Chapter 6 To avoid future troubles
"Have you heard?"
"The Chen Mansion was ransacked!"
"Really or not, isn't Mr. Chen the Minister of Household Affairs? How could he just..." "What's the matter? No matter how
big an official is, It's possible... I heard that Mr. Chen was thrown into prison for embezzling disaster relief food, and his whole family was exiled." "He
actually embezzled disaster relief food. This is a crime worthy of death, and it turned out to be just exile..."
Some people were very angry. You know, these days, The weather was abnormal that year, showing three years of drought, followed by continuous heavy rains, resulting in no grain harvest and countless people starving to death.
The court finally raised food for disaster relief, but part of it was embezzled, causing more people to starve to death. How could such behavior not make the people angry?
Therefore, everyone immediately started to accuse with indignation.
"Do you know? My relatives were there when Chen's house was ransacked. It is said that not a penny was taken out of Chen's house."
"How is this possible!"
"Didn't he say that the relief food was hidden at home?"
"Even if it wasn't, Disaster relief food, there are also other food and silver at home. How is it possible for a third-rank official to have no money at home?" "I
heard from my second aunt's uncle's niece's cousin that when the court donated money for disaster relief, Mr. Chen donated a penny. Wan, it is said that Mr. Chen sold off his property and everything in his house to get together ten thousand taels." "
I see, so that means we have wronged Mr. Chen?" "
But, why didn't the court let him go? Master Chen?"
The people were talking a lot, and part of the following news was naturally spread by the Censor, in order to prove it to Chen Yuan.
At the same time, he also wrote to the emperor and reported what he saw when he ransacked his house.
Jinluan Palace.
The emperor in dragon robe was holding a memorial with his brows furrowed. This was written by the Imperial Censor.
"Xiao Lizi, do you think this is true or not? Is Chen Yuan's family really so poor?"
If it hadn't been written by a fair and strict censor, he would have doubted the authenticity of this matter, but he still doubted it.
Chen Yuan was greedy, but the matter of sleeping on the bed board... and the fact that there was not even a grain of rice in the pot at home sounded a bit unbelievable.
"This..."
Xiao Lizi didn't know how to answer, so he had to pretend to be stupid.
The emperor didn't care when he didn't get an answer. He cared about the request of the imperial censor, asking for a retrial of the case.
In fact, he knew that this matter involved the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, but behind it was his second son, the second prince.
Besides, as an emperor, he could easily change the judgment he had already made.
However, the situation at Chen Yuan's home was beyond his expectation.
"Forget it."
He shook his head, "For the sake of the imperial censor, let Chen Yuan be exiled with his family." In
normal exile, men and women are separated, and Chen Yuan has to be tortured for a period of time before he is exiled. exile.
"If in a few years, he has the ability, it is not impossible to use him."
...
"Uncle!"
Guo Qiang's face was not very good, he lowered his head and looked at the old man in front of him. The person in front of him was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Chen Yuan's immediate boss.
"Trash."
"Inadequate success, more than enough failure!"
Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue slammed the table, his face turned pale. If the house search found that Chen's house really had disaster relief food, then Chen Yuan would not be exiled, but beheaded in public.
Once he dies, this disaster relief food embezzlement case will be over.
At that time, he, who is also the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, will be able to live freely.
But now, everything has been messed up by Guo Qiang.
"I, I didn't expect that the Chen Mansion would be so poor... No." Guo Qiang shook his head, "The relief food was obviously in the Chen Mansion, how could it have disappeared." "Where is the
secret room?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue knocked on the table. .
"No."
Guo Qiang shook his head. I dug three feet and found nothing, and the secret rooms were all empty.
Thinking of this, he felt a stomach ache. It was true that he had never had his house raided before, but he had never felt as aggrieved as he did now.
After copying for a long time, I felt lonely.
"Where's the tunnel?" Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue said calmly, "That mansion belonged to the former general, and there was a tunnel inside. Maybe they transported things through the tunnel." "
I also discovered that tunnel." Guo Qiang He also thought this was the case, "But the other end of the tunnel is halfway up the mountain. There are no traces of carriages, but we will continue to search!" "
It's not important." Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance waved his hands, with a murderous look in his eyes, "It's important, yes, Chen Yuan, must die!"
Guo Qiang gritted his teeth, "I understand, I will send my confidants to infiltrate the exiled government officials and let them secretly deal with Chen Yuan."
"Don't miss it this time, don't let anyone get caught. Otherwise..." Shangshu of Hubu snorted coldly, but Guo Qiang understood his threat and shuddered immediately.
...
In the home of the imperial censor.
A group of people gathered together, and the imperial censor was still telling everyone what he had seen and heard in the Chen Mansion.
"You don't know that Zhengyuan not only sleeps on the bed board himself, but also Xiaoxue, the girl, sleeps on the bed board. Even if you don't care about yourself, you should be considerate of your own girl..." "
Hey, I didn't expect that Zhengyuan would be so upright and honest. It's my fault for waiting, I shouldn't hesitate and let him suffer."
When everyone heard the words of the imperial censor, the image of Chen Yuan's family sleeping on the bed board appeared in their minds, and they suddenly felt heartbroken and guilty.
When they heard that Chen Yuan was embezzling, they did not firm up their attitude. Although they believed that Chen Yuan would not do this, they knew that Chen Yuan knew the person but did not know the heart, so they were a little suspicious.
And as many witnesses appeared, they became even more hesitant.
And the most important thing is that this matter involves too much, and His Majesty is also very angry and furious. He looks like he wants to punish severely. It seems that whoever opens his mouth will be held jointly and severally responsible.
However, in the end, conscience trumps everything else. They felt that the matter could not be easily concluded and requested a review by the third division.
But unexpectedly, His Majesty directly made a conclusion and beheaded the public to calm the public anger.
Everyone argued hard and finally decided to banish him.
But now, after they heard the censor's account, they suddenly felt that they had wronged a good man.
So they signed a letter one after another, but they were all beaten back. But the result was that Chen Yuan's family was directly exiled without being tortured.
This barely gave Chen Yuan some dignity.
Although they were unwilling to give in, they also knew that this was the best result. After all, overturning the verdict would mean that His Majesty was wrong, which was impossible.
"Let's try our best to help in other aspects!" The imperial censor sighed.
"I have a classmate who is a county magistrate in Lincheng. I can let him take care of me when Zhengyuan and his party pass by." "
I'll take care of it. At least Zhengyuan's family will suffer as little as possible on the way to exile."
Everyone, please say something. , I discussed how to help. Of course, everyone unanimously decided to give Zhengyuan some silver.
After all, Chen's house was ransacked, but not a penny was recovered. This has spread throughout the Dayue Kingdom.
Everyone knows that Mr. Chen is penniless and his family is in dire straits.