Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 332
It should be said that Ren Li was able to defend Chen Mao and others from this perspective, which is considered a lot of work.

The imperial trial at the Fengtian Palace basically killed the case of King Zhennan, and there was absolutely no room for a reversal.

Based on this, the unfair trial of Ning Yanghou and others, that is, the certainty of the facts, together with the accusations of Guangtong Wang and Xue Xuan, formed a complete logical chain.

The chains are intertwined, and Chen Mao and others are directly charged with the crime of forming a clan secretly and alienating the Tian family.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible to exonerate them.

But even so, he was still taken advantage of by Ren Li and his gang.

First of all, the clan's mansion did not have its own yamen. After Taizong, the clan's mansion only had honorary officials, but no real yamen or real officials. The daily affairs of the clan were basically taken care of by the Ministry of Rites.

If there is a crime committed by the clan that needs to be interrogated, because the clan is all in fiefdom, most of the people sent by the imperial court to investigate and then report back.

But this time, Guangtong Wang and others took advantage of the opportunity to go to Beijing to report, which is a special case.

Therefore, Ren Li's first tactic was to describe the fact of their private acquaintance as part of the prosecution.

After all, even among the people, there are people who stop the sedan chair and cry for injustice.

Although Chen Mao is in charge of the affairs of the clan's family, he is still in charge of the affairs of the clan, and he can barely make sense of it.

More importantly, Ren Li bit him to death, and Chen Mao had never accepted any bribes. The implication was that he had no motive to frame Zhennan King by bending the law for personal gain.

As for the accusation of making friends with the clan in private, he put it all on Uncle Huichang and Captain Xue Heng.

The two of them, one is the father of Queen Mother Sun, and the other is the son-in-law of Queen Mother Sun.

Now that the Empress Dowager Shangsheng is still there, it is impossible for the court to really do anything to these two people.

As for the most critical one, the accusation of alienating the Tian family, Ren Li cleverly avoided it.

In fact, this is their best move.

In the Zhennanwang case, Zhu Qiyu did not personally come forward, but controlled the general direction behind the scenes.

At that time, the reason why Ningyang Hou and others were successfully taken down and King Zhennan successfully turned over was the pressure exerted by the clan princes on the court.

And the person who connects these princes is none other than King Min.

But King Min is very old, so how can he run away in vain? The reason why he is willing to work so hard, and even finally took over the errand of the clan's mansion, is simply because he wants to keep the feudal kingdom of his two sons .

So on this matter, Zhu Qiyu and King Min actually reached an agreement.

At the imperial trial, in order to alleviate the guilt of Guangtong and Wang, and also to reduce the follow-up impact of this case.

He did not define the behavior of Guangtong Wang and his brother as deliberate false accusation against his elder brother, but as being deceived by the Su family and not knowing the truth.

In this way, they were accused of causing a palace banquet and being deceived by others. Although the crime was the same, the starting point was good, and there was barely a reason for a lenient pardon.

But this point is now being used by Ren Li to make a fuss.

The most important point of Xue Xuan's accusation against Chen Mao and others is that they don't care whether the case is true or not, and they only want to use this case to force the court and alienate the Tian family.

However, Ren Li was killed now, and Guangtong Wang and others were deceived, so Ningyanghou was also deceived during the trial.

They all thought that the truth of King Guangtong's evidence was the truth, so they made this judgment out of publicity, denying the crime of alienating the Tian family under the guise of this case.

As a result, Xue Xuan's testimony became an isolated testimony.

Because Guangtong Wang and others can admit that they have made friends with relatives in private, but they cannot bear the crime of alienating the Tian family.

Without the most important crime of alienating the Tian family, it is impossible to win the two Marquis no matter what.

It has to be said that on this matter, Ren Li and the people behind him must have spent a lot of time trying to find two controversial points in this complete logic chain.

After hearing Ren Li's rebuttal, Zhu Qiyu's face remained calm, and he asked.

"Then according to Renhou's wishes, how should we deal with it?"

Ren Li didn't hesitate much, and answered directly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, since the two charges are not established, Chen Hou's crime is at most nothing more than dereliction of duty. Since His Majesty has resigned from his post in charge of Chen Hou's clan mansion, he can be punished."

"As for Marquis Cheng'an, the son-in-law Du Wei and Jiao Jing, although they helped King Guangtong and others to avenge their grievances, they did not participate in the trial. They just acted impulsively and spoke up for justice in the court. I think it is a small punishment for the sake of the court's face. Just a big admonition."

"The one who really needs to be severely punished is Xue Xuan who framed Marquis Chen and really wanted to alienate the Tian family. This person has plotted against the law, and I think it is better to be exiled for thousands of miles."

From Ren Li's point of view, what he wanted was never to save Chen Mao's life, but more importantly, to keep his title.

A Chen Mao without a title is of almost zero use to nobles.

After hearing his words, the other ministers present frowned unanimously.

They could understand that Ren Li wanted to protect Marquis Ning Yang and Marquis Cheng An, but he wanted to put Xue Xuan to death, which was somewhat unacceptable to the civil servants.

It should be said that even today, especially after the news of the imperial trial got out that day, the ruling and opposition parties generally have a relatively positive evaluation of Xue Xuan.

One is because he is respected as a scholar, and the other is because although the old man admits his crime, he is frank and upright, and finally promoted the mission of the mission.

Most of the courtiers admired Xue Xuan's strength of character.

The British government is trying to rescue Chen Mao and others, but the civil servants are trying to rescue Xue Xuan in a different way.

These days, Zhu Qiyu's desk has almost never stopped pleading for Xue Xuan.

Ren Li pushed all the blame for his crimes on Xue Xuan, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of all the officials present.

Jin Lian spoke first.

"Marquis Ren's statement is wrong. The crimes of Marquis Ningyang, Marquis Cheng'an and others have not yet been determined. Just based on Marquis Ren's words, it can be concluded that Xue Xuan framed Marquis Ningyang. Even the Judiciary did not decide the case like this."

"What's more, Ren Hou questioned that Ning Yanghou and others had no motive to alienate the Tian family, so could it be that Xue Xuan had a motive to frame Ning Yanghou?"

"At the time of the imperial trial, Xue Xuan spared no expense in admonishing His Majesty to welcome back the Supreme Emperor. It was for the harmony of the heavenly family, and he had a heart of fists and fists for the government and the public to learn from each other. It is too arbitrary for Ren Hou to jump to a conclusion based on his own guess. Bar!"

It could be seen that Jin Shangshu was really angry this time.

In this case, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has always maintained a very cautious attitude, but Ren Li's rhetoric is indeed a bit too much.

As a result, Jin Lian, who never liked to cause trouble, became a little rude when speaking.

Seeing that the two sides were showing signs of quarreling, Zhu Qiyu raised his hand and pressed down, making things smooth.

"You two don't need to argue. Since you have disagreements on this point, let's first look at the areas where there is no disagreement."

With that said, Zhu Qiyu put his eyes on Ren Li and asked.

"Ren Hou just said that because Ningyang Hou did not accept bribes, so it cannot be regarded as a private clan. Then, for Huichang Bo and others who really received gold and silver property and had a connection with Guangtong King, Ren Hou thinks, what should we do?" disposal?"

(End of this chapter)