"The slave maid suddenly remembered, could it be that there was a mistake since the first trial of the prisoner Zhang Cha?"

After that, Wei Zhongxian presented the results of Wang Zhicai's interrogation with both hands.

Zhu Youxiao took it and flipped through the pages one by one.

According to the results of this interrogation, after the criminal Zhang Cha was arrested, he was handed over to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and the person in the first trial was "not crazy or crazy, and had the heart and courage."

After several twists and turns, the case was changed to Wang Zhicai's responsibility, but the result was that Zhang Cha was a "madman", and his confession pointed directly at Pang Bao and Liu Cheng.

Pang Bao and Liu Cheng were the stewards of the Yikun Palace where Zheng Guifei was located at that time, and they were Zheng Guifei's private eunuchs, and the result of Wang Zhicai's interrogation was that these two instructed the "madman" Zhang Cha to commit murder.

This is almost to say that Zheng Guifei is the mastermind of the collar case.

Of course, under the circumstances at that time, everyone knew that Concubine Zheng had a motive for committing the murder, after all, she and Emperor Wanli were the crown prince for Lifu Wang, and they fought with the courtiers for an unknown amount of time.

It is conceivable that as soon as the results of this interrogation came out, it not only aggravated the contradiction between Concubine Zheng Guifei and Zhu Changluo, who was the crown prince at the time, but also made Emperor Wanli lose face.

The result of this interrogation directly angered the Empress Dowager Li, who did not care about political affairs, and severely reprimanded Emperor Wanli.

The queen mother's reprimand made Emperor Wanli panic, and Long Wei was greatly damaged, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

After that, the Wanli Emperor completely gave up the idea of Lifu Wang as the crown prince, expressed his love and pity for the crown prince Zhu Changluo in the court meeting, and ordered the criminal Zhang Cha to be executed, and Pang Bao and Liu Cheng were killed with a cane in the inner court.

At this point, the case seems to have come to an end.

However, Wei Zhongxian found a new opportunity.

In his mind, as long as he can overturn the three major cases such as the strike, he can make the Donglin Party hurt his muscles and bones!

After thinking about all this, Zhu Youxiao closed the interrogation results, and his expression did not change, but said: "Isn't this case already closed, what tricks will not be done?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said again: "The results of Wang Zhicai's interrogation are different from the results of the previous Criminal Department and Dali Temple. ”

"First of all, I said that Zhang was a 'madman', and then used this person's confession to point out that the attack was done by Zheng Guifei. Your Majesty, you think, since Zhang Cha is a fanatic, how can his words be trusted? ”

"Isn't that inconsistent, lifting a stone and shooting yourself in the foot?"

This is indeed inconsistent, but why everyone believed the results of Wang Zhicai's interrogation at that time was because the Queen Mother was involved.

Including Emperor Wanli, they all want to end it as soon as possible.

What's more, who knows how many people will be dug up when they are investigated deeply? This is a major event that may shake the country's foundation.

Zhu Youxiao has experienced one of the three cases of the striking, the red pill, and the palace shift, and his personal experience tells him that this is completely a big case deliberately set off by the Donglin Party.

Concocting a big case, this is one of the most effective means of solving political opponents.

Through the attack case, the Donglin Party pulled out the Empress Dowager Li, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, and forced the Wanli Emperor to confirm Zhu Changluo's status as the crown prince with the threat of the Empress Dowager.

After the Red Pill case, the Donglin Party resolved the situation in which Fang Congzhe was the sole minister and the Chu Party was the ruling party in the decades after Wanli.

After the palace transfer case, the Donglin Party established the overall situation and unshakable position of the "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty" in the Tianqi Dynasty after Zhu Youxiao's accession to the throne.

However, they didn't expect that Zhu Youxiao, the young son of heaven who had just ascended the throne, would carry out Wei Zhongxian, a mad dog, with his backhand.

Wei Zhongxian's deal with the Donglin Party was also a method of concocting a big case.

The case of Donglin Academy seems to have started with Feng Sanyuan, but in fact, Wei Zhongxian will never be satisfied with just arresting one Feng Sanyuan and more than 200 scholars.

What he wants is to make the Donglin Party hurt his muscles and bones, so he mentioned the liquidation of the three major cases.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know if there were any wronged people in these arrests, but it was definitely the right thing to do.

The experience of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations tells us that if you want to be a wise monarch through the ages, you must first dare to kill people, and Zhu Youxiao will not dirty his hands, so he must let Wei Zhongxian and the "eunuchs" out.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang killed a lot, it was not comprehensive enough, so he became a "highlight killing god" in later generations, Kang Mazi killed no less than Zhu Yuanzhang, but he became an emperor through the ages.

Wei Zhongxian was thinking about something in his heart, Zhu Youxiao was like a mirror.

What needs to be done now is very simple, just pretend to be stupid and let Wei Zhongxian make trouble.

If you don't let the Donglin Party break your muscles and bones, this matter will not be over!

"The slave maid thought about it at this time, and felt that the result of this interrogation was very strange, and asked the emperor to allow the slave and maid to arrest Wang Zhicai into the East Factory for interrogation, which will definitely give the emperor a new result." After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Youxiao nervously.

"Wang Zhicai?" Zhu Youxiao paused in his hand, and said softly: "Then you go and investigate, this matter has been closed and concluded, what other results can not be achieved." ”

Zhu Youxiao's words seemed to be joking, such a big case to be retried may implicate hundreds of people, but he is not serious at all.

Ye Xianggao didn't say a word during the whole process, because he really didn't know what to say.

Persuade that it should be investigated, the news that he and Wei Gelding colluded to pollute and harm the scholars came out, do you want to have a reputation for decades?

In front of Wei Zhongxian, he persuaded the emperor not to investigate, this is tantamount to tearing his face directly with the eunuchs, he is seventy or eighty years old, and he really doesn't want to do anything big.

If you end up with a late holiday, the gains outweigh the losses.

Ye Xianggao's mouth moved, and he wanted to open his mouth to speak several times, but he still swallowed it back when he was about to leave, his current situation was too embarrassing.

Zhu Youxiao's words about letting Wei Zhongxian arrest Wang Zhicai to retry the attack case have been released, and you have no jokes, and you will definitely not be able to take it back.

At this time, as the head of the cabinet who was summoned to the Qianqing Palace with Wei Zhongxian, Ye Xianggao understood that it was best for him not to say a word.

Don't listen, don't ask, don't meddle.

If you take a wrong step, you will be ruined and your evening will not be guaranteed!

He is not afraid of death, what he is afraid of is that after death, his innocent reputation will be ruined for the rest of his life.

In his heart, Ye Xianggao is disgusted with the eunuchs, but he will not be like when he was young, and he will not fight for the "righteousness of Donglin".

Just when he was entangled in his heart, Zhu Youxiao's words broke the situation.

"Let Zhongxian go to retrial this matter, it's not a big deal, Ge Lao, you can also go back, and have a good rest when you get home."

As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao yawned heavily, walked into the inner palace with lazy steps, and did not forget to instruct:

"Elder Ge, don't see guests after you go back, rest early."

Ye Xianggao, who was drowsy during the whole process, suddenly woke up after hearing this.

When he returned to Yefu, there were still many Donglin Party members gathered here, and finally put this leader into the cabinet again, so it was natural to celebrate.

Seeing Ye Xianggao coming back, the officials of the various ministries all greeted him one by one.

"Elder Ge, you're back."

"What did the emperor say when he asked you to enter the palace for so long?"

"I heard that Wei Gelding also went, you have to be careful!"

Listening to these words in his ear, Ye waved his hand to the height, and said weakly: "The old man has been coming from his home for several days, and he has been tired of carriages and horses, and his body is broken, and he will have to recuperate for a few days." ”

"Everyone, please come back!"

After that, Ye Xianggao walked into the mansion in small steps, leaving behind the Donglin Party people with a confused face.

No one knows why Ye Xianggao, who rushed from home in the morning with a red face, went to the palace and seemed to be more than ten years old.