Chapter 85 The new ceremonial eunuch
No senior official stood up to support Zuo Guangdou's tough attitude, and only the official Liu Mao followed suit.
The British Duke and Cheng Guogong wanted to fight Zuo Guangdou to confiscate their homes, but Zhu Youxiao stood up and said to the officials: "Rumors poison people, rumors hurt people!"
Zuo Guangdou was a little confused. What was the prince's answer?
"Take Liu Yijing!"
After a while, the Jin Yiwei brought out a shackled official wearing prison uniform from the Huangjimen Gate Tower.
Liu Yijing!?
Ah! How did he become like this?
This is the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, a dignified Cabinet Bachelor!
After Liu Yijing was brought out, she kept kowtowing to Zhu Youxiao and begging for mercy, shouting: "Wang An wronged me! Wang An wronged me! It's Wang An who always spreads rumors and slanders His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
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The sound was so loud that most of the officials present heard it with their own ears, and those in the back also heard it through narration.
"Wang An mistaken me! Wang An mistaken me!"
"Take it down."
Jin Yiwei took Liu Yijing into custody again.
All the ministers knew that Wang An was talking about palace news, and Liu Yijing kept saying that Wang An had mistaken him.
Everyone looked at Zuo Guangdou, who was dumbfounded on the spot, and suddenly felt that he was stupid and stubborn, and had been deceived into a fool by rumors...
Zuo Guangdou felt like the world was spinning. It was a bit impossible for someone like Liu Yijing to commit suicide instead of committing suicide... Isn't it a bit impossible?
It must have been severe beatings, forced beatings, coercion and inducements...
Zuo Guangdou actually made a mistake, that is, regardless of whether the Donglin Party is a big boss or a tiger general, there are only a few who are truly loyal and upright.
A tiger general like Hui Shiyang could take refuge in Li Zicheng, who was considered a thief in the eyes of the literati. In order to save the lives of his family, Liu Yijing had no psychological burden at all by passing the responsibility to Wang An.
Not everyone is like Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou~
Zhou Jiamo and others knew that it was over, Zuo Guangdou was about to be doomed. The prince's ability to dig holes was terrifying. He was just watching Zuo Guangdou's mental breakdown.
If you don’t, then you can’t wash yourself clean by jumping into the Yellow River.
At this moment, a man calmly stepped out of the queue, bowed to Zhu Youxiao, and said loudly: "Your Highness the Supervisor, just now it can only be said that Liu Yijing was dragged down by Wang An, and Wang An misled him and harmed Liu Yijing. However,
Can this answer the question Zuo Yushi asked just now?"
Hmm?
This is it, and you’re still trying to defend yourself?
Everyone turned around, stepped on their feet and saw that it was Yang Lian who had just been spat in by Zuo Guangdou!
Are you sick?
Is this person crazy?
After most officials saw Liu Yijing and said, "Wang An mistaken me," they would not be able to side with Wang An and his ilk.
Yang Lian suddenly stood up and was convinced. Isn't this crazy?
"Everyone! Just now, Zuo Yushi asked four questions.
First, the British Duke saw that Wang An was blocking Zheng Yangxing. How to explain this?
Second, the bachelor Liu Yijing has been urging the disposal of Concubine Zheng Guifei and Zheng Yangxing? How can it become a rebellion?
Third, we have been impeaching the Zheng family, so how come we believe in rumors and spread rumors?
Fourth, the prince installed iron chains in Qianqing Palace, which caused lightning strikes. Minister Gu Ming and I saw the lightning triggers with our own eyes. It was not Wang An who spread rumors."
After Yang Lian asked these four questions, he wiped the saliva from his face and stared directly at Fang Congzhe, the chief minister of the cabinet, and others without fear.
Fang Congzhe said: "Let's not talk about these four issues first. It is a fact that Wang An conspired to rebel. Liu Yijing also admitted his participation and said that Wang An misunderstood him. Why do you..."
"Chief Assistant! Liu Yijing said that Wang An misunderstood him. Can you answer the four questions above?"
Yang Lian was powerful and even more upright than Zuo Guangdou just now. He stared at Fang Congzhe and said: "Wang An's rebellion may be true, but the Zheng family's rebellion is even more true!"
"Awesome, awesome."
Zhu Youxiao looked at this Donglin representative who would become famous in later generations and had to admit that he was a bit "powerful".
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please give me your answer. Otherwise, we cannot only punish Wang An and Liu Yijing whose crimes are unclear, but ignore the serious crime of the Zheng family and those who protect the Zheng family."
There is something in Yang Lian's words. As long as Zhu Youxiao uses these words, he can immediately produce evidence that Fang Congzhe and even Zhu Youxiao are letting it go and protecting the Zheng family.
Yanguan quarrels are already fierce, but Yang Lian is particularly tough and can quarrel.
Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly.
Hmm?
Yang Lian didn't understand why the prince dared to laugh.
"Your Highness! His Majesty Taichang passed away three days ago. It's unworthy of you to smile like this!" Yang Lian launched a fierce attack.
"Hahahaha~"
"Your Highness! You have insulted His Majesty Taichang! This is in front of hundreds of officials, who dares to say it is a rumor!"
Yang Lian pointed at the white silk on Baiguan's body and refuted Zhu Youxiao's impoliteness in person.
"No, Yang Lian, you really can't~"
"Your Highness... I think that the posthumous edict may not be a rumor." Yang Lian put it bluntly this time and directly said that the posthumous edict of Emperor Zhu Youjian's fifth son may not be a rumor.
So what if the prince has the support of Wu Xun and old ministers?
If you are disrespectful in front of all the officials in the world, you are still unfilial, and the Confucian scholars will not recognize you.
But Zhu Youxiao seemed to see through his thoughts: "By the way, is it true that I have read Mozi, and Confucian scholars can't tolerate me?"
"Your Highness also knows? It's a pity that it's too late. The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and the loyalty of my Confucian scholar is given to the filial prince."
Yang Lian felt that he was smarter than Zhuge and could outsmart the others, so he saved the world by himself.
He concluded: "I would like to ask the prisoner to issue an imperial edict on his own crime, and admit that he believed in evil, favored the Zheng family, and negligently harmed His Majesty Taichang. Don't think that just because you have a little military power, you can be unfilial and act recklessly."
"Alas...don't you really understand what I'm saying?"
Zhu Youxiao stared into Yang Lian's eyes and said, "You were fooled by the rumors. What you just said is completely unacceptable."
"I don't understand! The whole world doesn't understand either! No one will understand what you, an unfilial prince, are saying!"
Yang Lian is risking his life.
Zuo Guangdou seemed to be working hard just now, but compared with Yang Lian, who was so direct and strong, Zhu Youxiao was just kidding.
Many ministers in the court were very shocked. Today's morning court was too terrible.
What Yang Lian said seems to be true.
But it is unlikely that Zhu Youxiao will give up power and Zhu Youjian will become the emperor, right?
I saw Yang Lian directly criticizing Zhu Youxiao.
Eunuch Liu Shimin suddenly stood up and warned Yang Lian loudly: "You are too presumptuous!"
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said to him: "Let me introduce you to Mr. Liu Shimin. Many people must have seen him. He has now changed his name to Liu Ruoyu and was promoted yesterday to the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies and Palm Print."
Liu Shimin... changed his name to Liu Ruoyu? Liu Ruoyu became the eunuch in charge of the ceremony.
This is usually considered a major event, but compared with Yang Lian's direct attack on Zhu Youxiao, it is not a big deal at all.
How did Prince Zhu Youxiao answer Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou's questions? Once it comes to the reasons for Taichang's death from illness and the governance of the country with filial piety, this involves the legality of inheritance.
Zhu You said to Liu Ruoyu: "It is indeed very sad for people who have been deceived by rumors to become like this. Let Eunuch Liu enlighten them~"
Chapter completed!