In March of the twelfth year of Yongle, the emperor returned to Beijing.
After His Majesty Yongle returned from victory in Mobei, he first stunned the prince and the Han Dynasty with a set of five lightning whips, and then appointed King Qi as the supervisor of the country. He relieved all his burdens and ran to Jiming Temple to have some leisure time. .
After living in Jiming Temple for several months, major events such as the imprisonment of more than 40 important ministers and the paralysis of Jinyiwei occurred. His Majesty Yongle was able to be patient and wait for the capital to fall into a brief calm before returning to take charge of the overall situation.
In the morning for the first time after returning to Beijing, His Majesty Yongle was leaning on the golden armchair, leisurely waiting to listen to the quarrels among the officials.
Zhu Gaojie stretched his waist and waited for the Han Dynasty Party to impeach him.
The emperor's return to Beijing was the source of the chaos. In today's morning court, the Han Dynasty Party may not be able to hold on anymore and will start a full-scale counterattack.
And Zhu Gaojie and the prince will join forces to suppress the King of Han and drive him out of the capital!
But everything has not started yet. Suddenly, a fifth-grade official in blue robes and white pheasants stood up. First, he kowtowed to His Majesty the Emperor unhurriedly, and then said with a firm face: "I am so lonely and guilty, I am Zheng Zhichang." , please present to Your Majesty the seven deadly sins of King Qi!"
"First, the prince accepted the service of the general and colluded with Chi Rong, the former admiral of the Three Thousand Battalion!"
"Secondly, they supervise the country but do not implement human affairs. They actually turned a blind eye to the Fuzhou hurricane!"
"Third, frame the capital officials and frame Jin Yiwei Luo Xiu for treason!"
"Fourth, jealousy of the wise and capable, one act of jealousy will lead to death!"
"Fifth, there are countless internal and external ministers who have been deposed due to slander. This is the authority that specializes in deposing them!"
"Sixth, he allowed his subordinate Lu Chaoyang to be violent and violent. Shandong was severely tortured by him, with corpses everywhere!"
"The seventh one is to monopolize power to cover up the world!"
"After the seven sins have been interrogated, I would like to ask your majesty to interrogate King Qi to thank the world!"
Zheng Zhichang kowtowed heavily on his forehead, and the gold brick was stained with blood!
When the voice fell, the entire court was shocked by Zheng Zhichang's remarks.
Zhu Di stroked his beard and glanced at everyone with interest.
Zheng Zhichang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, was a member of the fifth rank and came from the prince's command.
Zhu Gaojie looked at the prince in confusion.
What do you mean?
I'm ready to join forces with you to suppress the King of Han. Why can't we wait until the King of Han leaves the capital to deal with it? Why do you have to come and deal with me now?
The prince also looked confused, as if he didn't know anything about it.
Zhu Gaojie frowned slightly, could it be that... Zheng Zhichang's move was not authorized by the prince?
Is your prince a loser? He can't even control his own people?
Then, Zhu Gaojie looked at King Han again, only to find that King Han smiled, as if his conspiracy had succeeded.
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Zheng Zhichang, a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi, was born in the first year of Hongwu. His father was engaged in the great and glorious practical application of food philosophy and the origin of cultural production in the Central Plains. He was commonly known as a "farmer", but he was not a farmer who owned his own land, but a dependent farmer. A tenant who works for the landlord.
Fortunately, there was a good emperor in the era when Zheng Zhichang was born, at least he was a good emperor.
That good emperor was called Zhu Yuanzhang.
Emperor Taizu Gao was born in poverty and knew that tenant farmers suffered the most. In order to prevent landlords from transferring official labor to tenants and tenants earning nothing from their hard work, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that if tenants are used as laborers if there are many fields and few people, the landowner must contribute one stone per rice to finance their labor. cost.
From then on, tenant farmers in the Ming Dynasty got rid of the personal dependence relationship with the landlord and could terminate the tenancy contract according to their own wishes. At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang strongly encouraged land reclamation and stipulated that all land reclaimed from wasteland could be exempted from rent and taxes for the first three years. Against this background, tenant farmers broke away from the landowners to cultivate their own land, and the number of tenant households was greatly reduced.
No matter whether this system will be corrupted in the future or the landlords and gentry will find loopholes and end up being useless, at least in the Hongwu Dynasty, this system was implemented, thanks to the great benevolence, great compassion and supreme merit of Emperor Taizu Gao.
Zheng Zhichang's father also changed from an exploited tenant to a self-cultivator with his own land, and the family conditions suddenly improved. And Zheng Zhichang had the opportunity to study and take the scientific examination.
In the Shanxi Provincial Examination in the 17th year of Hongwu's reign, Zheng Zhichang passed the examination, and in the General Examination in the 18th year of Hongwu's reign, he passed the Jinshi examination.
After becoming a Jinshi, Zheng Zhichang was assigned to work in the Autumn Trial Division of the Ministry of Punishment. Due to his withdrawn personality and his poor background, he could not interact with the people above him, so he remained unknown.
In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu's reign, Zheng Zhichang was transferred to the Ministry of Rites and promoted to wailang. This position lasted for twenty years. Even if Jianwen ascended the throne or Yongle changed dynasties, Zheng Zhichang was never promoted or demoted. .
Emperor Hongwu wanted to keep him until the Jianwen dynasty to use him again. Emperor Jianwen was forced to give up the throne before he could promote him. Emperor Yongle wanted to accept Zheng Zhichang as a party member because he had never made any mistakes, big or small, and the crown prince appreciated him. It was not convenient for the emperor to use the knife, but he hated Zheng Zhichang's status as an old minister of Jianwen and did not want to promote him.
In the spring, summer, autumn and winter, when the summer passes and the cold comes, the child prodigy who was promoted to Jinshi at the age of nineteen spent twenty years in the official position of the fifth rank. Over the past twenty years, he has worked diligently every day, never slacking off due to external factors or dissatisfaction in his heart. He worked hard to do his job well, not seeking appreciation from others, but only seeking to establish his mind.
In the 22nd year of Yongle, Zheng Zhichang, who had been cautious all his life, burned incense and bathed, put on his court clothes and official hat, and walked calmly to Fengtian Hall to attend the morning court. No one could have imagined that this transparent, fifth-grade civil servant would have to do something like this. A big event that will shock you all!
If you accuse King Qi, you will be impeached to death!
Impeachment was very common in the Ming Dynasty. Whenever you had nothing to do, you would impeach your enemy. Which civil and military official in the Manchu Dynasty didn't carry more than a dozen impeachment memorials on his body. The Jin Yiwei governor Lu Chaoyang had a memorial to impeach him. I'm afraid there have to be thousands of copies. Instead of sitting still, Luo Xiu finally tricked him and sent him to prison to await trial?
Life has to go on, and being impeached is no big deal. I was impeached in the morning, and went to the Qinhuai River to drink flower wine in the evening.
However, death impeachment is different. Death impeachment is an impeachment that goes on to death and burns with the other party!
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This buddy Zheng Zhichang came here to play with his life.
This was the first thought in Zhu Gaojie's mind.
He couldn't figure it out. How many benefits did the King of Han give him to make the prince's people work so hard?
In the face of life and death, any conspiracy will reveal its flaws.
What Zhu Gaojie was best at was using this crude method to suddenly break the deadlock at a critical moment and create opportunities for himself. He used this method to fool the King of Han twice in a row, once in "Blood Splattered on Fengtian Palace" and once in "Night Night". "Hitting the Royal Guards".
But now the King of Han learned wisely and used King Qi's moves to deal with King Qi.
Even if you try your best to deal with it, I will only use one move to kill you!
The king of Han looked at each other coldly, waiting for King Qi to make a move.
They are all brothers, so of course they have to use all their strength to kill each other!
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Zhu Gaojie's mind was running rapidly, analyzing how to create the most favorable environment for him.
He had long expected that the King of Han's people would impeach him in today's morning court, but what Zhu Gaojie didn't expect was that the person who impeached him would be someone poached by the King of Han from the princelings, and he would also resort to death penalty.
This Prince of Han is really not that simple.
From the surface, it seems that there is no difference whether it is the Han Wang Party or the Prince Party. Anyway, they are all impeached to death, and it will be the same no matter who they are. In fact, there are still big problems in this. Zheng Zhichang used to work in the East Palace, and he was a die-hard princeling. Now Zheng Zhichang, a die-hard princeling, has rebelled, which has a great impact on the coalition forces between Prince Qi's Palace and the East Palace. , Zhu Gaojie and the prince can figure it out and won't have any grudges, but the people under their command are different, and it is inevitable that the military morale will be shaken.
The most important thing is that most of the people in Prince Qi's palace are from the clan faction, and they don't actually have much say in the political struggle. In the party struggle in the court, Zhu Gaojie still had to rely on the prince's power. In this way, the morale of the princelings was low because of Zheng Zhichang's rebellion. Today's morning court meeting was by no means just a physical fight, but more of a psychological contest.
The most urgent task is to deal with this morning dynasty, and after the dynasty retreats, we can revive people's hearts and choose the opportunity to attack.
"What nonsense!"
At this time, Zhu Yong, Duke of Chengguo, stood up, pointed at Zheng Zhichang and angrily shouted, "You, this arrogant and ignorant scholar, may be suffering from hysteria. You actually slandered the prince in the Jinluan Palace. You should be executed!"
Zhu Yong, son of Zhu Neng, King of Dongping. In the fifth year of Yongle's reign, he succeeded to the Duke's throne and later took charge of the governor's affairs. He stayed in the capital and became one of the leaders of the Xunqi faction.
As the successor of the British Army, Zhu Gaojiu had repeatedly made military exploits and had high prestige in the military. He was a natural ally with the Xunqi faction. In the final analysis, Zhu Gaojia's greatest aid was these Xunqi.
No matter how busy Zhu Gaojie is on weekdays, he will still take time out every month to drink and have fun with these relatives. This may seem extravagant, but in fact it is to stabilize the relationship with the clan faction.
The relatives did not disappoint Zhu Gaojie and stepped forward at the critical moment.
This is not to say that the relatives are very loyal, but because as long as King Qi stands upright, they can gain the greatest benefits.
"Zheng Zhichang, you have mentioned seven deadly sins. You are bluffing. Do you have any evidence?"
The British Duke Zhang Fu said calmly, "You said that King Qi colluded with Chirong, the former admiral of the Three Thousand Battalion. We know that King Qi once personally led the Fengzi Battalion's 800 cavalry, and Chirong served as King Qi's deputy general, and established a military base in Mobei. Great success in capturing King Anle and killing King Shuning?"
"You said that King Qi ignored the hurricane in Fuzhou. Did you know that when the hurricane in Fuzhou dissipated in the future, King Qi ordered Lord Xia Yuan Jixia, the Minister of Household Affairs, to manage the disaster and prevent the loss of the imperial court from spreading?"
"You said that King Qi framed Jin Yiwei Luo Xiu for treason, but did you know that King Qi found 200 crossbows and armors and countless Jin Yiwei collusion letters in Luo Xiu's mansion?"
"You said that King Qi was jealous of the virtuous and capable, and one thing he meant would definitely lead to his death. Do you know that King Qi appoints virtuous ministers, holds the seal to supervise the country, and treats virtuous subordinates?"
"You said that King Qi had the power to depose She, but did you know that when King Qi was supervising the country, he delegated power to the six ministries and nine ministers to appoint major responsibilities?"
"You said that King Qi allowed his subordinate Lu Chaoyang to be violent in Shandong. Do you know how many corrupt officials Lu Chaoyang killed in Shandong and were assassinated thousands of times by officials and narrowly escaped death?"
"You say that King Qi monopolizes power, but do you know that King Qi oversees the country, and there are only a few palace officials working in the Wenhua Palace and the Imperial Study Room, and he never loves power?"
(End of chapter)
