Chapter 314 Hai Rui’s Magical Maneuver
Faced with Hai Rui’s rhetorical questions and Hai Rui’s aggressiveness, Yan Shifan could no longer give in.
After all, in terms of status and class, he was miles ahead of Hai Rui. And to use an inappropriate metaphor, Hai Rui is not even qualified to carry his shoes.
But now Hai Rui asked him so boldly, how could Yan Shifan tolerate this?
Yan Shifan's anger suddenly emerged.
Yan Shifan said: "You think you can hide it from everyone in the world, so you can hide it from me? I received a secret report early in the morning and learned about your sinister intentions. Now in front of the Holy Emperor, you actually dare to quibble. I really don’t know how to live or die, and I don’t know the power of the Holy God!”
Hai Rui didn’t take Yan Shifan’s threat seriously at all. In Hai Rui’s heart, as long as it was something he could stand reason for! , he has never been afraid.
So, what about Yan Shifan’s threats?
Others may consider Mr. Xiao Ge's power, but Hai Rui has never taken this kind of power seriously.
Hai Rui only had the words "Great Ming Law" and "Justice in the World" in his heart.
Therefore, in Hai Rui's eyes, Yan Shifan's current threats were just a sign of incompetence and barking.
Hai Rui replied: "Since Mr. Yan has a secret report, then I will ask Mr. Yan if he has verified the information in the secret report? What if Mr. Yan is sure that the official is guilty just because of a secret report that has not been verified? , so what’s the point of setting up three judicial departments in the imperial court?”
Hai Rui said another counterattack, directly seizing on the loopholes in Yan Shifan’s language and exerting targeted pressure on Yan Shifan.
Emperor Jiajing was sitting on the throne in the palace. He listened to Hai Rui and Yan Shifan's words with great interest and had no intention of interrupting to ask questions.
Emperor Jiajing just wanted to see how hard this little black guy could go, and by the way, he also wanted to see how smart Yan Shifan's little cleverness could be.
Yan Shifan was questioned one after another by Hai Rui, and he immediately realized the flaw in his questioning. He had been led away by Hai Rui.
This is obviously not in line with his idea of overthrowing Wang Youzhao and cleaning up Hai Rui to re-establish his authority.
So, Yan Shifan made a decisive decision and stopped arguing with Hai Rui about the secret report.
Instead, he directly focused his attention on Wang Youzhao. Yan Shifan turned to Emperor Jiajing and bowed to him: "Hai Rui's crime can be tolerated and we will discuss it later. I want to ask Shuntian Mansion first about Wang Youzhao's crime of neglecting his duties. . Because all the reasons for Hai Rui's crime were Wang Youzhao's neglect of duty, I still ask for your Majesty's approval."
Emperor Jiajing did not expect that Yan Shifan would turn his mind on him so quickly. , trying to use his power to control the entire audience.
This made Emperor Jiajing very unhappy.
When doing business, Yan Shifan and Hu pretended to be powerful. After all, those things were revealed to the world, and Emperor Jiajing did not directly intervene.
But now that the lawsuit is in front of him, Yan Shifan still wants to use his power to influence the judgment of everyone in the palace. Isn't this tantamount to dragging him into trouble?
This situation is absolutely unacceptable to Emperor Jiajing.
What Emperor Jiajing wants to do is to be aloof, to look down on all living beings like a god. If he expresses his intention at the end, wouldn't it mean that he has done the bad things Yan Shifan and others did? They are all Emperor Jiajing's. Instigated?
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing's attitude suddenly changed.
Emperor Jiajing said in an indifferent tone: "Whether Wang Youzhao is guilty of dereliction of duty is not something you can decide with just one word. The imperial court has three judicial departments that can determine and investigate before drawing a conclusion. Now you have to sue me. The crime is Hai Rui's fault, don't go off topic." Emperor Jiajing immediately rejected Yan Shifan's request and asked him to continue to accuse Hai Rui.
And this is what Emperor Jiajing wants to know urgently. After all, in Emperor Jiajing's mind, what Hai Rui is doing now may be Zhu Zaijing's plan.
So, Emperor Jiajing wanted to see what kind of hole his son had dug, and filled it with Yan Shifan.
Yan Shifan was held down by Emperor Jiajing, and he had nowhere to vent his anger. He could only glare at Wang Youzhao fiercely again, as if he was saying that he would deal with you after he dealt with Hai Rui!
Wang Youzhao was frightened by Yan Shifan's glare. He glanced helplessly at Hai Rui who was standing in the hall.
In Wang Youzhao's eyes, Hai Rui's thin body was as tall as a mountain. As long as Hai Rui could hold on, his guilt would be gone.
Yan Shifan was angry and could only look at Hai Rui, the Thousand Swordsman.
At this time, Hai Rui also seized the opportunity and took the initiative to ask: "Shilang Yan, His Majesty has made it clear that you will explain the reasons for the crime of this official, and also asked Yan Shifan to clarify the source and information of the secret report. It seems that The elder monks and secretaries in the palace have a fair judgment.”
Hai Rui is also a monkey and has the ability to climb along the pole and fly up.
Emperor Jiajing had just been unhappy because of Yan Shifan's desire to pretend to be a tiger. Unexpectedly, Hai Rui immediately seized the opportunity and directly forced Yan Shifan to explain the source of the secret report with a "clear decree".
After being asked by Hai Rui so skillfully, Yan Shifan was so angry that his heart ached.
Obviously he filed the complaint, but now he is proving his innocence. This is not in line with the process in his mind.
Yan Shifan said angrily: "Why should I tell you the source of the secret report? You must immediately explain why you destroyed the bodies of more than a dozen innocent workers and civilians who froze to death!"
Regarding this issue that Yan Shifan has been struggling with, Hai Rui made another explosive statement: "According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, whoever sues has to provide evidence. Since Yan Shilang wants to accuse an official of destroying corpses and destroying traces, then naturally he also needs to explain the source of your evidence. , to prove that the official is guilty."
"Instead of insisting that the official is guilty like this, please clarify who provided the secret report."
"Furthermore, regarding whether Xiaguan destroyed the corpse or not, the policemen and widowers from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, as well as the imperial doctor from the Medical Academy who came later, can continue to investigate and collect evidence in the work shed dormitory outside Chongwen Gate. It does not prevent the official from questioning the source of the evidence for Yan Shilang's lawsuit against the official. "After all, the official is also a court official with a legitimate background in Kejia. If you really want to ask for a crime, you must have real evidence." A secret report that came out of nowhere can bring down the official. "
Hai Rui's central idea is also very clear, that is, if he wants to sue me, he can provide evidence. Once this so-called "evidence" is produced by Yan Shifan, Yan Shifan will not be able to decide the next development of the situation.
When the time comes, Hai Rui will seize this so-called secret report evidence and directly connect the people caught last night into a complete chain of evidence, giving Yan Shifan a good lesson in the rule of law of the Ming Dynasty.
Let Yan Shifan also experience the power of the "King's Law" and see if he dares to act recklessly in the future and regard the King's Law as nothing!
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Before twelve o’clock in the next chapter!
(End of this chapter)