The story of Yang Naiwu and Xiao Cabbage has been heard by everyone, and as one of the four strange cases in the late Qing Dynasty, it has been adapted into TELEVISION, movies and so on many times!
The facts of the case are actually very simple: Yang Naiwu, a native of Yuhang County, Zhejiang Province, has a relatively solid family and is also a lifter. Xiao Cabbage is the child daughter-in-law of the Ge family in the neighborhood, and she looks white and beautiful;
Xiao Cabbage's husband, Ge Pinlian, had a fire fever, and later died suddenly, and the autopsy believed that it was arsenic poisoning. Because Yang Naiwu is usually very close to the cabbage, there have long been rumors in the neighborhood that "sheep eat cabbage". Liu Xitong, who was the county commander at the time, and the prefect of Hangzhou tortured him to extract a confession, and Yang Naiwu passed out several times, and finally admitted that it was the poison he gave.
In the end, Yang Naiwu was sentenced to be beheaded, and Xiao Cabbage was sentenced to Ling Chi's execution.
The Yang family was not convinced, so they began to cry out for an unjust complaint. Yang Naiwu's sister Yang Juzhen met Yang Naiwu in prison, who was tortured to death with only half a life, and asked Yang Naiwu to draft a testimony that was beaten into a confession.
The first two times were Yang Juzhen herself taking the form to shout injustice, and the result can be imagined. She went all the way to Yang Changjun, the inspector of Zhejiang, and after the first trial and retrial, the case was upheld because Liu Xitong secretly paid bribes and obstructed them, but the original judgment was upheld.
It wasn't until the third time that Yang Naiwu's identity and connections began to play a role, and he was finally able to overturn the case!
Yang Naiwu told her sister who had come to visit her to find her three friends to help.
The first person was named: Wang Shuping, who and Yang Naiwu were the same list of jinshi, and the key was that his uncle was doing imperial history in the Duchayuan;
The second person is named: Wu Yitong, who is a classmate of Yang Naiwu and works as a Xi Xi in Hu Xueyan's home, that is, a tutor;
The third person is named: Xia Jinchuan, he is Yang Naiwu's friend, but also a martial artist, the key is that his cousin Xia Tongshan is the editor of the Hanlin Academy
In ancient times, this friendship between fellow villagers, classmates, and the same year was the most reliable relationship. In particular, these readers attach great importance to this relationship. Yang Juzhen found Wang, Wu, and Xia, and they were all very enthusiastic and promised to help. Wang Shuping wrote a letter to his brother Wang Shutang; Wu Yitong took Yang Juzhen to see Hu Xueyan, and Hu was very sympathetic to Yang Naiwu's plight and funded Yang Juzhen's travel expenses into Beijing and his use in Beijing; just at this time, Xia Tongshan Ding was worried about returning to the capital, Hu Xueyan went to the capital for him, and Wu Yitong, who was accompanying him, took the opportunity to tell him about yang Naiwu's grievances, and Xia Tongshan agreed to return to Beijing to speak; Xia Jinchuan also wrote a letter, asking Yang Juzhen to go to the capital to find Xia Tongshan first.
Hanlin Yuan Xia Tongshan
Well, at this point, Yang Naiwu's personal connections began to awaken and erupted with great power.
Yang Juzhen took the form to the capital again to file a complaint, the difference is that this time there is no way to shout injustice.
First of all, she took Xia Jinchuan's letter to Xia Tongshan, and Xia Tongshan came forward to help contact more than thirty Zhejiang officials in Beijing. Because Liu Xitong, the governor of Yuhang County, who was in charge of hearing the case, and Chen Lu, the prefect of Hangzhou, were not from Zhejiang. After Xia Tongshan's series, it was a form of the entire Zhejiang official who worked together to help his fellow villagers. Historically, there have been more readers in Zhejiang, and there are all the yamen in Beijing, and the complaint is relatively smooth!
Secondly, Xia Tongshan energy also played a key role. He was closely related to Weng Tonggong, a member of the Cabinet University, a member of the Imperial Household Bureau, zuo du yushi of the Duchayuan, and the guangxu emperor's teacher. Therefore, after repeatedly talking to Weng about the twists and turns of the Yang case, Weng Tonggong expressed deep sympathy, so that Weng Tonggong could tell Empress Dowager Cixi about the case; this was the reason why Cixi later issued a decree to request a retrial of the case!
Guangxu's teacher: Weng Tonggong
At the same time, Wang Shuping and Wu sent a joint post to the Duchayuan with the joint names of eighteen Zhejiang gentry, stating the tortuous grievances and the tragic situation of the coerced confession in Yang's case, and the Duchayuan immediately transferred the song. Weng Tonggong and Xia Tongshan also personally saw the empress dowager of the two palaces and asked to submit the case to the Punishment Department for interrogation, and Xia Tongshan said to Cixi, "If the facts of this case are not clarified, no one in Zhejiang will be willing to study and advance." ”
Cixi ordered a retrial of the case
At this point, under the support of strong personal connections, Yang Naiwu, who died nine times, finally ushered in the opportunity to overturn the case.