Upon hearing the order, the Jinyi guards immediately stepped forward and pulled out Huang Zicheng.
This change happened so quickly that all the civil and military officials present were shocked.
Today I was ordered to come out to welcome the crown prince on his triumphant return to the court.
Everyone thought it was just a formality.
The New Army has made such a great contribution, so a heavy reward is inevitable.
Lao Zhu was very stingy with officials, and the salary he set for them was the lowest in history.
But the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers who have made great achievements in war have never been stingy in rewarding them.
Otherwise, how can we let the soldiers fight desperately on the front line?
Civil servants still remember the words of saints and must stick to their personal ideas and beliefs.
The big-headed soldier doesn't care about that.
This era also did not have as extensive and in-depth patriotic education as later generations.
The big-headed soldiers who are illiterate only want to cut off people's heads, achieve military success, and seek glory and wealth.
If you win a battle, the court will reward you with lots of money.
In the past, every time after a war, when meritorious deeds were discussed and rewards were given, the Minister of Household Affairs would have a huge headache.
Because the money expenditure required is too great.
But this time is different.
There were only five hundred people in the new army.
Everyone gave generous rewards, and the overall expenses were not too great.
As for Zhu Yunzhen, as the commander of the New Army, he was responsible for managing the New Army. His contribution is so great that it goes without saying.
It's just that he is the prince, and the entire world will belong to him in the future.
It doesn’t matter whether you are rewarded or not.
The only thing worthy of attention is that his position as crown prince will never be shaken again.
But no one expected that as soon as Zhu Yunzhen came back, he would order Huang Zicheng to be captured.
It should be noted that Huang Zicheng was not only the minister of Dali Temple, but also had an extraordinary status.
Moreover, he vaguely seemed to have become the head of the civil servants of the imperial court.
He has a high prestige among the government and the public, and many officials follow his lead.
Although the conflict between His Highness Taisun and Huang Zicheng has been keenly noticed by those who are interested.
But the two sides did not break up after all.
In the eyes of many people, as Zhu Yunzhen's position as grandson becomes more stable, the conflicts between the two will gradually ease until they disappear.
After all, their conflict came from the fact that Zhu Yunzhen was not the emperor's eldest grandson, and Huang Zicheng was unwilling to accept him as the crown prince.
Now everything has settled.
Zhu Yunxu led the new army to achieve great success, and the status of the crown prince was completely stable.
Huang Zicheng can no longer be entangled.
The conflict between the two naturally no longer exists.
His Highness Taisun will have to rely on civilian officials to govern the country in the future. It must be a dream to be able to turn conflicts into friendship.
Not only officials think so, but even Huang Zicheng himself thinks so.
To this day.
He finally accepted his fate.
He admitted that he really couldn't beat Zhu Yunzhen.
He admitted that the other party's ability was far beyond his expectations.
Although he was unwilling to do so, he could only accept him as the crown prince.
In the prince's mansion before, Zhu Yunzhen was only the prince's son, not the prince, and he was separated by one floor.
Therefore, the teachers arranged are worse than those of the prince.
Now that he has become the crown prince, His Majesty has never arranged a teacher for him.
If possible, he might be able to get this job.
After all, among civil servants, Huang Zicheng considered himself to be extremely knowledgeable and highly prestigious.
Although Zhu Yunxuan was "stubborn" and everything he did was shocking and independent, which was inconsistent with Confucian etiquette and law, his talent and ability were far beyond those of the world.
Teaching such a disciple made countless civil servants in the court feel excited.
Huang Zicheng also had such a big dream in spring and autumn.
Thinking that Zhu Yunzhen had already offended the generals and nobles, he would never offend himself again.
Resolving past grudges is easy.
But he never expected that the other party would take him down as soon as he came back?
"Your Highness Taisun, what crime did this officer commit to be taken down?" Huang Zicheng asked loudly after being caught.
He asked himself whether he would be discovered when he wrote a letter to Xu Dongjiang, the prefect of Jiaxing.
As long as Xu Dongjiang is not stupid, he will definitely destroy the letter after reading it.
What's more, when Zhu Yunxuan returned in triumph this time, he also brought Xu Dongjiang with him and did not lock him up, which means nothing happened.
Zhu Yunxuan snorted coldly, and just as he was about to speak, the civil and military officials below him were already like a frying pan.
"Your Highness Taisun, Mr. Huang is the minister of Dali Temple, an important minister in the court, and has a very high reputation among scholars. I wonder what he has committed? Your Highness Taisun, please clarify!"
"If Mr. Huang is really guilty of committing a crime, it is natural that he should be taken down. But the charges are not yet clear, and I am afraid that the world will not accept it."
"Your Highness, Mr. Huang is guilty. He can wait until he returns to the court to report to Your Majesty and hand it over to the ministers for public discussion and trial. Why rush to take it down at this time?"
"Today's victory and return to the court is a great joy. I'm afraid it's not good to take someone at this time."
"That's right! What crime did Mr. Huang commit? Why is His Highness Taisun so impatient that he wants to arrest someone as soon as they meet?"
…
All the officials spoke one after another, questioning the prince and asking about Huang Zicheng's crime. They all thought it was inappropriate to arrest him at this time.
Zhu Yunzhen's face gradually sank.
If it were Lao Zhu who ordered Huang Zicheng to be taken down, would an official dare to question it and ask what happened?
will not have!
Because no one dares!
Even if you want to ask, you have to wait until afterwards.
Questioning him on the spot was undoubtedly a provocation to the imperial power.
They still don't take this prince in their eyes!
At this time, Zhu Yunwen also knelt on the ground, cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, Mr. Huang, I know very well what kind of person you are, and I am willing to be your guarantee."
"If he has really committed any crime, His Highness the Grand Sun might as well speak out and make it public."
"If there is no serious crime, today is another happy day for returning home in triumph. I hope His Highness the Grand Sun will let him go for the time being for my brother's sake."
"If His Highness the Grand Sun decides what to do with him in the future, I will definitely tie him up and give him to His Highness the Grand Sun."
His words sounded polite on the surface, but they had sinister intentions underneath.
Since the Western Han Dynasty proposed using "filial piety" to govern the world, filial piety has become the core of feudal ethics.
Many of the stories in Twenty-Four Filial Piety are considered very stupid by future generations.
For example, those who eat their parents’ feces and urine, those who bury their biological sons, those who actively feed mosquitoes…
In order to show filial piety, he did not hesitate to harm his own body and tortured his own flesh and blood.
Such perverted behavior is regarded as a standard.
In such a social environment, anyone who behaves unfilially is considered a bad person.
And being filial to parents and respecting brothers are connected together.
Although Zhu Yunwen was the crown prince, Zhu Yunwen was his elder brother.
Zhu Yunzhen begged for mercy like this. If Zhu Yunzhen did not agree, it would be disrespectful to his brother.
If he agrees, the majesty of his grandson will definitely be wiped out.
Now that the other party has made a move, Zhu Yunzhen must also respond. He quickly changed his face and said with a smile: "Brother, why do you need to do this?"
"Come here, help my brother up quickly!"
Several Jinyi guards stepped forward and directly pulled Zhu Yunwen up.
Zhu Yunxuan turned his eyes to Huang Zicheng, immediately changed his face, snorted coldly, and said: "You dare to bewitch His Highness Prince Heng, and you will be punished with an additional penalty."
"Send him to Jinyiwei Prison and interrogate him severely."
Zhu Yunzhen's expression changed drastically. He wanted to rush out and kneel down to plead for mercy and threaten Zhu Yunzhen, but he was held down tightly by several Jinyi guards.
The other officials were about to open their mouths to plead and question, but they heard Zhu Yunzhen's voice faintly.
"You would like to ask Gu Gu, what did Huang Zicheng commit? What if Gu Pi doesn't tell you?"
His voice was cold and murderous.
All the civil and military officials present felt a chill in their bodies.
Of course Zhu Yunzhen could ask Xu Dongjiang to testify, or he could produce a secret letter and announce the evidence in public.
But if he does that, his majesty as a prince will really not be established.
When a minister is arrested, he is forced to announce the evidence in public. Once this happens, no matter what decision he makes in the court in the future, officials will question him and he will have to explain it clearly to them to satisfy them.
Where is the majesty of the prince?
How can he supervise the country's governance?
Of course Zhu Yunzhen will not announce it.
"Do you think that Gu is a willful and unbearable person, so you question Gu's decision? Or do you think that you are the master of the Ming Dynasty, and Gu, the crown prince, also has to report the situation to you and obey your orders? "
As soon as these words came out, all the officials present fell silent, kneeling on the ground, not daring to say anything again.
Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng had always been on good terms, but at this moment, they were even more nervous.
He had a guess in his mind that Taisun would never take someone for no reason.
I'm afraid that because of Huang Zicheng's letter to Xu Dongjiang, something happened.
"When Gu left the city that day, it was here that Cao Guogong Li Jinglong openly blocked the march of the army. He questioned Gu's new army and was unable to fight, so Gu beheaded him in public."
"Okay, I didn't expect that when Gu returned to the city today, all the civil and military officials in the court would come to question Gu's decision again."
"Gu has to wonder if there is someone in the court who is secretly forming a clique for personal gain and is targeting Gu, the crown prince."
"In Huang Zicheng's case, I really want to investigate and see who is behind it!"
Huang Zicheng is just a representative, a figure who comes to the forefront.
If he wanted to innovate politics and lead Ming Dynasty into a new era, what he needed to fight was the entire feudal ethics.
Lao Zhu can use Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and others as cards to attack the Huaixi Xingong Group behind them.
He could also use the pretext of investigating the Huang Zicheng case to eliminate all those who opposed him.
The performance of these people today was exactly what he wanted.
After Zhu Yunxu finished speaking, he no longer looked at the officials kneeling on the ground, and ordered the Jin Yiwei: "Show Huang Zicheng's shackles to the public, follow Gu's chariot, and let the people of the capital take a good look."
Then he returned to the carriage carriage.
"Enter the city!"
(End of chapter)
