Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 853 Best Results
Public opinion is public opinion, and court affairs are court affairs.

The punishment for Ren Li was led by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and jointly approved by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple.

Now, Jin Lian, the chief officer of the Ministry of Punishment, is not in Beijing, so it is natural that the Metropolitan Procuratorate should come out to do this.

Seeing that Chen Yi objected, Zhu Yi finally stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, it is true that Ren Li has committed a serious crime, but when is the so-called retribution for retribution? On the execution ground that day, Ren Hongzhi sacrificed the lives of the Ren clan to redeem Ren Li's crime. It is also an act of righteousness to wish to stop this crime on Ren Li alone."

"The pardon of the Ren family is not only for the sake of Ren Hong's filial piety, but also for the purpose of letting General Aso live up to his heart and turn hostility into friendship. This is a good story through the ages."

As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion below.

From this point of view, it actually makes sense. In the case of intercepting and killing the tribute envoy, the Kansai Seven Guards were the ones who suffered. Now, the sufferers are willing to forgive generously, and pardon is naturally not impossible.

However, even so, Zhu Yi did not have the slightest relaxed look on his face, because he knew that the matter was far from being so simple to solve.

Ren Hong's actions on the execution ground really surprised him, and he also knew very well what the young man's intention was to risk his life instead of presenting the order of the Holy Mother.

However, he had to say that Ren Hong was still too young, and the case of Ren Li was extremely complicated. To save the Ren clan, relying on this bargaining chip alone was far from enough.

Sure enough, seeing the commotion in the court hall, Chen Yi followed closely behind.

"Grandpa Guo's words are wrong. The case of Ren Li involves a lot. Let alone whether General Aso no longer cares about intercepting and killing the tribute envoy, whether it can be a reason for pardon, let's not talk about this crime. , and the two major crimes of assassinating important officials of the imperial court and occupying military settlements."

"Any one of these three major crimes is enough to ransack the family and exterminate the family. It is His Majesty's kindness that the Ren family can save their lives now. Considering that Ren Li has made countless contributions to the country, he has dealt with it under mercy. , how can we do it again and again?"

So, above the court, don't even think about being able to get away with it.

The case of Ren Li is extremely complicated, although the most concerned by the court is the serious crime of intercepting and killing the tribute envoy without authorization.

However, don’t forget that Ren Li was imprisoned in the first place because Yang Hong exposed his serious crime of assassinating Yu Qian at the border, and then involved Ren Li’s crime of encroaching on the army when he was in Gansu.

Although the sense of existence of these two was covered up by the interception and killing of the tribute envoy, it did not mean that it was not serious.

Especially the assassination of important officials of the imperial court, which touches the bottom line of the imperial court. If such crimes are not severely punished, the imperial court will surely lose its discipline in the future.

Sure enough, following Chen Yi's reminder, the tide of public opinion in the court suddenly changed, and many ministers who originally wanted to intercede for the Ren family hesitated for a while, but returned to their original positions.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Yi sighed and shook her head imperceptibly.

He really tried his best!
If you want to blame, you can only blame Ren Li for being too deadly...

He silently returned to his original position, and winked at Chen Mao who was at the side, so Chen Mao stepped forward and said.

"Your Majesty, the words of the Chief Constitutional Lord are indeed not unreasonable, but I think that what Cheng Guogong said is also worthwhile. What Ren Hong did on the execution ground was pure filial piety, and the people praised it. His pleading, if His Majesty ignores it, it will inevitably make people say that His Majesty is ruthless and disregarding public opinion."

"However, if the Ren family is lenient, it will be difficult for the court to clean up the rules and regulations. Therefore, I think that His Majesty can grant Ren Hong an amnesty and allow him to stay in Beijing to serve him, so as to show his filial piety. This is also in line with public opinion."

Many times in the court, it is actually just constant pulling.

Zhu Yi didn't argue any more, replaced Chen Mao, and came up with a new plan, which was a big step forward, but the officials were still dissatisfied, said.

"Your Majesty, the case of Ren Li will be tried by the three divisions. Your Majesty personally bowed down. The case is serious and the circumstances are bad. Now that the imperial edict has been issued, how can it be easier?"

"Ren Hong's actions are indeed in line with filial piety, but if the court order is changed overnight, what is the majesty of the court?"

As soon as these words came out, there was another tendency to quarrel in the hall.

It should be said that there are still quite a few ministers in the palace who applaud Ren Hong's actions. There are hundreds of people in the Ren family, and there is no difference between one more Ren Hong and one less Ren Hong.

What the imperial court wants is to kill one to warn others, and what they want is to punish this kind of thing severely, and it doesn't necessarily mean that everyone in the Ren family must be exiled.

Therefore, it is impossible to pardon the Ren clan, but in the eyes of many people, pardoning a filial and pure young man is nothing.

What's more, what Chen Mao said was not unreasonable. The sentiments of the people and the opinions of the people cannot be ignored. The documents of Wanmin have already been handed over. If the imperial court does not respond, the people will be disappointed.

At this time, Zhu Jian from the cabinet stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, I think that what you lords said is justified. The case of Ren Li has been closed, and His Majesty's imperial edict has been issued. If it is changed at will, it may damage His Majesty's majesty. However, it would be wrong to ignore the people's feelings and opinions."

"Therefore, this minister feels that a compromise can be made. When His Majesty tried the case earlier, he was merciful. Except for the elders over [-] in the Ren family who were allowed to stay in Beijing to take care of them, the son of the Ren family was allowed to stay in Beijing to take care of them. Now, the descendants of the Ren family Among the generations, since there is such a generation with both filial piety and righteousness, it is better to stay in Beijing to serve the elders, and the court can commend them for their filial piety."

"In this way, it will not hurt the court's decency, but also take into account public opinion, and commend filial piety. It can be said to have the best of both worlds. Please give me your majesty's order!"

After saying this, many ministers present nodded their heads one after another.

It seems that this time, Mr. Zhuge is finally reliable!
As a result, the ministers below all agreed, but the few ministers at the front looked at Zhu Jian's figure with suspicion.

Of course, suspicion is suspicion, and this result is still an acceptable result.

Therefore, no one stood up to oppose it.

On the upper throne, Zhu Qiyu glanced at it, but didn't have any special reaction, just said lightly.

"Since Zhuqing has no objection, let's proceed accordingly."

This is the end of the court meeting, but as a senior minister, I always feel that something is wrong, but if I want to tell the truth, what is wrong, I can’t say it, everything seems to be...

"It's so normal!"

After the imperial court, Dali Temple Minister Du Ning followed his teacher Chen Xun to the outside of the palace as usual, and raised his doubts as he walked.

It should be said that Chen Xun deserves to be Chen Xun, and he pointed out the key point in just one sentence!
Today's court meeting is really too normal.

You must know that the case of Ren Li is of great importance, attracting the attention of the government and the public, and the case of Ren Hong is also causing a lot of trouble. There is an uproar in the capital. It looks like it will be quiet.

But this court meeting seemed to be discussing an ordinary government affairs, so it ended.

This in itself is the most abnormal thing.

It's not that in the handling of government affairs, conflicts cannot be resolved peacefully, but the traces of this court meeting are a bit too obvious.

Perhaps, in the eyes of ordinary ministers, there is nothing to see, but in the eyes of ministers of Qiqing like Chen Xun, it is not difficult to find the flaws as long as they look back carefully.

The reason why this case is complicated and important is that any point in it may cause serious conflicts.

Whether it is a joint letter of honor and honor, Ren Li's assassination of an important minister, or even whether it is lenient or not, the impact on the court's discipline is a topic that is easy to quarrel.

However, if you think about it carefully, you will find that almost every time a conflict is about to break out, someone in the court will bring the topic back.

Chen Xun had a clear eye and a clear heart. Although he didn't realize it at the time, after going to court, after thinking about it carefully, he found that there were three important turning points during the debate among the courtiers.

Once, after Zhu Yi played the performance at the beginning, some officials objected. At this time, Zhu Yi did not appear, but a censor came forward to refute.

This time, the possible confrontation between civil and military forces was eliminated invisibly, and this censor happened to have an old relationship with Cheng Guogong's mansion, which may not be explained by coincidence.

After that, this matter was put aside the nature of the position and became a government affairs issue with different opinions. Perhaps aware of this, the emperor directly ordered ministers, ministers and cabinets who could not be influenced by the Chengguo government to come forward.

Yu Shiyue has always been supportive, so it's not a surprise, but Chen Yi firmly opposed it, which was somewhat unexpected to Chen Xun at the time, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid Chen Yi has also noticed that there is a shadow of being manipulated behind this court meeting. That's why I came out for an interview in person.

It was precisely at that time that Chen Xun realized that something was wrong.

Normally, although Chen Yi was upright, he would not speak so bluntly, and expressed his firm opposition directly.

Chen Xun still had some understanding of Chen Yi, he was not the kind of person who wanted to kill everything, but if he did this, it could only show that he was probing.

Sure enough, right after, Zhu Yi gave the reason why Ah Su had already forgiven her.

At this time, the atmosphere was actually a little tense, and Chen Yi directly added fuel to the fire, bringing up the most sensitive topic, allowing Li to assassinate important officials of the court.

Once this topic is brought up in the court, it will inevitably cause a lot of discussion and turmoil. It can be said that it is a nirvana for killing the Ren family.

Cheng Guogong confronted Zuodu Yushi, and it was easy to disagree with each other. What's more, when Chen Yi raised this topic, it would inevitably cause an overwhelming reversal of public opinion in the court.

But at this moment, Zhu Yi withdrew again. Immediately afterwards, Chen Mao came forward and directly skipped the section discussing Ren Li's crimes, and mentioned the book of Wanmin. In the meantime, the court turmoil that was brewing again disappeared invisible again.

And in the end, Zhu Jian came forward and proposed that Ren Hong stay in Beijing to serve his elders. Everything seemed logical, as if this was a game between all parties and finally everyone could accept the result.

But when I think about it carefully, I feel that these key nodes are all signs of being controlled by someone behind them.

Watching the carriage of Duke Cheng's mansion leave from a distance, Chen Xun sighed, with a complicated expression on his face, and said.

"If the old man's guess is correct, this Duke, from the very beginning, had no intention of seeking a pardon for the entire Ren family. I'm afraid that is his purpose to keep Ren Hong in Beijing and replace the original heir of the Ren family. ..."

The Ren family mansion has collapsed, and it doesn't matter to Chen Xun who stays in the capital. What he values ​​more is that Zhu Yi, the Duke of Cheng, made a move in the court for the first time after being rehabilitated. The means and skills almost controlled the development of the entire court.

This kind of ability, for the future court, I'm afraid... it's not a good thing!

Shaking his head, Chen Xun turned to Du Ning and asked.

"This matter has been settled, so don't think about it again. How is the investigation of the case in your hand?"

Hearing this, Du Ning immediately became solemn and said.

"Master Chen, don't worry, many details have been clarified. If it weren't for this period of time, the court's attention was all on Ren Li's case, and the students would have wanted to uncover this case a long time ago."

What they were talking about was naturally the case of cheating in the imperial examination.

This case has been delayed for a long time, and there has been no progress. Last time, Du Ning wanted to bring it up, but was blocked by the cabinet.

Afterwards, the case of Ren Li attracted the attention of the court. Now that the case has been settled, there are certain accounts that should be settled!

"That's good, if you are ready, submit it tomorrow, lest you have long nights and dreams!"

Chen Xun nodded lightly, put aside a word, then turned and left. Du Ning let out a long breath, glanced at Miyagi, and then followed suit.

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Night, the British government.

Although Zhu Yi has been restored to the title, he will still come to the British government if there is anything to discuss. At least, even if it is only on the surface, Zhu Yi has not forgotten himself as soon as he gained power like Ren Li back then. who is it.

This has always made Zhang Min very satisfied.

"What you have to do is, the old man has already done it for you. Today's court meeting opened the old man's eyes. I'm afraid these civil servants still think that they have won again, but they don't think that from the very beginning, we The only one who wants to stay is Ren Hong!"

In the flower hall, Zhang Min sat on the main seat, took a sip of tea lightly, and said.

Today's court meeting was indeed within their expectations. Of course, it was not done by Zhu Yi alone, and the British government also contributed a lot to it.

Especially Chen Mao's cooperation was discussed by Zhang Wei. From the bottom of his heart, Zhang Wei was unwilling to keep the young man Ren Hong, but since Zhu Yi insisted, he cooperated.

After all, the Ren family is so dilapidated that it's just a fifteen or sixteen year old boy, no matter how powerful he is, he won't be able to make it to the sky, and he won't be able to screw with Zhu Yi because of this.

What's more, he really wanted to see how capable this Zhu Yi was. Seeing it today really opened his eyes.

Whether it is the insight and deduction of the court situation, or the influence of Cheng Guogong's government among many ministers, Zhang Yu did not expect it.

As far as Zhang Xiang knew, at least a few of the civil servants who stood up this time, no matter whether they were in favor or against, were delivered by Zhu Yi.

Hearing this, Zhu Yi didn't show any pride, but sighed and said.

"It's not that I don't have that idea. The Holy Mother ordered that if I can fight for the Ren family, I will naturally fight for it. I really want to try my best today to see if I can save the Ren family. But what Ren Li did , It’s really... so in the end, we can only choose the best.”

"However, this is also good, whether it is for us, or for the Virgin, or even for the Ren family, it is the best result."

(End of this chapter)