Two days after the emperor left the court, Zhu Si finally appeared in the court on the morning of the third day.
However, no state affairs were discussed that day. The original purpose of the civil servants going to court was to put pressure on the emperor to release the civil servants who were involved in the Zuoshunmen incident from the imperial edict.
But as soon as he came up, Zhu Si gave the officials present a slap in the face.
Before the ministers entered the Fengtian Hall, the three people being escorted outside had been pinned to the ground, ready to execute the imperial staff at any time. One of these three people was Feng Xi, Xia Yan, and Zhang Chong.
One Hanlin bachelor's degree and two six-course subjects.
It is equivalent to saying that the emperor is going to punish the three people with rods to let the courtiers know that the emperor's orders cannot be violated. It is a great dynasty that day.
In addition to civil servants, even military officers were included. It is obvious that the emperor's purpose was not simply to intimidate the civil servants, but also to tell those military officers that you must be loyal to me. Now I am the only one who can represent the imperial court, and the civil servants are just vassals of the imperial court.
That's all.
"His Majesty···-"
After the basic etiquette, Qiao Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, prepared to launch an appeal for mercy to the detained officials.
If possible, Qiao Yu also plans to fight for the ceremony in public. There was bloodshed yesterday. Someone was beaten to death in Fusi Yamen, Beizhen, and the bodies were taken out. This is not obvious.
Has the matter become too big? Anyway, Qiao Yu feels that he should fulfill the final responsibility entrusted to Yang Tinghe.
Although Qiao Yu himself was also wondering why Yang Tinghe's son Yang Shen was not among those waiting to be beaten with a cane. Zhu Sidao said: "Qiao Qing's family, what are you going to say? I know very well that you want to plead for the people outside.
right?"
Qiao Yuxin said, not only do I want to intercede for the three people outside, but I also want to be firm and strong-minded about the matters discussed in the ceremony. Otherwise, how will others judge me later?
Zhu Si looked at the three silent cabinet members. In the past, everything was initiated by the cabinet, but now the cabinet structure is completely different. With Yang Tinghe, Mao Ji and Jiang Mian leaving one after another, the cabinet no longer has the ability to continue to execute Yang Tinghe.
With the strategic ability left behind, there are now two neutral factions in the cabinet and one is a ceremonial faction, so of course they chose to remain silent on this matter.
"I don't want to listen to you. I don't want to say a word today, and the others don't have to say anything! Humph! The censor won't be talkative today. Anyway, I won't listen to what they want to say now!"
Zhu Si's words carried a kind of arrogance, but also a threat.
Most of the people in the Sixth Section were imprisoned in Fusi Yamen in Beizhen. The people who had the least presence in the court today were the Yushi Yanguan.
Zhu Si said coldly: "The three people outside do not think about the way of being ministers, do not respect the emperor's kindness, and only want to make things difficult for me, so that I can't live up to the relationship between father and son. I feel deeply sad and pull them in, each with thirty imperial staffs!"
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"His Majesty!"
Immediately a large number of people came out to plead for mercy.
Zhu Si raised his hand indifferently and shouted: "Those who persuade are as guilty as the sinners!"
This scared the people who came out of the queue back.
It can be said that the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were very upright, but the problem was that during the Zhengde Dynasty, these ministers faced Zhu Houzhao, who treated the court as a trifling matter, and did not persuade the emperor to come back.
The shoes don't even match.
Now the emperor just wants to pursue the etiquette of treating his late father and pursue the title of Emperor Xingxian. To say that this is nonsense... is also a serious nonsense, unlike Zhu Houzhao, who almost always carries a touch of nonsense with his imperial staff.
Meaning, sometimes the emperor would make his ministers suffer physical pain just because he didn't like someone or someone said something that didn't suit his liking.
Fengxi, Zhang Chong and Xia Yan were beaten in public.
In the Ming Dynasty, the imperial rod was the most disrespectful punishment for the emperor and his ministers. Any minister who experienced this kind of thing would be cast into a lifelong psychological shadow. For a man like Fengxi, who was already quite young, it made him even more heartbroken.
But these three people didn't say anything when they were beaten with sticks in the court, but one of them felt that he was wronged. It was Xia Yan.
Xia Yan felt that if two people were asked to serve as imperial sticks in the matter, they would not be able to get their turn. Even if ten people were to be recruited, he would not be ranked.
But the problem is that the person who was beaten to death in the prison last night was Zhang Yuan, the founder of the Liuke Lihu Sect. With Zhang Yuan's death, Xia Yan was one of the first six people to be taken down.
It seems reasonable to pull the imperial staff here.
Xia Yan thought to himself, is it because I am usually too upright and speak out about everything, and offend the powerful, that I end up with this miserable end? Thirty imperial rods, executed separately.
In other words, all the officials watched helplessly as the three people received thirty blows each. When the imperial stick was over, Fengxi's situation was the most unoptimistic. After all, he was the oldest and his body was covered in blood and flesh. He was about to suffer a serious crime.
Although Xia Yan and Zhang Chong also suffered physical and physical pain, they were still young and did not even faint in the process. "Detain them, and they will be executed in ten days!" Zhu Sida said.
Fei Hong finally couldn't help but walked in line and persuaded: "Your Majesty, the punishment has been punished. Enough is enough!"
Zhu Sidao: "Mr. Fei Ge, yesterday you went to persuade those who were ignorant of current affairs to leave. I think you are loyal, so I will say a few more words to you now... I punish them like this, but they deserve it. If
Only executing the punishment once will not express the hatred in my heart! Retreat from the court!"
Nothing was discussed. In front of many civil servants and military honors, the emperor directly ordered to withdraw from the court. This was equivalent to saying that he would not discuss this matter with anyone again.
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****** dispersed at the morning meeting.
Wu Xun didn't have much opinion on this matter, but he was a little happy in his heart.
Let you civil servants always keep your eyes on your head, thinking that you are the most powerful in the world, suppressing us, the princes, now you know who is the true master of the Ming Dynasty, right?
Deserve it!
As for the civil servants, most of them belonged to the traditional faction. They opposed the Great Ceremony and advocated "succession and succession." After the court meeting was dissolved, some went directly to Qiao Yu, while others went to besiege Fei Hong and other three cabinet ministers.
They have no idea of their own and want someone with a higher status than themselves to take charge of the situation.
But in fact, they knew in their hearts that since the emperor did not listen to Qiao Yu and Fei Hong's advice during the court meeting, and now that they are gone, everything they say is in vain.
Just as everyone was walking out of Fengtian Hall and arguing on the way back to the Yamen, Liu Chun came out of the crowd and walked towards several officials from the Ministry of Rites. However, instead of asking the Minister of Rites to sit down and write a book, he called Zhu Hao aside to talk.
Everyone knows that Zhu Hao once saved Liu Chun's life, and they also know that Liu Chun is close to Sun Jiao. Now that Sun Jiao is not in court, Liu Chun attaches great importance to Zhu Hao, a junior. It is reasonable to call him over to discuss it at this time.
things, no one even paid attention to what they said.
"Jingdao, you have to come forward at this time!" Liu Chun spoke very directly.
Zhu Hao looked over to Xi Shu, and Xi Shu also walked over to him.
Now those who know Zhu Hao's importance in the emperor's side, and who have sympathy for the imprisoned civil servants, will ask Zhu Hao to go to the emperor to intercede for those people.
Huang Zan, Zhang Cong, Gui E and others will basically not come forward. Although they also know Zhu Hao's status in the court, they will not have any pity for the detainees in Fusi, Beizhen, and even have some thoughts in their hearts.
Some people had bad intentions and hoped that the emperor would punish the offending officials more severely.
Because only by suppressing the arrogance of this group of people can these people, who have been promoted in an unusual way, gain a firm foothold in the government.
If the emperor's attack this time is not ruthless enough, then when those people calm down, they will launch various attacks on the Lili faction, mainly in terms of public opinion.
Zhu Hao shook his head and said: "It's difficult!" This answer is straightforward. Can you just plead for mercy?
Everyone saw the emperor's attitude.
After Xi Shu came over, he immediately asked Zhu Hao: "Have all those in the imperial prison been punished?" "Yes."
Zhu Hao nodded, "Except for a few who were let out, and... Yang Yongxiu, the rest were all given thirty punishments with a cane, and were ordered to be executed again in ten days!"
Xi Shu's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he felt a little sad.
After all, Xi Shu was not like Zhang Cong, who relied solely on rituals to get to the position. He still regarded himself as a traditional Chinese scholar who only followed the court.
The mainstream of the Chinese people have different opinions, so he will feel that he is the one who harmed that group of people.
Liu Chun asked: "Within ten days, after His Majesty's anger has subsided, is there still a chance of rescue?"
This kind of questioning method shows that Liu Chun no longer feels it is appropriate to argue with the emperor about gifts. The focus now is on how to rescue the detained officials. This is actually very similar to Xi Shu's point of view. After all,
None of them are members of the Ritual Protector Sect.
Zhu Hao shook his head and said: "It depends on the angle from which you start. If you just suffer the punishment of the rod, people may die. It is true. But even if your Majesty calms down and no longer punishes with the rod, most people will be demoted and sent away.
, the result is still not good.”
Even if they are not beaten, they will be sent to the army to guard the border, or they will migrate to other places. The political career of this group of people will either be completely over, or even if it is not over, it will be greatly reduced, and it will be difficult for them to become the backbone of the imperial court in the future.
"well!"
Liu Chun sighed quietly.
Zhu Haodao: "In the past few days, I will try to persuade you, but I can't guarantee the result. Mr. Liu Ge should go back early. There are too many people asking for your opinion. If you stay here for a long time, others will inevitably
I’ll think too much!”
"Um."
Liu Chun went to Fei Hong's side again.-----
·······Tang Yin Mansion.
Tang Yin did not go to attend the court meeting that day, but many people came to visit his house that day. Most of them were relatives, friends, or family members of those detained by Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, who came to Tang Yin to smoothen their relationship.
It is also because Tang Yin is usually too "approachable". Even if he becomes a Hanlin bachelor, he still looks like a fool. In addition, Tang Yin is the emperor's teacher, others will think that Tang Yin has the opportunity to save his friends and relatives from prison.
Fish it out.
The Tang Mansion was crowded with people, but Tang Yin was nowhere to be seen.
Because Tang Yin doesn't know how this matter will develop in the future.
"Master, there are so many people gathered outside and they are not leaving. Look..." Tang Yin's lovely wife came over to ask.
At this time, the little wife's belly was already slightly swollen.
Tang Yin's "efforts" over the past few months have finally paid off.