My father is Jiajing

Chapter 314 Hai Rui's Miraculous Operation
Faced with Hai Rui's counter-question and Hai Rui's aggressive momentum, Yan Shifan could no longer be intimidated.

After all, in terms of status and rank, he was far ahead of Hai Rui. And to use an inappropriate metaphor, Hai Rui now was not even qualified to carry his shoes.

But now Hai Rui asked him back so boldly, how could Yan Shifan tolerate this?

Yan Shifan's anger suddenly rose.

Yan Shifan said: "You think you can hide it from the whole world, but you can also hide it from me? I received the secret report early in the morning and learned about your sinister intentions. Now in front of His Majesty, you dare to quibble. You really don't know how to live or die, and you don't know the importance of His Majesty's majesty!"

Hai Rui listened to Yan Shifan's threats but did not take them to heart at all. In Hai Rui's mind, as long as he could justify something, he had never been afraid.

So, what does Yan Shifan’s threats matter?

Others might consider the power of the young minister, but Hai Rui never took this power seriously.

Hai Rui only had the laws of the Ming Dynasty and the four words "justice in the world" in his heart.

Therefore, in Hai Rui's eyes, Yan Shifan's current intimidation was nothing more than a manifestation of incompetent barking.

Hai Rui replied, "Since Minister Yan has a secret report, then I would like to ask if he has verified the information. If Minister Yan is convinced that I am guilty simply because of a secret report that has not been verified, then what is the point of setting up the three judicial departments in the court?"

Hai Rui counterattacked again, directly seizing the language loophole of Yan Shifan and exerting targeted pressure on Yan Shifan.

Emperor Jiajing sat on the throne in the hall, listening to what Hai Rui and Yan Shifan said with great interest, and had no intention of interrupting or asking questions.

Emperor Jiajing just wanted to see how much trouble this little black guy could cause, and also to see how clever Yan Shifan could be.

Yan Shifan was questioned repeatedly by Hai Rui, and he immediately realized the loopholes in his questions. He was being led by Hai Rui by the nose.

This obviously did not conform to his idea of ​​overthrowing Wang Youzhao, cleaning up Hai Rui, and re-establishing his own authority.

Therefore, Yan Shifan made a prompt decision and stopped arguing with Hai Rui about the secret report.

Instead, he turned his attention to Wang Youzhao. Yan Shifan turned around and bowed to Emperor Jiajing, saying, "Hai Rui's crime can be discussed later. I would like to ask about Shuntian Prefecture's Wang Youzhao's crime of dereliction of duty first. Because all of Hai Rui's crimes were caused by Wang Youzhao's dereliction of duty, so please approve it, Your Majesty."

Emperor Jiajing did not expect that Yan Shifan would quickly set his sights on him and try to use his power to control the whole situation.

This made Emperor Jiajing very unhappy.

It would be fine if Yan Shifan just took advantage of the power of the emperor when doing things normally, after all, even when those things were exposed, there was no direct intervention from Emperor Jiajing.

But now the lawsuit is in front of him, and Yan Shifan still wants to take advantage of the power of others and try to use his authority to influence the judgment of those in the hall. Isn't this tantamount to dragging him into the water?
Emperor Jiajing could never accept such a situation.

What Emperor Jiajing wanted to do was to be high and mighty, to look down on all living beings like a god. If he also came out to express his opinion, wouldn't it be proving that the bad things done by Yan Shifan and others were all instigated by Emperor Jiajing?

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing's attitude suddenly changed.

Emperor Jiajing said indifferently: "Whether Wang Youzhao is guilty of dereliction of duty is not something you can decide on your own. The court has three judicial departments that can make a conclusion after investigation. The crime you want to accuse me now is Hai Rui's crime. Don't go off topic." Emperor Jiajing directly rejected Yan Shifan's request and asked him to continue to accuse Hai Rui.

This is also what Emperor Jiajing wanted to know urgently. After all, in Emperor Jiajing's mind, what Hai Rui was doing now might be Zhu Zaigui's plan.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing wanted to see what kind of pit his son had dug and fill it with Yan Shifan.

Yan Shifan had no place to vent his anger after being pinned down by Emperor Jiajing. He could only glare at Wang Youzhao fiercely, as if to say, "I'll deal with you after I deal with Hai Rui!"

Wang Youzhao was frightened by Yan Shifan's glare. He looked helplessly at Hai Rui who was standing in the hall.

In Wang Youzhao's eyes, Hai Rui's thin body was as tall as a mountain. As long as Hai Rui could hold on, his guilt would naturally be forgiven.

Yan Shifan was furious and could only look at that damn Hai Rui again.

At this time, Hai Rui also seized the opportunity and took the initiative to ask: "Minister Yan, His Majesty has clearly ordered you to explain the reasons for your crime. Please also explain the source and information of the secret report, so that the elders and ministers in the palace can make a fair judgment."

Hai Rui is also like a monkey and is very good at climbing up the pole.

Emperor Jiajing was just unhappy with Yan Shifan's idea of ​​taking advantage of the power of others, but he didn't expect that Hai Rui would seize the opportunity and force Yan Shifan to explain the source of the secret report with a "clear order".

Yan Shifan was so angry that his heart ached after hearing Hai Rui's question.

It was clearly him who filed the complaint, but now it seems like he is proving his innocence. This doesn't fit the process in his mind.

Yan Shifan said angrily: "Why should I tell you the source of the secret report? You need to explain immediately why you destroyed the bodies of more than a dozen innocent workers and civilians who froze to death!"

Hai Rui responded to Yan Shifan's persistent question with another explosive remark: "According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, whoever sues must provide evidence. Since Minister Yan wants to sue me for destroying the body, then you must explain the source of your evidence to prove my guilt."

"Instead of just arguing that I am guilty. So please tell me who provided the secret report, Minister Yan."

"Moreover, as to whether I destroyed the body or not, the detectives and coroners from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, as well as the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical College who came later, can continue to investigate and collect evidence in the dormitory outside Chongwenmen. This does not prevent me from asking Minister Yan about the source of the evidence he used to sue me."

"After all, I am an official appointed by the imperial court who graduated from a legitimate academic institution. If you really want to punish me, you must have real evidence. You can't arrest me based on a secret report that came out of nowhere."

Hai Rui's central idea was also very clear, that is, if you want to sue me, you can do so by producing evidence. Once Yan Shifan produced this so-called "evidence", the subsequent development of the situation would no longer be determined by Yan Shifan.

At that time, Hai Rui would seize this so-called secret report evidence, directly link up the people arrested last night into a complete chain of evidence, and teach Yan Shifan a good lesson in the rule of law in the Ming Dynasty.

Let Yan Shifan experience the power of "the king's law" and see if he dares to act recklessly and disregard the king's law in the future!
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