Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 29
Zhao Juan agreed without hesitation, and immediately directed his guards to fetch water.

When the ministers heard the words, they made noise again.Zhu Qiyu turned a deaf ear to it, and instead smiled to the ministers: "You should hurry up and accept the decree to thank you."

When the minister heard the words, he scolded in his heart: Are we crazy, and still give thanks.Is it okay to be poured with a basin of well water on a cold day?
Cheng Jing's heart was also very bitter. After doing such an offending thing, a bunch of civil and military ministers would hate to poison him in the future.

But those who were supposed to come couldn't escape, the Dapai well was not far away, and soon pots of cool and sweet well water were given to the ministers.

It was autumn at this time, and the ministers were drenched by the cool well water first, and then blown by the bleak autumn wind, it was really miserable.

Zhu Qiyu didn't speak, just drinking there by himself.

Hu Wei stood aside and couldn't stand it anymore. If this continues, more than half of the civil servants will be sick from the cold, so he stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, all officials also hate Wang Zhen deeply, and the crowd is excited. Please also Your Highness is a little considerate and let them go back and change their clothes first, otherwise they will all get sick from the cold, and the court will be paralyzed."

Zhu Qiyu asked with a look of surprise: "You ask me to be more considerate? My old Shangshu, are your old eyes dim? They are going to kill the prince just now, can't you see?"

Hu Wei retorted: "Your Highness, it is clear that they did not intend to kill the prince, they were just agitated and couldn't control their emotions."

Zhu Qiyu sneered when he heard the words: "They didn't intend to kill the prince? Then what are they rushing towards the widow in a swarm?
Old Shangshu, please don't tell me that they want to snatch the sauced beef from the widow because they didn't eat breakfast? "

Hu Wei was speechless by Zhu Qiyu, although everyone knew that the minister would never be crazy enough to kill the prince in broad daylight.But Zhu Qiyu just seized the handle of the ministers and insisted on putting the hat of killing the prince on the ministers.

If the ministers don't give Zhu Qiyu enough benefits, it is obvious that today's affairs cannot be done well.

Before Hu Min could continue to speak, Zhu Qiyu asked again: "The old Shangshu has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites for so many years. Xiao Wang asked for advice. If you dare to ask Ma Shun what position he currently holds and how high is his official position, I would like to ask the old Shangshu to give you some advice."

Hu Wei bit the bullet and replied: "Ma Shun is the commander of the same officer, and he is a second-rank military officer."

Zhu Qiyu laughed and said, "Oh, thank you, old minister, for your enlightenment. The widow also wants to know what kind of crime it is to kill a military officer of the second rank in public without trial, and what kind of punishment he should receive.

Is the Minister of Dali Temple here? I don’t know if he is willing to teach the widows? "

Yu Shiyue, Minister of Dali Temple, had no choice but to stand up bravely, and replied with a helpless face: "Murder pays for life, and the crime should be death."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qiyu retorted: "The crime shouldn't be so light, right? Before Ma Shun died, he was serving as the chief officer of Jinyiwei, fulfilling the duty of protecting the widow, the prince who supervises the country.

By killing him at this time, the rebels were killing the prince's guards in order to further harm the Prince Jianguo. If this is not counted as treason, then what crime is counted as treason.

Whoever was the main culprit who killed Ma Shun just now, and whoever was the accessory who killed Ma Shun, should stand up and plead guilty. "

Hearing this, Hu Wei advised, "His Royal Highness, if there is no law, there will be many people. So many ministers have participated, so you can't just ransack their homes and exterminate them all. Now that the state is in dire straits, Your Highness, please take the overall situation into consideration."

Zhu Qiyu immediately got off the donkey when he heard the words, and said with a smile to Hu Wei: "What the old minister said is really old-fashioned. If so many people are killed, the imperial court will indeed be paralyzed. You can't do this, my widow. You have to focus on the overall situation.”

A group of important ministers listened, and just about to shout for His Highness's wisdom, Zhu Qiyu added: "Then ten families will be worth one life. The widow will kill the ten principal criminals of Ma Shun to confiscate their families and exterminate their families for the crime of treason.

The remaining accomplices will be fined for one year, recorded as a major demerit once, and banned from promotion for three years.

Now let the ten principal criminals stand up by themselves.The widow hopes that you will be more sensible and take the initiative to stand up and plead guilty. If you insist on forcing me to use torture, it will be disrespectful at that time. "

As soon as Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, there was a complete silence below, and a needle could be heard.

None of the ministers who are qualified to go to the court is an idiot, so they rushed to Zhu Qiyu and brought so many personal guards to the court, it was obvious that they were determined to kill people and establish their prestige.

It's just that the deep-rooted contempt for King Tan made the ministers lose their minds, and they were finally caught.

At this time, the ministers didn't dare to rush over and made noises at Zhu Qiyu.

While waiting for the minister to stand up and surrender, Zhu Qiyu ordered Liu Chang to set up the execution ground.

The execution ground is very easy to arrange: the torture tools are easy to find, and the execution is also very convenient.

Because Zhu Qiyu chose the most commonly used method of Emperor Jiajing: the court stick.

Jiajing was originally Zhu Qiyu's descendant, but now he has become Zhu Qiyu's master.

Zhu Qiyu's principle of doing things is very simple: don't decide when things happen, learn from Jiajing.

As a vassal king, if he wants to succeed in the great unification, if he doesn't learn how to use the imperial staff, he will definitely not succeed.

What people are most afraid of is pretending to be smart. Jiajing has already practiced true knowledge, and now Zhu Qiyu just needs to follow along honestly.

After Zhu Qiyu had a stalemate with a group of civil and military ministers for half an hour, Wang Hong was the first to stand up and admit that he was the main culprit in beating Ma Shun to death.

Wang Hong was willing to take the initiative to stand up because he was the first to make the first move, and he couldn't get away no matter what.Now all the ministers are shivering in the cold wind, if they don't understand the matter, it will only cause more deaths and injuries.

So it's better to take the initiative to stand up, at least die decently, and leave a lifetime of fame.

Seeing the first one, Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Okay, there are still nine left. Zhao Yu, go, and give each adult a basin of well water to help them sober up, so that we can figure out who is the main culprit sooner." .”

Zhu Qiyu turned to Yu Shiyue again: "After all the main culprits plead guilty, please Dali Temple, together with the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, will take a statement on the spot and convict on the spot.

The widow approved on the spot, went through the process, and then executed on the spot. "

After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and said nothing.He just told his personal guards to give the minister a basin of well water every half an hour until all ten principal criminals pleaded guilty.

The entire confrontation process lasted until noon, and finally the ten officials headed by Wang Hong resisted all.

Since he voluntarily pleaded guilty, the process of the three divisions' joint trial is relatively simple.Not long after, the statement was recorded, and the next step was the conviction.

Just when Zhu Qiyu was leaning on the chair, drowsy, Yu Shiyue approached with a volume of documents and said: "His Royal Highness, the confession has been recorded.

This is the confession, as well as the third division's memorandum. The third division's handling opinion has been written in the memorandum. Please reply to your highness. "

(End of this chapter)