Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 437 Nobody
After all the spectators had left, Yang Yuan asked the clerks and runners to arrange for the elderly and children to leave.

Yang Yuan personally sent them back to the orphanage and the poorhouse.

With what he did today, even if he no longer accompanies them in person, the clerks and runners would not dare to change the general procedures at will.

When Yang Yuan arrived at the gate of the government office, the gatekeeper bowed to him and called him "Yang Tongpan".

Then he turned around and shouted to the gatehouse, "President Yang is back."

Several people immediately came out of the concierge.

Yang Yuan looked carefully and saw that it was Fan Jiang, Wang Yeran and Wen Tian.

There was another person next to him, but Yang Yuan didn't recognize him.

Yang Yuan was surprised and asked, "How come you have time to come here at this time?"

Young Master Wang said proudly, "We have requested a transfer, and Chief Minister Fei has approved it. From now on, we are the people of Lin'an Prefecture. From now on, Chief Minister Yang...ah no, Judge Yang, please take care of us, haha."

Yang Yuan was surprised and asked, "Did you ask for someone to come out from the speed room?"

Mr. Fan said, "That's right. We are willing to follow you, so we didn't ask for your permission in advance. We only came here after the transfer was approved. I hope Yang Tongpan will forgive us."

Yang Yuan was deeply moved after hearing this.

Actively requesting a transfer means cutting off the escape route of the Speed ​​Room.

He had not worked with them for a long time, but they followed him without hesitation, so Yang Yuan was naturally touched.

His "Shadow South Hall" has now been set up in the "Sibaozhai".

Except for office work such as attendance and clocking in, all the other matters he was responsible for had been divided among the women.

He is only responsible for grasping the general direction, while the specific details are handled by the "Shadow South Hall".

Emmanuelle Belle, who once fought in the army and was in charge of the Knights' baggage and logistics, is now in charge of engineering construction, transportation, postal services and other matters.

Ji Xiang was in charge of matters related to public welfare and charity, such as the orphanage, the poorhouse, the pharmacy, and fire protection.

Ji Xiang is a god who is used to playing tricks to recruit believers. It is this kind of person who knows best how to bestow grace and benefit the people.

However, there was another reason why Yang Yuan put her in charge of these matters.

That is, once she leaves, it will be easy for others to take over, after all, she is not responsible for any confidential or complicated matters.

According to the original agreement between Yang Yuan and Ji Xiang, after Hua Yin and Xiao Nai cooperated with him to complete the assassination mission, he would return the "confession" and let them go.

However, although Ji Xiang has arranged for someone to go back to Hakata to gather information through Yang Yuan, she has no plans to return to China for the time being.

She didn't know whether it was because Hua Yin and Xiao Nai were reluctant to leave Yang Yuan and she was reluctant to leave Hua Yin and Xiao Nai, or because the geoduck in Yang Yuan's house made her unable to stop.

Leng Yuchan was in charge of the most important part of Yang Yuan's affairs: criminal trials.

Now she is equivalent to the underground judge and prosecutor of Lin'an Prefecture.

Xue Bingxin was mainly responsible for the review and promotion of the content of performances in the brothels and theaters.

Of course, the most important thing is that she is responsible for coordinating the matters that the other three are responsible for.

Xue Bingxin is good at overall management and communicating with others, and the girls are a little difficult to get along with, so it is most appropriate to ask her to be in charge of this area.

However, Yang Yuan’s “Shadow South Hall” cannot be seen in public after all.

He also had a group of official staff and Cao Si officials in the South Hall.

If he cannot make these people his confidants, not only will they be of no help to him, but he will also have to avoid them everywhere in order to conceal the existence of "Sibaozhai", which will be very troublesome.

Now Fan Jiang, Wang Yeran and Wen Tian have come to surrender on their own initiative. These three people are not only loyal but also smart, and they can be put to important positions.

As the fourth in command of Lin'an Prefecture, it was easy for Yang Yuan to arrange a few people in his own South Hall.

Fan Jiang and several others were transferred from the Privy Council. They already had official qualifications, so it was easy to arrange them. All they needed was a nod from Master Qiao.

Would Mr. Qiao not nod?
Yang Yuan said happily: "You have treated me sincerely, so I will definitely not treat you unfairly. Come on, follow me back to the yamen. I will meet the prefect and talk to him, and then I will arrange a suitable position for you."

After Yang Yuan finished speaking, he looked at the last person and said hesitantly: "Who is this..."

Yang Yuan didn't know him and thought he was a good colleague of Fan Jiang and Wang Yeran, so he also "jumped job" with them.

Young Master Wang said carelessly, "Oh, this guy...we don't know him either. He said he came to see you."

The man stood nearby, looking somewhat embarrassed.

Seeing Yang Yuan asking him, he stepped forward, crossed his arms and saluted, and said with great fear and trepidation: "I am Wei Shun, a humble man in the Dali prison."

Yang Yuan asked in confusion: "The jailer of the Dali Temple? What do you want to talk to me about?"

Wei Shouzhi said excitedly, "I have an important matter to report to Yang Tongpan. Thirteen years ago, General Yue was wrongly murdered. I was touched by his loyalty and could not bear to see his remains scattered, so I asked my son to meet him outside the wall, steal General Yue's remains, and find a place to bury them."

After the imperial court rehabilitated Yue Fei, all his official positions and honors were restored.

As for his posthumous title and a series of posthumous affairs, they are also under discussion.

However, these matters are not urgent now. On the one hand, we have to wait for Marshal Yue’s exiled family members to be brought back to Beijing. On the other hand, the accountability and handling of the relevant personnel have not yet resulted in a result. These matters need to be explained together.

However, the imperial court ordered the Dali Temple to search for the whereabouts of Yue Shuai's remains.

But how could the Dali Temple properly dispose of the bodies of the prisoners?

There is no management record in this regard, and the handling has always been haphazard.

In addition, the Dali Temple has undergone frequent personnel changes over the past decade, so his whereabouts have been unknown.

I didn't expect to get the news of General Yue's remains today. Yang Yuan was overjoyed and said, "Okay, okay, come in with me and I'll tell you in detail."

Yang Yuan signaled to Fan Jiang and the others, and led Wei Shouzhi to walk a few steps quickly. Suddenly, he stopped and asked him, "Your name is... Wei Shun?"

"Exactly!"

Yang Yuan nodded solemnly.

In his previous life, Yang Yuan vaguely remembered that Marshal Yue's body was hidden by a jailer who was grateful for his loyalty.

By the time General Yue Fei was cleared of all charges, the jailer had passed away. It was his son who reported the whereabouts of General Yue's remains to the court.

However, Yang Yuan had forgotten the name of the jailer, and he was not in a position to show his foresight and call the jailer to question him one by one.

Since in the original history, after General Yue was rehabilitated, the jailer's descendants took the initiative to tell the court the whereabouts of General Yue's remains, all he had to do was wait.

Now that Wei Shun told him the name, he suddenly remembered it.

The chivalrous jailer was called Wei Shun.

Because Yang Yuan killed Zhao Gou, Zhao Yuan ascended the throne seven or eight years earlier.

The time when Yue Fei was rehabilitated was also many years earlier than the actual history.

Therefore, Wei Shun is still alive, and he is the one who informed the court of this matter.

However, he was originally a jailer at the Dali Temple, but he came to Lin'an Prefecture to tell me about this matter. It must be because he heard that I strongly advocated for the redress of General Yue during the palace examination.

As a jailer of the Dali Temple, even if what Wei Shun did was praised by the world, it was not good for him personally.

Because he was "betraying" the Dali Temple.

His situation in the Dali Temple will definitely be very delicate from now on.

This has nothing to do with the stance of the current officials of the Dali Temple. Even if they also admire General Yue Fei, they will probably only be wary of a small soldier in this yamen who "pretends to obey" but actually disobeys.

But Wei Shun still did what he thought he should do.

Thirteen years ago, he risked his life to steal General Yue's body, saving it from being exposed in the wilderness.

Thirteen years later, he bravely made the matter public, risking ostracism and isolation from his colleagues and superiors.

But I, who had heard of his deeds, even forgot his name.

Wei Shun is also a hero.

He should not be forgotten, and he should not be guarded against, excluded and targeted just because he did the right thing.

Yang Yuan nodded seriously and said, "Wei Shun, I've got it in mind. I want to transfer you to Lin'an Prefecture to work. Are you willing?"

Jail guards were menial servants with a very low social status.

Although the petty clerks in the government office also performed menial tasks, their social status was vastly different from that of ordinary people.

Moreover, Wei Shun himself knew that what he had done without authorization would make him an outcast in the eyes of his colleagues and superiors. Even if others would not deliberately target him, exclusion, vigilance and isolation were inevitable.

His days in Dali Temple will not be easy.

When Yang Yuan said this, he understood that this was Yang Tongpan's care and protection for him.

Wei Shun was surprised and delighted and said, "I couldn't ask for more."

Yang Yuan nodded and said: "Okay, follow me!"

Yang Yuan took Wei Shun with him and went straight to the "Shetang" without even returning to his own signing room.

It is true that Mr. Qiao is a smooth person, but his ability to govern and his political wisdom are not low at all.

As soon as Wei Shun told the story, Mr. Qiao immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

Marshal Yue has been rehabilitated, but his remains have never been found.

If a cenotaph is built for Yue Fei in the future, and the imperial court finds Yue Fei's remains and buries him with a grand and solemn ceremony, the significance will be completely different.

Qiao Zhen did not dare to delay and immediately asked someone to call Liu Yiguan.

Qiao Zhen asked Liu Yiguan to personally lead a team of constables, led by Wei Shun, to rush to Jiuqu Cong Temple to guard the lonely tomb where "Jia Yiren's Tomb" stood.

He took Yang Yuan into the palace to meet the emperor.

As the prefect of Lin'an and the chief official governing the "temporary capital" of the Song Dynasty, he had the power to report to the emperor at any time.

As the magistrate of Lin'an Prefecture, Yang Yuan also had the power to meet the emperor directly.

Because the Tongpan was also known as the Jianzhou, he had the right to supervise the actions of the prefect Qiao Zhen.

But there was no reason for Qiao Zhen to be involved in this matter, so he reported it to Qiao Zhen first.

There are three judges in Lin'an, and it seems that only Zhang Mi has nothing to do in this important matter.

But how could Zhang Mi give up this opportunity to show himself?
When General Yue's grave is dug and his bones are moved, there must be a grand ceremony, right?

Isn't that his business?

By the way, this matter needs to be recorded in detail in the Lin'an Prefecture Chronicles!

Then I now have an excuse to intervene!
Thinking of this, Zhang Mi immediately summoned several capable officials and clerks and rushed to Jiuqu Cong Temple.

(End of this chapter)