This pleading memorial came very quickly!

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

However, Zhu Youxiao did not intend to kill Yang Lian.

Just like Chongzhen shouldn't have suppressed the eunuch party too ruthlessly after he ascended the throne, and forced Wei Zhongxian to commit suicide, Yang Lian, a leader who represented the forces of the Donglin Party, could not be cracked down too ruthlessly.

Because in this period of internal and external troubles, any extreme behavior will aggravate the internal struggle of the empire and accelerate the speed of the empire's demise.

However, Zhu Youxiao wanted to see how many people would plead for Yang Lian.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not express his attitude towards Wei Dazhong's plea for Yang Lian at this time, but asked Wang An: "Which other ministers have submitted memorials to plead for Yang Lian?"

Wang An replied: "There are Zuo Guangdou, Wang Wenyan, Han Yu..."

When Zhu Youxiao heard Wang An recite a long list of names, he seemed to have no intention of stopping, so he had to interrupt Wang An: "Okay, I'll ask the Wenshu to take all the memorials for Yang Lian to me, and I want to read them one by one."

Wang An had no choice but to do so.

For a moment, Wang An came with a large stack of memorials.

Zhu Youxiao took a look.

It's two feet thick.

so much?

Zhu Youxiao frowned and said indifferently: "It seems that Yang Lian is quite popular?"

Wang An laughed: "Before the temple died, he said that Yang Lian was truly loyal to the emperor. Emperor Daxing could inherit the throne, and he also made a lot of efforts. But he didn't expect that he would be so disgraceful in front of you, the emperor, like an old slave, forgot his position at that time and only cared about helping you, the emperor, inherit the throne."

"So, he is still a hero. If it weren't for a loyal minister like him, neither my father nor my father would be able to inherit the throne, right?"

Zhu Youxiao asked.

After hearing this, Wang An couldn't help but feel cold on his back and kneeled down: "I'm sorry, please punish the emperor!"

"Get up."

Zhu Youxiao smiled faintly, he already knew Wang An's attitude.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't think about pointing it out, just said, "All these memorials are left, you can leave."

After hearing this, Wang An was quite surprised, looked up at Zhu Youxiao and asked, "Old Master, staying in China may cause criticism from the world! Why not issue cabinet tickets?"

Zhu Youxiao glared at Wang An: "How can I be the emperor and I want you to teach me?"

After hearing this, Wang An hurriedly kowtowed: "I'm guilty of death! I'm guilty of death!"

"Do you deserve to die? I will only count if I say it. What you say it yourself doesn't count if you ask you to retreat if you ask you to retreat!"

Zhu Youxiao said something.

"I thank the Emperor, I will take my leave now!"

Wang An stood up and retreated to face Zhu Youxiao, and then deliberately tripped at the threshold. When Zhu Youxiao looked back at him, he pretended to be scared to wipe his forehead.

When Zhu Youxiao saw this, he cursed in his heart: "Old guy! Since he looks so cautious, why is he still sitting on the side of the civil servant? He doesn't think about whose slave he is!"

While Wang An had not left the hall, Zhu Youxiao said again: "If there is a memorial to plead for Yang Lian on the Tongzheng Department, I will report it to me quickly! I want to read it in person!"

"Yes, I remember!"

Wang An replied, feeling quite surprised and thought to himself that since the emperor planned to keep these memorials and not deal with them, why should he read them in person?

...

After Wang An left, Zhu Youxiao suddenly ordered: "Wei Dynasty, the pen and ink served."

The Wei Dynasty was an eunuch who served Zhu Youxiao.

When Wei Chao heard that Zhu Youxiao asked him to serve him ink, he hurriedly sighed, and then immediately started to develop ink for Zhu Youxiao himself.

Wei Chao is now in a more excited mood than Zhu Youxiao, because as Zhu Youxiao’s personal eunuch, Zhu Youxiao became the emperor, so he must have a rise in the water.

As soon as the Wei Dynasty polished the ink, Zhu Youxiao asked the Wei Dynasty to go outside to serve, and then he began to write down the names of the memorials while flipping through these memorials.

When Zhu Youxiao wrote these names almost the same, Wang An hurriedly ran away: "Your Majesty! A new memorial is delivered."

Wei Chao felt a little unhappy when he saw Wang An coming again. He knew that Wang An was running errands and delivering memorials himself just to stay with the emperor for a longer time and to maintain his position.

When Zhu Youxiao saw that Wei Chao was unhappy, he naturally guessed the reason.

Zhu Youxiao did not let Wang An in at this time, and just asked, "Who is it?"

"Shao Zhan and Henan Censor Xu Guangqi, Zuo Zhongyun Sun Chengzong."

Wang An replied.

When Zhu Youxiao heard the two people Wang An talked about, he stopped the pen in his hand.

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a while, and suddenly asked Wei Chao ten steps away: "Who is on duty now in the cabinet?"

"Second auxiliary Liu Ge Lao."

Wei Chao replied.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and thought to himself: "Good guy, I contacted the people in the cabinet before I even entered the Sili Supervisory Commission."

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao gave up his mind to reuse the Wei Dynasty in the future.

Zhu Youxiao asked again: "Where is Fang Congzhe?"

When Wei Chao heard Zhu Youxiao ask about Fang Congzhe, he couldn't help but look at Wang An, and then replied: "Yuan Fu went to inspect the emperor's tomb."

Zhu Youxiao didn't ask again after hearing this.

Zhu Youxiao remembered that Liu Yixuan had already asked for love for Yang Lian in front of the Qianqing Palace. When the memorials of Wei Dazhong and others were delivered to him, it was Liu Yixuan in the cabinet.

This obviously means that Wang An and others are in the same group as Liu Yiyin.

The reason why Wang An asked himself to submit Wei Dazhong’s memorial to the cabinet was simply to give Liu Yiyan a chance to exempt Yang Lian from guilt, and then forced himself, the emperor to express his opinion.

In Zhu Youxiao's opinion, it was obvious that Wang An and Liu Yiyin had already guessed that they did not really want to kill Yang Lian.

That is why Wang An presented Wei Dazhong's memorial when Liu Yiyin was on duty when Fang Congzhe was not in the cabinet to give Liu Yiyin and himself a chance to forgive Yang Lian, and at the same time test his attitude towards Liu Yiyin and Yang Lian.

But Zhu Youxiao did not want to fulfill the wishes of Wang An and others, so he said to Wei Chao: "After Yuan Fu comes back, ask him to come and see me!"

"I obey the order!"

After hearing this, Wei Chao looked at Wang An again.

Wang An also raised his eyes in surprise and glanced at Zhu Youxiao, feeling a little uneasy.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao covered the paper that recorded himself as Yang Lian’s name of the official who pleaded with love, and then said: “Wang An, take the memorials of Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong in.”

"yes!"

Only then did Wang An bring in the memorial.

Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything anymore.

In the afternoon of the same day, Fang Congzhe came back and entered the palace because he received the will from Zhu Youxiao to see him.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao saw Fang Congzhe, he gave Wei Dazhong’s memorial to Fang Congzhe: "Yuanfu, please ask for a vote. How should Wei Dazhong handle the matter of pleading for Yang Lian?"

The result that Zhu Youxiao wanted to see most was that Fang Congzhe, Yang Lian's political enemy, pleaded for Yang Lian. Only in this way would he forgive Yang Lian, and thus cool down the intensifying party struggles within the Ming Dynasty since the late Wanli period.

"Your Majesty, the king is like a father. Yang Lian is arrogant and disrespectful to his ministers. He is a deceptive person who is young. Such rebellious people should abandon the market to correct the king's power. Wei Dazhong only pleads for Yang Lian. Whoever does nothing is wrong for the king's father's anger is punished. My heart is punished. I suggest that he be entrusted to imprison him and discuss death!"
Chapter completed!