Snapped!
Fang Shihong threw the Di Bao, which contained the news of Yi Tingjian's conviction, in front of Gu Bingqian, the Minister of Punishment, and glared at Gu Bingqian and said:
"Look at the good deeds you have done! When the imperial court discussed the development of Taiwan, you were not unqualified to participate. You were there at the time. Didn't you hear His Majesty say that the development of Taiwan is a century-old plan? The result was good, you actually regarded it as making a fortune Opportunity! Don’t you think that His Majesty is too high up to notice a small island of Taiwan? I think you are getting older and more confused. Don’t forget, Your Majesty can spend a lot of money to kill several Ming businessmen. Those who spend huge sums of money to send out the navy to massacre a Japanese city should never underestimate the power of the emperor. How many times have I told you, but you still can’t remember it!”
Although Gu Bingqian was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, to Fang Shihong he was like a subordinate being scolded, with his head lowered and not daring to say anything back.
It wasn't until Fang Shihong finished his training that Gu Bingqian said: "What Mr. Xiao Ge said is that I am indeed an old fool. I didn't discipline the people below strictly, and I made an oversight! But in the mansion, I saw Yi Tingjian. The slave suddenly died violently. Therefore, I don’t know whether that slave secretly instigated Yi Tingjian in my name. Now that His Majesty wants me to report myself, I can only report the truth. , my subordinates don’t know about this matter, and you, Mr. Xiaoge, don’t even know about it.”
After hearing this, Fang Shihong stared at Gu Bingqian and said only one sentence: "Instruct your family to prepare a coffin."
Gu Bingqian hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Xiao Ge, that's not it. Yuan Fu will not speak for us, and His Majesty must not be able to leave Yuan Fu!"
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"After reading the self-reports of Gu Bingqian and Fang Shihong, please share your opinions."
After Zhu Youxiao received the confessions from Gu Bingqian and Fang Shihong, he came to the Political Affairs Hall and asked Fang Congzhe, Xu Guangqi, Han Xu, Yuan Keli, Bi Ziyan, and Wei Guangwei, the assistant ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, to look at it. At this time, he said One sentence.
"In my opinion, they are all deceiving the emperor! There is not a single truth in the entire memorial!"
Yuan Keli stood up first and said something, and analyzed: "How can a little domestic slave make a prefect obedient without the instructions of his master? How can this prefect dare to openly violate the order and sell and smuggle people? Your Majesty, please have a secretary." Severely interrogate the Minister of Punishment and the Chief Minister of Chongwen Temple!"
"It is too early to draw a conclusion as to whether Chen Shu, the Minister of Punishment and the Chief Minister of Chongwen Temple, is guilty of deceiving the emperor. After all, there is no real evidence. All we can say at the moment is that Yi Tingjian should not believe the words of a slave. Please give your Majesty a clear warning."
Wei Guangwei started talking at this time.
Zhu Youxiao glanced at Fang Congzhe.
He naturally knew that Wei Guangwei was speaking for Fang Shihong and Gu Bingqian, and Yuan Keli was eager to use this matter to severely punish Fang Shihong and Gu Bingqian.
But Zhu Youxiao was too lazy to talk about this matter anymore, and without asking Fang Congzhe again, he directly came to a conclusion and said: "Draft the decree! Gu Bingqian committed suicide, and the steward was incompetent, causing the court to suffer huge losses, and even endless troubles. To apologize with death is not enough to serve as a warning! His house was ransacked to make up for his losses! All the slaves in his mansion were exiled to Taiwan! As for Fang Shihong, for the time being, we believe his own words and will not pursue any further investigation."
Zhu Youxiao had enough informants around Fang Shihong, so he knew that Fang Shihong would not ruin his Fang family for such a small profit, so he chose to believe in Fang Shihong, and at the same time, it was also because he did not want to use this incident to bring Fang Shihong to ruin. The party's attack was too harsh, causing an imbalance between the two forces of the civilian gentry and the business gentry in the court. Therefore, he did not take this opportunity to pursue Fang Shihong.
But for Gu Bingqian, he had to deal with it. Although he didn't know how Gu Bingqian managed to avoid the spy he had arranged in his house, but still asked his servants to pass the message to Taiwan's prefect Yi Tingjian and make a profit from it, but he believed in a If the slave of the Gu family had not been approved by the master, he would not have been so bold as to instruct a prefect to do such a thing. Therefore, he had to deal with Gu Bingqian, and at the same time, he also gave a warning to the officials of the Fang Party. If he dared to influence national policy, he would surely die. !
For Zhu Youxiao, the betrayal of the Han people really touched his nerves.
Fang Congzhe was wise enough not to intercede for Gu Bingqian. He just breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that the emperor did not use this to deal with his son.
"You're going to commit suicide, but you still want to ransack your home? This, this, why is this happening?"
Gu Bingqian looked at Xu Xianchun who came to deliver the order in shock, and thought to himself: "Yuan Fu didn't plead for himself."
"Yes! Please do it as soon as possible. Xu is still waiting to go back to reply."
Xu Xianchun replied.
Gu Bingqian collapsed on the ground. He naturally did not accept such a result, but he knew that he could not say no now. Now that the imperial edict came down, he was asked to commit suicide and if he did not commit suicide, his family would suffer even more. Severe punishment.
Therefore, Gu Bingqian finally chose to commit suicide.
And Yi Tingjian was also cut in half.
Other Taiwanese officials were also executed.
But for Emperor Zhu Youxiao, it does not mean that killing some evil officials will solve everything.
He also had to make some new decisions because Yi Tingjian and other officials under him were poorly implemented and even had counterproductive effects.
Therefore, before Zhu Youxiao ordered the arrest of Yi Tingjian and others before entering Beijing, he had already ordered the cabinet to draft an edict to the Western merchants temporarily living in Songjiang and Yuegang port opening points and the public notice offices in various prefectures, requesting that they be bought. All the Han people must be sent back, otherwise the Ming court will take severe measures to deal with the phenomenon of enslaving the Han people.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao asked Fang Congzhe: "Have the merchants from all over the country returned the common people who were bought away and registered in the immigration register?"
Fang Congzhe replied: "Your Majesty, at present, there is not yet."
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned: "This is treating my edict as nothing! Don't think that if you don't take the initiative to hand it back, I have nothing to do. I ordered the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Xiong Mingyu, to assemble food and grass, prepare for war, and prepare for the war separately. The Chen Xin Department of the 1st Battalion of the Guards Navy went from their base in Ningbo to Haojing (Macau) and detained all the foreigners in Haojing to make up for the number of Han people who had been bought away! I will arrest as many foreigners as there are missing Han people in the Ming Dynasty!
Later, Haojing was designated as a pilot site for the new commercial tax reform and tariff reform. Haojing was designated as the Zhili Prefecture of Guangdong. Hua Yuncheng was ordered to be transferred to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and governor of Guangdong. Chen Xinxian was also appointed as the magistrate of Haojing, and a school was immediately established in Haojing. , build government offices and medical clinics. I heard that Haojing is now full of Western churches and Western schools. If this continues, will it no longer be my Ming Dynasty territory!
Tell Hua Yuncheng and the others that I don’t want people in Haojing to not even know Chinese characters in the future. In addition, if there is another edict, if there are Western merchants in Haojing who are enslaving Han people, arrest these merchants first! Our people of the Ming Dynasty are nobler than Westerners. Anyone who enslaves our people of the Ming Dynasty should receive the most severe punishment! "
With that said, Zhu Youxiao added: "There is also Taiwan. New officials will be appointed immediately. In addition, the Second Battalion of the Guards Navy will be ordered to land on Taiwan Island and be permanently stationed in Taiwan. Once it is discovered that Westerners are building cities to enslave Han people. , immediately detain and enslave them!"
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