Zhu Houzhao didn't think this ethical tragedy was so funny. In modern times, this embarrassing thing was probably the police from the community who came forward and coordinated it and fooled it. Try to let the victim's family digest it as much as possible so that the city would be filled with wind and rain. However, in the Ming Dynasty, such cases broke out. In this era when people's morality was too great, they had to be exaggerated. If they were not handled properly, they would have a huge negative impact.

"There is only a local area to deal with such a bullshit. Why do we need to pass it to the center and make things so big?"

Zhu Houzhao curled his lips. In his mind, everyone is equal to each other is the most basic social rule, but it is not suitable for this era. There is no reason for ancient ethics and morality.

"There is no need for the cabinet and the emperor to make decisions in this kind of thing. My son's rebellion and my adultery are all unforgivable crimes, and it is easy to sentence them very much. In my opinion, it is clearly this Juren Li, who is the favorite student of Master Xie. He passed the college entrance examination at the age of 21 and obtained the reputation of Juren. He is likely to be a high school Jinshi and become an official next year. His future is unlimited. The prefect of Huzhou did not dare to offend him, so he just shirked the matter to the top."

Now Liu Jin is just a little eunuch who serves people around Zhu Houzhao, and he is not the eunuch who is powerful in the court and the country later called himself "the emperor". However, he has been living in the palace for many years and is still very close to the court, so he pointed out the key points of the relationship at a glance.

Xie Qian is now the chief minister of the cabinet with a powerful government and opposition. He is inferior to ten thousand people. His disciples and former officials are everywhere. As Xie Qian's student, Li Juren committed a crime. He is just the mayor of a small prefecture-level city in Huzhou. How dare he be sentenced? If he offended Master Xie, he would have a cough and he would have killed him, the prefect.

"In my opinion, this Juren Li beat his father and angered his mother to death. He was a ruthless person. He should be removed from his fame and fortune and beheaded and killed by the Huzhou prefect. Old Man Li and his wife commit adultery, and he can be punished to confiscate the property and behead him and beheaded and abandoned the market. As for Juren Li's wife, let the Li family clan soak him in the pig cage and deal with it internally, so as not to be embarrassed to take it out."

Although Liu Jin was just a little eunuch, as the emperor's close lewd, he didn't take Xie Qian, the chief minister of the cabinet seriously. Not to mention killing him, a student who violated the law, he didn't even blink even if he killed Xie Qian's son. So Liu Jin just hesitated and made a decision.

"Wow! You bastard, so cruel and ruthless, kill the whole family! The Li family's wife still has a child in her belly! How innocent this child has suffered this bad luck before she was born." Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao smashed the ice grapes in her hand into Liu Jin's face and cursed.

"This child died before he was born. My father and grandpa were also suffering from this world. It's all a matter of whether he can be an adult. It's better to die with me." Liu Jin shook his head, opened his mouth and bit the ice grapes. After chewing it for a few seconds, he smiled and said, "It's so sweet, thank you for the reward of the emperor!"

Zhu Houzhao closed his eyes and thought. Juren and his father committed a serious crime in this era. If Xie Qian wanted to protect them, this memorial would have been dealt with in the cabinet, and there was no need to send it to the Qianqing Palace.

All the officials in the court were all people who cherish their feathers, especially Xie Qian, as the chief minister of the cabinet, was a benchmark for worship by officials all over the world. His personal reputation was greater than that. He neither wanted to protect such a student who had such a big scandal, nor did he want to end up being a bad reputation of not saving students by nature. Therefore, he could only ask the emperor to make a judgment. With the emperor's endorsement, whether Li Juren is dead or alive has nothing to do with him.

Don’t underestimate any memorial. The power struggle implied in it is something that ordinary people cannot imagine.

Zhu Houzhao figured out the interests behind it, so she sat upright on the Arhat's bed, picked up a brush from the short table, and wrote down Zhu's comments on the memorial as Liu Jin said, sentenced both the Li family and the son to death.

Only the daughter-in-law of the Li family, Zhu Houzhao, issued an order to investigate the character of Huzhou. If he was a traitor like Pan Jinlian, who took the initiative to seduce his father-in-law to bed, he would be locked in a cell and sentenced to hang after giving birth to a child, and the child would be given to a good family to raise.

If the investigation found that the wife of the Li family was an honest and kind woman, and the so-called adultery was actually the one who was sexually abused by Old Man Li, then she was the victim, and it would be too miserable to let her be buried with her. Therefore, if it is the latter case, the Huzhou prefect can arrange for her to pretend to die and deceive the Li family. After she gave birth to a child, she would send part of the confiscated Li family money to this woman and then secretly leave Huzhou.

At the same time, the people stationed in the Jinyiwei Yamen of Huzhou Prefecture were secretly transferred to follow and protect them until the mother and son found a place to settle properly.

In this era when the law relies on man and robbers everywhere, Zhu Houzhao doubted whether this woman could reach her destination alive. Especially when she was carrying some money, she would most likely be killed by money when she encountered people who were ill-hearted, so she arranged two Jinyiwei as bodyguards, which could be considered as sending Buddha to the West.

This is already the only way for Zhu Houzhao to live outside the law.

In an era when the imperial power did not go to the countryside and the family ruled the country, this woman had no chance of survival in Wucheng County, Huzhou. She would be arrested if she returned to her husband's house. She had to go to another place and change her name.

Liu Jin watched Zhu Houzhao write the Zhu comments with red pen, and quickly flattered: "This woman is really pitiful, but the emperor is kind-hearted. I really didn't think about it just now."

"Liu Jin! Remember, the hanging knife is the most powerful. If you don't kill someone, don't see blood! You will follow me and you will be a person who will do great things in the future. Killing too much is never the right way to deal with the world!"

Liu Jin bowed his head and said yes, but he didn't know if he listened.

Zhu Houzhao knew that Liu Jin in history harmed countless people and made the whole country angry and resentful, but that was also because Emperor Zhengde deliberately indulged in lack of discipline. Now that he is the emperor, Zhu Houzhao naturally needs to be strictly regulated and educated Liu Jin at all times to prevent him from being cut into pieces in the future.

Liu Jin was able to harm the world for five years, claiming to be the "Emperor", selling official positions and titles, extorting money, and causing trouble for the imperial officials to be tragic.

But from another perspective, Liu Jin has a strong ability to work in politics and work. Zhengde likes to have fun and care about things, but Liu Jin is very diligent. Every day he calls his tyrant civil servants around him to his home to work with state affairs. I don’t know how Liu Jin’s work is, but his work attitude is excellent.

Liu Jin's power-making methods are not inferior to Wei Zhongxian. Such people can be used well and can be a big helper for him. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao will not abandon Liu Jin in history as a power-making eunuch.

Zhu Houzhao put the processed memorial into the bamboo basket at the foot of the bed, then picked up the new letter and read it.

This memorial is also a trivial matter. It is about the rain that has been raining for half a month under the jurisdiction of Haizhou, Huai'an Prefecture. A centenarian man went out to wander around in the remote Fengshuwan Village. He accidentally slipped and broke his leg. When the Haizhou County Magistrate heard the news, he quickly brought gifts to express his condolences, and then wrote a memorial to report the matter to the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao was also helpless. In ancient times when the average life expectancy of a person was only 30 years old, a century-old man was a national treasure. He did not worship the officials, and even the emperor had to give in to him. After his death, the cabinet would write an obituary to represent the court to express his condolences.

Of course, there is no need to think too much about such memorials. The Haizhou County Magistrate is more concerned about the old man's health. Remember to send some rice, flour, grain and oil every month to take care of it.

The memorials handled next were nothing important. They were just officials reporting the local climate and crop growth, as well as some things about the people's weddings and funerals, so that the emperor could understand the national dynamics.

Of course, various memorials of condolences are indispensable, such as asking the emperor to mourn the changes, don’t be too sad, just say anything, I will come to Beijing overnight, all the time...

Although Zhu Houzhao finished speaking for a month, it did not mean that he could really be a hand-off manager. The high concentration of the monarchy in the Ming Dynasty and the uniqueness of imperial power made him unable to hand over his job to others, so the memorials that should be approved should still be approved.

However, the memorials Zhu Houzhao read were all sent to the Qianqing Palace after being screened heavily by the cabinet and the literati supervisor.

The real military and national affairs have long been dealt with by the cabinet and the liexi supervisor. Zhu Houzhao's turn will naturally be left with these trivial matters.

Zhu Houzhao is only fourteen years old now, and has only been less than a month since he ascended the throne. The cabinet ministers and the eunuchs on duty in the Sili Supervisor were both important officials appointed by Emperor Hongzhi before his death. Zhu Houzhao was the one who grew up watching these ministers. They knew the best of what they had. However, if a child was involved in military and national affairs, the country would be in chaos in every minute!

But the emperor is the ruler of the country after all. If he is left to do nothing, he will be suspected of undermining the emperor.

The cabinet dared not do this!

Therefore, the cabinet and the literati supervisor selected some irrelevant memorials to send to the Qianqing Palace, at least in form, let Zhu Houzhao participate in the handling of state affairs.

Besides, before Emperor Hongzhi died, he had already arranged everything for Zhu Houzhao, especially the emperor's private secretariat, the emperor's six ministries, and every move of the cabinet was under the surveillance of the eunuchs. Once a rebel minister wanted to cause trouble, the eunuchs of the Silijian would immediately order the East Factory or the Jinyiwei to dispatch the danger to the cradle, and would definitely not let the civil servants and generals of the outside court threaten the throne of the old Zhu family.

The Ming Dynasty politics showed checks and balances everywhere, especially the cabinet and the literati supervisor were representatives of the checks and balances of power in the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!