Chapter 153: Public trial of three treacherous officials at the Imperial Gate

As the Great Ming Emperor Zhu Yijun, he never thought that a great victory would bring such a strong wind of public opinion. It was not praise for the Great Ming army's might, but widespread questioning, emerging one after another, surging like waves.

Zhu Yijun said the wind had risen; Zhang Juzheng said the wind had never stopped.

Since the announcement of the victory report, the wind of public opinion had become clamorous, quickly spreading to the entire court, and then to local officials submitting memorials one after another.

The first type was the most common, using natural phenomena such as celestial phenomena, earthquakes, floods, and poor harvests to ask the Emperor to cultivate benevolence and virtue, accusing the court of not cultivating benevolence and righteousness, lightly starting border conflicts, and causing the country to fall into the quagmire of war. Cultivating literary virtue to soothe the distant people was the foundation of the court.

This logic was very appropriate and very convincing.

In the 29th year of Jiajing, Altan Khan sought tribute. The court did not cultivate benevolence and virtue and refused to soothe the distant people, finally leading to Altan Khan invading the border. The Jiajing Emperor agreed to tribute, Altan Khan withdrew his troops, the court went back on its word, and they fought for so many years. Finally, in the fifth year of Longqing, they pinched their noses and granted Altan Khan a royal title and tribute.

And the tribute in the fifth year of Longqing was considered a great success in cultivating literary virtue to soothe the distant people. Although they lost silver, Great Ming obtained peace.

Therefore, court officials were all asking, what is the significance of war? Is it just to promote the court's military might? The result was that the Tuman tribe gathered a large crowd, ready to invade at any time. As long as they defended well in Jizhou, Tuman couldn't get in.

They didn't mention at all that the border conflicts from the beginning were all unilaterally provoked by Tuman.

The second type was questioning, believing that General Qi Jiguang Jiguang and Li Chengliang were delaying and reporting false victories, because the war happened in Liaodong and beyond the Great Wall, unable to be supervised, and they didn't know what the result of the war was. Especially the head-count merit actually exceeded 6,400 people, while the Capital Battalion died less than 10, the Jizhou troops lost less than 20, and the Liaodong guest troops were also less than 20.

This battle record was too exaggerated. Great Ming army and Northern Hu fought, rarely with so many heads. How could General Qi Jiguang Jiguang achieve such a fierce battle record as soon as he went beyond the frontier?

As a result, the wind of delaying and reporting false victories began to spread. There were even rumors that the Capital Battalion, Jizhou, and Liaodong troops were colluding with the Hu people, decorating the truth, covering up defeats as merits, and killing good people to impersonate the enemy's heads, etc.

They didn't mention at all that General Qi Jiguang Jiguang and others had waited and prepared for this day for eight years.

The third type was warning the little Emperor that the cabinet ministers were hollowing out the Emperor's foundation.

General Qi Jiguang Jiguang and Li Chengliang were both Zhang Juzheng's running dogs. If General Qi Jiguang Jiguang and Li Chengliang were true, with such battle records and continuous rewards, the cabinet ministers were only one step away from deceiving heaven. If they had strong troops, they would inevitably usurp the master. The Emperor should be careful and cautious. Chen Qiao Mutiny, Yellow Robe Added—by then, the Emperor would regret it. The Emperor supported the cabinet ministers so much, and the final result was that his life would not be saved and the divine vessel would be lost.

This kind of memorial meant to let the little Emperor open his eyes and see clearly who was a good person, who was a bad person, who was sincerely respecting the Emperor's power, and who was a treacherous official with wolfish ambition and usurping the master's divine vessel.

Little Emperor, hurry up and repent!

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms underworld politics and the current Great Ming political landscape were completely different. Applying them mechanically and quoting classics while ignoring historical background were all lowly Confucian scholars.

The fourth type was, so what if you win the battle? The court's ears and eyes were repeatedly humiliated.

First, Jing Song and Han Bixian, who impeached Tan Lun, were dismissed; then Jia Sanjin was humiliated and dismissed back to the capital because he couldn't attend court; Wang Yi, a censor in the Southern Yamen, was beaten by a eunuch and the court didn't hear it; then Fu Yingzhen had the backbone to impeach his teacher and was forced to retire and was detained in the Heavenly Prison for no reason; Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian, Shen Sixiao, and Ai Mu all honored the laws of the former kings and submitted memorials on the etiquette of mourning, and were beaten with court sticks; now there were Liu Tai and Yu Maoxue, who were detained and sent to the capital for questioning because they remonstrated on the five theories.

So what if you really win the battle? The court no longer has backbone and righteousness. When there are great treacherous officials in the court, who will stand up to eliminate them? The court officials block the path of remonstrance, the Emperor turns a blind eye, so what if you win more battles?

The fifth type was calculating accounts, calculating accounts for the Capital Battalion, from the selection, military pay, military equipment, logistics, and civilian labor of the Capital Battalion, and concluded that five million gold was exchanged for a useless Danning Guard. Isn't this losing money?

Five million gold for war, winning is a matter of course, losing is strange. What is there to announce? If this five million gold was used to soothe the distant people, how many years of peace could it buy?

The court's finances were already in great deficit. In order to supply the luxury of the royal family, support the imperial clan, complete the imperial ambitions of the Emperor or the court officials, harass the powerful and gentry, and the Tax Inspection Bureau made the people in the Southern Yamen miserable, and the land measurement made the people homeless. Now the court actually used more than five million silver to fight such a war. Is it really worth it?

Such dense memorials drifted into the Grand Secretariat like snowflakes. The Grand Secretariat wrote the draft rescripts and sent them to the Directorate of Ceremonial for vermilion approval. According to the sovereign-minister agreement between Zhu Yijun and Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng, these memorials were to be approved as requested.

Zhu Yijun finished reading so many angles and such clear ideas, and even produced a doubt: General Qi Jiguang Jiguang and Li Chengliang should not be Great Ming people, nor Great Ming military nobles. They were simply Tuman Khan's unit commanders! Only in this way could it be explained why General Qi Jiguang Jiguang and Li Chengliang were so widely questioned and scolded.

In the side hall of the Wenhua Hall, the heavy curtains were pulled open by two feet. The afternoon sun just happened to sprinkle on Wang Yaozhuo. Little Wang Yaozhuo had a harpsichord in front of her, with a total of 108 keys. This was the large harpsichord Zhu Zaiyu promised the Emperor. Any beautiful music in the world could be played on this harpsichord.

Zhu Yijun didn't like to learn music theory. Zhu Zaiyu repeatedly instilled it, and finally confirmed that the little Emperor really didn't have any artistic talent in music theory, or rather, he was tired of learning.

Wang Yaozhuo sat at the harpsichord, gently raised her hands, and then began to play. Her fingers flew on the strings, and smooth and melodious notes kept jumping between her fingers, and beautiful and coordinated melodies kept wandering in the palace.

Wang Yaozhuo knew she was born lowly and had no talent, but she was somewhat beautiful and had some artistic talent, so she used all her strength to keep learning, hoping that in the Emperor's spare time, she could play a song or two, letting His Majesty have less sorrow. This was her way of repaying kindness, holding grass and tying rings to repay the holy grace.

Zhu Zaiyu often sent Wang Yaozhuo to the side hall of the Wenhua Hall. This was a decision made with the approval of Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen. Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen were very satisfied with Wang Yaozhuo, who had a clean and clean background, after all, she was clever and beautiful.

Zhu Zaiyu hoped that the Emperor could appreciate the beauty of music and, under the influence of art, develop some interest in music theory.

But the efforts of so many people were all in vain. Even if Wang Yaozhuo played beautifully, the little Emperor sat in the shadows, his eyes slightly distracted, sitting there blankly, thinking about something.

Zhang Juzheng came to the side hall of the Wenhua Hall and heard the beautiful melody. He stopped to listen. He was unwilling to break this beautiful atmosphere, but this scene was somewhat desolate. Zhang Juzheng looked at the little Emperor's slightly empty eyes, and a kind of indignation rose in his heart. He had already done everything he could, but the army had won such a great victory, and the wind of public opinion in the court was wave after wave, seemingly without any pause.

Facing so many memorials, the Emperor should be disappointed.

What can even the most moving music do? The court situation is so rotten.

Wang Yaozhuo's hands left the last key. The lingering sound of the music still echoed in the Wenhua Hall, lingering for a long time. She slowly stood up, unwilling to disturb the Emperor, saw the cabinet minister coming to see him, bowed, and left silently.

"I have seen Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng saw Wang Yaozhuo leave and bowed to pay respects.

Zhu Yijun came back to his senses, saw Zhang Juzheng, stood up, walked out of the shadows, his face seemed somewhat pale, and he had dark circles under his eyes, which was very rare in a twelve-year-old child.

"Exempt from ceremony. Is the teacher here?" Zhu Yijun showed a smile, which looked somewhat reluctant.

"Your Majesty, are you very disappointed?" Zhang Juzheng said with some heartache.

Zhu Yijun was stunned, asked suspiciously, "Disappointed? What disappointment? Oh, ah, no, no, teacher misunderstood. I just slept too late yesterday."

Zhang Juzheng even tasted some forced smiles. These lowly Confucian scholars really deserve to die!

Zhu Yijun saw Zhang Juzheng's face showing unbearable, and knew that Zhang Juzheng was probably thinking too much. Zhang Juzheng was really protective of his own people.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "I calculated a math problem yesterday, which is the relationship between the magnification and coefficient of the reflective telescope, and then when observing the stars, I found some interesting things. I was a bit absorbed for a while, really nothing."

"Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn—don't they all have satellites orbiting them? For example, Mercury and Venus don't. I originally thought Saturn didn't either. I hadn't observed it a while ago, but last night, it suddenly grew two ears. It's really strange!"

Zhu Yijun observed the existence of Saturn's rings for the first time and was a bit excited. Under the reflective telescope, Saturn's rings could be seen, but because of magnification, parabolic mirror technology, etc., Saturn's rings looked like ears hanging on Saturn.

This observation was late, so he slept naturally late, and got up early, which was why he had no spirit. Regarding Wang Yaozhuo playing the piano, Zhu Yijun had really resisted, but the resistance was invalid. Empress Dowager Li, Empress Dowager Chen, plus an imperial uncle, were all elders, so Wang Yaozhuo coming to play a song every five days became a routine.

Every time Zhu Yijun heard the piano, he felt sleepy, plus he didn't sleep well yesterday, so he was even more sleepy.

So, he really wasn't thinking about problems, but was distracted.

"I drew its changes. Although it's not very accurate, it is indeed like this. Teacher can take a look when you go back tonight." Zhu Yijun took out his astronomical observation notes and explained his discovery with some excitement.

The moon is a ball, this is already an indisputable fact. There is neither a Guanghan Palace nor a Moon Rabbit, nor Wu Gang and a toad. It is just a ball full of craters. And the moon changed from a romantic symbol to the Earth's satellite.

The definition of a satellite was given by the little Emperor: a celestial body that runs periodically in a closed orbit.

Zhu Yijun communicated his astronomical discoveries with Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng listened for a long time and finally confirmed that the little Emperor seemed really not disappointed, just simply slept late.

Indulging in play loses one's ambition—this has some truth, but if a person has no hobbies at all, it is too unlike a person, but more like a statue in a temple.

"Teacher, take a look when you go back tonight. It's very interesting." Zhu Yijun handed the astronomical notes in his hand to Zhang Juzheng and said with a smile.

Zhang Juzheng carefully collected the astronomical notes and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, are you not worried at all? I mean the wind of public opinion in the court."

"Isn't the teacher here? The teacher will handle it well." Zhu Yijun said as a matter of course.

The teacher is Zhang Juzheng. In terms of court dog-fighting, who is Zhang Juzheng's opponent? Zhu Yijun thought for a while and continued, "Tomorrow is the third day of the month. With so many memorials, one hour might not be enough. Teacher, how about adding a bell to the court meeting?"

"The court meeting is presided over by Your Majesty. How long it lasts is up to Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng said without any hesitation. He discovered another hobby of the Emperor, which was... scolding people.

The little Emperor's scolding of people really showed the style of Zhang Juzheng's disciple. He scolded left and right, and he never lost in debating classics with court officials.

There are many things today, and the Emperor wants to open it for a longer time, so open it for a longer time.

Anyway, Ge Shouli and Hence Hai Rui have suggested opening it for a longer time more than once. The longer it is opened, the more fiercely the Emperor scolds, the easier the work of the Censorate will be, and the two Chief Censors can also watch the fun.

Zhang Juzheng was also a bit helpless. Ge Shouli, who confirmed Gao Gong was a good person and involved himself in the case of assassinating the Emperor, and Hence Hai Rui, a backbone official who directly scolded the Emperor, how did they become fun-loving people who love to watch the fun?

"That's it. Tomorrow we will distribute the warm coats. I have drafted a few names, and I won't distribute them to them. Isolate them!" Zhu Yijun shook his sleeves and took out a piece of tribute paper with a total of four names on it, all of whom were court officials who would not be given warm coats.

Zhang Han still doesn't have a warm coat. He can't go to the Imperial Manor to buy it. After all, the warm coats in the Imperial Manor don't have the civil and military patches, and he would be even more embarrassed if he wore them.

It's not that he is afraid of the cold, but it's embarrassing, and without a warm coat, he always feels cold behind his neck, as if his head would move tomorrow.

There are several ways to make Zhang Juzheng leave the court. The first is that Zhang Juzheng is really intimidating the master, like Gao Gong submitting a memorial, angering the Empress Dowager, and with an imperial decree, the Jin Party will happily send Zhang Juzheng back to his hometown;

The second is that the court officials form a joint resolution and finally pass the memorial impeaching Zhang Juzheng. This power was still fought for by Zhang Juzheng, which is that major events in the court can only be pushed forward after court discussion;

The third is the Emperor's weariness with Zhang Juzheng. This is the reason why court officials keep submitting memorials.

Through unlimited information bombardment, Zhang Juzheng is shaped into a treacherous official, and finally dismissed.

In the institutional design of the Great Ming imperial system, Zhang Juzheng supported by the little Emperor is an unsolvable existence.

The next morning, the sun was bright. On the third day of the eleventh month, the little Emperor appeared at the Imperial Gate and held a court meeting as usual. Amidst the sound of drums and horns, the court officials entered the Imperial Gate one after another. The court officials who were not qualified to enter the hall stood before the square of the Imperial Gate, waiting in the biting winter wind for the long court meeting to end.

"Pay respects to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand ten thousand years." The court officials saw the ceremony, knelt on the ground, and shouted.

"Exempt from ceremony." Zhu Yijun waved his little hand to let the court officials stand up. His hand touched the first memorial, opened it, looked at it for a few times, put it down, and looked at the court officials.

The court officials suddenly raised a doubt in their hearts. Why doesn't the Emperor call names at this time? What is he going to do?

A doubt suddenly arose in the hearts of the court officials: what is His Majesty trying to do by not naming names at this time?

"Teacher." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and said with a smile.

Zhang Juzheng came out and bowed, saying, "I am here."

"There are many people in the court who want to rescue Fu Yingzhen, Yu Maoxue, and Liu Tai. Since everyone wants to know why I detained them, let's interrogate them in the hall." Zhu Yijun said quite helplessly, "The censors have many misunderstandings, always feeling that my disposal of these three people is personal revenge, so I simply pull them to the court and interrogate them directly. How about that?"

"Ah, this?" Zhang Juzheng looked at the Emperor in surprise. The Emperor really made a big move, actually wanting to publicly interrogate these three people at the Imperial Gate!

"I have no objection." Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment before bowing and saying. Here, Fu Yingzhen was his student, and Liu Tai was too. If he said he couldn't publicly interrogate, wouldn't that confirm that Zhang Juzheng was indulging and shielding his own sect?

"Your Majesty, I have a memorial to submit." Wan Shihe stood out, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the governance of an emperor must be mutually vigilant between the monarch and the ministers before the success of moral industry can be achieved, and the ministers must self-regulate before they can fulfill the responsibilities of their agency. Is public questioning a loss of the friendship between the monarch and the ministers?"

Zhu Yijun looked at Wan Shihe with a heavy face, and said with a bit of helplessness in his tone, "Grand Minister of Rites, I don't want to either."

"But look, as soon as they were detained, it caused a lot of noise. Xu Zhenming just argued with Fu Yingzhen a few times and became a lucky official. Xu Zhenming just worked hard at farming and was selected for the Baoqi Division. How is that lucky?"

"If there is no public questioning, I am afraid there will be rumors that Zhao the Scout Commander forced a confession, the court harassed the ears and eyes, I covered my ears, blocked the path of remonstrance, and refused to listen to advice. If that causes a riot of kneeling at the gate, that is really a loss of the friendship between the monarch and the ministers. I am also helpless. What does the Grand Minister of Rites think?"

Wan Shihe heard the Emperor's worry, exhaled a turbid breath, shook his head, and said, "Your Majesty's wisdom is gradually opening, and your thinking is more comprehensive than mine. Your Majesty is wise."

After the Minister of Rites finished speaking, he returned to the class directly. He was just going through the motions and didn't want to remonstrate. Wan Shihe was patching the procedures for the Emperor. If it is discussed later, this can also be considered a court resolution, not the Emperor's arbitrary decision.

"What does the Minister of Justice think?" Zhu Yijun looked at Minister of Justice Wang Chonggu and asked for Wang Chonggu's opinion.

"I think it is good."

"What do the two Chief Censors think?"

Ge Shouli and Hence Hai Rui looked at each other. Today they have eye-blessing, and there is a big show to watch. The two bowed and said, "We have no objection."

"Grand Court of Revision Minister Lu Guangzu, are you here?" Zhu Yijun looked around and asked.

"I am here." Lu Guangzu hurriedly came out and bowed, saying, "I think this method is good. Let's do it this way. Upright and honest, what case these few people committed, one question will know. It also saves the spread of evil words and the wind of public opinion. Public interrogation, everyone can be a witness."

"Good."

"Scout Commander! Bring the suspects!" Zhu Yijun saw that the legal department had no objection, and a cruel smile curled on the corner of his mouth.

Great Ming has three-hall joint trials and nine-minister round trials, specifically responsible for the trial of major and difficult cases. Zhu Yijun added bricks and tiles to the system and added a public trial at the Imperial Gate.

What is Zhu Yijun best at? He is best at super doubling.

Someone in the court wanted to rescue these three people, so Zhu Yijun tore their faces completely! If you don't want face, then no one wants face.

When the eunuchs passed down the Emperor's words, all the officials attending the court were completely stunned!

What kind of trick is this? How can it be like this? Pulling people to the Imperial Gate for public trial. If they really interrogate something, even if it is just demoted to a commoner and returned to their hometown to live in leisure, I am afraid they will only die. It is simply insulting to the literati.

Zhu Yijun actually knew a way to make them sinners of the name and religion. If this public interrogation still didn't satisfy the censors, Zhu Yijun would further upgrade his methods.

This was also the reason why Zhu Yijun told Zhang Juzheng to add a bell. This public interrogation was the bell added. After the public interrogation, Zhu Yijun would take the memorials and scold people.

Zhu Yijun had already greeted Zhao Mengyou and didn't let people wait too long. Three suspects were brought to the Imperial Gate.

"Sinful ministers pay respects to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand ten thousand years." The three suspects were still officials, and they were a bit confused kneeling at the Imperial Gate. They thought the little Emperor was especially happy because of the great victory in the northeast and wanted to pardon them, but they were still wearing shackles, looking not like they were going to be pardoned.

"Scout Commander, start." Zhu Yijun sat back and signaled that Zhao Mengyou could start the interrogation.

Zhao Mengyou stood before the suspects. Xu Jue, the adopted son of Feng Bao, held the case files on the side. Zhao Mengyou first took out the first case file and asked, "Yu Maoxue, in March of the second year of Wanli, Southern Yamen Censor Wang Yi privately sold the palace-engraved edition of the 'Contradiction Theory' and held a grudge, fighting with Zhang Jin, and you received 1,200 taels of silver from Wang Yi, agreeing to impeach the eunuch Zhang Jin. Is there such a thing?"

Yu Maoxue shivered. This matter was very hidden, but it was still found by the court. Witnesses, material evidence, and written evidence were all ironclad, and he couldn't deny it. He bowed his head and said, "There is such a thing."

Zhao Mengyou didn't stop presenting evidence because Yu Maoxue confessed, but opened his mouth and said, "Bring witnesses, send material evidence, and written evidence."

There were seven witnesses in total, including Wang Yi's family who sent the silver, Yu Maoxue's family who received the bribe, the broker who contacted in the middle, the waiter of the Yanyun Building, etc. The material evidence was silver, and there was a woman, who was also one of the material evidence, a concubine Wang Yi bought and sent to Yu Maoxue. There were also several written evidence, which were letters Yu Maoxue wrote to his fellow teachers and fellow villagers to manufacture the wind of public opinion, as well as the confessions of many people.

"Yu Maoxue, do you have any objection?" Zhao Mengyou asked.

"No objection." Yu Maoxue looked up at Zhang Han and finally said unwillingly. He was dismissed because of the theories of "Dun Da," "Jian E," "Name and Instrument," "Fen Geng," and "Treacherous and Treacherous," all of which were caused by Zhang Han. He hoped Zhang Han could come out and say something, but Zhang Han looked at his nose and his nose at his heart, pretending to be confused like an old monk in meditation.

Yu Maoxue hated, hated to the bone, but couldn't say it. He had no evidence and could only swallow his teeth into his stomach. Otherwise, it would be biting back, and the crime would be increased by three degrees.

"Yu Maoxue, come and ask you again, are you and He Xinyin old acquaintances?" Zhao Mengyou asked again.

Yu Maoxue was even more terrified and said, "Acquainted."

"You and He Xinyin said: There is a treacherous official in the court who has done many bad things. Everyone lost him, but they couldn't help him, because this person has an unclear relationship with the Holy Mother. One day, the unpopular official and the Holy Mother were drinking in the room, and the Emperor suddenly visited. The Holy Mother was startled and hurriedly hid the person in the wardrobe in the bedroom and locked it."

"Have you ever said this?"

The court officials were in an uproar! Everyone was discussing. Why was He Xinyin thrown into the Jiekuyuan by the Emperor? Most people thought it was because He Xinyin edited the Holy Mother. Of course, He Xinyin's crime did not include this item. He Xinyin's crime was conspiracy, and he participated in the Zeng Guang case, especially in lobbying for rebellion among the chieftains in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, which was extremely abominable.

The court officials were in an uproar! Everyone was discussing it heatedly. Why did His Majesty throw He Xinyin into the Jiekuyuan? Most people believed it was because He Xinyin had disparaged the Empress Dowager. Of course, this was not among He Xinyin's charges; his charge was treason. He had participated in the Zeng Guang case, especially in lobbying the Tusi in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan to rebel, which was extremely detestable.

"Sinful minister, sinful minister, indeed said it." Yu Maoxue couldn't deny it. When he said it to He Xinyin, it wasn't just He Xinyin who was present. At that time, He Xinyin was lecturing, and there were several luxury households on the side. Obviously, this matter was confessed by the Luling Yang clan whose home was raided.

Once confronted, more rebellious words from Yu Maoxue would be confronted. By then, the trouble would be even bigger.

Yu Maoxue didn't feel anything at the time. He was in the Southern Yamen, the Emperor was far away. After He Xinyin lectured, Yu Maoxue took a lot of silver. After being happy, he naturally found a few singing girls to have fun, drank some wine, and started talking nonsense.

He Xinyin had no official status, so editing was editing. Preventing people's mouths is more serious than preventing rivers. If a non-official says something, the court actually has no way. There are also people who edit that the Wen Emperor ate Tie Xuan's meat alive, and the court can only open one eye and close one eye. After all, he is a person of the people and does not enjoy imperial grace.

But Yu Maoxue is an official of Great Ming. Such editing is enough to be beheaded.

Zhao Mengyou followed the same pattern, brought up witnesses, material evidence, and written evidence again, verified them one by one, and then said sharply to Yu Maoxue, "Bribery, indulgence, false accusation, slandering ministers, slandering the Empress Dowager, Yu Maoxue, you have such great courage!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just lost my words after drinking. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" Yu Maoxue's head knocked on the ground with a thud. There was only the sound of Yu Maoxue knocking his head in the court.

"Is there anyone else who wants to rescue Yu Maoxue? If no one rescues him, he will be sentenced to death." Zhu Yijun looked at everyone and said.

Zhang Juzheng wanted to speak but stopped, and finally didn't plead for Yu Maoxue. Actually, this kind of low-level thing is the more you describe it, the darker it gets. Killing Yu Maoxue instead makes such rumors rampant. But since it was brought to the bright side, there was no room for maneuver.

"Is there anyone else who wants to rescue Yu Maoxue?" Zhu Yijun asked in a cold tone. Thanks to General Qi Jiguang Jiguang winning the battle in the north, otherwise Zhu Yijun would not be easy to deal with this kind of lowly Confucian scholar who falsely accused others and was still proud of himself. If you want to kill, the knife is not sharp, how can you kill?

Wang Chonggu came out and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, can we exterminate the three clans? I just took over the Ministry of Justice and still don't know much about criminal law."

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "Minister of Justice, it's too radical."

"I am dull." Wang Chonggu actually reminded the Emperor that this case had entered the category of non-criminal justice. After all, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager were the parties involved. The punishment of non-criminal justice depends entirely on the Emperor's will.

Ready-made crime: conspiracy.

Author, if I were a censor, encountering such a vicious Emperor, I would just resign. There are too many tricks. Requesting monthly tickets, Aowu!!!!!

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