"Yes, yes!"

After listening to Xiao Jing's report, Emperor Hongzhi laughed angrily.

"Wu Kuan, Xu Ziyuan, Xu Long...... There are imperial histories, there are also Hanlin, as well as doctors and local officials, at least they are all ministers of the fifth grade~"

"They are all the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, and they are all my right-hand men, but in the end, they have become the moths of the society, in the year of famine, they don't think about helping the victims, sharing worries for the king, and solving problems for the people of Li, but they collude with profiteers, steal official warehouses, and raise the price of grain, causing the lives to be ruined and starving all over the land, and everyone talks about how to deal with it."

Emperor Hongzhi's voice was full of anger, so that the voice of the good old man, who had always been gentle and elegant, became very loud, constantly echoing in the study of the Heart Cultivation Palace, making Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing and others present silent.

At this time, smart people know that they should shut up, keep silent, and speak for the emperor, obviously to offend the entire Shilin, and they will inevitably be scolded to death in the future.

If you speak for these officials, you will definitely offend Emperor Hongzhi, and the current Emperor Hongzhi is like an angry lion, with cold and scarlet eyes, as if he wants to choose people to eat.

What's more, the things committed by these people, even if they are the nine tribes, are just that, in the famine years, they colluded with profiteers, stole official warehouses, and raised the price of grain, and I don't know how many people were killed, and I don't know how many people starved to death because of it.

Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to continue the famine to embezzle the property of the emperor and the crown prince, to restrict the imperial power, to control the imperial power, which is something that no emperor can tolerate.

The people present were all smart people, and they obviously knew this very well, so everyone was silent and did not speak.

"Liu Aiqing, tell me about it."

Emperor Hongzhi saw that everyone didn't speak, and after thinking about it, he also named him.

"Your Majesty, in the famine years, colluding with profiteers, stealing official warehouses, and raising grain prices are naturally unforgivable, and should be handled in accordance with national law, but this case is widely implicated, and the minister thinks that it should be handled cautiously.

Liu Jian pondered for a while, and after thinking about it, he could only say his opinion.

His speech was obviously also very level, first saying that those who committed sins are unforgivable, which made Emperor Hongzhi's face look much better.

Then the conversation changed, and he also pointed out the problems existing in the factory and health affairs, and proposed that the minister of the DPRK and China should be involved in the investigation of the case, and be more cautious in the handling of this case, which is also equivalent to giving Shilin an explanation, so as not to offend Shilin.

Although his words are duplicitous, they are all tenable and unspeakable.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi still listened to his teacher's words, and although he was angry now, Emperor Hongzhi did not lose his mind, and nodded slightly after listening.

Then he looked at Li Dongyang and said, "What do you think of Li Aiqing?" ”

"The minister thinks that what Liu Gong said is very true, and this case is widely implicated, involving many ministers in the DPRK and China, so it should be cautious and needs to be carefully investigated and tried."

Li Dongyang thought about it and said solemnly.

Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng glanced at each other, and also said: "The minister also supports Liu Gong's words. ”

Hearing the words of the three of them, Emperor Hongzhi was silent, and then looked at the British Duke Zhang Mao.

Zhang Mao saw that Emperor Hongzhi came over, and he secretly said in his heart, this is a matter between the ministers and Emperor Hongzhi, and he, a military general, doesn't want to participate in it.

But now Emperor Hongzhi attaches great importance to the military generals and nobles, and he also attaches importance to himself, and he will let himself express his views and opinions on any major events, so he also has to have his own views and attitudes, and he can no longer be like air as before.

Zhang Mao is a smart man, he saw the killing intent in Emperor Hongzhi's eyes at a glance, and he also saw the weakness of Emperor Hongzhi's temperament.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this case is related to the imperial power, related to the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how much we attach importance to it, it is not too much, for those who endanger the country, we must not be tolerated, and must be severely punished to warn the world."

"However, Your Majesty has always been virtuous, has always loved the people like a son, and does not like tyranny and punishment, and this case is very widely implicated, there are 54 ministers of the DPRK and China involved in it alone, as well as local dignitaries, officials and officials, and even implicated in the tragedy of several grain merchants."

"Therefore, the minister believes that this case should be handled cautiously, so as not to cause unjust, false and wrongful cases and damage His Majesty's reputation."

The essence of Zhang Mao's words is actually no different from Liu Jian's words, but the details are still different, Liu Jian's side focuses on the famine, while Zhang Mao focuses on the root of these people's restrictions on imperial power and threats to the Ming Dynasty, which is very different.

If it is just collusion with grain merchants to make a fortune, although it should be killed, it will generally not implicate the family, but if it involves the great imperial power, it is almost the same as rebellion, and it will implicate the nine clans.

After listening to Zhang Mao's words, Emperor Hongzhi smiled and nodded with satisfaction, and finally looked at Xiao Jing and said, "Xiao Jing, what do you say?" ”

Xiao Jing, as the secretary of Emperor Hongzhi, used to talk about national affairs, but he didn't have his share, and he could only stand on the sidelines and listen honestly, so he is also used to doing this now, standing next to him and listening carefully.

But he didn't expect that Emperor Hongzhi would now ask his opinions and ideas, which made him a little flattered, and at the same time a little surprised, in his own words, all the honor and disgrace of these eunuchs are maintained in the emperor's body, the emperor is more favored by himself, and life is naturally better.

"Back to Your Majesty, this case is only a preliminary trial at present, and there are still many things that have not been clarified, and although the ministers known at present are all important ministers in the court, none of these people can take the lead, so we also think that there are more and higher leaders behind the scenes."

"I also think that this case should be tried carefully and carefully, and strive to find out all the social moths."

Xiao Jing thought for a while and said.

In the process of investigating this case, Xiao Jing has already discovered this, there are definitely more people involved in this case than the current dozens of people, there must be real bigwigs in the DPRK and China who have not been found out, these bigwigs have always acted cautiously, and rarely leave clues, and it is definitely not easy to find out.

But Xiao Jing is still confident, the power of the factory guards is very strong, and it is their specialty to do this, not to mention that dozens of officials have been caught now, and it is not impossible to pry their mouths open and find bigger big fish.

Hearing Xiao Jing's words, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Ma Wensheng immediately frowned slightly, and secretly said in their hearts that it was bad, dozens of ministers had already been implicated, and if this was implicated again, who knew how many people would be involved, and the real boss in the court would be involved.

"Eunuchs are really not good things~"

Zhou Jing couldn't help but scold in his heart, and he was even more disgusted with the eunuchs and factory guards.

"In the future, I still have to persuade Your Majesty not to rely on the power of eunuchs and factory guards, if this case continues to be investigated like this, maybe it will be the same as those cases at the time of the founding of the country, and tens of millions of people will die by then."

Liu Jian also thought so in his heart.

"Well, who would think of restricting imperial power?"

"Originally, Your Majesty was a generation of Ming Jun, a pro-virtuous minister and a villain, so it will not be easy to live in the future."

Li Dongyang sighed in his heart, but figures flashed quickly in his mind, thinking carefully about who the person behind this would be.

"Since you all think that this case is widely implicated and should be tried carefully, then let's do it, Xiao Jing is still here to investigate this case, but Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Zhang Mao, the three of you, as supervisors, are responsible for supervising the trial of the factory guard, if there is something innocent involved, you can report it to me at any time, I will not wronged a good person, but I will definitely not let go of a bad person."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at everyone, thought for a while, and said.

When he said the last sentence, he spoke very slowly, and his words were murderous, which made all the people present couldn't help but shudder slightly.

Emperor Hongzhi was really angry this time, and it was difficult for him to lose his anger without dying some people.