Rise From the Humble

Hai Rui was not demoted to civilian status and was not beaten with imperial cane. Hai Rui was only fined one year's salary and was deemed incompetent in the annual performance appraisal. This gave all the officials in the hall a shot in the arm.

All the officials in the hall couldn't help but have hope in their hearts. They all had this idea in their minds. If Hai Rui can do it, so can we.

However, their hopes were shattered in the next second.

"Shi Ning, a member of the Huizhou Guards, was cowardly and fearful of fighting, so he led his troops to guard the Huizhou passes. When the Japanese invaders knocked on the pass, Shi Ning took the lead in abandoning the pass without firing an arrow or a musket, and then all his troops fled, making it easy for the Japanese invaders. Entering Huizhou, plundering Jixi River, betraying the emperor's favor, having no regard for the people, the crime cannot be pardoned, he will be escorted to the capital, and he will be executed after the fall!"

Chen Hong twitched the corners of his mouth, looked at Weizhou Wei Qianhu Shi Ning, and read slowly.

"Spare your life, spare your life, my father-in-law, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me. Please say a few kind words to your Majesty and forgive me for this time." Shi Ning, a Qianhu of Huizhou Wei, suddenly collapsed to the ground and begged loudly for mercy.

"General Shi, it's useless for you to cry out for mercy to the Zajia family. You can wait until you get to the capital before shouting. However, the Zajia family still advises you not to waste your efforts. This imperial edict was jointly agreed upon by the cabinet, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment and other yamen, and approved by the Holy Spirit. , even if you shout till your throat is broken, there is no point in trying to avoid making the same mistakes in this life in the next life."

Chen Hong raised his orchid finger, shook his head with a sinister smile, and waved his hand to the factory guard, indicating that he should be escorted away.

Suddenly, the factory guards on the side pounced on Shi Ning like wolves and tigers. They ignored Shi Ning's begging for mercy. They picked him up and dragged him outside the palace. They put on the shackles and shackles that had been prepared and put him into a prison car.

This was a capital punishment, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense and suffocating.

“The magistrate of Jixi County reduced his position to serve the people”

"The magistrate of Weng County will fine him a salary for one year to see the effects."

"The magistrate of Ningguo Prefecture will be fined for one year, and the annual performance appraisal will be conducted to see the consequences."

"The magistrate of Jing County, Qiu Shiyong, will fine him one year's salary and demote him to the county magistrate on the spot to see the consequences."

"The Prime Minister of Nanling County is cowardly and afraid of fighting, so he flees without fighting. He will be escorted to Beijing and beheaded in the autumn."

"Hu Guangyao, the magistrate of Nanling County, reduced his position to serve the people and fled three thousand miles away."

"The commander of the Jianyang Guards, Miao Yin, was incompetent in suppressing the Japanese. He was defeated repeatedly in battles, and bribed officials to cover up his defeats. He thought that although he was defeated repeatedly, he was able to fight repeatedly, and was incompetent but not timid to fight. He was punished with a hundred sticks, fined with a salary of three years, and demoted. For a hundred households, we can see the effects.”

"Thousands of households under the Imperial Envoy of Wuhu City once feared that the Japanese were incompetent. They were punished with a hundred sticks and fined one year's salary to see the effects."

Every time Chen Hong finished reciting an imperial edict, an official would meet his fate. Those who were demoted to serve the people were pulled out like mourning mothers, those who were escorted to Beijing were shackled and put in prison cars, and those who were fined and demoted could not help but relax a little. I breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, I finally saved my political life and physical life.

Finally, Chen Hong finished reading out the punishments of local officials from various places along the way, and it was Yingtian's turn to accompany the capital.

The pressure is on Yingtian officials.

Under the tension of all Yingtian officials, Chen Hong continued to read: "When the Japanese invaders came to Yingtian, Hu Zongxian, the censor of Zhejiang Province, took the initiative to ask for help, led the troops out of the city, sniped at the Japanese pirates in the cherry orchard, dug deep ditches, and prepared for them However, due to lax military management and lack of vigilance, the soldiers under his command took off their armor and warmed up, which was taken advantage of by the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates disguised themselves as beggars and raided. Hu Zongxian's troops were driven into a deep ditch and suffered heavy losses. He volunteered for military service and stepped forward at the critical moment. , I will be given a lighter sentence and be fined for one year, and my incompetence in the annual performance appraisal will be reviewed to see the consequences.”

Hu Zongxian was the first official of the Yingtian clan to be punished. Considering that Hu Zongxian was the censor of Zhejiang Province and had no responsibility to lead the troops to suppress Japanese invaders, he was able to volunteer and step forward when the Japanese invaders came to the city. To be broad-minded and give a lenient sentence, the punishment is only a one-year salary fine and no punishment during the annual performance appraisal.

Of course, the relationship network behind Hu Zongxian must have played a big role. He was born in Jinyiwei in the era of Hu Zongxian's family, and he has a lot of energy. Moreover, after Hu Zongxian became a Jinshi, he once observed politics in the Ministry of Punishment. He has many connections in the Ministry of Punishment, and he has been able to move around in these years. It is the censorship route, and there are many connections in the censorship circle.

Zhu Pingan noticed that Hu Zongxian did not look surprised after hearing Chen Hong read out the punishment against him. He seemed to have known about the punishment for a long time.

"The guilty minister accepts the order to express his gratitude. Long live our emperor. The guilty minister must remember this lesson, know his shame and then be brave, and live up to the mighty emperor's grace." Hu Zongxian knelt on the ground to receive the order to express his gratitude and expressed his firm stance.

After Hu Zongxian, Chen Hong continued to read out the imperial edict. Following Hu Zongxian was Zhang Qianchi, the commander of the Zhenwei Battalion who followed Hu Zongxian in the attack, and other officers dispatched from the Beijing camp. Compared with Hu Zongxian, they were punished more severely. Judu He was demoted one level, fined one year's salary, and sentenced to fifty with a cane.

It's the Yingtian War Department's turn.

Zhu Ping'an thought in his mind, and sure enough, Chen Hong began to read out in the next second: "Shi Pengfei, the right minister of the Yingtian Ministry of War, assistant to the Ministry of War, responsible for guarding the capital, ignored the Zhejiang Prosecution and Prosecution Envoy Si Qian Shi Zhu Ping'an and sent it to Shangyu He also ignored the warning of Japanese pirates attacking Yingtian, and ignored Zhang Jing, the Minister of War, who ordered him to pay attention and arrange to study the nearby Beijing camp to pay attention to the response. Instead, he regarded it as a joke and laughed about it at the dinner table; he accepted bribes from Miao Yin, the commander of Jianyang Guards, to cover up his defeat. . Confiscate the bribes of 2,500 taels, confiscate all family property, reduce positions for the people, never use them, and serve as a warning to others!"

Two thousand five hundred taels of bribes were collected, all family property was confiscated, and his position was reduced to the people and would never be used again.

When Shi Pengfei, the right minister of the Yingtian Military Department, heard this, his face turned ashen instantly, and his body seemed to have no bones, and he collapsed to the ground.

This not only ended his powerful political career and reduced him to a commoner who could never stand up, but also took back the huge bribes he was afraid to accept, and all his family property was confiscated. Not only was it bleeding, it was simply shattered.

"It's over, it's over, it's all over." Shi Pengfei cried bitterly on the ground as if he were mourning for his heir.

The factory guard on the side stepped forward unceremoniously and picked up Shi Pengfei, who was crying bitterly. He took off his black gauze hat and official uniform, and dragged him backwards out of the hall.

If he had known this, why would he have done it in the first place? Seeing this scene, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but twitch his lips.

When the department himself reported the urgent military situation that Yu Japanese pirates would attack Yingtian, Shi Pengfei was the one who ridiculed and objected most actively. He regarded his reminder as a joke and ignored it. After listening to the imperial edict read by Chen Hong, it turned out that Shi Pengfei accepted Miao's advice. Yin's bribes embellished Miao Yin's failure. Such an official occupies such a key position as the right minister of the Ministry of War, that is, a pig leader who is worse than a pig teammate! At this time, Shi Pengfei was demoted from his post to serve as a civilian, which was a good thing and a great joy for the overall situation of fighting against the Japanese.