Zhu Hao first asked Zhu Chen to take good care of the arsonist, and he wanted to interrogate him personally, and then expressed the priority of the matter to Zhu Si alone.
"...If Your Majesty wants to get to the bottom of it, how will this matter end if Empress Dowager Zhang and Mr. Yang Ge are found?"
By talking to Zhu Si in private, Zhu Hao doesn't need to worry about anything.
Zhu Si said decisively: "If they really did it, I don't want to tolerate it."
Zhu Hao shook his head: "But they have not really harmed the Queen Mother, and they have no intention of murdering Her Majesty. What if after the matter is exposed, they jump over the wall and join forces to discuss the matter of abolishing the establishment?"
Zhu Si was indeed frightened.
Although Zhu Si was confident that he had secured the throne at this time and appeared very strong in front of others, he had no confidence in front of Zhu Hao, a close friend who knew everything about him. From his true heart, he would never risk his life for the sake of a fight of will.
A great situation.
"Although the chance of this is not high, I think that if we are pushed into a hurry, there is still a possibility that Empress Dowager Zhang and Mr. Yang Ge will abolish the establishment without authorization. Even if we don't talk about abolishing the establishment, the next step may be to directly confront the Empress Dowager or His Majesty.
If you are ruthless, then it may really be a life and death fight."
Zhu Hao spoke eloquently.
There was a murderous look in Zhu Si's eyes: "Then can't I take the initiative?"
"inappropriate."
Zhu Hao categorically denied Zhu Si's idea, "If you secretly harm people, if it is exposed, it will turn out to be true, murdering ministers and adoptive mothers. This is a serious crime that violates filial piety and etiquette. This will be detrimental to those who secretly covet the throne."
Said...it is an excellent opportunity. It is extremely disadvantageous to us, and it will never reach this point now."
Zhu Sidao: "Then you mean we won't investigate anymore?"
Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head: "We need to investigate, but it depends on how we investigate... We have to put the blame on a person who we don't like, the court officials don't like, but he has nothing to do with the overall situation."
"who?"
Zhu Si was stunned.
Instead of finding the culprit and holding him accountable, you have to hold an unrelated person accountable?
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, what do you think of Shouning Hou and Jianchang Hou?"
Zhu Si thought about it for a moment, shook his head and said: "The two of them... I hate it, but if it is a frame-up... it can't be called a frame-up. In short, the blame should be placed on them. Can Queen Mother Zhang agree?"
In front of friends, Zhu Si imitated Zhu Hao's address to Queen Mother Zhang as a distinction between the two queen mothers.
Zhu Hao said: "We want to get to the bottom of it. None of the parties want to see this scene. If the blame is just on these two people... we won't say who it is. We will just step down from their posts for this reason. When the time comes, Zhang
The Queen Mother and her brothers can only suffer the loss of being dumb...the purpose of introducing a scapegoat is to take the blame."
Zhu Si shook his head, saying that he still didn't quite understand.
"Let's put it this way, this matter may or may not have been instigated by the Empress Dowager Zhang, but if it was really done by the Empress Dowager Zhang, she naturally hopes that someone will come out as a scapegoat. She does not want the case to be investigated to the end, and then the Zhang brothers will come out to take responsibility.
As long as the punishment is not too severe, Queen Mother Zhang will gladly accept it."
"Um."
Zhu Si finally agreed.
"If this matter has nothing to do with the Queen Mother Zhang, and your Majesty finds out about the Zhang brothers, everyone in the court will think that it was the two brothers who did it, and it will not be said which member of the Zhang family it is, and the two brothers themselves will doubt each other, because each other
I know him so well that I feel like he has such a mischievous character."
When Zhu Hao said this, Zhu Si's eyes lit up.
The Zhang brothers are simply the best candidates to take the blame. Anyway, it is most appropriate to push them to take the blame.
Zhu Hao continued: "We can't get to the bottom of it because we're afraid that it will end badly if we find Empress Dowager Zhang and Mr. Yang Ge, but we can't just ignore the investigation, so we have to find the Zhang brothers to be the scapegoats. No matter who it is.
Whatever you do, if you can take the opportunity to get the two brothers down, that’s a gain!”
Zhu Si swept away the previous haze and said with a smile: "Listening to some of your words makes me feel much more comfortable than listening to what others say. I think so too. Just check it out. I'll leave this matter to you!"
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Zhu Si returned to the palace.
Zhu Hao saw him off personally and started investigating the arson case.
When Tang Yin rushed back after hearing the news, Zhu Si had already left. Tang Yin said nervously: "This case involves a lot, you can't mess around."
Even Tang Yin could see that the instigator behind this incident was very powerful. After all, he could instruct the palace maids to set fire to the palace. This was no longer a simple crime of beheading, but the annihilation of nine tribes. There was no one with such extraordinary ability except Queen Mother Zhang.
Besides, I can't seem to think of anyone else.
Zhu Hao nodded: "I have already agreed with His Majesty that the key person will not be found."
"As long as you are sensible, I'm afraid you will take the opportunity to make things worse." Tang Yin sighed, implying that he was still worried about Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao smiled and joked with Tang Yin, and then, accompanied by Lu Song, went to Fusi Yamen, Jinyiwei North Town.
Because the case was serious and the news might have been leaked, Zhu Hao had to dress up in disguise, changed into the clothes of Jinyi Primary School, and entered through the side door instead of the main entrance of Beizhen Fusi.
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Zhu Hao was able to get Zhu Si to agree to minimize the big issue and put the blame on the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling. He took advantage of Zhu Si's fear.
In the past, Zhu Si might have fought to the end.
But this time someone set fire to the palace, and most of the people in the palace were controlled by the Queen Mother Zhang. Naturally, Zhu Si had to worry about his own safety and that of his mother, and had no choice but to agree to Zhu Hao's strategy of finding a scapegoat.
Moreover, killing the Zhang brothers at once was also a victory for Zhu Si.
What else could happen?
Would the Empress Dowager Zhang really be implicated and let his fake son fall into an unkind and unjust situation? How would the Empress Dowager Jiang stand in that situation? Would the Empress Dowager Zhang have the idea of dethroning his adopted son from the throne?
With Empress Dowager Zhang's appeal in the court, Hongzhi, the master of the six palaces of Zhengde and Zhengde, as well as the support of Xungui and Yang Tinghe...
During this period of time in the first year of Jiajing, Empress Dowager Zhang was definitely qualified to depose and establish an emperor. It just depended on the success rate.
Empress Dowager Zhang cannot be pushed into a panic, and the situation cannot be overturned.
Under this premise, it would be much easier for Zhu Hao to interrogate the palace maid involved in the case.
When Zhu Hao arrived at Fusi, Beizhen, Zhu Chen and Luo An were both there.
This case involves arson in the palace, which is equivalent to a treason case. In addition, it involves the personal safety of the Empress Dowager Jiang. Even Zhu Chen knows that he cannot bear this responsibility. Now that Zhu Hao is trying the case, it is no different to Zhu Chen.
A relief.
"Call all the irrelevant people out and just keep a few of us."
Zhu Hao gave Zhu Chen instructions.
The implication is that no one is allowed to attend. Except for you, Zhu Chen, Luo An and Lu Song, everyone else has to withdraw. This is a secret interrogation, and no trace of it can be leaked to the outside world.
Zhu Chen clasped his fists: "I understand the humble position."
In front of Zhu Hao, Zhu Chen also bowed his head, as if Zhu Hao was the real head of Jinyiwei.
Although Zhu Hao would only appear at the Jinyi Guard Office when major cases occurred, as long as Zhu Hao came, it would be Zhu Hao who would be in charge of everything.
Not only Zhu Chen, but also Luo An and Lu Song were now afraid that the case would involve Empress Dowager Zhang or other important people who could not afford to offend. They had to be careful to prevent leaks and had to avoid irrelevant people.
They didn't know that Zhu Hao's purpose was just to frame the Zhang brothers.
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In the Fusi Court Hall in Beizhen, two palace ladies were kneeling below.
They are young, and they all appear to be in their twenties. One of them has blond hair and blue eyes. He does not look like a Central Plains person at first glance. He is probably an alien rebel who was captured by the soldiers and sent to the palace because of his beauty, just like the biological mother of Emperor Hongzhi back then.
Queen Mother Ji is just like that.
The court really does not need too many people. The two palace maids basically have no ability to resist. As long as Lu Song stands behind them with a knife, he can prevent all accidents from happening.
Zhu Hao walked down from the hall without covering his face, not afraid that the two palace ladies would see his appearance.
No matter what, these two women were bound to die. Even if he obeyed his orders, Zhu Hao could not save them.
Zhu Hao walked directly to the two girls: "Raise your head!"
The two girls raised their heads tremblingly, and when they saw a young man with a handsome face in front of them, they seemed to see hope of survival.
Maybe they thought Zhu Hao was a young eunuch sent from the palace, or maybe they were ordered to take them out of the imperial prison... They didn't know what yamen they were in, they just thought they had done something wrong and were arrested, and they were slightly punished.
Punishment may be a spanking and then being released.
Zhu Hao asked: "Did you set fire to the palace before? Lu Qianhu, bring out the evidence of the crime."
From a nearby tray covered with black cloth, Lu Song threw the tinderbox and several broken books used by the second maid in setting fire in front of the second maid. Half of the broken books were already burned.
"The curtains were on fire. Fortunately, the fire was put out in time. Otherwise, the entire palace might have burned down. If a fire broke out in the palace... tsk tsk, let's not talk about whether there will be fatalities or not. Even the loss is probably not something you two can afford, right?
?" Zhu Hao seemed to be trying the case slowly and seemed to be reasoning with the criminals.
"Sir, spare my life!!"
The two women kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, and felt a sense of fear in their hearts. It seemed that the problem could no longer be solved by playing cards, and that they were heading towards the death penalty.
Zhu Hao picked up the half-burned book on the ground, flipped through it, and said: "I don't care about your lives, and I don't care who instigated you, because I know that even if I don't go
Cha, the person who instigated you behind the scenes has probably committed suicide by now, either by persuading someone to take poison or hanging himself!"
Zhu Hao did not scare the two girls.
Because during Zhu Chen's previous pre-trial, it was discovered that the person behind the incident was a eunuch in the palace.
And the real culprit probably doesn't expect the two little palace ladies to keep the secret, so the middleman is the most unlucky.
If you find that things have failed, you have no choice but to end it yourself.
The reason for dying generously is actually to avoid implicating your family. Once you die, the case cannot be investigated, and maybe your family can be saved... and the culprit behind it can also help.
The two girls listened.
What's happening here?
We haven't revealed the person behind the scenes, but that person is already dead? Then we... aren't we going to die even more?
"Sir, have mercy on me! Have mercy on me!"
The two palace maids shouted and kowtowed as hard as they could, making a "bang bang" sound.