Since Emperor Hongzhi summoned the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to talk about this matter in Fengtian Palace, it shows that he has already made up his mind about the Zhou family.

Since Emperor Hongzhi has made up his mind, Xie Zhi has nothing to scruple about.

Xie Zhi cleared his throat and told all the evidence he found in front of these ministers of civil and military affairs.

Xie Zhi's previous talk about bullying men and women and taking away people's fertile land, although they are also evil, they can be predicted.

When Xie Zhi said that Zhou Shou ordered his grandson to poison Emperor Hongzhi and killed Zhu Xiurong by mistake, the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar.

Assassinate Emperor Hongji, isn't this a fantasy?

Aren't all these existing things in the Zhou family due to the gift of Emperor Hongzhi? Would anyone be so stupid as to destroy their foundations?

Even Xie Qian's hardcore ally, Liu Jian, who has always regarded Xie Zhi as his own nephew, expressed his suspicions and asked, "Xie Zhi, can you find this evidence true?" If there is no conclusive evidence, it is a false accusation. ”

If someone else raised the question, Xie Zhi would definitely think that this was speaking for the Zhou family.

Because it was Liu Jian, Xie Zhi also knew that although this was a question, it was also for his sake, so he smiled faintly and said: "If you dare to present it to Your Majesty, you have conclusive evidence, Your Majesty, since the ministers don't believe it, you might as well announce the evidence to the palace." ”

Along with the evidence, there were also people from the Zhou family and others.

Although the poisoning was mainly done by Zhou Shou and Zhou Ping, the other children of the Zhou family also did some things that violated the law.

Since it is an interrogation, then the old account and the new account will be settled.

What Xie Zhixian took out was some of Zhou Shou's power and money exchanges with the ministers of the DPRK and China over the years.

"Jiao Shilang, this account records you, right? At the beginning of the fourth year of Hongji, tsk... It's going to be a lot of 10,000 taels, right? I desperately want to know how Jiao Shilang could earn so much money in just a few years? ”

Jiao Fang has always looked down on the scholars in the south, and even some ministers from the south of the DPRK have many discords.

Xie Zhi thought that Jiao Fang had impeached him several times just because of the dispute between the north and the south.

Looking at these accounts, Jiao Fang was a little flustered, and before he could react, he heard an order from Emperor Hongzhi and said, "Take Jiao Fang!" ”

A few Han generals entered from outside the hall and directly set up Jiao Fang.

Jiao Fang was quiet, and he didn't argue, and was directly pulled out of the hall.

Next, Xie Zhi used the accounts searched by the Zhou family to name a few names in the court one by one with the accounts searched by the Zhou family.

Whether these people are pointed, they don't say a word, or they cry out for wrongdoing, anyway, as long as there is a mention in the list, they will be taken down one by one by Emperor Hongzhi's order.

Coincidentally, these people who were taken down were all impeached by the Xie family father and son before the Fengtian Temple.

There will be as many as twenty of them.

After these twenty people were taken down, Emperor Hongzhi said, "Let's go on." ”

Since Emperor Hongzhi even had to open his mouth in front of the civil and military officials about colluding with King Ning, he was ready to take action against King Ning.

If that's the case, then Xie Zhi has nothing to worry about.

Xie Zhi said loudly in the hall: "Marquis Qingyun and King Ning colluded to assassinate His Majesty, and the correspondence has been confiscated. ”

The assassination of Zhou Shou had already been expected by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and it was not surprising to say that he was conspiring with King Ning.

After Xie Zhi showed evidence of conspiracy, Emperor Hongzhi asked: "King Ning conspired with Zhou Shou, and his ambition is clearly revealed, what do you think the Qing family thinks will deal with it?" ”

Now that the evidence is conclusive, how to deal with King Ning is much simpler.

Li Dongyang, a member of the Cabinet University, took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, since the evidence is conclusive, King Ning should be summoned to Beijing, but King Ning has wolf ambitions, and ordinary summons may not have much effect. ”

Li Dongyang's suggestion is undoubtedly the most prudent, first summon into Beijing, if the king of Ning raises troops, then the imperial court is sending troops to encircle and suppress him.

The reason for this was to prevent King Ning from raising troops to confront the imperial court.

The current King Ning can live up to the glory of his ancestor Zhu Quan, and master the troops of the border town of Daning and Duoyan Sanwei, and it is time to claim 90,000 cars.

The current Ning King Zhu Chenhao's three guards, which originally belonged to the vassal king, have been abolished, and there are less than 1,000 soldiers under his command.

It is impossible for these thousand people to deal with the army of the imperial court.

After Li Dongyang suggested, Emperor Hongzhi didn't say more, and said directly: "Li Qing's words are very true, Yun Zhongbo listens to the order, and you are sent to Qin, take a hundred people from Yun Zhongwei, and immediately go to Nanchang, raid King Ning's mansion, and escort King Ning and his family into Beijing." ”

It was a long way from Beijing to Nanchang, and even if he led the team all the way without stopping, it would have to be more than ten days later when he arrived.

In the past ten days, a lot of accidents can happen.

After thanking him for the order, Emperor Hongzhi immediately said: "I will send the British Duke Zhang Mao to assist." ”

Zhang Mao was after Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu followed Zhu Di to raise troops, and was counted as a veteran of Jingnan and died in the Battle of Dongchang.

His son Zhang Fu made great achievements in the pacification of Annan and died on the way to Tumu Fort.

The Zhang family is full of loyalty, and Zhang Mao's status is naturally rising, and he is quite trusted by Emperor Hongzhi.

After Emperor Hongzhi gave Xie Zhi another decree, he then said: "The cadres of the Zhou family and a group of criminal officials will be taken into custody first, and they will be punished together after King Ning is escorted into Beijing. ”

This is tantamount to putting Zhou Yu under house arrest as well.

After the decree was issued, Emperor Hongzhi got up and said, "Retreat from the court." ”

After coming out of the Fengtian Palace, Xie Zhi and Zhu Houzhao found Emperor Hongzhi in the Warm Pavilion.

At this time, if Emperor Hongzhi is in poor health, then the matter will be big.

After entering the warm pavilion, Emperor Hongzhi had just taken his seat, and Zhu Houzhao took the lead and said: "My father's body has not recovered yet, so I should go back to rest." ”

Emperor Hongzhi raised his hand and replied, "I don't get in the way. ”

Zhu Houzhao still wanted to speak, but Emperor Hongzhi said: "Xie Zhi, King Ning has colluded with the ministers of the court, his ambition has been inflated, you go to Nanchang, King Ning will not be restrained, you have to prepare early, I grant you to mobilize the soldiers of the surrounding guards, once there is a situation that you can't deal with, you can mobilize troops to help, and King Ning's disaster will be solved in the shortest possible time." ”

Xie Zhi really didn't expect that Emperor Hongzhi would grant him the talisman that mobilized the world's soldiers and horses.

The importance of this is clear without words.

Not to be thanked to refuse, the talisman has been taken out by Emperor Hongzhi.

Since Emperor Hongzhi trusted, Xie Zhi followed.

After taking the talisman, Emperor Hongzhi raised his head and said, "Let's leave early." ”

At this time, any other words of persuasion are useless.

Xie Zhi arched his hand and replied: "Obey." ”

After coming out of the palace, Xie Zhi sent He Sanyou back to Yunzhong to guard the troops.

Xie Zhi took advantage of this effort to go home.

I don't know how long I have to go to Nanchang, so I have to go home and report to his wife.

Mrs. Xie knew that Xie Zhi had been investigating the murder of the princess in Beijing in the past few days.

Before Xie Zhi came back, Mrs. Xie heard some gossip about this matter.

The status of relatives like the Zhou family has always been quite transcendent, and it is not that courtiers have been impeached over the years.

But no matter how many impeachments are made, the last unlucky ones are often the ones who are impeached, and the position of the Zhou family has always been unshakable.

Xie Zhi has now found out the Zhou family, if Emperor Hongzhi sincerely protects the Zhou family, then the Xie family will be unlucky in the end.

Although Mrs. Xie can handle the affairs of the Xie family's family in an orderly manner, she is a woman after all, and her heart is relatively small.

Although Mrs. Xie did not explicitly inquire about the Zhou family, her worries were already revealed.

Xie Zhi smiled and took the initiative to comfort: "Mother, don't worry, your relatives have always been the cancer of the imperial court, Your Majesty also has a temper, this provocation, Your Majesty will never let it go again, after this incident, the son can be regarded as a meritorious hero of the court, Mother, the son will definitely fight for his mother, and glorify his ancestors for the Xie family." ”

Xie Zhi's words made Mrs. Xie very useful.

The worry on Mrs. Xie's face gradually disappeared, replaced by relief, and said: "My son's ambition is very ambitious, and the person who is a mother does not ask for his son to be heard by the princes, but I am afraid that my son can live a safe and smooth life, you should carefully consider what you do before you do, don't forget that there is still a mother at home to worry about you." ”

When he said this, he was a little teary-eyed.

Well... It must have been because the wind was too strong.

Xie Zhi smiled and said, "Don't worry, mother, you don't know your son yet, how can your son not protect his own people, if he is in danger, his son will run away." ”

Xie Zhi's joking cunning made Mrs. Xie's face smile even worse, and said, "You child, go and do your errand, you find some wives to come back, and your mother doesn't have to worry about you like this." ”