Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 790
Hearing this, Li Zushu almost fainted immediately, this charge is too scary!
Isn't it just selling a steam engine blueprint?
According to Li Zushu's understanding, Wang Dehua thought he was trying to intimidate him when he said that he was copying and beheading all over the family.
At most, it's demotion, or cutting the nobility!
Although this kind of treatment, he also thinks it is unbearable!
But now, an admiral of the East Factory said that he would be executed by everyone, and another admiral of the West Factory actually said that he would kill the Nine Clans!

The most important thing is that this admiral of Xichang is now the most powerful eunuch in Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, after Li Zushu came to his senses, he hurriedly defended himself: "No, no, no, I just sold a blueprint of a steam engine, just a piece of paper, how could I treason and plot rebellion!"

"Hehe, why isn't it treason and treason?" Wang Chengen sneered immediately after hearing this, and then looked down at Li Zushu, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "The Netherlands was originally a small foreign country, and it has repeatedly offended Ming Dynasty, and now it is rebelling against Annan. You colluded and killed more than [-] soldiers of my Ming Dynasty. And you sold Ming’s military weapon, the steam engine, to the Dutch. In the future, the Dutch will also have steam armored warships, steam trains, etc., to help the Netherlands To be strong in order to conspire against the Ming Dynasty, you say, this is not treason, treason, what else could it be?"

Speaking of this, he paused, and suddenly his voice became colder and he shouted: "Not to mention, as the Marquis of Daming, you have received the grace of the royal family, but you don't want to be loyal to the king and serve the country, but want to plot rebellion. The current Long Live Lord hates This kind of food, our family told you, about you, the Zhu Jiu Clan basically didn't run away!"

Hearing this, Li Zushu, who had just kneeled up, collapsed to the ground again.

If he knew the consequences of selling the blueprint of the steam engine in advance, it would be a crime against the Jiu Clan, then although he is greedy for money, he probably would not dare to do so.After all, once found out, the consequences would be too serious.

Now, being said by Wang Chengen, he really couldn't bear the thought of being punished by the Nine Clans.

Wang Dehua on the side saw this situation, saw Wang Chengen's eyes passing over, and said to Li Zushu in a timely manner: "Of course, if you can make atonement, although you still cannot escape the death penalty, you should not be punished." Exterminate the Nine Clans. What crime you should be convicted of depends on the size of your meritorious deeds!"

When Li Zushu, who was paralyzed on the ground like mud, heard it, he seemed like a drowning man who had grabbed a life-saving straw. His whole body became a little more angry, and he quickly got up from the ground, knelt on the ground, his face With a flattering face, he looked at Wang Dehua and said hastily: "Please teach me the villain. I don't know how the villain can redeem his crimes? All the property of my Marquis Mansion should be handed over to the court!"

"Hmph!" Wang Chengen groaned heavily after hearing this, obviously very dissatisfied with his words.

Li Zushu was startled by this movement, turned his head to look at him, his eyes were full of fear.

At this time, I heard Wang Dehua say to him: "Since you committed the crime, do you think your money still belongs to you? Our family asks you, you have to think about the answer, and if you make a mistake, you will never recover!"

Hearing this, Li Zushu immediately remembered the nickname that the current emperor has given in recent years: Emperor of Copying the Family, he was shocked immediately, and immediately recognized that in terms of money, don't try to impress the two people in front of him. , it is even less likely to impress the current emperor.

All hope lies in the questioning of the admiral of Dongchang.

Thinking of this, he quickly nodded in response, like a chicken pecking at rice.

So, I heard Wang Dehua looking down at him and asking: "On the second day of February in the 17th year of Chongzhen, you expelled the family son Li Biao. Is it related to the sinking of the Jinyiwei official ship in the Yangtze River?"

At that time, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, led the troops into Nanjing, and then began to rectify the place. However, the account books of the fields in Nanjing were burned.Ma Shiying asked Emperor Chongzhen to send the capital's Tianmu account book to Nanjing. As a result, pirates encountered pirates on the Yangtze River, all Jinyiwei were killed, the official ship sank, and the Tianmu account book naturally disappeared.

The government and the public were shocked by this case. Although the final result was that the pirates caused civil strife and all of them died and the case was closed, Wang Dehua, who was involved in the original case, always felt that the case of the sinking of the Jinyiwei official ship was definitely not that simple. The mastermind has not been dug out.

This time, in the case of the steam engine blueprint, he smelled some clues, and after discussing with Wang Chengen, he decided to find a breakthrough from Li Zushu.

At this moment, when Li Zushu heard his words, he was taken aback immediately, and subconsciously denied, "No, no, absolutely nothing..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Wang Dehua's face, which immediately turned cold, and immediately reminded him that if Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen's answer could not satisfy Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen, then he would have to rely on the inescapable stealing. Selling the blueprint of the steam engine will kill the nine clans by the court!
Thinking of this, he couldn't go on.

Of course he knew the truth of that matter.

But the key problem is that the consequences of that matter are also very serious, and it is even more treasonous, and it is also the crime of killing the nine clans!

However, Li Zushu understood that at this moment, he had no way out.

If you don't say it, it's the killing of the Nine Clans; if you say it, it's a meritorious service if you confess other people, so will you be exempt from the killing of the Nine Clans?
Speaking of which, he wasn't the main culprit either.

Thinking about it this way, Li Zushu seemed to see a glimmer of hope again.

While he was still hesitating, he heard Wang Dehua turn his head and say to Wang Chengen: "Our family seems to be wrong. We thought that if we gave him a chance, he would cherish it. Forget it, anyway, we have some evidence. Can do without him..."

As soon as Wang Dehua said this, he saw Li Zushu quickly grabbed the topic and said, "I recruit, I recruit, this thing is like this..."

Li Zushu finally decided that if he didn't confess, he would kill the Nine Clans. If he confessed, he might be able to pay off his merits and not kill the Nine Clans.
In that case back then, Wei Guogong took the lead, and Nanjing Xungui participated. The original meaning was that everyone was a grasshopper on the same rope, and no one wanted to escape. Together, they fought against Ma Shiying and the emperor behind Ma Shiying.

As a result, with Li Zushu's confession, he confessed the whole Nanjing nobles.

Now, this case is a shocking case!
However, before Wang Dehua finished the question, he continued to use Li Zushu's habit of expelling the family to have children as a breakthrough point, and continued to ask more questions, and more truths emerged.

Back then, when Zhang Xianzhong was tipped off and cooperated with Zhang Xianzhong to break through, Zhang Xianzhong was almost escaped. The main messengers behind it turned out to be these Nanjing nobles.Their purpose is to put Ma Shiying to death, so as to prevent Ma Shiying from rectifying Nanjing.

From the moment Li Zushu confessed to the first case, it was as if the flood had a flood outlet. He didn't care about anything, and confessed all the dirty things he knew about the nobles in Nanjing.

In fact, when he talked about the later, he also had a thought: Look, there are so many nobles in Nanjing who all have a share and ability. You can stab them all to the sky and see what the emperor will do with them?

If it really had to be dealt with impartially, the major case of killing heroes in the Chongzhen Dynasty would be even more ruthless than that in the Hongwu period!Would the current emperor dare to bear the reputation of killing heroes?
This is by no means alarmist talk, at least since the founding of the country, only Emperor Hongwu has committed mass murder.But he is the founding emperor, and now you, Emperor Chongzhen, are more ruthless than Emperor Hongwu?

No, after Wang Dehua heard this, his expression was serious, and he didn't dare to make a decision. He turned his head and looked at Wang Chengen, seeing that Wang Chengen had made up his mind.

According to the normal regulations, other prisoners must be arrested; but, to be honest, even if Wang Chengen mentioned some things to Wang Dehua in advance, he still dared not.

If it was Wang Dehua who did it, he would definitely put down his banners and drums first, and then fly to the capital to ask Emperor Chongzhen for an order.

Obviously, Wang Chengen did not expect that behind the truth was such a huge noble group, and there were even generations of distinguished nobles like Wei Guogong.

However, after thinking about it for a while, he finally maintained that leisurely demeanor, and said lightly: "Then sign and sign everything you just said! Let's see where we want to transfer troops from!"

Hearing this, Li Zushu's back felt cold.He didn't expect that this Wang Chengen was really ruthless!

The meaning of what he said just now is that he will not let anyone go. Are you really going to wipe out all the Nanjing nobles who participated?
This is a shocking case, the biggest case since the founding of the country, and he can make the decision himself, so don't ask the current emperor for instructions?
Really cruel!

Faced with such a ruthless character, Li Zushu didn't dare to have the slightest intention of disobedience, and immediately took a brush from Xichang Fanzi, who was recording the confession, honestly, and signed it.

After Li Zushu was detained, Wang Dehua, who was on the side, also recovered from the shock, and was still a little vigilant, realizing something he almost forgot: that is, Emperor Chongzhen kept him, just to let him do it. Dirty work.

Like the big case of Nanjing Xungui this time, if he hides behind, it is estimated that there will be no good fruit to eat.

After understanding this point, Wang Dehua immediately told Wang Chengen that he had been here in Nanjing for so many years and knew where the troops could be mobilized and would not be affected by Nanjing nobles.

In this regard, Wang Chengen nodded, but did not insist.

At this moment, there seemed to be noise coming from outside.So, a fan went out immediately, and then came back soon to report to the two factory officials, saying that the son of Wei Guogong had come to inquire about the Linhuaihou Mansion.

(End of this chapter)