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Chapter 91 Why does His Highness want to set up a situation and punish him! (Please subscribe!)

Day two.

Mu Bin went to the East Palace according to the emperor's will.

Jin Yiwei should not be under the jurisdiction of the East Palace.

Just like the investigation of Hu Guimin's case last time, it was also the order to go to the emperor's side first.

"Arrested last night, who was the one with the highest rank?"

Zhu Houzhao's impression of Mu Bin was not bad, not the kind of person he thought he was, but this person's words were respectful, and his actions were carried out without compromise.

That's enough.

Seeing that he is also a fastidious person, his satin clothes are not wrinkled at all, and his appearance is very majestic.

"Returning to Your Highness, the highest rank is Zeng Qi, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry."

"Zeng Qi?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it for a while, he should have seen this person when the court promoted the trilateral chief officer, and he had a little impression.

Because he was a young and middle-aged official, very different from old men like Wu Kuan and Zhou Jing. He was younger, but he was not good-looking, with a few small sarcomas on his face.

But this doesn't matter to Zhu Houzhao, and it's not about marrying a wife.

It's really a pity to say that the imperial court chooses officials, of course, it also hopes to be able to progress step by step, and the green and the yellow are connected.

"What's up with him?"

Mou Bin reported: "Zeng Qi is from Xuancheng County, Ningguo Prefecture. There is a big family named Tian Rong in the local area, who has more than a thousand acres of land. Later, Tian Rong died because of a murder case, and his enemy Feng Zhi went to snatch it. Tian Rong's eldest son dedicated the land to Zeng Qi's eldest son Zeng Youfu, hoping to use Zeng Youfu's power to deal with Feng Zhi."

He stopped talking here.

Zhu Houzhao was caught off guard, "Continue talking."

Mu Bin couldn't help it either.

"Later, Zeng Youfu really led people to attack and kill Feng's family, killed more than 70 members of Feng Zhi's family, burned their houses, and plundered their property and livestock. In this way, Zeng's family acquired nearly [-] hectares of Tian and Feng's family. Land. It was Feng Zhi’s old father who exposed this matter after he was not at home and escaped the catastrophe.”

what? !

"Crack!" Zhu Houzhao pointed at Mou Bin and yelled, "With such a case, you didn't start arresting people until today. What are you doing?!"

he is really angry
The majestic Ming Dynasty said it was ZTE, ZTE, but what the hell are they doing? !

In fact, it's normal. Now that education has been done for so many years, there are outrageous second generations in the 21st century, let alone the ancients who already have the concept of superiority and inferiority?
Mu Bin didn't dare to look up at the prince, so he bent his knees and knelt down hastily.

"The minister is guilty! But Zeng Qi is a well-known civil servant, and these crimes were committed by his eldest son and have nothing to do with him."

"Then has his son been punished?"

"The minister has already been arrested!"

"These ministers are still the teachers of the palace. What kind of teaching have their children become?!" Zhu Houzhao was furious, "You are also confused, saying that you have already sent someone to arrest you. What did you do before?! Mou Bin !"

"Chen is here!"

"You send me a special group of people to find out the relatives of the important officials in the court one by one. These people are the easiest to dominate in the local area, so you have to keep your eyes open. Next time, what will the Palace want to arrest? When you are a human being, don't be unable to show everything!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

This time, Zhu Houzhao planned the whole situation,

The only thing that made him feel flawed was that Jin Yiwei failed to cooperate well with his father and son.Because it was the first time, there was nothing I could do about it, it was sudden after all.

But a qualified courtier should understand the mind of his superiors, if this is always the case, then he is not qualified.

"Your Highness, I have one more thing I would like to ask Your Highness to tell you."

"speak!"

"It's Zeng Qi...and the five adults who were arrested last night, what should we do with them?"

"You send Zeng Qi to that old father, and let him see what to do!" Zhu Houzhao said without thinking, "The others, don't you have convincing evidence? Unless there is something like Zeng Qi What you do, the rest will be condemned and executed!"

Mu Bin's heart was a little shaken,

Hongzhidu has been No.11 years,

There has never been a precedent for the emperor to kill several courtiers at once...

And now that the will came from the mouth of the crown prince, he was really afraid to accept it for a while.

In fact, as a martial artist, he has always been straightforward, and he has never been twitchy at any time, but at this moment, he has to get up, his eyes are wide open, full of hesitation and a little fear, "... Kill? Your Highness, is this...is it too heavy?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to reason with him, so he persuaded him and said directly: "Commander Mou, I can't help you. But today, I didn't call you to the Eastern Palace, but Father sent you here. I also Don't embarrass you, how about you go to the father to ask for the decree?"

Mu Bin's scalp began to crack,

This choice is given, and it is said that it is not difficult, but it is actually difficult.

But Mou Bin remembered that he was the commander of Jinyiwei, "Thank you, Your Highness, for being considerate of me, this matter is really important, and I have to ask His Majesty for an imperial edict!"

"Go."

"My minister retire."

Watching his leaving back,

Liu Jin said very unhappy, "This is really a donkey. Is he really stupid or fake? He actually went there. Doesn't he know that His Highness and the Emperor are father and son?"

Mu Bin's response was indeed a push against the crown prince.

The meaning is obvious. If the emperor doesn't speak up about this kind of thing, you can speak up. It's not easy for me to handle.

But Zhu Houzhao is not such a narrow-minded person. After all, Mou Bin is also loyal to his father.

Thinking about the appearance of Emperor Hongzhi last night, Zhu Houzhao felt... In fact, it is very good that he is like this.

"Needless to say. I'm not a heartless person. He is a good commander of Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei, that's how it should be."

Liu Jin was really surprised, "It's lucky for him to meet His Highness with such a generous temper." ·

at the moment,

Mou Bin quickly arrested Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, a member of the Wenxuan Department of the Ministry of Officials, two officials from the Household Department, one official each from Dali Temple and the Department of Tongzhengshi.

the same night,
same charge,
All the officials in the court who received the news were a little dazed.

Li Dongyang murmured to himself, "So that's the purpose."

"Isn't that the purpose?" Old Xie Ge wondered, "The purpose is to arrest a few officials? What happens after they are arrested?"

"In my opinion, it looks like venting anger! Isn't it because we were stubborn once, disagreed with the matter of King Qi and King Yong, and sent him to prison in a blink of an eye!" The big mouth, who dared to say such words, must be Zhou Jing, He is the Minister of the Household Department, and he is also a capable minister among many people, but this time only the Household Department "contributed" two people,

shame.

For the others, the one who was arrested was alright, and that was Na Zengqi, who they knew well.

"It's a pity that Zeng Shunqing is also considered a hero of the generation." Minister of the Ministry of Officials Tu Yu sighed, "Jin Yiwei didn't find anything about him, but it was that son who caused the catastrophe."

A few of them are here...in fact, it's not even a matter of discussion,
Because Jin Yiwei's arrest is too legitimate, what can they do?Go to see the emperor, what do you say?
To write memorials, no matter how you write it, it is clear that you are guilty.

Liu Ge was fine. He stretched out his sleeves and wrote a letter of apology, "Several officials like this have sprung up in the court at once... This is the first time since the early years of Hongzhi, and it is not long since I have been the head of the cabinet. "

This book of his is to be taken up.

"The old man's words are serious."

Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing and others still comforted him.

But in the end, everyone is not happy.

Because of this matter, the plan was too deep before the event, and the method was too ruthless after the event. It is self-evident who is behind it.

Put yourself in the shoes of a leader like Hong Zhi, which subordinate would be unhappy?
Now, in the future... there shouldn't be any good luck like before,

It's a bit like my class has been replaced by the worst class teacher in the school.

To put it bluntly,

Some people have to worry about whether their family members have done something without telling the truth. Even if they don’t mention this, according to folk customs, every family likes to buy fields after they get rich.
If this crime can arrest people, which official family has never bought a field?
How can someone who bought a field be called a cheap buy?
It's someone else today, it's me tomorrow - emotions like this are spreading,
It's just that the emperor held the righteousness, and he was wronged and angry about the two kings Qi and Yong. Everyone was a little bit angry and dared not speak out.

Especially thinking of Cheng Minzheng's section,
Mr. Cheng was very angry. Now it seems that his memorandum played a role?It was clearly planned earlier, just waiting for this thing for him, so that he could bear this notoriety.

This is too...

Is it necessary?

Now that Sacred Heart has already agreed to the matter of King Qi and King Yong, it's good to say it out, why make them anxious and happy for nothing.

It's ridiculous that some people flatter Cheng Minzheng 'thanks to this omission'.

Snapped!
Zhou Jing couldn't bear it any longer, "Many men, act like a daughter! I'll go to His Majesty to clarify, who of you dare to go with me?"

Li Dongyang really convinced this old man.

"My chief minister. What are you going to discuss with His Majesty?"

"Naturally, it is about the way of getting along with the emperor and his ministers. Since ancient times, Ming emperors and ministers have always treated each other with sincerity and sincerity. When will it be like this?"

In Zhou Jing's view, this method is not an upright way. It is definitely right to arrest corrupt and evil officials, and he supports it. But he also thought that the Duke of the Eastern Palace is such a scheming person, and he will use this method to govern in the future. In the country, the court is the chessboard, and the courtiers are the chess pieces...

Is it true that the sage said that the gentleman governs the country?
Playing with the courtiers in this way, where did the crowd come from?Don't you know that a few years later, the court will be full of scheming villains instead of upright gentlemen? !

This reasoning naturally made sense in his mind.

It's not that many ministers present here can't figure it out.

But still can't talk to His Majesty.

"The way to get along with monarchs and ministers?" Li Dongyang couldn't help laughing, "Your Majesty isn't considerate enough for me?"

"Your Majesty did not, the old man pointed to someone else."

"Then what about the evidence?" Xie Qian added this fatal question, "There is no evidence at all, so just say it?"

The implication is that I don't have the nerve to ask, you are a person on the street, you can slander casually?
This week, Jing's temper is also exploding.

He couldn't even sit still, and the veins on his neck could be clearly seen, "This won't work, and that won't work, so what can you do?!"

After all,
Or these people are too comfortable being Hongzhi's courtiers.

Now some people want to change the game, they are uncomfortable, so they are not willing to accept it.

To a certain extent, this is also an irreconcilable contradiction. If they stay in the comfort zone one by one, it is the people above who are uncomfortable.

"This time, there is no other way. Moreover, most of those people are to blame for themselves. They have encroached on the people's fields. Now His Majesty wants to punish them and return the land to the people. This is good governance. As for the future..." Li Dongyang even if he is kind However, he couldn't think of any reliable way to prevent the emperor from arresting a few corrupt officials.

The hidden worry of 'as for the future' in his words, let's talk about it later.

Hearing Mr. Li Ge say this,

Master Zhou waved his hand directly, "If you don't go, I will go!"

To be a courtier, to be loyal to the court,
Why do you always think about those gains and losses, honors and disgraces?
What is a gentleman?If you think that the monarch is wrong, you must correct it!Aren't those who look forward and backward are afraid of death?
"Master Zhou!" Xie Qian was younger and quicker, and hurried up to stop him, "Calm down! This round is already over!"

Mr. Zhou ignored him, "What I want to advise is not the method of punishing corrupt officials, but the way of governing the country!" ·

what statecraft,
Xie Qian didn't understand what he meant, but it was just as ridiculous, so he simply said something more clearly, and his whole person turned stern, "Since that's the case, how do you want His Majesty to listen to you?!"

Should the crown prince be replaced? !

"Hey." Li Dongyang sighed, "Donggong is still a child, and he can still be persuaded and guided in the future."

"Don't say any more!" Liu Jian finally said, "Go back to your respective departments and get on with your errands seriously."

The cabinet chief's words will work,
But it's only useful.

Just one day later,
Just when everyone was still thinking about how His Majesty the Emperor would try these cases of encroaching on farmland,
A sudden decree came from the palace,

To kill! ! !
This is an action that breaks the balance.

Because someone is afraid!

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Tu Yu, was full of bad water. He knew that his reputation was not as strong as Zhou Jing, and he also knew that Zhou Jing was going to the imperial court to argue that day and was stopped by several people, so he wanted to mobilize Zhou Jing.

So he tangled up with several colleagues, and went to persuade him together, and raised the name of Lord Zhou Jingzhou's "direct minister" in words.

Zhou Jingben had this idea, and he didn't need them to prod him too much. To put it bluntly, when he was persuaded that day, he felt that his virtue was at a disadvantage. People who are afraid of death.

Zhu Houzhao actually mentioned it to the emperor a long time ago,

This time arresting and killing people was done with a lot of status, and the action was so fast that the courtiers had almost no time to react, and there was no problem at all with a single swing of the knife.

It's too late to react, let alone stop it, but it's bound to cause waves.

Because the emperor hasn't killed a minister for a long time.

But he still didn't expect that when Master Zhou Jingzhou came to Qianqing Palace, he would be so angry that his hair would explode.Liu, Li, and Xie, the three elders, also lost their former relaxed feeling.

As a result, Zhu Houzhao felt that Mr. Zhou should have brought the coffin, after all, they really did this kind of thing.

Seeing that the old man was so aggressive, Emperor Hongzhi swallowed subconsciously.

"Minister! Zhou Jing sees His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Master Zhou shouted a little while speaking, but he was also very angry when he heard it.

"What's the matter, love?!"

Zhou Jing knocked his head twice, and said directly: "Your Majesty! I heard that the former sage kings governed the country by seeking the correct way of governing the country, not seeking the thaumaturgy of manpower. Today there are Zuo Shilang Zeng Qi of the Ministry of Industry and others. People, or condone their family members to seek wealth and murder, or boldly invade the people's land. Fortunately, my Holy Son of Ming Dynasty was in court, and he wiped out harm for the people, which moved the heavens and the earth. When he arrives and dies, why set up a situation to punish him..."

Zhu Houzhao heard him talk about the old man for a long time, why the more he listened, the more he seemed to be talking about himself?

(End of this chapter)