In the afternoon, all the officials below the fifth rank in front of Zuoshun Gate were captured and taken to Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town. For a time, the prison was overcrowded and there were almost no cells left.
Although the remaining people were still outside Zuoshun Gate, they were already in panic.
Huang Jin, the admiral of Dongchang, went and said to the officials present: "Comrades, we can understand your feelings, but "the king is the minister" is the first of the three cardinal principles. Confucian disciples must abide by it, and the king of heaven and earth, the master and the master are Confucian.
Bound by etiquette and law, His Majesty's will is the will of the country and cannot be disobeyed.
"Now that your opinions have been expressed, it is no longer your business whether His Majesty accepts it or not. We will send someone to send you back to your home. If you still violate the rules, you will be sent away forcibly by the Jin Yiwei after nightfall. As for sending you to
Where, that’s not necessarily the case!”
Still a threat from Chi Guoguo.
The general meaning is that if you are still unwilling to leave after dark, you will be taken away by force, and you will most likely be sent to prison just like the officials below the fifth rank.
By then, even entering the prison cell of the Criminal Department may be a luxury. What I want is for you to be tried in the black prison of Jinyiwei. The punishment you use will depend on how others feel!
The officials present pretended not to hear it, but there were no cries, and the pretentiousness had long since ceased.
After Huang Jin finished speaking, he asked people to drive the carriage to a place not far from the palace gate, and even asked people to carry a few boxes. No one knew what was in the boxes. Some people speculated that it might be gold, silver and jewelry. Whoever leaves first
You can get rewards.
But since no one has opened the box, no one knows exactly what is inside...
...***
At the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, almost everyone who was escorted was crying.
When forcibly arresting people, some people encountered varying degrees of violence because of their resistance. Some people had blood on their heads, and more people finally gave up after seeing that crying and howling was useless, and were driven away like zombies.
In the end, they were all crammed into cells, with at least three or four people held in each cell. After entering, no one even asked questions.
It seems that this case does not need to be tried at all. Everyone knows the cause and effect. It only depends on how the emperor treats them. "Scholar Yang, please come out."
Yang Shen felt extremely heavy when so many of his colleagues were escorted to the cell. However, even though his cell was not far from those people, he did not ask any questions or comfort them.
Everyone knew what was going on, and it would be useless to say more. Besides, there were probably some people in this group who hated him. After all, there were quite a few people who were coerced into joining the Weeping Gate. Just when Yang Shen was feeling anxious, a member of the Jin Yiwei Baihu came over and gave Yang Shen some help.
Open the cell door carefully.
Yang Shen asked: "Who are you?"
The other party smiled and said: "The villain Wang Bangqi is a member of a hundred households in Fusi, Bei Town. He is responsible for guarding the imperial prison today. It is considered a good place for you to live. It is a sky prison on the ground. If you are imprisoned in a dark and damp dungeon,
·····That’s it…”
Yang Shen asked coldly: "Do I still want to thank you?"
"No, there is an order from the top now, asking you to change places. It's also because the cells here are not enough. There is not much room in the sky prison in Fusi, Beizhen, and you can't go to the dungeon for the time being. Why don't you change to a more spacious place?
As long as there is no trouble in the house, you can come in and stay for two days and then leave!"
Yang Shen immediately understood that this was to change him to a guest room with a bed and a table, and put him under "house arrest".
If it were in the past, he would definitely want to suffer with his colleagues, but now he is a lecturer after all, a person of status, and he must always take face into consideration.
"You can finally take care of your dignity and lead the way!"
Yang Shenlin deliberately said loudly before leaving the prison door. It probably meant that I wanted to stay somewhere else, not because I disliked this place, but because I was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and needed a decent place to maintain the reputation of the Hanlin Academy.
.
"Please!"
Wang Bangqi was a cruel official in Jinyiwei. This kind of person did things unscrupulously, so he didn't bother to care about Yang Shen's purpose. He took Yang Shen and went to the guest room outside.
·····
On the way to the guest room, Yang Shen wanted to ask about the treatment of others, especially Fengxi.
Among those arrested, Fengxi had the highest official position. Yang Shen felt that if he was placed under house arrest in a guest room, then Fengxi should be treated similarly. "No comment!"
Wang Bangqi replied coldly.
Not long after that, Yang Shen was driven into a room.
Yang Shen looked around and felt that this place was a bit familiar. It seemed that his relatives, the Zhang brothers, had lived here when they were imprisoned, and he had been here with Zhu Hao at that time.
"I didn't expect that I would be here today!" Yang Shen felt unwilling.
But he can only endure it for now. Now there is no chief minister to save him. It is unclear whether the people in the court will intercede for him. Yang Shen is also very annoyed that no one in the court elders or ministers supports him.
Today, among the six ministers of the Crymen, only one, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was gone, and he felt even more depressed.
Just when he was in a bad mood and sitting there thinking about the problem, Wang Bangqi, who had sent him here earlier, came back: "Xueshi Yang, someone is here to visit!" "Who is it?"
Yang Shen asked, and when he looked up, he saw Zhu Hao standing at the door.
Zhu Hao did not wear official uniform and came as an ordinary person. Yang Shen looked unhappy when he saw Zhu Hao and even turned his head to the side.
Wang Bangqi didn't know Zhu Hao's true identity. After all, he was not qualified to know what Zhu Hao did because of his official position. Zhu Hao had never had much contact with Wang Bangqi. Wang Bangqi only vaguely knew that Zhu Hao's identity was not simple...
·Then Wang Bangqi stepped aside, let Zhu Hao enter the guest room, closed the door ajar, and walked away without even locking the lock. He probably wasn't worried about Zhu Hao being imprisoned.
"Brother Yongxiu, thank you for your hard work."
Zhu Hao found a chair and sat down, while Yang Shen continued to sit on the edge of the bed with his head lowered.
Seeing that Yang Shen ignored him, Zhu Hao had already expected this in his heart, and sighed: "It is inevitable that what happened today will lead to such a situation, right?" When Yang Shen heard this, he felt that Zhu Hao was mocking him, and couldn't help but
He raised his head and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Zhu Hao asked: "Did Brother Yongxiu not expect to encounter such a situation when he went to Zuoshunmen?" Yang Shen continued to choose silence this time.
Choosing to confront the emperor head-on, I naturally expected the emperor's reaction, and also anticipated what the worst outcome would be... At least until now, the worst outcome has not occurred. Now, people are just being arrested, not
There was no mention of severe punishment, nor was there any mention of the cane punishment being carried out directly at the door of Zuoshunmen, nor was it said that anyone was injured or died.
"That Bachelor Zhang, have you been here before?" Zhu Hao asked. Yang Shen frowned: "You mean Zhang Bingyong?"
"Yeah." Zhu Hao nodded. "Humph!"
Yang Shen snorted coldly, "Not only has he been here, but he also mentioned you, saying that you were behind all this and brought the situation to such an uncontrollable state. The implication is that he is wholeheartedly serving the government.
My fellow civil servants are simply shameless!"
Zhu Hao asked, "Brother Yongxiu, are you criticizing me?"
Yang Shen snorted softly: "Just you? Do you need me to criticize you?"
Zhu Hao shrugged, probably meaning, what do you mean? Am I not qualified to be criticized by you?
Yang Shen was not too angry at Zhu Hao, and continued: "I have thought before that you might be making suggestions for His Majesty behind his back, and His Majesty also relies heavily on you, but today I saw Zhang Bingyong's face and knew that it was
Too worried."
"Why?"
Zhu Hao himself felt that Yang Shen trusted him a little too much. Are you, Yang Yongxiu, the kind of person who is short-sighted?
You've been hurt by me so many times, and you still believe that I'm a good person?
Yang Shen said: "If you are highly valued by His Majesty, for a person like him who is good at maneuvering, how would you dare to mention it casually in front of outsiders? He will never be like now, and he will focus on suppressing you. This shows that he has great respect for you.
I'm still worried about the matter of the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and I want to use my hand to slander you and deal with Tang Yin who promoted you."
"Haha." Zhu Hao couldn't help grinning happily.
Yang Shen's brain circuit... is really strange. But listening to Yang Shen's story, it seems like that.
Zhang Cong was always good at flattering, but the reason why he dared to betray Zhu Hao in front of Yang Shen was not because Zhang Cong didn't want to curry favor with Zhu Hao.
, but Zhang Cong felt that he had Huang Zan as an ally, and wanted to take the opportunity to attack Zhu Hao's prestige among civil servants and suppress Zhu Hao.
Zhang Cong is not only good at catering, but he is also a villain who likes to plot behind his back. Yang Shen only saw the side of Zhang Cong shown, but not the side behind him.
Or maybe it was difficult for Yang Shen to understand why Zhang Cong betrayed his teammates before the outcome of the ceremony was concluded? In fact, it was because of the seeds of hatred that Zhu Hao had previously planted for Zhang Cong, which caused Zhang Cong's mentality to become unbalanced.
Take a step away from betrayal.
"Jing Dao, what are you talking about?" Yang Shen said, "If Tang Yin asked you to come, just leave after you finish speaking. If His Majesty asked you to come, don't open your mouth!"
Zhu Hao asked: "Is there any difference between what your Majesty and Mr. Tang want to say to you?"
Yang Shen said: "Your Majesty will not make concessions. As of today, there is no room for maneuver. I can expect such a situation today, but I have to do it anyway. Therefore, it is the responsibility that a loyal minister must fulfill, even if he loses.
, we must also show it and set an example for future generations of civil servants.”
Zhu Hao asked again: "Is it just for fame?"
Yang Shen rolled her eyes at Zhu Hao: "That's you. If someone else said this in front of me, I would definitely let him know what a miserable end he will have! But... you are right!"
"Haha." Zhu Hao was laughing again.
It was rare for Yang Shen to be so honest in front of him.
Yang Shen said: "You know you can't do something, but you insist on it. Isn't it just asking for a name? Once you get a name, the rest...just let it take its own course. Your Majesty must want to punish the civil servants and show the dragon's power, etc.
At that time, we can only act as victims!"
Zhu Hao nodded: "Since you know everything, then I don't need to say anything."
Yang Shen raised his head and looked at Zhu Hao, and asked in surprise: "Tang Bohu has nothing to say for you to bring over?" Zhu Hao shook his head.
Tang Yin?
Now he wished he could get out of the trouble, how could he bring trouble to himself? "Then who asked you to come?" Yang Shen asked.
Zhu Hao said: "I came here on my own. I said to persuade you, but they let me in. They probably thought I was harmless." Yang Shen frowned and said: "Beizhen Fusi Yamen, you said to come in
Can you come in?"
"Um."
Zhu Hao nodded, "Beizhen Fusi, from Zhenfu Envoy to Qianhu, many people know me. I didn't go to Zuoshunmen, I am still the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. Others now regard me as a member of the rites committee. They