South Tyrant King Shi Zhuzi grinned.
It wasn't that he was afraid of losing to Shi Heng, but he wanted to use this method to make it clear to all the officials.
From now on, these new nobles were of one heart and one mind and were the loyal subjects of the new Ming Emperor.
All the civil and military officials sighed. Who said that this stone pillar was Zhang Fei?
Li Yuanba?
Li Cunxiao?
He was a brave and resourceful general like Zhang Liao, Qin Qiong, and Xu Da.
Even though this stone pillar was illiterate, in terms of meticulous thinking, he was definitely not inferior to the civil and military officials present.
In fact, it was even worse.
Shi Heng's face was red as he looked at Shi Zhuzi and the other new nobles. His heart was burning with rage, but he didn't dare to boast anymore.
Otherwise, these people in front of him might really beat him to death.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Shi Heng who was enduring silently and laughed coldly in his heart.
The reason why he was targeting Shi Heng was because he was a powerful cultivator.
Actually, there was a reason.
In history, it was Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen, Cao Jixiang, and Zhang Wei who had joined forces with Empress Dowager Sun to launch the coup.
In the end, the coup succeeded and Zhu Qizhen was once again pushed to the throne.
In the end, Zhu Qiyu was put under house arrest and died of illness.
In history, after Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, he trusted Shi Heng greatly and took him as his right-hand man.
It could be said that he and Yu Qian were the people Zhu Qiyu trusted the most.
He had never been short of high positions and high salaries.
However, Shi Heng was an ungrateful ingrate.
In the end, he still pushed Zhu Qiyu into a desperate situation.
How could Zhu Qiyu, who understood history, still put this person in an important position in this life?
Even if Yu Qian repeatedly recommended him, even if he was really very talented, Zhu Qiyu would absolutely not put this person in an important position.
Not only would he not put her in an important position, he would also get rid of this scourge.
Today was the perfect opportunity.
When the civil and military officials sat down again, the celebration banquet officially began.
Shi Heng stood up again.
"Your Majesty, I'm not feeling well and want to ask for leave.”
This was undoubtedly a direct challenge to the new emperor.
"I'm not feeling well either."
The few meritorious officials who had advanced and retreated together with Shi Heng also stood up.
It was obvious that they wanted to use this trick to add to the celebration banquet.
Just as all the officials wanted to persuade him.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Qiyu laughed.
"Shi Heng, zhen originally wanted to deal with your matter after the celebratory feast.”
"Since you can't wait to die, I'll deal with you now.”
Zhu Qiyu's laughter was mixed with cold killing intent.
"Where is Tang Jian? Take down Shi Heng's clique."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Jian had already appeared in the hall with a large number of Embroidered Uniform Guards.
Then, with lightning speed, he directly captured the shocked Shi Heng and the others.
No one had expected things to be so sudden.
"Your Majesty, if you want me to die, I have no choice but to die. We are all descendants of Yongle's meritorious officials, and our fathers and ancestors have made great contributions to Ming.”
"Can you let us know the reason before you die?”
Although Shi Heng was shocked, he was still unyielding and shouted loudly.
Obviously, he was trying to use this method to gain the sympathy of the civil and military officials present.
In fact, he had succeeded.
Many important officials had stepped forward.
Even the loyal Marquis Song Bin, the Duke of England Zhang Mao, and the Crown Prince Yu Qian stood up.
"Your Majesty, General Shi only spoke without reason and offended Your Majesty. Please forgive him.”
"Yes, Your Majesty, you are a benevolent saint. No matter what, they are the descendants of loyal officials. Please forgive their crimes for the sake of their fathers and ancestors.”
These civil and military officials all knelt on the ground, continuously pleading for Shi Heng and the others.
Zhu Qiyu seemed to have expected this.
"If it was just to offend zhen, zhen would not have used the Embroidered Uniform Guards.”
"Since this is the case, zhen will announce Shi Heng's crimes to all of you.”
After he finished speaking, he looked at the head eunuch Cheng Jing.
"I'll be your companion."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Cheng Jing took out a secret document, which was obviously presented by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
This secret letter recorded many of Shi Heng's crimes.
At the same time, he would let all the officials know what kind of person Shi Heng was giving to.
For example, he had slept with his late father's concubine for many years and even gave birth to an illegitimate child.
This might be very normal on the grasslands.
However, in Da Ming, it was an incest.
Secondly, there were all kinds of ungrateful acts.
For example, after he inherited his late father's official position, it was his father-in-law who paid for it and used his connections to give him a real position.
Moreover, she bought him a big house in the capital.
However, after Shi Heng made a name for himself, he abandoned his wife and even mentally tortured her until she committed suicide.
In the end, he used the power in his hands to seize his father-in-law's family business and so on.
During his tenure in Hebei, Wu Yong, the commander, saw that he was quite talented and recommended him to be the commander of Qian.
But who knew that after his repeated defeats against Wala, he pushed all the blame onto Commander Wu Yong.
They said that he ate empty salaries, mistreated his subordinates, attacked his colleagues, killed good people, and took credit.
In the end, he used his relationship with Cao Jixiang to frame Commander Wu Yong, causing him to die unjustly.
There were countless crimes like this.
There were a total of nine crimes, each of which could make his life difficult to protect.
All the officials were shocked.
They had never imagined that Shi Heng, this noble who had some military talent, was actually such a beast in disguise.
To think that a few days ago, many civil and military officials had strongly recommended him to follow the new emperor.
Thinking about it now, many people felt a chill down their spines.
If such a person climbed to a high position, the consequences could be imagined.
Shi Heng's face was also pale. However, a cornered beast would still fight, let alone him.
"This subject is wronged, this subject is wronged. These are all false accusations.”
Hearing Shi Heng's quibble, Zhu Qiyu laughed coldly.
"You mean, zhen deliberately let the Embroidered Uniform Guards frame you?”
"Alright, since you're complaining, I'll give you a chance. He ordered the Supreme Court, the Imperial Censorate, and the Ministry of Justice to thoroughly investigate Shi Heng's crimes.”
"Zhen does not wish to malign a good person. However, he could not let a person who had committed a heinous crime go.”
In the eyes of the civil and military officials, the joint hearing of the three divisions was undoubtedly the fairest.
Since the Emperor dared to do this, all the officials in the court knew that Shi Heng's crimes were definitely not groundless or fabricated.
Otherwise, the Embroidered Uniform Guards would be impeached by all the civil and military officials.
Moreover, many of the civil and military officials had heard of Shi Heng's actions.
However, he did not expect it to be so disgusting and chilling.
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