Chapter 203: Sentenced to Ling Chi
Kong Wenshi didn't expect that he had ignored this, maybe he was not good at framing others, so after listening to Kong Yinzhi's words that he had better blame Yuan Keli to ensure the peace of the Confucian Sect of the Northern Sect for a hundred years, he hastily imitated a secret letter that could frame Yuan Keli. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Kong Wenshi once served as Yuan Keli's staff, and he was familiar with Yuan Keli's writing style, and he was also very talented, so it was easy to imitate secret letters, so he believed that this move could frame Yuan Keli's success.
But he didn't expect His Majesty Zhu Youxiao to be thoughtful, and his own clumsiness in slandering others, so far it was self-defeating, and His Majesty suddenly saw the clues.
Seeing this, Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi also hated it, and secretly scolded this Kong Wenshi for being a stupid nerd, and he couldn't even do this kind of thing, and he was even a little worried that Kong Wenshi would not be able to stand the oppression of His Majesty Zhu Youxiao and tell the truth.
But now, seeing that Kong Wenshi still admitted that he was guilty, and took the initiative to add a charge to himself for framing the minister, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Kong Wenshi may be naïve in framing others and other crooked ways, but the willpower is indeed tenacious, and he will never let go after recognizing one thing, and now it is the same, he took the initiative to carry the black cauldron to himself with the determination to sacrifice for his clan and Confucian status, in addition to the crime of mutilating the girl, he also took the initiative to carry the charge of framing the minister.
Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao was also furious and looked at the hard bone in front of him who only said that he was guilty, and finally couldn't help but kick it over, and the kicked Kong Wenshi fell directly to the ground, snorted, spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, didn't say anything, and still knelt in front of Zhu Youxiao: "Please punish Your Majesty, don't treat others!" ”
"Good, good!"
Zhu Youxiao laughed angrily: "In this case, Kong Wenshi, I will fulfill you!" ”
"Passing on my will, the official gentry Kong Wenshi confessed to the crime of mutilating the girl, and tried to frame the important ministers of the Three Dynasties and their Engong Mountain 0 East Governor Yuan Keli, who is really a heinous person with no humanity and no virtue and benevolence, and immediately removed himself and his descendants from all official bodies, and he himself was sentenced to Ling Chi, 3,500 knives, and escorted to Beijing for execution!"
Kong Wenshi also instinctively turned pale when he heard this, he had already made up his mind to be executed by His Majesty, but he didn't expect His Majesty to be so ruthless, and directly sentenced himself to Ling Chi or 3,500 knives.
However, since he had already determined that he wanted to save the clan and protect Confucianism with his death, he did not regret it, except for a few tears that fell unconsciously, he didn't say anything, and finally gritted his teeth and kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty is complete!" ”
Zhu Youxiao thought that he could scare off this Kong Wenshi by announcing such a severe punishment, but he didn't expect that Kong Wenshi still didn't let go and didn't regret it, so he could only snort and didn't say anything.
Zhu Youxiao didn't understand what kind of power this clan had to make a person even afraid of Ling Chi, and was willing to take the blame for the traitors in the clan?
Although Yuan Keli was dissatisfied because Kong Wenshi framed him, he also sympathized with Zhu Youxiao when he punished Kong Wenshi so heavily, and he could also see that Kong Wenshi was obviously taking responsibility for himself, so Yuan Keli couldn't help but give his hand and said: "Your Majesty, is Ling Chi's punishment too much, can you keep his whole body for the sake of his active confession?" ”
"People are going to splash dirty water on you, what are you asking for for him, I have made up my mind, no need to say more!" Zhu Youxiao, who was a little annoyed, couldn't help but reprimand Yuan Keli.
Zhu Youxiao knew that his move might be because he was angry that these people were angry for the clan and did not care about their own lives, but he also wanted to use it to deter those scholars and officials who only had clans and no great wisdom in their eyes.
If they are only for the former, then Kong Wenshi's fate is their best witness!
As soon as Zhu Youxiao's words came out, Kong Yinzhi, the Holy Prince, was in a hurry to settle the case, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”
Kong Yinzhi did not show that he wanted to intercede for Kong Wenshi because Kong Wenshi was his own fellow person, but he pretended to be upright, but he showed righteousness and killed his relatives, and said: "Although Kong Wenshi is a descendant of a saint, he is a wolf-hearted and dog-hearted, and he really lost the face of my Kong family. ”
"The same is true for Weichen", Zuo Bu's political envoy Gu Tingzhuo also echoed at the same time, praising Zhu Youxiao for being wise and decisive, acting simply, worthy of the words of the Emperor Qianqiu, and really scolded Kong Wenshi, degrading Kong Wenshi as useless, it seems that only in this way can he show that he is a righteous man and a gentleman.
According to the envoy Wang Ren, Luo Maoji, the prefect of Yan0 Prefecture, and Kong Zhenkan, the governor of Qu0 Fuzhi, also echoed one after another: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”
Zhu Youxiao was very unhappy at this time, in his opinion, what these Shandong magistrates who supported Kong Yinzhi said at this time was simply mocking themselves, and they couldn't help them in the end.
Yuan Keli was also speechless at this time, with a cold face, the most hateful thing was not Kong Wenshi who knelt on the ground at this time, but the group of sinister and despicable people who stood on the dry shore and regarded themselves as righteous men and gentlemen. They are using the cover given to them by Kong Wenshi to show off their victory.
"Yuan Keli!"
Zhu Youxiao shouted coldly, Yuan Keli stepped forward and arched his hand: "The minister is here!" ”
"Whether this case was committed by Kong Wenshi or not, even if he himself admits that it was committed by himself, don't file it in Dali Temple of the Criminal Department first, there are still many doubts in this case, even if Kong Wenshi is the culprit, there should be other people involved, I order you to still pay attention to this case during your tenure!"
Zhu Youxiao's meaning is very clear, don't you want me to think that this case will be closed as soon as possible because Kong Wenshi came out as a scapegoat? But I am not as good as you wish, so that you have been hanging this heart.
Kong Yinzhi looked at Zhu Youxiao in amazement, he and Zhu Youxiao sensed His Majesty's anger towards him in his eyes, and he naturally understood in his heart that he had completely offended His Majesty today.
But sometimes this is something that can't be helped, he Kong Yinzhi is not a person who doesn't know how to be flexible, he can accept being a vassal to a foreign race, shaving his hair and being a slave, as long as he recognizes his privileged position in front of the common people, he will have no complaints.
But now His Majesty wants him to give up his privileged position and pull his clan down from the altar, so even though Kong Yinzhi knows that he may suffer more serious consequences if he fights with His Majesty today, he still thinks that he can take the risk of being tough with Emperor Ming again.
After all, throughout the more than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, especially since the Chenghua year, there have been cases of confrontation against the emperor, but most of the time it has not caused much trouble, even Hai Rui scolded Jiajing because of Jiajing's death and was spared, so he Kong Yinzhi also looked forward to surviving until His Majesty died directly after this reform to stop His Majesty today, and his Kong family would naturally be able to escape the catastrophe at that time.
Zuo Bu's political envoy Gu Tingzhuo and other officials, like Kong Yinzhi, did not want to be investigated after Kong Wenshi was determined to be the culprit, but since His Majesty had spoken, they also had to listen.