Magistrate He was chattering there, and Wang Xian calmed down and soon realized... In fact, Lao He was not crazy or stupid, he was just acting. And the purpose of acting, he also made it very clear, which is to '
Self-rescue. The initial craziness was just a warning to Wang Xian. If I was pushed into a hurry, I would drag everyone into the water and see how you end up. Then my style changed and I tried to establish empathy with him. It was nothing more than wanting to
He was just showing mercy.
Obviously Magistrate He thought of the first one but not the second. He only guessed that King Jin couldn't hold it in and wanted to pee, but he didn't expect that Wang Xian had already hooked up with King Jin... After all, this was too unbelievable and very reasonable to guess.
That's why Magistrate He put in so much effort, otherwise he would definitely have a different look.
Wanting to understand the other party's arrogance, Wang Xian simply watched his performance quietly. After all, he never knew how many times he would have the opportunity to listen to the inner monologue of a fourth-grade official in his life.
Magistrate He was chatting away, while Wu Wei was bored behind the scenes and almost fell asleep. Finally, when he had enough, he asked Wang Xiandao: "Sir, do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand, don't you just want to survive?" Wang Xian nodded.
Magistrate He nodded and said: "An ant is still alive. Of course I don't want to die, and I also want to live well."
"Do you think you can still be safe?" Wang Xian looked at him like an idiot.
"How is it possible that everything is safe?" Magistrate He said with a self-deprecating smile: "Zhang Fantai's plan is all mine. I don't have any hope for this, but I am too old to be able to take advantage of it.
I don’t want to be imprisoned again. Maybe I don’t know. The prison is a living hell. Once you go in, your life will be worse than death.
"Then your request is that you don't want to be tortured or go to jail?" Wang Xian asked.
"Yes, as long as I can go home and farm intact, I will say whatever you want me to say." After the performance, Magistrate He finally showed a weak face.
"Aren't you an old-timer? I would like to ask you for advice on how to realize your wish?" Wang Xiandao
"It's not difficult," Magistrate He paused and whispered, "As long as you blame me for Zhang Chun's death."
"How to calculate?"
"It was I who told the truth of the case after getting your promise to keep me safe." Magistrate He said shamelessly: "Zhang Chun committed suicide because he knew he was in danger. In this way, the Shanxi military ration case was solved, your Excellency completed the emperor's mission brilliantly, and the emperor also
I won’t blame the prince... the criminals can be regarded as meritorious service."
Wang Xian deliberately pondered for a moment and asked: "Then do you still want to try to get hold of King Jin?"
"Of course not." Magistrate He shook his head and said: "You know how to hide things from both sides when you are a wife, and the same is true when you are an official. The King of Jin is a prince, and there are the King of Han and the King of Zhao above him. If he is involved, the case will be big, and
Your Majesty's backer is at his weakest right now. If he really goes to the imperial court, I dare not say that he will definitely lose, but the chance of winning is really slim." He said with a smile and said: "It is possible to finish all the work in one battle and completely defeat the three kings.
Although it exists, it is more likely that the prince will be killed by the three kings. There are a hundred birds in the forest, it is better to have one bird in the hand. The battle for the throne is a protracted war, and it is more about who can hold on longer than who can hold on longer.
Take risks and don’t make mistakes, that’s the only rule.”
Wang Xian couldn't help but look surprised, looked at Magistrate He again, and said after a while: "You already knew these truths?"
"It would have been better if I had known earlier." Magistrate He said with a bitter smile: "This is what I came up with after reflection when I was in custody and had nothing to do. If I had known this truth earlier, I would definitely not have gotten involved and would have advised Zhang Chun not to do anything random.
Alas, a few days ago we were drinking tea at the Nanlao Fountain. The Nanlao Fountain never grows old. Who would have thought that he would die suddenly in the blink of an eye..." With tears rolling down his face, he said sadly: "I think about it, he actually died that day.
Miyunlong who did not drink from the spring of eternity will have no choice but to drink again in the next life..."
Seeing that he was about to ramble again, Wang Xian interrupted impatiently: "You will have plenty of time to think about it later, so you should say everything you need to say first."
"Today's young people have no patience at all..." Magistrate He muttered, and then began to confess the entire case. From before the Beijing inspection, from the chief secretary to the county in Shanxi, all levels of yamen were like ants on a hot pot.
, to collect debts from each other, and finally tracked them down to Zhang Chun, the chief envoy. The following is his confession. Of course, all the plots have omitted the part about the King of Jin...
The so-called external inspection is an official evaluation system of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty decided to promote, remove and dispose officials through two types of assessments: 'kao' and 'cha'. Officials were promoted and promoted using the 'kao' system every three years.
The nine-year examination is completed. On the day when the examination is completed, the relevant departments decide whether to be promoted. The one who decides whether to depose an official is the 'cha', which is divided into Beijing Cha and Wai Cha. As the name suggests, the former is for officials serving in Beijing, and the latter
It is for officials serving abroad.
During the external inspection, the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will inspect the conduct and performance of local officials, etc., and finally give comments. There are eight types of officials who will be punished, namely, one is greedy, two is cruel, three is impetuous, four is incompetent, and five is
Old age, six illnesses, seven dismissals, and eight carelessness. The punishments include being expelled from the army, serving the people, demoted, promoted to official positions, etc. Moreover, officials who were deposed from the external inspection had no possibility of recovery. It can be imagined that this had a great impact on the Ming Dynasty.
For the officials of the dynasty, it was like a gate of hell. In front of the gate of hell, those officials who were expected to be unlucky completely lost respect for those superiors who could not help them... At this time, Zhang Chun, the second-rank chief envoy, could
There are no third-rank inspectors who are very popular, because when the court conducts inspections outside the court, the opinions of the latter will be listened to, while the former will not have a say.
Not only was Zhang Chun unable to help his officials, but he also owed them a lot of debt. Over the years, the vassal offices and yamen have misappropriated money and food from local areas, which has long been a major factor in the deficit of prefectures and counties. Now those magistrates of counties and prefectures,
Sitting in the Chief Secretary's Yamen every day to collect debts made Zhang Chun miserable. He dreamed that money would fall from the sky and asked him to mend the hole.
Money does not fall from the sky, but money and grain come from the ground. At this time, Zhang Chun was appointed as the minister of transportation, responsible for receiving summer grain from various places and then shipping it to the Xuanfu. Seeing that hundreds of millions of dan of grain were about to be
Seeing these things coming to his eyes, Zhang Chun felt that this was God's help. As the saying goes, if God cannot take it, he must be punished. Of course, he had to find a way to avoid plucking the hair and take the opportunity to fill the hole.
In fact, this is also a common practice in the officialdom. There is probably no one who does not wipe out a layer of oil when passing money and food, but this time Zhang Fantai's appetite is a bit too big... He calculated that even if he doesn't take any money, he has to make up for the hole in the province.
, to manage the capital, you have to be filial to the king of Jin, and you need about two million shi of military rations... The price of rice in the Ming Dynasty was about one shi of rice and one tael of silver, but the food shortage caused by successive wars, and Shanxi was not a grain-producing area, but there were many troops stationed there.
, causing the supply of food to exceed demand, the price of food can reach 2 taels and 50, and two hundred shi in silver is equivalent to 5 million taels, which is barely enough.
But this is almost impossible, because the name of profiteering is usually that the most ruthless shipping is only 20%, but Zhang Chun needs to swallow nearly half of the military rations. This is not a profiteering, it is clearly eating meat and knocking bones.
Got it
Simplicity is far from being dealt with. Zhang Chun must find a new reason to devour military rations. He was also forced by his subordinates and was driven by profit. He thought of Liu Zijin, the White Lotus Sect entrenched in Guangling County, and deliberately
He sent his subordinates to pretend to be White Lotus cultists and defected to Liu Zijin, and revealed to him the time and route of the escort and troop deployment, and other key information. With this information, Liu Zijin was naturally like a god who had helped him to ambush in dangerous places in advance and prepare enough rolling stones.
The officers and soldiers were caught off guard by the beating of wood and kerosene bows and crossbows. They abandoned their baggage and were heavily defeated and returned to Datong.
When everyone was sad for the failure of the army, Zhang Chun and Fantai were secretly proud, because all the grain escorted by the army was thrown to Liu Zijin, and could only be counted as losses when it was shipped.
The accounts were adulterated, and the amount shipped in the accounts far exceeded the actual amount shipped. Now that the military rations were robbed and the accounts were written off, the gap between the accounts became his pocket.
Zhang Chun played this trick twice more to deliberately release water and cause the army rations to be robbed. Finally, he aroused the vigilance of the prince and stopped the transshipment from Shanxi. He ordered the two towns of Xuanda and Daxi to first eliminate Liu Zijin who was entrenched in Guangling, and wait until the food road was opened.
Transship again. As for the military rations that were not sent to Shanxi, they were urgently sent to Beijing for transshipment... But Zhang Fantai already got what he wanted.
Throughout the entire case, Zhang Chun and Zhang Fantai hid the truth and deceived many officials. Some people noticed the anomaly, but for the sake of Zhang Fantai returning the money and food on time, most of them remained silent. Of course, there are also people who are sober and righteous.
Seniors, such as Fenyang County Magistrate Zhao Changzhen, discovered Zhang Chun's secret deeds and secretly recorded the accounts withheld by the Shanxi vassal into a book, preparing to file a complaint to the court. However, Zhang Chun's minions discovered and brutally killed him...
This is Magistrate He's description of the Shanxi military ration case. It fully reflects an old bureaucrat's ability to shirk responsibility and shift his work. In this confession, the focus is always on Zhang Chun and Zhang Fantai, which fully describes Zhang Chun's criminal behavior.
The reason is a detailed description of Zhang Chun's crime, making viewers believe that he is the culprit and the culprit.
As for the King of Jin, he was almost not mentioned in the confession, which was in line with the vassal king's decree not to interfere in local government affairs. The blame of local officials was concentrated on shortfalls. At most, they deliberately turned a blind eye to Zhang Fantai's crimes.
But it is understandable. After all, they are eager to make up for their shortcomings, but they are also worried about making the same mistake as Zhao Changzhen and losing Qingqing's life. They are guilty, but they can only be regarded as minor accomplices at best...
The confession also cleared the prince of his crime. During this period, the prince did not take any action. He tried to change the situation in Shanxi several times, but it was only because he was beyond his reach and could not mobilize the army... This was enough for the prince.
It couldn't even be better. After all, the emperor can tolerate the prince's incompetence, but the emperor cannot accept the prince who is too shrewd and powerful and can control the army like an arm and a leg...