Prince of Chaos

Chapter 327
Daheng Xiao was gearing up, his eyes lit up.

However, this does not mean that Dali Temple Minister and Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are excited.

The current Minister of Dali Temple is named Zhou Guanghao, and he is also a person who has reached his current position by relying on various achievements and hard work in the local area.

Moreover, in the original historical time and space, Zhou Guanghao resigned in the 24th year of Wanli because he couldn't stand the various official strife during the national-bond dispute.

However, now because of the early end of the national dispute and Zhu Changluo's increasingly stable position, this has also eased the struggle within the imperial court a lot.

Therefore, Zhou Guanghao stayed in this position for a while longer.

However, Zhou Guanghao was actually very resistant to hearing the Shi Xing case.

Because, in his opinion, this is a manifestation of party struggle, and the last thing he wants to do, or the last thing he wants to be involved in, is party struggle.

Although Zhou Guanghao is also from the south, he is from Cantonese.

At this time, Guangdong was not as prosperous and developed as later generations. On the contrary, it was not so important because it was far away from the center.

Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty, especially after the Wanli period, the various political forces that appeared above the imperial court were either Jiangxi guys, Jiangsu-Zhejiang guys, or Shandong guys.

In addition to the people from these three places, although there are people from other places who can enter the center, their influence and unity are far less than the people from these three places.

In particular, the Donglin Party, which rose from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, was able to fight ten in the political arena in the late Ming Dynasty!If it hadn't been for the birth of Nine Thousand Years, who united other officials who were excluded by the Donglin Party to form the Eunuch Party and fought desperately against the Donglin Party, it is estimated that these Donglin Party members could have brought Daming to the preparations in advance. constitutional stage.

Of course, this is just a joke. In the thinking of traditional Chinese scholar-bureaucrats, the most they want to do is to rule from the Holy Son of Heaven. As for the establishment of a constitution and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, these are all nonsense.

Because, although China has laws to abide by for thousands of years, in the final analysis, it is still the rule of man.

As for the rule of law, it is at most a supplement to the rule of man or the rule of virtue.

Therefore, this also formed the unique political ecology of ancient China's so-called imperial power not going to the countryside.

Landlords and rich people are in their own territory and clan, and they can use suzerainty to deal with the life and death of family members or servants with family law.

From the perspective of a modern society ruled by law, this situation is simply unimaginable and reckless.

However, in the feudal era, it was indeed a common thing.Moreover, the government also recognized the validity of their family law and allowed them to use lynching, which is really terrible!
A bit too far.

Back to Zhou Guanghao's main topic, the reason why Zhou Guanghao was unwilling to participate in the Shi Xing case is actually very simple.

First, he doesn't want to offend people. After all, he is a helpless "Southern barbarian" from Guangdong, and he is not as stubborn as Hai Gangfeng, and his accent is different in the Beijing circle.

Second, he also has his own political concerns. After all, Shi Xing is not an ordinary person. He used to be a favored man.

Although, he was thrown into prison by Emperor Wanli because of the falsified tribute.

However, according to the civil officials' understanding of Emperor Wanli over the years, Emperor Wanli was very tolerant of other civil officials except for Zhang Juzheng's incident.

As long as the official has some credit, after resigning from office and returning to his hometown, Emperor Wanli will decree to posthumously give him a rank, and he will also have the honor of burial.

Just a few people sitting in the cabinet now, after their death, all of them were posthumously given official positions by Emperor Wanli, and some even gave them posthumously for three generations.

It can be seen from this that although Emperor Wanli is not very reliable, his respect for officials is still very serious.

Therefore, Zhou Guanghao didn't dare to shout and kill like Xiao Daheng did.

After all, Daheng Xiao was from Shandong. Although the power of the Shandong people in the court was not as strong as that of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang people, it was by no means comparable to that of Zhou Guanghao, a Cantonese.

Therefore, Zhou Guanghao decided to make peace with each other, and finally express his position according to the wishes of the cabinet leaders.

Xu Zuo also has a headache here, and he has already started to take a long vacation to see the sick.

The matters in the Metropolitan Procuratorate are now in the hands of the proud Mr. Prince.

But why did such a mess happen at this critical moment.

Originally, he was just watching the excitement from the sidelines, watching the dog-eat-dog between Xiao Daheng and Shi Xing.

However, he never expected that now the cabinet actually summoned all the officials from the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple, and asked them to have a grand joint trial of the three justices to try Shi Xing.

This is really difficult for Xu Zuo.

Although he is not as "cowardly" as Zhou Guanghao, but in such an awkward position, he still has the mentality of being a monk who hits the clock for a day with the idea that more things are worse than less things.

After Emperor Wanli approved his resignation application, wouldn't it be nice for him to return home to be a peaceful and wealthy old squire?

However, once he was involved in the Shi Xing case, even if Shi Xing was sentenced by Ming Zhengdian in the end, he would gain the reputation of being upright.However, for an old man whose official career is nearing its end, this is meaningless.

At this time, he didn't want to make an enemy for himself.

Therefore, with regard to the attitudes of the three of them, after Shen Shixing finished speaking, two of them fell silent immediately.

Regarding their attitudes, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping both have a clear heart.

However, this matter is already on the surface. If they don't express it at this time, they will wait for Li Chengliang's damn hob meat to stab this matter outside.

At that time, everyone in the world will know.

When the cabinet has something to do, not only will it not get the satisfaction of the crown prince, but it will also lose the support of public opinion from those bottom-level scholars who are only enthusiastic.

Therefore, no matter what, the cabinet must set the tone for these three at this time.

Wang Xijue glanced at Shen Shixing first, and Shen Shixing looked back.

Wang Xijue opened his mouth and said, "The emperor and the crown prince mean to investigate and deal with the corruption case in Jizhen thoroughly! We must catch all the moths of the court and eliminate them one by one. The cabinet is also very supportive of this, the cabinet We have always strongly opposed corruption. Now that such a big incident happened in Jizhen, as members of the cabinet, no matter whether it is Yuanfu, this cabinet or the old Wang cabinet, we will always stand on the side of the emperor, the crown prince and the court. Therefore, the cabinet will follow up the whole process of this case. Here, I would like to reiterate the importance of this case to the three of you. This case must be handled strictly! Anyone who shields and obstructs, They must be taken down without mercy!"

After Xiao Daheng heard Wang Xijue's words, before Zhou Guanghao and Xu Zuo could react, he immediately replied: "The lower officials must seriously investigate the corruption case in Ji Town, but there are people involved in the case, no matter how high the official position is or how famous they are. The officials will definitely bring him to justice!"

At this time, Zhou Guanghao and Xu Zuo also quickly expressed their determination.

While Xu Zuo expressed his determination, he also proposed a plan to make the cabinet more satisfied.

That is the round trial!
(End of this chapter)