Regarding the handling of Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, after the trial of the three law divisions, Wang Ji, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zou Yuanbiao, the imperial history of Zuodu, and Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of Dali Temple, concluded that both of them were beheaded. In the original history, Xiong Tingbi was beheaded in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and Wang Huazhen died in the fifth year of Chongzhen.

Of course, this conclusion is only a preliminary belief that the two should be killed if they lost their ground, not to be killed, but to see when the emperor wants to kill the two of them, which gives the ministers room to operate.

The ministers of the DPRK and China began a partisan rescue campaign. There are many people in the Donglin Party, starting from Ye Xianggao, the second assistant of the cabinet, Han Yi, Sun Chengzong, to Wang Ji, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Sun Shenxing, etc., and then to Zou Yuanbiao, Zuo Guangdou, etc., everyone thinks that Wang Huazhen should not die, and Xiong Tingbi should die.

Their reason was that Wang Huazhen lost Guangning because Wang Huazhen did not know the army and lacked ability, so he failed. But there is no mention of how Wang Huazhen, who lacks ability, was promoted to the position of governor by them.

And Xiong Tingbi has the ability but doesn't save Guangning, so it's not a matter of ability, it's a matter of attitude, so he should be killed.

The people in the three parties of Zhejiang, Chu and Qi led by Fang Congzhe thought that although Xiong Tingbi was named Jingluo, he could only command 5,000 soldiers in his hands, and more than 100,000 soldiers were controlled by Wang Huazhen, the governor, how could you let Xiong Tingbi dare to use 5,000 soldiers to do a task that Wang Huazhen couldn't accomplish with more than 100,000 people? At the same time, they also involved their own soldier Zhang Heming, believing that it was precisely because the soldier favored Wang Huazhen that it would cause discord and finally lose Guangning.

At this time, the bigwigs of the three parties were still in the DPRK and China, and everyone was high-spirited, which was completely different from the original history, so the two sides were fighting on an equal footing.

After Zhu Youxiao sent the verdict of the Three Law Divisions to the ministers for discussion, every day in the court, you sang and I appeared, you put your reasoning, I drew my way, and the quarrel was inextricable, and the emperor was smiling. Zhu Youxiao felt that this was like a court, it was good that the forces of the two sides were equal, one side had an absolute advantage, and the emperor himself would also be ignored by the ministers. And now, in the end, you can only be yourself.

After arguing like this for two days, it was time for the Great Pilgrimage. On this morning, Zhu Youxiao and other ministers said after visiting the shrine: "I have been thinking about a question these days, there are many ministers in the court, and they are older, so I wonder if the older ones can visit the shrine without a big salute?" ”

The ministers were all stunned, didn't you want to discuss the matter of King Xiong today, what do you mean by pulling this thing out? However, it was only a matter of confusion for a while, and then there was a group of people who opposed it, especially a few older people with high official positions, such as Fang Congzhe and Ye Xianggao, who were particularly opposed.

Fang Congzhe stepped forward first and said: "Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be abolished, there are clouds in the left, China has a great reputation for etiquette, my Huaxia is not a ruin, please Your Majesty don't say this again." Everyone agreed.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but slander, Kong Yingda is not a saint, you just listen to his words, kindly let you not kneel and worship, if you don't do it, then I can't help it, let's take my time.

So he smiled and said: "I just pity all the old ministers, since everyone is against it, then give up." I just wondered, wouldn't it be better if there were seats in the court, so that everyone didn't have to stand? ”

Ye Xianggao stepped forward and said: "The old minister has thanked His Majesty Long En on behalf of your colleagues, but just setting up a seat in the hall will make the area larger, and the colleagues in the distance will not be able to listen to Your Majesty's teachings, and it seems that the court is unwilling to discuss politics, please ask Your Majesty to judge." ”

Ye Xianggao is usually not as aggressive as Liu Yixiao and them in terms of party struggle, so Zhu Youxiao still has a good impression of him. So he said gently: "Of course Ye Gong's concerns are reasonable, I think so, set up ten seats in the hall, and then put them in the hall with futons, won't that solve Ye Gong's worries?" ”

As soon as Han Yi heard the ten seats, he immediately became interested, the meaning of ten is obviously the four ministers plus the six Shangshu, so the ministers are equivalent to the monks on an equal footing, how can this work?

So as soon as the emperor finished speaking, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that if there are ten seats, and then add a futon, it will divide the ministers and make people's hearts unfair. ”

Zhu Youxiao glanced at him meaningfully and said, "Bachelor Han's idea is reasonable, but I feel that the first assistant Fang Gong, the second assistant Ye Gong and others are older, and it is not very comfortable to use the futon, so I have this discussion." Someone came, and the chairs and futons were brought up. ”

Immediately, a eunuch brought ten chairs with a princess into the hall and arranged them in two opposite rows in front of the emperor's throne, and Zhu Youxiao said: "Please sit in the chair with the ministers and monks, and the other ministers will temporarily give way to the side, so that they can arrange the futons." ”

The person who ordered the chair walked forward to the chair, and everyone gave in again to the question of who would sit on which chair. Zhu Youxiao shouted impatiently: "I am the first Fang Shoufu on my left hand, the first Ye Cifu on the right, and then press Bachelor Han, Bachelor Sun's seat is vacant first, and the six departments of the Household Rite and Soldier Criminal Work will sit according to the order of seats, don't rank according to the number of years you are a jinshi, that is too troublesome." ”

In this way, the eight people stopped the fake model and pretended to push, and sat down in order (Sun Chengzong was not there, and the military department did not have a book now). The eunuchs arranged six rows of futons at their heads, and after some noise, the officials finally sat down in the order of the six departments and their functions in the ministry.

Everyone was secretly shocked in their hearts, the emperor had already made a plan in his heart, and the fact that the chairs and futons were ready was proof, but he had to first propose that he did not need to kneel down, and then proposed that all chairs should be used, it turned out that these were just some smoke to cover up his final purpose, this scheming, it was not like a teenager could have.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the ministers who were sitting down and said: "The time of the court meeting is sometimes very long, so that everyone sits, can they be more attentive to discuss the government affairs?" As for some people who think that this is not respectful enough, in fact, I think that this is the same as on filial piety. ”

He remembered such a sentence: Filial piety comes first, no trace of the heart, and there is no filial piety in the poor family; All evil and fornication are the first, and the deeds are not in the heart, and there is no perfect person in the world. This was originally said by the Qing people, so after Fang Congzhe heard Zhu Youxiao's question, he thought for a while before answering: "Your Majesty Shengming, all good and filial piety come first, and filial piety can only be talked about. ”

Zhu Youxiao is inexplicable, hasn't this sentence appeared at this time? Then didn't I rely on the welfare of the traverser to brush up a large wave of existence? It can be used to refute the views of the Donglin people.

So he smiled and said: "I often think about it, filial piety comes first, no matter what the heart does, and there is no filial piety in the deeds; All evil and fornication are the first, regardless of the heart, and there is no perfect person in the world. Therefore, I think that when I talk about a person's mistakes, we can only talk about deeds, not hearts. ”