Chapter 30: Sunset
"Why not?" Zhu Youzhen said majestically, his tone was full of undoubtedness, what happened last night made Zhu Youzhen full of confidence, thinking that he could control the entire government with Huang Liji's support, even after Wei Zhongxian fell, he only needed one or two months to stabilize the entire court situation, at that time, there was no big problem without Huang Liji. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Your Majesty, the situation in Liaodong is tense, the scourge of Houjin is not abated, the Liaodong army is already at a disadvantage, in the dispatch of 10,000 iron cavalry into Beijing, the ministers are afraid that the border defense will be lost, this is one, all dynasties, local troops into Beijing, there is no benefit to the country, resolutely will make the world talk about it, the people in the market are in fear, this is the second, the army pulls out the camp, toils and travels, and consumes grain, grass and silver, this is three, the minister begged His Majesty to take back the order, issued a holy decree, ordered Yuan Chonghuan to enter Beijing alone, and the army returned to the place where the garrison was stationed." Huang Liji was not afraid of Zhu Youzhen, and said-for-tat.
The emperor is young and vigorous, why would Huang Liji not follow the emperor's wishes, he knew that he couldn't stop it, but he came forward to stop it, in fact, to put it bluntly, it was for a face, he was the first assistant of the cabinet, and if something happened to the country, he was the prime minister of the cabinet who was the first to be scolded.
"I will tell you why Yuan Chonghuan will lead troops into Beijing, you don't know, last night, in this Beijing division, there were high-ranking officials who plotted rebellion, fortunately Jinyiwei learned in advance, and reported to me, I was afraid that the Beijing division would be in chaos, so I mobilized the border army into Beijing."
As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words fell, he only heard a lot of discussions in the entire Taihe Palace, and everyone couldn't care about the rudeness in front of the monarch anymore, and they discussed one after another, rebellion, or high-ranking officials, could it be Yang Huan, Cui Chengxiu and others?
Wei Zhongxian also had an ominous premonition, in fact, this feeling was there last night, Liu Tong, who left the palace, did not enter the palace to report the situation to himself, which was already very abnormal, plus Cui Chengxiu Yang Huan did not come to participate in the court meeting at this time, he knew that the emperor had a big situation behind his back,
"Quiet, what kind of system." Zhu Youzhen shouted as soon as he patted the dragon case.
The officials in the Taihe Hall reacted that this place was not their own mansion, but the Taihe Palace, the power center of the Ming Dynasty, so they hurriedly closed their mouths and kept quiet.
At this time, a civil official standing at the back came out and said: "Your Majesty, today the lower officials went to the court, and I saw many soldiers along the way, and after the minister stopped to inquire, he knew that these soldiers were all from the three battalions, and the people in the Beijing division were already a little panicked, and the minister dared to ask Your Majesty, has the traitor been caught?" If they are captured, when will the soldiers of the three battalions withdraw from the city, otherwise it will disrupt the normal order of the Beijing division and the normal life of the people, and it will also damage the prestige of the emperor. “
Zhu Youzhen looked at the civil official who spoke, this civil official was in the first great court meeting at the beginning of Zhu Youzhen's ascension to the throne had a deep impression of Li Shuo, when Zhu Youzhen said that he would give Wei Zhongxian Danshu Iron Coupon, no one in the Manchu Dynasty spoke to stop him, only this Li Shuo came forward to say a few words, and used some means to protect himself, at that time Zhu Youzhen felt that he was a talented and courageous person, at this time he was more determined to this idea, Zhu Youzhen was very puzzled, why did such a character not leave his name in history?
Why did Zhu Youzhen affirm that Li Shuo was a talented person? In fact, it was very simple, the Manchu civil and military forces were different from his thinking, when they saw that the capital was full of troops, of course they also knew that something was wrong, but when the emperor said that someone was rebelling, all the ministers were wondering who it was? Only Li Shuo took into account the life of the people in Beijing and the influence of soldiers walking on the streets on the imperial court, and Li Shuo and Zhu Youzhen, who stood out from the crowd, germinated the heart of reuse.
"The case of rebellion has been solved by Tian Dudu last night, and the evidence is ironclad, and I can't stay in the three major camps of the Beijing division for a few days, at most two days, and I will give an order to let them out of Beijing."
Shi Fenglai came out and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know who is plotting rebellion?" And how many accomplices? ”
"Do you all know the person who plotted rebellion, he is Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yang Huan, Cui Yingyuan and others, and many officials of the imperial court." Zhu Youzhen said softly, with no joy or anger on his face.
When Wei Zhongxian heard that the people who plotted the rebellion were Cui Chengxiu, Yang Huan and others, he felt that the whole sky had fallen, he had already cut off his arms by Zhu Youzhen, and in the face of Zhu Youzhen's butcher's knife, he thought that he no longer had the strength to resist, but there was another doubt in his heart, why did Cui Chengxiu rebel, even if he rebelled, he should inform himself in advance, blame him, or directly frame the blame.
"Your Majesty, Cui Chengxiu is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he is the emperor's favor, how could he rebel, is it that the emperor listened to other people's slander." Wei Zhongxian opened his mouth and said, he couldn't be silent.
In fact, this is the remaining evil result of the appeasement policy that Wei Zhongxian has always adhered to.
"Father-in-law Wei, the evidence is like a mountain, the evidence is like a mountain." The more Zhu Youzhen spoke, the louder he became.
"Where's the evidence?"
Zhu Youzhen picked up the proclamation handed over to him by Hong Chengchou late last night from the dragon case and read it aloud: "The emperor has no way, and a new emperor is established, Cui Chengxiu, Yang Huan, Cui Yingyuan, Sun Yunhe, Tian Ji, the names of these people are engraved on it, and the Jinyi guard came to arrest him, and he was resisted, and killed Liu Yutong, the deputy general of Beicheng, Zhang Zhongguo, the deputy general of Xicheng, Wang Mingshun, the deputy general of Xicheng, Lou Yi, the guard of Deshengmen, and the father-in-law of Wei, is this still really listening to slander, if it wasn't for someone to tell me, I'm afraid my head would have been lost a long time ago." ”
"But the emperor ......"
"Father-in-law Wei, don't say more, I know that you are close to them, you can rest assured, the first emperor trusts you so much, and I am the first emperor's imperial brother, I will also believe in you like the imperial brother, even if your relationship is good, I always believe that you are not involved at all." Zhu Youzhen interrupted Wei Zhongxian's words and said.
"Your Majesty, Cui Chengxiu's plot against the case, there should be a criminal department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple, and the three divisions will review and approve the case."
"There is a mountain of ironclad evidence, what can be tried? The fifty-six people on the list, Cui Chengxiu, Yang Huan, Cui Yingyuan, Sun Yunhe, Tian Ji and other main culprits, two days later, Ling Chi was executed, the head was passed on to the nine sides, the family wealth was filled into the treasury, the family members were over 65 years old, except for the children younger than 15 years old, but they were to be driven out of the capital and were not allowed to enter the capital forever, and the rest of the people were beheaded two days later, and the rest of the accomplices were beheaded by themselves, and the family members were distributed and the family property was confiscated, so the criminal department promulgated it according to this meaning. Zhu Youzhen treated Cui Chengxiu and the others and wanted to say things like copying and beheading, but he couldn't bear it, and he couldn't bear to exclude the children and the elderly, which could be regarded as worthy of his conscience, and Zhu Youzhen had no intention of letting the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate interrogate at all.
As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words fell, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be discussed from the beginning, Cui Chengxiu, Yang Huan and others are in important positions, if they are all executed overnight on charges of treason, lest the world be shocked, the people's will will be unstable, and the civil and military ideas in various places will be repeated, and this matter will do all kinds of harm to the country and society." I hope the emperor will consider it carefully."
Wei Zhongxian's words are backward, and there are people who move with the wind, these are also members of the eunuch party, but they are the outermost members, and most of them are the principals of some imperial histories and idle yamen.
"Your Majesty, you must not."
"Your Majesty, such a big case has not been tried by the three divisions, and it is not in line with common sense, how much criticism will people in the world have."
"Your Majesty, Cui Chengxiu is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he will never rebel, someone must have planted the blame, I hope the emperor will order the three divisions to be interrogated and find out the truth."
Zhu Youzhen listened to the words of the eunuch party, and suddenly had a feeling of wanting to laugh out loud, if Cui Chengxiu, Yang Huan and others were now standing on top of the court, their words, they would still have some scruples, but now Cui Chengxiu, Yang Huan and others are in prison, and the matter is a foregone conclusion, at this time, the performance of Wei Zhongxian's party can only make him feel that this is Wei Zhongxian's last resistance, and the sun has set, and there is no chance of victory.