Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 105
During the seven years of orthodoxy, several major events have occurred.

This year, after the Supreme Emperor got married, he formally took over the government.

Not long after, the Empress Dowager Zhang, who followed Xuanzong's edict to supervise the country, passed away.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Zhen was promoted to be the eunuch in charge of the ceremony and seal, and the admiral of the East Factory.

This opened the prelude to Wang Zhenquan's allegiance to the government and the opposition.

In other words, it was from this year that Wang Zhen extended his influence into the foreign court.

Connecting the whole sentence, Lu Zhongyin realized something.

Whoever commits a crime...

What does it mean to be guilty of a crime, can you not be investigated?

Since we want to investigate, don't we have to use Jin Yiwei?

Knowing this, Lu Zhong felt a burst of excitement, and immediately said.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, it's Jin Yiwei's duty to investigate the case. I will definitely investigate all the people and things related to Wang Zhen clearly and accurately."

Zhu Qiyu glanced at him and knew that he had misunderstood what he meant.

So he had to pour a basin of cold water on him, said.

"I asked you to investigate, but I didn't ask you to investigate indiscriminately. What I want is the truth, not a fabricated lie."

"And this matter, you have to keep a low profile. You can't investigate with great fanfare, let alone arrest people indiscriminately. Jin Yiwei just investigates, arrests and interrogates, and listens to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple, understand?"

It should be said that Yu Shiyue and Jiang Yuan have been in court for a long time, and their estimation of the situation is basically accurate.

The current situation is still eyeing from outside the customs. The latest military newspaper said that the number of rangers harassing each pass in the past few days has suddenly increased, and the situation has become more and more tense.

At this moment, Zhu Qiyu can still distinguish the priorities.

If the officials in the court were really involved, it would definitely cause a big shock. This is not what he wants, nor is it acceptable to the courtiers now.

So he needs to sound the alarm for Jin Yiwei to prevent them from doing anything wrong under the banner.

Lu Zhong looked slightly disappointed, and said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, Jin Yiwei is only responsible for investigation, not interrogation?"

As a well-known secret service agency of the Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei has a complete set of investigation, arrest, detention, and interrogation systems, and even has its own "prison".

Jin Yiwei, who has the power to directly arrest and interrogate people, is the emperor's pro-army that makes people fearful.

But if you only check but don't judge, isn't that just making wedding clothes for others?
After thinking about it, Lu Zhong was still a little unwilling and said.

"Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei is really good at investigating cases. As long as you are willing, we can investigate clearly from all levels of the court."

"However, the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice are the officials of the Ministry after all, and there are too many considerations involved. If they come to trial and judge, I'm afraid it will turn into a trivial matter..."

Zhu Qiyu didn't speak, but just glanced at him, and Lu Zhong's back suddenly felt cold.

Since he entered the palace, the emperor's kind attitude towards him made him almost forget that he was not a colleague of his peers who could discuss with each other, but the emperor who had the power of life and death in his hands.

So Lu Zhong immediately knelt down, lowered his head, and said.

"The emperor forgives the sin, it is the minister who overstepped."

"It's not an example!"

Zhu Qiyu spoke lightly, thought for a while, and explained.

"What I want is to make big things smaller. Now that the situation is turbulent, it is not appropriate to go to war. You should check it out. If you find out, if you need to go to court, you can help the Ministry of Criminal Justice to take people to court. You don't need to do the rest."

"Yes!"

Lu Zhong still had doubts in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he took his orders and withdrew.

After he left, Zhu Qiyu glanced at Xing'an who was standing beside him, and asked.

"Can't you figure it out too?"

Xing'an nodded embarrassingly. He didn't have much contact with political affairs in normal times. What he said just now was correct, and he was indeed confused.

However, his relationship with Zhu Qiyu is much closer than that of Lu Zhong, so he is less taboo and speaks boldly.

"The servant is dull, and can only understand a little bit. I would venture to guess that your lord wants to take this opportunity to find out the details of the history of the whole court and see who is hiding behind them."

"But this servant can't figure it out, this matter only needs to be done secretly by Jin Yiwei, why do you have to go to such a big fight..."

As a good eunuch who is motivated and motivated, although Xing'an is young, he often follows Cheng Jing, actively learning overtly and secretly, and his vision is still improved.

The emperor has just succeeded to the throne, and he doesn't know enough about the officials in the court. It is not surprising that he must ask someone to find out their details.

But to find out the details, Jin Yiwei has a lot of ways to inquire without attracting attention, why should there be such a commotion and a trial.

Xing'an has been watching from the side, and he has heard Zhu Qiyu's words.

From this point of view, anyone involved with Wang Zhen, whether guilty or not, will have to go to Dali Temple.

And Lu Zhong also said that among these people, most of the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment must not be moved.

Since you can't move, why bother with all this for nothing?
Zhu Qiyu raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said, "That's right, following Cheng Jing in recent days, I've grown a lot."

After all, Xing'an is different from Lu Zhong. He is his closest person and needs to be cultivated well. Therefore, after pondering his question for a while, Zhu Qiyu explained to him.

"Wang Zhen's matter is very involved. I did this not only as a deterrent, but also as a kindness. These days, the situation seems to be calm, but in fact, people are very panic-stricken. They must be relieved."

After being in power for so long, Zhu Qiyu had actually already noticed it.

Since Wang Zhen's accident, the mood of the courtiers has turned into a powder keg, which exploded almost immediately, as evidenced by the Zuo Shunmen incident.

In other times, no matter how bold and angry they are, they would not be so out of control.

Zhu Qiyu thought about it carefully, and there were two main reasons for this situation.

One, of course, is that Wang Zhen had already committed many crimes and caused the army to be wiped out. The officials were indeed outraged.

But apart from that, there is another important reason, that is, they panicked.

The reason why these courtiers pursued Wang Zhenyi's party relentlessly until they died was largely because they themselves were once vassals of Wang Zhen's party.

The Son of Heaven has been in charge since the seventh year of Zhengtong, and Wang Zhen began to enter the court.

Losing the empress dowager Zhang, the mountain weighed down, Zhang Fu was drawn by him, and the three Yangs gradually withered. After the death of Yang Shiqi in the ninth year of Zhengtong, there were no ministers in the court who could restrain Wang Zhen.

For five whole years, anyone in the court who did not follow his wishes was either exiled, suppressed, or simply killed.

The rest of the people in the court hall, more or less, had once attached themselves to Wang Zhen.

It doesn't necessarily mean that they did something for him, but flattery and flattery, in some government affairs, follow Wang Zhen's wishes, most people have it.

What's more, because Wang Zhen had a great influence on the emperor, many people asked him to offer bribes and came to ask him to do things.

When something like this happened to Wang Zhen, on the one hand, they were glad that the lucky eunuch had finally died, but on the other hand, they were somewhat panicked, for fear of being implicated.

Because of this, they couldn't wait to cast aside Wang Zhen, wanted to nail him to the pillar of shame, and at the same time severely liquidated Wang Zhen's party.

All this is to cover up their guilty conscience.

How much trouble there is at this time shows how flustered they are.

So there needs to be such a cutscene to make the courtiers feel at ease.

This is why Zhu Qiyu handed over the case to Dali Temple. Of course he knew that Dali Temple would not really do anything to these people.

But after walking in the hall, Dali Temple must have given a lighter sentence. Those who are more involved with Wang Zhen will be fined and confinement, and those who are less involved will be erased directly.

Dali Temple is full of veterans, so they naturally know how to save their faces.

But no matter how the trial is done, it is ultimately the court that has reached a conclusion.

With such a fuss, at least the officials can calm down, and they will no longer be like a powder keg, blowing up at once.

At the same time, it is of course deterrence and grace.

As mentioned earlier, when the imperial court interrogates such important cases as Wang Zhen, the law often does not become the main criterion for sentencing.

If Zhu Qiyu really wanted to, he only needed to let Jin Yiwei take over completely. Killing would be impossible, but relegation and exile of a group of people would not be a problem.

The courtiers are not fools, if the new king can punish him without punishing him, he will naturally be grateful and do his job well.

In the final analysis, the smoothness of the current situation is the most important thing, and everything else has to be put on the back burner...

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