Looking at the discounts handed out from level to level, even the most senior pavilion elder felt quite troubled.
"Everyone, can you find a way?" Yan Song opened his cloudy eyes and looked at the remaining pavilion elders.
"After all, this matter involves the royal family's face. Let's see, let's ask His Majesty for instructions first!" Xu Jie met Yan Song's gaze and said slowly.
"I agree with Mr. Xu Ge, this matter really should be discussed in the long term!" Gao Gong also spoke after him.
"If we have to ask His Majesty for instructions on everything, then what use does our cabinet have?"
"How dare they hire thieves to kill people in the capital, or do it on the street in broad daylight, with so many people watching! Are you afraid of flashing your tongue when you say this?" Yan Shifan couldn't help but sneer after hearing this.
"Then according to Mr. Xiaoge's wishes, should we do it in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty? But if we act rashly and annoy His Majesty..." After Xu Jie finished speaking, he paused for a moment deliberately to indicate something.
"That's natural. If something goes wrong, I'll be the only one to bear it! Anyway, I feel that the people behind the scenes must not be let go. Please ask your conscience before speaking!"
"You!" Gao Gong wanted to retort, but was stopped by Xu Jie.
"What Mr. Xiaoge said makes sense. There really shouldn't be so much long-term planning on this matter. I, Xu, have learned a lesson today!" Xu Jie sighed and bowed slightly towards Yan Shifan.
Yan Shifan looked at the appearance of Qingliu boss Xu Jie in front of him, and couldn't help feeling secretly happy. It turned out that standing from the perspective of righteousness was such a refreshing feeling.
"Since we can't make up our minds for a while, let's vote for the five of us." Yan Song put down the tea cup in his hand and said tremblingly.
"Well, that's fine. Let's unify our opinions first, so that things can be easier to do then." Xu Jie nodded and did not refuse.
"I agree, I agree too!" Now both the first minister and the second minister have agreed, and the remaining people no longer object.
"If you agree with the strict rules, please raise your hands!" Yan Song said, raising his hands first, and the remaining Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Yan Shifan, and Zhang Juzheng also raised their hands in turn to express their agreement.
"Then since everyone agrees, let's follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"
Yan Song glanced at everyone and nodded.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Song opened the folder previously handed over by Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Prefecture, and wrote in small letters on it: "This case has been taken over by the cabinet!"
After the annotations for the excerpt were written, Yan Song called his subordinates and said softly: "Make three copies of this and send one to the Supervisor of Ceremonies! The other to the Ministry of Punishment, and the other to the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture."
The subordinate official accepted the order, and a moment later, the three copied transcripts were sent to the Secretary of Li Jian, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture respectively.
In a garden in the Forbidden City, Jiajing was admiring flowers when Lu Fang stepped forward quickly and said softly: "Your Majesty, the cabinet has sent a document, which states that the case has been taken over by the cabinet."
"Okay! I feel quite at ease with Yan Song's work." Jiajing felt much better after hearing this.
Lu Fang looked at the majestic Emperor in front of him, but his heart became more and more frightened and uneasy. He knew that all the public opinions in the capital these days were dominated by the man in front of him! Your Majesty has long wanted to deal with those vassal kings and the clan, but he has always had no excuse. But now the clan has given your Majesty an honest reason to take action. How can this make people unhappy?
When doing things, it is important to have a good reputation and a well-known reputation! The weather, the right location, the right people, and the people are all taken by His Majesty. How can it be possible to accomplish what you have planned?
"Your Majesty is not only cruel to others, but also to yourself!" Amid fear and uneasiness, Lu Fang also felt a strong sense of admiration in her heart.
"Lu Fang, please tell me, I am ill today and no one will be seen!" Just as Lu Fang was thinking wildly, Jiajingna's voice came to his ears.
"Yes...yes, Your Majesty." Lu Fang came back to her senses and replied hurriedly.
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After Ding Shichang, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, saw his memorial and the small words annotated on it, he breathed a sigh of relief. This big trouble was finally thrown away by him.
Now that the cabinet is personally taking over the case, it is foreseeable that if the case is solved perfectly, the five cabinet ministers will definitely leave their names in history! Even after a thousand years, it is still a good story.
Being able to leave a name in history is undoubtedly a huge temptation for a scholar, but Ding Shichang, the governor of Kaifeng, is very clear: it is precisely because they are cabinet ministers that they can act according to their own wishes. The little Shuntian Prefecture Yin came to supervise the case, but he was torn to pieces by the political whirlpool.
Soon, an exciting news circulated in the capital: "The cabinet announced that it will take over the case and will give justice to the victim!"
As soon as the news came out, it caused an uproar. Many people in the capital rushed to tell each other, and the students studying in the Imperial College couldn't help but become excited, and the depression that had been accumulated in their chests disappeared.
"Did you hear that? The cabinet took over the case!"
"I heard that my father is from the Ministry of Justice. According to what he said, the battles when the cabinet approved the approval were really..."
"Okay, okay, let's give the victim justice!"
"The cabinet minister should be really majestic, and a real man should be so!"
In the Imperial College, after hearing the news, the students no longer wanted to study and started talking about it. The teachers also stopped teaching and allowed them to talk.
"Do you think we should support them?"
"Yes, as students of the Imperial College, how can we waste our time here? If we can go there and see the five pavilion elders in person, it will be worth dying!"
"Come on, no one can enter the cabinet except a few ministers and Your Majesty!"
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"Trash, they're all trash! You can't even do small things if you ask them to, and yet you're causing such a big trouble for me!"
In the room, Zhu Qilu, who was drunk, looked at the two people kneeling at his feet, stretched out his index finger, and cursed angrily.
Zhu Qilu was extremely fat, and his clothes were baggy, and the fat on his body trembled with his movements, which looked quite funny. It was he who sent people to kill the scholar on the street.
"Your Highness, we also have our own reasons. There were too many people on the street at that time. I wanted to kidnap him to an alley before doing anything, but the scholar discovered him instead!"
"The scholar was yelling and his men were panicking. For a moment..."
"Fuck you!" Zhu Qilu became angrier as he listened, so he picked up the wine glass on the table, aimed it at one of them's head, and threw it down hard.
There was just a 'bang' sound, and the wine glass shattered. Blood gurgled from the wound on his head and dripped on the floor. However, the person who was hit by Zhu Qilu did not dare to make any move and remained kneeling on the ground.
After venting his emotions, Zhu Qilu also calmed down. Now this matter has caused a storm in the city. If he doesn't handle it well, the clan will inevitably be implicated! And he was just the concubine of Han Fan in Pingliang Prefecture. Although he was doted on, his status was far inferior to that of his legitimate son, and he was unable to use too many resources.
And now the only thing Zhu Qilu can rely on is his status as a relative of the emperor! I am related to the current emperor, so in terms of seniority, I have to call him uncle.
Just as Zhu Qilu was thinking about possible ways to break the situation, there was a knock on the door from outside.
"Who?" Zhu Qilu asked warily.
"Your Highness, it's me." The person outside replied.
Zhu Qilu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the voice. The person outside was the housekeeper, who was responsible for delivering things to him.
When Zhu Qilu opened the door, a large group of officers rushed in and pushed him to the ground.
"What are you doing? You dare to arrest me. I am from Pingliang Mansion! I will make you miserable! Your Majesty is my uncle."
"Hmph, it's you who's captured, take it away!"
