Chapter 489: The trial begins (average daily updates: 12,000, please vote for me!)
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When Zheng He returned to the palace, the palace door was almost locked.【】
At this time, Zhu Di had already returned to the inner palace. Zhu Di did not have many concubines. Zheng He went to the inner palace to inquire about it and found out that the emperor was still staying with the queen tonight, so he went directly to Kunning Palace.
In the Kunning Palace, Empress Xu was washing Zhu Di's feet. Although Empress Xu was born in a noble family and is now a queen, she does not need to do these things. However, the relationship between the couple is very deep, and now she has become the mother-in-law.
As a queen in the world, this remains unchanged. As long as her husband stays in her room, she will serve him to wash and change clothes.
Zhu Di had a pair of old cold legs, and it was very comfortable to scald them with hot water. Empress Xu dried her husband's feet. Zhu Di retracted his legs on the bed and covered them with quilts. The palace maid carried the bucket down. Empress Xu cleaned her hands and returned.
I sat down by the bed and whispered to my husband, chatting softly.
At this time, a palace maid quietly came in, stood on the edge of the screen, and said softly: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Zheng He wants to see you!"
"Oh, Sanbao is back, tell him to come in."
Empress Xu knew that Zheng He had something important to ask for at this time, so she smiled tenderly at her husband and said, "Don't tire yourself too much. I'm going to take a bath!"
"good!"
Zhu Di agreed, and Empress Xu stepped out. Zheng He stood in the outer hall, bowed and sent his empress off, and then walked in gently.
Zhu Di glanced at him and asked, "How?"
Zheng He said: "Back to the emperor, what Yang Xu said is not false. I went to the prison to interrogate the prisoner. If I couldn't hide it from anyone, I have followed the emperor's order and took out the witness separately and protected it."
"Isn't it false..."
Zhu Di leaned on the pillow, staring at the candlelight on the wall, slightly lost in thought.
Zheng He stood quietly, waited for a long time, and then said softly: "The emperor seems to be disappointed?"
Only Zheng He and Gou'er, the confidants who had been following and serving Zhu Di, dared to speculate on the holy will and propose it in person.
Zhu Di sighed and said: "It is one thing for Sanbao and Shuangyu Guards to collude with Japanese pirates; it is another thing for Yang Xu to cover up maritime merchants and smuggle for profit. Although this matter was exposed because of that incident, both
There is no necessary relationship between them. It just happened that one thing happened to lead to the discovery of another."
Zheng He listened quietly and did not interrupt.
Zhu Di said: "However, someone happened to connect these two things and produced evidence. Now it is proved that there is a hidden secret in Yang Xu's incident, and it is not just what it seems. Then... another
Is this thing also false?”
Zheng He said obediently: "Your Majesty, maybe... it is true that Shuangyu Guards had an affair with Japanese pirates. After the Luzon merchant ship was accidentally robbed, someone was smart and forcibly linked this incident with the parties involved in another incident.
, in order to obtain greater benefits.”
Zhu Di smiled faintly and said, "If that's the case, that would be easy to handle. What if it's not?"
Zheng He bowed and did not answer.
Zhu Di nodded, shook his head, and suddenly asked: "Sanbao, tell me, who is the person who has heard the most lies in the world?"
Zheng He understood what he meant, was silent for a moment, and replied bitterly: "Back to the emperor, it's the emperor!"
Zhu Di smiled bitterly and nodded: "Yes, if a person is surrounded by lies, can he still know the truth? Can he still make the right decision?"
Zheng He whispered: "The emperor is wise, powerful, and wise..."
Zhu Di glanced at him and scolded: "Are you going to join the lying team to me too?"
Zheng He bowed and did not dare to speak again.
Zhu Di said: "You are wise, powerful, and wise. You have to hear the correct information before you can make a correct judgment. I'll tell you, originally, I had no intention of killing Yang Xu. However, if he really
Once corruption reaches this level, he is indispensable for suffering. Officials are the people who govern the world for me. Officials are greedy and will destroy all disciplines until they are gone.
However, I am now very afraid, fearing that the story of Shuangyu Guards colluding with Japanese pirates is also false. I have just conquered the world, and in just over half a year, I have followed me to block and kill in the west, and my robes were stained with blood.
How can soldiers be so corrupted? They just lie about military information and shirk responsibility, but they dare to frame their colleagues! Although they were once pirates, this... how courageous they must be!"
He was silent for a moment and said to himself: "A man who has been a soldier all his life and has never been a frivolous person has told the truth in front of you all his life and only enjoyed glory and wealth for a few days, and now he tells lies in front of you.
What he said, he said it with style and seriousness, and he acted boldly and without any scruples! Sanbao, Yang Xu and I have merit, and Qiu Fu and I also have merit. When it comes to understanding and trust, Qiu Fu has been following me for more than 20 years.
Of course I trust him more, but if he..., wouldn't it be scary?"
Zheng He glanced at Zhu Di and said cautiously: "I believe that no matter what he did, Duke Qi wanted to evade responsibility or had a personal grudge with Duke Fu, but... his loyalty to the emperor has not changed. What's more,
The Duke of Qi has always been in charge of the capital, what is the truth in eastern Zhejiang... If the emperor was deceived, how could the Duke of Qi not be deceived?"
Zhu Di closed his eyes and said softly: "I hope so! I hope so!"
The emperor is not the person directly responsible for hearing cases. People who joke a lot always think that it is normal for the emperor to personally interrogate the prisoners. But in fact, no matter in ancient or modern times, when a court official has such a serious suspicion, without judicial trial, the highest
It is very taboo for rulers to go beyond the judicial organs to meet and inquire first.
Every move of the emperor is noticed by everyone, and even the direction of the court can be easily changed by the will of the Holy One. How many officials who are good at maneuvering are doing things based on the Holy Will. For such a major case that attracts everyone's attention, you have to be prepared beforehand.
Go to meet the suspect, what do you want to do? What do you want to tell everyone?, Because it was difficult to dissuade the queen, he met Yang Xu without authorization. Zhu Di originally felt regret for breaking the law, but now he is extremely scared.
of joy.
Being deaf or dumb and being manipulated by others is something that no ruler can tolerate.
Conquering the world, he succeeded; sitting in the world, can he succeed?
Zhu Di made up his mind. If the evidence was conclusive and Qiu Fu was involved, he would not forgive him.
The problems reflected in the war situation in eastern Zhejiang have extended from the outside to the inside. He must kill this bad sign. Tolerating it is to encourage traitors!
If you want to use Zhu Di as a puppet, you absolutely can't!
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The Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment, together with the Fifth Military Governor's Office, tried the case of Shuangyu Guards colluding with Japanese pirates and the case of Shuangyu Guards' collusion with Japanese pirates and the case of Shuangyu Guards being shielded by foreign merchants and smuggling ships for profit in the Fifth Army Governor's Office.
The Xia Xun case is a derivative of this case. It is attached to it, but it has a certain degree of independence. The emperor has not explained which of the two cases will be tried first and which one will be tried later. In short, this bad debt is the same.
I left my son to them, Zhu Di only asked about the result, not the process!
The current judge of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion is named Long Mingfei. His name is good, and he looks like a talented person. But when he sits there, he has no momentum at all. He does not look like the supervisor of the investigation. His momentum is like that of a spectator.
Those who recorded it were calmer and more magnanimous than him.
There is no way, he is the chief judge, but the judge of the five armies is only a fifth-rank official. The officials who are on the side of the judge are all older than him, including Zheng Ci, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Chen Ying, the imperial envoy of Zuodu of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple
Qing Xue Pin. Even the people who were watching were more senior than him. The third rank of Jinyi Guards commanded Envoy Ji Gang.
The most disturbing thing is that there are people supervising the trial. The people supervising the trial are two princes, His Highness Zhu Gaochi and His Highness Zhu Gaoxu.
What about the officials on trial? Xu Hu and Wang Yuxia were also older than him. The tonnage of the auxiliary Duke Yang Xu made him even more frightened. With such a lineup, who could hold down the place?
At this moment, Long Duanshiguan, who was about to cry but had no tears, really wanted to sing a verse from "It's Difficult to Be an Official": Your Highness, Your Majesty, you are suing the officials, but you want me, a small official, to interrogate the high officials, to interrogate the high officials. They are supposed to be in charge of the officials.
The official, the official who is in charge, how can I take care of the official who is in charge? The official is in charge of the official, the official is in charge. The official is in charge, the official is in charge, the official is in charge, the official is in charge, call me, call me, call me
How can I be an official? I have become an official caught between rocks!"
Long Fei walked into the hall tremblingly. He first saluted the two princes, the princes, ministers, envoys, and governors, and then moved behind his desk. Instead of sitting down, he stood up.
He smiled at the two princes and asked: "Your Highness, Your Highness, you two... today, should we first try the case of Duke Fu Guo covering up smuggling, or the case of Shuangyu Guards' liaison with Japanese pirates?"
"Interrogate Yang Xu first!"
"Examine Xu Hu first!"
Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu said in unison, and then looked at each other in unison.
Before the two princes came, they had received instructions from their father Zhu Di. Zhu Di told them that Yang Xu was secretly in charge of the Feilong secret spy and was responsible for detecting the whereabouts of Emperor Zhu Yun. Only then did the two princes know that Yang Xu was still there.
With such a force in their hands and engaged in such a confidential task, Zhu Di told them that they had found out the truth about Xia Xun harboring foreign smuggling.
Smuggling is true! It is true, but the real purpose under this package is to use the power of the local wealthy families in Luzon to find the whereabouts of Emperor Jian. This is a major matter related to the stability of the country, so small things like smuggling no longer matter.
.The implication is that Yang Xu has been wronged and this person must be saved. Not only must he be saved, but he must be saved in various ways.
After all, smuggling is a violation of national law. The court can do it expediently to achieve a larger purpose, but it cannot publicly inform the world. In order to achieve a larger purpose, those of us who make legislation, judiciary, and law enforcement can corrupt the national law. Therefore, smuggling is
The crime must also be expunged.
In this way, Zhu Gaochi has the upper hand invisibly. Of course he hopes to try Yang Xu first, and if Yang Xu is not guilty, then the iron-clad Xu Hu case will be loosened, which will be more beneficial to him. Zhu Gaojiu hopes to try Xu first.
Since Yang Xu couldn't bring down Xu Hu, he had to prove Xu Hu's crime no matter what. In this way, he could still protect his own power while severely damaging the power of the emperor's brother and his family.
The two princes had different opinions, and Long Fei was in a dilemma. Suddenly he saw the three bystanders. He immediately had a backbone and asked with a smile: "Then according to the opinions of the three adults, we will interrogate Yang Xu first today."