Yuan Qingling breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, when Yuan Yongyi came to tell her, she had already guessed that this was the case. She naturally trusted Lao Wu, but this Zuiyue would rather risk beheading to frame the prince.
If it wasn't for someone's instigation to frame the prince's reputation, it was probably because of this.
She insisted on asking because she was afraid that someone would instigate her. Now that she heard Zuiyue say this, she felt at ease.
It has to be said that the things that have happened in the past few years have made her a little nervous.
The assassination against their couple has almost never stopped. Nowadays, it is rare for peace and prosperity, but if something like this happens again, she will really go crazy. Fortunately, it is just Zuiyue's selfishness.
She is the daughter of a prefect, a daughter of a rich family, so naturally she does not want to join the art studio and cannot avoid it. With such a fate, she cannot even seek death. Who can tolerate such a little aloofness?
Yuan Qingling asked Qiluo to help her up and said, "Don't go back to Jiifang yet. I will find another place for you to stay temporarily. After reviewing your father's case, if it is proven that your father is unjust, I will make other arrangements."
Zuiyue couldn't believe her ears, "Review the case?
You mean, you want to vindicate my father?"
Yuan Qing Ling said: "Reexamination of the case, but not vindication, depends on the facts. If your father is really innocent, the prince will not sit idly by."
Zuiyue stared at her blankly, but then cried again: "But the prince hates me so much, he will not help my father rehabilitate. When I arrived at Fudexuan that day, I learned the prince's identity and approached him deliberately. I didn't do it intentionally.
I only wanted to save my father from being imprisoned because of the prince's favor, but the prince didn't like my behavior and scolded me angrily. I had offended him..." Yuan Qingling heard her despair.
He cried loudly and couldn't help but shake his head, "Although the prince has scolded you, it is the same thing. This time, in order to thoroughly investigate your father's case, the prince ordered someone to send an urgent report back and order the Jingzhao Mansion to investigate. Don't cry anymore.
"
"real?
real?"
Zuiyue wiped her tears and looked at Yuan Qingling eagerly, fearing to miss any of her expressions.
"Well, it's absolutely true, Qiluo, you take her to stay at Jingyue Temple temporarily until the case is fully investigated... Let the prince come back and deal with it."
Yuan Qingling ordered.
What she has damaged is Lao Wu's reputation, and it is best to let Lao Wu handle it on his own.
"yes!"
Qiluo took the order.
Zui Yuefu knelt on the ground and cried: "If the prince can vindicate my father, I, Shang Qiudi, will have to work hard all my life to repay the kindness of the prince and the princess!"
"Okay, let's go!"
Yuan Qingling rubbed her eyebrows. The crying was so penetrating that it hurt her ears.
Fortunately, this incident did not cause much impact and did not damage Lao Wu's reputation.
But after this incident, a letter from Lao Wu arrived in Beijing every day. This was really a surprise. Even if Yuan Qingling wrote back and told him that she did not believe Zuiyue's words, he was still worried.
Keep writing.
Finally, half a month later, the investigation of the case became clear. As expected, Shang Datian did not participate in Yu Wenjun's original action to seize the heir. Moreover, when he was the magistrate of Hongzhou, all the officials in Hongzhou respected him very much, and the people also respected him very much.
Praise him and call him a parent.
Yu Wenhao did not stay in Wuzhou Prefecture for a full month, and returned to Beijing first after more than half a month. Wang Jiang stayed in Wuzhou Prefecture, surveying the terrain, selecting a site, and only waited for the money from the Ministry of Revenue to come down before taking action immediately.
After Yu Wenhao returned to Beijing, the first thing he did was to rehabilitate Shang Datian. Except for Shang Datian, all the other officials involved in the case were investigated again. All the officials who were talented and had unscrupulous ambitions were also rehabilitated.
As for Zuiyue because he framed the prince, Yu Wenhao asked the Jingzhao Mansion to imprison him for half a year as a warning to others. Finally thinking about it, he still felt uncomfortable. After all, this incident caused him to be in Wuzhou.
The government was also worried, fearing that the old man would be angry, so they ordered her to be imprisoned for three months.
As for the illness, the official was unwilling to check it, so he set up a reward for reporting. Anyone who knew who had touched the infected girls would be rewarded. The report could be made anonymously, and the identity of the reporter would not be disclosed to the public.
This vigorous and resolute investigation was carried out, and a large number of officials were picked out and sent to the Huimin Office for inspection. During this inspection, more than 30 Beijing officials were found to be infected with the disease.
This number is really shocking.
Yu Wenhao was furious and dismissed all the officials who were infected, including officials from his small court in the East Palace. He dismissed them all without mercy.
He reopened the censorship station and used the censor to supervise all officials and the court. Regardless of whether they were magistrates or princes or kings, if they violated the rules, they would all be impeached.
After such a high-profile rectification, and then threatening to investigate and deal with corrupt officials, in just over ten days, the entire officialdom was in turmoil, and everyone was in danger.
Emperor Ming Yuan said to Jing Yan that the prince's move was vigorous and resolute, and indeed he had the style of a general, but it was a bit excessive. The problem of corrupt officials and fraud has existed in the court for a long time, and vigorous rectification would be counterproductive. After all, this is not just a matter for Beijing officials.
problem, local officials also have this problem.
After Calm Yan heard the words, he smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, when it comes to rectifying corrupt officials, we should not make small fuss. Strictly speaking, small fuss is the same as encouragement, because they know that the consequences are not serious, but the benefits are too great to resist the temptation.
Confused, now that the prince has severely punished him, and brought a few people out to chop off the heads and knock on the mountain to shock the tiger, the atmosphere in the officialdom will also improve in the future. In fact, when the Su family embezzled money from Leprous Mountain, the prince was determined to punish it. If the emperor approves of him,
, it’s better to let him show off his talents.”
Emperor Ming Yuan thought about it, and felt that his calm words were reasonable, and said: "I did not stop it. Indeed, I hate this bad habit. It's just that in the past, there were internal and external troubles in the country, and sometimes I was powerless."
"I understand the emperor's concerns!" Ling Yan said softly.
He really understood, because the emperor actually wanted to rectify corrupt officials and clean up the officialdom, which was not easy. Many old officials were following the emperor at that time. The emperor was still alive, so he had to respect this sentiment.
There is a strange but common phenomenon in the officialdom. It is difficult for every official to be alone. There are many melons and vines behind him. Corruption is one after another. If it is vigorously rectified, it may damage the vitality of the court. If it is not rectified, it will actually be seen.
If you don't go on, you can only try to do it one by one, but if the intensity is not enough, it will never be effective.
On the contrary, it has further encouraged this trend.
Yu Wenhao said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs must adhere to strict annual assessments. Although it was once an year in previous years, in fact it was a triennial assessment.
Just when Yu Wenhao was vigorously purging corrupt officials, Ah Si was about to give birth.
At first, she only felt pain in her lower back. She thought she was tired, so she went back to the house and lay down. After lying there for a long time, she began to feel abdominal pain. She realized that she was about to give birth and immediately called for Wen Po.