The case was hastily reviewed by Chen Lu, the magistrate of Hangzhou, Kuai Hesun, the provincial judge of Zhejiang, Yang Changjun, the governor of Zhejiang, and Hu Ruilan, the imperial envoy, and so on, which made Ge sit in a felony in vain, and the truth was revealed only when the Empress Dowager Cixi was finally disturbed. However, the tragic experience of the two men being tortured is still lamentable. This case not only brought misfortune to two families, but also caused a major earthquake in Zhejiang officialdom. /kloc-more than 0/00 officials threw away their fine clothes and never used them again. Personal reasons are worth pondering.
A case that is not complicated is becoming more and more complicated because there are many forces behind the case. Between the Manchu court and Han armed groups, between Jiangsu and Zhejiang officials and the generals of the two lakes, between Zhejiang students and Zhejiang officials, and between Prince Chun and Prince Gong? There are some contradictions between them, between Left and Hu Xueyan, and they have waged repeated struggles around this case. In the end, more than 30 of the more than 300 officials, such as Hu Ruilan and Yang Chang, were dismissed, exiled or investigated, and 150 officials with more than six grades were dismissed and never used again, which dealt a heavy blow to the left "two lakes faction" forces.
The previous contradictions have been thoroughly analyzed. Today I will focus on Hu Xueyan, the driving force behind it. How is Hu Xueyan associated with Yang Naiwu? It turned out that Wu Yitong, a close friend of Wu Yitong, was a governess in Hu Xueyan after attending the metropolitan examinations in Yang Naiwu. When Yang Naiwu's sister found Wu Yitong under the guidance of Yang Naiwu, Wu Yitong immediately reported to Hu Xueyan. Hu Xueyan was annoyed that Zuo didn't borrow money from him, so he decided to vote for Zuo.
Xia Tongshan, a Zhejiang official who was just worried about his family, was going back to Beijing, so Wu Yitong invited Xia Tongshan to dinner in the name of his old classmates, and Hu Xueyan paid for it. During the dinner, Wu Yitong and Xia Tongshan talked about the Yang Naiwu case. Hu Xueyan and Wu Yitong hope that Xia Tongshan can walk around in many ways after returning to Beijing and give Yang Naiwu justice.
Later, according to his daughter, when Hu Xueyan learned that the Yang family was in financial difficulties, he immediately sponsored the Yang family to go to Beijing and paid all his expenses in Beijing. After Yang Juzhen went to Beijing, the first thing she did was to send a complaint to Xia Tongshan. Yang Juzheng handed all the complaints to all the yamen headed by Douchayuan, Bujun and punishments. Then, on the recommendation of Xia Tongshan, I asked more than 30 Zhejiang officials in Beijing.
In the same year1February, Zhejiang gentry Wu Yitong and more than 30 people signed a letter, demanding that the prisoner be brought to Beijing for trial to dispel doubts. 18 Zhejiang Beijing officials, including Xia Tongshan, repeatedly voiced this case in front of Empress Dowager Cixi. The court ordered Yang Changrui to escort all files, criminals, witnesses and Ge Pin's coffin back to Beijing. In the end, more than 30 people, including Yang Changjun, were dismissed, exiled or investigated.
In fact, the real purpose of Hu Xueyan's support for reversing his conviction is to cut off Chang County, the right-hand man left in Zhejiang. Because Yang Changjun has been raising money for the Western Expedition Army in Jiangnan, even if Zuo and Shen Baozhen, the governor of Liangjiang, fell out, as long as Yang Changjun, the governor of Zhejiang, raised money in Zhejiang, the military order of the Western Expedition Army to recover Xinjiang in five years can be realized, so he can't make money in Hu Xueyan. As it happens, after Yang Changjun was dismissed, Zuo had to compromise with Hu Xueyan, so that the lifeblood of the capital operation of the Western Expedition Army once again fell into the hands of Hu Xueyan.