I am the king of the dead

Actually not.

Recently, Chen Yi has been applying to go to Nanya to be the governor's nomination officer. Last time, he and His Majesty were in a bad position because of the Nanzhili incident. Chen Yi has been thinking about how to make up for it.

Besides, if Chen Yi wants to attack Lu Zhong, he can't be so hasty.

In fact, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are very powerful, no matter Xu Youzhen, Chen Yi, Wang Wen, etc., even if they are the chief constitution, they can't control the officials under them.

Chen Yi looked at the official in the hall, and said loudly: "You guys just talk about how to deal with this case!"

A group of rotten fish and rotten shrimps, no wonder Wang Wen went to be the secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, this group of guys can't move at all!

Lu Zhong looked at their dejected looks, and said with a smile: "Yu Shangshu, Jin Yiwei still has criminals and physical evidence, bring them up!"

Jin Yiwei's second investigation was extremely efficient. Not only did they find Hao Ren stealing the jade pendant as a pawn for gambling, but they also found evidence against Hao Ren.

The first is the witness, Hao Ren's sister, Hao Shi.

The Hao family was a bit yin and yang. After the death of Mr. Hao, the Hao family was always headed by Mrs. Hao. Hao Ren's sister ran around to maintain the business. Renbai started his family three times in a row, almost implicating the whole family.

Hao Ren's sister witnessed the quarrel between Hao Ren and Mrs. Hao, and also saw Hao Ren's embarrassment when he was at a loss and ran for the road with the jade pendant.

It didn't take much for Lu Zhong to convince Hao Ren's sister to go to the county government to testify.

There is another key piece of evidence, which is Hao Ren's clothes. After Hao Ren knocked Mrs. Hao down the other day, he was so frightened that he hugged her. There were blood stains on the clothes. Hao Ren threw away the clothes at that time.

But Hao Ren's sister stayed behind.

Hao Ren still wanted to deny it, but the evidence was solid and he finally pleaded guilty.

Yu Shiyue sat up straight, patted the gavel, and said in a vibrating voice, "Killing someone for a fight ends in hanging. Killing a respected relative for a son will be punished until Ling Chi. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the criminal Hao Ren should be executed by Ling Chi."

"Yu is not talented, and leads the inscription."

"Retire!"

Yu Shiyue stood up and left in a hurry. Yu Shiyue is the Duke of the Six Departments of Ming Dynasty, and he has a lot of things to do. In such a case, does he need to be the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?

Aren't they some fools, making a fuss?

If Yu Shiyue hadn't understood the case, he would have thought that His Majesty had given the bait and finally caught the fish.

Lu Zhong didn't stand up, but sat on the seat of Dama Jindao, and said with a smile: "We are a rough man, whatever His Majesty asks, Lu Zhong will do."

"Your Majesty holds the Jinyiwei and makes some people restless. Isn't it just to share the power in His Majesty's hands?"

"I think this matter, even if I can't kill Lu Zhong, it can make Jin Yiwei's authority less."

"But you Minggongs, it's not that Lu looks down on your tricks. What's the use of killing me, Lu Zhong?"

"Your Majesty still has twelve Tianzi Tiqi in his hand. If I die, someone will take over immediately."

"Minggongs, be careful in what you do in the future, I'm watching you!" Lu Zhong nodded his eyes with two fingers, and then nodded at the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate present.

In these words, it was not a threat at all, but telling them clearly that Lu Zhong was a cruel official with a narrow mind.

Lu Zhong is a common man, he just likes to see these censors who are out of their minds.

"Hahaha!" Lu Zhong stood up and said with a long smile, "Let's go."

The commander of the Jinyiwei took two Jinyiwei to punish Qianhu and left.

At this time, Hu Wei was playing chess with His Majesty, which was just ordinary chess, and Hu Wei couldn't push the chess board with soldiers.

Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "If Hu Shangshu came to do this, what would he do? I mean killing Lu Zhong."

Lu Zhong had just returned to Juxian Pavilion from the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, when he heard such words, he was so frightened that everyone was dumbfounded.

As soon as the chess piece in Hu Wei's hand stopped, he thought for a while and knew what His Majesty was asking.

His Majesty is asking about the methods of civil servants, and Hu Yan has gone through the Six Dynasties, what kind of ghosts and ghosts has he not seen?

"It's hard to kill Lu Zhong just because of this incident, it's just a small case." Hu Wei continued and said in a low voice: "If you want to kill Lu Zhong, it's not impossible."

A stupid civil servant can't kill him, but what is Hu Shangshu going to do?

"Oh? What should I do?" Zhu Qiyu asked curiously.

Hu Wei thought for a while and said: "First of all, hide all the witnesses and material evidence, let Jin Yiwei make this case an iron case, and blame Zhang Fugui for killing."

"After Zhang Fugui is dead, bring out all the witnesses and material evidence, review the case, and convict Hao Ren to death but not kill him."

"At this time, find a censor and come out and say that Jin Yiwei didn't complain about killing, and pleaded for Lu Zhong and asked for Hao Ren's life."

Zhu Qiyu was taken aback, and asked strangely: "Isn't this going to kill Lu Zhong? Why did you plead for Lu Zhong?"

Hu Yan said with a smile: "This is the beauty."

"If your majesty just goes down the donkey, then your majesty is a faint king, and then arranges all the officials to face the sky, crying bitterly at the palace gate, the court is dark and dishonest, if it is impossible to die, then Lu Zhong will undoubtedly die."

"If His Majesty insists on killing Hao Ren, the Jinyiwei is at fault, and the Jinyiwei has created an unjust, false and erroneous case, disregarding human life. Please ask His Majesty to order. Even if His Majesty does not kill Lu Zhong and pay for his life, some of the functions of the Jinyiwei will have to be reduced."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Then if I kill Hao Ren, Lu Zhong can still survive."

Hu Mei smiled and said, "I haven't finished my words yet."

"At that time, if His Majesty chooses the latter, buy one or two middle-ranking officials, say a few eccentric words in front of His Majesty, kill Lu Zhong, change the court to subside the criticism, and the power of Jin Yiwei will not diminish, and this will be done. .”

Lu Zhong is already numb, who can survive such a shameful person? !

Zhu Qiyu nodded, who can withstand such a combination of punches?He nodded and said: "As long as the unjust, false and wrong cases are made, I can only kill Lu Zhong to keep Jin Yiwei's authority."

Hu Yan said with a smile: "Your Majesty just thought wrong."

"If His Majesty kills Lu Zhong, people in Jinyiwei's yamen will immediately be overwhelmed. At that time, without courtiers fighting, His Majesty will reduce Jinyiwei's authority, because they are no longer absolutely loyal."

Zhu Qiyu immediately figured out how to guarantee Jin Yiwei's absolute loyalty after killing Lu Zhong. Once Jin Yiwei became disloyal, the emperor would naturally cut Jin Yiwei's authority.

During the Hongwu period, Jin Yiwei became weak after the Lanyu case. After Ji Gang's death, Jin Yiwei's sharp knife became blunt.

"Back then, that's how you bullied Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Taizong Wen." Zhu Qiyu was filled with emotions, really shameful.

"Your Majesty, who is the most important thing to realize such a thing?" Hu Yan ate His Majesty's river pawn.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and asked, "Who?"

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Hu Wei paused and let His Majesty think for himself.

What is cast effect?

He pushed aside the dirtiest and ugliest side of the civil servant layer by layer, just like how he angrily scolded Wang Fu in the court, and said it very straightforwardly.

Wang Fu said that he was fighting for the interests of the people, but Hu Wei directly said that Wang Fu was afraid of inconvenience to his own family.

Wang Fu believed sincerely: Your Majesty's establishment of the Shibo Department is to compete for the interests of the people.

It wasn't until Wang Fu became an officer in charge that he realized that it was not the imperial court that extended the last handful of rice to the people.

How to set up Jin Yiwei, how to force the emperor into a dilemma, and how to do it after the emperor chooses.

What Hu Wei said was very clear, without any slightest concealment.

That's how Ji Gang died.

Hu's behavior is called throwing effect.

Is the most important person Zhu Qiyu?

The emperor said everything he said, and no one in the world dared to disobey him. Of course, Zhu Qiyu could kill Hao Ren and save Lu Zhong's life with one sentence, but by doing so, he would drag the emperor out of the rules.

The emperor must fall into the rules that the courtiers have played for thousands of years, and the courtiers will use their rich experience to defeat the emperor.

The king is selfless and in charge of public affairs.

Is that person Lu Zhong himself?

As far as this case is concerned, Ke Qian is really too young and has too little experience. To apply Uncle Huang's argument, he is in the realm where life is mine. If he doesn't know what he wants, he will be easily coerced.

Lu Zhong is a human being, although he is known for his meticulousness, but people make mistakes and horses make mistakes.

For example, this time, some opportunities were revealed.

Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath and said, "I see, that person is Yu Shaobao."

Hu Yan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, who is Lu Zhong?"

"It's His Majesty's confidant, His Majesty's minion, and His Majesty's sharp blade. His Majesty trusts Lu Zhong very much, and Lu Zhong is also absolutely loyal."

"To deal with Lu Zhong, or even Jin Yiwei, you need a joint force, and this joint force requires someone to take the lead, even if he doesn't do anything, or even doesn't participate."

"As long as that little meaning is revealed, the whole court will move."

"Only then can we be closely united, otherwise a mess of loose sand is a mess of loose sand."

"But Yu Shaobao is Yu Shaobao."

"It's not just Jinyiwei, it can even be inferred to other things."

Zhu Qiyu understood what Hu Min wanted to express, but it was actually very simple. Compared with this human being, he is the prime minister.

"So that's the case." Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, this is why Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister after the Hu Weiyong case.

Hu Wei said seriously: "The leader is the leader. In the Spring and Autumn Period, when all the princes made alliances, the leader of the alliance was the leader."

"Xia Yuanji was in charge in the Xuande Dynasty, and San Yang was in charge in the Zhengtong Dynasty."

"When it comes to Jingtai Dynasty, Yu Shaobao will be the leader."

Zhu Qiyu thought about it seriously and said: "During the Yongle period, who was in charge?"

"Prime Minister Yao Guangxiao in black." Hu Yan replied with a smile: "That is a very interesting person. If he is still alive, he must have a lot to say to His Majesty."

Hu Wei continued: "In the Hongwu period, it was Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang."

Hu Wei didn't finish his sentence. In fact, Li Shanchang was followed by Zhu Biao. After Zhu Biao died, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer find anyone who could use him, so he reluctantly promoted Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng.

But Hu Wei is a minister, and it is inconvenient for him to talk about the emperor's family affairs.

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and asked: "But Yu Shaobao is no longer in court, and now he is only in charge of teaching martial arts, and he is also the Marquis of martial arts. Their expectations have come to nothing."

Hu Yan said with a smile: "Your Majesty's family is still here, so it's the same wherever Yu Shaobao is. When your Majesty asks about politics, don't you still ask Yu Shaobao?"

"That's true." Zhu Qiyu nodded.

"Why is Hu Shangshu unwilling to be the leader?" Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Hu Shangshu's methods are obviously very clever. If he is willing to do it, he has qualifications, talents and holy family."

Hu Wei said helplessly: "The minister is a traitor in their mouths, and they will look down on him if he surrenders to a flattering minister."

"Your Majesty, there are five evils in human beings. They are dangerous in heart, firm in action, argumentative in falsehood, knowledgeable in memory of ugliness, and brilliant in obedience. Ministers do not touch any of them, and they cannot be leaders."

The mind is clear and sinister and cunning, the behavior is eccentric and stubborn, the words are false and demagogic, the injustice is remembered and spread widely, and the wrong is taken for granted, these are the five evils.

Zhu Qiyu knew this rhetoric, because he had heard it many times.

Hu Wei said that he was not involved in any of the five evils, but the courtiers said that Hu Wei had all the five evils!

Hu Wei's five evils are all in the mouth of Feng Xianyan, which seems to be well-founded.

Obviously knowing that the courtiers should persuade the emperor, but they wash the emperor's land every day, and they are very happy. Isn't this behavior weird and stubborn?

The emperor personally supervised the handling of major financial affairs, leaving the basics behind and chasing the last. This Hu Wei not only refused to persuade, but also personally wrote the captions, wrote them in the mansion newspaper, and distributed them all over Ming Dynasty!Isn't this remembering injustice and spreading it widely?

When the emperor cut down the title of Emperor Taishang, Hu Wei presided over the abolition of the crown prince. When the emperor killed King Jili, Hu Wei took the lead in saying that righteousness killed relatives, and the emperor pursued profit. ?

The five evils are complete, and the evil person Hu Wei, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, is brought along.

Zhu Qiyu doesn't think that Hu Mian has all five evils, which is enough for Hu Mian.

"After the Zhoushan Japanese pirates were repelled, they fled to the Ryukyu Kingdom. How many years does the Ryukyu Kingdom pay tribute?" Zhu Qiyu talked about the business.

Zhu Qiyu mainly asked about the relationship between the Ryukyu Kingdom and Ming Dynasty.

Hu Wei sighed and said: "At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyu Kingdom was divided into three kingdoms: Shannan, Zhongshan, and Shanbei. During the Hongwu period, the three kingdoms paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty at the same time."

"In the 23rd year of Hongwu, the Ryukyu envoys came to Beijing with the Ming ships. They said that they could not build ships. Emperor Gao asked the 36 surnames in Fujian, who moved to Ryukyu, to send craftsmen to teach shipbuilding techniques."

"In the 13th year of Yongle, Ryukyu sent envoys to ask Emperor Wen to confer titles. Since then, all the kings of the three kingdoms of Ryukyu have been conferred by the Ming Dynasty."

"In the fourth year of Xuande, Shang Bazhi, the king of Zhongshan, annexed the other two countries, and officially named the vassal country as the Ryukyu Kingdom, and each generation asked the Ming Dynasty to confer it on it."

"When Shang Bazhi unified the Three Kingdoms, he didn't have a surname, so he asked the envoy to report that the craftsmen who went to Fujian had surnames, but none of their kings had surnames. He asked the Ming Dynasty to give them surnames, and the first emperor gave them Shang."

"The Ryukyu king has a surname since then."

Hu Wei sighed when he talked about this period of history.