Zhang Xiude didn't dare to look at Wei Yingjia, but only looked at Wei Zhongxian with a sad expression: "I beg my father-in-law to tell Your Majesty truthfully that the minister really has no party for personal gain, and there is no party for personal gain!"
”Wei Zhongxian didn't know why, looking at Zhang Xiude, who usually had no one in his eyes, now wagging his tail and begging for mercy, he felt extremely comfortable in his heart.Because of this, Wei Zhongxian still looked at Wei Yingjia with a calm demeanor: "Wei Yingjia, do you really want to let our family be punished, Zhang Xiude has already said that you and your Donglin officials are forming a party for personal gain." ”Wei Yingjia still stiff-mouthed: "We didn't form a party for personal gain, he Zhang Xiude just said such nonsense because of intimidation!"
Although our gentlemen in Donglin are friends but not parties, although they have plans but not for themselves!
”Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian raised his eyebrows: "Then let's be executed." ”So, the brocade guards in the edict brought the tiger chair over."
Wait!"
But Wei Yingjia shouted at this time, and then looked at Wei Zongxian with a solemn expression: "I'll move!"
But all this has nothing to do with the princes of Donglin, it is Liu Ge Lao and Wang Huazhen who are framing Xiong Tingbi, they asked me to ask Xiong Tingbi for bribes, and let me get Xiong Tingbi's evidence to impeach Xiong Tingbi, although our Donglin officials hope to let Yuan Gong be the strategy of Liaodong, but there is no idea of framing Xiong Tingbi, if Feng Sanyuan impeached Xiong Tingbi, the court will remove Xiong Tingbi, there will be no such things, and we will not frame the border ministers by asking for bribes Xiong Tingbi!
”Wei Yingjia clenched his fists excitedly as he spoke: "I really don't understand, why Fang Congzhe is so protective of Xiong Tingbi!"
Why does Your Majesty trust Fang Congzhe so much!
Xiong Tingbi is afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and he only knows how to build a city, which consumes money and food in vain, and Liao affairs will be broken in his hands sooner or later!
”Wei Zhongxian listened to Wei Yingjia's words, and even felt that although Wei Yingjia's methods were not very bright, it seemed that he was indeed out of a public heart.Therefore, Wei Zhongxian didn't want to laugh at Wei Yingjia anymore, only looked at Zhang Xiude and Wei Yingjia, and said, "Our family will truthfully report your confession to Your Majesty!"
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"Emperor, these are the confessions of Zhang Xiude and Wei Yingjia. ”After Wei Zhongxian came to Zhu Youxiao, he told Zhu Youxiao and the three ministers who were still staying by Zhu Youxiao's side.Zhu Youxiao wanted to laugh in his heart after hearing this, and secretly thought that if he didn't know the outcome of history, he was afraid that he would really think that Xiong Tingbi was really incompetent, so incompetent that the loyal Donglin Party had to frame Xiong Tingbi with extraordinary means.But the current Zhu Youxiao is not the sixteen-year-old young emperor Zhu Youxiao in history who has just ascended the throne and has not been deeply involved in the world.As a person with a clear understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao knew that the Donglin Party was not stupid and sweet, and as the representatives of the interests of the wealthy gentry in Jiangnan, they had a common label with the Liaodong Military Town and even the Jin merchants.This label is a big landlord and a big businessman, and it can also be said that he is a big bureaucrat and a big capitalist.Anyway, their interests are the same, that is, they don't want Xiong Tingbi, a Liaodong Jingluo who likes to build walls, to destroy their ecological chain of "smuggling" to grab Liao's benefits.After all, Nurhachi's military expansion and economic plunder have now become their biggest customers.And because Nurhachi was hostile to the Ming Dynasty and the money he obtained was not effortless, he was often generous in the procurement of smuggled goods.Therefore, these capitalists who are greedy by nature are naturally easy to collude with no matter what the consequences are.Zhu Youxiao glanced at Liu Yixiao and asked, "Liu Qingjia, Wei Yingjia said that you made him frame Xiong Tingbi, it is rare that you are also out of public heart like Wei Yingjia?"
”Liu Yixiao, who was already chilling, heard Zhu Youxiao's question, and directly fell to the ground, gritted his teeth and knelt down, and then fell to the ground with a bang, trembling: "Minister, the minister is guilty!"
”Zhu Youxiao continued: "You are an old minister, I don't embarrass you, go to prison by yourself." ”Then, Zhu Youxiao looked at Fang Congzhe and Han Yi again: "The two cabinet assistants, the proposed decree, will remove all the shadows of Liu Yixie, demote him to a commoner, and issue an edict to prison, and the three law divisions will interrogate the crime!"
And no family property!
”Han Yi couldn't help but be dumbfounded after hearing this, he didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor to punish Liu Yixiao so severely.Because according to the usual practice, except for Xia Yan, who was beheaded by Jiajing for offending Yan Song, the most important minister of the cabinet was only to be reformed as a commoner, but there was no such thing as raiding the house and asking for the crime.Liu Yixiao himself was also shocked, and looked up at Zhu Youxiao in surprise.Fang Congzhe knows the emperor's mind and knows that the current emperor likes to govern the country with strict government.Moreover, Fang Congzhe had made up his mind to put Liu Yixiao to death since Liu Yixiao whispered sarcastically about him, otherwise, he would not have said in front of Emperor Zhu Youxiao that Wei Yingjia was forming a party for personal gain.Fang Congzhe has been in the cabinet for many years, and he can deal with even the emperor who is not inferior to Jiajing in a shrewd way like Wanli and difficult Donglin officials like Gu Xiancheng, naturally, he is not as easy to bully as people seem to be.Therefore, Fang Congzhe knew that if he protected Liu Yixiu again, with Liu Yixiu's intention of mocking his party to protect Xiong Tingbi at that time, he was afraid that Liu Yixiao would directly target him in the next moment.Therefore, Fang Congzhe made the first move, so that he would not stupidly wait for Liu Yixiao to attack him before he counterattacked.Although everyone is a civil servant, when you really get it and want you to live or die, Fang Congzhe will not be merciful.So, Fang Congzhe took the lead in replying: "The minister obeys the order!"
”Han Yi saw that Fang Congzhedu responded that it was good or bad to intercede for Liu Yixie, and he could only reply: "Obey the order!"
”Han Yi found that he and Liu Yixiu were actually not Fang Congzhe's opponents, although he and Liu Yixiao had the support of Donglin Yanguan in the foreign court, but there was obviously no Fang Congzhe's old way.So much so that now Liu Yixiao is in prison, and he can't compete with Fang Congzhe, and he doesn't even dare to intercede.Zhu Youxiao also nodded after seeing that the two cabinet ministers agreed, thinking that they are all smart people in the end, and they don't need to be mad to know what to do.Then, Zhu Youxiao said: "Wei Zhongxian, tell Dongchang that there is no need to be tortured, and give a good cell to Liu Gelao." ”Then, Zhu Youxiao didn't give Liu Yixiao a chance to confess, so he said: "Except for Wei Zhongxian, all of them should step down." ”As a result, the other ministers withdrew.And Zhu Youxiao waited for everyone to retreat before he instructed Wei Zhongxian: "Pass on my decree, block the city gate, and immediately send people to Liaodong overnight to arrest Wang Huazhen, let Xiong Tingbi cooperate, and then order Jinyi Wei to arrest those who rode horses and galloped without permission in the city except for the heralds, no matter what the official is, arrest and retry first, so as not to let Fan Yuqing and others inform the news!"
Don't miss anything!
”"Slave obeys!"
Wei Zhongxian immediately retreated.......
"Drive!"
”Fan Yuqing rode his horse at a gallop on the street outside Xuanwu Gate, and shouted at the merchant travelers who were blocking the road with a fish charm symbolizing the official body: "Get out of the way!"
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