"'Unexpectedly, the emperor is smart and decisive, but he is willing to be deceived by Song. He does not believe what others say, and does not realize it even though God warns him. That is why he is like this.' Yang Jisheng, is this what you said in your memorial?"
He Ao threw the copy of the memorial to Yang Jisheng, silently recited a line from Yang Jisheng's memorial, and asked in a stern voice.
"I said this to remind you," Yang Jisheng defended.
"Yang Jisheng, what do you answer when I ask you something? You just need to answer, yes or no?"
He Ao interrupted Yang Jisheng's defense and shouted loudly.
"yes!"
Yang Jisheng raised his head and looked directly at He Ao, with the veins on his neck clearly exposed.
"'Your Majesty is wise and decisive. Although Ni Luan is aware of all the hidden evils, he has always tolerated Song's evil deeds.' Yang Jisheng, is this sentence said in your memorial?" He Ao silently recited a sentence from Yang Jisheng's memorial.
, questioned Yang Jisheng again.
"You took it out of context," Yang Jisheng said angrily.
"I'm asking you, yes or no?!" He Ao interrupted Yang Jisheng again and asked sternly.
"That's what I said!"
The veins on Yang Jisheng's neck became thicker.
"'However, I don't know that there are weeds in the country, there are weeds in the seedlings, and there are tigers in the city. One day in power will be a day of harm. Why can't the emperor bear to cut off his love for a traitor and endure the ruin of millions of people?' Yang Jisheng, this sentence
Is that what you said in your memorial?"
He Ao pointed out all the points in Yang Jisheng's memorial that could be criticized out of context one by one. As long as Yang Jisheng answered yes or no, Yang Jisheng would be interrupted by He Ao to explain anything else, and he could only answer "yes", because
What He Ao pointed out was indeed what he wrote in his memorial.
Zhu Ping'an saw this and understood what He Ao wanted. He couldn't help but clenched his fists and let out a long and helpless sigh in his heart.
What He Ao did was just "creating" evidence for the sake of conviction! We are not fools. We can see it ourselves, and I believe many people can also see it.
However, this is an unfair and unfair court trial!
The court trial officials here are basically strict people. They will judge the case based on the evidence. As for whether the evidence is "created", they will turn a blind eye.
And I am just a spectator!
have no choice!
Powerless!
It ended up being a sigh.
Zhu Ping'an could only helplessly watch this court trial, gradually drifting away in the direction of the strict party, and finally gone forever, until it was time to close the case.
After the court trial, the case must be closed, and written materials must be submitted to Xiyuan to be presented to Emperor Jiajing for his inspection.
"My lords, this case has been tried. Let's come to an agreement and see how this case should be decided." As the presiding judge, He Ao, after the trial came to an end, looked around and asked the presiding judge and the second judge.
The judges present at the table said.
"Well, what He Shangshu said is true."
The three judges and other officials involved in the trial nodded one after another and stood up one after another to express their conclusions on the trial.
"What is there to discuss? Yang Jisheng falsely conveyed the prince's order and deceived the emperor. The evidence is conclusive. He should be convicted of the crime of falsely conveying the prince's order and deceiving the emperor. He should be punished for both crimes and should be hanged as a thank you.
The world!"
As a loyal member of the Strict Party, Wang Xueyi, the Minister of Punishment, was the first to speak, and he couldn't wait to convict Yang Jisheng of two capital crimes.
Although this court trial failed to interrogate Yang Jisheng's accomplices and failed to bring Prince Yu into trouble, there was no rush. As long as Yang Jisheng's charges were confirmed, his accomplices and so on would not be too late to be interrogated slowly. Moreover, Mr. Yan explained
The bottom line is to convict Yang Jisheng of falsely conveying the prince's decree.
That's why Wang Xueyi jumped out so eagerly.
"I agree with what Mr. Wang said. Yang Jisheng did not get the consent of the two kings, but he said in the memorial, "I may ask the two kings." Isn't this a lie about what the prince's decree is? Also, Yang Jisheng criticized the emperor several times in the memorial. This is not deception.
What is the king? So, I agree with what Mr. Wang said, Yang Jisheng’s memorial still committed the crime of deceiving the king and falsely transmitting the prince’s decree. According to my Ming law, he should be hanged for his crime! "
After Wang Xueyi spoke, an official who participated in the court trial spoke up and agreed.
"I think Yang Jisheng is also guilty of falsely accusing the superior! He should be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor and neglecting the superior and falsely transmitting the prince's decree!"
Then another official went a step further and added the crime of framed Shangguan to Yang Jisheng.
"Well, well, what Mr. Zhang said is true. It was my fault that I ignored it."
When Wang Xueyi heard this, he nodded vigorously and looked at the official who spoke with a smile on his face.
Then, several officials expressed their opinions to him, and all came to the same conclusion.
However, there are still different voices.
Although there are many Strict Party members, not all officials involved in court trials are Strict Party members. It is impossible for the Strict Party’s power to cover every official. If this were the case, the Yan Party would have been destroyed ten times by Emperor Jiajing. Jiajing
The emperor was a man who was extremely stingy about power, and he only tolerated Yan Song within the scope of his permission; secondly, in order to avoid suspicion, the officials participating in the court trial could not all be members of the Yan Party.
"In my opinion, the evidence of Yang Jisheng's crime of falsely conveying the prince's decree is conclusive; as for deceiving the emperor and neglecting his superiors, in my opinion, Yang Jisheng is not guilty."
An official hesitated for a moment and then spoke slowly.
As soon as the official spoke, Wang Xueyi glared at him angrily, "Why not? Yang Jisheng even admitted that he wrote it! Mr. Liu, you also have ears, didn't you hear it?"
As he spoke, Wang Xueyi stared at the official with a sinister look, and opened his white teeth, "Mr. Liu, I heard that you have sang with Yang Jisheng's poems many times. Haha, you can't be Yang Jisheng's accomplice, right?
"
"How could that be? Mr. Wang, please don't slander anyone!" The official who was stared at by Wang Xueyi immediately raised his neck and retorted. If Wang Xueyi splashed this basin of dirty water on him, he would not be able to wash it off even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
Wang Xueyi sneered, huh, if you hadn't just said that Yang Jisheng was guilty of misrepresenting the prince's decree, if you hadn't wanted to convict Yang Jisheng of the death penalty as soon as possible and didn't want to cause trouble, you would have been labeled a Yang Jisheng associate.
By chance, there was an official advising him, and Wang Xueyi took one more look at the official before moving away.
Other officials expressed their opinions one after another, and most of them were similar, either guilty of two or three crimes, but all of them were guilty of misrepresenting the prince's order.
"In response, what do you think as the secretary?"
He Ao turned his attention to Shi Chaobin, the last doctor in the Ministry of Justice who had not expressed his opinion, and asked slowly.
Everyone's eyes also turned to Shi Chaobin, especially Wang Xueyi, whose eyes were even more intense and threatening.
Shi Chaobin was not a strict party member.
However, Wang Xueyi was not worried that something would happen to him, because Shi Chaobin compromised when Yang Jisheng was tortured in court.