Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 332 Jiajing drove the civil servants crazy, it was so scary to overturn the table!

"Your Majesty, I plead guilty!"

Xiong Yiqi naturally had nothing to say, so he admitted his guilt with a frustrated look on his face.

then.

Xiong Yiqi even started to giggle at this, and he stood up and said to the courtier beside him: "I am so stupid, really!"

"I didn't expect he would do this to me!"

"real!"

"If I had known he would do this, I would never have dared to make a fuss about the eldest prince."

"He's horrible."

"real!"

"He is extremely scary. I know he is ruthless, but I have always been optimistic. I think no matter how ruthless he is, he will not be my opponent and will be scared by me."

"After all, who am I? I was the one who dared to slander the innocent people of a village as bandits and slaughter them while serving as the governor of Guizhou. I was the one who dared to move the tribute bronze vessels from the Guanglu Temple directly to my own home."

"But I am still not as bold as he is. He can actually create my parents out of thin air!"

Xiong Yiqing was obviously driven crazy by Zhu Houcong. He pointed at Zhu Houcong and talked to the court officials in the hall.

The court officials avoided him as much as possible, and those who were caught struggled wildly, waving their sleeves and avoiding him as if he were the plague god.

Some court officials even reached out to cover his mouth, fearing that he would continue talking and revealing all the dirty things that many people had done behind his back.

Everyone looked nervous.

But Xiong Yiqi laughed more and more happily as he talked, and he became completely crazy. It seemed as if he didn't regard this moment as a court meeting, but was more relaxed than if he was at home.

"Xiong Yiqi, that's enough!"

Jia Yong, the former Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was kneeling on the ground, could not help but shout.

He was also afraid that Xiong Yichen would continue talking and say things that the emperor must not hear.

Snapped!
At this time, the Left Censor-in-Chief Wang Shizhong also stepped forward and slapped Xiong Yiqing directly.

Xiong Yiqi then shut his mouth and stared at Wang Shizhong blankly.

At this time, Wang Shizhong immediately bowed to Zhu Houcong and paid his respects.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Zhu Houcong looked at Xiong Yichun's image and laughed secretly.

He also didn't expect that the other party would be driven crazy by him, and that telling so many truths made all the court officials feel like they were facing a great enemy and became extremely panicked.

"His Majesty!"

"Xiong Yiqi is rebellious and unfilial, and the evidence is solid. However, he has gone mad out of fear of punishment and is talking nonsense. I beg Your Majesty not to believe his nonsense and order him to be executed immediately, so that he will not continue to talk nonsense and confuse the public!"

Wang Shizhong said at this time.

Zhu Houcong said: "Then let the Jinyiwei take him away and put him in the imperial prison first. After these people are dealt with, we will deal with him together!"

"Your Majesty, I think it would be best to execute him as soon as possible."

Wang Shizhong replied.

Zhu Houcong said sullenly, "How can we destroy the Ming Dynasty's canonical punishment system for a madman? We should at least make three requests and three discussions."

According to the Ming Dynasty system, in order to execute a person, the Ministry of Justice had to return the imperial edict three times to ask the Emperor to carefully sentence the person to death.

Therefore, Zhu Houcong said that he would make three requests and three discussions.

Wang Shizhong had no choice but to agree.

And Xiong Yiqi was then dragged away by the Jinyiwei.

"I'm so stupid, really!"

"I should have advocated opening the sea from the beginning, instead of being like Taifu Xie and Lord Lin, who wanted the court to ban the sea but also didn't want the court to not strictly ban the sea." "Also, I shouldn't have given gifts to the Nine Ministers during the court recommendation, and even gave their servants 500 silver coins. Instead of competing for the position of Guanglu Temple Minister, it would be better to collect money from the people in the local area. At least it would be difficult for the higher-ups to see it in the local area, and even if they see it, they would turn a blind eye. The Zongxian Wanggong is a rule-abiding person, and generally he would help cover up after receiving the tribute, so it would be great to be a high-ranking official in the local area. Why do I have to want to enter the Guanglu Temple and follow the eunuchs to make money for the royal family?"

But when Xiong Yiqi was dragged away, he continued to speak.

His words made Xie Qian, Lin Jun and Wang Shizhong's faces change drastically.

The other court officials also changed their expressions.

They even couldn't help but wonder whether Xiong Yiqi was really crazy or just pretending to be crazy, otherwise, why would he tell everything to others.

"I'm so stupid, really!"

"Okay, we all know you're stupid!"

Xiong Yiqi was still saying this when he was dragged out of Zuo Shunmen. The Jinyiwei who arrested him were a little impatient and just replied to him with this sentence.

At the court meeting, Xie Qian took the initiative to step forward and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to report that this old minister has absolutely no intention of what that madman said. This old minister advocates a sea ban, but I have always insisted that the government should follow the laws established by our ancestors!"

"I have never thought that there was anything wrong with Zhu, Wang and others' strict ban on sea trade. Even though my family members were indirectly executed because of their strict ban on sea trade, I still think they are loyal and capable ministers, and I don't hate them!"

Lin Jun also followed up with his defense, saying, "I, your majesty, ask for your understanding. I advocated a sea ban at the beginning because I was confused by rumors. I was stupid and ignorant. I didn't have any selfish motives as that madman said. So now that I know the truth about Fujian and Zhejiang and that Mr. Zhu and Mr. Wang are not wrong, I would rather admit my past mistakes and advocate opening the sea! As for my stupidity, it's just that I am not worthy of being a cabinet minister. So I would like to retire. Please grant your majesty's approval!"

"Your Majesty! I have never accepted bribes to cover up for the local authorities, as that madman said."

"I ask Your Majesty to look into this matter!"

Wang Shizhong also started to defend himself.

Zhu Houcong smiled and said, "Since it is just crazy talk, how can I and the officials in the court believe it? You don't have to worry too much. You can talk about resignation later."

"Continue the trial."

Zhu Houcong said this and looked at Jia Yong and others: "Who else among you wants to make a statement?"

"Your Majesty, I also plead guilty!"

"Not only am I unfilial, I am also disloyal to Your Majesty."

"During the period when I was in charge of the ministry, I accepted bribes to support officials such as Tao Xie and Xiong Yiqi. This is my first crime!"

"When I was in charge of the Imperial Academy, I was entrusted to only allow the children of famous families to enter the academy. This made the court mostly composed of one party. This is my second crime!"

"After the grand ceremony was decided, I secretly criticized it, intending to make Your Majesty disown your parents like me, and to make Your Majesty fall into the state of being unfilial and immoral, and to make Your Majesty only obey the ceremony decided by the Qingliu, instead of letting the Qingliu obey the ceremony decided by Your Majesty. This is my third crime."

When Jia Yong got to this point, he burst into tears and choked up, saying, "I beg Your Majesty to punish me severely!"

Jia Yong's tears and sobs were naturally due to the fact that he felt aggrieved. After all, he really did not participate in threatening the emperor with the eldest prince.

He asked himself if he was bold enough to do that.

But he also had to admit that he had become the innocent victim of the fire.

If the emperor really does not abide by the rules, then people like him will definitely be implicated, and it will no longer be a matter of choosing not to punish when it is possible.

After all, although he did not really do anything treasonous, in terms of his heart, he was not a loyal subject, and in terms of his actions, he had done things that were not right for the emperor.

So Jia Yong just shed tears and sobbed, and soon he began to twitch.

The fates of Xiong Yiqi, Jia Yong and others also made the court officials feel sympathetic, and they all felt the horror of the emperor turning the table.

At this time, the Imperial Censor Guo Nan took the initiative to step forward and said, "Your Majesty! I think that although they admit that they are disobedient and unfilial, it is ultimately related to the dignity of the court and is really against human nature. Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to forgive them and not punish them. Just let them be filial to their parents in the future and never commit the same offense again, so as to achieve great benevolence!"

"If disobedience and unfilial behavior can be forgiven, then what else can't be forgiven?"

The Imperial Censor Xiong Jia asked at this time.

Guo Nan did not argue with Xiong Jia, but knelt down in front of Zhu Houcong and said, "Your Majesty! The sudden appearance of a large number of parents and children claiming their children is really too terrifying, and it will make everyone in the court and the country feel insecure! Therefore, I must follow the right path and cannot be like the evil people who treat the people of the world with cruelty!"

Zhu Houcong understood what Guo Nan said, which was simply that the ministers could overturn the table, but he, the emperor, could not.

Because he was such a terrible emperor who turned over the table! It either drove people crazy or frightened them so much that they confessed everything.

So, as an emperor, he was mean by overturning the table.

(End of this chapter)