AWB Chapter 135: Longkodo Incident
Chapter 135: Longkodo Incident
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At the end of December, accompanied by biting cold wind and snowflakes floating over the capital, the censors in the court wrote one after another to impeach the Tong family and Longkodo, and the memorials filled up Kangxi's desk.
Not long after, a huge wave was set off. Led by the Minister of Personnel of the Plain White Banner Guwalgiya clan, and a number of important officials, they listed the ten crimes of the Tong family, headed by Tonggia Longkodo.
Among them, Longkodo seized the concubine of his father-in-law Hesheli and condoned her to humiliate the women of the royal family. He even humiliated his original wife Hesheli and turned her into a human pig, which shocked Kangxi.
Wait, my cousin stole the concubine from my empress’s family, that is, my brother-in-law’s family, and then allowed the concubine to strangle a daughter of the Gioro clan, and turned my niece into a human pig?
Can you f*cking tell me that again? ?
How dare the Tong family slap Hesheli in the face like this?
Where does this put the Empress? Where does this put the Crown Prince's reputation? Where does this put me?
Kangxi was furious and arrested Longkodo on the spot and launched an investigation on the spot.
The Minister and Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, as well as a group of ministers of the Council of State, led the guards to surround the Tong Mansion and conduct a search.
For a moment, the north wind was howling and the wind was screaming, just like the screams of Hesheli who was made into a human pig. Even though the search guards were wearing heavy cotton robes, they could not help feeling nervous as they walked on the way to Tong Mansion.
Fortunately... the final investigation results were not as chilling as expected.
The charge that Longkodo seized his father-in-law's concubine was true, and that Li Si'er had humiliated a royal daughter and even beaten his original wife, Hesheli, were also true.
It is a foregone conclusion and indisputable that Longkodo was an unfilial son, an unrighteous husband, favored his concubine over his wife, did not follow etiquette and laws, and was a rampant person.
but.
The Tong family is not a group of uneducated barbarians, nor are all of them as rampant and scum as Longkodo.
Li Si'er had already been executed by Tong Guowei according to family rules, and he had also used flogging on Longkodo. The coroner even found unhealed whip marks on Longkodo's body.
The so-called rumors of murdering the original wife and forcing the princess of the royal family to death are exaggerated and are simply naked slanders to frame someone.
Hesheli was just sick, but Jueluo was by her mistress's side day and night.
The recent rumors that Longkodo's new favorite concubine has been partying every night are nonsense. She just has a few more concubines to take care of Longkodo's daily life.
"call……"
After hearing this report, Kangxi's clamoring brain finally stopped.
He breathed a sigh of relief, finally being able to calmly drink a pot of heat-reducing honeysuckle tea.
Thinking about the origin of honeysuckle tea, his upset mood finally eased a lot.
This was made for me by Baocheng himself.
As for the skills and recipes...most of them were learned from that girl Dong E Gege.
Baocheng's kindness made him feel more gratified than taking Chinese medicine for a month or drinking antipyretic tea for a year.
The child has grown up and become sensible, and will care about his father.
The case of Longkodo and the Tong family did not involve life, and the execution of the evil woman Li Si'er was what she deserved.
Thinking of this, Kangxi began to think about the verdict on the Tong family after this case.
The Tong family is indeed getting too arrogant, it's time for them to wake up.
But in this case, apart from the fact that Longkodo was too much of a person, the rest of the charges, whether forming a clique or running a private business, or taking bribes and breaking the law, are just high accusations and should not be believed.
The Tong family is his maternal family, which is related to his mother and his reputation, and he also has to protect the reputation of his cousin in the palace.
If the punishment is too light, it will not serve as a warning to others; if the punishment is too severe, the Tong family will inevitably be looked down upon.
After thinking for another quarter of an hour, the Tong family's punishment was finally announced.
The three brothers Ye Keshu, Dekexin and Longkodo were dismissed from their posts. Tong Guowei was dismissed from his post as minister of state council for failing to manage his family properly and was allowed to return home to reflect on himself for half a year.
However, in addition to the position of Minister of State Council, Tong Guowei's position as Minister of the Imperial Guard was retained.
The more important significance of this punishment is that Kangxi hoped that during the six months that Tong Guowei had returned home, he would give the descendants of the Tonggiya clan a good warning. He did not ask for any great contributions to the country, but he wanted to make sure that there would not be another case like Longkodo.
The emperor's will was very clear, and Tong Guowei could naturally see it clearly.
He returned home from the palace with a heart full of fear.
Because of the house search, the Tong family also learned about the changes in the court.
At this moment, all those who have witnessed the Mid-Autumn House Cleaning could not help but heave a sigh of relief and secretly pray to the Bodhisattvas and the gods for their blessings.
Tong Guowei sat in his seat till dawn the next day.
He just opened his mouth, with a hoarse voice, and shouted at Hesheli who had also accompanied him all night,
"Let this unfilial son kneel in the ancestral hall!"
"Master, you don't have to arrange this. The third brother has been suppressed by the eldest and second brothers and has been kneeling all night."
"Well, very good, they finally understand something."
After a night of contemplation, Tong Guowei finally calmed down a lot.
He continued to say to Hesheli,
"Send a visiting card to Dong'e Mansion, and ask you to go there on my behalf some other day.
Please remember to convey this. After six months of reflection, I, Tong Guowei, will come to your house in person to express my gratitude.
In addition, as long as the Dong E family has any requests, you should not refuse them for the time being as long as they are not excessive."
Tong Guowei doesn’t even dare to think about it now.
If Longkodo, the rebellious son, was really allowed to go free to do evil and misbehave, what would have happened to him if the emperor had investigated and found that Hesheli had been turned into a human pig and the princesses of the royal family had been killed?
When arresting Li Si'er, she did not forget to give Little Hesheli two slaps in the face, and also searched Li Si'er's room for the harmful books and drugs...
It’s too rampant and too scary.
How dare this arrogant and brainless man and woman touch the reverse scale of the Hesheli clan, the current emperor!
The Tong family is a big tree, but it also attracts the wind.
Today's censors are from the Guargiya clan, some are from the Irgenjueluo clan, and some are from the clan's relatives...
Tong Guowei took note of it.
On the fifth day after the incident, Hesheli and Madam Tong Guowei came to Dong'e Mansion with little Hesheli and their little daughter Tongjia Nerji.
Hesheli visited the Dali Temple's Minister and Shaoqing's families respectively to express her gratitude for their impartiality in handling the case.
After all, in this matter, seeking truth from facts and not adding insult to injury are the best help.
Hesheli did not hide her gratitude to her benefactor, and everyone in the capital saw it clearly.
After that, she took one of the victims in this incident, little Hesheli, back to her parents' home and stayed there for two days.
During this period, Tonggiya Nerji came along in the name of taking care of her sister-in-law and mistress, and Hesheli did not stop her.
After all, there was a younger person accompanying him to Dong'e Mansion, so if someone was interested in making up something, they could find a good excuse.
The three of them stayed in Dong'e Mansion for half a day. After returning to the mansion, Tong Guowei hurriedly asked,
"Did the Dong-E government make any requests?"
Hesheli and Tong Guowei told the story.
"The first wife, Fu Cha, entertained us very warmly and gave the third daughter-in-law a lot of medicinal herbs to soothe her nerves and nourish her body.
after……"
After listening to this, Tong Guowei was a little stunned.
"You mean the Dong E Mansion wants to marry us? Who?"
"The second son, Erdenbu.
If Fu Cha hadn't asked whether our Fourth Princess was engaged, I wouldn't have been sure of her intention..."