"If he turns against a thief, what qualifications does he have to learn from Hai Gangfeng? Can I make every family of the world pure?!"
After Zhu Youxiao knew that before Jin Maoji was arrested by Dongchang, he knelt outside Zuoshun Gate to remonstrate with him, the emperor, for issuing a sinful edict, he angrily said to Fang Congzhe and other auxiliary ministers in the political hall.
"If Haigang Feng were alive and knew that he would let a rebel follow his example, he would be furious on the spot!"
Xiong Tingbi also said something angrily.
"It is said that officials of the fifth rank and above in Beijing came to see me in the Zhongji Palace to hold an impromptu court meeting. The rebels were also brought here first. I would like to know how many ministers like him also want me to be blamed for the palace fire. And they forced me to issue an imperial edict to sin against myself! How can I be guilty of guarding the people on behalf of Heaven?!"
Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered.
"yes!"
Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch and eunuch Bingbi who was on duty at the political affairs hall, responded hurriedly and left the political affairs hall immediately.
More than half an hour later, in the Zhongji Hall behind the Huangji Hall, which had burned about one-third of its area, Zhu Youxiao met the fifth-rank and above Beijing officials here.
At the same time, Jin Maoji was also ordered to kneel in the center of the hall.
Zhu Youxiao spoke first: "Jin Maoji, you colluded with Donglu and assassinated me, which is a complete traitor! Who gave you the face to have the nerve to kneel down at Zuoshunmen to remonstrate? Do you know that you no longer have You are qualified to be an official of my Ming Dynasty and my minister! You also learn from Hai Gangfeng and criticize dragon scales. I think you are not criticizing dragon scales, but you are trying to gain fame and fame and sensationalize!"
Jin Maoji's face was not red and his heart was not beating: "Your Majesty! The guilty minister dare not hide it. It is true that the guilty minister colluded with foreigners to assassinate you!"
As he said this, Jin Maoji suddenly shouted loudly: "But the sinner did this for the sake of the world's justice! It was for the Qianqiu Sheji of the Ming Dynasty! Your Majesty, you have gone against the grain and made people angry, but you just don't know it!"
Zhu Youxiao smiled coldly.
"However, what the guilty minister did was contrary to loyalty and filial piety, so God forbid that Your Majesty could escape this disaster. The guilty minister committed the grave crime of regicide, and the guilty minister confessed! However, the only regret for the guilty minister is that, Your Majesty, you I still haven’t recognized my sins, and I’m still deceived by these traitorous officials in the court!”
Jin Maoji continued to speak, and his voice became louder and louder.
"Am I guilty?"
Zhu Youxiao continued to sneer and asked.
"certainly!"
Jin Maoji replied with certainty, and then said: "Otherwise, this Huangji Palace will not be exposed to heavenly fire again! Your Majesty, if you are indulgent and not afraid of death, aren't you afraid of being punished by heaven, so that the Ming Dynasty will no longer be favored by heaven? ?!”
Zhu Youxiao turned down his face and asked, "What evidence do you have to prove that this is heavenly fire, and what qualifications do you have to explain God's will?"
"It is the emperor who governs the world on behalf of Heaven, it is me! Only I can explain Heaven's will, because only I can represent Heaven's will. It is I who speak the Constitution of Heaven, not you Jin Maoji."
At this time, Zhu Youxiao looked at Jin Maoji with a serious look and spoke. Then he glanced at the ministers and shouted loudly: "Not any of you! Since when can ministers represent God's will? In the end, this world belongs to me. This monarch’s world, or your world?!”
Zhu Youxiao said, "In my opinion, the fire in Huangji Palace this time is not my fault, but that among you ministers, there are disloyal people, and there are quite a few! Therefore, God, God You will give me a warning! God thinks that I am too kind and has long been dissatisfied with the failure of your ministers to cultivate their virtues, which is detrimental to the country, so it caused the Huangji Palace to be set on fire to let me know what it means!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Fang Congzhe stood up first and replied.
He was originally worried that some officials would use the fire in Huangji Palace to force His Majesty to issue an imperial edict to frighten His Majesty, but he did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor had his own opinions and directly said that it was because of their ministers. Due to his disloyalty, Fang Congzhe suddenly understood.
Therefore, after praising the emperor's sage, Fang Congzhe immediately added: "The fire in the Huangji Palace was indeed caused by the sins of the ministers and had nothing to do with the emperor! As your majesty said, your majesty is the emperor, and those who have received the destiny of heaven will naturally Representing God's will, how can it be said that it goes against God's will? Because Your Majesty is God's will! God's will is Your Majesty! Therefore, the emperor is not guilty at any time, have you ever heard God's words and are you guilty?!"
After saying that, Fang Congzhe bowed and said: "If it is the crime of the minister, then the crime of the minister is the biggest. The first one is that the minister is guilty of neglecting to observe. There are rebels in the court. I don't know that I am the chief minister, and I almost make the king and father do it." I was harmed by the traitor, and I will die! I am guilty of not reflecting on myself in time, and the Emperor's Palace was on fire. However, I relied on the fact that the emperor was the most benevolent emperor in the ages, and did not care about the punishment of heaven, so I did not reflect on myself in time. I If you are stupid, I will die!"
"I deserve to die for my crime! I have been in charge of Liaodong for several years, but I failed to completely wipe out the Eastern captives. Instead, I caused the Eastern captives to collude with traitors, which almost put your Majesty's life in danger. I am guilty of both incompetence and negligence. , so it is because of my sin that I have received this heavenly punishment!"
Xiong Tingbi also bowed and directly stated his crime.
Bi Ziyan also bowed: "I am also guilty! When your Majesty first came to the throne, I advised your Majesty to recruit the refugees in the capital, so that tens of thousands of people would not starve to death! My crime is that I am not loyal to the emperor and love the people, and care too much. My personal career has led to people dying in vain. I am afraid that Your Majesty has long been dissatisfied with the mistakes of my ministers. It is just that Your Majesty is kind and has not pursued the ministers to account. God's will is also like this, so he sent down fire from heaven to alert me!"
Wang Yingjiao also bowed and said: "I am even more guilty! I was previously the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and a native of Nanzhi. I knew that the south was extremely wealthy and the north was in decline, but I did not promptly advise your majesty to increase taxes from the gentry in the south to make up for the shortage of the imperial court. I am obviously guilty of failing to give advice in order to protect Mingzhe!"
For a time, the reformist officials who supported Zhu Youxiao took this opportunity to blame themselves, saying that the fire in Huangji Palace was due to the misconduct of their ministers, and had nothing to do with the emperor, because the emperor represented the will of God, how could the will of God be dissatisfied with the emperor? Woolen cloth.
"I ask for your majesty's permission for me to report my sins and blame myself, so that I can reflect on my sins and ask your majesty to make a decision! From now on, this will be followed. Whenever there are abnormal celestial phenomena, earthquakes, fire or electricity, etc., all ministers should reflect on themselves. There may be corruption, disloyalty, and laziness in one’s own body!”
Zhou Yongchun, the censor of the left deputy capital, even took the initiative to advise the ministers to report his crimes after confessing his crimes.
"I ask for your majesty's permission for me to state my guilt and blame myself so that I can reflect on my sins and ask your majesty to make a decision! This will be the case in the future!"
Other reformist officials who supported the emperor also followed suit. For their own benefit, these civil servants were willing to take the blame and let the monarchy reach a higher peak.
Zhu Youxiao smiled indifferently, glanced at Jin Maoji, and then looked at Zhao Nanxing, the Minister of Staff, who had not yet come forward: "Zhao Aiqing, are you not guilty?"
When Zhao Nanxing saw that so many civil servants were confusing the previous concept that the palace fire was due to the monarch's misconduct, and proactively admitted that it was the ministers' misconduct that caused the palace fire, Zhao Nanxing felt very depressed and angry, so he did not have time to be hypocritical and apologize.
But now, when Zhu Youxiao asked him in person, he came back to his senses, hurriedly stood up, and forcefully replied: "I am also guilty!"
"You! You! Why are you so shameless!"
When Jin Maoji saw that almost all the civil servants came forward and said that the palace was on fire because his ministers were guilty and took the initiative to reflect on themselves, he was naturally furious. He did not expect that these civil servants, who were Jinshi like himself, would be so willing to bear the emperor's responsibilities. pot.
Because of this, Jin Maoji immediately yelled at Fang Congzhe: "Fang Congzhe! You are simply the most traitorous official in my Ming Dynasty!"
With that said, Jin Maoji pointed at other civil servants: "And you, you formed a party through the New Deal, how are you any different from the New Party that brought disaster to the country in the Northern Song Dynasty? You are all villains!"
Before modern times, the reputation of the New Party of the Northern Song Dynasty was not very good, and it was always regarded as a traitorous party. Even Wang Anshi was actually rated as a traitor until the Qing Dynasty in history, and his political enemy Sima Guang was regarded as a gentleman. Therefore, Jin Maoji directly scolded Fang Congzhe and others as members of the New Party of the Northern Song Dynasty, which naturally meant that Fang Congzhe and others were traitorous parties who controlled the political agenda.
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