Chapter 324 323 Confession

Wei Guangde weighed the pros and cons in the sedan chair and calculated whether the "pardon edict" could be used as a condition to catch Yu Dayou out of prison.

However, this matter is not easy to deal with. After all, Wei Guangde could think of the edict that he had probably not known how many times he had been destroyed. There was no physical evidence, and only the confession of a Japanese pirate leader could have, how effective it would be.

Now the biggest official in Hangzhou is Hu Zongxian, but in the killing of Wang Zhi, the Zhejiang Inspector Censor Bengu.

In fact, combined with Hu Zongxian's memorials before and after, Wei Guangde could still see that Hu Zongxian had really planned to request the court to pardon Wang Zhi, but was firmly opposed by Wang Bengu.

Thinking of the welcoming banquet he arrived in Hangzhou two days ago, it was obvious that Wang Bengu was very picky about Governor Hu Zongxian and was quite disliked. He repeatedly mocked Hu Zongxian for being corrupt and dirty, which made the atmosphere of the banquet awkward.

Wang Bengu, based on the news that Wei Guangde asked about, was that he was "healthy and stern, and was serious."

It is said that this man is honest and honest as an official, diligent and loving the people, and hates evil in his personality. Obviously, it is precisely because of the clear right and wrong that he chose to kill Wang Zhi forcibly.

Wei Guangde estimated that if we talk about this person in later generations, we should have noble personal character, but we have slight shortcomings in terms of merit.

The residence of Wei Guangde and his group was a wealthy business villa arranged by the Hangzhou prefect in the city. The courtyard was full of the charm of Jiangnan gardens.

The gardens in Jiangnan are expensive to obtain water. Most of the site selections of houses are located near the water system. Even if there is not, a pond has to be dug out to store water. The soil is piled up with the obtained soil, and the size is not large. It often imitates the mountains.

Remaining veins or hills.

Most of the stacked stones are sketches, and the odd stones are specially designed for appreciation.

It has been nearly two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Although it has been affected by the Japanese stricken areas in the south of the Yangtze River, the overall economy is prosperous and the culture is developed, especially in the areas of Southern Zhili and Zhejiang. Therefore, the development of houses was prosperous.

The style of Jiangnan house garden in the Ming Dynasty inherited the tradition of freehand landscape gardens in the Tang and Song dynasties, focusing on the use of waterscapes and ancient trees and flowers to create a simple and wild artistic conception, setting up garden buildings based on the scenery, and skillfully borrowing the scenery.

These gardens were developed based on the freehand landscape gardens of the Tang and Song dynasties, emphasizing subjective expression of intention and mood, attaching importance to creative skills such as mountain picking up mountains, stacking stones, and water management; highlighting the beauty of landscapes and paying attention to the literary interest of gardens.

The layout of the house garden is affected by palaces and gardens. The number of garden spaces is small and the area is large. It is often symmetrical in the central axis, and the layout of the garden has a clear axis.

Wei Guangde had heard that Zhao Wenhua had more than ten large and large gardens in Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places. At that time, he thought he had money but nowhere to spend money. After living in this garden these two days, Wei Guangde arrived.

I envy those rich local businessmen.

No wonder those people are so obsessed with Jiangnan gardens. They are really a good place to live in elderly care.

My house in Jiujiang Prefecture actually looks like this garden. There are few buildings and large gardens, but it is obviously not as exquisite as the people here, and there is less charm.

After passing through the hall and returning to his room, Wei Guangde whispered to Zhang Ji behind him: "You will ask the two Jinyiwei to come to me later, I have something to say."

When Wei Guangde returned here to get off the sedan chair, he had already made up his mind. No matter whether he could succeed or not, he would send a message to Lu Bing. He didn't care whether he needed it or not, but he couldn't miss this opportunity.

Even if the rumor of the "pardon edict" cannot shake Hu Zongxian's position as the governor of Jiangnan, he will at least be greatly affected, especially his impression of Emperor Jiajing. I think the Yan family and Hu Zongxian will not be willing to take the risk of shaking the matter out.

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Wei Guangde felt that there should be a chance to let go of an irrelevant person in exchange for all parties to keep this secret.

Unexpectedly, after being sentenced to prison, Hu Zongxian's braids could be found.

Wei Guangde shook his head and walked to a brazier placed in the middle of the house to cook the fire. Now the weather is getting colder.

Soon, Zhang Ji brought two Jinyiwei lieutenants wearing blue battle jackets to the door, and then brought them in after reporting.

Wei Guangde waved to Zhang Ji and signaled him to wait outside the door, and then he said to the two of them slowly: "In this weather, if I have a letter for you to send it back to the capital as quickly as possible and hand it over to Lu.

How long does it take for the Grand Governor?”

As soon as the two lieutenants got up, they heard Wei Guangde's words. They were sure that they were afraid that there was something to do to look for Governor Lu from the capital.

They were sent by the Jinyiwei to follow Wei Guangde to go south to handle the work, which was actually a kind of supervision. However, when they went south, they had received instructions from their superiors, "Listen to Lord Wei together."

One of the older lieutenants, who was about to touch a man in his thirties, immediately bent down and smiled: "Sir, the fastest thing is to go to the guards' intelligence, which will take seven or eight days."

"It takes so long?"

Wei Guangde frowned when he heard this. He thought the Jinyiwei would have some special communication channel, and perhaps he could deliver the news to the capital in three or five days.

But when I heard that it would take seven or eight days, wasn’t this just using the fast horse from the station to deliver messages?

However, his letter this time was written to Lu Bing, but it was not a memorial. He really couldn't use Yima. It seemed that he could only let the Jinyiwei people pass on the message.

"Can you not be noticed approach the person you met today?"

Wei Guangde asked again.

"Sir, do you want to see Wang Zhi privately?"

The man frowned when he heard Wei Guangde's question.

There is a Jinyiwei Hundred House of Households in Hangzhou, but the military man was not sure whether he was able to arrange this matter. When he said this, he looked at the young lieutenant next to him.

Although the young captain was also an Jinyiwei, Wei Guangde could see a little bookish spirit from his face. He should be someone who had read books.

In fact, among the children of various garrisons in the capital, there are many people who have achieved fame and fortune after studying.

Moreover, because the literary style in the north is far inferior to that in the south, the chances of scholars in the Northern Vatican are actually far greater than those in the Southern Vatican. Many civil servants from military families have emerged, and even become the chief minister. This is the case with Li Dongyang from the previous dynasty.

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Li Dongyang, born on June 9, 12th year of Zhengtong, died on July 20, 11th year of Zhengde, with his name Binzhi and his pseudonym Xiya, and his ancestral home is Huguang Chaling. Because his family has been a corps for generations, he entered the capital to guard the capital.

Jinwu Zuowei.

During the Hongzhi Dynasty, he entered the cabinet and formed the "Iron Triangle" of the Hongzhi cabinet with Liu Jian and Xie Qian, which was quite famous.

After Zhengde ascended the throne, Liu Jian and Xie Qian resigned one after another, and he became the chief assistant of the cabinet, playing a great role in stabilizing the court during Zhengde time.

Therefore, Wei Guangde was not surprised to see such a Jinyiwei who seemed to be literate and sly. Who said that military families cannot come out to study? Isn’t he?

"It's not me going to meet him, but the men."

Wei Guangde shook his head and said, he would never go.

His identity is now special, and Wei Guangde is not sure whether Hu Zongxian will be on guard against him. If someone finds out that he meets Wang Zhi privately, it will be a bit troublesome. Even if it is arranged by the Jinyiwei, it will not be clear.

"The intention of the lord to see Wang Zhi is."

At this time, the slightly younger captain who had not spoken beside him asked.

"Today you have been to the prison with me, you should have heard Wang Zhi say something about the edict."

Wei Guangde mentioned, "You can find a way to see him without knowing it, find out what kind of edict it is, whether it is still in his hands, and sign and seal it."

Wei Guangde's request was very simple. According to official documents, Wang Zhi would be executed in three days, which is inevitable.

When the person died, the few of them just didn't count when they heard Wang Zhi's words. They had to leave Wang Zhi's confession, otherwise they would be unable to suppress the Yan family's concessions in Yu Dayou's case.

Wei Guangde had already thought about it and pushed this matter to the people from the Jinyiwei.

When Wang Zhi said the "pardon edict", the people from the Jinyiwei were there. When they heard it, they naturally had to collect evidence and then report to the Beizhen Fushi. These had nothing to do with him, Master Wei.

In this way, even though it was too late for Lu Bing to learn the news and Wang Zhi was already in prison, there was evidence of impeaching Hu Zongxian.

If the Yan family is not convinced, then they will make a big fuss. Hu Zongxian deceives the emperor and disregards the emperor and falsely write down the edicts. He has the intention of being unjust, which is enough for his Yan family to drink a pot.

The two of them naturally heard the words of the "pardon edict", but like most people, they were unintentionally pursuing it, because everyone was about to be executed, so who would care about what they said?

Perhaps, only those who are interested will care about it.

However, it is obvious that Wei Guangde is one of the people who are interested. When the Censor-in-Chief said that he had left the prison, Wei Guangde did not investigate the matter. Instead, he pretended not to fool him, but returned to the mansion and asked them to use their own way.

Immediately after Wang Zhi, he obtained the confession.

The confession was originally intended to be given to Lu Bing, so Wei Guangde didn't bother to do that and just handed over the errands to the people of the Jinyiwei to do it.

Although he knew that the edict was probably destroyed in all respects, Wei Guangde still reminded him, just to see if Wang Zhi was smart enough.

However, just by seeing Wang Zhi’s mental state today, it is probably impossible.

"I will contact this matter as soon as possible. I don't know when the adults will see the confession."

The young Jinyiwei bowed and said.

"The faster the better, if you can, you'll have it tonight."

Wei Guangde naturally would not drag on the mud, and Wang Zhi only took two days, so it would take time to clear the prison guards of the inspectors Si Dazhu, so they couldn't wait.

"We will do our best."

It was obvious that Wei Guangde attached great importance to this confession, so the captain did not delay and immediately clasped his fists.

"You guys go down, hurry up, don't be discovered."

After Wei Guangde gave the order, he waved his hand and signaled the two to retreat.

The Jinyiwei is tough in front of officials, it depends on who he is.

If they were ordered to take people, they would naturally be arrogant. Now they are different. They are ordered to follow Wei Guangde to do their jobs, so they naturally have to keep their duties and do things according to Wei Guangde's instructions.

After the two of them bowed again, they left the house. Not long after they left, Zhang Ji came in.

He shut up the others at the door, and he was alone guarding them.

After following Wei Guangde for so long, he naturally knew that his master must have an order to ask the two of them for errands, so he naturally didn't want to be heard by others.

Now that the two Jinyiwei left, Zhang Ji entered the house to see what Wei Guangde had to give.

"I'm hungry if I get something to eat."

Wei Guangde spoke directly.
To be continued...