When he heard that the leading eight people were executed and the remaining hundreds of people were exiled to Liaodong, Lao Xianyu felt a chill sweep through his body. His first reaction was to get out of the car and run away, and then killed the palace guard Xian Yunhe.
Rescue him, or he will flee to the end of the world. Although he is not such an impulsive character, he is just a sister and a nephew.
However, in the end, he still endured it. He made no preparations beforehand and had no contact with anyone. What's more, the palace was now guarded by Du Heng with soldiers and horses. Not only was Longtan Tiger's Den better than Longtan Tiger's Den, even Xian Yunhe had gathered so many people.
Many people managed to capture the palace by taking the eldest prince by surprise, not to mention that he was alone at the moment?
Although the status of the old man and the young man in front of him was extraordinary, if he could hold him hostage, there might be a glimmer of hope, but the old salted fish gave up this unrealistic idea the moment he had the idea. So, he struggled in silence for a long time
After that, he left the seat and knelt down in the tunnel: "Master Ge, I know this is an extravagant hope, but is there really no chance for them to survive?"
"Even if you are exiled to the army, as long as you can survive..."
This was the first time Zhang Shou had seen such an expression on the playful or impassioned showman Lao Xianyu. At first, he was accustomed to thinking that the old guy was acting. After all, except for the time when he went to the palace to visit, he did not show any other expressions.
Seeing the person showing excessive concern for Xian Yunhe, but thinking of the feelings that had occasionally been expressed through the other person's words in the past, he glanced at Ge Yong.
At this glance, he saw that Ge Yong was silent, but his eyes were looking at him. Thinking of the teacher's somewhat old child-like character, his heart moved, and he felt as if he had guessed what he should do. Well, he was pretending to be stupid at this time.
most……
At that moment, he said softly: "Teacher, is there really nothing you can do?"
"I thought you were smart, but now you are stupid." Ge Yong snorted angrily, and then said in a stronger tone, "So what did I just say? This is a preliminary discussion, not an official decree of the imperial court. It is urgent.
What? Although the leeway is not very large, if it is just for killing people, just pick up anyone, why should I travel hundreds or thousands of miles to come to Cangzhou in a hurry? "
Seeing that the old salted fish who was kneeling on the ground suddenly raised his head with an expectant expression on his face, Ge Yong said seriously: "However, other people may be able to avoid death and live, but I can't be spared."
I am not going to lie to you, but your nephew is the chief criminal, and it is almost impossible to survive. If he is not dead, there will be many people who will cry out for the eldest prince."
Speaking of this, Ge Yong couldn't help but sigh sincerely: "The prince who breaks the law is as guilty as the people. This is Emperor Taizu's favorite saying. He actually implemented it when he was conquering the world. He killed many of his close friends for many years.
But after he truly conquered the world, he failed to do the same. At that time, a loyal general rode his horse through the streets and trampled the people to death, but he could not kill anyone to pay for it."
"So, now that the emperor treats the eldest prince like this, others will not say that he loves the people like a son and is selfless, but they will say that he is unkind and ruthless as a father... Even the emperor needs to be criticized, so think about it, Xian Yunhe
What avoids death?"
Until he got off the car, Lao Xianyu was still upset because of Ge Yong's precise words. He was a Yuanlao emperor, and his analysis was very reasonable - the emperor threw his eldest son into Zongzheng Temple, and after a killing blow, he killed him again.
After being imprisoned, in the eyes of the courtiers, they have naturally given the greatest explanation. In this case, will the rebellious people also have to give an explanation?
Moreover, if this is the case... Zhu Tingfang's previous harsh treatment of those large households was also paving the way for the final harsher treatment of the "rioters"? Why didn't that stupid boy Xian Yunhe know before he did that kind of thing?
Discuss it carefully with him!
After entering the palace, Ge Yong did not go to see Xian Yunhe first. Instead, after Du Heng hurriedly welcomed him out after hearing the news, he said concisely and concisely: "First take me to see Xu Cheng, the magistrate of Changlu County. The emperor wants me to ask him something on his behalf."
Du Heng glanced enviously at Zhang Shou, who was supporting the old master next to Ge Yong, and thought that if he had such a teacher, his official career would not be as twists and turns as it is now. He instinctively ignored the old salted fish who was following him.
, and responded respectfully.
When he arrived at the door of a side courtyard, he pointed to the three main rooms in the center and said: "Xu Cheng is imprisoned here. The side rooms on both sides are for the county magistrate, the Dianshi, and the six-room secretary, dianli and other minor officials, a total of eleven
people."
Ge Yong nodded slightly, but did not speak, until Du Heng's soldiers went to unlock the door and pushed it open. He looked inside with the light of the setting sun, and it took him a while to distinguish an unkempt man sitting on the ground in the center of the room.
A disheveled man.
After not seeing the sun for many days, Xu Cheng raised his hands to block the light with his sleeves. After finally getting used to it, he finally saw a few people coming.
He didn't know Zhang Shou, nor did he know Du Heng, but he had met Ge Yong, even if he had only seen him when he was a Jinshi. He was specially invited by the examiner at the Enrong Banquet, chatting and laughing, and showing off his free demeanor.
, but based on the other party's prominent status, he will never forget that scene. Unfortunately, it was too late when he passed the Jinshi examination, and it was impossible to have such a mentor.
Even so, he still crawled to the door and defended loudly: "Master Ge... Master Ge! I am unjustly accused, unjustly accused!"
"Shut up! As a county magistrate, but you manage Cangzhou like this, you are simply serving as a pastor in vain!"
Even though Taishi Ge walked with his big sleeves fluttering and his celestial spirit, he had been immersed in the officialdom for most of his life and had seen everyone. After he said a word and stopped, he stood there
With Zhang Shou's support, he slowly walked forward, and after he stood still, he said calmly: "You colluded with the wealthy, were greedy, and even allowed others to set fire to the houses of the people under your rule. How dare you say that you are wronged?"
"Xiaguan...Xiaguan is just confused for a moment and is afraid of the power of the eldest prince, so he listens to him in everything..."
"You still have to blame others, and you still have to quibble in every possible way! Xu Cheng, where have you thrown all the sage books you have read since you were a child? The emperor asks you, if you have been the county magistrate for five years, what if you are punished?
When you are escorted back to Beijing in a carriage, how many people do you think will applaud you, how many people will set off firecrackers, and how many people will happily smash you with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable peels?"
Ge Yong shouted loudly, and when he saw Xu Cheng kneeling on the ground subconsciously, crying bitterly, and continuing to hum that he was just being deceived, he sighed in disinterest, and then said coldly: "
If you radicalize the good people, gather a crowd to rebel, and capture the city, you will be beheaded. The palace is no different from the city, and you also captured the eldest prince, which is an unforgivable crime."
"There will be a train to take you and other Cangzhou officials to Beijing later. You can take care of yourself!"
Xu Cheng, who had just straightened up, had no idea that Ge Yong was not here to punish him personally, but that he really wanted to get on the bus and go to Beijing. His face turned pale and he was about to collapse.
What made him even more unexpected was that when Ge Yong left, he lightly mentioned the fate of the eldest prince after he entered the capital. Knowing that even a noble man like the eldest prince could not escape the thunderous wrath of the emperor, he only felt that his whole body
Like falling into an ice cellar.
Although this dynasty did not punish civil servants as often as in the Tang Dynasty, which was cruel and brutal, officials were still executed with heavy rods during the reign of Emperor Taizu. Moreover, the eldest princes were all punished with a rod for 100 times at Zongzheng Temple.
, in case the emperor is furious...
Furthermore, just as Ge Yong said, if he really takes a carriage out of the city, the people of Cangzhou who have always been gnashing their teeth at him will really set off firecrackers to celebrate, and some people will really dare to smash the rotten vegetable skin all over his body.
What to do with rotten eggs...?
By the way, he has received a lot of filial piety from the warriors in Cangzhou, and it has opened the door to convenience for them. Can he count on these people to save him? At the worst, he can maintain order and give him some dignity... No
, Impossible! These guys seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. They are just afraid of hating him and asking for huge tributes in the past. How can they save him! Besides, who dares to deliver the message for him!
When he walked out of the yard, Zhang Shou looked back and saw that Old Xianyu was worried and looked pale, while Du Heng beside him was hesitant to speak. He simply asked the questions in his mind on their behalf: "The teacher just scolded Xu Cheng, which was very satisfying.
But I think a person with his temperament might not be ashamed and repent, but would do something stupid in panic."
"What can he do? Escape? He can run away from this palace. General Du might as well write his name backwards. Catch? No one is judging him right now, and no one is listening to him. It's useless even if he shouts at the top of his lungs.
As for seeking death... that would be easy, no one from the Three Legal Departments in the capital was willing to try his case, but they directly took away his official position and origin."
Seeing Du Heng's anxious expression, he was clearly thinking about the ups and downs of a person's detention here, and how to divide the responsibilities. Zhang Shou, who had just deliberately provoked this topic, asked thoughtfully: "Teacher, are you trying to force me to do this?"
Did he commit suicide?"
"To take him to Beijing in a carriage, he would have to be escorted. It would cost a lot of money to eat, drink and have sex along the way. It would also disturb the people and occupy the rooms in the post house. Those in the court did not care about this expense, but the emperor did and did not want to pay for it.
A damn person spends that money."
Ge Yong paused for a moment and then said lightly: "So, if he refuses to die today, he will be taken to the Changlu County Government Office tomorrow and let Zhu Dalang interrogate him. Then he can just behead this shepherd who harms the people in public."
When I came this time, the imperial court specially gave Zhu Dalang the authority to cut off the Cangzhou Prison Department. Within three months, Zhu Dalang, the Cangzhou Prison Department, could decide the matter with one word. He would behead first and then report."
Zhang Shou thought that the imperial court had set a date for the death of Xu Cheng, the magistrate of Changlu County. If the person did not commit suicide, he would be taken to the execution ground tomorrow and beheaded. Although this was indeed dramatic, it was undoubtedly in line with most people.
expectations.
However, he never expected that the court's decision would be to pass the blame on Zhu Tingfang! Compared with such behavior, Big Tou, who never shirks the blame, is really an extremely straightforward person.
Not only him, but even Old Xianyu, who had not spoken since entering the palace, could not help but say: "Leave it all to General Zhu? Doesn't that mean that all matters that offend people should be left to General Zhu alone?"
Finished?"
"Who allowed someone to be recommended by someone in the first place and come to this place of right and wrong?"
Ge Yong mocked Zhang Shou with a half-smile, and when he saw him touching his nose in embarrassment, with a guilty look on his face, he sighed deeply.
"Xu Cheng was the first Mu Shou to be held accountable for upheavals and the loss of the city in the first year of Yongchen. Many civil servants were unwilling to set this precedent, otherwise their disciples and their nephews might all be forced to do so in the future.
The people are suffering instead, so they are unwilling to take the blame themselves. In this case, if you don’t take responsibility, will you still rely on those guys who keep shouting every day that they can’t be punished?”
Du Heng immediately thought of how he had been framed but could not find the culprit, and how Master Kong almost lost his life but could only swallow the old news. When he thought of some of the customs in the court, he immediately felt itchy with hatred.
Thinking that everyone was going to see Xian Yunhe and others next, he had no enmity with these rebels, and because they had disgraced the centurion in the Ruiqi Camp, he himself had built up some prestige, so he had no interest in going back.
Follow Ge Yong.
If he had this time, he might as well prevent Xu Cheng from committing suicide! Although he felt sorry for Zhu Tingfang...but he didn't want to take that responsibility! Zhu Tingfang was the eldest son of Duke Zhao after all, but he was just a small role player who was transferred to the Ruiqi Camp with great difficulty to serve his crimes!
Du Heng hurriedly excused himself and left on the pretext that he had something to do. Old Xianyu hesitated to speak, but finally whispered: "What Master Ge just said, wouldn't General Du send someone to watch Xu Cheng to prevent him from committing suicide?"
"I just told Du Heng on purpose." Ge Yong smiled. As for the reason, he didn't want to explain. However, seeing Zhang Shou's look of enlightenment, he felt a little itchy and wanted to ask.
What on earth was Zhang Shou thinking?
This heart-wrenching feeling lasted until he saw Xian Yunhe. Different from the tall man he imagined, Xian Yunhe looked haggard and thin. When he saw the distressed expression on the old Xianyu's efforts to hide it, he thought about some things again.
I had a rough idea of the inside story, so I immediately said to Old Xianyu, "Take the man to the yard. The woodshed is too small to ask questions."
The two accompanying soldiers from the Ruiqi Battalion saw Zhang Shou and glanced over. They remembered that when Zhang Shou came to visit a few days ago, they kicked open the door of the woodshed and went in to inquire. Afterwards, they also ordered Xian Yunhe to be changed and bandaged, and to move to another place.
, but they only did half of it.
Du Heng has never paid attention to this matter. This is all their own initiative. If we really want to pursue it, it really cannot be escaped from the four words of personal revenge. But why should they treat such a culprit mastermind?
Bandaging is considered very polite!
Old Xianyu hurriedly entered the woodshed and helped Xian Yunhe out. He didn't have time to think about the other party's situation, so he took the opportunity to explain Ge Yong's identity in his ear in a low voice. He also informed him of the fate of the eldest prince and the government's treatment of so-called rioters.
Intention of how it should be dealt with.
Seeing that people were not very moved when they heard the word beheading, he scolded him angrily: "Your mother only has a son from you, and you refuse to start a family. You don't even have children, and you don't want to."
Think about it, who can you ask to visit your mother’s grave later?”
"Uncle, don't you have a family yourself? Find a good woman to marry, and if you have children, it will be fine if one of them is adopted and passed on to my parents." This sentence made Old Xianyu speechless, and Xian Yunhe narrowed his eyes to familiarize himself with the outside world.
Under the bright light, seeing Ge Yongzheng looking at him with bright eyes, he broke away from the old salted fish, staggered forward a few steps, and then knelt down.
"If you want to kill or behead, just follow the holy orders. I only hope that Master Ge can sympathize with the hardships of everyone. They are all dragged into the water by me!"