After a moment, Zhang Anshi and Chen Li hurriedly entered the palace.
Zhang Anshi saluted and said, "I have met your Majesty."
Zhu Di put his hands behind his back, nodded to Zhang Anshi, and said, "Zhang Qing is panting, does it seem like he has something important to do?"
"this……"
Zhu Di couldn't help but look teasing. He rarely saw Zhang Anshi looking so panicked.
As for Yi Shiha, he also smiled awkwardly, but of course, he quickly stopped smiling.
After all, Dongchang is indeed unkind this time, so it’s better not to be complacent.
Zhang Anshi paused for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty... I... are here to inquire about the capture of the imperial prisoner."
"That's what happened." Zhu Di nodded: "I didn't expect that your Jin Yiwei would get wind of it so quickly! Let me tell you, this Jin Yiwei has always had a keen sense of smell, but this time it has become much slower."
Chen Li's face turned red. This was a slap in the face!
Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "I wonder what those imperial prisoners... those imperial prisoners... are like?"
Zhu Di glanced at Yishuha: "Yishiha, please tell me."
Yi Shiha nodded, but still looked modest, prudent and respectful. Although the red light on his face could not be concealed, he said: "Dongchang has been conducting a secret investigation on this matter. A few years ago, it was
I secretly captured a recorder of Honglu Temple, and I have been following the clues ever since. Only then did I realize that there were many people involved in this matter. Now all the criminals have been arrested, and the East Police Factory has begun
The interrogation is over, I'm afraid it won't be long before a confession comes."
Yishiha finished speaking, coughed, and then continued: "Because this matter is of great importance, even though there were some clues before, Dongchang was worried that some news would be leaked, so Dongchang kept a tight lid on it. His Highness also used to be in charge.
If you have ever experienced Jinyiwei, you must be able to understand."
Zhang Anshi said: "I don't understand."
Yi Shiha originally thought that Zhang Anshi would just give up, but he didn't expect that he would not follow the routine at all.
As a result, he was frozen in place for a moment, speechless.
When Zhu Di saw this, he smiled and said: "Okay, okay, the factory guards are one family, they all serve me, there is no distinction between each other, and there is no need to compete for credit. The most urgent matter now is this case..."
Just as he was talking, the eunuch came running quickly.
The eunuch saluted and said: "Your Majesty, here comes the confession. Those involved in this case include seventeen principal offenders and forty-five accomplices..."
Zhu Di cheered up and said, "Let me take a look."
The eunuch was waiting for the confession to be sent to the emperor.
Zhang Anshi said: "I might as well take a guess, Your Majesty...the chief criminals are led by Chen Deng, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, Liu He, the minister of Honglu Temple, Zhang Sanhe, the doctor of the Ministry of War, and..."
Zhang Anshi actually reported a long list of names in one breath.
Zhu Di had already taken the confession and was still smiling.
But Yi Shiha's expression changed slightly.
Zhu Di looked down and saw that the leader's signature on the confession was surprisingly the name of Chen Deng, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites.
I flipped through the next one and found that it was Liu He, the minister of Honglu Temple.
These are all important officials of the imperial court.
Many of them were even acquaintances of Zhu Di.
Zhu Di was angry but also surprised. He raised his head and looked at Zhang Anshi: "Zhang Qing also knows?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Of course I... know."
Yi Shiha felt a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Why didn't Jin Yiwei say something before...?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Just like what you said, Eunuch Yishiha, the matter is of great importance. In order to prevent leaks, the Jinyiwei side has been kept airtight!"
Yi Shiha: "..."
Zhu Di frowned: "When will the Jinyi Guards detect it?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Five months ago."
Zhu Di: "..."
Yi Shiha said: "Since it was detected five months ago, why... why didn't you arrest it at that time?"
Zhang Anshi smiled bitterly and said: "Hey... I came here in a hurry just for this. Your Majesty, Dongchang... this time to scare off the enemy, I... it's really... oh, it's hard to explain in words."
Zhu Di saw the clues and said, "It doesn't matter if you say whatever you want."
Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty... these people... are beneficial to our Ming Dynasty, so although I have detected it, I have not closed the net, just to let them... contribute to our Ming Dynasty. I originally thought that I would wait for them
After the value has been fully exploited, we will take it down for investigation, but who would have known that Dongchang did not even say hello, but actually... directly took the person... Chen... Chen..."
"Is it beneficial?" The smile on Yi Shiha's face disappeared, and his thick eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously.
He finally began to come to his senses. Jin Yiwei had been silent for so many days. Is he raising fish?
Zhu Di lowered his head and glanced at the confession, his face became more and more solemn, and said: "What are you doing with such a thief! If you teach them to live for one more day, it will be an advantage for them."
As he spoke, Zhu Di's face became more and more gloomy.
Just as he was talking, another eunuch came and said: "Your Majesty, all the officials want to see you."
Zhu Di was angry! He glanced at the eunuch coldly: "Okay, everyone's ears and eyes are very good."
He said calmly: "Call everyone in."
Not long after, Yang Rong was the leader, and the others, Hu Guang, Jin Youzi, Xia Yuanji, Jin Zhongren, etc., entered the palace one after another.
After all the ministers saluted, Zhu Di said politely: "Why are you here, ministers?"
Yang Rong took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the factory guards arrested many ministers, so everyone is in danger. I have come here to beg your Majesty to tell me what crime Chen Dengren, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and others have committed?"
Yang Rong looked speechless. It was such an eventful time. So many important officials of the imperial court were suddenly arrested. Now, people in various ministries, temples and prisons were anxious.
It would be unjustifiable for him, a great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, to ignore the matter and not inquire about it.
But he also knew in his heart that there must be a reason.
Zhu Di didn't intend to hide it, and said bluntly: "These people... are all rebels!"
"I wonder...what did you do that made people angry?" Jin Youzi couldn't help but speak at this time. Although he was taciturn, he also knew that this matter was serious.
There were too many ministers involved, some of whom were important ministers of the court themselves, and many others, most of whom were disciples and former officials of certain ministers.
Once these people are captured, everyone will naturally be in danger, and no one has the thought to take responsibility.
Zhu Di said without hesitation: "The evil words are confusing the public!"
At this moment, the ministers were a little unable to hold their nerve.
Yang Rong sighed in his heart, but he couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, I wonder what kind of nonsense this is?"
Zhu Di raised his eyes, glanced at Zhang Anshi and said, "Just ask Zhang Qing."
Zhang Anshi: "..."
Zhang Anshi thought for a while and said, "I'm too embarrassed to say it, so I'd better ask Eunuch Yishiha to speak."
Yi Shiha: "..."
He didn't want to say this, he didn't want to say that, he was the only one who couldn't shirk it the most.
Yi Shiha said helplessly: "Most of them slander the imperial court, make false claims about the palace, or use prophecies to confuse the people, especially among the prefectures and counties in the world. These nonsense words cause turmoil in people's hearts..."
At this point, all the officials looked ashen.
Because how should we define this thing? If you say evil words, then you will say evil words. Then who will dare to speak in the future?
What's more, it's really unjustifiable to use this as a way to convict someone.
Yang Rong pondered for a moment and then said: "I have also lost Eunuch Ha. Is there any evidence of rebellion?"
Yi Shiha said: "These people... fan the wind to light a fire, how dare they take risks themselves?"
Yang Rong had no choice but to say: "If that's the case, then Your Majesty... would you like to ask the Three Justices to interrogate this case to set the record straight?"
Yang Rong's words are reasonable. After all, it is difficult to define such things as slander, falsehood, and deception. Moreover, this time, too many ministers are involved. The best way is to let the three justices come to the trial.
If there is really an attempt to usurp it, it would be better to stop the people of the world from talking about it.
Zhu Di's face was gloomy and uncertain.
He obviously didn't want to do this, but it was Yang Rong who proposed it. This obviously...has become the consensus of all the officials.
Seeing the officials all panicking, like frightened birds, they were obviously frightened by this sudden big news.
But on the other hand, Zhu Di was reluctant to make this news public. Who knows what these people would say that violated taboos, and Zhu Di wanted to face him.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Di said: "I am ordering Dongchang to escort the main criminal and others to the imperial court. I will personally interrogate him in front of all the officials."
Since you suspect that Dongchang has arrested the wrong person, I will ask you in front of you. There is no need to go to the Three Laws Bureau.
I also lost my understanding and was busy making arrangements.
Yang Rong and others all looked uneasy.
Especially the many people who were arrested. They may be subordinates, disciples, or old friends of a certain minister in this palace. They are becoming more and more uneasy at this time.
Any act of love may lead to unforeseen disasters, who knows when it will happen to them.
And there are quite a few ministers involved this time. As for Chen Deng, Liu He, and Zhang Sanhe, important ministers of the imperial court, they have no idea how much they have interacted with people on weekdays. It is really hard to accept that they suddenly became prisoners.
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Half an hour passed.
Finally someone arrived.
Headed by Chen Deng.
He actually walked with his head held high, and even though he was shackled and wearing wooden shackles, he looked fearless.
There were several more people behind, some trying to remain calm, others looking sad.
Zhu Di's eyes fell on them and he snorted coldly.
Chen Deng stood still.
Yishiha shouted: "You're still not polite."
Chen Deng said solemnly: "If the emperor treats his ministers like his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a countryman; if his ministers regard his ministers as grass and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit. Your Majesty today.
For those who treat ministers and ministers like this, what else can they do to kneel down and beg for mercy?"
Chen Deng is quite tough.
But if you think about it carefully, you can actually understand that he was arrested as an imperial prisoner and the main criminal. He knew Zhu Di's methods very well.
Anyway, there is no place to die without burial. It is better to seek an upright name at this time, at least to be remembered in the history of the Qing Dynasty, so that this life will not be in vain!
Zhu Di looked at his words and deeds, and his face became even more gloomy. He said angrily: "I heard that eating the emperor's salary is a matter of loyalty to the emperor. Your salary is not worth a penny, but today you want to
Are you going to bite me back?"
Chen Dengdao: "Then I dare to ask Your Majesty, how much money and food does the imperial court give to ministers?"
This rhetorical question made Zhang Anshi beside him a little nervous.
Baiguan: "..."
The palace fell into a deathly silence.
Zhu Di glared and became even more furious.
Chen Deng's rhetorical question was actually quite sarcastic. After all...this salary was set by Emperor Taizu Gao. Emperor Taizu Gao was born in a commoner family. He knew the suffering of the people and directly took the food of the common people for a year.
The cost of clothing is used to calculate the minister's money and food expenses.
For example, ordinary people can barely feed themselves with two hundred kilograms of grain per year. If you are an official, and you are given two thousand kilograms of grain, and each of you can eat the rations of ten people, there is nothing wrong with that.
Therefore, the salary of the Ming Dynasty has always been the lowest. If someone served as an official in the Yuan Dynasty and continued to serve as an official in the Ming Dynasty, the plummeting salary alone would be enough to make people unable to bear it.
Zhu Di endured it again and again before he calmed down a bit, and then said with a sullen face: "I just want to ask you, have you ever eaten my salary?"
Chen Deng said calmly and calmly: "Chen is an official and cannot survive on his salary. He relies on the support of his father and brother at home to survive so far. Without the money and food support from his father and brother at home, he would have died of hunger long ago."
Zhu Di sneered: "Sophistry!"
All the officials were speechless at this time. Although Chen Deng's words contained elements of sophistry, they felt the same way.
Of course... they admired Chen Deng's courage.
I saw Chen Deng saying again: "My father and brother just support me. After all, I still have some ancestral property in the family. But now, even these ancestral properties can't be maintained. There are treacherous and sycophants in the court, sowing discord, using clever words and tricks, and inciting His Majesty to implement the New Deal.
When people are in danger and their family fortunes are in jeopardy, I dare to ask Your Majesty, where do you get the salary that feeds the emperor, and how do you teach people to be loyal to the emperor?"
After Chen Deng finished speaking, he said with emotion: "I know that your Majesty is good at killing. Since your Majesty entered Nanjing, I don't know how many people have been killed. Not to mention those from far away, but just last year, there are gentry from Henan and Guanzhong who killed everyone."
Are you going away? I have reached this point today, and I have nothing to say. Your Majesty, if you want to kill or behead me, please do as you wish! But if this is my death, if it can arouse the people of the world to be wary of the new policy, it can make our court rampant.
If you, the villain, restrain yourself a little, you will have no regrets in this life."
Zhu Di was extremely angry. Although he was old, he found that after so many years, he had never been able to gain any advantage in his words in front of these always eloquent ministers.
At that moment, he sneered sinisterly again and again, his eyes shining like swords with a sharp light.
All the officials trembled, feeling a cold light on their backs, and some even had cold sweat on their foreheads.
Of course, there are actually many people who silently agree with Chen Deng.
However, Yi Shiha couldn't hold back anymore and shouted loudly: "Chen Deng, you are dying in front of your eyes, and you still want to be tough... Let me ask you, do you plead guilty or not?"
Chen Deng glanced at Yi Shiha with disdain and said solemnly: "Not guilty, everything I, Chen Deng, said came from the bottom of my heart and were words of warning to the world. Since I am guilty of what I said today, there is nothing I can say.
It is nothing more than using my blood to fulfill the righteousness of Confucius and Mencius."
Yishiha gritted his teeth and said, "You won't be so harsh then."
He seemed a little impatient and eager to get Chen Deng to plead guilty, but little did he know... after saying these words, the situation was suddenly lowered.
This made Chen Deng laugh loudly: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it's just a punishment. Although I am weak, I still want to learn a lesson. You, the factory guard eagle and dog, will do your best."
Zhang Anshi looked at Yi Shiha speechlessly. Although he knew that Yi Shiha was eager to make some achievements, this was too urgent.
If you talk about this with someone like Chen Deng, isn't this teaching Chen Deng to become famous in one fell swoop?
Zhu Di was so angry that he couldn't speak, and his face was as dark as ink.
If I had known this, it would be better to simply go to jail and kill him directly. It would be better now...
He was holding his breath and looking around. In fact, he still hoped that among the ministers, someone with a lot of experience would stand up and argue with Chen Deng.
But all the officials lowered their heads, even the most confidant Jin Zhong was pretending to be dead.
There are no fools here.
This kind of thing... Whoever stands up will be a clown. Anyway, I can't do this. If you can, you can do it.
But what is surprising is that at this moment, Zhang Anshi smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Chen's words actually have their own truth."
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di couldn't hold himself any longer.
Which side are you, Zhang Anshi, and are you not sure what your position is?
Not to mention that Zhang Anshi still called Chen Deng "gong" and now said that he was justified. This was obviously directly taking Chen Deng's position, which put He Yishiha on the line.
Chen Deng: "..."
Zhang Anshi, as if he could not see Zhu Di's angry eyes, smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guards had already detected the words and deeds of Mr. Chen and others, but they never made any announcement. They just monitored silently and did not issue any orders. This is also the reason."
Zhu Di frowned and said displeased: "So, Zhang Qing also thinks that Chen Deng did the right thing?"
Zhang Anshi said: "When the father-in-law says the public is right, and the mother-in-law says the mother-in-law is right, we are all one family. In my opinion, there is no need to..."
Zhu Di suddenly felt very bad. When did Zhang Anshi become so indifferent to right from wrong?
So he shouted: "This is treason and deceiving the emperor!"
Zhu Di only wished that he could wake up Zhang Anshi with a loud shout.
Zhang Anshi said sincerely: "But Mr. Chen... has done a lot for our Governor's Mansion. And His Highness the Emperor and Sun... Mr. Chen is so worried about His Highness the Emperor and His Majesty. His Majesty sees such merits.
You should also be able to understand Mr. Chen."
Zhu Di: "..."
The Governor's Office is a symbol of the New Deal.
The emperor's grandson...is Zhu Di's biological grandson.
However, what Chen Deng did was clearly to oppose the New Deal.
No matter what, there is no way to hook it up.
This is actually more than Zhu Di's change of expression.
Even Chen Deng suddenly became furious after his impassioned speech just now.
Did Chen Deng have an affair with the Governor's Mansion?
The conscience of heaven and earth! This Anshi is simply nonsense.
"Ha... Prince Wuhu... is so confusing right and wrong, aren't you afraid of retribution?" Chen Deng glanced at Zhang Anshi with disdain, looking upright.
All the officials looked at Zhang Anshi speechlessly, who stole the chicken but lost the rice. This guy... you say he is smart, but he actually knows how to sow discord. You say he is stupid. With such despicable methods, everyone is a human being. Who can
Can't understand?
Isn't it stupid to want to use this to humiliate Chen Deng?
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