Chapter 366: Heavy Punishment
"Shousuke is wise."
After being silent for a moment, and after changing his name, Shi Yiwen finally spoke,
"Only in this way is the best choice for the Ming Dynasty, the emperor, and the first assistant......"
"The best option? What about you? ”
Although he knows the pros and cons of Shi Yiwen's suggestion, Zhang Juzheng can't help but point out the key - Shi Yiwen himself!
"Me?"
Suddenly, Shi Yiwen was stunned.
"That's right, it's you, you sealed the kings in Nanyang, and after you have the princes of Nanyang, how can you deal with yourself in Nanyang? They are the country, what is your Nantianmen? Will you be my Ming Dynasty's toast, or my Ming official? ”
Widening his eyes in surprise, Shi Yiwen realized that this was indeed a problem, yes, what should he do when the time comes? Is it still possible for him to become the Emperor of the Earth at that time?
"Seal the princes in the South Seas? Haha......"
Suddenly, Zhang Juzheng stood up, and then laughed so loudly that tears flowed out of his eyes.
"Brilliant plan! Coup! Shi Yiwen, two years ago, said that he was a pure fist, and I had doubts, but today, I want to say that I met a good minister today! Haha......"
Facing Zhang Juzheng's laughter, Shi Yiwen, who was sitting there, remained silent for a long time before speaking.
"Then how will the Shoufu Club choose?"
"You go back first, I'll look for an opportunity to facilitate this in the next few days."
Zhang Juzheng's answer made Shi Yiwen finally breathe a sigh of relief, and at this moment he heard him say again.
"What is your relationship with the Emperor?"
After thinking about it, Shi Yiwen replied truthfully.
"Friends in cloth!"
"Oh?"
Glancing at Shi Yiwen in surprise, Zhang Juzheng laughed at himself.
"Hunting geese all day long, so that the geese pecked their eyes, that's it, that's it, you go back first!"
……
The day after meeting Shi Yiwen, under the instruction of Zhang Juzheng, the Criminal Department handed the emperor an excerpt in the matter, detailing the truth of Shen Xingshi and others colluding with Heng Fan to make rebellion, exposing Shen Xingshi and others' intention to "do Yihuo's affairs" to make Heng Fan's young grandson the emperor, and suggested that the collusion between officials and the clan of the vassal family should be strictly investigated.
Although it was a sure thing to make a disturbance during the Shen Xing, the ministers and workers in the capital were still taken aback by this fold, but all the officials who had contact with the royal family of this vassal family had fifteen buckets of water in their hearts.
On the afternoon of the day he received the fold, Zhu Yijun immediately summoned Zhang Juzheng urgently on the platform. When Zhang Juzheng had just sat down after his majesty's ceremony, he couldn't wait to ask:
"Mr. Zhang, is what you say in the compromises true?"
"It should be true."
"Isn't there a ban on my Daming? Isn't it strictly forbidden for the feudal lord to make friends with officials? ”
Because of the collusion with King Heng during Shen Xing, Zhu Yijun was indeed a little afraid, if it wasn't for Zhang Juzheng to grasp the information in advance and act in a hurry, I'm afraid he would have become a deposed emperor by now! Thinking of this, he not only wanted to kill King Heng, but also was full of suspicion about the vassal kings of the world, what if there was another King Heng?
"The subordinates thought that even if there was a feudal ban, the place where the official took office would always have to meet the vassal king, and it was inevitable that there would be personal friendships."
"Private friendship, private friendship, usually private friendship, but when the time comes, private friendship will become a tool for their ambition, so to speak, the ban of the Ming Dynasty is still too loose, what is Mr. Zhang's good plan for this?"
"There is no solution to this matter."
Zhang Juzheng replied frankly.
"After all, it is not in accordance with the law of etiquette for local officials to take office and not enter the country when they see it. As long as they go to see the vassal king, there will be a repetition of the old things,"
Zhu Yijun was silent for a long time, his brows were furrowed tighter and tighter, his mood at this time, but no one could pay attention to it, just two months ago, the queen was just pregnant, for him, this is good news, if he gave birth to a son, that is the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty, is the most orthodox heir of the Ming Dynasty, for him as the emperor, this is his greatest responsibility, of course, as a father he will educate him well, let him inherit the Ming Dynasty, but Shen Xingshi and others made trouble, but he felt unprecedented danger, not only him, Even the queen and her unborn children may be killed for them.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Yijun couldn't wait to eat his bones, if it weren't for the fact that the case was being heard, I am afraid that he would have issued an order to punish Shen Xingshi and the other nine clans.
"Do they really think that I don't dare to kill?"
Suddenly, Zhu Yijun said angrily.
"Hmph, Mr. Zhang, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, those who conspire against the rebellion will be punished, and the sins of those people, the nine clans that punish them are in line with the law of the Ming Dynasty!"
Listening to the emperor's question, Zhang Juzheng coughed and replied:
"Your Majesty, the ministers think that the Ming Dynasty has its own laws, and since the Ming Dynasty laws stipulate so, it should be so."
"What about the vassal clan?"
Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows and asked coldly:
"Mr. Zhang, they should be killed when Shen Xing, but Heng Fan also deserves to die to the extreme, he doesn't care about the friendship of his relatives and is willing to be driven by others, what's the use of staying in the clan like this?"
"It can be done according to the laws of the imperial court."
Zhang Juzheng replied:
"But the minister guessed that the emperor meant that he was worried about the future."
"yes!"
Zhu Yijun sighed.
"There was the rebellion of King Ning before, and now there is the rebellion of King Heng, what about the future? This time, Mr. Zhang is in charge of the dispatch and tries his best to turn the tide, but how can he be so lucky in the future? ”
Because of his youth, after experiencing betrayal, Zhu Yijun became suspicious of all the clans, even if he knew that this possibility was very small, but it did not prevent him from guessing so much for safety.
"So, there are some things that need to be prevented before they burn."
"Huh?"
"The fault of this matter lies with the subordinates, although it has long been customary for officials to befriend the vassal king, not only did the subordinates not stop it after serving as the first assistant, but blindly acquiesced, so it was a big mistake, so it needs to be strictly controlled in the future."
Zhang Juzheng confessed, Zhu Yijun felt a little better when he heard it, but he didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing, so he asked:
"Mr. Zhang, if there are any more people making trouble in the future, what should I do?"
"According to the minister's opinion, the emperor should issue a thorough investigation."
"You mean?"
"The emperor should issue a thorough investigation to thoroughly investigate whether there is a personal friendship between the officials and the feudal royal family, and if there is a personal friendship, it will be done according to the law of the Ming Dynasty!"
"This ......"
Zhang Juzheng's suggestion made Zhu Yijun nod frequently, he listened to this truth, thought for a while, and asked:
"Then if it is found out, how should it be punished according to the "Da Ming Law"?"
Zhu Yijun asked the key point at this time. Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng had thought about this question a long time ago and immediately replied:
"Emperor Qi, the order is to investigate thoroughly, it is nothing more than to warn the vassals, not only to punish, but not too severe, and to open the net in the end, so, in the opinion of the following ministers, officials can be exiled for thousands of miles to the border, and as for the vassal king's clan, they can be locked in the high wall of the central capital!"