Although Li Shanchang had ignored government affairs for a long time, his emaciated camel was bigger than a horse. He was the Duke of Xuan after all, and his family only had two iron coupons with alchemy books given by Zhu Yuanzhang, which later generations called gold medals for immunity from death, so the court Most people in the court are unwilling to wade into troubled waters. Nowadays, the court is in chaos. It is Amitabha who can protect himself. It is better not to offend a great Buddha like Li Shanchang.
But there were everyone in the court, and now anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to attack Li Shanchang, so naturally some courtiers asked for the order: "Your Majesty, since we have obtained the evidence, I suggest that Duke Xuan be imprisoned first. It will be up to the three-level trial to determine his guilt."
After hearing this, Fu Youde quit. Now, except for those nobles who led the troops, many people have been sent to prison. Now there are only two or three little birds left in the imperial court. Ruo Jiang has already retired. If Li Shanchang is killed at home, it will inevitably chill people's hearts and disturb Chao Gang.
I saw Fu Youde coming out and said: "Your Majesty, Ding Bin's testimony is just one side of the story. Now that Ding Bin is dead, there is no proof. As for the servant of the Xuanguo Duke's mansion, it is even more ridiculous. The servant is in the mansion because of Being wronged and falsely accusing the head of the family, this kind of thing happens from time to time in noble families, and it is really not justified. What's more, Duke Xuan Guo's meritorious service to the country is actually a humerus, and now that he is old, even if he wants to be investigated, he can only be investigated. It's enough to be confined to your home, but how can you go to jail?"
Zhu Yuanzhang gently raised his eyelids, looked at Fu Youde, and said: "The Ming Dynasty has so many humerus, but people's hearts are separated from each other. In these years, whether they are dereliction of duty, corruption or rebellion, are there still too few? I don't understand. Back then, How come brothers who fought together to conquer the country become like this one by one? Fu Youde! Tell me why?"
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he slapped his palms heavily on the armrests of the dragon chair, obviously looking very angry. In fact, why else? On the one hand, it was because Zhu Yuanzhang was too harsh, and on the other hand, these nobles just wanted more after their lives had improved. Of course, some of the nobles who had been killed over the years were also unjustly accused.
Xungui seems to be superior, but his family knows that they are suffering. Whether they live or die is just a matter of Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.
Fu Youde hurriedly knelt on the ground. He was a human being, and he was also afraid of death, but he still defended Li Shanchang and said: "Your Majesty once said that Duke Xuan Guo was the first to make the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, you gave him all the honors." , Duke Xuan was already an extremely popular minister. Even Hu Weiyong, who was the prime minister at that time, was far from his status as Duke Xuan. If Duke Xuan rebelled with Hu Weiyong, what could Hu Weiyong give him? Since he was already an extremely influential minister, Sir, why should Duke Xuan take this risk? I believe that your majesty is wise, and I have no other reason to do so. I just want your majesty to give justice to Duke Xuan."
As Fu Youde said this, he slammed his head on the ground. He didn't know if he would have a concussion or something.
I have to say that what Fu Youde said was very reasonable. The hall became very quiet for a while, and the only thing that could be heard was Zhu Yuanzhang's heavy breathing.
After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly to Fu Youde: "Some time ago, Li Shanchang borrowed three hundred armored sergeants from Tang He. Tang He reported the matter to me, saying that Li Shanchang might rebel, but I thought of my kindness and ignored it, but now I have found out that Li Shanchang was colluding with Hu Weiyong. Fu Youde, what do you want from me? Do you still question me? "
Fu Youde didn't even raise his head, he just said, "I don't dare!"
Tang He is the Duke of Xin Guo. He and Zhu Yuanzhang are from the same hometown, and they have been friends who grew up together. If there is anyone among the generals who Zhu Yuanzhang trusts the most, it is definitely Tang He. Now even Tang He is questioning Li Shanchang. Conspiracy, what else could Fu Youde say?
Zhu Yuanzhang exhaled a breath and seemed to calm down all of a sudden. He said, "Come here, Fu Youde is tired. Take him down quickly. During this time, take a good rest at home."
The Jin Yiwei outside the palace came in immediately. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang had not punished Fu Youde, the Jin Yiwei who came in were polite and just invited him out.
As soon as he left the hall, Fu Youde sighed. No longer facing Zhu Yuanzhang, he seemed to relax a lot, but his face was still full of sorrow. His Majesty was about to raise the butcher's knife again. Just a Pingliang Marquis was still far away. It's not enough, I just don't know if this knife will hit my head.
Fu Youde shook his head and left the palace.
There are still many things to do, and he needs to arrange his family well to avoid His Majesty's sword actually falling one day.
In the main hall, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the ministers, and when he saw that no one spoke for Li Shanchang, he said: "Those who involve rebellion must be investigated strictly. Although Li Shanchang is a very human minister, if he makes a mistake, I will never do it." Don't tolerate it, pass on my order. Li Shanchang is old and frail, so he doesn't have to go to jail. Let the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Supervisory Office investigate together. Zhang Ren was responsible for supervising Ding Bin's case, so this time it will be supervised by Zhang Ren. Zhang Ren will monitor. Okay, let’s leave today.”
The officials of the Third Division and Zhang Ren accepted the decree, and the meeting was dismissed.
Although Zhang Ren was assigned the task of supervision, none of the officials from the Third Division were willing to take the initiative to talk to Zhang Ren. In their eyes, Zhang Ren was an ominous person. Anyone who had a relationship with Zhang Ren did not care whether the relationship was good or not. It's bad, it doesn't seem to end well.
Of course, nothing is absolute. Just after leaving the palace, a young official from the Inspectorate came up to talk to Zhang Ren: "Yuan Kai, the censor of the Inspectorate, has met Mr. Zhang Qi."
Although the official position of the censor is not high, he is considered a noble. These officials who have heard of the news have never dealt with nobles. Seeing that the censor named Yuan Kai took the initiative to talk to him, Zhang Ren immediately raised his hands and said: "It's easy to talk about. Our official ranks are almost the same. It's too awkward to call us by official titles. I think you should tell me how old I am. From now on, I will call you Brother Xian and you can call me Brother Xian."
Yuan Kai was a serious Jinshi, and he was somewhat rigid. He knew all the politeness, but this was the first time for him to meet someone like Zhang Ren who asked to be called brothers when they first met, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Zhang Ren didn't care about this, and hurriedly pulled Yuan Kai over, and said: "Brother Xian, the reason why you came to talk to me must be about Duke Xuan's case. Without any further delay, let's go to Duke Xuan's Mansion. I’ve been there, and I’m very familiar with it.”
Although Yuan Kai felt a little uncomfortable, thinking that this was for the sake of the case, he agreed: "In that case, please lead the way, brother."
Although Li Shanchang has been retired for many years, his disciples and former officials are all over the world, and his influence in the Ming Dynasty is not small. Therefore, many people visit Li Shanchang on weekdays, but today he has just gone to court, and His Majesty is planning to take action on Li Shanchang. It had already spread to everyone in the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty, so when Zhang and Ren came to the Xuanguo Duke's Mansion, it was a deserted place.
