The imperial physician was also entrusted by Yao Zongwen.
If the matter is exposed, firstly, it is a quibble that the toxicity of the two medicines Bezoar and Euphorbia is caused by mistakes. Secondly, because of the background of Cheng Guogong's government, the conflict is directed to the side of Guogong and the Zheng family.
"Oh my! How dare you harm me!" Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, was angry. He had decided to copy the family of Yao Zongwen and those imperial doctors.
Other officials also felt that this move was very bad. Everyone was trying to gain fame and reputation, but this Yao Zongwen was unruly and wanted to monopolize it.
Then die, who will save him?
"No, no, no! I am relatively isolated in the imperial court. It is very likely that someone harmed me! These three people were bribed by others, so they wronged me! Please, His Highness the Crown Prince, tell me a lesson! I have always been a loyal minister!"
Yao Zongwen kowtows desperately to beg for mercy, pretending to be pitiful and making it seem like he is being framed.
"Oh? Are you wrongly accused? Then let Liu Tongzhi tell you the details."
Liu Qiao received the order and immediately introduced: "These three prisoners refused to speak after being arrested at first. They were detained and tortured separately, and their confessions were asked separately. The results turned out to be basically different.
The principal culprit’s testimony was complex and arbitrary, claiming that Duke Cheng and a large number of officials, including three cabinet bachelors, were the emissaries, and that the participants included hundreds of people from the Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.”
"Ah?"
"It's so abominable."
"What a mouthful!"
All the ministers were very angry. Some who were just watching the show felt that they were at risk of being framed, and their mentality changed.
Everyone is very angry with them.
Liu Qiao continued: "One of the accomplices said it was ordered by Concubine Zheng, and the other picked it as clean as possible, saying that he just forgot to use bezoar to clear away heat that day, and that was why he made the mistake of not discovering that the Euphorbia and bezoar in the tonic were toxic.<
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I compared their confessions and found that they were completely fabricated. I beat them severely and kept asking for testimonies. It was not until they became more and more consistent with their statements despite the fact that they had no way of knowing each other that I finally got the idea that Yao Zongwen was the mastermind behind the scenes.
The truth."
"Okay!"
"Well done!"
"His Royal Highness, a thousand years old!"
Some ministers shouted excitedly. Although it was a bit unethical, they just thought the prince did a beautiful job.
Under normal circumstances, few civil servants would applaud Jin Yiwei for being tortured in prison, but when thieves bite people randomly and falsely accuse good people out of thin air, everyone feels that a severe beating is the only way to relieve their anger.
The prince finally asked the truth, how wise he was!
Seeing the excitement among the crowd, Yao Zongwen knew it was over.
No one believed him.
"Liu Tongzhi, take him away! The evidence of the murder of His Majesty is irrefutable. After Duke Chengguo dismissed the court, he ransacked his house directly. Let's see what other good deeds he has done in these years!"
"Comply with the will of the supervisory country!"
Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, shouted very loudly and seemed to be the most loyal person.
Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others felt that things were not simple. Could it be that Zhu Chunchen was fishing from the beginning?
Pretending to agree to the proposals of Liu Yijing, Wang Wenyan and himself, and pretending to support Zhu Youjian as emperor. In fact, all this is a show, Zhu Chunchen has long been the prince's man...
What a loss!
Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou felt anger in his heart.
Seeing that the atmosphere was suitable, Zhu Youxiao continued: "Okay! There were various rumors before, saying that it was Princess Chengguo's envoy, some said that the cabinet chief was involved, and some said that hundreds of officials participated together, that is, everyone
Close to the truth.
Now that the truth has come out and the matter is known to the world, the rumors are absolutely unbelievable, so they should be clearly recorded, right? We can’t let people speculate on the truth based on the rumors in the future, right?"
"Of course it should!" Fang Congzhe, the first assistant, and Han Xu, the bachelor, took the lead in answering.
Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou were even more upset after hearing this. Today's morning meeting was not directed at them at all, but it hit them in the face everywhere.
Zhu Youxiao added: "I am deeply aware that there are many kinds of rumors, and even what my father said can be taken out of context. Therefore, I plan to set up an Archives Department, subordinate to the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies, to record the contents of discussions when meeting with ministers.
Make sure the truth trumps rumors."
...Huh?
Many ministers came back to their senses.
This is to increase the imperial power and the power of the prime minister.
What are the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor? They all work for the emperor. Not to mention the ceremonial supervisor, even the cabinet is not a good thing in the eyes of the officials and censors.
The cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies are required to record the words and deeds of hundreds of officials. After the implementation of the record of words and deeds, I am afraid that they will not be able to talk as much as before. By then, the power of those officials who assist the emperor will increase again.
Although Sun Ruyou, the Minister of Rites, felt guilty about the mutiny, at this time he estimated that most civil servants still did not like being recorded in files, so he took a step forward and spoke:
"Your Highness, the Supervisor of the State, I believe that the Cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies have great power, and even have the nicknames of Foreign Minister and Internal Minister. Adding the Archives Department to record the files of hundreds of officials may go against the ancestral system and give rise to the possibility of reviving the prime minister system." Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly: "Look, our eldest uncle has good reasons and evidence. Even if he has only been in office for a month, he is still very good at talking about ancestral system~"
Da Zongbo is the common name of the Minister of Rites. In this position, it seems reasonable for Sun Ruyou to raise such objections.
But listening to the tone of the Crown Prince's supervision, why do you feel so scared?
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhou Jiamo, the official minister not far away from him.
"Old Heavenly Official, my Teacher Zhou, what do you think?"
Zhou Jiamo has stayed in the court longer than Sun Ruyou. He felt something was wrong when he heard it just now, but now that he is called upon, he must answer.
"I think it makes sense for Your Highness to establish this position, but the ancestral system of foreign minister, internal minister and abolishing the prime minister mentioned by Sun Shangshu involves the foundation of our Ming Dynasty, so we must carefully consider it."
Zhu Youxiao nodded, and with just these two sentences, he could see that Zhou Jiamo was more guilty than Sun Ruyou, and he also saw things deeper.
It’s really rare for the old Heavenly Official who used to have a bad temper to be so kind now.
If that’s the case, then I’ll make your heart beat faster~
"Rumors~ Gu Zhen didn't expect that Old Tianguan and Da Zongbo would also believe the rumors..."
"...Huh?"
Zhou Jiamo and Sun Ruyou looked at each other, and many officials also felt a little surprised.
Just listen to the words of the prince, supervising the country: "I dare to ask you, the old Heavenly Official is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, right?"
"Yes." Chief Assistant Fang Congzhe took the lead in answering
"Uncle Da Zong is the Minister of Rites, right?"
"That's right." Many civil servants answered together.
"Okay, this is the common name for the position." Zhu Youxiao suddenly focused his eyes and said in a faster tone: "Then the chief assistant of the cabinet is the foreign minister, and the chief minister of etiquette and the eunuch is the internal minister. Are they common names?"
All civil and military officials suddenly realized that this was certainly not the case.
Some people call it this in private, but this cannot be brought to the table.
The prime minister was deposed early in the Ming Dynasty, and everyone flattered him, asking the chief minister of the cabinet and the chief ceremonial officer to control the eunuchs, the foreign minister and the internal minister.
On the table, this is just a rumor.
Sun Ruyou secretly said bad, this is a trap for the prince.