Chapter 385: Imperial Trial

Choi Chengxiu immediately became trembling.

As a hardcore in the eunuch party, Choi Chengxiu was naturally afraid that His Majesty would take his anger on him.

But if you think about it carefully, if you really cause unpredictable consequences, will it be the Minister of War that he, the Minister of War, be unlucky in the end?

Nowadays, those powerful generals are becoming more and more lawless and disobeying discipline. Li Ruzhen has touched the nerves of too many people.

The reason why Cui Chengxiu thinks that such characterization is beneficial is that Li Ruzhen has already bitten her to death, but she is instructed by Wu Xiang, so she might as well make mistakes.

As long as Li Ruzhen is an accomplice, there is still room for trouble, and many people can rest assured.

At worst, even if you kill Li Ruzhen and finally pick a cat and dog from Li's family to reward an official position, you can calm people's hearts.

But Emperor Aoki was obviously very angry about this.

Emperor Tianqi then looked at Huang Liji and said, "What do you think about Huang Qing?"

Huang Liji thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty... This matter is really difficult, so it's better to take into account the overall situation."

The so-called overall situation... is obvious, just stop making trouble, close the case quickly and let Wu Xiang die.

Emperor Tianqi was unwilling to give up and then asked Sun Chengzong: "Master Sun wants to have great ideas?"

Sun Chengzong just sighed: "In fact, this matter is related to the ministers. The court has always been committed to the Liao people defending the Liao territory, and Xiong Tingbi was extremely opposed to this, believing that the generals of Liaodong had long been corrupt. These people were rooted in Liaodong. The rise and fall of Liaodong had been closely related to them. They had long been in the same mind as the court... Therefore, once the defense of the territory affected their interests, they might rebel against the Ming Dynasty. But at that time, the whole court believed that the strategy proposed by Xiong Tingbi was nonsense, including the ministers, and they also believed that this matter could not be done. Therefore, under this mercy, the Liao general became more and more arrogant!"

"Li Ruzhen's problem is that the Liao people defended the Liao territory. Because the Liao people needed to defend the Liao territory, the court had to compromise these Liao generals again and again. Every time the war failed, the court could not make up its mind to punish the defeated generals, and was finally saved by them. When there was a small victory, they brag and asked for more money and food. I don't know how many people took this opportunity to be named marquis and ministers. As a result, the situation in Liaodong deteriorated again and again, but more and more people were rewarded for meritorious service in Liaodong, so they had gained high positions. They were already a solid piece of law."

Speaking of this, Sun Chengzong paused and said again: "Yuan Chonghuan wrote a letter to him, because he was afraid that he would punish Li Ruzhen directly in the name of treason, which triggered the rebound of these Liao generals. Now he is eliminating the black sheep among the Liao generals, but there are many... Didn't they cling to the Li family at the beginning? At this time, they were also afraid. Because of this, Yuan Chonghuan wrote a letter to say: The Liao people said that the Li family was in Liaodong, and the people from the border were afraid of being subdued, so they had to use the Li family again. The Li family was defeated in Liaodong again and again. The Jiannu people won several times because of their defeat. How could they be "convinced" to them? These words are just excuses."

"But on the other hand, what Yuan Chonghuan said in his memorial actually had his profound meaning. Li Ruzhen was guilty of conviction and the Liao generals were bound to be disagreeable with the Liao people who were inspired by them from the court. Therefore... I would like to ask Your Majesty to deal with this matter, and be very cautious."

After saying this, Sun Chengzong said, "It is another matter to deal with the problem of Liao generals. The most urgent thing is to change the situation of Liao people defending Liaodong. Otherwise... Li Ruzhen today, who will be tomorrow?"

What Sun Chengzong mentioned was an essential problem. The Liao people's strategy of defending Liao territory had obviously failed.

In terms of military terms, the court's military failure in Liaodong did not change.

But in politics, the influence is too great.

There are so many military generals in the world, but because there are wars in Liaodong and other places are peaceful, the only place that can make contributions is Liaodong!

After Li Chengliang's management for so many years, he has promoted many confidants this time and time. Because of his contribution, these people have soared and controlled almost all the troops on the nine sides.

More than 30 generals in the world, that is, the commanders who led the troops, more than half of them were from people with great connections with the Li family.

What's more, there are Jingying, and how many people were promoted to Jingying because they made contributions in Liaodong?

On the one hand, others have no way to make a comeback. On the other hand, these military leaders who rely on their "military merits" occupy all important positions.

Not to mention Liaodong, even in the Jingying, there are many people closely related to them, which is hard to explain.

Sun Chengzong's suggestion is quite pertinent. It is best not to pursue this matter too much, just make mistakes. However, because of this matter, a sense of worry has arisen. Your Majesty should immediately change his course and solve the hidden dangers of the Liao people defending Liao territory. Only in this way can the Li family's problems be fundamentally solved.

To put it bluntly, it means removing the wings first and then pulling the branches, instead of first touching the Li family and causing trouble.

Emperor Tianqi was caressing the case, and he lowered his head and pondered.

After a while of slowing down, he looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Parent Wei, why don't you say anything?"

Wei Zhongxian glanced at Emperor Tianqi and looked at Cui Chengxiu again. It was obvious that Wei Zhongxian was still quite concerned about his suggestions, the godson of the Minister of War.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian thought for a while and said, "Li Ruzhen thought that he had calculated that His Majesty and the court could not do anything to him. Even if he committed a huge crime, countless people would say good things for him, so he killed him. It was Wu Xiang who was the mastermind and he was deceived. In fact, he was very planning and expected that today would happen. This was deliberately giving His Majesty a step forward."

These words immediately aroused the anger of Emperor Apocalypse.

Wei Zhongxian said again: "But what the officials said is not unreasonable. If you plan everything, you will be established. Once Li Ruzhen is the mastermind, you will inevitably be implicated and immediately cause panic. What I mean is... Otherwise, let Wu Xiang be the mastermind first, and let the others talk about it later."

Emperor Aoki did not comment.

However, Tian Ergeng understood Wei Zhongxian's intentions at this time and hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Li Ruzhen was in prison and Zhang Jingyi had already punished him, but now... there was no result. Li Ruzhen has been denied, and I mean... if the law is tried like this, even if the punishment is carried out, it will be the result of severe torture and forced confession, and I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."

"So how are you staying?" Emperor Tianqi glanced at Tian Ergeng coldly.

Tian Ergeng said: "It's better to hand it over to the North Town Fushi..."

"Hmph." Emperor Tianqi snorted coldly, staring at Tian Ergeng with a sharp gaze, as if he had seen through his tricks all at once, and then cursed: "At this point, do you still want to fight for power and profit? Are you crazy? Are you worthy of competing with Zhang Jing?"

These words are already extremely unceremonious.

Tian Ergeng was startled and said, "Don't die!"

Emperor Tianqi had a gloomy face, with his hands behind his back, walked a few steps, and finally said: "Tomorrow... the court will discuss, I will personally examine Li Ruzhen, and be the court's imperial examination!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

If it is an imperial trial, it would be the best result. Because the punishment cannot be carried out, then Li Ruzhen will definitely be reluctant to be the mastermind.

If all officials say something more... then there will be room for improvement in things.

Emperor Apocalypse's eyes swept coldly over everyone's face, his lips pursed into a thread, as if he was silent, and finally said, "That's it."

As he said that, he strolled away.

…………

Zhang Shun is here.

He is a man who is a chef who is still running to Xinxian every now and then.

After conveying the news that Your Majesty was going to be tried, Zhang Jingyi seemed to have known the result for a long time, and there was no surprise on his face. He just smiled and said, "Thank you hard, then tomorrow, I will escort the criminal to the palace."

Zhang Shun smiled and said, "My godfather came back, but his son didn't come to ask for advice either. Now his godfather is busy with official business, so his son is not easy to disturb him. After a few days, his son..."

"Stop talking, where is the money?" Zhang Jingyi was very direct. Anyway, this guy was rich and was ruined, so it would be better to leave it for him!

So Zhang Jingyi said again: "Why have you learned the bad habits of dog officials now and you are talking in a circumstantial manner? We father and son are not outsiders, so you don't have to play this kind of fake move."

Zhang Shun didn't hesitate anymore. Without saying a word, he took out an ingot of gold from his sleeve and stuffed it to Zhang Jingyi.

Zhang Jing took it with a familiar face, and had a bit of nagging patience, and said, "It's not that you have to ask for money, but you are afraid that you will spend money outside and don't know what bad habits you have. This is to save money for you to marry. When will you marry a wife, I, a father, will use this money to get married for you."

Zhang Shun: “…”

Actually, Zhang Shun didn't know that Zhang Jingyi was really concerned about his marriage. He was a eunuch and was lonely and would sooner or later find a partner to eat. Otherwise, when he was old, he would be a lonely person.

Father and son are concerned about each other, and this is the kindness of father and son.

After seeing Zhang Shun away, Zhang Jingyi was shocked. Now... the time has come.

He cheered up and then sat down at the public room. Then he waited outside the door for the clerk to order: "Summon Wang Cheng and Deng Jian."

After a moment, the two came in.

Zhang Jingyi asked Deng Jian first: "Are you ready?"

Deng Jian said calmly: "It's ready, please don't worry, Hou Xinxian."

Zhang Jing nodded, then looked at Wang Cheng again: "How is the matter investigated?"

"I already have my eyes." As he said that, Wang Cheng took out a secret report from his sleeve and sent it to Zhang Jingyi.

After seeing it, Zhang Jing laughed and said, "Very good, tomorrow I will be the judge, you will take action separately, remember... don't have any fish that misses the net... Li Ruzhen's side..."

Zhang Jing thought for a moment, then said, "Play the teaching team."
Chapter completed!