Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 1146
Minwang Mansion.

Not long after Zhu Huixun returned to the mansion, the imperial decree arrived.

With people respectfully setting up the incense table and politely sending away the passers-by who announced the decree, the father and son returned to the hall, looking at the yellow silk imperial decree in front of them with complicated expressions.

"Father, what...what does His Majesty mean?"

Obviously, Zhu Yinyu also saw that the emperor's move might have other deep meanings.

Zhu Huixun frowned, remained silent for a moment, and said.

"Don't think about it too much, His Majesty asked you to live in another courtyard, so you can live in it!"

Seeing this situation, Zhu Yinyu hesitated for a moment, and did not continue to ask questions, but nodded and said.

"Yes……"

As night fell, Zhu Qiyu finished approving the last memorial, looked up at the sky, and arrived at Kunning Palace.

"The concubine has seen His Majesty!"

Obviously Wang didn't expect that Zhu Qiyu would come over so late, and after receiving the report, he brought people out to meet him in a hurry.

After getting off the chariot, Zhu Qiyu helped Wang Shi up with a smile, and said.

"Where's Brother Zhi?"

Now, Xiao Jianzhi is almost half a year old, and Zhu Qiyu is very concerned about this son-in-law, and often comes to visit, but it is rare to come so late at night.

Therefore, upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, and then said.

"It's inside, but the children are all asleep..."

"It's okay, I'll take a look at him!"

For some reason, Zhu Qiyu seemed to be preoccupied, and Wang Shi was also aware of this, so she didn't say much, and the two of them came to the bedroom in the side hall under the leadership of the palace servants.

Now in the Kunning Palace, there are three children raised, not to mention Sister Hui, this girl is getting older, and she doesn’t need to be taken care of by her every day, so Zhu Qiyu has long given it to her in Kunning. The Qiyun Palace next to the palace is for her to live in. Sister Yun is over two years old after the new year, and she has a nanny to take care of her, so she doesn't have to worry too much.

Only Jianzhi's child is not yet one year old, so he is raised in the side hall of Kunning Palace and is taken care of by Mrs. Wang himself.

Seeing the emperor and empress coming together, several palace maids who were watching the night quickly knelt down to salute, but they didn't dare to make a sound.

Zhu Qiyu walked to the crib, the little doll in front of her was fast asleep, her chubby fingers were sucked in her mouth, as if she was having a sweet dream.

A look of kindness flashed in his eyes, Zhu Qiyu didn't stay long, looked at it for a while, then retreated, sat down in the middle of the main hall, took off his coat, leaned on the couch and fell asleep.

A court lady brought calming tea, Wang personally brought it over, put it in front of Zhu Qiyu, and asked softly.

"Your Majesty, what troubles have you encountered?"

"I met Uncle Min Wang today. He told me that King Zhennan has arrived in Beijing. Moreover, the imperial physician has just diagnosed that the princess is pregnant and has been pregnant for three months."

Zhu Qiyu opened his eyes, his eyes were meaningful, and said.

"So, I gave the house, the maid, so that Princess Zhennan can have a good pregnancy."

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang didn't think too much, nodded and said.

"Uncle has been busy working for the court for a whole year, it should be, since this is the case, the concubine will personally choose someone tomorrow, and send Xing'an to the palace."

"Princess Zhennan is pregnant. She is afraid that her fetus will move during the journey. When sending the palace servants over, the concubine will order someone to select some high-quality medicinal materials and send them along."

"You arrange it..."

Naturally, Zhu Qiyu wouldn't care about such a trivial matter, and after answering, he fell silent.

Wang didn't speak either. She could feel that her husband was not in a high mood, but if he didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask any more.

After a while, Zhu Qiyu said suddenly.

"When I saw Uncle Min Wang today, his eyes and brows were all smiling. It can be seen that Uncle is very happy to see Zhennan Wang and his wife again."

"Speaking of it, it's all my fault. Originally, my uncle was supposed to enjoy his life in the fief, but now, I let him take charge of the clan affairs for me in the capital."

"A father and son can only meet and reunite during this New Year's Eve..."

Wang didn't know what to do next, so she could only comfort her.

"Your Majesty, is this your fault? The imperial court system is like this. If the sect is in Beijing, it is natural that there must be a respected clan to take charge. Thinking about it, my uncle is also willing to serve the country."

However, when the voice fell, what she didn't expect was that Zhu Qiyu sat up straight instead, turned his head to look at her, and said.

"Empress, tell me, Princess Zhennan is pregnant, so it's probably inappropriate to go back and forth like this. Why don't you let Zhennan Wang and his wife stay in Beijing to raise the baby?"

"In this way, uncle, father and son can also be reunited, isn't it a good thing?"

"This……"

After hearing this, Wang Shi also felt a little surprised, she hesitated for a moment, she said.

"It's fine, but it's against the rules..."

King Min and King Xiang stayed in Beijing because they both had errands in the clan's mansion, but Zhennan King was different. He stayed in Beijing just to let his concubine conceive. It will be controversial.

After all, no matter whether it is a county king or a prince, once they become a vassal, they seldom return to the capital, let alone stay in the capital for a long time.

Now, Princess Zhennan is only three months pregnant. If she were to conceive in Beijing, she would have to stay in the capital for at least half a year.

As soon as this move is made, I am afraid that it will cause many discussions in the court...

Zhu Qiyu didn't speak, but frowned, as if thinking about something.

Seeing this situation, Wang Shi thought of Zhu Qiyu's actions after coming here, combined with what she said just now, she thought of something vaguely in her heart, and tried to say.

"Could it be, Your Majesty, that you are reluctant to part with their father and son when you think that your brothers will have to leave in the future?"

After a moment of silence, Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly, then he looked at Wang and said.

"Queen, what do you think if I let the children stay in the capital and take control of the feudal land in the future?"

This……

Wang Shi bit her lower lip, hesitated.

From the bottom of my heart, she naturally agrees with this idea. After all, according to the ancestral system, when the prince becomes an adult, he must be crowned king and become a feudal clan. Once he becomes a feudal clan, there is almost no hope of returning to the capital for life.

In fact, if Zhu Qiyu hadn't established Zongxue after ascending the throne, giving the vassal kings a reason to go to Beijing, then most of the vassal kings would seldom come to Beijing once in their lifetime.

Therefore, as a mother, she naturally thought that the child could stay by her side.

However, as a queen, she is more aware that this matter cannot be summed up in a few words such as flesh and blood.

The Taizu established the system of enfeoffment, and the kings became vassals after they reached adulthood, not only to protect the country, but more importantly, to avoid the occurrence of seizures.

The kings are away and unable to interfere with the court affairs, so naturally they cannot cultivate power and covet the reserve position. Once the kings stay in the capital, then there will inevitably be competition around the position of the crown prince. This has been proved by all dynasties.

In the beginning, the reason why Zhu Qiyu was able to stay in the feudal clan was largely because when he was crowned king, although he was already an adult, Zhu Qizhen had already ascended the throne, so there was no problem of seizing the heir.

However, under the current relationship between the heavenly family, if the buddies were really allowed to stay in the capital, then the impact would be immeasurable.

After thinking for a while, Wang Shi sighed in his heart, but he didn't dare to persuade him explicitly, he just said.

"Your Majesty, the days are still long, and my brothers are still young, so even if you want to worry about this matter, don't rush it for a while..."

Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu sighed, and said without saying anything.

"That's right, the Min King's uncle has worked hard for the country and has made great achievements. Now that the Zhennan King and his wife have arrived in the capital, they should not be treated lightly. You should choose carefully the palace servants who are sent over. If you have time, you can also let them The concubine enters the palace to talk..."

"Yes……"

Wang's eyes flickered, and in the end, she agreed.

…………

Silent all night.

The next day, after the early court ended, Zhu Qiyu left Shangshu Jin Lian alone.

Standing in the Hall of Martial Arts, Jin Shangshu couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. You must know that although he is also one of the seven ministers, the experience of being detained alone is not very real.

Moreover, according to experience, if the emperor left alone, there would be nothing good in all likelihood.

Unsurprisingly, just after the salute was over, the emperor didn't even give him a seat, so he spoke.

"I have read the memorial submitted by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. This time, there are as many as 160 officials who have been detained for various crimes. However, until now, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has only concluded less than one-third of the trial. Jin Shangshu, this speed is not enough!"

Hearing these words, Jin Lian couldn't help crying in his heart.

It really is this matter!

This big plan is different from the previous ones. It coincides with the disaster year. The drought in Jiangxi is naturally the most influential, but in addition, there is also the earthquake in Nanjing. After autumn, the continuous rain in Yongping, Yanzhou and other places has caused The city collapsed...

All kinds of things emerged one after another, and many problems were exposed. In addition, the emperor had very strict requirements for grand plans.

As a result, a considerable number of officials were sacked in this grand plan. They were found to be corrupt either because they could not provide relief food, or because they colluded with the gentry to hide the disaster, or because they usually oppressed the people. They were kicked out of the Yamen in every disaster year... Anyway, due to various reasons, they were found out by the supervisory censors in charge of various places, and hundreds of people were dismissed on the spot.

According to the previously agreed regulations, these people are now locked up in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, awaiting further interrogation.

But the problem is that it is only after taking over this job that I realize how difficult it is.

Among other things, the first thing that bears the brunt is that there are not many precedents in the Ministry of Punishment for the interrogation and disposal of officials.

For a long time in the past, the process of officials making mistakes or committing crimes was generally that the common people or the censor reported impeachment, and the imperial court sent special scientific officials to investigate, report to the emperor after verification, and then the emperor directly dealt with it.

During this process, there was only investigation and no interrogation. If it was true that the investigation was unclear and interrogation was needed, then Jin Yiwei would take over, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice basically couldn't intervene.

When he originally took over this job, what Jin Lian thought was that the power of the Ministry of Punishment could be further expanded.

However, when I got it in my hand, I realized that it was a hot potato.

The main reason is that he did not expect that the emperor made such a big determination this time, more than 100 officials, ranging from the third-rank chief envoy to the seventh-rank county magistrate, all came here in one go. The Ministry of Criminal Justice had a big problem.

Although it is said that with the special permission of the emperor, the trial can be held, but for the Ministry of punishment, these people are still officials, and they are not Jinyiwei, so torture must not be used, this is one of them.

In this way, the methods available to the Ministry of Punishment have been greatly reduced. Although many officials have been found out by the censor, the evidence may not be complete after careful investigation. This is a huge pressure on the Ministry of Punishment.

After all, with so many people in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it is impossible to send people to various places to investigate the case. This is not the most difficult thing to do.

The most troublesome thing is all kinds of resistance in the open and in the dark. In the officialdom, the most important thing is the network. Who doesn't have a fellow from the same age and old friends.

From the very beginning of the big plan, the first official was put into the Ministry of Punishment, and there was an endless stream of people who used various methods to put pressure on or intercede with Jin Lian.

Under all kinds of constraints, for Jin Lian, he has done his best if he can judge one-third of the officials.

But now it seems that the emperor is obviously still not satisfied...

Sighing in his heart, Jin Lian said somewhat self-destructively.

"Your Majesty is incompetent, please punish me."

Looking at Jin Shangshu who was planning to play a rogue, Zhu Qiyu snorted softly and said lightly.

"If it is inconvenient for the Ministry of Punishment to interrogate, these people can also be sent to Beizhen Fusi. I believe that Jin Yiwei will have a solution."

Ah this...

One sentence immediately lifted Jin Lian's spirits.

The way he acted just now was to pretend to be pitiful and let the emperor give the Ministry of Punishment more time, but he never thought about handing over the power he had already obtained.

No matter how hot the potato is, as long as it cools down, it is still delicious!

In his heart, he secretly complained a few words to the minister of the household department who taught him this trick, but Jin Lian said with righteousness on his face.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely speed up the trial and strive, er, to clear up all these cases within half a year."

Even so, when he actually made the promise, Jin Shangshu hesitated for a moment and didn't dare to say too much.

It should be said that his number is considered conservative. There are at least a hundred officials who have not been dealt with by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Calculated based on the completion of all trials in half a year, the time to settle a case is less than two days, which is already quite fast.

Of course, this calculation is not very accurate. After all, the Ministry of Criminal Justice cannot only try one case at a time. However, in addition to trial, there are also verification of case files and other daily affairs. This speed is already quite fast.

However, Zhu Qiyu was obviously not very satisfied with this answer, said.

"Before April, all cases will be concluded. If there are too complicated cases that have not been concluded by then, they will be transferred to Jin Yiwei for trial."

"His Majesty……"

Hearing this, Jin Lian was a little anxious.

However, as soon as he spoke half a sentence, Zhu Qiyu stopped his words and said.

"Jin Shangshu, this big plan is not only for exams, but also to restore the officialdom. Therefore, during the interrogation, corruption, bribery, collusion with squires to oppress the people, and private sales of military weapons, food and grass, etc., will be dealt with severely. The rest of the case can be dealt with lightly according to the circumstances, do you understand?"

This……

Jin Lian froze for a moment, then immediately lowered his head and said.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that I obey the order. I will conclude these cases on schedule!"

(End of this chapter)