Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 38 Shi Kefa begs for mercy

Zhu Youjian flicked his sleeves angrily after speaking, and came to the door, looking into the distance like a falcon.

For the Confucian scholars who claimed to be the elite of the empire, he had always looked down on them.

But Shi Kefa didn't expect His Majesty Zhu Youjian to treat them like this.

If it weren't for Zhu Youjian being the king, he would even have the urge to scold Zhu Youjian angrily.

But now he can only force himself to hold back his anger, and justify:
"The capital has fallen, and many officials have committed themselves to serving as thieves. They are shameless and should be punished!

However, I boldly believe that His Majesty should not insult the world's scholars because of this. The so-called Confucian scholars have been uneven since ancient times, and it is also difficult to distinguish loyalty from traitors;
Your Majesty, as the king of a country, should be close to virtuous ministers and far away from villains;

Nowadays, there are many people in the court who defect to the enemy and betray the country. It is because your majesty has been deceived by the eunuchs, so that the temple is filled with villains. Scholars in the world tend to generalize and hold grudges against Confucianism. "

Shi Kefa talked more and more vigorously, regardless of Zhu Youjian's face, and directly said that the result was caused by Zhu Youjian, the emperor's favorite eunuch.

Zhu Youjian admitted that Emperor Chongzhen did not know how to control hundreds of officials before he traveled, and was repeatedly deceived and used by officials.

But as a king himself, he couldn't allow others to criticize him.

What's more, I also despise Shi Kefa's prejudice of directly throwing the blame on the eunuch without thinking.

Eunuchs are missing a part and have always been discriminated against or even slandered by civil officials, and Zhu Youjian also knows it.

But as a king, he has never used eunuchs very much, and now he also bears the blame of favoring eunuchs.

As a result, Zhu Youjian's roar suddenly escalated by ten percent.

"presumptuous!"

Zhu Youjian shouted angrily.

Shi Kefa couldn't help but shut his mouth.

"Shi Kefa, slandering the emperor's father is a crime that should be punished. If you drag it down, you will be executed!"

Zhu Youjian shouted coldly.

Zhu Youjian has always loved and hated Shi Kefa.

He respects and loves this person because he is also considered to be loyal and faithful, and dies in integrity;

But I also hate that this person is pedantic and incompetent, has great ambitions but no foresight.

In the original history, after Gao Jie was killed, he could obviously rectify Gao Jie's troops and strengthen Huaiyang's defensive strength, but he discriminated against Gao Jie's troops who were born as robbers, and even advocated joining forces with the captives to fight against the bandits. But I don't know how to defend the city.

Now, in this time and space, he directly blamed himself on the basis of his status as Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing and the leader of the Donglin Party.

This is undoubtedly challenging his own authority.

As the emperor, Zhu Youjian knew that if Shi Kefa was not severely punished at this time, he would definitely not be able to control the Donglin Party when he went to Jiangnan in the future!

Although he didn't want to kill such an upright minister as Shi Kefa, although he was useless, he was indeed a moral benchmark in the minds of today's scholar-bureaucrats, with a high reputation.

Shi Kefa was a little dazed, he didn't expect His Majesty to kill him suddenly.

However, at this time, he also realized that he had gone too far just now, which could be said to be against Longyan, but this was also because His Majesty Zhu Youjian directly denigrated all the scholars in the world, and even insulted Kong Yan Shenggong as a low breed. My son, I have to correct the prejudice of the king.

But Shi Kefa also knew that the king wanted his ministers to die, and the ministers had to die.

He could still comply with this point, and he took off the black veil on his head in a regular manner, prostrated himself on the ground, and saluted Zhu Youjian.

At this time, Tong Zhi, the commander of Jinyiwei, appeared behind Shi Kefa with two captains of Jinyiwei, and the Xiuchun knife was drawn.

Shi Kefa didn't expect that he would come to where he is today, and he was in a state of bewilderment.

Just now he was conferred the title of cabinet scholar, but he was about to be executed in an instant. No one would have thought of such an ending.

Shi Kefa was dragged outside and knelt down on the ground.

And Li Ruolian, the Commander of Jinyiwei, personally raised the saber:

"Shi Ge Department, I have always respected you as an upright and honest official, but I didn't expect you to slander your lord so much. I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, have been working hard for more than ten years since I ascended the throne. I have been diligent and thrifty for the country. Weeping bitterly for the people of Tongzhou, pleading guilty to the heavens, even for the people of the world, regardless of previous suspicions, to appease the thieves, but you slander the emperor's favor on the eunuch like this, you are incompetent, why don't you die? Thank the world!"''

Li Ruolian, as a retinue official, has long regarded Zhu Youjian as a god, not to mention that as a Jinyiwei, he is a slave of the emperor, so he should be in the same spirit as the emperor, so he is also very angry with Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa couldn't help but burst into tears. When did he think that he would have a reputation of slandering Junfu.

But now, Shi Kefa also knew that it was too late for him to regret, so he could only smile sadly: "Even if Shi Mou is on the ground, he will have no face to face the late emperor."

At this time, Li Mingrui, governor of Huaiyang, came over and saw Li Ruolian holding the Xiuchun knife to kill Shi Kefa.

Li Mingrui couldn't help shouting: "Stop!"

Then, Li Mingrui hurriedly asked Li Ruolian what happened and why he suddenly wanted to kill Shi Kefa.

Li Ruolian then told Li Mingrui about Shi Kefa's dispute with Emperor Zhu Youjian in front of the hall today and his rebellion against Long Yan.

After hearing this, Li Mingrui couldn't help beating his hands and stamping his feet angrily. He didn't know what to do when facing Shi Kefa:
"Ge Lao, Ge Lao, it's not that you are reckless, you are not only abandoning your father, but also disregarding the overall situation of the world, ignoring the safety of my world, and putting your Majesty in danger. Your death will undoubtedly become the number one treacherous official in Ming Dynasty !"

Shi Kefa has always had the reputation of being the most honest, and he was a little shocked when he heard Li Mingrui say that he would become the number one treacherous minister of Ming Dynasty after his death.

At this time, Li Mingrui continued to say:

"In today's world, Your Majesty has already disappointed me greatly, but Your Majesty is a wise and wise king, knowing that the monarch and his subjects cannot be chaotic, otherwise they will not be able to work together to revive Daming, so he directly added you as a scholar of the Wenhua Palace. To show favor is also to show favor to the officials in the south of the Yangtze River;

Since Mr. Ge is the head of all the officials in the south of the Yangtze River, he should be more grateful for the kindness of the king. Only the order of your majesty is obedient. You should not offend your majesty so easily. But you are also trapped in a rigid relationship between His Majesty and the officials in the south of the Yangtze River. When the time comes to build slaves and go south, how will the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty work together to defeat the enemy?

If the great Ming Dynasty died, it was all because of your Shi Kefa!For example, because of you, the sons of literati lost their morals to the emperor and even flattered the foreign invaders, making the world's scholars notorious for thousands of years, and it is also because of you that history can be ruled! "

Li Mingrui's words made Shi Kefa understand immediately, and he also knew how big a crime he had committed.

Without further ado.

Shi Kefa immediately turned around and kowtowed in the direction of the emperor Zhu Youjian:
"The humble minister is guilty, the humble minister is guilty, Your Majesty! The humble minister is guilty! I beg your majesty to spare me, if I dare to disobey your majesty again in this life, please punish my nine clans!"

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