After the night of thunder and fire, the names Liu Daxia and Gu Zuo became taboo, and the outside world had no idea where these two people were or what kind of situation they were in, even if they mentioned it, they could only say it in private. [Full text reading]

But these two people are indeed very important, and from their confessions and fate, it can be seen that the emperor's attitude is likely to determine the direction of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the open and covert investigation of these two people has not stopped, but there are no concrete results.

In terms of rebellion alone, in fact, most of the people in the court can be put aside, and the forbidden army and Jinyi guards in the palace are all mobilized by Wang Yue and Mu Bin, even if the two of them are attached, at most they can only cling to Liu and Xie. According to the usual practice, the worst outcome is that the two ministers ask Zhishi, and the matter can be closed.

can privately transfer troops to besiege the royal important place of the Ordnance Division, but it can't be shirked no matter what, especially the two parties were taken down on the spot, and the human and material evidence are there, and it is difficult to deny it. Everyone can only believe in Liu Daxia and Gu Zuo's integrity, and hope that the two of them will not bite indiscriminately.

Under normal circumstances, no one would worry too much, these two people are old and strong, and they naturally know what the consequences of indiscriminate climbing and biting are, and it is the best choice to bear the blame for the crime.

But after listening to Zhengde's words, it is obvious that Liu Daxia and the others are in the hands of Jinyiwei, and it seems that they have been punished! Then it's hard to say, can there be anyone under Miki who doesn't confess? What's more, those gruesome punishments of the factory guards?

"Your Majesty, there is a saying in the Book of Rites: Punishment is not a doctor, not to mention that preferential treatment of scholars is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, and it is a national policy set by Emperor Taizu when he founded the country, and Anke will be destroyed in a flash?" Zhang Sheng didn't care about it anymore, and immediately performed his stunt again, crying on the ground.

"What Zhang Butang said is extremely true, the country has its own laws, and such things as the torture of Jiuqing are major events related to the fortune of the country, which is simply appalling, how can it be dismissed with rumors? And Liu Butang may have acted in the place of Meng Lang, but he should also be handed over to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple for public trial, so as to show the world and teach the people of the world to feel at ease, how can the torture of the factory guards prevail alone? ”

Min Gyu followed closely behind, and made a tirade of righteous words, his long beard trembled, and his expression was fierce, and his look was very awe-inspiring, which greatly aroused the morale and righteous indignation of the courtiers.

was hung by Zhengde for three days and punished, and the morale of the courtiers was actually a little low. Just like Xie Hong doesn't like to have a sword hanging over his head, the ministers don't like to be apprehensive, not to mention worrying about state affairs while doing manual work such as punishment stationing?

But now is a major event related to the future of everyone, and when will it be more indignant than the masses? If you can't argue with reason, I'm afraid you won't have this opportunity in the future.

"Moreover, there are many inaccuracies in the public prosecution obtained by torture to extract confessions, and they are the result of torture and confession, so how can they be determined on this basis? Please also Your Majesty to be clear! The low-key Yan Zhong also stood up and made up for the previous two from a professional point of view.

Zhang Fuhua hasn't been taken away yet, but Liu Daxia and Gu Zuo have been missing for a long time, who knows if they have said something?

"As far as I know, the Ming Dynasty has the right to hear about it, right?" Despite the anger of the people in the Taihe Palace, Zhengde was indifferent, as if he hadn't seen it at all, and continued his style of erratic words, and pulled the topic away at once.

In fact, Zhengde's jumping surname thinking is the biggest impact on the morale of the ministers, although the court meeting has been going on for a long time, Zhengde has even shown the blade, but everyone still did not grasp Zhengde's thinking, so there is no way to make a proper response.

However, when Zhengde suddenly mentioned the rumors, important ministers like Li Dongyang frowned, and Zhang Fuhua, the party and defendant, was even more embarrassed, and had a sense of foreboding.

"Your Majesty's words are very ......"

Although he was aware of Zhengde's possible conspiracy, Zhang Shihua still responded stubbornly. It is one of the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty that it has been shouted for more than a hundred years, and now it is too late to think of denial.

"What should a court official do if he is impeached?" Zhengde finally didn't jump this time, but asked immediately after the preface.

"When you defend yourself at the top and introspect at home...... you can become the first weapon in the court dispute, and the impeachment of the speech official is not only powerful, but most importantly, it has a special effect. If a courtier is impeached, before the emperor has expressed his position, or before there is no public discussion in the court, the lord will have to stay at home for a few days.

If this person doesn't care about his reputation, it is not impossible to insist on going to the court, but he must be prepared to be scolded as a sieve and hopeless for promotion in the future, ignoring the impeachment of the official, the effect is so serious.

Of course, when encountering close ministers like Xie Hong or eunuchs like the Eight Tigers, the lethality of the Yan officials is much worse, they can only rely on the momentum of the Yan Chao to deter the enemy, but the additional effect is immune to the other party. Xie Hong and the others have no reputation, and they are not serious officials, of course they are useless.

"That's it," Zhengde clapped his hands and laughed: "Everyone, Aiqing, I ask you, is it I Da or Yu Shida?" ”

"The Son of Heaven is the Ninety-Five...... "All the ministers want to cry without tears, is there an emperor who asks you like this?" You are the Son of Heaven, how can you be the biggest in the world, but you don't need to show your superiority in the Jinluan Palace, right?

"So! Since I have a relatively high status and great power, then of course I also have the power that the imperial history has. Zhengde said as a matter of course: "If I don't have this power, then why do I have it?" Could it be that the power of the speaker is greater than mine? Then it's better to let Yanguan be the emperor. ”

"......" the ministers were silent.

They have a thousand and 10,000 reasons to point out that what Zhengde said is all fallacious reasoning and nonsense, but there is no reason to refute what is wrong. Because Zhengde's argument is that his power is greater than that of Yushi, he demands that his power be exercised, and this argument is too strong for everyone to refute.

Everyone can see that the emperor is planning to find fault today, not only in his words, he even moved out the allusions to the news, obviously he is already red-eyed, who dares to jump out and say: Your Majesty, what you said is not right? In the past, this is called wind bones, but now the shot is to hit the knife edge, and the fool will go up.

As long as you dare to jump out, you won't have to run away for a big crime of disrespect or a crime of bullying the king, and I don't know if the emperor thinks that the scholar is difficult to deal with or what, the order of his liquidation is disrupted, and he can't find the law at all, and the charges he takes out are also weird.

Can Zhang Fuhua's crime be counted? Isn't it just crushing a civilian to death? Lord Zhang is one of the Nine Qings, can his son still have this privilege? In the past, if someone dared to mention this kind of thing at the court meeting, just wait for everyone's eyes and sneers, what else can you say except fake Qinggao?

But since the emperor mentioned it, there is no way, this matter cannot be said clearly after all.

Tang Taizong said that the people are the water, the king is the boat, if anyone says in public that the hundred officials can ignore the people and crush the people, then wait to become the laughing stock of Shilin, and wait to leave a thousand years of infamy. Those who are officials have the privilege to crush the people, and this matter is also an unspoken rule, and it cannot be said in the open.

The people present were all smart people, and after hearing Zhengde's crooked reasoning, they quickly figured out the reason, and in this court meeting, they also touched Zhengde's thinking for the first time, and they could even deduce what Zhengde was going to say next, but this matter could not make anyone feel gratified.

"What's more, the things that have been heard by the officials have come to me, and the real surname itself has some problems, you know, the more people pass by this kind of thing, the more distorted it becomes." Zhengde paused, looked around the Taihe Hall proudly, and said loudly:

"Therefore, I intend to follow the example of the sages and open up the way of speech, not only from the officials, but also from the people, from all over the world, and from all over the world, and I will govern in this way, so that the politics can be clear, the world will be harmonious, and everyone will love Qing, do you say that what I said is right?"

"......" the ministers still silently agreed.

Now, although the emperor is talking nonsense, he is holding a big killing weapon in his hand, although it is not shown, but it is even more terrible if it is not shown. Therefore, this thing must be stopped, but now there are too many scruples, and it is impossible to directly hard top like the original, so you have to be reasonable!

But the matter of opening up the way of speech has existed in the Spring and Autumn Period, and even when the national policy of punishing crime by words was formulated, it was based on the deeds of the sages, so it was not wrong for the emperor to say that he would follow the sages.

The emperor is a sage for a while, and the ancestral system for a while, using the same routine as everyone used before, and it is really difficult to refute the emperor purely with reason for a while.

Even people like Li Dongyang, who are known for their resourcefulness, are hesitant at this time, whether it is political struggle or military struggle, strength is the most fundamental thing, without strength, everything is in vain.

If Zhengde starts the massacre immediately, it will actually be relatively easy to deal with, as long as everyone has mustered up momentum and left famous sayings and sentences that have been passed down through the ages.

As long as the world is angry, Zhengde and Xie Hong will not be able to cope with it even if they have three heads and six arms, and as long as the scholars return to power, they will always leave a name for everyone, and their descendants will also be shaded.

This is also the unspoken rule in Shilin, as long as the case is overturned, when your children and grandchildren go out to report the number, you can say: After you are a righteous and famous minister of the Zhengde Dynasty, you can add points in front of the examiner, do you need to say anything else?

Of course, no one wants to go that far, rather than relying on the consciousness of others, it is better to live the lintel yourself, who doesn't cherish life? The key is what kind of liquidation the emperor wants to go to, and will it end here? Or is there something else that is mysterious?

Everyone was frowning and thinking.

"Since you have acquiesced, this matter is so decided, and in the future, everything I hear will be directly handed over to Jinyiwei for interrogation...... "Silence is a kind of confrontation, but if the other party doesn't care, it's useless, in a popular word in later generations, that is, silence means 'be' represented."

So, in Zhengde's self-talk, the courtiers were also represented.

"Your Majesty, even if it is a rumor that the case is heard, there is no reason for direct torture, and people must always be allowed to defend themselves, and appoint a secretary to investigate, and finally discuss it in the court, so that it can be accurate." Of course, Li Dongyang refused to give in easily.

He thought clearly, Jinyiwei originally had the duty of detecting hundreds of officials, and now what Zhengde said was just a disguised restoration of Jinyiwei's duties. Now that the emperor is powerful, it is difficult to block, if you temporarily obey the emperor, and then restrict it later, the most important thing now is to protect the rights of scholars, and the doctor must always guarantee it.

"What Lord Li said is extremely true, and the ministers seconded it." The scholars set the tone, and everyone agreed.

"Torture? Ladies and gentlemen, did you hear me wrong? I am talking about interrogation, you know, under my wise leadership, Jinyiwei is very civilized in handling cases, well, this is called civilized law enforcement...... How? What's going on with your expressions? Don't believe me? Okay, I'll let you look at the two of you first, and you'll know after reading it. Qian Ning, with the criminals Liu Daxia and Gu Zuo ......"

"Wechen obeys!"

(To be continued)