In the original time and space, Zhang Cai reminded Liu Jin to restrain himself, and finally made Liu Jin crack down on corruption, which slightly helped the powerful eunuch regain some of his reputation and indirectly delayed Liu Jin's step down.
But there was no Zhangcai in this time and space, so Liu Jin's money-making became more and more intense, and the officials in the court had to "offer" him every month.
In the examination held by the imperial court, more than fifty people handed him money, so Liu Jin directly ordered the examiner to admit all fifty people, completely ignoring the laws of the Ming Dynasty!
In an instant, Liu Jin had more than fifty party members, and his power further expanded.
In this case, he finally reached out to the cabinet.
By the fourth year of Zhengde's reign, Wang Hao had returned to his hometown as an official, and Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe were forced to start fighting with Liu Jinxu.
Liu Jin's party member Gao Zi entered the cabinet, and the cabinet was basically controlled by Liu Jin.
The last few people in the court felt despair.
Dark clouds have completely covered the sky.
On this day, two people said the same sentence with different tones.
"it's time."
Li Dongyang sighed softly.
"It's time." Yan Yuan had a smile on his face.
Yes, it's time. Liu Jin's power has become extremely powerful and he has real power.
But what he didn't realize was that he had threatened the imperial power.
Even Yan Keng at that time took the initiative to return to power because he realized that his power was too great. Yan Yuan did not take in the officials who had taken refuge. This was also a factor in it, but Liu Jin never considered this. Although he also read He has passed the exam, but compared with the old foxes in the court, he is really far behind.
Zhu Houzhao used eunuchs to suppress civil servants, but now there are actually some signs of losing control.
Li Dongyang found Yan Yuan again and asked him to help him defeat Liu Jin.
But this time, Yan Yuan did not refuse.
"Zhang Cai, the official, has been serving as the minister for a long time." He said slowly.
The level of Six Bu Shangshu requires the recommendation of Jiuqing, and the influence of the cabinet bachelor on this level of civil servants is very great.
Li Dongyang was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly.
There is no worse situation than now. Whether it is for himself or for the entire civil service group, Liu Jin must die!
Yan Yuan was satisfied. That night, he found his men and arranged an attack on Liu Jin.
After hearing his words, Yan Ruzheng, the right servant of the Ministry of Finance, was full of astonishment.
"My lord," he raised his head in confusion and looked at Yan Yuan:
"Is it really possible to defeat Liu Jin by reporting what he did? We impeached him once last time, but Liu Jin just cried and complained in front of His Majesty, and His Majesty forgave him, and Liu Jin still went his own way."
"This person is so favored by His Majesty. His Majesty probably doesn't care about corruption. Isn't this opportunity to get the upper hand a waste..."
"No." Yan Yuan chuckled and said:
"Previously, Liu Jin's corruption was limited to Beijing officials, so His Majesty didn't care."
"Not only him, but others as well. His Majesty never cares how much money his officials embezzle. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. In fact, except for Taizu, all the other emperors follow this sentence."
"What will really put Liu Jin to death is that now provincial governors, all officials coming to Beijing, and even local officials in various provinces are forced to bribe Liu Jin."
"Such a force is intolerable to His Majesty."
"But you did remind me. How about adding another charge of rebellion to Liu Jin as a final blow?"
The last sentence was asked to Zhang Cai.
"Good. But it would be even more beautiful if these words were told to Your Majesty by someone who is highly trusted by Your Majesty."
Zhang Cai said with a smile, fanning her fan elegantly in this cold winter month, as if she had a pearl of wisdom in her hand:
"There is no need for the laboring Lord to die personally."
Yan Yuan clapped his hands gently and said:
"So, who is this person?"
Zhang Cai chuckled lightly and raised his eyes to look at Yan Yuan who was thoughtful:
"I think the Duke already has a candidate?"
"To have a conflict with Liu Jin, and to have the great trust of His Majesty..." Yan Yuan said without thinking:
"There is only one person in the inner and outer court who meets this condition."
"The eunuch in charge of the royal horse supervisor, the eunuch in charge of the fifth military camp, Zhang Yong!" The two said in unison, and then looked at each other and smiled.
The plan was decided, Yan Yuan waved his hand:
"Go back and get ready."
"When the time comes, use the tide to completely submerge Liu Jin and his followers!"
"Here." Zhang Cai smiled and cupped his hands with Yan Ruzheng.
None of the three mentioned where the evidence of this "rebellion" came from.
Tacitly.
…
As expected by Yan Yuan, Zhang Yong did not reject his request.
Although the Eight Tigers are actually a few people who accompany Zhu Houzhao to play, there are still differences among them. Zhang Yong and Liu Jin are the two who are most favored and trusted.
This can be seen from their official positions.
In the inner court, the most important position is the ceremonial supervisor who controls the powerful affairs. Secondly, there is the imperial eunuch who controls the military power of the palace. Wang Zhi was the eunuch in charge of the imperial eunuch, which shows the importance of this position.
As for Zhang Yong, he was the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Prison, and he was powerful in martial arts and skilled in bow and horse. Naturally, he was deeply loved by the martial Emperor Zhengde.
Just recently, Zhang Yong has become increasingly dissatisfied with Liu Jin's actions. After all, he still has his own bottom line. Some of Liu Jin's things are really too much, which makes him really dissatisfied.
After Liu Jin discovered that Zhang Yong was somewhat "unsociable", he also began to exclude him and said bad things about him in front of Zhu Houzhao, and the relationship between the two deteriorated sharply.
So when Yan Yuan found Zhang Yong, he agreed almost immediately.
In the original time and space, facing Yang Yiqing's caution, the various Riddlers did not exist at all.
He knew that if there was one person in the court who was least likely to become Liu Jin's henchman, then that person must be Chen Guogong Yan Yuan.
Moreover, defeating Liu Jin would also be beneficial to himself - it meant that he would replace Liu Jin and become the most powerful person in the inner court.
The next day, Zhang Yong specially chose a time when Zhu Houzhao would never be having fun and launched an attack.
He came to the Leopard Room, which was the new residence of Emperor Zhengde. He abandoned his Forbidden City and lived here.
When Zhang Yong came, Zhu Houzhao had just finished his daily leopard feeding game and was now taking a rest, which was exactly what he expected - if he happened to be having fun, he might not be willing to listen to what he had to say.
Seeing the arrival of his favorite minister Zhang Yong, Zhu Houzhao was very happy at first and greeted loudly:
"Zhang Banban, come on, look at the leopard I raised, how ferocious it is, is it similar to a tiger and a bear? Liu Banban happened to say that he caught a tiger and was sending it over. Remember to come back tomorrow, and you and I can watch a show." Tiger and leopard fighting'."
After saying that, he laughed proudly.
Zhang Yong, however, looked sad as he walked to Zhu Jianshen and knelt down:
"Thank you for your grace. It's just a farewell today. I'm afraid I won't be able to see you again. May your Majesty take care of you!"
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(End of chapter)
