"I just want you to sleep with him?" Erhei admired this shameless couple, who would do anything to climb up.
"I'm not as beautiful as a fairy. At that time, my husband couldn't even get through the door of the Zhenfu Division. Even if he wanted to do this, he wouldn't have a chance." Ms. Hou laughed at herself: "My husband thought about it over and over again and got into a fight.
The idea of a family heirloom…”
"The Zhang family still has heirlooms?"
"Although the Zhang family has never seen much success, my old woman was originally from the palace of the previous dynasty. Later, Emperor Hongwu raised an army and drove away the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. My old woman escaped from the palace and even smuggled a treasure out. It turned out that
They planned to sell it and buy a house and land to live a life after getting married. But my husband’s father-in-law is a man who knows things and said that this thing is extremely valuable and will lead to death if anyone sees it. So the couple has been hiding this treasure and has never shown it to anyone.
Later, my two elders died of illness one after another, so they passed the treasure to my father-in-law. After my father-in-law passed away, it was kept by my mother-in-law. My family and I did not know that we had such a treasure until my father-in-law died. My father-in-law repeatedly repeated
Please don’t let outsiders know that you have this thing at home..."
"What on earth is it?" Erhei asked curiously.
"watermelon……"
"Zhang Zui" Erhei glared at her and said.
"Don't hit me. It's really a watermelon. It's just carved from a whole piece of jade. The outer skin is jasper and the inside is ruby..." Hou made a gesture and said: "It's so big."
"Scare." Erhei opened his mouth and said, "That's worth a lot of money."
"Of course." Mrs. Hou said with some pride: "My husband later gave this watermelon to Li Chun. Not only did he become an official Jin Yiwei, but he also became a member of the Hundred Households. Do you think it's valuable?"
"Isn't your father-in-law not letting people know?" Erhei asked knowingly.
"The man in my family said that the hidden treasures are no different from stones." Mrs. Hou said: "He wanted to donate the watermelon, but my mother-in-law refused to agree. Then one night, while my mother-in-law was sleeping, he secretly
I rummaged through the boxes and found the jasper watermelon. Who would have thought that my mother-in-law was awakened at this time. When she saw that the family heirloom had been stolen by her son, she was furious, so she chased her out and caught up with my husband in the alley.
Pulling back. My husband and my mother-in-law fought for a long time, but they couldn't get away. At this time, he heard the noise in the neighborhood and was afraid of being caught. On impulse, he took out the dagger on his waist and stabbed my mother-in-law three times.
Finally he let go. He quickly ran away with the jade watermelon in his arms, and when he ran to the lake, he threw the dagger into the lake."
"He wandered around outside and then came home again. He asked me to quickly pack my things and go back to my parents' house. I was actually following behind and saw him killing someone. I was completely frightened and didn't dare to ask any more questions. I quickly packed my bags and left.
I left. A few months later, when the news died down, my husband went to my parents’ house to pick me up and told me that the case had been solved. My mother-in-law was the murderer named Qi Dazhu, and she had been taken to the execution ground and killed. I didn’t dare
Tell him, I actually saw the person killed by him..." Madam Hou knew that her husband would never get out of bed in this life, and that she would be thrown into prison by a ruthless man like Li Chun. She would also have to live or die, so she only had one thought in her mind:
He dragged Li Chun also to hell and said without any concealment:
"I didn't dare to live with this murderer again, but he said that now he is a royal guard, and I can enjoy the hot food and drink with him, so I followed him back." Hou said very calmly: "It is true.
After two good years, Li Chun was promoted from Qianhu to deputy town governor. Hearing that he will be promoted to town governor soon, he was so proud." He said with a sneer: "My family said
Well, the reason why he was promoted so quickly is actually because he dedicated the jade watermelon to Governor Ji."
"Yeah." Erhei nodded. Thinking about it, the case was a hot topic back then. Although the existence of Jasper Watermelon was not publicly acknowledged in the end, it was impossible for Li Chun to dare to hide his secrets. He would definitely offer the treasure to him.
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"But" Mrs. Hou now hates Li Chun to death. As long as it can harm him, she will never show mercy: "My family said that there is actually a pair of jade watermelons. With Li Chun's greed for money, he
You must only offer one and hide the other."
"Hmm." Erhei asked again. Seeing that there was nothing new, he nodded and asked the clerk to come forward with the confession and said to the Hou family: "Let's draw the signature."
"I can't write." Hou felt embarrassed.
"Then just press fingerprints." Erhei said, "It's the same thing if you press fingerprints on each one."
"Then I won't do it..." After telling what happened, the evil fire in Hou's heart was extinguished a lot, his mind returned to clarity, and he realized that something was wrong.
How could Erhei make her react and said in a deep voice: "You are stupid, right? If you press your fingerprints, you will be the one who reported and exposed Li Chun, and you will be spared from jail. Your home will not even be searched.
Let you go back and continue living your happy life."
"Really?" Mrs. Hou heard that she would not have to go to jail and could keep her family property, so she couldn't do much about it. According to Erhei's words, she put her fingerprints on it.
"Can I leave?" The more Hou thought about it, the more she felt that she had done something stupid, so she asked timidly.
"Of course." Erhei grinned and said, "But I guess if you step out of the gate of Zhenfusi, you will be killed on the street."
"Scared..." Ms. Hou turned pale with fright and said, "Who wants to kill me, Li Chun?"
"Haha." Erhei said with a noncommittal smile: "If you don't want to die, just stay in Zhenfusi first, and then go back after the news has passed." Seeing the fear on Hou's face, Erhei said with a smile.
: "The Zhenfu Division is not only responsible for the imperial edicts..."
Madam Hou breathed a sigh of relief...
In addition to the imperial prison, Zhenfusi also has some courtyards under high walls, which are used for the residence of high-ranking officials and important witnesses who have not yet been convicted. Erhei asked people to take the Hou family there to settle down, and carefully guarded them.
Then he saw Wang Xian turning out from behind the screen, looking at him with a half-smile but not smiling, and said, "Yes, I have made progress, and I can now take charge of my own business."
"It's not enough. Your Excellency has given me a reward." Erhei immediately grinned and hurriedly presented the confession with both hands, asking as if he was taking credit: "Do you think this is useful, Your Excellency?"
"Of course it works." Wang Xian listened to the whole process and naturally didn't need to watch anymore. He laughed loudly and said: "From now on, the initiative is in our hands." He said in a deep voice: "Ready the horse."
"Yes." Seeing Wang Xian so excited, Zhou Yong perked up knowing that the master was already well prepared, and immediately ordered someone to fetch a tall, snow-white war horse from the stable.
"Go to the criminal department" Wang Xian got on his horse and went straight to the Meridian Gate.
The layout of the capital is based on the traditional capital regulations, and is divided into the outer city, the inner city, the imperial city and the palace city from the outside to the inside. The imperial city and the palace city are collectively called the imperial palace, symbolizing the supreme sacred rights of the Ming Dynasty. The innermost
The palace city was naturally the place where the emperor lived and handled government affairs. The main entrance of the palace city was the Meridian Gate. On both sides of the Imperial Street in front of the Meridian Gate were the official offices of all the ministries except the Sanfa Department.
Therefore, the central government offices of the Ming Dynasty all worked outside the palace gate, except for two departments, one was the Sixth Section and the other was the cabinet. These two departments worked inside the Meridian Gate and the Forbidden City. The latter was the emperor's office.
The secretariat is relatively easy to understand. The former is only a seventh-grade yamen, but it can also serve as a director in the Forbidden City. This shows that its authority is very important and its status is transcendent in the Ming Dynasty.
The so-called six departments correspond to the six departments of the imperial court. The Criminal Department is connected to the Criminal Department, and the Li Branch is connected to the Li Bu. The six chiefs are Du Ge Shizhong, and under Du Ge Shizhong there are left and right Shi Zhong, and there is also Gui Shi
Zhong Ruo Yu Yu Ming. They are all given to officials who are no more than the seventh rank, but have extremely heavy authority. They are in charge of attendants, regulating admonitions, repairing problems, collecting materials, and inspecting the affairs of six ministries and hundreds of departments. One of the most powerful rights is to announce and implement the imperial edict.
, major events are repeated, and minor matters are issued by the office; if there are any mistakes, they are returned to the performance. All internal and external chapters are scrutinized, copied out by category, and submitted to the office to refute the violations.
That is to say, all the edicts issued by the emperor must go through the hands of the Sixth Section. If the Sixth Section believes that the emperor's decree is inappropriate, it can be returned, and it can directly reject the violations of the memorials issued by the imperial officials.
Moreover, each department has great procuratorial power over the department it is responsible for. All major and minor matters in the department must be reported to the six departments for supervision. If there is any violation of law, they will be impeached. The emperor assigns the responsibility of each department to
Errands are also supervised by the Six Sections, and if they are overdue, they will also be impeached. Therefore, the Six Sections are actually the eyes and ears of the emperor who supervise all officials. The power is beyond imagination.
It is precisely because of this that when he originally designed the official system, Emperor Taizu deliberately set the grade of the six subjects at an extremely low level, in order to prevent the six subjects from becoming bigger, overriding the six ministries, and becoming the last one. This gave power to the officials.
Although he is tall, he is no more than the seventh rank. When facing the second rank officials, you still have to maintain respect. Senior officials in the ministry also have to be respectfully addressed, which forms a balance of power constraints, which shows the mastery of Emperor Taizu's power.
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What Wang Xian wants to go to is the Criminal Department. In addition to directly supervising the Criminal Department, the Criminal Department is even given the power to restrict the Fusi of Beizhen. The Ming Dynasty ancestral system, Jin Yiwei arrests people, must have a driving notice, and must follow
Only with the approval of the Criminal Division can they dare to act. In other words, Jinyiwei does not have the power to arrest people directly. He must first be granted a driving certificate by the emperor before he can act. And just having a driving certificate is not enough, the reasons for arresting people must also be given by the Criminal Division.
During the matter, you have to sign and pay a signed and detailed approval document before you can take the person.
In his later years, Emperor Taizu was deeply aware of the harm caused by spy politics, and specially formulated it to restrain future emperors. However, although Zhu Di was under the banner of restoring the ancestral system, how could he let his minions be controlled by a few nonsense words from his father?
If that were the case, Zhu Di would not compete with the emperor established by his father. Therefore, this ancestral system has long been destroyed and riddled with holes. Of course, on the surface, it is the Ji Gang who acted recklessly and disregarded the laws of the ancestors.
Regardless, he dared to go around the criminal department and arrest people randomly... In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Governor Ji was taking the blame for the emperor.