I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 55
"Come here, take down Hou Guoxing, who is in trouble with the government and plotting against him, and put him in prison!"

"Drafting the decree, Zhou Kui, Bo of Jiading, colluded with Mizhihou Hou Guoxing and others in private, openly discussed and privately minted the current dynasty's coins, disrupted the court, intended to rebel, despised the emperor, insulted the queen, committed an unforgivable crime, and was thrown into the prison. There is a secretary to strictly investigate his accomplices!"

……

Hou Guoxing was stunned.

What kind of trick is this?Godfather, you are a big bastard, I call you uncle!

He was tied up by two guards in brocade clothes, dragged out of the Qianqing Palace, and flaunted all the way to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, where he was shackled and chained, and he didn't react...

I was regarded as a 'childcare'?
At the same time, in the Daming Royal Bank, Zhou Kui, who was kneeling to receive the order, was even more bewildered.

What's going on here?

Hou Guoxing, that bastard, is really not a human being, so it's fine if he kills himself, and he is also brought in.

Seeing the head of the country being dragged away by Jin Yiwei's five flowers, those civil and military ministers and wealthy households who came to congratulate him were silent and did not dare to take a breath.

It's just two coins, why is the emperor so angry?
"Collusion, disaster and chaos, intending to seek rebellion..."

This crime is too great.

Too scary.

If we get to the bottom of it, with Jin Yiwei handling the case, after a lot of torture, Zhou Kui's old mad dog would not bite out a lot of people?
Pull out the radish and bring out the mud. In the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, no one's buttocks are clean...

In addition, that doggy Hou Guoxing was so insignificant that he openly talked about the "coin minting matter". Judging from the emperor's will, a "collusion" may cause serious trouble.

So, less than an hour after Zhou Kui was thrown into the prison, most of the officials in the capital panicked.

Especially those who went to the Daming Royal Bank to congratulate and save money, were extremely regretful and wished to slap themselves in the face.

All right, why go to that place of right and wrong?

Everyone originally wanted to support the empress's father, and pave the way for their careers by the way.

Unexpectedly, stealing chickens won't cost you money.

If you don't do it well, you may lose your life...

……

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Youjian's face was gloomy, and he sat on the dragon chair without saying a word.

"Your Majesty has a decree, if there is something to play, and if there is nothing to withdraw from the dynasty."

Wei Zhongxian squeezed the rooster's throat, but also looked indifferent, his gloomy and fierce eyes made Manchao civil and military secretly terrified.

'Sure enough, this old eunuch is doing the trick! '

"The eunuchs murder Zhongliang, they are sinister and vicious. They are best at bewitching the emperor and killing people with knives..."

'If this matter is controlled by Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs, they will definitely stir up trouble again, chasing and biting randomly, and I don't know how many Zhongliang will be killed! '

'No, I must not let the poisonous plan of the eunuchs succeed! '

……

Among the civil and military ministers, except for the eunuchs, almost all of them were vigilant, and they all had the same thought, which was to intercede for Zhou Kui and Hou Guoxing.

Even Cui Chengxiu, Zhang Ruitu and other overt or covert "eunuchs" were terrified.

Everyone knows that Hou Guoxing is the son of Fengsheng's wife Ke Baba and the godson of Wei Zhongxian. In order to eliminate dissidents, this old eunuch does not know what bad tricks he will use...

"Your Majesty, I have a book to play." Qian Qianyi said loudly after leaving the class.

The first one to stand up was indeed a scholar of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian felt happy, and sighed again, this court is either eunuchs or Qingliu, and anyone who is picked out at random is definitely an old fox in the court struggle. If Wei Zhongxian, the treacherous minister, is missing by his side, he is really a foolish emperor. Just can't play.

"What did Qian Aiqing play?" Zhu Youjian asked coldly.

"Qizou Your Majesty, His Majesty delivered an order yesterday to put Zhou Kui, Bo of Jiading, and Hou Guoxing, Marquis of Mizhi, into the jail, and order you to try them for the serious crimes of disrupting the court and plotting rebellion. Your Majesty, please take back your order!"

Qian Qianyi, a scholar of the Wensu Pavilion and Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, looked upright, and continued: "I was also at the Daming Royal Bank yesterday, and I saw with my own eyes that Zhou Kui and Hou Guoxing did openly discuss the matter of privately coining coins. At that time, I felt something was wrong.

However, it is not a capital offense, Your Majesty! "

Zhu Youjian didn't say a word, and stared at Qian Qianyi coldly, making the "water too cold" feel a chill down his back.

"Your Majesty, my humble minister... I secretly believe that Zhou Kui and Hou Guoxing are not only innocent, but also have merit!"

Another minister came out, but it was Zhang Ruitu, Minister of Rites.

Zhu Youjian snorted coldly, but remained silent.

Anyway, with Wei Zhongxian here, let them fight. How can he, who is the emperor, go into battle shirtless, end in person, and become an athlete?
This level of fighting, Zhu Youjian participated in it, at best, he was at the level of a "national footballer (male)", he might as well pretend to understand and be a referee.

To be an idiot emperor, the number one prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty, unless someone wants to beat him hard, otherwise, he will definitely not be an athlete!

This is Zhu Youjian's principle.

"Why, openly discussing the private minting of the current dynasty's coins, insulting the emperor and empress, and intending to rebel, and even became a hero of the Ming Dynasty? Those border guards who fought bloody battles in the northwest, southwest and Liaodong, and sacrificed their lives for the country, are they all? Can you become a Marquis?"

Wei Zhongxian finally opened his mouth, looked down at all civil and military officials indifferently, and said solemnly
The treacherous minister speaks too well.

First of all, a big hat is buckled down, and the opponent is pressed so hard that it is impossible to turn over at all. Then, "the soldiers guarding the border fight bloody battles", and the generals who hold the military power are drawn into "our own people"...

"Those who think that Zhou Kui and Hou Guoxing deserve credit, stand up!"

As soon as Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, there was a clatter, and more than [-] civil servants stood up and glared at Wei Zhongxian.

"Any more?"

Wei Zhongxian asked blankly.

After a few breaths, another eleven or two people stood up and looked coldly at Wei Zhongxian, the treacherous minister, but Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing, Yang He and other hard-working factions.

"That's it?" Wei Zhongxian sneered, suddenly turned his face, and scolded: "One last question, is there anyone who pleaded for Zhou Kui and Hou Guoxing?"

There was another bang of '哗啦啦'.

Seventeen or eighteen military officers, clan relatives and nobles looked at each other left and right, and took a step at the same time. They seemed to turn a blind eye to Wei Zhongxian, but knelt down on one knee in front of Zhu Youjian, and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please take back your order!"

"Please take back your life, Your Majesty!"

Only then did the civil servants come to their senses, they knelt down on the ground unanimously, and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please take it back!"

Zhu Youjian picked up a bowl of tea and drank it slowly, expressionless.

Wei Zhongxian stood beside Danbi's white marble railing, with a gloomy old face, his eyebrows twitched a few times quickly.

The hearts of the ministers were beating wildly.

This is the harbinger of the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian planning to frame and murder...

"Do you want to rebel?"

Wei Zhongxian took a deep breath, and reprimanded in a cold voice: "Long Live Lord is discerning, generous and kind, hardworking and simple, for the future generations of our Daming Jiangshan community, and he will spend his days and nights in the public.

However, look at Zhou Kui, Hou Guoxing and his like, for their own selfishness, openly talk about the private minting of the current dynasty's coins, which is an unforgivable crime!
Even if Hou Guoxing is the godson of our family, he can't be forgiven lightly! "

The implication is that Zhou Kui is still the emperor's father-in-law...

"Wei Changchen, Eunuch Wei, may I ask what is the policy of disrupting the dynasty? If it is said that openly talking about the private minting of the current dynasty's coins is a major crime of treason, then, may I ask Mr. Wei, what crime should we be guilty of openly privately minting the current dynasty's coins?"

Qian Qianyi looked upright, and said loudly: "As far as I know, Admiral Wei Eunuch's Dongchang has a lot of minting furnaces, right?
In addition, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and southern Fujian, among the farms, weaving factories, tea mountains, and mines under the names of Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Fengsheng, which one does not have one or two minting furnaces?
I would like to ask Wei Changchen, what crime should be committed by those who mint coins privately? "

Wei Zhongxian looked indifferent, stood with his hands behind his back, and said calmly: "The nine clans should be exterminated."

(End of this chapter)