high official

Chapter 236
After a suffocating silence in the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Di finally spoke again: "My gentlemen, do you have anything to ask this fellow?"

The king of Han and Ji Gang exchanged glances again, and the former rushed out of the class and said, "Father, my son has something that I don't understand, so I want to ask Zhou Xin."

"Ask." Zhu Di nodded.

"Zhou Xin, this king is here to ask you." The king of Han turned to Zhou Xin and asked in a deep voice, "If you think Tang Yun is inappropriate, can you go to the court and ask the emperor to make a decision?"

"It's too late to go back to the King of Han." Zhou Xin said, "It took five days to bring it back from Pujiang to the capital, and there was no time to report it."

"Then why didn't you report the incident?" The King of Han asked, "You said it so righteously, but you concealed it and didn't report it. Isn't this a crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"..." Zhou Xin was speechless.

"There's an article here." The King of Han is tall and handsome, and he is not yet 30 years old. He is wearing a well-tailored royal robe, and his whole body is full of vigor. Sitting opposite him, he is fat and sweating Brother, there is a world of difference.It's no wonder that Zhu Di is so eccentric. No matter which parent he changes, he is equally eccentric in the face of such two sons.I saw him staring closely at Zhou Xindao: "If you are really loyal, you should have confessed to the emperor like this. Why did you wait until you were found out by Jin Yiwei?"

This was a sinister question, and Zhou Xin couldn't answer it at all.Can he say that the reason why I didn't report it was because I knew that the emperor also wanted the Zheng family to die?Although the emperor's original intention was definitely to destroy the Zheng family.But under the current situation, the emperor would definitely kill him and would not admit it, and neither would Tang Yun, and it turned out to be a big hole that Zhou Xin couldn't climb out of.

Sure enough, Zhou Xin was speechless.

"Are you still saying that you have nothing to do with the remnants of Jianwen?" Han Wang said coldly, "If it's really nothing to do, why don't you dare say it?"

"It's human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages." Zhou Xin said slowly: "I know it's a capital crime, so I can naturally keep it a secret for a day..."

"Since it's a capital crime, what else is there to say?" The King of Han snorted, turned around and cupped his fists at the emperor, and said, "Father, since this beast has confessed to the crime, then let him be punished in the canon, as a warning to others!"

"Who else has anything to say?" Zhu Di asked slowly with an uncertain expression on his face.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, I have something to say." Huang Huai came out of the class and said: "His Royal Highness's words are a bit redundant. Zhou Xin did not deny that he was a capital crime, he just denied the relationship with the remnants of Jianwen, even if the emperor wanted to kill him, Please also remove this charge.”

"..." Zhu Di said coldly: "Nonsense." I don't know if it is Huang Huai or the King of Han.

"Furthermore." Huang Huai changed the subject and said, "Zhou Xin broke the law himself, which is a different matter from the case he was trying. It should not be confused with the case. I beseech the emperor to review the file he submitted. Don't let the matter be dismissed because of others. Forgive Xu Yingxian and others for committing crimes." .”

"Absurd. Is the trial of a criminal credible? Naturally, the case will be retried." King Han said.

"Well..." Zhu Di nodded slowly, looked at Zhou Xin and said, "Zhou Xin, someone complained that you realized that the Jinyiwei was going to find you, so you took the risk and took the Jinyiwei's detectives sent by the decree privately, and openly robbed you. The decree, the behavior can be described as extremely crazy. Do you recognize this one?"

Hearing the emperor's words, both Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi's faces flashed a gleam of joy. It seemed that Zhou Xin had successfully dispelled the suspicion that he was Jianwen's traitor to the party, so he asked about the Hangzhou case.In this way, the situation will change!

Sure enough, Ji Gang's face became extremely ugly...

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Zhou Xinchao Zhu Di kowtowed, and said in a deep voice: "Reporting to the emperor, Xu Yingxian, a thousand households of the Jinyiwei, tried to extort money in the area of ​​Hangzhou, robbed the women of the people, and abused the people wantonly. To be in charge of a province’s criminal prisons, we must severely punish the evil officials and save the common people.” After a pause, he said, “Actually, at that time, Zhu Jiu, a thousand households of the Jinyiwei, once proposed to this official that as long as I let Xu Ying go first, I won’t bring up the case. to me, but Wei Chen refused..."

"Oh?" Zhu Di's eyes froze, he looked at Ji Gang and said, "Is there such a thing?"

"Nonsense!" Ji Gang said angrily, "Reporting to the emperor, Jin Yiwei is investigating important cases, whether it is searching or arresting people, it is the meaning of the question, how can it be called extortion? It is clearly slander by this guy!"

"Whether it's extortion or not, it's not up to you, Commander Ji, nor me, Zhou Xin!" Facing Ji Gang, Zhou Xin showed his sharpness, and his cold voice circled in the Wenhua Hall: "Xu Yingxian and his gang are in Hangzhou. In less than a hundred days in the city, the value of the gold, silver, treasures, and land deeds that can be estimated is as high as 600 million taels! There are also those antique calligraphy and paintings that cannot be valued, jade and pearls... All of this is well documented, Your Majesty You can see it at a glance.”

"In addition, the officials also unearthed more than a dozen corpses from the lotus pond in the backyard of the Thousand Households. Some of them sank only a few days ago, and their faces were clearly identifiable. After the autopsy, each corpse Before they were alive, they were all subjected to inhuman torture, which is also the cause of their death." Zhou Xin asked Ji Gang, "Excuse me, Commander Ji, if there is no ghost in his heart, why should he bury people in the lotus pond? Shouldn't he be informed? Will the family collect the body?"

"After some investigation, the evidence of the crime has piled up like a mountain, and the ministers have made a book and presented it to the emperor. No matter what it sounds like, the emperor doesn't seem to know about it." Seeing Zhu Di's shocked face, Zhou Xin said in a deep voice.

"The sinner's slanderous words have simply polluted the saint's hearing." Ji Gang snorted.

"Irrefutable evidence is like a mountain, and it is right in front of you. Your Majesty only needs to send someone to check to see if the minister is lying!" Zhou Xin and Ji Gang confronted each other.

Ji Gang was blocked by his words, and became more and more annoyed. He scolded: "Not to mention whether Xu Yingxian has disturbed the people, it is not something your local officials can arrest casually. There is also Jinyiwei's thousand households. Are you there?" If there is no evidence, you dare to order someone to search it, who gave you the courage to bear the heart and leopard! Or were you instructed by someone?"

"I am ordered to investigate and handle this case, and I am the imperial envoy!" Zhou Xin shot two sharp rays of light from his eyes, and said every word: "If someone gave me the courage, it is the emperor! If someone ordered me to do this Do it, that's the emperor too!"

"I didn't instruct you to raid Jinyiwei..." After hearing Zhou Xin's words, Zhu Di looked a little weird, and said coldly, "I didn't give you your courage, you grew it yourself."

"The emperor's words are very true." Ji Gang hurriedly echoed: "Zhou Xin is so lawless, even the emperor's imperial envoys dare to arrest him. If all the provinces follow his example, how can the emperor's government orders be implemented? Not a big mess? Just relying on this one, you have to charge him with treason!"

After hearing this, Zhu Di's face changed again, obviously Ji Gang had touched his heart.This emperor has a spirit beyond the ages, but is extremely insecure.He was very sensitive to ministers violating his authority, and in order to maintain the majesty of the imperial power, he did not hesitate to shed blood.It was precisely this that Ji Gang grasped that made Zhu Di feel angry again after he had just calmed down.

"That's not the truth!" Zhou Xin said loudly: "Your Majesty, under the guise of His Majesty's name, Jinyiwei officials are committing crimes everywhere, raiding good people for no reason, beating innocent people, and framing loyal ministers. They have long been condemned by the people all over the world. What's the use of Ming Dynasty's criminal law? Besides, if this kind of misdemeanor is not wiped out in time, the envoys of Jinyiwei will go out of Beijing to follow this old law, and they will be even more reckless. Sooner or later, civil uprisings will be stirred up, and the world will really be in chaos!"

With a few words of loyalty, Zhu Di was impeccable, but the anger in his heart became more and more intense. Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong looked at each other, knowing that they could no longer remain silent, because Zhou Xin was still suffering from dementia at a critical moment...

Yang Shiqi took a step out of the class and said: "Qi Zou the emperor, I have something to say."

"Speak." Zhu Di said coldly.

"I don't know what happened in Zhejiang, so I am not qualified to comment on specific cases." Yang Shiqi said in a deep voice: "But listen to the sage's words, 'The people will not accept my ability, but my father. The public will not dare to slow down', Yichen In my humble opinion, as long as the emperor's rewards and punishments are fair, all officials and people will be convinced. By extension, if the imperial envoy Zhou Xin handles things fairly, he will not damage the emperor's authority, but preserve the emperor's authority." Pause Said: "The same is true for Xu Qianhu of Jinyiwei."

As soon as this remark came out, the princelings nodded in their hearts. As expected of Yang Shiqi, who is known as a wise man, what he said was too level!Always stand on the position of the emperor, so that the emperor can listen to it, and don't protect anyone, just reason.This way of impartiality, the emperor will not be disgusted.But obviously, Zhou Xin is on the side of reason, and Jin Yiwei doesn't take it, so in the end, he is still speaking for Zhou Xin...

Sure enough, Zhu Di felt relieved a lot after hearing this.It was Yang Shiqi who was a close minister of the emperor who knew the emperor's will better. The Emperor Yongle cared most about his own authority besides the loyalty of his ministers.Only by making the emperor feel that his authority has not been damaged, can there be room for slowing down.

It's just that Zhu Di's scheming is as deep as the sea, and the courtiers can't see any clues from his face.Just listen to the emperor coldly say:

"The government of our country is busy. Today, we have already solved this case, and the delay is too long. Let's stop here today. Let this guy be taken care of." With a wave of his hand, Zhou Xin had already been tortured by the Jinyiqi School. , and sent him to prison.

"Retire." Zhu Di flicked his sleeves, got up and walked away.

"I will send you off to Your Majesty respectfully." All the courtiers saluted and sent off respectfully. After the emperor left, they got up and left the Wenhua Palace.

The prince was unable to move, so two strong eunuchs stepped forward to help him get up slowly, and moved towards the gate of the palace.The King of Han looked at his elder brother coldly, and only after a while did he say: "Watch out for the threshold, who is that, hurry up and carry the prince over." You think he is kind, he is trying to make the prince look ugly, so that people can see the heir apparent of the Ming Dynasty , even a threshold can not be crossed.

Although, the threshold of the palace is unusually high.

(End of this chapter)