Chapter 57: Judgment
Jin Yiwei and Xiaoling Wei took people, and things were done very neatly.
In less than 10 minutes, more than 300 students were tied up and taken away with socks or rags on their mouths.
Zheng Xianlin and others, who had not yet left, witnessed the whole process on the city tower, which shocked them deeply.
The people caught below are not others, but students with 300 merits.
In this era when everything is inferior, only reading is high, students are transcendent.
There is no doubt that today's events will cause waves in Jinling and even the whole world, and even cause a political overturn.
Zheng Xianlin and others cared about personal honor and disgrace, only Zhou Yan felt sad for the students, and was sad that this move damaged the cultural context of Jinling.
But to be honest, Zhou Yan has done everything that needs to be done, and he can actually have a clear conscience.
"Let's go, let's go see the prince!"
Everyone went down the city tower together, and just happened to meet He Gujin who came in a hurry.
Zheng Xianlin was concerned about the trial situation, so he immediately asked, and everyone else pricked up their ears to listen.
Knowing that Qian and Liu were poor and daggers, Zheng Xianlin was not surprised at all.
Now that these two people have come out, taking advantage of today's students' trouble, Zheng Xianlin plans to kill them.
"By the way, what about the students gathered?" He Gujin's face was full of doubts.
There was a lot of noise in the morning, why are they all gone?
Xuezheng Zhou Yan opened his mouth and said: "Lord He, the people of Jinyiwei and Xiaolingwei have arrested all the students on the charge of disturbing the Taizu Mausoleum!" ”
"Disturb the Taizu Mausoleum?" He Gujin was a little surprised.
Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's mausoleum is at least five miles away from the palace gate, and there are several city walls in between, so it is a bit far-fetched to disturb it.
This prince is really bold...... He Gu Jin sighed in his heart.
Zhu Jingyuan is the eldest son, and he naturally has the support of scholars, so his position as the crown prince is stable.
Now that Zhu Jingyuan is shooting at scholars, he is completely isolating himself from the scholar class, which is tantamount to digging the foundation of his prince's position.
Of course, the lesser of two evils also shows that Zhu Jingyuan's status is unstable now, and he can't care so much about it in order to succeed.
Seeing that everyone was still talking nonsense, Zheng Xianlin said: "Let's go, let's go see the prince!" ”
When they arrived outside the dormitory, they learned that the prince was not here, and the eunuchs couldn't tell where he had gone.
Without seeing the prince for advice, Zheng He and the others couldn't do their errands, so they chose to wait.
They didn't leave, and the rest of the officials stayed, wondering what would happen next.
At this moment, Zhu Jingyuan is no longer in the palace, but has come to the filial piety tomb.
He was also very panicked, so he came to Zhu Jinghong and planned to discuss what to do next.
"Thirteenth brother, why is it delayed for so long?"
"Fourth brother, you have to do a good job here, otherwise the old man will send someone to investigate, and it will be over if you miss the stuffing!"
Of course, this is an excuse, just because the emperor will not strictly investigate this matter at all.
If it is found out that his son is joking with his ancestors, his face as a father will be dull, and he will not be asking for hardship.
Of course, Zhu Jingyuan believed this reason, so he didn't dig deeper.
"What's next?"
"The case of the judge has been judged, and the arrested officials have been arrested, and no one in the entire Jinling will dare to disobey the yang and the yin!"
"The fourth brother will be able to use the power of Jinling to kill all the Japanese invaders!"
The beautiful blueprint has been drawn, just waiting for Zhu Jingyuan to realize it.
And the beginning of the army mobilization is the time when Zhu Jinghong shows his ambitions, and that is where he really needs to perform.
The support of civil officials and doctors has been divided between the crown prince and the sixth child, and it is impossible for anyone to support him, so Zhu Jinghong aimed at the noble generals.
And only by participating in the war can he prove his ability and be recognized by the noble generals.
Otherwise, he will always be a prince, at most a little clever character, which is extremely detrimental to his climb to the throne.
When the two brothers were discussing, a eunuch came to report: "Prince, the political envoy of the Ancha Division asks to see the officials!" ”
"Fourth brother, let's go back, it's time for everything to end!" Zhu Jinghong said with a smile.
"Let's go!"
When Zhu Jinghong and the others returned to the dormitory, Zhao Xuyan, the imperial historian of the imperial capital, also arrived, and he woke up at a very good time.
Everyone in officialdom has a network of contacts, which is also a news network, and people with interests on the Internet will spontaneously pass the news to those who should know.
And at the top of the news chain, of course, are a group of high-ranking officials in Jinling.
The political participation, senators, and deputy envoys of the Second Division of the Domain all came one after another, including Qian Ruiming and Liu Deyan.
At this extremely critical moment, the high-ranking officials came to the palace, and an informal audience became the highest-level meeting in Jinling.
Everyone knows that the next deliberations are very crucial, related to the direction of the various yamen in Jinling, and even involve the honor and disgrace of the life and death of many high-ranking officials, so they must be present.
However, the strange thing is that more than a dozen high-ranking officials of Jinling gathered outside the hall, but none of them spoke.
Although they are colleagues who have worked together for many years, they are wary of each other at the moment, and how can they speak with a heavy heart.
So everyone waited like this until Zhu Jinghong and the others returned to the dormitory.
"Your Excellency, the prince is back, please enter the palace!"
Hearing the words of the eunuchs, all the officials cleaned up their appearances, and lined up according to their ranks, and walked along the steps to the main hall.
Entering the main hall, I saw that Zhu Jingyuan was already sitting on the main seat, and Zhu Jinghong was standing on the side.
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Excuse me!"
There needs to be an explanation for today's matter, so without waiting for everyone to ask, Zhu Jingyuan spoke: "Today's students gathered and disturbed the Taizu Mausoleum, do you all know about it?" ”
This is equivalent to believing that the students did disturb the mausoleum.
"The ministers know!" Zheng Xianlin, the political envoy, spoke.
Zhu Jingyuan sighed, and said with a look of regret: "Jinyiwei arrested someone, and now he is interrogating, this matter will be ignored for the time being, and there will be results later......"
His expression was not acted, he really felt sorry for the students.
Zhu Jinghong stood aside, the previous two magistrates had learned from the past, and no one interrupted Zhu Jingyuan at this moment.
He said to put it aside and ignore it, and the others could only agree.
Only Qian Ruiming and Liu Deyan felt uneasy at this time, and their faces had become not very good-looking.
"Why ...... care?"
"The minister is here!"
"Has your case been cleared up?"
He Gujin replied solemnly: "Back to the prince, the facts of the case have been sorted out and understood, Hu Jin'an embezzled money and grain from the government treasury, persecuted the people and extorted money, and the evidence is conclusive!" ”
"Now that the evidence is conclusive, the verdict will be pronounced tomorrow...... The chief secretary and the governor of the imperial history must send people to listen to the interrogation! Zhu Jingyuan's eyes swept left and right.
"Command!"
Zheng Xianlin and Zhao Xuyan expressed their positions one after another, and the matter was about to be settled.
"Prince, the minister has something to say!" Liu Deyan finally couldn't help it.
Zhu Jingyuan looked at him and said, "You say! ”
"Today, the judge is listening, the facts of the case are not clear, and the twists and turns have not been sorted out, I am afraid that the verdict will not be announced tomorrow!"
Someone had the audacity to question it, the two brothers had already predicted this situation, and Zhu Jingyuan did not panic at all.
"There are twists and turns, but they can also be cleared up tomorrow, what I want to say is...... Tomorrow the verdict in this case must be announced! ”
"Yes!" Liu Deyan retreated.
"If there is nothing else, I will be here today, and you will all go back!"
Without waiting for everyone to react, Zhu Jingyuan got up and left directly, and everyone had no chance to speak even if they wanted to.
This meeting is very important, but it doesn't seem to be discussed, but the change in the situation is huge.