Tang Yin handed the newly obtained files to Zhu Hao. He didn't know much about prison matters. Even though he had contributed to Zhu Si's ascension to the throne, he was asked to take on such a major matter. Tang Yin was also confused for a while.
Headache.
I am just a Sanren who is famous for his poetry and painting, and you actually asked me to indirectly take charge of the Ming Dynasty's prison? Isn't this a joke?
Zhu Hao was immersed in reading the documents.
Luo An came forward and said: "Mr. Zhu, His Majesty's intention is to shock the mountain and shake the tiger, but he does not want the case to be expanded, so as not to cause everyone in the government and the public to feel self-conscious and unstable at the beginning of his succession."
Zhu Hao shook his head: "Since we want to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, we must not have any worries. Instead, we must have the momentum to go forward uncompromisingly and investigate no matter who is involved, and we must get to the bottom of it."
"Is this... not too risky?" Although Luo An is only a member of the Jinyi Guard Qianhu, he was appointed by the emperor to be in charge of the Fusi Prison in Beizhen. Unfortunately, he just entered the capital and everything has not been settled yet. Now he just died.
He's a name that even his subordinates haven't recognized yet.
Zhu Hao sat down and put the papers aside. Everyone was standing but he was the only one sitting there, giving people a feeling of being superior.
Zhu Hao smiled and asked: "What do you think of my actions now?"
As he spoke, Zhu Hao raised Erlang's legs on the table, looking a bit arrogant.
But even so, Luo An, Lu Song, and the soldiers from the Yiwei Department of Prince Xing's Mansion who came with them had no reaction. They were all military generals. Zhu Hao was no longer an ordinary young man, he was about to become a Jinshi. Zhu Hao could not pretend to be pretentious in front of them.
Don't think so.
Tang Yin frowned: "You did it on purpose, right? It's annoying, out of sight!"
Or Tang Yin is direct.
Seeing Zhu Hao dragging him as much as 2,580,000 yuan, he naturally wanted to criticize this nominal disciple.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "That's it. The more arrogant you are, the more others will think you are arrogant and domineering, and they will conclude in your heart that you have no real ability. Our purpose is to make potential opponents think that the people around the new emperor are eager for quick success and want to achieve success overnight.
They will be prejudiced and will gradually slack off. When they react, we will tighten our power so that everything can be done without leakage..."
Luo An and Lu Song looked at each other, neither understanding Zhu Hao's words.
Tang Yin frowned: "You mean, at the beginning, the more extreme the better?"
"It's natural."
Zhu Hao said, "Otherwise, how can we explain His Majesty's actions in the court today? He was so radical in the court, but he restrained his hands when investigating the case. Why not expand the case? You should stay true to yourself when doing things, so as to plant radicalism in your opponents.
We must carry out this impression thoroughly!"
Luo An understood a little bit, but still looked confused.
On the contrary, Lu Song has some culture and is a Confucian general. After thinking for a while, he nodded: "In other words, our initial radical purpose is to get back power. After we obtain the power matching that of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, we will continue step by step.
Become cautious...Mr. Zhu, is this what you mean?"
"Um."
Zhu Hao nodded, "Absolutely right."
Luo An asked: "Who should start the investigation?"
Zhu Hao stood up and turned to the first page: "Let's start with Jiang Bin... He used to control Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and now he has countless cronies in the two departments. Even if Mr. Yang Ge was in charge of the government before, he once advocated
We captured a group of people without touching their roots. Now we must punish these people and take the opportunity to replace them with our people."
Tang Yin shook his head: "It's too rash."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "We just want to advance rashly... Don't worry, the result of our rash advancement will make people think that this is Yang Ge Lao using the new emperor to ascend the throne and want to make a difference. This hatred will not be passed on to us.
"If you don't believe me, just wait and see. After cleaning up the interior of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, they will imprison Zhang Zhong, Zhang Rui, Yu Jing and others to expand the scale, and then the northwest army, such as Ma Ang, oh yes
, Now there is Xu Tai in the Beijing camp. Although he has contributed to the capture of Jiang Bin, he cannot let it go easily..."
Zhu Hao talked more and more.
Lu Song and Luo An heard this and felt that Zhu Hao wanted to turn the entire capital and the nine-sided military and political system upside down. They thought that Zhu Hao was simply playing with fire by expanding the prison in such a drastic way.
But it's still the same problem. Even if they think it's inappropriate, they can't put forward any corrective opinions.
On the first day after ascending the throne, the foundation was unstable. Zhu Si placed the highest expectations and trust on Zhu Hao. If they didn't listen to Zhu Hao, who would they listen to?
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That night, Lu Song entered the palace and informed Zhu Si of Zhu Hao's plan.
Zhu Si had just met Empress Dowager Zhang at this time. He wanted to see his grandmother, Dowager Shao, but was unable to do so. Zhu Si was not usually very good at ordinary times, but at this time he showed extreme filial piety. He had lost his father and had no brothers when he was young, so he felt lonely.
Family ties have become his most important bond.
In addition, Zhu Hao told him that only by strictly observing filial piety could Yang Tinghe and other powerful civil servants find no flaws in him. As time went by, Zhu Si himself did not know whether this filial piety was real or an act.
"Zhu Hao is right. Since you want to do it, you can't have any scruples."
After Zhu Si heard the reply, he clenched his fists.
When I first arrived, the most trustworthy people around me were Yuan Zonggao and his subordinates, the Prince's Chief Shi, who had a weak sense of presence, and a group of warriors from the Imperial Guards Department. Even Zhu Si felt that what he heard from Zhu Hao was correct.
.
Lu Song said: "But I think that this may cause some...not very good consequences."
Lu Song could only remind indirectly, he did not even dare to speak too directly. He could not show his obedience to Zhu Hao's words. As Zhu Si's minister, Lu Song had to consider his usual attitude towards Zhu Hao, especially in this situation.
In front of Zhu Si, he had to show his alienation from other people. After all, he was Zhu Houcong's minister, not Zhu Hao's minister.
Although in his heart, he was completely willing to obey Zhu Hao's orders.
Zhu Sidao: "I know what you mean. I am afraid that Mr. Yang Ge and others will think that I am too young. However, I am just a newborn calf and not afraid of tigers. Do I have to be slaughtered by others after becoming the emperor? Then what is the point of being the emperor?
?If they are unwilling, they can submit a petition to advise me and ask me to stop and not escalate the situation."
Lu Song suddenly thought of Zhu Hao's words and reminded him: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhu said before that if Your Majesty really wants to expand the case, it is estimated that the opposition of the civil servants will not be too strong. They may be eager for His Majesty to do so."
"Look, I'll just say it."
In front of Lu Song, Zhu Si still did not regard himself as an emperor, nor did he change his self-proclaimed position. "Zhu Hao and I have completely the same views, so just do what Zhu Hao wants. At worst, they won't understand it and will drive me away."
If I step down, then I will go back and continue to be my King Xing, what can they do to me?"
Having said this, Zhu Si was very proud, as if he had come to the throne so easily that he didn't need to cherish it at all.
But Lu Song knew that the emperor was standing and talking without pain in his back. Before he officially ascended the throne in the morning, Zhu Si was nervous. Now that you know that you have ascended the throne, you know that as long as you don't make any big mistakes, you will not be deposed.
There is no need to worry about mutiny, because military power has now been transferred from the hands of traitors to Yang Tinghe.
If Yang Tinghe wants to depose you, he can only take the normal route and will not launch a military coup.
And it is in the interest of the civil service group that you punish the traitors of the Zhengde Dynasty. In addition, the court has said before that no matter how big the situation is, the civil service officials will only give advice and remonstrate and will not directly operate on you...
Think of this.
Lu Song secretly sighed in his heart: "The first of the three fires that Mr. Zhu set for Your Majesty can be said to be very accurate. It not only gives him power, but also shocks people's hearts. The civil servants have opinions but can't express them. It's the best."
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That night Zhu Hao did not leave the Jinyi Guard Office, which is the government office on the west side of Daming Gate.
It is not accurate to say that the Yamen was there. Most of the houses nearby were bought by Jin Yiwei, so now Zhu Hao and Tang Yin are actually carefully reviewing the files in the study room of the Minyuan connected to the Yamen, involving the testimony of the Jiang Bin case.
There are a lot of physical evidence, and only one volume has been sorted out, but there are dozens of boxes of evidence about officials who have interests involved in it.
"In the past month, everything that could be investigated has been basically investigated by the Ministry of Justice... Now the internal cleaning of Dongchang and Jinyiwei is very serious, and they are all on standby. It can be regarded as a waste of time." Zhu Hao shook his head and said.
Tang Yin stared at it for half a night, his eyes almost closed. He sorted out the clues that he thought were useful and sent them to Zhu Hao, "Just like this, you still want to operate on Dongchang and Jinyiwei? I'm afraid that Mr. Yang Ge will know.
I will stop you later!"
Zhu Hao said: "I don't want to attack anyone, but I want to revitalize the authority of Jinyiwei. Do you think even Mr. Yang Ge wants to interfere? He might as well just go to the memorial and cancel Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Let's see if it is he who is unpopular, or me."
Tang Yin frowned: "You are quite persistent... Do you really think everything is settled now? There won't be any recurrence?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "I am a rash person to begin with. Besides, it is His Majesty who takes action now. I come up with the plan and the one who implements it is Commander Zhu of the Jinyi Guards. Oh, by the way, there is also Wei Bin, the admiral of Dongchang.
"Don't worry. When things get serious, Wei Bin will be the first to take the blame. Everyone will think that he wants to use the power of the new emperor to monopolize power. He will be the next one to be impeached by the court officials."
"Next?"
Tang Yin was a little confused, and then asked, "Who is the first one?"
"The first one is, of course, Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel. Mr. Tang, I told you before, have you forgotten everything?"
Zhu Hao was very emotional. Tang Yin obviously didn't take his words seriously.
Tang Yin said angrily: "The last time you brought it up, it was half a year ago. Who would have expected that it would be like this six months later? You usually talk a lot, which sentence of yours should I remember?"
The master and the disciple started arguing seriously.
After arguing for a while, Tang Yin yawned and stood up to rest.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "I'm going back to rest too. Tomorrow I want Luo Qianhu to take me to see Jiang Bin, oh, and Qian Ning, who has been in prison for a long time. See these two historical celebrities, and learn from them
Learn a lesson."
Tang Yin frowned deeply: "Why are you seeing them? Aren't you afraid of revealing your identity? You are just a tribute now, and you will be an official in the court in the future. Aren't you afraid of being targeted by those senior ministers?"
"I'm afraid." Zhu Hao continued to smile, "So I asked my husband to go with me. You walk in front so that no one notices me!"
Tang Yin rolled his eyes and went straight to the bedroom.