Chapter 704: Punishment
Li Dongyang's eyes also lit up, he only felt that this kind of deterrence could be regarded as a gentleman, but he was more and more satisfied with Zilong, and immediately took the lead in accusing him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After scolding the ministers, although Zilong was reluctant, he still said to the Empress Dowager Zhang: "Queen Mother, if you have anything to say, just say it!"
In fact, the reason why he reprimanded the ministers was just the chivalrous spirit in the rivers and lakes. These many courtiers, as soon as Empress Dowager Zhang said a word, they kept accusing them, but they were like bullying a woman, which made Zilong look down.
However, his subtle thoughts, not to mention whether others have noticed it or not, even he himself has not noticed it.
At that moment, Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at him with a complicated expression, and there was a trace of gratitude in her eyes, and then she faced the ministers and said: "Zhuqing, the mourning family does know some bad things about Liu Jin, and also knows that he once conspired to control His Majesty! But the mourning family swore to the heavens and swore to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, and the mourning family never knew that he had an attempt to rebel, let alone know that he dared to defy the world's disapproval in this Fengtian Temple and ambushed so many people from the expert factory!"
Hearing Empress Dowager Zhang's own admission, she actually knew that Liu Jin had an attempt to control Zhengde, and the ministers couldn't help but be in an uproar, and then heard her oath to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, declaring that they didn't know Liu Jin's rebellious intentions, although the ministers believed it or not, they didn't accuse it in person.
It's just that Xu Guangzuo didn't care about this, and asked directly: "Since Niangniang knew that Liu Jin had tried to control His Majesty, but she didn't stop it, this is really no different from rebellion!"
As soon as these words came out, the ministers also talked about it, and they all felt that Xu Guangzuo's words were not bad.
Li Dongyang no longer defended Empress Dowager Zhang, but set his sights on Zilong to see how he dealt with it.
Zilong couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard that Empress Dowager Zhang actually admitted the crime herself, but seeing her earnest words, it was obvious that she didn't know that Liu Jin had the heart to rebel, but she was just a poor person who was used by Liu Jin.
At that moment, although Zilong had a faint compassion in his heart, he was also angry when he thought of what this woman had done to his mother and son, and he was about to give an order to hand over the matter of the Queen Mother to the three law divisions, but unexpectedly, a terrible scream came from outside the hall, interrupting the deliberations of the ministers.
"Huh, who is doing murder outside?" Xu Guangzuo was worthy of being behind the door, and when he heard this voice, he immediately burst into a shout, and was ready to ask people to check it.
Unexpectedly, Zilong already knew what was going on outside, so he just smiled faintly, waved his hand, and said to Gao Feng: "Wei Bin is only afraid that there will be less evil, you go outside to see, what happened to Qian Ning and Shangshan Muzi, if they are seriously injured, let the imperial doctor treat them." ”
It turned out that there was a fight in the hall and a fight outside the hall, and after Zilong and Cao Qiuhai found out about the chaos, they each wanted to stop fighting, so after revealing their identities, they entered the Fengtian Hall together.
But the other group of people who were fighting, Qian Ning and Wei Bin, each had a reason to put the other party to death.
Qian Ning was almost alive in Jiazhuang before, and he had already been very ruthless to Wei Bin, but Wei Bin wanted to kill Shangshan Muzi to go on an errand, so Qian Ning had to kill.
Originally, Shangshan Muzi wanted to follow Zilong and enter the main hall together, but Zilong was worried about the chaos inside, so he arranged Shangshan Muzi to deal with Wei Bin with Qian Ning.
Wei Bin's martial arts were originally only about the same as Qian Ning, and if he wanted to defeat Qian Ning, he had to pay a certain price, and now with the addition of a Shangshan Muzi, he was far from being an opponent, and finally after all these things happened inside, he was finally killed by Qian Ning and Shangshan Muzi outside the Fengtian Palace.
The Jinyi guards around him, although they were also surprised, but they were about to step forward to ask, but Gao Feng had already received Zilong's order and came out of the palace.
Gao Feng looked at Wei Bin, who died tragically, and couldn't help but secretly say that he was innocent of death, and then asked about the injuries of Qian Ning and Shangshan Muzi.
The two of them joined forces, so naturally it was impossible to suffer any too serious injuries, so both of them said that there was no major problem, so Gao Feng led the two of them into the Fengtian Palace, looking for Zilong to come back to life.
Zilong checked from afar, and found that the two of them were indeed fine, and he smiled happily at the two, and then Shangshan Muzi pointed out his many weapon transactions with Liu Jin, as well as the authenticity of the account book, in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and confirmed the evidence of Liu Jin's rebellion. Zilong then arranged for Qian Ning and Shangshan Muzi to retire and rest, and then began to deal with the affairs of the Empress Dowager Zhang.
Now that Empress Dowager Zhang has confessed her crime, and Zilong has a little resentment against her, so she was about to give an order to convict Empress Dowager Zhang, but unexpectedly, one of them shouted "Your Majesty", and then walked out of the train of the lords, walked to the bottom of the collapse, saluted Zilong, and then said:
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is Your Majesty's biological mother, and she is in love with the first emperor, and her virtuous name has long spread in all directions. Now, if you rashly convict her, I'm afraid that the world will be in turmoil!"
The person who spoke was none other than Xingwang Zhu Youqi, who received great favor from Empress Dowager Zhang, and saw that this imperial sister-in-law was about to be condemned for the great crime of rebellion, so he couldn't help but sit still anymore, so he wanted to come forward to intercede for her, but his words were not much different from what Li Dongyang said.
Zilong could hear his words of pleading, although he could also understand Zhu Youqing's thoughts, but he didn't want to ignore the national law in vain, and was about to rebuke Zhu Youqing, but he didn't want him to say something else.
I only heard Zhu Youqi say: "What's more, His Majesty was controlled by Liu Jin with a strange evil technique, and he hit the imperial case with his head, and he was in pain. Although the ministers couldn't bear to see His Majesty like this, they didn't know what was going on, so they could only helpless and watch His Majesty suffer there.
At this time, if it weren't for the Queen Mother's consideration that Her Majesty was her own son, under the effect of flesh and blood, I was afraid that Her Majesty would die of pain! But the Queen Mother knew that exposing Liu Jin would also affect herself, but she still chose to stand up.
Therefore, although the Queen Mother has had it, after all, she has also saved the car! If she hadn't stood up in time, I am afraid that we would have to ...... today It's going to ......"
What do you want, but Zhu Youqi didn't say it, but the ministers thought about it, it was nothing more than to hold a national funeral for Emperor Daxing, and then the court situation changed.
Although Zhu Youqing's words are a bit far-fetched, today's Empress Dowager Zhang's timely rectification of the chaos is also obvious to all.
For a while, Li Dongyang and other important ministers who were willing to intercede for the Queen Mother were all bright-eyed, competing to come out, all of them bent down and saluted, shouting: "Second!"
When Zilong came in, chaos had already happened, so he didn't know that this extremely vicious woman in his heart still had such a side.
At a critical juncture, she actually gave up Liu Jin and chose Zhengde, who was not her own, and obviously had a family affection for Zhengde.
At that moment, Zilong also sighed faintly, Zhengde is his brother, if he disposes of this woman who saved his brother's life, I am afraid that it will not be easy to explain to my brother.
Although this brother is a little stubborn, but he is his brother after all, Zilong had to sigh, feeling in his heart that since this matter involves Zhengde, he simply let him come back to deal with it himself, and save himself a lot of effort.
So Zilong pondered for a moment before he said slowly: "What Uncle Xing said is reasonable, after all, the queen mother is my mother, how can she be investigated at will! Since she has the intention of repentance, with my meaning, why don't you let her stay in Cining Palace, recuperate well, and not go out without a holy decree, that is!"
This punishment is also quite reasonable, Li Dongyang and other ministers who tried to protect the Empress Dowager Zhang were extremely happy, and together with Zhu Youqi, they thanked Zilong.
Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but be surprised when she saw Zilong disposing of herself like this.
Although he lost his freedom, he didn't have to worry about his life for the time being, and he couldn't help but glance at Zilong with a complicated expression, and then got up and bowed to Zilong, which was considered gratitude.
After she finished worshipping, she was led down by Gao Feng sent to Xiaohuangmen, Cao Qiuhai still wanted to continue to serve by her side, but now she has been abolished, but she still temporarily retains the title of the queen mother, so it is quite incompatible to have a guard officer as the commander of the guards.
Therefore, in the end, she could only take a few palace maids and eunuchs alone and walk towards Cining Palace alone, while Cao Qiuhai was transferred to another place and continued to serve as the guard officer.
Now that the overall situation is no longer under the control of Empress Dowager Zhang, although she and Cao Qiuhai are a little reluctant, they can only do so.
After she and Cao Qiuhai left, Zilong discussed with the ministers again how to deal with the political situation after Liu Jin's downfall.
Zilong is not familiar with these government affairs, but fortunately, he knows that Li Dongyang is an upright person, so he is as good as a stream, as long as the ministers discuss it, he thinks it can be implemented, he will review it again, and then issue a holy decree to act.
For a while, just for an hour or two, the efficiency of the center of the imperial court was unprecedentedly high, and after Liu Jin was overthrown, many power vacuums were filled, and even arrangements were made on how to deal with Liu Jin and Liu Jin's comrades.
After dealing with the political affairs, Zilong ordered someone to report the decrees, just at this time the imperial banquet has ended, but the hundred officials outside are still waiting for orders, so as long as the ministers in this palace go out to pass the decree, they can be implemented quickly.
After a short time, these important ministers who received the decree all left the hall one after another, and in the end, there were only a few people left in the huge hall who knew Zilong's true identity.
Li Dongyang saw that there was no one else around, and immediately said to Zilong: "But I didn't expect that you are really a qualified emperor!"
The people present all knew Zilong's identity, and they all looked at each other and smiled, and then praised Zilong like Li Dongyang.
Zilong was willing to accept these praises, not to mention that he never wanted to be the emperor, he just pushed back, and then said: "Princess, if we don't hide today's affairs and directly announce the truth, I'm afraid that it will be a relatively big blow to the prestige of the imperial court!"