Chapter 4: Caishikou Public Trial (II)

Although Yang He's anger has not subsided, the chief assistant Han Du has agreed to the suggestions of Sun Shenxing and Xu Guangqi, so he can only listen to how Shi Kefa and the others explain it.

Beijing City is undoubtedly the most lively day since its founding. Shuntian Prefecture and the Five Censors' Censors' Guard will publicly hear 137 criminals who spread rumors and causes trouble in Beijing City, bewitching people's hearts, inciting the people, and destroying the reputation of the emperor in the next five days. At that time, the people of the whole city can watch the trial, and the court will make a fair trial and convict according to the law.

Caishikou was originally a place where people were killed every autumn, so why did they choose this place? First, no one in Beijing knew about this place, but it was famous all over the country, and they were not afraid that the people would not know the way. Second, it caused a psychological pressure on these people who spread rumors and trouble. You must know that it was a place for people to be chopped down. First of all, it was a lot shorter in terms of courage. People who were not forgiven would not kneel in that place. Also, the place was big enough and the ready-made platform could be completed without much effort. It was also Shi Kefa and others who were afraid that time would be delayed and not good for them, and it was also bad for the court. So you should be quick. As long as you do things in a solid way, the cabinet would have to let them do it.

Shi Kefa had long expected that the Ministry of Justice and the Cabinet would not allow them to disobey the orders, and it would be best to explain this matter to the Cabinet. It would be impossible to do it recklessly. He is not the kind of naughty. Who should I send to explain to the ministers in the Cabinet? The best candidate is Huang Zongxi. His father Huang Zunsu is the Minister of Personnel and one of the seven cabinet ministers. It would be the most suitable for him to send him.

Huang Zongxi naturally took the initiative, and it was the most appropriate for him to go there. So as soon as the summons from the cabinet arrived, he rushed to Wenyuan Pavilion, where the cabinet office was located.

The masses had sharp eyes. Shi Kefa was not only honest as an official, but also a capable official. Under his governance, Shuntian Mansion, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the crime rate was significantly reduced. In addition, he cracked down on local evil forces and regulated the business operations. When the people mentioned him, they praised him. It was said that the emperor sent them a good official, so naturally the emperor's reputation among the people was even higher.

When the people saw the notice posted by Shuntian Prefecture, they said that the prefect Shi Kefa wanted to publicly investigate the illegal elements that spread rumors and cause trouble and undermine social stability, and did not flock to Caishikou.

Since it is impossible to finish all the criminals in one go, and some of them are still accomplices, Shi Kefa set the public trial to five days, and the trial is about twenty to thirty every day, and it is up to him. Zhou Wenyuan and several censors may conduct trials. After all, they cannot do this for the past five days, and there are still many official duties to deal with, so they took turns.

After hearing Huang Zongxi's explanation, several cabinet ministers looked at each other. Han Yu sighed and said, "My lords, although Shi Kefa, Zhou Wenyuan and others disobeyed the instructions issued by the cabinet, the considerations of these young people are all in the sense and reason. What do you think about this matter?"

"You are really a newborn calf and are not afraid of tigers. Why don't you inform the adults in advance?" Huang Zunsu was so happy. His son was becoming more and more mature and steady. This sentence clearly rebuked Huang Zongxi, but in fact it was simply a praising.

"Young people are so terrifying!" Xu Guangqi closed his eyes and sighed.

Sun Shenxing, who has always been specializing in finding other people's faults, had a smile on his cold face at this moment and said to Huang Zunsu: "The next wave of the Yangtze River pushes the previous wave, Brother Huang, it will make the young master's future bright!"

"The boss praised him. He caused such a big disaster. I am negligent in discipline and have no way to teach him!" Huang Zunsu said hurriedly.

Yang He felt so uncomfortable. Why did the wind change all at once? But he had to admit that these young people were considering some truths, but they openly disobeyed. Could it be that they could just let it go? He immediately stood up and said, "Gei Master Han, Master, although Shi Kefa and others disobeyed the orders, he could explain the reason to us first. What is his deed first and then report? Will the officials below do not follow the instructions issued by the cabinet in the future? I believe that this wind cannot be opened and even more so that it cannot be promoted!"

To be honest, Yang He's words were fair and recognized by all cabinet ministers. But how to deal with the officials involved in this matter and what are the consequences? Who will bear the responsibility?

"What should I do with the meaning of Lord Yang?" Han Yu pondered for a moment and asked.

"At least they will be stopped first." Yang He said.

"No, Lord Yang forgot what Nephew Huang said just now, and for what reason to stop their posts? Do you want to guide the fire to the cabinet and to the center of the court to burn it?" Sun Shenxing was the first to stand up and object.

"Sir, what do you think you should do?" Yang He was angry and sat down.

"This matter involves third-rank officials of the court. The cabinet does not seem to have the right to deal with it. Let's report to the emperor and listen to his holy ruling." Zhou Shunchang stood up and said, "He is in charge of the Ministry of Works and is busy. He has no time to rush to this person with them. He has long wanted to go back to his office in the Ministry of Works. The emperor reformed, but changed his former leisurely yamen to the busiest yamen, so he was in a hurry to go back. There was a solution that was not a solution but no one could refute.

The emperor has already made a clear order. The fifth rank includes the fifth rank. The cabinet can be dismissed or demoted directly. Officials above the fifth rank must be approved by the emperor before they can decide whether to appoint or dismissal, beheaded, or beheaded. This matter involves the third rank of Shuntian Prefecture prefecture. The cabinet does not have the power to dismiss, unless you have an imperial edict in your hand, you will have the power to kill and kill.

"Then let's go to the Holy dictator." Han Du said with a final say. If he had no choice, he would not want to offend the emperor's two favorite ministers. Young man, who didn't have an impulse?

When Yang He heard this, he was anxious and handed it over to the emperor's sage. The emperor was seriously injured and awake for a while, and was confused for a while. When the old man made a decision, he probably had nothing to do by then, but how could his thin arms twist everyone's thighs alone?

Today, Caishikou is crowded with people, blocking the streets with great connections. People inside cannot get out, and people outside cannot get in.

"Silent, quiet!" Shi Kefa slapped the awkward and shouted twice. In less than ten seconds, the entire Caishikou quieted down.

"My fellow villagers, elders, I am the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture Shi Kefa. Last night, I arrested people in this capital with my colleagues from the Censors and the guards of the Five Censors in the Imperial Palace. I must be familiar with whom I have been arrested. Some of them have been with me. Some have been with me day and night. I arrested them not because of other things, but because these people have ulterior motives, spread rumors, bewitch people's hearts, and slandered the current saints. Some of them say that the current saints are the kings who usurped the throne, and some say that the current saints are severely injured when they were assassinated by God. Then today I will ask them in front of the people of the city whether their conscience is black or given to the dogs!"

The onlookers were quietly waiting for Shi Kefa to try these people in public.

"Bring the criminals up!" Shi Kefa slapped the gavel and shouted.

"Wei...Wei...Wei...Wei...Wei!"

In a moment, two yamen runners came to Shi Kefa with a man who was five feet tall.

"Caomin Gao Yongshou bowed to the governor."

"Get up and reply!"

"Thank you!"

"Turn over and answer our questions to all the people here!"

"Yes, sir." Gao Yongshou hesitated for a moment, and finally had to turn around and face the people of the whole city.

"I ask you. What kind of livelihood do people there do?"

"A person from Shandong is working in Fenglailou."

"What exactly do you do in Fenglailou?"

"That's it, it's Gong Gui." After Gao Yongshou was driven out of the palace, although the court also felt sorry for him to give him some money to return to his hometown to farm or do some small business, he could not starve to death, but he was a person who was accustomed to enjoying happiness and easy to go from simplicity to simplicity. He quickly spent all the money given to the court in the land. In desperation, he went into Fenglailou to be Guigong. Because he was once an eunuch and was very good at observing words and expressions, he was soon appreciated by the boss of Fenglailou and became Guigong Gong. He hated the current court to the core. If it weren't for the new emperor's succession, how could he have fallen to this level?

"Haha" a few scattered laughter came, and I was soon unable to hear it.

"Gao Yongshou. I asked you, why did you say that there is a real person in Ziyangdi on Mount Wutai? He said that the star constellation of the night was the demon star, and that the saint usurped the throne of the demon star in the southeast was the real emperor star. Now that the emperor was assassinated and seriously injured, you said that the demon star would not last long, and the imperial star would shine brightly and become the lord of the world!"

"Yes, Ziyang Zhenren said that to me, but if it is true, how can I know if it is, a commoner?" Gao Yongshou admitted readily.

"Where is Ziyang Zhenren now?"

"Ziyang Zhenren is a half-immortal body, flying in the clouds and fog, calling the wind and rain. How do I know where he is now?" Gao Yongshou raised his head and pretended to be ready to die.

"Since this Ziyang Zhenren has such ability, have you ever seen it with your own eyes?"

"How can the gods and immortals easily see the earth, such as me."

"Okay, I ask you, why did Ziyang Zhenren tell you this without telling others?"

"How do I know this? The half-immortal man of Ziyang Zhenren, he didn't tell me the reason?"

"Okay, I ask you, when and where this Ziyang Zhenren told you this, please tell me in detail!"

Gao Yongshou seemed to have expected Shi Kefa to ask this question, and said without thinking: "On the evening of April 9 this year, I met Ziyang Zhenren at Zuixianju, and he said to me in person."

"A coincidence, this boss of Zuixianju seemed to have been taken by me last night!" Shi Kefa smiled and said, "Here's someone coming, bring the boss of Wu from Zuixianju."

The boss of Zuixianju is not good at surname, but his surname is Wu. Because he is ten hunched and obese, he walks like a big turtle walking upright. They are also a family, and their surname is "Wu".

"Xiaomin kowtows to Master Qingtian!" Boss Wu knelt down and said.

"Get up and reply!"

"I ask you, do you know this man named Gao Yongshou?"

"I know him, he is a regular visitor to my tavern, how can I not know him?" Boss Wu nodded quickly.

“Have he visited your tavern to drink on the night of April 9 this year?”

"Look at the little man Rong!" Boss Wu lowered his head and thought for a while, "Little man remembers that he had been there. At that time, he was not the only one, but also a Taoist priest in the Yindi."

"Then, do you know that Taoist priest?"

Boss Wu shook his head and said, "How can I know this? That Taoist priest has been to the shop once!"

"Just once you've been to your tavern, do you remember it so clearly?"

"I paid for the wine that day." Gao Yongshou interrupted and said.

"Yes, yes, it was paid by this Gaoke official, I remembered it." Boss Wu said suddenly.

"So that's the case. Is this Taoist Master Ziyang a wine and meat lover?" Shi Kefa asked.

"No."

"You clearly said you were against him, but now you said no, can you be bullied by me as a fellow villager?" Shi Kefa asked sternly.

"He is drinking with me, but he is not a drinker!" Gao Yongshou quickly defended.

"What is a monk who is not a person who drinks and eats meat?"

"We just drank alcohol and didn't eat meat." Gao Yongshou said in a panic.

"Gao Yongshou, I see how you can continue to quibble. The person is coming, Miss Liu Yue from Fenglailou!"

When Gao Yongshou and Boss Wu heard the word "Liu Yue", they suddenly trembled all over, revealing a look of fear.

"Little woman Liu Yue meets with her."

"Please get up, girl!"

"I ask you, have you served on the night of the ninth day of the April 19th?"

"Report to the adults, the little woman had not served anyone that night. The little woman's Yuexin arrived that night, so she did not pick up customers."

"What about the night before yesterday?"

"The night before yesterday, General Manager Gao arranged for the little girl to serve a Taoist priest."

"Do you know that Taoist priest?"

"That Taoist priest named Ziyang!"

"Bitch, what are you talking nonsense? I'm the manager who asked you to serve Taoist Master Ziyang the day before yesterday!" Gao Yongshou rushed up in a panic and wanted to beat Liu Yue, but was pressed to the ground by two yamen runners with a tiger back and a bear waist.

The next thing was natural. Wutai Mountain was a Buddhist holy land, so how could there be any real Taoist priest? Gao Yongshou took advantage of his opportunity to work in a brothel and took the opportunity to spread rumors to the gentry and nobles who came to have fun and ruin the reputation of the emperor. There was also the boss Wu, whose background was not simple, and he could not be investigated too deeply in front of the people and temporarily detained.

Shi Kefa did not use torture or intimidation. He used facts to expose a huge rumor in front of the people at once, which not only won a burst of applause, but also many people who watched the people who believed the rumors secretly regretted it. Why was it so easy to be deceived?

Next, Shi Kefa and Zhou Wenyuan took turns to bring the ulterior motives of spreading and creating rumors to justice, and the people who won were applauding each.

After five days, no one believed the illusion of the court and the emperor. Because of this, Shi Kefa's position among the famous ministers throughout the ages could not escape.
Chapter completed!