armyinform Chapter 261
Chapter 261
Chapter 261
Xu Jie raised his head and glanced at Zhu Yijun, then he kowtowed and said, "The criminals ask Your Majesty to follow your heart in everything you do!"
"For one thing, it's not about whether you should do it, but whether you want to do it."
"Your Majesty can even choose to do all of this because of your own selfish desires, and those who taught His Majesty Zhang Wenzheng, the Grand Master, should follow the grand ideals of the sages of the past dynasties to govern the country and the country. Put it aside and just ask , Do the people who do things make you feel at ease."
"Otherwise, the ways of strengthening the country and enriching the people taught by Grand Master Zhang Wenzheng to His Majesty are nothing but castles in the air."
"Your Majesty will easily slack off because of this. Even if His Majesty does not slack off, it is difficult to guarantee that future generations will not slack off."
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "You are right!"
Then, Zhu Yijun stood up and looked at Xu Jie: "So, I decided to give you the death penalty, even though you are trying your best to show me your value, let me see that Xu Jie is more powerful than Mr. They cooperated very well in the Imperial College.”
Xu Jie was startled, his face was full of surprise.
Then, Xu Jie asked: "Since this is the case, the prisoner wants to ask, can the external expansion really make His Majesty and the rich and powerful bureaucrats of the Manchu Dynasty more harmonious?!"
As he said that, Xu Jie said again: "In addition, Your Majesty, apart from the Japanese country, which has a lot of money that can be used to annex the domestic land and squeeze its own people, there are really so many people who need it. Your Majesty still wants to kill criminals instead of using criminals. Do you want to exploit the benefits of wealth?"
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Yes."
"impossible!"
"This is absolutely impossible!"
"Your Majesty, the criminals didn't want the court and the people to take advantage of the profits, so they didn't let the emperor know that the Japanese country is rich in silver. They even deliberately advocated the danger of the sea, so as not to let the court and the powerful officials in the mainland know how rich the sea is."
"But now the criminals naturally dare not hide it, not to mention that His Majesty also knows the wealth of Haili, and the facts prove that the sea is not very dangerous."
"But the criminals tell His Majesty the truth. In fact, Haili in the world is only beneficial to the Japanese country. Secondly, in the case of Nanyang, it is only Luzon that can make money. Besides, it is Java and Manlaja."
"But further south, there is a vast ocean, and there is no continent."
"Except for the big islands in the Wa Kingdom, the east is also a vast ocean!"
"As for the west, it has long been carved up by the Xiyi, and according to the Xiyi, it is all wild and uncultivable land."
"To the north is the desert and snow field, so barren that the northern captives had to go south to plunder many times."
"So, the Haili outside is not enough to support His Majesty to achieve ZTE by living in harmony with the dignitaries and gentry."
"What's more, if your majesty wants to rejuvenate, what you need is not only money, but also more land to support more people, but there is really not so much arable land overseas."
Xu Jie spoke excitedly, with a puzzled expression on his face.
Zhu Yijun smiled at him and said: "After all, you still don't know carefully enough, or maybe the Xiyi you came into contact with has deceived you. The south of Nanyang is not a vast ocean, and the west of Cochin is not wild. Even if you make money in the country, I have my own good law, not your landlord bureaucrats who only know about smuggling goods and annexing fields and lending money."
Xu Jie couldn't help frowning slightly, as if he didn't want to believe it, he just said: "Your Majesty, but what else did the Grand Master say to you?"
Zhu Yijun didn't care whether Xu Jie believed it or not, and he didn't answer Xu Jie's question, he just said: "You are right, I need to be in the same dust as the light, but there are those who cannot be lenient in the law!"
"And the bottom line that I can't be lenient is that no one can betray the interests of the country! Including the emperor's relatives and elders; therefore, you, Xu Huating, must be executed. Who told you to really involve in smuggling, I have to Give an explanation to the people of the world, and let them know that as long as you communicate with barbarians, it is the worst sin."
"As long as you are like Mr. Gao Gong and Mr. Zhen, when you were in the country, you presided over the opening of the sea and expanded the scale of opening the sea. You also opened the sea for trade, and even allowed trade with Japan, and even did not set any trade goods for Japan. Injunction, you will not be executed for smuggling Japanese. But because you don't want the court to benefit, you didn't choose to change the system like this, so you can only bear the price of not doing so."
Although Gao Gong presided over the opening of the sea when he was in the country, the Ming court won an increase of 2 taels of tax and silver income from the coastal officials and gentry, but at least it was really benefiting the country and ensuring that the navy in the Fujian sea area had a certain amount of money. There is no problem with the combat power, and it is better than Xu Jie, who is not willing to fight for the court even for 2 or [-] taels.
After Xu Jie heard what Zhu Yijun said, he sobbed: "It's too late for the criminal!"
Soon after, Zhu Yijun asked Si Yusi to draw up an objective description of Xu Jie's personal merits and demerits.
The edict to deal with Xu Jie first affirmed his merits, then made his guilt clear, and then explained that considering his achievements in sheltering loyalty and rectifying chaos when he was in the world temple, and ensuring the success of the late emperor's accession to the throne, the decision was made to spare him. Ling Chi's capital punishment was changed to death, leaving his whole body.
As for why Xu Jie's death crime was not forgiven, he also gave a special explanation, because the first thing to rule a country is a strong country, and the first crime is to treason, and it is even more important than conspiracy, so he must be executed and serve as an example.
And Xu Jie's sons Xu Pan, Xu Kun, and Xu Ying were also punished for their participation in smuggling and treason. It was only because Xu Jie had made contributions to the country that he changed Ling Chi into execution.
Xu Youqing, the grandson of Xu Jie, was sentenced to be exiled to Dongfan because of his ignorance and because of his grandfather's meritorious service.
Xu Jie's brother, Xu Zhi's family, because they did not directly participate in the conspiracy, and considering that Xu Jie had also contributed to the court, and Xu Zhi himself had contributed to the country, they were all exiled to the East.
Although Xu Jie himself knew the result that Zhu Yijun still wanted to execute him, after hearing the content of the imperial decree to kill him, he knelt down with sobs and said: "Criminals owe the country's grace, and they deserve what they deserve."
When Xu Jie knelt down, the eunuch Zhang Jing asked someone to bring a glass of poisoned wine: "Then please go on your way."
Xu Jie raised his head tremblingly, pursed his mouth tightly, then reached out his trembling hand to take the wine glass, and looked at Zhang Jing with his old eyes with thick bags under his eyes: "Elder-in-law, what other orders does your majesty have? "
Zhang Jing said: "No."
After hearing this, Xu Jie pondered for a moment, then smiled wryly, then put the wine glass to his lips, closed his eyes and raised his neck, and swallowed the poisoned wine.
After swallowing it, Xu Jie laughed again and said, "Uncle, I'm here to see you as a teacher! You probably never thought that my teacher would come to see you so soon. There's no way, who made you go?" If I knew this earlier, no matter what, as a teacher, I would wish you to live a few more years!"
Not long after speaking, Xu Jie fell to the ground and twitched, his face was extremely painful, he opened his mouth to speak, but he could only make a crackling sound, and at the same time, he only held his chest with his hands, and it didn't take long , there was no movement.
Seeing this, Zhang Jing walked over, tried his breath, saw that Xu Jie had lost his breath, and said to the officials sent by the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Metropolitan Procuratorate who came together: "Come and try, too. In order not to say that our family did not execute him seriously."
Officials from the Sanfa Department also came to test their breath, and they all nodded and admitted that Xu Jie had passed away.
Therefore, Xu Jie died in Jinyiwei's imperial prison at the end of September in the tenth year of Wanli.
As for Xu Fan, Xu Kun, Xu Ying and the criminals who directly planned and executed the excavation of Zhang Juzheng Yucifu's grave, Zhou Hua, a servant of Zhang's family, Ming Zhen, a monk, and Wang Rugong, a student, were taken to the execution ground and sentenced to death.
"Father, why is this happening? Jiangling is dead, not only will the son not be able to return home, but he will be beheaded instead!"
Before being beheaded, Xu Fan raised his head to the sky and asked in pain.
Xu Kun also looked at Xu Ying puzzled: "Third brother, you should know why this is. It stands to reason that we tyrants who monopolize Haili will not be investigated by the court."
Xu Ying said with a mournful face: "Second Brother, you don't know, people have been eyeing us for a long time, so much so that they have turned Ninth Sister into their people. I'm afraid they will wait for Jiang Ling's death so that they can attack us."
Xu Kun couldn't help baring his teeth after hearing this, but he didn't dare to say anything.
"cut!"
When the time came, the beheading officer threw down the token, and the three of them, Ming Zhen, Zhou Hua, and Wang Rugong were all beheaded.
(End of this chapter)