eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 154 Your Highness's move, I will praise it! (Please subscribe!)
Since Zhu Houzhao became the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he has encountered many people who opposed him, but most of the time it was a battle of ideas and values, such as Wu Kuan and Cheng Minzheng.

They didn't do some political activities purely for their own benefit, they just felt that the country couldn't do it like a prince.

It's the first time like this time.

Zhu Houzhao wandered around the palace for a long time, and suddenly came up with an idea that he also wanted to have a dialogue with this kind of people, the so-called knowing the enemy and the confidant.There will probably be more of these people in the future.

"Liu Jin, go and deliver the decree to ask Mou Bin to bring the prisoner. Don't torture him. I don't like entering the palace covered in blood. By the way, bring Zhang Mian along with him."

After all, he is the soul of the 21st century,
How should criminals be dealt with, exile or beheading, he will not be merciful, but he does not see the kind of torture that makes people's skin crawl, such as burning people with red-hot iron or piercing nails with needles.

I used to feel pain just watching TV shows.

Liu Jin was slightly taken aback after hearing this, the prince's decree was quite special.

It was just that he went a little late, Jiang Guan had already been tied up and whipped twice, but he was also a ruthless person, and he didn't say a word.

Liu Jin was afraid of bleeding, so she hurriedly informed Mou Bin, "Commander Mou, tell people to stop quickly. His Highness said that he should be killed, but don't torture him."

Then Jiang Guan also heard this sentence, and felt relieved after hearing it.Although he said nothing, the pain was not fake.

"Your Highness wants to see him?" Mou Bin was a little surprised.

"It's enough to follow the order. We can guess His Royal Highness's mind?" Liu Jin looked at Jiang Guan with a sinister smile, "It's just that he has taken advantage of him."

Zhu Houzhao found a pavilion in the palace to sit down, and now the weather is not hot at all, and it will even be cold outside after a while, and then he will have to stay in the room again.

When he was brought here, he was playing wooden swords with Mei Huaigu and the others, and he was sweating all over, as if it was a kind of vent.Afterwards, he took the handkerchief from the hand of the maid, wiped it, and came to the two people brought by Liu Jin.

"Your Highness... people have arrived."

The prince motioned him to step aside, and then glanced at the two of them.

Zhang Mian has a narrow head and a wide face, fat and ugly.On the contrary, Jiang Guan has broad shoulders and round waist, and looks strong.

As the two of them, if it wasn't for this incident, they still don't know when they would see the prince.

That Zhang Mian devoted himself to begging for work, and when he saw the prince, he began to cry and plead guilty, "Your Highness! The guilty minister was confused for a while, and Jiang Guan was blinded. The guilty minister heard Jiang Guan's gossip that day, and immediately expressed that he would never participate. Please be magnanimous, Your Highness, and spare the guilty minister's life."

Zhang Mian was arrested first, but he confessed everything, so he was not beaten much. There was a long mark on Jiang Guan's chest,

Zhu Hou took a look at Liu Jin,
Liu Jin was shocked for a moment, "The maidservant left a bit late."

"Forget it, I think this person is in good spirits." Zhu Houzhao ignored Zhang Mian, and said to Jiang Guan: "Zhang Mian started begging for mercy when he got here, what about you? You don't beg for mercy?"

Of course Jiang Guan also knelt down.

He doesn't think about himself, but also thinks about his family. He is still rebellious at this time, isn't he just waiting to be punished by the nine clans.

"The guilty minister, Jiang Guan, pleaded guilty and punished, and begged the prince to grant the minister a death!"

His hair is still messy, and he still smells bad. As a court official, in the end, most people should be like Zhang Mian.

But this Jiang Guan is much calmer.

What a desperado.

"Don't be in a hurry to die. After living for so many years, I don't care to take a few more breaths. As the old saying goes, when a person is about to die, his words are good. Jiang Yu, you want to die with all your heart, and you must have no scruples about what to say. Now my palace Given this opportunity, do you have anything to say?"

Jiang Guan raised his eyes, and what he saw was a vigorous prince.

His face was rosy, and there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead, which reminded him of how high-spirited he was when he was ten years old, how could he have thought that the ending would be like this.

"Your Highness, what do you want to ask?"

Zhu Houzhao really has a question, "You are also a Jinshi who has read the books of sages. The books of sages say that the people are the most important, the society is second, and the king is the least. Is it right or not?"

It seems unnecessary to ask such a question with such a prisoner.

It was difficult for Jiang Guan to answer this question.That Zhang Mian was annoying, saying: "Your Highness is right!"

"Shut up! I didn't ask you again!"

Jiang Guan sighed, "Your Highness, why bother to ask such a question to the guilty minister. The guilty minister is already a death penalty, whether it is right or wrong, what effect does it have?"

"You can't answer, because you know that when you are an official, you have to serve the people. This is the principle you have learned since elementary school. People like you talk about benevolence and morality, but keep their mouths about benevolence and righteousness. But when they really face the people, he doesn't look down on those people. Common people, is what I said correct?"

Jiang Guan raised his eyes, he usually heard about this prince, but this time he really saw him, he didn't understand, "Your Highness, the purpose of calling the two criminals here is to reprimand them face to face?"

"No, I...want to keep you alive, but I want you to be this stable."

These words made Jiang Zhangmian's body tremble. He was a person whose heart was exhausted, but suddenly he had the hope of life, and suddenly there were more things he cared about.

But Jiang Guan was a little moved when he heard the first half of the sentence, but he gave up on the second half, "Your Highness should kill the minister. I don't want to be a horse household."

interesting.

"You don't even want the suffering of Mahu, but you are the young secretary of the Taipu Temple, but you oppose this palace to alleviate the suffering of Mahu."

Jiang Guan said: "Your Highness is still a young man. There are some truths that can't be written in the books of sages. I'm afraid the elders and ministers won't tell His Highness, so His Highness doesn't know. But Jiang Guan is about to die, and there are some things that Jiang Guan can say." Tell your highness to listen. Your highness knows that it is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. It is said that there is you in me, and there is me in you. Jiang Guan is not alone in the court. If you want to get rid of it, you can't get rid of it. Afterwards, His Highness will also know that everyone in the world scolds Jiang Guan, but everyone in the world will be Jiang Guan."

Liu Jin's face changed, this Jiang Guan was about to die, and his speech was very bold.

"Jiang Guan! Don't be arrogant! You are so shameless, and you want to implicate others even when you die?"

Liu Jin probably felt that the crown prince would be furious again when he heard this.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao just sighed, "You are right in what you said. There is me in you, and you in me... The bad things in the world are caused by these eight words."

"Your Highness..." Eunuch Liu was a little worried about the crown prince.

But Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, "I'm fine. People, you have to die before you can tell the truth."

Jiang Guan didn't expect the crown prince to listen to his words.

In fact, Liu Jin's accusation was right. How could he, a criminal minister, say arrogantly that 'exception is inexhaustible'.But what surprised him was that the prince said he was right.

"Your Highness is wise and wise, and the guilty minister has only seen it in his life."

"This sentence came out of your mouth. It shouldn't be flattering. I just believe it. But although you are right, I still want to kill you." Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt that Jiang Guan was a bit like a modern person. Vice's shadow of 'just for himself', but he still can't survive, after all, he is not respectful in front of the prince, so how can he do it if he doesn't kill him,

"As for you, Zhang Mian... I hate you even more than this Jiang Guan. He is a real villain, and you are a hypocrite. But I won't kill you, so you can go and become a stable household in the future. Do you think Jiang Guan is not Smart, I don’t know how to beg for mercy when I come to the East Palace, but I tell you that sometimes you suffer more while alive than dead, Jiang Guan is an open-minded person, and he will be freed later.”

"Sinful Minister Jiang Guan, thanks to His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, and thank His Highness for his death!"

This guy even yelled such a sentence in a fit of anger.

Zhu Houzhao felt a little depressed, as if he was tired, he waved his hand casually, "Liu Jin, let's do it according to the order."

"Yes!"

After everyone left, Zhu Houzhao summoned Gu Dayong, another eunuch who served, and he lay down on the recliner he brought in and ordered, "Go and inform the cabinet. Please ask them to appease the ministers, so you don't have to worry about my palace being too harsh. , that Zhang Mian sincerely begged for mercy, and I have spared him from death. As for other people who really harmed the common people, they will be dealt with according to the law of the Ming Dynasty and will not be forgiven."

"Yes." Gu Dayong nodded cautiously, not daring to show his breath.

"Pass the decree to Jin Yiwei again, if torture is to be used in the prison in the future, it must be done after the decree is played."

These two sentences reached the cabinet,

The elders Liu, Li, and Xie all felt a little bitter in their hearts.

Especially Liu Jian, he is the one who understands the crown prince best, "Oh, the state affairs are difficult, and rats are everywhere, and your Highness is also in trouble. Especially this second decree is even more benevolent and righteous, Your Highness..."

The old man in his 60s had red eyes.

People who haven't experienced those years don't know the horror of Jinyiwei Prison.

Qu Shixu, a poet in the late Ming Dynasty, said: "In the era of Wei Cui, anyone who belongs to the evil gang will be annoyed by Tiqi, and if he belongs to Tiqi, he will be suppressed and pacified. Joy also.

That is to say, although they are all in prison, if they can be transferred from the imperial prison to the judiciary and locked up in other places, it will be as happy as entering heaven.

In particular, these veterans have all experienced the Chenghua Dynasty, and the factory guards at that time were very harmful.

Now that the prince can have such a will, it can be seen that although he is strict with his courtiers, he has a sense of benevolence and righteousness in his bones.

"Your Highness's move, I will praise it!" Li Dongyang said firmly word by word.

But Xie Qian thought of another section, the East Palace never made meaningless actions, this time it suddenly made such a change in the punishment of the imperial edict, it seems that His Highness is because the ministers in the court asked His Majesty to resume the morning and afternoon dynasties.

In the final analysis, Hongzhi was still liked by literati. On this point, no matter how clever Zhu Houzhao was, he could not beat Hongzhi.

But this time, Donggong's move is hard with soft, soft with hard.Since ancient times, it is rare for someone to record his "benevolence and righteousness" while killing people.

And both of them make sense, benevolence and righteousness are due to the restriction of torture, and murder is because they oppress the people.

awesome.

But Xie Qian has also learned to be smart. In the past, he would tell the way he went to see the prince, but this time he only thought about it in his heart, not to spoil the excitement between Liu Ge and Li Ge.

In fact, he didn't expect the most important thing.

Why is the prince sure that the ministers in the court will praise him?
This is what Jiang Guan said, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, everyone is like this.

It is the officials of the court who benefit from restricting torture, and Jin Yiwei is here to deal with them.And those low-level officials who are going to kill are not killing us anyway.

(End of this chapter)