Jinyi champion

Chapter 856
Without any accident, Shi Zan was taken away from the door of his house and stuffed into the imperial prison.

The situation that Shi Zan had expected was that the nobles and ministers supported him, and the ministers begged for mercy, but it did not happen.

The whole thing is that this matter seems unreasonable, but the emperor made it clear in advance that you transferred the things beyond your authority. Now that they are lost, you should pay for them. If you can’t afford them, you can talk about ransacking your home and selling your property. In the end, you brought your family to play around at the door of the house, so who will you treat?
After Shi Zan was released from prison, he obviously panicked.

At this time, there were only two ways he could think of, either to gather up 4 taels of silver and hand it over to the emperor, or to report Yang Tinghe.

Obviously the latter is simpler.

Let your surname Yang see death and refuse to save you. It was you who caused the matter. You agreed to help me, but now I have been arrested by Jin Yiwei. If you still refuse to come forward to intercede for me, then I will not stab you out. Well?

Shi Zan thought so in his heart, but when he really wanted to do this, he still hesitated.

Offending Yang Tinghe is tantamount to offending the entire civil servant system.

If things go wrong, Uncle Huairou's lineage will not be able to get along in the court in the future.

On the second day after Shi Zan was imprisoned, Sun handed over to the prison to visit.

"Mr. Sun, please help me."

Shi Zan was placed under house arrest in a room, and the windows of the room were all separated by iron bars. When he saw Sun Jiaolai, he held the iron bars in his hand and pleaded with Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiao showed the proof of his arrival to Jin Yiwei on the side, and then entered the room.

The guards in Jinyi all backed away, letting Sun Jiao and Shi Zan talk alone.

Sun Jiaodao: "Your property has already been confiscated by Jin Yiwei. Today, the old man in the court wanted to say a few words for you, but was pushed back by His Majesty. It means that you didn't abide by the rules first. Jin Yiwei acted in accordance with the law. His Majesty also said that as long as you repay the debt with your heart, there is still room for change in this matter."

Shi Zan said with a bitter face, "Do you want to search even Xunchen's house?"

Sun Jiao said unhappily: "Everyone knows that you didn't do it. If you insist on it, what good will it do you? If you are still stubborn, act as if you didn't say it."

Shi Zan sighed: "Mr. Sun, it's not that you don't understand my situation. Could it be that I can really confess Yang Zhongtang? Yang Zhongtang's purpose is just not to let His Majesty use that batch of pig iron for use as something else. If you want to withhold the relevant parts first, and then talk to His Majesty about using them as military supplies, I will ask you to contact the old department Li Tong, who knows that the pig iron will be lost?"

At this time, Shi Zan had nothing to hide. He even felt that since he started doing this, he had no intention of going against the emperor.

It was completely a game between the emperor and Yang Tinghe, and when Yang Tinghe found him, he had to do things for Yang Tinghe.

"Then why didn't you report this matter directly to His Majesty?" Sun Jiao asked.

Shi Zan lowered his head, with a troubled expression on his face: "Your Majesty and Yang Zhongtang are already at odds. If I talk about it again, won't I become a villain who sows discord? Besides, I can't afford to offend both sides. Sun Butang, it's rare that you still remember my humble servant, so hurry up and think of an idea."

Sun Jiao said in a bad mood: "Don't pay for the money. If you have something to say, just talk about it. Just do what you want. Don't think about offending anyone if you tell the truth. Is it because you are afraid that you can't even tell the truth? Tell your Majesty? Your Majesty may just want to ask you for the truth, do you think your Majesty really wants you to go bankrupt?"

Shi Zan said: "That is to say, if Yang Zhongtang is exposed, His Majesty will not pursue it? And I don't have to pay the debt?"

Sun Jiao glared at Shi Zan and said, "Do you think you are negotiating with the vendors at the morning market? The old man is just giving you a suggestion. The choice is yours. You tell the truth, not for you to report and expose. You can also explain it in detail. What did you think at that time, as long as His Majesty understands your motives and knows that you are not malicious, he may be lenient to you! I can’t guarantee that.”

Shi Zan was hesitant at first, but now Sun Jiao's words made him make up his mind, even if it wasn't a reassurance, he still had to do this.

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After Sun Jiao met Shi Zan, he took Shi Zan's "confession" against Yang Tinghe and entered the palace to look for Zhu Si.

Zhu Si took it and looked it over carefully. Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin beside him both wanted to know the contents of the confession, but none of them dared to stretch their heads to look over it.

Sun Jiao was also very worried, if the emperor got this item, there was no guarantee that he would not take action against Yang Tinghe.

After reading it, Zhu Si put down the confession and said in a low tone, "It's him again..."

When Sun Jiao heard it, what does it mean?
Zhu Sidao: "Actually, since I ascended the throne, there have been a lot of accusations and revelations about Mr. Yang Ge, from Wang Qiong and Lu Wan at the beginning, who revealed that Mr. Yang had accepted bribes from King Ning in prison, and then to the people in the Imperial Hospital. In order to let the late emperor return to Beijing earlier, he falsified the medical records to make alarmist remarks, which delayed the diagnosis and treatment of the late emperor's illness, and now he arbitrarily mobilized the local guards, these are not tolerated by the law!"

"His Majesty……"

Sun Jiao hurriedly spoke for Yang Tinghe.

Zhu Si raised his hand to interrupt Sun Jiao's words, and said, "Do you think I want to hold Mr. Yang Ge accountable? Actually, no, let's put it bluntly, the batch of pig iron is still in my hands, and I just asked Li Tong to transport it away. Find someone to transport it to the shipyard."

When Sun Jiao heard it, it was indeed so.

The way you look like a thief yelling "Catch a thief" is really disgusting.

Do all the emperors calculate their ministers like this?
Needless to say, that kid Zhu Hao taught you, right?
Sun Jiaodao: "Your Majesty, the ministers of the court should not be blamed for such a thing, they are all dedicated to the country, even if Uncle Huairou did something radical, even Yang Zhongtang did not have the idea of ​​endangering Daming, Your Majesty Why treat them like this?"

Zhu Si shook his head and said in a heavy tone, "But Sun Butang, don't you think that I, the emperor, feel aggrieved?"

Sun Jiao couldn't answer.

Zhu Si stood up and took out a small wooden box from the side, which contained some memorials.

Zhu Sidao: "Since I ascended the throne, I have sorted out and recorded all the matters related to the impeachment of Mr. Yang Ge and his unauthorized power, and put them here. My original intention is to wake myself up with this. Diligent and self-restraining, I can't let the queen mother and Yang Ge feel that I have chosen the wrong one, and I can't live up to this trust. But if the minister takes credit for supporting the king, it seems to persuade the king, but it is far beyond the duty of a courtier, then If you dare to ask Sun Butang, should I always be tolerant, indifferent, and not even have my own thoughts?"

Sun Jiao remained silent.

"I feel that Mr. Yang Ge is becoming more and more ignorant of the emperor. In the name of serving the court wholeheartedly, he opposes me everywhere. I am also a human being, not a saint, and I will make mistakes. I don't mean that I don't accept it. His criticism, but look at him, does he mean to reason with me? In the past two years, which one of the things I advocated has he readily agreed to?"

Zhu Siyue said more and more angry.

Sun Jiao felt that Zhu Si had fallen into some kind of misunderstanding, and what he said was obviously not the actual situation.

Sun Jiao thought to himself, Yang Jiefu has changed a lot in the past two years, and most of the time he is tolerating you, the emperor, to mess around, but even so, the little emperor still cannot tolerate a powerful minister. Now it is Yang Jiefu, will he be an old man in the future, or How about respect?

Zhu Sidao: "Sun Butang, please give these to Mr. Yang Ge to have a look. Some copies have been re-transcribed, and the names of the informants have not been listed, because I want to protect the witnesses. When Yang Ge was so powerful, he dared to report secretly, I think they are very courageous...Since they trust me and want to eradicate rape for the Ming court, then I can't let them down."

Speaking of which, Zhu Si waved his hand and asked Huang Jin to hand over the wooden box to Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiao hugged the wooden box, feeling heavy.

Perhaps it wasn't the emperor's plan to force Yang Tinghe to resign voluntarily in this way?
But now the emperor asked him to give this thing to Yang Tinghe, can he not go?

"Your Majesty, I don't know what to say after seeing Yang Zhongtang." Sun Jiao was very embarrassed.

Zhu Sidao: "When you see him, you don't need to say a word, just show him these things, and you listen to what he has to say. If he wants to resign, you tell him that I don't want to drive him away, but I need What I want is a first and assistant minister who can really think about me, I respect him very much, and I want to complete this friendship between monarch and minister with him."

"The old minister understands."

Sun Jiao hugged the wooden box, bowed respectfully and then stepped back.

This time the emperor sent Zhang Zuo to go out with him, fearing that Sun Jiao might not understand something, so he would give Sun Jiao face-to-face instructions on the road.

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Sun Jiao went directly to the cabinet to check the house.

Several people in the cabinet were quite surprised by Sun Jiao's arrival.

After all, Sun Jiao is not a member of the Pavilion Department, so it is very rare to come here, but Zhang Zuo can be seen standing at the door from a distance. It is obvious that Sun Jiao came here with the help of Zhang Zuo, which means that he has a pass for Sun Jiao to come in. And Zhang Zuo was waiting outside the door, which also showed that Sun Jiao was the sounding board this time, and Zhang Zuo was only responsible for helping Sun Jiao.

"I want to talk to Jie Fu alone."

After Sun Jiaojin came to the cabinet to be on duty, facing the doubtful eyes of several people, he spoke earnestly.

Yang Tinghe nodded and signaled the others to wait next door first.

After Yang Tinghe and Sun Jiao were the only ones left in the room, Sun Jiao performed his duties and gently placed the wooden box given to him by the emperor in front of Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe asked suspiciously: "What is this?"

Sun Jiaodao: "Don't ask, after reading it, you will know."

So Yang Tinghe casually took out a few brochures, and immediately understood that the emperor had obtained Shi Zan's "confession", and began to attack him.

Sun Jiao sat down, leaning back against the back of the chair, with a lazy look, closed his eyes and said, "I really have no choice but to get involved, and I don't want to get involved, it's entirely up to His Majesty to do it at will. Jie Fu, I have already said, you If you want to retire, I will retire with you, at worst, go back to your hometown to raise your children and grandchildren, and play with flowers and plants, it is better than being so useless."

Yang Tinghe watched, listened, and pondered.

You are you, don't compare your ambitions with mine.

As the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, I have the responsibility to ensure that the emperor's path does not deviate, how can I easily back down?

(End of this chapter)