Zheng Ci twisted his beard and said slowly: "The auxiliary state has a high position and power, and the name is in the government and the opposition, this case is very sensational, and it can be called a lot of attention.
In my opinion, it is more appropriate to try the case of Fuguo Gongtong Fan first, and to distinguish the truth and falsehood earlier, so that the rumors can be quickly filtered out, and meaningless rights and wrongs can be avoided."
Chen Ying immediately said: "Lord Shangshu's words are wrong, the case of Fu Guogong was exposed because of Xu Hu's collusion with the Japanese case, this case occurred after the Tongwu case in terms of time, and it has a great relationship with the Tongwu case, so it is more appropriate to first try the Tongwu case and then try the Tongfan case." ” One of these two people is Zhu Gaochi's person, and the other is Zhu Gaochu's person, and the lord has already started a war, so he naturally waving his flag and shouting and trying his best to welcome them.
After Chen Ying said that, Zheng Ci immediately shook his head and said: "Imperial Envoy Chen Du's statement is very wrong, and now it is accused of accepting bribes and covering up smuggling, and there is no evidence that Fuguo Gong is related to Shuangyu Weitong.
Therefore, there is no need to try the Tongfan case first, if it is said that the impact in eastern Zhejiang, of course, is the Tongfan case, if you look at the world, it is the Tongfan case is important, the Ming Dynasty is clear or turbid, it is related to the national system, isn't it more important, therefore, the first trial of the Tongfan case. ” Chen Ying glanced at Xue Pin, the secretary of Dali Temple, and asked, "So, Lord Xue, which case should be tried first?"
Xue Pin is a wall-riding faction, listening to the two of them, he is secretly glad that he is fine, he doesn't want Chen Ying to burn the fire on his body again, and secretly scolded Chen Ying for a bloody squirt, on the surface, he has to sit upright, fair, deliberately thought for a while, and said: "The two cases are to be tried today, who comes first and who comes later, it doesn't matter, the trial is the same."
Chen Ying's surname is mean, and he wanted to force him to express his position, so he said: "Then you can't bring the criminals of the two cases to be tried together."
The three of you and I are on the sidelines, and since the two highnesses have their own opinions, and the dragon is decided, you and I should express our opinions."
Xue Pin hated this, turned his heart sideways, gritted his teeth and said: "Since this is the case, then this official thinks that it is better to try the case first."
Chen Ying knew that Xue Pin was cautious and honest, so she wanted to squeeze him and let him go according to his own wishes.
Unexpectedly, no matter how honest and timid a person is, he is ranked in Jiuqing, how can he show cowardice in front of so many officials and two princes, and he still wants to be in front of you, but it turned out to be self-defeating, and Xue Pin stood on Zheng Ci's side.
Zheng Ci immediately said to Long Judge: "Okay, the three side judges have made a decision, and the two adults agree to judge the Auxiliary Guogong first, and the Dragon will judge the matter and ascend to the court."
Chen Ying still wants to stop it, it's too late, Long Fei is not an idiot, since someone is willing to call the shots, he must hurry up and carry it out, continue to drag it out, let him sit on the wax Long Fei immediately grabbed the startling wood, raised it high, fell gently, and made a soft sound of "snap", and commanded: "Ascend to the hall" The first case was tried first, and a large group of people were immediately brought in to the judgment hall.
Yang Xu, Lu Mingzhi and their stewards and subordinates, the personnel under Ji Wenhe's command of Taicang Wei who found the account books, and the goods seized from the ship were also taken as evidence, and they were all put on the court.
Lu Ming came to the court, kneeling steadily, without panic, and even a little arrogant.
The reason is very simple, it is true that Yang Xu shielded their merchant ships, but the reason is because of a confidential mission, a mission that cannot be made public.
And this case has been heard by both the government and the public, and there is no possibility of secret disposal, so there is no other way than to collude with him to overturn the case.
Therefore, Lu Mingzhi had been secretly instructed in advance and was taught what to say, and he already knew that today's interrogation was thrilling and dangerous, so he was naturally not afraid.
Yang Xu went to the hall but did not kneel, even Ji Wenhe's personal soldier who was a witness knelt down, but he stood there.
Long Fei didn't see it, coughed and said: "Fu Yang Xu, this official is sent to the Holy Decree, trial" "Slow" Zhu Gaochi suddenly spoke, Long Fei immediately stopped, turned to Zhu Gaochi, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "What does Your Highness command?"
Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "Is Yang Xu already convicted?"
Long Fei was surprised, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Your Highness is joking, isn't the lower official on trial, this case has not yet been tried, and Yang Xu is naturally not convicted." ” "Oh so, he's just a suspect now" "Yes, yes, just a suspect, not yet convicted" "Since this is the case, then Yang Xu is still a first-class duke and an important minister of the imperial court.
Should I give a seat?
” Zhu Gaochi turned to Zhu Gaochu and smiled kindly: "Second brother, what do you think?"
Zhu Gaoxu was about to refute, but then he laughed and said cheerfully: "What my brother said is that Yang Xu is not convicted, he is still the identity of the Duke of the Kingdom, and he should have a seat. ” Zhu Gaoxu said on his lips, but he secretly sneered in his heart: "Father has already spoken about this matter, you are determined to win, so you are naturally rampant."
I don't want to reason with you, anyway, the main purpose of this incident is to protect my power in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and to keep my power in the army to suppress Yang Xu, just because Shuangyuwei has a black cauldron, I have to make a heavy hand.
My original goal has been achieved, why do you still need to dwell on the matter that you won, Yang Xu may be able to overturn the case, Xu Hu is as ironclad as a mountain, I want to see how he overturns the case" The two princes nodded, and Long Fei hurriedly said, "Come on, quickly move a seat for the Duke of Fuguo."
Someone in the hall left like a fly, but in a hurry moved a big chair from another signing room, Xia Xun sat up in a big way, Erlang's legs were cocked, and the old lady was in general, so he was not leisurely.
This kind of behavior is a bit contemptuous of the court, Long Fei still pretended not to see, coughed, and said in a loud voice: "Yang Xu, there are Taicang guard officers and soldiers today, when they took over Shuangyu Island, they robbed a Luzon smuggling merchant ship, and the owner of the ship said to himself that he was protected by you, if what he said was true, it would be a big crime, and now there are witnesses and physical evidence."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Ming howled, knelt down and climbed a few steps forward, and shouted loudly: "Wronged, wronged, sir, we are good people, law-abiding merchant ships, and honest merchant ships that do business with the Ming Dynasty, we don't know any auxiliary princes at all, nor are we smuggling merchant ships, we are walking on the sea in a good manner, and we were caught by the sailors of the Ming Dynasty, and we were beaten into tricks, forcing us to admit that we were smuggling merchant ships, and forcing us to admit that we were protected by some auxiliary princes, I don't know anything, my lord."
This guy was full of energy, roaring full of anger, I really can't see that he was beaten into a trick, the officers and soldiers of the Taicang Guard are Ji Wenhe's henchmen, he was extremely sure, but he didn't expect this Luzon businessman to dare to overturn the case in court, he couldn't help but be shocked and angry, jumped forward and said: "What nonsense are you talking about, you obviously confessed it yourself, and now you dare not admit that you are under the protection of the Auxiliary Guogong."
Lu Mingzhi followed his fingers and looked forward, and saw Xia Xun sitting on the chair with Erlang's legs crossed, and couldn't help but say blankly: "Is he the Duke of Fuguo, I really haven't seen him?"
Chen Ying didn't know that the case had been overturned, and the two princes were not summoned into the palace by the emperor until the last moment, in the eyes of outsiders, they just asked the two princes to give instructions before the trial, so that they could judge the case impartially, so Zhu Gaoxu didn't have time to tell Chen Ying about it.
Chen Ying, who didn't know the truth, was still very hardworking, and immediately interjected: "Above the bold court, how can you be presumptuous and ask you, you said that you are a serious businessman, and now it has reached the period of Luzon tribute."
Chen Ying was originally an official in Beiping, and was implicated by Zhu Di, and was demoted to Guangxi by Emperor Jianwen for a while, and he didn't know much about the tributary trade of Fanguo, but he knew that many countries had a tributary period, and it was not that you could come if you wanted to.
For example, North Korea, which has a close relationship with the Ming Dynasty, pays three tributes a year, Ryukyu pays one tribute every two years, and Zhu Yuanzhang hates it more and says that he himself pays one tribute every ten years.
It is precisely because the tribute period is so long that it is impossible to obtain enough Ming goods from normal channels, and the Japanese are profitable, so more and more people go to the coast of China to work as outlaws, and the plague of the Japanese is rampant.
Although Chen Ying didn't know the detailed regulations of the Luzon tribute, he obviously caught the idea, as long as the tribute period of the Luzon State was wrong, then the confession would be self-defeating.
Zheng Ci was a Beijing official from the Hongwu Dynasty, but he knew more about this matter, and he said to Chen Ying without smiling: "Lord Du Imperial Envoy, Luzon admires and admires my Ming Dynasty, and is very respectful, and even Emperor Taizu Gao is pleased, so the tribute to Luzon is indefinite."
Chen Ying was suffocated, and suddenly remembered the approximate location of Luzon Island, and couldn't help sneering: "This is a lonely and unheard of official, and he is taught."
However, the lower officials still want to ask for advice, Luzon is biased towards the South China Sea, will Gongdao be Hangzhou?"
Although Zheng Ci was biased in favor of Xia Xun, he didn't dare to open his eyes and say nonsense, so he asked Lu Mingzhi: "Luzon Gongdao should be Fuzhou, why did you appear in the East China Sea?"
Lu Mingzhi replied like a stream, and immediately said: "Don't dare to hide from the master, our Luzon tribute road is indeed Fuzhou, but because the Japanese people are now wandering everywhere, frequently plundering the sea ships going to Fuzhou, the South China Sea thief Chen Zuyi also took the opportunity to send pirate ships to the north, in the Fuzhou area off the coast to rob merchant ships, forced to make a detour to the north, who thought that the pirates and the Japanese were avoided, but they were stopped by the officers and soldiers, and they strongly accused us of being bandits" Chen Ying was shocked, and suddenly asked again: "Since you said that you came from the tribute, can there be a survey?"
"Yes" Lu Mingzhi turned his head and called out confidently: "Butler Lei, show our survey to the old man."
Zhu Gaoxu sat on this side, and he couldn't bear to see it.
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Judging Yang Xu is simply a performance, a performance that clears Yang Xu's innocence.
Zhu Gaoxu already knew that the problem was that his henchmen didn't know it yet, and he was still doing his best for a doomed and impossible battle, and it was really not a good feeling for him, the coach, to sit on it.
But he couldn't give Chen Ying a hint at this time, on the other hand, he was tried, as a prince with a sensitive identity, he couldn't come forward to play a round, and he was vague in a few words, admitting that Yang Xu was not guilty, and asked someone not to try it.
Therefore, he could only watch Chen Ying fight hard for him.
The detonator rushed to Lu Mingzhi with a rolling belt, took off his shoes in public, lifted the insole, and took out a thing wrapped in oiled paper from the mezzanine, and opened it while saying: "There are many pirates at sea, this ship is lost, and if you run another boat, it will be hard, and the loss will be recovered, but if the survey issued to us by the Ming Dynasty is lost, this business will not be able to be done, so the old man is only afraid that something will happen to this survey, and he will treat it as a treasure and hide it very secretly."
As he spoke, he untied the oil paper bag, took out a copy of the survey from it, and handed it over tremblingly, and the eyes of Ji Wenhe's henchman Colonel next to him widened: "When I took down this group of people on the island, I had already searched them inside and out, and after sending them to the prison of the Criminal Department, the head of the Criminal Department would definitely have to conduct a comprehensive search, how could it be possible to leave him such a thing, it's really fucking hell."
To be continued: