In April, the imperial court decided to form three legal divisions by Wang Ji, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Zou Yuanbiao, the imperial history of Zuodu, and Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of Dali Temple, to try the cases of Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen. On the night of the preliminary trial, Wei Zhongxian presented a record of the trial process to Zhu Youxiao, which was recorded by the supervisor of the Dongchang trial.

The first to be interrogated was Xiong Tingbi, Xiong Tingbi knelt down first, and then immediately stood up: "I started from the field, reinstated Jingluo, the original proposal was to let me be stationed in Shanhaiguan, and there was no decision to stay in Guangning." Guangning is lost, and the sin lies in Wang Huazhen! ”

Zou Yuanbiao, the imperial history of Zuodu, refuted sharply: "I have said a long time ago that the loss of land and the loss of the city are the integration of merit and crime, do you still want to shirk responsibility?" Because this is what the emperor said, Xiong Tingbi has no way to refute it.

Then Xiong Tingbi objected to the "arraignment" of him. Zou Yuanbiao continued: "My own post has been repeatedly ordered by clear orders, Neiyun's 'arraignment', and the words 'confirmed trial', you actually ignore it!" You must go to prison in the Criminal Department today, right and wrong are self-evident, and you cannot resist the will. ”

Xiong Tingbi was not convinced, and defended: "I was clearly ordered to 'listen to the question', not 'send the question', and it was clearly written, how could I be sent to prison?" ”

The two argued for a long time, and Wang Ji, the secretary of the Criminal Department, took over and said: "If you refuse to enter the Criminal Department, you will ask the Jinyi Wei Banner Captain to accompany you to live in Tianxian Nunnery for a day, and we will play the emperor and ask for a ruling." ”

Xiong Tingbi couldn't, so he had to ask the emperor to issue an edict to arrest him.

After interrogating Xiong Tingbi, Zou Yuanbiao and Wang Ji both said in a polite tone: "Please Governor Wang come over." ”

As soon as Wang Huazhen entered the lobby, she knelt down and cried bitterly, saying: "My suffering is only known to myself, and it is difficult to say anything!" As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it over.

Zou Yuanbiao and Wang Ji both said: "You must admit your sins, and there will be a day when you will return to the court in the future!" After comforting for a while, they all stood up and "bowed and dispersed" with Wang Huazhen.

Zhu Youxiao asked: "Why is this Zou Yuanbiao and Wang Ji very different in their attitudes towards the two, and why didn't Zhou Yingqiu speak." ”

Wei Zhongxian replied carefully: "Back to the emperor, Zou Yuanbiao and Wang Ji are both members of the Donglin Party, Xiong Tingbi is the Chu Party, and Wang Huazhen is also a member of the Donglin Party, and he is still a disciple of Master Ye. Zhou Yingqiu is not a member of the Donglin Party, and it doesn't work to speak. ”

Zhu Youxiao laughed, I see. It seems that the information in his previous life is wrong, and the Donglin Party members are not all loyal, and it is obvious that the party is the same and different, so he said: "Do the Donglin Party members dare to be so unscrupulous in favoring their own people and attacking people from other parties?" ”

"The little one once heard that Zuo Guangdou of the Donglin Party once said a sentence: If you are not a fellow believer, you are an enemy."

"Hehe, interesting, if you are not a fellow enemy. It seems that the Donglin Party wants to be dominant, and at any time, one-party dictatorship is unacceptable. You can carefully check for me which party each minister of the DPRK and China belongs to, and I want to engage in multi-party cooperation, and I absolutely cannot allow you to be dictatorial by one party. ”

Although Wei Zhongxian couldn't understand what the emperor was saying, at least he understood what he was going to do, so after saluting and withdrawing, he immediately asked people to clean up the partisan affiliation of the ministers of the court and the central government so that they could report to the emperor.

After Zhu Youxiao heard Zuo Guangdou's famous words, he thought about it again, so he summoned Wang Tiqian and asked, "Can you check who is the first Jinshi between Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong." “

Wang Tiqian bowed and said: "Holy Lord, the slave and maid remember that both of them were Jinshi in the thirty-second year of Wanli. “

Zhu Youxiao said: "Do you remember the time of each Jinshi clearly?" So powerful? “

Wang Tiqian shook his head again and again: "The slave maid just made a statistic on the information of officials above the fourth grade, in case the emperor can inquire at any time." “

Zhu Youxiao said: "The two are Jinshi in the same year, I remember that Xu Guangqi's official rank has always been higher than Sun Chengzong's, why do I want to promote Xu Guangqi to be a scholar and the ministers have to oppose it, but no one opposes Sun Chengzong's entry into the cabinet?" “

Wang Tiqian lowered his head and said, "The slave doesn't dare to say it." “

"Forgive your innocence, you say."

"The slave maid believes that most of the cabinet members are from Donglin, and most of the ministers of the DPRK and China, especially the officials, are also from Donglin, and Mr. Xu is not from Donglin."

Zhu Youxiao thought that it should be like this, he smiled and said, "Wang Tiqian, who else are there in your family?" “

Wang Tiqian knelt on the ground: "The slave's parents died early, and now there is still a brother and a brother in the family, as well as nephews and nieces and others. “

"Have you ever thought of choosing an incense stick from your nephew?"

Wang Tiqian kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty, slaves and maids dream of it." "Eunuchs can't have children, so many eunuchs will inherit their own incense with a son, and the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty want to accept their stepsons, they must be given by the emperor, of course, there are sneaky ones, but that is not recognized by others.

"Okay, you are really good, I gave you a nephew to inherit your name and inherit your incense."

Wang Tiqian was so excited that his whole body trembled, in order to avoid losing his manners in front of the king, he waited until he walked out of the imperial study for a long time before he began to cry loudly, but there was an irrepressible joy in that cry.