guangwu's sixteen-year tiger hunting campaign.
Since ancient times, officials in the judicial system have been the most ruthless, either not handling cases or turning them into ironclad cases.
Now that Zhang Mingfeng had taken action, he no longer left any room. To Xu Liang, Zhang E ordered: "Xu Shaoqing, you take people to Wanzhai, detain Wan Sitong's family, servants, and guards, and imprison them separately; Zhang
Censor, please lead people to arrest the thirty scholars who are suspected of impersonating their nationality. If they have returned to their places of origin, send people to arrest them.
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Zhang Mingfeng is a master in investigating cases. He first arrested Wan Sitong with lightning speed and put great psychological pressure on his associates. Then he followed the clues bit by bit and defeated them one by one.
After several days of interrogation of Wan Sitong's family, servants, nursing staff and counterfeit scholars, the Sanfa Division obtained a large amount of evidence, and successively arrested Beihai Deputy Inspector Lu Bin, Chief Minister Zhang Wenyang, Experience, Governor, Zhaomo, and Prosecutor.
There are twenty-nine officials, scribes, and clerks among the four leaders of the school.
The Beihai Trial and Punishment Inspectorate Division has one inspector, one deputy envoy, and two ministers. These four people are called "officials." One of the ministers is concurrently held by the deceased Beihai Admiral Xue Dao He Zixiang. Such a
The arrest method is equivalent to catching all the official officials who are in charge of the Chasi Yamen; in addition to the official officials, there are also four "leading officials" including the experience, the governor, the Zhaomo, and the inspector.
There were forty-five scribes and clerks in the barracks, workshop, exploration and cooperation department, delivery room, and cabinet warehouse, and twenty-nine of them were arrested; what is even more terrifying is that the three law departments actually even had their disciples and Zaoli,
Jin Zi and other police officers did not let them go, and arrested more than ten of them in one go.
More and more people are arrested, and the chain of evidence becomes increasingly complete.
Ten days later, Wan Sitong was formally interrogated by the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhang Mingfeng, the right minister of Dali Temple, Xu Liang, and the imperial censor of Hokkaido, Zhang E.
"Bang!"
The chief judge, Jian Mingfeng, was stunned and asked loudly: "Who is there?"
"Wan Sitong, the prosecutor of Beihai," Wan Sitong has a neck. After all, he has been a third-rank official and is full of momentum.
"Wan Sitong, Beihai Superintendent He Zixiang left a suicide note before his death, saying that you forced him to take the exam for thirty scholars, and out of the 300,000 taels of stolen money, he only received 80,000 taels, but you took the full amount.
Two hundred and twenty thousand taels. Yes or no?" Deputy Judge Zhang E asked.
"Unjustly accused, my subordinates have always been as honest as water, how could they do such a shameful thing? Moreover, He Zixiang committed suicide out of fear of crime and wrote a confession when he died. I wonder where this so-called suicide note came from?"
"Bang!"
The Jingtang wood knocked heavily, and the tall Mingfeng shouted: "Do you think that by killing He Zixiang, no one will know about the evil things you did? Little did you know that He Zixiang had written a suicide note before his death and secretly ordered his son He Nian to sneak there secretly.
Cullen, I have handed it over to my officer. What should I do if you come here?"
"What are you thinking about~ What are you thinking about~ What are you thinking about~"
In the courtroom, summonses came one after another.
This chapter has been completed!