"Shi Kefa is correcting the imperial edict?" Chongzhen was startled when he heard this, "What kind of imperial edict is he correcting?"

"It's the secret edict that Shi Kefa wrote to Meng Zhaoxiang when the Donglin Party tried to seize the internal funds of the Holy Emperor last time." Li Ruolian said, "It was suddenly revealed last night."

"Hey, you're talking about this." Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

He added: "As long as Meng Zhaoxiang and the others don't report this matter, and Shi Kefa himself doesn't admit it, and no one can find any evidence, let the censors impeach him."

Li Ruolian sighed and said, "Shi Kefa has admitted it."

"What?" Chongzhen said in astonishment, "Why did he admit it?"

Li Ruolian said: "This matter has something to do with the old servant of Shi Kefa's family."

It turned out that Shi Kefa's old servant was old and wanted to return to his hometown to take care of himself. At the same time, he recommended his grandson to Shi Kefa as his long-term attendant, but Shi Kefa refused.

So the old servant held a grudge.

Let’s get rid of the things that Shi Kefa did to correct the imperial edict.

The old servant also took out a piece of paper with the words Jiao Zhao written on it.

The old servant said that when the Donglin Party plotted to seize the internal funds of the Holy Emperor, Jiu Qing came to ask Shi Kefa for help when he was in trouble. When Shi Kefa was at his wits' end, he suddenly found a note on the table with an imperial edict written on it.

After that, Shi Kefa discussed the details of the correctional edict with the nine ministers who went to the disaster.

What the old servant said is true, but if it were anyone else, he would never admit it even to death.

It happened that Shi Kefa was a gentleman. Faced with the testimony of his old servant and the collective cross-examination of the imperial censor, he actually admitted it directly. Even if he wanted to redeem himself, there was no way he could recover from it.

"This Shi Kefa!" Chongzhen said angrily, "He is seeking death on his own."

Li Ruolian sighed and said: "False edicts are also one of the ten most unforgivable crimes. Since Shi Kefa admitted it, even you, the Holy One, cannot forgive his crimes. At most, they are not as bad as those of his family."

Correcting an imperial edict is not much different from regicide.

Since Shi Kefa admitted it, it is true that not even Chongzhen could save him.

But Chongzhen was Chongzhen after all, and he would not be blinded by appearances.

"Li Ruolian, don't you think this is a bit strange?" Chongzhen said quietly.

Li Ruolian said: "I also think this matter is a bit strange. It has been several months since Shi Kefa dismissed the old servant. This old servant didn't report it earlier and later. Why did he choose to report it at this time?"

Chongzhen asked: "Have your Jinyi Guards investigated this old servant?"

"I investigated, but I didn't find any useful clues." Li Ruolian said with some shame.

Chongzhen did not mean to blame. Today's Jinyiwei is no longer the original Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei's focus has always been on Beizhi. In the capital, the strength of Nanzhili was originally very weak.

Because during the Chongzhen Dynasty, the funds for the Jinyiwei were extremely low.

With such pitiful funds, it is impossible to retain real talents.

Without available talents, Li Ruolian would not be able to do anything even if he had only three heads and six arms.

Looking at Li Ruolian, Chongzhen hesitated a little, wondering whether he should give Jin Yiwei another chance?

Chongzhen himself really hated the Jinyiwei, because from the beginning of his birth, the Jinyiwei had mainly served as Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes and ears, specially used to monitor civil and military officials.

There are also functions such as collecting intelligence from the outside world, instigating rebellion, and even assassinating enemy generals, but that is just incidental.

The main duty of the Jinyiwei is to monitor the civil and military officials in the DPRK and prevent officials from rebelling.

At the craziest time, the Jin Yiwei would even monitor the civil and military officials of the DPRK and China from 360 degrees, and even know which minister slept in which concubine's room last night, and what they said to the concubine.

This makes people speechless. As for not even having this most basic trust?
Chapter completed!