Chapter 183 There is no justice

At night, inside Kunning Palace.

The emperor's family of four had just finished dinner, and Zhu Houzhao had not yet returned to the East Palace.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the stool, his head drooped but his eyebrows raised, and he glanced sharply, as if someone owed him tens of thousands of taels of silver but had not paid back.

"Cackle"

Zhu Xiurong's laughter came.

In front of Zhu Xiurong was a wooden box of glass beads, at least a few hundred.

Zhu Xiurong was pitiful and aggrieved during the day, but at night she became the happiest person in the world.

"Prince, come here"

Zhu Youtang called his son aside.

Zhu Houzhao said plausibly, "Father, why do you have to give your imperial sister so many glazed pearls and have to set rules for her?"

"What are the rules? I am in front of your mother. I haven’t exposed you. If you have to give everything so that others can have it, do you think that all the people in the world have to rely on your kindness to survive? It’s them who give it to you, not you who give it to them."

Zhu You Tang educated his son.

Zhu Houzhao said, "Isn't the world all ours?"

"Humph"

Zhu Youtang said, "It seems you should learn more. If Water carries the boat and water overturns it. I don’t understand the principle of how to govern the world in the future. As a king, and to serve the world as your successor, you do not own the world. All the seas are your subjects. You must use your own efforts to let them They have it, and you can only get it if the people are rich."

Zhu Houzhao lowered his head, obviously he did not want to receive this kind of education.

In the palace, he felt that Tian was the boss, his father was the second, and he was the third, even my mother had to step aside.

Now he is told that all this is not his, but was given to him by others. As the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, how could he be willing to accept this idea?

"Don't argue with your sister. , She is your closest relative, you must treat her well whether I am here or not," Zhu Youtang said.

Zhu Houzhao said curiously, "The emperor's father and mother are also close relatives of his sons and ministers."

Zhu Youtang rolled his eyes at him and said, "There are some things that you will understand when you are older. Reply Don’t forget to make up for your schoolwork in the East Palace. Children of common people are expected to stay up all night to study. It’s time for you to focus on your studies. Someone comes and takes the prince back to the East Palace.”

“My son, please return. I need to talk to my father and mother about the matter, so I’m not in a hurry to leave.”

After all, Zhu Houzhao is just a child who has not yet reached the age of eight.

Zhu Youtang and his wife seemed to be very willing to let him live in the East Palace since he was a child and let him receive an independent education.

Zhu Youtang stood at the door of Kunning Palace, watching the light of the lanterns as his son and his entourage left. When he turned around, he realized that Xiao Jing had been standing beside him for a long time.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang has been notified and asked to come to Fengtian Palace tomorrow morning. The slaves will lead him into the palace." Xiao Jing said.

"Yes." Zhu Youtang nodded, "Is there any news from the Gongyuan?"

Xiao Jing said, "This matter has not yet been reported to the court.It has been discussed in the hall that Your Majesty has not issued a decree to go to Gongyuan. It is estimated that the papers will be opened in the next two days, so I might have missed it. However, Dongchang had previously handed in a note, instructing Bachelor Cheng not to read the file. It was expected that he had not come into contact with the contents of the Zhujuan, and his report to Shi Zhonghuachang was often false. ”

In Hua Chang’s memorial, it was specifically mentioned that Cheng Minzheng had agreed on some code words with the cheater, so that even if the ink scroll was transcribed into a red scroll, Cheng Minzheng could still find the corresponding scroll for internal and external secrets.

The emperor had listened to Zhang Zhou's words and told the inner curtain that Cheng Minzheng would not be allowed to review the papers. He could only say that the suspicion of his private transfer was eliminated, but the accusation would still be there.

"What else was found in Dongchang?" Zhu Youtang was not in a hurry to announce the matter before. It's because he knows that he shouldn't be too anxious about this matter.

The truth has become the most important thing.

The more important thing is to dispel the scholar's suspicion. The Ministry of Returning Rites will try to have a fair reputation.

Under this premise, the interests of some people involved in the case, including part of the truth, can be sacrificed. In history, Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing He and Tang Yin were the ones who were sacrificed for the sake of the overall situation.

Except for the parties involved, no one cares about the truth.

They all stand on their own side. Seeing the favorable side of the incident, he didn't care about the overall situation.

Xiao Jing said, "Returning to Your Majesty, Dongchang found out that Hua Chang had no witnesses and was just telling the story based on rumors. There are many comments among the disciples, saying that they saw Mr. Zhang discussing test questions with others and had a private conversation with Tang Yin, which was when they arranged for them to meet the teacher."

"Bastard" Zhu Youtang became angry when he heard this. He felt that the ministers wanted to say that I had arranged for Jiangnan undergraduate students to meet with Wang Hao and Liu Ji to help them get the title.

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Xiao Jing was also a little bit dumbfounded, and sighed slightly, "Nowadays, those people are using some far-fetched rumors to tell the story. Mr. Zhang and Tang Yin met that day in full view of the public, and there was no topic of discussion. , and the two never saw each other again. "

"Unreasonable"

Zhu Youtang originally didn't care much about the truth, but now that Zhang Zhou was also involved in the case, he became angry.

He felt that the civil servants were targeting Zhang Zhou and deliberately dragging him into trouble.

Now the emperor is the one who cares most about the truth besides the few people involved in the case.

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"The slave also found out that this case may be related to the domestic slaves in Cheng Min's government. The disciples of Cheng Min's government house accepted bribes from visiting scholars, and based on the price they gave, they decided whether they could win or not. Give a recommendation to the agent. "Xiao Jing said.

Zhu Youtang frowned and said, "Then Cheng Minzheng was accused by Bingkuan. He was not unjust at all. He knew that he had a good reputation and could not even take care of his family. How could he stand up as a court official?"Tang"

Now the emperor is a little resentful of Cheng Minzheng.

The emperor is unwilling to admit that the responsibility lies with himself, but feels that Cheng Minzheng is not avoiding suspicion.

Xiao Jing said, "My servant heard Mr. Zhang mention it before and also reminded Mr. Cheng. Later, Mr. Cheng seemed to have avoided it and never saw the scholar again. But after all, it happened before. "

" Alas, Bingkuan originally wanted to pull Cheng Minzheng into trouble, but ended up getting himself into it, but fortunately they have not met formally, so it may not be that easy to bring up Bingkuan's matter. Go and find Mr. Liu Ge and Mr. Xie Ge, as well as Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. I want to see them tonight. ”

“Your Majesty, it’s already night. ”

“It’s night, so why not tomorrow morning? There will be a public discussion in the court. If we don’t see you now, when will we see you?”

“Yes”

Liu Jian, Xie Qian and Xu Qiong were summoned to Qianqing Palace overnight.

Xu Qiong didn't seem to know about this. After all, he had not seen Hua Chang's memorial, but the cabinet had seen the memorial to Shuguan Bai. Yes, but this kind of impeachment memorial does not require a vote by the cabinet, so they only met with Guan Bai, and they were not asked to provide opinions on how to handle the case.

The investigation of the case belongs to the Third Law Department. Whether it is a matter that the Dongchang Jinyiwei is going to do, whether it is approved by the cabinet or not, there is no essential difference in the outcome.

In the absence of evidence, we can only send the person to jail first. Or he could be sent to prison to find out more.

"What's going on, you two?"

On the way into the palace, Xu Qiong couldn't help but ask.

Xie Qian said, "Mostly it was because the Household Affairs Bureau gave an impeachment question to Zhonghua Chang, Cheng Keqin, and also involved three candidates, Zhang Zhou, Tang Yin and Xu Jing, and these three candidates were all from Jiangnan. Zhang Zhou and Tang Yin were both Jieyuan and Yayuan in the undergraduate Jiangnan Provincial Examination. ”

Xu Qiong frowned and said, “This has to do with Zhang Zhou.”

Even Xu Qiong found it a bit incredible.

Is Hua Chang a reckless man? The people may not necessarily know about Zhang Zhou, but Hua Chang, who is responsible for the affairs of the household department, doesn't even know that Zhang Zhou won the emperor's trust and made meritorious service to the court

Although the Yushi Yanguan was in the Ming Dynasty They have a special status. Many people have low official positions, but they appear in the court every day, but they are only limited to the six subjects and the left and right. The ordinary ones are not qualified to participate in the court meeting.

If he passes the Jinshi examination, six subjects will be given to him, and the rank will usually be nine years old, that is, he will complete the nine-year examination. If you are full, you can be promoted to Shizhong in all six subjects, and if you are in Shizhong in all six subjects, you can only reach the seventh rank.

Although it is only the seventh rank, as a capital official, he will be promoted to a local official at least. He also started as the deputy envoy of the Chasi Division and became the second-in-command in the prison affairs of the province.

As for the officials of the Sixth Section, they were often stubborn and refused to obey orders. When it comes to matters such as sealing and refutation, these Liuke Yanguan often rush to the front, and they lose their temper for this reason.Many people lost their lives.

There is a risk of being confused because of this."

"Haha."

Xu Qiong could only smile bitterly when he heard this.

Xie Qian means that Zhang Zhou’s involvement in the case may make the case unclear in the end.

That is to say, in the minds of civil servants, they tend to accept the fact that the question exists, and they are afraid that Zhang Zhou's involvement in the case will affect the investigation of the case.

Especially the people in the cabinet

Cheng Minzheng was investigated. They said they wanted to get justice for Cheng Minzheng, but in their hearts they were holding back their bad intentions, hoping that Cheng Minzheng would never recover from this. Another cabinet minister appears who is out of control.

Xu Qiong asked Liu Jian on the side, "Mr. Liu Ge, do you think it is really necessary for Zhang Zhou to participate in the vend question?"

Liu Jian still walked forward, but looked sideways after hearing this Eyes Xu Qiong.

Xie Qian asked with a smile, "What do you mean?"

Xu Qiong was not from the orthodox civil servant faction, but Ni Yue, the Minister of Rites, who was pushed out by him before, was In the eyes of others, Xu Qiong was an orthodox civil servant, so Xu Qiong's stance on some matters would be contrary to orthodox opinions.

Xu Qiong said, "Ignoring Zhang Zhou Jiangnan's identity, just based on his status in His Majesty's heart, His Majesty's secret efforts for his official career, and his ability to repeatedly divine secrets, so Ability is more about being jealous of villains because of your reputation, but you shouldn’t ruin your reputation and go to jail just for the sake of gossip.”

Xu Qiong is a discerning person.

In other words, he just said the most common truth.

Why would such an awesome person write a question because he is full?

Liu Jian did not comment and said coldly, "The case has not been finalized, let's discuss it later." Please keep this in mind. Collection, the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft