high official

Chapter 235 Sacred Heart
"Actually, in my humble opinion," Yang Rong said in a low voice, "Zhou Xin has nothing to do with Jianwen's old party. Don't forget, that man was hiding in Pujiang, but he was the one who discovered it! How could he be an accomplice?"

"Then why did he let the Zheng family go?" Jin Youzi asked.

"The emperor's decree is to exile the Zheng family..." Yang Rong sighed and said, "But Tang Yun presumptuously intended to kill the grass and roots, and Zhou Xin stopped him, which makes sense." Leaving, he actually admired it, but how could he say that clearly.

"This truth may not make sense to the emperor." Jin Youzi said: "The case of the Jianwen Party is the emperor's rebellion. In fact, everyone knows what the holy will is. Our strong words will only increase the emperor's disgust. "

"That's right." Yang Shiqi nodded and said, "Tomorrow will be the imperial trial, and the emperor is the presiding judge. He just wants us to prepare our arguments in case Zhou Xin makes strong arguments. If we go against the holy will and just speak for Zhou Xin , I am afraid that I will lose my wife and lose my army."

"Brother means..." Both Jin Youzi and Yang Rong looked at Yang Shiqi. Although Yang Shiqi was hiding it very deeply, they both knew that he was a princeling, because they were also like-minded.

"It's still necessary to prescribe the right medicine. Avoiding the serious and taking the light is not the way." Yang Shiqi said slowly: "The emperor hates Zhou Xin's infidelity, not anything else. If the emperor can believe that Zhou Xin has good intentions and is not unfaithful, I believe the situation will be better. a lot of."

"It's good to be able to do this, but it's extremely difficult to change what the emperor has decided." Jin Youzi said, "I'm afraid no one can change his impression of Zhou Xin's disloyalty."

"To untie the bell, you have to tie the bell. Zhou Xin has little to do with the previous dynasty and has always been loyal. How could he get involved with the rest of Jianwen's party?" Yang Shiqi said slowly: "In my opinion, the emperor must listen. What did he say. Let’s see how Zhou Xin defends himself when the time comes. He is a very smart person, and he must be able to understand the pros and cons.” After a pause, he glanced at the two colleagues and said: “As for us, we will adapt to the situation when the time comes. We can speak for the emperor's thoughts of being unfaithful to him, if we can't get rid of it, there is nothing we can do, we can only make the emperor angry."

"That's the reason." Yang Rong echoed: "The emperor hates Zhou Xin for being unfaithful. If we want to kill him, we must first not stop him. We must show our unity with the emperor, so that the emperor will listen to what he says. Look at Zhou Xin. , he definitely doesn't want to bear the charge of traitor...some things he said himself are much better than what we said."

"That's what it means." Yang Shiqi nodded.

"Well, let's do it like this." Seeing that Er Yang had reached an agreement, Jin Youzi naturally did not object.

After talking about this, I heard the sound of Youshi's drum, and it was time to get off work.Jin Youzi was on duty in the cabinet tonight, so Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi packed up their official documents and left Donghua Gate.

On the way to Fengtianmen, seeing no one in front or behind, Yang Rong asked Yang Shiqi in a low voice, "What do you think the emperor thinks?" He was in the cabinet just now, and the walls have ears, so it was inevitable that he was insincere.There was no one around before and after he came out, and he wanted to hear what the other party really thought.

"You can see it too?" Yang Shiqi didn't squint, and said calmly: "Actually, the emperor is contradictory about whether to kill Zhou Xin or not."

"Yes, if the emperor feels that someone is guilty and has evidence in hand, he will definitely kill him with a single blow, so why would he waste time on trial?" Yang Rong said softly: "But Zhou Xin is the most appreciated by the emperor in the past ten years. It can be said that he is a model official set up by the emperor in the Yongle Dynasty. After this errand in Zhejiang, he will go to Beijing to take over as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment." Yang Rong said softly: "He was suddenly accused of becoming Jianwen Rebelling against the party, how can this embarrass the emperor?"

"That's right, the cold-faced Han Tiegong's reputation has already surpassed that of Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty, and everyone in the world thinks he is upright and perfect." Yang Shiqi nodded and said, "If such a person also cherishes the old master and is unfaithful to the emperor, The emperor is too embarrassed."

"So, you also feel that the emperor's trial tomorrow seems to be to judge Zhou Xin, but in fact there is an expectation to let him go?" Yang Rong's eyes brightened: "Is that right?"

"Yes." Yang Shiqi nodded and said, "But if we all intercede for him, Zhou Xin will surely die. So we really can only see Zhou Xin."

"Yeah, we can only play by ear, and Zhou Xin can only play the leading role tomorrow." Yang Rong nodded, and the two of them approached Fengtianmen and stopped talking.

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The next day, the Imperial Palace, Wenhua Hall.

Zhou Xin was only arrested the day before, and will be tried the next day, which shows how much Zhu Di cares about the case.

In the hall, Emperor Yongle sat high on the dragon chair, looking gloomy at Zhou Xin who was kneeling under his highness.The crown prince sat on the east side of the emperor's lower head, and opposite him was a prince whose appearance and temperament were very similar to Zhu Di's. It was his younger brother Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han.Next to the King of Han, there was a handsome man dressed as a prince, who was the crown prince and the king's brother Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui.

Below the three dragon sons, there are several important ministers such as the Dukes of the State, the Nine Ministers of the Six Departments, Ji Gang, the Commander of Jin Yiwei, and the Three Bachelors of the Cabinet. They are divided into two sides by civil and military.

Only Zhou Xin was kneeling in the main hall.Because the emperor wanted to have an imperial trial, Jin Yiwei didn't dare to torment him. At this moment, he was wearing a cloth robe, kneeling at the bottom of the steps with his waist straight, and there was no trace of panic on his face.

"Look at this beast," his posture first made Zhu Di feel tired, pointing to Zhou Xin and said to the ministers: "I was grabbed by the neck, and I still put on a dignified posture, don't you know Do you regret it?!" Speaking of the last sentence, the emperor turned to Zhou Xin, staring at him coldly, "Unexpectedly, you are such a stubborn thing!"

Only then did Zhou Xin bend down and kowtow.

"You have been interrogating prisoners for half your life with a cold face, and today I will let you have a taste of being interrogated!" Zhu Di said angrily: "Look up!"

Zhou Xin had no choice but to raise his head again.

"I ask you, what do you have to do with the rest of the Jianwen Party?" Zhu Di asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to the emperor, there is absolutely nothing to do with it." Zhou Xinlang said.

"I think you don't cry when you see the coffin!" Zhu Di said coldly, "Let me ask you, who transferred Tang Yun's Zhejiang Navy?"

Zhou News said, his heart skipped a beat, and it really happened, but he still said calmly: "It was Weichen who made a forged warrant and transferred the Zhejiang Navy away from the Pearl River Estuary."

As soon as this remark came out, the Wenhua Palace was shocked. Everyone did not expect Zhou Xin to do such a mind-boggling thing, let alone that he would be so frank.

Zhu Di let out a cold snort and said, "Now you still deny that you have nothing to do with the remaining Jianwen party?"

"It's really okay to go back to the emperor." Zhou Xin said: "The emperor will let you know what happened at that time."

"Hmph, let's see how you argue!" Zhu Di snorted coldly, acquiescing.

"At that time, the ministers suspected that the Zheng family was harboring the remaining Jianwen party, but because the Zheng family was the first family in the south of the Yangtze River conferred by the Emperor Taizu, they did not dare to charge them with treason. In the name of protection, the town of Zhengzhai was surrounded." Zhou Xindao: "Afterwards, the ministers will report to the capital and wait for the imperial decree, and at the same time put pressure on the Zheng family, hoping that they will take the initiative to hand over the rebellious party..."

"It's all minor details, the main point of your collusion with the Zheng family." Zhu Di interrupted Zhou Xin.

"As a result, the Zheng family refused to admit it, leaving us with no progress. At this time, the decree came. The emperor thought that the Zheng family was the first family in the south of the Yangtze River that was sealed by the Taizu. Under such circumstances, they will be exiled overseas and will never be allowed to return to Daming.” Zhou Xin continued: “I will do so immediately, and after strict inspection, I will order Zheng’s family to board a ship and leave Daming. At this time, I accidentally heard that Tang Yun transferred water The division arrived at the mouth of Qiantang, ready to sink all the boats of the Zheng family on the bottom of the sea." He raised his head, looked at the emperor calmly and said, "The Zheng family has a population of nearly ten thousand men and women, half of them are women and children. What's more, the emperor's kindness is so great that they have already spared their lives. If I sit back and watch the Zhejiang navy destroy them, it will be against the holy will and make people in the world think that the emperor has no faith."

"However, the three departments are separated and do not belong to each other, and the minister can't stop Tang Yun from going his own way. In desperation, the minister can only weigh the lesser of two evils, and ordered someone to forge the transfer order to transfer the Zhejiang Navy from Qiantangkou and release the Zheng family. The whole family has a way out, and the emperor is benevolent." After Zhou Xin finished speaking, he kowtowed to Zhu Di and said, "I forged the transfer order, and death is inevitable, but I have absolutely no ambiguity towards the emperor, and I have absolutely nothing to do with the rebellious party. Representing the sun and the moon, if there is any half-empty words, it will make me fall into the animal realm after death, and I will never be reborn forever!"

Zhou Xin's swearing moved all the ministers, and also moved Zhu Di.The emperor's gloomy face seemed to have a lot of clouds, but his voice was still cold and stern:
"Sure enough, you are eloquent, but it's a pity that if you say anything, you can't change one thing... Aren't you proficient in the law? Tell me, how to deal with those who falsely pass on military orders?"

"Back to the emperor, cut in half." Zhou Xin said calmly: "I have known for a long time that I will die, but I don't want people in the world to think that I am attached to the old master." He kowtowed emphatically and said: "The minister Zhou Xin is just a mere life. Only by reusing what you have learned can you show what you have learned and live up to your life. The gratitude of the minister to the emperor is like a surging river, and the sun and the moon can learn from each other! There is only one emperor in my heart, and that is the current Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty. There is no such thing as Emperor Jianwen. Love must be known to the world!"

After hearing Zhou Xin's words, Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi glanced at each other quickly, and they both saw a big reward in each other's eyes. What you said was so good, the biggest block in the emperor's heart should be solved.

The prince sitting there was also slightly relieved, but he still felt that he was not optimistic, because the emperor had more than one block in his heart, he had to get rid of the biggest one, and there was the second biggest...

Ji Gang's expression became ugly. He exchanged glances with King Han, and both felt that things would not go as smoothly as expected.But Zhu Di didn't let them talk, who would dare to intervene?He could only listen silently, searching his guts for a speech, waiting for the opportunity to speak.

All eyes turned back to the emperor, and Zhu Di's eyes were fixed slightly, and his right hand, which was resting on the dragon chair, moved unconsciously. It was obvious that the emperor was lost in thought.

　I'm sorry, sorry, I was really tired last night, but I fell asleep while writing, I'm really sorry...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)