The advice of Yu Yanyi and his courtiers was ultimately not adopted by the new king.
But Zhu Zhankun also knew that the ministers were dissatisfied with this matter, so he adopted a compromise method.
On the grounds that royal secrets were not allowed to be leaked, he handed the case to Xichang for investigation, with Hulong Villa assisting in the investigation and the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervising it.
Although this answer did not meet the psychological expectations of the ministers, after all, it was no longer Xichang's decision, so it was still acceptable.
Besides, there is nothing they can do if they don’t accept it.
Although Yu Yanyi was a bachelor of Wuyingdian and the chief assistant of the cabinet. But no matter how powerful he is, he cannot escape one fact.
Yu Yanyi is a minister, and Zhu Zhankun is the king!
When the emperor makes a mistake, his ministers can rebuke him directly, but after the emperor makes a mistake, he is still the emperor.
Although it is not like Blue Star who dismissed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism.
However, Confucianism is still widely recognized.
Confucianism is very tolerant towards monarchs. A sage monarch is a monarch; a cowardly monarch is also a monarch.
Unless he is a tyrant like Xia Jie and Shang Zhou, the monarch's authority and status cannot be shaken, even if he makes mistakes.
Today, Yu Yanyi was not only on duty at Wuying Hall, but also used Fenghan as his soldier. After the court dispersed, Yu Yanyi went straight back to the mansion.
Zhao Zheng is already waiting in Yu Yanyi's mansion, and now he is Yu Yanyi's fanboy.
"Master Yu, what can you find?!"
Yu Yanyi shook his head, "The emperor took action first!"
"..."
Although Zhao Zheng didn't know what happened, he could hear the crisis from Yu Yanyi's tone.
"Today, Cao Zhengchun took the initiative to accuse His Highness the King of Chu of colluding with the King of Medicine to poison the Emperor."
"..." Zhao Zheng was startled by Yu Yanyi's words.
The master of the Dongxuan Realm was so angry that he was trembling with anger at these shameless words.
"How dare he do this?! How dare he do this?!"
As a close friend of King Chu, Zhao Zheng naturally knew what King Chu had done and whether he poisoned the late emperor.
Since the late emperor was not poisoned by King Chu, there is only one promise.
"Your Excellency, it must be this tyrant. He poisoned the late emperor to usurp the throne before him, and slandered his brothers and unjustly killed the prince behind him. Such behavior? You are in vain!!"
As the prime minister of the imperial court, Yu Yanyi's ability to understand people's hearts is naturally first-class.
Whether it was fighting side by side with the King of Chu in Jinyang, or his recent interactions with Zhao Zheng.
He could see clearly the character of both men.
If this matter was not done by the King of Chu and his family, then it was only the Son of Heaven.
Although there is no evidence, but based on logic and results, the King of Chu did not have any reason to poison the emperor.
Although the King of Chu was the legitimate son of the late emperor, he was only the second son. Although the prince was disliked by the late emperor, the late emperor would not depose the crown prince, so he was the perfect choice to succeed the empire.
No matter how wise and outstanding the king of Chu was, he could never ascend to power.
There are direct descendants, but no direct descendants.
This is an iron law recorded in the Zhou ancestral system, and it is a rule personally set by Taizu Emperor Gao.
Not to mention the King of Chu, even Emperor Taizong Wen did not dare to disobey him. If he really wanted to support the King of Chu, he would definitely find an excuse to depose the prince first.
Under such circumstances, how could the King of Chu poison the late Emperor? !
Even if the King of Chu really wanted to poison the late emperor, he would not be able to control the capital and seize the opportunity to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
But the ending was that on the night Emperor Taizongwen died, the prince was the first to arrive at the palace while King Chu was still sleeping there. It was not until nearly dawn that King Chu got the news.
By this time, the prince had taken control of the imperial city and the imperial army.
Then isn't King Chu's behavior just helping the prince to ascend to the throne?
Is the King of Chu a fool? ! Obviously not. Not only is he not stupid, but he is absolutely courageous and decisive. A qualified general will not be an indecisive person.
Inferring from the results, it is actually very clear.
However, the matter of regicide and patricide cannot be based on mere inference.
"My lord, are you just going to watch this thief do such an outrageous thing, killing his father and killing his brother?! The late sage once said: Filial piety and brotherhood are the foundation of benevolence and righteousness."
Zhao Zheng's tone became more and more excited, "Killing your biological father is unfilial; killing brothers is unkind; interfering with relatives is unkind; killing the king and usurping the throne is unfaithful. This is unfaithful, unkind, and unfilial. Those who are jealous are not worthy of being a human being, not to mention being a king!"
Although Zhao Zheng is a member of the Imperial Guard, he has also obtained the title of Juren. This statement is reasonable and well-founded.
Even Yu Yanyi nodded in his heart.
After a brief silence, Yu Yanyi opened his eyes.
"Zhao Zheng, for such a big matter, it is impossible to convict the prince just based on inference."
The original emperor has become the prince in Yu Yanyi's mouth, which already explains the change in Yu Yanyi's mentality.
When Yu Yanyi becomes the chief minister of the cabinet, he will naturally become more than just a loyal, honest and good minister with high moral character.
For example, on Blue Star, is Bao Longtu not pure enough or Haigang Peak not loyal enough? !
But Bao Longtu's limit is just bachelor of Longtuge and deputy privy envoy; and the peak of Haigang Peak is just the censor of Nanjing Youdu.
Neither man ever truly entered the center of power.
But Yu Yanyi was different. He was the chief minister of the cabinet, a bachelor of Wuyingdian, and a minister of the Ministry of War. He is the person who stands at the pinnacle of power in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Not only did he ensure his own purity, he was also able to mediate party disputes and overwhelm the ministers.
This ability is not possessed by Bao Longtu and Haigangfeng.
He is more like the prime minister Di Renjie above Blue Star. He can reconcile the two factions of Li and Wu. He can govern the country with literature and secure the border with military force. This indirectly ensures that Li Tang regains power.
But Di Renjie's temperament is more diplomatic, while Yu Yanyi's character is more loyal.
With Yu Yanyi's ability and vision, he naturally knew that the 70% probability that Zhao Zheng just said was the truth.
"However, I can promise you! I will definitely prevent the prince from killing His Highness the King of Chu."
Yu Yanyi paused for a moment, "If there is really evidence that the prince has committed regicide and usurped the throne, I will fight for eternal infamy to do what Yihuo did for the world and the country."
Yiyin Huoguang, as a minister, deposed and established the emperor.
…
In a restaurant on the side of the imperial city.
The new king Zhu Zhankun was meeting a man in gray robes, "I have designated Medicine King Sun Shichang as a demon according to the agreement with you. The imperial edict will be issued immediately and then spread throughout the world!"
The man in gray robe nodded. Although he did not achieve the goal he wanted, he still made some money back.
He originally wanted Zhu Zhankun to point directly at Zhang Sanfeng, but Zhu Zhankun was not stupid and did not agree in the end.
The main reason is that he is also afraid! Zhu Zhankun has already experienced the martial arts of Fa Tian Xiang Earth Realm.
In a sense, Fa Tian Xiang Di Realm can ignore the number of people. Unless there are famous generals like Yang Qingyuan and Li Chengen to suppress them, no matter how many people there are, they are just waiting to be slaughtered in front of Fa Tian Xiang Di Realm masters. Lamb.
The laws of the sky and the earth, even if they are clothed in commoners, they are still ridiculous and arrogant.
In the view of Zhu Zhankun, who is not good at martial arts, Zhang Sanfeng is the strongest person in the realm of Fa Tian Xiang Di.
Of course, from another perspective, it doesn’t seem to be a big problem.
Out of fear for the masters of Fa Tian Xiang and Di Realm, Zhu Zhankun did not throw the blame on Zhang Sanfeng's head.
If he offended him and came down directly from Wudang Mountain, Zhu Zhankun felt that he would be in a lot of trouble.
Although Sun Shichang is not very good in martial arts, he is an important figure in the Taoist sect and has a close relationship with Wudang.
Designating Sun Shichang as a demon would also shake Wudang's status to a certain extent.
This is why the men in gray robes can accept it.
Although the Taoist sect is in the mountains and has little care for secular affairs, its current strength is at its peak.
Zhenwu Dao Zun on Wudang Mountain, Beiming Master of Louguantai Tianren Sect, and Lao Tianshi of Tianshi Mansion on Longhu Mountain are all top masters.
Although these Taoist priests like to be vegetarian, they are not vegetarian.
Even the people from the Buddhist sect, who had always been in tit-for-tat with the Taoist sect and suppressed the demonic sect, did not dare to take advantage of him.
The man in gray robe did not expect to kill the Taoist sect with one stroke, and slowly nibbling away was his strategy.
"I have fulfilled the first condition of my promise to you."
Zhu Zhankun looked gloomy, while the man in gray robe opposite him chuckled.
"The price I paid before was not low. If that darling queen of yours had taken the Tianchang Pill early, she would only have two years left to live!"
"I know, this is why I can cooperate with you."
The man in gray robe seemed to ignore Zhu Zhankun's confused expression and said, "The second condition is that I want a woman, a woman under thirty-five years old or over fifteen years old."
"How many people are needed!?"
Compared with Zhu Zhankun's performance, the man in gray robe seemed calm and unhurried.
"Of course the more the better!"
"Impossible!" Zhu Zhankun rejected the gray-robed man's unreasonable conditions.
"Okay, then, I want those women in the teaching department. Those women are the family members of the prison officials. It's of no use if you keep them. Why don't you give them to me?" It's not just asking for a high price, the real man in gray robe is The purpose is the women in the Jiaofang Division.
Zhu Zhankun did not answer immediately. In fact, as the gray-robed man said, the women in the Jiaofang Division were not of much value to him, the emperor. If it could become a condition for cooperation with the gray-robed man, he would naturally be happy. Be a favor.
Anyway, the people on the left and right are just the family members of criminal officials. It is because of the kindness of the emperor that they can survive in this world and use their skin and flesh to atone for their sins.
But Zhu Zhankun still bargained a lot out of habit.
"I can only give you thirty people first, and the rest will be given to you slowly with our cooperation."
In order to appease the man in gray robe, Zhu Zhankun also drew a big cake for him.
"Don't worry, I won't break my promise, and I will cleanse the remnants of King Chu's party later, but when the time comes, I can give you such a woman."
This cake is indeed big enough, enough to support the man in gray robe to death.
The man in gray robe did not notice Zhu Zhankun's thoughts and nodded, "This is of course the best. Our cooperation will be very pleasant, and the Queen will live a long life."
…
A moment later, the new king Zhu Zhankun walked out of the elegant room of this restaurant.
Counting this man in gray robe, he already has four magic, heaven, elephant and earth realm cards in his hand to play!
Although he failed to fully accept Da Zhou's power, as his throne became more stable, those secret masters of Da Zhou would eventually be subdued by him.
Zhu Zhankun adjusted his mentality slightly and put on a loyal and innocent expression.
He relied on this trick to hide this from his uncle, Jin Shiyi, and made this master of the Heavenly, Elephant and Earth Realm one of his trump cards.
In front of Jin Shiyi, he was always a good emperor who was benevolent and filial, caring about the people and caring for his wife.
Not much else to say, but this caring wife is a huge plus point in front of Jin Shiyi.
The Jin family and his son were not proficient in the political struggles of the court, but Zhu Zhankun's reputation as a virtuous man when he was the prince was often praised, and he indeed regarded his wife Zhou Mingyu as a treasure, which made the Jin family and his son have a better impression of him. peak.
The dressed-up prince, under the protection of Yuhuatian, walked towards a mansion not far away.
——
Three days later.
After a joint investigation by Xichang, Hulongshanzhuang and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the matter of King Chu's conspiracy to commit regicide was finally settled.
Although it looks like there are three companies, in fact it is just the West Factory one that is investigating.
Zhu Longwang of Hulong Villa has reached an agreement with the new king Zhu Zhankun. During this matter, Hulong Villa has been watching with cold eyes.
From this perspective alone, Zhu Zhankun's methods are still extremely clever, and he quickly attracted a large number of people to his side.
As for the other right qiān censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he was appointed by Zhu Zhankun.
The imperial censor had already surrendered to the new king early, so he naturally wanted to share the new king's worries and spared no effort to frame the king of Chu.
But although Zhu Zhankun was smart, his intelligence could not be hidden from the old foxes Yanyi and Qian Muqian.
However, Sun Fuji, the chief scholar of Wenhuadian University, has an ambiguous attitude, and Li Hongyi, the chief scholar of Jianjidian University, has been used by the emperor.
Only Yu Yanyi, the bachelor of Wuyingdian, Qian Muqian, the bachelor of Wenyuange, and Cheng Qingsong, the right censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, stood up.
Yu Yanyi did not save any face for the new king and remonstrated directly.
"Your Majesty, the facts of this case are unclear and the evidence is insufficient. How can we convince all the officials and the people of the world? I ask your Majesty to take back the order and hand it over to the Mingtang of the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a joint trial!"
The prestige of Yu Yanyi and the others was so high that they led nearly 60% of the courtiers to kneel in the Hanyuan Hall.
"What?! You want to force me into the palace?!"
Zhu Zhankun's face was calm, but he was gnashing his teeth with hatred in his heart.
"These civil servants, these civil servants!! These high-sounding rhetorics! Sooner or later I will kill you all! This world does not need so many voices!" But on the surface, the new king Zhu Zhankun naturally could not say that.
Faced with Zhu Zhankun's big hat, Yu Yanyi didn't accept it at all.
"I don't dare. I just want to seek justice for the late emperor and the people of the world."
"..."
"I said, this matter concerns the royal family's face..."
Faced with Zhu Zhankun's tough attitude, Yu Yanyi did not flinch at all.
"I beg for the bones!"
As Yu Yanyi finished speaking, the ministers kneeling behind him also said in unison, "I beg for the bones!"
No matter how dissatisfied he is with the emperor, Yu Yanyi cannot use force until there is evidence. This is the rule of political struggle.
But he had another option, a collective strike.
At Yanyi's side were nearly 60% of the courtiers, and their collective strike was enough to paralyze the imperial center of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Looking at these people who threatened him, Zhu Zhankun could hardly suppress the anger in his heart.
But after all, he was a prince who had been raised since childhood, and he finally said word for word,
"I! No! Yes!"
"Retreat from the court..."
(End of chapter)
