Zhu Youjian glanced at Wei Zhongxian and hesitated: "Sister-in-law, this..."
Zhang Yan said: "Your Majesty, I believe that Wei Zhongxian is related to the treasure ship case."
His Highness and his ministers were in commotion again, but they didn't expect Zhang Yan to bring this matter up.
"Sister-in-law, you said that Wei Gong was involved in the treasure ship case. Do you have any evidence?"
"Yes." Zhang Yan handed over the folding book in her hand.
Zhu Youjian looked at Wei Zhongxian, thought for a moment, and winked at the guards in front of the palace.
The man took the folder from Zhang Yan and gave it to Zhu Youjian.
After reading the contents of the booklet, Zhu Youjian frowned and said, "Where is Lin Sanhe's witness?"
Zhang Yan said: "Just wait outside."
"Xuan."
Not long after the order was passed down, Lin Yue led someone into the hall from outside.
Wei Zhongxian remembered a saying--raising tigers brings disaster.
Although he had always used Lin San as a tool, it was still a bit difficult to face the situation where he was turned into a general by a tool. As for the person who went to court with Lin San... he felt like swallowing when he saw that face. As uncomfortable as a fly.
Guo Zhen.
Yes, the former eunuch Guo Zhen was in charge of the imperial eunuch, but how did Guo Zhen fall into Lin San's hands?
Wei Zhongxian had a very bad premonition.
"Lin San, now that the civil and military officials of the entire court are here in the main hall, there is no need to worry about Wei Zhongxian harming you. Tell the truth about what you learned from investigating the treasure ship case, and the emperor will naturally seek justice for you."
After Lin Yue finished the ceremony, Zhang Yan, who was given a seat by Zhu Youjian, stood up and said with encouragement.
"yes."
Lin Yue agreed and glanced at the ministers present: "In June of this year, the late emperor was playing in Taiye Lake. Unexpectedly, the newly built treasure ship sank. The late emperor accidentally fell into the water, and the root of his illness began to fall. He died two months later. The crane traveled west. Jinyiwei and Dongchang were ordered by the late emperor to investigate the treasure ship case. In July, Guo Zhen, the eunuch in charge of the internal affairs office, was ambushed in Jinling Tower and disappeared. On the same day, Ling Yunkai, the general flag of Jinyiwei, was severely wounded by a man named Zhou Tai. Pei Lun, a member of the Fusi household in Jinyiweinan Town, went to the scene of the incident to investigate. Because Pei Lun had an old relationship with Yin Cheng, Zhou Taizhi's accomplice, Lin San was assigned by Wei Zhongxian to supervise Pei Lun's handling of the case."
"During the investigation of the case, Chen and Pei Lun discovered that Guo Zhen had contact with Beizhai, a member of the Donglin Party, so they joined the investigation together. As the investigation deepened, Chen discovered that the matter was more complicated than imagined. Guo Zhen might have Involved in the treasure ship case, the reason why he was ambushed and disappeared is probably because the mastermind behind the treasure ship case wanted to kill someone and silence him."
"What happened later further confirmed my suspicions. On the day when Commander Zheng of the East Factory took over the Jinyiwei Case Documents Storehouse, someone raided the Case Documents Storehouse at night and set it on fire. The internal shipbuilding documents sealed inside were burned. But it doesn't matter. There’s a Hokusai to look up.”
"Later, I learned about the movements of Shen Lian and others through the collected intelligence, and immediately went to Shandong to capture them. How could I have known that at this time, Lu Wenzhao, a Qianhu of the Jin Yiwei, and his gang members appeared, disrupting my trapping plan? At that time, Xu Xianchun, the governor of Fusi Town in the north of Jinyiwei, led a large group of troops and killed Lu Wenzhao and others. Zhou Tai and Beizhai jumped into the Yellow River, not knowing whether they were alive or dead."
"In line with the idea of seeing people alive and dead, I visited both sides of the Yellow River many times and found that there was a possibility that Zhou Tai and Beizhai could survive. At this time, Wei Zhongxian ordered me to stop the investigation and return to Beijing to report on my work. I returned The Empress of Beijing reported Zhou Tai’s possible survival and Lu Wenzhao’s suspected silence, and asked to continue digging into the treasure ship case. As a result, Wei Zhongxian was assigned to the warehouse to inspect and liquidate the inventory.”
"However, the empress is wise and knows that I have a heart to pursue the truth, so I transferred the minister to Kunning Palace as an errand as a cover, and the minister continued to secretly investigate the treasure ship case. During the time when the late emperor held the funeral, Wei Zhongxian's precautions weakened. I found some clues while searching Lu Wenzhao's home, and then followed the clues and found Guo Zhen who was under house arrest in a semi-abandoned courtyard in Shuntian Mansion."
"According to Guo Zhen's account, he and Lu Wenzhao were both subordinates of Wei Zhongxian, and the treasure ship case was concocted by Wei Zhongxian with the purpose of assassinating the late emperor. As for the later report that Guo Zhen had an affair with Beizhai and other Donglin Party members, I think that, This is all a series of tricks used by Wei Zhongxian to confuse the public, frame the blame for disobedient officials, and suppress dissidents. Even the fire in the Jinyiwei case library may be a painful drama written and directed by Wei Zhongxian. As for the story in the Yellow River In the battle on the north bank, Wei Zhongxian knew that the minister had laid a dragnet. Once Beizhai and Zhou Tai were captured, he would know the truth. Of course, he would not sit back and watch this happen, so he sent Lu Wenzhao to hunt down Beizhai and others to disrupt the minister's plan. plan, and later ordered Xu Xianchun to kill Lu Wenzhao and others in order to silence them."
At this point, the entire audience was silent. The civil servants and military officers looked at me and I looked at you, all with blank expressions on their faces.
When the treasure ship case started, Jin Yiwei was investigating, but it was taken over by Dongchang just from the beginning. Dongchang was under the absolute control of Wei Zhongxian, and outsiders had no access to information about the progress of the case. Now Lin Yue said so much in one breath , the amount of information is too large to be digested at once.
How does this matter have anything to do with Wei Zhongxian? Logically speaking, he should not have assassinated the late emperor. After all, everything he had was given by the late emperor. Some astute officials began to doubt the authenticity of Lin Yue's speech.
"Lin San, I can't figure out why Wei Qing wanted to harm the emperor's brother."
Zhu Youjian asked questions that they wanted to ask but were difficult to ask.
"For the throne." Lin Yue looked at Wei Zhongxian coldly: "Wei Zhongxian's wife, Hakka, was the late emperor's wet nurse. It was precisely because of the late emperor's care for his wet nurse that he was able to become a great minister and achieve the power he has today."
This is a well-known thing.
"At the beginning of summer this year, the late emperor told Queen Yi'an that Wei Zhongxian's establishment of a literary prison was not what the late emperor wanted, and he intended to order Lady Feng Sheng's family to move out of the palace. Somehow, this matter reached the ears of the Hakka family. Consciously, the late emperor's treatment Their attitudes changed, and they accelerated their conspiracy. Since the late emperor had no heirs, they secretly selected pregnant women and sent them to the palace and arranged for them to sleep with them, pretending to be pregnant with a dragon child. When the late emperor was ill in bed, Hakka once proposed that he would become the crown prince once the baby was born in the womb of a pregnant palace maid. After Queen Yi'an found out, she repeatedly advised him, but the late emperor finally did not agree to Hakka's proposal. This matter can be testified by the palace maids and eunuchs on duty in the Qing Palace. After Your Majesty ascended the throne, the Hakka family was worried that the matter would be exposed, so they took the pregnant maids out of the palace to murder them. I have captured the perpetrators and are now in custody outside the palace."
As soon as this statement came out, many officials thought of the story of Lu Buwei in the pre-Qin Dynasty, and after contacting Zhu Youxiao for so many years, the heirs were either stillborn in the mother's womb or died mysteriously, so they believed Lin Yue's words 70% to 80%.
"You... you... are slanderous." Wei Zhongxian pointed at Lin Yue and cursed. He never thought that this boy's mouth would be so vicious. The treasure ship case was obviously done by Zhu Youjian. It has been a long time since younger brothers killed older brothers to get the throne. It's really not a rare thing, but when the kid turned a corner, it turned out to be his assassination of the emperor. The key is that it was connected with the matter of collecting pregnant women and sending them to the palace. The two things were not close to each other. pieced together into a conspiracy.
"Wei thief, you have corrupted the imperial court and have the audacity to plot rebellion. Everyone will be able to punish you." Lin Yue turned to look at Zhu Youjian, clasped his fists and said, "If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can send a message to the guest family to go to the palace to confront the witness. In addition, the murdered palace maiden His body has also been found and is now being kept safely outside the city. The emperor can send the criminal officials and palace maids over to identify him."
Wei Zhongxian was so angry that he didn't expect that he would be caught by the geese while hunting geese all day long, and be tricked by a young eunuch. The key is that he can't tell the truth. Is it possible to tell the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty that the treasure ship case was not done by me, but by the current emperor Zhu Youjian. The key is that you have to provide evidence, but the evidence is there ----- -Guo Zhen, is it possible for him to identify Zhu Youjian? If we really do this, it will be equivalent to forcing Zhu Youjian to side with Queen Yi'an, and there will be no room for maneuver.
Zhu Youjian looked at the Queen of Yi'an, Zhang Yan, and then at the civil and military officials of the court. He looked embarrassed, and finally sighed: "Xuanke family."
The guards in front sang: "Xuanke comes to the palace."
…
Two hours later.
Today's morning court has lasted for a long time, but no civil and military officials dared to complain because the matter was too big.
At this moment, Keshi collapsed in the hall, her face so pale that no trace of blood could be seen.
This is something that many people expected, because since Queen Yi'an dared to come to the Qing Palace to be a ginseng, she must have a lot of evidence. The Hakka family who was caught off guard had to stand up, it would be difficult... it would be as difficult as the sky.
The Death Palace Maid - the child in the Death Palace Lady's belly - the confessions of the Death Palace Lady's family - the murderer's confession - the testimony of the Palace Maid who knew the Death Palace Maid - plus the testimony of Queen Yi'an.
These are all linked together to point to the Ke family, and she can't even try to quibble.
"Good Hakka, my dear brother, I wish that you had nurtured him and loved you in every possible way. I have never wronged you in the slightest. I didn't expect that you have ulterior motives and want to steal a great treasure by stealing a beam for a pillar. You are so vicious that I can't get rid of it even if it's too late. I feel hatred in my heart, but since you are a female prostitute and the royal brother’s wet nurse, I will give you a decent way to die.”
Zhu Youjian patted the armrest of the dragon chair: "Come on, take the Hakka family to the Huanyi Bureau and whip him to death."
The guards on duty outside the palace walked into the palace, carried the Hakkas who shouted "spare my life" and walked towards the direction of Huanyi Bureau. No one in the civil and military circles dared to intercede. What was even more surprising was that Wei Zhongxian's expression did not change much. .
Why is there no change? There is a reason.
