In the Ming Dynasty, all memorials were first sent to the cabinet. After reading them, the cabinet ministers wrote down the general content, which was called "Yin Huang". Then the cabinet ministers wrote down the response plan for the memorials on a small note, which was called "Piao Ni".

Then the ministers would paste the "Yin Huang" and "Piao Ni" on the memorial and present it to the emperor. The emperor would use a red pen to "mark the memorial" written by the ministers. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, most of the red comments were written by eunuchs holding pens, and the emperor only needed to speak.

Those who agree are “approved”, those who disagree are returned to the cabinet for revision are called “revote”, and those who don’t know how to deal with it but feel dissatisfied with the cabinet’s opinions and leave them for the time being are called “retained”.

Chongzhen, who was the emperor for the first time, certainly would not miss the right to approve documents. He took a red brush and looked through each book.

Wang Chengen stood by and was responsible for delivering memorials.

After reviewing the memorial, Chongzhen picked up the petition.

The first one was a plea for Duke Chengguo, saying that Duke Chengguo's ancestors had made great contributions and that since he had fought alongside Emperor Chengzu in many battles, he should be spared.

The second one is still a plea.

The third book...the fourth book...more than a hundred books are all pleading for mercy.

Wei Zaode is dead. Those imprisoned now include Duke Cheng Zhu Chunchen, former Minister of War Zhang Jinyan, and former Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Wang Zhengzhi.

The most people in the memorial pleaded for Zhu Chunchen, followed by Zhang Jinyan, and the least was Wang Zhengzhi.

The cabinet's drafting opinions basically all came from Li Banghua alone.

The power to draft bills was originally reserved for cabinet ministers to draft bills collectively and then hand them over to the emperor. However, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the power to draft bills fell into the hands of the prime minister.

Li Banghua's opinion was very clear: punish Duke Chengguo, chop off Zhang Jinyan's head, and exterminate Wang Zhengzhi's clan!