Without any accident, Shi Zan was taken directly from the door of his house and stuffed into the imperial prison.

Shi Zhan's expectation of the nobles and ministers to support, and the ministers to die and plead for mercy, did not appear.

Everything is that this matter seems unreasonable, but the emperor made it clear in advance, you transferred things beyond your authority, and now you have lost them, you should pay for them, and if you can't afford to pay them, you can talk about the sale of your property, and as a result, you take your family to play tricks at the door of your house, so who will you govern?

After Shi Zan was imprisoned, he was obviously panicked.

At this time, there were only two ways he could think of, either to rush to pay the emperor 40,000 taels of silver, or to report Yang Tinghe.

Obviously, the latter is simpler.

Let your surname Yang not save you when you see death, the matter was originally made by you, and you said that you would help, but I was arrested by Jinyiwei now, and you still refuse to come forward to intercede for me, so why don't I poke you out?

Shi Zan thought so in his heart, but when he really wanted to do it, he was still a little hesitant.

Offending Yang Tinghe is tantamount to offending the entire Wenchen system.

If it doesn't make a good fuss, Huai Roubo's vein will be completely unmixed in the court in the future.

The day after Shi Zan was imprisoned, Sun Jiao came to visit the Imperial Prison.

"Old Sun Butang, you can help me."

Shi Zan was placed under house arrest in a room with iron bars on the windows, and when he saw Sun Jiao, he pleaded with Sun Jiao while holding the iron fence.

Sun Jiao showed his voucher to the Jinyi guard on the side, and then entered the room.

The brocade guards all retreated, letting Sun Jiao talk to Shi Zan alone.

Sun Jiaodao: "Your family property, Jinyiwei has been seized, today the old man in the court wanted to say a few words for you, but was pushed back by His Majesty, which means that the matter that has been discussed a long time ago is that you did not abide by the rules first, no wonder Jinyiwei acted according to the law." Your Majesty has also said that as long as you pay off your debts with your heart, there is still room for change in this matter."

Shi Zan said with a bitter face, "Even the lord's house should be raided?"

Sun Jiao said angrily: "Everyone knows that you didn't do it, what good is it for you to insist so much? If you're still obsessed, don't you say it."

Shi Zan sighed: "Old Sun Butang, it's not that you don't understand the situation of the contemptible people, can the contemptible people really confess Yang Zhongtang? Yang Zhongtang's purpose was just that he didn't want His Majesty to use that batch of pig iron as an irrelevant place, and wanted to detain it first, and then talk to His Majesty about using it as a military quartermaster, so he asked the contemptible people to contact Li Bo of the old department, who knew that the pig iron would be lost?"

At this time, Shi Zan had nothing to hide, what to say, he even felt that from the beginning of doing this, he didn't think about going against the emperor.

It was completely a game between the emperor and Yang Tinghe, and Yang Tinghe found him, and he had to do things for Yang Tinghe.

"Then why don't you report this matter directly to Your Majesty?" Sun Jiao asked.

Shi Zan lowered his head and looked distressed: "Between Your Majesty and Yang Zhongtang, it is already very difficult to deal with, if I say it again, won't I become a villain who sows discord?" Besides, I can't afford to mess with either side. Sun Butang, it's rare that you still remember the contemptible person now, you hurry up and think of an idea."

Sun Jiao said angrily: "Don't lose this silver, if you have something, you can just say it, and you can do what it should be." Don't think that you will offend anyone after telling the truth, is it because you are afraid of things, you can't even tell the truth to Your Majesty? Your Majesty is trying to get a word of truth from you, do you really want you to go bankrupt?"

Shi Zan said, "That means that if Yang Zhongtang is exposed, His Majesty will not pursue it? I don't have to pay my debts?"

Sun Jiao glared at Shi Zan and said, "You should be bargaining with the vendors in the morning market? The old man is just giving you a suggestion, the choice is yours, let you tell the truth, not who you report and expose, you can also explain in detail what you thought at the time, as long as Your Majesty is clear about your motives and knows that you are not malicious, or will be open to you! I can't guarantee it."

Shi Zan was originally very hesitant, but now Sun Jiao's words are equivalent to making him make up his final mind, even if it is not a reassuring pill, he has to do this in this matter.

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After Sun Jiao saw Shi Zhan, he took Shi Zhan's "confession" to report Yang Tinghe and entered the palace to find Zhu Si.

Zhu Si took it over and looked at it carefully, Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin next to him wanted to know the content of the confession, but they didn't dare to tilt their heads and lean over to look at it.

Sun Jiao was also very worried, if the emperor got this thing, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not make a move against Yang Tinghe.

After reading it, Zhu Si put down the confession and said in a quiet tone: "It's him again......

Sun Jiao listened, what does this mean?

Zhu Sidao: "In fact, since I ascended the throne, there have been many reports and exposures about Yang Ge Lao, from the original Wang Qiong and Lu Wan, who exposed Yang Ge Lao in prison that Yang Ge Lao had accepted bribes from King Ning, and then to the people in Tai Hospital who reported that he had tampered with the medical records in order to let the former emperor return to Beijing earlier, and as a result, the diagnosis and treatment of the former emperor's illness were delayed, and now they have transferred the personnel of the local health center without authorization, these are not tolerated by the law!"

Sun Jiao hurriedly said for Yang Tinghe.

Zhu Si raised his hand to interrupt Sun Jiao's words and said, "Do you think I want to hold Elder Yang Ge responsible? Actually, no, let's put it bluntly, that batch of pig iron is still in my hands, but let Li Bo transfer it away, and then find someone to transport it to the shipyard."

When Sun Jiao heard it, it was indeed the case.

The way you shout to catch a thief is disgusting.

Do all the emperors calculate their ministers like this?

Needless to say, it was all taught to you by Zhu Hao's kid, right?

Sun Jiao said: "Your Majesty, such a thing, you really shouldn't blame the ministers of the court, they are all dedicated to the country, even if Huai Roubo is more radical, even Yang Zhongtang, he doesn't have the idea of harming the Ming Dynasty, why does Your Majesty treat them like this?"

Zhu Si shook his head, and his tone was heavy: "But Sun Butang, don't you think that I, the emperor, should be very aggrieved?"

Sun Jiao couldn't reply.

Zhu Si stood up and took out a small wooden box from the side, which contained some notes.

Zhu Sidao: "Since I ascended the throne, all the things related to the impeachment of Yang Ge Lao, as well as the matters involving his unauthorized power, have been sorted out and recorded and placed here. My original intention was to use this to wake myself up, to be diligent and self-denying in the future, not to let the Queen Mother and Yang Ge Lao feel that they had chosen the wrong me, and I could not live up to this trust."

"But if the minister takes credit for supporting the king, and seems to persuade the king, but it is far beyond the duty of the courtier, then dare to ask Sun Butang, should I always be forbearing, indifferent, and not even have my own thoughts?"

Sun Jiao remained silent.

"I feel that Yang Ge Lao is becoming more and more disdainful, in the name of serving the court, but he is against me everywhere, I am also a human being, not a saint, and there will be mistakes, I don't mean to accept his criticism, but look at him, do you mean to reason with me? In the last two years, what has I advocated, has he readily agreed to?"

The more Zhu Si said, the more angry he became.

Sun Jiao felt that Zhu Si had fallen into some kind of misunderstanding, and what he said was obviously not the actual situation.

Sun Jiao thought to himself, Yang Jiefu has changed a lot in the past two years, and many times he is tolerating you, the emperor, fooling around, but even so, the little emperor still can't tolerate a powerful minister, now he is Yang Jiefu, will he be an old man in the future, or will he be respectful?

Zhu Si said, "Sun Butang, you give all of these to Elder Yang Ge to see. There were a few copies that I had re-transcribed, and I didn't list the names of the whistleblowers, because I wanted to protect the witnesses, and they dared to report secretly when Yang Ge was so powerful, and I felt that they were very courageous...... Since they trust me and want to work for the hoe girls of the Ming court, then I can't let them down."

Saying that, Zhu Si waved his hand and asked Huang Jin to hand over the wooden box to Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiao hugged this wooden box and felt heavy.

I'm afraid that the emperor didn't plan to force Yang Tinghe to take the initiative to resign in this way, right?

But now that the emperor has asked him to hand over this thing to Yang Tinghe, can he not go?

"Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't know what to say after seeing Yang Zhongtang." Sun Jiao was very embarrassed.

Zhu Sidao: "When you see him, you don't have to say a word, just take these easts

West show him, and you listen to what he has to say. If he wants to resign, tell him that I don't want to drive him away, but what I need is a minister who can really think about me, and I respect him very much, and I want to fulfill this friendship with him."

"The old minister understands."

Sun Jiao hugged the wooden box, saluted respectfully, and stepped back.

This time, the emperor sent Zhang Zuo out with him, for fear that Sun Jiao would not understand anything here, and then teach Sun Jiao face-to-face on the road.

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Sun Jiao went directly to the cabinet duty.

Several members of the cabinet were quite surprised by Sun Jiao's arrival.

After all, Sun Jiao is not a member of the cabinet, and it is very rare to come here, but Zhang Zuo can be seen standing at the door from a distance, and it is obvious that Sun Jiao is coming with the help of Zhang Zuo's guidance, which is equivalent to having a pass, Sun Jiao came in and Zhang Zuo was waiting outside the door, which also shows that Sun Jiao is the microphone this time, and Zhang Zuo is only responsible for giving Sun Jiao a hand.

"I'm going to talk to Jiefu alone."

After Sun Jiao entered the cabinet duty room, he faced the puzzled eyes of several people, and said seriously.

Yang Tinghe nodded and motioned for the others to wait next door first.

After only Yang Tinghe and Sun Jiao were left in the room, Sun Jiao performed his duties and gently placed the wooden box handed over to him by the emperor in front of Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe asked suspiciously, "What is this?"

Sun Jiaodao: "Don't ask, after reading it, you will know."

So Yang Tinghe casually took out a few booklets, and immediately understood that the emperor had obtained Shi Zhan's "confession" and began to make moves against him.

Sun Jiao sat down, leaned back on the back of the chair, looked lazy, closed his eyes and said, "It's really a last resort, and the old man doesn't want to get involved, it's completely His Majesty's arbitrary actions. Jiefu, I said a long time ago, if you want to retreat, I will retire with you, it's a big deal to go back to your hometown to raise children and grandchildren, and to play with flowers and plants, it's better than being angry with that nest."

Yang Tinghe was watching and listening, and he was still pondering.

You are you, compare your ambition with me.

As the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, I have the responsibility to ensure that the path taken by the emperor does not deviate, how can I easily retreat?