I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Ye Xianggao had just sat down, but Wei Zhongxian suddenly said: "My lord, since Mr. Ge is here, I don't know if I should say something or not."

"There's nothing to hide between you and me, tell me." Zhu You didn't raise his head, his eyes were all on the chessboard.

Wei Zhongxian said: "My maidservant checked the scriptures this morning and happened to see the closing record of the Hongwan case. After a little inspection, I found a big flaw."

Holding the white chess pieces in his hand, Zhu Youxiao beckoned Wei Zhongxian to come over and continue playing, while saying, "Oh, this matter is over, why did you suddenly bring it up again?"

Having said that, Zhu Youxiao's heart is like a bright mirror.

He wanted to put Yang Lian to death, but he couldn't do it based on the case of Donglin Academy alone, so he had to turn over the old score.

Wei Zhongxian said: "Your Majesty, this servant feels that there is nothing strange about Li Kezhuo's matter."

Zhu Youxiao glanced this way when he heard the words, and as soon as the white piece fell in his hand, Wei Zhongxian clapped his hands and applauded.

As soon as the words were spoken here, two young eunuchs came to the side hall, tidied up the chessboard and replaced it with a new one.

In this gap, Zhu Youxiao leaned on the couch and asked, "According to what you said, Li Kezhuo offered red pills to the late emperor. What kind of conspiracy is there?"

Zhu Youxiao asked this question knowingly, and the purpose was to give Wei Zhongxian room to answer.

Wei Zhongxian replied: "When I think about it, I just feel that my hairs are standing on end."

"When Li Kezhuo presented the red pill, he said it was a gift from an immortal in the mountain. The medicinal materials used were all collected from the fairyland of Shenfu, which can cure all diseases."

After speaking, he looked at Ye Xianggao again, and asked sullenly, "I don't know what the old man thinks about this?"

Ye Xianggao didn't say anything, Wei Zhongxian took a look and saw that he had fallen asleep.

"Ge Lao, Ge Lao?"

After being patted twice by Wei Zhongxian, Ye Xianggao woke up with an "ah" and tremblingly said: "The emperor forgives the crime, the old minister was bumpy all the way, and I am a little sleepy."

Wei Zhongxian glanced at him, and almost said the words "Don't act in front of the governor".

Ignoring the treacherous and cunning Ye Xianggao, Wei Zhongxian said: "This fairy in the mountains should be the key to this case. If you don't ask Li Kezhuo in detail, I don't know if it's because of his deceitful words or if there is a real person."

Ye Xianggao naturally knew in his heart that what Wei Zhongxian said was testing his own meaning.

But he still didn't speak, neither expressed support nor stopped him, and after a while, he began to feel drowsy again.

Seeing Ye Xianggao sitting on a chair, Zhu Youxiao almost fell over several times, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Naturally, Wei Zhongxian knew what Ye Xianggao was thinking, so he didn't point it out, and said to Zhu Youxiao: "My servant thought that to investigate this case, we have to start with the stiletto case."

Hearing this, Ye Xianggao was shocked. He really didn't expect that Wei Zhongxian proposed to re-investigate the three major cases in front of him.

It's really a crime to catch up with such a thing on the first day in the capital!

Chapter 29 You go to the trial

"My servant suddenly remembered, could something have gone wrong since the first trial of the prisoner Zhang Chai?"

After saying that, Wei Zhongxian presented Wang Zhicai's interrogation results with both hands.

Zhu picked it up from the school and flipped through it page by page.

According to the results of the interrogation, after the criminal Zhang Chai was captured, he was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. In the first trial, he was "neither mad nor crazy, but daring."

After several twists and turns, Wang Zhicai was put in charge of the case, but it turned out that Zhang Chai was a "lunatic" and his confession pointed directly at Pang Bao and Liu Cheng.

Pang Bao and Liu Cheng were the stewards of Concubine Zheng's Yikun Palace at that time, and they were also Concubine Zheng's private eunuchs. Wang Zhicai's interrogation revealed that these two men instigated the "madman" Zhang Chai to commit murder.

This is almost saying that Concubine Zheng is the mastermind of the attack.

Of course, under the circumstances at that time, everyone knew that Concubine Zheng Gui had a motive for the murder. After all, she and Emperor Wanli fought with the courtiers for an unknown amount of time for King Lifu and Prince.

It is conceivable that the results of this interrogation not only intensified the conflict between Concubine Zheng Gui and Zhu Changluo, who was the prince at the time, but also made Emperor Wanli lose face.

The result of this interrogation directly angered Empress Dowager Li, who did not care about political affairs, and severely reprimanded Emperor Wanli.

The empress dowager's reprimand made Emperor Wanli extremely panicked, Long Wei was greatly damaged, and wished he could find a crack in the ground to get in.

After that, Emperor Wanli completely gave up the idea of ​​King Lifu as the prince, expressed his love and compassion for the prince Zhu Changluo in the court meeting, and ordered the criminal Zhang Chai to be executed, and Pang Bao and Liu Cheng were executed in the inner court.

So far, the shooting case seems to have come to an end.

However, Wei Zhongxian found a new opportunity.

In his mind, as long as he can overturn the three major cases including slamming, he will be able to hurt the Donglin Party!

After thinking about all this, Zhu Youxiao closed the interrogation results, his expression didn't change much, he just said: "Isn't this case already closed? What else can we do?"

Wei Zhongxian said again: "The result of Wang Zhicai's interrogation is different from the previous results of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple."

"Let's say that Zhang Cha is a 'madman' first, and then use his confession to point out that the attack was done by Concubine Zheng. Your Majesty, do you think that since Zhang Cha is a lunatic, how can his words be trusted?"

"Isn't this contradictory, lifting a rock and shooting yourself in the foot?"

These words were indeed inconsistent, but why everyone believed Wang Zhicai's interrogation results at that time was because the Queen Mother was involved.

Everyone, including Emperor Wanli, wanted to end it as soon as possible.

What's more, who knows how many people will be dug up if you investigate deeply?This is a major event that may shake the foundation of the country.

Zhu Youxiao had experienced one of the three cases of slamming, Hongwan, and Yigong, and his personal experience told him that these were all major cases deliberately set off by the Donglin Party.

Concocting major cases is one of the most effective means of dealing with political enemies.

Through the shooting case, the Donglin Party pulled out the Empress Dowager Li who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, and used the threat of the Empress Dowager to force Emperor Wanli to confirm Zhu Changluo's crown prince status.

After the Hongwan case, the Donglin Party solved the situation in which Fang Congzhe was alone and the Chu Party was the ruling party in the decades after Wanli.

After the case of moving the palace, the Donglin Party established the overall situation and unshakable position of "All Zheng Ying Dynasty" in the Apocalypse Dynasty after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne.

But they didn't expect that the young emperor Zhu Youxiao, who had just ascended the throne, would bring out Wei Zhongxian, a mad dog, backhandedly.

Wei Zhongxian also dealt with the Donglin Party by concocting a big case.

The case of Donglin Academy seems to have started with Feng Sanyuan, but in fact Wei Zhongxian would never be satisfied with only arresting one Feng Sanyuan and more than two hundred scholars.

What he wanted was to hurt the Donglin Party, that's why he mentioned the liquidation of the three major cases.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know if any of the arrested scholars had been wronged, but it was definitely correct to do so.

The experience of later generations of the Qing Dynasty tells us that if you want to be a wise emperor through the ages, you must first dare to kill people. Zhu Youxiao will not get his hands dirty, so he must let Wei Zhongxian and the "eunuch party" go out.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang killed a lot, it was not comprehensive enough, so he became a "spectacular killer" in later generations. Kang Mazi killed no less than Zhu Yuanzhang, but he became an emperor through the ages.

Wei Zhongxian was planning something in his heart, Zhu Youxiao was like a bright mirror.

What needs to be done now is also very simple, just pretend to be stupid and let Wei Zhongxian make trouble.

Don't let the Donglin Party hurt their muscles and bones, this matter is not over!

"I want to come here at this time, and I feel that the result of this interrogation is very strange. I also ask the emperor to allow my servant to arrest Wang Zhicai for interrogation in the East Factory. This will definitely give the emperor a new result." After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Youxiao nervously.

"Wang Zhicai?" Zhu Youxiao paused in his hands, and said softly: "Then you go and investigate, this is a matter that has been settled, what other results can there be?"

Zhu Youxiao said this as if he was joking. Such a big case needs to be retried, and hundreds of people may be involved, but he is not serious at all.

Ye Xianggao didn't say a word during the whole process, because he really didn't know what to say.

Persuasion should be investigated. The news that he and Wei Xie conspired to harm scholars spread out in Da Nei. Do you want to have a reputation for decades?

Advising the emperor not to investigate in front of Wei Zhongxian, this is tantamount to breaking the face with the eunuchs directly, and he is in his seventies and eighties, and he really doesn't want to do anything big.

If it ends up being lost at the end of the festival, the loss outweighs the gain.

Ye Xianggao's mouth moved, and he wanted to speak several times, but he swallowed it back. His current situation is too embarrassing.

The word Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian to arrest Wang Zhicai and retry the stiletto case has already been released. You are not joking, and you will never take it back.

At this time, Ye Xianggao, as the chief assistant of the cabinet who was called to Qianqing Palace together with Wei Zhongxian, knew that he had better not say a word.

Don't listen, don't ask, don't interfere.

If you take one wrong step, you will lose your reputation and lose your reputation!

He is not afraid of death, what he is afraid of is that after death, his innocent reputation will be destroyed in one day.

In his heart, Ye Xianggao is disgusted with the eunuchs, but he will not risk his life for the sake of "Dong Lin righteousness" like he did when he was young.

Just when he was struggling in his heart, Zhu Youxiao's words broke the situation.

"Let Zhongxian go for a retrial on this matter. It's not a big deal. Mr. Ge, you should go back and rest well when you get home."

Saying that, Zhu Youxiao yawned heavily, walked into the inner palace with lazy steps, and did not forget to ask:

"Ge Lao, don't see any guests after you go back, go to bed earlier."

Ye Xianggao, who was drowsy throughout the whole process, woke up suddenly after hearing this.

When they returned to Ye Mansion, there were still many members of the Donglin Party gathered here, and finally pushed the leader into the cabinet again, so naturally they had to celebrate.

Seeing Ye Xianggao came back, all the officials from various ministries came up to welcome him one by one.

"Master, you are back."

"The emperor asked you to enter the palace for so long, what did you say?"

"I heard that Wei Xie has also gone, Mr. Ge, you should be careful!"

Hearing these words in his ears, Ye Xianggao waved his hands, and said weakly: "The old man came from his home for several days, and the horses and horses were exhausted. This body is broken, and he needs to rest for a few days."

"Everyone, please go back!"

After saying that, Ye Xianggao walked into the mansion in small steps, leaving behind the Donglin Party members with confused faces.

No one knows why Ye Xianggao, who came from home to take office with a red face in the morning, seems to have aged ten years when he went to the palace.

Chapter 30 Retrial of the Tapping Case

The first month of the first year of the apocalypse has not yet passed, and the flavor of the new year is strong, but the news from the palace makes the people rush to celebrate.

Why, the Emperor Apocalypse in the Forbidden City promulgated a great benevolent government.

First, the whole country will never increase the tax, and then the nine-percent land tax of the Liao pay that has been implemented for three years has been completely abolished, and the levy will be reduced by three per cent on the original basis.

For the Chinese New Year, this kind of news is tantamount to adding joy to the common people.

The imperial court is already at a loss, and the Nine Frontiers have been in arrears for a while, and it is impossible to continue to lose money this year. The land tax will be reduced, and the commercial tax will be increased.

The Beijing-Hangzhou tariff was directly raised by [-]%, and the collusion between the government and businessmen was brought to the fore, and a supervision department was set up for Jin Yiwei to investigate and deal with it.

It seems that the current emperor is going to deal with this matter seriously.

For officials and businessmen, Zhu Youxiao's new policies in the southeast are undoubtedly equivalent to pouring cold water on their heads.

In a word, this year will not be over.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao also understands that if this thing is passed on, he may fall into the water and die suddenly.

But the problem is, now that the imperial court has no money, it is impossible not to squeeze the wool of the merchants!

With the risk of falling into the water, this matter must be done!

No matter how the government and business groups in the southeast respond to the imperial court's new policies, Beijing has not been idle for a moment. It is still the first month, and suddenly a big news comes.

Wei Zhongxian wanted to retry the stiletto attack case. As the presiding judge of the case at that time, Wang Zhicai was a panicked group.

As for Wang Zhicai, he is a capable person, the backbone of the Donglin Party, and he was in charge of the trial of the ramming case at that time.

In the 26th year of Wanli, he became a Jinshi.The official went to Shaanxi Youbuzhengshi and Zuobuzhengshi.In the first year of Taichang, he served as Minister of Taichang Temple in Nanjing.

This year was changed to the first year of the Apocalypse, when the Donglin Party heard that Wei Zhongxian wanted to overturn the three major cases, so they used their connections to transfer him to the right deputy governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the governor of Ningxia.

Right now, Wang Zhicai is serving as the governor of Ningxia Fucheng, which is later known as Yinchuan.

In the winter of the 48th year of Wanli, Yang Sichang, the rater of Huaibei, reported the famine in Huaibei's prefectures, but the famine in Ningxia prefecture was earlier than that in Huaibei.

Because the officials were afraid of offending, they concealed the report layer by layer, and the news did not reach the capital.

In the 20th year of Wanli, it was a long time ago.

Now that there is a famine again, every household of the common people is praying for good weather and good harvests in the coming year.

In Ningxia Fucheng, Ming soldiers on the city wall are on duty with dedication.

Holding the spear tightly in his hand, the soldier looked up at the sky, only to see the wind and sand blowing from the north all over the sky, making a sound of hunting, and covered the ground with another layer of yellow.

There was nothing to do on this day, it was still very cold and strong winds were blowing.

Hearing the footsteps coming from behind, the soldier yawned, turned his head and said, "Change defense, change defense, I'm trapped to death."