peasant young lady

Chapter 279
From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, officials in ancient China had clear time rules for going to court and leaving work (that is, leaving get off work).The morning court usually rises when the rooster crows, and is usually set at Mao time, that is, between [-] am and [-] am. The specific time is divided according to spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The off-duty time of officials is also determined according to the solar terms.The Qing Dynasty's "Imperial Six-Part Punishment Regulations" has unified regulations on the off-duty time of courtiers.After the vernal equinox, it is at Shenzheng time, which is four o'clock in the afternoon, and after the autumnal equinox, it is at Shenchu ​​time, that is, three o'clock in the afternoon.

Now that there is a unified regulation on the time of going to court and the time of departure, if officials do not commute to and from get off work on time, they will be punished.According to the Tang Dynasty's "Tang Law Discussion", one day of absence from work will be punished with 25 small boards, and every three days will be increased by one grade, and the 35th day will be [-] boards, and the [-]th day will be sentenced to one year in prison.This is just an ordinary official. If it is an important military minister or a "key official" serving in the border area, the crime will be added.

Although the time requirement is strict, the officials of various departments are still very happy when the time comes.Therefore, the official summoned by Shao Chen was in a good mood, and he walked up to Shao Chen to read the dossier he pointed to him, read it for a while, and asked puzzledly, "Is there any problem, Lord Vice Capital Censor? "

As soon as he heard the name of himself, Shao Chen hadn't reacted yet. He smiled, moved the chair next to him to let the official in front of him sit, and then said, "I have nothing to do and read all the files. , I found this," Shao Chen handed the file in front of him, "The earliest accusation about Wang Yue was even in the sixth year of Tianshun in Yingzong's reign. At that time, Wang Yue was only 36 years old. charge?"

The official sighed when he saw it, "Isn't it? This file has become an old case of the Procuratorate, and it has been backlogged all the time, especially now," the official looked around cautiously He looked at the people on the left and right who were busy packing up and going home, and then carefully whispered in Shao Chen's ear, "General Wang Yue has been reinstated. Who would dare to investigate his past crimes thoroughly? Is it over?"

Understandably, Shao Chen nodded, "Then do you know how these dossiers about Wang Yue came about?"

"I know," the little official nodded hurriedly, and began to scold like beans, "The file seen by the Vice Capital Censor is the first copy of Wang Yue's impeachment. He handed it over in the year of the township, and he wrote in detail about General Wang Yue's private transfer and acceptance with some officials during the Yingzong period when he served as the right deputy capital censor and the governor at the same time. "

As the little official said, he got up and picked out another file from the bookshelf at the corner of the wall. After handing it to Shao Chen, he went back and picked out a thicker file from another room. After thinking about it, I felt that there was nothing missing, so I sat back to the original seat, turned the two files to the places related to Wang Yue, and pointed them to Shao Chen, "Here is the official record of Wang Yue from the time of Emperor Xianzong to the Minister of the Ministry of War. It also records the collusion with Datong's chief envoy when the military affairs of Datong and Yansui, Ganning and Ningxia were in charge."

Shao Chen looked carefully up and down twice, and confirmed that it was correct. He couldn't help but look at the little official in surprise, "Then why didn't Wang Yue receive the punishment he deserved?"

"Oh, you don't understand," the petty official gushed endlessly, "At that time, apart from Wang Yue, who in the court and the public could shoulder the heavy responsibility of fighting against Oala, let alone he was banned for his military exploits at the same time." For Wei Ningbo, the power is shocking at home and abroad. Doesn’t the court only count on Wang Yue to win glory for the country? If there were another general who could take on the important task at that time, Wang Yue would never have been at ease for so long.”

Shao Chen thought about it and thought it was true. Although his grandfather Shao Lin was Wang Yue's general at the same time, Shao Lin was not as quick-witted and cruel as Wang Yue. In terms of using troops, he was not as bold and unexpected as Wang Yue.Shao Lin is suitable for suppressing rebels within the imperial court, while Wang Yue is more suitable for leading troops to deal with neighboring small countries. Their two positions are different.In layman's terms, although Shao Lin is easy to obtain military merit, he is also easy to be replaced, and Wang Yue, unless he finds another person who can replace him, he can always be so carefree.

Just like now, although Xiaozong knew that Wang Yue had ulterior motives, and was exiled by Xianzong for a few years because of his crimes, as long as the country has any foreign military struggles, it is still Wang Yue who stands out, which is irreplaceable.

Shao Chen's fist under the table tightened and tightened, and finally calmed down.He changed his mind. Now he not only wants to kill Wang Yue, but also wants him to be infamous for thousands of years, pay the due price for what he did before, and completely ruin his reputation.

These files can be regarded as a favorable breakthrough.

The little official didn't notice Shao Chen's strangeness, so he continued to speak, "Aside from Wang Yue's outstanding military achievements, even with this file alone, there is no way to convict Wang Yue."

Seeing Shao Chen looking at him, the little official scratched his head with a smile, "Although this file records Wang Yue's criminal evidence, in fact, there is not enough evidence to convict him at all."

Shao Chen understood that Wang Yue's illegal activities were recorded in this file, but there was no definite evidence at all.Even the criminal evidence provided by Xu Pu and Xu Xiang was mostly based on hearsay and his own understanding.Shao Chen believed that with Wang Yue's character, he could do such a thing, but there was very little evidence, which showed that Wang Yue was very cautious and did not leave any clues easily.

However, Shao Chen's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he pointed to the last file and asked, "What is this?"

The little official looked at what Shao Chen pointed out, and said, "This is a few years ago after Wang Yue was demoted and returned to his hometown in Anlu, Hubei, Du Zhiqian and Du Shangshu handed over the papers and stated the evidence of Wang Yue's guilt."

This is no ordinary criminal evidence. Du Zhiqian pointed out that Wang Yue even took the initiative to collude with Wala in order to make a comeback in the few years he was free, hoping that Wala would send troops to the Yili River Basin. Lead the troops to attack Wala.And Wang Yue may be convenient for Oala, and donate all the 20 taels of silver he has saved in his life to Oara.It was this battle, a wave of bluff, as long as it could cause panic in Xianzong and reinstate Wang Yue's official post, it would be fine.

But Oala did not agree, because between 1455 and 1490 A.D., Oirat was in a period of division. Especially in recent years, Oirat’s split has become stronger. The various forces in eastern Mongolia have become independent, and the Tatar forces have revived. After all, the whole of Oirat was in chaos, and there was even a vacancy in the position of Oirat Khan in the past few years, and there was no suitable candidate to succeed him.Under such a form, Wala has no leisure to care about Wang Yue's life and death.

This is a heinous crime of disobedience. For the sake of the power at hand, Wang Yue went so mad to such an extent.This plan failed, so they went to Pingtan Town to harass Xu Xiang and Princess Yongqing, trying to use that jade pendant to regain the favor, it is simply unscrupulous.

Just as Shao Chen was thinking about it, the little official expressed his emotion again, "This Wang Yue is simply a cunning rabbit, very cunning, the evidence of this crime is one after another, but you can't catch it, there are more of these It's a play of chasing after the wind and shadows, if you really want to convict Wang Yue, these alone are not enough."

Shao Chen laughed suddenly, and he looked sideways at the little official who shook his head and sighed, "Do you have a grudge against Wang Yue?"

The little official was stunned for a moment, and immediately giggled, "I, a nameless junior, how could I have anything to do with General Wang Yue? While hugging and putting it back to its original position, he sighed, "But there is no way, Wang Yue has done all kinds of bad things, but he has the ability to make His Majesty prefer to ignore his actions and use him. Nothing can be done."

The little official put the file away, and seeing that the people in the inspectorate had almost left, he raised his eyebrows at Shao Chen, "Vice capital censor, it's time to pay, let's go home."

Shao Chen was the last one to leave. He had something on his mind, and it was very preoccupied.Since he returned to the capital, he has not seen Wang Yue's face.He has always wondered, Wang Yue and the Shao family have a bloody feud, why did he promise Wang Qingwan that he would marry into the Shao family, and spend his whole life with someone who might just be a memorial tablet?
Shao Chen couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't think about it, but when he was walking back to Shao's house, Shao Chen suddenly stopped and looked at the Weng Mountain behind Shao's mansion. Cheng Xia seemed to have a different feeling for that mountain. How could he not know that there are other allusions to this mountain?

When he arrived at the gate of the Shao Mansion, a servant came up to greet him immediately, and saluted Shao Chen respectfully. He was still a little uncomfortable. He felt that it was unreal to be the master in this way, and it was also not good to be saluted by others anytime, anywhere. .The bamboo house in Qingxian Village suddenly appeared in his mind. On the left side of the door of the bamboo house, there were lotus wine, sweet-scented osmanthus wine and chrysanthemum wine brewed by Cheng Xia. Right now, Shao Mansion has all kinds of wine, but it is the only one that is missing. The feeling he wants.

After entering the door, without any accident, I really saw Wang Qingwan walking over in the corridor on the right. Since this time, as long as she went out by herself, she would wait here every time he came back.

"Brother Ah Chen," Wang Qingwan smiled sweetly, "I made some simple porridge dishes. When I entered the palace today, the empress dowager specially asked the imperial chef to teach me. Do you want to try it?"

Shao Chen looked in the direction of Leng Cuixuan in front of him, he knew that Cheng Xia was there, and Cheng Xia was waiting for him to come back.

However, Shao Chen took two deep breaths, moved his position slightly to the right, nodded to Wang Qingwan, and said "OK."

(End of this chapter)