Li Zhi was stunned on the spot.
After Fang Fengshi read the book for a while, he saw that he hadn't left yet, so he had to say sternly: "See you off!"
"slow!"
Li Zhi shouted, walked to Fang Fengshi, and said in a low voice: "Sir, three hundred thousand shi white rice, even if you want to become an official, you have to bring some good things back to the clan."
Fang Fengshi smiled after hearing this: "What do you mean by this?"
Li Zhi took a deep breath, and then took out a letter from his sleeve: "This is an agreement between Nanbang and the subordinate. The subordinate has already made an appointment with them. I will know after reading it."
After reading it, Fang Fengshi raised his eyes and glanced at Li Zhi: "Leave the letter here, and I will try my best to facilitate this matter for you."
"Aren't you kidding me?"
Li Zhi asked.
Fang Fengshi asked: "If you don't leave the letter here, how dare I treat you as one of my own?!"
Li Zhi thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and put the letter on Fang Fengshi's chest: "Okay! I am willing to treat the public without reservation!"
The next day.
Zhu Yijun reluctantly got up on Zhang Bin's couch. After washing and changing clothes and having breakfast, he yawned and went to the Imperial Palace.
At this time, although dawn had broken outside the house, the sky and the earth were very chilly. Tongyun pressed down on the Forbidden City, sending the cold wind straight into the palace walls.
But when he thought that he had not come to serve on the imperial court for several days, Zhu Yijun had no intention of returning to the palace and continuing to hang out with the concubines. He insisted on being a diligent emperor.
As soon as Zhu Yijun came to the Imperial Palace and sat down, he asked Fang Fengshi and Qi Jiguang: "How are the affairs of the country?"
"There are no new battle reports yet."
Qi Jiguang replied at this time.
Zhu Yijun nodded, and then asked Shen Shixing and others: "Has Sanfu come to Beijing?"
"Your Majesty, we still have some time."
Shen Shixing replied at this time.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun just asked: "Do you have anything else to report?"
Zhao Jin, the censor of Zuodu, suddenly came out and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to punish Li Zhi, the young minister of Taipu Temple!"
Everyone was stunned, but Du Fang smiled slightly.
Shen Shixing looked at Fang Fengshi at this moment.
Zhu Yijun also looked at Fang Fengshi, and then asked Zhao Jin: "What crime should he be punished for?"
"Taking bribes to form cliques, alienating ministers, disrupting government and deceiving the emperor, and planning evil!"
Zhao Jin said in a deep voice.
Then, Zhao Jin took out the letter Li Zhi gave to Fang Fengshi:
"Prime Minister Fang came to see me last night and told me that Li Shaoqing of Taipu Temple wanted to separate Yuan Fu and Prime Minister."
"Then I learned that Li Shaoqing fabricated rumors in front of Prime Minister Fang that Yuan Fu wanted to instruct Yan Guan to join him and demoted him from the capital. Then, after meeting Prime Minister Fang and saying that he would rather be deposed than fight with Yuan Fu, he He then lured Prime Minister Fang, saying that there were profiteers in the south who were willing to bribe Prime Minister Fang with huge profits so that Prime Minister Fang could help prevent the government from setting up practical matters. For this purpose, Prime Minister Fang had to pretend to agree, and he had to leave a letter in order to believe that he was not On the grounds that he would betray the Prime Minister, he asked Li Zhi to keep his handwritten letters in contact with profiteers in the south."
When Zhao Jin said this, the letter was already in Zhu Yijun's hands.
Zhu Yijun glanced at Fang Fengshi after reading it: "Fang Qing, what Zhao Qing said is true."
Fang Fengshi stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, what Mr. Zhao said is indeed true! Even if I have political differences with Yuan Fu, to the point of speculating on each other, I will never sit back and watch such a villain sow discord and cause chaos. Court! I ask your majesty to severely punish such evil villains to correct the atmosphere!"
"You are an upright minister after all!"
Zhu Yijun said with a smile, and then said: "That's good. It's normal to have differences in political opinions, but you can't let villains take advantage of it and ruin the atmosphere!"
As Zhu Yijun spoke, he said to the order with a serious face: "Since all the witnesses and material evidence are there, we will draw up an order to dismiss Li Zhi and send him to prison, arrest his accomplices, and interrogate and convict him!"
"I obey the order!"
Shen Shixing hurriedly replied first.
The other ministers also stood up and handed over their hands.
After Shen Shixing said that, he glanced at Fang Fengshi gratefully.
Fang Fengshi only closed his eyes slightly at this time, without any look of triumph that helped Shen Shixing.
Shen Shixing himself looked ugly when he left the Imperial Palace.
"My lord, don't be too angry. This Li Rupei thinks too simply about things in the court. He thinks that if I know that you want to impeach me, I will really be dissatisfied with you!"
Coincidentally, Fang Fengshi took the initiative to talk to him after leaving Shi Yusi.
After hearing this, Shen Shixing laughed and said, "It's childish and shameless!"
"Issuing a prison sentence?"
After Li Zhi knelt on the ground and listened to the edict sent to him by Zhu Yijun, he looked in surprise at the eunuch Qiu Fu who announced the edict.
Qiu Fu smiled: "If you don't believe me, you can read the original text of the imperial edict."
"Is this the order?"
Li Zhi asked.
Qiu Fu said: "Of course not. It is the impeachment of the General Constitution, the drafting of the Yuan Fu vote, and the decree drafted by the imperial minister Cheng."
Li Zhi fell to the ground after hearing this.
"Fang Jiayu!"
Then, Li Zhi yelled at the sky, and then cried: "Why are you teasing me! If you do this, who will dare to vote for you again in the future and inform you of the news?!"
"Hurry up and get the order, Li Rupei."
Lu Duo, the royal guard who came with Qiu Fu, said something.
Li Zhi had to kneel down again, received the order, and was then sent to prison.
Shortly after Li Zhi was imprisoned, Shen Shixing began to convene ministers at his official residence to discuss how to deal with Li Zhi.
"The trend of instigating party disputes among ministers cannot last long. This Li Zhi is going to break the car! Because he is trying to destroy our country, the Ming Dynasty!"
Shen Shixing summoned all the ministers to speak first.
After hearing this, Yang Wei, the Minister of Punishment, asked: "Is it too heavy?"
Shen Shixing wanted to use harsh methods to show his disciples and former officials the consequences of betraying him.
In his opinion, Zhang Juzheng was too kind to his protégé and former officials who betrayed him, which caused his protégé and former officials to not take his benefactor seriously and even used the impeachment of his benefactor to gain his reputation.
At the same time, Shen Shixing felt that this would also satisfy the emperor and take into account the emperor's desire to deal with disobedient people strictly and to erect an arch without putting himself in danger.
In Shen Shixing's view, it was because Zhang Siwei did not bring such demand to Zhu Yijun that the emperor was dissatisfied.
Therefore, after Yang Wei said this, Shen Shixing sneered: "What's the point? If you alienate the ministers today, who knows whether tomorrow you will alienate the monarch and his ministers, or even alienate the two countries, and try to disrupt the country? How can we prove to your majesty that we are the same without breaking up? Most of the civil servants are different from Li Zhi, do they hate these villains more than Jin Yiwei?"
"Who doesn't hate this kind of behavior at this time? I can't guarantee that Qi Jinyiwei will say that this person is an accomplice in the next moment!"
Shen Shixing said something threatening.
Yang Wei couldn't help but tremble, worried that Shen Shixing could really command Jin Yiwei to get involved, so he hurriedly said: "That makes sense!"
“Then let’s jointly sign the inscription like this!”
Shen Shixing suggested.
The other ruling ministers all nodded.
"too heavy!"
However, Zhu Yijun said this after receiving the memorial jointly signed by Shen Shixing and others.
"Your Majesty, being too kind to evildoers is cruelty to loyal ministers. Kindness should not be extended to these people!"
Shen Shixing retorted.
The other ministers all said: "I second the proposal!"
Zhu Yijun said: "It is better to be cut in half! As a punishment!"
"Yes! Your Majesty is as kind as heaven!"
…
Not long after Li Zhi confessed in prison and recognized the accomplices who bribed him, he received an order to cut him in half. He was shocked: "How could this happen?!"
"The Holy Oracle is brilliant, is it still false?"
Yang Wei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, said something and slapped the wooden door: "Take him away for execution!"
"You traitorous ministers, you can't be so harsh! We are all scholar-bureaucrats!"
"I want to see His Majesty!"
"I want to make a statement and accuse you traitors of disregarding your holiness!"
And Li Zhi suddenly started drinking loudly.
Yang Wei ignored him.
Li Zhi was then taken to the execution ground.
"cut!"
When the guillotine fell, Li Zhi shouted: "No! I haven't been promoted to governor yet!"
Li Zhi was separated from the city as soon as he finished speaking.
After hearing this, Li Sancai remained silent in the courtyard for a long time.
