On October 18th, the fifth year of Wanli, Wu Zhongxing, the editor of Hanlin Academy, first wrote a memorial against Zhang Juzheng's love affair after learning that Zhu Yijun had ordered to seize love from Zhang Juzheng.
Then, the Imperial Academy reviewed Zhao Yongxian, the Ministry of Punishment member Wailang Aimu, and the chief Shen Shenxiao. They also submitted memos against seizing love, all with very harsh words, and impeached Zhang Juzheng.
And these people are either Zhang Juzheng's fellow villagers or Zhang Juzheng's disciples.
It was obvious that the New Deal had touched upon the fundamental interests of scholar-bureaucrats.
Therefore, even if Liu Tai was executed, even if the officials in the Manchu Dynasty were basically Zhang Juzheng's disciples or fellow townsmen, there were still officials who would object to Zhang Juzheng's love being stolen, and these officials were basically Zhang Juzheng's disciples or fellow townsmen. .
But soon, these civil servants, who were eager to show their value in the matter of seizing love, found that their memorials were withheld without any imperial approval.
"We were left behind! We have no intention of asking for the imperial staff!"
Wu Zhongxing was disappointed and told Zhao Yongxian, who was also in the Hanlin Academy.
Zhao Yongxian was also disappointed that he couldn't be spanked.
You must know that today's civil servants of the Ming Dynasty are proud of receiving the imperial rod. They believe that receiving the imperial rod is equivalent to gaining a political reputation. In the future, they will gain great moral prestige and thus have greater privileges.
But now the emperor has no intention of spanking them, so Zhao Yongxian is as disappointed as Wu Zhongxing.
"A man should die for the sake of etiquette!"
Therefore, Zhao Yongxian gritted his teeth and said, "Since the memorial has been suspended, let's directly ask Zhang Jiangling why our memorial to impeach him has been suspended. Is it to prevent the world from knowing his crimes? Do you think this is suppressing him?" Can you suppress the anger of everyone in the world?!"
"Don't think that if the imperial edict is to seize love, we will just let it go!"
After hearing this, Wu Zhongxing nodded and smiled proudly: "This is a good idea! Zhang Jiangling will either give me a favor or accept our questioning, admit that he is arrogant, intercept the memorial, and deceive His Majesty!"
There is no official residence in Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the chief minister of the cabinet like Zhang Juzheng still lives in his private residence in the inner city in the capital, and ordinary officials can often come to his private residence at will.
After Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian were detained for impeaching Zhang Juzheng, they actually came to Zhang Juzheng's private residence and shouted that they wanted to see Zhang Juzheng.
Just when Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian came to Zhang Juzheng's private residence and asked to see Zhang Juzheng, officials such as Ai Mu and Shen Sixiao also came here. They were all detained to question Zhang Juzheng because of their respective memorials.
"Why did the cabinet withhold my memorial?!"
"For the sake of the world's etiquette and Yuanfu's filial piety, what can't we deal with? Why doesn't Yuanfu let the emperor know?"
"Does Yuan Fu only want to be captured by His Majesty instead of letting His Majesty know that people in the world want Yuan Fu to fulfill his filial piety and uphold his integrity?!"
Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian and other officials shouted loudly.
Not long after, there were more and more civil servants outside Zhang Juzheng's residence. Almost all officials from the Imperial Academy and the Ministry of Rites came here, and the content of their shouts became increasingly unpleasant.
Some people directly said that Zhang Juzheng had placed the emperor under house arrest and forced him to stay in China without issuing a memorial.
Because of this, some civil servants directly and loudly scolded Zhang Juzheng as an unfaithful and unfilial Zhang thief.
"Just scold him like this and tell Wu Zhongxing and the others that the more the imperial court refuses to express its stance, the harder they will scold you!"
"In short, either he will receive the imperial staff and be famous for a lifetime; or he will use this fierce public opinion to force Zhang Juzheng to return to his hometown Dingyou, thereby interrupting the New Deal and letting the ministers behind him know that he only plans for the emperor and the common people of the country and ignores the world. Those who are righteous will never achieve anything and become famous!”
"Forcing Zhang Juzheng to return to his hometown is just the beginning. After he returns to his hometown and gets rid of his minions, we must further ruin his name and destroy his family. Only then can we completely annihilate the arrogance of those who attempt to reform!"
A certain cabinet minister in the courtyard of a deep house also gave the same instructions to the imperial censor Zhu Nanyong.
Zhu Nanyong nodded and came outside Zhang's house. After seeing Wu Zhongxing, he conveyed the words of the elder to Wu Zhongxing and said:
"The Jinyi Guards have already accepted our gifts. As long as the superiors decide on the imperial staff, they will definitely show mercy!"
"In addition, Otsuka Zai and Da Zongbo also intend to persuade Jiang Ling to worry about Ding, which shows that there are already disagreements among his confidants. Maybe Jiang Ling will really worry about Ding because of this. Even if he doesn't worry about Ding, he doesn't have to worry about his death!"
Wu Zhongxing nodded after hearing this, and then gnashed his teeth and said, "It's just hateful that Jiangling doesn't want to see us!"
"The Prince of Hanlin Academy has arrived!"
And not long after Wu Zhongxing said what he said, Wang Xijue, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, came here with a large group of Hanlin people, obviously to help.
Seeing this, the civil servants present became very energetic and gathered around to salute: "Your Majesty!"
Wang Xijue said: "I was worried that something might happen to you, so I came here to see how it was going. Are there any guards in royal robes showing up, or are there any new orders to be delivered?"
"No! Zhang Jiangling didn't want to see us either."
Wu Zhongxing replied at this time.
Wang Xijue came here in advance because he couldn't wait any longer.
He originally wanted to wait until the decree to deal with these officials arrived before he came forward to intercede for these officials.
However, Wang Xijue could not wait to deal with the orders of officials who opposed the seizure of love. He was on pins and needles for a while, so he had to come out to see the situation in person. By the way, he could also express his attitude, that is, he hoped that Zhang Juzheng would be worried and opposed Zhang Juzheng's attitude of being taken away from love.
Although Wang Xijue was a famous minister in history, in this matter, his attitude was on the side of etiquette.
After Wang Xijue heard what Wu Zhongxing said, he said: "Since Zhang Jiangling refuses to see us, then I will go see him in person and ask him whether he cares about the world's political opinions!"
With that said, Wang Xijue rushed directly to Zhang Jue's house and shouted to Zhang Juzheng's disciples: "Get out of the way! Do you even want to stop me?!"
Zhang Juzheng's disciples did not dare to stop Wang Xijue, who was wearing a scarlet official robe.
After Wang Xijue broke in, he saw that Zhang Juzheng had put down the memorial and asked, "Are you here to question me too?"
Wang Xijue cupped his hands and said: "Whether Yuan Fu is the one who alienated the rebels from the imperial staff, or whether he is asking for Ding You's favor, we should make a clear decision. Is there any reason to stay in the middle and make people uneasy?"
"Since you are so intolerant of servants, why not just kill the servants with a knife!"
Bang!
A precious sword was suddenly thrown in front of Wang Xijue by Zhang Juzheng, followed immediately by Zhang Juzheng's scolding.
Wang Xijue couldn't help but take a step back.
"I'll give you the knife! Kill the servant, kill him!"
Zhang Juzheng simply picked up the knife and handed it to Wang Xijue. Wang Xijue kept dodging and then ran away.
Zhang Juzheng looked at Wang Xijue's running back with a cold face, and immediately took a few steps back unsteadily.
"Father!"
Zhang Jingxiu hurriedly supported him and asked, "What should we do now?"
"Prepare the sedan chair and go to see Tan Zili for my father. He is seriously ill. It's time to see him. Go through the back door!"
Zhang Juzheng suddenly ordered in a deep voice.
