Behind a neat group of soldiers was a middle-aged commander. He looked at Zhao Huaian and shouted loudly: "Swords are ruthless. Don't go any further, sir. Don't lose your life."
After Zhao Huaian heard this, he just raised the official seal in his hand high, and then said righteously: "I am depriving you of the emperor's salary, and I govern a county for you. After three years of great disaster, the prefect's Yamen concealed it and refused to report it. The superior censor and censor turned a blind eye, deceived the Holy One, and did not neglect the government. Today, I wear the official robe given by the court, hold the seal of Yicheng County, and lead the people to ask for orders. Even if I die, I will have no regrets. You guys, retreat quickly."
After saying that, Zhao Huaian took a step forward, one step closer to the soldier's blade.
Zhao Huaian took a step forward, and the people behind him followed suit.
Soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, and you can only retreat.
The soldiers retreated, and the commander could only retreat.
"Sir, if you take one more step forward, you will be killed without mercy." Mr. Ba was making his final struggle.
But after Zhao Huaian heard this, there was no trace of fear on his face and he continued to move forward.
Zhao Huaian walked forward, but none of the soldiers dared to really rush forward and kill him.
At this moment, the soldier ran over and whispered something in the ear of the boss. After hearing this, the boss became furious: "According to the situation, I will adapt to the situation, brothers. Earlier, he actually wanted me to take responsibility for him."
The soldier then said: "Then what should we do, sir?"
"That's it. If he moves forward, we will retreat and ignore him."
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Beijing City, in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
After Liu Qing read a letter, he fainted and fell to the ground. The censors on the side quickly rescued him. After Liu Qing woke up, his face was still pale and his whole body was trembling. It was over, he was done.
When he returned home that day, he hanged himself from a beam.
Among the people who also fainted was the eunuch Shang Ming, the eunuch who was the chief eunuch and the eunuch who followed Zhang Bao into the palace. They supported each other and ascended to a high position together.
However, Shang Ming still has a glimmer of hope. He is a good friend of Zhang Bao. Zhang Bao is the person closest to His Majesty. After finding out about him, he will definitely restrain himself.
Liu Qing committed suicide by hanging from a beam, causing an uproar in the court. Even Zhu Jianshen was touched. How could such a high-ranking official commit suicide? He sent someone to check and express his condolences, but received Liu Qing's confession and suicide note. At the same time, the memorial from Zhao Huaian of Xiangyang Prefecture also came into the hands of Yu Qian, which shocked Yu Qian. He immediately took Li Xian to the Qianqing Palace with him.
The confession and the memorial were placed in front of Zhu Jianshen's desk. Everything was so clear.
Zhu Jianshen was very angry, but he did not let his anger go to his head. He directly ordered Li Xian to go to Huguang as a relief envoy to provide relief, and then issued an order to appoint Si Li Jian to be the eunuch, Nanjing's official minister, minister, and deputy governor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate. Shi, the governor of Huguang, the official history of Huguang, the envoy of Huguang, the commander of the capital of Huguang, the prefect of Xiangyang, and the prefect of Jingzhou. Within three years, six supervisory censors were inspected continuously. Within three years, all the four thousand Jinyi guards who were on duty in Jiangxia were imprisoned. They all had deputies to take over their duties, including the whole relief envoy, the bachelor, and the assistant minister of the cabinet Li Xian, who took charge of the disaster relief, and the king of Xiang was imprisoned at home and could not go out.
Then Zhao Huaian, the instigator of the incident who was less than thirty years old, was promoted to the prefect of Xiangyang.
Then he issued an order that all government offices in the capital could not close their offices and obey orders during the Spring Festival.
Then Xu Youzhen, who was in Ningbo, would stop all the things he was doing and return to Beijing immediately within ten days.
In the Palace of Qianqing, Xu Youzhen, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who was urgently recalled to the capital, Zhu Ji, commander of the Imperial Guards, Liu Tong, deputy commander of the Imperial Procuratorate, Zhang Qingzhi, governor of Huguang, Zhang Bao, the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, and others They all knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.
Zhang Qingzhi, the governor of Huguang, entered the capital yesterday. The decree had not yet reached Huguang. He entered the capital on the same day as Xu Youzhen. When summoned by the emperor, Zhu Jianshen asked him to come.
In fact, at this time, Zhu Jianshen already knew a lot based on Liu Qing's confession. This was a major top-down treason case involving many officials.
Yu Qian stood aside, looking at the kneeling people with a solemn expression, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.
Before conducting the case, Zhu Jianshen turned his back to everyone so that they could not see his expression.
"Governor of Huguang."
"I'm here." Zhang Qingzhi quickly responded in a low voice.
"You shouldn't have gone back to Beijing. What do you mean by going back to Beijing? Do you want to take care of yourself and do some activities? Tell me, which one of these people kneeling below wants you to take care of?
"Your Majesty, I concealed my secret and failed to report it, which caused a great disaster. I came to the capital this time to plead guilty."
After Zhu Jianshen heard this, he snorted coldly, then turned around, walked down the stage, and looked at Zhang Qingzhi, whom he had only met a few times.
"Thousands of sons of bitches like that from Jinyiwei are greedy for money and lust, and that's okay. Like you, who studied hard in a cold window and read a lot of poems and books. Is this how you plead for the people?"
"Are the lives of hundreds of thousands of people not as important as your reputation and your official position?"
"Could it be that the death of one or two people is nothing to you?"
"Do you really think that you are superior? You don't want to step in the dirt, or even see how the people below are in dire straits. Then why do you become an official of my Ming Dynasty, dressed like an animal, dressed like an animal?"
"Who taught you this? Is it a saint, or some of these kneeling people?"
Listening to Zhu Jianshen's words, the officials kneeling on the ground were all frightened, including Zhang Bao. He had served His Majesty the Emperor for a long time, and he knew in his heart that His Majesty the Emperor would be in conflict with each other, and when there would be no room left.
And Xu Youzhen was even more afraid. To put it bluntly, he was the biggest sinner. The sixth supervisory censor and the deputy censorship of Yingtian and Shuntian were all his subordinates, and Liu Qing had a close relationship with him. , to say the least is a sin of oversight. I just hope that His Majesty will not be carried away by anger and remove himself from his post, causing the great new deal created in various places in Jiangnan to fall short.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to die to apologize." Zhang Qingzhi listened to His Majesty the Emperor's words and felt shameless to excuse himself.
After Zhu Jianshen finished speaking, he sighed: "Of course I will let you die, but I will not let you die in the capital, come here."
After hearing Zhu Jianshen's words, several soldiers immediately entered the Qianqing Palace.
"Take off the official hat and court clothes of Zhang Qingzhi, the governor of Huguang, and escort him from the capital to Xiangyang. Under the city of Xiangyang, he beheads him in public. This is sent to all the prefectures and counties in Huguang as a warning. All members of Zhang Qingzhi's family are imprisoned, and the woman is imprisoned. After joining the teaching music studio, all the men were sent to Liaoping and their family property was confiscated."
After Zhu Jianshen finished speaking, the soldiers were ordered to take off Zhang Qingzhi's official hat, then took off his official robe and pulled him out of Qianqing Palace.
From beginning to end, Zhang Qingzhi did not say a word.
After Zhang Qingzhi was taken away, Zhu Jianshen walked up to Zhu Ji and Liu Tong.
"Did you hear what I just said? My personal soldiers, my royal guards, are rotten to the core. If you two have anything to say, please tell me."
"I have ignored the emperor's kindness and am willing to die to apologize." Zhu Ji said word by word. These thousands of households who had stayed in Huguang were all very capable among the Jinyi Guards and were highly valued by Zhu Ji. However, they just wanted money. , gave up his duty, this was something Zhu Ji couldn't even think about. Doesn't this prove that His Majesty the Emperor is blind?
"I am also willing to die to apologize." Liu Tong also hurriedly followed Zhu Ji and said.
Zhu Ji was indeed so ashamed and angry that he didn't want to live, but Liu Tong didn't want to die, but when the matter reached this point, it was no longer within his control.
"One of you is a commander, and the other is a fellow commander. You are the second- and third-grade officials of the imperial court. You have turned my army into what it is today. If you want to die, it will be easier for you."
"I am willing to take the blame for Ling Chi at Meridian Gate." After Zhu Ji heard this, he continued.
But Liu Tong was talking but he couldn't say it. Ling Chi, today's craftsmen are very good at craftsmanship. What a punishment this must be. Oh, if I had known, I would have just wiped my neck like Liu Qing.
After listening to Zhu Ji's words, Yu Qian, who had been sitting aside, closed his eyes. This was his son-in-law, the husband he carefully selected for his daughter, but he could not plead for mercy and could only watch helplessly.
Zhu Jianshen became even more angry after listening to Zhu Ji's words. Zhu Ji wanted to die. Who cares about leaving this mess? At this time, Zhu Ji said such words as if he was forcing himself. He pointed and knelt down. Zhu Ji, who was underground, said coldly: "Ling Chi, okay, I promise..."
"Your Majesty." Zhang Bao, who had been kneeling on the ground, raised his head at this time.
Zhu Jianshen looked at Zhang Bao.
"Your Majesty, Commander Zhu is guilty, but the crime is not serious enough. He is still in his prime. Let him make atonement for Your Majesty."
Zhang Bao's plea gave Zhu Jianshen a step down. What Zhu Ji didn't say, Zhang Bao said.
Zhu Jianshen also regained some clarity in Zhang Bao's words. I cannot be a merciless and unkind monarch...
But Zhu Ji is so annoying. In this case, he doesn't want to do an internal investigation first, clean up the team, and then plead guilty. This is the normal process, but Zhu Ji bypassed the previous ones and directly begged for death, even if you are more sad than your heart. Death, however, was unacceptable to the emperor.
At this time, after Zhu Ji heard Zhang Bao's words, he also understood that he had just given the emperor eye drops, and then he went back to what he said.
"If Your Majesty is still willing to trust me, I am willing to eliminate the pests who are close to the army, review the secret records of Jin Yiwei's ten years of entry, and give an explanation to Your Majesty."
After Zhu Jianshen heard Zhu Ji's words, he turned his head and glanced at Yu Qian with his eyes closed.
Yu Taibao is also old.
"I hope you won't let me down this time, and don't let Yu Taibao lose his face."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Liu Tong, who had been waiting for the next step, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Zhu Ji didn't have to die, and neither did he.
"Liu Tongzhi, just now Commander Zhu talked about how to punish Lingchi, why didn't you continue?"
After hearing Zhu Jianshen's words, Liu Tong's expression changed drastically. Could it be that Zhu Ji didn't have to die, and he was the one who died...
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