Chapter 85 Please kill the ten tribes
Li Dongyang laughed: "Are you talking nonsense? We will know later when Jin Yiwei goes to the old man's house and takes out the evidence hidden under a pair of Ru kilns in Chasong Hall. Judge Liu, even though you did it flawlessly, you still can't escape." Things in this world are unpredictable. You got the medicine from Anrentang, and Anrentang is my property!”
When Liu Wentai heard what Li Dongyang said, he lowered his head in frustration, and immediately shouted to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister wants to be exposed. If the guilty minister exposes Li Dongyang, he will not only let Shao Daxia threaten my family's life, but also use this threat to frame the guilty minister." The late emperor!”
Zhu Houzhao felt a little headache, and he was not in the mood to care who was more extreme at this time, Liu Wentai or Li Dongyang. He quickly gave Ma Wensheng a wink, which meant that Ma Wensheng should speed up the interrogation process.
Ma Wensheng understood and asked Zhang Yu: "Zhang Yu, why did you murder the late emperor?"
Zhang Yu glanced at Li Dongyang and said: "The reason is very simple. The late emperor was too frugal and kept reducing the expenditure of the internal government, which made us eunuchs have no luck. Even the ancestors were dissatisfied with this, but they couldn't say it out. If His Majesty continues to be such a good emperor, I, Zhang Yu, will not be the only one who wants to harm him.”
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but curse when he heard this. Is it wrong for the emperor to be frugal?
At this time, Zhang Yu continued to say:
"Of course, the most direct reason is that Ma Wensheng's disciples discovered that the old slave was secretly selling firearms to the Tatars when he was in charge of the Imperial Horse Prison. The memorials were sent to the Li Prison. Fortunately, the ministers and ancestors intercepted them. Otherwise, the late emperor would have reprimanded the old slave if he did not kill him!
But after all, Lao Nu was not involved in what killed the late emperor. If Lao Nu was the only one involved, he would not have had the guts to kill the late emperor. Cabinet scholars Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Minister of War Liu Daxia, eunuch Lu He, The royal horse eunuch Zhang Zhao and others were all involved in this matter!
The old slave was worried that they would blame the death of the late emperor on him alone, and even sacrifice soldiers to protect the commander. The old slave asked the ancestors to get a letter of commitment for our family, and this letter of commitment was signed by them. The emperor can order someone to compare the signatures and seals with the notes they think are memorials. If it weren't for their guarantee, how could the old slave dare to do such a treasonous act! ”
As Zhang Yu spoke, he took out a document that was close to his inner jacket.
Chu Ke, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, hurriedly took it and handed it to Ma Wensheng.
After reading it, Ma Wensheng handed it to Zhu Houzhao himself, then walked down and asked Li Dongyang: "Li Dongyang, can you now tell me why you killed the late emperor?"
"Now that all the witnesses and material evidence are there, Li naturally cannot deny it. Yes, the death of the late emperor is indeed related to Li, or that Li participated in the regicide case. But Ma Wensheng, now you ask me why I killed the late emperor. It's not necessary.
The late emperor has passed away and has returned to the dust. I, Li Dongyang, will probably not risk my life to accompany him. What can he do to me? It is just to kill the nine tribes. Is it possible that there really is an underworld and he can really make me die in the underworld? Can't? ”
Li Dongyang laughed hysterically as he spoke.
At this time, Ma Wensheng was extremely angry when he saw this: "You, you, don't go too far! Traitors are in power, the emperor's mausoleum cries at night, and the seven mansions are earthquakes. It's talking about traitors like you. If the late emperor has no spirit in heaven, he will naturally There will never be such a prophecy in the world!”
Li Dongyang snorted: "The cries of the emperor's mausoleum at night are nothing but crows. If there really are gods, if the late emperor can really make me die in the underworld, why don't there be an earthquake in Qifu!"
"Report! In response to the report from Yin Tianfu, there was an earthquake in Nanjing in September!"
"Report! The Zhenjiang prefect reported that there was an earthquake in Zhenjiang in September!"
"Report! Fengyang Zhongdu stayed behind to report that there was an earthquake in Fengyang in September!"
"Report! The prefect of Yanzhou reported that there was an earthquake in Yanzhou in September!"
"Report! The prefect of Dongchang reported that there was an earthquake in Dongchang in September!"
"Report! The prefect of Ruzhou reported that there was an earthquake in Ruzhou in September!"
"Report! The prefect of Dengzhou reported that there was an earthquake and tsunami in Dengzhou in September!"
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Li Dongyang just finished speaking. One by one, the ministers came from the ceremonial office and began to report directly in front of Zhu Houzhao.
According to normal procedures, there is no such process.
Naturally, Zhu Houzhao specially asked the Secretary of General Affairs to arrange these. Zhu Houzhao had received these reports one after another before this, but he deliberately arranged to have them out when interrogating Li Dongyang and others.
Earthquake in Qifu!
It happens to be seven mansions!
All the officials present were speechless! They were all horrified.
Even Ma Wensheng was surprised, thinking that the murder of the late emperor was indeed true! And as expected, the late emperor still has a spirit of resentment and anger in the world!
Not only Ma Wensheng believed it, but also the officials present were even more convinced, because the emperor's crying at night could be faked, but the earthquake in Qifu couldn't be faked!
Li Dongyang himself was surprised, and suddenly he became really scared: "What is going on? Why is there really an earthquake? Is there really retribution from the underworld? The late emperor really still has a soul, and I will be punished even if I die!" ”
No matter how smart and cunning people in this era are, they are still full of awe of some natural phenomena. Even Confucian disciples like Li Dongyang, although they do not believe in ghosts and gods, have to believe it when they encounter natural phenomena that they cannot understand, especially those that occur by coincidence. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many incidents in history where every time a major disaster occurs, hundreds of officials will be forced to repair their affairs.
Li Dongyang was really panicked and thought to himself: "No wonder Zhu Houzhao suspected that people like him had killed the late emperor from the beginning. Could it be that the late emperor really gave him a dream? Could it be that the late emperor really still has a ghost that is still lingering!"
Thinking of this, Li Dongyang couldn't help crying: "My late emperor! I am guilty! But I have no choice! My late emperor, please forgive me, forgive me!"
At this time, Ma Wensheng continued to ask Li Dongyang loudly: "Li Dongyang, can you plead guilty!"
Li Dongyang no longer had any confidence at this time. He began to feel that Emperor Hongzhi's spirit in heaven was secretly watching him, which made him tremble. He hurriedly replied: "Plead guilty, guilty minister pleads guilty!"
Seeing this, Ma Wensheng hurriedly asked Li Dongyang, Zhang Yu, Liu Wentai and others to sign and pledge.
Then, Ma Wensheng came to Zhu Houzhao in person and bowed: "Your Majesty, there is conclusive evidence for the murder of the late emperor by Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Wang Yue, Zhang Yu and others. To protect the spirit of the late emperor and to maintain the majesty of the king, I, my Majesty, Please Your Majesty punish these traitors and traitors to the Nine Tribes!”
Zhu Houzhao did not immediately agree to Ma Wensheng, but said lightly: "If the plan fails, we can kill the nine tribes, but the plan has been executed. The fate of our Ming Dynasty may be greatly affected by this. A generation of wise kings ended up being wronged. I have the hatred of killing my father. Yu Guonai is The revenge of regicide is not enough for the nine clans! To kill only the nine clans is to punish Shi Hengcao Jixiang and others. For Liu Jian and others, I am afraid that the soul of the late emperor will still not be able to live in peace! His disciples should also be classified as the tenth clan! clan, kill them!”
At this time, Ma Wensheng was also afraid that the late emperor would cause another earthquake in the Seven Prefectures, so he did not object to Zhu Houzhao. He only replied: "In this case, I ask your Majesty to punish these rebels and thieves of the ten tribes! If you don't punish the ten tribes, I will not be able to kneel down!" ”
"I ask your Majesty to punish these traitors and thieves of the Ten Clan!" Jiao Fang also lifted her robe and knelt down at this time.
"I ask your Majesty to punish these traitors and thieves of the ten tribes!" Xu Jin also responded.
"I ask your Majesty to punish these traitors and thieves of the Ten Tribes!" Liu Jin and others also responded.
"I ask your Majesty to punish these traitors and thieves of the ten clans!"
Other civil servants present also responded. They were indeed afraid that the spirit of the late emperor would be uneasy, especially after knowing that the Qifu earthquake had really occurred. However, some officials began to feel uneasy because they were under the influence of these rebels. Within the ten clans!
Thank you book friend SHAJIA for the reward of 100 starting coins. Thank you book friend SHAJIA for your reward of 500 starting coins. Thank you book friend Qianhen for the reward of 01100 starting coins for the earthquake in Qifu. The historical record is: Yichou (in the 9th year of the 18th year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty) Month) Earthquakes in Nanjing and other seven prefectures. On October 9 of the Gregorian calendar, there was an earthquake of about magnitude 7 in the Yellow Sea. The protagonist is taking advantage of this incident. It is estimated that the reports of these earthquakes will arrive in Beijing in December, and the protagonist just uses them to connect them with the murder of Emperor Hongzhi.
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