At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 224
In the capital, there was already a shock.

Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yanjin was arrested by Jin Yiwei and sent to prison, but there is no news of him till now.

For readers, this is a big deal!
After the most holy teacher, the leader of scholars in the world, it is no exaggeration to say that it is the face of scholars throughout the ages, and has an indispensable position in the scholar community, just like the world cannot live without an emperor, otherwise, the sky will collapse.

In the past few days, there have been people who have been playing and asking about Yan Shenggong.

Zhu Qiyu also took these memorials to see Zhu Qizhen, but the answer he got was, don't worry, wait and see.

For this, he was troubled.

You are not in a hurry, but a group of people chase me every day and ask, what should I do?
Since the emperor is not in a hurry, it is useless for me to be anxious to supervise the country, so I have to keep the memorial for the first time.

Everyone saw that if you didn't reply, it meant that you had ghosts in your heart, so more memorials flew into the cabinet like snowflakes.

Under this kind of pressure, the cabinet couldn't take it anymore, so it simply gathered all the memorials, wrote a copy of it, and handed it over.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu saw a joint performance of 150 people headed by Cao Nai, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Yi, the second assistant, Yang Shan, the censor of Zuodu, Liu Ji of the Imperial Academy and others.

"His Royal Highness, after Yan Shenggong and even Sheng Xianshi, now we can't see people in life, and we can't see corpses in death. We really don't understand, what is the reason?"

"My minister seconded the proposal. If Duke Yansheng really made any mistakes, the court should deal with it as leniently as possible. Take a step back and say that even if it is dealt with, it should be open and fair, and it will be handed over to the three jurisprudence divisions for a joint trial!"

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

……

These people are so emotional, in fact, there is a reason.

In less than two years, the power of the civil service group has been repeatedly suppressed and has fallen off a cliff.

The case of Wang Zhenyu's party, the case of Cao Jixiang's rebellion, the case of Shanxi merchants collaborating with the enemy...

If these cases are just minor incidents, then last year, the White Lotus Sect colluded with the Japanese pirates to rebel, which implicated tens of thousands of Jiangnan gentry smuggling cases, and even affected the whole country. All the bosses have been dealt with, and the power of the civil official group has been suppressed again and again, and now they want to break the bottom line and use Yansheng's public sword, which is unacceptable to everyone.

Above the main hall, almost all the civil servants stood up and seconded, and there were only a few people who did not express their views.

Among the military officers and nobles, due to the various intertwined relationships in the family, they are more or less connected with the civil official group, and they also want their children to study, so some people stand up and support the proposal. .

Officials in the capital accounted for half of the 150 eight-person joint performances.

The other half are from various states and counties.

This is only in recent days. If there is enough time and someone calls for it, I am afraid that all civil servants and gentry in the world will come to sign their names.

This time, it was already the last counterattack of the civilian group.

Because rumors of the New Deal have already spread, if it fails this time, even the imperial examinations for living and working will not be guaranteed.

Abolishing the imperial examination is equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the civil service group, and the new forces will no longer be controlled by them, but will directly obey the emperor.

In other words, the power and money that should belong to them will be lost.

It's like there was a big cake, and someone cut it away piece by piece. Now, instead of stopping, the other party asks to take the plate away...

Therefore, they must fight back, otherwise there will be no scum left.

Seeing that the situation could not be controlled, Zhu Qiyu was also very helpless, so he had no choice but to say: "Your family is right. After today's court meeting, this king will go to meet the emperor immediately and help everyone discuss it."

Everyone's attention is now on this matter, and there is no mood to discuss it. In less than a quarter of an hour, the morning morning hastily ended.

Zhu Qiyu took 150 joint performances of eight people and came to Qianqing Palace.

Wynn struggled to carry a large bucket of water, and hurriedly greeted him, "I've seen His Royal Highness, King Yan!"

Zhu Qiyu asked puzzledly, "Why does Eunuch Huai carry the water himself?"

After all, Wynn is serving the emperor directly now, and other eunuchs will naturally do chores like carrying water.

"Don't make fun of it, Your Highness. Our family is just a servant girl. Why not personally? Your Highness is going to see the Emperor?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "That's right, I have something important to do, I need to face the saint immediately!"

Wynn said: "The emperor is tinkering with the steam engine in the imperial garden, please come here, Your Highness!"

"Steam what... chicken?"

Zhu Qiyu didn't understand, and thought that you didn't go to court and went to study recipes?

In fact, after returning to Beijing from Yu County, Zhu Qizhen had already sent people to start research.

The structure of this thing is actually very simple, roughly, it is a huge kettle.

The principle is nothing more than burning a stove and adding a structure similar to a waterwheel.

Of course, if you want to turn this kettle into a thing that can transmit power, you must ensure that this thing can be sealed, and you need corresponding conduction equipment to convert heat energy into mechanical energy.

Although it is easy to say, it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to actually create it.

Only craftsmen, more than 300 were found, all of whom were skilled craftsmen from the capital or surrounding counties.

Because Zhu Qizhen can only provide a general direction, the specific operation, especially the control of details, can only rely on repeated experiments by these people.

For example, the material of the seal, the process of the transmission rod, the construction of the boiler...

Fortunately, Zhu Qizhen's requirements are actually not high, so let's start with the model.

In other words, there is no limit to the size or material, as long as it can run, it is considered a success.

And this thing doesn't need to consider the economy at all, the silver is enough, even if the craftsmen ask to use gold as the raw material, Zhu Qizhen can satisfy.

After two months, many craftsmen finally tinkered with a finished product after experimenting again and again.

It's just that this thing is very bulky. As the first steam engine of Ming Dynasty, although it has epoch-making significance, it is still too rough.

Zhu Qizhen's plans for the steam engine are iron-clad steamships, trains, and commercial use, such as looms.

Now the era of great navigation is about to begin, and ships need to be put on the agenda, and strive to make breakthroughs within three to five years.

Therefore, as soon as the prototype was manufactured here, Zhu Qizhen sent some craftsmen to Quanzhou Shipyard to start research on ship-borne steam engines.

On the capital’s side, the research direction is trains. Of course, the craftsmen don’t know what a train is. Therefore, the explanation given by Zhu Qizhen is to put wheels on the steam engine so that it can run on land.

Trains and ships are two different directions. Although they have the same principle, running on land cannot be too bulky, and it is necessary to greatly reduce the volume and increase power at the same time.

In order to reduce friction, steel rails are necessary. Therefore, people were ordered to open up a new site near the Xishan quarry, laying dozens of meters of circular rails to prepare for future steam locomotive experiments.

Naturally, on the surface, Zhu Qizhen is very busy every day, and he is still very concerned about the outside situation.

Inside and outside the court, a war that could not see the smoke of gunpowder had quietly begun.

This world needs to be improved, needs to progress, and ultimately needs a storm to cleanse it thoroughly.

The mountains and rains are about to come and the wind is all over the building, what should come will always come.

"Brother Emperor!"

After Zhu Qizhen heard it, he said without turning his head: "You wait a moment, I can't do anything here!"

Immediately afterwards, he asked again: "Then who, where is the water?"

Wynn hurried forward: "Your Majesty, the water is here."

"Pour it in!"

"Yes!"

With the help of two craftsmen, Wynn poured a large bucket of water into the boiler and began to add coal.

Zhu Qiyu stepped forward curiously, looking at this stupid thing, very dazed.

This is no chicken, it is obviously a pot... Oh, yes, this is a pot for stewing chicken.

Add more water, light a fire again, this is ready to start stewing.

However, it's just a chicken stew, so there's no need to use so many craftsmen...

"Brother Huang likes to eat chicken?"

Zhu Qizhen asked in amazement, "What kind of chicken are you eating?"

"Um……"

Zhu Qiyu seemed to sense that something was wrong, so he asked, "I heard that brother Huang is going to steam a chicken?"

"You mean this thing?"

Zhu Qizhen was checking the airtightness of the material with the craftsmen, so he said casually: "This machine is not a chicken, this one is called a steam machine!"

"Steam engine?"

"Look here!"

Zhu Qizhen took a few steps back and said, "Start the test!"

Immediately, several craftsmen stepped forward, holding small books in their hands.

"The 230th airtightness test, prepare..."

Seeing the nervousness of these people, Zhu Qiyu felt inconceivable when he heard the number 230.

I saw someone under the boiler kept adding coal, and the burning became more and more prosperous, and then, thump...

There was a loud noise from the boiler, accompanied by thick white steam, which startled him.

puff, puff...

On the top of the boiler, a specially treated wooden stake keeps moving up and down, and the other end is tied with a rope, and two large stones are hung.

The steam pushes the stake up, then falls under the weight of the stone, and the cycle repeats.

The craftsmen immediately became excited and said, "Your Majesty, it's done!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded, and finally solved the problem of airtightness. Next, it's time to enter the conduction system.

"You continue to experiment!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Qizhen waved at Zhu Qiyu and walked aside.

"Tell me, what's going on now?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled wryly and said: "150 Eight officials jointly signed the petition and asked the emperor to issue an order to order Jin Yiwei to release Yan Shenggong immediately."

Zhu Qizhen smiled lightly and asked, "What if I don't let you go?"

"I'm afraid...it's hard to convince the public..."

Zhu Qiyu suddenly felt that his prison country seemed to be specially used to be angry.

No matter what happens, he will put himself in the middle, and he will not fall on both ends.

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Could it be that Duke Yansheng has the privilege to not be bound by the laws of the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Qiyu suddenly prostrated himself on the ground, and said: "Imperial Brother Mingjian, I have heard some rumors."

"What rumor?"

"There are rumors in the market that Jin Yiwei doesn't put his heart into judging cases at all, and arrests people in prison and directly tortures them. If they can't stand it, they can only end up being beaten into tricks."

"You also said that these are just rumors and cannot be true. If Shenggong Yan is really beaten into a trick by Jin Yiwei, I will definitely decide for him."

"Brother Emperor..." Zhu Qiyu continued, "My younger brother is not covering up for Yan Shenggong. In fact, my younger brother and Yan Sheng have very little contact with each other on a regular basis. Today, I just speak honestly. Since he is guilty, why don't you allow him to interrogate him?"

Zhu Qizhen asked: "You Si?"

The so-called Yousi refers to the relevant departments, to be precise, the three divisions of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. For major cases of the imperial court, they need to go through the joint trial of the three divisions.

The joint trial system of the three divisions was established in the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the three divisions of justice to jointly handle major cases for the purpose of strengthening the autocratic imperial power and reducing the number of unjust prisons.

"Exactly!"

Zhu Qiyu said solemnly: "Duke Yansheng has a special status, even if there is something wrong, if he can't be interrogated by the third division, how can he convince the public?"

Zhu Qizhen thought thoughtfully, and said: "In this way, the officials think that Jin Yiwei has dealt with it unfairly?"

"Factory guards are good at detectives, but not good at making judgments. How can such a big case be so hasty? As the saying goes, only the name can be followed. I dare to say, do I rule the world with the factory guards in Ming Dynasty? My brother has heard a lot of rumors recently. There are quite a few people who are talking about the court. The root cause is that the hearts of the people are fluctuating. The soldiers and civilians are terrified, because no one knows whether they will be the next one, and the punishment will be severe. Although it can improve the morals of the world, even if the punishment is harsh, the imperial court still needs to allow the Secretary to conduct a fair trial on the relevant cases. If not, the world will be in chaos. The country has its own laws. Don't you want everyone to be in danger..."

The more Zhu Qiyu spoke, the more excited he became, and he seemed to want to confide all the fuss he had suffered in one breath: "All the crimes have been punished in the Ming Dynasty, and I implore the emperor to have a joint trial with the third division of Yansheng Bus."

Zhu Qizhen turned his head and glanced at Wynn, Wynn's face was very tangled, and he said to himself, what do you think I am doing, if people don't believe in Jinyiwei, and it's not Dongchang, what does it have to do with me?
However, in order to alleviate the awkward atmosphere, it is better to bite the bullet and say a few words.

"According to what I see, the emperor might as well summon the ministers of the cabinet and the six ministers, and listen to the opinions of the adults on this matter."

This sentence is basically equivalent to not saying it. Anyway, if you have something to do, you can go to the cabinet, go to the six ministers, and don't go to me.

I don't want to be the next Wang Zhen...

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and then said: "I pass on my oral order that the case of Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yanjin will be handed over to the Tribunal for trial!"

Now, Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised. He thought it would take a lot of trouble, but he didn't expect that he agreed so readily.

To some extent, the joint trial of the three divisions is not only a struggle for the right to speak, but also a struggle for judicial power between the Sanfa Division and Jin Yiwei.

Needless to say, this case will be related to the success or failure of the New Deal.

Perhaps the emperor was forced by the pressure of the officials, so he had no choice but to do it!

(End of this chapter)