Under such circumstances, Chen Hong naturally recruited a group of people from outside. It was not difficult for him to handle some small things.

With the emperor's support, Chen Hong's status will become higher and higher, and he will recruit more and more people in the future.

What happened this time is a good proof. When Chen Hong explained the matter himself, he did it very well.

Zhang Laosan's incident can be said to be a fuse. As long as he has this fuse, he can light a big bomb.

As for the emperor doing such a thing without showing dignity, it depends on when and what the matter is.

From Zhu Youxiao's point of view, given his current situation, how can he act like an emperor?

If you continue to act like an emperor, you will be a fool.

Just like in the late Qing Dynasty, the emperor only cares about the face of the Celestial Empire. What is the result? Where is the face?

All face and face were lost.

In the current situation of Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to wait for death in order to save face.

Zhu Youxiao didn't have this idea in his heart anyway. When did this happen?

Use extraordinary methods in extraordinary times.

Besides, who dares to pin the case on the emperor?

Even if something really happened, it was Wei Zhongxian and Chen Hong who deceived him. What does this have to do with him?

Look at Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, how did they do things? If you engage in a treason case, it doesn't matter whether you are really treasonous or not, as long as you don't go along with his wishes, you will be killed directly.

The same goes for the Literary Prison of the Qing Dynasty. Anyway, they just put you all in it.

I have no intention of arguing with the Donglin Party now, let alone investigating each person one by one. Anyway, I am opposed to overthrowing myself directly. This is what Zhu Youxiao thinks.

As for whether innocent people will be accidentally injured, who can care so much?

The emperor was never worried about accidental injuries. What the emperor was worried about was that no one would do anything for him.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, someone will soon be doing things for him.

It’s not like the Donglin Party has no opponents. Those opponents want all of the Donglin Party to die.

As for the Neo-Confucian school, Zhu Youxiao didn't take it seriously. He was about to promote the theory of mind, which was Li Zhi's theory.

There are also many people who support the Xinxue theory. In their view, the Donglin Party is a heretic, and heretics should be executed more than heretics.

In recent years, Neo-Confucianism has been doing a lot of overt and covert work on the study of the mind, needless to say, suppressing and beating them. More importantly, they have also physically eliminated people who study the mind.

How did Li Zhi die?

There is a theory standing there, and if he suppresses it with all his strength, Zhu Youxiao believes that many people will rebel. After all, no one has a bottom line.

Zhu Youxiao had never overestimated the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty gentry. They were all willing to take refuge under Wei Zhongxian and help Wei Zhongxian practice poetry. Where was their bottom line?

Logically speaking, there is no bottom line for scholars to curry favor with eunuchs. They can do this kind of thing. What can't they do if they are an emperor?

What did these people do when Hou Jin invaded?

It’s not about surrendering when you should surrender, and becoming an official when you should be an official.

He is the orthodox emperor, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so there is nothing wrong with them being loyal to him.

As for those who don't want to join the world and become officials, as long as they don't rebel and stay in the countryside honestly, Zhu Youxiao doesn't bother to talk to them.

"Your Majesty, Wei Zhongxian is here." At this time, Chen Hong walked up to Zhu Youxiao and said softly.

During this period of time, Emperor Tianqi always thought about problems alone. Chen Hong was also afraid of disturbing him, so he was very careful when speaking.

As someone who serves the emperor, Chen Hong is very touched. The current emperor is different from the late emperor. Although he dare not speak out about the things he did, he knows it in his heart.

If he makes the slightest mistake, he will probably be pulled out and killed with a stick. No one has spoken for him yet. Therefore, Chen Hong is very careful about what he says.

Nodding gently, Zhu Youxiao also knew why Wei Zhongxian came, so he directly ordered: "Let him come in."

Not long after, Wei Zhongxian walked in from outside.

He held the court trial record in his hand, knelt on the ground respectfully and saluted Zhu Youxiao, and said, "Slave Wei Zhongxian, please see the Emperor."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and asked directly: "What's the matter with you coming here? Is it because the Trial Law Division has finished the trial?"

Wei Zhongxian said quickly: "Back to the Emperor, something unexpected happened. I don't dare to make the decision on my own, so I came here to report to the Emperor."

As he spoke, he raised the court record in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, here is today's court record. During the court hearing, Yao Zongwen said that the slave framed him. However, the slave has a document of repentance written by Yao Zongwen when he was in Dongchang.

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"Li Ruzhen was afraid of Tianwei, sincerely repented, and told the truth in the lobby. It was true that he wanted to frame Xiong Tingbi, so he approached Liu Guojin and handed over these matters to Liu Guojin. Liu Guojin did not get along with Xiong Tingbi, so he took Li Ruzhen's money

Later, they colluded privately and bribed other censors to frame Xiong Tingbi."

"However, according to Feng Sanyuan, although he accepted bribes from Liu Guojin, the reason why he framed Xiong Tingbi was not because of Liu Guojin's bribes, but because someone instigated him to do so."

"This person is Zou Yuanbiao, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Zou Yuanbiao, Gao Panlong, Yang Lian and others all came from Donglin Academy. They were friends with each other, formed cliques for personal gain, and excluded dissidents. Among them, Fang Congzhe was squeezed out by them. Because

In the case of the late emperor, they reached a settlement with Fang Congzhe. As long as Fang Congzhe resigned and returned home, they would let Fang Congzhe go and no longer pursue Fang Congzhe's crimes."

When Wei Zhongxian said this, he suddenly heard a snap and a teacup exploded to pieces on the ground in front of him.

As the residue flew away, Wei Zhongxian shrank his neck, hurriedly punched the ground with his head, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, please calm down!"

Zhu Youxiao was furious at this time. He stared at Wei Zhongxian and said angrily: "Is this really happening?"

Wei Zhongxian said quickly: "Go back to your Majesty, how dare I lie about such a big matter!"

There was no sound in the hall for an instant.

Everyone knows that His Majesty is really angry.

In order to compete for power and gain, a group of ministers gave and received private deals and ignored the late emperor's case.

Shouldn’t the truth about an emperor’s death be found out? Shouldn’t it be clear what happened?

They actually dared to promise Fang Congzhe that as long as he resigned, they would not hold him accountable.

In doing so, they are using the name of the late emperor to exclude dissidents. How can they be loyal to the country and the emperor?

Of course, Zhu Youxiao has known these things for a long time and is very clear in his heart.

However, at this time he had to be angry, and he still had to be angry.

"Wei Zhongxian!" Zhu Youxiao suddenly raised his voice a lot, "Leave this matter to you to investigate. All the prisoners from the Three Law Departments were sent to Dongchang. The minister of Dali Temple failed to govern effectively and was dismissed from office pending trial; the left of the Metropolitan Procuratorate

Zou Yuanbiao, the censor of the capital, is dismissed pending trial; Yang Lian, the censor of the capital, Yang Lian, who is on the right side of the Procuratorate, is dismissed pending trial. Wearing royal guards, we immediately went to Fang Congzhe's hometown and escorted him to the capital!"
Chapter completed!