Chapter 64 Demonstrations
Fang Congzhe took back his application for resignation and returned to the mansion honestly.
Fang Congzhe now has only one idea, that is, he regrets why he wanted to go to Beijing to take the Jinshi exam.
"The current emperor is different from the temple. The temple only fights against the situation where it is controlled by civil officials in the world. However, the emperor is going to fight head-on, and he is willing to destroy our family and force us to force us. Our family can only bet with the emperor. If you win, you will be extremely rich, and if you lose, you will be infamous for thousands of years!
Son, don’t blame your father for being cruel. You have never listened to your father’s teachings. You are the easiest person to bring disaster to our Fang family. Just like this time, your father has clearly said not to leave the city, but you still leave the city, so you were kidnapped by them and threatened by their father. This is the second time. In order to prevent you from causing disaster to our Fang family, you will definitely break your legs and prevent you from leaving the house from now on!”
After Fang Congzhe said this, he shouted: "Call me!"
So, the rich slaves of the Fang Mansion greeted Fang Shihong's legs tied to the spring stool with a huge stick.
Fang Shihong shouted: "Father! No! Father, no!"
"ah!"
Fang Shihong screamed in pain after being hit by the first blow, and then he cursed: "Old guy! Why are you so cruel!"
"ah!"
Fang Shihong screamed again.
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"Emperor, Fang Shihong's leg was broken by Fang Congzhe."
Wei Zhongxian reported to Zhu Youxiao on this day.
"oh?!"
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao smiled faintly and said, "Fang Congzhe did this and it was also a helpless act, and I forced him to do this! However, you have to tell the people who were placed by Fang Shihong around Dongchang to guide Fang Shihong to let him know that it was not his father's cruelty or my ruthlessness that caused him to be disabled, but the gentlemen who opposed his father did not like his father! If Fang Shihong did not have this awareness, get rid of him!"
When Zhu Youxiao said the last sentence, Wei Zhongxian found that his emperor's expression was particularly cold. For a moment, he couldn't help but feel chilled and hurriedly said, "I obey the order!"
at this time.
Liu Ruoyu came and reported to Zhu Youxiao: "Emperor, this is a memorial to the Left Officer of the Ministry of Justice Xue Wenzhou, who impeached Yuan Fu Fang Congzhe, and caused the late emperor to collapse after taking poison. The cabinet did not dare to write it out, so please ask you to break up!"
Zhu Youxiao took the memorial and sneered in his heart: "I know that they will make a fuss about Emperor Taichang's death!"
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"The memorial to impeach Fang Congzhe for the regicide has been handed over by Xue Gong. Do you think Fang Congzhe will commit suicide?"
Jie Xuelong glanced at Xue Wenzhou and asked Qian Qianyi and others about coming.
Qian Qianyi smiled first and said, "Even if he doesn't commit suicide, he will voluntarily resign! The most important thing at the moment is whether he will give Fang Congzhe a favor today!"
Xue Wenzhou nodded and echoed: "If the emperor does not give him Fang Congzhe a favor, that emperor is really a ruthless and stern person! But if this is the case, what should we do?"
"Don't forget, we said before that the reason why we kidnapped Fang Shihong and threatened Fang Congzhe was actually to see what happened today. If the emperor really wanted to fight like this, then we could only stay with him to the end. For the safety of the country and for the entire scholar-officials to rule the world with the emperor, we must let the emperor give in! We still have many means, because the court is still supported by our Jiangnan!"
Qian Qianyi laughed as he said that.
Jie Xuelong also stood up with confidence: "That's right! The grain, Liao pay, and salt profit are basically all supplied by our Jiangnan. If we were not for us, even the East Gate would not be able to be wiped out today!"
After Jie Xuelong said that, the other civil servants who were still considered Donglin civil servants all laughed.
"Next, we have to go to Zuoshunmen to cry for advice, and in the name of being unjust in the late emperor, we ask the emperor to severely punish Fang Congzhe and others for killing the lord! And we ask all civil servants to go, with great momentum. Whoever does not go and speaks for unjust for the late emperor is unfaithful! And we ask the emperor to severely punish Fang Congzhe and other rebellious ministers. If the emperor does not follow, it is unfilial! The purpose of doing this is to demonstrate to the emperor, the more people, the better!"
Qian Qianyi started talking at this time.
Jie Xuelong nodded: "That's the reason! You have to go!"
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At that time, Zhu Youxiao had not dealt with Xue Wenzhou's memorial, so he stayed temporarily and saw Wei Zhongxian hurried back: "Emperor! Many court officials knelt outside Zuo Shun's door, saying that they would be unfair to the late emperor. Please kill Fang Congzhe and others!"
Liu Ruoyu was shocked after hearing this, and couldn't help but look at Zhu Youxiao, thinking that these people clearly wanted to force the palace, and obviously they would not kill Fang Congzhe, the chief minister who listened to the emperor, would not give up, and they didn't know how the emperor would deal with it.
Wei Zhongxian was also looking at Zhu Youxiao, and he was also curious about what his emperor did and whether he would compromise with all officials?
Zhu Youxiao looked up at the two of them. He knew that the crying advice would come sooner or later. After all, these civil servants had already threatened Fang Congzhe, which was equivalent to threatening his emperor. Now he came to kneel down to force him to expel Fang Congzhe from the court according to their intentions.
But what Zhu Youxiao could imagine was that if he really expelled Fang Congzhe from the court, no one in the new cabinet ministers would dare to listen to him as the emperor, because the emperor was afraid of the entire civil servant group. Then, as civil servants, why would they have to betray their civil servant group? At best, they could only balance and mix between the emperor and the civil servant group.
However, Zhu Youxiao had a solution to this.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered: "I sent an order, and sent the cabinet and the six ministers of the ministers, the chief censor of the Censorate, the five governors and students of the Ming Dynasty martial arts lecture hall, as well as the officials of the Jinyiwei Hall, and the eunuchs above the rituals and pens to see me all came to the Zuoshunmen city tower!"
"Abide by the order!"
Wei Zhongxian and Liu Ruoyu both replied
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Half an hour later.
Outside Zuo Shunmen, a large number of civil servants led by Jie Xuelong, Xue Wenzhou, Qian Qianyi and others knelt here, with no less than a hundred, and they were all filled with righteous indignation and righteousness.
Jie Xuelong and others did not look afraid because they came to Zuoshunmen to kneel down to advise, because they came here to demonstrate to the emperor, and they also corrected their names in the name of injustice for the late emperor, showing that they had to kneel down to advise the emperor to kill Fang Congzhe because of their loyalty and filial piety!
Jie Xuelong shook his eyebrows, and his face showed a look of pride like other civil servants. He could imagine how their feats today would be recorded in the Hanlin Academy History Museum and were admired and sung by later scholars and officials.
"Please kill the rebel minister Fang Congzhe! Otherwise, your Majesty will suffer from filial piety!"
Chapter completed!