Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Confession? Submit it."
Chang Feng lowered his head, walked to the Long Case with small steps, and handed the confession to Emperor Hongzhi with both hands.
Emperor Hongzhi spent a full three moments reading the confession three times from beginning to end.
Surprise, anger, hatred. A series of complex emotions surged into Emperor Hongzhi's heart.
Emperor Hongzhi first put the confession in his hand.
Then he let out a dragon roar: "You are deceiving the sky!"
Conveniently, he threw a copper coin next to the dragon table and threw it to the ground. "Cang!"
This copper foil is engraved with the word "controlling anger". He asked the Manufacturing Office of the Ministry of Industry to make it specially.
Copper has two functions. First, he should always remind himself that he must control his anger and stay calm when encountering problems.
Secondly, when you can't bear it anymore, you can throw it to the ground to vent your emotions.
Emperor Hongzhi's hands trembled slightly, and he spoke with a trembling voice: "Prince officials, scholar leaders, military commanders, vassal princes, nepotism of high-ranking officials, eunuchs who have fallen from power. How dare they!"
"Litong betrayed the country, led the Japanese invaders, and harmed the people. It was only for their own interests!"
"Have all their books been read into the dog's belly?"
"You are deceiving the heavens! You are rebelling!"
"kill!"
Chang Feng hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please calm down. You must not kill!"
Emperor Hongzhi was a young and mature emperor. Of course we know why Chang Feng said "never kill".
Oh, not only can’t you kill him, you can’t even be held accountable!
Once investigated, it is necessary to pull out the carrot and bring out the mud. I'm afraid tens of thousands of heads will fall to the ground.
There are clansmen, feudal lords, generals, and scholarly leaders in the Sihaihui. They have the three necessary conditions for rebellion: soldiers, money and food, and territory!
There are countless real Japanese as foreign aid!
If things go wrong, there will be a Jingnan campaign from south to north in the Hongzhi Dynasty. The Japanese pirates were the three guards of Wuliangha back then.
Emperor Hongzhi kept reminding himself in his heart: Tolerance means a knife on the head. In the first year of changing the country's name, what the court needed was stability.
But this bad breath is really stuck in my chest. Wait, isn't Chang Feng angry on my behalf?
Emperor Hongzhi said: "Tell me, why did you pretend to be Japanese pirates and massacre those eight families of gentry?"
Chang Feng said: "I did this to provoke an internal fight between the fake Japanese under the Four Seas Society and the real Japanese."
Emperor Hongzhi suddenly realized: "Infighting? Wonderful! Your method is so wonderful!"
Suddenly, Emperor Hongzhi remembered something. He hurriedly searched for a memorial. After a moment he found it.
That memorial was just delivered to Beijing by Du Si of Nanzhili. A small incident was recorded in it. In Songjiang Prefecture, Nanzhili, two small groups of Japanese pirates fought fiercely, killing more than 300 people.
Emperor Hongzhi originally thought it was internal fighting caused by the uneven distribution of internal organs among the Japanese pirates, so he didn't pay attention to it.
Looking at it now, this fight was an internal fight provoked by Chang Feng. This was the first internal fight among Japanese pirates reported locally. It won't be the last one together!
Emperor Hongzhi laughed: "Chang Feng. Take a look at this memorial."
Then Emperor Hongzhi threw the memorial to Chang Feng.
After looking at it, Chang Feng said: "It seems that the murder of those eight households who were traitors was not in vain."
Emperor Hongzhi asked: "Changfeng, do you have a fire break on your body?"
Chang Feng was stunned: "I returned to the emperor, but I didn't bring him with me."
Emperor Hongzhi told him: "Go to the palace and ask for a fire certificate."
Chang Feng took the order, and after a while he took back the fire seal.
Emperor Hongzhi ordered him again: "Light the candle for me."
There is a candlestick beside the dragon table. Chang Feng walked over and lit a big candle with a fire stick.
Emperor Hongzhi, like Yang Tinghe in Yongning City, placed the confession on a candle and lit it.
Not long after, as a wisp of green smoke dissipated, the offering disappeared into ashes.
Emperor Hongzhi told Chang Feng: "Don't mention the Four Seas Association in the future. You are a smart person and know how powerful it is."
"I need a stable southeast and a stable government."
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "I understand."
Emperor Hongzhi said again: "You have done great service for me this time. But I cannot reward you openly."
"But I always want to reward you with something."
After speaking, Emperor Hongzhi wrote a few lines on a piece of paper. Then the jade seal was stamped on the paper.
Emperor Hongzhi said: "Only two emperors in the Ming Dynasty gave their ministers immunity from death."
"The first is the Hongwu Dynasty's founding auxiliary transportation that avoids death. The second is the Yongle Dynasty's Fengtian Jing that inevitably leads to death."
"I do not intend to imitate Taizu and Taizong and issue iron coupons to my officials to avoid death."
"Today I want to give you a ticket to avoid death."
After speaking, Emperor Hongzhi handed the piece of paper to Chang Feng.
Chang Feng took a closer look and saw the four characters "Destroy the Japanese and protect the country" written in the middle of the paper.
There are three lines of small words next to it: "The royal gift of royal robes to thousands of households in Fusi, North Town, to avoid death."
"Except for treason and treason."
"The first day of August in the first year of Hongzhi".
The date is stamped with the national seal with the words "Treasure of Respecting Heaven and Diligent People".
Chang Feng plopped down and knelt down to Emperor Hongzhi: "How dare I accept such a favor?"
Emperor Hongzhi said: "What I have written is very clear. Just with the words "Destroy the Japanese and protect the country, you can bear it. Don't shirk it."
Chang Feng kowtowed: "I thank the Emperor for your kindness."
Emperor Hongzhi's next words made Chang Feng more excited than getting a death-free coupon.
Emperor Hongzhi said: "I will tell you one more thing. Sooner or later, I will hand over the Jinyi Guards to your charge."
"Oh, this is what our monarch and his ministers say in private, please don't spread it outside."
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust."
Emperor Hongzhi said again: "I heard from the queen that your wife has given birth to a son."
"I originally planned to give him a name, but I heard that your family has already named him Chang Ponu. I won't force you to do anything. This is a good name, and it has the style of a great general in the Han Dynasty."
After saying that, Emperor Hongzhi took off a piece of jade from his waist and said, "I once rewarded you with a piece of jade. Since I rewarded you, I naturally have to reward my son as well. Let's give this piece to the infant Chang Ponu."
Chang Feng took Yu Jue and said, "On behalf of Quan Zi, I would like to thank the Emperor for your kindness."
Emperor Hongzhi said: "That's all. Go back to your home to see your son."
Chang Feng held the death-free coupon and Yu Jue and left the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Wynn moved his body with difficulty and walked up to Chang Feng: "The emperor didn't punish you severely, did he? I heard the emperor's voice this morning and it seemed that you had done something treacherous in the southeast."
Chang Feng smiled slightly: "You didn't punish me severely. Grandpa, look at these two things. One was given to me by the emperor, and the other was given to your great-great-grandson."
After seeing this, Wynn's brows relaxed: "I'll just tell you. How could a smart person like you do something that offends the emperor?"
"Okay, after I get off my errands in the evening, I'll go to your house to have a drink."
Chang Feng said: "Sure. I brought back a few jars of Nürhong from Hangzhou that have been authentic for 20 years. I'll wait for my grandpa to come."
Chang Feng left the palace and returned to his house.
Liu Xiaoyan is still in confinement and resting in her bedroom.
Chang Feng pushed open the bedroom door. I saw a small bed with a fence next to the couch. Lying in the little bed was a white and tender little baby.
Tangtang was beside the little bed, making funny faces to entertain the little baby.
Chang Feng shouted: "Xiaoyan, Tangtang, and my good son. I'm back!"
Liu Xiaoyan quickly made a gesture of silence: "Keep your voice down, don't scare the child into crying!"
Sorry, I have been busy in the past few days, so I can only update at night. But it still maintains five updates of 10,000 words every day. Now that things are done, I’ll try my best to adjust back to 6 o’clock in the past few days.
(End of chapter)
