After glancing at Doctor Chen, Zhao Nanxing said, "Don't you have anything else to say?"

Doctor Chen slowly opened his eyes and said helplessly, "What do you want me to say, sir?"

Some things can be said, but others cannot. If I open my mouth, the entire Ministry of Industry will be ruined, implicating so many people, killing so many people, and what will happen to my affairs after my death?

Such a mouth cannot be opened.

Zhao Nanxing nodded and said, "Since you won't say anything, then I will have no choice but to report to His Majesty."

Without answering Zhao Nanxing's words, Doctor Chen remained silent.

At the same time, in the Northern Pacification Division of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Han Kuang was also interrogating people one by one.

Now kneeling in front of Han Yu is Yao Zongwen.

Yao Zongwen's face looked extremely ugly, he stiffened his neck and insisted that it was a frame-up by Wei Zhongxian.

Yao Zongwen had overturned the case once before, and then turned it over again, and then he kept accusing Wei Zhongxian. I don't know if he was stimulated by something, but no matter how hard he tried to force a confession, he just wouldn't open his mouth.

If Yao Zongwen had such backbone at the beginning, he would not have changed his confession later.

Han Yu sat there expressionlessly, ignoring Yao Zongwen's shouting.

"I didn't come here today to listen to you talk about this," Han Yu said expressionlessly. "I want to ask you, did you accept the 3,200 taels of silver from Liu Guojin?"

After hearing Han Kuang's words, Yao Zongwen was stunned, then shook his head violently, "I didn't take it."

"The criminal denies it. This is recorded," Han Yu said to the clerk beside him. Then he turned back to look at Yao Zongwen and said, "Last year on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, at ten o'clock in the evening, where were you and what were you doing?"

"I'm at home." Yao Zongwen said with a serious expression.

"What are you doing? Who are you meeting? Is there anyone who can testify?" Han Yu asked again.

"I'm meeting Liu Guojin." Yao Zongwen said gritting his teeth.

"What is the purpose of your meeting?" Han Yu asked.

"In order to impeach Xiong Tingbi, I asked him about Xiong Tingbi's situation in Liaodong. We did this for the Ming Dynasty and for Your Majesty! It is completely out of public interest and there is no selfish motive in it." Yao Zongwen said hurriedly, his face already showing a little panic.

"Liu Guojin also said so, but he said he bribed you with 3,000 taels of silver. Besides Liu Guojin, the attendant who went with him can also testify because he was the one who brought the 3,000 taels of silver. In addition, your housekeeper can also testify. Here is the gift list."

"We have both witnesses and physical evidence. Even without physical evidence, according to Ming Dynasty law, three witnesses are sufficient to prove that you accepted bribes from Liu Guojin, regardless of whether you plead guilty or not."

"Since you've accepted the money, then if you later join Liu Guojin in impeaching Xiong Tingbi, this court can assume you're colluding with each other and forming a clique for personal gain. So there's nothing more to say. Come, have him sign!"

The two Jinyiwei nearby immediately rushed up and walked in front of Yao Zongwen with the ink and documents.

Yao Zongwen was already in a state of disarray. If it had been a previous interrogation, perhaps it would not have been a big deal. But this time it was different. The person sent by the court was a cabinet minister, and the case basically ended here.

If I were convicted in this way, my fate would definitely not be good.

Thinking of this, Yao Zongwen hurriedly crawled forward a few steps, and then said: "I want to report it, I want to report it!"

Han Yu glanced at Yao Zongwen, and a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.

But he knew he couldn't let his emotions get the better of him, so he continued, "Go ahead."

At this point, Yao Zongwen no longer had any thoughts of resisting and told everyone everything.

From accepting bribes to impeach Xiong Tingbi at the beginning to recanting his confession later, Yao Zongwen told the whole story.

In the end, Yao Zongwen admitted to one thing, which was forming a clique, but he was not talking about personal gain.

"We are all for the Ming Dynasty and for His Majesty!"

"The court is full of corrupt officials, and the people are living in misery. If we don't unite, how can we bring order to the court, how can we clean up the bureaucracy? How can we make our ruler a Yao or Shun?"

Han Yu didn't look at Yao Zongwen, but said directly to the Jinyiwei beside him: "Have him sign the confession and seal it."

Wei Zhongxian, who was sitting on the side, was stunned. Is it so clean and neat?

Why don’t I have such people under my command?

Apart from whipping, have you ever thought of this method?

What a failure!

Wei Zhongxian looked at Han Yu in surprise. He felt that he might have an opponent in the future.

If these cases were solved beautifully by Han Yu, what would Your Majesty think?