Chapter 882 It's finally time to solve this long-delayed case
(The time in the previous article has been slightly modified)
On the 22nd of the first lunar month, Yunxi of Guangzhou also learned that Hu Jisao had been captured alive.
When Yunxi saw this memorial, he was dining with Xiyi and Li Shaer. Suddenly, the eunuch guarding the study outside came to report that there was an urgent memorial of six hundred miles coming from Yi'an City in Annan, and asked him to read the instructions. .
Yunxi opened the memorial and was shocked when he saw the first sentence. He laughed and said: "Haha, Hu Jiya has been captured alive, and we will soon understand the war."
Wang Xi, who was standing by, immediately knelt down and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty." All the servants knelt down and said, "Minions, congratulations, Your Majesty." Li Sha'er and Xiyi also stood up and congratulated him.
"Everyone, get up. Since you are congratulating me, why kneel down." Yunxi smiled and said: "Send the order and order the chef in the dining room to cook more good dishes. All the servants in the palace will add a dish today."
"On behalf of the slaves and maids, I would like to thank Your Majesty for His grace." Wang Xi knelt down again and said.
"Get up." Yunxi smiled again.
After Wang Xi retreated to give instructions and Yunxi sat down to eat again, Li Shaer suddenly asked: "Husband, will you go to Annan?"
"My husband really plans to go to Annan," Yunxi said: "Firstly, to see how the customs and customs of Annan are similar and different from those in the Central Plains; secondly, I promised the soldiers before to hold a celebration banquet to celebrate their achievements, but I will not It’s a shame to break my promise, but I also want to review the troops who have made great achievements, not just individuals. It would be too expensive to call them all to Guangzhou, so I can only go to Annan."
"Then, husband, I also want to go to Annan with you." Li Sha'er said.
"Why, do you still have acquaintances in Annan?" Yunhe said with a smile.
"Of course there are no acquaintances." Li Shaer immediately defended: "But I also told your Majesty that when I was young, I and my brother came to Annan, the port outside Nanding City, and the port outside Yi'an City. I’ve been there before, and I vaguely remember that there are several restaurants that serve delicious food, and there are several local specialties of fruits and vegetables that are different in flavor from other places, so I want to go to Annan.” As she spoke, she showed a nostalgic look on her face. .
Yunxi felt that she was a little nostalgic and wanted to see the place where she had been when she was a child. After all, she would probably not have another chance to go to Annan, so she did not refuse and said, "In that case, I will Take you there."
"Husband, my concubines are also going." Xiyi said when she heard that he was going to take Li Sha'er with him.
"Then let's all go." Yunxi agreed.
"My husband is the best." Xiyi said happily. Yunhe laughed and teased her a few words, which made her blush and put down her dishes and go back.
Yunxi had finished eating at this time. He put his chopsticks on the side of the bowl, gave Li Shaer a few instructions, got up and went to the outer study. At the same time, he said to the young eunuch beside him: "Go to Song Liang and ask him to send someone to bring Guang Guang." Yang Ren, the chief envoy to the East, Li Decheng, the inspector-general of Guangdong, Qian Minglin, the chief criminal officer of the Guangzhou Police Headquarters, Liu Zhonglou, the prefect of Guangzhou, and Xu Boyuan, the general prosecutor of the Guangzhou Prefecture, called and asked them to go to the study room. "
He immediately said to another eunuch: "Go and call Chen Ji, Hu Yan and the others to the outer study."
The two young eunuchs immediately took the order and ran quickly to deliver it. Yunxi stood there, thought about something, got up and went to the outer study.
When he got there, Chen Ji and the others had already arrived. Their residence was very close to the outer study, but after hearing the little eunuch's instructions, they came over quickly, so they were still before Yunxi.
When they saw Yunxi, they hurriedly saluted. After that, Chen Ji immediately asked: "Your Majesty, today is the 22nd of the first lunar month, and the eighth day of next month will be this year's general examination. If your Majesty does not return to the capital now, you will not be able to judge it yourself." Ranking, let alone being unable to hold the imperial examination, I wonder what your Majesty plans to do with it?"
Chen Ji was very concerned about this matter. Although he did not come from the imperial examination, he was also very concerned about the imperial examination, the salary of the emperor, and the loyalty to the emperor, so he reminded Yunxi.
"I have sent people to the capital and decreed that this year's examination will be postponed for one month." He did not need to remind him that Yunxi was also thinking about this matter. He would not leave such important matters to others such as the examination and the palace examination.
After saying this, Yunxi immediately said to them: "The news just came from Annan, Hu Jisao has been captured alive, and the battle against Annan is about to end. I am determined to go to Annan to hold a celebration banquet to celebrate the meritorious service of the soldiers."
"Hu Ji Ya was captured alive? This is great. If he is captured alive, the Annan soldiers who are still resisting will inevitably be shaken. Most of them will surrender, and the battle will be over. The imperial court does not need to waste military expenditures." Chen Ji immediately said happily.
'But in fact, the military salary spent on this expedition to Annan was much lower than the previous expeditions to other countries.' Yunxi thought in his heart. This year, because of the establishment of merchants accompanying the army, the army's expenses were reduced a lot, and many things were sold to them. Although it still can't make up for the expenses, it is much less.
Then Yunxi asked them to refer to the practices of previous years to see how to arrange the celebration banquet and draw up a plan; at the same time, he asked them to draw up how to reward the meritorious soldiers reported by Zhang Wen and others.
After finishing these instructions, Yang Ren and others had arrived at the palace. After bowing to them, Yunxi said, "I am about to talk about something related to you."
"Although I have decided to go to Annan to hold a celebration banquet to celebrate the achievements of the soldiers, there is still one matter that has not yet been settled in Guangzhou City. I will go to Annan after the matter is settled."
"Yang Aiqing, Qian Aiqing, I previously ordered the news about the witchcraft case and the Samarkand spy case to be spread in the city, but did you disseminate it in accordance with my instructions?"
"Your Majesty, starting from the ninth day of the first lunar month, I have ordered people to spread news about these two cases in Guangzhou City. Because this matter involves a very mysterious witchcraft, the people are very interested. They wait in the tea house every day when they have free time. We always talk with people we know or are not familiar with. Of course, the people did not slander your Majesty, so I did not report it to Your Majesty immediately."
"It doesn't matter, this is the best." Yunxi said: "I originally wanted to interrogate these two cases at the end of the month, but I never expected that Hu Jiyou would be captured alive so easily, so the time for interrogating the cases can only be moved forward."
"If you pass it on, three days later and on the twenty-fifth day, the interrogation of the witchcraft case and the Samarkand spy case will still be held in the same place where the birth mutilation case was interrogated, with the same set of procedures. Because these two cases are related to each other, , so we will try them together.”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Ren and other local officials in Guangzhou immediately bowed and agreed.
"Hu Yan, aren't there several envoys from foreign countries who have come to pay tribute and want to say goodbye and leave? You tell them that there will be a public trial in three days and they are not allowed to leave. They must all come to the scene to hear the trial." Yunxi ordered again.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Hu Yan agreed.
Yunxi also gave detailed instructions to Xu Boyuan and prosecutor Qian Minglin on a few things, especially what he said about other wealthy families in Guangzhou in the prisoner's confession, and to use the three days before questioning to dig into it carefully. Ichiban. The two of them agreed one by one.
After finishing the matter, Yunxi asked them to leave. After they left the outer study, he raised his head and looked at the mountains not far away, and said to himself: "If you do this, even if you can't solve all the problems in Guangdong in one fell swoop, Problems can always be solved in part.”
