"Wei Chen will go and investigate more carefully..." Bao Zheng said.
"There's no need to check, there's nothing we can find out." Zhao Zhen sighed in frustration: "They're a bunch of idiots who were sold and counted the money. I'm afraid they themselves don't know who is behind the trouble."
Bao Zheng was speechless. In fact, what happened today was ultimately caused by the officials being too lenient towards their subordinates. Zhao Zhen had been in charge for twenty years and never begrudged rewards to his internal and external ministers. When he made mistakes, he only focused on education.
If you commit a crime, you will be punished lightly. Even if it is a crime of beheading, Zhao Zhen will often avoid death.
However, if you are favored too much, you will be arrogant and arrogant. If you are not favored, you will be resentful. It is precisely because the officials give too much favor and favor to their servants that they have the delusion that their power will last forever. Worry.
He would be replaced by the internal servants from the palace outside, so he deliberately kept the palace ban in tact, giving those fools the opportunity to mess up the palace.
When one of the Ten Pavilions gives birth to a 'Dragon Son', they will have their future master. Nobles with shallow foundations must rely on them if they want to protect the 'Dragon Son' from growing up in the dangerous palace.
controlled by them.
If the noble wants to get rid of control, they can use the secret of 'Long Zi' to blackmail her, and she will never be able to resist.
So they can get the most beneficial results by doing nothing, and their intentions are to be punished!
However, they did nothing. At most, it was just a crime of dereliction of duty. As for their sinister intentions, how can they be punished?
Perhaps most emperors could kill them without any reason, but Zhao Zhen was obviously not among them. The tolerance he had been brainwashed and taught by scholar-bureaucrats since he was a child was already strong enough to go against his nature.
"I have changed the leadership of the key yamen inside and outside the palace." Zhao Zhen leaned back on the recliner and said slowly: "As for those wolf-hearted people, I don't want to see them again..."
"..." Seeing that the officials were betrayed like this, and only wanted to drive those guys out of the palace, Bao Zheng felt that Wuming was angry. He wanted to tell the officials about the principle of 'killing chickens to scare monkeys'. But
After a second thought, he realized another meaning, and responded in a muffled voice: "Yes."
"Is there anything else?" Seeing Bao Zheng hesitate to speak, Zhao Zhen asked softly: "If there is no problem, just close the case."
"Wei Chen still has two doubts," Bao Zheng said solemnly: "One is that everything is too coincidental. Why was it not exposed earlier and later, but it was only exposed after the news that a 'prince' was about to be born spread."
After a pause, he said: "Also, Wei Chen has never seen that You Qi. I still can't figure it out. How stupid a person would be to reveal the secrets of the nine clans?"
"Close the case. Don't continue the investigation. You will never see You Qi again." Zhao Zhen sighed: "It was reported earlier that You Qi committed suicide out of fear of crime on the way to be escorted..."
"Dead?" Bao Zheng said with wide eyes, "How did you die?"
"He hanged himself in the posthouse at night." Zhao Zhen said slowly: "The Ministry of Punishment has gone to do an autopsy. The report says it was a suicide."
"This..." Bao Zheng frowned and said, "Since I knew he was going to die, it would have been better to make up a random excuse at the beginning than to confess truthfully."
"Perhaps, this is Mr. Wen covering up my ugliness." Zhao Zhen sighed softly: "Otherwise, when that guy comes to the Ministry of Punishment and starts talking nonsense, I won't become the laughing stock of the world."
"..." Bao Zheng was speechless again. This was the official's true thoughts... After the initial anger, Zhao Zhen was more concerned about how to prevent the scandal from spreading.
The emperor became a laughing stock in the eyes of the common people.
Including treating the offenders leniently and closing the case as soon as possible, all of which are to minimize the major issue and eliminate the impact. So when he heard that You Qi was dead, Zhao Zhen's first reaction was to feel relieved.
It's just an official. It's possible that Wen Yanbo is wiping someone else's butt for others! Or it's a combination of both... Based on Bao Zheng's keen judgment, this possibility is extremely high.
There is only one truth. How can it be vague?
But the official didn't want to investigate anymore. He was too tired and urgently needed everything to return to calm. Zhao Zhen sighed quietly and said: "Forget it, you don't want to investigate anymore. It has been hard these days. Let's go home and sleep tonight.
."
"Yes..." Bao Zheng had no choice but to agree: "Wei Chen resigns."
Zhao Zhen nodded. He closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep.
Exiting the palace, Bao Zheng saw Di Qing. In the afternoon, they were ordered to pass their Qi, and Di Qing already knew the ins and outs of the matter.
"How is it?" Seeing Bao Zheng come out, Di Qing asked: "How to deal with those people?" It's not that he is gossip, but because he doesn't know the attitude of the officials, he can't start to rectify the Imperial City Division.
"The officials said," Bao Zheng stopped and said solemnly, "I don't want to see those wolf-hearted things again."
"What does it mean?"
"Do you want the officials to make it clearer?" Bao Zheng said quietly, "Do you want the officials to be known as unkind?"
"I understand." Di Qing nodded. He never cared about killing people for the officials, so he said in a deep voice: "There are some things that we really cannot wait for the officials to expressly explain."
"As for the charges, everyone in the Imperial City Division is well aware of it." Bao Zheng said calmly: "As for the outside world, they are dissatisfied with the disarmament and suspect that I am inciting the officials to disarmament in order to save money. Therefore, they intend to
You are plotting against me..."
"How can I let you always take the blame?" Bao Zheng is Di Qing's most respected courtier, not one of them.
"They all call me Bao Heizi. If I don't take the blame, who will?" Bao Zheng twisted his beard and laughed and said, "I'll leave the rest to Mr. Di. I'll go home and sleep."
"Master Bao." Di Qing asked, "Is this the case?"
"What do you think?" Bao Zheng's eyes revealed a determined look.
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That night, the Imperial City Secretary and the Ministry of Internal Affairs entered the Ministry of Internal Affairs and started rectification at the same time.
Lanterns and torches will enter the courtyard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, lighting up as brightly as day.
In the previous dynasties, there was only the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the palace, and the same was true in the early Song Dynasty. In the early days of the Kingdom, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had the Internal Affairs Bureau, which was responsible for the internal affairs of the palace. Because its importance far exceeded that of other courtyards, its status rose again and again. Finally, in Jingjing
In the third year of De's reign, he was appointed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Internal Affairs was known as the front and rear provinces, and he was closer to the emperor. Therefore, he was appointed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was always regarded as the head of the imperial court. Over time, it has surpassed the Ministry of Internal Affairs and became the highest authority of the inner court.
.
In the past, any character who entered the internal chamberlain department was a arrogant and high-spirited master. But at this moment, he is the escort officer, the chamberlain's east and west head minister, the chamberlain's palace chief, the chamberlain's top grade, the chamberlain's senior class, and the chamberlain's Huangmen.
, all like eggplants beaten by frost, standing tremblingly in the courtyard.
Opposite them was Li Jihe, the newly appointed deputy governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This guy was a horse thief, and was later captured by mistake. In order to save his life, he entered the palace. However, he has not been in the palace for more than ten years. Instead, he was
The officials sent him to the northwest and Dingzhou battlefields to supervise the army, and it was said that he killed many people. This time, he was quickly transferred back to Beijing and became the deputy general manager of Ouchi... But in fact, the general manager has never been involved, so he is the real
's general manager.
The eunuchs all knew what the horse thief was doing when he came back. The courtyard was completely silent, except for the crackling sound of torches in the night wind.
Li Jihe remained silent, and I didn't know what he was waiting for. The others who were standing and kneeling felt that they didn't know when dawn would come this night.
Until a small yellow door came into the yard and reported in a respectful voice: "Eunuch Hu said that the official family has gone to bed."
"Okay." Li Jihe nodded, and then began to tell everyone: "Listen up, because of your dereliction of duty, our family finally no longer has to eat sand in the northwest, and can go back to Bianjing to enjoy the blessings of two days." After a pause, He showed his white teeth and said, "To express my gratitude, I will give you a meal!"
All the eunuchs knew that sooner or later they would not be able to escape from this scene. However, the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Chief of Punishment was very particular about beating him. Some of them were beaten to pieces, which looked bloody and scary. It doesn’t matter if you are fine for a few days; after some beatings, even the skin is not swollen, but your internal organs are broken and you can’t even save your life. It is said that the board players wrapped the straw with tissue paper, and the straw inside was beaten into pieces, and the outside was beaten into pieces. The paper is not broken.
Because they had already expected to be punished, all the eunuchs who were guilty of dereliction of duty paid money in advance to teach the Huangmen who were executing the execution to be merciful, so they did not panic at first.
Li Jihe gave an order, and Huangmen, who was in charge of the punishment department, came in, spread mats on the ground, and more than a dozen eunuchs came forward to accept the crime. When the matter came to an end, they finally became a little scared, and whispered to Li Jihe Zuoyi : "My father-in-law, please show mercy, and we will definitely repay you in the future."
"It's easy to talk," Li Jihe said with a cruel smile: "Let's execute him!"
The little yellow men in charge of the punishment department pushed the eunuchs down one by one, took off their trousers, and covered them with a piece of linen. Then they raised their sticks and began to beat them in a circular motion. There was a muffled sound and screams. They were beaten all over the courtyard until their skin was torn and their blood was flowing, and everyone watching was horrified.
But in fact, even though the beating was so lively, the person being tortured was not really hurt...
"Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty..." Xiao Huangmen, who was counting, shouted halfway when he suddenly heard Li Jihe say in a deep voice: "The executioner is tired, please replace him!"
"Father, we are not tired." said the little yellow men holding sticks.
"How can you not be tired? I feel tired just looking at you." Li Jihe sneered and said, "If you do it again, we will be beaten together!"
There were twenty strong eunuchs...who had followed Li Jihe back from the northwest and took over the torture stick.
The little yellow gatekeepers had no choice but to step aside.
Among the guys lying on the ground being tortured, some realized something was wrong and quickly shouted: "Father, please spare my life!"
Li Jihe was unmoved and said in a deep voice: "Continue!"
The thick cane hit the victim's back violently, without any fancy, but with great force.
In just one blow, the tortured eunuchs spurted out blood. There was no scream at all, because they all fainted from the pain. After three or five blows, the blood seeped out through the linen...
When the sound of the stick stopped, the executioner stretched out his hand to explore the back of the victim's neck. After a while, he stood up and reported: "I accidentally beat him to death..."
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