As soon as they heard that all the officials in Beijing were going to attend tomorrow's court meeting, everyone knew that some things were due for a showdown.

What is the saying for a major case of rebellion? It is estimated that there will be a clear understanding at the court meeting.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of discussion among officials, or among the people. They are all curious, what evidence does the emperor have to prove that everyone from the cabinet ministers to the grain merchants are involved in the rebellion?

It just so happened that at this time, the martial law of Jingshi was finally lifted, and everyone could come and go freely, even if they left Jingshi.

As a result, the business of the restaurant teahouse is booming again, and without exception, the hot topic being discussed in every place is tomorrow's court meeting.

"You say, Yang Gebu...... Did Yang Sichang rebel? ”

"Who knows? People are not separated from the belly heart! ”

"This son thinks no, he is a cabinet assistant, can his power be comparable to Zhang Shoufu in the Wanli period? A civilian official plotting to usurp the throne is simply impossible in our Ming Dynasty! ”

"That's right, he doesn't hold the military power, and he is not the dominant man in the court, so it is impossible to usurp the throne!"

"But doesn't the emperor have evidence? Just see what the evidence is tomorrow! ”

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No matter where it is, the basic point of view is the same, no one thinks that Yang Sichang has the possibility of rebellion, even if he colludes with Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda, as well as Liu Meicai and others, as well as those grain merchants, there is basically no possibility of rebellion! At least in the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a rebellion!

In this way, they are even more curious, what evidence will the emperor have to prove that these people have rebelled?

At the same time, in the hearts of the vast majority of people, they tend to Yang Sichang and others not to rebel, and they are a little sympathetic to them, feeling that Emperor Chongzhen is likely to rely on imperial power to beat them into rebellious ministers.

Some people, from the perspective of the factory guards, think that the emperor is because the treasury has no silver, so he uses this method to loot a large amount of silver in a short time. What this means is, everyone doesn't dare to say it explicitly, but in fact, there is no need to say it explicitly, everyone understands that it is nothing more than framing them for rebellion.

"Ah, those grain merchants are indeed hateful, but if they want to be guilty of rebellion, then they will punish the nine clans, this is really miserable!"

"It's not, there are also those imperial historians, who have been cold for ten years, thousands of miles for officials just for money, and they have made a lot of money, and if they are caught, they will be caught, this judgment is a rebellion, ah, it's really miserable!"

"Isn't that the Yang Cabinet Department the same, and finally became an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, this is ......"

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In this way, whether it is those officials or ordinary people, they have a faint sense of rejection of Emperor Chongzhen. I feel that the emperor is too much and too cruel to do this. However, they can't help it, the emperor is the emperor after all, and they can only sympathize with those courtiers who were convicted of rebellion. As for those grain merchants, there are not many sympathizers, and the only sympathy is only their families.

So, under the watchful eye, the morning meeting that everyone was looking forward to finally began.

On this morning, all the officials who were eligible to attend the court meeting in Beijing rushed to the outside of the Forbidden City early. Quite a few people have hidden the music in their hands. If the emperor could not provide convincing evidence in the case of rebellion, they were ready to resign. If the emperor is allowed to go on like this, who can stand it if he deducts the hat of rebellion at every turn!

The future of all is at stake, and the atmosphere is more solemn than ever. At least in the eyes of these civil and military officials, it is even more tragic. It's like a bit of Jing Ke's tragic mood of assassinating King Qin. In case the evidence of the emperor is not convincing, then the only way to say goodbye to the official career is to say goodbye.

This time, Emperor Chongzhen did not delay, and soon came, and after the ministers greeted him, he began this court meeting.

Zhong Jiong, the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, took the lead in coughing, and said: "Your Majesty, now that the factory guards have arrested many officials, which has caused panic among the officials in Beijing, please make it clear that you don't know what crimes these officials have committed?" It has been many days since the great crime of conspiracy against the previous one, and I don't know where the evidence is? ”

He was one of the few people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate who was not arrested, and the imperial history in the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was basically arrested by the factory guards. It is reasonable for him to come out and ask for an explanation.

Moreover, Shoufu Xue Guoguan is not convincing to the public, many people know that he is the emperor's lackey, and it is difficult to arrest so many officials, and he has his idea. Therefore, no one pinned their hopes on Xue Guoguan to stand up for them.

This happened to a large extent thanks to Yang Sichang. It was he who passed on Xue Guoguan's suggestion behind his back, making others think that Xue Guoguan did not consider the civil official group at all, and helped the imperial power to damage the civilian group.

Lin Xiangji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also followed and said: "Your Majesty, it is not easy to delay the rebellion for a long time. And the previous time there was just a case of rebellion against the former Chengguo Gong, and now there is a major case of rebellion from the cabinet to the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet and down to the grain merchants. ”

Both of them secretly hid the resignation, and if the emperor didn't give an explanation today, he would resign and not do it.

The two of them took the lead, and many other courtiers also followed suit, echoing their remarks, and the focus was on this major case of rebellion. Because everyone knows about corruption, basically there is corruption, and the emperor has to be serious, but it is difficult to say. Therefore, if you want to solve the situation that the emperor will let the factory guards arrest people at every turn, the only way to break through is to break through the point of rebellion.

Seeing that a large number of courtiers below all demanded that the evidence of the rebellion case be released, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help sneering in his heart, because he knew that these people, including the people, were now framed by the emperor for their rebellion.

After glancing at the demeanor of the ministers, Emperor Chongzhen said with a cold face: "Since all the ministers want to know the evidence, then I will make it public today!" ”

After finishing speaking, he named and said: "Where is Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard?" ”

"The last general!" When Li Ruolian heard this, he immediately came out and hugged his fists in response.

"Bring people up and talk to the court and the princes!"

Li Ruolian naturally knew who to bring, so he agreed and went down to bring people.

When the courtiers heard this, they were all silent. They want to see, who the emperor is going to bring over to talk about the rebellion? Is it a false accusation, they believe they can see it!

To their surprise, the people brought by the Jinyi Guard's command envoy turned out to be two young women. One of them, the Imperial Historian who was not arrested, also recognized the two people, and couldn't help but lose his voice and said, "The daughter of Kochi County? You guys...... Haven't you been taken away by the captives? ”

The people who came were naturally Gao Qingxue and Gao Qingju.

When he heard the voice, he looked at it, and he recognized it as his father's same year, and he had met him several times before.

As soon as he saw the old man, he forgot Li Ruolian's explanation, and he didn't give the emperor a salute first, so the tears came down, and he exclaimed sadly: "Uncle Guo!" ”

This Guo Yushi knows the measure, let them hurry up to give the emperor a salute, and then he wants to listen, what will these two nieces say?

Other civil and military officials are also curious, these two seem to be the daughters of Kochi County who have been martyred in the city, what can they know?

After the ceremony, Gao Qingxue began to talk about herself. It starts from being besieged by the captives, the city is broken, and the suffering begins.

“…… The slave family thought that there was no way to live, but they didn't expect that a Jinyi Wei spy took the risk to save the slave family, promised to take care of the slave family's younger sisters, and let the slave family escape and report to the court......"

When Gao Qingxue said this, she glanced at these civil and military officials, and saw that they were all very concerned, and there was a little less sadness in her voice, and a little more hatred: "It is said that there is a Jin merchant named Fan Yongdou Tonglu, and I saw the Tartar in the Jianyu army and Prince Shuorui personally went out to greet this Fan thief." According to the news he inquired from the Tartars, it was said that there were many Jin merchants and Liaodong Jianyu who had fornication. Da Ming has such a traitor, how can he beat Jianyu? So he took the risk of getting the slave family to send the news. ”

When she said this, Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, interjected and said: "After the Fan thief went to the Jianyu military camp, Jianyu suddenly went south and raided Jinan Mansion, and King De fell. ”

Hearing these words, everyone who didn't know couldn't help but be very surprised.

Originally, they were all concerned about the rebellion case of Yang Sichang and others, but they didn't expect that what the emperor asked people to say turned out to be another very shocking news.

In the past, the emperor deduced from the timing of the previous few times that there was a possibility of a traitor in the Ming Dynasty. However, it seems that Yang Sichang and others denied it, and then this matter was not mentioned again.

This Jin merchant Fan Yongdou, many officials present have heard of it. After all, Fan Ji Qian Zhuang is very famous in Beijing. In the past, because of the good reputation, the silver tickets in most people's hands were Fan Ji Money.

However, they soon thought about it again, and Fan Ji Qianzhuang was seized by the factory guards because it was found that he had an affair with the eunuchs in the palace in the Chengguo Gong conspiracy case.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuji immediately asked, "I don't know who the Jinyi Guard's secret agent is, and when did he sneak into the Jianyu Army?" ”

"Yes, these things are really surprising. Jin merchants are only, why should they be captured? Zuo Du Yushi also asked.

Li Ruolian glanced at the emperor, shook his head and said, "The identity cannot be announced for the time being." ”

As soon as they heard this, many officials had opinions. Who do you name this agent is? That's not because you brocade guards are talking nonsense. Well, there is no such person at all, right?

Li Ruolian guessed what they were thinking, but she didn't pay attention to it at all, and turned her head to the other woman and gave an order.

Gao Qingju began to talk about the situation on her side and said: "The sisters of the slave family are gone, and only the slave family is left, and when they cross the Wei River, they ......."

She told all the events of that day, and of course, Han Leyu who found her was mentioned.

This is involving the Son of Heaven Force, with names and surnames, although the process seems to be very thrilling, but after all, there are other witnesses.

"Your Majesty, can you pass that Han Leyu to ask him face to face?" Lin Xiangji bowed down and asked the emperor for instructions.

However, at this time, most of those who don't want to believe it still don't believe it, thinking that this can also be made up, and they can't ask anything if they ask it in person.

Han Leyu had already returned to Beijing at this time, and Emperor Chongzhen naturally would not disagree, so he passed on the decree, and Han Leyu, who had been waiting for a long time, arrived soon.

So, Lin Yuji and the others immediately asked Han Leyu about the details of the battle of Weihe that day.

Of course, Han Leyu told the truth, and even took off his clothes on the spot and showed the scars on his arms to prove that he was not lying.

But even so, those who don't believe it still don't believe it, because under the pressure of the emperor, these things can actually be made up.

As a result, a civil official said: "Your Majesty, if it is only these evidences, if it is made public, I am afraid that it will not be convincing to the people, especially many Jin merchants, who will cry out for injustice." The stakes are high, so please be careful! ”

Lin Yuji also played: "Your Majesty, businessmen pursue profits, and there are black-hearted people, which is also human nature. But what does this have to do with the case of Yang Sichang and others? ”

He asked about a major case of rebellion before, but the emperor made people say that the Jin merchants were captured. He didn't care about these Jin merchants, or rather, he was more concerned about the big rebellion case. After all, the matter of rebellion affected them the most, and they didn't want the emperor to deviate from the topic.

Today, the emperor must give an explanation, otherwise, this official will not be able to be an official.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he just said lightly: "Zhuqing is a little restless, and wait patiently. ”

After finishing speaking, he nodded at Li Ruolian again.

Seeing the emperor's bland demeanor, Lin Xuji couldn't help but be a little stunned, looking back, the emperor seemed to be in his chest, okay, and look at it.

So, they didn't see Li Ruolian bring anyone this time, but took out a confession from his sleeve and read it in public.

This confession is Fan Ji Qian Zhuang Fan Fu.

The above describes the things that this Fan Fu did, including the incident of being secretly arrested by Jin Yiwei.

As soon as this confession was released, it was surprising.

If it is said that in the previous incident, the secret agent of Jinyi Wei did not disclose his identity, it is possible to make it up blindly, then this matter, there are names and surnames, and there are many people involved.

For example, it involved Liu Meicai, the imperial history, collusion with the palace people, and their conspiracy to bring down Lu Xiangsheng, the commander of the Qinwang army. In addition, there were guards at the gates who could testify about the day of the arrest.

Although these things are not explicitly blamed, the impact of each of these things is very great. From these things, it can be seen that Fan Ji Qianzhuang wants to control the situation and make the situation favorable to Jianyu.

It was also at this time that many people suddenly realized that the factory guard had noticed that there was a problem with this Fan Ji Qian Zhuang, and then followed the case of Chengguo's conspiracy against him, and he just caught it, right?

At this moment, many officials feel that the water in this Jin Shang case is very deep. Now that the imperial history Liu Meicai has been brought out, I don't know who will be in the back? When they thought about this, they thought of Yang Sichang.

At the same time, some of them also thought that they had dealt with Fan Ji Qian Zhuang more or less. Could it be that you have problems with those things, right?

Thinking about it made them a little nervous.

In fact, when Fan Ji Qian Zhuang was able to become the first money village in Beijing, in fact, there were many dignitaries and nobles who provided protection and platform for Fan Ji Qian Zhuang. Of course, most of them only do it when they see the money and do it for the sake of the money.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the courtiers below and soon discovered this phenomenon. When Li Ruolian shook out the matter of Fan Ji Qianzhuang, there were many officials who had a lot of indignation on their faces, and it seemed that there was a lot less.

Hehe, the best is yet to come! Emperor Chongzhen sneered in his heart and motioned for Li Ruolian to continue.

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