Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 442 The Trial Tribunal of the Third Division
Zhu Qiyu nodded, Gao Ping has done a great job for himself, and he really needs a big reward.

Now that Ruan An, Ruan Rang, and Chen Mian have gone home to take care of themselves, if Xing'an and Cao Jixiang are killed next month, the inner court will be much quieter.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu told Suxi: "Get the warehouse ready, our family will make a fortune next month."

Suxi asked curiously: "What else do you need to prepare, just install it directly, our warehouse is very big."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head firmly: "No, no, I'm very sure that our warehouse is definitely not big enough.

I can't spend so many days in vain. If I want to play, I can play a big one, which is so big that you can't imagine. "

Suxi's eyes lit up when she heard the words, she hurried over and sat on Zhu Qiyu's lap with Qianxue on the left and right, waiting expectantly for her husband to tell how the windfall came to the house.

Seeing this, Lin Xiangyu teased, "You little money buffs, when you hear that gold, silver and jewels are in the warehouse, your eyes are shining with gold."

Suxi countered: "Hmph, don't you just want to say that the two of us are full of copper stink, you and Ningxiang, two little ladies, don't worry about anything now, and are more like uncles than our husband.

If you are not in charge, you don’t know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. Do you know how much our family spends a day? "

Lin Xiangyu shook her head with a smile: "I don't know, I don't want to know, I only know how to sleep."

Suxi shook Zhu Qiyu's arm and sued on the spot: "Husband, please open your eyes and take a look, she is completely shameless and has started to play hob meat."

"Don't shake it, my eyes are already open, why do you want me to open them to see. Please don't say goodbye, she will just lie on the bed and give me a beautiful body, I can't do anything about her either.

Let's hurry up and talk about the money. I want to carry out a thorough cleansing of the inner court. I will give him a maximum of [-] yuan if the eunuchs and maids are added. "

The favored concubines were stunned after hearing this, Suxi asked curiously: "There are about 1 eunuchs and court ladies in Beijing now, and there are at most 8000 left, isn't it necessary to eliminate [-] people?

There must be about 8000 eunuchs and maids in Nanjing, and the husbands will also be eliminated? "

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "They don't serve us, what to do with them. Let's cut all the ones that can be cut, and then Guanglu Temple has more than 4000 cooks for the palace, and most of them can be cut.

However, those warehouses in Xiyuan can be greatly expanded.

The three major weaving bureaus in the south no longer need to supply the royal family. The silk cloth weaves can be used to trade with the West.

Then the money earned was used to build the Great Ming Navy.With an invincible navy, go outside to grab silver mines.

In one to 20 years, a virtuous circle can be formed. "

The concubines nodded repeatedly and praised for a long while.

After everyone praised each other, they continued to read the playbook.Suxi turned to bring up a heavy topic again: "Husband, according to the news from various sources, the second prince's illness seems to have only been a matter of a day or two."

"In the end, it still hasn't been saved?"

Suxi shook her head: "You are too young, the imperial doctor said that you can't recover."

"Hey!"

Zhu Qiyu also shook his head and sighed, the struggle of the royal family has pitied the innocent children.

Early the next morning, the San Judiciary, who had received the emperor's reply, summoned Huichang Hou Sunzhong.

These days, Sun Zhong doesn't eat well, doesn't sleep soundly, and worries too much. He has lost a lot of weight.

When they came to the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, Wang Wen, Wei Ji, Xue Xuan, Kou Shen, Xiao Weizhen and others were very polite.

Summoning Sun Zhong was just to understand the attitudes and trends of all parties when the Empress Dowager was abolished.

The Sanfa Division was just doing a routine investigation, and didn't have much hope for Sun Zhong.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Sun Zhong talked endlessly in the hall: the cause and effect of the abolition, what role did San Yang play in it, what role did Jin Ying and other eunuchs play, how the Queen Mother Sun made decisions, and how to win over courtiers of.

In addition to concealing Xuanzong's actions for the sake of the venerable, everything else that should be said has been said.

Jin Ying and other eunuchs who were kneeling in the hall felt that there was no way to refute, so they lowered their heads and remained silent.

This baffled the chief officials of the Sanfa Division.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Justice, the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the ministers of Dali Temple, you look at me, and I look at you.

Empress Dowager Sun's father, the previous head of state, came to the Ministry of Punishments to expose Empress Dowager Sun's conspiracy to abolish the Empress Dowager.

The chief officials of the Sanfa Division couldn't accept it for a while, and no one thought that Sun Zhong would talk about this in the courtroom.

If everyone accepts Sun Zhong's testimony, it will definitely cause an uproar inside and outside the court, and even the entire Ming Dynasty will fall into violent turmoil.

But if you refuse to accept Sun Zhong's testimony, it won't do. The Tribunal of the Three Jurisdictions will conduct a joint trial, which is the most authoritative trial site in Ming Dynasty.

Sun Zhong has already said that the testimony has been recorded, and no one dares to tear up the testimony, just tell everyone that nothing happened just now.

Besides, even if someone dares to tear up the testimony, Sun Zhong can still go to the emperor to tell him again, unless Sun Zhong is silenced, this matter can be settled.

No one dared to make a decision.

Wang Wen looked at Wei Ji for advice.

Wei Ji shook his head, saying that he had just arrived at the Ministry of Punishment and was not familiar with all aspects, so it was inconvenient to express his opinion.

Wang Wen looked at Kou Shen again, and Kou Shen saw that no one else dared to take responsibility, so he whispered back: "Let's stop the trial today, the matter is of great importance, and there is no need to mark the testimony first.

Let's seal the testimony in a secret letter and deliver it to the imperial court for His Majesty to judge. "

Wang Wen nodded, that was all he could do.Ask Xue Xuan and Xiao Weizhen again, and they both have no objection.

So Wang Wen explained to Sun Zhong: "Marquis Huichang, let's go here first today. Let's continue tomorrow."

Sun Zhong nodded: "Okay, I will put today's testimony first."

Afraid of what would happen, Wang Wen and the others bit the bullet and tried to persuade Sun Zhong to leave.

After Sun Zhong was sent away, Wang Wen and others immediately sealed the testimony and sent it to the western suburbs.

The emperor lived in the western suburbs, and his handling of government affairs was a day slower than normal, which gave Empress Dowager Sun time to react.

Kou Shen sent the news to Zou Gan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, on the pretext of asking his servants to go home to pick up things.

Zou Gan hurriedly went to Nangong to meet Emperor Gongrang on the pretext of inquiring about the condition of the second prince.

After making this big circle, by the time Zhu Qizhen understood what was going on and sent Zou Gan away, it was already past noon.

Zhu Qizhen leaned against the back of the chair, meditating silently.

Chen Xiang asked cautiously: "My lord, do you want your slaves to report to the Queen Mother?"

Zhu Qizhen hesitated for a while before nodding reluctantly.

Chen Xiang got the instructions, turned around and walked out.

After Chen Xiang had walked more than a dozen steps, Zhu Qizhen suddenly called out to stop Chen Xiang: "Wait a minute, don't go."

Chen Xiang was surprised, but he didn't dare to ask, so he turned around and stood still.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it for a while, and then ordered: "You don't need to worry about this matter, Zou Gan is only here to inquire about the second prince's condition, nothing else is allowed to be mentioned.

You go and arrange it, I'm going to flip the sign. "

"Ah? My lord, the previous fourteen noble concubines have all been demoted to ordinary court ladies. If the cards are turned over again, the officials will still make trouble. It's hard to say about the empress."

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "I just want the officials to impeach me, just to make the empress riot. When the time comes, everyone will know that I'm busy with women, but I don't get involved in these messy things."

"But the empress dowager and the emperor share weal and woe, and the lips are dead and the teeth are cold."

"Hmph, what are you talking about? Let the empress dowager be wronged and wronged first. My chances only exist in the mutiny. With the empress dowager's boring political struggle, there is no chance to come back.

Right now, the Queen Mother is in the light, and I am in the dark.The Empress Dowager was defeated by her younger brother in the front, and when the younger brother was overjoyed, I launched a fatal blow and completely turned the world around.

Chen Xiang, go secretly contact some Taoist priests and give some prescriptions to my brother. "

"Prescription?"

Chen Xiang was very puzzled.

"It's the kind that my father has eaten, as well as Taoist housework and erotic pictures. I also collect some and present them. My father was addicted to these crap things before, but now it's rare for my younger brother to like them. This is called like a father, there must be one." Son, we might as well do what we like."

"Gao, the emperor is still wise."

Chen Xiang flattered him again, and arranged for the woman to serve as his emperor's bedside, before happily leaving the palace for business.

But he said that when Zou Gan left Nangong, he happened to meet Xing'an, so he talked about the situation of the tribunal of the three courts and Xing'an again.

After hearing this, Xing'an turned pale with shock. He wanted to meet his prince to discuss countermeasures, but he didn't want his prince to summon his concubine instead.

Xing'an had no choice but to hurry to Yinghua Hall and report to Queen Mother Sun in person.

(End of this chapter)