Wanli Youming

Chapter 510 Your Majesty Destroyed My Reputation

Chapter 510 Your Majesty Destroyed My Reputation

Zhang Jingxiu nodded, ordered Jin Yiwei to do so, and looked at Zhao Qing who had been silent all this time: "What about you?"

Zhao Qing sneered: "I would rather be a subjugated slave than subjugate the world! You are all people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you don't hesitate to humiliate yourself just to sleep overnight."

"The people are the foundation of the state, and the state is solid. If you don't treat the people as human beings and still think this way, you can only say that you deserve death."

Zhang Jingxiu said something at this time.

Not long after, Zhu Yijun received letters of repentance from Qian Yiben, Meng Yanghao, and Zhao Nanxing.

"Very good! Since you are willing to repent, then I will see that they have not committed any crimes. On the side of mercy, they will not be executed. They will only be dismissed as civilians and go to study and work."

Zhu Yijun gave an order.

Zhang Jingxiu bowed his hands and said yes, and said: "But Zhao Qing did not repent after death. I asked him specifically, but he said that he would rather be a slave to the subjugation of the country than a ceremony of subjugation. It is obvious that he still does not want to accept that the court treats the common people as human beings."

"If he can't accept it, he can't accept it. In addition, the punishment should be changed from severe to cracked."

"Also, the three generations of his clan were not allowed to take the imperial examinations, and he was blamed for his family's unhealthy traditions, so he should reshape his family traditions."

"The soldiers, horses, military officers and military officers who obeyed his orders and killed civilians were all exiled, and they were blamed for their lack of awareness. It cannot be said that the boss Hu Lai, as a subordinate, also indulged."

Zhu Yijun also died because of this.

So, Zhao Qing was taken to the execution ground next, and was executed by a chariot.

Zhao Nanxing, Qian Yiben, and Meng Yanghao had already left the capital as civilians, and they were sitting around a tea shop on the outskirts of Yijing.

Outside the tea shop, because it was the time of spring rain, the sky and the earth were all black.

Green trees surround the city wall, covering only half of the green hills outside the window of the tea shop.

Qian Ben in the window was reading a copy of "Di Bao", shaking his head and sighing from time to time, and did not drink tea.

Meng Yanghao looked at the gate of the capital outside the store with a dull expression, patted his face lightly, and murmured: "Is that how you left?"

Zhao Nanxing picked up the tea and didn't drink it for a long time, as if he had endless thoughts.

"There are some things I still don't want to understand. I want to go to the imperial prison again and ask Naluo Jinxi."

At this time, Zhao Nanxing suddenly spoke to the two of them first.

Meng Yanghao looked back at Zhao Nanxing, and said with a smile: "Then you have to be guilty, right? If you want to go in now and prevent Jin Yiwei from arresting you, you have to confess another crime, but this is not admitting that you are not a real gentleman." , isn’t he a perfect person?”

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"So this is where Jinshang is brilliant!"

Zhao Nanxing slapped the table and said something excitedly.

After hearing this, Meng Yanghao asked him curiously: "What do you mean by that?"

Zhao Nanxing put down his teacup and said, "You think, the quasi-offenders are arguing and sorting out their political opinions in the prison. From the very beginning, they enter and participate in the debate. They can no longer regard themselves as perfect people, as saints, and they can't be independent. With the heart of the people, it is easy to listen to the truth and understand yourself clearly when you go to discuss knowledge and state affairs."

As Zhao Nanxing spoke, he said again: "I do feel a little guilty about the deaths of Mrs. An and Yue. When Luo Jinxi said this, I have to admit it!"

"Then, I also thought about it during this period. I really didn't look at Your Majesty and Yuansuke realistically before. Now I remembered that the Emperor was scolded by the emperor in the past, why he should wrong him even more because he knew Zhang Siwen was a gentleman. And do everything possible to prevent him from taking power."

"Thinking about it now, I have saved too much for my family's self-interest!"

"However, my family's self-interest is important, so shouldn't Shenwu County's family's self-interest be too important?"

Zhao Nanxing looked at Meng Yanghao and Qian Yiben again after asking this question.

Meng Yanghao said with a wry smile: "I don't know if the family's self-interest is important in Shenwu County, but our family's self-interest is still very important in Beijing, just because we regret admitting that we are cliques and chaotic politics, and there is no one who comes to see us off." They are all disappointed in us and despise us!"

At this time, Qian Yiben also slapped the "Di Bao" on the table and said: "Our repentance, self-report and guilt have been published very quickly, and now it has been published in the "Di Bao". From then on, we can no longer be gentlemen The identity is gone!"

"The reputation is ruined!"

Qian Yiben sighed as he spoke, and said with a wry smile: "Naturally, the gentlemen in court don't want to associate with us anymore."

Zhao Nanxing nodded, and looked out the window, only to see a scholar holding an umbrella pointing at him outside, and a more familiar official made a face to him when passing by.

For a moment, Zhao Nanxing couldn't help touching his chest.

At this time, Qian Yiben also touched his chest and continued: "Mengbai is right, it is too powerful today, and its methods are superior to Shimiao! Although Shimiao is ruthless, it does not punish people's hearts, but today it punishes people's hearts. You would rather die than live!"

After Qian Yiben said that, he couldn't help but gnash his teeth with envy.

"Although it is painful, it is indeed easier to correct people's hearts!"

Zhao Nanxing said with a smile at this moment.

At this time, Sun Yan, a clerk, came over, patted the raindrops on his body, took out the decree from the cover, held it in his hand and said, "You are here, and there is a decree for you."

After hearing this, Zhao Nanxing, Qian Yiben, and Meng Yanghao all knelt down in anticipation.

"Although I don't like An Xifan, Yue Yuansheng, etc., they are also my ministers and fellow Yanhuang, so they can't just lose their lives like this!"

"Since you are friends, when you return to your hometown, you should investigate the matter secretly and find out the real culprit behind the scenes, so that those who die in vain will not die in vain, and the despicable ones will be punished according to the law. This is what you do."

After Sun's speech, he gave Zhongzhi to the three people.

The three of them stayed in place for a long time after receiving the order, so that they didn't know when Sun Yan left the tea shop, nor did they notice that the plainclothes Jin Yiwei had just caught the assassin and left here.

Zhao Nanxing sighed after a while: "Sure enough, His Majesty cares more about Mr. An, Yue and others. I am ashamed to be their friend."

"Same!"

Qian Yiben said: "A gentleman can be humiliated, but he can't be humiliated in vain!"

And not long after Zhu Yijun made the decree to these three people, Gu Xiancheng still sent a letter to these three people and invited them to go to Jiangnan.

So, the three of them came to Jiangnan, and met Gu Xiancheng and other Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats in Donglin Hall.

Zhang Jing, Sun Hai and other eunuchs who lived in Nanjing also attended the meeting with these three people because they got along well with the scholar-bureaucrats.

Although the scholar-bureaucrats resented eunuchs from taking power, in reality, many scholar-officials would still form cliques with eunuchs for the sake of power and even become irreversible friends.

Even if the court forbids it, they will contact secretly.

Gu Xiancheng and others were no exception, relying on the fact that the emperor was far away in the capital, making friends with Zhang Jing and others was even more blatant.

Although Gu Xiancheng supported the removal of Zhao Nanxing, he himself would not directly participate in it. He was only surprised when he saw Zhao Nanxing, Qian Yiben, and Meng Yanghao, and then said with a smile:

"Although the three of you saved your life and left Beijing because of regret and repentance, which caused a lot of criticism in the world, but in my eyes, the three are still gentlemen, and we can still talk about state affairs and world affairs. I opened a Donglin Hall, As a place to give lectures and discuss world affairs, when the time comes, I will invite three of you to give lectures and talk about this turmoil."

Because the imperial court now requires the academy to be government-run, Gu Xiancheng did not run Donglin Academy, but Donglin Hall. He did not want his place of study to be controlled by the government.

After hearing what Gu Xiancheng said, Qian Yiben waved his hands first and said: "A person who humiliates himself and has no virtue is neither worthy of admonishing the emperor in the temple, nor worthy of enlightening the people in the world, let's let it go."

Zhao Nanxing also said: "Yes, I don't have the face to give lectures to the younger generations, I'm afraid I will only be humiliated to the younger generations."

After hearing this, Zhang Jing pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Why are you three so depressed?"

Qian Yiben said with a smile: "Elder-in-law used to be the grand lord of the imperial court. At that time, he knew that today's world was very powerful. Now we are finally afraid and afraid, and dare not look at it again. In the future, we really plan to obey the holy will and study and cultivate. .”

Hearing what Qian Yiben said, Gu Xiancheng couldn't help but dignified, showing displeasure.

"That's right, besides, it's not clear that Mrs. An, Yue and others were poisoned, and we feel very guilty, so we still have the confidence to criticize the current situation."

At this time, Zhao Nanxing agreed, and turned to ask Gu Xiancheng: "Uncle Shi, do you know that Mr. An, Yue and others were poisoned, who did it?"

"Yeah, I think Uncle Shi must know something. After all, nowadays Shilin mostly regards you as the guide, and will discuss everything with you, so as to avoid doing things that will not be tolerated by Shilin."

Qian Yiben also followed suit.

(End of this chapter)