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Tong Tuchang saw Fang Fengnian talking nonsense, and stood up in anger and defended: "Your Majesty, the matter was not what he said at that time! I just entered the tooth room and these people didn't like me. I didn't want to cause trouble and stayed away from them. But I didn't know that Fang Fengnian was right and did not forgive me, and finally came up to beat me! Also, I would impeach Mr. Fu Gen here! Mr. Fu listened to me and believed it without investigation. He insisted that I succeeded first. Please let Your Majesty take a closer look!"

Tong Tuchang used his leaking mouth to vomit bitterly, which made Zhu Hongsan feel funny. When Zhu Hongsan saw this posture, he knew that the Tong family's uncle and nephew suffered a loss, but that Fang Fengnian was too brave. He knew that Tong Tuchang was ordered to enter Beijing and fought, and this precedent could never be opened.

However, Zhu Hongsan was about to hit Tong Yangjia first, so as not to use his trust to domineer.

"Mr. Tong, Fang Fengnian said that all the troops in the world are under your control. Have you said this?"

Tong Yangjia did not take Fang Fengnian's false accusation at first. After all, the emperor knew the best in his heart that although he was in charge of military affairs in name only, the main decision-making power was in the Military Affairs Office, that is, in the hands of the emperor, and he had no chance to interfere, and he completely became the Minister of Logistics. However, now when he heard the emperor ask him this, his heart trembled and felt that he was in trouble.

Tong Yangjia quickly bowed to defend himself and said, "Your Majesty, I am in charge of the Ministry of War, but I am only responsible for the manufacturing of weapons and equipment. The command of the army, the appointment and removal of generals, and the transfer of soldiers are not under my control. I can control those Qiu Bas! Your Majesty, don't listen to Fang Fengnian's false accusations. He is afraid that Your Majesty will punish him to beat Shangguan, so he falsely accused his subordinates!"

Zhu Hongsan just took this opportunity to hit Tong Yangjia, and did not want to kill him with one stick. Now, when Tong Yangjia said this, he turned his head and asked Fang Fengnian: "Fang Fengnian, you have heard what Lord Tong said. Are you afraid that Tong Tuchang would take revenge and falsely accused Tong Yangjia?"

Fang Fengnian secretly complained in his heart when he heard this. He had never been an official of this dynasty and was not familiar with the military system of this dynasty. He thought that like the previous Ming Dynasty, he was a civil servant leading the army. Fang Fengnian had the idea of ​​falsely accusing Tong Yangjia, which attracted the emperor's attention. After all, buying the generals in the army was much bigger than fighting and fighting. Unexpectedly, the emperor could see his mistake at a glance. It seemed that the emperor was unhappy.

But Fang Fengnian was very bachelor. Seeing his trick being exposed, he said with a stern back: "Your Majesty, I am just a report on the news. I don't know whether it is right or wrong! But beating Tong Tuchang was the first to do it. He was not a scholar. He relied on the party to become a third-rank governor. If such a person is not attacked, he will become a regular person in the court?"

Fang Fengnian looked righteous and Zhu Hongsan was so angry that he hated these stinky old masters the most, and he had to find etiquette, as if he was a moral model.

"Okay! Just admit to beating someone! Come!"

The great Han general of the Jinyiwei outside the hall heard the emperor's call and walked in.

Zhu Hongsan pointed at Fang Fengnian and said, "Take this stinky old man who is so kind to me and get a 20-team stick!"

The court stick first began with Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It became a system during the Ming Dynasty. The court stick was generally made of chestnut wood. One end of the attack was cut into a hammer shape, and it was covered with iron sheets. There was an inverted hook on the iron sheet. If the executioner pulled it with one stick, the sharp inverted hook would tear off a large piece of the body of the inmate and the flesh of the inmate. If the executioner did not show mercy, not to mention sixty strokes, or thirty strokes, the inmate's flesh would be torn into pieces. Many officials who were sentenced to death died under the court stick. Even if they did not die, eight out of ten people would be disabled for life. The highest number of court sticks was one hundred, but this was meaningless. If it hit seventy or eighty strokes, the person was already dead. People with one hundred sticks rarely had a record of survival. Eighty strokes mean that their feet had stepped into the threshold of the King of Hell.

The court stick in the Ming Dynasty began with the founding father Zhu Liangzu of the founding father of Yongjia. Zhu Liang, the grandfather and son, were mostly illegal and deserved the crime, but Zhu Yuanzhang set a precedent for court sticking to ministers. Later, this evil deed was abolished during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, but more than ten years after Zhu Di's death, Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty restored the court stick.

After Zhu Hongsan became emperor, in order to win the hearts of scholars, he issued an order to abolish the court stick in public, but that was not Zhu Hongsan's original intention. As Zhu Hongsan became emperor, the more he discovered that these stinky old ninths loved to go against him and had to object to anything he said. Originally, Zhu Hongsan had never read any books, and there were those stinky old ninths who quoted scriptures and were defeated every time, so Zhu Hongsan had wanted to restore the stinky old ninths for a long time.

Today happened to be a good opportunity. Fang Fengnian dared to say that his court was unconventional, and he couldn't bear it if he didn't beat his aunt.

Ma Mingyuan next to him didn't want to join in, and was about to watch the fun, but he didn't expect that the emperor would be angry and wanted to use a court stick. This way, Ma Mingyuan would not be able to stop talking.

Although Ma Mingyuan was not a good person, he was a literati. The highest ideal of a literati was to join the cabinet and become the prime minister, and the prime minister's power and the monarch's power were opposite. In the past, Zhu Hongsan finally gave up some monarch's power. If he agreed to Zhu Hongsan to restore the court's pole, he would have to retreat step by step and return to the political atmosphere of the Wanli period.

This is not what Ma Mingyuan, who wants to leave a name in history, wants to see. He doesn't care about Fang Fengnian's life or death, but he must not see the prime minister being suppressed by the monarch again, so Ma Mingyuan must stand up and fight to the end.

"Your Majesty, did you say that the court stick will be abolished forever in the first year of Shenwu? Didn't Your Majesty also say that you could not imitate the cruelty of the King of Yan when paying homage to Emperor Taizu in Xiaoling? Why does Your Majesty want to restore the court stick now? Isn't this a joke for the people of the world to see Your Majesty?"

After being surprised at the beginning, Fu Wenlong also reacted and stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Yuan Fu is right, I will discuss it!"

Ma Mingyuan saw Fu Wenlong standing on his side, and looked at Tong Yangjia again.

Tong Yangjia had no choice. He hoped that the emperor would kill the annoying Fang Fengnian. But now he was standing on the side of scholars. If he didn't stand up and say a few words of opposition, he would immediately become a public enemy of scholars. The struggle with Ma Mingyuan was a struggle for power, but if he didn't speak today, it would immediately become a class struggle. At that time, all literati were his opponents, so how could he survive?

There was no way Tong Yangjia also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I feel that the court stick has gone a little, and I also advise Yuan Fu!"

Zhu Hongsan wanted to take advantage of this matter to get back some monarchy today, but he didn't know that these ministers all opposed such trivial matters. It seems that the time has not come yet!

"Hehe! I was so angry that I was so angry that I forgot the edict. Let's do this. Fang Fengnian beat Shangguan and fined him for one year. Can I record the resignation in the Human Resources Department?" I will be demoted three times, and it is a very heavy punishment. However, Fu Wenlong is a classmate of Fang Fengnian. I don't know if he can record it honestly.

However, Zhu Hongsan was in a bad mood today, and he tried to take back the rights in his hands again. This attempt failed again. Zhu Hongsan waved his hand and said, "Sir, I am tired today, you guys retreat!"

Ma Mingyuan was in a good mood. He once again used the power of the prime minister to suppress the power of the monarch. After hearing what the emperor said, Ma Mingyuan quickly bowed and bowed and retreated. The others also retreated one after another.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the absence of outsiders in the hall and said to Zhu Hai beside him: "Crown Prince, what do you think about this today?"

Zhu Hai thought that his father asked about Tong Tuchang's beating, so he quickly said, "Father, Tong Tuchang is indeed a bit domineering, and there is a reason for Fang Fengnian to beat him!"

Zhu Hongsan asked him about beating people. When he heard Zhu Hai's answer to the question, Zhu Hongsan cursed angrily: "Bastard, what have you heard? I'm asking about your court stick!"

Zhu Hai then knew what his father asked him, and quickly replied: "The court stick was to be abolished by the father, but it is a bit rebooting now...! Now there is a war in the north, and it is about to reuse the literati, but the court stick is indeed a bit over!" Zhu Hai's words were basically slapping his father's face, so he peeked at his father's face while saying it.

Zhu Hai originally thought Zhu Hongsan would get angry, but he didn't know that Zhu Hongsan had no expression, but just said, "Okay, I'm tired, you go back!"

Zhu Hai didn't know what he said just now, so he kowtowed and retreated, preparing to go out to discuss what was going on with his confidant.

Zhu Hongsan was very disappointed today. It was not that he didn't slap Fang Fengnian, but that he was very disappointed with Prince Zhu Hai.

Zhu Hai is 18 years old this year. He has been in charge of politics in front of him for three years. He never thought that he hadn't seen through what he got angry today for three years?

In the imperial society, the emperor is the head of state and has supreme power. Below the emperor is the prime minister. In the autocratic imperial system, the relationship between the monarch and the prime minister is very important and affects the process of Chinese history. To a certain extent, the role of the prime minister is more important than that of the emperor, because the emperor is superior, and the prime minister is between the emperor and various departments and plays a "bridge". At the same time, the prime minister is a symbol of morality and loyalty. It is a line of defense that ensures that the imperial power is not abused and a guarantee.
Chapter completed!