"It's hard to talk about this matter above the court."
"How can it be difficult to explain the facts and state the truth?"
But three days later, Li Dongyang packed up his carriage and was ready to leave. Some of his disciples are very reluctant to give up, and some practice still needs to be done.
If it hadn't coincided with the Emperor's assassination, it wouldn't have been too tacky, but that's all it could do at this time.
Regarding the arrest of Jiang Tongzu and Lu Meng, Li Dongyang was questioned for a long time.
Finally, he explained the truth, "It is true that His Majesty was assassinated, and it is true that these two people were dissatisfied with His Majesty. Even if there is no direct evidence to prove that they are related to the emperor's assassination, if they are arrested and interrogated, how can this be done?" No? If you want to go to rescue people, you must first explain this truth."
Yu Shuqing, a representative figure of the Chaling Poetry School, who served as a minister of the Ministry of Works, said: "Your Majesty is not an unreasonable person. It is just that you will be angry when you encounter an assassin. But anger does not mean arresting people at will. Besides, doesn’t arresting people like this allow the real murderer to go free?”
"I heard that Jin Yiwei is still interrogating the two assassins, but nothing has been found."
"It would be better if we could get it out through trial, then things would be simple. Now, the more we can't get it out through trial, the more complicated it becomes."
Anyway, this memorial is not easy to write, and this person is not easy to save.
Of course, the power of thoughts is amazing, even costing people their lives.
Zhu Houzhao still reviewed such a memorial in the Qianqing Palace. It said only two points. First, Jiang Tongzu and Lu Meng would never assassinate the emperor. Second, the Jin Yiwei acted arrogantly and cruelly and should be punished.
In fact, the Jin Yiwei secret report he received also stated that Jiang and Lu repeatedly denied that they were not involved in the assassination.
What Zhu Houzhao considered was, on the one hand, to use the assassination to rectify those people who said slanderous words. This does not mean that he wanted to use force to suppress people, but any political regime would not be particularly tolerant of these voices, because in the end this It is not conducive to governance.
On the other hand, he also thought of another question,
If it wasn't Jiang Tongzu and Lu Meng, then who exactly wanted to assassinate the emperor?
If this case is not investigated, he will be restless.
"Liu Jin," Zhu Houzhao took the arrow cluster and tried to figure it out, "what do you mean by the word "Rong"?"
How could Liu Jin dare to accept these words? "I can't understand it at all. But according to my opinion, no one will have their name engraved on them if they do such a heinous thing."
"But there is no smoke without fire. There are so many words, why only engrave one honor?"
"My slave... my slave... I can't figure it out either."
Zhu Houzhao touched his nose.
In fact, many people should have imagined that there is a prince living in the capital now, and his title is Prince Rong.
But this matter is too sensitive, and everyone only dares to think about it but not speak about it. Just like Liu Jin said, what idiot would carve his own name on it? Since it was engraved on it, it was obviously not him.
So no one will mention it easily.
Even Zhu Houzhao himself didn't want to involve this matter.
This is a royal scandal.
Speaking of which, this honored king, named Zhu Youshu, was born in the 21st year of Chenghua, and he was extremely young. He is six or seven years older than Zhu Houzhao.
Emperor Xiaozong, a good old man, held a coronation ceremony for several younger brothers in the fourth year of Hongzhi. At one time, he granted the titles of King Shou, King Ru, King Jing, King Shen and the King Rong.
Among them, the longevity king Zhu Youguo became a vassal of Baoning in the eleventh year of Hongzhi.
In the 14th year of Hongzhi's reign, your king Zhu Youzhen established vassal status in Weihui.
Zhu Youli, the king of Jing, took over Yizhou in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi.
King Shen's fate was not good and he passed away in the 16th year of Hongzhi.
At present, only Prince Rong is still in the palace of the capital.
According to the calculation of days, King Rong is already twenty-two years old this year. She had already reached the age of becoming a vassal, but starting from the 16th year of Hongzhi, she encountered the death of her concubine, her brother Shen Wang, the Renhou Empress Dowager who was also the Zhou Empress Dowager, and the death of Emperor Xiaozong.
There are so many things in the royal family, but King Rong still did some things.
There were some sacrificial and ceremonial activities that Zhu Houzhao could not attend, so he ordered King Rong to do it for him.
King Rong himself was also a man of average qualifications.
The current assassination of the emperor, this arrow cluster... really makes no sense.
After all, even if Zhu Houzhao died today, it wouldn't be his turn.
Firstly, he had no foundation in the court, and secondly, according to seniority, Zhu Houzhao's cousin should succeed to the throne, not Zhu Youtang's cousin.
Even Zhu Youtang's cousins, according to the basic principle of ordering elders and younger ones, there are other princes above Rong Wang, including Shou Wang and Ru Wang.
In other words, this thing...
Zhu Houzhao's thoughts became even more serious.
Someone is stirring up trouble in the royal family and profiting from it.
If Zhu Houzhao really ordered that Prince Rong and his family be imprisoned because of this matter, then many princes would be afraid.
"Someone must be planning something secretly."
Regarding this matter, Zhu Houzhao found Han Ziren, who was in charge of Nanzhen Fusi.
Because it involves royal secrets.
Therefore, Liu Jin and others were not allowed to come near, and they only talked to Han Ziren alone in the pavilion.
"This matter must be investigated clearly. Even if the two people are not killed, we must find a way to find out. The evil intentions of instigating the relationship between the royal family and letting me and a close relative like the emperor's uncle kill each other are obvious.
I am very familiar with King Rong. In the first and second years of Zhengde's reign, he twice asked for permission to join the vassal state, but I delayed his departure because of the late emperor. How could he do such a thing? How could such an arrow cluster be left behind if it was done? "
Because Emperor Xiaozong likes these brothers, if no one else is around. Zhu Houzhao often asked King Rong to do some sacrificial activities. To put it bluntly, he also asked King Rong to visit Emperor Xiaozong from time to time.
Otherwise, who will go?
As an emperor, it is impossible for him to go to the imperial mausoleum every day.
"Your Majesty is wise. Weichen... Weichen has something to say, but I don't know whether to say it or not."
"explain."
"Wei Chen thinks that the possibility of being framed in this matter is greater. But... it's okay if it's a foreign minister. As long as he is convicted and dealt with according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty. What if... he is really within the royal family?"
Zhu Houzhao said: "I have the same considerations as you. If it really involves the royal family, we still have to deal with it with caution. Now in the court, all the fire is directed at the Fuli sect, but it can be deceived. You are in charge of Nanzhen Fusi, We need to investigate this matter secretly.
By the way, there will be some changes in Tatar this year..."
At this point, his lips pursed, and some words remained unsaid in his heart.
Is there someone inside?
When there is external trouble, we take the opportunity to cause internal strife.
In this way, we have to guard against it.
Han Ziren could also understand what the emperor meant, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely get to the bottom of this matter!"
Zhu Houzhao stood up and put his hands behind his back. In fact, he was somewhat used to it. The Forbidden City is always so thrilling.
"Prince Rong has not entered the palace until now, which shows that he doesn't care about the affairs of the court at all. When he really finds out... he will probably scare these people with ulterior motives half to death."
Han Ziren said: "Your Majesty did not doubt him, so it was a near miss. In fact, there are people from Nansi in Prince Rong's mansion. Prince Rong... Prince Rong... is a little timid."
In fact, it is not small.
In fact, his life experience is not prominent, and his ranking is not high. Why bother?
"Check King Anhua."
Zhu Houzhao remembered this guy. External trouble and internal trouble were no joke. He didn't think about whether these people suspected that the emperor had the ability to predict the future. Anyway, solving the problem first was the most important thing. Even if they had doubts, what could they do? They still dared to question the emperor, so they acted simply and could not be wordy when thinking about it.
(End of chapter)
