Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 559: The three-law company tried the Nanzhen case with irrefutable evidence and hundreds of officials remained silent
On November 23, the three judicial divisions held a joint trial.Yao Kui, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, represented the Ministry of Punishment, Wang Wen, the censor of Zuo Du, represented the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Xiao Weizhen represented Dali Temple. They tried Zhao Caixing, Xiao Bao and others.

Since the matter involved the emperor's deferment, Zhu Qiyu appointed many people to attend the supervision, including Dazong Zheng, Zhu Wengui, the king of Dongwu County, the three princes in Beijing, Xue Huan, the prince-in-law, Wei Ji, the Minister of Hubu, He Wenyuan, the Minister of Libu, etc. people.In short, respected representatives from all walks of life were present.

Moreover, the Metropolitan Procuratorate opened its doors and anyone could go to the courtyard outside the main hall to observe the proceedings to ensure the fairness of the trial.

A large group of civil and military officials and dignitaries from the capital came uninvited and crowded the courtyard so much that the people had to watch outside the courtyard.Soon some people took the lead and simply climbed up the wall, but Wang Wen and others were too lazy to care.

Zhao Caixing, Xiao Bao and others were all "well" when they were transferred from Jinyiwei Prison to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. At least there were no signs of torture on the outside.

Zhu Qiyu was determined to turn this case into an undisputed ironclad case, as the first half of the entire process of deposing the emperor, so as to avoid anyone saying that I framed and framed the emperor.

Under the "friendly" interrogation by Jin Yiwei Lu Gao, Lu Zhong and others, Zhao Caixing, Xiao Bao and others were all recruited in the imperial prison. Their confessions were clearly recorded, and there were many signatures and fingerprints.

By the time they were brought to the lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhao Caixing, Xiao Bao and others were trembling.Zhao Caixing was just a foolish monk who was taken advantage of by Xiao Bao, so he followed him like crazy and started playing house.

It's okay to play house, it's okay to play role-playing, but if you don't want to play well, you have to play the emperor.

Wang Wen waved his hand, and the subordinate officer brought the evidence to the hall. There were two puppets used by the Nightmare Town Witches. One had the emperor's name and birthdate engraved on it, and the other had the name and birthdate of Prince Qi engraved on it.

The evidence was first passed to Zhu Wengui, who was in charge of human affairs, and Da Zheng confirmed that it was undoubtedly the birth dates of the emperor and Prince Qi, and then passed it to the British Duke and others for inspection.

Everyone looked at the evidence and shook their heads. The British Duke sighed: "I didn't expect this thing from Nightmare Town to be so powerful. With such a lively body like the Holy One, he would faint in public under Nightmare Town and become unconscious.

After taking out the doll and pulling out the silver needle stuck on it, the Holy Master soon woke up and was now well.

It can be seen how terrible the disaster caused by witchcraft is.Any traitor involved in treason and regicide should be annihilated. "

Before the chief officer of the Third Law Division could speak, the British Duke had already pronounced a death sentence.

Everyone present could see that the British Duke was building momentum for the emperor.

But there was no way to refute it, because it was the Nightmare Town doll that was dug out by the Ministry of Punishment, the Imperial Procuratorate, Dali Temple, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division after being reported by the internal official Ruan Boshan.No one can bribe so many yamen to cheat at the same time.

After that, Xiao Bao explained the entire cause and process in detail.

When Xiao Bao directly pointed out that he was ordered by Emperor Gongrang, it caused an uproar.

Liao Zhuang stood up angrily and asked: "You gelding, don't bite randomly. Did the emperor directly order you to do this?"

Xiao Bao shook his head: "I am just a small internal official, so naturally I am not qualified to be given instructions by the Emperor.

It was the empress who said to her slave: "You are like this, and like this, and then the emperor will lead the guests. At that time, the prince will succeed to the throne, and the emperor Gongrang will become the supreme emperor again, taking charge of the military and state affairs."You have made such a huge contribution, and the positions of Chief Etiquette Officer Bingbi and Dongchang Admiral Eunuch belong to you. '

Seeing the servant's hesitation, the empress said again: "Everything is under the emperor's control. By then the emperor and Prince Qi will be gone, and the emperor's other sons will obviously not have the support of the noble generals."Obviously, the crown prince's succession to the throne was the only option, and it was the right thing to do to respectfully allow the emperor to serve as regent.

If it were later, once Qi Shizi grew up, the emperor would definitely change the prince.When the prince loses his position as heir apparent, there will be no room for recovery.

Therefore, we must strike first and not delay any longer. '

The servant listened to the Queen Mother's wishes. This was all ordered by the Emperor, so she dared to take risks and do this extremely difficult thing. "

Hearing this, Liao Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief.After all, it was Empress Zhou who said it. As long as she killed Gong Rang without the Emperor knowing about it, it was Empress Zhou who loved her son so much that she falsely conveyed the Emperor Gong Rang's will.

The lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate soon fell into chaos, with the two factions arguing one after another.

But this time it was clearly the emperor's faction that had the upper hand in the debate.

After all, Zhao Caixing did proclaim himself emperor, and also named the queen, prince, second king, third king, and fourth king.What's more, dozens of scoundrels gathered together to drink outside Chaoyang Gate.

You can say they are outrageously ignorant, but these are hard facts.

Because there were dozens of people involved, and there were hundreds of witnesses. If you want to forge the confessions of so many people at the same time, and collude with them without any flaws, even the emperor himself can't do it, let alone other dignitaries. .

Xue Huan, the consort of the eldest princess of Changde, also stood up and added: "Zhao Caixing's motive for proclaiming himself emperor was, as he confessed, to use his so-called emperor spirit as a descendant of Song Taizu to cooperate with witchcraft and magic to suppress the people of Nightmare Town. The Qi of the Emperor corresponding to the horoscope of the Holy Saint’s birth date.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain why Zhao Caixing was stupid enough to rebel and proclaim himself emperor. Anyone with any brain would know that his rebellion would not succeed at all. Once the incident happened, he would definitely be sentenced to death.And Zhao Caixing was originally a monk. None of the monks in the capital were illiterate. They were more or less educated. How could he be so ignorant to such an incredible degree? "

Others really didn't know how to refute Xue Huan's inference.

At this point in the argument, Wang Wen ordered his subordinates to fetch a wooden box and explained to everyone: "After Xiao Bao was accused of regicide, Dongchang searched Chonghua Palace and found these things.

On the pretext of working as a female worker to support her family, Concubine Qian Ling sewed the letter written by Emperor Gongrang on yellow cotton into the embroidery. She wanted to take it out of the palace, and then her cronies rushed it to King Oala Gongshun, King Korea, and Jing. In the hands of Yuan Bo, Ning Yang Hou and others.

This time, Huoerhu, the king of Gongren in Wala, responded that in the name of King Yi, he sent an envoy to Beijing to congratulate Emperor Gongrang on his birthday and requested that his daughter be married to the crown prince as a concubine.

Emperor Gongrang originally did not want to agree, but after the emperor was suppressed by the enemy, Emperor Gongrang changed his mind and was willing to accept his daughter as the crown prince's concubine, and ordered her to lead an army south to the capital to support her in order to plot another conspiracy.

There are also letters to Uncle Jingyuan and Marquis Ningyang, all of which advise them to immediately send their troops north to the capital to serve the king as soon as they become emperors.

The letters are all in this box. Let the officials show them to you one by one. "

"It's still my king."

The king of Dongwu County came forward in person, took out a piece of yellow silk, held it in front of him, and informed everyone.The British Duke, the Duke of Wei, and the Prince Consort Xue Huan also followed suit and took other yellow silks for tour display.

After everyone in the hall saw it, they showed it to the officials and dignitaries in the courtyard.

The display of this box of evidence had a decisive effect.

Gongrang the emperor is different from the emperor today. No one in the civil and military officials has seen the emperor's handwriting.

But Emperor Gongrang's handwriting has basically been seen by any minister who has some ability to show off.

What Da Zongzheng, Ying Gong and others displayed was really the handwriting of Emperor Gongrang.

Even Liao Zhuang, the Minister of Rites, who was always up and running, stopped talking.

Liu Dingzhi and other East Palace lecturers came closer and stared at Huang Guanzai carefully for a long time. They were all downcast and speechless.

There was no other way. No one present came forward to say that these letters were forgeries. This shows that this handwriting cannot be more authentic. What's the point of messing around anymore.

The next interrogation process was simple. Wang Wen, Yao Kui, and Xiao Weizhen completed the entire process under the supervision of the Manchu civil and military officials.

Witnesses, physical evidence, confessions, transcripts, and monograms are all in good order and in good order.

At this point, there is nothing to criticize in the process of the entire case.

The prisoners were taken to the Metropolitan Procuratorate Prison, and Wang Wen, Yao Kui, and Xiao Weizhen took the files to Ganquan Palace to recover.

As for Emperor Gongrang, Empress Zhou, and Concubine Qian Ling, they are not the ones that the Sanfa Division can interrogate.

Zhu Qiyu personally summoned Wang Wen and others, and then ordered the scholar to make a copy of the file. The original file was still brought back by Wang Wen and others and kept strictly in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

It is still the old rule. During special periods, the Yingzhou Guards and Dongchang will closely guard the Metropolitan Procuratorate to prevent prisoners from being silenced and to prevent anyone from burning the files.

In the evening, Zhu Qiyu returned home, and several beloved concubines hurriedly gathered around him.

Lin Xiangyu asked: "Husband, have you verified it? To what extent are Emperor Gongrang and the others involved in this crime?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "In the witchcraft case, there is no evidence that the Emperor Gongzang was in charge, and I believe that the eldest brother may not know about it.

However, after I fainted, a certain stupid woman really believed that Nightmare Town had played a role, and then informed Emperor Gong Rang of her plan.

Emperor Gongrang corrected his mistake and actually wrote to King Gongshun of Wala, Bo Jingyuan, and Marquis Ningyang, agreeing that once I die, he would ask them to lead an army to King Qin of Beijing immediately.

Actually, I didn't expect things to turn out like this. I originally had another plan.But the development of things now is obviously smoother than I expected. "

(End of this chapter)