Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 420: Pursue the victory
The Dali Temple, the Censorate, and the Ministry of Justice held a joint trial.

The Grand Court Judge Wu Shu, the Minister of Justice Zhang Fangxun, and the Chief Censor Sui Xiaofeng sat at the top, with the Grand Court Judge Wu Shu in the middle.

The Dali Temple Minister Wu Shu also found a few Japanese people from Fanfang.

Among them were the Japanese ronin Mikami Chigaya and Hojo Daisho, both of whom were once samurai under the command of the Japanese lords.

Not only are they proficient in Chinese, but they are also very familiar with the political situation in Japan.

After examining the letter left by Fujiwara no Himeka, they confirmed with certainty to the Three Laws Chief that the seal on the letter was indeed the seal of the chief of the Whale Sea Shrine, and its authenticity was beyond doubt.

In addition, they also used Chinese to give a detailed introduction to the current political situation in Japan to the leaders of the Three Law Departments.

What they said about the situation in Japan was exactly as the three Japanese ninjas who came to the Dali Temple to report the news had said.

Then, the three judges brought in a group of criminals for trial.

Shanyin Military Commander Chu Yuan now only wanted to die quickly, while Qin Hui and Lin Yifei had completely lost the idea of ​​resisting.

They themselves are officials, and high-ranking ones at that, and they know very well that the case has been decided from the moment the three judges jointly went to court.

Calling them to class is just a formality. There is nothing to resist.

Moreover, the entire chain of evidence was complete and conclusive, and they openly confessed the causes and consequences of the assassination plot in court.

The Chief Censor Sui Xiaofeng was sitting on it, looking very unhappy.

As Qin Hui's loyal lackey, he helped Qin Hui bite many people over the years.

After Qin Hui's death, the newly crowned top scholar Yang Yuan took the lead in prosecuting Qin Hui's crimes and redressing Yue Fei's injustice.

In order to protect himself, he mobilized people from the Censorate to defend Qin Hui in every possible way.

They even dug up the fact that Yang Yuan had hooked up with a female official in the Privy Council and beat up his superior, in an attempt to discredit Yang Yuan.

As a result, today, as the presiding judge, he had to convict Qin Hui here.

Moreover, Qin Hui's son confessed in court, so he had no chance to maneuver.

After the case is finalized, his future is worrying!

Sui Zhongcheng thought to himself that the best outcome might be to be demoted and become a commoner.

And now he has to participate in the conviction of a group of people. Only after these people are convicted can he be convicted. At least he is guilty of dereliction of duty and serious negligence. You can imagine how he feels.

In the end, Qin Hui, Lin Yifei and other main members involved in the case were sentenced to crucifixion, beheading and hanging according to the severity of their crimes.

In Western culture, beheading is a noble way to die, and hanging is the treatment for civilians.

But in Eastern culture, on the contrary, being sentenced to hanging is a more lenient way to die because it allows the body to be left intact.

The families of these convicted officials were exiled to different places according to the severity of their crimes.

Among them, the Qin family was exiled to Yazhou and was under the jurisdiction of the local Jiyang Army.

It was during this exile that Zhao Yuan remembered that Hu Quan, the editor of the Privy Council who had written a letter in the eighth year of Shaoxing, cursing Qin Hui as a traitor and requesting the government to kill Qin Hui, was still on Hainan Island.

Zhao Yuan was only eleven years old at the time, so naturally she didn't know about this.

However, there have been many memorials recently seeking redress for Yue Fei, and many of them mentioned Hu Quan.

Zhao Yuan asked the Ministry of Personnel about Hu Quan's whereabouts and was delighted to learn that this man was still alive and well on Hainan Island.

Zhao Yuan immediately issued an edict to rehabilitate Hu Quan and promoted him to the position of Langguan of the Ministry of Personnel.

He has suffered for so many years, and he was already an editor of the Privy Council seventeen years ago. If he had been promoted normally, he would now be more than just a Langguan of the Ministry of Personnel.

Therefore, the Ministry of Personnel and the prime ministers had no reason to object.

The decree was issued and immediately sent to Yazhou, where the prisoners' families had just started on their journey.

"Mrs. Tong" Qin Jiayue is now a thirteen-year-old girl, as beautiful as a flower.

According to the original history, she should be the wife of Uncle Wu now.

However, after the incident at the Qin family, Wu Guojiu's family decisively cancelled the engagement.

Therefore, she was also exiled to Hainan Island.

However, Qin Hui and his son were, after all, people who had held the highest civil and military positions in the Song Dynasty.

When such families fell into trouble, the officials and clerks did not dare to bully their families too much.

At least they didn't dare to do anything bad because of the beauty of the Qin family's women.

The power of the Qin faction is far from disappearing completely.

Moreover, Qin Hui served as prime minister for 18 years, and during these 18 years, the selection and appointment of officials, both large and small, had to go through his hands.

Even if they are not his followers, but officials who were promoted in an impartial manner, they have to owe him some favor.

The Qin family who were exiled to Yazhou are now headed by the third generation Qin Xun.

Qin Xun was the top three scholar in the previous exam.

Yang Yuan remembered that Qin Xun's sons and grandsons were many who were loyal to the emperor and patriotic. In history, they had sacrificed their lives heroically to protect the city of Song.

Now the fate of the Qin clan has changed, and I don't know what kind of people the Qin descendants will choose to be in the end. I hope they will learn from their shame and then be brave.

……

In the Funing Palace, Emperor Zhao Yuan and Prince of Jin Zhao Qiu were sitting on chairs chatting.

Qin Hui's crimes have been made known to the world, but he is now charged with treason and regicide.

This does not exonerate Yue Fei's "crime".

Therefore, Zhao Yuan issued an edict, ordering the Dali Temple to re-examine the case of Yue Fei.

It was the Dali Temple that convicted Yue Fei in the first place, and now it is up to the Dali Temple to overturn Yue Fei's verdict, and this verdict must be overturned.

This is the trend of the times.

For the censors, how well and to what extent the case is overturned will determine how severe the sanctions will be on them when the government cleans up the censor system.

All officials in the censorate system were well aware of this.

It is unrealistic to resist stubbornly. Besides, what kind of moral integrity can a group of people who are willing to be Qin Hui's dogs have?

They knew that the government not only wanted to overturn Yue Fei's verdict, but also wanted to use this case to bring down Prime Minister Wanqi Xie.

But they had no choice. They would rather let their friends die than let themselves be killed. They could only cheer up and re-examine the case of Yue Fei.

Wanqi Xie, who once played an important role in Yue Fei's unjust case, is now very sad.

……

"Taijian, I must take it back."

Zhao Yuan said to Zhao Yu seriously: "After the Yuanfeng Reform, the censorship was controlled by the prime minister instead of the emperor.

The reason for the change is that when the censors were directly under the emperor, in order to be able to "do something", they interfered with all the policies of the two houses, resulting in the inability to implement various policies of the court and serious delays in the operation of the country.

However, after the power was transferred to the prime minister, this problem was solved, but a new problem arose. That is, once the prime minister wanted to form a clique and attack dissidents, the censorate would become a sharp weapon for the prime minister to attack dissidents.

In particular, most of the officials in charge of the imperial lectures came from the Censorate, and they often came into contact with the emperor and were the most capable of detecting people's active rest.

In this way, the prime minister can control the court's mouthpiece and the monarch's every move, which is a huge drawback. "

Zhao Yu said lazily: "The emperor just said that it was because the censorate was directly under the emperor that there were too many disadvantages, so it was changed to be under the jurisdiction of the prime minister.

Now the Prime Minister is not in charge, so we have to take it back. But after taking it back, what should we do about the disadvantages of being directly under the emperor? "

Zhao Yuan sighed and said, "This is exactly why I want to discuss this with you. The censors are in the hands of the emperor, which has both advantages and disadvantages. They are in the hands of the prime minister, which also has both advantages and disadvantages.

I can’t put it above the power of the emperor and the prime minister. After all, the officials of the censorate are also human beings, and human beings have selfish desires.”

Zhao Yu frowned and said, "This is indeed a problem."

Zhao Yuan said: "Brother Qu, I know you are a very smart person. I have thought about this matter. But I still hope you can help me think of a solution.

There may not be an absolutely perfect solution, of course. But we should find a way to make up for the drawbacks we already know about.”

After hearing this, Zhao Yu rolled his eyes and said, "In the past, you and I both had to act very hard to compete for the position of crown prince, which was extremely difficult.

Now that you have become an official, the dust has settled, and I should just let my horse go and live a carefree life. But what happened? Now I am working harder than before. Why did I do this?"

Zhao Yuan said unhappily, "When have you ever worked hard? Besides, have I ever asked you to do anything? If you don't want to do it, that's fine. From now on, you must attend court meetings and imperial meetings. I won't grant you leave. Don't say you have a headache or a fever, you have to come even if you are missing an arm or a leg."

Zhao Yu sighed and said, "We are of the same origin, why are you so anxious to hurt me? You can suffer alone, why do you have to drag me along? Okay, okay, I will help you to think about this matter, and it will not happen again."

Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "That's right. If you don't help me, who can?"

At this point, his expression became slightly serious, and he asked, "Brother Qu, have the three Japanese ninjas been found yet?"

Zhao Yu shook his head: "There are more than 700,000 settled people in Lin'an, and 300,000 to 500,000 floating population, a total of one million people. If only three people hid in the crowd, where can we find them?"

The Lin'an City at that time was much smaller than the Hangzhou City in later generations.

The population density is much higher than that of Hangzhou in later generations.

Under the conditions at that time, it was extremely difficult to find people in such a densely populated area.

Zhao Yuan couldn't help but frown and said, "They come and go without a trace. They were able to assassinate the late emperor and come and go freely in front of the Dali Temple. Even if they have no ill intentions towards our court, we still have to be on guard against them."

In fact, Zhao Yuan had discussed this worry with Yang Yuan when Zhao Qiu invited Yang Yuan to his Gushan Villa to have a drink with him.

Zhao Qu's worries at that time were roughly similar to Zhao Yuan's at this moment.

However, he had already listened to Yang Yuan's detailed analysis for him, so he knew what was going on and was naturally not panicking.

Hearing the emperor's concerns, Zhao Yu said, "Japanese ninjas specialize in stealth and concealment, and are good at reconnaissance and assassination. They do have some abilities that are hard to guard against.

But in the final analysis, they are just like the scouts in our army, there is not much difference. Would the officials worry about the harm caused by the scouts in our army? "

Zhao Yuan thought for a moment and called out, "Xiao Luo."

Luo Tingxia appeared in response, like a ghost.

Zhao Yuan asked, "Tell me, what are the abilities of the Japanese ninjas?"

(End of this chapter)