There was a knock on the courtyard door, and a clear voice called Han Qian by name outside the courtyard.
Everyone in the yard looked at each other in confusion and looked at Han Qian at a loss. No one thought that Wang Wenqian's daughter was so persistent.
"Look at what I did. Is it possible that I can really kill Wang Jixiong's granddaughter and Wang Wenqian's daughter, or detain her and blackmail Chuzhou for a sum of money?" Han Qian asked with a big head.
"Master Han, Wang Jun just asks you to remember the past friendship and spare Uncle Yin's life." Wang Jun's voice came from the alley again.
"What bullshit friendship?" Han Qian muttered in a low voice.
"Why don't we all be detained first?" Tian Cheng asked in a low voice. He knew that Han Qian had no intention of killing Yin Peng, but currently it seems that Feng Wenlan only had contact with Chuzhou and Yin Peng.
Except for Yin Peng, there are currently no important people in Chuzhou in Jinling. Detaining Yin Peng can at least temporarily cut off Feng Wenlan's contact with Chuzhou; when Chuzhou reacts, everything here will be a foregone conclusion.
They couldn't let Yin Peng go, and they couldn't let Miss Wang smash the door. In Tian Cheng's view, the best way was to detain Miss Wang as well.
"I heard that Mr. Han had an engagement with Miss Wang. If they were detained, wouldn't this be a good thing?" Chun Shisanniang said with ill intentions.
Han Qian glared at the sarcastic Chun Shisanniang, and then motioned to Tian Cheng to untie Yin Peng and others.
"Are you really going to let me go?" Tian Cheng asked in a daze.
"Let him go if I ask you to," Han Qian urged, staring at Yin Peng again and said, "I hope your actions tonight are just to fish in troubled waters, but I still have to say, the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, you still have to go back
I advise your master to wait and see what happens, and not to compete with us snipe and clam, which will ultimately benefit the fisherman."
Yin Peng couldn't believe that Han Qian let them go so easily. As he walked towards the front yard, he couldn't help but look back, as if he was worried that Han Qian would order his subordinates to shoot them at the next moment.
The scouts guarding the front yard also looked over in confusion. Han Qian waved his hand to them to open the courtyard door and let Yin Peng out.
The courtyard door opened suddenly, and Wang Jun was seen standing in front of the steps. Behind her stood a maid holding a horse. She was staring at the people in the courtyard with fear, her face turned pale with nervousness, for fear that she would be stabbed indiscriminately at the next moment.
"Wang Jun is here to thank Mr. Han for his understanding of justice and sparing Uncle Yin's life." Wang Jun bowed and saluted.
Wang Jun was wearing a dark green skirt. The hem of the skirt was torn and stained with mud. His elbows and arms were scratched. His hair was a little messy and he looked very embarrassed. Perhaps he learned that Yin Peng was captured here.
After hearing the news, I was too eager to come to rescue people and fell down on the way.
Han Qian waved his hand and signaled Wang Jun to lead Yin Peng and others to leave quickly, lest he regret it later.
Then something came to mind, and Han Qian ordered Gao Shao: "Lead a team of people to escort them back to the Chuzhou Pavilion. Don't let them be robbed and killed by others on the way, and finally frame them on us."
"Aren't you afraid that Yin Peng will spread the news back to Chuzhou?" Tian Cheng asked with some confusion.
Although King Xin, Wang Wenqian and others may be out of reach in Chuzhou for a while, there must be several ministers in the court who belong to King Xin's family. If Yin Peng is allowed to leave, the subsequent situation will be unpredictable.
"The Sacred Heart is unpredictable. Your Majesty did not throw Feng Wenlan in jail today with thunderous fury. He wanted to see how much dirt Feng Wenlan could pull out, right? Today's situation is different from the past, even if Yin Peng sent the news back to Chu
It’s not important to go to Chuzhou. I think Chuzhou will probably not jump into this trap." Han Qian said calmly.
The most important thing today is that Chun Shisanniang cannot fall into the hands of others, and the real secret of Wanhong Mansion cannot be dug out. As for the rest, Han Qian did not choose to wait and see what happens.
Overall, the Jingxiang War suffered a lot for Da Chu, but its impact on the structure of Da Chu's court was not entirely bad.
Although Jingxiang was in dilapidated condition, the bloodbath of local forces in Jingxiang also allowed Jinling to truly control the Jingxiang area for the first time. Generals such as Du Chongtao and Zhang Wei also became more obedient to Emperor Tianyou.
Ma Xun's troops were defeated by Liang Jun in the Jingxiang War, which made Tanzhou more cautious and obedient. Large-scale relocation will further weaken Tanzhou's strength.
This is the change in the situation in the west of Da Chu.
As for Shouzhou, which Emperor Tianyou was always worried about, not only lost troops and generals during the Jingxiang War, but also lost the southern territory of Caizhou. Xu Mingzhen petitioned for punishment many times.
Although Xu Mingzhen's apology was too hypocritical, it only shows the restrained attitude of Anning Palace and the Xu family.
Emperor Tianyou obviously had some considerations in choosing this moment to attack the Feng family. Han Qian was not sure whether Chuzhou would be involved after knowing this. But for now, what Emperor Tianyou wants to do?
Still satisfying.
When the horse's hooves gradually galloped away, Han Qian, Yao Xishui, and Chun Shisanniang said: "Feng Wenlan, Kong Zhou was worried about attracting my attention, so he did not send anyone to Niliu Lane to confirm the news tonight, but if there is still no
When the news comes out, or Yin Peng never contacts them, they will definitely be uneasy. Maybe if we go to Changchun Garden now, we can just wait and see."
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Yin Peng fell into the trap set by Han Qian unpreparedly and did not alert anyone around him. It only took a very short time for him to be captured and taken back to Lanting Alley.
Wang Jun broke into Lanting Lane at night and took Yin Peng and others away, which was not known to outsiders.
It was as if Jinling City was shrouded in the quiet night, and everything happened.
And now that Feng Wenlan has made his choice, Han Qian no longer needs to worry about them. In the end, he did not go to Changchun Garden to wait and see, and even withdrew the spies who were eyeing Niu Gengru, Zhao Mingting and other core figures in the Anning Palace.
return.
Han Qian rushed to the Prince's Mansion early the next morning and explained to the third prince Yang Yuanpu, Shen Lan, Zheng Hui and others what happened last night.
Yang Yuanpu was naturally angry and annoyed when Feng Wenlan suddenly changed his mind and turned to the second prince for cooperation. He immediately asked Han Qian to collect more evidence of the Feng family so that he could continue to impeach Feng Wenlan and Kong Zhou.
Han Qian also arranged all these things for Tian Cheng, Gao Shao and others to do. After he left the prince's palace, he left the city directly and returned to Yandangji to wait and see how the situation unfolded.
In the case of the destruction of the imperial mausoleum, the censor Zhang Han and the third prince Yang Yuanpu were impeached at the same time. The charges ranged from minor to serious. After Emperor Tianyou summoned Feng Wenlan to reprimand him, he had no intention of directly holding Feng Wenlan accountable, nor did he turn the case over.
Instead of leaving it to the Yushitai for follow-up, it was left to Zongzheng Temple for investigation, and everything became complicated and confusing.
Generally speaking, if Emperor Tianyou really wanted to severely punish the Feng family, he should hand the case to Yushitai or Dali Temple for follow-up, and hand it over to Zongzheng Temple for investigation and handling. It doesn't seem like there is any intention to expand the case.
In the eyes of many people, this may be the sign of the Feng family's divine grace.
However, Zhang Han, the imperial censor, had no intention of letting go of the Feng family. Three days later, he impeached Feng Wenlan again. Kong Zhou built a garden in Meitingbu to occupy people's fields, and even bribed Ji County to create an unjust prison.
Kong Zhou was further directly implicated; the third prince Yang Yuanpu further participated in the private logging and destruction of mountains, which caused disasters to more than 400 villagers, and dozens of people drowned due to the disaster.
Emperor Tianyou summoned Feng Wenlan again, and Kong Zhou asked about it. But this time, Feng Wenlan and Kong Zhou were not able to leave the palace again. Instead, they were ordered to guard Chongwen Hall and were not allowed to enter or leave at will.
The next day, Emperor Tianyou issued an edict to recruit Zheng Chang to the court, and appointed him as a young minister of Dali Temple. At the same time, he impeached the imperial mausoleum privately and created unjust prisons. He deprived Feng Wenlan and Kong Zhou of their official positions and detained them in Dali Temple for investigation and prosecution.
Zheng Chang is responsible for presiding over the case.
At this time, many people came to their senses and impeached Feng Wenlan, Kong Zhou and his followers for violating national disciplines, and the charges were various.
On the third day of September, Han Qian returned to the Prince's Mansion. The charges against Feng Wenlan and Kong Zhou had accumulated to twenty-seven. In addition to illegally destroying mausoleums and seizing people's fields, they also committed embezzlement and fraud, forming cliques for personal gain, and illegally possessing armor.
Raising private soldiers is a serious crime, and impeachment memorials were immediately sent to Dali Temple for impeachment.
Although Feng Wenyang and Kong Zhou were finally convicted, and Emperor Tianyou might convene a privy council meeting to discuss it, it would still be done on the basis of Zheng Chang's impeachment as a young eunuch of Dali Temple.
Although yesterday Feng Liao, the leader of the Feng family, personally sent Guo Queer, who had been tortured beyond recognition, back to Yandangji Manor with the intention of begging for mercy, at this point, what else could Han Qian say, and directly turned Feng Liao away from the court.
No, it was even less likely that he would come forward at this time to suggest that Zheng Chang, who had just been recruited as the young prisoner of Dali Temple, should play tricks on the Feng family's crimes.
In other words, all the charges against Feng Wenlan and Kong Zhou will be confirmed by Dali Temple, but will be left to Emperor Tianyou to convene a privy council meeting for resolution.
This is also the duty that Emperor Tianyou expects his ministers below to perform at this time.
On the sixth day of September, Han Qian entered the city early in the morning and went to the county prince's palace. He was talking to Shen Lan and Zheng Hui in the palace. Wang Lin walked in excitedly and said: "Your Majesty issued an edict, Feng Wenlan, Kong Zhou's conspiracy
Once the crime is confirmed, he should be executed according to the law of Da Ni, and all the family property should be confiscated. His relatives and party members will also be imprisoned, tried and convicted by the Dali Temple."
Han Qian had long expected that the Feng family would end like this. However, he thought that in the more than two years since he came to Jinling, apart from Feng Yi and Kong Xirong, he had been quite close to each other. Apart from drinking and bragging together, he had mainly been scheming with the people of Xinchang Houfu.
After thinking about it carefully, he didn't have a friend who could sit down and chat with him casually, and he didn't feel good.
"Although Mr. Baishi is the presiding judge, the Feng family's property in Beijing was copied by officials from Yushitai, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment. As for the Feng family's property in Xuanzhou, Runzhou and other places,
It’s because Dali Temple sent officials to work with the prefectures and counties, so we can’t do anything here.” Wang Lin said regretfully, complaining that the Feng family was so ignorant that the county and prince’s government missed an opportunity to intercept the Feng family’s property.
, a good opportunity to strengthen your power.
Shen Yang glanced at Wang Lin but said nothing. Han Qian guessed that he probably regretted recommending Wang Lin to serve in the county prince's palace.
However, Wang Lin had previously impeached the Xu family for invading people's land, and was quite famous. For this reason, she was suppressed by the Anning Palace and the Xu family, and was demoted to a minor official in the state capital. Han Qian thought that he probably gave up after that blow. Isn’t this a self-proclaimed character?
Han Qian was not in the mood to stay in the court hall and listen to everyone discussing the Feng Wenlan case, so he returned to Jinyun Building to deal with the affairs accumulated in the past two days.
Although their workshop, warehouse and Linjiang money shop were separated from the private property of the Han family, these matters were still under his jurisdiction, but Lin Haizheng was responsible for the specific affairs.
At present, the power and financial resources of the county prince's palace have greatly expanded, and there is no need for radical expansion of Linjiang Money Shop. Although they will continue to raise loans in the future, the annual interest will be reduced to two cents, and the newly raised money will mainly be used for To replace the previous high-interest fundraising.
As a result, the annual interest paid by the money shop has been reduced a little bit. Whether it is a warehouse or a craftsman's shop, an additional ten or two hundred thousand yuan of food and grain can be paid to the county prince's palace every month.
Compared with the financial resources controlled by the county prince's palace at this time, the extra 100,000 and 200,000 yuan in food and grain paid each month seems very insignificant, but the craftsman's workshop also supports more than 500 Zuosi and craftsmen's children for the county prince's palace. That's quite impressive.
Either the Yongchun Palace replaced the old village officials, or the county prince's palace sent new personnel to select the accompanying guards. This time, a total of more than a hundred disciples were selected.
Of course, the more important point is that many people, including the third prince himself, have not realized that if the training model of the workshop and Zuosi's disciples is formalized, or even goes further to create a formal school, this will actually create a better future for the third prince. And the county and prince's government cultivated available direct lineage forces, creating a new way.
Han Qian did not break this layer of window paper. On the one hand, Zuo Si is currently under his control. Previously, Zuo Si's children were gathered under the name of the workshop to teach writing, craftsmanship, and semi-military training and management. , he was the one who pushed it, and he broke through this layer of window paper, which is more likely to make him suspicious; on the other hand, the aristocratic family would never want to see the common people receive the same high-standard education and training as the aristocratic family children. .
This final result will directly weaken the status of the aristocratic family.
At least now, Han Qian doesn't want to stand out and fight against the wealthy families.
Han Qian was dealing with the affairs at hand. Seeing that it was still early, Han Qian wanted to go out of town and live in Yandangji Manor. But he had just packed his things and was about to call Zhao Wuji. When Xi Faer led the horse to accompany him to leave the county prince's mansion, Tian Cheng walked in and said, The voice said: "Feng Liao, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong have already escaped from the city. The three government officials searched the Feng family's house and shop in Beijing, but no trace of them was found."