Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 579 Jinyi Preliminary Trial of the Golden Knife Case Ruan Lang and Wang Yao’s Key Confessions
On June [-], news of the public trial in the Imperial Ancestral Temple spread throughout the capital.

The ruling and opposition parties were stunned from top to bottom.No one thought that this day would come and come so quickly.

The most important thing is that the emperor's attitude was very firm and he made the decision without consulting the officials.

The Jinyi Guards in the capital were dismantled to less than [-] people, and they had no firearms or heavy armor. They were completely unable to compete with the Qiaoqi Battalion composed of Shaanxi's elite border troops.

The soldiers and horses of the five cities had no armor, no strong bows, powerful crossbows, and no firearms. They were completely unworthy of a thunderous strike from a regular army.

All the noble servants in the capital were killed in the last mutiny.

Apart from this, the other soldiers and horses within the capital were all the emperor's personal troops.

Zhu Qiyu's attitude is very clear: I have done my best to be benevolent and righteous, and now I am going to do this. You can rebel.

I welcome your rebellion so much. I just took the opportunity to kill all the Jin Yiwei and the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division, and the capital will be completely at peace.

Especially this Jin Yiwei, everyone has no idea what they are thinking in their hearts, and it will be a disaster to keep him.

The leaders of Jinyiwei may not think so. At this time, everyone was gathering in the East Factory, discussing countermeasures around Shu Liang.

Now Shu Liang has become the backbone of everyone. Although the governor is very young, he can't stand the relationship with others.

In charge of important intelligence agencies like Dongchang and Jinyiwei, ability is not the first priority, but feelings are the most important.

When it comes to their relationship with the emperor and the princess, no one present can compare with Shu Liang, so they can only follow Shu Liang's lead.

Lu Gao was the first to ask a question: "Duke, most of this Golden Knife case was handed over to the Three Laws Division, and even Huoer Huda was imprisoned in the Metropolitan Procuratorate Prison.

Does the Holy One have any opinion on us? Ordinarily, when trying such an important criminal, he should be thrown into prison. "

Shu Liang shook his head: "We just need to understand Ruan Lang and Wang Yaoshen. How they got the golden sword from Emperor Gongrang, and how they passed it on to the Wala envoy.

Have you understood it?Did they recruit? "

Lu Gao shook his head: "Ever since the invasion of Wala and the Holy One decided to completely solve the problem, we have continued to torture Ruan Lang and Wang Yao.

But they just gritted their teeth and persisted, and no one was willing to confess. "

Shu Liang smiled and said: "Look, you can't blame the emperor for this. It's because you are useless. The emperor didn't issue an edict to reprimand you, which is already a great honor."

Lu Gao replied with a bitter look on his face: "Duke, it's not that we don't care, it's that Ruan Lang and Wang Yao really can't confess.

If they don't move, both of them will die.

Come on, if none of their three clans want to survive, they will have to drag Emperor Gong to bear the name of colluding with Wala to rebel.

So they won't recruit them even if they are beaten to death. "

Shu Liang replied: "Just do what I said. As long as you recruit them, you will give them a happy life and it will not harm your family. The most you can do to the emperor is to be demoted to a prince and go to Nanjing to guard the mausoleum."

If they don't recruit them, they still won't be able to escape Lingchi, and Emperor Gongrang will still be demoted to prince, because we have physical evidence and other witnesses, and we wouldn't be able to live without them. "

"Then I'll go to trial again for this humble job."

Shu Liang nodded: "Try your best. If they don't recruit us, the eunuch in charge of Lingyu Palace will come to personally investigate the case with all the evidence and the emperor's instructions.

The golden knife case and the edict written by Emperor Gongrang hidden in it are now in the hands of the emperor for safekeeping. They should be brought to Ruan Lang and Wang Yao to have a look, and then let them meet the original Wala envoy. They should I gave up. "

After receiving Shu Liang's advice, Lu Gao felt confident and left to continue investigating the case.

Shu Liang discussed some more secret matters with Liu Jing and Lu Zhong before letting them go.The next morning, Lu Gao finally reached a consensus with Ruan Lang and Wang Yao: as long as they saw conclusive evidence, and the emperor personally guaranteed that no harm would be done to his family, and they only deposed Gong and made the emperor a prince, the two would be willing to confess. .

At noon, Shu Liang reported the situation.

Zhu Qiyu was sitting on the soft couch, leaning against the window. There were eight dishes and two soups on the dining table.The nearest one is a large plate of braised beef and beef tendon.

Lin Xiangyu and Ningxiang, one on the left and the other on the right, leaned against Zhu Qiyu with smiles on their faces, and couldn't help but put meat into the big bowl for their man.

Zhu Qiyu discussed with a grimace: "That's enough, that's enough. Aunts, can I eat less?"

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "That won't work. You have to eat more beef so that you have the strength to cultivate the land well."

"Then I won't be a cow, okay?"

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "That won't work. You promised yourself. You are so cold-eyed and cold-hearted, and you are willing to be a bully. We are all your daughters, and you have to be the big ox that we work hard for."

Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to grit his teeth, grabbed a piece of beef, and ordered: "Pick two more pieces of ribs for me. I like to eat crispy bones."

When the two women heard this, they were even more happy, wishing that their man could eat several kilograms of meat in one meal.

After eating the meat, Zhu Qiyu spread his hands on both sides, and Lin Xiangyu and Ningxiang sucked the five fingers clean one by one.

It happened that Qianxue and Suxi came back from outside, and Qianxue repeated what Shu Liang had reported.

Zhu Qiyu replied: "Let Huang Qi go and bring the evidence with him, which will be protected by five hundred personal guards. After showing the evidence, bring them back immediately."

Especially the golden sword given by the emperor, and the imperial edict contained in it, should not be placed in the Sanfa Department, nor should the Jin Yiwei have access to them.

Once this most powerful evidence is lost, our long-term plan will be completely over.

Moreover, it would become a big joke. The Ancestral Temple would be opened and the entire city would be put on trial. As a result, the most powerful evidence would be gone and the case would not be made. That would be really embarrassing.

How is the public opinion in the capital now? "

Qianxue replied: "After learning that Emperor Gongrang was to be tried in public at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, it caused an uproar and uproar among the government and the public.

However, the reaction of both the government and the public was relatively restrained. Everyone was mentally prepared for the deposed Emperor Gongrang. "

Zhu Qiyu teased: "First take three big steps forward. If the opposition is too fierce, then we will take two small steps back.

Then take three big steps and take two small steps back.

Before we knew it, we had achieved our goal. "

"Then the days from now on will be much smoother, right?"

"What's your wish? The Emperor Gongrang, the Concubine Xuanmiao, and the Crown Prince are visible enemies. Not only are they easy to deal with, they can also be dealt with easily.

But after taking care of them, we will face the invisible enemy next.

Not to mention anything else, the transformation of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, and the establishment of the Capital Academy, we have to face so many invisible enemies.

People hate me silently in their hearts, which is the scariest thing.

How to create a new interest group and completely bind them to us is too difficult. "

(End of this chapter)