"What can be done?"
Zhang Siwei said with a wry smile, "Since Xu Huating wanted to keep his life back then, let the people in the world know that he would not die even if he cursed the emperor's father, and praised him as the most famous person in the world, and let the people behind him If the minister dares to speak openly about your father's gains and losses, then you have to bear the price of not letting him die for scolding your father!"
"His sword, Hai Rui, is a double-edged sword. Since it can hurt the emperor, it can also hurt the scholar-bureaucrats."
"But he can still be charged with treating the Confucian officials harshly, disturbing the gentry, and falsely accusing the gentry of treason."
Zhang Sijiao said.
"It depends on whether Jiang Ling is willing to charge him with such a crime. It's up to us."
Zhang Siwei sighed and said: "The grave digging thing is too much! Do you think this can scare Zhang Jiangling into stopping?"
"In the end, I would rather offend the clan and bear the reputation of being unfilial than implement the New Deal. Now I want to ask others to deal with Hai Rui. Will they agree?"
"This is not what we want to see!"
"Who knew that criticizing and accusing Zhang Juzheng would reach this point?"
"Besides, it's Zhang Juzheng's own fault for this. People all over the world have hated him so much that they are gnashing their teeth! I'm afraid that digging his father's grave is just the beginning. In the future, his grave will also be dug up, and he may even be whipped to death!"
Zhang Sijiao also sat on a chair beside him quite depressedly, and picked up the teacup to drink in annoyance.
"You should be careful what you say now."
Zhang Siwei reminded.
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"I would like to report to your Majesty, although the dog is stupid and ignorant of current affairs, he will never dare to have the intention of rebellion!"
"Hai Rui is falsely accusing Gouzi. He is arbitrarily framing my subject for rebellion. I ask your Majesty to tell you clearly!"
On this day, during the early morning court in Xuanhuamen, Jia Cunren's son, Jia Dexin, the Prime Minister of Guanglu Temple, came out of court first and reported to Zhu Yijun about the fact that Jia Cunren's tribe was imprisoned for treason against his grandson.
Naturally, Jia Dexin was unwilling to admit it.
After all, this is related to his family's future and his personal life and death.
"Your Majesty! I am impeaching Hai Rui for falsely accusing the children of Confucian officials, harshly criticizing the gentry, humiliating the gentlemen, and trampling on the country's virtues of respecting etiquette and respecting the nobles. It is not just Sun Ming, the Duke of Bojia of the Southern Sect, who was forced to death by arrogant soldiers and was falsely accused. Not only did he want to instigate his slaves to kill the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department, he even dared to make up the lie that there were people who entered Yangzhou City and instigated rebellion among the people, besieged the government offices, and robbed the city defenses to prevent the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department from entering the city!"
"But come to think of it, Nan Zongbo's grandson is the son of a Confucian official. He has always been gentle and elegant. He usually does not know how to use weapons. How dare he attack the arrogant and powerful generals? And the students have always been just scholars who only know how to read the books of sages. They believe in How can the principles of sages and sages incite chaos, obstruct imperial envoys, and besiege government offices?"
"Even if it's called rioters, isn't it because harsh government forces the government to force the people to rebel, which leads to the emergence of rioters?!"
At this time, Cheng Lai, Hu Kezuo, also spoke for his Yangzhou student Zhang Zongxi and his in-law Jia Cunren. He bluntly said that Hai Rui was making false accusations and deliberately slandering officials and gentlemen. He even bluntly said that the New Deal was a harsh government.
"Your Majesty, I also believe that Cheng's admonishment is very true. How could a Confucian minister dare to attack an arrogant and powerful general? It's simply ridiculous!"
"And the students are people who have read the books of saints and sages, so how can they associate with the chaos? Even if they show up, they can only be coerced!"
Xie Yuanhua, the censor of the left deputy capital, also echoed at this time.
Zhu Yijun said: "Whether Hai Rui's report is true or not, I will know after the cabinet reports according to the local regulations and the Jin Yiwei report, and then reports to me!"
"Retreat!"
"His Majesty!"
Jia Dexin couldn't help shouting and knelt in front of Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me! I would rather die than let the dog suffer this unjust injustice! Woo hoo!"
Zhu Yijun ignored it and left Xuanzhimen directly.
Seeing this, Jia Dexin felt very disappointed, stood up, and then knelt down to Zhang Juzheng: "Yuanfu, please do justice to my subordinates!"
Zhang Juzheng helped him up: "My lord, why are you doing this? The servants were dissatisfied with the rebels of the imperial court. They falsely accused him of secretly making armor and hiding dragon robes. They even dug up his father's grave because of this. He didn't lose his composure. What's more, now that this matter has been revealed, What Hai Gong said was that his son did not understand the king's laws and beat and killed the heavenly soldiers, so that all the non-lords of the noble family wanted to rebel. At most, they were complicit in treason, not a real conspiracy."
Jia Dexin said: "But this Hai Rui is making a false accusation. He deliberately wants the court to regard this matter as conspiracy. Since ancient times, it has not been appropriate to impose severe punishment on scholar-officials. However, Hai Rui often imposes serious crimes on scholar-officials just to make a name for themselves. This is the case now." , Don’t Yuan Fu still understand?!”
"Whether Hai Gong imposed it or not, I can't tell yet. I have to look at the local caressing and the imperial guard's performance. Only then can I be sure."
"However, you cannot deny and falsely accuse an important official of the imperial court at the level of a minister because it is unfair because it concerns your parents and children!"
"And he is a loyal and loyal minister who even the late emperor once praised by name!"
"Don't say that you are a public servant, you are a servant, and even your Majesty cannot express your fault. Otherwise, you will inevitably be suspected of disrespecting the late emperor."
"Who is really imposing serious crimes on the scholar-bureaucrats? Even if it is Hai Rui, it is not just Hai Gong. Doesn't the servant also get the reputation of being a traitor and deceiving the emperor, and even secretly hoarding armor and dragon robes in order to plot rebellion? !”
"Could it be that those slanderous posts written by me, and even the large number of denounced posts written in such neat and elegant manner, were written by common people?"
"It can be seen that there are some scholars who do not respect the friendship between scholars! Some so-called righteous men dug up my father's grave because of this, intending to burn down my Zhang family ancestral hall."
Zhang Juzheng's eyes turned red as he spoke.
"Why is it related to the exhumation of your father Zhang Juzheng's grave again?"
"Now we are talking about Hai Rui falsely accusing my son of intending to beat and kill the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department and conspiring to commit treason!"
"What does your Zhang family's affairs have to do with my Jia family? It's not me who did it. I just applauded it secretly."
Jade Xin cursed, and had the feeling that he didn't want to talk to Zhang Juzheng anymore.
At this time, Zhang Juzheng grabbed Zhang Siwei and said, "Ziwei, please tell me, who is willing to aggravate the seriousness of the scholar-bureaucrats, is Haigong the only one?"
When others asked him, Zhang Siwei could still pretend not to hear.
But Zhang Juzheng asked him, Zhang Siwei did not dare to turn a blind eye, so he had to stop and said: "They have indeed gone too far. How can they treat Yuan Fu like this? The subordinates advocate strict punishment of these people who bully the emperor and bend the law!"
"well said!"
"You can't just be lenient!"
"If the law cannot be lenient, it must be severely punished. Otherwise, the material debate will be uncontrollable, and one cannot just casually slander a minister to commit rebellion!"
Zhang Juzheng immediately became convinced of Zhang Siwei and said to Judd: "If Haigong really imposes a serious crime on your son, my servant will do justice for him."
"Thank you, Mr. Ge."
Jia Dexin only replied with these four words, then glanced at Zhang Siwei with burning eyes, and then turned around and left.
Zhang Juzheng looked at his back, his expression gradually becoming more serious.
Zhang Siwei glanced at Zhang Juzheng, his eyes were cold, then softened, and he cupped his hands to Zhang Juzheng and said: "Yuanfu, my subordinates have also taken the lead."
Zhang Juzheng nodded.
Zhu Yijun returned to Qianqing Palace here.
Nowadays, the heat is in full swing and the sun is blazing. He can't hang out in the imperial garden, so he can only stay in the cool hall and read.
After seeing the sunset and the heat receding, he summoned Zhang Juzheng, who was serving as the royal minister.
After seeing Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yijun said, "I believe you have read the report from Fu Zhen and Jin Yiwei?"
"Back to Your Majesty, I have read it. What Hai Rui said must be true!"
Zhang Juzheng replied.
Zhu Yijun said: "Then how does the cabinet plan to vote?"
"Your Majesty, the cabinet wants to kill a few people."
Zhang Juzheng replied.
Zhu Yijun laughed and said: "A few people should be killed and a few should be dealt with severely."
Zhang Juzheng replied: "In my opinion, Jia Wuliang ignored the heavenly soldiers and actually wanted to beat and kill the heavenly soldiers. He is regarded as an accomplice of treason. Although he himself has been executed, he can no longer be pursued. However, his grandfather and father have not taught him to be loyal to the emperor and respect the emperor's principles and national laws." If you make any mistake, you should be beheaded!"
"According to the "Da Ming Law", those who conspire to rebel, including grandfathers, sons, grandsons, brothers and people living together with them, who are over sixteen years old, must be executed. There is nothing wrong with the execution of two people, and it can be regarded as a warning to others."
"However, considering that he did not really intend to commit treason, it is enough to kill his grandfather and father without any delay, in order to show the benevolence of the emperor and to prevent the gentry of the world from committing the crime of treason because of their unworthy sons and grandsons. The whole clan was forced to follow and plot great rebellion."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded: "Accurate!"
(End of chapter)
