Chapter 1080: The Decisive Battle in the Court (I)
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To interrogate the Li family and investigate the cause of Longqing's death, before and after, it is not only the case, but also the ethics of the general practice, and the countless rules accumulated by Chen Chen and Chen for thousands of years.
When Confucius cultivated the Spring and Autumn Period, he still had to be ashamed of His Holiness, and as soon as Longqing died, he brought out all kinds of things, some people said that it was disrespectful, some people said that he bullied orphans and widows, and some people said that he was trying to usurp the throne, a group of rebels and thieves, and framed the queen...... All in all, the world is in turmoil, and it's hard to put it into words.
This is also why everyone, including Zhao Zhenji, who is a high arch, wants to support Tang Yi to ascend the throne at a critical time, so they simply forget it. They simply don't have the courage to take on the almost impossible task.
Tang Yi is the only one, he feels that he must do it, and he must do it beautifully, fairly and decently, so that no one can say anything. Counting from the 30th year of Jiajing, he has struggled for more than 20 years, for this decisive battle!
If he coveted that dragon chair, he would have rebelled a long time ago, so would he still need such trouble?
In any case, it must be tried, and everyone in the world must open their eyes and take a good look, so as to make this case an unprecedented iron case!
After seven days of intense transformation, the main hall of Dali Temple has opened up the two sides, surrounded the lobby, and can be placed on three sides of the seat, which can accommodate thousands of people.
Just before the interrogation, all the people in the world who were a little famous came, the most surprising was Qu Sheng Wei Liangfu, the old man was almost ninety, but he was still in good spirits, he took a boat to Tianjin, Liuying and Pingfan personally arrived at the dock, picked up the old man in the carriage, and sent it all the way to the capital.
Wei Liangfu was full of smiles and held the ordinary head.
"Your father worshiped under my door back then, almost so big, the old man was right, he was the one who wanted to do big things, but I didn't expect that the pen would be so big, it's really amazing!"
Instead, Liuying looked panicked and uneasy.
"Master, you have a lot of experience and have seen a lot, I'm really afraid that if one is not good, it will hurt the prestige of the master and harm the Tang family, which is hairy in my heart."
Wei Liangfu narrowed his old eyes and shook his head, "Liuying girl, don't be afraid, no, Hongyuan loses, that is, Xinxue loses, so Xinxue will not let him lose!" ”
The old man lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked up, the straight road between the capital and Tianjin was full of four-wheeled carriages, and the soldiers on the carriage spoke with accents from all over the world, all of them came in a hurry. They also knew that they were not at the scene of the case in Dali Temple, but they were able to hear the trial in the capital at the earliest, which was enough to comfort their lives.
Wei Liangfu, Qian Dehong, Ji Ben, Wang Ji, Wang Xiang...... The giants of mental science, all who can be counted have arrived, and the grand occasion is unprecedented.
In addition to them, the merchants in the southeast, the Su merchants, the Zhejiang merchants, the Fujian merchants, the Hui merchants, the salt merchants, the Cantonese merchants, the Huguang merchants, and the Sichuan, almost all of them came.
Someone has to ask, what is the fun of a group of businessmen?
They didn't come casually, the interrogation of the Li family represents too great significance, doing business requires a stable environment, requires the protection of wealth, and everyone has set a lot of rules over the years, including the laws of the imperial court and industry norms.
However, there is a problem that has always bothered everyone, in principle, the emperor is rich all over the world, and the wealth of the world belongs to the emperor alone. No matter how hard they work to make money, they can only become a piece of fat meat to be slaughtered in the end.
Longqing's southern tour made everyone feel very encouraged, but he died suddenly, what would happen to the new emperor, what if it was a tyrannical king, like Zhengde and Jiajing, instigated their minions, wantonly exploited, and extorted?
After hearing the news of the interrogation of the Li family, everyone seemed to have found a bright light in the boundless darkness.
As the queen mother, Li represents the imperial power, as long as she is interrogated, it means that even the emperor must abide by the rules and cannot exceed the law, and the last person is also restrained, and the biggest loophole is filled.
From then on, the authority of the law overrode the power of the individual, and there was no longer a threat to get rich in business.
How could they miss such a good thing!
Businessmen with the supremacy of the law, young people with dreams of the reality of a hypocritical monarch, and many officials who realized the dangers of imperial power gathered in the capital together, which was even more lively than the scientific examination.
The most concerning thing is that the media has also officially joined it, represented by the Southeast Business Daily, a total of 10 newspapers have been allowed to observe the trial together, and they will make the progress of the case public in the fastest time, so that the people of the world can know the facts of the case as soon as possible and accept the test of the people of the world......
In every aspect, almost all of them are ready to stop.
The day of the official trial has arrived.
Before dawn, everyone flocked to the outside of Dali Temple, Jinyi Wei had been heavily guarded here since three days ago, Western planting, eight o'clock was just right, the gate was open, only if you got the invitation, you can enter it.
There are three large auditoriums, with officials from the court in the east, Confucian celebrities in the west, representatives of agricultural and industrial circles in the south, and newspaper reporters.
Everyone waited anxiously with different moods, and at about nine o'clock, Gao Gong led a group of courtiers and sat to the east, and Wei Liangfu and other Hongru also sat down.
At a quarter past nine, Hai Rui wore a second-grade official uniform and officially appeared in front of everyone.
His face was serious, he first clenched his fists around, and then said in a loud voice: "Not long ago, a horrific incident occurred, who is right and who is wrong, the trial will start today, and justice will be given to the world!" ”
After a few short sentences, Hai Rui sat down, and everyone held their breath.
It was Wang Yongji who represented the plaintiff, and after these days of investigation, he had obtained enough evidence to swear by it.
Wang Yongji stood up, first clasped his fists and saluted, and then said loudly: "The first emperor suddenly died in the Qianqing Palace, according to the inquiry, His Majesty was in good health before, although he suffered from illness, but he would not suddenly Bintian, which is full of suspicions, the biggest suspect is the monk Haiyun who served the first emperor, please bring him up." ”
Hai Rui nodded, and someone escorted Monk Haiyun to the lobby.
Hai Rui was shocked, "You are Haiyun Monk." ”
"It's not."
Hai Rui's face changed, "Then who are you?" How dare you deceive this official? ”
"Back to the old man, the villain's real name is Feng Haishun, and he is a down-and-out monk, but in fact, the villain has not been ordained to apprentice, but he has shaved his head and cheated money everywhere. A few months ago, someone found the villain, and gave the villain a thousand taels of silver, let me help him do things, at first the little one didn't know what was going on, just greedy for money and agreed, and then the villain knew, even let the little monk Haiyun come out, to approach His Majesty, the villain didn't dare, but the villain's life was in the hands of others, and there was no way, so he had to agree. ”
Feng Haishun paused, and then said: "When the first emperor was seriously ill, the villain once offered an elixir to the first emperor to help the first emperor recover the dragon body. ”
"What is this elixir, but it is poisonous?" Hai Rui asked.
"It's not poisonous, it's just the syrup from roasted white potatoes, mixed with some tea foam, flour or something. The villain told Tang Ge Lao and Imperial Doctor Li the truth. Imperial Physician Li believes that although it has no medicinal effect, it can play a role in inspiring confidence and allowing His Majesty's dragon body to recover as soon as possible, so there is no obstruction, but every time the villain offers medicine, it must be handed over to Imperial Physician Li for verification. ”
"Well, the official asked you, how did you poison the first emperor?"
Feng Haishun shuddered, and Hai Rui slammed the startling wood.
"Speak!"
"Yes, just the day before Emperor Bintian, Jiao Meiren was not feeling well, His Majesty sent Imperial Physician Li to visit the patient, and that night, he couldn't come back on time, and only the younger one was left to serve His Majesty."
"So you're poisoned?"
Feng Haishun nodded as if he had eaten bitter melon.
"Then how did you hide from the people around Your Majesty and give the poison to the first emperor?"
"That's the case, the little one served the first emperor for many days, and the eunuchs and maids in the palace were also familiar with it, and when he gave the first emperor medicine that day, the villain hid the poison in the rosary, and the eunuch checked the medicine for Imperial Doctor Li, and when he finished verifying, the villain secretly took out the poison hidden in the rosary and put it in the bowl of the first emperor."
After listening to Feng Haishun's introduction, everyone opened their mouths in shock, they couldn't believe it, the dignified king of a country was killed like this?
"Lord Wang, what else do you have to add, how can Feng Haishun hide from the sky and enter the palace, how can he poison the first emperor, and is there any evidence?"
"Yes!"
Wang Yong Ji Lang said: "The lower officials have investigated, Monk Haiyun is a famous monk, but he usually doesn't show up much, Feng Haishun is indeed a little similar to him, and it is easy to pretend." The most important thing is that there are people in the palace who act as internal responses, and they have concealed the Jinyi guards and the layers of supervision in the palace. Now Xia Guan has found the real Haiyun monk, he has been killed before Feng Haishun impersonated, and he was thrown into the dry well, and he was killed together, as well as his seven apprentices, and the existing corpses are proof. In addition, Xia Guan also had a string of Nanmu prayer beads, which was the tool used by Feng Haishun to poison him. ”
Someone immediately said in front of Hai Rui, this is a string of superb agarwood, extremely precious, one of which is hollowed out, just can be stuffed into the little finger-sized pills, verify in the hall, put the pill in, wear it on the hand, and then cover it with a monk's robe, it is indeed not easy to find.
Thoughtful, thoughtful!
Although the palace is strictly controlled, it doesn't want ordinary people to think that even a fly can't fly in. In fact, in the Jiajing Dynasty, there were a large number of liars and Taoist priests who gathered in front of Jiajing, making a miasma.
Someone acts as an internal response, Feng Haishun wants to get close to Longqing, it is indeed not difficult, use a few months to gain trust, take advantage of the weakness, kill Longqing with poison, even if it is an immortal, it is difficult to prevent.
"This official asks you, why did you kill the first emperor? Speak! ”
Feng Haishun shuddered, "The villain really doesn't know, and the little one is just acting on orders!" ”
"Whose orders did you take?"
"Dongchang Erjiaotou, Feng Quan!" (To be continued.) )