I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 189 Huang Zicheng, let you die today to understand!
"Master, master!"

The left servant of the Ministry of War rushed in and reported to Qi Tai: "Just received the news that Ouyang Lun, the son-in-law captain, was executed by His Royal Highness for evading taxes."

"what!"

Qi Tai was writing, when he heard the words, he couldn't help but tremble, the pen trembled, the characters changed shape immediately, and a large piece of ink spread out.

Immediately, he calmed down.

"There is no need to panic. It was Taisun's idea to impose additional business taxes."

"Now that he is supervising the country's governance, he will naturally attack those who dare to go against him."

"Ouyang Lun holds on to his status as a son-in-law and transports supplies wantonly, but does not pay taxes to the court. This is the way to die."

"It's not surprising that His Highness Taisun killed a chicken to honor a monkey."

Ouyang Lun's business affairs were not a secret among senior officials in the capital, and Qi Tai had also heard about it a long time ago.

"While inspecting the supplies Ouyang Lun was transporting, we also discovered that he was hiding Japanese pirates on the ship. One of the Japanese pirates even used a crossbow to assassinate the grandson."

"Fortunately, Xu Miaojin was there to save her, so His Royal Highness was safe and sound."

As soon as these words came out, Qi Tai's face suddenly changed drastically.

"What? Hiding Japanese pirates and assassinating the grandson?"

His blood surged and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.

Japanese pirate, Ouyang Lun?

Why did Ouyang Lun also participate in the matter of hiding Japanese pirates, but he didn't know anything about it.

Chang Mao didn't even mention it.

Qitai suddenly felt a sharp uneasiness.

He still had to ask Zhu Yunwen what was going on?
After all, Chang Mao is not one of our own, who knows if he is playing tricks on him?

Although there are many watchers around King Heng, as long as they are dealt with properly, it is not impossible to avoid them.

Just as he was thinking, at this moment, another person came in from outside.

"Sir, the news just came that Huang Zicheng, the former Minister of Dali Temple, has been handed over to the Ministry of Punishment. Taisun sent an order to have a public trial by the Three Law Departments, and all officials from the Sixth Ministry to the Minister of Justice and above went to listen."

Qi Tai was stunned again, thinking that Jin Yiwei must be responsible for Huang Zicheng's case to the end, and finally handed over a case file for conviction.

Unexpectedly, it was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment.

He and Huang Zicheng had a close relationship, so it was impossible not to attend.

What's more, he is the left servant of the Ministry of War.

Immediately he left the house.

In the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment, almost all the ministers from the court and the central government had arrived.

There are more people than when they went to court.

Huang Zicheng has been in prison for a long time, and the grandson has always refused to announce his crimes until then.

Unexpectedly, it was launched today and put to public trial.

"I just received news that Zhao Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs, committed suicide together with his wife Liu."

As soon as Qi Tai went in, a fellow official told him about it.

"Why is this?" he asked in confusion.

"His Royal Highness Taisun made a private visit and found out that his wife, Mrs. Liu, was accepting bribes, and issued illegal tax certificates and tax invoices for the bribers."

"Zhao Mian sold his own calligraphy works through his wife, Liu Shi, for 1 taels of silver each. The buyers who came to buy them were all merchants, and the purpose was to bribe him."

"His Royal Highness Taisun paid a private visit incognito, spent 1 taels of silver on a painting, and gave it to Zhao Mian."

"Zhao Mian knew that he could not escape the guilt, so he committed suicide."

Qi Tai said "Oh" and said: "Being an honest and upright official, like Zhao Mian, is your own destruction."

Colleagues nodded repeatedly: "If all officials in the world were like Mr. Qi, it would be a blessing to the people."

"Speaking of which, Mr. Huang is also very honest as an official. Although he is the minister of Dali Temple, his family has no money left."

"It's just that I don't know what crime was committed? His Royal Highness has never made it clear. Today's public trial, I will wait to see if Mr. Huang has been wronged. We must not make him suffer wrongly."

"What do you think, Mr. Qi?"

These words are actually flattering Qi Tai.

Everyone knows that Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai have a very good relationship.

He said he wanted to help Huang Zicheng redress his injustice, just to gain favor in front of Qi Tai.

"That makes sense! That makes sense!" Qi Tai smiled happily.

After a quick glance, he found that King Heng Zhu Yunwen had also arrived, as well as Chang Mao.

Speaking of which, it is not a secret that Zhu Yunqi and Huang Zicheng have a deep friendship.

Huang Zicheng's public trial, of course he will come.

At this time, Yang Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment, had arrived. After sitting down, he gave an order and began to ascend to the hall to lead prisoners.

"Huang Zicheng, do you know your guilt?"

Yang Jing slapped the gavel.

Huang Zicheng's hair was disheveled, but the prison clothes on his body were not tattered.

These days, he is locked up in the prison of the Zhenfu Division, and no one has ever interrogated him.

Today I finally passed the court, but I didn't expect that it was not in the lobby of the Jinyiwei, but in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, and all the civil and military officials of the court were listening.

Huang Zicheng sneered, "I'm not guilty."

Yang Jing took out two pieces of paper and said, "Look clearly, here is your handwritten letter to Xu Dongjiang, the prefect of Jiashan, and Xu Dongjiang's confession."

"It is recorded above that you ordered Xu Dongjiang to harm the grandson of the current dynasty, and to achieve your goal, you did not hesitate to disregard the lives and deaths of millions of people in front of you."

"The evidence is all there, do you still want to deny it?"

As soon as these words came out, Huang Zicheng was stunned.

When he was in prison, he thought that it was Xu Dongjiang who leaked the news.

But then his case was never tried, which made Huang Zicheng feel lucky again.

Thinking that maybe Taisun just heard the rumors and had no real evidence.

Unexpectedly, Xu Dongjiang didn't burn his own letter to him.

The officials next to him were also extremely surprised.

Yang Jing waved his hand and ordered Huang Zicheng's autographed letter and Xu Dongjiang's confession to be shown to the officials.

His handwriting is recognizable by many people in the court.

Moreover, many of them are also masters of calligraphy, even if someone is fake, they can easily see it.

At this moment, when they saw that it was indeed Huang Zicheng's handwriting, everyone was so shocked that they fell silent.

During this period of time, officials have often discussed Huang Zicheng's case in private.

Many people have the intention of trying to rescue them.

After all, as a scholar leader, Huang Zicheng has a lot of popularity and high prestige.

His imprisonment made many scholars very uneasy, thinking that His Highness the Grand Sun was playing with power and bullying officials.

But when the charges were announced today, everyone was so shocked that their eyeballs dropped all over the floor.

"You have worked so hard to frame your grandson, and you have risked the lives of millions of people in the south of the Yangtze River to do this. Huang Zicheng, you deserve to die!"

"I have read the books of sages and sages, but I think so much. Where have you read all your books?"

"Huang Zicheng, I'm ashamed to be the same age as you, ashamed to be your friend, and I only saw your true face today."

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After Huang Zicheng's charges were announced, the attitudes of the officials present changed 180 degrees.

Many people have also speculated that what Huang Zicheng committed may have something to do with his attempt to frame his grandson.

But no one thought that he wanted to defeat the war of Pingwa, even at the cost of sacrificing millions of people in the southeast, and also wanted to dismount the grandson.

If this kind of thing is spread outside, the spittle of the common people can drown him.

Even if some of them approved of this approach in their hearts, they would never dare to admit it.

Otherwise, there would be no need for the court to punish him, and the people in the southeast would curse him to death.

Therefore, all the officials at this time were furious.

The faces of Qi Tai, Chang Mao, and Zhu Yunwen were even more ugly.

Huang Zicheng just wrote a letter asking Xu Dongjiang not to cooperate, to hold him back, and to indulge the Japanese pirates.

After the matter was exposed, it was criticized by thousands of people.

They directly colluded with Japanese pirates.

Once exposed, the consequences can be imagined.

"Huang Zicheng, can you plead guilty?"

Yang Jing patted the gavel tree again and asked angrily.

"I did these things. I wrote the letter, but I am not guilty."

Huang Zicheng raised his head, looked at Yang Jing above, and then at his former colleagues around him, his eyes were crazy.

"If you don't appoint kings as direct descendants, this is a sign of chaos in the country."

"What's more, he is only seven years old, but he is just a little clever, but he is regarded as a genius. Since his administration, various measures and policies have established new ones instead of imitating the old, and tried to be capable instead of imitating the virtuous. Although they have seen short-term effects , but destroy the foundation of all ages."

"The life and death of millions of people in the southeast is important, but what I care about in my heart is the millions of people in the entire Ming Dynasty."

"If the sacrifice of one person can save a county, then that person should die."

"If sacrificing a million people in the southeast can save Daming, what about sacrificing a million people in the southeast?"

Huang Zicheng raised his head and laughed loudly, his face was ugly and ferocious.

"I read the books of sages and live up to their words. I have my own ideas in my heart, so why should I fear life and death?"

"The world denigrates me, praises me, and slanders me, so what?"

"It's nothing more than winner and loser."

"I don't know my sin, I just hate that it didn't happen."

All the officials looked at him blankly, they didn't expect this person to be so stubborn.

Only Zhu Yunwen's eyes were filled with tears.

The teacher really never let me down!
"Stubborn!" In the inner hall separated by a wall, Zhu Yunzhen shook his head gently.

He reached out and rubbed his head, it was a little dizzy.

This is the situation you have to face.

He is not alone in Huang Zicheng's old thinking and stubbornness.

As the transformation of Ming Dynasty begins, such people will only emerge in endlessly.

They think they are right, correct.

Someone else is wrong.

Even if his head was smashed and his body was smashed to pieces for this, he would never repent.

Change is so difficult now!
But so what?

In any society, there are far more conservatives than reformists.

Because most people tend to be conservative.

This is human nature.

Just like when the Qing Dynasty fell, most people resisted cutting their braids.

It's not because of their deep nostalgia and deep feelings for the Qing Dynasty.

It's because once they get used to it, they are unwilling to change and don't want to change.

The pursuit of stability and conservatism are the genes engraved in human bones.

But the wheel of history will not stop because of their conservativeness.

A minority of reformists will always eventually dominate the direction of social development.

Because the development of things never stops, this is an objective law and cannot be deviated from.

What's more, he still holds the highest power.

Zhu Yunxi lightly clenched her little fist.

outside.

Yang Jing shouted angrily: "It is sad and deplorable that you still don't repent even when you are about to die."

"Huang Zicheng, I want to tell you that you are wrong."

"You are ashamed of the saints, you are ashamed of the court, and you are ashamed of the people of the world."

"I am here to teach you what is right and what is wrong, and I will teach you until you die."

(End of this chapter)