I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 672: You have ruined Zhang Juzheng's reputation!
Under the dim oil lamp, You Qi's expression changed more than a dozen times, and finally he put on a flattering face and begged in a low voice.

"Wang Duxian, I have been locked up here and have lost my mind. Please be magnanimous and do not mind my nonsense. You have a sharp eye and can see at a glance that I am being wronged. Please let me go for the sake of my master."

Now you know how to ask for help, but weren’t you still acting like a prime minister just now?

Wang Yi'e smiled faintly, "Is Zhang Lao San dead or alive?"

You Qi's face changed, and he said awkwardly, "We didn't do anything to Zhang Lao San. We just pushed him a few times, and he fell to the ground with a thud, his head was broken and bleeding, and then he died in a daze.

Wang Duxian, the three of us are good people. We just run errands and do our jobs. We are not thugs. How could we kill someone with just two or three hits?"

Wang Yi'e continued to ask: "I want to ask you, did Zhang Laosan die in front of you?"

"The man died in front of us, but we didn't kill him. He was just careless."

"You killed yourself by accident?"

You Qi wanted to cry but had no tears. "Wang Duxian, we really didn't do anything. We just pushed him a few times in anger. He started to argue with us and even started to fight with us.

He was born a gangster and was very ruthless. He took on the three of us alone and suffered some punches and kicks, but he didn't lose.

His face suddenly changed, and he fell to the ground, holding his chest."

Wang Yi'e looked at You Qi with a flickering gaze.

You Qi said with a sad face, "Really, I dare not deceive the Governor."

Wang Yi'e suddenly asked, "Why did you quarrel with him? Weren't you living well at home before?"

"I don't know either. For some reason, Zhang Lao San was like a man of gunpowder that day. He insisted on asking me for 5,000 silver dollars to pawn Xi'er to me.

I was just playing around, I have a cousin at home. Besides, if I take her home, not only will my cousin scold me, but my godmother and the old lady will scold me too. How dare I take that woman back home? "

You Qi suddenly remembered something and said quickly, "Oh, Xi'er was right beside us at the time. She saw everything. Just ask her and you'll know the answer."

Wang Yi'e looked up at the roof of the cell.

Li E answered, "You Qi, Zhang Laosan's wife, Xi'er you mentioned, is gone."

You Qi jumped up suddenly, "Gone? What do you mean gone?"

"It means that we can't see the person alive or the body after death."

"How could a living person disappear?" You Qi's face turned pale, "Damn, who set a chain of tricks on me?

Who is it? Who is it? Who has such a deep hatred for me that he set up such a big trap to trick me? "

Wang Yi'e shook his head: "You are not that stupid. This case is not in your favor now, with all the evidence. And you have a special status, so many eyes are watching you, waiting for someone to bend the law for you."

You Qi's forehead and face were covered with sweat. "Master Duxian Wang, please, I am really being wronged."

“Who will prove that you are innocent?

On the contrary, there are dozens of witnesses who prove that you have occupied other people's wives and killed innocent people for no reason. There is also the bodies of the dead, the silver coins you gave, and the bloody clothes on you and your followers as evidence.

You Qi's face turned pale, and he couldn't even speak coherently. "I, I, I, Master Duxian Wang, please, please save my life."

"You stay here first. You'll be fine until the prosecutor and the magistrate have tried you. You've made Zhang Taiyue lose all his face!"

After saying that, Wang Yi'e turned and left, leaving You Qi begging behind him without even looking back.

When Wang Yi'e arrived at the prison gate, he said to the officials, "I know about this case. The procuratorate, the courts, and the administrative department should follow the procedures."

"Yes!"

On the way back to his residence in the carriage, Wang Yi'e suddenly asked Li E, "Yunying, do you think there are any spies of Yang Yinglong in Changde and Wuchang?"

Li E was stunned for a moment, and answered carefully: "Governor, the Yang family of Bozhou is the largest supplier of boards in the Huguang area. The boards are shipped down the river and sold not only to Changde, Changsha and Yuezhou, but also to Chongqing Prefecture, Jingzhou and Wuchang, and even to Nanjing.

The Yang family not only sold plates, but also privately opened mines, refined silver and extracted lead. They were the largest supplier of mercury in the Huguang area.

Yang Yinglong is very ambitious. I think he must have spies in Changde, Chongqing, Guiyang and other places. As for whether he has spies in Wuchang and Changsha, I can’t say for sure.

At this point, Li E's eyes lit up, "Governor, you left Changde and rushed to Wuchang, not for You Qi, but to confuse Yang Yinglong?"

Wang Yi'e smiled coldly, "That's right.

You Qi is just a manager in Zhang Taiyue's mansion. When he committed a crime, it is only a favor for me to ask a few questions.

This governor used his name to rush back to Wuchang with great fanfare, just to confuse Yang Yinglong. Yang Yinglong is vicious and cunning. He is now hiding in the turtle shell of the Tusi City of Bozhou, and it is difficult for us to fight him.

It was so difficult to lure his turtle head out, but I was worried that if I wasn't careful, he would get suspicious and the turtle head would retract again, which would be troublesome."

Li E nodded in agreement, "What the governor said is correct. We now have 30,000 troops stationed in Xiangxi, supposedly to supervise the transformation of the natives into officials in Dayong, Yongshun, Baojing, Tianzhu and other places, but after all, it is still very close to Tongren and Sinan.

You Qi was captured in Wuchang, which alarmed Huguang. The governor hurriedly left Changde and rushed to Wuchang. Yang Yinglong's spies in Changde City must have found out.

The news was passed back to Bozhou, giving Yang Yinglong peace of mind. "

"Yes, I just want to give Yang Yinglong some peace of mind." Wang Yi'e narrowed his eyes and said, "Yang Yinglong, I have studied him well. He is cunning and cruel, and he is cautious in his work, but he is arrogant by nature.

He often told people around him that the imperial court had few troops in Sichuan and Huguang, and that he wanted to be the king of the southwest and the king of Yelang. He often boasted that Bozhou was in a strategic location, and arrogantly said that if the imperial court wanted to deal with him, it would have to send out an army of 200,000.

Li E happily agreed, "The governor is very smart. He only sent 30,000 soldiers to Xiangxi, but Yang Yinglong didn't take it seriously.

He never imagined that these 30,000 soldiers were the elite among the elite. Except for the Zhenxiang Camp, the rest of the regiments were battle-hardened troops that had been trained in Guangxi, Guangdong, southern Jiangxi, Tingzhang and Annan.

Not only that, these three divisions have also conducted many training exercises in mountainous areas such as Baoqing, Wugang, Xinhua, Chenzhou, and Xupu, and have already adapted to the combat environment with high mountains, dense forests, deep valleys and long rivers in advance.

Now that the governor has left Changde with great fanfare, Yang Yinglong will not take it to heart any more."

"It would be better if he doesn't take it to heart. I want him to take out all his assets and stick his turtle head out of his turtle shell so that I can chop him off with one knife!

Yunying, you arrange it secretly."

Li E looked serious and accepted the task.

“The You Qi case was widely reported, and all kinds of legends were arranged.

For example, Zhang Xiang’s political enemies deliberately framed You Qi; You Qi, who was in charge of the Xiangfu, acted tyrannically, took someone else’s wife and beat someone else’s husband to death; someone wanted to flatter Zhang Xiang and was bent on justice for personal gain.”

Li E looked at Wang Yi'e, who was talking eloquently, and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Governor, you are killing two birds with one stone, paralyzing Yang Yinglong and stepping hard on Zhang Juzheng's face.

No wonder, after the incident with Pan Yinglong, no one in the Southeast faction could swallow their anger.
The You Qi incident was most likely the work of the Southeast faction. As for who was the mastermind behind it, the Governor must have known it.

"Governor, I have also spread this news to Changde City, and said that the Governor is very worried about this matter. He wanted to give Prime Minister Zhang a break, but was targeted by some of the censors."

Wang Yi'e laughed loudly, "Great, Yunying can draw inferences from one example. Let's arrange it this way. The more lively the better. Spread this news throughout Huguang. It would be best if we carry a tin loudspeaker and shout at the gate of Bozhou Xuanwei Office for three days and three nights.

Ha ha! "

As soon as I returned to the headquarters, a clerk brought me an urgent report.

"Governor, this is an urgent report just delivered to Xiangyang by the Post Office."

Wang Yi'e opened it and smiled happily, "Great! Zhang Fengpan is coming to Hubei at full speed. He has already entered Xiangyang City and is sailing down the Han River on a fast boat."

"Superintendent, Mr. Zhang Fengpan, the director of the Cultural Construction Committee?" Li E was a little curious. "He was ordered to go to the local area to guide cultural construction and inspect the schools in various provinces. Didn't he say that he would visit Henan first and then Hubei next month?"

Wang Yi'e sneered, "It must be that Prime Minister Zhang received the urgent letter from Jiangling Prefecture, and then wrote a letter to Zhang Fengpan. The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. The knot between us was caused by him, Zhang Fengpan, and he can't just sit there and watch.

Zhang Xiang has spoken, how can Zhang Fengpan not rush to Hubei? What if the governor, in order to vent his anger, instructs the Hubei Court of Justice to let You Qi pay with his life. If the verdict is changed, he will have to go to Master Zhao to pay his respects, and the price will not be the current price. "

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Li E thought about it and couldn't help laughing.

"Governor, what should we do?"

"What should we do? Counting the days, the spring and summer floods are coming. The river from Jingzhou to Huangzhou in Hubei is curved and prone to floods. The north and south of the river are both lands of fish and rice, so it is of great importance.

Starting tomorrow, we will depart from Wuchang and walk along the river to inspect the river dams. "

"Yes!"

On the north bank of Xintan Town, Jiayu County, Wuchang Prefecture, Wang Yi'e, wearing a colorful half-length shirt and trousers and a large sun hat, stood on the river bank with Li E, who was dressed similarly, looking at the Yangtze River rolling under their feet.

"The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, its waves wash away all heroes! Yunying, the Red Cliff Mountain is just ahead."

"Yes, Governor. In front of us is the Red Cliff Mountain where Su Dongpo wrote the Red Cliff Fu."

"That's not right. Su Dongpo was exiled to Huangzhou, which is more than 200 miles away from here. How could Su Dongpo travel so far to have a night tour? That's not right."

"Haha, Governor, this is a historical case, and even students can't explain it well."

"Yes, it's a historical case, let's ignore it. Yunying, you see the river makes a big turn here, and then another big turn at Dongjiangnao, forming a '几' character.

It is not good for people to go around in circles, and it is even more undesirable for the river to go around in circles. When the flood comes, this is the place where the dam is most likely to burst. Have all the hands been deployed?"

"Inspector, we have spread them all out. We will check the strength of the riverbank in sections according to your request."

"I have been a water transport supervisor for several years and have been in charge of river works on the Huai River and the Yellow River. The Yellow River and the Huai River are the most lucrative river works in the world, and they are also the places with the most fraud.

"I have been fighting wits and courage with those river rats for years, and I have learned a lot of skills from them. Now that I am here, they are just right for use."

"When the governor arrived in Huguang, the first thing he did was to kill the corrupt officials in the river engineering office.

I remember that there were four batches in total, Huanggang, Jiayu, Shishou, and Gong'an. A total of 460 corrupt officials were killed in these four places. I think they should be restrained. "

Wang Yi'e smiled coldly: "Restrain? Money can make people's hearts flutter. Some people only care about money and not their lives. For such people, I will help them!

I do not believe their oaths to heaven, I only believe the truth from my personal investigation. Did you tell them to disguise themselves in plain clothes so as not to alert the locals?"

"The inspector has been told. These inspectors were selected from the candidates recruited from Hubei and Hunan provinces in the autumn examination last year. They are familiar with practical matters, have sharp minds, and are down-to-earth in their work.

To be on the safe side, I also made cross-arrangements so that they could conduct overlapping reviews without knowing each other.

"Okay. Yunying, the river embankment is a major issue that concerns the safety of thousands of households on both sides of the river. Don't be careless. Don't be afraid of tediousness and trouble. We will take more trouble and time to find the loopholes in time. How many lives can be saved."

"Governor, I remember this."

"Yunying, you should keep a close eye on this matter. If the local authorities or the river administration office cause trouble, mobilize the guards immediately."

"Yes. The Office of the Headquarters has sent a letter to the Hubei Guards Command, asking them to issue military orders to the nearby guards and to be ready for orders at any time."

Wang Yi'e stood on the river bank, with his hands behind his back, looking out at the rushing river.

The sun was so bright at this time that the river reflected dazzling light, like countless diamonds sprinkled on it. Several boats came down from upstream, sailing downstream, as fast as galloping horses.

A few water birds flew over the masts, chasing the boat in the light and shadow.

Several boats downstream were paddling slowly forward, leaving a long white trail of water on the surface of the river.

The south bank of the river, in the sunlight and the sparkling waves, appears hazy and vague, like a mirage.

Wang Yi'e stared at the river for a while, then turned involuntarily to look at the southwest sky, his gaze seeming to travel through thousands of mountains and rivers.

After Li E finished explaining things to several followers, he walked back and saw Wang Yi'e's expression. He looked up and followed his gaze. Isn't that the direction of Sinan City?

"Duxian, are you worried about Ziming and the others?"

"Yes. Counting the days, the battle in Sinan is fierce right now, and the first military report should be delivered soon. I wonder if Ziming, Deng Yunqing and the others are fighting well?

I don’t know if Yang Yinglong has spent all his money as we expected.”

Li E advised: "The governor has made a brilliant plan and has made careful arrangements. I'm sure everything will go smoothly."

"There is no such thing as divine strategy in this world. It is nothing more than calculating the opponent's character. This governor took advantage of Yang Yinglong's ambition and arrogance, and took advantage of his contempt for the court.

But man proposes, God disposes. Now we have done our best, and it depends on whether God will help us."

"Superintendent, for God's sake"

"Report!" A guard ran from far inside the river bank and shouted loudly, panting.

Before he could run to the river bank, another guard came running over from a distance and shouted, "Report! Urgent!"

Wang Yi'e and Li E looked at each other. Two urgent reports?

What big thing happened at the front line that required two urgent reports to be sent out in succession?

(End of this chapter)