Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 852
Two days later, morning morning.

After dealing with some miscellaneous matters, seeing that the sun has gradually risen, a group of elders have no intention of dispersing.

About Ren Hong's act of atoning for his grandfather's crimes and carrying his corpse, spread all over the capital in just two days, especially when Ren Hong was wounded and the conversation between him and A Suo on the execution platform was reported. The ruling and opposition parties spoke highly of this young man who was sensible, loyal, and filial.

Of course, when the general situation is good, there are also a few harsh voices, satirizing Ren Hong as a show, trying to use this to arouse public opinion and ask for mercy, but most of the people who can say such things are The mansion and ministers who have old grudges with the Ren family.

Anyone who actually saw Ren Hong's body covered in mud, water and blood on the execution ground that day, transporting Ren Li's body back to Ren's mansion step by step with difficulty, all praised him for his filial piety and purity, and his love and righteousness are touching.

This incident spread from the people to the court, which caused a shock in the court and the opposition.

In the past few days, there have been censors who have praised Ren Hong's actions, pleaded for the Ren family, and asked for forgiveness.

Moreover, it is said that several honorable families headed by Cheng Guogong are preparing the Wanmin Book these days. If there is no accident, it should be...

"Your Majesty, I have the original performance!"

Sure enough, just as the court was about to leave, Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi, dressed in a crimson unicorn robe, strode out and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Taking out the memorabilia that had been prepared a long time ago from her sleeve, and handing it to the servant who came down from the imperial steps, Zhu Yi bowed slightly and said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Punishment issued an imperial decree the day before yesterday to behead Ren Ren in Caishi Street. After the execution, his grandson Ren Hong, regardless of the seriousness of his injuries, went to the execution ground alone to collect his grandfather's body, which can be called an example of filial piety."

"Ren Li once committed a serious crime that cannot be pardoned. Your Majesty is lenient and does not grant it to the family. This is a great grace. However, my great ancestor established the country with filial piety. Ren Hong ignored the wind and rain and dragged his body to redeem his grandfather. , the feeling of filial piety can touch the world."

"As soon as this incident happened, the soldiers and civilians in the capital all spontaneously spread the praises as an example, and even the elders made the Wanmin Book to serve His Majesty. The officials and thirteen nobles risked their lives to present the Wanmin Book, and jointly played it with their names. Your Majesty, please read it in your office. Hong has a heart of filial piety, and his virtues can show the people, forgive the Ren clan, so as to fulfill the wishes of all people, and show the way of virtue."

After the words fell, all the ministers present looked sideways...

This Cheng Guogong is an interesting person!
What happened at Caishikou attracted the attention of many people. Therefore, the Ren family who was involved in it naturally returned to the eyes of the important officials.

As a result, many ministers heard about the conflict between Cheng Guogong and Jin Yiwei in front of Ren's mansion in order to protect Ren's family.

Looking down from this incident, the reason why what happened at Caishikou had such a big impact is largely because Cheng Guogong led people to follow behind.

If it weren't for him to sit in the town, no matter how miserable Ren Hong was, it would be nothing more than that.

Even if such a small number of people felt compassion for him and felt that he was filial and sympathetic, it would not be able to form a large scale, and even such a huge team might be dispersed by the soldiers and horses of the five cities.

If the situation is better, it is also possible that the censor who patrols the city will see it, and then find a few yamen servants to help send the bones back.

However, it will definitely not reach the current situation that the ruling and opposition parties are focusing on.

It was Zhu Yi's presence that made everything different.

Although he didn't do anything, he and Zhang Min, together with the servants they brought, were quite a number.

With the identities of these two people, there is naturally no reason to dare to stop Ren Hong. Other officials like the patrolling censor saw them and wanted to intervene. Seeing them follow behind, they have to ask first. Ask him what the two of you mean.

Not to mention, with them, there is also a servant of the Ministry of punishment.

In fact, although the scene yesterday was touching, Zhou Xuan has also stayed in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for many years, and has read a lot of various criminal case files, so in his opinion, what Ren Hong did can be done. Praise for pure filial piety.

However, to let Zhou Xuan, a third-rank official, accompany Ren Hong to walk three or four miles in the mud with an umbrella, just to watch him fall to the ground again and again, I'm afraid it would be too much face for him.

The reason why Zhou Xuan didn't leave was also because of Zhu Yi!

After all, he was the one who presided over the execution. Although the execution was over, since the Duke had intervened, this matter was no small matter.

If he didn't follow behind and watch, in case something happened, he wouldn't be able to get away with it.

Therefore, the three important officials of the imperial court and a group of officials, soldiers and servants, such a huge team, wandered around the capital in a ostentatious manner, and it was difficult not to attract people's attention.

With a few of them sitting in the town, the people who were just watching the excitement naturally became more courageous. The people like to follow the crowd, whether it is because they really feel pity for Ren Hong, a filial child, or because they simply want to Join in the fun, anyway, follow along, more and more people, it becomes the public opinion.

When they arrived at the gate of Ren's mansion, the atmosphere had already heightened, and the old lady of Ren's family said "Thank you for your kindness in escorting", which even knocked out the nature of this matter.

On the one hand, Ren Hong's miserable appearance at that time really made everyone who saw it feel pity. The common people are simple, they can't think of such a complicated inside story, and what they see is a good boy whose filial piety can learn from the world.

On the other hand, these ordinary people would never have the chance to have a Marquis Mansion treat each other with such courtesy, even if it was just a few words of thanks, it would be enough for them to be excited for a long time.

Although it is said that the Ren family is no longer what it used to be, but for the people living in the capital, who has never seen the splendor and prosperity of a marquis mansion.

Now, these miserable people have the opportunity to help such a big shot, these ordinary people are naturally happy.

To put it bluntly, for them, killing tribute envoys, plotting to assassinate ministers, and occupying military bases has nothing to do with them. What they saw was a young man's sincerity, even if he risked his life, he wanted to save his grandfather's filial piety.

What they heard was the sincere thanks and earnest request from the high-ranking wife, and all they had to do was to press their fingerprints on the Wanmin Book and beg for mercy from the emperor.

Even if it is true, those strong and noble servants will come to your door and tell you with a smile, but the neighbors in the neighborhood will press it, and it is not good for me to be so different.

Therefore, such a book of Wanmin was freshly released, and it was put on the imperial case of the emperor.

It can be said that this incident from the beginning to the end, cannot do without the help of Cheng Guogong, and even Ren Hong's deeds may have been guided by him.

This Cheng Guogong has worked so hard, but he just wants to save the Ren family, a family that is about to be ruined.
However, no matter what the purpose is, in the end, this book of Wanmin was handed over, and Ren Hong's act of filial piety and purity was also witnessed by many people, and his reputation spread far and wide.

It doesn't matter whether there is someone manipulating this matter, what matters is the fact that the Ren family should deal with it...

"Your Majesty, Ren Hong's filial piety is indeed commendable, but the laws of the country are above, and the several serious crimes committed by Ren Li are all serious crimes of family copying and extermination. Your Majesty will not add any ties, but only change to exile, and allow the elderly in the family over [-] to stay in Beijing." Support is already a mighty gift from heaven, how can we extend it further?"

"If so, where are the laws and regulations of the country?"

It is basically impossible to reach an agreement on the government affairs of the court. As soon as Zhu Yi's memorial was handed over, some ministers immediately stood up to oppose it.

However, the strange thing is that Zhu Yi didn't open his mouth to refute, but paused for a moment, as if he was waiting for something, and sure enough, after a while, the imperial censor came forward and said.

"Your Majesty, it is true that Ren Li is an unforgivable crime, but since ancient times, the way of filial piety and respect for relatives is the foundation of governing a country. Ren Hong's filial piety moved the world, and the people in the capital praised him. It can be seen that his virtues can be shown to the world. If you are a filial person, if you are not lenient, you may lose the hope of all people, please think twice, Your Majesty."

These words were unremarkable, but as some ministers agreed to be lenient to the Ren family, the atmosphere in the court room became lively.

"Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate. Intercepting and killing tribute envoys is a serious crime. What's more, Renli also has the crime of killing good men and pretending to be meritorious. If the punishment is not severe, the discipline in the army will be difficult to be strict, and the frontier soldiers may be chilled. Please, Your Majesty." Mingjian."

To everyone's surprise, the person who followed him was the fellow governor of the Chinese military's governor's mansion, Zhang Min!

As some of the nobles also expressed different views, the ministers in the court immediately began to express their opinions, and they were clearly divided into two factions. One faction advocated extra leniency to show filial piety; More forgiveness should be given.

People from the two factions quarreled in the hall like this, discussing a lot.

However, the group of bigwigs standing at the front looked at each other silently, squinted their eyes, and fell on Zhu Yi at the same time.

This Cheng Guogong, the first time he made a move in the court after he was restored to the throne, is extraordinary!

Not to mention the impact of Ren Hong's series of actions to collect Ren Li's body in the capital, but just to say that the performance in the court is right. This young Duke of the country is more sophisticated than other nobles. Out of more than one chip.

In the scene just now, if Zhang Min, Jiao Jing, Chen Mao and others in the past, as the performers, heard voices of opposition, they would definitely not be able to resist directly rebutting.

Of course it is correct to do so, but it is very easy to turn a government affairs issue into a position issue.

When the voices of a certain camp are exactly the same, then the other camp must hold the opposite opinion. This is the most common situation in the court.

In the past, once a large number of nobles advocated a certain direction, civil servants would inevitably suppress it. As for the winner, it depends on who wins the truth, who can win the Sacred Heart, or who is more powerful. Rather.

But this kind of situation often becomes uncontrollable. There are many examples of this kind. It is obviously a simple government affairs, but because of the identity of the person who gave the report and the power used, it will eventually evolve into a civil and military dispute. Many ministers who had no interests involved stepped down one after another, causing disturbances in the court.

But this time, Zhu Yi was obviously much smarter. He knew very well that there must be ministers in the court who sympathized with the Ren family if the incident was such a big mess.

If he speaks first, then the matter will escalate into Xungui fighting for the interests of the Ren family. These ministers will not speak again no matter what they think because of their positions. Moreover, once a dispute of positions occurs, it will be much more complicated , it is difficult to achieve the goal.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry to refute, but put on a look of indifference, and waited until some of the civil and military ministers raised their own objections before intervening.

In this way, both the civil and military camps have people with various opinions. Then, this is a purely government affairs, without mixing other issues of position.

Of course, for this group of bigwigs, they see more clearly. Many of them, when they saw the censor who first came out to oppose, all remembered that this censor had been treated by the former Cheng Guogong in his early years. Zhu Yong's kindness also interceded for Cheng Guogong's government after the Civil War.

As for Zhang Xiang... Not to mention, Cheng Guo's mansion and Ying Ying's mansion are in-laws, so it's very simple to get in touch with each other.

However, although this method is simple, it has successfully weakened the traces of Zhu Yi's manipulation, which is not unwise.

As a result, the eyes of all the important ministers were a little complicated, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

It seems that although this Cheng Guogong is young, he is not an easy person to deal with!

There was a quarrel for a while, the emperor finally raised his head and coughed lightly, so the hall suddenly became quiet.

"I have read the Wanmin Book. This son is indeed filial. The cabinet and the six gentlemen, do you think the Ren family can be lenient?"

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, he ordered these important ministers, and they naturally couldn't keep silent.

Looking at each other, Yu Shiyue, the cabinet, spoke first.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Ren's family should not be lenient. Although Ren Hong's filial piety is commendable, the country has state laws and the family has family rules. The crimes committed by Ren Li are not small crimes, but serious crimes that shake the dignity of the court. He must be punished severely. Otherwise, the majesty of the laws and regulations of the country will not exist, and it will be even more difficult to deter lawless people. As for Ren Hong, he is indeed filial, and I think that one of them can be pardoned and let him stay in Beijing to serve the elders in the house."

Now that this case, since there has already been arguing in the court, even for people like them, they have to leave some leeway for speaking.

Yu Shiyue's plan is relatively conservative, and the advantage is that it is thoughtful.

However, there were also those who opposed it, followed closely by Chen Yi from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Your Majesty, filial piety is filial piety, and the law is the law. Since the imperial court has already decided on the treatment of the Ren family, since the case has not been repeated, it should not be changed arbitrarily. Otherwise, not only will there be suspicion of changing the order overnight, but it will also make many Xiaoxiao, I feel that I can use this method to escape the punishment of the court, which is harmful to the country, so I think that His Majesty can commend Ren Hong for his filial piety, but the treatment of the Ren family should still remain unchanged..."

(End of this chapter)