The Northern Training Ground,
The situation had calmed down, and the fire in the adjacent workshop was extinguished. After a busy night, Hangzhou finally quieted down before dawn.
The afternoon of the next day,
A leader among the reformist captains who had defected revealed that Yang Hengchang was the one who set the fire, and Zhang Yu was the instigator. With witnesses present, Liu Yingjie immediately dispatched men from the Surveillance Bureau to arrest Yang Hengchang.
Zhang Yu was an imperial envoy, and no one could force him. Zhu Mo had to ask those reformist captain leaders to place him under house arrest in the backyard of the Poet's Shrine. Zhang Yu, of course, protested loudly. However, these leaders were backed by the gentry. Fearing involvement in a major case, the gentry were not about to let him off.
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The next day,
Zhu Mo obtained Wan Cai's confession, compared it with the testimonies of several Yang Hengchang's people, and questioned some witnesses from the workshop that night. Only then did he get a slight handle on the situation. However, Zhu Mo pondered for a long time, feeling it was still insufficient. If there was evidence that Zhang Yu directly instigated the reformist captains to beat people, it would be more appropriate.
He immediately summoned Lü Kun and asked about the progress of the investigation into Zhang Yu and Wan Cai that day. Lü Kun had been busy dealing with the standoff situations in various places and hadn't had his informants report in a while. Realizing the urgency of the matter, he hurriedly took his leave and immediately went to contact his informants.
Around noon,
At the Poet's Shrine,
Since it was inconvenient for Zhu Mo to appear himself, he summoned Zhang Han and Liu Yingjie to discuss how to handle the aftermath. After sitting for a while, the three of them secretly went to the backyard to check on Zhang Yu. They saw that his hair was disheveled, he hadn't eaten or drunk, and he sat blankly in the room all day, appearing as if he had gone senile.
Returning to the main hall, the three of them couldn't help but sigh.
Zhang Han, as the governor, was very worried that if the matter escalated, it would fall on him. He subtly said, "Zi Xuan, Zhang Weishi is an imperial envoy after all. Those reformist captain leaders have surrounded him for days; I think it's about time. Shall we ask him to return to the capital?"
Liu Yingjie shook his head and said,
"If he doesn't return to the capital, what will happen if he causes trouble outside again?"
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Zhang Han said,
"That's unavoidable. He is an imperial envoy; we can't have those people blockading him forever..."
Zhu Mo interjected,
"Cannot release him!"
He thought that the situation might become very serious. He stood up, paced a few steps, and continued,
"Think about it, Zhang Yu is an imperial envoy, and the court will naturally listen to his account. Although we now have the confessions of Wan Cai and Yang Hengchang, if Zhang Yu stubbornly denies it, the court will not be able to believe it! Won't this case be handled in vain? Not to mention, this time Zhang Juzheng used the Crown Prince's order to quell the situation. If Zhang Yu goes back and fabricates a story, and the Yan family uses it to vehemently cry injustice and make a fuss, won't it be another trouble?"
Alas...
The two thought for a moment and felt a headache. The difficulty of this matter lay in the fact that Zhang Yu was an imperial envoy, and the Yan family would certainly help him overturn the case. However, not releasing him was impossible, as the family retainers of the gentry would not dare to blockade him for an extended period.
Zhu Mo thought for a while and said,
"We still need to block him for a few more days and see if Uncle Jian can find anything out..."
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Just then,
Lü Kun rushed in excitedly and said,
"Got it! Got it! Zhang Yu received 150,000 taels of silver from Shen Yishi!"
The three were overjoyed.
Lü Kun produced a confession statement and said,
"This is from an old weaver at Shen Yishi's Qiantang workshop. He saw it with his own eyes... That day, Zhang Yu went to the Qiantang workshop to see the silk, and Shen Yishi personally handed it to him in the tea hall."
He then took out a stub from Wan He Money House and said,
"I thought at the time that Shen Yishi probably deposited it directly in Zhang Yu's name. I immediately took two yamen runners from the public office to Wan He Money House. The boss was terrified and produced this stub..."
The three saw that the name was indeed Zhang Yu's, and the handler was a runner from the Directorate of Weaving, named Shen Feng. As they were about to ask for more details,
Unexpectedly, Lü Kun, now an expert in handling cases, continued,
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"I went to the Directorate of Weaving again and asked a supervising eunuch to bring out the roster. Although Yang Jin was present, the matter was unrelated to him, so he didn't intervene. I obtained this roster, and Shen Feng was indeed on it. If we investigate further, Shen Yishi's accounts should also have evidence..."
Good!
Good!
Zhu Mo patted his shoulder and smiled,
"That's great, I was worried we couldn't catch Zhang Yu!"
Only then did he examine Lü Kun carefully and realize that in the past six months, Lü Kun had truly grown into a capable talent, handling matters with meticulous attention to detail, not a single step amiss!
Lü Kun said,
"Then should we immediately send it to the Embroidered Uniform Guard?"
Zhu Mo shook his head and said calmly,
"We cannot let the Embroidered Uniform Guard handle this... Think about it, the imperial envoy sent by the Yan family was arrested by the Embroidered Uniform Guard in just a few months. Wouldn't Yan Shifan throw a tantrum? They would say that someone in Jiangnan deliberately defied the law, and then it would be endless quibbling..."
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He thought for a moment and immediately said,
"Let Wan Cai show this to those reformist captain leaders, have them hint to Zhang Yu, and then force Zhang Yu to write down the entire situation of establishing the reformist captains... With this in writing, he won't be able to turn the tables when he returns to the capital!"
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The leaders of the reformist captains understood immediately. After a few words of prompting, Zhang Yu's face turned ashen, and he had no choice but to write it down obediently. However, he was cunning and still claimed that everything was done under his own command.
Lü Kun read it over and said,
"No, we need him to implicate the Yan family!"
Zhu Mo shook his head and said,
"Forget it... let's leave it at that for now. As long as his mouth is shut, it's enough..."
Lü Kun naturally didn't understand: it was not the time to overthrow the Yan family. As long as there was evidence and a confession, Zhang Yu would not be able to overturn the case when he returned, and the Yan family would not be able to make waves. The matter in Jiangnan would be resolved. After all, the Yan family had the Crown Prince in front of them, and Jiajing's attitude was unclear. At this time, it was only possible to do things to this extent.
Therefore,
Ta He had Zhang Han, in the name of the Provincial Government, submit the confessions of Wan Cai and Zhang Yu, but he did not submit the evidence of Zhang Yu receiving money or Yang Hengchang's confession of instigating family retainers to set fire. This was naturally to avoid escalating the situation for the time being. As long as Wan Cai and Zhang Yu admitted their mistakes, it would be enough. Moreover, any discerning person could guess that since Wan Cai and Zhang Yu had both written confessions, the affairs in Jiangnan must have been very troublesome. Without any leverage, how could these two have admitted to the absurdity of their governance? ... More than ten days later, The capital. The Two Seals Study in the Yan Mansion was in an uproar. After Zhang Yu returned to the capital, he resigned as imperial envoy, and Chen Yiqin approved it, reassigning him back to the Dali Temple as a Vice Minister. He had made this move without informing the Yan family, which naturally infuriated Yan Shifan. At this moment, Everyone was chattering and cursing Zhang Yu. Luo Longwen, observing Yan Song's solemn expression, which he hadn't seen in years, and being very intelligent, felt that the setback in Jiangnan was truly unfathomable. He couldn't help but advise, "Young Grand Secretary, you cannot blame Zhang Weishi entirely... Chen Yiqin received the reports from the Governor, Provincial Administration Commissioner, and Surveillance Commissioner of Jiangnan, along with Zhang Yu's own signed confession. How could he not allow him to resign? His doing so is the right thing to do; he extricated himself early, which is beneficial to everyone..." Site: -Ta.Du. Novel, Welcome to Download App Free Reading. Yan Shifan angrily said, "Beneficial? Are you out of your mind? Old Luo, what did he do in Jiangnan? With power in his hands, he couldn't accomplish anything. And he still has the nerve to resign? Even if he resigns, he should have returned to report first! This is so humiliating; everyone is laughing at us!" Luo Longwen said gently, "Young Grand Secretary, please calm down... It's also good that Zhang Yu didn't return to the capital, because that confession was signed by him himself... If something happens, he fears implicating the Grand Secretary and the Young Grand Secretary, which means he is loyal... The crux of the matter lies with Zhang Juzheng... Young Grand Secretary, think about it, Zhang Juzheng used the Ministry of War's document and claimed the Crown Prince's decree. Who would dare to object? Anyone in Jiangnan would not be able to get things done... Moreover, Wan Cai is also one of our own. How could they both admit to the absurdity of their governance? There must be something fishy going on... My subordinate guesses that Zhu Mo is behind it, holding some leverage over them and forcing them to write it... The purpose, naturally, is to force our people back, so that he and Zhang Juzheng can secure Jiangnan..." After he finished speaking, seeing that everyone was deep in thought and Yan Shifan's expression had greatly eased, he continued, "Chen Yiqin controls the Privy Council. After receiving such a report from the local authorities, what else could he do? If Zhang Yu hadn't resigned, Chen Yiqin would have had a harder time explaining to the Crown Prince... Therefore, Zhang Yu is doing the right thing; his voluntary confession is better than anything!"