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Cheng Rusi was an official.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
- At Kuizhou 夔州 · Relation Posted to
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 293Volume 293 Biographies 80: Li Fu, Cai Ting, Xie Jishi, Chen Xuehai · 6 passages
五年，召回京按訊，上閱羹堯幕客舉人汪景祺所著書，載珽撫四川時得夔州府知府程如絲賄，保治行第一。
In the fifth year he was recalled to the capital for interrogation. The emperor read a book by Gengyao's client, provincial graduate Wang Jingqi, which recorded that while Ting was governing Sichuan he had received bribes from Kuizhou Prefect Cheng Rusi and recommended him first in official conduct.
如絲守夔州，鬻私鹽，而捕湖廣民鬻私鹽者得輒殺之，為羹堯劾罷。
Rusi governed Kuizhou, sold private salt himself, and whenever he captured people from Huguang selling private salt he killed them on the spot. Gengyao impeached and dismissed him.
珽入對，言其冤。
Ting at audience said Rusi had been wronged.
上命免如絲罪，且擢為四川按察使。
The emperor ordered Rusi's crime pardoned and promoted him to Sichuan surveillance commissioner.
會巡撫馬會伯劾如絲營私網利疏至，命侍郎黃炳如四川按其事，以珽偕炳還奏，事實，下法司匯讞。
Meanwhile Governor Ma Huibo's memorial impeaching Rusi for private profit arrived. The emperor ordered Vice Minister Huang Bing to go to Sichuan to investigate. Ting accompanied Bing and returned to report; the facts were established and the case was referred to the judiciary for sentencing.
尋議珽挾詐懷私，受夔關稅銀、富順縣鹽規，冒銷庫帑，並得如絲銀六萬六千、金九百，讒毀鍾琪，交結查嗣庭，凡十八事，應斬決，妻子入辛者庫，財產沒入官，命改斬監候。
Soon after it was deliberated that Ting had practiced deceit with private intent, received Kuiguan customs silver and Fushun County salt levies, falsely wrote off treasury funds, and altogether received from Rusi 66,000 taels of silver and 900 taels of gold, slandered Zhongqi, and associated with Zha Siting—eighteen counts in all warranting execution, with wife and children sent to the Sinchi Treasury and property confiscated. The emperor ordered commutation to execution after imprisonment.