Among the Jingshi, there has long been a shock.

Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin was arrested by Jinyi Wei and sent to prison, and there has been no news so far.

For readers, this is a big deal!

After the Holy Master, the head of the scholars in the world, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the face of the scholars throughout the ages, and has an indispensable position in the Shilin, just like the world cannot be without the emperor, otherwise, the sky will fall.

These days, there are constantly people who ask about Yan Shenggong.

Zhu Qiyu also took these notes to see Zhu Qizhen, but the reply he got was, don't rush first, wait and see.

For this, he was troubled.

You're not in a hurry, but a group of people chase me every day and ask, what should I do?

Since people are not in a hurry to be the emperor, it is useless for him to be in a hurry, so he has to leave the music in the middle first.

When everyone saw it, you didn't reply, which means that there is a ghost in your heart, so more sparse music, like snowflakes, flew into the cabinet.

Under this pressure, the cabinet couldn't stand it anymore, so they simply compiled all the notes, wrote a copy of them themselves, and handed them all.

As a result, Zhu Qiyu saw a joint performance of 158 people led by Cao Nai, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Yi, the second assistant, Yang Shan, the imperial history of Zuodu, Liu Ji of the Hanlin Academy, and others.

"His Royal Highness, after the Holy Father and even the Holy Master, now that we don't see anyone in life or corpse, we really don't understand, what is it for?"

"The minister seconded the proposal, if the Holy Duke of Yan really made any mistakes, the imperial court should also be as lenient as possible, take a step back and say, even if it is handled, it should be open and fair, and it should be handed over to the three law divisions for trial!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

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In fact, there is a reason why these people are so emotional.

In less than two years, the power of the civilian clique has been repeatedly suppressed and has fallen off a cliff.

Wang Zhenyu Dang Eucalyptus, Cao Jixiang conspired against Eucalyptus, and Jin Shang collaborated with the enemy......

If these eucalyptus are just a small fight, then last year's White Lotus Sect colluded with the Japanese to rebel, and the Jiangnan gentry who were implicated in the smuggling of eucalyptus at sea have been implicated in tens of thousands, and even spread to the whole country, even the cabinet auxiliary minister Gao Hub has been dealt with, and the power of the civilian clique has been pressed again and again, and now they want to break the bottom line and take the Yansheng public sword, which is unacceptable to everyone.

Above the main hall, almost all the civil officials stood up to second, and only a few people did not express their position.

Among the military attachés and nobles, due to the various intertwined relationships in the family, they will be more or less related to the civil official group, and they also want their children to study, so some people have come forward to support the proposal.

The joint performance of one hundred and fifty-eight people, half of which were officials in the Beijing Division.

The other half are from various states and counties.

This is only in the recent past, if there is enough time, someone calls for it, I am afraid that all the civil officials and gentry in the world will come to sign their names.

This time, it is already the last counterattack of the civilian clique.

Because the rumors of the new deal have already been reported, if it fails this time, even the imperial examination will not be able to keep its life.

Changing the imperial examination is equivalent to cutting off the back road of the civil official group, and the new forces will no longer be controlled by them, but will directly obey the emperor's orders.

In other words, the power and money that should have belonged to them will be lost.

It's like there was a big cake that was cut off one piece after another, but now instead of stopping, the other party asked to take the plate away......

Therefore, they must fight back, otherwise there will not be even scum left.

Seeing that the situation could not be controlled, Zhu Qiyu was also very helpless, so he had to say: "What you have said is reasonable, after today's court meeting, this king will immediately go to meet the emperor and help everyone ask for an explanation."

Everyone's attention is now on this matter, and how can they still be in the mood to discuss things, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the morning dynasty will end in a hurry.

Zhu Qiyu took the joint performance of one hundred and fifty-eight people and came to the Qianqing Palace.

Wynne laboriously carried a large bucket of water, and hurriedly beckoned:

"I've seen His Royal Highness!"

Zhu Qiyu asked puzzledly, "How did Grandpa Huai personally carry water?"

After all, Huai En is now directly serving the emperor, and other eunuchs naturally have other eunuchs to do chores like carrying water.

"Your Highness wants to make fun of it, our family is a slave, what is it that is not personal, His Highness is going to see the emperor?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Yes, there is something important, and you need to face the saint immediately!"

Wynne said, "The emperor is tinkering with the steam engine in the Imperial Garden, Your Highness is here, please!"

"Steaming what...... Chicken?"

Zhu Qiyu didn't understand, and said in his heart that you didn't go to court and studied the recipes?

In fact, after returning to Beijing from Wei County, Zhu Qizhen had already sent people to start researching.

The structure of this thing is actually very simple, and it is basically a giant kettle.

The principle is nothing more than a furnace and a waterwheel-like structure.

Of course, in order to turn the kettle into a thing that can transmit power, you have to make sure that it can be sealed, and you need the appropriate conduction equipment to convert the heat energy into mechanical energy.

Although it is easy to say, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to really build it.

There are more than 300 craftsmen alone, all of whom are skilled craftsmen from Beijing or surrounding states and counties.

Because Zhu Qizhen can only provide a general direction, how to operate, especially the control of details, can only rely on these people's repeated experiments.

For example, the material of the seal, the process of the transmission rod, and the construction of the boiler......

Fortunately, Zhu Qizhen's requirements are actually not high, so let's start with the model.

In other words, there is no limit to the volume or material, as long as it can be run, it is considered a success.

And this thing, there is no need to consider economy at all, the silver is enough, even if the craftsmen ask for gold as raw materials, Zhu Qizhen can meet it.

After two months of experiments, many craftsmen finally came up with a finished product.

It's just that this thing is very bulky, as the first steam engine in the Ming Dynasty, although it has epoch-making significance, it is still too rough.

Zhu Qizhen's plans for the steam engine are ironclad steamers, trains, and commercial use, such as looms.

Now that the Age of Discovery is about to begin, ships need to be put on the agenda, and strive to make a breakthrough within three to five years.

Therefore, as soon as the prototype was manufactured, Zhu Qizhen sent some craftsmen to the Quanzhou shipyard to start the research of the shipborne steam engine.

On the Jingshi side, the direction of research is trains, and of course the craftsmen don't understand what a train is, so the explanation given by Zhu Qizhen is to put wheels on the steam engine so that it can run on land.

Trains and ships are two different directions, although they are based on the same principle, but running on land is not too bulky, and it is necessary to greatly reduce the volume and increase the power at the same time.

In order to reduce friction, steel rails were necessary, so a new site was specially opened near the Xishan Quarry, and dozens of meters of circular rails were laid to prepare for future steam locomotive experiments.

Naturally, Zhu Qizhen is busy every day on the surface, and he is still very concerned about the situation outside.

Inside and outside the court, a war that cannot be seen has quietly begun.

This world needs to be improved, it needs to be improved, it needs to be improved, and it needs a storm to completely baptize.

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings, and the one who should come must come.

"Brother Huang!"

After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he didn't look back and said, "Wait a minute, I can't get out of my hands here!"

Then he asked, "Who, the water?"

Wynne hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, the water is here."

"Pour it in!"

"Yes!"

With the help of two craftsmen, Wynne poured a large bucket of water into the boiler and began to add coal.

Zhu Qiyu stepped forward curiously and looked at this thing that didn't know what a chicken was,

I was at a loss.

Where is this chicken, it's obviously a pot...... Oh yes, it's a pot for stewed chicken.

Add water and make a fire, and it's ready to be stewed.

However, it is just a chicken stew, so there is no need to use so many craftsmen......

"Brother Huang likes to eat chicken?"

Zhu Qizhen was stunned and said, "What kind of chicken do you eat?"

"Uh-huh......

Zhu Qiyu seemed to sense that something was wrong, so he asked, "I heard that the imperial brother is going to steam a chicken?"

"You mean that?"

Zhu Qizhen was checking the tightness of the material with the craftsmen, so he said casually: "This machine is not another chicken, this is called a steam engine!"

"Steam engine?"

"Look here!"

Zhu Qizhen took a few steps back and said, "Start the test!"

Immediately, several craftsmen stepped forward, still holding small notebooks in their hands.

"The 234th Tightness Test, Ready for ......"

Zhu Qiyu saw the nervous appearance of these people, and when he heard the number two hundred and thirty-four, he felt very incredible.

I saw that someone under the boiler kept adding coal, burning more and more vigorously, and then, poof......

There was a loud noise in the boiler, accompanied by a thick burst of white steam, which startled him.

Puff, puff......

At the top of the boiler, a specially treated wooden stake moves up and down, and at the other end it is tied with a rope and two large stones are hoisted.

The steam lifts the stake up, then falls under the weight of the stone, and the cycle repeats.

The craftsmen suddenly became excited and said, "Your Majesty, it's done!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded, and finally solved the problem of airtightness, and next, it was time to enter the conduction system.

"You keep experimenting!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand at Zhu Qiyu and stepped aside.

"Tell me, what's going on now?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly and said, "One hundred and fifty-eight officials jointly signed a concert, asking the imperial brother to give an order, and ordered Jinyiwei to immediately release the Holy Prince."

Zhu Qizhen smiled and asked, "What if I don't let go?"

"I'm afraid it is...... It's hard to convince the public......"

Zhu Qiyu suddenly felt that he, the prison country, seemed to be specially used to be angry.

No matter what happens, they will sandwich themselves in the middle, and the two ends will not fall well.

Zhu Qizhen asked again, "Could it be that the Holy Father of Feiyan has the privilege of not being bound by the laws of the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Qiyu suddenly fell to the ground and said, "Imperial Brother Mingjian, my brother has heard some rumors."

"What rumors?"

"It is rumored that Jin Yiwei will not interrogate people with their hearts at all, and they will be arrested and directly tortured in the edict prison, if they can't hold on, they can only end up being beaten into tricks."

"As you said, these are just rumors, and they can't be true. If the Holy Father of Yan is really beaten into a trick by the Jinyi Guard, I will definitely make decisions for him."

"Imperial Brother ......," Zhu Qiyu continued, "The younger brother is not shielding the Holy Father of Yan, in fact, the younger brother and the Holy Brother of Yan have very little contact with each other on the fair day, and today they are just speaking outright, since they are guilty, why don't they let the priest interrogate them?"

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Is there a division?"

The so-called department is the relevant departments, to be precise, the Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the three divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The triage system was established in the Hongwu period of the early Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to jointly deal with major cases in order to strengthen the autocratic imperial power and reduce the number of unjust prisons.

"Exactly!"

Zhu Qiyu said with a solemn face: "Yan Shenggong's identity is special, even if he has any mistakes, if he can't be interrogated by the three divisions, how can he convince the public?"

Zhu Qizhen thought for a moment and said, "In this way, do the hundred officials think that Jinyiwei has handled it unfairly?"

"The factory guard is good at detective, but not good at making judgments, how can such a big eucalyptus

With such a sloppy approach? As the so-called name is right, the younger brother dares to say, is it true that I am the Ming Dynasty to rule the world with factory health? The ministers have heard a lot of rumors recently, and there are a lot of people who are talking about the court in vain, the root of which is that people's hearts are fluctuating, and the military and civilians are panicking, because no one knows whether it will be themselves next, and the strict punishment and strict law can certainly improve the atmosphere of the world, but even if it is a strict punishment and strict law, the court also needs to let the department conduct a fair trial of the relevant cases, if not, the world will be chaotic, the country has its own laws, if even these cannot be followed, wouldn't it be dangerous for everyone......

The more Zhu Qiyu spoke, the more excited he became, as if he wanted to pour out all the wretched qi he suffered in one go: "All the punishments have always been Ming canonical punishments, and I implore the imperial brother to try the three divisions of Yansheng Bus."

Zhu Qizhen turned his head and glanced at Huaien, Huaien's face was very tangled, and he said in his heart, what do you look at, people don't believe in Jinyiwei, and it's not Dongchang, what does it have to do with me?

However, in order to alleviate the awkward atmosphere, it is better to say a few words.

"According to what the slave maid sees, the emperor might as well summon the cabinet princes and the six Shangshu to listen to your lords' opinions on this matter."

This sentence is basically equivalent to not saying it, anyway, if you have something to do, you can find the cabinet, find the six books, don't look for me.

I don't want to be the next Wang Zhen......

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and then said, "Spread the oracle, Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin will be handed over to the Three Law Divisions for trial!"

At this moment, Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised, and thought that it would take a lot of trouble, but he didn't expect that people would agree so happily.

To a certain extent, the triage of the three divisions is not only a struggle for the right to speak, but also a struggle for the right to judge between the three legal divisions and Jinyiwei.

Not to mention, this eucalyptus will be related to the success or failure of the New Deal.

Maybe the emperor was forced by the pressure of hundreds of officials to do it!