The evidence of De Shou's crime is very simple. First of all, not to mention the witness, he went to Changting in person to boost morale. He even appeared among the main local gentry officials and told them that the grasshoppers could not jump much after Yang Niqiu.
Oh my god, you must unite tightly around Mr. De and swear to serve the Queen Mother and the imperial court to the death. The day when the traitor is crowned is the day when you will be promoted to the rank of noble. These words are still in my ears. Those people will never forget them.
.Looking at the situation now, it seems that the one who can't stand it is Desu, who naturally jumps out to testify very enthusiastically. In addition, there is also the inside story of the concubine, who has already been tasted by Desu, and even
The old guy's body and mind can provide it, so of course it can't be faked.
The second is the physical evidence. These are the rifles he provided to Dezhi, and even the two Gruson 57 guns. These things all have factory numbers, and he bought them through formal channels.
It is normal for him, a governor of Jiangxi, to buy weapons openly. After asking Mauser Company's dealers in China and checking the numbers in the sales records, he naturally found out what the Tingzhou rebels were using.
The weapons were purchased from the Jiangxi Governor's Yamen.
It's enough to have all the witnesses and physical evidence.
The Supreme People's Court of Fujian, Zhejiang and Taiwan under the Fujian-Zhejiang Governor's Office, which had just been hastily established, immediately opened a trial. Governor Yang once again acted as judge in person, and Xue Fucheng, the newly formed procuratorate chief prosecutor, acted as a public prosecutor and charged Jiangxi Governor De with the crime of treason.
Desu filed a public prosecution. After some debate among lawyers, including the lawyer assigned to Desu, the jury unanimously agreed that Desu was guilty. Judge Yang finally ruled in absentia that Desu was guilty of treason and should be hanged according to Article 1 of the Qing Dynasty Code.
The prisoner will be executed in Fuzhou immediately, otherwise executioners will be dispatched to Nanchang.
"This Yang Ni is getting more and more crazy. What kind of people's court will he set up to sentence a provincial governor to death for something that is not even recognized by the imperial court? This is simply laughable." The old Buddha in Beijing was
His move amused her. She found that her opponent seemed to have made a very low-level mistake this time. Since he did not openly rebel and often claimed that he was a loyal minister of the court, wouldn't it be self-inflicted if he continued to do so?
Tell the world that Yang Feng has rebelled.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not that simple. Yang Ni's announcement stated that the Supreme People's Court of Fujian, Zhejiang and Taiwan is actually the judicial body of his governor's office. Because he is busy with his own affairs, he does not have time to hear the cases one by one.
Therefore, such an institution was set up to try cases within his jurisdiction on his behalf. As the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, he did have the authority to try all cases in these three provinces.
As for whether he has the right to try governors from other provinces, if the governor commits a crime in his jurisdiction, it is indeed possible. You must know that he is also the censor of the capital procuratorate. This is the practice of local governors. It is his duty to appoint officials.
Within the scope. As for the power of execution, in theory, he does not have it. Whether it is the death penalty or any other conviction, it must be reported to the court for disposal. But if he accuses De Shou of treason, and then executes him first and then reports it. This is not the case.
There is no precedent." Ronglu reminded her in a low voice.
Only then did Cixi remember that when Zeng had his head shaved, he had indeed dared to bypass the autumn trial process and directly behead first and then report. If Yang Feng had De Shou killed and then said that he was following the practice of Zeng Wenzhenggong, then there would really be a theoretical basis, but
Nima had his head shaved because of Xianfeng's special decree. He is nothing, but since the Changmao Rebellion, the local governor has become more powerful. It is not like no one has done this kind of thing.
"This matter is not difficult to handle. The court is watching for now. If we don't speak, it means we have not recognized his verdict. If Desu has the ability to stop his rebel army, then what he did will naturally become a joke.
If De Shou cannot stop his rebels, then we will bring De Shou back in the name of the imperial court and hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment for review and then rehabilitate him." Ronglu went on to say that in the final analysis, he and Ci Xi are both the same.
One mentality is to find a reason not to have a direct conflict with Yang Feng for the time being, and let a fool like De Shou rush in front. It would be best if he can teach Yang Feng a lesson. Even if he can't go to the court, there will be no loss.
Cixi thought that this was indeed a good idea, so the court made no comment on the case of Yang Feng's absentee trial of Jiangxi Governor Deshou, and just continued to give him a public order prohibiting his troops from entering Jiangxi. Of course, Yang Feng was sure of this
There is no need to pay attention to the so-called generals who will not accept the emperor's orders.
"We are chasing the rebels here. We can't stop just because of the order of your Ministry of War. Loyal people like us hate evil as much as enemies. We can't tolerate those rebels with impunity. Besides, Li Yuncong's
The army is so far apart, so it's normal for information to not flow smoothly. Even if I give the order, it will probably take several months before the order reaches them. You don't know how difficult the mountain roads in Fujian are!" Anyway!
This is what Yang Feng said to the people sent by the Ministry of War to urge him to withdraw his troops.
"Master Yang, don't your subordinates have a telegram?" the official said.
"The telegraph? It's broken, right? I haven't contacted you for several days. You don't know how delicate this high-tech product is. If you bump it, it will break." Yang Feng said seriously.
After receiving the reply to the telegram from his subordinates, the Secretary of the Ministry of War resolutely suppressed his anger. Since Yang Feng had no way to go here, he might as well go directly to his subordinates. He quickly issued another order to withdraw the troops back to Fujian in an expedited manner of 800 miles.
The order was sent to Nanchang, and then the governor's Yamen sent a general soldier to Ningdu in person, and then handed it over to Li Yuncong, who was setting up artillery outside the city to bombard Ningdu City.
However, after taking one look, Li Yuncong threw it away.
"We are soldiers under the supervision of the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Your Ministry of War directly issued orders to us. This is not in line with the procedures. Besides, we are all rough people and have little education. How can we know whether these things of yours are true or false? We only recognize the Governor's orders and other things.
Don't recognize them at all.
By the way, you came out of Ningdu City, are you one of the gangsters who just ran inside, and used such a fake thing to deceive me, regardless of who I am, how could I be deceived by your little tricks."
Li Yuncong looked at the commander-in-chief with a complacent expression on his face.
"General Li, this is an order personally signed by Mr. Gang Yi Gang, the Minister of War." The commander-in-chief, who rode all the way from Nanchang and was as tired as a dog in the dog days of summer, said while holding back the anger in his heart.
"I'm sorry, I'm illiterate, general, and I don't even know what a Minister of War is." Li Yuncong, who was using a pen to approve some documents for his subordinates, said honestly when he raised his head.
The commander-in-chief was so angry that he almost fainted. He pointed at his official document with a trembling finger and said, "Then what is this?"
"What are you talking about? I don't know what this is, I just drew it for fun." Li Yuncong said with a smile while signing his name.
He has no interest in playing with this gentleman. Since according to his statement, a large number of rebels have fled into Ningdu City and have not surrendered yet, then as an official of the imperial court and full of loyalty to the emperor and the country, he cannot watch the chaos rampant.
In order to harm the people and save the people of Ningdu as soon as possible, his artillery regiment immediately fired at the city head. Then, under the cover of dozens of heavy machine guns behind him, a team of engineers crossed the moat carrying hundreds of kilograms of antimony.
Then they were piled up to the base of the city wall.
There were only a bunch of miscellaneous green troops in the city, and they didn't even have a few guns in their hands. How could they withstand the attack of these elite wolves and tigers? When they saw the pile of explosives below and prepared to light a fire, Ningdu Zhizhou was worried.
, Dezhi was blown up by this thing so much that no bones or scraps were found. You can imagine how cruel he was. He became an official just to make some money. He didn't have to risk his life for it. He was just doing it with the engineers below.
As I was running back with the detonator, the white flag on the city was raised.
Li Yuncong raised his hand with satisfaction, and the sound of gunfire stopped immediately. Then he saw the gate of Ningdu City opened, and Zhizhou led the defenders tremblingly out. At this time, the general soldier beside him was stunned, but
Now no one was paying attention to him. With Ningdu Zhizhou carefully waiting on him, five thousand troops entered the city in a swaggering manner.
At this time, the second brigade led by Jiang Guiti also recaptured Shaowu. After leaving a battalion to garrison, he led the main force into Jiangxi, aiming directly at Jianchang Mansion, which was at his doorstep.
, De Shou in Nanchang really couldn't sit still at this time. Telegrams asking for help were sent one after another to Nanjing and even to Wuhan. However, Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong were destined to watch the excitement, but fortunately on the other side
Furun, the governor of Anhui Province, based on the principle of one Manchu family, sent him a thousand troops by ship. These were all the elites of Furun's Fubiao. Fortunately, Furun was still clear-headed and did not forget.
I got a formal order from Beijing to dispatch troops, and then I escaped disaster.
"Brother Yang, have you ever thought about how this will end?" At this time, in Fuzhou City, Yang Feng was having a drink with the visiting Li Hongzhang. Li Ergui came to admire the Songdao in person this time and knew that Ito Yuheng was on board.
After he committed seppuku, he could see that it was also Lao Huai who was very happy, so he couldn't help but ask during the banquet.
"The end? It's very simple. The imperial court just orders Desu to behead him. Don't think that I don't know their thoughts. If they don't behead Desu, it means that there is a traitor in the Ministry of Punishment. If so, don't blame me for going to the Queen Mother.
If you ask me in person, don’t think that reorganizing a bunch of Eight Banners is considered a new army, they are still rubbish even if they make it up." Yang Feng said with a look of disdain.
"Okay, you're cruel!" Li Hongzhang said with a thumbs up. (To be continued...)