Chapter 123 I am going to be the first to kill a scholar-official!
Chapter 123 I am going to be the first to kill a scholar-official!
After becoming an official in the Song Dynasty and entering the class of scholar-bureaucrats, as long as you do not rebel and commit serious crimes of treason, you will get an invisible gold medal for immunity from death, because the Northern Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-bureaucrats?
Zhao Ji thought about this and felt that I should be the first to kill scholar-bureaucrats!
He looked at the leaving figure of Princess Maode, Zhao Fujin, who was slapped in the face by the fact that Cai Jing was extremely corrupt, and said with emotion:
"Misfortune is where blessings depend; blessings are where misfortune lies. Who knows the extreme: there is no rightness."
"Huh?!" Princess Maode Zhao Fujin had just walked out of the threshold of Chuigong Hall. She heard her father sighing and reciting famous lines from Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching". She, a talented and beautiful princess, did not frown, but felt suspicious in her heart.
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The father searched the Taishi Mansion of his daughter’s husband’s family, but he was still making sarcastic remarks, ‘Misfortune lies where blessings depend’?
The Cai family is facing a catastrophe, how can there be any good things hidden in it?
When Zhao Ji saw Princess Maode's beautiful back, he paused slightly, and then quickly walked away from the Chuigong Hall.
Naturally, he did not explain too much to Princess Maode, the favorite daughter of Song Huizong, the original owner of his body.
Now, after bringing Princess Maode and your father-in-law Cai Jing, the leader of the Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty, to justice,
Perhaps, we can eliminate the treacherous ministers to a certain extent.
Perhaps, the Song Dynasty can be strengthened from the inside out, and the Jin army will not be outnumbered by the time, and the shame of Jingkang may also be avoided.
Then, after so many events that change history are very likely to happen, Princess Maode, Zhao Fujin, may not be sent to the Jin camp to be passed on to the Jin army generals, let alone as some historical records record, you will not be in your twenties.
He was teased and humiliated in the Jin Army's camp until the valley road burst and he died.
Isn’t this the dialectical truth of ‘misfortunes are where blessings depend’?
Of course, the time traveler Zhao Ji will never mention the above to the daughter of his original owner. I hope that the fate of Princess Maode will be changed not only by Zhao Fujin, but also by all the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty who were poisoned by the war of the Jin army.
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Zhao Ji looked at the back of Princess Maode, Zhao Fujin, who was holding the child, completely disappearing from his sight, and ordered the eunuchs to send a message to Liang Shicheng, the eunuch who was supervising the trial in Dali Temple.
After all, Dali Temple is not too far from the Beating Gong Hall. Not long after receiving the imperial edict, the eunuch Liang Shicheng asked to see the saint.
Zhao Jidao: "Announcement."
Liang Shicheng walked into the hall. He bent over and did not dare to lower his head. The fat on his fat body trembled violently as he trotted.
Liang Shicheng panted heavily, and after bowing and bowing, he waited for Zhao Guanjia, who was now very powerful, to ask him a question before he dared to speak.
Zhao Ji, who was sitting high up, asked: "Sir Liang, I sent Grand Master Cai Jing to Dali, which you are supervising for trial. How did the trial go?"
Liang Shicheng knelt in the hall, not daring to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, and quickly replied:
"After reporting to the officials, Cai Jing was sent to Dali Temple for trial. Like Gao Qiu and Wang Fu, they both refused to plead guilty."
Zhao Ji knew in his heart that it was normal not to admit guilt at first.
He asked again: "Didn't Official Liang use some means against Cai Jing like Gao Qiu and Wang Fu did?"
Liang Shicheng replied: "The old slave first told Cai Jing that if you confess and plead guilty, the benevolence of the officials may protect your family from being jailed and convicted."
Zhao Ji corrected: "What is maybe? If Cai Jing pleads guilty, I can demote his family to civilians and not pursue his son's crime further."
Liang Shicheng echoed: "What the officials said is absolutely true. However, Cai Jing is so cunning and cunning that he won't take any advantage of him. Then the old slave asked the officials of Dali Temple to hit Cai Jing with a killing stick more than ten times." p>
Zhao Ji asked: "Don't beat Cai Jing to death."
Liang Shicheng quickly replied with a smile: "The officials are very worried. The old slave also thinks so. I have secretly ordered the officials not to hit the fatal place."
Zhao Ji asked again: "Did Cai Jing recruit after being sentenced?"
Liang Shicheng shook his head and said helplessly: "Even after Cai Jing was tried, this old thief was still very stubborn and did not admit his guilt."
Zhao Ji asked: "Cai Jing's eldest son Cai You also went to Dali Temple to testify against his father's accomplices in the eight major crimes. You ordered Dali Temple to handle Cai Jing's case quickly."
"I obey the order," Liang Shicheng replied flatteringly.
Zhao Ji took a sip of tea and said again: "I have sent four imperial envoys with 500 new officers and soldiers to inspect Cai Jing's Imperial Palace."
"Huh?!" Liang Shicheng, the eunuch, was shocked. He really didn't expect that Zhao Guan's family would be so vigorous and resolute in dealing with corrupt officials. This made Liang Shicheng not only worried about whether his own corruption would be exposed, but also how
Where are Gao Qiu, Wang Fu and Cai Jing?
Liang Shicheng was so frightened by Zhao Guan's family that they ransacked Cai Jing's residence.
Liang Shicheng murmured in his heart that the old slave had given most of his family wealth to the treasury designated by Zhao Guan's family. Of course, he still owes hundreds of thousands of money to Zhao Guan's family.
"Sir Liang, even if Cai Jing doesn't confess, then his eldest son, Cai Jing, who exposed Cai Jing, will be used as a witness.
You go to the Grand Master's Mansion again, take my imperial edict, and find the four imperial envoys I sent to search the Grand Master Cai Jing's Mansion. You take the private property list from the search of the Grand Master's Mansion and return to Dali Temple.
Physical evidence, this is conclusive evidence and can convict Cai Jing."
"Official sage!" Liang Shicheng is still as good at flattering Zhao Guan as before.
After Zhao Ji listened to Liang Shicheng's flattering words too much, he felt very sick. He waved his hand and said:
"Thank you for your hard work, Senior Officer Liang. Go and finish this errand quickly!"
"Old slave obeys the order." Liang Shicheng said: "However, if I have something to do, I would like to ask the official to make it clear."
Zhao Ji said firmly: "Speak!"
"Old slave, I obey the order." Liang Shicheng asked in a low voice:
"I am stupid, I am brave, I dare to ask the official's holy intention, is it to let Dali Temple treat Cai Jing as severely as it did Lin Lingsu, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu?"
Damn it! Zhao Ji complained in his heart, damn, it took me so long to kill the old thief Cai Jing (actually it didn’t take much effort, after all, Cai Jing sent his head to the palace by himself), of course I have to
The punishment must be severe.
If I don’t kill Cai Jing, am I just playing for fun?
However, Zhao Ji knew that Liang Shicheng did not lack this kind of analytical ability, but Liang Shicheng did not want to take the blame for killing important ministers in three dynasties.
Zhao Ji naturally also saw Liang Shicheng's little thoughts.
You, Liang Shicheng, don’t dare to take the blame, so why should I be afraid of you?
Although, I am not afraid of taking the blame for killing the ministers of three dynasties, but,
However, I want to see what will happen if you, the treacherous minister Liang Shicheng, takes the blame?
Zhao Ji said displeasedly: "Master Liang used to be able to do things well, but now, I entrust you with such a small matter, but you ask questions like mother-in-law and mother-in-law, and you still want me to tell you what the final deal with Cai Jing will be?
When I sent you to Dali to supervise the trial, it was like sending a waste."
Liang Shicheng:......
He walked away to Zhao Guan's family as a courtier to retire...
After Liang Shicheng said goodbye to Zhao Guan's family, he immediately took his attendants to the Taishi Mansion to collect evidence that could lead to Cai Jing's death according to what Zhao Guan's family said...
Liang Shicheng, who was walking on the road and sitting in a sedan, was thinking about the sacred intention of the Zhao Guan family...
The Zhao Guan family must kill the once powerful Grand Master Cai, who was an important official in the three dynasties!
Is Zhao Guan’s family going crazy after losing their fortune?
What's going on?
At present, the Zhao Guan family is all picking people they once trusted very much to attack? For example, the National Preceptor Lin Lingsu, the Taiwei Gao Qiu, the Young Master Wang Fu, and even the current Grand Master Cai Jing.
It’s only been a few days?!
Alas! I wonder who the Zhao Guan family will kill next?
In fact, Liang Shicheng is a loyal traitor. He has already seen that the Zhao Guan family has made up its mind to kill Cai Jing.
Liang Shicheng thought, now the Zhao Guan family has sent our family to Cai Jing's Taishi Mansion to search for physical evidence, but only obtained evidence that Cai Jing violated the law and was greedy for money. With this time, it is obviously difficult for Cai Jing, the important minister, to silence the world's scholar-bureaucrats.
We are here to run this errand for the officials, and we must do it beautifully!
Then, in addition to holding evidence of Cai Jing's crimes of perverting the law and being greedy for money, in the Grand Master's Mansion, we should also find Cai Jing's bigger crimes, such as transgression.
"Hehe..." Master Liang admired his own mind very much. How can he be so smart?!
Yes, the Grand Master's Mansion occupies such a large area, and the interior is no less luxurious than the imperial palace!
Transgression is a serious matter.
However, transgression alone is not enough.
Liang Shicheng thought, when Cai Jing's eldest son Cai You testified against his father, didn't he commit a heinous crime - Cai Jing had a disobedient heart!
"Hehe..." Liang Shicheng smiled evilly and thought to himself:
Cai You is really a character! When he was young, he saw that today's Zhao Guan family and King Duan at that time had the qualifications to be a king, so he tried every means to make friends with King Duan. Later, after King Duan ascended the throne, Cai You also got
To reuse...
Now, Cai You saw that the Zhao Guan family wanted to get rid of his father Cai Jing, so Cai You immediately revealed the eight major crimes of his father Cai Jing to the Zhao Guan family.
This kid is so vicious, he is a character!
Our family must find this evidence of disloyalty in the Taishi Mansion...
It shouldn’t be too difficult to find. We can recruit a few petty officials from the Grand Master’s Mansion, including slaves and maids, and torture them to extract confessions...
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After Zhao Ji sent Liang Shicheng out, he issued several more edicts in the palace, all of which were related to his preparations for his southern tour...
After all, the date of the southern patrol is approaching, and Zhao Ji will not use the southern patrol as an excuse to supervise the southern expedition to Fangla if he is not prepared...
Moreover, the first batch of troops to conquer the southeastern bandits has already set off. It is the 10,000 imperial troops from the capital, led by Tan Zhen, the governor of the Changde Army. They march to Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the name of suppressing bandits. In fact, Zhao Ji asked him to go first to exterminate the bandits just now.
The arrogance of the rebellious Fang La.
After I have dealt with these three traitorous officials who have been sent to Dali Temple for trial, I will set off with an elite force of 3,000 troops to supervise Tan Zhen's command to suppress the southeastern bandits...
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An hour and a half later, Liang Shicheng came to visit Zhao Guan's family again.
After Liang Shicheng performed the grand ceremony for the emperor and his ministers, he reported: "The old slave has gone to Cai Jing's Taishi Mansion in accordance with the official order, and met the four imperial envoys sent by the official to ransack the house. He handed it over to the old slave Cai Jing's mansion whose origin is unknown.
List of property:
There are more than 400,000 taels of money, more than 8,000 taels of gold, more than 20,000 taels of silver, calligraphy by famous artists, antiques, and thousands of other items."
Zhao Ji nodded and said: "The four people led by King Yun and King Kang ransack the imperial envoys and worked very efficiently!"
Liang Shicheng didn't understand the meaning of the word "efficiency", but he could understand that Zhao Guanjia was praising Zhao Kai, King of Yun, and Zhao Gou, King of Kang, for their ability in doing things!
He immediately expressed his contribution to Zhao Guan's family and said:
"After the old slave went to the Grand Master's Mansion, he has collected evidence of transgression in the Grand Master's Mansion, and several minor officials and servants in the Grand Master's Mansion have heard Cai Jing's disloyal remarks. The evidence is conclusive..."<
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Zhao Ji took a sip of tea and was quite satisfied with Liang Shicheng's efficiency in handling errands, especially his thorough understanding of the Holy Will.
If Zhao Ji wants to quickly get rid of treacherous ministers like Cai Jing, he must use snobs like Cai You and Liang Shicheng who do whatever they can to achieve their goals. If he uses upright ministers like Cao Fu, he will not be able to deal with the case of Cai Jing.
After months of investigation, collecting criminal evidence, and completing the trial process, it basically takes less than half a year.
Zhao Ji doesn't want to implicate many people, he just wants to quickly eliminate the culprits who are potential threats to my country...
Zhao Ji asked: "The evidence in the case of Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu is conclusive. Has Dali Temple finished the sentence?"
"When I return to the official residence." Liang Shicheng laughed and replied: "Under the supervision of the old slave, Dali Temple sentenced Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu to be beheaded...
And the results of the trial of these three people were reported to the Yushitai..."
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Zhao Jidao: "Masters at Yushitai, have you finished reviewing the cases of these three people?"
Liang Shicheng, who is good at observing words and emotions, immediately replied:
"Because Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu were all important officials in the court, and there were three more people in the court, Shi Tai's ministers had not yet finished examining the cases of these three people.
However,
The old slave was idle. If the official wanted to quickly get the review results from the Yushitai, the old slave went to the Yushitai without stopping and urged the princes at the Yushitai to quickly verify Cai Jing.
The outcome of the trial of Gao Qiu and Wang Fu."
Zhao Ji smiled and nodded, waving his hand to signal Liang Shicheng to retreat and go on errands quickly.
Liang Shicheng is tired from running errands and feels that if he continues like this, he will become thinner in a few days.
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An hour later, Liang Shicheng met again in the palace.
With a smile on his face, he began to say: "The princes at Yushitai all think that the evidence is conclusive...
The review concluded that the Dali Temple agreed to sentence Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and Wang Fu to death by beheading..."
Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction.
Liang Shicheng smiled brightly, handed over a note, and said: "Here is the judgment document from the Yushitai, please check it."
Zhao Ji nodded and said approvingly: "Master Liang is very resolute and resolute. Every time I tell you about my love, I can get it done quickly!"
After being praised by Zhao Ji, Liang Shicheng felt very happy. His fat face was filled with joy, and he also showed a smile that was very similar to the honest, kind and honest smile.
Liang Shicheng said: "I am honored to serve your Majesty and run errands. This is your Majesty's respect for me!
It is truly a blessing for this old slave to be able to contribute a little to the government!"
Zhao Ji smiled deeply, but he was thinking in his heart, when will he start targeting you, the corrupt eunuch Liang Shicheng, who is known as a hidden figure? Although you handed over a part of your family wealth, I believe that it is only a small part of yours.
Use your family wealth to buy peace and quiet.
Liang Shicheng was very discerning and placed the censor's desk to review the documents of Dali Temple and gently placed it on the dragon case in front of Zhao Ji.
Liang Shicheng smiled respectfully and said: "For the cases of Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu, in the end, the officials were invited to write and criticize."