Chapter 453: Kill them all? I'm already merciful!
The new emperor's accession to the throne is indeed a rare experience for Zhu Gaoxian himself.
He even had a faint feeling that a new personality in his mind was gradually emerging, and it was estimated that it would not be long before the new personality would appear again.
"Last time it was Yue Fei and Yue Wumu, I don't know who it will be this time?"
Zhu Gaoxian secretly muttered in his heart, Yue Fei's personality gave him a lot of help during the expedition to Mobei, and it helped him a lot, and he also trained the three battalions into elite soldiers like the Qi family's army!
This time he has become the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so he doesn't know who the new personality will be.
It's better to be a scientist, or an official with a lot of experience in politics......
Zhu Gaoxian was secretly pondering, and he heard the minister's report below:
"Your Majesty, since you have ascended the throne, I don't know the name of this year......"
Only then did Zhu Gaoxian come back to his senses, the year name had indeed not been decided, and the main Zhu Gaoxian himself didn't bother to think about it, so he directly threw this matter to Yang Rong and them.
How big is it to decide on an era name?
Yang Rong has been busy with his feet for the past few days, and has discussed with Xia Yuanji, as well as some people in the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy, for a long time, but he has not been able to finalize it.
At this time, seeing a minister asking a question, Zhu Gaoxian said with a smile:
"Don't worry, don't worry, changing the yuan is a big deal, I have already handed it over to the cabinet to discuss, and there will naturally be a conclusion in a few days."
As soon as he said this, many officials' minds immediately became lively.
If you can also participate in this negotiation of the era name, it will be very different!
Now don't think about this from the dragon's work, the situation in the East Palace has been very stable, and there is nothing to say about the heroes of the hidden palace, so if you want to gain a firm foothold in the new dynasty, or even go further, you can only find ways to start with these things first.
And Zhu Gaoxian threw out this matter, originally with the intention of letting everyone participate, only in this way can he quickly open up the situation and temporarily shift everyone's attention to the matter of the year name.
Because then, the third thing of today's court meeting is really a bit surprising.
After another whispered discussion, Shen Qingyu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who was signaled by Zhu Gaoxian, strode out of the queue and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, after several days of interrogation and investigation, all the criminals in the previous assassination case have been arrested, and all of them have now been sent to the prison to await the verdict."
"Among them, Wang Zhi, the former secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Cui Renhe, the former secretary of the Criminal Department, Hu Ming, the right attendant of the former Ministry of Rites, and others have all confessed, and the former Guozi is a priest ...... wine."
"Wait, stop!"
Chen Xun, the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, frowned, directly interrupted Shen Qingyu's words, and asked a little unceremoniously:
"Are all these officials substantiated?"
"Or do you wait for torture and torture to turn it into a confession?"
In view of the special status of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, this second-grade Zuodu Yushi did not have a good impression of the royal spy like Jinyiwei, coupled with all the movements made by the Great Suo Jingshi before, so he was very unkind to Shen Qingyu, the commander, between his words.
And Shen Qingyu didn't care about his tone, even if he was interrupted, he just said expressionlessly:
"The above criminals have empirical evidence and witnesses, and there is sufficient evidence that they planned and carried out the previous assassination of His Majesty."
"And when we captured them, some of them tried to resist by force, using the same things as the Assassins."
"Master Chen, I have a complete confession and evidence here, do you want to take a look at it yourself?"
Chen Xun naturally couldn't have made such a mistake, His Majesty on the dragon chair hadn't seen it yet, so he went to see it himself, isn't this looking for death?
Besides, since Shen Qingyu dared to speak like this, it means that this matter must have been decided, whether it is a trick or a real thing, Chen Xun has no choice but to express his doubts verbally.
And Zhu Gaoxian glanced at this person, and suddenly came to a conclusion in his heart, this Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate seems to be not on his side......
And as Shen Qingyu reported more and more official positions and names, the expressions on the faces of many officials in the hall also changed, and they began to gradually become strange.
What's the situation?
How could so many officials be involved in the assassination of the Crown Prince, oh no, His Majesty?
Starting from the Criminal Department, all the way to the Household Department under the command of Xia Yuanji, there are six departments, and there is no shortage of them, all of which have officials involved!
There is even Meng Xian, the commander of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, who wants to take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters!
After hearing this, even the British public Zhang Fu, who had always been silent and stable in the court, couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise and felt a little incredulous.
Is this still the world of the Ming Dynasty?
How does it sound like the last years of the previous dynasty, the court is in chaos?
"Alright, Commander Shen, stop for now."
This smart man, who became a national prince by virtue of his crusade against Annan and the recapture of Jiaozhou, finally couldn't help but interrupt Shen Qingyu's report.
And when everyone saw Zhang Fu speak, they immediately looked at him, wanting to know what this generally silent British prince would say?
"Your Majesty," Zhang Fu held back for a long time, shook his head again, and then slowly said to Zhu Gaoxian:
"Although the assassination is appalling and frenzied, can it be only punished and forgiven for those who obey the sin?"
"If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that there will be too many people involved, which is not conducive to the stability of the court."
"Your Majesty, you have just ascended the throne, and it is the time when you should give amnesty to the world to show the mercy of the heavenly family, why do you want to kill them all......"
He was embarrassed to say it, if you follow your method of arrest and let Jinyiwei continue to arrest him like this, I am afraid that most of the officials of the imperial court will be sent to prison......
And all kinds of families and forces in the capital are staring at you like this, is it any good for the situation?
Now that you have ascended the throne, let's first think about stabilizing the situation under the world!
However, in the face of Zhang Fu's kind advice, Zhu Gaoxian smiled dumbly:
"British duke, I'm afraid you're thinking about it."
"Kill them all?"
"What I'm doing now can be regarded as quite restrained and very merciful!"
He tapped on the armrest of the dragon chair, glanced around the many officials in the hall, and then said word by word:
"Cut off the food and grass of my army, colluded with foreign races, assassinated in Yunzhou, assassinated in Jingshi, and even poisoned the prince of Dingguo to murder his father!"
"Can such a crime of treason be easily ended?"
"Shouldn't I have exterminated such heinous people?"
"I didn't destroy their nine clans, I'm already very merciful!" (End of chapter)