Chen Hong put down his brush, bowed and said quickly: "Your Majesty, it's a little complicated."
"What could be more complicated?" Zhu Youxiao took another sip of tea to moisten his throat and said with a smile, "It's nothing more than a question of whether to kill or not. How can it be so complicated? If everything in the world was so complicated, the Ming Dynasty would have been over long ago."
No one dared to respond, so Chen Hong quickly lowered his head and stepped aside.
"Okay, since you said it's complicated, then tell me how complicated it is." Zhu Youxiao continued.
"Your Majesty, some say they should be lenient, some say they should be severely punished, but some also advocate differentiated sentencing. Yao Zongwen, Feng Sanyuan, Li Ruzhen, and others should all be sentenced to death, immediately executed. As for Yang Lian, Yuan Yingtai, and others, they hope Your Majesty will grant them leniency as appropriate."
"Show me the list." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.
After the list was handed over, Zhu Youxiao took a quick look at it. There were not many high-ranking officials who agreed to the killing. Basically, those who proposed the killing were from the middle and lower levels, and most of them were from the Censorate.
This was unexpected. Zhu Youxiao started laughing as he watched it. This was quite interesting.
It seems that my promotion of Cui Chengxiu was effective. Whether it was Cui Chengxiu's own ability or because I promoted him, the Censorate stood on my side this time. This is a rare and happy thing.
In addition, others submitted similar petitions. For example, Zhou Yingqiu, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, supported the severe punishment of these individuals. Zhou Yingqiu was the highest-ranking official among those who supported the proposal.
As for people like Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, they disagreed and believed that the sentence should be lenient.
On the contrary, the cabinet ministers were a little puzzling because the complexity Chen Hong mentioned was exactly what was going on here.
These cabinet ministers all believed that different sentencing was necessary because the crimes committed by Zou Yuanbiao, Yang Lian and others were different. In other words, some people should be executed, while others could be resentenced. This was a decision made by the cabinet ministers based on the individuals.
After a brief pause, Zhu Youxiao said, "It's quite interesting."
"It's time to replace some people in the cabinet," Zhu Youxiao sighed, then said, "Go to the Imperial Guards and ask them how their investigation is going. Why haven't they reported any news yet? Aren't they being diligent?"
Chen Hong was somewhat confused and whispered, "Your Majesty, I wonder what the Jinyiwei are investigating?"
"Of course it's the case of the late emperor. Apart from this case, are there any other cases? Didn't someone impeach the emperor for collusion between the palace and outsiders, and for the noble ladies and powerful officials to kill the emperor? I asked the Jinyiwei to investigate, but why has there been no news reported so far? Is Luo Sigong just idle and idle? Go ask him for me!"
Chen Hong quickly said, "I'll go right away."
After saying this, Chen Hong turned around and ran away.
"If a tiger doesn't show its power, people will think I'm a sick cat." Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly, looking at Chen Hong's back.
Zhu Youxiao was very clear about his own affairs. He hoped that someone would stand up, just anyone, even a university scholar like Shi Jixie who had little presence.
But no, no one stood up.
Then don't blame me.
What should we do if you are colluding with each other?
I've finally gotten you guys to start making noise, how can I let you calm down so easily?
Okay, I can deal with you now. The time is ripe.
You don't want to express your opinions, but someone else does; you are afraid, but someone else is not; you don't want to be in this position anymore, but there are people who want to take it, and they are just the right people to replace you.
Jinyiwei Yamen.
In fact, the Jinyiwei had a hard time these days. Wei Zhongxian from the East Factory was beaten. Although the Jinyiwei was not involved in the incident, the man died in the Jinyiwei's prison after all. The Jinyiwei had a hard time, and many people scolded them for taking human life lightly.
That would be fine, the Jinyiwei were destined to be scolded. But the question now was what to do? Should we just wait like this?
"Sir, Eunuch Chen Hong is here." The Jinyiwei under his command came in front of Luo Sigong and spoke directly.
"Eunuch Chen is here?" Luo Sigong stood up excitedly.
This is his ally. Chen Hong is now in the palace and is very popular around His Majesty. He must have some news for him.
Whatever the news was, it was news after all. Sometimes bad news is much better than no news, so Luo Sigong was very excited.
"Let's go, let's go out to greet them." Luo Sigong stood up with a smile and strode outside with an extremely excited expression on his face.
When Luo Sigong saw Chen Hong, he hurriedly walked over to him and bowed, saying, "Eunuch Chen, your humble servant greets you."
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