Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 86 Emperor Qianlong Visits Taiyuan County Magistrate Fengxue to Observe People's Feelings (1)
The case of Lu Lusheng only passed one session in Nanjing, and E Shan and Yin Jishan reported the results of the preliminary trial to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.According to E Shan's thinking, the Ministry of Punishment is in a hurry to order the provinces to strictly investigate and arrest, and Jiangnan Province must immediately send the criminals to Beijing.Unexpectedly, Liu Tongxun stood still and asked several times, but his answer was "Temporarily detained in Nanjing, don't let him die in prison, and wait for further notice from the Ministry of Punishment."Discussing with Yin Jishan, Yin Jishan also said ambiguously: "The emperor is not in a hurry, why are the eunuchs in a hurry? Take care of the yamen of the standard office, and take good care of this Lu Lusheng."

E Shan went to the governor's yamen for no reason, and became the presiding judge for no reason. The case was stuck in his hands and he couldn't get rid of it.Yin Jishan knew that there was a lot of trouble behind this case, and he didn't want to cause trouble, so he pushed it to E Shan, who didn't know the dangers of his official career. Suspicion and suspicion. As far as I can see, Liu Tongxun and Shi Yizhi must be busy with the two cases in Shanxi and have no time to spare. I am directly responsible for this matter. You have made no mistakes, what are you afraid of?"

"I'm not afraid." E Shan frowned and said, "They called Naren, and we caught them, so what can we say? I just don't understand what they mean, and I always feel that there is something behind this incident. After the show is over, I will ask again. If he still answers the same way, I will write an impeachment report to impeach Shi Yizhi and Liu Tongxun. These Han people are different from us, and no matter how honest they are, there are some twists and turns in their hearts. Bah!" Yin Jishan said with a smile, "Look at your gentle and courteous face, you are still angry! They didn't tell you to indulge the criminals. What are you impeaching? If you don't feel at ease, you will personally escort Lu Lusheng to Beijing after Qiu Wei is over, and send him to the Ministry of Punishment. Let's see if they will accept it or not?" Eshan never imagined that Yin Jishan wanted to put the case aside completely, and after a while he said, "I came back from Beijing not long ago, and I went again and again for a prisoner. The people in the Ministry are the worst, maybe they will think: This E Shan has come to the emperor again to offer his service."

Yin Jishan laughed loudly, and saw someone handing in the papers in the next room, he hurriedly covered it up, patted Eshan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'm afraid people will say this, don't be an official. We are courtiers, and we don't show up in front of your father. Is it possible to kowtow to beggars in the street? People in the Ministry of Officials don’t think so, you go to give them charcoal respect, give money to the printing ending, and your black eyes are only focused on money, it’s too late to be happy!” A few words said E Shan All the gloom on his face dissipated.After they dispersed, they randomly picked a few disciples. Before the list was announced, they ordered dozens of people from the patrol hall, and escorted Lu Lusheng back to Beijing with him.E Shan didn't stay at the post station either, so he went directly to Shengjiang Alley with the supervision car, handed him a famous card, and wanted to see Shi Yizhi directly.People in Beijing love to watch the excitement. When they heard that they had got someone who "pretended to be Mr. Sun and wrote a book to scold the emperor", they immediately surrounded hundreds of people, making the gate of the Ministry of Punishment noisy. The prisoner is in prison!" Then he turned to E Shan and smiled, "If Shi Butang is not here, we Master Liu will come to welcome you." While speaking, Liu Tongxun came out with a smile on his face.

"Yanqing, what's the matter with you guys!" E Shanjin signed the bond, and sat down and said, "Arrest Lu Lusheng, the city of Nanjing is a sensation, and there are rumors outside that the trial will be held in Nanjing. Your reply is vague. Yuan Chang, we discussed it, and I happened to go to the household department to urge the money, so I brought it to you."

Liu Tongxun just laughed when he heard that, poured tea for E Shan himself, and said, "Don't be in a hurry, Mr. Shan. Listen to me. The Ministry of Punishment is more urgent than you!" He looked out and lowered his voice, "The emperor is not in Beijing, the Ministry of History The hall is not in Beijing either!" "Really!" Eshan's eyes jumped suddenly: "The emperor is on tour? Why didn't you see it in the mansion newspaper?" Liu Tongxun nodded and said, "This time the emperor went out in disguise. Naturally, the mansion newspaper did not Deng. Prince Zhuang, Ertai, Ji Yun, and Qian Du from our yamen also followed."

"Where did you go?" E Shan blurted out. Seeing Liu Tongxun smiled and didn't answer, he immediately realized that he shouldn't have asked this question, so he changed his words and said, "—I mean, I don't know how long it will be before the Holy Majesty returns. I want to mention 100 this time." If you don’t ask for an order, the Ministry of Households will definitely not dare to allocate it to me without permission.”

Liu Tongxun took off his big hat, stroked his shiny shaved forehead and said, "I don't know when I'll be back. Even if the emperor goes out, only the people in the upper study, the military aircraft department and the admirals of the Nine Gates will know, and I just found out not long ago." I think, at my level, I know that maybe the emperor is coming back soon, maybe he has already come back, and there are some people who don’t see people for a while.” Hearing these words, E Shan slipped without touching the ground, cursing in his heart "Loach", but said with a smile: "It seems that I am reckless. The person has already been escorted, handed over to you, and it is up to you to interrogate." Liu Tongxun seemed to be smiling, and said: "He wrote a fake memorial, and you will interrogate him." After that, he also confessed. I think the case can be closed, it doesn’t mean much.”

"That's not what I said next." E Shan said, "You know that Lu is just an official with the size of a mustard seed. Who provided him with all these messy things? Some of the things mentioned in the book even went to the study He and the people in the Military Aircraft Department don’t know! How did this book get to the study room, and it was presented to the imperial court in a grand manner? Lu Lusheng is a man of wealth and has no backing. How dare he write it? When the Dongchuang incident happened, he cheated money all the way from Yungui to Jiangnan?"

"It seems that you are no stranger to criminal names." Liu Tongxun smiled, "Shan Gong, you presided over his interrogation, why didn't you ask clearly? He has already committed the crime, so he is still willing to hide these things for others? ?”

E Shan was dumbfounded by his quick question. It wasn't until then that he realized that it was inappropriate to interrogate Lu Lusheng. After thinking about it, he couldn't blame Yin Jishan, so he had to admit that it was bad luck.Liu Tongxun felt that it was too embarrassing for him to rob E Shan, "Shangong, you are so honest. It is not difficult to try this case, the difficulty is to close the case. Therefore, it cannot be tried, and there must be an imperial edict. The imperial edict must be investigated and dealt with strictly. There are different trial laws, which is why the Ministry of Criminal Justice temporarily does not accept cases. Think about it, the mastermind is guilty, the person is guilty, incitement is guilty, rumor is guilty, and knowing is guilty. No wonder! With such a big scandal, would the Emperor be willing to expose it to the world? But if you only asked about making false manuscripts, the case would be cleared up, and if the two hundred and five thousand generals were killed with one knife, the case would be considered closed, right? Isn't it?" The more Liu Tongxun said, the more regretful E Shan was.Turning to think that Yin Jishan and himself are both Manchus, it is better for Liu Tongxun, a Han man, to be honest with him.E Shan thought about it, but he bowed in his chair and said sincerely: "I really understand, Yanqing, you treat your friends with sincerity! I look forward to your advice!"

"I saw your interrogation statement." Liu Tongxun said, "The question was just right, and there was no mistake. Your holy family is so good, the emperor will only praise you, so don't worry." Seeing E Shancheng, he begged for advice , I was also moved in my heart, and quietly offered an idea for E Shan. "Since I have come to Beijing, I will meet the emperor no matter what. The emperor will definitely ask about Lu Lusheng's case. If I can think of a way to report it, everything will be fine."

E Shan was silent after hearing this, and staring at Liu Tongxun was very grateful. It was a brilliant idea for him to personally suggest that Lu Lusheng should not be implicated in the case.And doing so is really beneficial to the court.Thinking about the words I scolded Liu Tongxun in front of Yin Jishan, I felt ashamed in my heart, so I got up and bowed and said, "Yanqing, I will resign now. When Yizhi and the others come back, I will hand over the sign to see the emperor. If you are free, you can always Go to the house, I have a lot of good wine there, if an outsider doesn't call, let's have a good chat!" After saying that, he resigned.Liu Tongxun came back after sending it to the gate of the second hall.E Shan saw Le Min coming in from the gate in a blink of an eye, because he met Yin Jishan in the mansion, he must have come to find money, but at this moment, he hated Yin Jishan deeply, because the house was too dark, he didn't want to strike up a conversation with Le Min, so he turned his face to pretend Tsukuru left without seeing it.

Qianlong is currently stationed in Taiyuan County Government.He has been here for ten days, and even the governor, general, admiral, and even the imperial envoys Fu Heng, Yang Sijing, and the newcomer Sun Jiagan, no one knows that Yu Jia is in the city.

The Taiyuan County Yamen is located in the northwest corner of the city, and there are so many yamen in the huge provincial city that it can't be seen at all.This is a large courtyard, with the screen wall, gate, lobby, second hall, and Qinzhi hall as the central axis. There is a study and a garden on the west, a flower hall and a large courtyard on the east. It used to be the residence of Sanban Zaoli.After receiving the secret order from the Military Aircraft Department, the county magistrate sent all the servants to the South Prison to take care of the prisoners.The people who came came and went in and out of the east courtyard, and he didn't know their identities, because he was ordered not to intervene, he still handled official business in the signing room every day, and Qianlong's people did not come to interfere.At this time, it was early winter, and the atmosphere in Taiyuan City was extremely cold. The grass was withered and the leaves were falling, and the trees were withered.However, the lawsuit between Sahalang and Kaerqin was like a boiling water.Fu Heng's imperial envoy in the southwest of the city closed the door to thank guests, and even Sun Jiagan did not go to greet him when he arrived.Kaer Jishan stopped the governor's yamen's office affairs, and with two fists, he hit Sahalang with one hand and Kaerqin with the other.Yang Sijing, with a sign on the left and a constitution on the right, summoned dozens of officials above the seventh rank for interrogation, most of whom bit the plaintiff Kar Jishan, which made the governor restless every day in court.Seeing that Yang Sijing was partial to the defendant, but the plaintiff, Karjishan, held the stolen evidence in his hand and did not flinch. The newcomer Sun Jiagan said he wanted to "find the bottom line", despite the quarrel of these dirty officials every day, he was like a dumb.This kind of scene is quite lively and beautiful-then Qianlong went out more and more often.

Entering October, there was a cold rain, which turned into snow in the middle of the fall, and the thick crimson clouds pressed down on the city of Taiyuan, and the white salt-like snow particles hurt people's faces, whistling The north wind blew all night, and the weather suddenly became extremely cold.Qianlong was used to getting up early, and lay down on the kang to sleep all night. When he opened his eyes and saw the window paper was bright, he thought he was getting up late. While complaining that Bu Ren didn't wake him up earlier, he ordered someone to dress him.Bu Ren and Bu Yi hurriedly dressed the sullen Qianlong, and said, "Master, it's not that the servants don't know how to be careful in serving you. The snow outside is overwhelming, and the window paper is shining with the snow. Actually, it's still early." Over there, Ertai and Lord Zhuang haven’t woken up yet!”

"Oh, it's snowing heavily?" Qianlong's eyes jumped in surprise, "Looking at it like that last night, the snow melted when it hit the ground, and I thought it wouldn't snow anymore!" After Bu Yi tied the belt for him, Qianlong stretched his hands Suddenly, he went to the door and opened it.A gust of cold wind immediately rolled in the door wrapped in snow, making Qianlong's face and neck covered in snow.Bu Ren and Bu Yi were worried that he would have an attack, but Qianlong laughed and said, "What a snow scene!" He stepped on his suede oil boots and went out.Selenge, who was guarding the door, was already like a snowman. When he saw Qianlong coming out, he hurriedly brushed off the snow from his body, and followed him not far or near.

It was a really good snow.Stepping out of the yamen, I saw a vast expanse. The usually inconspicuous pond in front of the yamen was frozen like a mirror, and the snow and dust on the ice were swirling and floating like smoke in the wind. The willow branch girl by the pond The same dance.Qianlong strolled around the pond and stepped on the snow.Two figures gradually appeared on the white snow embankment, and when they got closer, they were Ji Yun and Qian Du standing on a sunken bank.Because it was too cold, both of them wore earmuffs, stomped their feet with one hand, and stared blankly at the opposite bank.Qianlong couldn't help laughing behind his back: "These two geniuses can be regarded as literati, dressed like black bears, with their necks curled up and their hands together, and they came to enjoy the snow! It's really a shame to burn the piano and cook the crane. Snow. Disgusting scenery!"

(End of this chapter)