Chapter 568 Step on tens of millions of feet

The first ray of sunshine in the morning sprinkled on Beijing, and the streets and alleys of Beijing, which had been noisy all night, were filled with a tense atmosphere. A team of regimental soldiers patrolled the streets, and the captain of Jinyi guard rode a fast horse east and west on the street. There were officers and soldiers patrolling each street, giving people a sense of facing a great enemy.

The first thing that millions of people in the 33 squares of the capital got up early was to find out what had happened in the city, but the billboards of the government were empty and there was no government notice about this matter; they were just told not to leave the city, gather or run around randomly from now on.

However, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. There are always some well-informed people who know the clues of some things. Within half an hour, the news of Liu Jin's rebellion was spread wildly in the streets and alleys of the capital. Everyone looked happy, and some people actually began to set off firecrackers.

The early morning in Fengtian Hall has just begun. When they entered the hall, they did not dare to talk and only communicate with each other with their eyes. The atmosphere seemed very strange. After the civil and military officials had finished worshipping, Zhengde sat on the high dragon seat, and the two big black eyes on their faces were very conspicuous, but this time it was not caused by the desire to stay up late, but I stayed up all night thinking about Liu Jin's case last night.

Yang Tinghe first reported the preliminary arraignment of Liu Jin. After being escorted back to the capital last night, Yang Tinghe immediately organized the first arraignment, but the result was very poor. Liu Jin shouted injustice from beginning to end and asked to see the emperor to speak. Of course, Yang Tinghe would not do what he wanted. Anyway, he was not in a hurry for a moment. Yang Tinghe simply threw him into prison. In the prison, I went home to be beautiful. Have a good sleep.

"Liu Jin is cunning and sophisical, unwilling to bow his head and plead guilty. Last night's trial was also in a hurry, so there is no progress for the time being. Please retrial today and ask the Third Law Department to jointly try the conviction."

Zhengde said, "Is Liu Jin still shouting for injustice?"

Yang Tinhe said, "That's inevitable. He won't admit such a serious crime, but even if he doesn't admit it, it's nothing. Yesterday, the evidence was conclusive, and the important ministers in the court were all present, and it was useless for him to deny it."

Zhengde was silent for a long time and said, "I feel that there may be some secrets. I thought about it all night last night, and there is a question that I can't let go. Why did Liu Jin plot against me? He is very favored around me. Did he collude with Zhu Yuqi to plot a rebellion? How much will Zhu Yuyu give him more than me?

Your Highness Song Nan, Zhanglun, Yang Yiqing and others looked at each other. Zhengde was indeed soft-hearted, which was the reason for Liu Jin not to kill him.

Yang Tinghe smiled and said, "The emperor doesn't have to bother, but all the rebellious people are difficult to calm down. Zhu Xiaoqi's promise is unknown, but the fact that he plotted against him is irrefutable."

Zhengde said, "But what if he is really wronged? What if someone really planted him behind his back and was dissatisfied with his favor?

Everyone's eyes shot at Song Nan, and Zhengde almost said his name. This was a little heavy. Unexpectedly, Zhengde would be so blunt in front of the Wenwu of the Manchu Dynasty.

Song Nan stood there with a blank face. He was very disappointed with Zhengde. It turned out that he could not compare with Liu Jin in Zhengde's mind. He had made so much credit for him and even saved his life. In Zhengde's mind, he was still not as good as a eunuch who searched for beautiful women for him to satisfy his pleasure.

"Why did the emperor say this? Yesterday's incident was in full view, and the evidence of Liu Jin's conspiracy was there. What's the reason for the emperor's protection? I think it's really chilling for the emperor to do this. Song Nan couldn't help saying in his anger.

This is the first time that Song Nan has spoken so harshly to Zhengde, and the naked blame in his words is undisguised.

"Song Nan, I just feel that there may be something wrong with this matter. Suddenly, so much evidence came out. Why didn't there be any sign before?"

"Your Majesty, it is not that there are no signs, but that the emperor chooses to ignore it. Everything has its cause and effect. The emperor trusts Liu Jin too much, so he turns a blind eye to it. Now that the evidence of crime is there, and the emperor has made a statement of protection, but the religious ministers are speechless.

Zhengde said coldly, "You mean I'm confused?"

Song Nan said, "How dare I? Liu Jin is too cunning and used the emperor's kindness to deceive the emperor. Last night, I led people to copy Liu Jinnan Xunfang's old house and copied a lot of hard evidence. If the emperor doesn't believe it, how can these evidence be explained?

Zhengde was stunned and said, "What evidence?"

Song Nan turned around and shouted outside the hall, "Come up."

Fusun Xuan, Fusi Town, Jinyiwei South Town, walked into the hall with two Jinyiwei lieutenants carrying a huge box and withdrew from the hall after saluteing. The eyes of the ministers fell on the big wooden box. Song Nan stretched out her hand to open the lid of the box, and saw that the box was full of palm-sized things.

Song Nan grabbed one and raised it and said, "Your Majesty, this is the waist card entering and leaving the palace. No matter who has this thing, you can enter and exit the palace as if there is nothing. These things are all searched from the secret room of Liu Jin's Nanxunfang's old house. In addition, there are 500 sets of guard armor in the palace, and thousands of blades, firearms, bows and crossbows. I ordered people to carry them into the palace. At this moment, they are piled up on the square outside the hall. Why did Liu Jin hide and forge these things? I don't think I need to explain the answer."

The civil and military officials were full of breath, Zhengde's eyes were stunned, and anger gathered on his face.

Song Nan sneered and said, "In addition to these, there were other gains last night. After a night of verification, Liu Jin's property verification was completed. I'm afraid you can't imagine how much property Liu Jin has gathered in just a few years."

Song Nan took out a piece of paper from his arms and read it loudly: "After investigation, Liu Jin has 26 real estates inside and outside Beijing, more than 60 manor, and 100,000 good fields; countless gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings are piled up. In terms of silver, these properties total 13 million taels of silver.

"What?" The ministers in the palace almost lost their breath, 13 million taels of silver, which is almost equal to the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty. It is incredible that Liu Jin has gathered such a huge wealth in the three years of his reign.

Zhengde's anger finally couldn't be concealed, and gritted his teeth and shouted, "This dog, this dog, is not enough to calm my anger. Yang Tinghe immediately organized a trial of the Three Law Division to find out Liu Jin's crimes and dig out his colleagues. I want to list all his crimes and announce them to the world, and I want to Ling Chi. Death."

Yang Tinghe hurriedly said, "The emperor calmed his anger, take care of the dragon body, and I will do it immediately."

Soon after, the palace began to be lively. As Song Nan expected, officials began to fall into the well and beat the water dog. After all, the civil servants were people who had read books, and their minds were very lively. Their sharp and well-founded words began to impeach and expose Liu Jin's crimes. Yesterday, Yang Yiqing impeached Liu Jin's 18 major crimes in the palace soon It has been more than doubled. After being sorted out by the cabinet, 18 major crimes have been formed, mainly based on five major crimes such as conspiracy, corruption, power, forming a party, and framing Zhongliang.

Song Nan stood quietly in the corner and looked at the civilian officials talking about falling into the well. She was not happy that Liu Jin's fate had been settled, but on the contrary, she was very frustrated. Especially looking at the faces of these officials in front of her, Song Nan was disgusted.

"I have long noticed that Liu Jin's plot is wrong. I have been staring at Liu Jin secretly. If Liu Jin has any changes, I will not let him go first."

"I disdain to be with Liu Jin. Liu Jin has invited me to the banquet several times, but I didn't pay attention to him at all. I knew that he was not a good person."

"The reason why I and Liu Jinxu and the snake are the snake is that I want to secretly find out Liu Jin's conspiracy to rebel. I gave Liu Jin a picture of crabs, and the words 'Let's see when you will run rampant' is to satirize Liu Jin. It's ridiculous that Liu Jin actually hung the picture on the middle hall, which really makes me laugh at me."

"I..."

A group of courtiers scrambled to attack Liu Jin and raised themselves. They couldn't bear to see the ugliness. Song Nan recognized that many of these people were Liu Jin's minions. He didn't want to break it at this time, but just stood quietly to enjoy their performance. After Zhang Yong announced his retreat from the court, this group of people still gathered around and chattered.

Song Nan walked out of the hall and walked to the door of the hall. An old voice came to his ear and said, "Lord Song, you are so bold and resourceful. I admire you." Song Nan turned his head and looked at him. Li Dongyang, the head of the cabinet, stood beside him with a crutch and looked at himself with a smile.

"Li Shoufu's false praise, this is Liu Jin's fault. I, Jinyiwei, naturally can't sit back after knowing the news." Song Nan smiled and bowed her hand.

"I'm afraid that Lord Song himself has understood that I have been in the temple for decades, and it is not surprising that I have seen these things many times. Liu Jin's crime is extremely heinous. It's not too much to use some means except for this person. In short, I congratulated Lord Song.

Song Nan smiled and said, "I don't quite understand what Li Shoufu said."

Li Dongyang smiled and said, "It has nothing to do with whether you understand or not. Congratulations to Lord Song for removing a harm for me in the Ming Dynasty. As soon as Liu Jin left, the emperor's favorite person is Lord Song. Please persuade the emperor to work hard to govern the Ming Dynasty. In addition, I have a bad saying that Liu Jin's actions and consequences are worthy of many people's warning. As a minister, if you don't know how to restrain yourself, the consequences will be like Liu Jin.

Song Nan laughed and said, "Li Shoufu, you should say what you advise the emperor; you don't need to worry about what will happen in the court in the future. What should come will always come, and some things can't be stopped."

Li Dongyang shook his head and sighed, "Lord Song, no one can match your wisdom and ability. If you will become a famous minister in the Ming Dynasty in time, I'm afraid that Lord Song will be too extreme and arrogant and his means are too dark, which will become a disaster for me in the Ming Dynasty."

Song Nan said, "Li Shoufu originally came to teach Song a lesson. When did Shoufu learn to read fortune-telling? How can we predict the future? As you said, aren't you afraid that I will use some dark means against you when you talk like this?

Li Dongyang laughed and said, "I'm almost 70 years old. Are you still afraid of people dealing with me? Life has been rare since 70 years, and people who are about to be in the wood are not afraid of anything. Besides, I have decided to retire. Lord Song won't tolerate me, an old man living in seclusion.

"Do you want to retire? Why?"

Li Dongyang pointed to the talkative ministers in the hall and said, "Lord Song, look at those people. These are my civil servants in the Ming Dynasty. When the former emperor was alive, how could Xixi, the minister in the court, have a place for these people to stand? The old minister was entrusted by the former emperor to assist the emperor to ascend the throne, and he has tried his best over the past few years. I don't want to hang out with these people anymore. I will live a clean life for a few years while I can still move around.

Song Nan nodded and said, "It's hard for Song Nan to say anything about Lord Shoufu's own affairs. I'll just go to toast a glass of water and wine before leaving."

"I thanked you first, well... There was no grudge between me and Lord Song. At that time, I mistakenly thought that Lord Song and Liu Jin were the same party and did something that made Lord Song unhappy. Lord Song should not care about it."

Song Nan smiled and said, "Lord Shoufu didn't mention it. I have forgotten those things for a long time."

Li Dongyang pondered for a moment and said, "I have something to ask for. I don't know if I can say it bluntly."

"Isn't Lord Shoufu's words straight today? I will become a disaster for the court in the future. What else can't you say?

Li Dongyang smiled and said, "Well, I said it directly. After I became an official, the cabinet was headed by Tinghe. He was a little strong. Maybe there will be a conflict with Lord Song. If there is a day when water and fire are not incompetent, can Lord Song spare his life for my face?"

"Why did Li Shoufu say this? Where did you start with this?

"Do you just say yes or not?" Li Dongyang is looking forward to it.

Song Nan slowly shook her head and said, "I have made a promise in my life, but it has not been fulfilled so far, so I have warned myself not to make a promise lightly. I can't promise you."

Li Dongyang looked disappointed and nodded, "Well, I know that it's useless to beg, but at least I did my best."

Song Nan said, "I can only say that as long as people don't offend me, I won't offend them. In fact, Li Shoufu should not come to beg me, but should give others a piece of advice."

Li Dongyang nodded, "This is a good suggestion." After a pause, he wanted to say something, but found that there was nothing to say, so he laughed and said, "A group of water ducks in this hall are annoying. I like to be quiet and go first."

Song Nan bowed with a smile and watched Li Dongyang's back slowly go out of His Highness's steps.