Jinyi champion

Chapter 988 Do Your Best
Two days after the emperor stopped court, Zhu Si finally appeared in the court hall on the third morning.

However, no state affairs were discussed that day. Originally, the purpose of the court officials was to put pressure on the emperor to release the civil servants involved in the Zuoshunmen incident who were imprisoned in the imperial prison.

But as soon as he came up, Zhu Si gave the officials present a slap in the face.

Before all the ministers entered the Fengtian Hall, the three people who were detained outside had been pushed to the ground, ready to execute the imperial staff at any time.

Of these three people, one is Fengxi, one is Xia Yan, and the other is Zhang Chong.

One Hanlin bachelor, two six subjects to Shizhong.

It is equivalent to saying that the emperor is going to punish the three people with a stick to let the courtiers know what the emperor's order cannot be violated.

Today is the great dynasty.

In addition to civil servants, even Wu Xun is also listed. It is obvious that the emperor's purpose is not simply to intimidate the civil officials, but also to tell those Wu Xun that you must treat me loyally. Now only I can represent the imperial court, and the civil officials are only vassals of the imperial court. That's all.

"His Majesty……"

After the basic etiquette, Qiao Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, was about to launch an intercession campaign against the detained officials.

If feasible, Qiao Yu also intends to fight for the matter of Dali in public. There was a bloodshed incident yesterday. Someone was beaten to death in Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, and all the bodies were sent out. It is not clear. Has made a big deal?Anyway, Qiao Yu felt that he should fulfill the final responsibility entrusted to Yang Tinghe.

Although Qiao Yu himself was wondering why Yang Tinghe's son, Yang Shen, wasn't among those waiting outside to be tortured with a cane.

Zhu Sidao: "Qiao Qing's family, what do you want to say, I know very well, you want to plead for the outsiders, right?"

Qiao Yuxin said, not only do I want to intercede for the three people outside, I also want to be firm and fight for the big ceremony, otherwise how will others judge me later?
Zhu Si looked at the silent three members of the cabinet. In the past, everything was initiated by the cabinet, but now the structure of the cabinet is completely different. With Yang Tinghe, Mao Ji and Jiang Mian leaving one after another, the cabinet is no longer capable of continuing to implement Yang Tinghe. The ability to keep the strategy, now there are two neutral factions in the cabinet and one deliberative faction, of course they chose to remain silent on this matter.

"I don't want to listen to you. I don't want to say a word today, and the rest of the people don't need to say anything! Hmph! Yushi will not talk too much today. Anyway, I won't listen to what they want to say now!"

Zhu Si's words carried a kind of bravado and even the threat of Chiguoguo.

People from the Sixth Division were basically imprisoned in the Beizhen Fusi Yamen, and the most insignificant people in the court today were the censors.

Zhu Si said coldly: "The three people outside don't think about the way of being ministers, and don't respect the grace of the king. They just want to make things difficult for me, so that I can't be full of love between father and son. I am deeply distressed, so I pull them in, each with thirty court sticks! "

"His Majesty!"

Immediately a large number of people came out to intercede.

Zhu Si raised his hand indifferently, and shouted: "Persuadurs, sinners are the same as sinners!"

This scared the people who came out to go back.

It can be said that the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty are very upright, but the problem is that during the Zhengde dynasty, these ministers faced Zhu Houzhao who treated the court as a joke, but they did not persuade the emperor to come back. The shoes don't match.

Now the emperor just wants to pursue the etiquette to treat his deceased father, and to pursue the title of Emperor Xingxian. If you say this is nonsense...it is also a serious nonsense, unlike Zhu Houzhao, who almost always carries a touch of nonsense in his court staff. Just because the emperor didn't like who he saw, or who said something that didn't suit him, he caused the ministers to suffer.

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Fengxi, Zhang Chong, and Xia Yan were all punished by the court.

In Daming, the court stick was the most disrespectful punishment for the monarch and ministers. Any minister who experienced this kind of thing would be cast in a psychological shadow for a lifetime, and for Fengxi, who was not young at all, it made him even more heartbroken.

But the three of them didn't say anything when they were being sticked in the hall, but one of them felt that he was wronged.

It was Xia Yan.

Xia Yan felt that if he wanted to bring two people to the court, he would not be able to get his turn, even if he brought ten people, he would not be out of line.

But the problem is that the person who was beaten to death in the prison last night was Zhang Yuan, the initiator of the Sixth Division Protectorate Sect, and with Zhang Yuan's death, Xia Yan was one of the first six people to be taken down. It seems reasonable to pull the court stick here.

Xia Yan thought to himself, is it because I am usually too upright, to speak out about everything and offend the powerful, that I ended up in such a miserable end?
Thirty court sticks, executed separately.

That is to say, all the officials watched the three people suffer [-] blows respectively. When the court rod was over, Feng Xi's situation was the worst.

Although Xia Yan and Zhang Chong also endured the pain of flesh and blood, they were young after all, and they didn't even pass out halfway.

"Put it on, and execute it ten days later!" Zhu Si said.

Finally, Fei Hong couldn't bear to walk in the queue, and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, the punishment that should be punished has already been punished, enough is enough!"

Zhu Sidao: "Mr. Fei Ge, yesterday you went to persuade those ignorant people to leave. I think you are loyal, so I will say a few more words to you now... I punish them like this, it is their own fault. If the punishment is only executed once , It’s hard to vent the hatred in my heart! Retire!”

Without discussing anything, the emperor directly ordered to retreat in front of many civil servants and military officials.

It is tantamount to saying that you will not discuss this matter with anyone.

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The meeting will disperse.

Wu Xun didn't have much opinion on this matter, but was secretly pleased.

Let you civil servants usually keep your eyes high and think that you are the most powerful in this world, suppressing us, the dukes, now you know who is the right master of Ming Dynasty?

Live it!

As for the civil servants, most of them belonged to the traditional school. They opposed the Dali Discussion and advocated "succession and succession". They have no idea of ​​their own, and they all want someone with a higher status than themselves to preside over the situation.

But in fact, they also knew in their hearts that since the emperor did not listen to Qiao Yu and Fei Hong's persuasion during the court meeting, now that everyone is gone, it is useless to say anything.

Just as everyone walked out of Fengtian Hall and was arguing on the way back to the Yamen, Liu Chun came out from the crowd and walked towards several officials of the Ministry of Rites, but instead of looking for the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he called Zhu Hao aside to talk.

Everyone knows that Zhu Hao once saved Liu Chun's life, and they also know that Liu Chun and Sun Jiao are close. Now that Sun Jiao is not in court, Liu Chun attaches great importance to Zhu Hao, a junior. It is reasonable to call him over for a discussion at this time things, nobody even cared what they said.

"Jingdao, it's up to you to come forward at this time!"

Liu Chun spoke very directly.

Zhu Hao looked towards Xi Shu, and Xi Shu also walked towards him.

Now those who know Zhu Hao's importance by the emperor's side, and those who have sympathy for those civil servants in custody, will ask Zhu Hao to go to the emperor to intercede for those people.

However, Huang Zan, Zhang Cong, Gui E and others will basically not show up. Although they also know Zhu Hao's status in the court, they will not have any pity for the detainees of Beizhen Fusi, and they even have a feeling in their hearts. Some bad intentions hope that the emperor will punish officials who committed crimes more severely.

Because only by suppressing the arrogance of this group of people, those who have not been promoted in the usual way can gain a firm foothold in the court in the future.

If the emperor's attack was not strong enough this time, then when the group of people slowed down, they would launch various attacks on the members of the Yili faction, mainly reflected in public opinion.

Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "Difficult!"

This answer is also straightforward.

Can you just plead for mercy?

Everyone has seen the emperor's attitude.

After Xi Shu came over, he immediately asked Zhu Hao: "Could it be that those people in the imperial prison have all been tortured?"

"Ah."

Zhu Hao nodded, "Except for a few who were released, and...Yang Yongxiu, the rest of them were punished with a cane for [-] days, and they will be executed again in ten days!"

When Xi Shu heard this, his face changed drastically, and he felt a little heartbroken.

After all, Xi Shu is not like Zhang Cong, who simply relies on great gifts to judge his position. He still regards himself as a traditional civil servant, but he disagrees with the mainstream of the court, so he feels that he has harmed those people.

Liu Chun asked: "Within ten days, after His Majesty's anger disappears, is there still a chance to save him?"

This way of questioning shows that Liu Chun has felt that it is not suitable to argue with the emperor about the ceremony. Now the focus is on how to rescue those detained officials. This is actually very similar to Xi Shu's point of view. After all None of them are members of the paraphernalia.

Zhu Hao shook his head and said: "It depends on what angle you start from. If you just suffer from the rod punishment, you may lose your life. It is true. But even if His Majesty appeases his anger and stops the rod punishment, most people will be demoted and distributed. , the result is still not good.”

Even if they were not beaten, they would be exiled to the border or exiled to other places. The political career of this group of people would either be completely over, or it would be greatly reduced, and it would be difficult for them to become the backbone of the imperial court in the future.

"Ugh!"

Liu Chun sighed quietly.

Zhu Hao said: "In the past few days, I will try to persuade you, but I can't guarantee the result. Mr. Liu Ge should go back earlier. There are too many people who want to ask your opinion. After staying with me for a long time, others will inevitably I'll think about it!"

"Ah."

Liu Chun then went to Fei Hong's side.

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Tang Yin's house.

Tang Yin did not go to attend the court meeting that day, but there were a lot of people who came to visit from his house that day, most of them were relatives, friends or family members of those detained in Fusi Yamen of Bei Town, who came to Tang Yin to clear up the relationship.

It is also because Tang Yin is too "approachable" at ordinary times, even if he becomes a Hanlin bachelor, he still looks like a fool. In addition, Tang Yin is the emperor's teacher, others will think that Tang Yin has the opportunity to get his friends and relatives out of the prison. fish out.

Tang Mansion was full of people, but Tang Yin didn't see anyone.

Because Tang Yin didn't know how this matter would develop in the future.

"My lord, there are so many people gathered outside and they won't disperse. Look..."

Tang Yin's little wife came over to inquire.

At this time, Xiaojiao's wife's belly was already slightly swollen.

Tang Yin's "efforts" for the past few months finally paid off.

(End of this chapter)