Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace. Heavenly Sound『『.』 ⒉

"The queen mother, His Royal Highness the Prince, according to the evidence found by the ministers now, it can be confirmed that Li Kezhuo is hungry, and in order to seek power, he added immortal powder to the elixir that should not be there, causing Emperor Daxing to dream of Bintian."

After Li Hongyu reported the facts of Li Kezhuo's case to Empress Li and Zhu Youxiao, he bowed down and expressed his views on the case, believing that Li Kezhuo had harmed Emperor Taichang's life for his own selfish interests.

"Scholar Li, has Li Kezhuo pleaded guilty?" Empress Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart when she heard this, maybe this was the best result of Emperor Taichang's sudden death, and then asked quietly.

The reason why Empress Li felt relaxed was because in this way she could avoid the forces in the court from using Li Kezhuo's matter to make a fuss and slander Li Kezhuo as a person of hostile forces, and it would inevitably be another chaotic war.

"The queen, the minister has not yet opened the court to interrogate Li Kezhuo, but with the current evidence, he is already indefensible."

Li Hongyu bowed to Empress Li when he heard this, and said, "This matter is very important, and the minister feels that Jiuqing should be interrogated to eliminate rumors and rumors from the outside world." ”

"As the scholar said." Empress Li frowned slightly when she heard this, and her eyes were full of approval when she looked at Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu acted cautiously and steadily, once Li Kezhuo's case was tried by Jiuqing, then all factions in the court would have nothing to say.

The so-called Jiuqing trial, in the Ming Dynasty, refers to the trial of the case with the participation of the six Shangshu, the Zuodu Imperial History of the Imperial Procuratorate, the Siqing of the Dali Temple, and the Tongzheng Envoy Sitong, which is the highest level of trial in the Ming Dynasty except for the emperor's imperial trial.

Later, the cabinet rose during the period of Emperor Xuande, and the cabinet members of the cabinet also attended the trial of the Jiuqing, and these people represented the highest power above the Ming Dynasty.

Because Li Hongyu was ready to try the case, Empress Li hoped that Li Kezhuo's case would be decided so as not to have many dreams at night, so she quickly made a central decree, and two days later held a Jiuqing trial in the Fusi Hall of Jinyi Weibei Town, to try the case of Li Kezhuo's dedication to the "elixir".

At that time, the case will be presided over by Li Hongyu, who has been investigating and handling the case, and will be tried by Jiuqing, cabinet members, and Tuo Gufuchen.

As soon as the government's notice on the Jiuqing trial was posted, the people of the capital fell into a boiling and became a topic of discussion on the streets and alleys.

However, to the surprise of the officials in the officialdom of the capital, Empress Li issued a central decree this time, which caused a lot of shock in the officialdom.

It is worth mentioning that Empress Li's central decree is also a decree, but it is different from the general decree process and has not been verified by the cabinet and the celebrant supervisor.

Just like the holy decree of the Wanli Emperor to mobilize the new army before his death, neither the cabinet nor the celebrant knew about it, and this was the central decree, which crossed the relevant institutions of the imperial court.

Originally, the imperial power was entrusted to heaven, and it was a matter of course for the emperor and the empress to issue a decree.

However, the situation of the Ming Dynasty was somewhat special, and the strength of the civil and official groups was the strongest among the ancient feudal dynasties.

Therefore, in the game between the monarchy and the vassals, in order to force the emperor to act according to their will, the civil bureaucracy will adopt a sense of resistance to some central decrees made without the approval of the civil bureaucracy.

For example, the appointment of some important officials in the Ming Dynasty had two forms, one was directly appointed by the emperor, and the other was the court push, which was recommended to the emperor after consultation with the important ministers of the court, and then appointed by the emperor.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, especially from the beginning of the Wanli Emperor, the establishment faction in the civil official group had a fierce game with the emperor in the court push, and some officials who were directly appointed by the emperor without court push would be fiercely criticized by the establishment after taking office.

This is also why during the Wanli Dynasty, some court officials appointed by the Wanli Emperor with a central decree would rather be officials than officials after receiving the decree, which is not how noble their sentiments are, but by the influence of the atmosphere of the court at that time.

As for some bold court officials, they would rely on their fame and authority to "return" the emperor's decree and refuse to accept it.

Although this kind of behavior seems to show the arrogance of the literati, the ending is not very good, and they are usually dismissed from their posts.

Therefore, although some officials dare to return the holy decree, few people follow suit, after all, officials who can become important ministers in the officialdom are very tactful and sophisticated, and few people will be stupid enough to directly confront the imperial power.

Now, for the first time, Empress Li has issued a decree that has not been verified by the cabinet and the celebrant supervisor, which naturally shocked the courtiers, which means that Empress Li announced to the outside world that she has begun to assist Zhu Youxiao to protect the imperial power.

Naturally, neither the Donglin Party nor the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties were willing to see Empress Li listen to the government, and Empress Li, unlike Emperor Taichang, adopted the strategy of Emperor Wanli to balance the factions of the court, which meant that they would be firmly suppressed by Empress Li in the future.

However, compared to the Donglin Party, it is good news for the three parties of Qichu and Zhejiang in the current situation, and Empress Li's factional balancing policy will obviously help them weaken the Donglin Party.

Li Hongyu was surprised by Empress Li's use of the Zhongzhi, although there was nothing wrong with Empress Li doing so, but for the courtiers, it was undoubtedly beginning to show the majesty of the empress, and through Li Kezhuo's case, the courtiers were told to gradually adapt to her existence.

Under the attention of the government and the opposition in the capital, the much-anticipated Jiuqing trial of the Fusi of Weibei Town, Jinyi, finally arrived, and the Jiuqing and cabinet members wearing white filial piety clothes arrived one after another, drinking tea and greeting in the living room, discussing today's court trial.

Although Li Hongyu had already issued a gag order to the people of Jinyi Weibei Zhenfusi, the magnates in the court still knew a lot about the case, such as the immortal powder, the equipment for refining the pill, and the wandering Fangshi.

However, since Li Hongyu had never interrogated Li Kezhuo, those powerful people in the capital did not know Li Hongyu's attitude on Li Kezhuo's case, let alone how Li Hongyu viewed the relationship between those evidences.

When the time of the trial was approaching, Li Hongyu went to the ministers in the living room to invite the jury and invited them to the trial hall, where seats had been set up on both sides for the ministers to sit down.

At three o'clock, Li Hongyu, who was sitting in the lobby, patted the shocked wood and announced that he had officially ascended to the court, and the witnesses involved in the case, such as the wandering Fangshi, were brought to the court one after another, confessing to the things they had committed.

Yunyou Fangshi was the last witness to be brought up, and when he confessed that Professor Li Kezhuo had refined the elixir that Emperor Jiajing had taken, there was a commotion at the scene, and the ministers talked to each other.

You must know that the elixir that the emperor took was not as powerful as the "elixir" offered by Li Kezhuo, which made Emperor Taichang feel refreshed after taking it, completely like a different person, and would not eat a dead person.

Li Hongyu knew the doubts in the minds of the ministers on the jury, but everything would be solved after Li Kezhuo was brought to court, so he was not in a hurry to announce the truth now, and it would be more convincing to let Li Kezhuo "say" it.

"Take Li Kezhuo!" After the Yunyou Fangshi signed his confession, Li Hongyu was shocked and shouted in a deep voice.

According to the results of Li Hongyu's previous court trial, Li Kezhuo obtained the tools for refining the pill from the Yunyou Fangshi, and then refined the "elixir" for Emperor Taichang.

According to the confession of Li Kezhuo's neighbor's subordinates, the tools for refining pills there were entrusted by Li Kezhuo to him for safekeeping, and he asked him not to tell anyone.

Yunyou Fangshi pointed out that he lent Li Kezhuo the tools for refining pills found out, and the Taoist priests and others outside the city could prove that Yunyou Fangshi was indeed refining pills in the Taoist temple, and the set of tools for refining pills that were searched seemed to be Yunyou Fangshi's.

According to Yunyou Fangshi, the method of refining the elixir he taught Li Kezhuo was once used by Emperor Jiajing, and it could not eat the dead at all, and the effect was not so great.

In addition, the drug dealer who was caught reselling banned drugs testified that the strange powder found in the utility room of Li Kezhuo's home was Shenxian San, but because he sold Shenxian San on the black market, he may have been resold layer by layer, so I don't know how Li Kezhuo obtained Shenxian San.

Now, Li Hongyu is finally going to confront Li Kezhuo, and the ministers of the jury will naturally cheer up and see how Li Kezhuo will defend himself.

It didn't take long for Li Kezhuo, who was wearing an official uniform, to be brought up by two soldiers, because he had not yet been convicted, he was able to wear an official uniform, and he was not handcuffed or shackled, but the black gauze hat had been taken off, no matter how he said that he was also a temple of Honglu Temple, and the face of the literati still had to be taken into account.

Although Li Hongyu has not interrogated Li Kezhuo, let alone tortured Li Kezhuo, and having meat and vegetarian meals three times a day can be said to have enjoyed special preferential treatment, but Li Kezhuo looked haggard at this time, his eyes were dark, the whole person had lost a lot of weight, and his eyes looked a little dazed.

Li Hongyu looked at Li Kezhuo who entered the lobby expressionlessly, he knew that Li Kezhuo must have been sleepless all night during this time, and he was extremely tormented.

It stands to reason that he should have been arraigned a long time ago, but he did not move, and this unknown fear could destroy his soul even more, so that it would deal a greater psychological blow to him than torture, so that he had no idea what his fate would be.

What's more, this case is related to the life and death of Emperor Taichang, so Li Hongyu knows that Li Kezhuo will definitely resist stubbornly, even if Li Kezhuo is arraigned, it will only be in vain, it is obvious that Li Kezhuo will not confess, so it is better to wait for the evidence to be collected and knocked him down in one fell swoop, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

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