Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 125
Lin Cunde reminded Zhu Qiyu that the Queen Mother Sun knew Zhu Qiyu too well.

Zhu Qiyu nodded with a wry smile and said: "Drink tea. Also, I reminded you just now. You don't need to call your majesty, just call me brother-in-law!"

"Yes, I just get used to it sometimes!" Lin Cunde nodded and drank tea from the cup.

After finishing the drink, he put down the tea cup and said: "Your Majesty, at this time, you should give those ministers some confidence. There is nothing wrong with supporting your Majesty!"

"Oh, how to do it?" Zhu Qiyu asked with interest.

"Severely punish the Sun family!" Lin Cunde stared at Zhu Qiyu and said calmly.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Lin Cunde, still a little undecided in his heart. Although he had figured it out, Queen Mother Sun's words still had an impact on Zhu Qiyu.

"If Your Majesty does not severely punish the Sun family, those ministers will think that Your Majesty still does not have the courage after all. Moreover, His Majesty himself is not confident about the future, and His Majesty himself is not confident. How can those ministers dare to trust Your Majesty? Those ministers will impeach The memorial is also a test, so Your Majesty must express something!" Lin Cunde continued to express his thoughts.

"Yeah!" Zhu Qiyu nodded.

"Especially what the Empress Dowager Sun said to Your Majesty today. In fact, Your Majesty must make up her mind to clean up the Sun family and let the Empress Dowager see that everything is subject to the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If the emperor breaks the law, he is equally guilty as the common people, and the Sun family cannot be above the law. Above the law! No matter whose relative he is, it won't work! We must deal with it when it needs to be dealt with, and punish it when it needs to be punished!" Lin Cunde said resolutely, and he was also worried that Zhu Qiyu had been hesitant, and something big would happen sooner or later. .

"Well, in your opinion, what should be done? To what extent should the Sun family be cleaned up? Should it be as we talked about last time?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Lin Cunde and asked.

"No, since those ministers want to test Your Majesty, and the Queen Mother said so, and want to alienate the relationship between Your Majesty and the ministers, then how to deal with the Sun family this time will be left to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to deal with, it depends on the ministers How did they deal with it? Did they completely cut off from the Queen Mother, or did they hold on to hope.

Since they want to test, let’s test each other. They don’t trust His Majesty, so why should Your Majesty trust them unreservedly? Moreover, if it is left to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to deal with, any crime will be dealt with according to the Ming Law, even if Other ministers who do not support His Majesty have nothing to say. After all, it is their own business to convict, and His Majesty will watch.

The Jin Yiwei will not move for now. If they cannot handle it to His Majesty's satisfaction, then they can send out the Jin Yiwei. If they handle it to His Majesty's satisfaction, even if the people don't understand, it has nothing to do with His Majesty. This matter is the idea of ​​the civil servants themselves!
In addition, let the Queen Mother know that it is not His Majesty who wants to severely punish the Sun family, but the civil servants who want to deal with the Sun family!Let the Queen Mother give up that hope, and let those ministers give up their expectations! "Lin Cunde said his thoughts.

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a great idea!"

"Then your Majesty agreed?" Lin Cunde heard that Zhu Qiyu was so happy and asked while the iron was hot.

"That's how it should be done, and there's another advantage to letting civil servants do it!" Zhu Qiyu said a little excitedly.

Lin Cunde looked at Zhu Qiyu in confusion.

"After all, Sun Zhong is Huichang Bo and a distinguished noble. If civil servants take care of the distinguished nobles, they will also cause dissatisfaction among the distinguished nobles. Although they have no objection to cleaning up the Sun family, they do not want to be handled by civil servants. In this way, , it is even more impossible for nobles and civil servants to mix together, although they have never mixed together before! But I also need to guard against this!" Zhu Qiyu said to Lin Cunde.

"That's right!" Lin Cunde nodded in agreement at this moment.

"I will approve the reply tonight and hand it over to the Ministry of Justice for processing. Previously, the civil servants have always wanted to compete with the Jinyiwei for power. I don't want the Jinyiwei to interfere too much, so I will let them do it. It can also be used to let those ministers feel it. If you follow me, I will also benefit them!" Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

"That's the principle, repay a favor with a favor!" Lin Cunde nodded and said with a smile.

"Come on, Cunde, let's drink tea. I'm lucky to have you today. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get out for a while. If you tell me, I can be nicer to my brother in the future. Even if I'm not good to my brother then, I'll be nice to him." My nephew can make up for it a bit!
Moreover, after I finish dealing with the Sun family's affairs, I will find another opportunity to talk to those ministers and see if I can send someone to Oala to send some supplies to my brother, so that he can have an easier time in Oala! "Zhu Qiyu greeted Lin Cunde and said.

"That's how it should be! In terms of justice and feelings, Your Majesty should choose justice. Your Majesty, I told you before that if the world still belongs to the Supreme Emperor, do you think the Supreme Emperor will change those problems of the Ming Dynasty? What's the future of the Ming Dynasty? What will happen? And His Majesty now knows the problems and is making changes!
What your Majesty will do in the future is for the future of the Ming Dynasty, for the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty, and is also what your Majesty's ancestors look forward to. Otherwise, you must not ignore the future of the Ming Dynasty because of your relationship with your brother. If this is the case , Your Majesty, do you still dare to say that you dare to go down below to meet your ancestors? Lin Cunde looked at Zhu Qiyu and continued to persuade.

"Well, you are right. I don't know what happened today. In fact, I relied on my brother very much when I was a child. In the past few months, my brother has not been here. I miss him every time I wake up in the middle of the night! During the day, I am also cautious when handling the government affairs of the court. After all, I have never had any contact with them before, so I have to be very careful and very tired!
The Queen Mother said this today, which made me feel dazed. I even thought that if my brother continues to be the emperor, it would be good for me to be the king. I might be even happier!
But you just woke me up, there is no way out, and the Ming Dynasty still has so many problems. If it is handed over to the elder brother, the elder brother may not change. Maybe he will still use eunuchs as before!I'm not saying that it's wrong to reuse eunuchs. Now I'm showing some taste!It's just that my brother shouldn't allow the eunuchs to do whatever they want and mess up our Ming Dynasty! "Zhu Qiyu sat there and said with a wry smile.

"Yes, so there is no need to think too much about this matter. His Majesty can be worthy of the Ming Dynasty and his ancestors. As for the Supreme Emperor, when he comes back, your Majesty will be kind to him, but you still need to be vigilant when you should be vigilant!" Lin Cunde nodded and reminded Zhu Qiyu.

"I know this, there is no need to worry, what happened today will never happen again!" Zhu Qiyu said with a smile to Lin Cunde.

Lin Cunde then chatted with Zhu Qiyu for a while, and then went out. Zhu Qiyu wanted to keep Lin Cunde to eat in the palace, but Lin Cunde did not agree, not wanting to attract too much attention.

Zhu Qiyu asked Cheng Jing to continue escorting Lin Cunde back home.The next morning, the cabinet received Zhu's approval. Chen Xun was shocked when he saw Zhu's approval.

He quickly summoned the cabinet ministers to his study to discuss the matter.

Chen Xun sat on it, looked at the cabinet ministers, and asked, "Have you seen your majesty's approval regarding the Sun family?"

"I see, this is a good thing for our cabinet. I thought this matter would be handled by the Jin Yiwei, but I didn't expect it would be handled by our Criminal Department!" Shang Ren said happily, stroking his beard.

"Well, I guess His Majesty knows the deep meaning of our writing this memorial, so leave it to us!" Takagu also stroked his beard and said with a smile. This is what they are most happy to see.

Chen Xun was sitting there, thinking.

The other cabinet ministers saw Chen Xun deep in thought and were a little confused, but they did not bother him.

After a while, Chen Xun said, "You all think it's a good thing?"

"Isn't it?" Shang Ren immediately asked Chen Xun.

Chen Xun shook his head and said: "I can't tell, and I don't know if it's a favor. Of course, compared to the past, it was left to the Jin Yiwei to handle it. Now it's a good thing to leave it to us. But behind the scenes, His Majesty is. What did you consider it? Have you ever considered it?"

"What are you thinking about?" Gao Gu and the others didn't understand. Wouldn't they simply repay the favor in return?
"To what extent?" Chen Xun's words left them stunned.

They had not thought about this before. They were so happy after seeing His Majesty's approval that they had not had time to think about it carefully. Now that they heard Chen Xun's question, they all thought of the key point.

"Yes, to what extent!" Shang Ren also smiled bitterly at this moment. His Majesty gave them a difficult problem.

His Majesty did not give any specific instructions in the memorial. He just asked the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to handle it.

"How about going to test it out?" Cabinet Minister Miao Zhong looked at Chen Xun and asked.

After hearing this, Chen Xun smiled bitterly, and Miao Zhong himself laughed bitterly, knowing that it was impossible to test this.

Because they were not sure whether His Majesty's approval was a test for them.

Moreover, it was left to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to deal with it. No one has been arrested and has not been interrogated yet. How to ask for the result of the handling? At least the Ministry of Punishment needs to come up with a preliminary result before they can test it.

"Arrest people, let the Criminal Department arrest them first!" Chen Xun said.

"Arrest them all, or the ones we impeached. In addition, should Sun Zhong's house be sealed up? And, what should we do with those female relatives?" Gao Gu looked at Chen Xun with a wry smile and said.

"Hey!" Shang Ren looked up to the sky and sighed. Your Majesty's approval made it difficult for them.

"Everyone, tell me?" Chen Xun asked, looking at the cabinet ministers.

Gao Gu thought about it and said: "My suggestion is to arrest the people we impeached, the Sun family members, and wait until we have the preliminary results, and then ask His Majesty how to deal with it? How? No matter what , those family members are also relatives of the Queen Mother, I guess Your Majesty will still give the Queen Mother some face!"

Chen Xun nodded, and then looked at everyone, who also nodded.

"Then let's do this. Call the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, the Yushi of Zuodu of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the Minister of Dali Temple to come!" Chen Xun said when he saw that they all nodded.

(End of this chapter)