My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 258
It was already late at night, but Zhu Zhanhe didn't care about rest, and entered the palace again after leaving the imperial prison.

When he came to the Hall of Martial Heroes, he saw that the place was still brightly lit. Zhu Di was going to announce Song Li's crime of intentionally burning the three halls tomorrow, so he obviously had no time to rest.

When Zhu Zhanhe entered the Hall of Martial Heroes, he saw Zhu Di sitting at his desk writing something. When he saw him, he immediately asked, "How is it? Did Song Li explain everything?"

"It's all confessed, this is the confession of the interrogation!"

Zhu Zhanhe put Song Li's confession on the desk with both hands.

Zhu Di picked up the confession and read it again, then frowned and said, "He planned the whole thing by himself, and only used a few officials from the Ministry of Industry. Are there no other accomplices?"

"This one……"

Zhu Zhanhe hesitated for a moment, finally gritted his teeth, and presented Zhu Gaochi's letter to Song Li: "Jin Yiwei found this letter when he searched Song Li's home!"

Zhu Di was also a little surprised to see Zhu Zhanhe's hesitant expression. He took the letter and opened it. When he saw the words on the letter, he recognized at a glance that it was Zhu Gaochi's handwriting, which also made his face change.

Then Zhu Di read the whole letter with a sullen face, and then raised his head and asked calmly, "What do you think about this matter?"

Although Zhu Di was not angry, Zhu Zhanhe knew that the current Zhu Di was more terrifying than when he was angry.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe hesitated for a moment before replying: "This is a reply letter written by uncle to Song Li. According to Song Li's confession, in the letter he wrote to uncle, he once mentioned the objection to moving the capital, and uncle just followed suit. His words express his opinion, and this letter was written a few months ago, so uncle should not know about Song Li's intention to burn down the three halls!"

"He doesn't know?"

Zhu Di sneered, "Have you ever thought that perhaps it was because of his opposition that Song Li had the idea of ​​destroying the Three Great Halls and preventing the capital from being moved?"

"This one……"

Zhu Zhanhe smiled wryly to himself, he actually thought about it, but he quickly defended Zhu Gaochi again.

"Grandfather, no matter what the reasons are, the main reason is that Song Li himself is insane and will use any means to achieve his goals. Therefore, he is mainly responsible for the crime. It really has nothing to do with uncle!"

"You are not his son, why do you always speak for him?"

Zhu Di slapped the table angrily and said angrily.

"Grandpa, calm down. My grandson is not facing my uncle, but discussing the matter according to the facts. After all, it was Song Li who did it. Uncle, he just got hurt by Chiyu, so I ask Grandpa for mercy!"

Zhu Zhanhe said again very sincerely.

Although Zhu Gaochi differs from Zhu Di in some political opinions, Zhu Zhanhe still feels that Zhu Gaochi is at least much better than Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, and it is a bit of a fuss to convict Zhu Gaochi just because of Song Li's involvement.

"Zhanhe, as the admiral of Dongchang, you have been performing very well during this time, but you let me down very much today!"

After hearing Zhu Zhanhe's words, Zhu Di suddenly sighed.

"Grandson is incompetent, please punish Grandpa!"

Zhu Zhanhe understood what Zhu Di meant. As the admiral of the East Factory, he must not mix personal feelings when dealing with matters, but this time he obviously failed to do so.

"Forget it, leave this letter with me. You hand over the Dongchang matter to Cao Lei, who is in charge of shipping and the bank you discussed with Xia Yuanji!"

Zhu Di seemed a little disappointed, then waved his hand.

"Grandson obeys!"

Seeing that Zhu Di actually took away his power to manage the East Factory, although Zhu Zhanhe was a little disappointed, he soon returned to normal.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe has long been bored with the affairs of the East Factory, mainly because there are too many things, too complicated, too messy, and it takes a lot of energy and time. If it is not for training himself, he would not want to do it long ago.

Now that Zhu Di asked him to hand over the power, he just followed Zhu Zhanhe's wishes, and the successor was his subordinate Cao Lei, and Liu Mian from the East Factory was also promoted by him. If anything happened, Zhu Zhanhe would still Can intervene in the affairs of Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

After leaving the imperial city, Zhu Zhanhe returned to the imperial prison again. It happened that Liu Mianhe and Cao Lei were both there, so he called them and announced Zhu Di's decision, which surprised them, especially Cao Lei. Lei, has repeatedly stated that he is not capable enough to be qualified for the post of admiral of the East Factory.

However, Zhu Zhanhe made up his mind to go, and after simply handing over the matter, he left the imperial prison.

As the saying goes, no official is light, without the burden of Dongchang, Zhu Zhanhe feels that he is about to fly.

Although there are still shipping and banking matters, after shipping is on the right track, with Mr. Zhang Fu and Mr. Qi around, he basically doesn't need to worry about it. He just needs to grasp some general directions.

As for the bank, it is still under discussion, Xia Yuanji has basically agreed, but on the specific implementation, the two still have some differences, which need to be carefully considered.

Early the next morning, Zhu Zhanhe still got up early, and then came to the imperial city to attend the morning court.

Originally, after handing over the matter of Dongchang, Zhu Zhanhe didn't have to attend the morning court every day, but today's morning court is quite special because there is still a good show to watch.

Although the Fengtian Temple was burned down, the Fengtian Gate was still intact, so the morning court has been held in Fengtian Gate these days.

As soon as Zhu Di came to court, an official stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the three main halls were struck by lightning. It was a warning from the heavens. Beijing is located in the borderlands, so it is really not suitable to be the capital of a country. Your Majesty, please think again!"

Someone took the lead, and the other ministers also gave a "hula" and all came forward to express their opinions. Although the words were different, they only had one meaning, that is, the capital of the country must be moved back to Nanjing.

Seeing the righteous indignation of these ministers, Zhu Di sneered, and then told Jin Zhong who was standing in the first place: "Announce!"

Seeing Jin Zhong stepping forward, clearing his throat, he said in a loud voice: "The incident of the three main halls being destroyed by thunder and fire has been verified by Dongchang and Jinyiwei. The glazed tiles were replaced with copper tiles, which attracted lightning and caused the three halls to catch fire..."

Following Jin Zhong's announcement, the following group of opposing ministers were all stunned. No one thought that the destruction of the Three Great Halls was thought to be a natural disaster, but they didn't expect it to be a man-made disaster directed by Song Li. This is simply appalling.

"Song Li confessed to the crime he committed. All other officials involved in the case were also arrested and brought to justice. They will be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate for interrogation in a few days!"

Jin Zhong finally announced again.

This time, the entire court meeting was also silent. Zhu Di dared to hand over Song Li to the three divisions for interrogation, which obviously proved Song Li's crime. In other words, Song Li played tricks on them officials who opposed the move of the capital!

(End of this chapter)