Dali Temple was very busy during this time, Wang Zhizheng in order to save a few cronies who had "surrendered" from the eunuch party, deliberately asked Huang Liji to send the original eunuch Shen Shaoxian, Yang Huan, Wang Tiqian, and Li Yongzhen to Dali Temple to jointly "discuss punishment", and use them to sentence the eunuch party, so as to rescue these people who "committed crimes and made meritorious contributions". Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Except for Yang Huan, who does have the blood of the Donglin Party on his hands, Wang Tiqian, Shen Shaoxian and Li Yongzhen do not have any bad karma.

Wang Zhizheng knew that Yang Huan and Li Yongzhen were Wei Zhongxian's hardcore in the past, and they would definitely not be able to keep their status, and at most they would be given an ending of being abolished, but this was enough to give them an explanation.

Of course, Huang Liji knew that Wang Zhizheng had good intentions, and he himself was not a person who "surrendered to sincerity". In the past, he also had an enmity with the Donglin Party.

Yang Huan and their meritorious service were earnest, and when sentencing, they recommended that all the rest except Wei Liangqing be sentenced to death, but the centrist Qin Yong did not agree, he thought that the killing of the eunuch party would inevitably increase the arrogance of the Donglin party, and several people could not say that a result could be publicized, so they still invited Wang Zhizheng and Huang Liji to come over to discuss together.

On the eighth day of October, the temperature in Beijing plummeted, and a cold snap came, and the Yongding River froze three feet.

Dali Temple supported three braziers to balance with the severe cold

Wang Zhizheng was on the fire and listened to their views on the case.

Yang Huan said with high spirits: "The lower officials think that they must be severely sentenced, not only the Hakka party, but also from Wei Liangqing to Ma Tong!" If even the crime of disturbing the imperial system has to be lightly sentenced, who will be afraid of the laws of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and who will not dare to compete with the imperial power?! ”

Wang Zhizheng smiled slightly: "Yang Huan is very reasonable, why don't you agree?" ”

Qin Yong said: "If they are all sentenced to death now, when Wei Zhongxian is convicted in the future, it is not good to have a foil without a henchman, this is one of them, Wei Liangqing is Wei Zhongxian's own nephew, killing him is tantamount to forcing Wei Zhongxian's dog to jump over the wall in a hurry, this is the second, all the eunuchs are executed, and the Donglin party must be arrogant, this is the third, there are these three articles, and the lower officials think that they can't all be sentenced to death." ”

Wang Zhizheng thought for a while and praised: "This is the words of the countryman, do you understand?" Qin Yong said this, all of them are the most thoughtful, and you can't be rash when dealing with political cases, do you know? ”

Only then did everyone nod yes.

Wang Zhizheng stared at Li Yongzhen, and Wang Tiqian said: "I understand what you two and Yang Huan think, are you afraid that you will be involved in the future when Wei Zhongxian drafts a case?" I tell you, you can rest assured, I told the emperor before, you all have meritorious deeds, even if you are connected in the future, at most you will be dismissed, and you will not be exiled, and your efforts will be rewarded, and my Wang Zhizheng can give you a guarantee! Huang Ge Lao is also here today, Huang Ge Lao should understand that sending you to Dali Temple is to show your attitude again, you are resolutely against the eunuch party, I will give you plans everywhere, you also have to be interesting, understand? ”

The four of them were moved to tears.

Wang Zhizheng waved his hand and said: "You don't have to thank me, if you want to thank the emperor, if it weren't for the emperor's magnanimity, you wouldn't be able to escape the crime of eunuchs!" ”

Huang Ge Lao listened to Wang Zhizheng push all the credit and favor to the emperor, and knew that Wang Zhizheng had already had the intention of retreating in his heart, and he knew that if Wei Zhongxian was killed and Wang Zhizheng retreated, he should also retreat bravely.

In the end, a few people reached a public announcement and wrote out the standards for conviction and sentencing, Wang Zhizheng nodded, and entered the palace with the conviction letter with Huang Liji, and went to the Qianqing Palace to participate in Emperor Chongzhen.

Entering the Qianqing Palace, I saw that Emperor Chongzhen was immersed in reading the recitals, and the recitals beside him were piled up into a hill, and there were two vigorous charcoal braziers next to it, which made the Qianqing Palace full of spring

Seeing the two of them coming in, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Huang Ge Lao, Taifu, are you here?" ”

Wang Zhizheng smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although you are busy with government affairs, you must also be restrained, take care of your dragon body, and don't overwork!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "I am only eighteen years old, I am strong and strong, and the affairs of the country are heavy, I can't help but be diligent and love the people." ”

Huang Liji praised: "The emperor is really benevolent. ”

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said, "Is it that the conviction of the Hakka case has come out?" ”

Wang Zhizheng nodded, took out the conviction book from his sleeve, and Xu Yingyuan, the personal eunuch beside Emperor Chongzhen, hurriedly took the conviction book.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said to Xu Yingyuan: "Read it." ”

Xu Yingyuan read in a male duck's voice:

The five main culprits in the Hakka Chaos Imperial Unified Case are:

Hakka,

Ke Guangxian,

HOU Guoxing,

TIAN Ji,

Choi Ying-won.

The 10 accomplices are the following:

PAN Sai'an,

Yue Concubine,

Yi Concubine,

WEI Liangqing,

MA Tong,

LI Fan,

ZHOU Zhiru,

SUN Zhiqi,

WEI Guangwei,

Huo Weihua.

The five main criminals, the Hakka family, the Keguang family, and Hou Guoxing are going to sentence Ling Chi, and the Hakka family has made meritorious contributions to raising Xizong, and they are given to commit suicide instead, and the guest Guangxian, Hou Guoxing is a close relative of the Hakka family, and he was exiled.

Tian Ji, Cui Yingyuan, the chief envoy, sentenced the three clans! Among them, Tian Ji has been killed.

Accomplices, Pan Sai'an, Yue Concubine, and Yi Concubine are ** crimes, bullying the king, and sentenced to beheading. Ma Tong, Li Fan, and Zhou Zhiru were sentenced to beheading. Wei Guangwei, Huo Weihua, Sun Zhiqi resigned, and Wei Liangqing cut the knighthood for the people!

Nian Pan Sai'an has made major meritorious contributions, and the merits and demerits are offset by each other, and he was given a light sentence and changed to exile, and the concubine and Yi Concubine have a good attitude of admitting their guilt, and they have been exposed and made meritorious contributions, and they have been sent lightly and changed to exile.

The rest were upheld.

Please let the emperor decide!

Emperor Chongzhen listened while contemplating his eyebrows, and after listening, he asked Wang Zhizheng with a smile: "The Hakka family is extremely evil, it seems that Dali Temple does not want her to die too miserably, and Keguang and Hou Guoxing are the main culprits, although they are close relatives of the Hakka family, but the law is intolerable, the exile is too light, and the three clans should be exterminated!" I give you a grace, and all three of them have been beheaded! Tian Ji, Cui Yingyuan, I give a grace, exempt the three clans, and behead the family instead! ”

Emperor Chongzhen said, and Xu Yingyuan, who was next to him, took a pen to record.

Wang Zhizheng didn't speak.

Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Wei Liangqing just didn't know about it, and he was the nephew of Wei's father-in-law, well, he could cut the lord for the people, but Pan Sai'an, Yue Concubine, and Yi Concubine were guilty of bullying the king, the crime was unforgivable, and it should not be forgiven. Huo Weihua didn't know about it and was sentenced to be dismissed, but Wei Guangwei had a very bad official reputation and was sentenced to exile! Sun Zhiqi, exile! Ma Tong, Li Fan, and Zhou Zhiru beheaded to show that all the family property was confiscated! This is my attitude, what do Taifu and Ge Lao have to say? ”

Wang Zhizheng listened, it seems that Emperor Chongzhen is angry with the Hakka family, and it is really too difficult to protect her, so he arched his hand and said: "The Hakka family has contributed to the cultivation of Xizong, and Weichen feels that it seems inappropriate to behead the public, after all, the first emperor had instructed to treat it well, according to Weichen, it should be changed to suicide, and leave her a whole corpse so that she can confess to the first emperor!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "Okay, then give her a pot of poison bar, and let her confess her guilt to the first emperor!" ”

Wang Zhizheng nodded and continued: "Pan Sai'an has been investigated, he is indeed unaware, he was deceived by the Hakka clan and the gang, he himself Weichen feels that since he has made a major meritorious service, it is more reasonable to change to exile and exempt from the death penalty, Yue Concubine and Yi Concubine do have the crime of bullying the king, but it is also quite Hakka's obscenity, in addition, my emperor has just ascended the throne, should be pardoned, Weichen thinks, for the sake of the fetus in their womb, there is no sin, and it is more reasonable to change to exile. The rest of Wechen fully supports. ”

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "Then do what Master Taifu said, it's just that Pan Sai'an I have seen it, he is a courtier, to be honest, I have a very bad impression of him, since he doesn't know, then let it go, as for the two Xizong palace concubines, if it weren't for my enthronement to pardon the world, it would be difficult for them to escape so easily!" ”

Wang Zhizheng and Huang Liji knelt down together: "The emperor is benevolent! ”

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said with a gentle smile: "Two, you have worked hard recently, especially Lord Taifu, you should take a vacation for a while, and the recent affairs of the court and China have been taken care of by the elder Huang Ge and Li Guoshun, a scholar of the Jinshen Palace." ”

Wang Zhizheng happily knelt down and thanked: "Wechen thank Lord Longen!" ”