As Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Li Qi's position was at the level of deputy president of the Supreme Court in later generations, and his proficiency in the law is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

At first, he was indeed scared, but later as he defended himself, he gradually became confident. Moreover, for him, he was not betrayed by the Ming Dynasty. As others said, those court officials who were qualified to attend court had a bright future in the Ming Dynasty. How could they have to give up the Ming Dynasty, which was at its peak and instead surrender to the Qing Dynasty, which was already despairing?

Who would do this if his mind was broken, let alone a person like Li Qi. Of course, the Jinyiwei was not wrong. Li Qi did have contact with the Qing envoys, but this was just out of the friendship of fellow villagers and classmates. They only ate wine a few times and visited undescribable places together. What is this between literati?

Furthermore, it was not a secret that the Qing envoys came to the Ming Dynasty. They had met the Emperor of Ming a few days ago. At that time, Li Qi was also on the scene. As for the so-called bribery, Li Qi was even more unlikely to admit that he was not a person short of money. At his level, the court's salary is enough for him. Besides, the other party did not give him any real money. It was just that when the literati communicated, he collected a few rare books and calligraphy and paintings of the previous dynasty.

There is any private plan to shake the foundation of the country and deceive the emperor. In Li Qi's opinion, the reason why he said something to the other party after drinking was because of the Ming Dynasty. After all, after the Ming Dynasty restored the country, he had fought with the Qing Dynasty for many years. For him, since the Qing Dynasty was about to take the throne on its own, it would not be a bad thing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. If it could be successful, the world would truce and swords and guns would be put into the warehouse, which would be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

So Li Qi was a member who agreed to the Qing Dynasty's request for surrender and thought that this was an excellent solution to the problem. It was precisely because of this, coupled with the previous relationship, he also promised that the other party would put forward his own opinions in the court when he had the opportunity to fulfill the matter. However, he never expected that before he could take action, he would come to the door.

Thinking of this in his heart, Li Qi naturally felt that he was right, and most of the others gradually came to his senses. With the self-disputedness of these people, some people in the court felt that the Jinyiwei had gone through this matter. This was clearly a matter of being picky in the eggs, and was it deliberately looking for a fault?

"Your Majesty, I have something to say!" Before everyone else could speak, Zhang Ran took the lead.

Seeing Zhu Yicheng nodding, Zhang Ran turned around to face the people standing behind him, pointed to one of them and said, "Xiao Wenbo, seven days ago, you were invited by Cha Shenxing to drink and compose music with the other three people in Wenxianglou, Beijing?"

After asking, Zhang Ran continued, "There were five people on that day, and a table of wine and food and music were spent 250 yuan in Wenxianglou. After that, you also received a pair of calligraphy and paintings from the other party. The calligraphy and paintings were worth 300 yuan, and now they are hung in your study at your home. In addition, you stayed in Wenxianglou that night, and it cost another 100 yuan. I won't talk about the rest. Just this night, I spent more than 450 yuan on you. You said, what is your monthly salary? How much is this? How about you? "

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ran turned around and pointed at another person, and told him about the situation of that person without hesitation. He was similar to Xiao Wenbo. This person also received the benefits of Cha Shenxing's side, but he was not taking calligraphy and painting but a pair of plum vases of great value.

When Zhang Ran continued to talk one by one, the people mentioned were extremely ugly and speechless. Finally, Zhang Ran sneered at Li Qi: "As for you, Lord Li, you are the highest in terms of your official position, and you are the most important in terms of your position. The benefits you will naturally give you the most are the most."

Afterwards, Zhang Ran directly mentioned the three meetings between Li Qi and Cha Shenxing, one was the so-called literary meeting, one was the so-called tea drinking, and one was the same as Xiao Wenbo in Wenxianglou, but because of his identity, the other party was alone in the hospitality.

Three times, the other party's expenses on Li Qi and the gifts he gave had combined exceeded 4,000 yuan, which was enough to be regarded as a huge sum of money.

Li Qi's face turned blue and red. He was caught but refused to plead guilty, and he loudly argued that this was just a normal relationship, and that he had never colluded with the other party.

At this time, Zhang Ran pointed out that Li Qi had privately held a meeting with Shenxing to contact the officials in the court. The above letter persuaded the Emperor Ming to agree to accept the request for surrender of the Qing Dynasty, and also guided Shenxing to find a relationship with whom he could find a relationship and who liked what he liked.

When Li Qi heard this, he felt that the sky was hanging around and even more shocked. How did the Jinyiwei know so clearly? Is there anything I can hear around him? This is impossible! When he said this, there were no outsiders at all.

"Your Majesty! I have been doing this for my Ming Dynasty! The world has been fighting for a long time, and the people have suffered for so many years. Now that the Qing Dynasty is willing to surrender, why don't my Ming Dynasty allow me to submit to me? Stay healthy with my health? Your Majesty! All the world governs the country with benevolence, and my Ming Dynasty should do this. Once the war stops and swords and guns are in the warehouse, this is the blessing of the world and the blessing of all people! Your Majesty, I have not had any selfish intentions in doing this. I am for the world, for the Ming Dynasty, and for Your Majesty!"

At this time, Li Qi had no way out, so he gritted his teeth and took a few steps forward, knelt down heavily, kowtowed to Zhu Yicheng and said to the others. He also immediately understood that this was their opportunity, so he quickly knelt down together, saying sincerely that he was also for the Ming Dynasty and for the people of the world.

Looking at their attitude, to be honest, many people in the court felt that although Li Qi and others were wrong, their starting point was good. They did receive benefits, which was beyond reproach. However, if they wanted to say that they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, it would be over. Their purpose was also for the Ming Dynasty, but the way was just inappropriate.

Among these people, not only ordinary court officials, but also some in the Military Affairs Office felt this way. However, compared with ordinary court officials, the Military Affairs Minister was much more cunning. And when they came out today, they had already vaguely felt a sense of what was originally arranged by Zhu Yicheng, so they didn't speak for the time being.

Zhu Yicheng frowned slightly, looking at the seven people kneeling below, and those ministers who already wanted to stand up and plead for them. Just as Zhu Yicheng was thinking about what to say, Wang Jingqi, who had not spoken out at this time, stood up.

"Your Majesty!" Wang Jingqi said directly after his birth: "I think Li Qi and others are unforgivable, so they should be punished!"

As soon as Wang Jingqi said this, the palace was full of anger. Many people even thought they had heard it wrong, but when they saw others' shocked gazes, they realized that Wang Jingqi's words were indeed what they said. Li Qi and others were stunned at the same time, and then they almost burst into flames in their eyes, especially Li Qi's face was red and angry, and they cursed loudly: "Wang Jingqi! You villain! Such nonsense is simply a slander. If you want to harm me, aren't you afraid of being scolded by the people in the world?"

"Spit off? Haha." Wang Jingqi smiled coldly and looked at Li Qi and others: "If you want to be scolded by the people of the world, then you will be scolded! You are waiting to eat our Ming salary, but you are planning for the Qing Dynasty. This is obvious, and you are still a wise minister. You regard yourself as loyal and kind-hearted? Bah! You are clearly a traitor and a traitor who surrenders to the enemy and sells the country!"

"You are talking nonsense! We are doing this for my Ming Dynasty! For the people of the world! For the benevolence of Your Majesty!"

"For my Ming Dynasty? For the people of the world? For your benevolence?" Wang Jingqi asked back, "Then I want to ask you, how did I lose the Central Plains back then? Who entered the pass to seize the Ming Dynasty? Everyone knows that the Qing Dynasty was the culprit! If the Qing Dynasty had not rebelled in Liaodong, how could my Ming Dynasty lose one thing and the other, and even the local chaos and thieves were everywhere? If it weren't for the thieves such as Nurhaci, Huang Taiji and later Dorgon, how would Emperor Yizong be trapped in the capital and sacrifice his life for his country? Later, Hongguang's Southern Dynasties were destroyed, and the king of Lu and King Gui died one after another. Who did these? Tell me!"

As he said that, Wang Jingqi swept his sharp eyes towards these people, and his eyes were as strong as the essence, so they couldn't breathe: "As for the people in the world, or have you forgotten the three massacres of Yangzhou on ten days and Jiading? And have you forgotten the story of the Qing Dynasty slaughtering my 10th nationality, going to my Chinese tradition, and driving them into slavery? The saints have a saying, repaying their grievances with righteousness and virtue! You are all scholars, and you should know the principle of repaying your grievances with righteousness and virtue with virtue. Do you forget the past and ignore the sufferings of the people in this way?"

Finally, Wang Jingqi showed great sorrow in his expression. He turned around and bowed to Zhu Yicheng, and then said, "As for what you said for the sake of Your Majesty's benevolence, it is a huge joke! When Kangxi's dog thief harmed Your Majesty's father and mother, can he still be called a son of man if he doesn't avenge such a deep hatred? Now, you don't care about the deep hatred of the last emperor, so the so-called master is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the master is humiliated to death! But you don't think about how to destroy the Qing Dynasty, but instead use it. What's the point of not being a traitor?"

Wang Jingqi's words were loud and made the court speechless, especially Li Qi and others' expressions changed drastically and were extremely frightened.

Hearing this, Liao Huanzhi sighed in his heart. At this time, he finally understood what Zhu Yicheng was thinking. It seemed that this matter could not be restored. Now he could only ask Zhu Yicheng not to go to prison, which was too implicated.

But before he was about to stand up and say something, He Xianzu, who was beside him, stood up in advance and shouted: "Your Majesty! I think what Lord Wang said is so true. Li Qi and others are in vain. As a Ming minister, they are taking the blame for the world. No matter how privately colluded with the Qing envoys, it would be a serious crime. I would like to ask Your Majesty to punish him strictly to warn the world!"

"Your Majesty, I will discuss it!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"
Chapter completed!