In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, the six departments and Jiuqing gathered together today to discuss how to deal with Yu Zhigao's affairs. The so-called six departments and nine secretaries of the pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info refer to the heads of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Crime, as well as the heads of the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Department of General Administration, and there should have been nine people, except for Wang Shaohui, who was deposed from the Ministry of Officials, and there were only eight people here, plus Wei Zhongxian, the chief of ceremonies, and Huang Liji, the minister of the cabinet, a total of ten people.

There is a rule in the Ming Dynasty that the appointment of major officials must be "pushed" by the cabinet and the six ministries and nine secretaries, and the appointment can only be issued if everyone agrees or the majority agrees. In the same way, the disposition of important officials must also go through "court deliberations," so that they can appear to be brainstorming, fair and objective.

Although this rule has existed in name only since the end of Wanli, the matter of Yu Zhigao is very serious, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse decided to put this important matter in accordance with the previous law, put this important matter in front of the public for debate, and formulate a method for dealing with it.

In the hall, Tianqi sat in the middle, and the officials were on both sides, all with solemn expressions and dignified expressions.

Tianqi raised his eyes and looked at the ministers standing in the hall, these people can be said to be the decision-makers of the Ming Dynasty, since Yu Zhigao's matter has caused a lot of trouble in the city and is full of trouble, then today I want these high-ranking ministers to come up with a specific opinion, and we must not let this matter go on endlessly.

Tianqi looked around at everyone and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, I summoned you and others here today to discuss a proper result of Yu Zhigao's matter, and please speak freely and don't have any scruples!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Xue Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was the first to step out, bowed down to the apocalypse, and said: "Your Excellency, the matter of Yu Zhigao has long been decided, and today's reversal is due to someone with bad intentions and an attempt to overturn the case for those Donglin Party members. Sun Yueling and others, who were deposed back then, have now returned to Beijing, and they have been making noise in the alleys all day long, encouraging the people, and they still hope that the saint will investigate clearly, and they must be guarded against! ”

Immediately afterwards, Guo Yunhou, the secretary of the household department, also said in the prelude: "The minister agrees with this proposal, this is clearly the obscene trick of those Donglin Party members, who want to use the framing of Yu Zhigao to achieve the purpose of slandering the courtiers, and his heart can be punished!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the rest of the ministries, Du Yushi and others echoed their words, saying that Yu Zhigao was innocent, Zhu Yifeng impeached him out of selfishness, and many officials in the court were also deceived by the Donglin Party, and everyone was in the same air, completely ignoring the truth.

Tianqi frowned slightly, and said: "Today's meeting is to discuss the crime of Yu Zhigao, not to deal with those Donglin parties, and I hope that Zhu Qing will face up to the present and don't make any more surprising remarks." ”

Xue Zhen and Guo Yunhou glanced at each other, they were both speechless, today's emperor's attitude was much beyond their expectations, it seems that the emperor really plans to discuss the ugliness of the past, it is difficult to perfunctory.

Cui Chengxiu came out and said: "The saint is wise." Today's court discussion is for the purpose of dealing with Yu Zhigao, is it for slandering Donglin? However, as far as the minister knows, since the general army of Yu Zhigao in Fujian, he has repeatedly made contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and now the pacification of Haijiang and the intimidation of Hongyi are all the merits of General Yu, and General Yu is the general of the gate, and the father and son are loyal and patriotic people for both generations, how can they collude with Hongyi? This is simply absurd. The minister thought that Zhu Yifeng's words were not credible, but they were harboring evil intentions and slandering the pillar stone, and he hoped that the saint would be enlightened! ”

After hearing this, Tianqi said to the ministers: "Which other Aiqing has something to say?" ”

Huang Liji took a step forward and said loudly: "The minister has a different opinion. “

Tianqi said lightly: "Elder Ge has something to say, please speak." ”

Huang Liji said: "The matter of Yu Zhigao has stirred up the dynasty three or four times, which shows that things are by no means as simple as they seem. First there was the impeachment of Sun Yueling, and then the governor Zhu Yifeng reprimanded, it can be seen that Yu Zhigao was arrogant and arrogant, and he had long since stopped taking the court officials seriously. I have always had the practice of 'using literature to control force', and Yu Zhigao's disobedience to the two officials shows that they are domineering, and if they are not locked, I am afraid that the southeast half of the wall will be intimidated by the military town! ”

After a pause, he said, "Zhu Yi and Feng Shuzhong have counted the eight major crimes of Yu Zhigao, and the most heinous of them is disrupting maritime trade and fornicating with Hongfan. Zhu Yifeng adhered to the will of the Son of Heaven to patrol the southeast, and the policy of fixing the sea was to follow the Jinghai strategy proposed in Sun Yueling's "On the Rise and Fall of Maritime Openings and Closures". As for the fornication of the red fan, Lord Zhu even found out clearly, Yu Zhigao contacted the Dutch governor Song Ke without public discussion, and handed over the trade rights of several ports, and also vigorously cracked down on the major merchants along the coast, accusing them of thieves, and causing unrest in the coastal areas......"

"Nonsense!" Cui Chengxiu pointed at Huang Liji and shouted, "Mr. Yu, the pillar of the country, how can you be so slandered? ”

"Slander?" Huang Liji sneered, shook Zhu Yifeng's notebook, and said, "This is written by Zhu Yifeng himself." Originally, the coastal area had gradually stabilized and prospered day by day under his strategy of fixing the sea, but Yu Zhigao actually privately designated Ao Fuyong, Zheng Yiguan and others as bandits, and dispatched sailors to intercept their cargo ships, causing Ao Fuyong, Zheng Yiguan and others to rebel angrily and cut off various waterways along the coast of Fujian. Zhu Yifeng instead ordered him to dispatch the sailors to conquer Hongyi, but he once again violated the will of the governor, colluded with Hongyi, and attacked Zheng Yiguan's headquarters who originally wanted to serve the imperial court, resulting in endless war and chaos along the coast, and there was no peace! Such sins are enough to deprive officials of their official status and show their heads to the public, how can they be tolerated and indulged! ”

Cui Chengxiu sneered and said: "I've never heard that Ao Fuyong, Zheng Yiguan and others are coastal giants, but I've never heard that they are good people and obedient people. ”

Huang Li said with a straight face: "Lord Cui's words are wrong, Aotianmen has been a Fujian giant since the Wanli Dynasty, although there are occasional illegal things, but the successive governors of Fujian have all regarded it as a reliance, and have never heard of it being a giant; Zheng Yiguan, Yan Ke and other 28 righteousness are the help of the government that the previous governor Zhu Qinxiang has long identified, and they have relied on them to open Taiwan several times. Not only that, the governor Yamen also stationed officials in Beigang, Dayuan and other places in Taiwan, and coordinated with them to govern Taiwan, so that it can be said that it greatly curbed the Hongyi entrenched in Taiwan. This is simply an act of treason! ”

"You ......" Cui Chengxiu was clumsy, arguing to himself, "Zheng Yiguan is the old department of the giant Yan Siqi, and he has even invaded the coastal towns and villages several times, if these Haikou bandits are not exterminated, won't it make the coastal people feel cold?" ”

Huang Liji laughed and said, "I'm only afraid that it is Yu Zhigao and the others who are cold, not the coastal people." I often hear people say that Zheng Yiguan and others do business in Fujian, rob the rich and help the poor, and have no disturbance with the people, and the coastal people are afraid of officials but not thieves. If Yu Zhigao is not guilty, I am afraid that all the Fujian people will not accept it! ”

"Strong words, a piece of nonsense!" Zuodu Yushifang magnificently rushed in front of Huang Liji, and said angrily, "Even if Zheng Yiguan doesn't disturb the people, but in the end, it is still a business and a thief, so if the people outside are not expropriated, sooner or later they will become a disaster in the southeast!" General Yu is loyal to the monarch and does his duty, and sending troops to suppress the Kou is to do his duty, how can he criticize it arbitrarily? ”

Huang Liji sneered: "Even if you want to send troops, you don't have to collude with Dutch ships to deal with him, right?" If General Yu really has the heart to serve the country, why didn't he kill Hongyi together? ”

Fang Zhuangli blushed and roared: "The matter is urgent, the sea is powerful, in order to pacify the sea frontier, even if it is to borrow the power of Hongyi, it is not impossible!" ”

"It's a good one!" Huang Liji shook his head and sneered, and said, "Being soft to outsiders, but arrogant to the countrymen, is this the way of my Heavenly Empire to treat the people?" Zhu Yifeng had already set the strategy of 'Lord Fu', why couldn't he Yu Zhigao follow the wishes of Lord Tufu and have to meet them with swords? borrowed Hongyi to suppress Kou, and today Zheng Yiguan was suppressed, who will run Taiwan for Daming? Can we do it now? It's just going to be cheaper for those Dutch reds! ”

"For the sake of territorial stability, even if Taiwan is ceded, what if Taiwan is ceded?" Fang Zhuang roared, not giving an inch.

Huang Liji forced Fang Zhuang to look at Fang Zhuang and said: "According to your words, if Hou Jin Jianyu and I depose the sword soldiers, can we also give up the entire Liaodong?" ”

Fang Zhuangli snorted: "This ...... The two are different, how can they be generalized? ”

"Your Majesty!" Huang Liji turned around and saluted to the apocalypse, "The minister thinks that Yu Zhigao disobeyed the governor's intentions, disobeyed the yang and the yin, and ignored the overall situation, his crime is obvious, and when he sends a division to Fujian to investigate, it must not be tolerated!" ”

Tianqi looked around at everyone and said, "Do you have different opinions?" ”

"The minister disagrees."

"Disagree."

"Yu Shuai is not guilty!"

For a while, there were voices of opposition, and all of them were members of the Wei Party.

Apocalypse frowned and didn't say a word.

At this moment, a loud voice sounded, saying: "The minister agrees with the cabinet elder's proposal, and should send someone to Fujian as soon as possible to investigate the matter." ”

When everyone looked at it, it was Li Guopu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who spoke.

Cui Chengxiu was surprised, but he didn't expect him to echo Huang Liji. Long before the court meeting, he connected the six ministries and nine secretaries and reached an agreement that Yu Zhigao would not be pursued again. Although this Li Guopu failed to participate in their conspiracy, he also tactfully said that he would ignore this matter, and he believed that he thought it was a big deal, but he unexpectedly reversed on the spot and sided with Huang Liji.

Li Guopu said to the apocalypse: "At this time, the court will not be short-sighted and suppress the Zheng clan and benefit Hongyi, just as the governor Zhu Yifeng requested, he should pacify his subordinates and make them guard the Taiwan Strait to clamp down on Hongyi, so it is a long-term plan!" ”

Tianqi nodded slightly, turned his head to Wei Zhongxian and said, "What does Da Jue think?" ”

Wei Zhongxian bowed and said, "The old slave is ignorant, how dare he discuss state affairs in vain, everything is only decided by the saint." ”

Apocalypse rubbed his swollen forehead and said, "Let me think about it, I'll stop here for today." ”