Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, came out with the words "Execute the prince and demote him to a commoner", which caused the expressions of the officials present to change.

In the eleven years of the Zhengtong Dynasty, no vassal king has ever been expelled from his title, let alone Lu King Zhu Zhaohui, who is of the bloodline of Taizu. As the emperor's biological uncle, is Zhu Yong so ruthless?

If it had been any other vassal king, Zhu Yong would not have said such words at all. After all, even if the emperor's family affairs were regarded as honorable relatives, they were still inferior to those of the royal family, and it would be easy to get involved and get burned.

But what King Lu did challenged the bottom line of Duke Cheng Zhu Yong, which was to assassinate Shen Yichen! Since the death of the Duke's wife Lin, Zhu Ji's temperament has changed drastically, and he can no longer bear the responsibility of Zhu Yong. Revitalize family expectations

To take a step back, even if Zhu Ji had not changed at all, his status in the government would have plummeted due to the impact of Lin's actions back then.

Zhu Ji was "deposed", and his eldest son Zhu Yi officially assumed the military position. According to the tradition of expeditions before the Tumu Fort Incident in the Ming Dynasty, military generals should personally lead the army in battle, rather than serving as a mascot in the rear.

This also means that Zhu Yi is destined to go to the battlefield and face danger. If something happens, the blood of Cheng Guogong can support the family, and Shen Yichen will be the only one left in an instant.

You must know that Zhu Yong, Duke of Chengguo, worked hard for the prosperity of his family all his life. The belief that everyone will be prosperous and suffer losses is engraved in his bones.

Before accepting Shen Yichen, Duke Cheng was indifferent to whether the maidservant would give birth to a son alive or dead. But once he recognized the son, Zhu Yong would not allow anyone to attack Shen Yichen, even if the other party was the Prince of Ming Dynasty.

Not only for the relationship between father and son, but also for the future of the family!

"Do you, my beloved ministers, have any objections to what Duke Cheng Guo said?'

Zhu Qizhen rarely expressed his opinion, but instead asked other courtiers for their opinions.

This made all the ministers present feel very strange. It concerned the royal family and princes, so the emperor should take the initiative to make a decision and then leave it to the clan government for disposal.

Now that Duke Zongzhengcheng, Zhu Yong, has taken the initiative to propose punishments, the emperor still hasn't expressed his opinion? The important ministers in the court are silent. No matter whether they agree or disagree with this kind of thing, no one will express any objection.

The reason is very simple. The princes of the Ming Dynasty stayed away from the political struggle between the ruling and opposition parties, which meant that there was no threat to any central official. Since the other party has no conflict of interest and has a very high status, why bother to do such a thankless task of convicting people and offending others? Woolen cloth?

On the other hand, no official would dare to say a few nice words to express a favor. If someone were to impeach him for having a personal relationship with the feudal lord and being involved in a serious crime of treason, that would really be called bad luck.

But at this moment, Wang Wen, the censor of the capital, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this matter involves the royal family and vassals, so we should be cautious."

"I believe that Shen Qianxian's words cannot be taken at face value. The clan's office and the three judicial departments should jointly review the evidence of the crime and then make a decision.'

Memorials about Shen Yichen's arson of river dredging materials and his serious injuries from an assassination were submitted to the capital some time earlier.

At that time, the eunuchs headed by Wang Zhen were overjoyed when they saw it. Shen Yichen had been acting recklessly in the local area. The chief secretary, the salt envoy, and the patrol censor were all impeached. If it were not for the great cause of flood control, For his own sake, he might have been ordered back to Beijing to face charges.

Now that river engineering materials are burned and people are seriously injured, how can we complete the great cause of water control in Shandong?

Without this amulet, Wang Zhen had thousands of ways to capture Shen Yichen and convict him after returning to Beijing.

Now Shen Yichen suddenly impeached King Lu for treason. No matter whether it was true or false, he could not easily get what he wanted. It would be best to make the matter bigger, trigger a fight between the prince and the censor, and add more "criminal evidence" to Shen Yichen A big deal!

"Wang Duxian, King Lu colluded with local officials, raised private troops, assassinated censors, and set fire to river engineering materials. It can be said that everything has been witnessed by witnesses and material evidence. How can you say one thing!'

After Zhu Yong heard what Wang Wen, the censor of the capital, said, he immediately launched a rebuttal.

He knew that the reason why Wang Wen stood up to interfere was actually Wang Zhen's instruction, but now he couldn't care less.

If King Lu is okay, it means something is wrong with Shen Yichen!

"Does Shen Qianxian have any irrefutable evidence that King Lu raised his troops to rebel?"

Wang Wen's rhetorical question left Zhu Yong speechless for a moment.

This is why Shen Yichen did not hesitate to use his body as bait to force King Lu to assassinate him.

It was too difficult to convict the vassals of the Ming Dynasty. Even if they committed unscrupulous acts such as assassinating censors, colluding with local officials, etc., they could only be used as bargaining chips to increase the conviction, and the last step to break the bottom line of raising troops was always missing.

After the Zhengtong Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, there was only one vassal king who actually raised troops to rebel, and that was the famous King Ning's Rebellion.

Before Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao raised his troops, he committed countless acts of committing suicide. For example, he restored the abolished palace guards, killed local officials and people who were imprisoned at will, seized tens of thousands of hectares of land from officials and people, robbed merchants and harbored private soldiers. "The words are written on the face.

But even if he reached this point, and the eunuch Zhang Zhong, the censor Xiao Huai and others successively reported Zhu Chenhao's crimes, the punishment he received was only that Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty ordered him to be escorted and order him to return the land he had captured.

To put it bluntly, this kind of punishment is not even painful, and it even encourages the ambition of rebellion. The current behavior of King Zhu Zhaohui of Lu is far less serious than that of King Ning before he raised his troops.

Therefore, not actually raising troops is a hurdle that Shen Yichen cannot get around in his conviction!

"The ancients said that precautions should be taken before they happen. Is it possible that King Lu waited until his troops pointed directly at the capital before he thought of quelling the rebellion and questioning the guilty?"

A cold voice came from the mouth of British Duke Zhang Fu.

As the first Duke of the country and one of the five ministers of the late Emperor Tuogu, the British Duke Zhang Fu's status and qualifications were unmatched.

His words, in a sense, carry more weight than Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo. At the same time, they also represent the unified opinion of the entire Xunqi group.

Zhang Fu's willingness to stand up to Shen Yichen was not only based on selfish motives in supporting Xun Qi's children, but also on the perspective of publicity and righteousness.

You must know that during the reign of the late Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, the famous rebellion of Han King Zhu Gaoxu occurred. The British Duke Zhang Fu not only experienced it personally, but also almost determined the direction of history for a time.

Because before Zhu Gaoxu conspired to rebel, the first person he contacted from the imperial court was to ask the British Duke Zhang Fu to be his internal correspondent!

If Zhang Fu had not acted decisively to arrest the officials of the Han Dynasty, and if the local censor Li Rui and Jinyiwei had discovered the Han Dynasty's treasonous behavior and reported it promptly, allowing the court to be fully prepared for the response, the damage to the Ming Dynasty would have been immeasurable.

The previous dynasty has already set a precedent. If we don’t nip the signs of rebellion in the bud, what are we waiting for?

"The British Lord is worthy of being a minister of the Prime Minister, and he is extremely loyal!"

When Zhu Qizhen said these words, the important officials in the court immediately understood his true intention, which was to commit the crime of treason against King Shilu!

In fact, Zhu Qizhen had never had a good impression of his uncle, King Lu.

When he first came to the throne, he was bullied at a young age, and a strange incident occurred where the Prince of Lu ordered things to be given to him.

We must know that the late emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty experienced the Han Dynasty Rebellion, which happened to happen in the first year of Xuande when he succeeded to the throne. It is difficult not to think of this transgressive behavior of King Zhu Zhaohui of Lu.

For the emperor, not pursuing the case does not mean it does not exist, it just lacks an excuse for rectification.

Shen Yichen, the censor of Qiandu, who now represents the imperial court, Wang Ying, the chief envoy of the local government, and Jian Ning, the chief minister of the palace, jointly impeached King Zhu Zhaohui of Lu for treason, which gave Zhu Qizhen a reason to take action!

However, King Zhu Zhaohui of Lu had been a vassal for more than 40 years in the feudal state, and his ability to firmly control the local court officials meant that he was not a simple figure.

Shen Yichen went on a rampage to hunt down Governor Zhang Ji and Prince Lu. No matter how covert he was, he could not escape the eyes of Prince Lu Zhu Zhaohui in the Yanzhou Prefecture.

After realizing that something was wrong, Zhu Zhaohui did not foolishly confront Shen Yichen. Instead, he immediately sent someone to the capital with a letter of apology. Moreover, this letter was not delivered to the court or the emperor, but to the Empress Dowager Sun. !

Zhu Zhaohui knew very well that his relationship with Emperor Zhu Qizhen was not good, because in the past few years he had requested to go to Hajj several times, but every time he was rejected by Ming Yingzong on the grounds of "trudging on the road".

It was okay once or twice, but he refused four or five times in succession. Even a fool knew that the emperor did not want to see him.

Shangshu's apology to Zhu Qizhen is very likely to have no effect. On the contrary, the Empress Dowager Sun's ears are soft, and in addition to the fact that she once held the throne improperly, she is very biased towards her relatives and clan. In history, Li Shimian, the Imperial Academy's wine sacrifice, was through his relatives Huichang Bosun Zhong spoke to the Empress Dowager Sun and was rescued from Wang Zhen.

So before this court meeting, Empress Dowager Sun met Zhu Qizhen and interceded a few words for King Zhu Zhaohui of Lu.

This is why Zhu Qi's performance in the court meeting was so strange and he never took the initiative to express his position.

In ancient times, the world was governed by filial piety. Even if Zhu Qizhen was dissatisfied with the Queen Mother's plea, he could not publicly refute the Queen Mother's opinions. He could only slowly wait for the courtiers to give him the answer he wanted!

"The Lord of England has said that he will seek the country with his age, and I agree to punish King Lu for his crime of treason!"

Now that the emperor had expressed his stance, Hu Dan, the Minister of Rites who was jointly in charge of clan affairs, immediately changed his tune.

"The vassal king's disobedience should be severely punished as a warning to others. I second my opinion!"

Ma Yu, the chief minister of the cabinet, took advantage of the situation and stood up to express his opinions.

Seeing that the emperor, relatives, six ministries, and the cabinet reached a consensus, even if Wang Wen, the eunuch, disliked Shen Yichen, he understood what the general trend was.

"The vassal king's rebellion should indeed be nipped in the bud. I didn't think carefully about it, so please punish me.'

Wang Wen, the censor of the capital, immediately knelt down to apologize. Zhu Qizhen certainly would not pursue this kind of mistake and waved his hand to express forgiveness.

"Since all the ministers are unanimous in their opinions, please pass on my edict and order Shen, the censor of Qiandu, to send people to the north to escort King Lu back to Beijing for questioning!'

"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."

With the compliments of the courtiers, the imperial edict to apprehend King Lu was secretly delivered to Shen Yichen's desk a few days later.

When he saw this imperial edict, Shen Yichen didn't know how to describe his inner emotions. The move of killing the king, which had no chance of winning, was accomplished by himself!

You must know about the Ningwang Rebellion in later generations. Sun Sui, who was the governor of Jiangxi at the time, submitted seven memorials to impeach King Ning for treason, but none of them were taken seriously by the court. Even Jiangxi's criminal prosecutor was almost impeached for reporting He was poisoned by King Ning.

"Proprietor, the people affected by the disaster in the three provinces and eight prefectures have finally received justice!" Bian He was so excited at this moment that his eyes could not help but turn slightly red.

From the beginning to the end, in his heart, he did not agree with Shen Yichen's plan to kill the king. Justice is important, and the future of the people in the three provinces and eight prefectures is even more important!

If you do something you know you can't do, you may not get a good result.

But Shen Yichen did it. As a censor, he overthrew the arrogant Prince of Ming Dynasty, returned justice to the people of the world, and comforted the spirits of the deceased people in heaven!

"Gather the soldiers and go to Prince Lu's Mansion in Yanzhou to apprehend the culprit!"

Shen Yichen did not express too much emotion. After rolling up the imperial edict, he immediately issued an order to Bian He. "Yes, proprietor!"

Bian He reacted and immediately said yes.

The arrest of the imperial edict is far from the last step. The end is the moment when King Lu excommunicates the king and confesses his crime!

In Prince Lu's Mansion in Yanzhou, Prince Zhu Zhaohui of Lu has been in a state of panic all day long.

He may not have thought that one day he would be so afraid of a small fourth-rank official of the imperial court. He never thought that this censor of Qiandu would be so bold and dare to attack a prince like himself!

The prince of the palace has been missing for more than ten days. The captive servants and bodyguards have disappeared from the world and can no longer be contacted. Even the servants sent by the governor of Shandong, Zhang Ji, to visit him were blocked in the Yangtze River. Outside the Gu County Yamen.

It is impossible for these people to lose contact at the same time. The person in Shandong who has the ability to do this is undoubtedly Shen Yichen.

After realizing that something was wrong, Zhu Zhaohui immediately wrote a letter of apology to Queen Mother Sun, but King Lu was not sure how effective it would be.

In the Ming Dynasty, the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics. Although there were heroic women like the Empress Dowager Zhang, the Empress Dowager Sun's ability was far inferior to that of the Empress Dowager, and she did not have much influence on the situation in the court.

For more than ten days, King Lu sent people everywhere to inquire about the whereabouts of the crown prince and Zhang Ji.

As long as these two people can be rescued, and then they can unite with the Shandong Chief Secretary's own people, they can give Shen Yichen a fight, but he will not be able to obtain enough testimony to convict himself.

While King Lu was waiting anxiously, a palace guard hurried in from outside the palace, "Is there any news about Zhang Ji and the Crown Prince?"

King Lu quickly asked before the guard could report.

"Reporting to the prince, this is not news about the crown prince, but a group of soldiers and horses coming from outside Yanzhou City, led by Shen Yichen, the censor of Yandu!

Hearing the name Shen Yichen, Zhu Zhaohui felt himself paralyzed instantly. Logically speaking, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, as long as there was no rebellion, there would be almost no serious punishment.

But for some reason, Zhu Zhaohui always had an ominous premonition that Shen Yichen had been plotting for so long, and the impeachment might be for the crime of treason.
Chapter completed!