Chapter 386 The prime minister’s son was hanged in prison
Chapter 386 The prime minister’s son was hanged in prison
Qiu Xinggong is Li Shimin's confidant.
He was an old brother who had sacrificed his life to save Li Shimin more than once on the battlefield. Therefore, Qiu Xinggong had made many mistakes. Even if he was impeached by officials, at most he would be dismissed from office and restored in March or May.
"Du Jing'ai?"
Li Shimin was surprised after hearing this.
When Du Yan died of illness, Li Shimin personally gave him the posthumous title of Shangshu Youpuse, with the posthumous title of Xiang.
Li Shimin was grateful to Du Yan. Although he was a prime minister and held the important posts of imperial censor and official minister, he had no reputation for being clean, and he had always been at odds with his eldest grandson Wuji and Du Rujie. But Li Shimin used
People have something special about them.
It was Fang Xuanling who was good at utilizing people's strengths, despite Du Rujie's objections, and insisted on asking Li Shimin to recruit Du Yan into the Qin Palace. The most important reason was that Du Yan's character was indeed not very good, but Du Yan was the most
He is good at conspiracy and maneuvering. If Li Jiancheng is allowed to recruit him, it will definitely be very dangerous for Li Shimin.
When Du Yan served as Minister of Civil Affairs under Wang Shichong, he performed very well in this regard.
Later, Li Shimin personally recruited Du Yan, and Du Yan lived up to Li Shimin's expectations. The Yang Wenqian incident in the seventh year of Wude was planned by Du Yan.
At that time, Li Yuan went to Renzhi Palace in the northern suburbs of Chang'an to escape the summer heat. Jiancheng stayed in the capital, and Shimin Yuanji followed him. Then suddenly, Jiancheng secretly communicated with Yang Wenqian, the governor of Qingzhou, to smuggle armor and rebel.
At that time, Li Yuan was furious and detained Li Jiancheng. He even personally told Li Shimin that he wanted to depose Jianjian and make him the crown prince.
This matter is complicated and confusing. Yang Wenqian secretly delivered armor to Jiancheng East Palace, but the general responsible for the escort went to the palace to inform the emperor. Li Yuan sent an envoy to summon Yang Wenqian, but the envoy went to summon Yang Wenqian to face the emperor, but he forced Yang Wenqian to rebel.
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It's just a pity that after Li Shimin quickly put down the rebellion, Li Yuan regretted this great plan. Not only did he not keep his promise and make Li Shimin the prince, but he also exiled many of his confidants in the East Palace and Qin Palace, including Wang Gui.
People like Wei Ting and Du Yan.
The Yang Wenqian incident was a key event in the battle between Li Shimin and Jiancheng. The two brothers had no room for relaxation, and the secret fight turned into an open fight. Li Yuan's performance in this incident also laid the foundation for Li Shimin's eventual palace coup, killing his brother and imprisoning his father.
of leads.
Although it was not until the success of the Xuanwu Sect that Li Shimin was able to recall Du Yan again, from then on, in just over a year, Du Yan's official position was promoted one after another, from the imperial censor to the official minister, and then to the official minister.
Political affairs can be said to be very special.
All of this is because Du Yan is good at political strategy. After Li Shimin seized the throne, he used him to supervise the officials, and he performed very well.
Du drowned early, and Li Shimin was very sad.
He specially allowed his son to ascend to the rank of nobility without being demoted, and also rewarded him with a lot of money.
He also knew that Du Yan's eldest son was frail and sick, but he never thought that Du Jing'ai would do such a thing.
The person who reported the report was Qiu Xinggong, and Li Shimin had no choice but to believe it.
"Summon Zhang Liang."
The emperor looked ugly and immediately summoned Zhang Liang to see him.
"Bring someone to bring Du Jing'ai immediately."
"And the warlock hidden in his home."
Wu Huaiyu said, "Your Majesty, I request that the two daughters of the family be brought into the palace so that they can be read by the charlatan."
Qiu Xinggong said that Du Jingai found a charlatan sorcerer and taught him that Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter would rule the world in the future, but the sorcerer had never seen Wu Huaiyu's daughter.
Huaiyu took his daughter to the palace and asked the sorcerer to see her in person. The sorcerer must not even know who Wu Yingluo was.
"Bring in all the children of the Wu family, including the Huaiyi ones, as well as the warriors, the warriors, the warriors, the warriors, the warriors, the warriors, the warriors, and the warriors, the warriors, and the warriors, the warriors, and the warriors, the warriors, and the warriors, the warriors, and the warriors, the warriors, and the warriors, the children under one year old, let the warlock take a good look at them to see who he might recognize."
That child." Li Shimin said.
Wu Huaiyu didn't know if the emperor said this just to test the warlock, or if he really wanted to see the faces of the children of the Wu family to see if there was anyone who the heroine had predicted.
But Wu Huaiyu is not afraid.
While waiting for someone.
Qiu Xinggong was not idle either. He reported to the emperor many problems during Du Yan's lifetime, as well as Du Jingai's immoral things, such as eating Zihe carts every day, hundreds of them a year, and every season.
If a virgin is accepted as a wedding gift, those women who are brought into the Du family will not live for more than three years, etc.
"I heard that no one in the capital was willing to send their daughter to Du's house for the sick man. Over the years, the girls that Du Jing loved and loved were all obtained from the ghost cave in the south of the city. Some were bought, and some were said to be direct
He was kidnapped from the ghost cave and sold to Du Jingai.
Even in the past two years, Du Jingai has not just eaten Zihe Che, it is rumored that he also had babies still in the placenta brought in..."
There is a medicinal herb called deer fetus in traditional Chinese medicine. A doe in late pregnancy is hunted, the fetus is taken out by caesarean section, and the fetus is used together with the afterbirth and fetal fluid.
Some people say that the secret recipe Du Jing'ai has eaten in the past two years is to take out the fetuses that died after dystocia and take out the secret medicine. Others say that Du Jing'ai imprisoned many pregnant women in the ghost cave and waited until the late pregnancy to directly remove the fetuses by caesarean section.
, take secret medicine.
This secret medicine is mainly used to nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, replenish deficiency and produce essence, and is used to treat deficiency of essence and blood, deficiency and fatigue, etc.
Deer fetus plus Ziheche, combined with angelica root, rehmannia glutinosa, donkey hide gelatin, etc., is a famous medicine.
And Du Jingai is a deer fetus plus a human fetus.
Qiu Xinggong didn't need evidence, so he just opened his mouth and started talking about all kinds of gossip, rumors and jealousy, which made Wu Huaiyu feel sick to his stomach. Anyway, in Lao Qiu's mouth, Du Jingai was really wicked.
It's like evil ghosts in the world, doing all kinds of things like giving birth to children without a butthole.
He even said that the main reason why the virgins he took in for marriage did not survive for three years was that in the end these women had their fetuses removed by caesarean section, and Du Jingai even ate his own child.
This guy really dares to say it. He doesn't need any evidence at all. He just relies on his mouth to spread rumors.
Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, but did not reprimand him. This was not a court trial.
If you listen together, you will understand. You should listen to all kinds of information.
As for whether it is right or wrong, just verify it.
The emperor's people brought in children under one year old from the Wu family, including five from Huaiyu, three from Huaiyi, three from Samurai Ke, and then a bunch from the fourth brother's family, Samurai Xun.
The emperor looked at the nannies and children in the palace and couldn't help but sigh at the prosperity of the Wu family.
Especially Samurai Leng, half of the children in the palace belong to his family. He himself has four children under one year old, and his sons and grandchildren also have quite a few.
Wu Huaiyu Ye San, there are also eleven, which is amazing.
After all, this is not all, but those under one year old,
Zhang Liang brought Du Jing'ai and the charlatan sorcerer together. The emperor asked Du Jing'ai to wait outside the palace, and then asked the sorcerer to come in and ask him to meet the children of the Wu family.
Ask him to tell which one is the eldest daughter of Wu Huaiyu who has dragon eyes and phoenix neck and will definitely be the heroine of the world.
The sorcerer was just a charlatan. Although he knew some physiognomy, Du Jing'ai taught him that the saying "dragon eyes and phoenix necks must be the heroines of the world", and he was brought to the palace by the emperor before he was even ready to spread the word.
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As soon as I entered the palace, I was already trembling with fear.
Facing a palace full of babies, he couldn't even tell which one was a boy and which one was a girl. How could he know which one was Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter? No one else had seen it.
The emperor scolded him and he knelt down directly.
Kowtowing is like pounding garlic. Under the emperor's strong aura and majesty, the liar will do anything.
He said that he was kidnapped by the Du family. They were caught by the Du family for cheating. If he didn't cooperate, they would send him to Lingnan or even kill him directly in prison. He had no choice but to cooperate. Du
Jingai promised that as long as he cooperated, he would give him a thousand dollars and let him go to Yangzhou to fly away.
"Call Du Jingai to come in."
Du Jingai spent a long time outside the palace blowing in the cold wind. He was already sick and coughed constantly.
The emperor asked Du Jingai to confront the warlock.
Faced with the warlock's full confession, Du Jing'ai acted very calmly, saying that she didn't know him at all and that there was no such thing as what the man claimed. It was all nonsense.
Although he completely denied it, the person was brought from his house.
Li Shimin was very disappointed with him.
"Why did you make up prophecies to frame the Wu family?"
Du Jingai just kept coughing but didn't answer anything.
This tuberculosis is indeed quite serious. At this time, I know that whether he takes action or not, he will never be able to get away with it, so it is better not to say anything.
Not saying it means taking all the blame on yourself.
"Du Jing'ai, do you know that you are so bold and have committed such a heinous crime, including confiscating your home and exterminating your family?"
Du Jingai knelt down and kowtowed, but still did not say a word.
"Zhang Liang, put him in jail pending trial."
"Take someone to Du's house to check for evidence."
Qiu Xinggong asked for the order, "I would like to ask you to go and inspect it together."
Li Shimin waved his hand and asked him to go with him.
"Send all the children of the Wu family back. The boys will be rewarded with jade, and the girls will be given gold."
Only the emperor and Wu Huaiyu were left in the palace.
Li Shimin felt a little tired and tired.
Now that many facts are in front of us, it is basically certain that the so-called prophecies, which were actually framed by Du Jingai and others to attack Wu Huaiyu behind the scenes, are all false.
Now it has surfaced that Du Jingai, the eldest son of Du Yan, and Chai Lun, the second brother of Chai Shao.
As for the others, there is no definite evidence yet and they have to wait for investigation.
"Your Majesty, I thought it might be because my attack on the ghost market in the south of the city touched their interests and offended them, so I deliberately planned revenge, but I never imagined that they would actually use this method."
"I feel wronged. I will definitely get to the bottom of it and give you an explanation."
Once the matter is found out, the thorn in the emperor's heart can be removed, otherwise Li Shimin will really be in trouble day and night, and it will be difficult for him to fully trust Wu Huaiyu and the Wu family. Even Wuchang County Duke Zuo Wuwei General Li Junxian no longer trusts him.
This method is indeed too bad.
The emperor asked Huaiyu to accompany him around the palace to make up for the unfamiliarity caused in recent days.
"You have suffered these grievances in recent days, but you can still take the overall situation into consideration and still do your duty with all your heart. You have done a good job in providing relief and comfort to the victims, and managing public security in the capital. It is rare.
The bond you proposed before has been put into trial by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the effect is pretty good."
The emperor gave Wu Huaiyu a lot of recognition and proposed that Huaiyu, who was also the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, be the judge of the expenditure.
Duzhi is one of the four departments of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The Duzhi Department controls the incoming and outgoing of military and state expenses, plans financial resources and allocates materials, and controls funds within our means. It is a very important department.
The lieutenant of the company is in charge of the case, the lieutenant is in charge and the lieutenant is in charge.
The emperor asked Wu Huaiyu, who was also the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, to judge the branch, which meant he was in charge of the branch department. All entries and exits in the department must be signed by him after the general review.
Among the four departments of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Du Branch Department is responsible for finance and taxation, while the Department of Household Affairs is responsible for household registration, land and population. One of these two departments is equivalent to the Ministry of Finance, and the other is equivalent to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Although the Duzhi Division is not the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it is still very important in terms of power and control of the purse strings. Wu Huaiyu, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, has clear responsibilities when judging Duzhi. He has the final say over the entire Duzhi Division.
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Previously, he was dismissed from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, but now he is also the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and sentenced to pay. This is not only compensation, but also the fact that the emperor really saw the feasibility of the bond issue and planned to let Wu Huaiyu put more effort into assisting Shangshu Dai Zhou in handling this matter.
When he was about to leave the palace, Zhang Liang came in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, Du Jing'ai committed suicide in prison." Zhang Liang's forehead was sweating in the middle of winter. He had just been handed over to his prisoner, but he died in prison within an hour.
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.
He looked at Wu Huaiyu, "Erlang, what do you think we should do?"
"Debts will be wiped out after death. Please consider Mr. Du's merits and deeds and stop pursuing the Du family."
Wu Huaiyu said that he would not pursue the Du family, but he did not say that he would not pursue Du Jingai. He said it nicely, but he did not forgive that guy.
The emperor asked him how to deal with it. It could be seen that the emperor originally wanted to die and wipe out the debts, so he exposed it, but Wu Huaiyu said that the emperor could not do this.
