My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 472 A Lesson
Dongchang's efficiency is still very high, not to mention that the whole case is not complicated. The witnesses and material evidence are all ready. In addition, Liu Mian, Liu Ke and others are very cooperative, so Cao Lei quickly came to Wuying Palace Return to life.

"Your Majesty, this is the confession of Liu Mian, Wang Zhi and others!"

Cao Lei handed the confession to Zhu Di with both hands.

Zhu Zhanhe looked calm, but Zhu Zhanji looked nervous. Zhu Di's attention was all on the confession, but he didn't notice anything unusual about Zhu Zhanji.

But when Zhu Di read the confession, his eyes suddenly became very sharp, and he immediately turned to look at Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji turned pale with fright from Zhu Di's eyes, but he still managed to stand up straight. He was betting that Wang Zhi would not dare to confess him. As for the identification of Liu Mian and others, he could do it. deny.

"Zhanji, was Wang Zhi under your command?"

Zhu Di asked Zhu Zhanji in a low voice.

The confession sent by Cao Lei clearly stated the fight between Liu Mian and Wang Zhi, and he pointed out without hesitation that Wang Zhi relied on Zhu Zhanji's support to almost sideline Liu Mian. , and took over the imperial edict, and all cases in Shandong were tried by Wang Zhi.

"Grandpa Huang, my grandson doesn't understand what you mean. I do know Wang Zhi, but I didn't instruct him to do anything?"

Although Zhu Zhanji was sweating on his forehead, he still forced himself forward and defended himself.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji refused to admit it, Zhu Di stared deeply at his favorite eldest son and grandson.

Under Zhu Di's gaze, Zhu Zhanji was also under tremendous pressure, but he gritted his teeth, lowered his head and remained silent.

After a while, Zhu Di looked at Cao Lei again and asked: "The confession said that Wang Zhi was ordered by the grandson. Do you have any evidence? Also, did Wang Zhi admit it?"

"Your Majesty, these are just Liu Mian's confessions. They were also recognized by Wang Zhi's subordinates, but Wang Zhi himself refused to admit it, saying that he had nothing to do with the grandson!"

Cao Lei answered truthfully.

Hearing that Wang Zhi did not admit it, Zhu Zhanji finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Wang Zhi did not admit it, it would be useless no matter what others said.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Grandpa Huang, my grandson really has nothing to do with Wang Zhi. It's just that when I went to Ningbo to investigate the case, Wang Zhi was quite respectful to me. When we were in Shandong, he and I were also very respectful." We have lived together and died together, so I have a lot of dependence on him, and there is nothing else!"

Faced with Zhu Zhanji's sophistry, Zhu Di just glanced at him, but said nothing. Instead, he lowered his head again and continued to read the confession in his hand.

After Zhu Di carefully read all the contents of the confession, he already had a rough judgment in his mind.

Although Zhu Zhanji refused to admit it, as the emperor and the person who single-handedly brought up Zhu Zhanji, he certainly knew the character of his grandson best. He had even noticed a long time ago that Zhu Zhanji had a crush on Zhu Zhanhe. Jealousy is why the relationship between the two is so tense.

However, Zhu Di quickly glanced at Zhu Zhanhe again. Compared to Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanhe was much calmer.

But Zhu Di knew that Zhu Zhanhe must have been behind the Jinyiwei incident, otherwise the trouble would not have reached this point. However, Zhu Zhanhe cannot be blamed for this matter, if Zhu Zhanji hadn't been pressing every step of the way. , Zhu Zhanhe will not make things difficult to end.

After thinking about this, Zhu Di already had a plan in mind. He looked at Zhu Zhanhe again and asked: "Zhanhe, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"This matter concerns Jin Yiwei and even my eldest brother, so my grandson dare not comment. Everything is decided by the emperor!" Zhu Zhanhe kicked the ball back to Zhu Di's feet lightly and said.

In fact, when Zhu Di asked Zhu Zhanhe his opinion, he was also posing a problem for him, because nothing he said was right now. If Wang Zhi was said to be severely punished, would Zhu Zhanji also be punished severely?If Zhu Zhanji is easily let go, wouldn't all Zhu Zhanhe's plans be in vain?
"Grandpa Huang, please believe me. I really have nothing to do with Wang Zhi. Maybe he was doing things in my name, but I really didn't know that beforehand!"

Seeing Zhu Di asking Zhu Zhanhe's opinion, Zhu Zhanji became even more frightened, so he defended himself again.

"enough!"

At this time, Zhu Di slammed the table angrily and roared. Zhu Zhanji was so frightened that he trembled all over and fell to his knees, not daring to say another word.

"You have let me down too much!"

Zhu Di pointed at Zhu Zhanji and said angrily. What he was most angry about was not that Zhu Zhanji interfered with Jin Yiwei, but that he dared to do it without taking responsibility, and even put the blame on Wang Zhi. This approach was simply disgusting.

"Grandpa Huang, please calm down. I believe that elder brother may be just confused for a moment and has not considered the consequences of this matter!"

Zhu Zhanhe spoke again at this time.

He seemed to be pleading for Zhu Zhanji, but both inside and outside his words, he acquiesced that Zhu Zhanji had interfered with Jinyiwei, which completely put the blame on him.

Zhu Di walked up and down the hall angrily at this time. He has always been tolerant to his children and grandchildren. When Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi were fighting for the throne, he was much more of a bastard than Zhu Zhanji, and even compared himself to Li Shimin.

If it were another emperor, Zhu Gaoxu would have been chopped down countless times.

But Zhu Di didn't care. He even admired Zhu Gaoxu because he dared to do what he wanted and said whatever he thought in his heart.

But Zhu Zhanji's performance today made Zhu Di very disappointed. The grandson whom he personally trained was so irresponsible. This made Zhu Di already doubt whether he could really manage the Ming Dynasty in his hands in the future. ?

At this time, Zhu Zhanji also realized that he had said the wrong thing and wanted to open his mouth to make amends, but when he saw Zhu Di looking at him, he felt a sting in his heart.

Especially when he saw Zhu Zhanhe standing next to him, Zhu Zhanji's throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he couldn't say anything for a while.

In the end, Zhu Di paused and immediately told Cao Lei: "Publish my decree, Wang Zhi and below have committed crimes, jailed, and killed officials. The crime is unpardonable. He and his party members will all be executed! Liu Mian is not doing his job well." , temporarily imprisoned, waiting for disposal!"

"Yes!"

Cao Lei agreed and immediately turned around and left.

At this time, there were only three people left in the hall: Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanhe. Seeing his two most beloved grandchildren in front of him, Zhu Di felt quite entangled in his heart.

In the end, Zhu Di's gaze was finally fixed on Zhu Zhanji. Wang Zhi, Liu Mian and others had already dealt with it, and only Zhu Zhanji was left, but Zhu Di was still a little undecided about what to do with him. .

(End of this chapter)