"Your Majesty! Some courtiers are not actively joining the Xingming Society. Even Otsuka Prime Minister Zhao Tianguan has never applied to the Executive Committee of the Xingming Society in the Political Affairs Hall. Among the nine important ministers, he seems to be not very active in joining the Xingming Society. The governance philosophy put forward by Ming Society remains consistent.”
Fang Congzhe therefore raised this phenomenon with Zhu Youxiao, and specifically mentioned Zhao Nanxing.
"This won't work!"
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao replied directly.
Then, Zhu Youxiao looked at Fang Congzhe and said: "If we want the Ming Dynasty, especially the Central Court, the Cabinet Assistants and the Nine Ministers to not have different ideas and secrets to be leaked, we must be consistent in the philosophy of governing the country. ! Be pure! Temperaments can be different, origins can be different, and even the way of doing things and making suggestions in the court can also be different, but the governing philosophy in the general direction cannot be different, otherwise even if they are not enemies, they must be different and not be incompatible with each other. seek!"
"Therefore, those who do not agree with the ideas proposed by Xingmingshe in terms of governance concepts need to be criticized even if they are not guilty! If they do not even follow the basic truths and righteousness of not taking the monarch as the constitution and not loving all the people, If you agree, how can you be regarded as a good minister who serves the country and the people?! Regardless of what he can do, if his ideas are backward, outdated or even ignorant and stubborn, he is not worthy of living in the court!
Such people must be removed from court! But they cannot be dismissed directly. After all, they have not committed any crime, they are just lagging behind in their ideas, so they need to be criticized, and this criticism is also salvation. Of course, we do not rule out that these people who do not want to be saved in their hearts will have their masks ripped off and become our enemy! This can also be regarded as a means to eliminate the spies hidden in the court! "
Then, Zhu Youxiao said: "Let's start by criticizing Zhao Nanxing, who is an important minister of Jiuqing but is not determined, and Jin Maoji, the rebel who wants to imitate Hai Rui and kneel down to remonstrate, but actually discredits the emperor's father! Summon them Outside the Meridian Gate, he was criticized by officials in Beijing and asked local officials to criticize the two men. Then, the contents of the criticism were written in memorials and submitted, engraved on stele, and recorded in the annals of history. If the criticism was good, , select them, combine them into a collection, print them and sell them to Chongwen stores everywhere! This is called literary struggle. Force can only destroy their bodies, but now we need to use truth and righteousness to unify their souls."
"According to the order!"
Fang Congzhe replied.
He had to admit that Your Majesty was really ruthless in doing this. He wanted to force all civil servants and officials to break with these two people and criticize them on behalf of the emperor. He also wanted to record the officials through official historical materials and memorials from officials. They also spread their criticism of these two people in the form of books. This is undoubtedly forcing the scholar-officials to comment on a person, and it can be regarded as completely controlling the discourse power of the scholar-officials. , and thus left these two people with a lot of infamy.
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Outside the Meridian Gate.
Zhao Nanxing didn't know what he was being called here for. When he saw Jin Maoji being escorted here, he felt even more strange.
For a moment, Zhao Nanxing only began to wonder if he would be falsely accused of treason.
Therefore, Zhao Nanxing became nervous and felt particularly scared.
But not long after, Zhao Nanxing found that many courtiers had arranged their shifts and came over, and they all looked at him, which made him feel even more uneasy. For a moment, he couldn't help but look at the palace palace above, and saw only white clouds and blue sky and white clouds and blue sky. Eunuch Liu Ruoyu standing on the city wall.
Zhao Nanxing wanted to open his mouth to ask Liu Ruoyu what was going on, but he still didn't ask. He just turned his head, raised his hands slightly trembling, and faced the courtiers.
When Zhao Nanxing was about to speak, Fang Congzhe first announced the emperor's will.
He was shocked after hearing this. He did not expect that the emperor would mobilize civil servants to criticize him and leave him with a bad reputation in history.
At this time, Xiong Tingbi shouted: "Zhao Nanxing! You two-faced hypocrite! At the temple, you and the Donglin party used the Beijing Police to provoke a dispute between the staff and the cabinet, which caused turmoil in the court and intensified party disputes. I thought that you had changed your ways, no longer formed cliques, were willing to be a lonely minister, and were interested in planning a new deal for the country and the people. However, after many court discussions, you always tried to dismantle the new deal in the name of worrying about the emperor and your father. Now, You are even more submissive when it comes to establishing a society! In my opinion, you are a traitor and a loyal person! Not only are you a traitor and a loyal person, you also exploit the people. This time, your father-in-law's land in Beizhili was cleared, and your Zhao family was taken away by the father-in-law's conspiracy. You have spread over tens of thousands of acres of farmland! You even occupied fertile land and built a beautiful garden! You have the nerve to stand in this court hall!"
Zhao Nanxing was about to retort because he was suddenly scolded by Xiong Tingbi. At this time, Wang Yingjiao also asked: "Otsuka Zai really thinks that the purpose of Xingming Society is not the right way and truth? Do you think that the government should not regard the king as the constitution? But do you want the power of Tai'a to be in the hands of others, or can you not treat the people as compatriots and love them?!"
Then, Wang Yingjiao also criticized Zhao Nanxing.
Then, other ministers also came up to criticize Zhao Nanxing and forced Zhao Nanxing to admit it.
These civil servants were well-read in poetry and literature, and Zhao Nanxing did have a lot of flaws. Therefore, these civil servants criticized Zhao Nanxing with particularly sharp words.
The more Zhao Nanxing listened, the more panicked he felt. The more he wanted to talk back, the more he felt unbearably angry.
Here, the same goes for Jin Maoji.
And Jin Maoji was criticized even more severely, after all, he really murdered the monarch.
Therefore, the civil servants directly condemned Jin Maoji as a traitor.
Civil servants were more concerned about what the civil servants and officials of their own class thought of them. After all, everyone had a pen. At the court meeting that day, even though most of the civil servants supported the emperor and did not agree with Jin Maoji, Jin Maoji was angry because of this. , What's more, now these civil servants are taking turns to insult him, so Jin Maoji can't stand it. He is both scared and angry.
Jin Maoji had long been prepared for his inevitable death, but he was not prepared to be insulted and criticized by civil servants and forced to admit his mistakes.
"That's enough! That's enough! I plead guilty, I plead guilty, I plead guilty, isn't that enough?! You want to cut me to pieces with a thousand cuts, cut me to death with a thousand cuts as soon as possible, why bother humiliating me like this!"
Jin Maoji shouted excitedly.
Zhou Yongchun, who was also very excited, went up and slapped Jin Maoji on the face: "Is this an attitude of admitting guilt?! You traitor! It is a disgrace to the scholar-officials. Since ancient times, only scholar-officials who have died for sacrifice have There has never been a scholar-official who committed regicide! If you want to confess your sins, confess your sins honestly and act like you are confessing your sins!"
"I plead guilty, I repent!"
Jin Maoji had no choice but to endure the pain and speak humbly.
Zhou Yongchun was a little less angry because of this, and then looked at Zhao Nanxing: "And you, surnamed Zhao! You remnant of Donglin! Do you honestly admit that you have His Majesty, the country, and the common people in the world in your heart?! "
Zhao Nanxing glanced at Zhou Yongchun, and then suddenly looked up to the sky and shouted: "Zhu Youxiao! You are such a vicious tyrant, why do you have such a murderous heart! Why don't you just kill me!"
As he said that, Zhao Nanxing shouted: "Oh my God! Why do you allow such a king to appear in the world!"
Then, Zhao Nanxing started crying.
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"Satisfy him! I didn't want to kill him. Who asked him to make such a request? He was thrown to death! Jin Maoji was escorted to the execution ground and executed in Lingchi!"
Zhu Youxiao was stunned when he heard Zhao Nanxing's words. He didn't expect that such a criticism meeting he held would make Zhao Nanxing lose control of his emotions. He actually scolded himself. For a moment, he didn't know that Zhao Nanxing was holding back. After a long time, I finally couldn't bear it anymore, so I finally issued such a decree.
When Zhu Youxiao's latest order was delivered and Zhao Nanxing was lifted up by the Yulin Guards, he came to his senses and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty! The old minister made a mistake in his words! He made a mistake in his words! I just didn't mean what I said sincerely. , please spare your life, Your Majesty! I’m afraid of the pain!”
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