Chapter 557 556 Tip-Off

The Yan family's money is really hard to get.

In fact, Wei Guangde never thought about actually taking their belongings and leaving the city to see Yan Song off. Unexpectedly, two days later, a servant of the Yan family came to visit with a big box.

Wei Guangde knew that this was Yan Song buying peace for himself, not the peace of the Jiajing Dynasty, but the peace of the Yu Dynasty.

He deliberately refused, but Yan Song had already returned to Jiangxi, and the weight of three thousand taels of silver was not low. More importantly, who knew how long King Yu would have to wait before he could ascend to that position.

Wei Guangde held a bit of luck, thinking that after King Yu took the throne, he might have forgotten Yan Song and Yan Shifan, so this money would be no different from what he had picked up for free.

Even if King Yu is still resentful, he can still use his royal courage to ask King Yu to let the Yan family go.

No matter what, the Yan family is the chief assistant family. No matter what people are like, they are all scholars.

It is said that the punishment is not good enough for the scholar-bureaucrats. They have left the court and cannot be seen.

But the situation was different now. Yan Shifan wanted to die and had to do this, and he didn't know if he wanted to test whether his neck was hard or not.

Wei Guangde didn't know what would happen to Yan Shifan in the end, but he knew that if things were to develop like this, neither Xu Jie nor King Yu would let Yan Shifan off easily.

Lin Run handed over the hilt of the knife.

"Shandai, you know, right? Yan Shifan doesn't deserve to be a son of a man. He actually escaped for a long time and went back to Jiangxi to live the idle life of a rich man. He even recruited thousands of elites. What is he going to do?

People who regard the country's laws as child's play will not be outraged if they are not killed. "

As soon as Wei Guangde walked to the center of the room and planned to salute King Yu, King Yu above him already spoke.

"Your Highness, I already know that Yan Shifan has gone too far.

Your Majesty did not impose severe punishment at the beginning, but only sent troops to be exiled. In fact, you have opened a wide range of restrictions and allowed him to go to the far south to live a happy life. He just didn't want him to come back again, but I didn't expect him to be like this."

Wei Guangde sighed. Although he did not need Yan Shifan's life, his position was that he must stand firmly on King Yu's side.

"I read Lin Run's memorial, and Yan Shifan could easily evade these two charges alone.

After escaping from the army, he could say that he missed his elderly father in his hometown. His father was also the worst offender. As for those people, he could also say that they were long-term workers recruited by his servants.

You think there can be a way to make Yan Shifan's crime more serious. "

King Yu spoke at this time.

The official word is spoken in two words. For ordinary people, what they say is what they say.

But for people like Yan Shifan, you really can't make random accusations. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and their family still has connections in the court.

Even though Yan Song had already become an official, although some of the party members cultivated by the Yan family in the court were dealt with, not all were dealt with, and many of them were not punished, and most of them were dismissed from their posts and lived idle.

Two years have passed, and some people have regained their appointments by the court through clearing up relationships.

When it comes to dealing with Yan Shifan, Prince Yu's Mansion cannot cover the sky with one hand.

Wei Guangde did not answer Prince Yu's question directly, but looked at Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng aside. Both of them smiled bitterly when they met his eyes.

Obviously, their intention was the same as Wei Guangde's. They knew that Prince Yu hated Yan Shifan, but they did not necessarily agree to let Prince Yu's palace be involved.

Previously, when Wei Guangde was outside the house, he heard Zhang Juzheng's words, which seemed to be quite intense. Perhaps he was advising King Yu.

Wei Guangde thought for a moment and then said: 'Your Highness, I do not recommend that you get involved in this matter. ’

"Why? He raises dead soldiers, recruits servants, and goes around slandering the imperial court. This is all to rebel. Can we just let such a person go as he pleases?"

King Yu said dissatisfied.

"Yan Shifan's crimes are decided by the imperial court and His Majesty. It is not necessarily a good thing for the palace to interfere in it."

While everyone in Prince Yu's Mansion was discussing Lin Run's impeachment of Yan Shifan, in the main room of the Jinyiwei Xisi room manager, a Jinyiwei commander wearing a python suit with an embroidered spring knife hanging on his waist was pacing back and forth anxiously.

This person is none other than Yan Shaoting, the second son of Yan Shifan.

Yes, although Yan Song was forced to become an official, and Yan Shifan and many of his party members were sent to live idle, Emperor Jiajing did not bring down the entire Yan family in one fell swoop.

Kill only the first culprit, that's what he did.

After the fall of the Yan family, Yan Shaoting could still hold the official position of commander of the Jinyi Guards and became the steward of the West Division. Naturally, he also had a guard of honor, because he was still Lu Bing's son-in-law.

For such a person, Zhu Xixiao also felt that he didn't know what to do. Lu Yi was still serving as a commanding officer in Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town, so he had to give him some face.

Fortunately, the Jinyiwei organization was large enough and gave him real power over thousands of households. Zhu Xixiao was not too relieved and simply sent him to the Xisi room to do the job of catching crimes and thefts.

Jinyiwei was formed from the merger of Yiluan Division and Gongwei Division during Zhu Yuanzhang's time. It was organized according to the standard guard station and consisted of five thousand-household stations in the center, left, right, front and back.

Since then, Jinyiwei has expanded and incorporated some other offices, especially branches in major cities, but the core has always been the five offices when it was first established, also called core offices.

The core office is responsible for the most basic honor guard and escort of the emperor. The honor guard is organized into the Imperial Chair Division, Fan Hand Division, Qing Ge Division, Banner Division, Ax Division, Luan Yu Division, and Horse Taming Division.

Perhaps Taizu felt that the pomp was not enough, so he later added the Ban Swords Division, the Ge Ji Division, and the Bow and Arrow Division, and incorporated all the old and new ten divisions into the Qianqianhu Office to be responsible for the guard of honor.

The guards of Jinyiwei are divided into strongmen, lieutenants, and generals. The generals are also called Dahan generals. When they were in Yiluansi, they were called Tianwu generals.

It sounds domineering, but they are actually a group of guards standing guard, but they are dressed as gorgeously as generals. Some Ming Dynasty court scrolls handed down can see their figures.

In the middle of Hongwu, it was roughly driven by the Hu Weiyong case and the empty seal case. Jinyiwei exposed the problem of insufficient manpower and carried out a large-scale expansion. After all, it was a major case that killed tens of thousands of people.

This expansion, Jinyiwei in the capital added six thousand households in Shangzhong, Shangqian, Shanghou, Shangzuo, Shangyou, and Zhonghou and the original five cores. Jinyiwei now has eleven thousand households.

At the end of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang added six thousand households to Jinyiwei, namely, elephant training, farming, cavalry left, cavalry right, cavalry front, and cavalry back. The purpose can be seen from the name, so it is also called functional, with special guards.

Seventeen thousand-household units became the backbone of the Jinyiwei in the capital, and lasted until the demise of the Ming Dynasty. The Qianhu Units in the Jinyiwei were these seventeen.

As for the Zhenfu Division, it was originally a standard unit of the guard, responsible for the punishment and military craftsman household registration of the guard. The chief officer was generally Zhenfu. The first level of the guard was equipped with two guard Zhenfu, from the fifth rank, and the first level of the Qianhu Division was equipped with two station Zhenfu, from the sixth rank.

Up to now, the development of the Jinyiwei has only one Zhenfu Division in Nanjing Jinyiwei, while Beijing Jinyiwei has two units of the same level, the North Zhenfu Division and the South Zhenfu Division. The Zhenfu Division and the South Zhenfu Division are still responsible for the punishment and military registration files of the guard, and the North Zhenfu Division is in charge of the imperial prison.

In addition, the Jinyiwei also has a civilian department responsible for the receipt and delivery of official documents of the organization, that is, the Experience Division. Since the Jinyiwei often involves confidential documents, the Experience Division is generally directly managed by the highest leader of the guard.

Shen Lian, a Jinshi who was killed by Yan Song's party, was an experience of the Jinyiwei Experience Division.

By the time of Chenghua, Jinyiwei added two new offices, namely Dongsifang and Xisifang. The Dongsifang investigated crimes, while the Xisifang caught thieves.

Of course, these two units were somewhat related to the Dongjishichang set up by Zhu Di during the Yongle Dynasty.

The Dongchang, as its name suggests, had the function of investigating crimes. The Jinyiwei actually worked in the factory, but the leader was a eunuch, so the reputation and credit also belonged to the eunuch, which was equivalent to Jinyiwei doing illegal work. It can be said that investigating crimes was not justified.

The reason why Jinyiwei was given the rights of investigating crimes and catching thieves during the Chenghua period was because the security environment in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the capital, was really poor during this period.

Can you believe that during the Yingzong period, the official seal of the Minister of Rites was stolen, and it was stolen three times in a row by one person.

It is estimated that the Minister offended someone, but he was too powerful and always had guards, so it was inconvenient to take revenge, so he stole the official seal of the government office.

Losing the official seal was a serious crime. The first two times, Yingzong showed some mercy. After all, this Minister of Rites was not an ordinary person, but Hu Yi, who had experienced six dynasties.

Hu Yi was a second-class Jinshi in the second year of Jianwen. After that, he experienced Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, Zhengtong, Jingtai, and finally died in the Tianshun period.

However, Yingzong couldn't stand losing the official seal three times in a row, so he was imprisoned, but "soon, the seal was recovered and he was reinstated."

The above story is a private revenge, so the most exciting thing happened during the Chenghua period.

One day, a thief jumped over the imperial city and entered the inner palace of Xiyuan to steal things. The thief was caught by the East Factory, but Chenghua was furious. Xiyuan was his Taoist temple. What should he do if it ruined the Feng Shui!

Although Jiajing had been refining elixirs in Xiyuan for a long time, the foundation of Xiyuan Taoist temple was actually built during the Chenghua period, and compared with Chenghua's religious belief, Jiajing's Taoist practice was nothing at all.

Thanks to the attention of Emperor Chenghua Zhu Jianshen, the task of arresting thieves was officially delegated to the Jinyiwei. In order to increase the powers of these two units, Zhu Jianshen took back the authority of the Wucheng Bingmasi from the Ministry of War and gave it to the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei commanded the deputy commander, which was equivalent to the Bingmasi becoming a subordinate of the Jinyiwei.

Yan Shaoting is now the deputy commander of the West Office with the Jinyiwei, and he has considerable power.

But now he feels a deep crisis. This time Lin Run impeached his father Yan Shifan. He knows that those who are dissatisfied with the Yan family will definitely take advantage of this to stir up trouble. The only thing he can do now is to inform Jiangxi as soon as possible, let Yan Shifan leave there as soon as possible, and go to Leizhou to serve his sentence, at least to let Emperor Jiajing know that the Yan family still listens to the emperor.

The East and West Offices recruited many green forest heroes and heroes in order to treat serious illnesses with strong medicine, which is called fighting poison with poison.

Among them, there was a hero nicknamed "Flying on the Grass" under his command. He held the sign of West Office Room No. 22, and Yan Shaoting gave him the task of delivering the letter.

Jinyiwei certainly knew the identities of these people, but they only gave them numbers. Once they entered Jinyiwei, they were separated from the past. They only had numbers and no names.

After waiting for an unknown period of time, he was already impatient when footsteps finally sounded outside the door.

When the footsteps stopped outside the door, Yan Shaoting shouted without waiting for the announcement: "Let him in."

Although he was dissatisfied, Yan Shaoting knew that this was not the time to lose his temper.

After a thin but strong man outside the door came in and greeted him, Yan Shaoting handed him a written letter on the desk.

"Send the letter back to Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi, and there will be a big reward."

At this time, giving him such an important thing to do, even a fool would know what the letter was.

There is no more effective way to deal with the reckless recruitment of these things than to throw money at them.

Most of these green forest heroes who took refuge in the government were not seeking power, but more to obtain an official certificate and a talisman, so that they could have a sense of security when they committed crimes.

Of course, the premise is that the tasks assigned by the superior officer can be successfully completed.

And what do these people like most?

Of course it's money, something that allows them to live a luxurious and luxurious life.

When he heard that there was a big reward, the man couldn't help but show a hint of greed in his eyes.

Of course he knew who the letter was to and what was written in it, but did it have anything to do with him?

"As commanded."

He put the letter in his arms, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, I'll leave right away."

"Go quickly and be careful."

Yan Shaoting just ordered.

At this time, in Prince Yu's palace, Wei Guangde suddenly asked Li Fang next to Prince Yu: "Eunuch Li, I wonder how the cabinet is voted for?"

After the discussion just now, Wei Guangde already knew that King Yu had a strong desire for revenge.

Now that he knew it, for his own sake, Wei Guangde couldn't continue to think of ways to shirk the blame, and had to really help think of ideas.

"Xu Ge's old criticism is to 'leave it to the relevant department to investigate and deal with it'."

Li Fang replied.

Wei Guangde understood that this was the standard answer for the cabinet to deal with such problems, which showed that Mr. Xu Ge did not seem to have thought clearly about what to do.

"Did you send the memorial to Xiyuan?"

Wei Guangde continued to ask.

"It should have been handed over to the Supervisor of Ceremonies."

Li Fang was not sure either and just answered ambiguously.

"I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to handle."

Wei Guangde just sighed.

"Why?"

Before anyone else could speak, King Yu had already asked first.

"This matter is actually an issue in Guangdong. If the direct vote is to ask the Guangdong Prosecutor's Office to send people to arrest Yan Shifan and try it at the local level, we have more room for manipulation. There is still Lao Kan in the Guangdong Prosecutor's Office. Now, as long as you ask him to do things, you can get any results.

But according to Mr. Xu Ge's suggestion, it is very likely that the person was not left in the south of the Yangtze River, but brought back to the capital, where another meeting of the three divisions would be held to determine Yan Shifan's serious crime.

When investigating this case in the capital, without that person's nod, many charges would never have been laid. "

Wei Guangde shook his head and said.

Are Yan Shifan guilty of many crimes?

A lot can be said, but most of them will not lead to death.

According to King Yu's idea, the accumulated crimes were enough to warrant his death, but Yan Shifan's method of making money was taboo in the officialdom. Officials might be doing the same thing, but they would not be willing to punish him for it. Felony.

Then, the final result is likely to be to send Yan Shifan to a farther place, such as Qiongzhou.

Although he couldn't bear it, Wei Guangde also figured it out and did everything according to King Yu's wishes.

The fellow villagers don’t have much to worry about at this time.