Chapter 95: Killing every other person, is it unfair or not?
Wang Wenyan himself said this, and the prince specifically mentioned it at this time. The civil and military officials do feel a bit like it.
The Donglin Party has gathered many "righteous men" and "chivalrous persons".
This Wang Wenyan is a scholar, but very smart, and he usually behaves like a knight.
Yang Lian is also a hero among the officials. The kind of being in the limelight and gathering righteous people seems to have a narrow sense.
An expression of regret appeared on Zhu Youxiao's face, and his tone was the same: "The ranger will violate the ban without the Mohist family. It is not okay for the censor to act like a ranger without the restraint of the Mohist family~
Wang Wenyan's chivalry has gone too far without restraint. It doesn't have the spirit of the Mohist family. It's just an assassination. Liu Ruoyu, please tell everyone the final scene."
"This slave obeys your order."
Liu Ruoyu once again remembered Dazhi Ruoyu in his heart, and said with a very serious face: "Wang Wenyan said so, but behind it was a Japanese ninja's machine box hidden, and he thought it was a Mohist machine skill.
He suddenly wanted to use a machine box to assassinate him, but Zhou Yuji, the leader of Tengxiang Left Guards, saw him on the spot and cut off his arm. He soon died of excessive blood loss. Most of the other rangers had already killed him, and several of them used Japanese knives. Who knew what they were?
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Half true and half false, so wise as a fool~
After a while, Liu Ruoyu asked the person in charge of the ceremony to bring the evidence and show it to the civil and military officials.
These palace people, like Liu Ruoyu, were rescued from the fire by Zhu Youxiao. Now they are all his die-hard fans, and they don't have to worry about holding these dangerous weapons in their hands.
All the officials were angry, they didn’t expect that Wang Wenyan could still communicate with Japanese~
Japanese machine boxes and Japanese knives are not things that ordinary Confucian or Mohist scholars would use.
A few officials who especially adhered to Confucian etiquette felt disgusted: Why is this Wang Wenyan like this? They thought he was a think tank representing the scholars who opposed power, but his true face turned out to be like this...
This time, both openly and secretly, Wang Wenyan’s reputation was ruined.
Even Qian Qianyi, Liu Mao and others from the Donglin Party who were still present were shouting in their hearts that they had been deceived.
Zhu Youzhan wanted to achieve this effect. Later, Zhu Chunchen ransacked his house and shocked Shilin again.
"However, Wang Wenyan told me about the Mohist school, and mentioned knight-errants and chivalry. I feel that our Ming Dynasty officials are actually knight-errants in the court. They often uphold chivalry and are more like Mohists than Confucians~"<
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Suddenly throwing out this idea, the ministers became quiet.
Who in the imperial court is most like a Confucian is certainly the Hanlin Academy.
Yan Guan takes Yang Lian as a particularly famous example. He strongly criticized the government, faced the imperial power directly, and established a heroic persona. This is indeed quite different from the Confucian etiquette system.
Zhu Youxiao continued: "There are also Legalists~
The night before yesterday, the Censor of Zuodu and the Censor of the City Patrol were very much in the spirit of Legalism and Mohism. I don’t know if I was unfilial or did something evil, but they insisted on arresting me like a hero~" p>
Many officials feel that they have gone too far. These behaviors are indeed very different from the Confucian etiquette system.
"Uncle Da Zong."
Sun Ruyou, the Minister of Rites, was trembling again. Why did the prince call me again? I took the lead in expressing my loyalty just now...
Zhu Youxiao looked at him with a smile and asked: "Uncle Da Zong is responsible for the etiquette of all officials and even the world. I wonder if this prince is unfilial?"
"No, no! No matter whether it is towards His Majesty, the late Emperor Wanli, or Concubine Zheng, His Highness the Crown Prince has always upheld filial piety and never been rude."
Sun Ruyou thought to himself that from beginning to end, the prince had really done nothing unfilial, and it was certainly not because he was afraid of being beaten for telling lies.
Zhu Youxiao then asked: "Uncle Zong, if our officials clearly violate the official hierarchy, do not obey orders and obey orders, and instead listen to rumors about immoral and incompetent people, will the Ministry of Rites pretend they have not seen it?"
All the officials cheered up, knowing that the prince's supervision meant that he was beating the country again.
Sun Ruyou broke out in a cold sweat. Every one of these can correspond to many people, including his friends Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou.
After thinking for a while, he could only carefully reply: "If it is true, I will be dismissed from my post at the least..."
Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, suddenly came out of the queue and said loudly: "I thought that Yang Lian was very close to Wang An and had many conspiracies. The Ministry of War transferred the rebellious minister Zhang Jingshi to the capital, and it was Yang Lian who used the seal of the Ministry of War. Please punish him severely!"
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On the one hand, he guessed that the prince was talking about Yang Lian and others, and now it was in line with his suggestion of severe punishment.
On the other hand, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou participated in the early conspiracy discussions like him, and they will definitely expose themselves later. If they don't add insult to injury now, they will bite them sooner or later.
After saying this, Liu Tingyuan of the Zhejiang Party and other people with township party backgrounds came forward and listed the circumstances of Yang Lian's secret meeting with Wang An this month, claiming that he must be involved in the rebellion.
Zhu Youxiao didn't speak for a while, observing the officials' reactions.
Except for a few people who demanded punishment or impeachment, most officials were deep in thought.
Yang Lian... Officials who are familiar with him are thinking that unlike Wang Wenyan, he usually has a very good character and is unlikely to be corrupt. Even if he is very stubborn about some things, he also has the idea of forcibly admonishing him.
Many officials also feel that Yang Lian has indeed made a lot of mistakes, but they still sympathize with him. If Yang Lian is severely punished at this time, will this matter be used to implicate the purge in the future?
After all, officialdom is not very clean...
After roughly seeing the situation, Zhu Youxiao said to Huang Kezuan, the Minister of Justice: "What I want to say is not Yang Lian, but a statement I have heard before."
Huang Kezuan listened carefully, for fear of missing any details.
Zhu Youxiao said: "I heard that there was a saying in Dongchang that it was necessary for us to be officials in the Ming Dynasty. We lined them up in a row and chopped off all those who had been wronged, and every other one who was not wronged. Great Sikou,
What do you think of this?"
This... Huang Kezuan was sweating on his forehead as he said this: "Even the veteran ministers can't agree with this. I'm afraid someone in Dongchang said this deliberately, maybe to arrange the ministers."
The officials also felt that Dongchang was disgusting. They actually made up such words to entertain officials, and even spread to the ears of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Liu Ruoyu was listening next to her, thinking that she had never heard anything like this in her thirty years in the palace.
It’s okay if we are stupid, but if we are wise we are stupid~
Zhu Youxiao said the words, and of course there were more words after them.
"But if we strictly follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty and the execution intensity during the Taizu and Chengzu periods, and seriously investigate this rebellion, do you dare to take a bet on whether Dongchang's words are true or false?"
...ah?!
The officials are scared.
The officials are all lined up in a row. Isn’t this the queue for morning court?
It would be unfair to kill them all, but if you kill every other person, you probably won’t be unjust to a few...
It was such a hot day that I was sweating profusely.