Fang Congzhe, the first assistant of the cabinet, Han Yi, the second assistant, Wang Xiangqian, the third assistant, Li Ruhua, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Sun Ruyou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Yingjiao, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, all stood outside Zhu Youxiao's inner study after paying a big salute to Zhu Youxiao."
You're all here tonight."
Zhu Youxiao replied in a bad tone, and then glanced at the ministers with slanted eyes."
Your Majesty, there are ignorant scholars in the Jinyiwei Hall during the day, we all know about this, and now I have come to ask Your Majesty to ask for His Majesty's mercy, please Your Majesty for the sake of their youth and ignorance, don't worry about them, open the net."
Sun Ru, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, lobbied.Zhu Youxiao laughed: "Young and ignorant?
Many of these people should have passed the age of their establishment, and they went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to make a fuss, I can understand their ignorance, but they went to the Jinyiwei lobby to make trouble, and even killed several Jinyiwei, this is already a rebellion, and they don't take me and the court in their eyes!
Next time, will they dare to break into the noon gate and beat me to death?
”"Your Majesty is angry, these scholars are indeed extremely evil, but after all, they are scholars, it is easy to kill them, but it is difficult to make the hearts of the people in the world sincerely accept it from now on, and now this matter is still because of Li Sancai's crime, although this Li Sancai is also extremely evil, but he is indeed very prestigious in Shilin, killing him is equivalent to not caring for the hearts of the people in the world, otherwise, why didn't the temple kill Li Sancai back then, it was not because he didn't want to!
Your Majesty, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, sometimes you can't be rash, social peace is not to rule the world by law, but to rule the world with etiquette, and the court should also treat the world with courtesy, rather than prohibiting the world with the law, otherwise it will be difficult for people to convince it. ”Li Ruhua, the secretary of the ministry, also followed.After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao only remembered one sentence, that is, the sentence "Confucianism and etiquette mess with the law".At this time, Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, even knelt down: "Your Majesty!
The old minister retracted his previous words, and now in this situation, it is still impossible to punish Li Sancai's capital crime, forgive those scholars, and obey the hearts of the people in the world. ”"You don't have to persuade again!
Li San must be killed, and these scholars who make trouble in the Jinyi Guard lobby must also be killed!
I've made up my mind!
”Zhu Youxiao said again: "Draft, Li Sancai will add another five hundred knives when he is in the middle of the year!"
”"Your Majesty!"
Huang Kezhang shouted, wanting to speak again."
Do you want to resist the decree?"
Zhu Youxiao asked in a cold tone."
Minister, minister obeys!"
Huang Kezhang finally replied.Seeing this, Wang Yingjiao, the head of the household department, couldn't help but stand up: "Your Majesty, the minister is worried, if it goes on like this, don't say anything else, but I'm afraid that the grain will be cut off, and the world's endowment will increase, and then the Jiubian and Jingshi will find out the phenomenon of food shortage, so that the army and the people will be unstable!"
When the time comes, it will really be a big mess in the world, please think twice!
”"It is the duty of the people to pay taxes and grain, if the people of the world do not care about the peace of the world, they want to break with the imperial court, and they are no longer willing to support me and the Nine Border Military Town!
Then why do I need this world, I want this society, when the time comes, I will take the nine-sided military town to the south to collect food, you don't think that this country is really just my own country, this world is really my world, although I am the lord of the world, but I am not the only one who enjoys the blessings of peace in this world. ”Zhu Youxiao said.The ministers present were shocked when they heard this, they didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor would rather abandon the Ming Dynasty than compromise."
Yes!"
Wang Yingjiao was stunned for a moment, and finally only spit out this one word.The other ministers were silent.And Zhu Youxiao said: "It's not early, let's retreat." ”"Wait for the resignation!"
These ministers all left here, except for Xu Guangqi's expression showing a hint of gratitude, the rest of the ministers were a little disappointed.Zhu Youxiao knew that these people would come to persuade them, these scholars and monks were all civil officials, and they belonged to the same class of scholars and doctors as those scholars who made trouble, so it was impossible not to speak for them.But now Zhu Youxiao is unwilling to compromise.Therefore, the monarch and the ministers parted unhappily.…… However, early the next morning, Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, resigned.Although he is a non-Donglin official, he really doesn't dare to let him, the secretary of the Criminal Department, personally execute so many scholars.The Cabinet's proposed opinion was to reject Wong's request for resignation.And Zhu Youxiao also agreed, because at this time, so many criminals were to be executed, and he didn't have time to change a suitable criminal department book.However, what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that not long after rejecting Huang Kezhang's request to resign, Wei Zhongxian suddenly entered the palace and told him: "Emperor, Dongchang just got the news that Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, committed suicide by taking poison!"
”Suicide by poisoning?
Zhu Youxiao was shocked when he heard the news.He didn't expect that Huang Kezhang would rather commit suicide than execute Li Sancai and those scholars.Although Zhu Youxiao has killed many people since he ascended the throne, he is not completely indifferent to life in his heart, and when he does not decide to execute a person but this person dies because of himself, he will still be touched.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao dropped the pen in his hand on the case: "I am not afraid of this old thing, what is he afraid of!"
”"Emperor, Dongchang also learned a piece of news, that is, the left and right servants of the Criminal Department have ordered their families to buy coffins."
Wei Zhongxian said again.Zhu Youxiao was stunned after hearing this: "There is such a thing?"
”Wei Zhongxian nodded: "The slave doesn't dare to deceive the emperor!"
”Zhu Youxiao smiled bitterly after hearing this: "It's very good, I'd rather not live than submit to me, this is the minister of the fierce death!"
”"Emperor, Yuanfu asks to see you."
At this time, Wang Chengen replied."
Announce him to the inner study!"
Zhu Youxiao usually doesn't casually let his ministers into his inner study, but today is different, Huang Kezhang's death and the fact that the left and right servants of the Criminal Department are ready to disobey to the death did make him feel the thorniness of the problem, and he didn't expect that dealing with Li Sancai and even the murder of troublemakers caused by Li Sancai would trigger so many chain reactions.Fang Congzhe came to Zhu Youxiao's inner study, with tears in his eyes, and knelt directly in front of Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty!
This is the transcript of Huang Kezhang, the book of the Criminal Department!
”"Bring it!"
Soon after Zhu Youxiao said, he took the book from Wang Chengen's hand and looked at it.Zhu Youxiao saw that the main meaning of Huang Kezhang's performance book ended with a sentence: "I dare not go against the will of the king, I dare not go against the people's will, and the minister will die!"
”"This should be his last recital."
Zhu Youxiao said a word, and then looked at Fang Congzhe: "I know what you want to say, I must also know about Huang Kezhang, I maintain the dynasty and kill a revolutionist, is it so difficult?"
Motosuke, am I still the lord of the world?
”Zhu Youxiao asked earnestly as he spoke.Fang Congzhe couldn't help but sob: "Your Majesty is naturally the lord of the world!"
But Your Majesty, there are some things that cannot be done by manpower, this time you will be gracious once, you can't really force all the loyal and lonely ministers in the court to be martyred, Huang Kezhang These people are all old and serious ministers, if these people are gone, then the court can only be hypocritical and shameless, and the people outside the court will really break with the court completely!
”"What about Li Sancai, tell me what is in your heart, do you think he should be killed, you tell the truth, I won't blame you."
Zhu Youxiao said."
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Damn it!"
Fang Congzhe replied, and then said, "But you can't kill!"
Because his fame is too great!
”