Idle courtiers

Chapter 459

The next day, Zhou Nan came to the Ministry of Punishment again.

After listening to the case yesterday, he returned to Xiyuan and reported the progress of the case to Jiajing.

Before that, Huang Guangsheng met Jia one step ahead of him, and also reported the situation during the interrogation, and handed over the case file to Jiajing.

When Zhou Nan went, Jiajing was criticizing the popularity.

You must know that since Jiajing has not been in court for more than 20 years, he has seldom personally approved reds.

Even if there is a major event, he will call the director of etiquette and the ministers of the cabinet to discuss it, and then give instructions verbally.

Today, the royal pen was moved for the first time, which is rare, which shows that he attaches great importance to this case.

But I saw that one or two hundred words had been densely written with cinnabar on the memorial.

Seeing Zhou Nan and listening to him finish speaking, Jiajing said: "It seems that Mr. Xu Ge really has nothing to do with this case. After all, he has served Hou Zhen for many years, and the strict party is able to eradicate him. You can't believe it, and I have no one to use."

Zhou Nan: "Your Majesty is wise."

Jiajing: "Huang Guangsheng's paper has already been approved, and Xu Jie is still allowed to return to the cabinet to serve. My cabinet is only three melons and two dates. If he continues to give up the pick, the court will not be able to do anything."

Zhou Nan said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that Mr. Xu Ge may not be willing to come back just by relying on one approval."

Jiajing: "That's right. Everyone has face. They go away as soon as they are waved and come back as soon as they are recruited. I can't keep face. I want face, and Xu Ge also wants face. You draw up an imperial decree for Xu Jie, so as to comfort you. So, Xu Ge The old man has a step to get down, and I can also get down to the stage."

"Yes." Zhou Nan summoned up his energy, brought up the power of the wild, and drew up an imperial edict.

This is the first time he has drafted an edict for Jiajing since he served the emperor. It is not a big deal, but it has a strong political meaning in the eyes of outsiders.

Writing edicts for the emperor is not something you can write whenever you want. Generally speaking, imperial edicts will come from the emperor's most trusted cabinet assistant minister and ceremonial supervisor Bingbi.In addition, the editors and editors of the Imperial Academy can also ghostwrite. Once the Imperial Academy has reached this point, they will be appointed as ministers of the Ministry and join the cabinet in the future.

Just imagine, when the emperor reads the imperial decree, everyone will see, hey, it's Zhou Nan's handwriting.

What kind of concept is this, do I need to say more?
Zhou Nan was a little worried that his level of ancient prose was not enough, and the imperial decree he wrote was ridiculous and generous, so he was a little nervous.However, he is in very good shape today, and he did a good job with an article.I can't help feeling in my heart: people are forced out by the situation, and you don't know how great your potential is without heavy pressure.

"It's well written." Jiajing nodded, asked someone to use the seal, and said lightly: "By the way, Zhou Nan, when will you marry Xu Jie's granddaughter?"

These words are warning Zhou Nan, are you forming a party with Xu Jie if you help Xu Jie so much?

This is Jiajing's usual method of hitting a sweet date with a stick, using both kindness and power. Zhou Nan is already immune.

But Lao Zhou still pretended to be sincere and fearful: "Your Majesty, when the Kongming case is over, I will be able to get married. However, my future bride is not easy to get along with. I have always had the problem of fear of guilt. Headache."

Jiajing became interested: "How to say?"

Zhou Nan roughly talked about Ah Jiu's life experience and the contradictions of Xu's family, and finally said with a bitter face; "Xu Ge's granddaughter is a concubine's son, and she promised Yan Song's grandson first, and she is a married woman. I feel a little depressed in my heart, and I have no face to see others. Moreover, Miss Xu Jiajiu hates her natal family deeply, and I am caught in the middle like a mouse in a bellows. She has a bad temper, and she used to beat and scold me frequently. It's very sad."

Jiajing laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Unexpectedly, Xu Ge Lao Xu gave you a Hedong lion, haha, you dare not marry the granddaughter of the cabinet secretary?"

Zhou Nan's expression was even more sad and indignant.

The eunuchs next to him were all amazed when they saw that the Son of Heaven had an affair with Zhou Nan, which was something they had never seen before.

After writing the imperial decree, Zhou Nan wrote another Qing Ci for Jiajing, engaged in feudal superstition activities for a long time, and only went home at night, so Xu Jie naturally had no time to go there.

However, he still heard a report from Shi Wenjiang early this morning, saying that after Xu Ge received the emperor's imperial decree, he shouted long live three times and burst into tears.

Xu Xiangfu also set off tens of thousands of firecrackers at the gate, even the patrolling personnel of Shuntian Mansion and Wucheng Bingmasi were alarmed.

……

"I have met Governor Zhu, I have met Eunuch Chen, and I have met all the adults." Arriving at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Zhou Nan, who had won a big victory yesterday, was full of vigor and greeted everyone with a smile.

Zhu Xizhong still had that gentle look, slightly arching his hands.

Chen Hong snorted coldly and turned his head to the side.

Zhou Nan sneered in his heart: Eunuch Chen, it is clear that you instigated the Kongming case, and now Xu Jie has cleared his grievances.This case goes on trial, if it is not good, it will be brought on your head.You old man should think about how to get out, don't lose yourself.

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan's heart moved again.My biggest trick is to impersonate Zhou Xiucai's identity. If this matter is exposed, it will be the end of the head.Fortunately, the last time he dealt with Chen Hong, he had already destroyed all the evidence.

However, things are not afraid of [-], just in case.

With such a handle being held by Chen Hong, he was always uneasy.

Do you want to find a way to move Chen Hong down?
However, it is not easy to talk about bringing down a Dongchang factory, so let's just wait and see!
Just as he was thinking about it, someone yelled: "Here comes the big case!" Huang Shangshu Shi Shiran came in and sat behind the big case.

Then there is "Leading people to commit crimes!"

After a night, Kong Ming was covered in blood, and collapsed to the ground in a state of exhaustion.

Huang Shangshu patted the gavel: "Kong Ming, who ordered you to assassinate the son of Prince Yu's mansion? You haven't brought it from the world!"

Kong Ming let out a humming sound, but couldn't say a word.

Huang Shangshu was furious, and shouted: "Good thief, you dare not tell the truth to death, come here, and use severe punishment!" He threw down a stick.

At this time, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate shouted: "Wait a minute."

Huang Guangsheng: "What?"

Yu Shi: "Kong Ming seems speechless, what's going on?" He picked up the stick, pried open Kong Ming's mouth, and suddenly called out: "I'm dumb!"

"What?" Everyone whispered and looked intently, but saw that Kong Ming's throat was blood red, and it was so swollen that he could no longer see his throat.

There was a faint smell of paint in the air.

"Raw lacquer, Kong Ming was made dumb by pouring lacquer!" Zhou Nan took a breath.

The censor was angry, and stared at Huang Guangsheng: "Big Sikou, how do you explain this matter. How important is the Kongming case, and how does your Ministry of Punishment take care of the criminals? I want to impeach you with a bullet."

Huang Guangsheng was also taken aback: "What's going on?"

Yushi: "Don't you know?"

Huang Guangsheng: "I really don't know." He turned his head and looked at the officials beside him angrily: "It's best to check it out. Once it is found out, I will never tolerate it."

The imperial censor shouted angrily: "Sir Kouxiu is going to be hypocritical, it is clearly your instruction. Yes, you can write when you are hoarse. Look, look, what has become of Kong Ming's hands. I I'm going to impeach you, I'm going to impeach you."

Hearing what he said, everyone looked intently again.Looking at it, the scalp is numb.I saw that Kong Ming's ten fingers were all swollen like carrots, obviously they had been pinched off.

Kong Ming was still whimpering, tears streaming down his face.

"You, you all wait!" The censor was furious, pointed at the three presiding judges Huang, Chen, and Zhu, turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves.

"Investigate thoroughly, investigate thoroughly!" Huang Guangsheng was still roaring loudly.

A group of secretary office servants knelt on the ground tremblingly.

After venting his anger, Huang Guangsheng said: "Forget it, Kong Ming's thief is stalking and biting ministers and ministers indiscriminately. You can't believe a word he said, and it doesn't make any sense to continue the trial. This case is absurd and absurd, and the impact is extremely bad. It must be dealt with seriously and quickly. "

He picked up the pen and started to write quickly on the complaint. While writing, he said: "The Taoist Lu Zudian is empty and bright. He has always hated the court and the clan. On the second day of this month, Zhou Nan, the secretary of the Taoist Records, went to the Prince Yu's mansion for business. Assault on the son. Fortunately, Zhou Nan took the initiative and took down the murderer on the spot. Kong Ming is a villain, the crime is heinous, and the crime cannot be pardoned. He will be taken to the execution ground and executed on the spot. This sentence."

Zhou Nan was taken aback, this, this, this clearly means that Kong Ming committed the murder with passion!

After Huang Shang finished writing, he threw the pen away and shouted, "Drag the criminal out and cut him off!"

Kong Ming whimpered loudly, just as he yelled, a water and fire stick hit his head.

The Taoist fell down as soon as his body was crooked, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

The people in the punishment department didn't pay much attention to it, they probably used the knife within a few hundred steps after pulling Kong Ming out of the lobby.

There was a terrible cry.

In a short while, a blood-stained human head was presented in the hall.

Huang Guangsheng: "Seal all the files and file them, accept the case!"

The book office shouted at the right time: "Leave the hall!"

At this point, the Kong Ming case, which caused turmoil in the government and the public and disturbed the hearts of the people, came to an end.

Zhou Nan was still thinking about how to take advantage of the Kongming case to deal with Chen Hong, but Huang Shangshu simply chopped off the criminal, which made Lao Zhou's whole plan come to nothing.

After all, Comrade Zhou is a modern person. Ever since he traveled to the Ming Dynasty, he has set a bottom line for himself: in order to survive in this ancient times where the jungle preys on the jungle, you don’t need to have integrity, but you can’t get blood on your hands.

This was the first time he saw the head of a dead person, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.

"I'm still too weak." He muttered to himself with a wry smile: "But I underestimated the ruthlessness of the ancient statesmen. This is really creepy!"

Zhou Nan probably understood why Huang Guangsheng did this.As an important minister of the six ministries, a standard civil servant.The trial of this case will inevitably involve a great deal, and there may be troubles.Now it doesn't matter who is behind it.

The key is to maintain stability.

When Kongming died, the emperor was satisfied, the factory guard was satisfied, and Ke Dao didn't have anything to exploit, so why not do it?
If the retrial continues, it will cause trouble for Huang Shangshu himself.

"If I were Huang Guangsheng, I would do the same... Would I do it, would I really do it?" Zhou Nan wasn't sure.

Anyway, Xu Jie is going to be the first assistant soon, and as his number one hero, the strength of the Xu family can be used by me from now on.

So what if the truth doesn't come out, so what about the truth?

Neither matter.

(End of this chapter)