The first rays of sunlight in the early morning sprinkled on the city of Beijing, and a tense atmosphere permeated the streets and alleys of the city of Beijing, which had been noisy all night, with regimental and battalion soldiers patrolling the streets one by one, and the lieutenants of the Jinyi guards riding fast horses running around the streets, and officers and soldiers patrolling every street, giving people the feeling of being facing a great enemy.

The first thing millions of people in the 33 squares of the capital do when they get up in the morning is to inquire about what is happening in the city, but the notice board of the government in the city is empty, and there is no official notice about this matter; They were only told that from now on they were not allowed to leave the city, not to gather, not to run around.

However, there is no impermeable wall in the world, there are always some well-informed people who know the clues of some things, and within half an hour, the news of Liu Jin's rebellion was revealed in the streets and alleys of the capital, and everyone was overjoyed, and some people even began to set off firecrackers.

The early dynasty on the Fengtian Temple had just begun, and when they entered the main hall, they did not dare to talk, and only made eye contact with each other, and the atmosphere seemed very strange; The civil and military officials have finished bowing, Zhengde sat on the high dragon seat, and the two big black eyes on his face were very conspicuous, but this time it was not because of the indulgence of staying up late, but because he was thinking about Liu Jin's case last night and stayed awake all night.

Yang Tinghe first played the preliminary arraignment of Liu Jin, after being escorted back to the capital last night, Yang Tinghe immediately organized the first arraignment, but the result was very bad, Liu Jin shouted from beginning to end, asked to see the emperor to speak, Yang Tinghe of course will not do what he wants, anyway, he is not in a hurry, Yang Tinghe simply threw him into the prison of the criminal department, and went home to the United States by himself. Mei had a good night's sleep.

"Liu Jin is cunning and sophistry, unwilling to bow his head and admit his guilt, and the trial last night was also very hasty, so there is no progress for the time being.

Zhengde said: "Is Liu Jin still crying out for wrongdoing? ”

Yang Tinghe said: "That's inevitable, how can he confess to such a serious crime, but even if he doesn't admit it, it's nothing, yesterday's evidence was conclusive, and all the important ministers of the court were present to witness it, and it was useless for him to deny it." ”

Zhengde was silent for a long time and said: "I feel that there may be some hidden secrets, I thought about it all night last night, and I have a question that I can't let go, why did Liu Jin rebel?" He is favored by my side, could it be that he colluded with Zhu Ningxiao to rebel, and Zhu Ningjiao will give him more than me? ”

His Royal Highness Song Nan, Zhang Lun, Yang Yiqing and others glanced at each other, Zhengde really relented, this was to find a reason for Liu Jin not to kill him.

Yang Tinghe smiled and said: "The emperor doesn't have to be bothered, but all those who are rebellious are unsettled, and it is unknown what Zhu Ningxiao promised, but the fact that he rebelled is irrefutable." ”

Zhengde said: "But what if he is really wronged? What if someone really planted him behind his back, and watched me feel dissatisfied with his favor? ”

Everyone's eyes shot at Song Nan in unison, Zhengde was almost famous, this was a bit heavy, I didn't expect Zhengde to be so outspoken in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces.

Song Nan stood there expressionlessly, he was very disappointed in Zhengde, it turned out that he couldn't compare with Liu Jin in Zhengde's mind, he had made so many contributions for him, and even saved his life, in Zhengde's mind, he was still not as good as a eunuch who searched for beautiful women for him to satisfy his pleasure.

"Why did the emperor say this? Yesterday's events were in full view, and the evidence of Liu Jin's rebellion was there, what was the reason for the emperor to protect him? The minister felt that it was really chilling for the emperor to do this. Song Nan couldn't suppress the anger in his heart and said.

This is the first time that Song Nan has spoken so harshly to Zhengde publicly, and the naked blame in his words is undisguised.

"Song Nan, I just feel that something may be wrong with this matter, and suddenly so much evidence has come out, why didn't there be the slightest sign before?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that there are no signs, but that the emperor chooses to ignore it, everything has causes and consequences, and the emperor trusts Liu Jin too much, so he turns a blind eye. Now that the evidence of the crime is there, and the emperor has spoken out to protect him, this can make the ministers speechless. ”

Zhengde said coldly: "You mean I'm confused? ”

Song Nan said: "How dare the minister, it was Liu Jin who was too cunning and used the emperor's benevolence to deceive the emperor." Last night, the minister took someone to copy Liu Jinnan's old house in Xunfang, and copied a lot of ironclad evidence, if the emperor doesn't believe it, how can this evidence be explained? ”

Zhengde was stunned and said, "What evidence?" ”

Song Nan turned around and shouted outside the hall, "Present it." ”

Jinyi Wei Nan Zhen Fu Si Zhen Fu Sun Xuan took two Jinyi Wei lieutenants into the hall carrying a huge box, and after saluting, he withdrew from the hall. The eyes of the ministers fell on the big wooden box, Song Nan reached out and opened the lid of the box, only to see that the box was full of palm-sized things.

Song Nan grabbed one and raised it and said: "Your Majesty, my lords, this is the waist card in and out of the palace, no matter who it is, with this thing, you can enter and leave the palace as if there is nothing, these things are all searched from the secret room of Liu Jin's old mansion in Nanxunfang." In addition, there are 500 sets of armor of the palace guards, thousands of blades, firearms, bows and crossbows, and all the ministers are ordered to carry them into the palace, which are stacked on the square outside the palace at the moment, what is Liu Jin hiding and forging these things? I don't think I need to explain the answer. ”

The civil and military officials gasped, Zhengde was dumbfounded, and anger gathered on his face.

Song Nan sneered: "In addition to these, there were other gains last night, after a night of verification, Liu Jin's family property was verified, you may never imagine how much property Liu Jin has accumulated in just a few years." ”

Song Nan took out a piece of paper from his arms and read aloud: "After investigation, Liu Jinjing has 26 internal and external properties, more than 60 manors, and 100,000 good land; The collection of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings is piled up in countless quantities. In the amount of silver taels, the total of these properties was 13,000,000,000 taels of silver. ”

"What?" The ministers of the palace almost turned their backs, 13 million taels of silver, which is almost worth the financial income of the Ming Dynasty for a year, Liu Jin has been in power for three years, and he has amassed such a huge wealth, which is really incredible.

Zhengde's anger finally couldn't be hidden, gritted his teeth and shouted: "This dog thing, this dog thing, a thousand knives are not enough to calm my anger, Yang Tinghe, immediately organize the three law divisions to interrogate, find out Liu Jin's crimes, dig out his comrades, I want to announce all his crimes to the world, I want to put him to death." ”

Yang Tinghe hurriedly said: "The emperor is angry, take care of the dragon's body, and the minister will do it immediately." ”

Soon after, the palace began to be lively, as Song Nan expected, the officials began to fall into the well and beat the water dogs, after all, the civil officials are people who have read books, their brains are very lively, one by one sharp words and justified began to impeach and expose Liu Jin's crimes, yesterday Yang Yiqing in the palace impeached Liu Jin The 18 major crimes were soon expanded more than doubled, and after the cabinet sorted out, the formation of rebellion, corruption, power, forming a party, framing Zhongliang and other five major crimes mainly eighteen major crimes.

Song Nan stood quietly in the corner, watching the civil officials chattering endlessly, not happy because Liu Jin's fate had been decided, but on the contrary, he was very disappointed; Especially looking at the faces of these officials in front of him, Song Nan felt disgusted for a while.

"The minister has long been aware of Liu Jin's misintentions, and the minister has been secretly staring at Liu Jin, if Liu Jin makes any changes, the minister will not let him go."

"The minister disdains to be with Liu Jin, Liu Jin has invited the minister to the banquet several times, but the minister doesn't pay attention to him at all, and the minister knows that he is not a good thing."

"The reason why the minister and Liu Jin are false and wronged is to secretly find out Liu Jin's conspiracy to rebel, and the minister gave Liu Jin a picture of a crab, with the words 'see how long you will be rampant', which is to satirize Liu Jin, but it is ridiculous that Liu Jin actually hung the picture on the middle hall, which is really laughing at me."

"Minister......

A group of courtiers scrambled to attack Liu Jin while raising themselves, and their ugliness was unbearable, Song Nan recognized that many of these people were Liu Jin's minions, he didn't want to poke it at this time, just stood quietly aside and enjoyed their performance. After Zhang Yong announced his retirement from the dynasty, the group still gathered around and chattered.

Song Nan walked outside the hall, walked to the entrance of the hall, and an old voice came from his ear: "Lord Song, you are so courageous, courageous, and scheming, the old man admires it." Song Nan turned his head to look, and Li Dongyang, the first assistant to the cabinet, was standing beside him with a cane and looking at him with a smile.

"Li Shoufu praised, this is Liu Jin's own fault, my Jinyiwei is well-informed, and naturally can't sit idly by." Song Nan smiled and arched his hand.

"I'm afraid of the facts, Lord Song himself understands in his heart, the old man has been in the temple for decades, and he has seen these things many times, which is not surprising. Liu Jin is extremely evil, in order to get rid of this person, it is not an exaggeration to use some means, in short, the old man congratulated Lord Song. ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "I don't understand what Li Shoufu said. ”

Li Dongyang smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if you understand it or not, congratulations to Lord Song for removing a harm for my Daming; As soon as Liu Jin went, the emperor's most trusted person was Lord Song, and he asked Lord Song to persuade the emperor to work hard to govern the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the old man has a sentence that he doesn't like to hear, Liu Jin's actions and fate are worthy of many people's warning, if you don't know how to restrain as a minister, the consequences will be like Liu Jin. ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Li Shoufu, you should go and say what you want to persuade the emperor; You don't need to worry about what will happen in the court in the future, what should come is always coming, and some things can't be stopped. ”

Li Dongyang shook his head and sighed: "Lord Song, no one can match your resourcefulness and ability, and in time you will become a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that Lord Song will be too conceited and his methods too dark, and it will become a disaster for my Ming Dynasty." ”

Song Nan said: "Li Shoufu originally came to teach Song a lesson, when did Lord Shoufu learn to read fortune telling?" How can you predict what the future holds? As you say, are you not afraid that I will use some shady means against you when you speak like this? ”

Li Dongyang smiled and said: "The old man is almost seventy, are you still afraid of people dealing with the old man?" Life is rare for seventy years, and those who are about to die are not afraid of anything. Besides, the old man has decided to retire, so Lord Song won't be intolerant of me, an old man who lives in seclusion in the countryside. ”

"You want to go into hiding? Why? ”

Li Dongyang pointed to the ministers in the palace who were gushing endlessly and said, "Lord Song, look at those people, this is my civil official of the Ming Dynasty." I think that when the first emperor was alive, the ministers of the court were bustling, how could there be a place for these people? The old minister was entrusted by the first emperor to assist the emperor in ascending the throne, and he has done his best in the past few years. The old man didn't want to mess with these people anymore, so while he could still walk, the old man would live a clean life for a few years. ”

Song Nan was stunned and nodded: "Lord Shoufu's own affairs, Song Nan is not easy to say, I will toast a glass of water and wine when I leave." ”

"The old man thanked him in advance, hmm...... There is no grudge between the old man and Lord Song, he mistakenly thought that Lord Song and Liu Jin were the same party and did something that made Lord Song unhappy, so Lord Song should not take it to heart. ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "If Lord Shoufu doesn't mention it, I have long forgotten about those things." ”

Li Dongyang pondered for a moment and said: "The old man has something to ask for, I don't know if I can say it directly." ”

"Isn't Shousuke-sama's words straight today? I will become a scourge for the court in the future, so you can say such things, what else can't you say? ”

Li Dongyang smiled and said: "In this way, the old man said bluntly, after the old man made a statement, the cabinet was headed by Tinghe, he was a little strong, maybe there would be a conflict with Lord Song, if there was a day when water and fire were incompatible, could Lord Song spare his life in the face of the old man?" ”

"Why did Li Shoufu say this? Where does this begin? ”

"Do you only say yes or not?" Li Dongyang was full of anticipation.

Song Nan shook his head slowly and said: "I have made a promise in my life, but I have not fulfilled it yet, so I have long warned myself not to make promises lightly, I can't promise you." ”

Li Dongyang's face was full of disappointment, and he nodded: "It's okay or not, the old man knows that it is in vain to beg for it, but the old man can be regarded as doing his best." ”

Song Nan said: "I can only say that as long as people don't offend me, I won't offend people, in fact, Li Shoufu shouldn't come to beg me, but should give someone else a piece of advice." ”

Li Dongyang nodded and said, "This is a good building." After a pause, he wanted to say something, but he found that there was nothing to say, so he smiled and said: "A group of water ducks in this hall are very annoying, and the old man likes to be quiet, so let's go first." ”

Song Nan smiled and bowed, watching Li Dongyang's back slowly walk out of the steps of His Royal Highness.