Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 98
Dezhou is under the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture in Shandong Province. As soon as the news reached the prefecture, the prefect of Jinan Prefecture hurried to Dezhou that night.

The emperor led all the people to stay in the county government office for the night, so that he could take care of Jia Ruzhu and others, and also avoid the eyes and ears of outsiders.

According to the investigation, what Jia Linyuan said is true.

Jia Ruzhu has been serving as a local parent official in Dezhou for three years, and Jia Lin has not been here for three months.

Jia Ruzhu took advantage of the fact that the market was occupied by Jian Jianheti, and deliberately did not divide the land for the new market, and took the opportunity to search for the people's aspirations.

The two brothers' ancestral home was in Jinling, one concubine and one concubine. Jia Linyuan's mother was a concubine and was under the control of the wife of the principal house.The main house is domineering, and Jia Ruzhu, as the eldest son, has always bullied the younger brother.

Chen Wenyi said: "Your Majesty, you know why Jia Lin was originally transferred to the county captain of Dezhou?"

The county lieutenant is only a seventh-rank official. Jia Linyuan said that he had seen the emperor and Chen Wenxin during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing. I am afraid that the original position is not too low.

The emperor said: "Could it be that he moved to the left because of something he committed?"

Zuoqian means relegation.

Chen Wenyi shook his head, "This man was originally the commander-in-chief of the Han Army with the inlaid blue flag, and he is also the seventh rank. Beijing officials are more expensive than local officials, so he has been demoted."

"The problem is that he didn't commit a crime, but he was well-trained."

The emperor nodded, "It seems that Jia Linyuan did not lie, he was not transferred to Dezhou voluntarily."

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that it was Jia Ruzhu who insisted on transferring Jia Lin through Tong Guowei's relationship.

"One more thing. The former county lieutenant of Dezhou died suddenly while in office."

The emperor suddenly showed anger, "Lan Xiang's words mean that the sudden death of the former county lieutenant is related to Jia Ruzhu?"

Chen Wenyi's ability to say this shows that even if this matter has not been verified, it is probably close to ten.

"This Jia Ruzhu really deserves to die! How dare you murder the imperial court official for your own self-interest!"

"What he has done is definitely more than just collecting money from merchants privately!"

"Check! Check it all out for me!"

The emperor was so angry that he threw the teacup in his hand heavily, Li Dequan hurried forward to clean up the teacup, but accidentally let the tea drip onto the table.

"Stupid thing! Such stupidity!"

Li Dequan fell to his knees with a thud, knocking his head on the ground, "Damn it, slave!"

"Get off!"

The corners of Chen Wenyi's mouth curled up slightly, and he could tell that Li Dequan had spilled the tea on purpose.

The emperor is a wise king, he will not scold his subjects when he is angry.But he held his breath in his heart and was depressed, so he had no choice but to scold the servant to vent his anger.

Li Dequan saw that the emperor was angry, so he made a mistake on purpose and asked the emperor to scold him.

Everyone in the palace knew that the more the emperor scolded someone, the more he praised him!
Just look at Li Dequan and Xiao Lizi, master and apprentice. They are the ones who are scolded the most by the emperor, and they are also the palace people with the highest status in the palace.

Of course, if concubines and ministers are scolded, it is usually true.

For example, the emperor once wrote a letter scolding Concubine Tong Gui in Tsinghua Garden, and at the same time accepted her phoenix seal to take charge of the power of the harem.

Chen Wenyi thought of Lu Zong, he was considered an exception among his subjects, right?

The emperor scolded him simply because he thought he was ugly...

The emperor scolded Li Dequan a few words, and he felt better.

Thinking that if Jia Ruzhu was just making money, he wouldn't want to kill his colleagues.

With Chen Wenyi, the prefect of Jinan Prefecture and a group of government officials, as well as Jia Linyuan's confession, Jia Ruzhu's criminal evidence was quickly listed and verified.

Indulging Tang San to oppress the people, occupying the market by building embankments, and plundering the people's fat and anointing.

There are 27 towns under the jurisdiction of Dezhou, almost every town occupies the market in the name of river control or other various names, and collects the so-called routine silver.

It was because of the unequal interests that he sent his men to murder the former county lieutenant.

Many of the criminal evidences were held by Jia Linyuan.

"It can be seen that Jia Linyuan is not a gangster. He did not dare to disobey on the surface. He secretly collected Jia Ruzhu's criminal evidence and waited for the right time to report him."

Before he could wait, the emperor came.

Only then did the emperor feel a little relieved, he made Jia Ruzhu very angry.

Shandong is adjacent to Zhili, and the fourth stop of the emperor's southern tour from Beijing is Dezhou.

At the feet of the emperor, how dare this Jia Ruzhu act so boldly, does he still have him as the emperor in his eyes?

Or is it only his so-called Tong Guozhang in his eyes?
The emperor waved his hand, "Wang Qing, quickly draw up an order for me to investigate Jia Ruzhu."

Chen Wenyi stopped him and said, "Think twice, Your Majesty. Jia Ruzhu's crimes have all been investigated and proved, and he will not escape death if he is handed over to the Jinan government for investigation. If your majesty drafts an order at this time, everyone will know his whereabouts."

"Where the emperor will go next, there will be no mistakes or omissions. That's all. I'm afraid that the more people know about the emperor's whereabouts, it will affect the emperor's safety."

The emperor made sense when he heard this, and heaved a long sigh.

Having said that, it's just that there is no clear purpose to investigate and deal with Jia Ruzhu at this moment, so it's hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart.

Wang Xi also persuaded: "The emperor's safety is a serious matter, why not submit this person to the Jinan government for investigation, I think the prefect will not dare to cover it up. There is another thing I am worried about..."

"what's up?"

Wang Xi cupped his hands, "Just now, the empress Qinqin sent someone to report. The emperor was talking with General Chen, so I went out to listen to the order of the empress."

It must be that when the emperor was angry just now, Li Dequan didn't notice the person sent by Chen Wenxin.

She usually sleeps until at least eight o'clock, so why did she wake up so early in the morning?
Thinking of Chen Wenxin, the emperor's expression softened unconsciously, "What did she say?"

"Your Majesty sent Imperial Physician Lu to visit the old man who was injured yesterday. It turned out that the old man was the father of the thick man who sold Yitoubing. The man learned that it was Imperial Physician Lu who rescued his father yesterday. He was grateful and said a lot about Jia Ruzhu. thing."

"This Jia Ruzhu has the guts to declare that it is the emperor's will to control the river. The emperor can only be blamed for occupying the market. How dare he, a mere magistrate, disobey the holy will..."

After Wang Xi finished speaking, his voice became softer. Seeing that the emperor looked ugly, he hurriedly lifted Chen Wenxin out again, "It's no small thing for your majesty to say this. Don't teach such greedy and violent people to ruin the emperor's eternal wisdom."

Chen Wenxin kept the matter of the beaten old man in his heart all night, got up early in the morning, and asked Bai Lu to invite Lu Zongtong to visit the old man.

She also specifically told Lu Zong to leave some wound medicine for the old man to take care of his health, and asked Bai Lu to give him some silver.

After Bai Lu passed the word back, she secretly thought it was bad.

The emperor valued the hearts of the people the most. As the saying goes, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it."

Jia Ruzhu has ruined the emperor's reputation in this way, if any riots are caused, the innocent people will suffer in the end.

Chen Wenxin himself did not report back and forth to the emperor in person, because of the saying that the harem should not interfere in politics.

Anyway, Jia Ruzhu's crime is a certainty, the emperor will tell her the details afterward.

The emperor was very moved, Chen Wenxin actually gave up her favorite lazy sleep because of this.

Even Wang Xi and others admired Chen Wenxin very much. She not only cared for ordinary people, but also had a discerning eye to protect the reputation of the emperor.

In the past, there were rumors in the court that this concubine was charming and served the king with her sex.

Now it seems that it is not that there is no wave without wind, but that the rumors are not credible.

Mistress Qin...

Really virtuous.

Huang Ji reported: "The original market in Dezhou County is indeed close to the river bank, and it was requisitioned to store sandbags and soil bags for temporary flood protection."

"Weichen has observed the layout of the entire county, and now the most suitable place for a market is the main street where the Confucius Restaurant is located."

"According to the layout, the main street can be set up to the street, where the roads are wide and the houses are neat."

The emperor nodded, "According to Huang Qing's words, this matter should be dealt with quickly. Not only the county town of Dezhou, but also all the towns under it must re-plan the market."

He frowned again, "That alone is not enough."

Chen Wenyi said: "You can ask the magistrate of Jinan Prefecture to come forward and put up a notice. Write it clearly in writing and ink. Occupying the market without demarcating another location is Jia Ruzhu's means of collecting money, which is not what he wanted."

These words are exactly in line with the emperor's wishes, "Wang Qing will personally draw up the notice, and bring it to me to see."

Wang Xi personally drafted the notice, so he was relieved.

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Seize Jia Ruzhu's private treasury, calculate how much money he has seized in total. And that Tang San, there must be a share between them."

"Scatter the money to the local merchants and peddlers in Texas, and the money originally belonged to them."

Under the personal supervision of the emperor, the prefect of Jinan handled things very quickly. Jia Ruzhu was confiscated and dismissed from his post, and was escorted to the capital.When he arrived in the capital, there was naturally the emperor's secret decree to deal with him, and he couldn't escape a word of death.

Tang San and others who aided the tyrant and abused the tyrants had no official position, so the Jinan government could directly sentence them.

Except for Tang San, who was the most arrogant and domineering, who was sentenced to hang, the rest, such as knife and pen officials and clerks, were all sentenced to exile.

The money confiscated from Jia Ruzhu's private treasury and Tang San's home totaled more than 12 taels.

There is so much money in three years of corruption in a mere county?

The emperor was shocked.

"It's a strange way to say that the magistrate was cleared for three years, and one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. A county in Dezhou can embezzle tens of thousands of silver. If it is the entire Jinan Prefecture, I don't know how much."

When it comes to Jinan Prefecture, the prefect and all the government officials look ugly.

Everyone immediately knelt down and said: "Go back to the emperor, the lower officials dare not, and the lower officials have not searched for the people's fat and anointment!"

Sitting high in the courtroom, the emperor glanced at the prefect lightly, "I didn't mention you."

"You did a good job investigating Jia Ruzhu's matter, do you know why I deal with Jia Ruzhu in the name of Jinan Prefecture?"

The magistrate hurriedly kowtowed, "The lower officials are dull, the emperor must not want to expose the whereabouts of the incognito tour."

It doesn't seem stupid.

"I believe that you will be of one mind with me and will not let others know my whereabouts."

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the magistrate.

"The next official must follow the emperor's instructions carefully, and never dare to reveal a single word to the outside world!"

The officials behind him kowtowed in agreement.

The prefect of Jinan is not stupid, he revealed the emperor's whereabouts, if the emperor is assassinated, wouldn't it be his responsibility?
Even if the chief officials of other prefectures in Shandong Province blamed him for not revealing the news in the future, he also admitted it.

Wealth and life are important...

(End of this chapter)