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Chapter 98

Court discussions on Feng Shui

The three judicial departments jointly signed a case and usually only accepted review. However, the outflow of the imperial tomb Jinjing this time is of great importance, and it involves multiple yamen, the Ministry of Justice, the Inspectorate, and the three ministers of Dali Temple were ordered by the emperor to try the case, and rumors spread throughout the capital.

Wei Shen, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, had just taken Yang Ling, Ni Qian and others to the prison of the Ministry of Justice. Xu Guan, the Minister of Works, and Wang Qiong, the Minister of Rites, came to the Ministry of Justice to visit. Although the two did not talk about the case of the people involved, they advocated the importance of damage to the dragon vein and endangering the country and the emperor's attention to this matter. The Minister of Justice Hong Zhong was worried.

The man who was imprisoned in prison involved multiple yamen. The most trouble he had was the person from the Silijian and Yang Ling, a popular man in front of the emperor. He was at a loss when he couldn't understand the saint's will and wanted to be severely punished. Now that he heard the words of the two Shangshu, he seemed to light a bright lamp on the way and suddenly thought he had an idea.

Wei Shen, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, unloaded Yang Ling and others from the prison car and sent them to the prison in person. After the arrangement was made, he just walked out of the prison door when he saw two Jinyi official schools holding official documents and arguing with the prison chief. Wei Shen immediately rushed over and asked, "What's the matter quarreling in front of the Ministry of Justice's prison?"

The prisoner bowed and said, "Mr. Wei, these two are the prisoners in charge of the 100 households in the custody department, and they are going to interrogate the suspects in the imperial tomb case."

Wei Shen looked at the two Jinyiwei households dressed in flying fish clothes. When they saw that they were Wei Shen, the direct official who was famous in the capital, they did not dare to be as arrogant as they were when they were facing the prison head. A Jinyiwei household stepped forward and bowed: "Sir Cui Ti, I have met Lord Wei. The Ming Dynasty ruled that the Pacification Department has the right to interrogate and even torture any cases that violated His Majesty the Emperor and the officials in the court. However, since the emperor has handed the case to the Three Laws, our Pacification Department will no longer fight for trial, but we have to listen to the case, whether it is arbitration or torture prisoners, please inform us in time."

Wei Shen was dissatisfied with the domineering of the Jinyiwei. He was furious when he heard the news and said, "Although this matter involves the imperial tomb and the royal family, it is caused by fraud and corruption by officials and has nothing to do with the major rebellion case. Moreover, the emperor has given full authority to the Three Justice Departments. Can the Jinyiwei intervene?"

Cui Ti said with a smile: "My responsibilities are to be handled impartially. But this is also the responsibility of the Jinyiwei. The emperor's decree did not say that the Jinyiwei was not allowed to inspect the case."

Wei Shen raised his head and beat him up, and stroked his long beard and said, "Dai Yi is from the Silijian. Who doesn't know that the Jinyiwei and the Silijian East Factory are the same family? Please tell the Admiral Zhang and the Funeral Lord Mou to avoid suspicion!" Wei Shen said that and left.

The two households in the brocade clothes walked to the steps and looked at Wei Shen's back. They had no idea when they took the old man. Cui Ti frowned and said, "The Ministry of Justice will be in charge of the case. I'm afraid that the sanctioned envoy will make the sanctioned envoy embarrassed. This old man doesn't even take the royal relatives seriously. How could he care about us?"

Another household in the brocade clothes, Huang Ziwei smiled and said, "Brother Cui, the King of Hell is easy to meet, but the little ghost is difficult to deal with. The old guy Hong Zhong is cautious and cautious, and he is the most inclined to change his mind when he sees the wind. Let's present the post to him directly. I wish he would not dare to smear Lord Mou."

Unexpectedly, Hong Zhong thought he had already seen the emperor's wishes, so he received a post from the tutor Mou Bin, who was presented to the two of them. After pondering for a long time, he said to Cheng Wenyi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice: "Go and tell the two households with brocade clothes. He said that the case is important and the relevant criminals are not complete yet, so he cannot be interrogated. Please ask them to go back."

Cheng Wenyi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, said worriedly: "Sir, I can't delay it for a lifetime. When I was promoted to the court to investigate the case, what should I do if the Jinyiwei forced me to intervene?"

Hong Zhong smiled sly and said, "At that time, the three departments will be tried and taken notice, and asked Wei Shen to find an excuse to stop them outside. Will Mou Bin dare to take the big taboos of the world and forcibly break into the court?"

Hong Zhong, who has always been very skillful in dealing with things, dared to challenge the Jinyiwei today, which surprised Cheng Wenyi. He responded "Yes" and quietly retreated.

Hong Zhong smiled and thought to himself: "I, a yamen in the Ministry of Justice, are not the opponent of the Jinyiwei, but the three judicial departments are asking the case together. Will Mou Bin dare to offend the three officials at the same time? The case was tried clearly. I was afraid that the inner ministers would be replaced. By then, my reputation and status were unparalleled. Will Mou Bin still be so arrogant when he saw me?"

In the room of the Mu Bin of the Funeral Department, the admiral and commander Zhang Xiu walked back and forth in the room with his hands on his back. After a while, he snorted heavily: "It's so stupid. Building an imperial tomb is a rare opportunity. With this capital, Yang Ling can go a step further. Why did he get involved in such a big case? I just rushed back to the capital and don't know the details. Is there really water seeping in the tomb?"

Mou Bin smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether water seeps or not. What's important is that the late emperor was in power and ruled the world with kindness. The momentum of our Jinyiwei was no longer as good as before. Now if the civil officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works overthrow the Silijian and Jinyi's personal army, the civil servants would be even more majestic."

Zhang Xiu glared at him and scolded, "In this way, is this matter true? The damage to the dragon vein is related to the national destiny. What an important matter is that? How dare you deal with it calmly and support the troublemaker?"

Although Mou Bin is the head of the Jinyiwei Pacification Department, he has the most important department of the Jinyiwei and his power and status are not as good as Zhang Xiu. After hearing Zhang Xiu's words, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, digging a piece of land will damage the fate of the country? Do you really believe the sayings of those fools and ordinary people?

Haha, in the past, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty followed the Feng Shui master's statement, and frustrated the people and money to increase the terrain of the northwest corner of Bianliang City several times, saying that from then on, the descendants would prosper and the country would prosper. What would the result?

He was superstitious about Feng Shui, built a large number of construction, practiced Taoism and became an immortal, and became a king of the country. Even his son Song Qinzong was captured by the Jin soldiers, and the two emperors were captured, which was a strange story in the world, and there was also his own dynasty."

"Enough!" Zhang Xiu's face twitched for a while, and then said for a while: "It is said that one life, two fortunes, three Feng Shui, four accumulations of good deeds, and five reading. Although these things are illusory, they cannot be believed in them all, nor should they not be unbelieved. Now that things have come to this point, we can only do our best to leave our will. Send someone to contact Yang Ling to see what he has to say, and plan to do it if he can save him. If the things cannot be done and it is implicated in my Jinyiwei, do you understand?"

Mou Bin nodded and said quietly: "I understand, I have already taken someone to do it."

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Wei Shen took Yang Ling and others as imperial prisoners and imprisoned them in separate prison rooms, so that they could not hear each other, so as not to collude with them. Yang Ling was imprisoned alone in a very bad cell, sitting blankly when a jailman looked at the iron railing with a knife handle and said, "I've eaten." He said that he casually handed a rice bowl.

Since Yang Ling was arrested and imprisoned in this dark cell, she was already hungry before the water and rice had entered. Hearing this, he hurriedly stood up and walked over to pick up the rice bowl handed in between the cracks of the door. The jailer lowered his head halfway, looked around alertly, suddenly raised his head and laughed in a low voice: "Mr. Yang, it's been a long time since I've been in trouble. Lord Mou asked you about his humble rank, so you have to listen carefully."

When Yang Ling saw that he looked up, Qian Ning, Qian Yi, was surprised and happy, and said in a lost voice: "It's you? Why did Lord Qian get in? Be careful of being discovered?"

Qian Ning smiled and said, "If I don't come, I just send a brother. I'm afraid you think the Ministry of Justice is lying to you, so how can you speak out? Don't worry, the Ministry of Justice has our people and you can't take you out, but it's okay to come in and take a look. Lord Mou asked you, things can be done seamlessly?"

Yang Ling was shocked: "Mu Bin asked this, obviously he had determined that it was a true matter to enter the imperial tomb. Judging from his tone, he didn't seem to care about Feng Shui."

Yang Ling dared not tell the truth easily. He didn't have a deep friendship with Mou Bin. If Mou Bin intentionally deceived him, he would be seeking death. So Yang Ling said vaguely: "I don't understand what the lord meant. Jinjing has no time to get a flaw, so how can I find it?"

Qian Ning raised his finger and smiled and nodded, "This is the best, but there are some people in the court to frame it, and it is always difficult to explain it." He also said, "What are your plans? Let me tell you, I will report back to Lord Mou and help you."

Yang Ling thought for a while and agreed on several methods with Qian Ning, but they all put pressure on the three courts to release water. It is impossible to remedy this kind of thing. Qian Ning frowned and thought for a while and said, "It's hard, it's really difficult. This matter is so powerful, it's probably not so easy to solve."

Yang Ling smiled faintly and said, "I know, Brother Qian should do his best. The ancients said, "Wrinkles on earth, and heaven hears thunder." Yang believes that there is a god who raises his head. As long as I can be up to my conscience, I will do my best to let God do my best to do my best! I just hope Brother Qian will inform Zhu Jing. If the emperor is angry and affects his family, he will ask her to hold the things offered to the inner hall to ask for forgiveness to the emperor. Brother Qian brings the words, and Yang is dead and will be grateful in the nine springs!"

Qian Ning looked at him calmly for a while and sighed, "If you don't tell me, I know the reason. Brother, I can't be such a good person, but Brother Yang also respects people very much. Lord Yang, don't worry. I have sent someone to tell the other adults, so that they can grit their teeth and refuse to admit it. Lord Yang will do it."

Wei Shen returned to the Ministry of Justice and thought that the Jinyiwei had a close relationship with the Dongchang, which was the direct line of the Silijian. Today, the Jinyiwei actively intervened. Could it be to rescue Dai Yi, the eunuch leader of the Silijian?

When Wei Shen thought of this, he was worried that the Jinyiwei would bribe the prison guards to collude with confessions, so he hurried back to the Ministry of Justice again and arranged four prisoners to guard the prison gate, and he would stay in the prison himself and never leave.

As soon as Qian Ning left, Wei Shen came back. The four prison gates were guarded by prisoners day and night. Even though the Jinyiwei was everywhere, it would be difficult to inform him again. Qian Ning tried several times and almost aroused Wei Shen's suspicion, so he had to report back to Mou Bin as Yang Ling's instructions.

The Sansi Yamen suddenly tried twice after that, and the Jinyiwei was indeed excluded. Seeing that the Jinyiwei's power was challenged and excluded, even Zhang Xiu was furious. At that time, the Jinyiwei secret spies came out to create rumors, slander etiquette, work, and officials of the Ministry of Justice, and at the same time, they were asked for their knowledge.

The Three Laws held two trials, and Yang Ling and the four of them were polite and refused to show their evidence. They said that he was angry and falsely accused, which made the Three Laws at a loss. Unfortunately, the Minister of Justice Hong Zhong had to report to Emperor Zhengde in the morning court: "Report to the emperor, I am ordered to go to the Inspectorate and the Dali Temple to try the water seepage case of the imperial tomb. The witness was presented to the court in court, but the four criminals insisted that the chief had committed a ill, and he was confused and misunderstood, and he refused to admit it. I asked the emperor to issue an order to allow the Ministry of Justice to punish the four criminals."

Although the preferential treatment of "the punishment cannot be given to the doctor" has long been destroyed by Zhu Chongba's cowherd kid, in addition to the imperial prison of the Jinyiwei, he has never heard that the Ministry of Justice can also torture officials to confess. Once this example is made, the Ministry of Justice will become the second Jinyiwei, and the officials can't help but look at him when they hear this.

Grand Secretary Liu Jian immediately came out to report: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be done. Are the four criminals really guilty? There is only one witness at present, and there is no physical evidence. I heard that the chief was beaten by the imperial envoy Dai Yi for some reason. Since ancient times, he has been stolen. Because of a little personal grudge, he has been brave enough to trap the troublemakers of the court. If he is punished by severe punishment, wouldn't it be unfair?"

Xu Guan said anxiously: "Emperor, the Jinyi Personal Army has the power to execute the emperor on his behalf, but this matter involves the ritual supervision of the Ministry. In order to avoid suspicion, the emperor handed over the criminal officials to the three departments for interrogation. Those criminals knew that the dragon vein was damaged and the country's destiny was extremely serious. People had the intention of death, so they would naturally be cunning and would not confess without severe punishment. As the saying goes, the matter is urgent, please forgive me."

Xie Qiangbang reported: "I don't say that the strange powers are chaotic. I won the world in the Ming Dynasty, which is the destiny of heaven. If a Feng Shui can win the world, I will lose the world. Isn't it wrong to get it? The saints have always regarded Feng Shui as a magic trick. After the "Li Guang case" in the past, he expelled thousands of Taoist monks and sorcerers, thinking that his evil words confuses the public. How could Your Majesty punish the ministers for one person's words?"

Orthodox Confucian disciples have never believed in Feng Shui. They believe that those who have attained the Tao will win the world, and those who have won the hearts of the people will win the world. They believe that the key to the good fortune of fate lies in the inner cultivation of the individual. If they can have good thoughts and understand the heart of heaven, they can turn misfortune into blessings to transform their destiny. Therefore, most civil and military officials in the court opposed Feng Shui.

However, the emperor was buried in the sky, found a good place to bury it, and found a Feng Shui master to check it out and it had nothing to do with the government, so they always turned a blind eye. However, now the Ministry of Justice wants to use some excuses to abdicate power, so the three great scholars are a little dissatisfied.
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