As soon as this will to hand over Yang Zhen's case to the Criminal Department for trial came out, it immediately attracted a lot of discussion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The first reaction of the info officials was naturally that Feng Bao let the little emperor pass on this holy decree through his own energy, in order to protect Yang Zhen. After all, this kind of case is not big enough to be tried by the criminal department.

But as the cabinet came out with its intentions, this kind of indignant discussion suddenly dissipated. Perhaps the officials expressed their dissatisfaction with Feng Bao and even the Son of Heaven's outspoken confrontation, but no one dared to say anything about the meaning of Zhang Juzheng, the head of the cabinet who is now in power.

So the case was soon decided to be tried by the Yamen of the Criminal Department, and Yang Zhen, who was still imprisoned in the Dungeon of Shuntianfu, was naturally taken to the Heavenly Prison of the Criminal Department for detention, which was obviously a lot higher. You must know that as the highest judicial body of the Ming Dynasty, the prisoners who can be imprisoned here are not idle people, they are either stubborn people who do all kinds of evil, or brave people who plot against the law, and of course they are more losers in the officialdom struggle. It can be said that everyone who is locked up here is much more famous than Yang Zhen, a hundred households in brocade clothes.

It's just that this is not a glorious thing for Yang Zhen after all, when he was escorted into the dark prison passage where he could only hear a few slow breaths, he felt even more confused: "Is this the first step for Feng Bao and them to help me?" Wouldn't it be easier and clearer to get me out of my way? For example, directly put pressure on Shuntianfu. ”

Fortunately, Yang Zhen is also an open-minded person, even if the current situation is a little weird, he still accepts it calmly and waits for the next development. But things surprised him a little, after he was transferred to the prison of the Criminal Department, it was as if he had been forgotten, and no one was looking for anyone to deal with him, but no one had ever come to visit him, let alone try his case. And this waited for more than a month, from the end of summer to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In this regard, Yang Zhen was naturally full of doubts, and he didn't understand why there was such a change. Of course, he would not have known that this was a method that the Criminal Department had no choice but to come up with under pressure from the outside world, in order to drag the time to pass, so that the matter would no longer be the focus of people's attention, and then it would be much easier to try it.

This is exactly the method that the Criminal Department is accustomed to when encountering ordinary difficult cases. As long as it is inferred that other official affairs in the yamen are busy now, and there are some problems in this case that need to be carefully investigated, it can drag on for several months. When the heat of the matter has passed, they will be able to judge the case either fairly or partially.

For their means, big people like Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao are naturally well aware. But after all, Yang Zhen is just a small character, and he can't tell them to worry about him all the time, so he acquiesced to the move of the Criminal Department. In fact, they had already greeted the yamen of the Criminal Department, and the case would only be severed, which neither the outsiders nor Yang Zhen in prison knew about it.

According to the wishes of the adults in the Criminal Department, the case should be dragged on for two or three months until the autumn passes, and then it will be tried quietly. But their wishful thinking didn't start after all, because a person they couldn't disobey opened his mouth and asked about Yang Zhen's case. This person is the little emperor of Wanli today.

After Wan Li made his will and received the support of the cabinet, he also settled down, feeling that with this greeting, Yang Zhen should be able to get out safely. At the same time, he could also understand the difficulties of the Criminal Department in handling the case, so he endured it without asking questions. But it wasn't until more than a month later that he still hadn't received any report on the case, and the emperor couldn't help it, so he took the initiative to ask about it at this court meeting.

"Liu Shangshu, nearly two months have passed since this case, why haven't I heard of any trial results from the Criminal Department?" Although Wanli is still young, he already has some imperial bearing under the guidance of Zhang Juzheng, and he looks decent when he says these words.

Liu Ziqiang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was named by the Son of Heaven to ask about this, and his heart was tight. He always thought that the so-called will before was made by Feng Bao under the pretense of holy will, but he didn't expect the Son of Heaven to be concerned about it, so he could only bite the bullet and say at this moment: "Back to Your Majesty, this case is really too strange and human life is at stake, and my criminal department has to be cautious." During this time, he has been searching for evidence clues. As a result, the trial was delayed. ”

"Oh? But I don't know what evidence clues Liu Shangshu can harvest now? What do you think about this case, do you think that Yang Zhen is guilty or innocent? In Wanli's words, the emphasis was placed on the word innocence.

"This ......" Liu Ziqiang was obviously a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help complaining about the Son of Heaven in his heart. If you really have the heart to exonerate Yang Zhen, you shouldn't ask about this matter in front of the ministers, and now the case that has been gradually forgotten will be noticed again, and it will be a little difficult for our criminal department to exonerate Yang Zhen.

Sure enough, their conversation immediately reminded many officials of such a thing. Those who were just people before, and they only shouted and killed Yang Zhen because of their identity, but Ding Chang, the secretary of Honglu Temple, who had a close relationship with this case, couldn't hold it back, and their Honglu Temple was annoyed by the envoys of the Japanese State for a while because of this matter. Moreover, Yang Zhen's behavior was like slapping them in the face of Honglu Temple, and now he is not convicted, so he naturally refuses to accept it.

So when Liu Ziqiang hesitated and didn't know how to reply, Ding Changyuan came out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." ”

"Ding Qing, please speak." Wanli's ability to remember people is still not small, even if an ordinary court meeting like Honglu Siqing is just a courtier standing in the crowd, he can accurately call out his name.

"The minister thought that this case was really bad, not only killing and injuring people in broad daylight, but also killing envoys from other countries, which really damaged the prestige of my Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the minister thought that the criminal department should judge what crime Yang Zhen should be punished for, and how many crimes he should have, rather than whether he was guilty or innocent. Please also ask Your Majesty to be clear. ”

"You ......" Wanli didn't expect that not only did no one understand his holy will, but was refuted like this, and his heart suddenly became angry. After all, he was only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old young man, and naturally he couldn't really be as angry as a political veteran, so he was immediately anxious. However, he still had some scruples about Zhang Juzheng, so before the attack, he couldn't help but glance at Zhang Gelao who was not far in front of him.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng was looking at his nose and nose, as if he hadn't heard or seen anything. This is obviously the intention of leaving this problem to the little emperor to deal with himself.

Zhang Juzheng was thinking about this, he felt that this case could be big or small, no matter how it was decided, it would not cause any damage to the imperial court, but it could be used to test the little emperor's ability, so he simply let it go and see how Wanli responded.

Seeing that Master Zhang tacitly handled this matter by himself, Wanli's courage strengthened a little, and he immediately said: "Ding Qing's words, I'm afraid it is difficult for me to agree." Although this murder is indeed a violation of our Ming law, it also depends on the occasion, otherwise I am afraid that the soldiers who defend the country and land on the frontier will be considered murderers. ”

Ding Changchang didn't expect the Son of Heaven to refute himself so face-to-face, and he was also stunned. However, as an old minister of the former dynasty - in fact, there are really few courtiers in this palace who were not left over from the Longqing period of the previous dynasty - he did not have much reverence for the young son of heaven, and at this moment he also stubbornly said: "Your Majesty's words are difficult for the ministers to accept. How can such murderers who kill and injure people in the capital be compared with loyal and brave soldiers who defend the borders of the country. ”

"How not?" I didn't want Wanli to be prepared, so I immediately replied: "The border soldiers killed the enemy to ensure the stability of my Ming Dynasty, and Yang Zhen's killing of the Japanese people is actually average." After a pause, he continued: "I have already received the exact news, that day it was the Japanese who deceived me that the people of the Ming Dynasty were the first, and Yang Zhen, as the local Jinyi Guard, should have taken action to stop it. And he also relied on his identity as an envoy of another country to draw a knife and wanted to hurt people, so Yang Zhen had no choice but to make a heavier attack and killed him on the spot. Do you think that this kind of behavior cannot be compared with the border guards? This last sentence was asked by the other courtiers.

Ding Changyuan didn't know the complete story of what happened in the restaurant that day, and when he heard Wanli, a person who had experienced it firsthand, say this, he really couldn't refute it. As for the other officials, seeing that the Son of Heaven was firmly on Yang Zhen's side this time, even if they didn't know his intentions, they would still not do this kind of thing that might anger the Son of Heaven. So there was silence in the temple.

Seeing that Ding Changchang was speechless by his own refutation, Wanli was even more encouraged, and made persistent efforts to say: "It's that the officials below your Honglu Temple are quite despised. When the Japanese people bullied our people on the soil of our country, Si Bin, named Ma Yue, not only did not reprimand and stop them, but let them go, but instead bit back after the incident, and condemned the loyal and righteous people who really eliminated traitors for the country as criminals. Is this the hospitality of your Honglu Temple? ”

was reprimanded by the Son of Heaven like this, even Ding Changchang couldn't bear it, and suddenly knelt down as soon as his knees weakened: "The minister is guilty, but the minister really doesn't know that there is such a secret in this case." After the minister returns to the government, he must carefully and strictly investigate, and if there is really such a thing, he will severely punish Ma Yue. ”

At this time, although the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is not as good as before, the great power bearing that it should have is still there. Any foreigner who dares to bully and provoke, no matter what his identity, will be fought back by the subjects of the Ming Dynasty in the most powerful way, after all, this is not the "I Daqing" that was divided by countless Western powers in later generations.

And Wanli expressed his position as the king of a country, which naturally made the country's ambition longer, and the courtiers were naturally convinced. Suddenly, there were still some officials who were dissatisfied with this matter, and in the face of the righteousness of the family and the country, they could only bow down and call His Majesty wise.

This is the first time since Wanli succeeded to the throne that the ministers were truly impressed, looking at the hunched figure in front of him, a different kind of excitement poured out in the little emperor's heart, making his fat face look a little excited and red.

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