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In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, except for Zheng Yuhua's cry of injustice, no one spoke.

Chu Yuezhi raised his eyes to look at the little eunuch standing by the door, and the little eunuch immediately went up with the tray, then lowered his head and brought the tray with a stack of thick confessions to Chu Yuezhi's hand.

Picking up the top few confessions, Chu Yuezhi flipped through them twice, then grabbed a whole stack of thick confessions and threw them towards Zheng Yuhua, saying: "These confessions have all been signed and marked, and they also identify Concubine Zheng and yours. There are still hundreds of confessions, Zheng Tongzheng, if there are one or two confessions, I can still believe the word "injustice" in your mouth, but with these hundreds of confessions in front of me, who should I trust?"

"Your Majesty's lesson!" Zheng Yuhua desperately kowtowed to Chu Yuezhi, his voice was about to split and said: "The old minister has no motive or reason to launch the palace change!"

"You want a motive and a reason?" Chu Yuezhi nodded as if he had realized something. This time it was Si Yuanting who presented a letter with both hands. Chu Yuezhi unfolded the letter and said, "I got a letter not long ago." Feng Zhengfei wrote you a personal letter, saying that Brother Huang died of serious illness not long ago. Although the crown prince has not yet been established, Concubine Zheng also has a son, but the Daheng Kingdom has always established a heir and a son, but not a virtuous one. After the death of the emperor brother, the throne It will also be inherited by the eldest son of the emperor. In order to keep the glory and wealth and hold the world in his hands, Concubine Zheng instigates you to launch a palace change with her. Kill the eldest son together."

The little eunuch presented another stack of confessions to Chu Yuezhi, but Chu Yuezhi did not take it, but only signaled the little eunuch to show it to the other ministers, and continued: "You can make an excuse, but in the past few years, Concubine Zheng has murdered people openly and secretly. How many times has Concubine Zhao and Zhen's nephew both had confessions given by the palace people and evidence found in Concubine Zheng's palace. Concubine Zheng's heart is vicious and her desires are hard to fill. It is a certainty. I think you are also curious, the palace change Why did it fail? The Qianqing Palace is the palace of the emperors of all dynasties. You planted explosives in the Qianqing Palace to kill the emperor, but you didn't expect that the emperor had already seen through your vicious plan and asked me to guard the imperial tomb. The governor is also there Afterwards, the reason why I followed you out of the palace is to make you think that there is no one around the emperor you can rely on, so when the explosives detonated, the emperor was not in the Qianqing palace at all."

Chu Yuelei realized that he and Si Yuanting were going to rebel, so even though he didn't know that it was Zhao Xiyue, he still kept an eye out and chose to leave the Qianqing Palace secretly on the night he left the capital for the imperial mausoleum, and did not stay overnight in the Qianqing Palace.It's just that Chu Yuelei may not have thought that his act of self-protection actually helped him and Si Yuanting.The little eunuch has been by Chu Yuelei's side all the time, and is another little internal response, so in fact, when Chu Yuelei left the Qianqing Palace, Zhao Xiyue already knew about it and notified Si Yuanting, but Si Yuanting still asked Zhao Xiyue to leave the palace according to the original plan. The purpose of detonating the explosives in the Qianqing Palace was to make everything look more logical when the crime of the palace change was passed on to Concubine Zheng and Zheng Yuhua.

Before the human trafficking case, Si Yuanting still had the will to die, so in the original version of Gongbian's plan, Si Yuanting would bear all the charges by himself.But during these days, Si Yuanting has been changed by him little by little, and he no longer wants to die, so they have to find another scapegoat.

It was his idea to let Zheng Yuhua and Concubine Zheng be the scapegoats.

During the human trafficking case, he found out that in the past few years, there have been women beating the drum to express their grievances. It was the last cry of the victimized women and mothers who lost their children when they were cornered.However, these grievances never reached Si Yuanting's ears once, because everything was covered up by Zheng Yuhua who accepted bribes.The protection of officials and officials may be said to be collusion between officials and businessmen. In short, Zheng Yuhua has never fulfilled his due responsibilities.As for Concubine Zheng, she also did a lot of harming concubines in the palace, the evidence of harming Zhao Xiyue and the eldest son of the emperor, and the desire to fight for the heir are also true. For this pair of father and daughter, let them be the scapegoats. .

Tapping the case twice, Chu Yuezhi looked at Zheng Yuhua who was kneeling on the ground speechless, and said: "The crimes you and Concubine Zheng have committed are too numerous to record. My second emperor's nephew is still young, so he decided to You can't keep such a mother and concubine by your side. Zheng Tongzheng can continue to cry out for grievances, but these crimes are not just useful if you shout out your throat. The Ministry of Punishment will deal with it according to the law. Come here, take Zheng Tongzheng down and send him to the Ministry of Punishment."

He Jingwen, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, was also there. In the past few months, major cases had occurred one after another. Even if he assisted in the trial, he was already trembling and worried.In this palace change, he also entered the palace with other ministers in the end. He can be regarded as an old man. He has been an official for many years and has never done evil. He only handles cases carefully according to His Majesty's wishes.Since he first entered the officialdom, he has seen clearly that the direction of the imperial court is subject to change. It is never a wise way to stand in line. It's not that he came to the top of the ranks at a steady pace, and it took him many years to become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Although it is difficult for him to achieve great things in this life and appear to be mediocre, at least he is safe and stays out of trouble, and he won't be in trouble if the sky changes. Home.

Seeing Zheng Yuhua being dragged out of the hall with tears in his eyes, He Jingwen knelt down without waiting for Chu Yuezhi to speak, and said: "I will definitely investigate the case of Zheng Tongzheng envoy strictly, and I will never let Your Majesty trust you."

Chu Yuezhi ignored He Jingwen, he turned his head to look at Si Yuanting, and then, under the watchful eyes of all the ministers, said: "Master Si Du, you have worked hard all these years."

Si Yuanting stood on the steps, bowed his head and said, "I dare not be the minister. I have a remonstrance, I don't know if it should be said or not."

"Since it's a remonstrance, it should be said out, and let all the ministers listen together, whether it is reasonable or not." Chu Yue insisted.

Looking sideways at the Deputy Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu who said he could not stay just now, his face turned pale and trembling, and then Si Yuanting said to Chu Yuezhi: "I thought that the deputy Zhan Shifu just now What is said makes sense. After the founding of the Daheng Kingdom, twelve supervisors were set up to manage the royal house affairs. Among them, the Supervisor of Rituals was the first department. Although he did not actually participate in the discussion of politics at first, after Emperor Renzong, due to various force majeure, the power of the Supervisor of Rituals expanded. The emperor's approval of reds and the growing power of Dongchang both planted the curse. In addition, although the cabinet has the power to draw up votes, the supervisor of ceremonies has the power to approve reds above the cabinet. Over the years, the cabinet has been like the office of the supervisor It is difficult for the organization to have actual results. In addition, Dongchang and Jinyiwei were set up as imperial prisons other than the Sanju Judicial Division. Although they could arrest high-ranking ministers and relatives of the emperor because they directly obeyed orders, they also frequently caused unjust prisons due to excessive power and interference in prison administration. , and undermine the law and public trust represented by the Sanfa Division, so I suggest that at the beginning of the new dynasty, when everything is in ruins, the Dongchang and Jinyiwei should be abolished, and the power of the Ceremony Supervisor to approve red cadres should be abolished, and the cabinet should be reorganized."

As soon as Si Yuanting said this, the officials were in an uproar.

Who would have thought that Si Yuanting, who was the eunuch of the palm seal and the admiral of the East Factory, would make such a remonstrance.

Chu Yuezhi saw the reactions of the ministers one by one. The expressions of these people were different in just a short moment. Although they all quickly sorted out their gaffes, it did not prevent him from seeing clearly which of them had their own secrets. ulterior motive.Looking at Si Yuanting for a long time, Chu Yuezhi said with a light-hearted demeanor: "Let's not talk about reorganizing the cabinet, which is a big deal, just abolish the Dongchang and Jinyiwei, as well as abolish the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies to approve red officials. Governor, are you planning to hand over all the real power in your hands?"

"All the real power that I have is bestowed by the emperor. I never dare to forget the grace, let alone pretend to be a tiger. As long as it is beneficial to the people and the Daheng country, I am not only willing to hand over the real power in my hand, but also willing to sacrifice my life to serve the country. After Si Yuanting finished speaking, he went down the steps and knelt down to Chu Yuezhi, and took off the gold-embedded three-mountain cap on his head.

"Si Duzhu has this realization, I am very relieved." Chu Yue stood up, his condescending gaze did not fall on Si Yuanting, but passed over some ministers with their heads bowed. After a moment of silence, Chu Yue Zhi said: "Since this is the case, the power of the red cadres of the Silijian will be abolished. From now on, the Silijian will no longer be able to participate in politics, and the divisions will no longer have documents with the Neiguanjian. Violating the order As for Dongchang and Jinyiwei, there are a large number of people, and they need to be reorganized after detailed discussion. Since Dongchang is no longer there, the Governor's Mansion should also be taken back. As the last government-involved eunuch and Dongchang Admiral, from now on, all duties will be removed, and you will return to live in the palace, and all the merits and demerits of the governor in the past few years will also be recorded."

First Zheng Yuhua, then Si Yuanting, even if they no longer had the power of vision, they should have realized that Chu Yuezhi was now acting as the new emperor.

In fact, it doesn't matter who is the mastermind behind the palace change. The important thing is that Zhao Xiyue read Chu Yuelei's will in public, and this will has the seal of the emperor Yuxi. Handing over the military power without any real power for more than three years, in the eyes of everyone, he is the least likely person to initiate a palace change to usurp the throne.

As for how many ministers Chu Yuezhi had secretly contacted before the palace change, it didn't matter, because now, Chu Yuezhi had inherited the throne with the will in his hand, and he was the legitimate emperor of the Daheng Kingdom.

No minister would be so stupid as to stand up against Chu Yuezhi now.

"Wu Shangshu, at the same time as the edict is promulgated, I hope you can promulgate the amnesty and the retrial notice of an old case at the same time." Chu Yuezhi first looked at Wu Yonglian, then at He Jingwen, and clearly confessed in an extremely solemn voice : "The case of the Si family back then will be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for retrial from now on. All the details and evidence of the case back then, He Shangshu, I want you to review them one by one, and find out all the injustices of the Si family over the years."

Wu Yonglian's expression froze, he knelt down towards Chu Yuezhi with his knees on the ground, kowtowed and said loudly: "Minister, accept the decree!"

He Jingben was still kneeling on the ground, but he was a step behind Wu Yonglian. After Wu Yonglian kowtowed, he kowtowed again and said: "The minister leads the decree."

Si Yuanting was originally kneeling with his back straight, but when Chu Yuezhi gave the order to dismiss him from all positions, he just smiled indifferently, but after Chu Yuezhi issued the order to avenge the Si family, as he did for the first time back then. Kneeling to Chu Yuezhi as a eunuch, he bowed his waist and kowtowed, and hit his forehead hard on the green brick, making a "boom". However, it was different from the past, this time, the sound of his kowtow was still loud but loud. With the grievances, she finally got Xue's relief.

In the huge Hall of Supreme Harmony, in front of all the ministers, Si Yuanting raised his voice, "Si Yuanting, the son of Chongde, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

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The author says:

I bet many people didn't guess that the little eunuch is also an internal response.