488 Trial of the Three Divisions (for the Alliance Leader Bai Lantianci 8/11)
Of course, the most important thing is... the Kong family is rich enough!
If the Kong family was said to be poor, or just averagely rich, do you think Emperor Chongzhen would be so aggressive about it?
At this time, when Wang Chengen heard what Emperor Chongzhen said, he quickly replied: "I obey the order!"
Then, he still hesitated a little, and finally thought about it, and still reminded: "Long live Lord, after these three trials, I'm afraid it will be the final crime, and I won't be able to ransack the house!"
Most likely, Wang Chengen has already thought of changing someone to be the Holy Duke Yan, which is probably the result of the joint trial of the three halls.
After arresting those people in prison, Wang Chengen did not check whether those who said that Emperor Chongzhen was not worthy of the throne and wanted the emperor to give up the throne to the prince were actually said by the Kong family, because he actually knew very well in his heart that there was no such thing.
matter.
Therefore, Wang Chengen tortured him severely and then used words to lure him, so that several troublemaking scholars blamed Kong Yinzhi.
However, if it is a joint trial of the three divisions, under the interrogation of those civil officials, those who insist that Kong Yinzhi asked them to slander the emperor, and matters involving imperial power, will easily be found out.
At this moment, after Wang Chengen finished speaking, for the sake of the emperor, he proposed to Emperor Chongzhen: "How about I kill the few people who confessed that Kong Yinzhi did it?"
As a result, apart from the previous confessions, it would be impossible for those civil servants to obtain other confessions.
However, if you do this, it will also be easy for the civil servants to know that there is something behind this, which may make the Kong family in Qufu even more grievances, and the pressure on Wang Chengen will be even greater!
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled lightly and said: "There is no need for this. Even if they find out the truth and know that Kong Yinzhi has no intention of gathering people to rebel, I will not return the money. There will be no Kong family in Qufu in the future."
!”
After a pause, he looked at Wang Chengen and said: "But remember, you must make the Kong family stink. Let the world know that the virtues of the Kong family are just ordinary people, even worse than ordinary people.
Just relying on the shadow of our ancestors!"
After Wang Chengen heard this, he didn't understand where Emperor Chongzhen's confidence came from. But in the end, he did whatever the emperor asked him to do!
The day after the three-court trial was scheduled, Liu Wenxiu escorted the Kong family from Qufu to the capital.
On this day, scholars from the capital rushed out of the city to greet him. Seeing the misery of the Kong family, many scholars burst into tears, as if their parents had died!
When the literati who escorted the Kong family to Beijing saw the situation in the capital, they were immediately encouraged and shouted one after another that they wanted to give justice to Yan Shenggong. The momentum was so loud that it was rare!
It can be seen from this that the influence of the Qufu Confucius family on scholars is profound!
However, Liu Wenxiu, who was wearing helmet and armor, curled his lips and sneered when he saw it. Based on his experience, he had already determined that if these literati took out a knife, not one of the ten people here would be left behind.
That is to say, they just think that the court will not do anything to them, so they do this!
On this day, naturally, everyone in the capital could not help but talk about the Confucius family in Qufu.
For ordinary people, it is more about watching a play; but for scholars, it is like a decisive battle.
Everyone was shouting that Duke Yan Sheng was wronged, and some even said privately that Emperor Chongzhen, the embezzling emperor, was interested in the wealth of the Confucian family in Qufu, and that only saints would be so unlucky.
In addition to being indignant, they even privately believed that the literati who made trouble were not wrong. The emperor himself issued the edicts on sin and self-inflicted crimes, and there were more than one. Since the edicts on sin and self-inflicted crimes were issued, how could others not be allowed to speak? What Ming Dynasty did?
Under the emperor's rule, has there ever been such chaos in the world?
Of course, no one dares to say this openly, but many people have this idea in their minds, but it is true.
What is unexpected is that just one day before the much-anticipated three-party trial, the good news from Nanjing reached the capital.
"What, that big bandit Zhang Xianzhong was killed?"
"After so many years, has this bandit finally been eliminated by the court?"
"In this case, wouldn't it be true that the only rogue force left in the world is the one named Li Zicheng?"
"Is the world really going to be peaceful?"
"..."
When the people in the capital heard the good news, they were overjoyed for a moment. After experiencing troubled times, they most longed for peace to come as soon as possible.
The atmosphere in the capital seemed to have returned to the New Year time again, with the sound of firecrackers and congratulations coming and going.
The Confucian family in Qufu was taken to the capital, and the atmosphere of sadness and indignation created by those scholars was immediately diluted.
Voices praising the emperor of today have suddenly become the mainstream again. Anyone who dares to mention sinners will definitely be criticized by a group of people.
The political corruption of the Ming Dynasty was due to the failure of scholars to learn well, which dragged down the emperor and issued edicts to punish himself. However, thanks to the emperor's wisdom and prowess, it finally took seventeen years to turn things around. Seeing that the peaceful and prosperous age is about to come, in the days to come, there will definitely be
The better!
……………………
Emperor Chongzhen was also very happy to receive the good news.
The bandits under Zhang Xianzhong have brought harm to the world for so many years and even set fire to the imperial mausoleum. Now they are completely wiped out. There is only one bandit force left in the world.
While he was happy, he was also angry about the things reported in several secret reports sent at the same time.
It can be confirmed that the nobles of Nanjing must have played an internal role in Zhang Xianzhong's breakout. But we don't know exactly who the nobles were involved in.
Ma Shiying requested an order in a secret memorial to conduct a thorough investigation of Nanjing's nobles, and Emperor Chongzhen made the decision without even thinking about it.
Even the Confucius family in Qufu is involved in this. Who are those distinguished nobles in Nanjing? They are just royal dogs. They are disobedient and dare to bite their own family members. If not, who will do them?
However, regarding Ma Shiying's other incident in the secret report, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a while, then contacted Liu Weichao via video and asked Liu Weichao: "I want to know, at that time, did you still count military merit according to the head level?"
"Of course not!" When Liu Weichao heard this, he immediately smiled and shook his head and said, "I'll check it for you, just wait!"
Although he knew it wasn't true, he still couldn't tell the specifics. He had to investigate to find out.
But this was done very quickly, and he found it out immediately, and told Emperor Chongzhen: "At this time, roughly speaking, we count military merits based on four principles..."
Emperor Chongzhen listened carefully when he heard him speak.
"1. Count the number of equipment used to destroy the enemy, such as masturbating airplanes. One fight counts as one!"
"2. Count the captured enemy's representative items, guns, enemy armbands, breastplates, military flags, etc.!"
"3. Statistics of combat effects, such as successfully holding a certain position, successfully breaking through a certain line of defense, annihilating any enemies, etc."
"4. Compare the quality of the trophies. For example, if you capture a pistol from the enemy, someone else captures a cannon, etc."
Speaking of this, Liu Weichao said with a smile: "This is a relatively popular term. In fact, if you look up the rules and regulations, there are a lot of them. I don't think you can understand them."
Emperor Chongzhen really scratched his head after hearing this.
There are disadvantages in counting military merits based on head rank and receiving silver rewards. This time, the conflict between Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong originated from this.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about how to improve this.
To be honest, not to mention anything else, he felt a bit shortchanged just by calculating the reward based on the head level.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen did not understand it carefully. Otherwise, he would have known that at the time of Emperor Chengzu, there was another algorithm for military merit. But the implementation depends on the person.
Thinking that there would be a three-chamber trial tomorrow, Emperor Chongzhen said to Liu Weichao: "I will think about this matter again, and I will deal with the Kong family's affairs first!"
When Liu Weichao heard this, he smiled and said: "Remember, don't let others see your video. Only when you use it will the effect be good!"
"I know!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "This matter is of great importance, how could I not pay attention to it!"
……………………
The next day was the trial of the three chambers. Almost all the scholars in the capital who were qualified to attend the hearing definitely went to attend; those who were not qualified to attend were also waiting for news nearby.
In addition to the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the chief ministers of the cabinet and other ministers also attended the meeting. Of course, the eunuch Bingbi was also present on the Li Supervisor's side. Although Wang Dehua and Li Ruolian were not present, Dongchang and Jinyiwei were also present.
.
It can be said that this was the most solemn trial in the Ming Dynasty.
Everything went as expected by Emperor Chongzhen. The criminals who made the trouble, as well as the Kong family members, including Kong Yinzhi, were interrogated. During the trial, these civil servants clearly understood everything and basically restored the truth of the matter.
the truth.
In other words, Kong Yinzhi did instruct the Kong family to encourage scholars to cause trouble on Spring Day, trying to make the emperor clear that science would not be included in the imperial examinations and would not be compared with Confucianism. Other radical views, such as abolishing science, and saying that Emperor Chongzhen was virtuous
Such words as not worthy of the throne, asking the emperor to give up the throne to the prince, etc. were all said in the heat of the moment by those troublemaking scholars, and had little to do with Kong Yinzhi.
During this process, Wang Chengen, adhering to his holy will, made jokes and rambles, exposing the Kong family's illegal and taboo matters, including the materials brought back by Liu Wenxiu to accuse the Kong family, under the spotlight.
Not only that, including the changes of dynasties, the actions of the Confucius family in Qufu, those servile servants, and even the servile servants to the barbarians, were all exposed to the public in a serious manner.
At the end of the three-hall trial, after the content of each day's trial was disseminated, the aura shrouded by the Confucius family in Qufu finally faded away. Most people realized that the Qufu Kong family after sages were actually just mortals, even for glory and wealth.
, it is just a family that is not even comparable to ordinary people. It does not have what Confucius advocated at all. How can we talk about role models and spiritual sustenance?
However, no matter what, she is the queen of sages, and the most important thing about this trial is to clear away the charge of gathering a crowd of people in the Qufu Confucius family to rebel.
Just like that, the results of the joint trial were finally negotiated and reported to Emperor Chongzhen, which took twelve days.