Mou Rongtian was busy working until midnight that night before going to rest. The next morning, Yu Baihu brought several captains to see Mou Rongtian. The captains told more than a dozen cases of injustice, and Mou Rongtian wrote them down one by one, preparing to set off to visit the host's house.
Yu Baihu said: "It's already noon, Master Mou should go after dinner."
Mou Rongtian nodded in agreement.
The food was ready. The servant brought several plates of steamed buns and several plates of delicate pickles. Shi Yi glanced at the food on the table, slapped his chopsticks on the table, and said displeasedly: "Yu Bai
Husband, why don’t you treat us with steamed buns and pickles?”
Yu Baihu smiled awkwardly and said: "This is what Master Mou ordered, and the lower officials can only follow it."
When Shi Yi heard this, he didn't know what to say, so he grabbed a steamed bun and put it in his mouth.
Mou Rongtian said: "Yanzi, if you can't get used to it, I'll ask them to go to the restaurant and order some dishes."
Shi Yi said: "No, it doesn't matter what you eat, so just make do with this."
Mou Rongtian saw the displeasure on Shi Yi's face and said: "Yu Baihu, from now on, add two hot dishes to each meal, one meat and one vegetarian." After saying this, he took out a small piece of silver from his arms and placed it on Yu Baihu.
At the table, he continued: "This is our food expenses. If it's not enough, you can ask me for more."
Yu Baihu said: "How can I charge your food expenses? I won't even dare to kill you. Please take it back quickly. Don't embarrass me."
Mou Rongtian said: "When I go to the branch office to handle cases, I pay for food. This is my rule. Just accept it and don't refuse anymore."
The remaining 100 households had no choice but to accept the money.
After lunch, Yu Baihu took Mou Rongtian and Shi Yi to visit Kuzhu's house. The first one they went to was Yu Sen's house. After arriving, Yu Baihu told Yu Sen about the matter, and Yu Sen said: "We little ones."
How dare we offend that high-ranking official named Zheng? We won't sue because we blame my brother for his bad fate, so we can only accept his fate."
Mou Rongtian said: "Yu Sen, don't be afraid. Jin Yiwei will make the decision for you. I'm afraid Zheng Lujia won't dare to retaliate against you. You and Yu Lin are brothers of the same mother. You are the only one in the world who can avenge him. If you
If you don't avenge him, how will you explain to your brother when you meet him a hundred years later?"
Yu Sen pondered for a moment and asked, "Can Jin Yiwei really make the decision for me?"
Mou Rongtian nodded and said: "I will definitely make the decision for you."
Yu Sen knew that Jin Yiwei was not easy to mess with. In his impression, Zheng Lujia was a wolf and Jin Yiwei was a tiger. With Jin Yiwei making the decision, he was not afraid anymore and said, "Well, I will listen to you and kill that bastard Zheng Lujia."
Mou Rongtian said: "I will take you to Beijing and go to Dali Temple to retry your brother's case. It will take a few days before leaving. You wait for the news at home. I will send someone to pick you up when you leave."
Yu Sen said: "Do we still have to go to Beijing?"
Mou Rongtian saw Yu Sen's expression of embarrassment and asked, "Is there any difficulty?"
Yu Sen said: "That place in the capital is very expensive, including food and accommodation. My family is not rich and I don't have any spare money, so I can't afford it."
Mou Rongtian said: "So this is what you are worried about. You are worrying too much. Jinyiwei will be responsible for all the expenses for your trip to Beijing. Jinyiwei not only covers your food and accommodation, but also gives you two hundred coins a day, which is considered as a subsidy for missed work."
When Yu Sen heard this, he was happy and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll wait at home. When the adults leave, come and call me."
After leaving Yu Sen's house, they went to Zhao Erhai's house. Zhao Erhai, like Yu Sen, was timid and did not dare to go against Zheng Lujia. Mou Rongtian did Zhao Erhai's work and spent some time before he agreed.
On the same day, Mou Rongtian visited several more houses, and was busy until late at night before returning to the office. The next day, he continued to visit, and walked for another two days before visiting all the houses of the sufferers. After Mou Rongtian's lobbying, all the sufferers agreed.
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In the next three days, Mou Rongtian asked Yu Baihu to contact the witnesses of various unjust cases. The witnesses learned that they would receive a subsidy of 200 yuan a day, including food and accommodation, and they were all willing to come to Beijing to testify.
On the day of departure, Mou Rongtian asked Yu Baihu to hire a dozen large trucks, carrying the victims and witnesses of the unjust case, and rushed to the capital. After returning to the capital, these people were sent to Dali Temple, where they were tried one by one by Hui Shiyang, the minister of Dali Temple.
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Mou Rongtian went to the Jinyiwei General Administration Bureau to report to Luo Sigong. After listening to his report, Luo Sigong nodded with satisfaction, praised a few words, and then said: "I still have dozens of cases of Zheng Wei raping, raping, and mutilating women. Because Zheng Lujia
The victims have nowhere to complain, so you visit the homes of the victims, do their work, take them to Dali Temple, and hand them over to Mr. Hui for trial."
Mou Rongtian said: "I will obey your orders!"
Zheng Wei was a tyrant in the capital. He relied on the power of his father and aunt to do whatever he wanted. Countless women were raped by him in his carriages and boats. Many women could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide. The victims took advantage of the power of the Zheng family.
, Dare to be angry but dare not speak.
Luo Sigong has been collecting various criminal evidence against the Zheng Party members all year round, and when the time is right, he will attack them. Now he wants to deal with Zheng Lujia, and these criminal evidence related to Zheng Lujia have finally come in handy.
Luo Sigong handed the relevant information to Mou Rongtian, which included the victim's name and home address, the victim's name, and the time and place where he was raped, raped, and mutilated.
Mou Rongtian visited each family and persuaded them to come forward and sue Zheng and his son.
There were Dongchang's eyes and ears in Dali Temple, and Yan Shoufeng soon received the news. There were many victims, and they all lived in Dali Temple. He did not dare to risk the disapproval of the world and bloodbath Dali Temple, so he could only go to Concubine Zheng to make up his mind.
Concubine Zheng slapped the table and said unhappily: "The old thief Luo Sigong always makes trouble. Sooner or later, we must get rid of this old thief."
Yan Shoufeng said: "Once Luo Sigong and the others submit the materials, the Holy Emperor will definitely be furious, and he will certainly punish Uncle Zheng Guo, and may even remove Uncle Zheng Guo from his position as Chief Assistant. Your Majesty, it is best for you to communicate with the Holy Emperor in advance.
Uncle Zheng Guo, please beg for mercy, and maybe this matter can be settled."
Concubine Zheng said: "I have something on my mind, please step aside."
After Yan Shoufeng left, Concubine Zheng went to Qianqing Palace to ask for an audience with Wanli. Concubine Zheng was 49 years old this year. She was old and beautiful, and could no longer arouse Wanli's sexual interest. Wanli had not slept with her for several years, but Zheng Guifei had not slept with her for several years.
The imperial concubine is still favored. Among the many women in Wanli, she is the only confidante who can be spiritually independent, spiritually equal, and achieve deep resonance with Wanli.
Whenever Wanli was worried, miserable, bored or bored, he would go to Concubine Zheng and ask Concubine Zheng to relieve his worries. Concubine Zheng was the woman Wanli could not live without.
In the ear room of Qianqing Palace, Concubine Zheng said to Wanli: "Your Majesty, I have heard that Luo Sigong is instigating Hui Shiyang to collect black materials about Lu Jia. They have evil intentions and deliberately frame Lu Jia. You must make the decision for Lu Jia. You cannot
You fell into their trap."
Wanli said: "Don't worry, I'm not confused. Who can deceive me? If Luo Sigong dares to frame Lu Jia, I will punish him severely."
Concubine Zheng smiled and said, "With these words from Your Majesty, I feel relieved." She chatted with Wanli for a while, got up and left, walked out of the penthouse, and said to Zhang Cheng, Wanli's personal eunuch: "Eunuch Zhang, recently the princelings will give The Holy One has submitted a piece of black material about Zheng Shoufu, please help me keep an eye on it, and if there is any trouble, report it quickly and let me know."
Zhang Cheng said: "I understand, little one." He received many benefits from Concubine Zheng on weekdays and obeyed Concubine Zheng's words.
A few days later, Luo Sigong collected all the evidence against Zheng Lujia. Among them, there were thirty-three unjust cases in which Zheng Lujia disregarded human life and was tortured, and thirty-five cases in which Zheng Lujia shielded Zheng Wei from harming women. Luo Sigong and the princeling officials wrote a The memorial to impeach Zheng Lujia, together with the files of all unjust cases, were handed over to the Queen Mother, who asked the Queen Mother to submit them to Wanli.
The Queen Mother looked through the unjust case files one by one, and became very angry and said: "If you let such a faint official serve as the first assistant, will the Ming Dynasty still be able to survive?"
The Queen Mother asked Eunuch Chen to hold the file and angrily come to Qianqing Palace.
Seeing his mother's angry face, Wanli smiled and said, "Mother, who made you unhappy?"
The Queen Mother said: "Who else could it be, but that stupid and incompetent Zheng Lujia?"
Wanli said: "Why does Lujia make you so angry?"
The Queen Mother said: "Eunuch Chen, please give the file to the emperor for review. Your Majesty, you will understand after reading it."
Eunuch Chen put a stack of files on the table. Wan Li picked up one, opened it and looked at it. After reading it, he felt a little unhappy and thought to himself: "How can this Zheng Lujia handle the case like this? It's too much." Simple and crude.”
He read one after another, getting more and more angry as he read. After reading all the files, he said angrily: "This Lu Jia is really confused, downright confused."
The Empress Dowager said: "Luo Sigong and the others wrote an impeachment report against Zheng Lujia. Eunuch Chen, please show the report to the emperor."
Eunuch Chen presented the document, and after Wanli read it, he said: "Mother, the removal of the first assistant is of great importance. Let me consider it." He loved the house and the bird, and did not want to deal with Zheng Lujia.
All the cases put together only resulted in the unjust death of dozens of people. In Wanli's view, these dozens of miserable lives were nothing, and there was no need to make Concubine Zheng unhappy because of them. He wanted to use dragging tactics to deal with the Queen Mother , wanting to keep the memorial from Luo Sigong and others undisclosed and let this matter go unsolved.
The Queen Mother said: "What else is there to consider? For a fool like Zheng Lujia, let him go back to have his grandson as soon as possible. Don't let him mess around with matters in the court. If he continues to mess around, our Ming Dynasty Our country must be destroyed in his hands."
Wanli said: "Removing the first assistant is not a trivial matter. How can we rush it? Mother, please don't be impatient."
The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and said: "Then the Aijia will give you one day to think about it. At this time tomorrow, you have to give an explanation to the Aijia. If you ignore the inheritance of your ancestors and deliberately favor Zheng Lujia, the Aijia will not agree."
Wanli felt very unhappy when he heard what his mother said. He was already fifty-two years old. He was not a child, and he still had to be disciplined by his mother. This made him very uncomfortable, but he did not dare to disobey and said, "I understand, kid."