Chapter 450: Deliberations in the Palace, Final Word!
Cui Shangshu and Wang Zhi were arrested and imprisoned one after another, which immediately caused turmoil and unrest in the entire Beijing Division.
Not only did the officials feel uneasy, but those involved were almost frightened!
Zhu Gaoxian's order to the Jinyi guards and the army was to directly follow the evidence, starting with the big ones, and then catching all the small fish and shrimp underneath.
And when these people found out that important ministers like a Shangshu had been arrested and taken out of prison, they were all frightened.
Because Zhu Gaoxian ordered the blockade of the entire Beijing Division, these people couldn't escape if they wanted to, and they colluded everywhere but were taken right in front of the Jinyi guards and soldiers all over the street!
In just a few days, due to Zhu Gaoxian's resoluteness, the assassination was almost complete, and nearly 100 officials of the DPRK and China were arrested and imprisoned, and thousands of people were involved.
And Zhu Gaoxian, who was in the palace, did not order it to stop, but after worshipping the old man, he directly ordered the arrest of many chamberlains and imperial doctors, and asked the Jinyi guards to torture them.
"Dingguo Gong?"
After hearing this name, Zhu Gaoxian couldn't help frowning slightly.
"He's behind it?"
Da Ming Dingguogong, Xu Jingchang.
This name, in later generations is also rarely known, is an out-and-out unpopular noble, this person is the son of Xu Zengshou, the fourth son of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, because Xu Zengshou and Zhu Di are good, has repeatedly revealed to Zhu Di the information of Jianwen's side, and was killed by Zhu Yunwen, and after Zhu Di succeeded, because he was grateful for this person's merits, he was posthumously named the Duke of Dingguo, inherited by this Xu Jingchang.
And this extremely lucky Dingguo Duke Xu Jingchang, I have to say that there is really no half of the shadow of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, and he does not have the loyalty of his Lao Tzu, he is completely a second ancestor with bad deeds, arrogant and lawless on weekdays, and has been impeached by many imperial histories before, but relying on Zhu Di's tolerance, he has not been deprived of the prince.
However, as the saying goes, the grace of the heavens was given to a white-eyed wolf, and Zhu Gaoxian also thought that it would be this person who bought the imperial doctor and the inner servant and poisoned the old man!
You must know that before Zhu Gaoxian set out on the expedition, although the old man had fallen into a deep coma and was unconscious, because he had undergone acupuncture many times, all kinds of matters were explained to the chamberlains and imperial doctors, and the old man's original physical condition could be supported for a long time.
This is also why Zhu Gaoxian will rest assured that he will go on the expedition, after all, the old man is the emperor of Jingjing, after the Yongle Dynasty, whether it is in the people or the court, he has great prestige, and it stands to reason that there will be no accidents in the palace.
But that's what happened unexpectedly!
As soon as Zhu Gaoxian returned to the Beijing Division, he put on a posture of turning the entire Beijing Division upside down, and the Jinyi Guard and the sergeant of the army were ruthless, so he quickly found some clues.
Later, he directly found out the body of this Dingguo Gong!
"Heh, it's really off the charts......"
Zhu Gaoxian shook his head, very annoyed by this guy who dared to be so bold:
"Murdering the king, doesn't this guy know that the prince of Dingguo on his head can only have it if the old man personally decrees it."
"What's it called? Will Grace take revenge? Shengmien, Doumien? ”
Zhu Gaoxian felt very speechless in his heart, the old man was famous, and he would die at the hands of such a small man!
It's just ridiculous, so infuriating!
"Are you sure you've found it all out?"
Yang Rong had already understood this matter clearly, and even personally accompanied by Shen Qingyu, he went to the prison to meet the Dingguo Gong, and even scolded this person in person, scolding him for being extremely mad.
At this time, when he saw Zhu Gaoxian asking, he immediately replied:
"It's true, the minister has read all the confessions, and also asked the inner servants and imperial doctors, and the people who handled them have also verified them one by one, it is this fang who disregards the grace of heaven and breaks his heart, so he will make such a big rebellious act!"
"Your Highness, do you want to inquire again?"
Zhu Gaoxian's face sank like water, and he didn't bother to take care of this kind of black-hearted goods, so he waved his hand directly:
"Since it is conclusive, then deal with it according to the law, remove the knight, remove the knight, copy the family, there is only one requirement, strict and heavy!"
"If it weren't like that, it would be hard to get rid of the anger of the lonely heart!"
After deciding the fate of this person and his family in a few words, Zhu Gaoxian asked about the assassination again:
"What do those guys have to say?"
Shen Qingyu and Yang Rong glanced at each other, and finally he replied:
"Your Royal Highness, after Wang Shangshu was imprisoned, he was very calm and silent, but Cui Shangshu was a little afraid of death, and he explained many things in 1510......"
"In the six departments, almost all of them are involved, and there is also a bad public opinion in Guozi Prison, and Shuntianfu was even ordered by these people, asking them to fish in troubled waters and try to resist to the end......"
Yang Rong and Xia Yuanji on the side listened quietly, and their faces were a little not good-looking, after all, after finding out, almost all of the six departments and five temples, two courtyards and one prison, and six departments and thirteen divisions were involved in the assassination, and even secretly formed a very bad public opinion.
This made Yang Rong, who was the first assistant to the cabinet, and Xia Yuanji, who had always thought that the household department was loyal, were in a somewhat depressed mood.
His Royal Highness is obviously a prince of the Ming Dynasty who is highly meritorious, benevolent and generous, and is a righteous prince of the Ming Dynasty, why are there so many people who want to oppose him?
Is it just because His Highness treats the people leniently and doesn't like the family?
But even so, it won't come to the point of doing this great thing......
Zhu Gaoxian saw that the two of them had heavy faces, and he also understood what the two of them were thinking, and Shen Qingyu, as a brocade guard, was even more unlikely to cover up these things, he thought about it, it seems that this net has indeed picked up a lot of sediment and sludge!
"Now that it's all found out, then Lone has nothing to say."
Zhu Gaoxian stood up, put his hands behind his back, paced a few steps in the hall, and then said to a few people:
"Although Lone is not willing to kill, he is not a person who is bullied by others and still does not fight back."
"These people, who bear the heavy responsibility of the imperial court and the great grace of the emperor, have repeatedly murdered Yu Gu, and even did not hesitate to ruin the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, trying to bury Gu and the Ming army in the hands of foreign races!"
"He also dared to assassinate several times in public! It can be called a great rebellion and an unforgivable sin! ”
"Pass the orphan order, tomorrow morning, discuss this matter!" (End of chapter)