After a short silence, Magistrate He adjusted his mood and asked with a smile: "Sir, how did you sleep last night?"
"It's not good, I almost have insomnia." Wang Xian pointed to the bloodshot eyes.
"That's right. The imperial envoy's burden is so heavy, so it's reasonable for him to be unable to sleep." Magistrate He smiled: "Actually, I didn't sleep well either."
"That's not the case, it's just that the bed is too soft and I'm not used to it," Wang Xian said with a straight face, "I later had people remove all the mattresses, so I could sleep comfortably."
"Ahem..." Magistrate He smiled helplessly and cursed secretly, you bitch
"Master Magistrate," Wang Xian said sternly: "I have drunk wine and slept. We should get down to business, right?"
"Is that so, the emperor's life is important?" Magistrate He said with a smile: "I don't know how the superior wants to investigate, but I will cooperate wholeheartedly?"
"Prefect He, how do you want me to investigate?" Wang Xian asked back, looking at him quietly.
"Of course, you can do whatever you want to check." Magistrate He said sternly: "The military rations from the imperial court were transported to Shanxi, but they were never shipped out of Shanxi. This is a fact, and no one can deny it." He paused and said: "Actually, we from Shanxi
Officials never thought of denying it. Because of the late shipment of military rations, the emperor's army was almost harmed. The guilt was so great that we local officials were trembling with fear and heartbroken. We had long been looking forward to an imperial envoy to find out what he was doing.
We are all innocent." He said with a righteous look on his face: "Of course, if someone is finally determined to be guilty, we will never tolerate it. Even if it falls on me, the superior will just tell the truth."
"Master Futai has a high moral integrity and is a model for lower officials. With your attitude, I believe that it will be found out soon." Wang Xian complimented, then paused and said: "It is better to choose the day than to hit it. As a Taiyuan man, I
The prefect, as well as the transshipment committee, is naturally very familiar with the situation of military ration transshipment. Please give me a brief introduction.
"Okay." Magistrate He secretly laughed at this stick, thinking it was just a chat? But he had a serious face, pretending to sort out his thoughts, and then slowly said after a while: "That's it, last July in Shandong,
Grains from Henan, Hebei, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Huguang were successively transported to our province and transshipped in Taiyuan. The transshipment minister at that time was naturally our feudal lord. He was a low-level official and was appointed as a transshipment committee member. The transshipment of military grains was related to the emperor and the army.
The safety of our country cannot be delayed even for big things. This is the consensus between the feudal lord and the lower officials...
Wang Xian patiently listened to his official tone, and finally heard the key point:
"So as soon as the food arrived, we immediately organized the shipment. Dusi Yamen also sent a large army to escort it to Datong. After arriving in Datong, Datong Town sent troops to escort it to Xuanfu. However, there are mountains and rivers from Datong to Xuanfu, and there is only one post road.
It worked, but when passing through Guangling County, the rebel Liu Zijin was so bold that he led his army to attack us. Taking advantage of the large number of people and the advantageous location, the rebels actually pushed back the officers and soldiers and took away our food and grass...
..." When Magistrate He said this, his face was filled with sadness.
"At that time, there were tens of thousands of troops escorting Liu Zijin. How many soldiers and horses did Liu Zijin have?" Wang Xian asked softly.
"Datong Town sent 20,000 officers and soldiers. At that time, Liu Zijin..." Magistrate He paused and said: "There were probably 20,000 troops, but they used the terrain to attack from both sides. The officers and soldiers were caught off guard and were beaten by rolling stones and trees falling from a height.
If you resist, you will be defeated."
"Then what happened next?" Wang Xian asked.
"Later we organized another escort. This time the Shanxi Dusi and Datong Guards sent a total of 50,000 troops. The preparations were not inadequate. However, when we arrived in Guangling County, something terrible happened..." Magistrate He's face
He showed a look of horror and said: "This time the opponent still had 20,000 soldiers and horses, but they didn't even use rolling stones and knocking trees. Instead, they performed rituals on the hillside. I saw Liu Zijin with bare feet and a big bow in his hand.
With an arrow, he just pulled out of thin air, and the leading deputy general of Datong screamed and fell off his horse. Pulled again, and another general fell off his horse. This happened three times, and all three commanders fell off their horses. The army was suddenly leaderless, and its morale was low.
It was extremely low, and the opponent took the opportunity to rush down, and our army was defeated again."
"Oh?" Wang Xian was surprised when he heard this: "What kind of skill is this?"
"The superior should know that our Lord Tai's memorial says that Liu Zijin was taught his skills by a stranger since he was a child. He was taught two swords and iron feathered magic arrows. It is said that he can drive away gods and ghosts..." Magistrate He sighed: "This is all
It’s the truth. Mr. Tai just reported the truth, but he got such a result, which is really heartbreaking.”
Wang Xian sipped tea noncommittally: "What happens next?"
"Later, His Highness the Crown Prince pressed hard, so we had no choice but to transport them again. This time not only did we send out troops, but we also invited Taoist masters and monks from the ground in Shanxi. The black dogs alone killed ninety-nine. I hope we can
Break Liu Zijin's spell." Magistrate He said helplessly: "Who knew that a taller man would be a taller devil? Just after entering Guangling County, all our magicians died suddenly overnight." He said with a look of horror on his face: "Silently
Without any resistance, everyone's heads disappeared..."
"What's going on?" Wang Xian felt like listening to a storytelling.
"Of course it was Liu Zijin who exorcised ghosts and killed people." Magistrate He said in a gloomy tone. Even though it was broad daylight, Zhou Yong and Erhei both shuddered. "Liu Zijin has great supernatural powers and can exorcise ghosts and kill people thousands of miles away. He can even drive away ghosts and kill people thousands of miles away."
Taiyuan killed people”
"Oh?" Wang Xian said in surprise: "Who can you kill?"
"This..." Magistrate He whispered: "We, the Princess of Jin and the magistrate of Fenyang, also died in the same way.
"The Dowager Princess of Jin has passed away?" Before Wang Xian came, he naturally wanted to know the information about Shanxi. How could someone as important as Princess Xie, the Princess of Jin, be listed as a breakthrough point by him? He hadn't heard of her death before?
"It just happened a few days ago," Magistrate He sighed: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin was in excessive grief, and he didn't want people to know that the empress died in such a tragic way, so he first said that the empress was seriously ill and only announced it today, otherwise we wouldn't be able to welcome her.
The difference is higher.”
"Oh..." Wang Xian couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He actually had a banquet during the funeral of Princess Jin. This was of course a crime for grandma. She was careful, but she was tricked by them. Fortunately, she was able to control it last night.
, otherwise the emperor would be shocked to hear that the emperor's sister-in-law had passed away, and that he, the imperial envoy, had indulged in lewdness during the funeral.
"Up, up..." Magistrate He called twice, and Wang Xiancai came back to his senses and said, "Thank you, Mr. Futai, for your cooperation. Do you have anything else to report?"
"No more." Magistrate He shook his head, thinking that it was you who was asking me, okay?
"Then let's go visit the lord of the feudal lord, get a charter, and then discuss it." Wang Xian said softly.
"That's right." Magistrate He nodded.
The two took off their official uniforms and put on mourning clothes with green robes and corner belts. They sat in a sedan chair newly covered with white cloth and went to the Chief Secretary's Yamen. Wang Xian saw that blue mourning cloths were hung on the gate, and the officers and soldiers were also in plain clothes.
, to wear sackcloth and express mourning for the deceased old princess.
Wang Xian secretly spat, knowing that the mother of the country was dead, but still being so happy yesterday, wasn't this a lie?
When they arrived at the Yamen, they saw that Master Fantai had also put on the mourning clothes with a green robe. The three of them wiped away tears for a while before discussing where to go. Because there was a corpse of the old concubine to deal with, Zhang Fantai was a little absent-minded.
, hastily ordered Magistrate He to fully cooperate with the imperial envoy to investigate the case, and then said to Wang Xian: "I want to go to the Prince of Jin's Mansion to offer sacrifices, why don't the imperial envoy go with me?"
"It should be." Wang Xian nodded in agreement, and the three of them took the sedan chair and rushed to Prince Jin's Mansion.
Taiyuan is an ancient city, known as the ancient capital of nine dynasties, but it was annihilated time and time again after wars. It has long been dilapidated and dilapidated, with ten houses and nine empty houses. When Xu Da led an army and completely drove Wang Baobao out of Taiyuan, it appeared in the Central Plains.
What he saw in front of him was a small and small earthen city with a circumference of only eleven miles, which was extremely disproportionate to its status as an important border defense town in the north and the center of a province.
When Zhu Yuanzhang's third son, Zhu Bing, was named King of Jin and stationed in Taiyuan, the first task before the highest military and political officer in Shanxi was to build a new Taiyuan City. Zhu Bing went to the vassal and sent his
His father-in-law, Yongping Marquis Xie Cheng, came to Taiyuan and mobilized the entire province to build the Taiyuan City that Wang Xian sees today.
Today, the Taiyuan New City has a circumference of twenty-four miles, a city height of three feet and five feet, and a pool of three feet deep. The whole city is built with large bricks. There are eight magnificent and tall city gates and urns, and sixteen meters above the city wall.
A majestic city tower, four tall turrets at the four corners of the city, and ninety small buildings along the city with nearly 10,000 crenellations shock everyone who comes here.
When Wang Xian first came, he was shocked. He felt that the capital city was far less majestic than Taiyuan City. Even in front of the newly built Beijing City with the efforts of the whole country, it was not inferior. When Wang Xian knew that this Taiyuan City was actually the old Jin Dynasty.
Wang Suojian was even more surprised. This was completely different from the image of the vassal king in his mind. But one can imagine how ambitious Zhu Bing was back then. Who else could he choose from?
All the layouts in the city are similar to those in Beijing. The centerpiece is naturally the Palace of the Prince of Jin. The Palace of the Prince of Jin is so grand that it is like a slightly smaller Forbidden City. Wang Xian's eyesight is so poor that he cannot even distinguish between the two.
There are small differences between.
Wang Xian and others walked along the west wall of the Jin Palace to the palace gate. On the way, Magistrate He told him that this palace wall was the east wall of Taiyuan City in the Song Dynasty. He was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear... From this alone, it can be seen that
The Jin Palace is majestic and majestic.
When they arrived in front of Donghua Gate, they saw that the guards of the palace had also changed into mourning clothes. White flags and blue cloth were hung on the palace's red lacquer gate. Several people got off the sedan chair outside the palace gate. Zhang Fantai respectfully stated his intention.
Only then did the palace guards let them go, allowing the three of them to walk into the palace.
The huge palace of the Jin Dynasty turned into a big mourning hall overnight. People in the eunuch palace were crying. The palace was gloomy and gloomy, making everyone feel deeply sad. But Wang Xian felt a little ridiculous. Yesterday there was singing and dancing, but today
Just after this incident, the weather in Shanxi has changed too quickly.