Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 647
Speaking of which, although the court meeting was successfully concluded in the end, it has to be said that there are actually various puzzles in the whole process of the court meeting.

Leaving aside the slowness and hesitation of the nobles when Ren Li opposed the rectification of the army, let's just talk about the case of Marquis Ning Yuan's assassination of Yu Qian, which has many doubts.

Although in the end, the emperor won Ning Yuanhou with some hadith.

However, as a prison master, Jin Lian was keenly aware that during the entire court discussion process, the emperor's use of power and tactics exceeded the confirmation of the evidence itself.

Especially the abnormal performance of the emperor today, in the eyes of many ministers, may be a change in the emperor's governance philosophy.

However, as the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs who handles various criminal case files all the year round, Mr. Jin is very familiar with various methods in interrogation.

Leaving aside the court situation, purely from the perspective of interrogation techniques, if such a situation occurs, it is generally because... there is not enough evidence!

Perhaps, for other courtiers, this is not important.

After all, the emperor had already reprimanded Ren Li and personally ordered him to be imprisoned. The truth is not important, what is important is the political signal in the middle.

However, for Jin Lian, it was different.

You must know that although this case is being tried by the three divisions, the actual interrogation process still falls on the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Since it is going to be tried, it will be concerned by the ruling and opposition parties.

Although Ren Li has been imprisoned now, his title is still there, and there is a high probability that the group of nobles behind him will not give up on him just because of this.

Therefore, since the Ministry of Criminal Justice is going to interrogate, it must be clear and clear, and it must be able to withstand everyone's questioning.

The Ministry of Punishment does not have the authority of the emperor, nor does it have the methods of the emperor, so what can be relied on is a sufficient and complete chain of evidence.

In fact, in Jin Lian's view, this may also be a test given to him by the emperor.

There has never been honor and power for no reason in this world. If you want to get a position of power, you must have the ability to match it.

The Ministry of Punishment wants to enhance its power, so naturally it is the same.

The emperor had already given the opportunity, and the case of Ren Li had reached such a point in the court that the emperor thought he was guilty, and so did the officials. What the Ministry of Punishment had to do was to find evidence and convict him.

If it is impossible to do even this, then in the next rectification of the army, the Criminal Department should retreat to the second line as soon as possible, and let the initiative of the interrogation be in the hands of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

So in fact, it is none other than Mr. Jin who is under the greatest pressure now.

However, facing such a straightforward question, Yang Hong fell silent, glanced at Yu Qian, and said.

"Thinking about it, it's just for the sake of the military settlement. The old man has found out some old things, but they have already submitted them to His Majesty. Instead of asking the old man, Jin Shangshu might as well ask Yu Shaobao. , What exactly did you find out..."

This question was answered, but not fully answered.

Obviously, Yang Hong knew some inside information, but he was unwilling to say it, or, he was willing to say it at first, but now he dared not say it.

Therefore, Jin Shangshu remembered that at the court meeting just now, Chen Yi asked for an order to publish the full text of Yang Hong's impeachment of Ren Li.

Although the emperor agreed at the time, the servant only read the beginning, and the emperor asked Yang Hong to say the rest.

So in fact, what has not been made public is not only Jin Yiwei's secrets, but also Yang Hong's memorabilia.

Well, so to speak, in fact, until now, a series of evidence including Yang Hong’s impeachment memorial, Jin Yiwei’s secret, Yang Xin’s family letter, Yang Neng’s self-reporting statement, etc., are all in the hands of the emperor. Show it to the people below.

All the information obtained by the courtiers actually came from Yang Hong's report.

Of course, this paraphrase must be effective, and it must be effective.

Because the evidence is in the hands of the emperor, and the emperor did not deny Yang Hong's words, it means that Yang Hong's report is consistent with the content of the evidence he provided.

Whoever doubts that the content of the two is biased is essentially offending the authority of the emperor.

But it should be noted that this effect is temporary after all. As the interrogation by the Ministry of Criminal Justice progresses further, these evidences will always be made public.

Otherwise, even if there is an endorsement by the emperor, the ministers will speculate.

And more importantly, in the imperial court, there is never a shortage of top-notch people!

Since the emperor used his authority to win Ren Li in this court meeting, if the evidence cannot be released in the end, then the prestige of the emperor must be consumed.

There is an old saying that the master worries about the humiliation of his ministers, and the master humiliates his ministers to death.

If it gets to that extent, the emperor's face will be ugly, and the Ministry of punishment will definitely be overwhelmed.

Therefore, reason told Jin Lian that a man like the Son of Heaven who planned thousands of miles would not make such a mistake.

However, in addition to reason, the intuition trained by the old prison for many years told him that what Yang Hong said in the court might not be the truth, or at least not the whole truth.

In the dark, Jin Shangshu had a feeling that the reason why Ren Li chose to assassinate Yu Qian might be the key to breaking the game!
So, even though he knew that there was little hope, he still turned his attention to Yu Qian and asked.

"Dare to ask Yu Shaobao, what exactly did he find in Gansu when he patrolled the border?"

Sure enough, this time, even Yu Qian fell silent.

After a while, Yu Qian said.

"Jin Shangshu, it's not that I don't want to talk about it, it's that this matter has a lot to do with it, and after so many years, the situation is complicated, and I haven't verified it until now. Before confirming the specific situation, I dare not speak nonsense."

As soon as these words came out, not only Jin Lian, but also everyone else present was surprised.

Obviously, the "this incident" Yu Qian mentioned did not refer to Ren Li's plot to assassinate him, but what he found during border inspections.

But the problem is, with Yu Qian's personality, he can even deal with being assassinated indifferently, so what kind of thing makes him so cautious?
Everyone looked at each other, and was about to ask again, but the voice of the servant outside had already sounded.

"My lords, Your Majesty invites all of you to the Hall of Martial Heroes to have an audience!"

As a result, everyone had to swallow the words that came to their mouths, then sorted their clothes, got up and went to the Hall of Martial Arts.

In the Wuying Hall, the emperor changed into a swallow's suit, embroidered with dark patterns in the shape of a dragon, and sat on the throne.

"My ministers, see your Majesty."

After saluting, the Son of Heaven gave seats to all present as usual, and the Son of Heaven opened his mouth when everyone sat down.

"To call you here today is actually a matter of rectifying the army, but before that, I have something I want to ask Marquis Changping."

No one expected that this time the Son of Heaven would not speak so simply and neatly, and that the person who asked the question first was actually Yang Hong who had just said a lot about the situation in the court hall.

However, what they didn't expect was still to come...

I saw the emperor's eyes fell on Yang Hong, his eyes were indifferent, and there was no trace of emotion. Immediately, Yuyin hung down, and the emperor asked.

"I would like to ask Marquis Yang about Marquis Ning Yuan's plot to assassinate Mr. Yu. Yang Xin, as the deputy general of Xuanfu, only delivered letters from his family. He neither sent official documents nor reported to the imperial court."

"Yang Xin...what do you want to do?"

(End of this chapter)