The criminal department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate jointly tried the case called the Sansi Trial, and the folk also called the Santang Trial, which was generally used to try serious and difficult cases.

This incident involved so many officials and had such a great impact that it was about to catch up with the Great Rites Discussion incident in the Ming Shizong period. There are two officials from the five grades, one is Zuo Guangdou, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the other is Gu Dazhang, a member of the Ministry of Rites; There are five officials in the seventh grade, namely Yang Lian in the military department, Wei Dazhong in the household department, Zhou Chaorui in the official department, and Yuan Huazhong and Huang Zunsu in the two supervising imperial histories.

However, the genius of the Emperor of the Apocalypse lies in the fact that he uses judicial means and uses the three divisions to decide the case, so that the civil officials have no way to keep their mouths; Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty used imperial power to coerce hundreds of officials, and the civil officials were proud to be punished and beaten, and it is said that the wife of an official was also very careful to collect the meat that her husband had beaten down, make it into cured meat, and take it out to show off during the New Year's holidays.

"The Wind of Donglin" is quite popular with some Taoist gentlemen because of its literary style, and now it has become a hot yam, and everyone has destroyed the "Wind of Donglin" collected at home. Those officials who had written articles in "The Wind of Donglin" were even more panicked, until the emperor set the tone for this case, "Evil must be done, and the cooperation will never be asked", and everyone was relieved.

Zuo Guangdou, Gu Dazhang, Yang Lian, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, and Huang Zunsu are really seven men, and they have taken all the charges and have not involved others. As a result of the three trials, all seven people were convicted, Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian were convicted, and they were executed after the autumn; Gu Dazhang, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, and Yuan Huazhong were accomplices, and their crimes were reduced by one degree and exiled for 3,000 miles; Huang Zunsu deceived the king and slandered him and was exiled for 3,000 miles.

Zhu Cheng persuaded: "Your Majesty, although these Donglin Party members have violated the law of the country, they are not deep in evil after all, so it is better to reduce the sentence by one degree to show the emperor's mercy and magnanimity." ”

After a few days of calmness, the anger of the Emperor of the Apocalypse also disappeared a lot, so he was extrajudicially gracious, Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian were exiled, Gu Dazhang, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, and Huang Zunsu were dismissed, never used, and their fame was cut, and they were strictly forbidden to engage in cultural and educational work - that is, even if they returned to their hometown, they could not go to Donglin Academy to give lectures and participate in activities organized by the academy.

Seeing the emperor's kindness, the Donglin Party members were not only not grateful, but instead had the ambition of not stopping their lives and fighting endlessly.

At the banquet to bid farewell to Zuo Guangdou, Zuo Guangdou said: "Princess, after I leave the capital, the emperor will rely on you to take care of it." ”

Ye Xianggao choked up and said, "Duke Zuo, don't worry, I will definitely make the emperor change his mind and invite you back to the court." ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't go back to the court, but first you have to get rid of the traitors and villains around the emperor."

"Traitorous villain, do you mean Zhu Cheng?"

"Of course, Zhu Cheng is a traitorous villain, but he follows Zhu Youzhen's side, it is difficult for us to catch him, and he is treacherous and abnormal, if the impeachment fails, it is easy to compensate himself. Didn't Mr. Gao Panlong impeach Zhu Cheng to death, but he was defeated and died? Alas, now Mr. Gao's grave is probably overgrown with green weeds, and the green blood is shining on Danqing. At present, the biggest threat to us is Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi. ”

"Oh, why?"

"Wei Zhongxian is the right-hand man of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, with Wei Zhongxian, the emperor does not need us Donglin Party members. Killing Wei Zhongxian is equivalent to cutting off the emperor's arm, and he will appear, leaving the Donglin Party, the Ming court will not work well, so the government will return to our hands. ”

"Wei Zhongxian doesn't seem to have made any mistakes?"

"Wei Zhongxian is a eunuch, eunuch is a big crime, as the saying goes, eunuch should be killed if he is not guilty. Besides, have you appeared, Wei Zhongxian's black hand has reached the court. Cui Chengxiu, Li Chunye, and Gu Bingqian have formed a sworn alliance with him, and they are eunuchs. Also, Wei Zhongxian is very smart, and every move hits our soft underbelly, making us tired to deal with. In time, Wei Zhongxian will be in power, and my generation will die without a place to be buried. ”

Ye Xianggao suddenly realized and said: "No wonder these days, I always feel that everything is not going well, it turns out that Wei Zhongxian is making trouble behind." Don't worry, leave this matter to us, and we will definitely turn Wei Zhongxian upside down. ”

"Don't take it lightly and repeat Xie Qian's mistakes."

When Emperor Zhengde of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was in power, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian impeached Liu Jin, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, and Emperor Zhengde was forced to be helpless and wanted to lose his pawn and sacrifice Liu Jin. It was too late, and Emperor Zhengde said that the matter would be discussed again tomorrow, and the ministers agreed when they saw that they were in control. That night, Liu Jin wept bitterly, and Emperor Zhengde's heart softened, and as a result, the impeachment was invalid, and Liu Jian and Xie Qian also became officials.

"Don't worry, Zuo Gong, we won't stop until we see Wei Zhongxian's head."

Yang Lian took out a piece of paper from his arms and said: "This is the chapter I wrote in prison to impeach Wei Gelding for the twenty-four deadly crimes, and now that I am exiled, this chapter cannot be signed by my name, which of you has the courage to do next?" ”

Zhou Shunchang, a member of the Anthology Division, took the piece and said, "I dare!" ”

Zhou Shunchang picked up the piece and looked at it, he covered his nose and asked, "Lord Yang, what kind of smell is this, it stinks to death." ”

Yang Lian said a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I thought I was going to die, but I was afraid that someone would search for it, so I hid it in the sole of my boot." I'm a big stinky foot again, and the piece will inevitably get a little foot smell. Alas, this is another sin created by the eunuchs. ”

It is estimated that Wei Zhongxian will shout angrily when he hears this, Yang Da stinky feet, what does your stinky feet matter to me?

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The day after Zuo Guangdou left the capital, the Donglin Party launched a fierce attack on Wei Zhongxian.

At the beginning of the court meeting, after the ministers shouted long live, Zhou Shunchang knelt down from class and said sonorously: "Minister Zhou Shunchang impeached Wei Zhongxian for twenty-four major crimes!" ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was stunned for a while, and after a while, he said, "You can hand over the concerto." ”

Wei Zhongxian walked down the jade steps to pick up the chapter, Zhou Shunchang pushed Wei Zhongxian down, unfolded the chapter and read it aloud: "Emperor Gao decreed that internal officials are not allowed to interfere in foreign affairs, only for the court to sprinkle and sweep, and there is no forgiveness for violators." Shengming is in the palace, but there is unscrupulous, turbid chaos, such as the eunuch Wei Zhongxian of Dongchang. Dare to list his crimes, for His Majesty xià to say......"

It is a long chapter, and the 24 cardinal sins listed in it are roughly as follows: usurping the power of the Cabinet. Grave Sin One; cut off the ministers Liu Yixian and Zhou Jiamo, the second major crime; Qu Yi defends Li Xuanzhi, the third major crime; It is not allowed to have a straight minister in the court from time to time, and the four major crimes are four; Controlling the Cabinet, the fifth major sin; Playing with power, the sixth major sin; wantonly making it difficult to get the guilty courtiers, the seventh major crime; Killing Zhao Xuanzhi, the eighth major crime; Killing Concubine Yu, the ninth major crime; The queen had a miscarriage, and it was rumored to be a conspiracy between Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family. Gravel Sins X; Killing Wang An and other internal prisoners, the eleventh major crime; transgressing the system, building ancestral tombs, 12 major crimes; Abuse of relatives and relatives is a major sin thirteen. framing national relatives, shaking the middle palace, the fourteenth major crime; forced to death the squire who opened the mines, the fifteenth major crime; plundering the land of the gentry, the sixteenth grave sin; Unauthorized suspension of the promotion of ministers, the seventeenth grave crime; dismissed Liu Qiao, the Fusi of Beizhen, the eighteenth major crime; Changing the will without permission, changing the order at the dawn, the nineteenth grave sin; Admiral Dongchang, fake public and private, twenty major crimes; dereliction of duty, resulting in a conspiracy to enter Beijing, a major crime of twenty-one; Raising private soldiers in Jingxi Huangzhuang without permission, 22 major crimes; Travel beyond the system, the twenty-third major crime; When His Majesty punished Wei Zhongxian, he did not admit his guilt, but complained a lot, and committed twenty-four crimes.

Wei Zhongxian was caught off guard, fell so hard that he couldn't get up for half a day. Li Yongzhen hurriedly followed and supported Wei Zhongxian.

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