"The students have thanked the Holy Father for his teachings."
After a moment of shock, Xia Yunyi and other scholars bowed and thanked him.
Although they didn't quite understand what the Holy One just said for a moment, they could really feel the meaning of His teachings conveyed in His words.
The civil servants and military officers present were also envious.
I thought in my heart that these scholars were the real disciples of the emperor.
Chongzhen waved his hand and turned his gaze to Jie Xuelong: "Mr. Xie Ge."
"I'm here." Jie Xuelong hurriedly took a step forward, but couldn't help wiping away his tears, "Your Majesty, seeing that you are in good health, I really have mixed feelings in my heart..."
"It was a fluke, I happened to not be on the boat at the time."
Chongzhen did not say much about the details of the Yangzhou regicide case, let alone tell the truth.
After making a casual remark, Chongzhen added: "I have resigned from office now, Mr. Gao Hongtu has requested to become an official, and Jiang Yueguang is already at home awaiting trial. It is up to you to take charge of the cabinet."
When Shi Kefa left the palace just now, he had already met Chongzhen.
Chongzhen asked him to stay in the cabinet, but Shi Kefa declined.
It is very shameful for the emperor to come back after only being invited once.
Chongzhen could also understand Shi Kefa's concerns, which were nothing more than wanting the dignity of a civil official.
After suddenly hearing the sad news of Chongzhen's assassination, Shi Kefa did not care about his personal reputation for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.
But now that he knew that Chongzhen was fine, he couldn't just invite him once and then return to the cabinet. In this case, Shi Kefa would become a laughing stock in official circles.
Chongzhen estimated that Shi Kefa would not come back to the throne if he did not apply for a formal invitation.
But the government cannot be suspended, someone has to stand up, and this depends on Jie Xuelong and Lu Zhenfei.
"I am scared." Xie Xuelong said quickly, "I will definitely do my best to work with Mr. Lu Ge to handle the cabinet affairs for the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the Holy Emperor. I will definitely not miss the national affairs."
"Okay." Chongzhen nodded and said, "The first urgent task is to recall Mr. Liu Zongzhou from Shanyin..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a young eunuch hurried in and whispered a few words in the ear of the eunuch He Zhikong. He Zhikong's face became condensed and he ran to Chongzhen in small steps.
"Long live my lord, the Liu family of Shanyin just sent someone to announce the funeral."
"Mr. Liu Zongzhou left Hexi two days ago."
Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, but he didn't expect Liu Zongzhou to survive this year.
In another time and space, Liu Zongzhou died on a hunger strike because he did not want to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. In this time and space, there is no such thing as surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, so he was probably angry to death by people like Zuo Guangxian and others.
Xia Yunyi, Fang Yizhi and other scholars also looked sad.
But Liu Zongzhou's student Huang Zongxi was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
"Old man, old man Zuo, I, Huang Zongxi, swear to be incompatible with you!"
If Zuo Guangxian had stayed here, he would have definitely received a severe beating from Huang Zongxi. When he was in Beijing, he had beaten an imperial official in public in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice.
It's just that if you can escape the first grade of junior high school, you may not be able to escape the fifteenth grade.
Judging from Huang Zongxi's reaction at this time, Zuo Guangxian's beating was probably unavoidable.
Chongzhen said to Meng Zhaoxiang again: "Meng Qing, your Ministry of Rites will decide on Mr. Liu's official gift and posthumous title as soon as possible. I will allocate another one thousand taels of silver from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Forget it, I will allocate three thousand taels of silver for funeral expenses, and then send another one or six
The ministry officials went to Shanyin to attend Mr. Liu's funeral on behalf of the imperial court and me. This matter needs to be done as soon as possible."
"Receive the edict." Meng Zhaoxiang received the imperial edict and hurriedly left with officials from the Ministry of Rites.
Chongzhen said again: "Since Mr. Liu Zongzhou is no longer here, the censor of Youdu, together with the Minister of Punishment and the governor of Yingtian, will reopen the three-chamber trial to try the case of Zhan Yangzhi and Ma Mingluo."
"This?" Chongzhen's move caught all the ministers present off guard.
Are we going to try the Zhan Yangzhi and Ma Mingluo bandits cases again? And it will be a three-party trial?
Chongzhen said: "The law is the law. Even I cannot trample the law at will for private purposes. The case of gang banditry is second only to regicide and rebellion, and naturally it must be tried by three courts.
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"Of course, the case of regicide and treason will ultimately be tried by three courts."
"However, food must be eaten one bite at a time, and matters must be dealt with one by one. Let's try the case of the bandits first. As for the case of regicide and rebellion, let the Jin Yiwei investigate and collect evidence first. However, I can assure you here that,
Jinyiwei is limited to investigating and collecting evidence, and will not set up a private execution hall, let alone torture to extract confessions."
Upon hearing this, the ministers present immediately stood in awe of Chongzhen.
They originally thought that the Chongzhen Council would release Ma Mingluan unconditionally.
After all, Ma Mingluan was the number one imperialist and a true close official of the emperor.
However, Chongzhen did not treat Ma Mingluan differently just because he was a close official of the emperor.
Chongzhen's observance of laws and rules made the ministers quickly calm down after the panic caused by the large number of Donglin officials who went home to await trial.
It seems that the Holy One is still willing to abide by political rules.
As long as the Holy Spirit abides by political rules and is willing to act in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, then everything will be fine.
To be honest, the civil and military generals present were really worried that Chongzhen would do whatever he wanted based on his personal reputation and military power.
In fact, even Gao Hongtu admitted that Chongzhen already had the capital to do whatever he wanted. The aura of enlightenment in Meishan, the military exploits of defeating the slaves in Xuzhou, plus the more than 6,000 diligent princes and scholars in the scholar camp, and the imperial party
, if Chongzhen really wanted to do something apart from the civil servant group, it would be difficult for the Donglin Party to stop him.
Inciting officials to go on strike on a large scale is of no use.
This is also the main reason why Gao Hongtu was so eager to kill the king.
Chongzhen cannot be allowed to grow any longer, otherwise he will really become Emperor Chongzhen.
Once Chongzhen really becomes Emperor Chongzhen, then starting from Sanyang, more than two hundred years of efforts of their civil servant group will be in vain, which Gao Hongtu cannot accept.
But fortunately, the facts proved that the worries of civil and military officials were unnecessary.
At that time, Zhang Shenyan, the censor of the right capital, Lu Zhenfei, who was also the minister of the Ministry of punishment, and Jin Xuan, who was wearing a mountain armor, came out at the same time. They all bowed their hands and said: "I will accept the order."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chongzhen asked Jin Xuan again: "Jin Qing, Ma Mingluan is currently in Yingtian Mansion Prison, right?"
"Yes." Jin Xuan said, "I once persuaded Ma Mingluan to go home and await trial, but he refused."
"It's right that he doesn't go home to await trial, otherwise we really won't be able to tell clearly." After saying this, Chongzhen said to Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Cijiong's three brothers, "Let's go and follow my father to see our old man.
The God of Wealth of the Zhu family."
My insistence just now on reopening the three-chamber joint trial was to follow the rules and abide by the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty.
But taking his three sons to visit Ma Mingluan in person at the Yingtian Mansion Prison at this moment is the attitude that an emperor should have.
Even if he is a close minister of mine, he will be tried if he commits a crime and should be tried. But before he is finally convicted, Ma Mingluan is still a close minister of mine, and I still trust him and value him.
This can be considered a calf protector.
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At this time, he was in the prison of Yingtian Mansion.
The cell leader walked into Ma Mingluan's single cell carrying several hard dishes and a jug of wine on a wooden tray.
"Sir, it's time for lunch. I bought you hard dishes from Liubiju and Huadiao wine from Xianheng Old Store." The prison boss placed the wine and food on the small wooden table one by one.
Ma Mingluan put down his book and walked to the small table to sit down.
"Prison head, thank you. I'll remember how much money I spent and I'll pay you back when I get out."
"No, it actually doesn't cost much." The prison boss waved his hand and said, "We at Yingtianfu Yamen are regular customers of the old Liubiju and Xianheng stores, and the prices are very reasonable."
Ma Mingluan smiled, picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.
"Good wine!" Ma Mingluo smacked his mouth twice and praised, "Ten years of Chen Huadiao!"
"Sir, when it comes to wine tasting, you are the one." The cell leader gave a thumbs up.
At this time, another voice suddenly sounded: "Ma Qing, your food is pretty good, isn't it?"
"Your Majesty?" Ma Mingluan was stunned when he heard this. He turned around and saw that it was really Chongzhen. He quickly stood up and paid homage. The prison guard next to him had already knelt on the ground.
"Prison head, give me a pair of chopsticks too."
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he sat down opposite Ma Mingluan.
"Accept the order." The cell leader got up and left as if he was flying.
"Ping Shen." Chongzhen then signaled Ma Mingluan to stand up and asked, "Ma Qing, do you still have shackles on your ankles?"
"Your Majesty, how can I be such a small-minded person?" Ma Mingluan stood up and said, "I cannot do such a thing as deliberately wearing shackles and shackles to betray your Majesty."
"I just admire your character, Ma Qing."
Chongzhen said: "I am not surprised by favor or disgrace. Even if I am in adversity, I will never exile myself. This time I suffered such a great injustice. When I saw you, you didn't cry or complain at all."
He smiled and added: "Even in jail, I don't forget to enjoy good wine and delicious food."
Zhu Cixiang and Zhu Cijiong, who were standing next to them, also laughed out loud. Only Zhu Cijiong's little face wrinkled up.
"Your Majesty, please stop praising me." Ma Mingluan sighed and said, "When I was taken away from the market that day, I saw people all over the city throwing rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs and stones.
Chen, I really wanted to give up at that time."
"But you didn't give up." Chongzhen said, "You, Ma Mingluan, survived after all, didn't you?"
Ma Mingluan nodded and said: "The main reason is that I don't want to live up to the Holy Grace. I have to be worthy of the Holy Majesty's trust. The Holy Majesty has entrusted the huge internal affairs office to me, so I have to shoulder this responsibility for the Holy Majesty."
"But Your Majesty, you should not come to Yingtian Mansion Prison to visit me."
"You did this to give me dignity, but you put yourself in a disadvantageous situation."
Speaking of this meal, Ma Mingluan said again: "The people in the south of the Yangtze River are ignorant. They will believe whatever the Donglin Party says. The Donglin Party will definitely create public opinion later and accuse you of disregarding the law and protecting your ministers."
"People from the Donglin Party?" Zhu Cijiong said, "I'm afraid they have too much time to take care of themselves this time."
"You have too much time to take care of yourself?" Ma Mingluo asked, "What do you mean by His Highness Prince Ding's words?"
Zhu Cijiong said: "Deputy Chief Ma, the Donglin Party members are suspected of participating in regicide and rebellion, and they have collectively stayed away from the crime. Now they should think about how to clear themselves of their crimes."
