In a wing room of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, Chen Tai and Hu Dahai sat there and whispered about Li Yuntian's affairs, because of Li Yuntian's sudden "confession", the arquebus case took a serious turn, which made it difficult for the two to deal with it for a while.

"What happened, two adults?" Not long after, Wei Xin hurried over, and asked after arching his hand at the two of them, he really couldn't understand why Li Yuntian pleaded guilty, otherwise he wouldn't torture Liu Hai to extract a confession.

"Lord Wei, this duke feels that Zhenguo Gong's words are reasonable, as far as this duke knows, the workshops under the Wutang are heavily guarded and strictly managed, and if there is no warrant from Zhenguo Gong, he will definitely not increase the production of arquebuses."

Chen Tai told Wei Xin the origin of the matter, and said quietly, "The urgent party affairs of the Duke felt that it was the Emperor Qi and sealed the account books of the arquebus workshop to find out if someone issued a warrant in the name of the Duke of Zhenguo. ”

"The lower officials think so too." Wei Xin finally understood now, it turned out that Li Yuntian had taken all the charges in order to keep the lecture martial arts, and seeing that Chen Tai didn't seem to want to make a big fuss about the lecture martial arts, he said after a deep sigh.

For Wei Xin, it was not important to talk about martial arts, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he could not get his hands on the martial arts, so as long as he could get Li Yuntian into the arquebus case, he had already achieved his goal.

"Okay, in that case, let's go into the palace together and pay homage to the saint." Chen Tai had long expected that Wei Xin would agree, after all, Wei Xin's target in this case was Li Yuntian, and after Li Yuntian confessed, Wei Xin naturally would not hold on to the martial arts.

"According to the words of the Lord." Wei Xin bowed slightly to Chen Tai when he heard this, and agreed in one bite, now that the situation is urgent, he also needs Emperor Xuande to make the next step.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

Chen Tai told Emperor Xuande about Li Yuntian's visit to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion in 1510, Emperor Xuande leaned on the warm couch and kept coughing, and Jin Ying on the side patted him gently on the back with concern.

"Ahem, what do you guys think about this?" After learning that Li Yuntian uncharacteristically took the initiative to bear the responsibility for the arquebus case, Emperor Xuande's brows furrowed slightly, and then he coughed and asked Chen Tai and Wei Xin, he didn't understand what kind of medicine Li Yuntian was selling in the gourd.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zhenguogong's words are reasonable, and the strict management of the martial arts hall is the largest yamen in the Ming Dynasty, and if there is no warrant from Zhenguogong, the people in the workshop will definitely not dare to increase the production of arquebuses."

Chen Tai was the chief judge of the arquebus case, and when he heard this, he pondered for a moment and said cautiously, "Therefore, the minister believes that the arquebus case has nothing to do with the workshop, and the key is whether the workshop has received a warrant from Zhenguo Gong to increase the production of arquebuses, and whether this warrant was issued by Zhenguo Gong." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also means this, the arquebus is a forbidden thing, and unauthorized production is a big crime of cutting off the head, and the minister also thinks that those craftsmen and officials in the workshop dare not do such a big rebellion."

Wei Xin saw Emperor Xuande's gaze fall on him, so he bowed down and said in a deep voice, "The minister thinks that the top priority is to find out whether there is a warrant from the Duke of Zhenguo to increase the production of arquebuses, and the authenticity of the warrant. ”

If it is left in normal times, Wei Xin will definitely seize this opportunity to make a big fuss and implicate a group of officials in the imperial court, only in this way can the role of Jinyiwei be highlighted, even if Emperor Xuande is more relied on, it will also make the civil and military officials of the imperial court jealous.

However, the current situation is obviously not suitable for the arquebus case, otherwise Emperor Xuande will die at that time, he will be settled by the officials of the imperial court, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"Why didn't Zhen Guogong come?" After listening to Chen Tai and Wei Xin's words, Emperor Xuande bowed slightly, his goal was Li Yuntian, so he was not willing to set off a big prison in the court, so what the two said was exactly what Emperor Xuande thought, and then remembered something and asked with some surprise.

In Emperor Xuande's opinion, Li Yuntian should have entered the palace with Chen Tai and Wei Xin to ask him for his guilt when he encountered such a big thing, but he didn't see Li Yuntian.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo knows that he is deeply responsible, and he has no shame to face the saint again, so he entered the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion and waited for the emperor's punishment." Chen Tai bowed down when he heard this, and explained to Emperor Xuande in a deep voice.

"Stand aside for the time being, and wait for my will!" Emperor Xuande's eyes couldn't help but show a look of surprise when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Li Yuntian, who had always refused to admit defeat, would have no fighting spirit this time, and took the initiative to enter the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, and then said quietly.

"Wait for the resignation!" Chen Tai and Wei Xin knew that Emperor Xuande could not decide to deal with Li Yuntian like this for a while, so they bowed and retreated.

"Chuan Shu Ji Shi Fang Liang." After the two left, Emperor Xuande frowned and pondered for a while, and then said to Jin Ying, who was standing aside, that he couldn't figure out why Li Yuntian had to confess his guilt uncharacteristically, so he was ready to listen to Fang Liang's opinion.

"The minister Fangliang has seen the emperor." Soon, Fang Liang, who was on duty in Wenyuan Pavilion, came to Dongnuan Pavilion and knelt on the ground to salute Emperor Xuande.

"Fang Jinshi, what do you think of this matter?" When Jin Ying told Fang Liang about Li Yuntian's "confession", Emperor Xuande frowned and asked in a deep voice.

Since Shu Jishi is not an official title of the imperial court, Fang Liang's official identity in the court is Jinshi, and Emperor Xuande naturally calls him "Fang Jinshi", and Fang Liang's rank is not enough for the word "Aiqing".

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is the retreat of the Zhenguo Gong as a strategy, and wants to use this to get rid of the crime." Fang Liang didn't expect Li Yuntian to do this, he was stunned for a moment and then bowed to Emperor Xuande, and replied with a stern expression.

In Fang Liang's view, this is exactly what Li Yuntian is clever about, taking the initiative to admit the responsibility of dereliction of duty before Chen Tai and Wei Xin, and pushing the charge of secretly possessing arquebuses to others, which is really a clever move.

Obviously, if Li Yuntian was only derelict in his duties in the arquebus, Emperor Xuande would not be able to kill Li Yuntian, and at most Li Yuntian would be removed from his post and investigated, and Li Yuntian would serve a few years in prison, far from the point of killing Li Yuntian.

If this is the case, Li Yuntian will have escaped this catastrophe, because it is not easy to find out the arquebus case, and it will take at least a year and a half, and Emperor Xuande obviously can't wait that long.

"I think the same way, Zhen Guogong wants to drag this case until I die, but how can I let him get his wish." Emperor Xuande nodded when he heard this, and said with a cold light in his eyes.

Seeing this situation, Jin Ying, who was standing on the side, squirmed his lips for a moment, wanting to say something, but in the end he couldn't say it, he felt that Li Yuntian did not want to get out, but wanted to calm down the impact of the arquebus incident by confessing his guilt, so as to ensure the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Jin Ying can be sure that with Li Yuntian's talent, he must have realized that the arquebus was done by Emperor Xuande, the reason is very simple, the strict rules and regulations of the workshops under the lecture hall will definitely not make the arquebus outflow, and there are only two people who can mobilize the arquebus, except for Li Yuntian, who is Emperor Xuande.

Since Li Yuntian has not done this, there is no doubt that it can only be Emperor Xuande who made a move and used an edict to transfer away the arquebuses without knowing it.

Therefore, Li Yuntian gave up resistance and wanted to be loyal to Emperor Xuande, but unfortunately Emperor Xuande's current thinking is very extreme, and he stubbornly thinks that Li Yuntian is playing tricks, so Jin Ying knows that even if he reminds him, it will be in vain, but it will make Emperor Xuande misunderstand, so he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

"Fang Jinshi, what do you think I should do?" Then, Emperor Xuande groaned for a while, coughed and asked Fang Liang.

"Your Majesty, since the Duke of Zhenguo has 'confessed', then he is guilty of a crime, and he should stay in the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion and wait for Lord Chen and Lord Wei to find out about the arquebus case."

Hearing this, Fang Liang pondered and said, "The minister thinks that what Zhen Guogong said is reasonable, the people in the workshop definitely don't dare to make arquebuses without authorization, there must be someone inside the martial arts hall who planned this matter, as long as the person who handled it is found, then Zhen Guogong's crime will be confirmed!" ”

"Spread the decree, order Chen Tai and Wei Xin to immediately enter the lecture hall to investigate the arquebus." Emperor Xuande was very satisfied with Fang Liang's idea, and after bowing his head slightly, he issued an edict to Jin Ying.

"Your Majesty, the Zhenguo Judicial Case is unique, and he can't leave the slightest flaw." Fang Liang then bowed to Emperor Xuande and said in a deep voice, "According to what the ministers have seen, it is best to destroy the relevant records in the lecture hall and the arquebus workshop, so that even if the prince of Zhenguo has great skills, he has no choice but to obediently ambush him!" ”

The reason why Fang Liang has this construction is completely because he has learned the lessons of Liu Ren's case, before the trial of Liu Ren's case, he and Ah Qiu thought that the trap set was foolproof, but unexpectedly, in front of Li Yuntian, it was full of holes, and Li Yuntian easily found many flaws, and then got out of it.

Therefore, Fang Liang was worried that Li Yuntian would also find clues from the arquebus case, so it was best to destroy all the documents related to the arquebus, so as not to leave the slightest flaw for Li Yuntian.

Emperor Xuande groaned for a moment when he heard this, and then bowed his head slightly, if he couldn't succeed in making Li Yuntian bear the charge of "rebellion" this time, then he could only forcibly issue an edict to kill Li Yuntian on the grounds of Li Yuntian's "rebellion", but in this way, he would undoubtedly bear the infamy in the history books and damage his prestige.

With Emperor Xuande's decree, Li Yuntian was officially imprisoned in the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Palace, and because he was the duke of the Ming Dynasty and the circumstances of the case were unknown, he enjoyed special preferential treatment and was assigned to a single cell with sunlight.

The cell had shabby flat beds, tables and chairs, and although it was shabby, it was already luxurious compared to the other cells, at least Li Yuntian didn't have to sleep in a stinking haystack like other prisoners.

At the same time, Chen Tai and Wei Xin led people to enter the lecture hall and the arquebus workshop, which immediately caused an uproar in the capital, no one would have thought that Li Yuntian would have anything to do with those arquebuses, you must know that it is a big crime of rebellion, could Li Yuntian want to rebel?

This made the government and the opposition extremely shocked by this, the people in the capital were panicked, shrouded in a tense atmosphere, thirty or forty years ago Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu soon appeared in front of people's eyes, many middle-aged people still remember this matter vividly, and Li Yuntian's situation is similar to Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu He Zengde back then, both of which involve the heinous crime of rebellion, and I don't know how many people will suffer.