Chapter 54 Zaisuke is useless and can be discarded!
They had just read the contents of those sealed letters. It clearly stated that hundreds of students, led by Chen Qi, the judge of Songyang Academy, blocked and attacked the imperial envoy's honor guard. Chu Yi, the governor of the East Factory, was angry.
The court sentenced Chen Qi and more than ten students to Zhang Tianwei.
Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe looked at each other and heard Li Dongyang say to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I can guarantee that Chen Qi and those students are absolutely loyal to Your Majesty and will never dare to be disrespectful to you."
Liu Jin, who was kneeling on the ground, sneered and said in a sharp voice: "Elder Ge is not one of those people, so how do you know what they are thinking?"
After saying that, Liu Jin didn't care how ugly the faces of Li Dongyang and others became, but turned to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I think Chu Yi is too indecisive. Those students are taking the government's money and food, but they don't think about Your Majesty's kindness. This is unfaithful and unfilial."
, we should kill as many unkind and unjust people as we can."
"Liu Jin, you eunuch, how can you, a disabled person like us, be able to insult us as scholars..."
When a white-haired bachelor heard Liu Jin's intention to implicate the entire Songyang Academy, he couldn't help but jump up and point at Liu Jin and cursed.
"Bold Wu Ang, in front of His Majesty, what do you want to do?"
Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong immediately stood in front of Zhu Houzhao and shouted at the old man.
Wu Ang looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was staring at him with an angry look, and said with a sad smile: "Your Majesty, you should not favor eunuchs like Liu Jin and Chu Yi. Emperor Taizu has a legacy that eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics. Your Majesty is a close civil servant, so far away
Eunuchs, otherwise the country will not be a country..."
Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others looked at Wu Ang, who reacted fiercely, in astonishment, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao, whose face was ashen, and lamented in their hearts.
"Drag him out, drag Wu Ang out for me! If you are disrespectful in front of the emperor, I will punish you twenty times with a stick, as a warning to others!"
Zhu Houzhao was almost furious, but Zhu Houzhao was kind-hearted by nature and never sinned with his words, so no matter how rude Wu Ang's words were, he never thought of killing Wu Ang.
Several young eunuchs immediately came forward and dragged Wu Ang out. Wu Ang shouted: "Your Majesty, if you don't listen to good advice today, you will regret it later. You will regret it too much..."
After what happened to Wu Ang, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others no longer have the courage to come forward with force and determination to win.
Seeing the reactions of Li Dongyang and others, Liu Jin's eyes were full of pride.
After a while, Li Dongyang then said to Zhu Houzhao with some hesitation, "Your Majesty, the scholars in the world are excited. It just so happens that the examination competition is coming, and students from all over the country are gathering in the capital. If this matter cannot be explained to the scholars, I'm afraid...
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Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Dongyang and others coldly and said: "Chen Qi and others collided with the imperial guard of honor and should be executed according to the law. The governor Chu Yi, the admiral of Dongchang, inspected the place under the emperor's order. He has the right to kill first and then report. Chen Qi and others should be executed."
, not only does he have no fault, but he has meritorious service, and he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and a python robe."
After saying this, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang and others and said: "I am very relieved that the ministers care about the country. However, the ministers are dealing with many things every day, but they cannot be deceived by others. If someone did not deliberately deceive the Songyang murder case, how could the ministers not be deceived?
I hope all the ministers can learn from this fact by making false accusations against Chu Yi and Liu Jin!"
After saying this, Zhu Houzhao didn't care about the expressions of Li Dongyang and others. He waved his hand and said: "If there is nothing wrong, please step aside."
They came here excitedly and confidently, thinking that they could easily force the emperor to take down Chu Yi and Liu Jin, but the result was not good, but Zhu Houzhao seized the opportunity and beat and reprimanded them, but they were still speechless.
The only thing that they couldn't stand in the whole murder case was that Chen Qi and others attacked the imperial envoy's honor guard. At the most serious level, this could even lead to the confiscation of the family and the annihilation of the clan. At the least level, it was also a crime of great disrespect.
Zhu Houzhao had already made a decision on this matter, and they didn't think they could make the emperor change his mind. They looked at each other and left the Leopard Room dejectedly.
Outside the leopard room, several servants were carefully lifting Wu Ang up from the bench and beating him down with twenty sticks. The old Wu Ang was almost beaten to death.
Seeing Wu Ang's appearance, Yang Tinghe hurriedly stepped forward and said with a sad face: "Brother Wu prayed for the people of the world. Although he was punished by the staff, it is a great honor. Please accept me as my husband!"
Several other bachelors also came forward and bowed to Wu Ang. Wu Ang's face turned red, a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, and he fainted on the spot.
"Quickly, send Grand Scholar Wu to seek medical treatment!"
Yang Tinghe and others saluted Li Dongyang and hurried away surrounded by Wu Ang's carriage.
Li Dongyang watched Yang Tinghe and others leave. His slightly rickety body stood in front of the Leopard House, with the setting sun shining down, feeling lonely and lonely.
Two days later, Zhu Houzhao, who rarely appeared in court meetings, personally presided over the meeting and rewarded Chu Yi and Liu Jin in front of all the civil and military officials. He told everyone clearly that the Songyang murder case had come to an end.
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Zhu Houzhao showed his favor to Chu Yi and Liu Jin with his actual actions. Needless to say, it naturally made many civil servants dissatisfied, and the scholars were even more upset.
For a time, the emperor was fatuous and favored the eunuch Chu Yi. Liu Jin spread the word to the world through the mouths of these scholars. Especially Chu Yi's famous name became extremely popular and became the object of hatred by almost all scholars.
At the same time, Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet, who had high hopes among the scholars and literati all over the world, also lost his reputation among the scholars because of his weakness and indifference when facing the emperor during the Songyang murder case.
A large number of literati began to look for the next important minister who could represent their interests, and quietly planned to replace Li Dongyang, the aging chief minister.
In the past, the endless traffic and horses in front of the mansion no longer appeared, and the front door of the dignified cabinet minister actually became a bit desolate.
Chu Yi, who was far away in Chuzhou, had not yet received any news from the capital. At this moment, Chu Yi and his party rested for the night in a small town outside Chuzhou and headed for Chuzhou early in the morning.
Chuzhou is not too far from Nanjing, because his father Wang Hua was demoted to Nanjing by Liu Jin to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Needless to say, Wang Yangming came here to see Wang Hua.
Wang Yangming kept a low profile. After all, he was demoted to Longchang, Guizhou. It was time for him to take up his post. If he was caught, it would be troublesome.
In addition to Wang Yangming, there was only one servant accompanying them. The two were tired and tired, but they were not in a state of embarrassment. Not only Wang Yangming, but also the servant was in high spirits. If a martial arts master saw them, he would definitely be able to tell that the two were practicing.
Only by practicing martial arts to strengthen his body can he appear so energetic.
The servant followed Wang Yangming on horseback and said: "Sir, in two days at most, we will be able to arrive in Nanjing City to see the master, so we no longer need to be so cautious and fearful."
Wang Yangming shook his head slightly, and said with a hint of worry in his eyes: "But we can't slack off, I'm afraid they won't stop here!"
Chu Yi sent someone to warn him, and with Wang Yangming's cultivation, he would be able to detect the whereabouts of the thirteen eunuchs of the Jin Yiwei with just a little vigilance.
Although Wang Yangming practices martial arts, it is just for physical fitness. He has never thought about fighting with others, let alone fighting with others. Therefore, despite his extremely high level, if he really fights,
I'm afraid he won't be a match for veteran murderers like Zhu Qi.
He knew his own family affairs, so after Wang Yangming noticed that Zhu Qi and others were following him, he traveled to prosperous official roads every day and stayed in big cities at night, never in the wilderness. This made Zhu Qi and others unable to find an opportunity to attack.
While he was talking, the servant Zhao Yan said: "Sir, ahead is the No Return Ridge. After passing the No Return Ridge, there is a flat plain. If those people you are worried about, sir, want to take action, this is the last chance..."
Bang bang bang, someone clapped his hands and walked out: "Wang Yangming, we brothers have traveled thousands of miles and endured hardships behind you for nearly a month for you. I miss you and you are also a person. It's okay to kill yourself."
Let me wait until I get back to resume my life!"
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