During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Yuhang, Zhejiang. A gentry family gave birth to a boy, later Yang Naiwu.
Yang Naiwu was smart, first won the Xiucai exam, and then won the lift, this child made the entire Yang family famous in the Yuhang area.
Yang Naiwu, who was originally regarded as stepping into the career path, if he did his duty, observed his words, and teamed up with officials, he would definitely be able to make a good name. However, this kid does not follow the routine, he is straightforward, chivalrous, and comes out when he sees unfair things.
Because Liu Xitong of Yuhangzhi County is a person who bullies the soft and fears the hard and does wrong, Yang Naiwu is on the bar with him.
Once, Liu Xitong invited the leading figures to the county to discuss matters, and Yang Naiwu seized the opportunity to write a couplet on the county wall: The Law of the Two Kings of the Great Qing Dynasty, and the Two Governors of Zhejiang. The meaning is obvious, it is said that Liu Xitong of Zhixian County has one set above and one set below, and he, the county official, created his own royal law. Everyone saw this couplet and secretly laughed while talking about it. Liu Xitong's face changed drastically, and he was embarrassed.
This made Liu Xitong hold a grudge, and he was determined to take revenge on Yang Naiwu. Helplessly, at this time, Yang Naiwu was a person, bigger than his county. So he can only wait for the opportunity.
Then something happened, Yang Naiwu's neighbor planned to rent a house with him, and the neighbor took his little daughter-in-law to Yang Naiwu's house, which was the appearance of the little cabbage. Why is it called cabbage? Because the neighbor's daughter-in-law Bi Xiugu, Fang is 18 years old, her eyebrows are clear, her figure is graceful, she has a white dress on the upper body and a green skirt on the lower body, and the whole person looks like a cabbage with a water spirit.
Before I could live in the rented house, it happened. People rumored that Xiao Cabbage's husband was not worthy of her, and she lived in Yang Juren's house this time, and she would definitely remarry Yang Juren.
This matter was quickly heard by Yang Naiwu, and in order to avoid suspicion, he found a reason to return the house to the rent, the purpose was not to have too much contact, so as not to gossip.
After more than half a year, Yang Naiwu went out to run errands, and as soon as he returned, he was taken to Yamen by the Yamen. It turned out that the husband of the little cabbage died of illness. And the mother-in-law suspected that Yang Naiwu and Xiao Cabbage conspired to kill her son, so she took the matter to the county magistrate.
And it was Liu Xitong who knew the county on duty, and taking revenge on Yang Naiwu was already part of his plan, and he began to look for clues. A fake toss, got an unsterilized needle, inserted in the body, said that it was discolored, it means that the deceased was poisoned. Then he arrested the little cabbage, tortured him, forced a confession, and in the end, the little cabbage could not endure the torture and begged for mercy, which is naturally some false facts.
The little cabbage said against his will that he had an affair with Yang Naiwu and conspired to do so. And Yang Naiwu's return was also a severe beating and forced confession. In this way, the most famous case of Yang Naiwu and Little Cabbage in history was born.
Later, Yang Naiwu told his sister Yang Shuying and his wife Zhan clearly that they were wronged. The two women then began the road of redress. Go north to Beijing to sue the imperial court!
They ran through many doors, and after a long time, Weng Tongcheng learned about this and reported it to Cixi, and when Cixi saw that Weng Tongyong had come forward, he ordered it to be sent back for retrial. It was not that Cixi was worried about the grievances of the small people, but that he was confronting Zeng Guofan's forces at that time, so it was inevitable to do the opposite.
As soon as Lafayette spoke, the guys in the Criminal Department knew what to do about it. Xingshi mobilized the crowd and escorted Yang Naiwu and Xiao Cabbage to Beijing to reopen the coffin for an autopsy.
This incident was a real sensation at that time, and most of the southeast China was paying attention. New media such as the Declaration were heavily publicized, and many foreign journalists rushed to Beijing to see how Qing officials tried cases.
This also has the scene of the ascension filmed by the French reporter.
In the end, it was demonstrated that Little Cabbage's husband died of illness, not that they were framed. This is a wrongful conviction.
Liu Xitong was disposed of and assigned to Ningguta, and more than 100 officials, including the prefect of Hangzhou, the prefect of Ningbo, and the governor of Zhejiang, were all dismissed.
And the most interesting thing is that Yang Naiwu was actually revoked on the charge of "lifting people and provoking people's tongues", and returned to his hometown to make a living from sericulture, and a wrongful case finally came to an end.
As mentioned earlier, Cixi is not showing mercy, but there is such an incident of suppressing dissidents, and it takes the opportunity to use it all at once. It is not that we see the shadow of the rule of law, but that we have a copy of the rule of man.