Zhang Yanling said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I am definitely not going against the imperial court. Since I have done this, I am naturally willing to bear the consequences. However, I have to speak clearly. Although I am reckless, I will not attack Li Siming and others privately. I
I have no grievances against them, so what is the purpose of doing this? Besides, they are missing or dead, but I say that there is no evidence, and I fall into the dilemma of acting beyond my authority. Isn't that the case now? What do you want?"
Zhu Houzhao frowned and stared at him without saying a word, but he thought that what he said was reasonable. With his uncle's shrewdness, how could he do such a stupid thing? Didn't he know the consequences of killing Li Siming and others? He was completely
There is no need to do this. Even if Li Siming and the others are killed, they will not use the excuse of bandits to kidnap them. This is too strange.
"It's hard to say. I don't know that you, Mr. Zhang, are not just taking advantage of the enemy's plan and using such excuses to frustrate the emperor. Mr. Zhang has a very smart mind." Liu Jin said angrily.
Zhang Yanling sneered and said: "How can I compare with Eunuch Liu in terms of intelligence and intelligence? How dare I, Zhang Yanling, show my mind to you in front of you? What I said is all true. Although Li Siming and others were robbed by bandits, the court wants to find out.
This matter is not difficult
There are so many people's confessions with names and surnames, so the imperial court can send people to Guangdong to investigate. There are also Mr. Wang Hongwang, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Mr. Qin, the Nanhai Guard Qianhu. These people are all insiders of the matter.
The merits and demerits will be known at a glance."
Liu Jin sneered and said, "How could I know these people weren't bribed by you?"
"What?" Zhang Yanling turned around and shouted angrily.
Yang Tinghe, who was sitting on one side, also frowned and said, "Eunuch Liu, how can you question it like this? If you say so? Doesn't it mean that no one's words can be trusted?"
Liu Jin also felt that what he said was explicit, and hurriedly said: "What we mean is that Mr. Zhang is the person involved in the case, so the confession he provided cannot be counted. This requires the Third Law Division to obtain the transcript of the confession after questioning. This can be regarded as evidence. This
It’s not about doubting Mr. Zhang, it’s about the rules for handling cases.”
This makes sense. Zhang Yanling himself was involved in acting beyond his authority, and it is obviously unreasonable for him to use the confession he obtained to exonerate himself.
Yang Tinghe nodded and said: "That makes sense. From this aspect, Mr. Zhang's evidence should not be accepted."
Liu Jin got excited and said in a deep voice: "So, our family doesn't have any prejudice against Mr. Zhang. This time the Marquis of Jianchang did too much. If anyone can kill and kill local officials, then it's okay.
?This incident has a great impact. I believe that in the near future, officials from the three provincial and local bureaus and prefectural government offices will cause trouble. Mr. Zhang Hou has done something extremely outrageous, which may cause chaos."
Yang Tinghe frowned and nodded. In fact, he was also very angry at Zhang Yanling for doing this. Zhang Yanling was so bold that he didn't even say hello to the cabinet for such a thing. What did he think of the cabinet? This was obviously contempt for the outer court and himself.
"What Mr. Liu said is absolutely true. Even if Li Siming and the others had their faults, the Marquis of Jianchang had no right to deal with them. Isn't this a mess? If this is the case, what else does the court need to do? What does the cabinet need to do? Everything depends on
The Marquis of Jianchang or any other Marquis can just do whatever he wants." Zhang Cai said.
Zhang Cai didn't open his mouth, but when he opened his mouth, he tried to add fuel to the fire, making it burn even more fiercely. A big hat was placed on Zhang Yanling, forcing the emperor to punish him severely.
Everyone else nodded. Even the British Duke couldn't say anything. He could only shake his head and sigh, feeling extremely frustrated.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yanling and thought: Uncle, how can a smart person like you do such stupid things? I can't help you this time even if I want to. I asked you to go to Guangdong to secretly investigate other things. How could you make such a big deal?
Is there any news? It’s good now, I’m afraid I have to take care of business.
"I really didn't expect that all of you have only been paying attention to Li Siming's affairs until now. I just talked about the affairs of Tuen Mun Island, but no one cared about it. Tuen Mun Island was occupied by the Fo Langji people. They demolished the Mazu Temple.
, built a huge castle to garrison. The Folangji people secretly kidnapped my men and women in Guangzhou with the intention of selling them to foreign countries, but no one cared about it. It is really chilling." Zhang Yanling sighed.
Everyone frowned. Isn't this guy still arranging other people's faults at this time? Even the emperor is blaming him for this. He really doesn't know how to take advantage of the limelight.
"One code, one code. Let's first resolve the matter of overstepping the rules and powers of the Marquis of Jianchang, and then discuss the matter of Tuen Mun Island. It won't be too late. Marquis of Jianchang, can you admit to the crime of overstepping the rules and overstepping the authority? Arresting the local magistrate of the imperial court without authorization
Member, and caused bad consequences, breaking the court rules. What crime should be committed?" Liu Jin shouted.
Zhang Yanling sighed and said: "That's all, I can only tell the truth now. Everyone, I am actually acting according to the order. I can act beyond my authority, what crime is there? Is it wrong to act according to the order?"
"What?" Everyone looked in shock.
Zhu Houzhao also looked at Zhang Yanling in surprise and said: "According to the order? When did I allow you to do this? When did I order you to arrest people?"
Zhang Yanling said: "Did the emperor forget to give a secret decree to his ministers?"
Zhu Houzhao frowned and said: "I did give you a secret decree, but... I didn't ask you to do these things according to the decree. Don't talk nonsense."
Zhang Yanling said: "The emperor's golden words cannot be cheated. The emperor has a secret intention. Why don't you think about it in public?"
Zhang Yanling took out the secret decree from his arms.
Zhu Houzhao was angry and shouted: "You don't need to read it, I remember the content, I will just repeat it to you."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Then the emperor will be able to help you."
Zhu Houzhao said: "My secret decree says: Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, is going to Guangdong on official business according to my decree. Officials from all over the country are ordered to help him do things for his own convenience. Is that true or not?"
Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "Your Majesty has a very good memory, and he is accurate to every word."
Zhu Houzhao said: "In that case, where did I say that I allowed you to exceed your authority without permission and arrest officials of the third local department and officials of Guangzhou Prefecture?"
Zhang Yanling said: "Isn't this clearly written? The emperor wants his ministers to go to Guangdong on official business and to do things expediently. Doesn't this clearly tell the ministers that they can deal with all matters according to circumstances? On official business, to do things expediently, what does this mean? My lords,
Give me some advice?"
There was silence in the imperial study room. Everyone then understood that it turned out that Zhang Yanling's trip to Guangdong was allowed by the emperor. As for what he was going to do, it may not be what Zhang Yanling did. Otherwise, the emperor would not have personally summoned everyone to accuse Zhang Yanling.
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As for the words in the emperor's imperial edict, there is nothing special about it. Generally, imperial envoys and ministers will write down words in the imperial edict to help them do things conveniently. It is a routine text. Zhang Yanling grabbed these few words and did it.
The article is obviously picking out words.
However, precisely because the imperial edict did not make it clear and the writing was vague, it was difficult to refute Zhang Yanling's seriousness.
"...Well...the emperor sent Marquis Jianchang to Guangdong for what purpose. I don't know. However, this is a convenient way to let Mr. Zhang do his own thing. I just took it literally."
In the silence, Liang Chu, a veteran minister who had recently joined the cabinet, spoke.
Yang Tinghe looked at Liang Chu speechlessly, thinking: Are you stupid? You actually said such a thing.
"Yes, I don't know the emperor's intention of sending Marquis Jianchang to Guangdong with an order. But since he is going there with an order, he is an imperial envoy. This is a different story." British Duke Zhang Mao nodded in agreement.
"But I didn't let him do this." Zhu Houzhao frowned.
Liu Jin said loudly: "Did you hear that? Your Majesty has no intention of doing so. Marquis Jianchang, you seem to be pretending to be an edict."
Zhang Yanling couldn't help but scolded: "Eunuch Liu, please be careful what you say, are you trying to make an edict? This secret edict was written by the emperor himself, what kind of edict did I try to make? If you continue to slander others, I will not tolerate you anymore."
Liu Jin said angrily: "Your Majesty, everyone, look at how arrogant you are at this time."
Zhang Yanling said in a deep voice: "How many southern pearls are there in Mr. Liu's house? How many feet tall is the red coral tree at home?"
Liu Jin's face changed drastically, and his heart skipped a beat, and he became silent for a moment. What sounded like nonsense to others, sounded like a threat to Liu Jin. Naturally, he had these precious things in his house, such as Nanzhu Red Coral. They were all by one person.
It was given to him. Zhang Yanling said this, so he knew this relationship. This is thought-provoking.
It seems I can't force this guy anymore.
"The emperor originally did not mean to let the ministers act independently. It seems that the ministers have made a mistake. I deserve to die because I misunderstood the emperor's intentions. I am guilty! I plead guilty!" Zhang Yanling bowed to Zhu Houzhao.
How could Zhu Houzhao not understand that Zhang Yanling was playing tricks and pretending to be confused. It was originally a serious crime of overstepping his authority, but now according to him, it was a misunderstanding. Under the misunderstanding, he thought he could act cheaply, so he took action.
Zhu Houzhao was annoyed. Zhang Yanling wanted to endorse him and take the blame for him. Zhu Houzhao originally wanted to expose him severely and reprimand him, but then he thought about it. Isn't this a step to reduce a big issue to a trivial one? Could he really be because of this?
Will this incident result in Zhang Yanling being deprived of his position and deprived of his title?
I had no intention of punishing him severely. I was only worried that the ministers would be angry and Liu Jin and others would be angry. I was worried that the local officials would have opinions. But if it was just a misunderstanding, it would be better to just ignore the mistake and give him some punishment.
That’s it.
It's just that Zhang Yanling clearly plotted against him, so his anger was unbearable. He still had to be punished.