As Zhu Bangyuan expected, Yun rejected his petition to withdraw his decree. Not only that, Yun also disclosed the evidence he had obtained: including a person who claimed to be the crown prince of Joseon, Zhu Bangdu, the confession he wrote, and the
some physical evidence; moreover, when Yun went to court in the capital, he called the man who claimed to be Zhu Bandu to the court and asked him to tell the public what he knew and to show the physical evidence.
When he saw the newspaper sent to him specially for him, Zhu Fangyuan's heart was completely cold. If it were a lawsuit in modern times, the physical evidence presented by the person who claimed to be Zhu Bandu and his own witness would not be enough to confirm the case.
Zhu Fangyuan's illness was fake, and the case must have been closed due to insufficient evidence in the end; but in this era, these were enough to prove that Zhu Fangyuan was deliberately deceiving the Ming Emperor.
Zhu Fangyuan immediately went to plead guilty again, and immediately abolished Zhu's position as crown prince and re-established Zhu as crown prince. Seeing that His Majesty the Ming Emperor did not respond after receiving his plea of apology, he knew that His Majesty still did not respond.
Satisfied, Zhu Fangyuan gritted his teeth and had to hold a Zen ceremony to give up the throne to Zhu.
After the news reached the capital, the Ming Emperor finally responded. Yun issued a decree to Zhu Fangyuan and reprimanded him again, but his tone was much gentler. He only warned him that since he had abdicated, he would abdicate.
Zhu Fangyuan also wanted to look like a king. Zhu Fangyuan thought about it for a while and felt that the Ming Emperor meant not only to give up the throne, but also to give up power, and not to interfere with Zhu's governance.
After figuring out this meaning, Zhu Fangyuan almost gritted his teeth. He just gave up the throne. Anyway, he had been the king for sixteen years and was already in his fifties. He already had the intention to give up the throne.
But asking him to hand over power is like cutting off his flesh. This is not only because he loves fighting for power, but also because his own reforms are just halfway through. If he lets go, the reforms that are not in harmony with Zhu Xinyi may be abolished, and his own reforms may be abolished.
All your hard work is wasted.
But the Ming Emperor had to listen to his words, and Zhu Fangyuan could only give up his influence on the court after giving an explanation to Zhu. Fortunately, Zhu suddenly ascended the throne and did not know how to govern North Korea, so he still obeyed his father's instructions.
But there is one thing that Zhu Fangyuan is determined not to give up, which is to track down who the person who calls himself Zhu Bandu is and from which family he is a descendant. Zhu Fangyuan hates this person and must find him out, crush him to ashes, and even
Eradicate his family.
After Zhu Fangyuan heard about the scene that happened in the Ming Dynasty hall, he called all Zhu's companions into the palace and carefully identified them to make sure that all the companions were themselves and not faked by others. This made it difficult for Zhu Fangyuan to find out and expose Zhu Fan.
Who is the person who pretended to be sick? Especially when Ri Yun summoned this person in the court, he put a bamboo hat on his head, and his appearance was not seen; the person's voice was also deliberately low when he spoke, which made him even more
I can't tell. Although Zhu Fangyuan still sent people to investigate closely, he had no hope in his heart and was just doing his best to obey fate.
Originally, if this matter continued to be concealed, even if Zhu Fangyuan found out who it was many years later, Zhu Fangyuan's desire for revenge would have faded. Moreover, Zhu's throne would have been stable by then, and Zhu Fangyuan would be able to protect this person even if he wanted revenge; however,
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"What did you say?" Zhu Fangyuan looked surprised and somewhat angry and shouted to the person in front of him: "Are you telling the truth?"
"Your Majesty, I will never dare to lie in front of your Majesty." The kneeling man kowtowed hurriedly and said.
Zhu Fangyuan saw that this man's expression did not seem to be hypocritical, and he carefully questioned the two civilians who testified, and immediately believed his words. He waved his hand to let them all go out, and then shouted angrily: "It turned out to be the Jin family!"
What the person reported just now was who revealed to the Ming Emperor that Zhu Zhi's illness was fake. The person just said: "Your Majesty, since the late king, you have been assigning ministers to monitor the Jin Yiwei sent to Korea by the Ming Dynasty. Minister
He never dared to slack off, and sent people to keep a close eye on everyone who came to North Korea and was suspected of being a Jinyiwei captain, or a local captain appointed by the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei, and never let them know anything they shouldn't know.
Do anything you shouldn't do. Naturally, the Ming Dynasty also knew that North Korea did not want to have royal guards in the country and would definitely have someone to guard it. Therefore, it sometimes bribed subordinate officials in the northern prefectures, forged household registrations and sent people to Seoul.
, as dark rooms. But they don’t know that most dark rooms will be discovered.”
"Two people were secretly sent to Seoul in the 10th year of Jianye's reign. My subordinates had already discovered their true identities, but they never revealed them. Instead, they only sent people to keep an eye on them, and they did not realize that they were discovered. Yesterday
In the evening, they were very bored and chatted about His Highness in the house."
"One of them said: 'The King of Joseon probably wants to find out who is the person who leaked that the current monarch was ill at that time. He may also have guessed which family is the most suspicious. But he has no evidence and is afraid that he guessed wrong.
After all, many people may have revealed this matter to Daming, and there are many families who have the ability to send people out of Seoul, so he will not act rashly. But in fact, the person who leaked the matter to His Majesty came from the family with the greatest suspicion. He copied
Once you know that family, everything will be clear.'"
"Those who heard this at that time felt that the matter was of great importance, and immediately reported it to the minister. I made a prompt decision and sent people to arrest the two secretly, tortured them, and finally found out who had leaked the incident to Your Majesty.
He is a member of the Gwangju Kim clan: Kim Seong-bo."
"It turned out to be the Jin family!" Zhu Fangyuan shouted again. Just as the Jin Yiwei said secretly, he had never thought that it would be the Jin family, but there were many suspected families who might do this. He didn't
Dare to confiscate all these houses, I can only look at the mansions of these families and feel secretly resentful.
But now that he had evidence, he no longer had to be so forbearing. Zhu Fangyuan said a few more words through gritted teeth, called the eunuchs in, and told them: "You can call the king here and tell him what I want to say to him.
It is very important. No matter what he is doing, he must come to the palace immediately."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuch hurriedly agreed, turned around and trotted to deliver the order. Not long after, Zhu Ye hurried over and stood in front of Zhu Fangyuan to take a breath. After saluting him, he asked: "Father, call your son to come forward."
Why are you here?"
"I want to call you father! Our family is a royal family, how can we call it the same as ordinary people!" Zhu Fangyuan scolded him. When he was the king, he didn't care much about what his sons called him, but after abdicating the throne, he didn't care much about it.
He must be very careful, anyone who does not call him father will be reprimanded.
"Yes, father." Zhu refused to argue with him and agreed.
"You all retreat." Zhu Fangyuan said to all the servants in the house. The servants hurriedly bowed and left, and closed the doors and windows tightly before going out.
"Uncle Hou, my father already knows, who told the Ming Emperor about that matter," Zhu Fangyuan said.
Zhu Fangyuan said this without any beginning or end. Zhu didn't think for a moment that his father was talking about that thing. But when he saw Zhu Fangyuan's expression of anger mixed with a little joy, he immediately understood.
"Father, who are you?" After a while, Zhu asked.
"He is a member of the Jin clan in Guangzhou. It is said that Jin Chengfu has been seriously ill." Zhu Fangyuan said.
"Is it Cheng Fu?" Zhu exclaimed in surprise: "How could it be Cheng Fu? He has been sick, how could he go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to tell the Ming Emperor about this? And I have seen him recently, so I am sure it is him.
undoubtedly."
"It's him now, but it may not have been him three or five months ago." Zhu Fangyuan then said the Jin family's plan to hide the truth. After saying this, Zhu Fangyuan sneered and said: "The people of the Jin family are indeed very powerful, they can think
Even a father would be impressed by such a plan."
Zhu fell silent. He understood what his father meant when he asked him to come here: to deal with the Jin family. But he didn't know what to say. He believed that his father would not slander the Jin family at will, but he was unable and unwilling to follow his father's wishes and deal with it.
Jin family.
In any case, Jin Chengfu told the Ming Emperor about this to help him, so that he could inherit the throne of North Korea. Even if he was not grateful to Jin Chengfu, he had to protect him, otherwise who would work hard for him in the future? Needless to say Zhu
It's not that he doesn't feel grateful to Jin Chengfu in his heart. What's more, the Jin family is still his in-law family. With two groups of wealthy families spread all over North Korea, any behavior that weakens his in-law family will weaken the royal power, and he can't deal with the Jin family.
But his father's wishes cannot be completely violated. Although Zhu Fangyuan abdicated, he only abdicated less than two months ago. He still has a great influence in the court, and many officials still obey his orders. If he directly ordered the disposal of Jin Chengfu
, things will be worse, and the impact will be worse.
"Father, although Jin Chengfu's actions were quite inappropriate, since the matter has passed, it is better to let the truth of the matter be buried. I will not allow Jin Chengfu to return to his official position for the rest of his life, and then find any excuse to cut off the rewards that the Jin family deserves."
Zhu thought for a while and said.
"Is this how you deal with the Jin family? Such an understatement?" Zhu Fangyuan said angrily. "My father knows what you are thinking, but my father must express this tone before he is willing to do it!"
"However, if the Jin family is severely punished, it will be detrimental to the control of the court." Zhu had to say.
"It is precisely because I was worried about your control of the court that my father did not order a search of the Jin family. Instead, he called you to discuss it with you. But my father must severely punish those in the Jin family who are involved in this matter!"
"How does father plan to deal with it?"
"All members of the Gwangju Kim clan who were involved in this matter, including Jin Chengfu and the person who came up with this plan, died of illness. The rest will not be able to serve as officials or enter the capital for the rest of their lives. They will all be expelled back to Gwangju." Zhu Fangyuan expressed his thoughts.
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He really wanted to confiscate the Jin family and execute or exile all the Jin clan members. However, considering that Zhu controlled the court, he finally made this decision.
Zhu argued with him for a few words, but when he saw that his father was determined to deal with the Jin family in this way, he could only agree: "Yes, father, I know it."
"Just agree." Zhu Fangyuan said, "This is the last time my father will ask you to do anything. From now on, my father will not force you to do anything again."