Chapter six hundred and seventy-four: what the people want
A memorial was quickly delivered to the cabinet.
In the cabinet, I dare not underestimate this impeachment memorial.
So, the chief minister of the cabinet, Yao Wenzhi, personally summoned Chen Yishou, Su Fang and Cheng Yue to discuss.
The memorial has been circulated.
After reading it, Yao Wenzhi smiled at Chen Yishou and said, "The Prince Consort of Guang'an is the eldest princess' husband. He is involved in it, but he colluded with the Jiaofangsi and privately engaged in business and profit. What do you think about this? I must say that this crime is not light."
With a little helplessness in his words, the prince-consort was considered unlucky to meet Chen Kaizhi. Such a secret matter was discovered.
But if you have sins, you must be cured.
Therefore, Yao Wenzhi narrowed his eyes slightly and looked around everyone, with a faint expression, as if waiting for other people's opinions.
When Chen Yishou heard this, he said without hesitation: "If this is true, it is natural to punish the crime."
Su Fang remained silent. Everyone naturally knew that someone had begun to impeach Su Fang to occupy land in his hometown recently. Mingjingsi and Su Fang were incompatible, so he has become more cautious in his words and actions recently.
Cheng Yue heard the words, with a completely different attitude. He smiled: "The key to the problem is not this, but who gave the Jinyiwei the power, and why should the Jinyiwei investigate this case? Early this morning, Zong Lingfu, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice and other departments were furious about this. Now many people have complaints about Jinyiwei. Why? Because they rely on the power of arrest, they are taking people everywhere. What are they going to do? If this continues, people are panic and people are living in trouble. Therefore, this memorial is ignored. The matter of Guang'an's prince consort is naturally the agent of the Three Departments. If it is guilty, it is clear that according to the law, it is true. But if it is innocent, you should not learn from the Jinyiwei and frame it."
Yao Wenzhi nodded.
He knew that many people are resentful now, and even some of his disciples have many complaints.
Yao Wenzhi narrowed his eyes and thought for a while before slowly saying, "Since that's the case, then let the Three Divisions review it. This memorial still needs to be reported to the Queen Mother."
"The Three Sessions are probably not enough." Cheng Yue smiled and stroked his beards and said, "Since Chen Kaizhi has submitted this memorial, what if the results of the Three Sessions' trial go against Chen Kaizhi's memorial? I am a man who is well aware of Chen Kaizhi. Now, relying on the favor of the queen mother, he has already raised his tail to the sky. Moreover, it is said that many people are blinded by this person and believe in him deeply."
The princes nodded one after another.
This is the truth. Chen Kaizhi was able to mobilize more than 200,000 people to sign him to defend him. Although this is related to the strong support of the officers and the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers of the Five City Military and Ma Si, at least it still shows that this person has good people's expectations.
Chen Kaizhi has so many people’s support, and it is obvious how strong his appeal is.
Think about it, the people have their own doubts about the officials of the court. To put it bluntly, most of them think that officials protect each other and think that this is not a good thing.
Chen Kaizhi, who shot himself into the Zhao Palace, eliminated the scoundrels on the street, and as he said in his Anmin An notice, captured many unstoppable criminals. Not to mention other places, just in Luoyang, many of the people in Luoyang believed in Chen Kaizhi.
Because they could feel that the bullying of others on the streets has been significantly reduced. Those arrogant and domineering young men who have always been surrounded by their tails are also used to be humans. The Jinyiwei Lishi also went out diligently and no longer asked for tea and water fees as before. Although they collected Ping'an money, they clearly marked the price. In fact, ordinary merchants don’t pay much Ping'an money. Compared with the past, any gods dared to come to the door, which is many times better.
This visible and touching change has made Chen Kaizhi's recent people look at the top of the sky. If the three officials come to review it now, if there is any difference with Chen Kaizhi's memorial, it will inevitably cause criticism again.
Cheng Yue felt a little bored. Chen Kaizhi was troubled by everyone. He narrowed his eyes slightly and frowned: "Chen Kaizhi's comments clearly meant to use this memorial to kill his heart. This person is so cunning, so the three officials come to review, and I am afraid that they will not be able to convince the public."
Yao Wenzhi and others seemed to have no objection to this, and Yao Wenzhi said: "So, according to you, what should we do?"
Cheng Yue stroked his beard and said lightly: "When Emperor Wen was there, a major case was filed. In order to convince the public, he took the lead and ordered the Sixth Division to interrogate. It would be better to interrogate the Sixth Division to investigate this case. How about the Sixth Division?
The Sixth Division will review it, this is a big deal.
The so-called Six Divisions are the ones in addition to Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate, plus Mingjing Division, Jingzhao Prefecture and the Ministry of Rites, which includes almost all important government offices. Logically speaking, the more people interrogate, the smaller the possibility of cheating, and the easiest to get the truth.
Yao Wenzhi looked at Chen Yishou and Su Fang and asked slowly: "What are the opinions of the second master?"
Chen Yishou hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly: "I have no objection."
Su Fang seemed to have no better opinion. This was related to the prince-consort and the royal relatives. He naturally had nothing to say. He nodded and said in agreement: "What Mr. Cheng said makes sense."
"Since that's the case," Yao Wenzhi saw that everyone had no other opinions and almost reached a united front, so he spoke slowly: "Then I, come and write a ticket in person."
The so-called "publication" means adding the views of the cabinet's Grand Secretary on this memorial. After all, the cabinet's Grand Secretary is not qualified to make a decision. They have the right to make suggestions. Under the memorial, the bill will be expressed and submitted to the palace. The emperor or the empress dowager who is currently in power will choose to approve or not approve according to the advice of the cabinet's Grand Secretary.
In this way, the burden on the emperor will be greatly reduced. Unless the emperor has other ideas, he will make other approvals below, and generally, it will be implemented accordingly.
Yao Wenzhi smiled: "A memorial, a prince consort, unexpectedly, would cause such a big disturbance. If it were in the past, it would be unimaginable."
Cheng Yue seemed very unhappy: "The Jinyiwei is becoming more and more domineering now. If he doesn't check or balance, he is afraid that Chen Kaizhi will be Zhang Tang in the future."
Yao Wenzhi smiled unanimously: "Okay, it's not too early, and there are still many memorials to be written today."
A conversation is a brief end.
Sure enough, early the next morning, the imperial edict for the Sixth Division came down. Chen Kaizhi saw the news in the mansion report the next day. The court seemed to be firm in this regard. The once-in-a-century Sixth Division trial suddenly made the capital lively.
Chen Kaizhi just smiled and his thoughts were all on the changes in the internal structure of the Jinyiwei. For example, after urgent renovation, the Jinyiwei's yamen can already be put into office.
Chen Kaizhi moved out of Jingzhao Mansion, and the staff of the Jinyiwei North and South Fufu Division and the Wenshu Department were mostly in place.
In addition, Ping An’s money has probably begun to be collected. The brothels and gambling houses that were originally ordered to be closed have now started to open after surrendering and buying Ping An’s brand.
In just over a dozen days, a newly-established yamen began to shine quickly. In addition, the weapons and military uniforms of the Jinyiwei were also distributed.
The armor was imitated by Chen Kaizhi's style of the Flying Fish Clothing of the Jinyiwei in the previous world. Of course, it did not use yellow material, but used navy blue. The swords were all sharp and straight. Because they were made of stainless steel, the sword was not thick and straight and light. The Jinyiwei changed all the clothes. The navy blue flying fish Clothing and the embroidered spring sword on the waist were fresh in appearance, so the strong men patrolled the streets, each of them was extremely energetic and well identified on the streets. If ordinary sluts saw the strong men appear, they were all afraid of them like tigers. Such distinctive armor, coupled with the Jinyiwei demarcated the area, almost ensured that within an hour, there would be someone patrolling any street and alley once, which made the people feel at ease.
Many people suddenly realized that the transactions in Luoyang City have become easier to do.
In the past, there was no unified rule. When a shop was opened, all kinds of officials and thugs came to the door every now and then. Today is the Five City Military and Horse Office, tomorrow is the Jingzhao Mansion, and the next day, they claim to be a certain yamen and a certain corps. It was so annoying. Not only that, if they didn’t manage the thugs on the street, God knows what would happen.
Now, we have to open a shop, which is simple and convenient. We have to buy the goods, then go to the local 100 households, buy a Ping An sign, pay the monthly money on time, and then start doing business by hanging it in front of the door, and even... we no longer need to find a backer, because at least on this street, the Jinyiwei has become the biggest backer.
These merchants don’t have to please anyone. As long as they buy Ping An brand, they can do business with peace of mind. There is no such thing as before, and they will have trouble coming to the door every now and then.
What's more, every hundred households have various notices. If anyone caught today, where the fire occurred, or any hidden dangers appeared in the neighborhood, they would all be posted to inform them. After the department, there were already special civil servants responsible for the publicity. In addition, the school also began to print "Xiaowen Lu" related to "Xiaowen Lu".
This "Xiyuanlu" is better to say it is a collection of stories in the story. It is all about XXX criminals. What did they do and how they were arrested will also have some lustful descriptions. However, in this era of entertainment poverty, the emergence of "Xiyuanlu" has become a good thing for many people to pass the time.
The price of Xi'an Lu is not expensive, and even the Jinyiwei subsidized some money to get in. So Xi'an Lu suddenly became popular. In the first issue, it sold more than 9,000 copies.
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Chapter completed!