Li Sancai was escorted over at this time.
He only glanced at these kneeling civil servants, and then pursed his lips, showing a little shame.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao asked Li Sancai: "Li Sancai, did Dongchang torture you to extract a confession?"
"No."
Li Sancai pondered for a moment, and finally replied honestly.
Then, Zhu Youxiao asked again: "Did Dongchang torture you severely?"
Li Sancai also replied: "No!"
"Huang Kezuan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, Cao Yubian, the Censor of Zuodu, and Wei Fan, the Minister of Dali Temple, all of you go up and take a look. Take a look for me and all the officials to see if Li Sancai has any injuries on his body and whether he was interrogated by Dongchang. "
Zhu Youxiao ordered at this time.
The three judicial departments are the Ducha Yuan, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple.
These three organs are the three highest judicial organs of the central court of the Ming Dynasty.
Large cases are often required to be heard by the three judicial courts in order to show fairness.
And now Zhu Youxiao also asked the top officials of these three yamen to come forward to confirm whether Li Sancai had been tortured to extract a confession.
The three of them came to Li Sancai according to the order.
Then, all three of them widened their eyes.
Because they found that Li Sancai really didn't have any injuries on his body.
Wei Fan couldn't help but glance at Li Sancai's crotch for a while.
Finally, Huang Kezuan, the Minister of Punishment, said first: "Your Majesty! Li Sancai was indeed not tortured by Dongchang to extract a confession."
Cao Yubian, the censor of Zuodu, had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, Li Sancai was indeed not tortured by Dongchang to extract a confession."
Wei Fan, the Minister of Dali Temple, also said: "Your Majesty, I have not found any place where Li Sancai was tortured to extract a confession."
Zhu Youxiao therefore nodded and asked Li Sancai: "Li Sancai, tell me and the ministers what you have committed. You must not hide anything! The Jin Yiwei will repeat it for him so that all officials can hear it."
"According to the order!"
Li San just replied.
Therefore, Li Sancai said in front of Zhu Youxiao and all the civil and military officials in the court: "As early as when I learned that Da Sima was going to train troops for the emperor, I arranged for people to prepare to attack his mother, in order to make Da Si Ma Ming worried about returning home. The emperor was unable to train soldiers in his hometown. Later, when he learned that Da Sima's family had suddenly become rich, he became even more jealous of the power of the Xu family, and urged my disciple Xu Shilin to do this, and spread the news to the princes in the court, causing them to misunderstand. I thought that Xu Guangqi was hiding the death of his mother, but he didn't expect that my conspiracy would be exposed. The trick I sent to poison Da Sima's mother had been discovered by Dongchang, and it was only now that I knew that my conspiracy had been exposed, and only now did I know that The imperial court has caused so much trouble, and I am guilty!"
The ministers were horrified after hearing this.
They did not expect that Li Sancai would actually confess his crime without being tortured.
Han Xu, the second assistant to the cabinet, was once again grateful that he did not rush to stand up and intercede for Li Sancai.
But because of this, he had already guessed that the Donglin Party's power would be hit even harder if this went on, and he was eager to start to distance himself from Donglin, so he hurriedly stood up first, pointed at Li Sancai with a blue vein, and shouted He stood up and said, "Li Sancai, why are you so despicable!"
Of course, what Han Xu wants to ask in his heart is: How come you, Li Sancai, admitted such a crime? How could you admit such a thing by yourself? How can we save you?
"It's truly appalling! Treasonous! Shameless!"
Some civil servants also started to curse.
Fang Congzhe just glanced at Han Xu calmly.
Zhu Youxiao just smiled slightly.
At this time, Zuodu Yushi Cao Yubian, Dali Temple Wei Fan, Wang Zhiyin and others fell silent.
They don't know what to say now.
Let's do what Han Xu and others did to Li Sancai.
It's obviously inappropriate.
No one knows if Li Sancai is being pushed into a panic like this and whether his people will expose the sins of them next.
Please intercede for Li Sancai.
Even more inappropriate!
Now that Li Sancai has admitted his guilt, pleading for mercy will do no good except causing trouble.
Therefore, these people don't know what to say now, but they also hate Li Sancai very much for being so cowardly and actually admitting everything he did.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao continued to ask Li Sancai: "Tell me, what other crimes have you committed?"
Li Sancai continued to answer: "When I was the Governor of Water Transport, I embezzled golden nanmu and transported it home to build my own private house. I also embezzled more than seven million taels of silver, and I used it to rob many ministers of the DPRK and China. , the original intention was to let them push me into the cabinet as an outsider. I was about to succeed, but was blocked by political opponents and demoted to a civilian. However, in order to be revived in the future and to have some ministers in the DPRK still support me, I also He hid all the information he had on officials during his time as an official in the secret room of his home."
Many officials present became frightened after hearing this. They did not expect that Li Sancai even recognized these things.
"Huang Aiqing, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, how should the crime committed by Li Sancai be punished? You are the Minister of Punishment. Please tell me."
Zhu Youxiao asked.
Huang Kezuan was not an official of Donglin, so he had nothing to do with Li Sancai, so he replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, anyone who murders the family of an important minister and is his wife, and who murders an official of the imperial court, shall be executed immediately! And he embezzles gold. Silk Nanmu is guilty of trespassing, violating the rules, and being complicit in rebellion. He should be executed by the whole family. He embezzled more than 7 million yuan in silver. He is a serious crime of embezzlement. He should be stripped of his skin and used for his family property. He will be punished for several crimes at the same time, even though his trespassing has been pardoned by the temple. He should be dismissed from office, but he should also be punished for conspiring to harm the imperial decree and corrupting officials, so he should be executed and his house confiscated."
"What Ai Qing said is wrong. Li Sancai was clearly just trying to kill me, but he personally admitted that he wanted to stop me from training my troops. He was planning to kill the nine tribes! What's more, he was already very ambitious, and he dared to arrogantly use gold threads. Nanmu, it is clear that he does not take the emperor and his ministers seriously! But I think he is quite honest and takes the initiative to confess his crimes. The adults of the three tribes should be punished! As a warning to the world, whoever violates the rules again will not be tolerated. !”
Zhu Youjian started talking.
"I obey the decree!"
Huang Kezuan replied.
In his opinion, the temple's treatment of Li Sancai back then was too light, and now His Majesty's treatment is a little harsher. But no matter what, this kind of thing can be said to be serious or light. After all, with the golden nanmu With this kind of behavior, no one knows whether the person involved only wants to pursue luxury and forgets the law of kings, or whether he really has ambitions to become emperor.
Naturally, Huang Kezuan would not anger the emperor because of Li Sancai, so he agreed.
Next, Zhu Youxiao began to announce the disposition of Zhou Shunchang, Lian Guoshi, Zuo Guangdou and others.
"Zhou Shunchang, Lian Guoshi and others had clearly received the imperial edict's approval, but they still caused trouble, surrounded the courtiers, and gathered people to make trouble. They really had no regard for the emperor and the court, and they all decided to kill him! Zuo Guangdou listened to the rumors and spread them without permission, fearing that the world would not be happy. In the chaos, he was dismissed from his post to serve the people and exiled to Suzhou!
After Zhu Youxiao said that, Qian Chunxian, the young minister of Guanglu Temple, stood up and said: "Your Majesty! Although Li Sancai committed a heinous crime, he was also an important minister of the previous dynasty. Since ancient times, benevolent kings have governed the country according to the principle of punishing officials rather than punishing them. Please use your majesty's benevolent policies." , forgive Li Sancai for the death penalty, and more importantly, spare the death penalty for Zhou Lian and others! Although they are arrogant and rebellious, they are doing so out of the protection of human ethics and filial piety! Please enlighten me!"
Qian Chun and others had to intercede for Li Sancai and others, because once Li Sancai was confiscated, the crimes committed by them would all fall into the hands of the emperor.
"Presumptuous! You are not an official of the Three Laws Department, so what qualifications do you have to comment on this matter? It is not your turn to teach me how to govern the country! I see that you are also arrogant and have no regard for me and the king's laws! Drag him down and kill him with a stick!"
Zhu Youxiao gave instructions with a serious face.
Qian Chun was greatly shocked. Seeing that the Jin Yiwei had already gone to the palace, he shouted hurriedly: "Your Majesty! I speak from the bottom of my heart. What you do will damage our Ming Dynasty! Please don't treat the scholar-bureaucrats like this! Otherwise, our Ming Dynasty will be in danger." ah!"
Zhu Youxiao did not listen and only ordered: "Retreat from the court!"
When other civil servants saw this, they didn't dare to say anything more, and they became as silent as a chill.
