"Forget it! How can I trap your father into injustice?"
Cao Yubian sighed and said something.
"I resign!"
Then, Cao Yubian bowed to Zhu Youxiao and made a big salute, then turned and left in despair.
Wang Chengen looked at this scene with a trace of disdain in his eyes.
"Deceive the king!"
"He is bullying the emperor!"
Shortly after Cao Yubian left, Zhu Youxiao suddenly said two sentences in a row.
Then, Zhu Youxiao shouted: "Wang Chengen!"
"My servant is here, please give me your instructions."
Wang Chengen immediately replied.
"Take my hand to the cabinet and ask him to draw up the decree immediately. Cao Yubian deceived the emperor in the name of a death remonstrance. He was sentenced to be cut in half and his house was confiscated!"
Zhu Youxiao said something.
At the same time, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but said: "If you, Cao Yubian, really died to remonstrate with you, it would be nothing more. I really want you to be strong and give you a wide berth. Even if your guilt is found out in the future, I will cover it up for you, and even I commend you for your posthumous reputation! But I didn’t expect that at this time, the backbone of scholar-bureaucrats is really not so hard! Since you, Cao Yubian, are like this, don’t blame me for not allowing you!"
"yes!"
Wang Chengen replied.
Fang Congzhe, who was in the cabinet, was very shocked after receiving Zhu Youxiao's edict, and couldn't help but hurriedly came to Qianqing Palace to see Zhu Youxiao.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao announced that Fang Congzhe was coming.
Fang Congzhe hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, after all, Cao Yubian is the censor of Zuodu and an important minister of the imperial court. Although he has been guilty of threatening the emperor's father, he is quite prestigious among the scholars. Can you open his eyes to him, even if he is punished with death? Should we preserve his dignity and let him commit suicide instead of being cut in half?"
"Humph, he is quite prestigious among the scholars! Does it mean that a person who is quite prestigious among the scholars must be extrajudicial to the law? If his dignity is preserved, what about my dignity and the court's dignity! If Cao Yubian It would be fine if he were killed here. I have to admire his iron-clad character, but he is so hypocritical and cunning, and is obviously threatening me. How can I tolerate him? This matter must not be tolerated!"
Zhu Youxiao replied in a stern tone.
"Yes, I am confused. What your Majesty said is true."
Fang Congzhe replied.
"You are not confused. You, like them, take the world's scholars too seriously. But in fact, they are like everyone else in the world. They only obey the strong. As long as they are strong, they will obey even if Hulu is in power. They are obedient to them, but if the king is a little more merciful to them, they will think that the king is easy to bully, they will scold them, and regard themselves as the masters of the world, and even want to rule the world with the king. Speak out! I even think that they are the most sober and upright people in the world, and they are also the most reactionary. They hate the court, the country, and the king the most, but in fact they are the ones who get the most benefits and privileges from the empire!"
Zhu Youxiao started talking.
Fang Congzhe was silent for a while. He had to admit that what the emperor said was very to the point! He also had a thorough understanding of their scholar-bureaucrats.
But Fang Congzhe, as a scholar-official, still felt very uncomfortable.
Fang Congzhe really wanted to say, Your Majesty, you cannot be completely disappointed with the entire scholar-officials because of this. Since ancient times, even now, there are still many people who are loyal to the country.
"Of course, I also know that the scholar-bureaucrats in the world cannot be generalized. There are also many who sacrificed their lives for the country. In Taizu's time, a commoner relied on the four scholars from eastern Zhejiang to supplement the literary rule and conquered the world. It can be said that in this world, the scholar-bureaucrats succeed and fail. A scholar-official, but at least Cao Yubian is not a true gentleman. If he is not severely punished, he will be sorry for those staunch ministers who truly dare to die for the country and the people!"
Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth and spoke.
"I will bear in mind His Majesty's holy teachings, and I will prepare an edict now!"
Fang Congzhe was enlightened after hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, but he was also quite depressed in his heart. He thought to himself: "Cao Yubian, since you have given me death advice, why don't you just hit him to death! If you are really afraid of death, don't say anything. Hard words!”
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"Mr. Cao, what do you say, Your Majesty? Are you willing to listen to the words of our fellow scholars and forgive Mr. Xiuwu's death penalty?"
When Wu Changshi, the judge, saw Cao Yubian returning to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he hurriedly asked about it.
Cao Yubian invited Wu Changshi, Dong Tingxian and other well-known officials into the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and sighed and said: "Your Majesty said that scholars are not allowed to interfere in political affairs. I don't want to read your memorials, and I don't want to Forgive Mr. Xiuwu, my remonstrance will not be successful even if I die."
"The death remonstrance has not been successful?"
Wu Changshi was extremely disappointed after hearing this.
"How could your Majesty block the flow of speech like this! Regardless of the public opinion of the world!"
Censor Li Yingsheng also started talking about this and looked at everyone with angry eyes.
Cao Yubian sighed and said: "Alas! There is no way. We are forcing him to die, and His Majesty is not willing to compromise. There is nothing we can do! If His Majesty hadn't stopped him, he would have said that our death remonstrance was setting him up for injustice, plus the eunuchs Wang Chengen blocked me from the side, and I had already been killed on the Jinluan Hall!"
Cao Yubian said these words against his will.
Naturally, he did not dare to admit that he was afraid of death in battle, and the reason why he brought Wang Chengen with him was to confuse the public, so that Wang Chengen himself would not be able to say that he did not stop him in the future.
Naturally, Wu Changshi and Li Yingsheng admired Cao Yubian even more.
"Gong Cao is really a loyal man to the country. I can only regret that I have been deceived by traitorous ministers. I can only listen to flattery words but not the unfaithful words!"
Therefore, all these censors praised Cao Yubian in this way.
"The imperial edict has arrived! Cao Yubian, the imperial censor of Zuodu, receives the edict!"
At this time, the official came with the imperial decree drawn up by the cabinet.
Cao Yubian quickly stood up and knelt down.
At this time, the messenger began to read the imperial edict. The content of the imperial edict was naturally that Cao Yubian would be dismissed from his post, his family property would be confiscated, and he would be imprisoned and beheaded in half.
At the same time, after reading the imperial edict, the official said: "In addition, the Holy Sage also asked us to bring an oral message to you Cao Yubian. The Holy Sage said that you, Cao Yubian, do not have to wrong yourself just to trap me in injustice, and you do not have to do it for me. At the expense of your own reputation, you yourself wanted to die in front of me, but no one stopped you. I also allowed you to hit the pillar and die, but you suddenly did not dare to hit it. It really disappointed me and the world. The ministers were so disappointed that Yuan Fu also said, You are threatening me, thinking that I am weak and bullying, and you should be severely punished! I was very angry, and based on Fang Qing's words, I made a decree to cut you in half and execute you! And warned the ministers all over the world. , If you are not a true gentleman, don’t give me any advice! The court is not a place for children’s play!”
After saying that, the official said: "Cao Yubian, please accept the order."
Cao Yubian became sluggish at this moment, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "I accept the order!"
Wu Changshi, Li Yingsheng and others were shocked and didn't know what to say.
Because these censors would naturally not expose Cao Yubian's shortcomings to his face.
But after a while, Wu Changshi changed the subject and said, "Damn Thief Fang! Did you hear that? Your Majesty had no intention of being so cruel. It was because of Thief Fang's suggestion!"
"That's right, Thief Fang is hateful! Unless this thief dies, the world will be in trouble!"
Li Yingsheng and others also started to curse Fang Congzhe.
Then, Cao Yubian suddenly looked up to the sky and cursed: "Fang Congzhe! You traitor!"
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Fang Congzhe, who was drafting a memorandum on the cabinet vote, couldn't help but sneeze, then sighed and thought to himself: "It must be Cao Yubian who is scolding me! Alas, your majesty has hurt me!"
