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Yongzheng Emperor was a ruler.
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AD 1729 七年
AD 1728 六年
AD 1726 雍正四年
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- Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 293Volume 293 Biographies 80: Li Fu, Cai Ting, Xie Jishi, Chen Xuehai · 15 passages
上疑紱與濟世為黨，召紱還京師，戍濟世。
The emperor suspected Fu and Jishi were in league; he summoned Fu back to the capital and banished Jishi.
及珽至，諭暴珽等結黨欺罔、傾陷文鏡諸罪狀，命斬振國，珽仍改斬監候，下獄。
When Ting arrived, the emperor announced Ting and others' crimes of forming factions, deception, and framing Wenjing, ordered Zhenguo executed, commuted Ting again to execution after imprisonment, and imprisoned him.
上方倚文鏡，意不懌，命還濟世奏，濟世堅持不可。
The emperor was then relying on Wenjing and was displeased. He ordered Jishi to withdraw his memorial, but Jishi firmly refused.
上諭曰：「文鏡秉公持正，實心治事，為督撫中所罕見者，貪贓壞法，朕保其必無，而濟世於督撫中獨劾文鏡，朕不知其何心？
The emperor said, "Wenjing upholds justice impartially and governs with a sincere heart—rare among governors. As for greed and corruption, I guarantee he has none. Yet among all governors Jishi impeaches Wenjing alone—what can his intent be?
朕訓誡科道至再至三，誠以科道無私，方能彈劾人之有私者。
I have admonished the censorate again and again, for only when censors are without private interest can they impeach those who act from private interest.
朕豈不知誅戮諫官史書所戒？
Do I not know that executing remonstrating officials is what histories warn against?
禮義不愆，何卹於人言，朕豈卹此區區小節哉？」
When ritual and righteousness are not violated, why should I worry about what people say? Would I shrink from this petty concern?"
入對，具為上言之。
At audience he fully stated this to the emperor.
上先入文鏡言，不直紱，而濟世罪狀文鏡又及枉振國、言綸、諴庇球諸事。
The emperor had first accepted Wenjing's account and did not side with Fu, yet Jishi's charges against Wenjing again cited the wrongful cases of Zhenguo, Yanlun, and Yan and Wenjing's shielding of Qiu.
上召大學士、九卿、科道等入見，舉前事，謂：「濟世言與紱奏一一吻合，今詰濟世劾文鏡諸事，濟世皆茫無憑據，俯首無詞，是其受人指使，情弊顯見。」
The emperor summoned the grand secretaries, Nine Chief Ministers, censors, and others for audience, cited the prior matters, and said, "Jishi's words match Fu's memorials point for point. Now when Jishi is questioned on his impeachment of Wenjing, he has no basis for any of it and bows his head without a word—clearly he was directed by others; the circumstances are obvious."
上摘「見賢而不能舉」兩節注，有「拒諫飾非，拂人之性」語，責濟世怨望謗訕，下九卿、翰詹、科道議罪。
The emperor excerpted the commentary on the two passages "seeing the worthy and not being able to advance him," which contained the words "rejecting remonstrance, covering faults, going against human nature," and charged Jishi with resentment and slander. The case was referred to the Nine Chief Ministers, Hanlin academicians, and censors for deliberation on punishment.
有陸生棻者，自舉人選授江南吳縣知縣，引見，上有所詰問，不能對，改授工部主事。
There was a man named Lu Shengfen who, selected from among provincial graduates, was appointed magistrate of Wuxian in Jiangnan. At audience the emperor questioned him and he could not answer; he was reassigned as principal clerk in the Ministry of Works.
復引見，上見其傲慢，以其廣西人，疑與濟世為黨，命奪官發軍前，令與濟世同效力。
At a second audience the emperor found him arrogant. Because he was from Guangxi, the emperor suspected he was in league with Jishi and ordered him stripped of office and sent to the army to serve together with Jishi.
上並下九卿、翰詹、科道議罪，尋議濟世詆訕怨望，怙惡不悛，生棻憤懣猖狂，悖逆恣肆，皆於軍前正法。
The emperor referred both cases to the Nine Chief Ministers, Hanlin academicians, and censors for deliberation. Soon it was decided that Jishi had slandered and harbored resentment without reform, and that Shengfen was resentful, reckless, rebellious, and unrestrained—all were to be executed before the army according to law.
上密諭錫保誅生棻，縛濟世使視，生棻既就刑，宣旨釋之。
The emperor secretly instructed Xibao to execute Shengfen, bound Jishi and made him watch, and after Shengfen had been executed proclaimed an edict releasing Jishi.