novelonline Chapter 635 Using Thunderbolts to Show the Heart of a Bodhisattva!
Chapter 635 Using Thunderbolts to Show the Heart of a Bodhisattva!
Chapter 635 Using Thunderbolts to Show the Heart of a Bodhisattva!
Huai'an Mansion, Qingjiangpu
Jia Heng and Zhao Mo did not stay in Xuzhou, they led the five hundred Jinyi Mansion personal guards and the Jingying guards first, and the Jingying army marched behind under the leadership of the guard general Xie Zaiyi.
A group of people walked along the embankment and went straight to Huai'an Mansion. At this moment, the entire Huai'an Mansion City was shrouded in rain and fog. The death of the former river governor Gao Bin did not stop the rain on the sky.
Entering the Hedao Yamen Office, this is the design of the former Yamen and the later mansions. After entering the official hall, Jia Heng immediately sent people to the Hekudao to carry the relevant albums and account books.
Huai'an Mansion, Imperial Envoy Posthouse, [-]nd Floor
Peng Ye, the left deputy capital censor, put his official hat aside, sat on the bed, and read a book by the candlelight.
"My lord, people from the yamen came over and said that Uncle Yongning and Mr. Zhao Ge came from Xuzhou." A clerk said loudly.
"Prepare the carriage, I'll be there soon." Under Peng Ye's brows, his eyes flashed, and he thought to himself, finally came.
Cover the book, put down the book in your hand, and illuminate it by the candlelight, you can see that the three kingdoms are written on the blue cover.
Well, yes, although this general of the Qi Party regards Jia Heng as a political enemy, he often reads the script of the Three Kingdoms written by Jia Heng, and admires his wisdom.
With the in-depth reading of this book, Peng Ye has some understanding of Yongningbo's treachery and cunning.
Peng Ye picked up the black gauze hat and put it on his head, straightened his sleeves, glanced at the books on the table, and sneered.
The memorials to be published have already been delivered to Beijing, and we already knew that this would happen. Anyway, now is the time when the Zhejiang Party is under the hammer.
The Jiangnan River Governor's Department, the lobby of the official office——
Jia Heng has already sat down with Zhao Mo and Du Ji, Governor of Water Transport, and is flipping through the relevant albums delivered by Hekudao.
At this time, the scribes had already brought over boxes of river maps under the jurisdiction of the Nanhe River, and followed Jia Heng's instructions to find out the roster, money and grain books, and water conservancy maps.
Hekudao, as the internal government office of the Nanhe Yamen, is in charge of the labor and grain of the river, and is in charge of materials, fund cashiers, and warehousing.
Jia Heng picked up a volume of water conservancy maps and flipped through them, following the river map to check the distribution of dikes, dams and gates.
It can be clearly seen that many dikes and sluice dams in some densely populated counties, once the dikes burst, the consequences will be disastrous.
Jia Heng's complexion was gloomy and unclear, and a pair of clear and flowing eyes turned to the news. Sitting on the right side of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and waiting for the prime minister, Yu De, the capital censor, asked in a deep voice: "My lord, it is now raining heavily. Nanhe Yamen What are the officials under the jurisdiction of Dao, Ting, and Xun, what are you doing recently?"
Facing those aggressive gazes, Yu De was in a complicated state of mind for a moment, and said, "Uncle Yongning, since Gao Bin committed suicide in fear of crime, the relevant river officials have been in panic all day long. Waiting for the court to visit."
There are 24 halls in Nanhefan [-]th Road, including Heku Road, Huaixu River Road, Huaiyang River Road, Huaihai River Road, and Jiangnan River Biaoying. There are many civil and military officials.
"Those who look up here and feel uneasy are mostly those who have ghosts in their hearts." Zhao Mo frowned, with a gloomy expression, and said in a cold voice.
Jia Heng put down the teacup and asked: "My lord, I was patrolling the Nanhe River a few days ago. Are there any materials in the reservoir such as reeds, willows, earth and stones? How much is the food and silver?"
Yu De and Peng Ye were patrolling the river in the river yamen before, as the capital, he must have a basic grasp of these situations.
Yu Dedao: "At that time, there were 370 taels of silver stored in the silver treasury. According to Gao Bin and the river officials, all kinds of materials were not in order in the warehouses of the bureau and flood bureau because of the embankment repairs."
Jia Heng frowned, pondered for a long time, and said: "According to this list, all relevant officials in charge of the river in Huai'an Mansion will be invited over."
As he spoke, he picked up a booklet from the table and handed it to Liu Jixian, which was the roster of officials in the Hedao Yamen.
"The humble official takes orders." Liu Jixian clasped his fists in response, and led the guards of Jinyi Mansion to go.
Jia Heng turned to look at Zhao Mo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and said: "The account book is the same as the river embankment, and the surface is leak-proof. The official's inspection like this probably won't find anything."
How much material was used on the river embankment on a certain day in a certain year, and the accounts are clearly written, but the river embankment collapses, and the materials that have been washed away from the river embankment cannot be dismantled and checked one by one.
Zhao Mo said in a deep voice: "If there was an abnormality before, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not turn a blind eye."
"Then don't check the accounts first, check the people, and the embankment supervisors who flooded the Sizhou River section will all be sent to prison for interrogation." Jia Heng picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
At this moment, a clerk came in and announced, "My lords, Mr. Peng is here."
While speaking, Peng Ye, the left deputy capital censor, came from the outside. He was dressed in a scarlet robe official uniform. He came in and saluted Zhao Mo and Yongningbo, and then sat down on the chair beside him.
Jia Heng glanced at Peng Ye, and asked: "Master Peng came just in time. Earlier, Master Peng inspected the Nanhe River and counted the money and food for the river workers. You can also tell me what was so tricky before?"
Peng Ye's face was calm, and he said slowly: "The lower officials inspected the Nanhe earlier, participated in the impeachment of Gao Bin, and were able to check the account books in the river reservoir. Every withdrawal has actual evidence and certificates. There is no article on the surface, but it is used in the river project. The amount of money, food and materials above is really unknown.”
Jia Heng thought for a while, and said: "After interrogating the relevant officials, you will know the details."
Zhao Mo pondered for a while, and said: "Uncle Yongning, the most urgent task now is to find out the reality of the river embankment and deploy soldiers."
There is a lot of corruption in the river yamen. If the key to the problem now is not aware of the reality of the river embankment, it will not be able to make targeted arrangements, such as early flood discharge and so on.
Comrade Du Ji, Governor of Water Transport, said: "What Mr. Zhao Ge said is true. There are countless embankments and dams under the South River. If they are all stationed separately, the strength of the troops will be insufficient."
At this moment, Peng Ye sat down and looked at Jia Heng.
Secretly thought, if the river embankment bursts and floods the counties, I don't know if the Holy Majesty will be disappointed with this Yongning Bo?
Jia Heng said: "Elder Zhao Ge, be calm and don't be impatient. You will know the truth when you ask the officials of the Hedao Yamen."
Everyone was talking, waiting for the guards of the Jinyi Mansion to bring back relevant officials from the Huai'an Mansion.
After a while, Liu Jixian strode from the outside, with a serious face, clasped his fists and said: "My lord, Liu Renqiu, the Tongzhi of Huaiyang River Affairs who is in charge of the Sizhou embankment, hanged himself at home, and the autopsy is still in progress. The officials brought all of them."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the official hall was shocked.
Another dead?
Jia Heng frowned, and said coldly: "One part of the river embankment collapsed, and the relevant officials who supervised the river committed suicide in fear of crime. If all of them collapsed, wouldn't these people all die to thank the world?"
Zhao Mo's complexion was as black as the bottom of a pot, and another one died, which seemed a little unusual, and I'm afraid it's not easy to ask the truth later.
"They may think that they can get away with their crimes if they die, but I can't do it here!" Jia Heng's eyes were gloomy, and he said coldly: "Where below the Huaiyang and Huaixu river service roads, go up to the river management department and down to the gate officer. All those involved in the Sizhou case, no matter how big or small the officials, are all arrested and interrogated in the Jinyi Mansion, and the officials don't believe it, and they commit suicide in fear of crime!"
Turning to Peng Ye who was at the side, he asked, "Why didn't Gao Bin and other river officials be under surveillance, and let them hide their guilt with death?"
Peng Ye said: "Miss Jia has forgotten that the lower officials are the officials of the capital constitution, and they only have the responsibility of impeaching and impeaching, and have no right to ask questions. Besides, the imperial court has its own imperial envoys to sit in charge, and the lower officials respect and accompany Moliu, how can we do it well?" claim?"
To put it bluntly, the two censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate only came to inquire about the situation of the river embankment, and then wrote the memorial to the imperial court. They did not have the power to deal with relevant people, but Zhao Mo, the cabinet scholar who is in charge of Nanhe, has this power.
Zhao Mo paused, then took the conversation and said: "Uncle Yongning, this old man was in charge of the rescue of the victims in Sizhou before, and he was a little negligent about the Hedao Yamen. I don't want them to die knowing that there is no way to atone for their crimes."
Jia Heng's eyes were gloomy and uncertain, looking at Zhao Mo and Peng Ye, his heart was cold.
This is partisan struggle, perfunctory, pass the blame, he can't impeach a cabinet minister for not taking good care of the Hedao Yamen because of this matter, and the impeachment of Yushi is also nonsense, which is of no benefit to the big things.
Du Jitong, Governor of Water Transportation, was holding a teacup and looked at them playfully.
Jia Heng said: "Bring all relevant officials here."
After a while, with the sound of pushing and shoving from outside, all the officials of the Hedao Yamen entered the official hall, and there were a total of 20 people.
Including three people who are in charge of the river, five or six people who are co-prefects, five or six people who are general judges, as well as a few people who are lower-level prefects, prefectural judges, and a deputy general of the Hebiao Camp.
Mainly the relevant officials of Hekudao, Huaiyang Hewudao, Huaixu Hewudao, and Huaihai Hewudao are not here.
Jia Heng looked at the officials, and said in a deep voice: "I am under the emperor's order to govern the affairs of the Nanhe River and the East River. From now on, I will take charge of all river affairs."
As he spoke, he looked at a group of river officials and asked, "Where is Xu Jingqian, who is in charge of the river in Heku, Ma Weifang in charge of Huaixu, and Hao Yingzhou, who is in charge of Huaiyang?"
At this time, three officials dressed in fourth-grade scarlet robes and embroidered with Yunyan patches came out of the ranks of officials, bowed their hands to Jia Heng, and said: "The next official Ma Weifang (Hao Yingzhou, Xu Jingqian) ) have seen Lord River Governor."
Jia Heng said coldly: "The former river governor Gao Bin committed suicide, the three of you are his trusted subordinates, do you know the reason?"
When Ma Weifang heard this, his face was sad, with tears in his eyes, and he said: "Reporting to my lord, the embankment burst and flooded Sizhou. My lord Gao is really guilty, and I can't think about it for a while, but I took a narrow road. If the next official is not a 70-year-old Gaotang, the next There are immature children, and they will follow the tall adults."
Hao Yingzhou said: "Now the Huai'an Mansion says that Mr. Gao committed suicide in fear of crime. Mr. Gao is wronged. The floods are mostly natural disasters, and the embankment is as solid as a rock. If there is any difference, the imperial court will inspect it and find out the details."
Xu Jingqian didn't say a word, but his face was ugly and his heart was uneasy.
Jia Heng sneered, and said: "Come here, take down the three people who talk so eloquently, bring them into the punishment room, and interrogate them strictly."
The Jinyi mansion guard behind him stepped forward and pressed the shoulders of the three of them, and the expressions of everyone in the official hall changed.
"May I ask Mr. Jia, what crime have I committed?" Ma Weifang asked anxiously, startled.
It seems that he didn't expect that the river governor in front of him would be tortured by someone if he disagreed with him.
Hao Chengzhou, the director of the Huaiyang River Affairs Department, felt his heart sink, and with a stiff neck, he shouted loudly: "I'm wronged, I'll wait for my wronged!"
Turning to look at Zhao Mo, he said anxiously: "Old Zhao Ge, Governor Du, we built the embankment and it didn't collapse, so we deserved it!"
Zhao Mo frowned and said nothing, while Du Jitong even looked up at the sky, as if he was counting the ants on the beams, as if he had nothing to do with him.
Jia Heng's complexion was as frosty, and he shouted: "Sizhou was flooded, and many people drowned. Since you are officials of the river yamen, you are responsible. How can you say that you are not guilty? Now one is shameless and hypocritical! One is plausible, crying for grievances! Buried fish Who are the people in Sizhou going to complain about? Someone, gag these three people, cross them out, and torture them severely."
These three people are Gao Bin's confidantes, if they are taken down for torture, there will always be some who will not survive the torture, as long as there is a breakthrough, the rest will be picketed.
Ma Weifang wanted to open her mouth to defend herself, but was blocked by the guard of Jinyi Mansion, who cut her hands behind her back and went out.
Hao Yingzhou, the supervisor of the Huaiyang River Road, and Xu Jingqian, the Heku Road, were also escorted out.
For a moment, all the officials in the official hall felt awe-inspiring and trembling.
Looking at this scene, Zhao Mo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, frowned, clearly displeased to be treated like this by such a cruel official who doesn't look at the evidence, but right now, it's hard to say anything.
The main thing is that it is not good to argue with Jia Heng in front of all the river officials, which will hinder the overall situation.
Peng Ye, the left deputy capital censor, and Du Jitong, the governor of water transport, looked at each other, and said secretly, this is the child's show of power, to kill chickens and monkeys.
Jia Heng's eyes once again fell on the officials under the jurisdiction of Huaiyang, Huaixu and other rivers. His gaze swept across the panicked faces like a falcon. He raised the water conservancy album in his hand and said coldly: "My official Here is an atlas, it is the construction of embankments, sluices and dams and corresponding flood officials under the Nanhe River. From today onwards, due to corruption, the prefectures and counties will be flooded. With the sword of the Son of Heaven, the officials who supervised the repair will be defeated and lose their land. Discuss, rectify the law on the spot! And suggest to the imperial court that offenders and family members, regardless of old and young, women and children, will wipe out the three tribes! The people have lost countless lives and injuries due to the flood, but only when they have no heirs can they comfort the souls of the victims in heaven!"
Speaking of this, the expressions of the officials below the river obviously changed slightly, they were all shocked, and there was an uproar.
If this is a natural disaster, they will also be implicated, and they will be killed repeatedly!
This Uncle Yongning is so vicious and vicious? !
Hearing this, Zhao Mo frowned, put down the teacup in his hand, and listened to the young man's murderous words, almost fidgeting.
To be so good at torture and slaughter, to destroy families at every turn, and to have no heirs, what a cruel official!
Du Jitong's gaze, which was originally watching the play, was also somewhat strangely deep. He stared at the young man closely, feeling a sense of apprehension in his heart.
This Wu Xun in front of him was fighting chaos in the Central Plains, killing people like hemp, and now his murderous intent is rare in the world.
Peng Ye, the censor of the left deputy capital, picked up the teacup, lowered his head and took a sip, his brows were beaming with joy, and a tinge of pleasure surged in his heart.
Kill, kill, the more you kill, the better, it is best to kill all these river officials, and the river affairs will be cleared up, and Yongning Bo is also ridiculed by the people of the time for being tyrannical and surly, which can be regarded as a lose-lose situation.
Driving tigers and devouring wolves, borrowing swords to kill people, that's all.
On the other hand, Xu Kai frowned, looked deeply at the young man, his eyes flickered, and vaguely felt that there was more to come.
Jia Hengdao: "If you can surrender your crime, you can tell the truth about Chen Diyan, so that I can send soldiers and civilians in advance to guard against dangerous situations. Even if the embankment bursts, he himself will be convicted and die, and the three clans will be spared! If you can expose the corruption of your colleagues For example, if the dike of the vertical river bursts and submerges the counties, the official can still intercede with the holy majesty and use his sins and meritorious deeds to save him from death, and his family members will not be guilty! However, there are only five people who are exempted from death, and they have exposed the most cases of corruption among colleagues One person broke the dike of the vertical river, and he was only dismissed from office and will not be punished."
Prisoners go to jail, motivated by meritorious deeds and commutation of sentences, in order to find clues to commutation, it can be said that they have racked their brains, but not everyone can invent manhole covers.
And this is his understanding of the reality of the river embankment, otherwise who knows which river embankment cut corners, will it collapse when the flood comes?The time was short, and he didn't have time to check, so he could only ask these river officials.
And as long as the facts are true, the family members will not be implicated and killed repeatedly, and they will not end up with no heirs.
Needless to say, everyone exposed the situation of their colleagues. If something happened to the river embankment, at least they would not be decapitated. But with so many river officials, only five of them were spared from death, and they would be exiled elsewhere, so they would actively expose them.
The person who exposes the most will not only be saved from death, but also from crime, and it will be the biggest gift package.
And because the person present is not in charge of the river, that is, he is not the first responsible person, even if the responsibility is shared, and the death penalty is only exempted from one person, it will not seriously damage the court system, and compared to the safety of hundreds of thousands of people, one person will not die , is also the result of trade-offs.
This incentive method can be described as a combination of leniency and strictness, fully predicting the size of the official position, the severity of the crime, and not in vain or indulgence.
Xu Kai pondered, his eyes brightened slightly.
There is no heir, and when I heard it suddenly, although it was cruel and unforgivable, but in fact, because the embankment flooded the city, the crime was considered to be my own death. It is normal for the emperor to wipe out the three clans in his anger, but it is not the case. No offspring.
However, if Chen Hedi is false and true, and he surrenders his crime, he will be able to avoid the disaster of the Yi people.
And if you expose the corruption of your colleagues, you will avoid death, although there are only five people.
The official who exposed the most corruption among his colleagues lost his post and was dismissed without incident, but there was only one person. This was the bait for people to rush to expose.
Therefore, for the overall situation of flood control and flood fighting, some river officials were given a chance of life.
Looking at the young man with a calm face, he pondered the beauty of stratification and governance in his heart, and in the end there were only ten words.
Use the method of thunder to show the heart of a Bodhisattva!
It's just that these cruel words still cannot avoid discrediting the sneaky people. What he can do is to witness and explain them, so as not to make others take the meaning out of context.
As soon as Xu Kai thought about it, a strange feeling suddenly appeared in his heart, this Yongningbo brought him, did he also have the intention of letting him witness and discern?
This is really...
Perhaps, this can also be regarded as trust in one's own character?
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Mo's complexion changed slightly, his eyes were deep, and he looked closely at the boy in python clothes, suddenly enlightened.
It wasn't the indiscriminate execution of torture out of anger, but coercion and lure, so that these river officials would report and expose each other, and then quickly find out the reality of the embankment of the Nanhe River.
This is indeed the fastest method, and taking the initiative to expose is much faster than torture one by one, because the law does not blame the public, it is impossible to say that these river officials have ventilated in advance and advance and retreat together.
This is not uncommon in the officialdom. Officials protect each other, and it is a crime to conceal each other. They can't all go to jail. Besides, they have to be used in the matter of the flood.
The subtlety of this strategy lies in the fact that making them suspicious can be used as a method of torture.
Zhao Mo was also thinking about the subtlety of this strategy in his heart, but a thought suddenly came to his mind, if it was him, how would he quickly find out the situation of the river embankment?
With this thought, Zhao Mo's eyes flickered, and a feeling of unnaturalness arose in his heart, and he quickly suppressed some thoughts.
Such methods of coercion and temptation are not the right way!
Moreover, only this Uncle Yongning can do it. He is the governor of Jinyi and a close minister of the emperor. The Holy One almost obeys him and treats him like a standard.
"You are all river affairs officials, and they are well versed in water conservancy. It has been raining heavily in the Jianghuai area for nearly a month, and there is still no sign of the rain stopping. If you don't take precautions, the Sizhou incident will inevitably happen again. At that time, the Holy One was furious. Er It is still impossible to escape the death of the barbarians! You can also take a bet, will the embankment under your supervision burst? Will the three tribes be wiped out!" Jia Heng paused, looking at the group of defeated people With a sneer on his face, he said with a sneer: "Besides, one person keeps his mouth shut and hides his guilt. How do you know that others will not report it in order to get rid of the crime?"
As for the river officials in the official hall, they were startled in shock at first, and suddenly their hearts jumped, and they looked at the opposite side defensively. Originally, a few days ago, under the auspices of Ma Weifang and Hao Yingzhou, the group of river officials who had advanced and retreated together had already exchanged views. became suspicious.
"Come here, take all your lords down, detain them separately, and give paper and pen to write about the reality and corruption of the embankment." Jia Heng looked at the officials present and instructed Liu Jixian.
With so many people agreeing to advance and retreat, it is definitely not good to torture them all one by one. The efficiency is too low. When the results of torture come out, the day lily will be cold. Moreover, many people are tortured to extract confessions, which is easy to be criticized.
But now so many officials are suspicious of each other, and they are waiting to reap the final result.
After the Huaiyang and Huaixu river officials left, Jia Heng also sat down, looked at Zhao Mo with a complicated expression, and said, "Old Zhao Ge, once the river embankment is cleared up, the rest is to deploy soldiers and civilians. Arrange to defend the embankment, rush to repair the dangerous workers, and tomorrow you and I will go to Yangzhou to transfer troops."
Zhao Mo's thoughts were complicated at the moment, he looked at the vigorous young man, nodded and said, "Go to Yangzhou to transfer troops tomorrow."
Du Jitong picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and glanced at the boy in the python suit.
This person can be the prime minister of the military at an age that is not yet a weak crown, so that Yang Xiang wants to get rid of him quickly, and he really has some skills.
Peng Ye put down the teacup, his eyes were also dim and unclear.
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